TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2: THE DAY IN WRESTLING IN 25 SECONDS AND 250 WORDS

MAJOR NEWS ITEM FROM MONDAY:

-- Pro wrestling legend Eduoard Carpentier reportedly dies at the age of 84 over the weekend.

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WWE NEWS:

-- Monday's Raw scores 3.26 rating, up six percent vs. last week.

-- Raw TV viewership 4.86 million viewers, highest since August 30.

-- Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Triple H (voice only) make cameos on Raw; McMahon "wakes up from coma" in hospital scene.

-- Michelle McCool vs. Natalya for Unified Divas Title booked for Survivor Series PPV.

-- Edge vs. Alberto Del Rio announced as main event of this week's Smackdown.

-- NXT tonight: Aksana & Goldust wedding with Ted DiBiase "wedding crashing," second elimination of Season 3.

-- Dusty Rhodes, Sgt. Slaughter, Jimmy Snuka, Roddy Piper, Iron Sheik, and Hacksaw Jim Duggan announced for Nov. 15 "Old School" three-hour Raw.

-- Miss USA Rima Fakih announced as Nov. 29 Raw guest host for three-hour King of the Ring Raw.

-- Edge announced for season finale of Syff's "Sanctuary" show in spring 2011.

-- Friday's Smackdown reaches low mark rating on Syfy through five episodes, below 1.7 rating for the first time.

-- ESPN covers Pee-wee Herman's appearance on Raw as "guest star" and confrontation with The Miz.

-- Jim Ross new blog on jrsbarbq.com talking Raw, Punk, Taker-Lesnar. (jrsbarbq.com.)

MCMAHON NEWS:

-- Election Night tonight in Connecticut with Linda McMahon looking to pull upset in U.S. Senate race.

-- Department of Justice threatens WWE with jail time, six-figure fine for "potential criminal activity" proposing WWE merchandise giveaway at polls; WWE decides to pull merchandise giveaway.

-- Wall Street Journal covers WWE fan in Connecticut wearing WWE t-shirt to vote following last week's "merchandise ban" controversy.

-- Linda, Vince, McMahon Family hosting Election Night Party in Hartford, Conn. at 8:30 p.m. EST tonight.

-- Vince's Raw cameo and "parody" coma skit before Election Night garners national and local headlines with AP coverage.

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TNA NEWS:

-- "TNA Week" on the Family Feud continues today through Friday with five TNA wrestlers vs. five TNA Knockouts.

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ROH NEWS:

-- ROH TV on Monday night with El Generico & Colt Cabana vs. Kevin Steen & Steve Corino in a steel cage, ROH TV Title match.

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OTHER NEWS:

-- New preview clip for Steve Austin's "Hunt to Kill" DVD action movie releases; movie out next Tuesday.

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MMA NEWS:

All the latest MMA news, analysis, and insight can be found on our sister site, MMATorch.com.

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FOR DETAILS ON THE WWE AND TNA ARENA REPORTS COVERING THIS PAST WEEKEND'S SHOWS, CLICK HERE FOR THE ARENA REPORT LISTING

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