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Big Show Suffers Injury, Kelly Kelly’s Role At WrestleMania

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— Big Show suffered a minor injury at Tuesday’s SmackDown taping during an angle involving Ezekiel Jackson. He was supposed to be thrown through a table by the Corre member, but the table didn’t break, resulting in a huge bruise on his forearm. He was scheduled to wrestle in the show’s dark match main event, but didn’t.

— One WrestleMania XXVII match that was changed was Kelly Kelly being replaced by Snooki as the tag team partner of John Morrison and Trish Stratus against Dolph Ziggler and LayCool. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter speculates that Kelly would appear in the babyface corner to counteract Vickie Guerrero in the other corner.

— Advertised for tonight’s episode of WWE Superstars on WGN America is an Eight-Diva Team Match pitting Divas Champion Eve, Tamina, Natalya and Gail Kim against Melina, Alicia Fox and The Bella Twins. The show will also feature Tyler Reks vs. JTG; Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov vs. Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso.

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

JR Injured On RAW, Hakushi Homeless After Japan Quake

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– Chris Jericho wrote on Twitter this week that former WWE superstar Hakushi, who had a good run in WWE during the mid-1990s and the early Monday Night RAW era, has been affected by the devastating earthquake that hit Japan last week. According to Jericho, Hakushi’s home and restaurant were destroyed:

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Former WWE Superstar Jinsei Shinzaki (Hakushi) is livin in his car after his home and restaraunt were destroyed by the earthquake & tsunami

– On Monday’s RAW, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross made a surprise appearance and wound up on the receiving end of an ankle lock submission from Jack Swagger. Ross wrote on Twitter that he suffered a legitimate injury as a result of the attack:

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Ankle & knee have stretched ligaments in ankle & knee. Still sore & swollen but will be ok. X-rays aft swelling goes down. Thnx Swagger/cole

TNA iMPACT! Preview For Tonight (VIDEO)

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The following is a spoiler-free preview for tonight’s episode of TNA iMPACT! on Spike TV, featuring fallout from Sunday’s Victory Road debacle:

– #1 Contender’s Match: AJ Styles vs. Mr. Anderson vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Bully Ray

– Television Title Match: Gunner vs. Murphy vs. Rob Terry

– Scott Steiner & Crimson vs. Ink Inc.

– Madison Rayne’s issues another open challenge

– Hernandez, Sarita & Rosita vs. Winter, Angelina Love & Matt Morgan

Kurt Angle Offers Words Of Support For Jeff Hardy

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TNA star Kurt Angle offers some encouraging words for Jeff Hardy, who is said to be going through some personal issues once again ..

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I Love Jeff Hardy as a Wrestler and a Man. He is talented and works harder than Anyone. I Hope He can turn it around and overcome obstacles
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Jeff- You r in my thoughts and Prayers. You always have a Friend You can go to. GOD Bless.

For more on Jeff Hardy’s recent issues – check out these recent news items:

*SPOILERS* TNA iMPACT! Tapings Results For Tonight

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TNA iMPACT Spoilers for This Thursday, March 17th
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* The show opens with a recap from the Victory Road pay-per-view, followed by Sting coming to the ring. He says it’s time to take out the trash and introduces a new design for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, leading to Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan coming out. They say Sting has no right to change what belongs to them. Bully Ray comes out, followed by Fortune and finally Mr. Anderson. They all demand title shots. Bischoff and Hogan make a Fatal 4 Way for the main event between AJ Styles, Bully Ray, Mr. Anderson and Rob Van Dam where the winner will face Sting at Lockdown.

* Crimson and Scott Steiner b. Ink Inc. After the match, Shannon Moore flips out again as Jesse Neal is being a good sport to the winning team.

* “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero has a “healing ritual” with a blind man, a large women and a crippled man. He is interrupted by Samoa Joe and Okada. Dinero escapes before he could be struck.

* TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne, with Tara, makes her way to the ring for another open challenge. The challenge is answered by Alissa Flash.

* TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne w/Tara b. Alissa Flash quickly. After the match, Mickie James comes out and challenges Madison to a match at Lockdown for the title. Madison says she will only accept if Mickie puts her hair on the line.

* Jeff and Karen Jarrett for a promo. Jarrett says he is out here tonight to offer a truce to Kurt Angle, which leads to Angle coming out with a guitar that has an American flag attached. Angle hits Jeff with the guitar. Karen attempts to low blow Kurt, but it does not work (wearing a cup). Jeff is bleeding. Kurt challenges Jeff to a match at Lockdown, but Jeff shakes his head no. Kurt says if he doesn’t get what he wants “bad things will happen.” Angle leaves while Jeff continues to bleed.

* Jeremy Borash introduces the next match as a Triple Threat for the vacated TNA Television Championship. Out comes Gunner and Murphy, followed by Rob Terry.

* Gunner b. Murphy and Rob Terry with a slam on Murphy to become the new TNA Television Champion.

* Angelina Love, Matt Morgan and Winter b. Hernandez, Rosita and Sarita after Winter hit a catatonic on Rosita. During the match, the person who interfered during the Hernandez/Morgan match at Victory Road came out, but Morgan ran him and Hernandez off.

* AJ Styles vs. Bully Ray vs. Mr. Anderson vs. Rob Van Dam for the #1 contenders spot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship ends in a no contest when the match gets crazy, fast. AJ and Ray brawl outside of the ring while Anderson and RVD fight in the ring. AJ was about to hit Ray with a chair, but Ric Flair came out and low blowed him, allowing Ray to powerbomb AJ off the stage through a table. Both are looked at by trainers while a medical crew comes out with a stretcher and takes AJ to the hospital as Ray tries to attack AJ and falls. It appears the taping has ended at this point.

WWE Searching For New Vice President of Talent Relations

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World Wrestling Entertainment has posted a job listing on WWE-Careers.com for Vice President of Talent Relations—a title once held by John Laurinaitis (a/k/a Johnny Ace). The individual would work as an understudy to Laurinaitis, who currently reigns as Executive Vice President of Talent Relations.

The job description reads: “The VP, Talent Relations is responsible for supporting and guiding our most valued asset at WWE — our Superstars and Divas. He/she will liaise between the EVP of Talent Relations, WWE employees, and our talent development system (FCW — Florida Championship Wrestling). The VP, Talent Relations will also develop and maintain best practices for the Talent Relations function at WWE.”

Laurinaitis was promoted to Executive Vice President in 2009 having served as Senior Vice President of Talent Relations since June 2007. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Talent Relations.

source: wwe-careers.com

Guerrero Comments On Weight Loss, WWE Signs Justice, More

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— Vickie Guerrero revealed on her Twitter account yesterday that she has lost 50 pounds.

“Thanks for the love…I have lost 50 lbs and feel wonderful and strong. I love my trainer! I love the new ME.”

She also addressed TNA Wrestling.

“I would never go to TNA…no disrespect to anybody…WWE is my family…period.”

Guerrero, who rarely appears at house shows, noted that she will be on hand for this weekend’s live Raw events.

— WWE has reportedly signed Ohio based independent wrestler Matt Justice (real name Matthew Hannan) to a developmental contract. Justice participated in Alberto Del Rio mini Royal Rumble Match on the January 28 SmackDown.

— Jim Ross noted on Twitter that Monday’s segment on Raw featuring himself, Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole was the most watched segment of the program, drawing a 4.1 cable rating.

source: PWInsider.com

Who Will Induct Drew Carey?, Surprise On Tough Enough, More

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— The word amongst those in WWE is that former The Price Is Right host Bob Barker will induct Drew Carey, the game show’s current host, into the WWE Hall of Fame.

— Trish Stratus implied on her Twitter account this morning that a huge name appeared on the set of Tough Enough.

