Here are spoiler results for Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown for this Friday:
– Christian beat Sheamus by DQ. Mark Henry interfered. Randy Orton took his time, but made the save.
Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase came out. Cody got major heat for the paper bags when DiBiase said he represented Corpus Christi with a bag over his head.
-. Ted DiBiase beat Trent Baretta.
Ezekiel Jackson came out and then The Corre followed. Teddy Long interrupted and made a six-man tag match.
– Kane, Big Show, and Ezekiel Jackson beat The Corre in a six-man tag.
– Brie Bella beat Natalya. Bella won with the X Factor. Kharma didn’t show up, which upset the fans.
– Daniel Bryan beat Chavo Guerrero. A five minute match. Sin Cara came out and hit a huracanrana on Chavo after the Match. It looked like they were setting up Sin Cara vs. Chavo for Over The Limit.
– Randy Orton beat Mark Henry by DQ. Sheamus interfered. Christian took his time before coming out and making the save.
Dark Match
– Randy Orton wrestled Christian to a no-contest. The match ended in interference from Sheamus and Mark Henry.
— In honor of Michelle McCool’s official website, www.MichelleMcCool.Net, McCool has sat down to answer a series of question, in a video blog! This marks Michelle’s first-ever apperance on camera since her departure from WWE. McCool discusses what her TV Tuesday’s were like, what it is that Vince McMahon wants from his Divas, an in-depth insight into WWE releases and roster cuts, working with Trish Stratus and her future with WWE Tough Enough!
— A SmackDown live event scheduled for Johnson City, Tennessee on June 6 has been canceled. The SmackDown crew have been called to appear at the evening’s Monday Night Raw taping in Richmond, Virginia.
— The Miz is throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at tomorrow night’s Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants game at Dodgers stadium.
Earlier this week, we reported that Paul Heyman is working hands-on with UFC heavyweight fighter Shane Carwin to work on his microphone skills and become more effective at hyping his upcoming fights. Specifically, Heyman is helping UFC produce the UFC 131 Countdown Show that will air on Spike in the weeks leading up to the June 11th pay-per-view.
Shane Carwin has posted a blog on Shane-Carwin.com discussing his experience working with Heyman .. Here’s part of what Carwin wrote:
“Paul arrived the night before [shooting] and we grabbed dinner and he went over his plans and ideas. He said he was given about 12 questions that he was just going to toss out. He wanted to capture me and my thoughts on the fight. The type of questions that he tossed out were ones like “how did you feel when you got the call”.
“The day of the shoot it was pretty much business as usual. I would say the key difference of what Paul brought to the table vs the previous producers is that he understands the entertainment value and ask questions that illicit good responses. I have been called “boring” in the past but the reality is when you are interviewed by people that do not fully understand the sport or how to extract the right information to sell the event. I do not lead interviews so if the media is not sure of how to extract the right information I can come off “boring”. That would be the Heyman difference. Paul was able to let me be me, left the stupid questions out and we got into some good stuff. I think this is going to make for a great Countdown Show.”
– After Monday’s episode of WWE RAW from San Antonio, TX went off the air, WWE Champion defeated The Miz in what was described by a live correspondent as a solid match. Cena nailed Miz with the Attitude Adjustment to get the pin.
After the match, Cena brought a member of the United States millitary into the ring with his son and took photos with them.
– Dwayne Johnson officially signed on to star in the movie “The Snitch,” where he will play a father who agrees to go undercover to help police bust a drug gang in exchange for shortening the jail sentence of his son.
– Speaking of The Rock, his latest film Fast Five continues to perform well – taking in another $19.5 million in its third week in theaters. The movie fell only one spot to #3 for the weekend.
The domestic total for Fast Five now $168.8 million and its worldwide total is $440.5 million – making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise.
To get an idea of profitable a successful movie release can be, Fast Five‘s budget was “only” $125 million .. Not bad for a $440 million return!
— TNA Wrestling kicked off a tournament at last night’s Xplosion taping for the Xplosion Championship. The premise of the title is that it’s holder would be able to challenge any champion on iMPACT! Wrestling.
“The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero squared off against Suicide in the opening match of the tournament.
— Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) announced last Thursday that Mickie James, Angelina Love, Velvet Sky and Sexy Star will face Faby Apache, Mari Apache, Lolita and Cinthia Moreno at the organization’s biggest show of the year, TripleManía XIX, which takes place on Saturday, June 18 at Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City.
