until the big event and I wanted to cover all the news leading up to the show.COREY MACLIN INTERVIEW
----Corey Maclin did a very short interview on http://www.liveaudiowrestling.com/. You can listen to the program by hitting the link.
----It was stated that Memphis Wrestling is on The Fight Network every day of the week. [Sorry my fellow Canadians] Maclin stated that he felt caught in the crossfire between Lawler/Hogan. He said that the first thing he thought when he found out no Hogan vs Lawler [besides him saying OH SHIT!!!] was how do we make it better for the fans?? He stated his first comment was “we have to move on and the show must go on.”
----Memphis Wrestling had been building months for this bout and “dropped the ball” when it came to the Hogan vs Lawler. At what point would you not call Vince and see if it was alright in the first place?? Maclin went on to say that Lawler was very torn about it. He stated, “It was a decision I understand why he made. This was something out of Lawler’s control and he had to listen to what WWE said.” He also added, “Lawler left us holding the bag.” Maclin also said that Hogan vs Wight is a good replacement for the match.
THE RATINGS ARE IN!!
----This week’s show did much better. It scored about 8,000 more viewers than average. But, the weak spot was that the show lost 21,322 viewers and that was even more than last week. Even though it is overall a better rating, the company is probably not proud of the number.
Ratings – 3.3 - 54,900 viewers
1st Quarter – 4.0 - 66,820 viewers
2cnd Quarter – 3.1 – 51, 878 viewers
3rd Quarter - 3.3– 55,572 viewers
4th Quarter – 2.7 – 45,498 viewers
12 Week Average – 2.8 – 46,102 viewers
12 Week High – 3.6 - 60, 2073 viewers 3.17.07
12 Week Low – 1.8 – 30,220 viewers – 4.14.07
Growth from start to finish [-21,322]
WHAT ARE THE MATCHES??
----The “Clash of Legends” show is just a few days away and Memphis Wrestling has not release but one match being on the show – Hulk Hogan vs Paul Wight. Many sites are calling this the “indy show of the year”, but isn’t it weird that we only know one match?? [except Assassins vs Brutus Beefcake/Bubba] This is so different than the old days when Memphis Wrestling promoted a card – Lance Russell would run down the complete AT LEAST two times per show and everyone knew what was happening Monday night. And, EVERY match meant something. Corey Maclin is usually good at running down the cards and such, but I guess they feel they can sell this show on only one match. Just for those wondering, I have contacted both FedEx Forum and Corey Maclin in the last few days for comments about the show, but neither has responded. Not that I did not expect it, since I usually don’t have nice things to say about Maclin, but look at all the free press I have given these guys. You would think he might at least release the card to the site.
COREY MACLIN ON LOVE SPONGE
----The below was stolen from
http://www.myspace.com/hulkamania_news_online, which also has tons about the show on his site. Maclin was on the show today. Slick has been added to the show and Hogan is saying there are 5,200 tickets sold already. If that is true [and Hogan may be bsing..I mean working], but that would have the gate up to $245,700.
-Corey Maclin called into Bubba The Love Sponge Show to promote this Fridays wrestling event with Hulk Hogan and to thank him and Sirius (who they are trying to get to broadcast it live or on tape delay Saturday). Here are bullet points from the appearance ...
THE RATINGS ARE IN!!
----This week’s show did much better. It scored about 8,000 more viewers than average. But, the weak spot was that the show lost 21,322 viewers and that was even more than last week. Even though it is overall a better rating, the company is probably not proud of the number.
Ratings – 3.3 - 54,900 viewers
1st Quarter – 4.0 - 66,820 viewers
2cnd Quarter – 3.1 – 51, 878 viewers
3rd Quarter - 3.3– 55,572 viewers
4th Quarter – 2.7 – 45,498 viewers
12 Week Average – 2.8 – 46,102 viewers
12 Week High – 3.6 - 60, 2073 viewers 3.17.07
12 Week Low – 1.8 – 30,220 viewers – 4.14.07
Growth from start to finish [-21,322]
WHAT ARE THE MATCHES??
