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Ziggler Returns To The Road But Doesn’t Wrestle, JBL & Cole Show Live In Chicago

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– JBL and Michael Cole will be hosting a live edition of their radio show next Saturday at 7pm at the 50 Restaurant and Bar in Chicago. They will will be giving away free tickets to WWE Payback, which takes place in the city the following evening.

– World Heavyweight champion Dolph Ziggler, who has been cleared to wrestle again after several weeks off due to a recent concussion, returned to the road this past weekend for WWE’s Live Event from Johnson City, Tennessee.

Ziggler was originally scheduled to face Alberto Del Rio in the main event, but did not wrestle. He came out, cut a promo on Del Rio and announced that Big E Langston would be taking his place in the match. Ziggler was ringside, but got ejected along with AJ Lee after interfering. The finish came when Del Rio locked in his cross arm breaker and got Langston to tap out.

* Backstage News Heading Into Monday’s WWE RAW

WWE Hiring A General Manager For The New Performance Center

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WWE has recently published a job opening for General Manager of their Performance Center in Florida. Below is the official statement from the WWE Corporate website.

WWE is a publicly-traded, global entertainment company with more than 700 employees. WWE’s PG, family-friendly programming is broadcast in more than 150 countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 650 million homes worldwide. In 2012, WWE had nearly $500 million in revenue and our flagship program, Monday Night Raw, is consistently a top-rated program on cable and is the number-one rated program on USA Network.  WWE is also a global leader in social and digital media with more than 160 million social media followers.  WWE is committed to leveraging the power of its brand and platforms to help address important social issues worldwide including diversity and inclusion, education and military support as well as providing hope to those in need.  WWE is a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, and we encourage all employees to treat every day like it’s the first day on the job, share new ideas, ask questions, respect each other, and, of course, have fun.

The General Manager will be based in Orlando, FL and will oversee our new state-of-the-art WWE Performance Center which consists of 75+ Superstars and 8-10 full time WWE employees.  At WWE, Talent are our most valuable resource–the heart and soul of our business–without which we would not be the global entertainment juggernaut that we have become today. Opening this summer, the WWE state-of-the-art Performance Center will serve as the new home to WWE’s talent development system.  With 26,000 square-feet, seven training rings, a world-class strength and conditioning program and cutting-edge edit and production facilities, the new Performance Center will give WWE the ability to train more potential performers than ever before through a comprehensive program including in-ring training, physical preparedness and character development. This position will report to the SVP, Talent Relations and Development.

Kurt Angle Wants To Be In The WWE HOF, WWE’s Top “Leaps Of Faith” Video

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– 2013 TNA Hall of Fame member Kurt Angle recently tweeted about the honor – noting that WWE really needs to “give him his props” and induct him into their Hall of Fame:

– In the latest Top 10 countdown video, WWE looks at some of the greatest “leaps of faith” in WWE history, including high spots from Brock Lesnar, Rey Mysterio, Jeff Hardy and Bully Ray.

Randy Orton Talks About His Future In Wrestling & Working With Hulk Hogan

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Randy Orton was recently interviewed by Brian Soscia of Beneaththemat.com to promote his new WWE Studios movie “12 Rounds: Reloaded” and spoke about his future in wrestling and working with Hulk Hogan early in his career. Here are some highlights:

His future in wrestling and how long he will be around:

“I think the tank is still pretty much full. What I try to do is every couple months take a weekend off. Sometimes with us times flies by and before you know it you haven’t a day off, a good nights sleep in a long time. Your body needs that. Your mind needs that. When you got a family you have to find a week here and there throughout the year where you can just hang up your boots and be a dad, be a husband, and not travel around the world being a WWE Superstar. Everybody needs that.”

Working with Hulk Hogan:

“It was great, it was magical with him, guys that are over like that. If you get teh chance in there with someone that well known, even though I think he had a hard time moving around, it didn’t matter.”

 

Ziggler On SmackDown Backstage Fallout, Viewership For The Rock’s “The Hero” Show

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– Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s new TNT reality competition show “The Hero” averaged 1.53 million viewers for its Thursday night series premiere. Rock noted on Twitter that The Hero scored a 90% positive review from audiences.