— The new TNA Wrestling Mobile Video Game from NAMCO BANDAI will be released this Thursday. It will be available on the iPhone, iPad and Android.
Nexus leader CM Punk was recently interviewed by UK wrestling magazine Fighting Spirit. Here are some highlights of what Punk said about:
How Far He’s Come In Wrestling: “For me the thing I’m most proud of — aside from being three-time heavyweight champion and winning Money In The Bank — is the fact that I started wrestling in my backyard when I was 15, and now I’m here … I was CM Punk when I was rolling around with my friends in the backyard when I was 15, and now I’m CM Punk at WrestleMania XXVII fighting Randy Orton in front of 70,000 people.”
His WM27 Match Against Randy Orton: “I hate everything I do when I watch stuff back, so I don’t tend to generally watch my matches again, but I did watch that one and I liked it. Obviously there were a few things I wish I had done a little different, but it will hold-up over time. For me, the highest praise was having the so-called ‘old timers’ tell me that they liked it.
“Bret Hart went out his way to call me up and tell me how much he liked it. Randy’s Dad (Bob Orton Jnr) loved it, as did Bob Armstrong. So much of wrestling’s history said it was good, and that it was the match of the night.
Getting Cheered As A Heel: “On [WWE’s recent UK tour] I was getting cheered which made me want to pull my hair out. I think it’s mainly from the older audience and it’s something that I think eventually happens to everyone when a level of respect is built-up. It’s just up to me to get them to hate me again by pushing their buttons.”
Issue 68 of Fighting Spirit Magazine is out on Thursday May 19. For more details check out FightingSpiritMagazine.co.uk
— “The Pope” ‘Angelo Dinero appeared on 540 ESPN Radio’s Pro Wrestling Report last night and said he’s not leaving TNA. It was speculated that he would leave the organization due to cryptic comments he made last week on Twitter about “moving on.”
— Desmond Wolfe returned to TNA Wrestling at last night’s television taping in Orlando, Florida as the commissioner of Xplosion.
He still not has been cleared to wrestle.
— Okada worked New Japan Wrestling’s tour over the weekend.
— The May 26 episode of iMPACT! Wrestling is being taped tonight in Orlando, Florida.
It was announced tonight on Raw that Big Show and Kane would be defending the WWE Tag Team Championship against CM Punk and Mason Ryan this Sunday at WWE Over the Limit.
Meanwhile, Michael Cole signed a match contract with Jerry Lawler for WWE Over the Limit. After they had each signed, though, Cole revealed that he’d inserted a stipulation making the contest a Kiss My Foot Match.
The announced card is as follows:
“I Quit” Match for the WWE Championship
John Cena (c) vs. The Miz
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match
Randy Orton (c) vs. Christian
Kiss My Foot Match
Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole (Jerry Lawler will give up his WWE Hall of Fame ring to Michael Cole in the event of a loss.)
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Wade Barrett (c) vs. Ezekiel Jackson
WWE Tag Team Championship Match
Big Show and Kane (c) vs. CM Punk and Mason Ryan
— WWE ring announcer Justin Roberts announced during a commercial break at tonight’s Raw taping at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas that a pay-per-view event, WWE Uprising, would be taking place at the venue on October 23.
The event was originally titled Bragging Rights.
— Matches taped tonight in San Antonio, Texas for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars are as follows:
* Evan Bourne vs. Drew McIntyre
* Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov vs. Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder
— Chris Masters beat Tyler Reks via Masterlock in a dark match prior to tonight’s Raw taping in San Antonio, Texas.
Credit to TNAInsider.com for the following spoiler results for Thursday’s Impact Wrestling:
* Immortal minus Hulk Hogan come out to begin the show with an in-ring promo. Brian Kendrick interrupts and all the X Division comes out as well. A huge brawl ensues as Fortune hits the ring.
* TNA X Division Champion Kazarian vs. Abyss is announced for later tonight as well as Amazing Red vs. Samoa Joe and Generation Me vs. Eric Bischoff & Matt Hardy.
* Rosita, Sarita & Madison Rayne vs. TNA Knockout Women’s Champion Mickie James, Tara and Miss Tessmacher with Mexican America on commentary. Winners, Mickie, Tara & Miss Tessmacher.