“Whew-longest day ever! Flew from STL rite onto set-kids got a surprise guest that blew their minds!” she wrote. “A rock solid day & 2moro we go again!”

— Wrestlers celebrating birthdays today include WWE developmental wrestler Brett DiBiase (23), former WWE star Henry Godwinn (47), and former WWE star Kenny Dykstra (25).

source: PWInsider.com

JR Blog: Jeff Hardy, Angle-WWE, Snooki Wrestling

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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:

Snooki Wrestling: “While Snooki’s in ring expertise may never be confused with many past or present WWE Divas, the value of having Snooki on the Wrestlemania card has already been established with the massive amount of main stream PR that the ‘Jersey Shore’ personality has garnered. I was amazed at how short Snooki was as she seemed to be cooperative and professional based on my limited observations of her.”

Kurt Angle Back in WWE: “Will Kurt Angle ever return to WWE? How would I or any one other than Kurt and the WWE decision makers know the answer to this? However, I’d suggest that most former WWE talents who had the chance to come back to WWE and earn a good, steady living would all entertain that thought. Angle’s greatest professional moments IMO were in WWE and him being able to finish in WWE might make for some compelling TV. Again, not my call.”

Jeff Hardy’s Recent Issues: “I choose not to respond in detail to recent TNA internal issues as I don’t follow their product closely nor do I know the actual details of what may or may not have occurred over the past few days. However, I do still profess to the philosophy that if one can’t solve a problem one must eliminate it.”

Mysterio Denies Release Reports, Miss USA On “Tough Enough”

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— Rey Mysterio has denied online reports indicating that he requested his release from World Wrestling Entertainment.

“Confirming! Did not ask 4 release!” he wrote on Twitter. “Those that like me, u will have Rey 4 a good time&those that don’t, well life isn’t always sweet, 619 out!”

— It would appear that reigning Miss USA 2010, Rima Fakih, does not win Tough Enough as she said on her Twitter account yesterday that she was away shooting the USA Network program. Tough Enough trainers Trish Stratus and Bill DeMott have noted on their respective Twitter accounts that filming is currently ongoing for the reality series. Tough Enough contestants are reportedly prohibited from communicating with the outside world throughout the duration of their stay on the show.

— Tyler Reks vs. JTG was taped last night in Kansas City, MO for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars on WGN America.

source: PWInsider.com

More On Why Jeff Hardy’s Case Was Delayed Today

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As reported earlier, TNA star Jeff Hardy was scheduled to appear in a North Carolina court on Wednesday morning for the latest hearing related to his pending drug charges, but the case was delayed once again and a continuance was issued.

According to FayObserver.com, the case was delayed because prosecutors are still awaiting the results of lab tests from the State Bureau of Investigation on some of the evidence that was seized from Hardy’s home on the day of his arrest back in September 2009.

Hardy’s lawyer has stated publicly that Hardy will plead guilty to some of the charges and prosecutors are still working on the terms of a plea deal.

A TNA spokesman had no comment on how the company is dealing with Jeff Hardy in the midst of these charges, but did say that TNA has a drug policy. No further details were given.

Entire “Tough Enough” Cast Revealed – Nine Men, Five Women

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The USA Network has revealed the entire cast of the upcoming season of Tough Enough, which premieres April 4 following Raw.

The cast features nine men and five women, many of whom possessing independent wrestling experience.

A.J. Kirsch: A.J., 27, has been wrestling on the independent circuit for five years. Among his achievements is a one and a half year undefeated All Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship in addition to a tag team victory over the infamous New Age Outlaws.

Andy Leavine: This 6’5″ giant hails from Brooksville, Florida where he had four years of high school varsity wrestling experience with a record of over 90 wins. The 23-year-old former football player has a mere six months of independent wrestling experience. Starting over 40 games as an offensive lineman for Florida International University, Andy holds the school’s power clean record of 365 lbs. After FIU, he was a priority free agent with the Miami Dolphins and attended mini-camps, before hanging up his cleats to pursue his dream to entertain in the ring.