----The “Clash of Legends” show is just a few days away and Memphis Wrestling has not release but one match being on the show – Hulk Hogan vs Paul Wight. Many sites are calling this the “indy show of the year”, but isn’t it weird that we only know one match?? [except Assassins vs Brutus Beefcake/Bubba] This is so different than the old days when Memphis Wrestling promoted a card – Lance Russell would run down the complete AT LEAST two times per show and everyone knew what was happening Monday night. And, EVERY match meant something. Corey Maclin is usually good at running down the cards and such, but I guess they feel they can sell this show on only one match. Just for those wondering, I have contacted both FedEx Forum and Corey Maclin in the last few days for comments about the show, but neither has responded. Not that I did not expect it, since I usually don’t have nice things to say about Maclin, but look at all the free press I have given these guys. You would think he might at least release the card to the site.
COREY MACLIN ON LOVE SPONGE
----The below was stolen from
http://www.myspace.com/hulkamania_news_online, which also has tons about the show on his site. Maclin was on the show today. Slick has been added to the show and Hogan is saying there are 5,200 tickets sold already. If that is true [and Hogan may be bsing..I mean working], but that would have the gate up to $245,700.
-Corey Maclin called into Bubba The Love Sponge Show to promote this Fridays wrestling event with Hulk Hogan and to thank him and Sirius (who they are trying to get to broadcast it live or on tape delay Saturday). Here are bullet points from the appearance ...
-9 matches scheduled with Lance Russell, Jimmy Hart & Corey doing commentary.
-They discussed ticket sales are doing well and that Vince must be affected by how popular Hogan is on his own and Corey discussed what an amazing concert Brooke put on recently in Orlando.
-Bubba brought up that Vince was "shady" in how he handled his event in Memphis and how he approached Corey.
-They discussed bringing this legends show around to other areas and how he would love Bubba to travel around with them as well and that it would be headlined by Hogan.
-They discussed a lot of older names like Buff Bagwell, Barbarian, Brutus, Koko, and Greg Valentine that are filling out the card
-Bubba mentioned he is tagging with Brutus Beefcake against The Assassi
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ns.-Corey broke news that Slick signed on to be there and asked Bubba if he would like him to be in his corner and Bubba said he'd rather have Jimmy Hart.
-Bubba said he is promoting Wednesday morning at 8am on Howard Stern's show and that he wanted Corey to call in Friday morning and that Jimmy Hart is calling in Thursday
-The first 5,000 fans through the door get a free $20 Sam's Casino Slot Play Card.
-There will be multiple crews videotaping.
-Bubba is doing the meet and greet with Hogan & Paul Wight at 6pm for the Platinum Ticket Holders, which is already sold out.
-Bubba ended by saying Hogan said there are already 5,200 tickets sold.
-Bubba promised a video will be on BubbaRaw.com of his match and he mentioned again he did this at a loss of about $1,500 because he is flying his family in and getting a nice room, etc
BEST WISHES TO MACLIN AND COMPANY
BEST WISHES TO MACLIN AND COMPANY
----Arron Pegg from Australia is the owner of the myspace account above and wrote the following – “I have heaps of videos and audio files up including hogans and shows appearance on LAW, bubba and memphis TV. If you can plug a link on your site in one of your related article it might convince some of your readers to attend the event with all the flashy media I have up. It’s ok if you’re not down with it. Either way you’re free to use whatever you want off the page.”
----I want to make a quick comment about me “not down with it.” I think I may come off sometimes as abrasive towards Maclin and company. As I seen in that letter from last week, all the readers may feel that I hate Maclin and want him to fail. That is not the case. I hope this show does tons of money and Memphis Wrestling grows. I am happy that Maclin has had the money and effort to bring stars and shows like this to Memphis. But, I just hate it when he misses opportunities and the young crew misses opportunities to compete on this level.
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**Photos by Arron Pegg
