UFC President Dana White gave his take on the rumored Brock Lesnar vs. Undertaker match at WrestleMania XXVII to reporters last week.
“He can’t leave the UFC, he’s under contract,” White said.
A reporter asked, “He can’t fake fight for the WWE?”
“No,” White stated.
A reporter then queried, “What about a special appearance?”
“Row 3, Seat 16, Aisle 2 sounds good to me,” White joked.
— Former WWE ring announcer Lilian Garcia sang the national anthem prior to this afternoon’s New York Jets vs. Buffalo Bills game at New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
She wrote on Twitter, “On the side lines watching the #jets warm up! Gearing up to sing anthem in less then 30 mins! Butterflies are forming but SO pumped for it!!”
Garcia later added that the experience was a blast. Photos of her appearance are available here.
— The pre-sale password for WWE’s Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view event on June 19 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. is WWEVIP. The pre-sale is ongoing at Ticketmaster.com. Tickets go on sale to the general public Saturday.
— In addition to the closure of the WWE Universe social networking website, WWE.com removed the “Superstar of the Day” and “Daily Diva” features.
— Lizzy Valentine revealed to fans last week on Facebook that the casting director for the upcoming season of WWE Tough Enough is urging her to submit an application for the USA Network reality show. She wrote:
“I was contacted by the casting director of WWE Tough Enough. They want me to submit, but I really had no intention of doing so. What do u guys think? Your opinions are extremely important in this decision!!!”
Valentine has taken part in tryouts before WWE officials in the past, but has never been offered a contract. She enrolled in the 2005 Diva Search contest, but did not make the final cut. More recently, she appeared on Wrestlicious Takedown as Kandy Kisses and worked a tryout match for TNA Wrestling.
She also appeared as Evan Bourne’s valet on the short-lived MTV series Wrestling Society X.
— Former D-Generation X members Billy Gunn and Road Dogg have launched accounts on Twitter.
— Former WWE Superstar Shelton Benjamin is advertised to participate in Q&A and autograph session at the TD Garden in Boston prior to the Boston Blazers lacrosse game on Feb. 12.
— Melina claimed last night on Twitter that her account was hacked and that she and John Morrison are still a couple.
She wrote, “Peeps, I’m still in Vegas. Jomo & I R 2together, doing great! Hackers suck BizzALLS!
“All the supportive Tweets & Love. You guys R truly like family to me. My heart is so grateful. You have no idea. Thank u 4 being so caring.”
Messages were posted Saturday morning via Twitter for iPhone and text message (applications she has used within the past two weeks) indicating that she was dumped by Morrison on New Year’s Day and that he had left her for a man.
— Eve Torres said yesterday on Twitter that she filmed a project for her female fans.
“Was filming for 13 hours straight today!” Torres wrote. “Something good for the female Believers is in the works!”
— The newsstand edition of the January 2011 issue of WWE Magazine features a hologram cover. John Cena is pictured.
— Millennium Wrestling Federation is promoting Awesome Kong’s appearance for this Saturday’s event at Memorial Hall in Melrose, MA as her farewell appearance for the promotion before she heads to World Wrestling Entertainment. She will be accompanied to the ring by the father of WWE Superstar John Cena, John Cena, Sr., for her match against J-Busta.
Other talent advertised for the show include WWE United States Champion Daniel Bryan, Abyss, Paul Bearer, Jay Lethal, and Matt “Doink the Clown” Borne. Visit BostonWrestling.com for more information.
— Randy Savage attended last month’s Florida Orchestra Yankees Concert, which was held in Tampa. Footage of the four-time world champion reciting “The Night Before Christmas” was shown during a recent news segment on Fox 13 Tampa. Check out the video below – Savage appears just over a minute into the video, and is shown again at the 1:27 mark.
— Carl Dantes sent in the following news item about Shawn Michaels appearing at the Championship Auto Show in Detroit next month:
Shawn Michaels will be making an appearance & signing autographs at the Championship Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan on February 27th from 1:00PM to 4:00PM. As far as I can tell, autographs are free with admission to the show, which costs $15 for adults & $5 for children. The show takes place at Cobo Center, One Washington Blvd., Detroit, MI 48226. For more information, check out their official website.
— A new “employment agreement” Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment went into effect on January 1t and will run for three years until December 31, 2013. According to the official SEC Filing posted at WWE.com, McMahon’s new role in the company is as follows:
“In addition to his duties and responsibilities as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the Executive shall serve as the Company’s creative director, and as a writer, and performer at various times for and in the Company’s events and productions.”
