More information about the new, hour long WWE show on WGN.
Divas Champion Maryse has a short account of the knee injury she suffered at a house show last week on her WWE Universe Blog.
She says that her kneecap was completely out but that she won’t need surgery. She goes on to thank WWE’s medical staff for saving her leg and assures her fans that [...]
News on former WWE Superstars includes an OVW appearance for the UFC Champ. Also, Kurrgan punching Robert Downey Jr.
Via David Winston at PWI; Dolph Ziggler defeated Tommy Dreamer.
Full Spoilers from the ECW Taping.
A list of matches announced for tonight’s show, plus rumors about the return of a big star.
Results for TNA’s Tokyo Dome show, with details on big wins for the Motor City Machine Guns and Team 3D.
Jeff Wilen of the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s JAWBreaker blog has posted WWE’s official response to the Wrestler…
John Cena is fifth on ContactAnyCelebrity.com’s list of “Most Wanted Celebrities”, ranking ahead of the likes of Angelina Jolie, Paris Hilton, and Brittney Spears, but below Miley Cyrus (who topped the list) and the Jonas Bros. The list ranks celebrities based on the amount of “autographs, charitable donations, endorsements, and media requests from ContactAnyCelebrity.com’s online [...]
Kathy Kasunich of the Pittsburgh based Almanac has details on Kurt Angle’s upcoming film. It’s a psychological thriller called “End Game”. Angle will co-star with Survivor’s Jenna Morasca and play a serial killer who impersonates several characters to elude the police. There will even be a crossover with Angle’s day job: Morasca will appear on [...]
The Torch’s Brian Hoops is reporting that Greg Gagne and fellow AWA Alumni Jim Brunzell and Buck “Rock and Roll” Zum Hoffe, have opened a wrestling school, the Gagne Wrestling Academy. You can check out their website here.
In other Gagne-centric news, ESPN Classic will have an AWA Marathon from 2-7 EST Friday.
TNA Founder Jerry Jarrett talked to Slam! Wrestling about what he’s been up to since leaving TNA, why he left, and what he thinks of the company today, among other things. Apparently, he’s as fond of the promotion as you average IWC member…
Mike Johnson at PWI is reporting that Dr. Phil Astin III, Chris and Nancy’s Benoit’s personal physician, will go on trial on Monday, March 16, 2009 in Newnan, Georgia.
He faces 175 federal counts of illegal prescription abuse. Two of the patients involved are believed to have been working for WWE at the time. Astin [...]
In anticipation of Christian’s return to WWE, Pro Wrestling Torch has an excerpt from Batista’s biography, where he puts him over:
“This is just my personal feeling, but I always felt like Jay was never really given his fair shot in WWE,” Batista said. “He really had tremendous star potential. Maybe that’s not for me to [...]
Low Ki and Monsta Mack visited backstage at Final Battle, and Akira Hokotu (Kensuke Sasaki’s wife and a former All Japan and WCW star) was also in attendance.
Mike Johnson at PWI has confirmed that Mark Briscoe is scheduled to have surgery soon, and wrestled on an injured knee last weekend at Final Battle. There’s no time table for his return, but I’m sure we can all agree that he is indeed “one tough SOB”.
“I truly hope Joanie gets more professional help, the WWE is an option for her, with whatever issues she has and find true happiness in her life. I’m not sure that her kind of happiness is going to be found in Tinseltown.”
Chyna’s management and a source PWInsider’s Mike Johnson described as “close to the situation” have different stories about Chyna’s overdose and hospitalization over the weekend. The source close to the situation claims she’s on her way to a specialized rehab center in Texas. Her management, on the other hand, claimed the overdoes was an accident [...]
James Caldwell at the Torch has news on Mark Briscoe. The injury angle that took place after the Briscoes match at Final Battle was meant to give him some time off, as he’s been hurt since November. The Briscoes aren’t booked for ROH’s January shows as of yet.
ROH’s official statement acknowledges the injury (but [...]
What does the Chairman think of the Wrestler? Plus, news on how concussions fit in to the Wellness Policy and Vince in the gossip pages.