Posted by David Damage on Sunday, June 26, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Jim Ross comments on the Shawn Michaels-Bret Hart DVD: "Enjoyed spending parts of two days with Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels in Stamford, Ct this past week. We actually and accidentally bumped to each other at the hotel on Wednesday night and had a great visit and then had our 'official' gathering Thursday morning until mid afternoon doing the taping for the DVD project. The HBK/Hitman DVD will be released worldwide this October and I have high expectations for the project. The two legendary,... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Sunday, June 26, 2011 In : News
Gene Snitsky was backstage at Tuesday's WWE SmackDown taping.... There are rumours that he may well be back with the company.... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Sunday, June 26, 2011 In : News
Yesterday
was the was the 4th anniversary of the WWE Vengeance PPV in Houston,
where Chris Benoit didn't show up and today is the anniversary of the
his tribute Raw.... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Saturday, June 25, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Chavo Guerrero after being released by WWE: "Yes, it's true. My release is the big news I was talking about. But let's get something straight. I asked for my release. I was just tired of not being used correctly. Just cuz u can make other ppl look good, doesn't mean they should just have u lose to them. The same thing happened to Eddie. After being champ, they still had him working mid card status. Being a Guerrero, we've been taught since diapers to get the most out of ppl & matches. It's our... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Saturday, June 25, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Matt Hardy has been pulled from several weeks of TNA events because of his recent suspension, including house shows. Hardy posted on his Twitter account:"If you asked for a refund in Ft. Wayne cuz I wasn't there, tweet me your story & I will RT it. And I thank you from the bottom of my heart!""As I said earlier, I have no more beef with the net. They're people
tryin to make a living off of the business that we are the lifeblood
of. With that said, you certainly can't believe
everything you... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Saturday, June 25, 2011 In : News
WWE.com announced today that Chavo Guerrero has been released from his WWE contract. Chavo Guerrero releasedJune 25, 2011 World
Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of WWE
SmackDownSuperstar Chavo Guerrero as of today, June 25, 2011. We wish
Guerrero the best in all future endeavors. Earlier in the day, Chavo posted on Twitter: "Guerrero's have always been rebels, so It's time for me to start being a Guerrero..Big news coming a bit later..stay tuned!" Chavo Guerrero requeste... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Saturday, June 25, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
WWE has a poll on their Facebook page for a new Zack Ryder t-shirt. Ryder on Twitter: "Broskis...I have no say on my shirt. Lol. And I want # 2!" Steve Austin responded: "who says you got no say on your shirt??? thats a load of b.s....Broski....and thats the bottom line." Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Saturday, June 25, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Batista has launched an account on Twitter via
twitter.com/Real_DBautista. The account has been confirmed by his
official website, Demon-Wrestling.com. He posted an introductory message
explaining what he's been up to since parting ways with WWE last year. "So I'm giving in to my rule of NO social networking because I promised my boy Josh Rafferty that i would......so here we go!" Batista wrote. "First off!!!!! NO HATERS ALLOWED!!! I hate HATERS!! I wish all haters a Nick Diaz style ass wo... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Friday, June 24, 2011 In : News
Kevin Kelly welcomes everyone to the press conference at the Sinclair Broadcasting studio in Baltimore. Ring of Honor will be coming to Sinclair stations nationwide this Fall, and today we'll get to speak to some of the stars of Ring of Honor and also talk about this Sunday's Best In The World internet PPV. Kelly introduces the COO of Ring of Honor, Joe Koff. Koff thanks the press for joining him, and he says that for him, this is the culmination of two passions: wrestling and television. Gett... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Friday, June 24, 2011 In : News
ImpactWrestling.com released the following concerning next week's episode of iMPACT! Wrestling: First Time Ever: Thursday's IMPACT To Air With Limited Commercial InterruptionDon't
miss Thursday's huge IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast at 9/8c on SpikeTV -
and for the first time ever, IMPACT WRESTLING will be presented with
LIMITED COMMERCIAL INTERRUPTION by 5 Hour Energy! That means more
nonstop action with LESS commercials during the event! Can't watch IMPACT WRESTLING on Thursday night? Make sur... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Friday, June 24, 2011 In : News
WWE will be releasing a DVD on the feud between Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart. Jim Ross announced that he did an interview with Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart for several hours for a DVD set to be released in October. The DVD is said to include the Survivor Series '97 Montreal Screwjob incident as well as the other problems between the two.... Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart have both tweeted on their upcoming DVD project:
Shawn Michaels:
