- The following matches are advertised for WWE’s SmackDown/ECW live event on January 24th in Cleveland, Ohio: Undertaker vs. Chris Jericho for the World Title, Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk and John Morrison vs. Finlay for the Intercontinental Title.

- WWE has booked a bunch of “little people” for the November 30th RAW taping in Baltimore, Maryland where actor Verne Troyer of Austin Powers fame will be the celebrity host.

- Danny Bonaduce, who has worked with TNA this past year, did an angle on his radio show to promote the WWE TV tapings in Philadelphia last week. Tommy Dreamer came on to plug the shows and ended up breaking a guitar over Bonaduce’s head.

- The John Cena vs. Randy Orton RAW live event matches that were scheduled for December have been changed to Cena vs. Big Show.

- The latest on Edge is that people within WWE feel it’s a touch-and-go situation if he will be back in time for WrestleMania and they are going under the assumption that it’s less than 50% right now.

- Jerry Lawler told the UK’s Sun paper that it’s possible Jim Ross could be returning for WrestleMania.

- Among those interviewed for the new WWE announcer position last week were Sean Mooney and former XPW announcer Kris Kloss. Someone from the group was hired but it’s unknown when they will debut on TV. Word going around is that Mooney was hired but that’s not confirmed.

- Former ECW star Axl Rotten has entered a rehab program that WWE is paying for. WWE had Rotten signed to a contract in 2006.

1990 - WCW Clash Of The Champions XIII, nicknamed “Thanksgiving Thunder” was held in Jacksonville, Florida at the Jacksonville Coliseum. Here are the results of the show, which aired live on TBS:
- In a dark match, Barry Horowitz defeated Mike Thor.
- The Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) defeated The Southern Boys (Tracey Smothers & Steve Armstrong when Hayes pinned Smothers with a DDT after he was tripped by Rocky King (who was working as the Freebirds’ “roadie”).
- A Sting interview was interrupted by the voice of the Black Scorpion coming over the speakers in the arena.
- Brian Pillman defeated Buddy Landell with a flying bodypress.
- Big Cat (Curtis Hughes) defeated Brad Armstrong via submission with a bearhug.
- Tom Zenk defeated Brian Lee with a top rope dropkick.
- Michael Wallstreet (Rotundo) defeated The Starbazer (Tim Horner under a mask) with a Samoan Drop, called the “Stock Market Crash”.
- Sgt. Krueger (Ray “Doink” Apollo) & Col. DeKlerk (Ted “Rocco Rock” Petty) defeated The Beast & Kaluha when DeKlerk pinned The Beast.
- Lex Luger defeated The Motor City Madman with a clothesline.
- Chris & Mark Youngblood defeated The Nasty Boys via DQ, and the Steiner Brothers ran in to beat up the Nasties.
- Sid Vicious defeated The Nightstalker (Bryan Clarke).
- NWA United States Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Magnum Force in under two minutes when Scott pinned Magnum Force #1. The Nasty Boys then came out to attack the Steiners.
- A ridiculously bad segment where Paul E. Dangerously attempted to interview Sting and the Black Scorpion came out and did magic tricks. Seriously.
- Ric Flair defeated Butch Reed when Arn Anderson hit Reed with a chairshot. As a result, the Four Horsemen received a World Tag Team Title match with Doom at Starrcade.

2000 - Chuck Paulumbo & Sean Stasiak defeat Elix Skipper (subbing for an injured General Rection) & Alex Wright for the WCW World Tag Team Title in August, Georgia, beginning their second reign as champions.

2002 - Jeff Jarrett defeats Ron Killings for the NWA World Heavyweight Title in Nashville, Tennessee during an NWA:TNA Pay-per-view. This was the first NWA World Title win for Jarrett in TNA. Jarrett would go on to hold the title a total of six times.

It’s multi-man madness time again as we step into the Impact Zone for Total Non-Stop Action’s latest offering, Turning Point, headlined by A.J. Styles defending his World title against long-time rivals Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels, and shown on a three day delay here in Britain on Bravo 2. As usual, Taz and Mike Tenay are handling commentary duties.

The show began with Don West’s number one guy, Amazing Red, defending the X Division title against Homicide. Yep, that’s right, we’ve got an X Division match on pay-per-view that only involves two men. I couldn’t believe it at first either. But anyway, as far as show openers go, it’s very good, with Red and Homicide showing some great chemistry in the ring, and West annoying the hell out of me with his constant shouting, sounding even louder than he did when he was on commentary. This nice little romp came to an end after Red took Homicide out with the code red. Very enjoyable.

The title action continued with The Beautiful People taking on ODB, Taylor Wilde and Sarita, with ODB’s Knockouts and Wilde & Sarita’s Knockouts Tag Team titles on the line. This was another example of just how much this division is missing Angelina Love. While Madison Rayne and Velvet Skye looked good as a team, Love’s replacement Lacey Von Erich didn’t really do anything. The match action was okay, but it wasn’t exactly awe inspiring. No title changes here, as ODB got the pin on Rayne after a big slam.

Sadly, I’m unable to review the next match, which sees the British Invasion defending the Tag Team Championship against Beer Money and the Motor City Machine Guns. Long time readers will know that this is because Nick Aldis, the man behind the Brutus Magnus gimmick, has threatened me with legal action if I say anything against him on the internet, which means that I can’t give any of his matches a truthful review. As I’ve said before, I’m not going to go crawling to the man begging him to withdraw his threat, but if anyone reading this wants me to start reviewing his matches, then just Google him and you’ll find out how to contact him.

