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Hi all - sorry for this current sabbatical - I have spent the last 4 days ill, and they would have been busy ones to begin with (Wicked, a visit to Montreal, as well as my second week of 12 hour days of work, plus parenting) ... but we will have an ITVR podcast tomorrow to discuss last night's RAW, including a 'fiery' prelude, inappropriate humour, a big return, and some important storyline continuations. Thanks for bearing with us, and be well. XOXO

Raw 1000

Hi all! So tonight's the night! WWE Raw's 1000th episode - and man is it stacked. Perhaps TOO stacked, with the Daniel Bryan-AJ Lee wedding, a DX Reunion and the appearance of such legends as Mick Foley, Brock Lesnar the Rock, Bret Hart ... and I've heard rumours of Steve Austin the Undertaker, Mean Gene Okerlund, Jim Ross ... not to mention the announcement of the new permanent Raw General Manager, and a word title match between John Cena and defending champion CM Punk. When just half of this could sell any show, and with this week also signifying Raw's permanent move to a 3 hour show, I do have to say it might have been wise to hold some of the above for future weeks where they will be cramming for material ... nonetheless, tonight will be a good show; of this I have no doubt.

A reminder as it's a 3-hour show (and will be going forward), that Raw begins tonight, and in future at 8pm ET on USA network in the US, and the same time tonight here in Canada on the Score - I will have to double check and let you know if the Score is making the same permanent time slot shift with the US. Either way though, as of 8pm tonight, enjoy the introduction to a (risky) new era of Raw. :)

BTW - ONE LAST NOTE: Please click here for a completely unrelated but truy awesome article written by one of our friends over at Pro Wrestling dot Net - all about 'smart' fans and their (our?) attitude towards championship reigns. Got me thinking anyway ... :) Be well and enjoy Raw 1000!

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BTW ... in our hurry ... we forgot to express our love for Abraham Washington, AW, owner of All World Promotions, the newest member of the 'awesome heel manager' club. This guy coud be MONEH if Vince let him (ie, if Vince liked managers ...)

AJ Meets Lita

We'll be podcasting in the next 1-2 nights about this week's Raw and the upcoming pay-per-view, Money in the Bank, this weekend. However meanwhile I wanted to share a cute video I just watched over at http://www.prowrestling.net of a very young AJ (current WWE Diva) meeting former Diva Lita, roughly 10-12 years ago or so. She first appears around the 21/22 second mark, and is the emotional fan towards the very end of the video as well. As that very same former 12-year-old girl fan, I can totally relate. Very sweet.

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Also - just wanted to add - happy belated birthday to Bret "Hitman" Hart who turned 55 yesterday. Still one hot Grandpa! :D

Be well.

Smackdown (and ITVR!) Programming Note!

Just wanted to take the time to remind you of tonight's LIVE Smackdown special on SyFy in the US or the Score in Canada. And also to let you know that ITVR will be returning tomorrow (after a long weekend preemption here in Canada due to the holiday weekend - I actually posted something about that but it didn't go through). That will give us the chance to catch up on last night's Raw, see tonight's SD, and tell you all about 'the week in wrestling'. Dontcha dare miss it!