DieOff
01-04-2008, 08:19 AM
-- Steve Austin is scheduled to be at the Extreme Monster Truck Nationals on January 11th in Las Vegas, Nevada. Local FOX affiliate Channel 5 is holding a competition for the fans that attend the show to bring an item with them for Austin to destroy.
-- WWE's decision to go with Jonathan Coachman as JBL's replacement as a SmackDown! announcer came as a surprise to many. WWE kept the news very quiet up until last weekend's tapings. A lot of people in the Smackdown lockerroom expected Tazz to be JBL's replacement. Tazz and Michael Cole had great chemistry on SmackDown before Tazz was shifted over to ECW at the end of 2006. Virtually all of SmackDown's top stars wanted Tazz to replace JBL. Jonathan Coachman got mixed feedback on his first broadcast and management understands it's a work in progress.
-- According to local advertising, next week's Raw taping is now promoting a Chris Jericho & Jeff Hardy vs. Randy Orton & JBL dark main event. Orton vs. Jericho was originally being promoted by WWE for the taping.
-- WWE's decision to go with Jonathan Coachman as JBL's replacement as a SmackDown! announcer came as a surprise to many. WWE kept the news very quiet up until last weekend's tapings. A lot of people in the Smackdown lockerroom expected Tazz to be JBL's replacement. Tazz and Michael Cole had great chemistry on SmackDown before Tazz was shifted over to ECW at the end of 2006. Virtually all of SmackDown's top stars wanted Tazz to replace JBL. Jonathan Coachman got mixed feedback on his first broadcast and management understands it's a work in progress.
-- According to local advertising, next week's Raw taping is now promoting a Chris Jericho & Jeff Hardy vs. Randy Orton & JBL dark main event. Orton vs. Jericho was originally being promoted by WWE for the taping.