Normal service is resumed then with Awesome Kong facing Tara in a cage match. This was a whole lot better than the other Knockouts match on this show. Kong and Tara are definitely the best thing about TNA’s women’s division at the moment, and it showed in this match. Great action throughout as we were treated to the great sight of Tara power bombing Kong off the ropes. The end came when Tara dived off the top off the cage and pinned Kong after what looked like a Lou Thesz press, although Tenay said it was a cross body block.

Six man action followed with Rhino and Team 3D going up against the team of D’Angelo Dinero, Hernandez and Matt Morgan. So when did Team 3D turn heel again? And when did the Pope turn face? You can tell I’m not a regular Impact viewer, can’t you? This one had a good storyline as Dinero tried his best to prove to Morgan and Hernandez that he was a good guy, even taking the bullet for Hernandez by taking 3D’s back suplex/neck breaker combo. This one saw Rhino getting the win after taking Hernandez down with the gore, ending an enjoyable match.

Falls count anywhere, no disqualification action followed with Scott Steiner and Bobby Lashley. This was another of those matches that left me scratching my head a little. From what I saw in the pre-match video package, Lashley had a damn good reason to hate Steiner, which was why the stipulations for this one were added at the last minute. Sadly, this apparent grudge match wasn’t actually that intense. The action was okay, but it was nothing special. There was a nice bit of brawling outside the ring, but if ever a match needed the obligatory brawl through the crowd then it was this one. Steiner took home the win here, pinning Lashley after clobbering him with a metal pipe he’d pulled off the scaffolding near the Spanish announcer’s table.

The match I was really looking forward to was next, as the artist formerly known as Nigel McGuinness, Desmond Wolfe, took on Kurt Angle. My fellow Brit and former ROH Champion put on a great display here as both men played their part in putting on a technical classic, the kind of match we hardly seem to get on pay-per-view these days. The fans were right about this one, this was awesome, and I really can’t speak too highly about it, as Angle got the win after Wolfe tapped out to an arm triangle. Great work guys.

The main event saw A.J. Styles defending the World title against Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels. If anything this was even better than the previous match, with all three reminding us just how great their matches against each other were four years ago when the X Division title was on the line. Tremendous action throughout, with all three men showing just why they’re so damn great. The end came when Daniels took Joe out with the BME, only for Styles to come out with a 450 splash to break up the pin and take the glory for himself. This was definitely one of the best TNA pay-per-view matches of the year.

In conclusion - well, this year’s edition of Turning Point had it’s good and bad moment. The Knockout titles match and the Steiner/Lashley match did leave a bit to be desired, but thankfully those matches I was allowed to review without the threat of legal action delivered, with the Wolfe/Angle and Styles/Joe/Daniels matches delivering in spades. So in all a good and enjoyable outing from TNA here.

- Sheamus will be doing a live chat on WWE’s website this Sunday before the Survivor Series pay-per-view.

- No word yet on when he will actually debut, but former ROH star Bryan Danielson has signed his WWE contract and is on the payroll.

- Evan Bourne vs. Paul Burchill is advertised for the RAW live event in Charlottesville, Virginia on November 29th. It looks like Paul and Katie Lea are headed to the RAW brand after leaving ECW this past week.

TNA World Title Match
AJ Styles vs. Daniels

TNA World Tag Title Match
British Invasion vs. Motor City Machineguns

TNA Knockouts Title Match
ODB vs. Tara

Feast or Fired Battle Royal
Beer Money, Kevin Nash, Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Samoa Joe, Cody Deaner, Sheik Abdul Bashir, Homicide and Kiyoshi

Three Degrees of Pain Match
Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe

Last Man Standing Match
Scott Steiner vs. Bobby Lashley

Mick Foley and Abyss vs. Raven and Dr. Stevie

Matt Morgan, Hernandez, Suicide and D’Angelo Dinero vs. Team 3D, Rhino and Jesse Neal

- Here’s the iNDemand preview for WWE’s Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view: Tables, Ladders & Chairs. Don’t miss the rush of WWE’s most adrenaline packed PPV of the year featuring John Cena, Batista, The Undertaker, Degeneration-X, Rey Mysterio, and all your favorite Superstars on Sunday, December 13 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, only on pay-per-view.

- WWE’s recent tour of Europe had 22 dates with 170,000 fans and a gross of about $12 million.

- Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones and Robert Patrick, who were all involved with WWE movie projects, will be making feature appearances in the third season of NBC’s Chuck.

- As noted before, WWE has former developmental star Mikey Batts to work as a referee. His hiring came at the recommendation of FCW trainer Billy Kidman. WWE was looking for a smaller referee who knows how to bump and Batts is barely 5 feet tall. He has little experience as a referee but was practicing this past weekend at some indy shows in the northeast.

- Hulk Hogan got engaged to be married to his girlfriend Jennifer McDaniel before leaving to Australia for the Hulkamania tour.

- Konnan has announced that he’s writing an autobiography. Former TNA writer Dutch Mantel is also writing a book about his experiences in pro wrestling.

- Eric Bischoff was visiting the TNA offices in Nashville last week.

- TNA recently dropped former WWE star Trevor Murdoch, who was using the name Jethro Holliday. He was working on a per-event basis with TNA and is now running a bar in Eldon, MO called “T. Murdoch’s Bar & Grill.”

- Kevin Nash wrote the following on Twitter early yesterday: “not bad. it only took me 1 hour to get out of bed. usual suspects neck and right knee are killing me. todays mystery pain is right hip.”

- Mick Foley, wearing a TNA t-shirt, appeared on The Daily Show on Comedy Central last night in a comedy segment. The episode will be replaying several times over the next day.

- TNA star Chris Sabin “tweaked” his neck again at the iMPACT tapings this past week, according to a Pro Wrestling Guerrilla press release. TNA sources say Sabin will be taking a few weeks off in order to let the injury heal.