| WWE/TNA-A New Beginning I just want to let everyone know the first show will be posted soon, hopefully within the next week. As the year 2009 starts, a major announcement rings through the profesional wrestling world: Vince McMahon buys out TNA and will now step down as WWE owner. Setphanie McMahon will own the company and there will be some major changes. The rosters will be merged, and championships vacated. ECW and Smackdown have been cut, with Impact replacing Smackdown. Both Impact and RAW will air on the same channels on the same days at the same times. The main roster has been announced with 47 superstars and divas, with most of the other wrestlers on both rosters being demoted to either FCW or the returning OVW, with some wrestlers being released. The first event to be held will be the annual Royal Rumble, with the double main event being two different Royal Rumbles, consisting of the 43 male wrestlers on the announced roster along with a special guest and talent brought up from OVW and FCW. One Rumble will be for the WWE title and the other will be fore the World Title. The the rest of the time allowed for the Rumble will consist of 1 or 2 undercard matches. The roster and pay-per-views will be announced below. RAW Singles: Edge-Heel Kane-Heel Shawn Michaels-Face RVD-Face Triple H-Heel Matt Hardy-Heel Rhino-Face Chris Jericho-Heel Umaga-Heel C.M. Punk-Face Divas: Beth Phoenix-Heel Melina-Face Christy Hemme-Heel Gail Kim-Face Tag Teams: Jeff Jarret and Mick Foley-Face JTG & Shad(Cryme Tyme)-Face Chris Harris and James Storm(America's Most Wanted)-Heel Hernandez and Homicide(LAX)-Heel Announcers: Jim Ross-Play-by-Play Jerry Lawler-Color Lilian Garcia-Ring Todd Grisham-Backstage General Manager-Shane McMahon-face Impact Singles: Kurt Angle-Heel A.J. Styles-Face Cena-Face Randy Orton-Heel Christain Cage-Face Mr. Kennedy-Face Elijah Burke-Heel Bryan Danielson-Face Shelton Benjamin-Heel Christopher Daniels-Face Paul London-Face Matt Sydal-Face Gregory Helms-Heel Petey Williams-Heel Jeff Hardy-Face Low-Ki-Heel Elix Skipper-Heel Tag Teams: Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin(Motor City Machine Guns)-Face Ted Dibiase Jr. & Cody Rhodes(Priceless)-Heel The Miz and John Morrison-Heel Teddy Hart and Matt Cross(The Filth and The Fury)-Face Announcers: Michael Cole-Play-by-Play Tazz-Color David Penzer-Ring Jeremy Borash-Backstage General Manager: Jim Cornette Pay-Per-Views: Royal Rumble-January Against All Odds- Febuary Wrestlemania-2nd Week of April Backlash-May Hard Justice-June The Great American Bash-July A Summer Lockdown- August No Surrender-September No Mercy-October Survivor Series-November One Night Stand: Extreme Rules-December |