– Here’s the latest installment of WWE Backstage Fallout:

What does Alberto Del Rio have to say about Dolph Ziggler’s pending return to the ring? Find out in “Backstage Fallout.”

Randy Orton Says He’s Not WWE For Life, AJ Lee Talks About Being A “Diva”

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– WWE Sueprstar Randy Orton recently was recently interviewed by Comcast and gave some interesting insight on his future as a WWE Superstar:

“I wouldn’t say I’m WWE for life, I’d say my near future will consist of me primarily being in the ring,” Orton said. “Wrestling is my first love. The movie was fun, but the schedule was grueling because I had to fly off on my off days to film. Eight weeks went by and I had three days off. If I do the movie thing, I’ll be sure that I’m only doing the movie so I can concentrate on it. (Laughs) I think I’d be more sane that way.”

– WWE Diva AJ Lee was recently interviewed by FayObserver.com to promote one of this weekend’s WWE Live Events. One of the more newsworthy quotes came when she was asked about how much of a “diva” she is in real life:

“Diva is a funny word because the connotation isn’t the greatest,” Lee said. “For me, it means being smart, sexy and powerful. It’s my goal to redefine the word. I’m in the WWE, but right now I’m at home on my couch watching Arrested Development. I work out and hang out with my dog and play video games. I’m not the diva archetype; I’m 115 pounds with no curves. I’m the ‘homely diva,’ but I’m proud to be so different and to be a face of the WWE.”

* News On DANIEL BRYAN Getting a MAIN EVENT Push This Summer

Bob Holly Talks About Vince McMahon’s Pet Projects, CM Punk & More

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Former WWE Superstar Bob “Hardcore” Holly recently spoke to WrestlingHeels Radio about WWE, the Brock Lesnar injury, Triple H and NASCAR. Here are some highlights from the interview:
Fandango and being Vince’s pet project: 
“If you’re Vince’s pet project, you pretty much – you’re a shoe-in there. And all you got to do is just listen to him and do what he asks of you, and you’ll have it made because he’ll make sure that you get over. He will. Just do what he says. And listen to him. And you will get over. So yeah, if he’s got Vince behind him like that, that guy’s got it made.
“And another thing I love about what he [Fandango] does too is the way he gets in the ring. After he makes his entrance, watch the way he gets in the ring. He does that. Nobody’s ever done it that way. And to me, that’s different, and I like that. But yeah if he’s Vince’s pet project, the guy’s got it made. He just has to make sure he listens to him and doesn’t get the attitude well, I’m gonna do what I want to do, despite of what he says. Because then that’ll be the demise of him. Which hopefully – I think he’s smart enough and he knows who to listen to. So I wish the guy all the best. I really do. I really do.”
CM Punk’s backstage demeanor:
“To me, he seemed like he was happy. He really did. it’s hard to tell. He wasn’t one to complain at all. You’d never hear him complain. So you wouldn’t know if something was wrong. I mean, I talked to him. We talked all the time in the locker room, just talking about anything, in general.
“And one thing I will say – and I have a ton of respect for Punk. I really do. And he was always happy for me whenever they would start doing something for me. ‘Cause he always said you deserve it, and stuff like that. And he was one of the guys who always told me he was happy for me whenever anything good would come along for me. And that meant a lot to me.
“And I’ve always had tons of respect for him. And especially after I started working with him because here’s a guy that he brings it. He will bring it to you. And I respect that out of him because whatever I did to him, he did back to me. And I really enjoyed that. That’s what I like out of guys that’ll bring it. And I always enjoyed working with him.
” The first time I worked with him, it was kind of – we had kind of a different style. But after we started working a couple times, I really enjoyed working with the guy. I really, really did. But he was always very kind. Always very kind in the locker room. And anywhere you’d go and talk to him, he was always really, really nice.”

