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Who walked out of Sacrifice as the TNA World Heavyweight Champion? Which WWE Diva has been released? Did Floyd Mayweather Jr. really get $20 million and did he boost the PPV buy rate for WrestleMania XXIV? What did Vince McMahon have to say at the shareholder’s meeting? Which former SmackDown announcer is going to ESPN? What two wrestling related programs return to the TV this week? Which two former WWE Champions will be hosting new reality TV shows in the near-future?

TNA: Sacrifice Results

• Deuces Wild Tournament Quarterfinal Match 1: Team 3D beat Sting and James Storm
  
• Quarterfinal Match 2: Rhino and Christian Cage beat Booker T and Robert Roode
  
• Quarterfinal Match 3: The Latin American Xchange beat Kip James & Matt Morgan
  
• Quarterfinal Match 4: AJ Styles & Super Eric defeated BG James and Awesome Kong
  
• Terror Dome Match - Winner will replace the injured Kurt Angle in the main event and become the number 1 contender for the X Division title: Kaz beat Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, Consequences Creed, Curry Man, Shark Boy, Jimmy Rave, Johnny Devine, Alex Shelley, and Chris Sabin
  
• Semifinal Match 1: Team 3D defeated Christian Cage and Rhino
  
• Semifinal Match 2: The Latin American Xchange defeated AJ Styles and Super Eric
  
• TNA Knockouts Makeover: Gail Kim beat ODB, Salinas, Roxxi Laveaux, Traci Brooks, Jacqueline, Rhaka Khan, Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, & Christy Hemme to earn a title shot. As a result of this match, Roxxi Laveaux had her head shaved
  
• Finals of the Deuces Wild Tournament: The Latin American Xchange beat Team 3D to win the vacant TNA Tag Team Championship
  
• TNA World Championship: Champion Samoa Joe beat Scott Steiner & Kaz

Torrie Wilson Released
Torrie Wilson has been released from the WWE. Torrie started working for the WWE in 2001 when the WWE bought WCW. She has been out of action since last fall with back injuries that are career threatening. Her tenure with the WWE is most notable for her two Playboy cover appearances.

WWE First Quarter 2008 Financials
Earlier this week, the WWE announced their first quarter results. The buys for WrestleMania this year decreased from approximately 1.2 million buys to 1.06 million buys. During the investor conference call, the WWE admitted that Floyd Mayweather Jr. did not get $20 million for his battle with the Big Show. For further information about the financial health of the WWE, you can check out the quarterly report on their corporate website.

Vince McMahon Talks at the Annual Shareholder’s Meeting
Vince McMahon spoke to WWE shareholders for over an hour this week. The first few meeting of the meeting saw Linda take care of some corporate business but then things got interesting once Vince took the microphone. Vince spoke for a while about some of their future goals as a company (become less McMahon-based as a company) and that one of the key things they learned this year was that they had to become more media savvy. Vince then took questions from some shareholders and it was a very interesting Q&A session. The most intriguing item Vince brought up is that their premiere on MyNetwork TV will be an hour-long look back at WrestleMania XXIV that will feature little commentary and that the wrestling action will feature a score. Some other key points mentioned are that the Tribute to the Troops show will move from USA Network to NBC and that with the exception of New York City (Madison Square Garden), every future WrestleMania will be hosted in a stadium environment. Video of this meeting can be seen on the corporate section of wwe.com as well as the 2007 Annual Report.

Jonathan Coachman Gets a Job With ESPN
According to PWInsider.com, Jonathan Coachman will be working for ESPN. The Coach made his WWE debut in 1999. During that time, he has had side jobs with the MSG Network and College Sports TV. It has not been announced when he will be starting with ESPN or what he will be doing for them.

Two Wrestling Shows Coming Back to TV This Week
The second season of American Gladiators starring Hulk Hogan will be returning to NBC starting on Monday night. In addition, WWE Classics will be returning for a third season on the MSG Network on Wednesday night. Just a reminder, for the latest about what will be on and when, make sure to check out my national TV schedule which is continually updated throughout the week.

Two Future Wrestling Related Reality TV Shows Announced This Week
According to Variety.com, SpikeTV has signed Kurt Angle to be the host of Caught in the Action, a hidden-camera show. Hulk Hogan is going to be part of a new show on CMT this fall. Entitled Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling, the eight episode show will follow 10 celebrities compete for the right to be crowned Celebrity All-Star Wrestling Champion. The show is being produced through Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment. Eric Bischoff is the former President of World Championship Wrestling.

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