The three-year deal gives McMahon generous compensation if he is terminated “other than for cause” or leaves on his own accord with “good reason.” It also includes a 1-year no compete clause in the event that his agreement is terminated. For more specifics, visit Corporate.WWE.com.
Former WWE Diva Tiffany (real name Taryn Terell) was interviewed recently by the Miami Herald newspaper and talked about what it’s like being gone from WWE with her real life husband Drew McIntyre still traveling the world with the company.
“I went from working as much as Drew to, all of a sudden, he is gone all the time,” she said. “I’m home all the time, so I have to play housewife. That is a little weird and definitely not who I am because I like to work a lot. The whole situation sucks, but on the other hand, there are other opportunities.”
Tiffany also revealed that the current SmackDown storyline with Drew McIntyre and Kelly Kelly was originally one that she and Drew pitched to WWE creative for themselves. She told the Herald:
“Since I got released, they decided to use Kelly. I’m not really sure if that was meant as a way of, `Yeah. You’re gone. Let us torture you a little bit’ or not. It is what it is. I will never know. It sucks because I know that was the role originally pitched for me and Drew, which would have been amazing because we are actually a couple. I think it’s a little bit ridiculous because everyone who watches WWE knows that we are married. So it’s a little strange.”
She continued, “I personally don’t understand it, but at the same time I sort of get myself into a little bit of controversy talking about it. I get all these tweets saying how I feel about it and about how it’s not acting. Wrestling is real. The actual wrestling is real. Everybody beats the crap out of each other. That’s all real. What goes on backstage and is written by the writers is all acting. It’s acting. So it doesn’t hurt my feelings.”
To read the complete article, visit MiamiHerald.com.
— Awesome Kong confirmed today on Twitter that she has signed with World Wrestling Entertainment. She re-tweeted her friend’s remarks congratulating her.
“We did it Baby! Congrats to you on signing with the WWE!!” The Legal Diva wrote. “I am so proud of you as your attorney and friend! You will KILL IT at WWE!! YOU GO GIRL!!”
— Traci Brooks announced on Twitter today that WWE Diva Gail Kim has joined the micro-blogging platform.
Brooks wrote, “Hell must have frozen over cause Gail Kim finally got a twitter account. @gailkimITSME.”
— WWE will air SmackDown: The Best of 2009-2010 on pay-per-view in February.
— Matt Hardy, wearing a “PG SUX!” T-shirt and standing in front of a Cracker Barrel restaurant, announced in his latest YouTube post that he plans to get a new hairdo in the beginning of 2011 and is asking fans to leave comments regarding what he should get.
“Should I just buzz it? Should I just cut it real short? Should I get one of those Justin Bieber hairdos? Should I get braids? Should I get dreadlocks? I don’t know, the possibilities are endless.”
Hardy concluded his video by adding that his hair is not the only thing that is changing, but that a lot of things are changing.
“… because in 2011, Matt Hardy is going to become unpredictable and he’s going to change pro wrestling forever.”
Check out the video:
— Melina’s earlier remarks on Twitter saying she was dumped today by her boyfriend have since been deleted. It’s been speculated that her account was hacked, however, all but the second remark were made via iPhone’s Twitter application, which is what she generally uses. Her second remark was made via text message.
“Getting dumped must be the new trend this new years. The feeling sucks. I’d rather be baby face and b in love than heel & dumped.”
“I wish I could b perfect enough.”
“I wish I was him. I truly wanted to be the perfect woman for you.”
The Miami Herald recently conducted an interview with Jillian Hall and the former Divas Champion noted her unhappiness towards the end of her tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment, which concluded in November.
“I wasn’t really happy with what I was doing with the company for a while,” Hall said. “I just reached a point where I felt it was time to move on and see what else is out there for me to do.”
Hall also indicated that she is not sure she would return to the organization should the opportunity present itself.
“I don’t know that I really want to go back,” Hall said. “I love the company and the people in it. I just think that part of my life is over. I’m saying that now, but it can change a month from now. Who knows?
“Right now I’m so up in the air whether I want to continue wrestling or pursue other avenues. There is a part of me that definitely wants to wrestle again. There is another part of me that hurts and says, ‘Don’t do it anymore. Give your body a rest.’
She also discussed plans to reunite with former colleagues Maria Kanellis and Taryn Terrell (a/k/a Tiffany) for the 2011 DivaMania Tour, with appearances at various clubs around the world. Terrell and Scott Celebrity Management president Andrew Scott concocted the idea, which Hall found interesting.
