The Wrestling Newsgroup

Ted Dibaise Jnr:


"It's 4:55 am and I can't sleep. My back is killing me from having my leg propped up all day and night. This cast is really starting to get on my nerves because they have my foot angled in and down, to take pressure off the ligament that was torn. On top of that, now I am about to head to the hospital for a much needed shoulder surgery. I'm probably looking at 2 months of pain, rehab and boredom. Not really looking forward to this experience, but you gotta do what you gotta do...
Continue reading...

Nigel McGuinness during a recent interview with PWPonderings.com radio show:
 
On what inspired Nigel to start the "Last of McGuinness" project:

"Colt Cabana really in few words. He'd done his Wrestling Road Diaries DVD and had quite a lot of success with it...and so I talked to him about it and ... I didn't know what I was going to be left with. I didn't have any money left to invest to pay people to follow me while I went along so I was kind of limited and I didn't know if it would be a waste...
Continue reading...

CW Anderson was recently on MLW Radio, here are the highlights…
 
On Going to Work For WWE: "Tommy [Dreamer] called me one day and he explained to me what was going on. WWE was going to bring ECW back and he and Paul [Heyman] were going to have complete control."
 
On His Back Injury That led to His Release: "I injured my back working Kevin Thorne and I couldn't go to the next TV tapings because I'd slipped a disc in my back. They start paying for rehab because I can't work, I can barely walk. ...
Continue reading...

TNA's DVD partner Navarre Corporation has gotten out of the DVD distribution business. This is due to many major retailers not willing to stock DVDs unless they are guaranteed moving a certain number of titles per week. Due to Navarre getting out of the business, TNA has now lost their outlet to bring their DVDs to major retailers.

The company is currently looking for a new partner, and will continue to release DVDs through the ShopTNA.com website.



Continue reading...

Kurt Angle, who is suffering from a rib injury, told GoErie.com that his chances of making it to the Olympics are slim to none.

Angle also talked about his health:

 “I’ve beaten myself up a lot. When I came back and started working out for the Olympics this time, I kept getting hurt. I popped a patellar tendon, then I popped an Achilles, then I blew out my hamstring. I went to my doctor and said, ‘What’s going on? I’m a machine, I don’t get hurt.’ He said you’re over 40, things...
Continue reading...

Mick Foley has announced via a blog that his WrestleMania XXVIII raffle, which ended on March 15, raised nearly $60,000 for RAINN, a charity providing aid to survivors of sexual violence.

"FINALLY…The Sock can stop bothering you! Actually, it wasn’t that bad, was it? I know I was pretty steady with the plugs for RAINN and the raffle for an entire month. But when it was all said and done, YOU raised almost $60,000 to help survivors of sexual violence, AND you helped create awareness about ...
Continue reading...

Marty Jannetty:


"OK, SOMEONE JUST POSTED THIS AND BASICALLY LEAVING ME TO COMMENT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE GONNA GO FROM FIZUCKING PLAYING TONIGHT AND HAVING SILLY ASS FUN TO GETTING MY ASS PISSED OFF AND BACK TO EARLIER POSTS, WHERE I'M TELLING ANY FIZUCKIN ONE WHO WANTS TO DEBUNK MY VIEW IN ANY DAMN WAY, STEP YO ASS IN LINE AND LETS GO AND SHOW WHAT YOU GOT..THIS LITTLE PIECE IMMA POST IT, BUT I JUST LIKE MANY OF MY BROTHERS HAVE LOST TO GOT DAMN MANY CLOSE ASS FRIENDS FOR ANY FIZUCKIN OUTSIDE...
Continue reading...

Christopher Daniels recently spoke with Sports Vibe about Vince Russo's TNA departure, Hulk Hogan endorsing him publicly and more. Here are the highlights:
 
On how he got into wrestling: "I grew up in North Carolina, so I grew up watching the likes of Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes. I have always been a massive fan of wrestling. Once I had got into college I did some acting for a little bit, that is what my degree was in. That wasn't going so well for me so I found a wrestling school in Chicago an...
Continue reading...

Standing on top of the World    By Rob Burns

The Daily World

Bryan Danielson never thought the day would come, but his life and professional wrestling career changed forever in December.

When Danielson stood atop the World Wrestling Entertainment announcer’s table in Baltimore, Md., holding the World Heavyweight Championship title belt above his head for the first time in his career, it signaled the Aberdeen native’s ascent to the top of the professional wrestling world.

On April 1, Danielson...
Continue reading...

