Lockdown Card

• TNA Championship: Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe
• Lethal Lockdown: Tomko/AJ Styles/Team 3D/James Storm vs. Christian Cage/StingNash/Rhino/Matt Morgan
• X Championship Xscape: Jay Lethal vs. Curry Man vs. Sonjay Dutt vs. Johnny Devine vs. Shark Boy vs. Consequences Creed
• Mixed Tag Team Match: Booker T/Sharmell vs. Robert Roode/Payton Banks
• BG James vs. Kip James
• Awesome Kong/Raisha Saeed vs. Gail Kim/ODB
• Cuffed in the Cage: Latin American Xchange vs. Motor City Machineguns vs. Rock N' Rave Infection vs. Scott Steiner/Petey Williams vs. Eric Young/Kaz vs. Black Reign/Rellik
• Queen of the Cage: Angelina Love vs. Velvet Sky vs. Salinas vs. Rhaka Khan vs. Traci Brooks vs. Christy Hemme vs. Jacqueline vs. Roxxi Laveaux

The RAW crew was in Cardiff, Wales today with Chris Jericho/Triple H over Randy Orton/Umaga. The RAW crew is in Nottingham, England tomorrow. The Smackdown crew was in Geneva, Switzerland today, and tomorrow they're in Strasbourg, France.

WWE has reportedly shifted directions with their WWE Kids magazine, de-emphasizing comics. Randy Orton made an appearance at Woolworth's in Liverpool, England yesterday. WWE Divas will appear on this week's episode of Celebrity Fit Club on VH-1. Jim Ross' latest BBQ blog entry discusses the 2009 Hall of Fame, Ric Flair, international business and more.

FOX News and TMZ both noted WWE's invitations to Clinton and Obama. WWE added Matt Hardy vs. MVP to Backlash. WWE may be starting a new angle for Deuce and Domino and Cherry.

TNA is playing up that Karen Angle may appear at Lockdown. The Sun has an article on TNA's upcoming tour of the UK which may be filmed and used for a new Global Impact special. The trailer for Midway's TNA Impact game is now online.

Ring of Honor was in Boston, MA last night with Kevin Steen over Necro Butcher. Ring of Honor was in Edison, NJ tonight with Jay and Mark Briscoe over Rocky Romero/Davey Richards to re-capture the Ring of Honor Tag Team Championships. The Wrestling Voice interviewed Ring of Honor's Tyler Black about his career, Age of the Fall, Chris Benoit and more.

Monday Night Mayhem interviewed Jesse Ventura about the Clinton vs. Obama match, his new book, Ric Flair's retirement and more. Hulk Hogan is now lending his branding to frozen burgers and chicken sandwiches. JAKKS Pacific signed Steve Blackman for a Classic Superstar figure.

Former WWE developmental wrestler Ron "H2O" Waterman attended last night's YAMMA Pitfighting debut PPV. The Grand Rapids Press has an article on Michigan's Championship Wrestling. Your4State has an article on a Hagerstown, MD pizza restaurant owner stepping into the ring for the National Wrestling League's Pizza and Pasta Grudge match. A 14 year-old in South Africa is accused of killing a 2 year-old while allegedly imitating professional wrestling, leading for some to call for a ban on wrestling and other violent programming.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.