* Kazarian vs. Abyss for the TNA X Division Championship. Winner and new TNA X Division Champion, Abyss.
* Samoa Joe b. Amazing Red in an 8 seconds squash match. After the match, Joe doesn’t let up but Crimson hits the ring and makes the save.
* AJ Styles comes out for a promo and calls out Tommy Dreamer. Dreamer comes out and beats down Styles. Christopher Daniels makes the save. Bully Ray joins in the melee and helps Dreamer take out Styles and Daniels.
* Kurt Angle comes out for a promo and says he and Jeff Jarrett will have a match and it will be for the number one contendership for the TNA Championship. Jeff Jarrett comes out and it ends up being announced they’ll face off at Slammiversary for Angle’s 1996 Olympic Gold Medal. Velvet Sky pushes Karen Jarrett down the ramp in a wheelchair
* Eric Bischoff and Matt Hardy b. Generation Me when Hardy hit the Twist of Hate on Jeremy allowing Bischoff to score the pinfall. After the match, Bischoff was celebrating and mocking the X-Division roster to close the show.
WWE officials have plans to promote numerous developmental wrestlers to the main roster in the ensuing weeks. However, the only talent confirmed to be called up to the main roster at this time is NXT Season 3 contestant Maxine. She is scheduled to debut on the SmackDown brand at tomorrow night’s television tapings in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Maxine, who’s real name is Karlee Leilani Perez, has been in WWE’s developmental system since June 2009. She’s generally utilized in a speaking/managing capacity in Florida Championship Wrestling, as opposed to wrestling. She currently reigns as the General Manager of FCW, and manages Lucky Cannon.
Months ago, WWE planned to cut ties with a number of main roster performers after Wrestlemania, then calling up developmental talents to fill the undercard of the main rosters, with the idea that they could cut costs by using lower priced talent. There were rumblings late last week that the process would be starting shortly.
Here are some highlights of Hulk Hogan’s appearance on The LAW radio show over the weekend:
Wrestling One More Match: “Well it’s a calculated risk, it’s not like ‘Oh my God he’s an idiot with all the back surgeries he’s going to wrestle in Brantford and if he gets knocked down he’s in a wheelchair’ – it’s not that story. If I do get in the ring it’s a calculated risk, these guys are professionals and instead of being body slammed someone can hit me in the throat, rake me in the eye, I can crumble down to the ring or take a bump on the back of my neck and shoulders and not hurt my lower back. There are a lot of ways to do it and if you think of the risk versus reward, it does matter, it’s a pretty foolish thing to think about wrestling after eight back surgeries but then there’s also the love of the business and how I love being around the guys, the fans and you guys so I’m torn between what really makes sense and what I feel. It probably has a lot to do with ego, which I try not to get involved with, I like to take ego when it comes up and put it on the wall and go back to what makes sense so it doesn’t make a lot of sense when you ask the question but it’s a consideration at this point.”
TNA Struggling To Get Viewers To Order PPVS “A lot of it has to do with awareness and the fact that we can get to the people. If I go into my hotel room in Chicago there are certain cable networks that are on like USA Network – there is no Spike TV. I mean a lot of it depends on who you can get to and who you can reach there is a lot more than ‘the fans aren’t buying it’ there is more to the equation and that’s a very shallow statement and that’s not a fact. The people that see it are buying it, there just aren’t enough people seeing it. That’s what it is – it’s creating awareness, a marketing plan we have to work with Spike TV and boost them up the ladder. I don’t know how many cable networks there are in the States if it’s 25 or 35 but in the paper it shows you who the top ten are so if we can get Spike up to that number one position the whole equation would change on how many people are buying it and change the equation and someone wouldn’t say ‘no one is buying it’ well the people that are seeing it are buying it so it’s creating that awareness to make people more aware that the product is there and that they can get it and when they walk into a hotel in Brantford that Spike is available.”
Catch The LAW every Sunday night at 11pm EST on The Score on Sirius 158
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with another blog update, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com .. Here are some highlights of what JR said about:
The Rock Back On WWE TV: “Yes…I can easily see the Rock back on WWE TV in some form and feel that matter is essential to promote his main event level match at WM28 in Miami vs John Cena. How Rock could NOT make reoccurring appearances on WWE TV and headline WMania is beyond me. However, I don’t see Rock wrestling on free TV before WM28 but that’s simply one man’s opinion.”