Christian and WWE Bring the SmackDown to Newark

The man known as 'Captain Charisma' returns to the Prudential Center with the WWE Tuesday

The chairs are going to fly Tuesday night as the WWE comes to the Prudential Center for a taping of their hit show "Friday Night SmackDown." Just two weeks away from their annual mega event "WrestleMania," the superstars are sure to have a big show planned.

One of those superstars is Christian, a former World Heavyweight Champion who is returning from an ankl...
Continue reading...

Nash: Taker and Triple H aren't done yet By ROB McNICHOL

WRESTLING legend Kevin Nash reckons the big showdown at WrestleMania between The Undertaker and Triple H will NOT be either man's last appearance in the ring.

Nash — who is close friends with both grapplers — gave SunSport a call to preview this year's Mania, which will be held in Miami.

And the match that was most on his mind was the one that pits his best pal Triple H — real name Paul Levesque — against Mark Calaway, aka the lege...
Continue reading...

Linda Hogan spoke with the Miami Herald about her appearance with her new boyfriend Charley Hill on VH'1 Couples Therapy, her relationship with Hulk Hogan and more. Linda says that the cast of the show has undergone psychological evaluations, were not allowed to use cell phones, were "humanized" by the show to deal with their issues and dealt with relationship issues beneath the surface.
 
As for Hogan, she said there was no relationship with him anymore outside of legal issues. "We're not real...
Continue reading...

TNA's Matt Morgan is Sick of Waiting

We talked to Matt Morgan about his upcoming match at Victory Road, being the first ever Ring Ka King champion and how the WWE has changed since 2005.

This Sunday, TNA will unleash their annual pay-per-view, Victory Road, which will feature such matches as Sting vs. the TNA Champion Bobby Roode, Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy and Madison Rayne challenging Gail Kim for the TNA Knockouts Title.
 
But the most hard-hitting match of the show might come when Matt Morgan ...
Continue reading...

PRESS RELEASE: FIRST EVER E-BOOK ABOUT TNA WRESTLING SET FOR RELEASE

Former Barbaric Wrestling Radio host Brett Buchanan is releasing The Genesis of TNA, the first ever free E-Book about TNA Wrestling on TNABook.net. The book chronicles the history of TNA Wrestling from its first event ever up until the day Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff signed with the company. The format of the book is a mixture of storytelling and an oral history of the company's first decade.

New chapters are being r...
Continue reading...

On Friday night, Bret Hart judged a "Catch-23" inprov show at the Comedy Bar in Toronto.

Bret Hart: "I always thought I had a decent sense of humor. You get a lot of people saying my book was kind of sad, and you can't change how your life goes, but I thought there was some great humor in there that no one else could deliver unless you lived my life. Broken down in the middle of the highway, you'd always find something to laugh at."


http://torontoist.com/2012/03/pro-wrestler-bret-hart-does-imp...
Continue reading...

Stacy Keibler is in talks with producers to join X Factor.
 
With the releases of Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger, the show is undergoing an overhaul, including going to a two host concept. Keibler would likely be one of the show's new hosts.
 
She also may land a hosting role after Steve Jones was fired in January. In a move that may help cause, Simon Cowell stated, "I always wanted a boy and a girl to host the show. And I like hosts who don't kind of have a hosting background . . . it's a di...
Continue reading...

Kevin Sullivan joined Busted Open with Dave Lagreca and Doug Mortman. You can hear Busted Open from 2-4 ET on Sirius 94, XM 208, and Sportszone 860 on the Internet. Here are the highlights….
 
On WrestleReunion: "Sal put together an excellent event. I mean, this is just as exciting for us as it is for the fans. And the nice thing is I'm teaming back up with Rick Steiner with J.J. [Dillon] in our corner against the New Age Outlaws. And Nikita Koloff is gonna be the referee (and the first time ...
Continue reading...

Jim Neidhart was arrested yesterday at the Hilsborough County Court in Florida for contempt of court. Neidhart was in a hearing for previous theft and possession of a controlled substance charges that were brought against him in 2010. Neidhart was taken into custody and at this time, is still incarcerated. Neidhart doesn’t have any bond set yet or a release date.
 
Neidhart was arrested on Labor day back in 2010 in Thonotosassa, Florida after deputies were alerted to him being loud and yellin...
Continue reading...

Edge:

“The one guy I never got to wrestle was Bret Hart. He was the one guy I would have enjoyed getting in there and seeing what we could have created together. It would be me as the sleazy bad guy and him as the hard wrestling, charging good guy. I think we could have done some pretty awesome stuff together. I got lucky in that I got to team with Hogan, wrestled [Ric] Flair, wrestled Shawn Michaels and wrestled Undertaker. If they were a star in the last 20 years, I pretty much wrestled th...
Continue reading...