Daniel Bryan Talks About His Recent Success In WWE

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WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan attended the Philadelphia Comic Con last weekend and spoke to John Corrigan of The Temple News. Here are some highlights of what he said about:

His Recent Success in WWE:

“When I go to Target and see my own action figure, it makes me feel stupid because I’m not doing anything different than I was before. It’s just that I’m on TV … I’ve wrestled in front of less people than this in a room smaller than this and when I walked out, instead of people chanting ‘yes,’ they just stared at me in apathy,”

ROH Alum Nigel McGuiness: 

“…my favorite ROH rivalry was with Nigel McGuinness. Nigel was signed at the same time as me, but he had some shoulder and elbow stuff that didn’t clear WWE’s medical testing and now he’s out of the business altogether. It’s a loss because he’s great on interviews, in the ring, and really just a fun guy to be around.”

Impact Wrestling Ratings, Former WCW Star Passes Away

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– Former WCW wrestler Mark Starr (real name, Mark Ashford-Smith) has passed away at 50-years-old. Starr worked as an enhancement talent during the Monday Night Wars and tagged with Chris Kanyon as part of the Men at Work tag team, before retiring. No official cause of death is known at this time.

– Thursday’s 6/6 edition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew only a 0.91 rating with an average of 1.1 million viewers for the two hour show. This number is up from the previous week’s alarming 0.83 rating. The show featured the debut of MMA star Rampage Jackson, but went up against Game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals. So far, TNA has not had great success in their “new” timeslot of 9pm (EST).

* When The WYATT FAMILY Will Debut & Plans for CM PUNK & BROCK LESNAR

The Breakdown – Episode 10: Pro Wrestling 101

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This week on The Breakdown, Steve puts together a show for the non-wrestling fans out there

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Chris Sabin Talks About Returning To TNA, Doctors Telling Him To Retire & More

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TNA wrestler Chris Sabin interview
Host: Ryan Rider
Interview conducted for CJAD.com

Sabin on his return: “I’m just happy to be back. It was really intriguing to sit at home injured and see Austin Aries make that rule that you can trade in the X Division Title for a world title shot. That gave me a lot of motivation.”

Whether he fears getting injured again: “There’s always that voice in the back of your mind. I wasn’t expecting to get injured the first time or the second time. I’m going to try to ignore that voice in my head that says ‘what if?’. You just kind of have to do whatever you can and bury that voice in your head. I gotta watch out for my health. I’ll always try to do the best I can to put on the most entertaining match for the fans but first and foremost, I gotta protect myself.”

Doctors telling him to quit: “A lot of people didn’t want me to wrestle anymore. For an athlete, two ACL surgeries is a pretty big deal. I tried to keep as much athletic ability and train as hard as I could to get back to the level I was at before.”

Growing up in TNA from March 2003 to today: “Literally, I spent a third of my life in TNA. When I first started for the company it was so small, we were just doing Nashville and weekly PPVs. The company has grown and grown and grown. I like to reflect that, and hopefully I’ve grown as a person and as a wrestler. I plan on continuing to become a better wrestler.”

Aspirations to be TNA World Champion: “When your dream is to become a wrestler and it’s taken away for two years with two knee surgeries, you sit at home and reflect. You think about things, think about your life. I didn’t do this to go half way; I did this to go all the way. I did this to become the best. And that will always remain my goal.”

Jesse Sorensen Talks About His Neck Injury & When He’ll Return To The Ring

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Injured TNA Jesse Sorensen recently spoke with CJAD.com about his neck injury from last year, when he plans to return to the ring and more. Here are some highlights of what he said about:

His Neck Injury: “When I first got hurt, I had no feeling from the neck down so it was very scary. I thought I was the next Christopher Reeves. I was completely paralyzed for two days and told I would never move again, never wrestle again. I’m very blessed.”

His Ongoing Recovery: “Right after I got out of the ICU, I had to sit in a neck brace for three months then I had six months of rehab to strengthen my neck and try to get back in the gym. Now I’m fully back in the gym and everything’s going good. I actually have my first bodybuilding show in October in Tampa.”

