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Hulk Hogan is just days away from launching his own wrestling federation, reports The Sun out of the United Kingdom. In an article posted today, Hogan and ex-WCW supremo Eric Bischoff are partnering up to take on the WWE. According to the article Hogan and Bischoff are preparing to sign a television deal with a network in the United States.

Hogan was quoted as saying “Once we’ve wrapped the TV up we’ll make the official announcement. The network wants to make a really big deal of it.” He also added “The basic idea will be the same as WWE, but I pray to god it’s nothing like what’s on TV now.”
Well Scott Goldberg, RVD, and Lashley are free agents right now. Signing those guys would be a huge step forward.

I was about to ask a similar question , even though i can’t seem to find your question. lol

I believe that if anyone is capable of going up against the WWE, its someone with the name value of Hulk Hogan, and if someone is capable of being Hulk Hogan’s right hand man, who else than Eric Bishoff.

I don’t doubt it, that with a good television deal, good financial backing, and good management, that his company could thrive in the future regardless of what naysayers say.

Lets not forget that Hulk Hogan still has name value when it comes to wrestling, and Eric Bishoff came the closest to putting WWE out of business, but then again he was also responsible in some part of his mismanaging of the company.

Lets just wait and see, and hope younger wrestlers get a chance this time, and lets hope they also changed their philosophy towards pushing older guys, over younger talent, but this might change as evident to Hogan’s recent comments.

I don’t mind seeing older talent like Kevin Nash, i just don’t want them to shove them down our throats when the average wrestling fan know he cant wrestle, entertaning yes, but he cant wrestle, and this an obstacle for younger, hungrier talent that is still waiting.

Lets wait and see, and I wish this deal goes through !!

Aired on January 11, 1995.

- Launch of The WB
- sponsor tag
- Sudafed Cold and Cough
- Shick
- Saturn
- McDoanlds (Power Play)
- Houseguest TV spot
- Unhappily Ever After promo

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I really thought about helping you out here, just because it would be fun to write. Then I looked at your profile and see that:

1. You answer other people’s questions so obviously without care and thought and apparently just for points so you can go ask more questions.

and

2. The people that are gracious enough to assist you or answer your questions most of the time don’t even recieve the courtesy of you selecting the "best answer" but they are instead selected by voters.

So instead I decide that if you are not interested in doing the right, then why in the world should anyone be interested in helping you?

I copied this article from 411 mania Just wanted to hear your thoughts . It’s pretty long though

Samoa Joe Declines TNA Contract Extension
Samoan Submission Machine Offered 3-Year Option, Has Yet to Sign

Take this one as nothing more than a RUMOR at this point (as it hasn’t appeared in any of the major print "dirt sheets" out there just yet)…

But -

If this is true, then it is potentially HUGE news for all parties involved.

For Samoa Joe:

While Joe is certainly a superstar in the independent circuit, the bottom line is that he’s nowhere near the level of international celebrity as a guy like Sting or Angle (despite the fact that Joe’s done more wrestling overseas than BOTH men combined, I’d argue)… and so the chances of a guy at Samoa Joe’s level receiving the same kinda coin that Spike TV/TNA threw at folks like Stinger and our Olympic hero is, well, pretty remote. But if I know Joe like I think I know Joe (which is to say, if what all everybody else says about the guy is true) — then he’s never been one to make decisions purely based on monetary concerns alone (he *did* opt for TNA amidst talk of a WWE developmental deal a few years back, ya’ know)… and so if Joe is indeed dragging his feet on re-signing with TNA, then chances are that there’s a LOT more than money that’s factoring into the guy’s decision-making process at this time.

Regardless –

Even if he *does* end up re-signing with TNA (as Christian Cage did just a few weeks back), the fact that Joe is (rumored to be) hesitant in signing the deal outright should tell us a lot about how the guy feels about TNA (and his future with the company) at this juncture. What this tells us — whether it’s because of money, exposure, push, politics, possibility to explore other alternatives, etc. — is that The Samoan Submission Machine is at something of a crossroads in his career where he has the luxury to consider ALL of the options available before blindly committing himself to three additional years with his current employer. If he *does* re-sign with TNA, the fact that he’s (rumored to be) stalling before doing so is a pretty good indicator that he should be able to get a bit more out of them before committing to a three-year extension… be that more money, more exposure, a sweeter marketing deal, a world title run, or what have you.

As for TNA?