Drew McIntyre’s Potential: “What do I think of Drew McIntyre? Lots of potential, nice look, seems to be athletic but it needs to be established as to who the Scot is and what his immediate objectives are.”
TNA Billboards Near WWE Headquarters: “Yes…I heard about TNA putting up billboards in Stamford, Ct which is the world HQ of WWE. Thoughts? A complete waste of money unless obscure mentions such as this one is what TNA is looking for. Silly expenditure of money IMO. One would think that organization would have bigger and more important fish to fry. However, what TNA does isn’t any of my business or concern but the question was asked and has now been addressed. I would guess that many WWE, Stamford based employees learned of TNA for the first time via the local billboards.”
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Jim Ross has posted a new blog entry on his official website, www.jrsbarbq.com. Highlights are as follows:
Drew McIntyre: “What do I think of Drew McIntyre? Lots of potential, nice look, seems to be athletic but it needs to be established as to who the Scot is and what his immediate objectives are.”
Sin Cara vs. Daniel Bryan: “I did enjoy Sin Cara vs. Daniel Bryan’s match on Smackdown a great deal and the involvement of Chavo Guerrero into the Cara mix as well. Cara is developing nicely, was a predictable, HUGE hit in Mexico last weekend for WWE, but Cara needs to accelerate his learning to speak English so he can communicate with a large portion of the WWE audience.”
WWE utilizing Hall of Famers at live events: “Yes…I like the way WWE is using WWE HOF’ers to add to the live event experience ala The American Dream this weekend in Lake Charles, La and Dream’s hometown of Austin, Texas. These specific bookings provide many potential resources including meet and greet opportunities, advance PR/media work, a reconnection to previous generations of fans, and adds much needed star power to the live events. I’d pay good money just to hear Dusty cut an impassioned promo about any subject that he chose. Perhaps WWE should draw suggestions for a Dusty promo from a hat and watch him go to town…..if you will.”
TNA placing billboards near WWE HQ: “I heard about TNA putting up billboards in Stamford, Ct, which is the world HQ of WWE. Thoughts? A complete waste of money unless obscure mentions such as this one is what TNA is looking for. Silly expenditure of money IMO. One would think that organization would have bigger and more important fish to fry. However, what TNA does isn’t any of my business or concern but the question was asked and has now been addressed. I would guess that many WWE, Stamford based employees learned of TNA for the first time via the local billboards.”
Solomonster is back to talk Brock Lesnar’s illness and a potential return to WWE, The Pope leaving TNA, an idea to end the anonymous Raw GM gimmick, a MUST-SEE match on Smackdown, TNA says “Wrestling Matters!” but do they really mean it, the return of managers and Lex Luger as head of WWE’s Wellness program? Plus, Solomonster shares a story about the night Owen Hart died and more of your stories on how YOU became a wrestling fan!
Recap of Kurt Angle’s appearance on the Busted Open satellite radio show on Sirius 92 and XM 207.
This interview was pretaped before the announcement of TNA Impact becoming Impact Wrestling, and before the news that Brock Lesnar had to pull out of his upcoming UFC fight because of his condition.
Angle on his Olympic comeback: “I started training two weeks ago. I’m not allowed to really talk about but I’m gonna make a formal press conference in August. I will be training with my nephew who’s never tried out and it’s gonna give him that opportunity to realize his dream….to not say ‘What if? Why didn’t I try?’ So him and I had a long two hour conversation one night and we were very serious about it. I mentioned it on WTAE in Pittsburgh and it just went out like wildfire. I’m very serious about it. I am going to do it and I believe I have a very good shot.”
Angle on whether he still have the passion for wrestling: “I love wrestling. I will always love wrestling, but now for me, it’s a job. My responsibility is to have the best match on the card every time I go out there and I usually do. That’s my job, and I get paid very well to do it, and I don’t want to quit wrestling because that’s getting me to where I can get my Angle Foods where I need it to go. It’s also getting me so I can train for the Olympics. TNA is going to give me time off to train. If I make the Olympic Team, obviously I’ll have to leave for 3 months to train in Europe. So TNA has been a blessing for me to be able to do this. I don’t think I could have done it in the other company.”