Eric Watts: Eric, 25, hopes to become a WWE Superstar to fulfill his childhood dream. “WWE needs my afro and my tall, dark and handsome good looks,” says the 6’5″ behemoth. Eric hails from Pasadena, California where he spent two years on his High School varsity football team as left tackle, earning All-League Honors. Eric was recruited by colleges for football, but opted not to attend so he could pursue his dream.

Jeremiah Riggs: This 28-year-old truck driver from Vicksburg, Mississippi is a natural athlete who prides himself on taking on new challenges. He was a US Army Ranger with the 1st Battalion and did a tour in Afghanistan in 2004. He has six years of training as an MMA Fighter with a record of seven wins and five losses, fighting with UFC, Strikeforce and Bellator. He is trying to become the first legitimate MMA fighter to crossover into WWE.

Luke Robinson: Luke, 26, is a Personal Trainer from Auburn, Maine with five years of independent circuit experience. For him, WWE combines all his passions rolled into one: performing, marketing, athleticism and traveling. Luke proved his athleticism as captain of his high school’s varsity soccer, hockey and baseball teams, competing all four years, before moving on to getting his BA in Business Administration from University of Southern Maine.

Martin Casaus Martin, 26, is a stockbroker and independent wrestler hailing from West Jordan, Utah. He gained his experience wresting for six and a half years on the independent circuit. He is also co-owner of Ultra Championship Wrestling Zero, a promotion and wrestling school.

Matt Capiccioni: Matt, 30, is an independent wrestler with nine years of independent circuit experience from Brecksville, Ohio. He has wrestled in sixteen countries and hopes to win “WWE Tough Enough” and a WWE contract so he “can have a fun job.” “You can see the world in spandex and smash things,” he explains.

Mickael Zaki: Mickael, 26, is an unemployed WWE hopeful hailing from Jersey City, NJ. He has lived the 9 to 5 lifestyle and hated every second of it. For him, being a WWE Superstar would allow him to escape this fate.

Ryan Howe: This 23-year-old aspiring musician and independent wrestler hails from Hebron, Indiana. He has two years of wrestling experience and hopes to win “WWE Tough Enough” and a WWE contract to make everyone who ever believed in him proud, especially his family, his trainer, Tracy Smothers, and his girlfriend, Tiffany.

Ariane Andrew: The 23-year-old Ariane is the quintessential Valley Girl. What Ariane lacks in wrestling experience she makes up for with bubbly charm. Ariane hopes to become a WWE diva so she can display her alter-ego, a hard-edged girl that doesn’t give a crap.

Christina Crawford: Christina, 22, is a senior at the University of Central Florida studying Interpersonal Communications. She is a member of her college dance team.

Ivelisse Velez: An assistant pet groomer in Chicago, Illinois, the 22-year-old has spent the last six years on the independent circuit and is well known in her native Puerto Rico.

Michelle Deighton: This 25-year-old day care teacher from Terre Haute, Indiana, hopes to become a WWE Diva to fulfill a dream she has had since the age of 14. She loves the road lifestyle, living out of a suitcase and traveling. She has trained on and off in independent wrestling over the past 11 years.

Rima Fakih Rima is Miss USA 2010. The 25-year-old hails from Dearborn, Michigan where she received a BA in Economics and BA in Business Management from University of Michigan. Rima hopes to win “WWE Tough Enough” to prove that it is possible to be both beautiful and tough.

source: usanetwork.com

JR Responds To ‘Mania Rumors, Tough Enough Drama

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— Jim Ross has responded to yesterday’s report that current creative plans call for him to announce at least two matches at WrestleMania XXVII.

“I find it interesting that so many websites know my wm27 role, allegedly, and I don’t. ‘Net rumors= news items. Irresponsible ‘reporting’,” he wrote on Twitter. “My role at WM27 is to appear @ Axxess. NOTHING else has been confirmed. ‘Net sites should tell me the outcome of my Drs visit later 2day.”