“I thought that for one, it’s not going to hurt my body,” Hall said. “For two, it will give me the opportunity to meet fans and enjoy myself with some friends. I plan on having a lot of fun with the girls.”
— The WWE website is pushing fans to vote for John Cena for ESPN SportsNation’s 1st Annual Awesomest Dude Of The Year Award. The WWE Superstar currently leads the poll with 47% of the vote, beating such sports stars as Landon Donovan, Cain Velasquez and John Wall.
The poll is available here.
— Melina revealed on Twitter that she was dumped by her boyfriend on New Year’s Day.
“Getting dumped must be the new trend this new years. The feeling sucks. I’d rather be baby face and b in love than heel & dumped.”
“I wish I could b perfect enough.”
“I wish I was him. I truly wanted to be the perfect woman for you.”
— The WWE website removed Kaval’s bio from the SmackDown Superstars section on Friday, over a week after he was released by the organization.
— A number of TNA stars will be on hand for New Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual Tokyo Dome show, which takes place Monday. Matches involving TNA talent are TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy vs. Tatsuya Naito; Rob Van Dam vs. Toru Yano; Beer Money Inc., vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man in a Three Way Match. TNA ring announcer Jeremy Borash is filming footage of the trip and handling ring announcing duties.
— TNA Wrestling issued the following statement from Sky regarding the future of iMPACT! in the UK: “TNA (iMPACT) will be broadcast on a different Sky channel when Bravo closes, we are trying to find out which channel this will be and will let you all know as soon as we find out.”
On September 15, 2010, Sky announced that it would close Bravo as well as sister channels Bravo 2 and Channel One on New Year’s Day.
— TNA Wrestling has released a Mickie James hat at ShopTNA.com.
source: PWInsider.com
— Six-time world champion Booker T is among those advertised for Viva La Lucha’s next pay-per-view event, Continental Conflict, which premieres Feb. 11. The synopsis reads:
“Perros Del Mal cause a continental conflict when the biggest lucha stars in Mexico, including Blue Demon Jr, Damien 666, Xtreme Tiger, and El Mesias stand side by side and battle American stars Booker T, Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas, Jack Evans, Christina Von Eerie and more! Don’t miss the worldwide premiere of Viva La Lucha: Continental Conflict!”
— Hulk Hogan wrote on Twitter last night that his mother, Ruth Bollea, passed away. She was 88 years old.
He wrote, “Its been a tough day, my mom passed today.she was my biggest fan,ii love her so much.happy new year to everyone.”
His father, Peter Bollea, died on December 28, 2001.
— In today’s birthdays, WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart turns 67 years old while former WCW valet Kimberly Page turns 42. Page currently lives in Utah, working in marketing and interior design.
— Former WWE talent Chuck Palumbo took to Twitter to note that the average TNA mid-card wrestler makes less than $500 per match not to mention that they have to cover their own hotel expenses and health insurance.
He wrote: “Two fans asked me how much a wrestler makes over at TNA today, when I told them the “average mid carder” is makin less than 500 a match…no hotels …..they couldn’t believe it.. That’s before taxes and expenses and paying your own health insurance…. They were like holy****, we better stay in school.. I said “good idea.”
“That’s not a knock on the boys….I respect their passion….the wrestling companies take advantage of their passion! Any company outside of wrestling would love to have workers with the desire work ethic and passion of a wrestler.. The ones that do ….care about their employees and give them benefits etc..bonuses too.”
— TNA Wrestling officials are once again negotiating with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) regarding utilizing Zorro.
source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
— WWE posted tonight’s episode of SmackDown prematurely as it was available for viewing for a few hours today on YouTube prior to its national airing on Syfy. The video has since been set to private.
— Kane appeared on The Wease Show on radio station 95.1 in Rochester, New York on Tuesday and notably remarked that he was disappointed that his program with The Undertaker was cut short due to injury. He also commented on Paul Bearer’s return to WWE and subsequent departure from television. The interview can be accessed here.
— Dutch Mantell, who is credited for launching TNA Wrestling’s women’s division in 2007, took to Twitter to congratulate former colleague Awesome Kong on signing with World Wrestling Entertainment.
“Congrats to Awesome Kong for her WWE signing,” he wrote. “She was always one of my favorites…glad to see her in a position to make some real money.”
— The Dec. 27 Monday Night Raw taping in Albany, New York drew 6,000 fans. Sunday’s SmackDown live event in Chicago, Illinois drew 8,500 fans paying $320,000, while the following night’s show in Pittsburgh garnered 9,000 fans.