"Its not a Montreal Screwjob DVD. Since we're in it can we deci... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 23, 2011 In : Interviews
Shawn Michaels was a guest on this week's edition of Wrestling News Live, here are the highlights… Shawn's thoughts on Scott Hall missing his Hall Of Fame induction:
"You have to admire him, You've gotta start somewhere and I remember
Kevin telling me and me thinking 'you know what, that's gotta be a good
start. The fact that he is aware of it and I think that's good as that's
what we all want for (him). I know every one is (sympathetic) and
everyone cares about Scott and we all do and... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 23, 2011 In : Interviews
Sting recently spoke with the Baltimore Sun, here are the highlights… On The Jeff Hardy/Victory Road Incident:
"I want to be careful with my words here because I really like Jeff
Hardy. I'm hoping he can come back because that guy is so talented, but
he has personal issues in his life and it just became too much for him,
too overwhelming, and he just couldn't cope and didn't know how to
handle it. So he made some bad choices and he's having to deal with
those choices and the consequenc... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 23, 2011 In : News
All Wheels Wrestling released the following descriptions for their teams… * TEAM OCTANE:
The members of Team Octane are All-American, inspired by the stock car,
open wheel and drag racing series. These men know what it takes to
entertain a crowd and wrestle at full tilt. This team has the bravado to
talk their way out of any situation, but prefers to settle conflicts
like men, in the ring. They are the odds-on favorite to win the AWW
Championship Cup. * TEAM 720: Inspired by the X Games... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 23, 2011 In : News
WXW sent out the following today...
YOKOZUNA MEMORIAL II THIS OCTOBER
Allentown, Pa - Rodney Anoa'i, better known to the wrestling world as
The Mighty Yokozuna, was one of the greatest Superstars in WWE history.
Heralded as one of the best big men EVER in the sport, he possessed
unmatched agility for a man of his size. Inside the ring he dominated
the ranks of the WWE defeating the likes of Lex Luger , Bret The Hitman
Hart , Hulk Hogan and countless others during his reign as Champion. ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 23, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Christian: "It is the coolest thing having your own action figure. It is hard to describe to go into a store and see yourself there on the shelf. It is kind of a surreal thing. You kind of know you have arrived when you get an action figure." Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 23, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
"There are a number of people out there, old and young, male and
female, that want an alternative, that want a pro wrestling company. They
want to be entertained by what happens inside of a wrestling ring. They
don't want to be talked to, they don't want to be lied to, they want to
watch people fight. That's why Impact Wrestling is important today,
more so than it ever has been." Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 23, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
"You
will all understand, who the real Matt Hardy is. You will all
understand, what makes Matt Hardy tick. You will all understand, why
Matt Hardy... is Matt Hardy.
I promise you this, it is going to be a YouTube entry you do not want to miss. I promise you that. I promise... you that.
THE GOSPEL! THE GOSPEL! THE GOSPEL! Will be spoken."
Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 23, 2011 In : Interviews
Alex Marvez Interviews Jay Lethal: Talking up Jay Lethal, set for 'Best in the World 2011' PPV
Jay Lethal is ready to turn the page on two chapters in his pro-wrestling career.
Not
only is he debuting with a different company (Ring of Honor) after his
surprising release from Impact Wrestling, Lethal will be permanently
retiring his "Black Machismo" gimmick following the recent death of "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
"My
return to Ring of Honor will make it 100 percent official that I am now
stan... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 23, 2011 In : News
WrestleReunion
have issued the following statement, offering Hulk Hogan and Ultimate
Warrior $100,000 to do a face-off interview:
"I expect 2012 to
be a very exciting year for WrestleReunion and its fans. We are back to
running 3 events a year and have some fabulous plans for 2012. As always
we keep our eyes and ears open to what is going
on in the industry. So WrestleReunion in conjunction with its lead
vendor Highspots.com want to make a standing offer for any of our 2012
convention... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 23, 2011 In : Interviews
For full audio please visit www.inyourheadonline.com Jack and OneInchBiceps were joined by Luke Robinson the finalist and runners up of Tough Enough 2011. Jack
starts by saying he personally thinks Luke got robbed out of winning
Tough Enough. Luke says he hears that a lot, and believes most people
thinks he should have won. Luke said he was shocked to see Andy
win considering Trish Stratus and Booker T praised himself quite a lot
backstage. He couldn't believe Booker said Andy had the "it" ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 In : Interviews
Chris Daniels:
"People
are only going to care about something if we care about it and we care
about wrestling. Without iMPACT! Wrestling, what's going to happen to
professional wrestling? It seems like everybody else wants to be;
they're ashamed of wrestling, they wanna forget that it's wrestling.
