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8/17/01

Kane Injured
Jim Ross made a special report to WWF.com on Tuesday. In it he explained the injury he alluded to on Raw. Kane has an elbow infection from a cut he received during SummerSlam. It didn't look like anything big at the time, but two days latter he went in to the hospital. They are treating the infection with an IV of antibiotics, which is faster than using oral ones. If only I could have an IV of sex. Kane will be off the road this weekend but shouldn't miss any more television time.

Interesting Reading
Vince McMahon was quoted in an ABCNews.com report about backyard wrestling, saying, ""Parents and children need to be wary of and leery of what they do to emulate us, because even as pros, sometimes we get hurt. They need to be very, very careful about what they do." The entire piece is meant as a warning to parents. If you want to check it out, click on these colored words.

A more favorable article about Rhyno is up at DetroitNews.com. Rhyno grew up reading books and now acts as a WWF Emissary along with Stacy Keibler at local libraries and schools. It's heart warming and you can read it here.

DirecTV Update
The WWF and DirecTV have yet to reach an agreement regarding the broadcasting of pay-per-views. Jim Ross told viewers during SummerSlam that there would be no further WWF PPVs on DirecTV. This bold move apparently worked as DirectTV was inundated with angry calls and emails. They responded to their customers this week by saying, "Thank you for us know how important these events are to you. We are negotiating with the WWF so we can continue to make these events available to you. WWF Fanatic in September is not affected and will be available on DirecTV. The WWF event, Unforgiven, is scheduled for Sept. 23. By that time, we hope to have a contract that lets us continue to bring these events to you." The WWF is the biggest game in town when it comes to pay-per-view events and they don't like to be messed with.

Klingons in the Ring!
Broadcasting and Cable is reporting that, as part of their October Star Trek Marathon, TNN will have Star Trek related content inserted into the October 1st edition of Raw. As to what that means, your guess is as good as mine. I predict that the Rock is going to lay the Smackdown on those rooty poo candy ass Ferengi.

Death is Good for Ratings
Interesting tidbit I found out: Shane McMahon isn't as involved with the booking of the WWF storylines or matches as Stephanie McMahon is, but does sometimes throw in his two cents. One rumored idea that Shane had for the Kane & Undertaker vs. DDP and Kanyon Cage match at SummerSlam was that the Undertaker give DDP the Last Ride from the top of the cage. Does Shane realize that DDP would be dead if Taker had tried that? Now we know who comes up with all those crazy stunt moves that Shane does when he's in the ring.

Rappin with Chyna
Since she got bumped last week from the show, Chyna will be on Larry King Live tonight. Feel free and call in to ask how she feels about being dumped from the WWF and by HHH.

Smackdown Preview

Dudley Boyz and Test vs. APA and Big Show
Undertaker vs. Albert
Rhyno and Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Jericho and The Rock
Edge vs. Kanyon for the US Title
Ivory and Hurricane Helms vs. Spike Dudley and Molly Holly
Tajiri vs. Lance Storm
Booker T vs. Kurt Angle

Also, WWF.com announced today that next Tuesday's Smackdown taping will air live on UPN on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. It will air in its regular timeslot the following week.

That's it. Thanks for reading. Talk to you Friday.

Michael Goodson

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