— Tough Enough contestants Christina Crawford and Andy Leavine were under contract to WWE when they were tapped for the USA Network reality show last month. There has been some grumbling on the set of the two being ‘ringers’ (ie. somebody with experience being placed in a situation with amateurs) due to their recent association with WWE’s developmental system.

(Partial Source: Pro Wrestling Torch)

Sin Cara Advertised For Upcoming RAW Live Event

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Newly-signed WWE performer Sin Cara is being advertised for an upcoming RAW-brand live event from Winnipeg, Canada on May 27th. Sin Cara is scheduled to team up with Evan Bourne against The Nexus in what is sure to be a high-flying match to showcase what Sin Cara is capable of.

Here is the advertised card for the event, which will be hosted by WWE legend Road Warrior Animal:

WWE Championship Match
John Cena vs. The Miz

Fan’s Choice Match – Submission Match or Falls Count Anywhere
Randy Orton vs. CM Punk

Fatal Four Way Match for the United States Championship
Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus vs. John Morrison vs. ?

Unified Diva Championship Match
Eve vs. The Bellas

R-Truth vs. Alex Riley

Special Raw Tag Team Match
Sin Cara & Evan Bourne vs. The NEXUS

Mark Henry vs. Tyson Kidd

The Great Khali vs. Ted DiBiase (w/Maryse)

Percy Watson vs. Zack Ryder

Jeff Hardy Court Update: Results Of Latest Hearing

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TNA star Jeff Hardy was scheduled to appear in a Moore County, North Carolina court on Wednesday morning, but once again, the case was continued to a later date.

This time, the reason for the continuance was that the district attorney’s office is still waiting for evidence to come back from the state bureau of investigation.

Hardy is facing multiple drug charges, including felony trafficking, stemming from his September 2009 arrest.

For complete details on the multiple drug charges Hardy is facing (including several felonies) as well as Jeff Hardy’s mugshot picture, click here.

(Source: prowrestling.net)

Hardy Pulled From Upcoming TNA Shows, Love Battles Rosita

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— Jeff Hardy and AJ Styles were scheduled to appear at this weekend’s TNA Wrestling live events in Jacksonville, FL and Savannah, GA, but are no longer being advertised for both shows. Rob Van Dam vs. Matt Hardy will instead headline the events. Other matches scheduled to take place include Jeff Jarrett vs. Scott Steiner, Madison Rayne vs. Mickie James, and Samoa Joe vs. D’Angelo Dinero. Mick Foley, Matt Morgan, Ink, Inc., Rob Terry, Gunner and Murphy are also scheduled to appear.

— Angelina Love (accompanied by Velvet Sky) battles Rosita (accompanied by Sarita) on this week’s episode of TNA Xplosion. (Video)

— TNA Wrestling has announced new May live event touring dates in Missouri and Arkansas. (Info)

TNA Wrestling Makes An Announcement Concerning Victory Road

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TNA Wrestling issued the following statement regarding Sunday’s Victory Road pay-per-view event:

AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO TNA WRESTLING FANS REGARDING SUNDAY’S VICTORY ROAD PAY-PER-VIEW

TNA Wrestling strives to give fans who purchase our pay-per-views as close to a full three-hour event as possible. This past Sunday’s “TNA Victory Road” fell short of that standard. Your support of TNA is never taken for granted. To show you how we value that support, we would like to offer six months of free access to the TNAondemand.com library.

To receive your free offer, please send us a copy of your Victory Road pay-per-view purchase receipt to :

TNA OnDemand Offer
209 10th Avenue South, #302
Nashville, TN 37203.

Please be sure and submit your name, address, and email address, as we will be emailing a special code that will unlock over 300 hours of great TNA Wrestling action.