A Potential Return to the Ring: “My passion for the business – I love this business. It’s my dream, always has been and it’s really what I wanted to do. So many say it was a job and now you’re done with it and tell me to find something else to do. But when it’s your passion, it’s all I think about is getting back in the ring. As of right now, it’s not really up to me [when to return]. I want to focus on the bodybuilding show for a little while. But I would like to hopefully return before the end of 2013.”

Former ECW & WWE Star’s Family Robbed At Gunpoint

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Former WWE wrestler Justin Credible revealed on Twitter this week that his parents were tied up and robbed at gunpoint inside their home after somebody broke in. He wrote:

“This is not a joke. 3 masked guys with guns broke into my parents house through the kitchen window. They tied my folks up and my brother too.

 

They had guns pointed. At them. They checked the downstair door where me and my wife stay, but it was locked. They took some jewelry .. But they never got to us. I’ve never felt so violated and helpless. They even pointed a gun and threaten to shoot my brothers son who never woke to see what happened thank god.

 

Wow I’m blown away. So many emotions. I never thought this could happen to me .. So many cops where here, none of them did anything that was helpful.

 

Scary thing is they knew who the family was. Crazy who would do such a thing. Thats why I gotta be careful on who I let into my life.

 

Sorry guys I had to vent to somebody. I just wish I could have done something. I thought this sh#t only happened in movies.”

* When The WYATT FAMILY Will Debut & Plans for CM PUNK & BROCK LESNAR

Jesse Ventura Talks About Running For President In 2016, Linda McMahon’s Costly Senate Runs

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JESSE VENTURA SPEAKS OUT ON LINDA MCMAHON’S COSTLY SENATE RUN, WHAT WRESTLING PERSONALITY WOULD HAVE MADE THE BEST POLITICIAN, WHETHER HE’LL RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2016, AND MORE

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He’s the most talked about guest in ClubWWI.com history. Now, Jesse “The Body” Ventura returns to the Club for his third (and most explosive) interview yet. Jesse speaks to James Guttman for 35 minutes (100 total in all three interviews) about everything including how Vince McMahon Jr. would fair in politics, why President Obama hasn’t closed Gitmo, his own experience with IRS audits, death threats for joining WWF in the 1980s, getting wrestlers over on commentary, and tons more.

The full audio is available at ClubWWI.com. Catch a free clip and read the full list of topics at WeWantInsanity.com.

You can also pick up Jesse’s paperback copy of “DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government” at Amazon.com.

Jesse Ventura’s last appearance on ClubWWI.com was back in 2010 and before WWE’s Linda McMahon ran (and lost) twice for the U.S. Senate. Linda’s campaign famously spent just short of 100 million dollars in her bid. James Guttman asks Jesse about this. Did Linda’s tie-in with wrestling hurt her chances? Ventura’s not sure, but he knows a better way that money could have been spent.

“I don’t know, but I’ll tell you this. If Vince would have given me that kind of money, I’d be the President. How’s that for a quote?”

James laughs and says, “That’s going right in the headline now.”

Ventura, through laughter, continues:

“When I ran for governor, I only raised $300,000. And that’s a statewide race, like the senate. I only raised $300,000. I made more money doing the job. The job of governor paid $120,000 a year. So I made $480,000 for the four years and I only spent $300,000 to get the job. If I would have had that money, I’d be the President. You give me that much money to spend on an election and I’ll be President. (laughs) I think that answers your question in a very humorous, funny Jesse “The Body” Ventura type of way.”

Jesse is well known for avoiding special interest groups and money from lobbyists. His new paperback book, “”DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government”, covers how the same lobbyists appear at both conventions. Ventura has stood up to this new status-quo for years and it’s brought him heat from all angles. However, it’s no different than his wrestling run. In wrestling, like politics, true “straight shooters” are hard to find. JG asks Jesse who, out of all the people he’s met in the wrestling industry, would have made the best politician. Jesse barely needs a moment to think as he reveals his answer to ClubWWI listeners:

“Without a doubt, the best and smoothest would be Vince McMahon Sr., not Junior. Vince McMahon Sr. was the coolest, smoothest operator out of all the promoters I ever met – out of anybody in that whole business. You could be madder than a hornet and you’d go in and meet with him, you’d walk out feeling great but accomplish nothing. You’d feel good about yourself. Yet, he didn’t give you a thing. I won’t go into any specifics more than that. I think that describes Vince McMahon Sr. and I think it describes him in a very positive way. That’s how good he was.”

