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Other News Other News: Ted Turner vs. FOX's Rupert Murdoch on PPV? It almost happened in WCW Nov 20, 2008 - 5:03:56 PM
By James Caldwell, PWTorch columnist
hit him!"Link: Ted Turner book at Amazon.com .Caldwell's Analysis: The only other wrestling reference I found on Amazon's feature to search for terms inside the book was an old story about regional wrestling in the 1970s where Turner took pro wrestling from the local ABC affiliate in Atlanta to put on his own WTCG channel. Apparently wrestling just wasn't that big of a deal to Turner in the grand scheme of things reflecting on his life and career, even though TBS and TNT had such a rich history of broadcasting wrestling during several TV eras.RELATED STORY at PWTorch.com: Recent Eric Bischoff interview on WWE and WCW philosophies . Comment on this Article Below
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