HBK At SmackDown, McIntyre Loses To Developmental Wrestler

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— Shawn Michaels revealed on his Twitter account that he’s backstage at tonight’s SmackDown taping in Kansas City, Missouri.

He wrote, “At SmackDown with friends. They r having a great time. It is awesome to see the crew. Everybody looks ready for WrestleMania.”

— Drew McIntyre lost to WWE developmental wrestler Percy Watson in a dark match prior to tonight’s SmackDown taping.

A steel cage is hanging above the ring at the event.

— Hispanic Business has a story on Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi’s involvement with WWE.

source: PWInsider.com

J.R. Expected To Call WrestleMania Matches, Raw Rating Drops

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— Current plans call for Jim Ross to call at least two matches at WrestleMania XXVII.

— Last night’s episode of Monday Night Raw scored a 3.7 cable rating, down from the previous week’s 3.92. It did hours of 3.55 and 3.74.

While Raw drew its lowest rating since February 14, viewership was higher than the 3.8 the program garnered two weeks ago. Last night’s show drew 5,651,000 viewers over the course of two hours.

— Snooki was well-liked backstage and many couldn’t believe how short she is, which is 4’10”.

sources: f4wonline.com, pwinsider.com

Abyss Backstage At Impact Taping, Bret Hart Comments On TNA

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— Abyss is backstage at tonight’s iMPACT! taping in Orlando, Florida. He has not appeared for TNA since the January 20 episode of iMPACT! due to a storyline injury.

— Last night on Twitter, Bret Hart gave his take on the difference between TNA Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment.

He wrote, “The main difference between TNA and WWE is the same as the difference between WCW and WWE: Vince McMahon.”

— TNA Wrestling producer Al Snow and Necro Butcher are advertised for the MCW event on March 19 in Alliance, Ohio. For more information on the show, visit MCWpro.com.

source: PWInsider.com

Picture Of Sting’s New TNA World Title Belt

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At Monday’s TNA iMPACT! tapings (airing this Thursday), Sting came out with a new TNA championship belt. That’s right, Jeff Hardy’s custom purple belt is no more.. Check out this picture of Sting with the new TNA belt:

Daffney’s Lawsuit Against TNA, Hogan’s Involvement With MCW

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— Daffney announced today via Twitter that she has filed a workers’ compensation claim against TNA Wrestling, stemming from injuries she sustained working for the organization. According to a few TNA employees, there were issues between Daffney and the company regarding her medical expenses being covered after she suffered a concussion taking a bump through a barbed wire board at the October 2009 Bound For Glory pay-per-view event. The issue had been brewing for some time, which explains why she hadn’t been used as of late.

Daffney’s contract with TNA Wrestling expired today. Her profile was removed from the company website yesterday.

— Micro Championship Wrestling, which debuts later this year on truTV, is filming in Fayetteville, North Carolina for the next several days. Hulk Hogan has been very involved with the tapings as he has appeared at ringside for events. The TNA Wrestling Superstar is tapped for a big role in the show, which is a hybrid of a “reality” series that will follow the organization as it tours and tries to grow.

source: PWInsider.com

Ex-TNA Writer Discusses TNA’s Booking Philosophy & Russo

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Power Slam recently conducted an interview with Wayne Keown, better known as Dutch Mantel. Having been involved with the wrestling industry since 1973, he accepted a behind the scenes role with TNA Wrestling in 2003, where the company’s booking strategy often clashed with his own. Dutch discussed his experience with TNA and explained the organization’s booking philosophy.

After you left the IWA in 2003, you took a job on the TNA creative team. Your booking philosophy was at odds with TNA’s during Vince Russo’s early years with the company and after he officially returned in September 2006, I know you believe wrestling should be realistic, and feature clearly-defined characters and logical storylines which build to a conclusion. And, yet, you worked alongside Russo from September 2006 to summer 2009, a period in which TNA’s output typically consisted of the reverse: puerile characters and nonsensical storylines in a package which was often congested viewers found it impossible to digest what they had just seen.