If the rumors of a Joe contract snag are, in fact, true (and again, I’m treating this one as nothing more than a RUMOR at this point) — then TNA, like Joe, is also at something of a crossroads with their company as they too have the ability to determine not only WHICH avenue they will be taking in the coming months/years/etc., but also WHO exactly will be playing the key roles on their roster for those months/years/etc. to come. As we’ve all been hearing for quite some time now, TNA has been busy courting all sorts of television outlets in the hopes to expand their current timeslot to an additional hour of television (or a different night or network of television altogether!), and if they really are serious about moving forward with this prospect — then they’d better sure up the guys they plan to be the fixtures of their main event (at least for the immediate future), because NOTHING is worse for a company’s momentum than launching a new show/timeslot/brand/initiative/etc. only to lose your promotion’s cornerstone performer shortly thereafter.

(Just ask the "new" ECW and Kurt Angle…)

Bottom line for TNA: they just lost a former champ (though not a particularly great one) in Ron Killings. Sting’s made it clear that he wants out in no more than a year’s time. Injuries and addictions have left Angle and Steiner both much older (and more liable) than they once were, and The Dudleys Team 3D has been making sure not to burn any bridges with WWE (as we saw in the wake of the Benoit tragedy, where they could have totally buried their former employers)… so they too might not prove to be long-term investments for the company after all.

Looking solely at the current crop of main-eventers, that leaves them with Christian (who just re-signed), Tomko (who’s likely to stick around as long as Christian does — but who’s still a while off "credible headliner" status), Abyss (who’s apparently paranoid he’ll get the axe any day now), Jarrett, and Samoa Joe. Jarrett, of course, is rumored to be not all that far off from a(NOTHER) run with the world title, which has most certainly gotta’ put a damper on any rising star’s aspirations to shatter the proverbial glass ceiling any time soon. And yes, Jarrett has matured with age and perhaps a world title reign won’t be all that bad a move for the guy in the near future (fans, it seems, have softened on the guy since he took the sabbatical and even moreso since he lost his wife) — but the fact of the matter is that if Double J is *in* the title hunt, then somebody else is likely to be bumped *out* of it.

So –

TNA’s at a crossroads. In their hopes to expand their promotion to new outlets and PPV locales, they can either choose to build their company around *established* stars (like Jarrett, Angle, Sting, Steiner, etc.) or they can put their efforts into building NEW ones (like Christian, Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode, Chris Harris, etc.). Yes, there’s definitely a balance that can be struck somewhere in the middle of the two camps (where the older stars are used to help build the newer ones) — but if TNA isn’t careful, they run the risk of putting too much faith in a main event that’s either not yet ready to handle the load (the new guys) or in a main event that’s dominated by guys who aren’t likely to be able to handle the load for all that much longer (the older guys).

Either way — it’s crunch time for TNA, and the decision they make regarding Samoa Joe (and how hard they campaign for him to re-sign with the company) should be VERY indicative of exactly which basket the company hopes to put its proverbial "eggs" in for the bulk of the forseeable future.

Now as for WWE?

They’ve got to be chomping at the bit at the prospect of signing a guy like Samoa Joe. First, he’s one of TNA’s most popular performers — and so acquiring him would throw a monkeywrench into the plans of their biggest rival. Second, he’s already (rumored to be) considering his options regardless — and so even if WWE signs him only to bury him in a developmental territory, he’s likely to come cheaper than if he were otherwise sold on staying with TNA and needed big money to change his mind. And third (and perhaps most importantly), Joe is a naturally "big" guy who — if these steroid allegations hit the fan for WWE — would be a PERFECT fit for a main-event picture looking to ease up on the ‘roided up monsters in favor of performers who aren’t as easily singled out as "obviously on some sort of steroid."

Kinda’ like what happened for Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels the LAST time Vinny Mac had to dodge the bullet on a steroid scandal. Think about it, folks — let’s take a second and look at the current crop of WWE main-eventers:

Dave Batista: Crazy muscular and raises all sorts of eyebrows as to drug allegations.

Bobby Lashley: Ditto. Not to mention that all-too-suspicious "liver enzyme" Wellness scare last year.

John Cena: Though not as big as he once was in his bodybuilder days, "Da’ Champ" is in great shape AND he works a crazy schedule — a perfet target for witch-hunters should WWE come under fire for guys who look suspiciously muscular.

But as for those guys who are just one lucky break away from full-on superstardom…

CM Punk? "Drug free and proud," and a crazy-over performer in his own right who’d be more than happy to tell a guy like Bill O’Reilly a thing or two about drug use.

Mr. Kennedy? Sure he might have had a few steroid experiences in the past… but he’s slimmed down and remained pretty darned popular in spite of his less-than-bulging physique.