Angle on whether he’s still the best in the business and whether he still loves pro wrestling: “I could retire. I made enough money to sit back the rest of my life and retire, but I do love it. I know that if I left now, I would miss it significantly. I am signing a new deal with TNA right as we speak. It’s another three and a half year deal. It will be part time, I’ll be doing very few house shows, I’ll be doing a number of TVs and I promised I’ll do all the pay-per-views. My wrestling will calm down. I’ve been more of a TV/PPV schedule and a lot less of the house shows. I’d rather wrestle six days a month than doing what I’m doing right now which is 18. With WWE, I was probably doing 18-24 so I’m almost as busy as I was then and I went to TNA to back off so we came to an agreement that I should definitely be taking off house shows and be able to rest and recuperate.”
Angle on the Jeff Hardy incident at the end of the Victory Road PPV: “That was an unfortunate situation where I think Jeff realizes it now. Whatever he did…this is something that’s been talked about many times. Jeff made a mistake. If he was going to take any form of, let’s say, sleep medication… he probably should’ve waited an hour before he did that. Jeff made a bad decision and he’s learned from it.
“Jeff has been clean for the last month and he wants to come back and he’s ready to come back and I believe that he won’t make that mistake it again. But it did happen. I felt really bad. I felt bad for TNA, I felt bad for Jeff, I felt bad for the company. Jeff Hardy is an amazing wrestler. I have nothing bad to say about him, actually I love the kid. I wrestled Jeff at his best and I wrestled Jeff at his worst, and it’s night and day.”
Preview This Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING Broadcast On SpikeTV At 9/8c
This Thursday on IMPACT WRESTLING at 9/8c on SpikeTV, it’s the aftermath from Sunday’s Sacrifice Pay-Per-View event as the road to the June 12 Slammiversary epic event begins! Can’t watch IMPACT WRESTLING on Thursday? Make sure to set your DVR to record it!
On Sunday night, Sting retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Rob Van Dam – and now Sting must defend the gold against Mr. Anderson at June’s Slammiversary! What does Mr. Anderson have planned for Sting this Thursday? Sunday’s Sacrifice ended with Anderson claiming he has something in store for Sting on Thursday’s broadcast on SpikeTV.
Has Kurt Angle finally won his war against The Jarretts after he and Chyna beat them on Sunday night at Sacrifice? Tune in Thursday night for the latest!
Plus, Mick Foley is the new Network Consultant, and he’s promised more changes coming to IMPACT WRESTLING this Thursday night! What does Foley have in mind after last week’s big announcement? Tune in and find out!
All this and much more on Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING – plus news on Slammiversary as TNA celebrates 9 years of action!
TNA and Spike TV sent out the following press release to announce the official rebranding of TNA’s weekly television show:
SPIKE TV AND TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION (TNA) WRESTLING RELAUNCH FLAGSHIP PROGRAM AS ‘IMPACT WRESTLING’
Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling and Spike TV announced today that TNA’s flagship program would be rebranded as IMPACT WRESTLING, beginning Thursday, May 19 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on SPIKE.
With the debut of “TNA iMPACT!” in 2005, TNA and SPIKE have partnered to bring U.S. television audiences the most exciting professional wrestling in the world today. TNA iMPACT! has been averaging 1.8 million viewers this year and ranks among the top programs on cable with Men 18-34 and Men 18-49 in its timeslot. In 2011, TNA is up 11% in HH rating vs.Q1 2010 and 9% in viewership of persons 2+.
“While the name change is subtle, it is also very powerful. TNA is proud to be in the wrestling business, and not afraid to say it. And, to emphasize our commitment we have added the word ‘wrestling’ to our already well-known ‘iMPACT!’ brand,” said TNA chief marketing officer Al Ovadia.
In addition to rebranding IMPACT WRESTLING, TNA is launching the tagline, “WRESTLING MATTERS,” a statement that reflects every aspect of TNA Wrestling, from program content to marketing to live events.
“We wanted a branding initiative that was scalable and could extend across all platforms,” added Ovadia. “We asked our fans what it was about professional wrestling that they found most compelling. We learned it was no single aspect, their passion for wrestling was all-consuming. Whether it’s the in-ring action, backstage brawls, the feuds or classic dramatic conflict of good vs. evil, it’s the entire experience that makes ‘wrestling matter.’”