— 2005 Diva Search winner Ashley Massaro has resurfaced online as she has launched accounts on Twitter and Facebook. She explained that she deleted her former Twitter account several months ago due to an ‘asshole (boyfriend) in (her) life’.
She added, “K so I’m finally breathing again, single and free, like I said I made mistakes- HUGE- like deleting you-never happen again, not fo NO MAN.”
Since parting ways with WWE over two years ago, her public appearances have largely been limited to hosting club parties. She hosted a party last night at The Chelsea Room in New York City.
— Konnan indicated in a recent radio interview in Mexico that he’s interested in bringing Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Booker T, Carlito and Big Daddy V to AAA for big events in 2011.
— The newsstand edition of the January 2011 issue of WWE Magazine features a hologram cover. John Cena is pictured.
ESPN.com Page 2 writer Josh Stewart posted comments on his blog from an interview he recently conducted with Mickie James that weren’t featured in the piece.
The TNA Knockout said her former employer, World Wrestling Entertainment, had a chance to coordinate her music career, but didn’t. She feels it’s difficult for talent to have outside projects under their auspices.
“They had every opportunity to jump onboard if they wanted to, and I would have welcomed it,” she said. “If they wanted to wrap a tour around some of the live event shows, or maybe market the album itself.
“I think because it’s an industry they really don’t know anything about… I think they had a really killer idea on their hand that they probably dropped the ball on.”
She also commented on her national singing debut earlier this month on TNA iMPACT!, which was interrupted when Tara attacked her (producing a near wardrobe malfunction as she fought back while holding up her dress).
“I was really singing during that performance, because I thought in my mind as a performer, you know, you can do it one of two ways. Because it is a show, and TV, and you can do things a number of ways. Honestly, I found we were going to be doing that pretty much the day before we taped it. So, we were given the option, ‘Do you want to sing to your backup track?’… And I said absolutely not. I want people to see that I’m serious about this. And if I got up there and for whatever reason something goes wrong, then I only have myself to blame.”
— Bob Ryder, TNA Wrestling’s Director of Talent Bookings and Travel, has confirmed that James Storm has joined Twitter.
— Comcast subscribers can watch AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle from last year’s TNA Genesis pay-per-view in the On Demand Events Free Preview section.
— The promotional poster for TNA Wrestling’s Against All Odds pay-per-view event has been released:
North Carolina newspaper The Pilot reports that TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy will enter a negotiated plea Jan. 20, according to his attorney, James Van Camp.
“We anticipate a resolution of this matter in January,” Van Camp said earlier this month at an administrative session of Moore County Superior Court.
Moore County District Attorney Maureen Krueger said that Hardy will plead guilty to one or more of the charges he faces.
Krueger did not disclose details of the state’s plea offer but said it will include a sentencing arrangement.
The Pilot reports that the plea would have to be approved by the court. A judge may refuse to accept a plea arrangement involving a negotiated sentence.
County deputies raided Hardy’s home on September 11, 2009 after Fayetteville police received a tip about drug use there. He was arrested on charges of trafficking in controlled prescription pills and possession of anabolic steroids, after a search of his residence yielded 262 Vicodin prescription pills, 180 soma prescription pills, 555 milliliters of anabolic steroids, a residual amount of powder cocaine, and drug paraphernalia.
For more information on the story, click here.
— Advertised for tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown is a tag team match featuring Rey Mysterio and World Heavyweight Champion Edge against Kane and Alberto Del Rio. Other matches scheduled to take place include: Big Show vs. “Dashing” Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre vs. Trent Barreta, Lay-Cool vs. Beth Phoenix and Divas Champion Natalya, and Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger in a Triple Threat Match for the Intercontinental Championship.
— Shawn Michaels will be participating in an autograph signing on Sunday, February 27 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Detroit Auto Show at the Cobo Arena.
— WWE is posting episodes of WWE Superstars online again via Youtube.com.
source: PWInsider.com
— WWE announced on their official website Wednesday that John Cena is being evaluated on a day-to-day basis after suffering a hip injury at a Raw live event Tuesday night in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. In an update on the matter, while he won’t be wrestling much over the next few weeks, he is not expected to be sidelined for a lengthy period of time.
— Reigning FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion Mason Ryan, who worked SmackDown live events this week, is expected to be called up to the main WWE roster and receive a large push from the onset. Organization officials reportedly want to utilize the Welsh grappler similarly to former WWE Champion Batista. He notably bears a striking resemblance to “The Animal.”
source: f4wonline.com
It was announced on iMPACT! that Rob Van Dam would be competing at Genesis against a mystery opponent selected by Immortal.