And Samoa Joe? I’m sorry haters, but ANYBODY who looks at Joe and immediately thinks "that dude’s totally on steroids" simply HAS to be on some sort of drug of their own.

Time will tell how the Samoa Joe situation will shake out… but it is a VERY interesting prospect and a story that, if confirmed, I’m sure will be discussed in greater detail in the weeks to come.

BAD NEWS FOR TNA

GOOD NEWS FOR WWE

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Facebook is a social networking website launched on February 4, 2004.Founded by Mark Zuckerberg while he was a student at Harvard University. The website’s name comes from the paper facebooks depicting members of a campus community that some colleges give to new students, faculty, and staff as a way to get to know other people on campus. At first website membership was limited to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Ivy League. It later expanded further to include any university student, then high school students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over. The website currently has more than 100 million active users worldwide and averages 250 million hits every day.

They are free, easy to join, and easy to message its members. Teenagers chat about everything from school, to sports, to what they were doing last night. It all seems like innocent fun, and it can be. But many teens are unaware there are hidden dangers of social networking sites. Usually, we have to meet a person to find out what they look like, what their interests are, or to just figure out what kind of person they are. But by using Social Networking Sites, such as Facebook, you can learn all about pretty much anyone just by going on the internet. The only fault of Social Networking Sites is that the information that you receive may not be true.

Some students are now finding themselves in trouble after parents, teachers, and employers view these sites. College students are being expelled from school after posting pictures of what they do over the weekend. High school students are being disciplined when they express themselves in their personal blogs. Since the popularity of these sites has increased, we have also seen an increase in the number of rapes, kidnappings, and murders due to these popular social networking sites. Students often do not realize that the things they post on the Internet will stick around for years. The immediate consequences seem trivial when you consider the amount of students who will have student loans to pay off but will not be able to because they cannot obtain a job due to the party blogs and pictures on their social networking sites from their glorious college days.

There is no pretending that we are all not aware of the many social networking sites on the Internet today. Regardless of what they’re being used for, there is no doubt the online addiction they have caused. Along with television, instant messaging, and cell phones it’s safe to say that the Facebook and MySpace are by far the biggest procrastination tool amongst college students, and therefore they are becoming a problem. Facebook allows you to stay in touch with old friends but how much information is too much? We have to be careful about what we put up on the internet of ourselves because you never know how could be lurking around.

Facebook is a social networking website launched on February 4, 2004, founded by Mark Zuckerberg while he was a student at Harvard University. The website’s name comes from the paper Facebook depicting members of a campus community that some colleges give to new students, faculty, and staff, as a way to get to know other people on campus. At first, website membership was limited to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Ivy League. Facebook later expanded further to include any university student, then came high school students, and, finally, to anyone ages 13 and over. The website currently has more than 100 million active users worldwide and averages 250 million hits every day.

They are free, easy to join, and easy to message their members. Teenagers chat about everything from school, to sports, to what they were doing last night. All these great topics seem like innocent fun, and it can be. But many teens are unaware there are hidden dangers of social networking sites. Usually, we have to meet a person to find out what they look like, what their interests are, or to just figure out what kind of person they are. By using Social Networking Sites, such as Facebook, you can learn about pretty much anyone just by going on the internet. The only fault of Social Networking Sites is the information you receive may not be true.

Some students are now finding themselves in trouble after parents, teachers, and employers view these sites. College students are being expelled from school after posting pictures of what they do over the weekend. High school students are being disciplined when they express themselves in their personal blogs. Since the popularity of these sites has increased, we have also seen an increase in the number of rapes, kidnappings, and murders due to these popular social networking sites. Students often do not realize the things they post on the Internet will stick around for years. The immediate consequences seem trivial when you consider the amount of students who will have student loans to pay off, but will not be able to because they cannot obtain a job due to party blogs and pictures on their social networking sites from their glorious college days.

There is no pretending we are all not aware of the many social networking sites on the Internet today. Regardless of what they are being used for today, there is no doubt the internet has caused online addiction to many teenagers . Along with television, instant messaging, and cell phones, these items are safe to say Facebook and MySpace are by far the biggest procrastination tool amongst college students, and therefore they are becoming a problem. Facebook allows you to stay in touch with old friends, but how much information is too much? We have to be careful about what we put up on the internet of ourselves because you never know who could be lurking around.

A brand new television network is born. Welcome to The Bug Network.

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The presidency of William Jefferson Clinton will be remembered for many things, not the least of which is a string of White House firsts unequaled by any of his predecessors.

