— TNA Wrestling issued a text message to mobile subscribers on Thursday night to hype a mystery guest who would appear in Kurt Angle’s corner at last night’s Final Resolution PPV. The mobile alert read, “Angle’s mystery guest is a former world champion who was a former tag team champion with Mick Foley.” The mystery man turned out to be Al Snow, who was a WWE Tag champion with Foley’s Mankind character, but never held a world title. TNA officials recognized their mistake and removed the “world champion” teaser from their website, however there was no correction sent out to the thousands of mobile subscribers who may have ordered the show based on false information.
— Entertainment trade publication Variety has an article up today looking at the return of WWE’s Slammy Awards (Variety.com). WWE’s Executive Vice President of Marketing, Geof Rochester, is interviewed and says WWE is using the Slammy Awards as another special event (such as Saturday Night’s Main Event and Tribute to the Troops) to raise brand awareness. It has been 11 years since the Slammys aired on television and WWE would like to make it an annual event, as long as the ratings hold up. Either way, Rochester said, “It won’t be another 11 years before we do another Slammys.”
** VIDEO of REID FLAIR’s Debut Match from Saturday! RIC FLAIR Saves The Day & HULK HOGAN Counts the Pin!