It's almost like they're making it a footnote or sidebar.
I'm
not a football fan, I'm not a baseball fan, I don't follow basketball,
but I followed professional wrestling since I was eight year... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 In : Interviews
The LAW (FightNetwork.com) recently interviewed Jeff Jarrett. Here are some highlights... Using his children in the program with Kurt Angle:That's
the part that people have really voiced their opinion very very
strongly, and it's their prerogative to voice their opinion, but I've
literally lived this. My parents were divorced when I was three-years
old because of this business. So I'm very aware of a child's feelings.
People can judge all they want, but I know what kind of father I am, I ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 In : News
ROH made the following announcement today… Ring of Honor Officials Statement on Steve Corino's recent video message regarding Kevin Steen
(June
20, 2011- Bristol, PA) – As the appointed members who jointly oversee
the activities in Ring of Honor (ROH) we must address the recent video
message from Steve Corino which aired on Thursday, June 16th, 2011.
After
examining the situation and the direct message itself, the decision has
been made to inform Mr. Corino that Kevin Steen will not be ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Gunner responds to internet fans complaining about lack of wrestling on Impact!: "If ya shoot why don't u realize first "wrestling matter" is the whole package! Promo's, matches and everything!! It takes stories to build to good matches. I know everyone has opinions but don't be an idiot!! Wrestling is a whole new world than it used to be!! How about learning to cut a promo or do backstage SHIT before u shoot on a company. WWE and Impact both have promos and in ring segs for a reason...to BUILD... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 In : News
Matt
Hardy responds to media reports that he was suspended from TNA for
arriving late to shows as well as the youtube video with him encouraging
Jeff to stun Reby Sky with his taser (posted here last week):
"Just
checked out the headlines on the 'net.. They make me smile :-)
Everything's cool in life-luv it! It's 95 out but I'm not sweating ;)" Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 In : News
Mick Foley commits to attending hall of fame event in Waterloo, Iowa
One
of the biggest superstars in professional wrestling history will be the
master of ceremonies at the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional
Wrestling Hall of Fame induction banquet. The event is being held at the
Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center in Waterloo, Iowa, on
Saturday, July 23 at 6 p.m.
Foley received the Frank Gotch Award
last year. The award goes to a professional wrestler who brings positive
recognit... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 In : News
On
RAW, CM Punk announced that he plans to leave WWE when his contract
expires on July 17th, the day of Money in the Bank. Punk wrote the
following on Twitter regarding his upcoming departure:
"I knew I was gone at the beginning of the year. I just woke up one day and I knew. That's the way I work a lot of the time."
"I think it's creepy too, but it's really helpful. I knew I'd be history by July. Come say goodbye on July 17th."
"Come say goodbye on July 17th. I promise to go out with a bang.... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 In : Internet Columns
TNA Slammiversary PPV Numbers compared to WWE's Capitol Punishment PPV
Total Wrestling Time: TNA Slammiversary: 105 Minutes
WWE Capitol Punishment: 84 Minutes
Total this Month: 189 Minutes
TNA Slammiversary
Alex Shelley and James Storm versus British Invasion: 11 Minutes
Scott Steiner versus Matt Morgan: 9 Minutes
Abyss versus Frankie Kazarian versus Brian Kendrick: 12 Minutes
Samoa Joe versus Crimson: 11 Minutes
Mickie James versus Angelina Love: 8 Minutes
Bully Ray versus A.J. Styles: 20 Minutes
Sting... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 In : News
WWE released the following statement on their Twitter page Tuesday:
"Technical
errors occurred in some of the voting results during Raw: Power to the
People. Check with WWE.com throughout the day for more."
A subsequent statement has since been released on WWE.com with the headline reading "Text Vote Screws Sin Cara."
"WWE
apologizes to the WWE Universe, Raw's "Power to the People" voters, and
especially Sin Cara and Evan Bourne. The match vote was skewed by a
heavy backlog of votes from th... Continue reading...
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