With the lawsuit filed by the Arkansas’ lawyer-discipline committee on Friday, Clinton could be on the fast track to make history as the first U.S. president to be disbarred while in office. The committee has a near 100 percent record of winning its disbarment cases.

But disbarment would merely be the latest in a long list of White House precedents. Clinton’s remarkable record will also show that he is:

The first elected president in U.S. history to be impeached-Dec. 19, 1998.

The first president to found guilty of a crime while still in office. (Leaking the private correspondence of Kathleen Willey in violation of the Privacy Act).

The first U.S. president to be publicly accused of forcible rape-by Juanita Broaddrick. Feb. 24, 1999.

The first U.S. president to approve the sale of sophisticated weapons technology to a hostile power while its emissaries contributed to his campaign.

The first president to be accused by multiple witnesses, including one under oath before a federal grand jury, of using cocaine while he was the chief law enforcement officer of his state.

The first U.S. president to be accused of sexual assault on White House property-by Kathleen Willey, March 15, 1998.

The first U.S. president to order a paramilitary operation where a network television camera crew was punched, kicked, and forced to the ground at gunpoint to prevent them from broadcasting live video coverage. (Elian Gonzalez’s abduction-April 22, 2000.

The first sitting president to be the subject of a sexual harassment suit-filed by Paula Jones. May 8, 1994.

The first U.S. president to order an armored assault on a church, resulting in the deaths of 55 members of the congregation along with 25 of their children. (Waco-April 19, 1993)

The first U.S. presidential candidate to accept financial support from a KGB spy. (Aldrich Ames-$7,000, 1991, 92)

The first sitting U.S. president to be named in a federal criminal referral as a possible witness to and beneficiary of fraudulent financial activity. (Whitewater)

The first president to consult with Congress about combat troop deployment while simultaneously receiving oral sex-according to Monica Lewinsky and Rep. Sonny Callahan. (Starr Report-Sept. 1998)

The first U.S. president to have two senior administration officials die violently under mysterious circumstances while they were being pressed for testimony on assorted White House scandals. (Vince Foster, Ron Brown)

The first U.S. president to have a major cooperating federal witness against him die in prison while waiting to give prosecutors the testimony they later admitted would have led to first family indictments. (James McDougal)

The first U.S. president to launch unprovoked missile attacks on two sovereign nations. (Sudan, Afghanistan-Aug. 20, 1998)

With more than six months of the Clinton administration left, other equally impressive presidential firsts cannot be far off.

This article was published on NewsMax.com Saturday July 1, 2000 at 4:15 PM EDT. It was written by Carl Limbacher and the NewsMax.com Staff and is © copyrighted by NewsMax.com.

Much worse, more people have a tendency to die around her.

On a Sunday morning in Wichita, Kan., a man is murdered while attending church. The killing is immediately labeled a "hate crime" and an act of "domestic terrorism."

The news media is outraged. Television networks act as if the man was a martyr, and the story is front-page news in every newspaper in the country. Attorney General Eric Holder orders the U.S. Marshal’s Office to increase security around the slain man’s business and around similar businesses. Later he announces that the Justice Department will launch a federal investigation into the murder to see if it was a conspiracy.

The next day, in Little Rock, Ark., two young men are shot down by a lone gunman. One of them dies. For the most part, the public knows nothing about this shooting because the news media don’t report the story. They are too busy covering every possible aspect of the first murder. No federal investigation is announced to determine whether there may be others involved in a conspiracy in Little Rock. And no one calls it a hate crime.

What could possibly make the first victim so much more important than the second? Why the lopsided coverage? What about the shooters? What information do we have on them? And why would the United States government go to such lengths to search for co-conspirators in the former case and not the latter?

For all the politically motivated reasons no one wants to admit or even talk about. Welcome to the wonderful world of 21st century journalism and justice, where your national media and your federal government come together to determine if your affiliations and loyalties make you valuable, protected and politically correct — or not.

The first victim was Dr. George Tiller, an infamous late-term

I am working in Little Rock, and it’s being covered more than it needs to locally.
Both crimes are just that – crimes. I, for one, do not want to give media attention to a drive-by murderer. I do not care what his politics are, what his motive was. To treat him as a terrorist gives him too much credit. I would like the media to ignore him while he goes through the judicial process.
And I hope they put him in the general prison population.
In the Kansas case, given the controversial nature of the victim, and the overall controversial argument over abortion, it’s no wonder the media are all over that. It’s a natural. It’s a STORY!!
Film at 11.
Ditto the old man at the Holocaust Museum. Dirty laundry.