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BIG JOHNNY AND OTUNGA DOWN UNDER, DANA WHITE REACTS TO VINCE MCMAHON'S SHOTS, SID VICIOUS APPEARS ON BIG BROTHER AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2012-08-03 10:30:55
Kevin Hall sent this item. ... With his son Frank Eudy likely to be eliminated, CBS profiled Sid Vicious, heavily highlighting his wrestling background, on Thursday's episode of "Big Brother". They included several sound bites from Sid. Frank Eudy said he didn't have the best relationship with his dad and they've only talked once in the last year. The video of the show should be available soon on CBS.com.  Frank was not eliminated after viewers voted to reset the game and allow the "coaches" to join the game. No one was evicted this week.

Matt Buckley sent this item. ... John Laurinaitis has been advertised for the Australian Tour as recently as this week but he has just been taken off the list of superstars on the WWE Live Events Page. Also David Otugna has been advertised to appear too so it might his first appearance after filming The Hive.

Laurinaitis will be working as a producer/agent on house shows so he will be able to appear whenever needed.

Luke Williamson sent this link, which goes to an interview that Dana White did with Ariel Helwani.  White was asked about Vince McMahon's comments that UFC's ratings are abysmal.  White said he could talk a lot of crap on WWE but doesn't.  He said that he likes Vince and has a good relationship with him.  He just thinks that Vince says that kind of stuff because that is how he is wired.  He said he doesn't get why Vince takes shots at UFC because they are two very different businesses and he doesn't know enough about Vince's to comment on it.

Arda Ocal sent this item. ... In an interview with theScore's Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) WWE legend and current official WWE Ambassador Sgt. Slaughter reveals that he was originally talked about to play a part in the newest GI Joe movie, along side Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. In the interview, Slaughter divulges that the character played by Bruce Willis was originally going to be Sgt. Slaughter, with he as the leading candidate to play the role. Slaughter was featured in an animated GI Joe movie in the 1980s.

Other topics discussed in the interview include how close he was to not portraying an Iraqi Sympathizer in the WWE, the iconic promo where he burns Hulk Hogan's shirt and how the original idea was to burn the American flag and Slaughter's reaction, and more.

You can watch the video below.

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