Below is the updated card for the Jan. 6 pay-per-view event:
TNA World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender’s Match
Matt Morgan vs. Mr. Anderson
Rob Van Dam vs. Immortal’s Mystery Opponent
TNA Television Championship Match
Douglas Williams (c) vs. AJ Styles
TNA Tag Team Championship Match
Motor City Machineguns (c) vs. Beer Money, Inc.
TNA X Division Championship Match
Jay Lethal (c) vs. Kazarian
TNA Women’s Knockout Championship Match
Madison Rayne (c) vs. Mickie James
Brother Ray vs. Brother Devon
(submit YOUR questions to [email protected])
Q: If John Cena was to suffer a career-ending injury tomorrow, who do you think Vince McMahon would slide in as the new “face” of the WWE? – Shane
A: Ironically, we received this question a full 5 days before Cena was injured at a house show in Wilkes-Barre, PA on Tuesday. Thankfully, it sounds as though the injury is not serious and certainly will not threaten his career, but it does show that even “Super Cena” can be one injury away from doom. So what might WWE do if that were to happen? I see them slotting in another main event star like Randy Orton or Triple H into his spot before elevating someone new. Those are very big shoes to fill and while it would be great to see a John Morrison or Daniel Bryan given a chance like that, it’s not WWE’s style. Frankly, I don’t blame them. It would be nice to see them take a risk, but you have to go with your proven hand.
Q: Was Vince McMahon buying the original ECW his master plan to get rid of ECW? The new WWE-ECW failed miserably, so could Vince have done that on purpose seeing how much potential the original ECW could have had now with WWE going PG? Did he want to destroy the original ECW on purpose? – Rory B.
A: Vince McMahon is not Leo Bloom (look it up). Resurrecting the ECW brand with the intention of watching it fail is still among the more preposterous things I’ve ever heard. ECW was transformed into a nutered, PG version of its former self because Vince thought it was the best way to make money off it. That’s why they started doing ECW house show touring, but eventually merged it with the Smackdown shows when it didn’t draw well. He wanted it to succeed, as did SyFy and Bonnie Hammer of NBC Universal, but it didn’t. It was a poorly-conceived idea. As much as Jesse Ventura may hate to hear this, there was no conspiracy.
Q: If I remember correctly, when Nexus first formed, Wade Barrett said they had a “higher purpose” and there was a “bigger picture” that was to be revealed. What ever happened to this storyline? I can only assume it had something to do with the anonymous GM. Do you believe Nexus will disband before we hear what their “secret goal” actually is? Just seemed like they had something huge planned and might have dropped the whole angle. – Michael C.
A: This was sent in before CM Punk was revealed as the new leader of Nexus, so I don’t think they will be disbanding for a while. It breathes some new life into a stale storyline. Frankly, I’m still waiting for David Otunga to reveal why Nexus attacked and buried The Undertaker at Bragging Rights. Perhaps we will still find out, but WWE changing or dropping parts of their storylines isn’t anything new.
Q: Was Santa Big Show flattening that chair on the live Smackdown planned? I couldn’t really tell because there were so many references made to his weight within that story he told. – Ryan B.
A: I don’t believe it was, which makes it that much funnier.
Q: Why did WWE and Jonathan Coachman part ways? – NateOB
A: Coach was offered a position as an anchor for ESPN, which had always been a dream job for him. He got his start as a local sports anchor in Kansas City before coming to WWE. I don’t think he ever planned on WWE being his permanent destination, though he was well-liked by Vince McMahon and left the company on seemingly good terms. I say that with some doubts because when Vince appeared on ESPN News last year to discuss the Stan Kroenke controversy, he was actually interviewed by his former employee and totally blew off The Coach.
Q: I’ve heard rumors that Batista will be returning to WWE soon, and I am assuming it will be around the time of WrestleMania. Based on him appearing at the Slammy Awards, as well as being mentioned on a Raw segment by CM Punk/John Cena, do you believe we will see Batista return and become an active wrestler again? Or will this just be a one time appearance? – Nolan
A: Batista appeared at the Slammy Awards? My cable must have gone out during that segment (probably did, Cablevision bastards). I assume you are referring to clips of Batista being shown during the Slammys as he was nominated for two different awards. By no means is this a sign of his imminent return to WWE. In fact, rumors even greater than the rumors you’re hearing suggest that he continues to train hard for his MMA debut and may have his first fight with the Strikeforce promotion as early as this March. He’s been filming a movie in the interim, which was one of the reasons he chose to leave WWE (he was very upset when he was removed from his planned WWE film and replaced by Triple H, a move that was made when Big Dave would not renew his contract).