Although all of Jesse’s appearances on ClubWWI.com have been momentous, this one might be the biggest. Recently, it was implied that Ventura might run for President in 2016. James Guttman likes that idea and presented the question to him like this:

“This country loves firsts. John F. Kennedy was the first catholic president. Barack Obama was the first African-American president. Personally, I’m waiting for the first former AWA World Tag Team Champion president. Now it could be Doug Somers, could be Marty Jannetty. But, I’d like it to be you. Governor Jesse Ventura, will that day come in my lifetime?”

Again, The Body tells it like it is:

“If there’s a grassroots movement to get me ballot access in all 50 states and if they can somehow guarantee – either they protest their brains out to make sure – I’m included in debates. Because you have to be able to debate, I would give it serious consideration. But I’m not going to spend money to get ballot access. It would have to be grassroots effort by people in every state. I need to know that. Because the thing I find most despicable about public service is the obscene money and the sellout and bribery. Jesse Ventura will not sell out to the bribery of special interests. I never took a dime of special interest money when I was governor and I never once, in four years as governor, met with a lobbyist. And I will keep that integrity. So that will require the American people to have to jump through a lot of hoops to get me to do it. Plus, it would mean I would have to leave Mexico and it will require that amount of work from you all to ever even get me to entertain the thought.”

Remember, Jesse Ventura is one of over 300 guests you can hear the moment you join ClubWWI.com. From Jerry Lawler to Dennis Stamp, everyone is there in our 7 year archives. Join the Insanity today and hear all you’ve been missing!

Jeff Hardy Talks About His Past Drug Use, Legends Of The Ring Info & More

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– TNA returns to Consol Energy Park in Washington, Pennsylvania on July 13th, 2013. Bell time is8 PM. Tickets go on sale June 7th.

– This Saturday, wrestling legends Bruno Sammartino, Sting and Edge will be among the taletns appearing at the Legends of the Ring convention taking place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Monroe, New Jersey. D-Lo Brown and Shelly Martinez will also be in attendance.

– TNA star Jeff Hardy appeared on The Regular Guys radio show (Atlanta Rock 100.5) on Thursday and spoke at length about his past drug issues. Hardy said that during his drugging days, he took twenty-five to thirty pills a day.

* New Tag Teams Coming To WWE, The Next Round of NXT Call-Ups & More

The Rock’s “Fast & Furious 6” Breaks Records For Universal Pictures

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The Rock’s new movie, Fast & Furious 6, is breaking records at the box office. According to a report by Variety, The Rock’s latest blockbuster is the fastest film to break $500 million at the box office for Universal Pictures.

“Fast 6” has held the box office lead for three consecutive weekends, following its strong Memorial Day weekend release. It is on track to surpass Fast 5 as the highest grossing film in the 10-year franchiser. That film has grossed over $626 million since its debut in 2011.

Universal has officially signed on for the 7th installment, which is expected to begin production this July. The Rock, Vin Diesel, Jason Statham and Paul Walker have all signed on, according to IMDB.com.

SmackDown Preview, Indy Wrestler Gets WWE Tryout, Nash On Test-Alumni

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– Indy wrestler The Big O, who made a few appearances on Zack Ryder’s old YouTube series, received a WWE tryout before this week’s TV tapings.