“TNA is a proven ratings winner on Thursday nights for Spike, delivering a consistently large audience of hard-to-reach young men,” said Brian J. Diamond, senior vice president, sports and specials, Spike TV. “We feel the new IMPACT WRESTLING branding message will resonate with our audience who crave the action-packed wrestling that only TNA can provide.”
Effective immediately fans can visit www.IMPACTWRESTLING.com for exclusive news and content on the stars of IMPACT WRESTLING. Fans can also access over 300 hours of TNA programming at www.TNAOnDemand.com.
As part of TNA Wrestling’s new “Wrestling Matters Again” re-branding effort, the company has purchased a number of billboard ads in Stanford, Connecticut – home of WWE headquarters.
The ads, which are to promote TNA renaming its Spike TV show to “Impact Wrestling” – can be seen all over Stanford, including right down the road from WWE HQ. There are said to be 4 or 5 billboards spotted so far.
WWE employee Craig Tello had posted a picture of one of the billboards on Twitter, but it has since been takent down. He tweeted:
“Just saw a #TNA billboard in Stamford on the train to work @WWE. They re-booking the Invasion angle? #IWantWrestling…to stop recycling.”
We’ll post a picture of one of the ads here as soon as it is posted online again.
If you’re located in Stanford and can take a picture of one of the billboards, feel free to send in a picture to [email protected].
– As previously reported, WWE is currently working on how to use The Rock on television in the coming months. While nothing is confirmed just yet, we can confirm that the creative team has a few ideas of what to do with The Rock at SummerSlam and Survivor Series in the fall.
– After Randy Orton captured the World Heavyweight tile last week and ended Christian’s 5-day title reign, WWE is already looking forward to Orton’s next heel challenger. While an extended feud between Orton and Christian was discussed, right now it’s looking like Mark Henry will be the next title challenger. It should be said that Mark Henry as a top heel world title challenger is a scenario that’s been discussed many times in the past, but is not an indication that a title reign is in his future.
– There are currently plans for The Great Khali and his manager Jinder Mahal to form a heel tag team together and feud with WWE tag champions Kane and the Big Show.
– WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin wrote on Twitter that he will be finishing filming “Recoil” in Canada this week. Austin said that it’s probably been the most fun he’s had shooting a movie so far.
– Fellow Hall of Famer Bobby Heenan is reportedly having a very tough time lately with his health issues. Keep “The Brain” in your thoughts.
– As we saw last week on Superstars, Tyson Kidd is now being managed by Michael Hayes. WWE has been considering the idea of reviving managers in recent months and there are said to be more WWE performers who will be getting managers soon. One other person who has been discussed as a possible manager is WWE producer/agent Arn Anderson. Anderson was considered for the role of Tyson Kidd’s manager, but still might be brought in to manage.
COMMENT BELOW: What do you guys think about WWE bringing back managers? Is managing a lost art that adds a lot to a wrestler’s character, or are they an unnecessary distraction that takes heat away from the wrestler?
– Tonight’s episode of WWE RAW takes place from the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas and is the final show before Sunday’s Over The Limit pay-per-view.
No matches have been advertised for tonight’s show. The dark match main event after RAW goes off the air will see WWE Champion John Cena defend against The Miz.
– Prior to RAW is a new episode of WWE Tough Enough featuring several WWE Divas and people from THQ, WWE’s video game publishing partner. Tonight’s episode has been titled, “Running with Wolves.”
– The Food Network‘s show Food Network Challenge will feature a WWE-themed episode tonight – Extreme WWE Cakes. Four chefs will bake cakes based on WWE superstars and divas – with the winner receiving $10,000.
— Sting successfully defended the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Rob Van Dam at tonight’s TNA Sacrifice pay-per-view.
The thirteen minute match concluded with Sting dropping Rob Van Dam with the Scorpion Death Drop for the win.
Mr. Anderson, who won a 25-Man Battle Royal last Thursday on iMPACT! to become the No. 1 contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, confronted Sting following the match. Sting will face Anderson next month at Slammiversary, which takes place June 12.
— WWE.com editor Craig Tello posted a photo on Twitter of an iMPACT! Wrestling billboard located near WWE’s headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. The image, however, has since been removed. He posted the following the tweet:
“Just saw a #TNA billboard in Stamford on the train to work @WWE. They re-booking the Invasion angle? #IWantWrestling…to stop recycling.”