I like Dixie Carter, but you can’t have too much [on iMPACT!]. They are so afraid somebody’s going to change the channel and go somewhere else.

I think TNA’s roster is much better than WWE’s. But when you’ve got someone like AJ Styles, you’ve got to let him wrestle. You’ve also got to get your characters over. TNA to me is trying to do the same things that WWE is doing. They’re trying to be a copy — and not a good one — instead of being the alternative. [TNA] has come under criticism … but the company can do what they want to do. Then again, I spent six years there watching them do things differently to how I would do them.

When Russo proposed ideas which you thought were ridiculous during creative meetings, would you object to them?

Everything in TNA was done by committee, by vote. I’ll say this about Vince: he has some pretty decent ideas at the start, but what he’s lacking — and Bret Hart, “Stone Cold” and even Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff have said this as well — is the execution of the ideas. You’ve got to take a good idea all the way through to the end of the process. And when the ideas failed, as most of them did, well … Look [TNA] was a committee. If the committee decided that was the way to they wanted to go, then I would say, “Okay, let’s do it.

If people in power realize that the “execution of the ideas” in which Russo is “lacking”, why doesn’t somebody force him to rectify this and do his job properly?

Well, I don’t know.

Russo can’t see how flawed his approach is. If he could, he would have corrected it years ago. I think the burning question is, why is the man still employed by TNA?

I do think his major attribute is being able to stay employed. I don’t know how he does it to tell you the truth. When I was there, we got a 1.3 rating. Since I left in July 2009 (note: interview was conducted in January), they haven’t gone above a 1.3. We’re 18 months later, and TNA has got Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy, and the ratings haven’t even gone up. Look, I wish them all the best in the world, I really do. I like Jeff Jarrett and Dixie — but if you expressed an opinion in TNA, sometimes [the booking team] would look at you like you’d just spit on the Pope. I spoke a language they didn’t speak. I spoke wrestling. They don’t speak that.

source: Power Slam

Wade Barrett Talks WrestleMania 27, Triple H, Jericho

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Corre leader Wade Barrett was recently interviewed by Sky Sports to promote WrestleMania 27. Here are some highlights of what Barrett said about:

Whether He’ll Wrestle at WrestleMania 27:

“It’s not officially set-up but in some capacity, I’m definitely going to be performing on the show. I can’t confirm anything. I’ve been feuding with the Big Show for some time now so I’d love to do something with him. I think I’ve got a score to settle with him and hopefully that will be at WrestleMania. But if not, I’ll be involved in some capacity.”

Triple H Saying He’s Got Nothing Left To Do In WWE:

“Yes, I think so. I think a lot of people heard that and maybe were a bit disgruntled by it. Triple H certainly has beaten everybody there is to beat. He really is one of the best in history. But there really are a lot of young lions coming through at the moment. Triple H has certainly never beaten me. We’ve never been in the ring together. I would like to do battle with him one day.”

Keeping In Touch With Chris Jericho, His NXT Season 1 Pro:

“Even though he’s not in the WWE at the moment, who gives me a lot of advice. We’re constantly texting and calling each other,” Barrett said. “As soon as I do something right or do something wrong, he’ll let me know pretty quickly. I’m hopeful that in some point in the future he’ll be back in the WWE.”

To read more from Wade Barrett, including what he thought about Nexus’ memorable debut on RAW last year, visit SkySports.com.

Backstage Pictures Of Trish Stratus From RAW

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On Monday’s RAW, Trish Stratus returned to action in a match against Vickie Guerrero that resulted in a beatdown from LayCool. Vickie Guerrero proposed a mixed tag team match at WrestleMania, and the match is set – Trish Stratus will team with Jersey Shore star Snooki and John Morrison against LayCool and Dolph Ziggler.

Trish posted a bunch of pictures from her RAW apperance, including pictures of Trish with Snooki and John Cena. Check out these pictures Trish posted on her Twitter page from backstage at Monday’s RAW:

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