WWE Hypes Ozzy Osbourne On RAW, SD!/ECW, Linda, Piper
WWE sent out the following press release, hyping Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne hosting Raw Monday night? Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne Host Monday Night Raw Rock icon Ozzy Osbourne and international television personality Sharon Osbourne will rule the ring as the latest celebrity guest hosts of Monday Night Raw at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA, live November 2nd at 9:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM CT on USA Network.STAMFORD, Conn., October 28, 2009 ? Rock icon Ozzy Osbourne and international television personality Sharon Osbourne will rule the ring as the latest celebrity guest hosts of Monday Night Raw at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA, live November 2nd at 9:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM CT on USA Network. The Prince of Darkness has released his autobiography, I am Ozzy, which details his childhood and his years in entertainment. The working-class kid from Aston, England, has sold more than a hundred million records with Black Sabbath and as an award-winning solo artist combined. His autobiography, I am Ozzy, is currently in stores in the U.K., Germany, Ireland and Australia and it will be available in the United States on January 25, 2010 from Grand Central Publishing. When it comes to Raw, what rules will the patriarch and matriarch of "The First Family of Darkness" dare to make for the WWE? Superstars and Divas? Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne join the prestigious list of past Raw celebrity guest hosts, including NBA All-Star Shaquille O'Neal, Emmy-winning actor Jeremy Piven, music icon Snoop Dogg and boxing champ Floyd Mayweather. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., a publicly traded company (NYSE: WWE), is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly, PG content across all of its platforms including television programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing. WWE programming is broadcast in more than 145 countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 500 million homes worldwide. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Toronto and Sydney. Additional information on World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. can be found at corporate.wwe.com.
On January 5th, 2010, the first ECW/Smackdown tapings will take place at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. Tickets will go on sale November 21st at 10 AM.
The Journal Inquirer has an article up, discussing WWE earning state tax credits for running their television production facilities out of Connecticut. The article then goes onto wonder if Linda McMahon is using those credits to fun her campaign, since they were given to the company right before she resigned.
AM New York interviewed Roddy Piper about his role on tonight's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. When asked about his character being a take off of The Wrestler, Piper stated?"For goodness sakes, I am the wrestler. I really understood where the guy was coming from."