Q: The NXT show, are all matches scripted, like who will win or lose??? Also, for the Royal Rumble, are all wrestlers told who will win??? And does TNA and WWE’s way of fighting differ, like is one fake or real, lethal or non-lethal, brutal or non-brutal??? – Marshmiller, Zimbabwe
A: Yes, the NXT rookies are aware of who will win or lose their matches in advance. Only the wrestlers who need to know who is winning the Royal Rumble are told, it’s not something they publicize to everyone for fear of word leaking out. For example, the belief is that only Vince McMahon, Triple H and John Cena himself knew that Cena was entering the 2008 Rumble as #30. As for your last question, I can tell you that Monday Night Raw can be quite brutal some weeks, while TNA Impact is almost always lethal without the aid of alcohol or a tranquilizer.
Q: I remember when Daniel Bryan had his first match against Mr. Ziggles, he kicked him in the head so many times, it was only one of many reasons why those two gave such a great performance they had them do it again the next night. But ever since then, I have seen Daniel Bryan only kick people in the chest. Do you know if WWE doesn’t want him to do that again, or was it Bryan’s choice? – Joey
A: It may well have been something WWE asked him not to do, but I never heard any stories about it. Now that you mention it, during one of the three matches Bryan had with Dolph Ziggler (it would have been either their Bragging Rights encounter or their final match on Smackdown), I recall Bryan nailing Ziggler with an absolutely wicked kick that seemed to knock him a bit loopy. Perhaps that was the catalyst for stopping the head kicks, if in fact that is what happened.
Q: Randy Orton has been in WWE for a long time, so why hasn’t [he gotten] a DVD like Rey Mysterio who has been in the company for the same amount of time as Orton. What is wrong? – Dallas
A: Chris Jericho was in WWE for nine years (not including the two years he left for his last break) before he got his first DVD treatment this year. He did have one VHS release early on in his run, but that wasn’t a DVD set. There’s no rhyme or reason for it. I’m positive Orton will get a 3-disc set all to himself within the next two years. As an aside, WWE could do all of us insomniacs a great service by first releasing a DVD set made up exclusively of Randy Orton promos.
Q: With the news of Samoa Joe re-signing with TNA the story line comes to mind where he got thrown in the back of a van by guys in all black and masks. I can’t help but try to remember what ever happened with him getting “Kidnapped” right after Hogan and Bitchoff arrived in TNA? I don’t remember if they did or didn’t say who it was. And if they didn’t what really WAS suppose to happen? – Jeremy
A: I think I may have answered this in a previous mailbag, but no, we never did find out much about the kidnapping. Maybe Joe staged the whole thing himself in order to get the hell out of TNA, which has done everything to kill his character dead since the program with Kurt Angle. Of course, that doesn’t explain why he just re-signed a new deal with the company. Can you say Stockholm syndrome?
Keep those questions coming to [email protected] and remember to include your name!
— Goldust noted to fans on Twitter that he hopes to return to the ring in six months after undergoing shoulder surgery.
He wrote, “Recovery is like watchin paint dry…but me as an impatient person…has to watch it dry…shoulder will be better than ever in time.”
— Johnny Curtis scored 3 immunity points via this week’s NXT Rookie Challenges; Power Punch and Talent Show. He has 5 immunity points heading into next week’s show, which will feature the season’s first elimination. Curtis is trailed by Derrick Bateman (3), Johnny Curtis (2), Byron Saxton (1), Jacob Novak (1), Brodus Clay (0), Conor O’Brian (0).
— NXT standings following the Dec. 28 episode are as follows: Conor O’Brian (2-0), Byron Saxton (2-1), Brodus Clay (1-1), Jacob Novak (1-1), Johnny Curtis (1-2), Derrick Bateman (0-3).
— Brooke Adams (a/k/a Miss Tessmacher) claimed earlier this week on her official website that she suffered a broken jaw on Christmas Day. However, the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the hospital closest to where she lives, nobody matching her description checked in that day or the day after.
Adams wrote on her Facebook account that she went underwent surgery Wednesday to have wires and metal plates placed in her jaw.
— Hernandez is expected to return to TNA Wrestling programming in the near future. The organization was paying him a weekly guarantee during his time away in Mexico for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).
source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