– Earlier this week, WWE added a profile for Andrew “Test” Martin to the Alumni section of the company’s official website. Kevin Nash tweeted the following about the move:

https://twitter.com/RealKevinNash/statuses/342698767323111424

– The following matches are confirmed for tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown:

* Chris Jericho vs. Curtis Axel
* Alberto Del Rio vs. Heath Slater
* Kane vs. Ryback
* Fandango vs. Zack Ryder
* Rollins & Reigns vs. Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton (Non-Title Match)

* New Tag Teams Coming To WWE, The Next Round of NXT Call-Ups & More

*Spoilers* Full List Of Bound For Glory Series Competitors

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Following Thursday night’s TNA Impact Wrestling tapings (for the show airing June 13th), Impact Wrestling taping, the following is the completed list of 2013 Bound for Glory series competitors.

  • Jeff Hardy
  • AJ Styles
  • Samoa Joe
  • Bobby Roode
  • Ken Anderson
  • Austin Aries
  • Kazarian
  • Chris Daniels
  • Joseph Park
  • Magnus
  • Jay Bradley
  • Hernandez

* Planned Main Event For TNA BOUND FOR GLORY

*Spoilers* TNA Impact Wrestling Tapings Results For 6/13

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TNA Impact Wrestling Tapings Results
Air date: June 13, 2013
Report by PWTorch.com

-All matches are qualifying contests for the Bound for Glory series.

(1) Joseph Park def. Crimson

(2) Magnus def. Matt Morgan, Rob Terry & Kenny King

-Velvet Sky confronted Mickie James and announced that she has been medically cleared to compete

(3) Bad Influence def. Gunner & James Storm. Daniels used one of the title belts with a distracted referee.

-Hulk Hogan announced that next week is Open Fight Night, and the fans would be voting between Jeff Hardy and Bobby Roode as to which will get the first call out of the Bound for Glory series. He also announced a battle royale between all the Aces & Eights members, to determine a spot in the series.

(4) Austin Aries def. Eric Young

-Sting came out and said that because nobody helped him at Slammiversary, he was bringing back the Main Event Maffia to get his back..

(5) Ken Anderson won the Aces & Eights battle royale. All members except for D.O.C. threw themselves out to give Anderson the win.

(6) AJ Styles def. Kurt Angle

-After the match, the Aces & Eights beat up Kurt Angle. AJ simply left without doing anything. Rampage Jackson came out for the save, with a chain, and chased them off.

* Planned Main Event For TNA BOUND FOR GLORY

Jim Ross At This Weekend’s WWE Tryout Camp, Evan Bourne’s Upcoming Return

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– WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is at WWE Developmental this weekend for WWE’s latest round of talent tryouts. JR noted on Twitter that no women will be involved in this camp, saying “15-20 men from mainstream sports world” will be in attendance.

– Evan Boure tweeted the following cryptic message about his upcoming WWE return:

* WWE Already Negotiating With 2 LEGENDS For Main Event Matches at WRESTLEMANIA 30

Sting Breaks Twitter Silence With Cryptic Message, Chris Sabin Reacts To Title Victory, D’Lo Brown

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– Posting his first Twitter message since March 28 (and second of 2013), Sting posted this cryptic statement hours before his scheduled appearance on Impact Wrestling tonight: “Sunday I was left to fight alone… Message received!”

This is in reference to his loss to Bully Ray this past Sunday in a No Holds Barred Match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary, where no TNA wrestler attempted to combat substantial interference from Aces and Eights. Per match stipulation, Sting will never be allowed to have another shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

– This past Sunday at Slammiversary, Chris Sabin reigned supreme in the Ultimate X Match to once again become the X Division Champion. Following the bout, Hulk Hogan informed Sabin that like last year, the X Division Champion will receive a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship in the future. In this newly released video, Sabin reacting to his good fortune. (Watch)

– According to WrestlingFigs.com, Aces and Eights henchman D’Lo Brown will be appearing at this Saturday’s Legends of the Ring convention taking place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Monroe, New Jersey (click here for event information).

Sting Talks About Jumping to WWE & Facing Undertaker At WrestleMania

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During a recent interview with the VOC Nation Radio Network to promote his appearance at this weekend’s “Legends of the Ring” convention in Monroe, NJ, TNA star Sting spoke about the possibility of jumping to WWE and wrestling The Undertaker at WrestleMania 30:

“It’s no secret. I’ve always wanted to wrestle Undertaker; I’ve said that for years. And who would not want to work WrestleMania?”