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin's newest blog:

BSR Bound…HBK…Superkick vs. Stunner

After completing The Package in Vancouver and finishing meetings in L.A., it is with much happiness that the Austin Clan will head to the one and only Broken Skull Ranch in South Texas. We’ve gotten enough rain that everything down there is extremely green right now. Ricky and Ted have been working on the Kayfabe Bar and I will send pics and videos from the ranch and give y’all a tour of the place. It has been ...
Continue reading...

Edge Interview highlights:

On being approached about the Hall of Fame at only 37: It was one of those things that when it was announced officially two of the first texts I got were from Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels saying I totally deserved it. So if they were saying this, then I was cool with it. Anybody else can say what they want because they can't lace up their boots, so that kind of pushed those doubts aside pretty quick. When I got the call I had just finished kayaking and driving home w...
Continue reading...

During a recent interview, TNA's Matt Morgan discussed going through life with attention deficit disorder.

"I went from 1st grade to 6th grade in different learning disabled classes. I got kicked out of four different schools between 1st and 3rd grade for all different stuff, because a lot of these teachers and principals didn't have classrooms for learning disabled. They just had normal, mainstream classrooms.

"So they thought I had behavioral issues, when in reality, some kids are starving fo...
Continue reading...

Bret Hart in a recent interview....

On his WWE Hall Of Fame speech:

"I hated it. I wasn't out of my shell yet as far as public speaking. I was really nervous to get up and address all the things that happened with my brother Owen, me and Vince McMahon, so many things I had to talk about for the first time in front of a large crowd. I wished that I could have gone up and did it and done it over again like a second try. I just kinda rambled. I wish I could do it over again"

On the WrestleMania 2 B...
Continue reading...

Maryse on the "Running the Ropes" radio show:

"You know it's changed from what it was in 2007 when it had twelve minute pay-per-view matches now to thirty second (matches). It's hard to make a crowd relate to you when you can't talk on the microphone, you have only a minute in the ring and you have ten divas in the ring at the same time so you can't build a character and you can't make people relate. It's impossible to get over. I just wish the girls were given more time to work because there ...
Continue reading...

Scott Hall was released from yet another WWE-sponsored rehab on March 6th. After being released, Hall went and visited the Team Vision Dojo in Orlando on March 7th.

Hall's son Cody, who is training to be a pro wrestler, was there as well. Right now, Scott is said to be doing well again.

Continue reading...

C.W. Anderson recentaly talked about working with Arn Anderson during his time in WWE:


"When I was at WWE, Arn kind of took me under his wing as far as working with me in the ring and looking out for me as best he could," he said. "I have nothing but good things to say about that man. For an hour and a half to two hours, he worked with me, literally beating up Kid Kash. Showing me intense things he used to do as far being an Anderson, being more vicious, being that clever heel. And guys would ...
Continue reading...

The Oklahoma State Athletic Commission has sent out letters to promoters that they will not accept applications for pro wrestling, MMA and boxing events to be held in the state past March 31, which more or less bans the events from legally taking place in the state.

The letter said the Commission is being "threatened" by an "Out of State threat that could greatly affect the Commission's ability to provide for public safety and for the health and safety of the athletes" competing in the State....
Continue reading...

The VOC Nation was LIVE on 1360 WNJC Philadelphia and WORLDWIDE at http://vocnation.com on 3/14/12. Joey Styles returned and didn't hold back. The full interview can be heard at http://vocnation.com. Among other things, Joey discussed:
 
On the closing of the ECW Arena: "It was sad to be there for the final show, but it was a chance to say goodbye and put that part of my career behind me and head back up the turnpike to my new career here at wwe.com. It was bittersweet."
 
On Eric Bischoff's Face...
Continue reading...

Kurrgan Interview



WHILE many wrestlers have tried their hands at the acting business over the decades, few have had big budget success.

Yet joining The Rock among the handful who have struck Hollywood gold is the man once known as Kurrgan.
 
A star in the WWE in the late 1990s, the gigantic Robert Maillet is instead now making his name in box-office smashes including 300 and Sherlock Holmes.
 
And he took time out of promoting his latest release, The Big Bang, to look back on his previous life as a...
Continue reading...

Steve Austin was recently on the Law, here are the highlights…
 
His progress as an actor: I think I'm coming along. I watched a movie I just finished with Steven Seagal while I was filming this past movie (Recoil), and I see myself listening more, I'm a little bit more relaxed, so it's coming around. It's just like anything; when you're first doing something, repetition is the key to being good, and working with people that are better than you. I think I'm starting to pick up some of the nua...
Continue reading...