Sting had talks with WWE two years ago about joining the company, but a deal never materialized:

“I do an annual contract every year and the rumors start right around January. The year that they did the (black and white) vignettes (in 2011), I had nothing to do with it and I had no conversations with the WWE at that time. Shortly afterward there were conversations (with WWE) just by happenstance but nothing official.”

Even though a moe to WWE seems unlikely after all these years, he did say that it felt as if his TNA Hall of Fame induction last year was TNA’s way of “putting me out to pasture,” despite TNA president Dixie Carter saying that is “absolutely not” the case.

When asked about which TNA stars he’d like to work with, he listed Magnus, James Storm and Samoa Joe.

* WWE Already Negotiating With 2 LEGENDS For Main Event Matches at WRESTLEMANIA 30

Dolph Ziggler’s In-Ring Return Announced, Bray Wyatt’s Plans For WM30

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– WWE.com has a new feature up looking at photos of WWE Divas from Instagram.

– Dolph Ziggler’s first match since returning to action from a concussion back on May 7th has been announce. The World Heavyweight champion will defend against Alberto Del Rio this Saturday at the WWE Live Event from Johnson City, Tennessee. As noted earlier this week, he’ll also be on Monday’s RAW.

– WWE newcomer Bray Wyatt has yet to wrestle a single match on WWE television, but he’s already got plans for next year’s WrestleMania 30 pay-per-view. He tweeted on Thursday:

https://twitter.com/WWEBrayWyatt/status/342712809399914498

* Storyline Plans For CM PUNK’s Return, When The WYATT FAMILY Will Debut & More

MVP Says He Will Be Returning To Television Later This Year, Offers Thoughts On WWE Fans

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On this week’s episode of MLW Radio, MVP, who is currently not affiliated with any wrestling organization, revealed his intention to return to American television later this year.

In response to whether he would be joining TNA Wrestling as their hyped free agent signing (before it was announced as mixed martial artist Quinton “Rampage” Jackson), he said:

“I have to deny it. It’s not me, but I will be back on US TV later this year. I promise. Not saying anything more than that.”

Following his departure from New Japan Pro Wrestling in February, the 37-year-old revealed on Twitter that he was working on a television program with Lionsgate TV that has no connection to professional wrestling. He then stated:

“I’ll release more details soon. But right now I’m not affiliated with ANY company. And for the record my show has NOTHING to do with wrestling. I’m excited about it. The people at Lionsgate TV have been awesome!”

In his interview with MLW Radio, the internationally acclaimed wrestler encouraged WWE Universe members to broaden their wrestling scope and check out other organizations.

“There are some people, that to them, wrestling is WWE. In the same way that to some people, any cola is a Coke. There is amazing wrestling going on all around the world outside of WWE. You’ve got AAA in Mexico and CMLL. In Japan you have the company I was just working for, the legendary New Japan Pro Wrestling, the historically significant All Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH. These people are fans of WWE and it’s a beautiful thing, but to me it’s a travesty,” he said.

MVP also discussed Vince McMahon’s positive and negative qualities, the psyche of working for WWE, Kenta Kobashi’s recent retirement, and more. To listen to the interview, click here.

More On The Rewrites At RAW, Steamboat Having Back Surgery & More

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– As noted earlier this week, Vince McMahon ordered for the script of Monday Night RAW to be rewritten, just hours before the show. According to a source who was backstage, the script was actually being re-written while RAW was already on the air.

– WWE developmental wrestler Richie Steamboat will be undergoing back surgery with Dr. Joseph Maroon in Pittsburgh soon. The surgery will keep him out of the ring for several months and there is some concern that the procedure could spell the end of his career.

– WWE will be holding another tryout camp featuring upto 15 amateur wrestlers that were recently scouted by Gerald Brisco. WWE has also been scouting Olympic athletes near Colorado Springs, CO.

* Storyline Plans For CM PUNK’s Return, When The WYATT FAMILY Will Debut & More

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

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