Posted by David Damage on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 In : News
TMZ.com reports that Scott Hall was sentenced to ten days in Seminole County Jail yesterday for resisting arrest last May.
Hall
was arrested on May 14, 2010, and charged with disorderly conduct and
resisting a police office. Authorities were called to the Hitching Post
Bar in Chuluota after Hall, who had been "drinking heavily" according
to a police report, "became aggressive". When authorities arrived, they
found Hall yelling and cursing at the amateur wrestling personalities
Marc Grabo... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, June 20, 2011 In : Interviews
Christian recently spoke with Pennlive.com to promote the upcoming WWE SmackDown tapings. Here are some highlights:
The best thing about working for WWE:
"Performing,
that’s why we do what we do. You can be dead tired from jet lag from an
overseas trip and you don’t feel like you’re dragging your feet all day
long. But as soon as you hear that music and you hear the live roar from that crowd it all goes away."
Life after WWE:
"I
think that I’ll always be involved in some capacity with... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, June 20, 2011 In : News
Jeff Jarrett, with wife Karen in his corner, beat El Zorro last night to become the Heavyweight Champion of Mexico..... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, June 20, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
CM Punk:
"Last
night at Capitol Punishment, I not only defeated Rey Mysterio, I also
vowed to perform the most honest act in WWE history. Join me on
tonight's Power to the People episode of Monday Night Raw, and witness
the genesis of something monumental." Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, June 20, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Matt Hardy:
"Between
dates, injuries, & outside issues, I'm gonna have a few weeks off
& I'm ecstatic! The Matt Hardy Movement is going into full effect!" Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, June 20, 2011 In : News
Kevin
Nash has cancelled a scheduled interview at the Calgary Comic and
Entertainment Expo as he has landed a role in Rock of Ages.
The
film will be released on June 1st, 2012 and stars Tom Cruise, Mary J.
Blige , Julianne Hough, Alec Baldwin, Paul Giamatti, Diego Bonet,
Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bryan Cranston and Malin Akerman. Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, June 20, 2011 In : News
Jim Ross to receive Lou Thesz Award from National Wrestling Hall of Fame
WATERLOO,
Iowa--One of the biggest names in professional wrestling will be
recognized by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. Jim
Ross, a ring announcer and an executive for World Wrestling
Entertainment, will receive the Lou Thesz Award at the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame inductions on July 22-23.
The
Lou Thesz Award is given to an individual in wrestling who has taken ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, June 20, 2011 In : Interviews
"Chyna" Laurer had an interview on Wrestling News Live's Fall Out show. Check out the highlights of her comments below:
On
why she chose to work with Vivid Video: "Vivid is hot you know. I
didn't know anything about porn but even then I would see the calendars
in the book stores and they had the billboards and the girls
were plastered all over the place over Sunset Boulevard in front of the
clubs and they (the females on the billboards) looked gorgeous."
On
how well she has been treated s... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Monday, June 20, 2011 In : News
Jeff Jarrett, along with wife Karen in his corner, beat El Zorro last night to become the Heavyweight Champion of Mexico. Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Saturday, June 18, 2011 In : News
Highspots.com owner Michael Bochicchio is writing a book about Ric Flair. The book is about Flair's dealings and legal issues with the company, who are currently in a lawsuit with Flair over money that is owed to them. The book will be titled: "Memoirs of a Money Mark" and it will have material from Flair's Highspots shoot interview as well as the depositions that took place in their legal case...... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Saturday, June 18, 2011 In : Interviews
Marvel.com recently interviewed Alex Riley. Here are some highlights… On His Recent Break Out:
Oh my god, it's a dream come true. You can never expect it—well you can
expect it, but you're not ever sure it's going to happen. You're
dealing with twenty thousand people out there that may or may not react
and your job is based on the fact that they do react. You need them to
react. So you do the best you can and to try to be as close to yourself
as possible and to put on a great perform... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Saturday, June 18, 2011 In : News
A Georgia jury voted today to award $20 million to the family of Nancy
Benoit in their lawsuit against Hustler magazine. The family sued after
the magazine published nude pictures of her on the heels of the Chris
Benoit murder-suicide. However, once the verdict was announced by
the jury, the judge in the case noted that the jury was unable to
exceed the state's punitive cap for lawsuits, and ruled that the
magazine is liable for $375,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.
The family'... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Saturday, June 18, 2011 In : News
The Los Angeles Times has an article up that looks at Shane McMahon's new business venture, "You on Demand", forming a partnership with Warner Bros. McMahon also talks about his decision to leave WWE and why it was very hard for him: "Rising high up the executive ranks, McMahon was seen as a potential successor to his father. There was only one problem. "He wasn't going anywhere," he said and laughed. "It was the hardest decision I've ever had to make. I didn't want to wake up when I was 70 and... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Saturday, June 18, 2011 In : Interviews
Vickie
Guerrero spoke to Kevin Eck of the Baltimore Sun to promote tomorrow
night's WWE Capitol Punishment pay-per-view event in Washington D.C. as
well as Monday's RAW in Baltimore, Maryland. She discussed numerous
topics including how her recognizable catchphrase came out, Eddie
Guerrero's influence on her career, her significant weight loss, her weight being lampooned on WWE programming, and more.
Guerrero reveals that her trademark saying, "Excuse Me!", came by accident one night at a... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Friday, June 17, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Sean Waltman is launching an offer for "video autographs" on his official website http://www.RealXPac.com/:Sean
"X-Pac" Waltman is about to be giving a select number of wrestling fans
a rare opportunity! If you are a fan who likes to have "everything"
wrestling, you won't want to miss out on your own personalized X-Pac
video autograph. It's this simple: Email what you want Sean to say and
he'll say it...ON VIDEO! Ask Sean a couple of questions and he'll answer
them directly to you. It'... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 16, 2011 In : News
On tonight's iMPACT! Wrestling on Spike, the first ever "Bound For Glory Series" will be officially announced.
Rob Van Dam, AJ Styles, Gunner, Bully Ray,
Crimson, James Storm, Matt Morgan, Brother Devon, Scott Steiner, "The
Pope" D'Angelo Dinero, Bobby Roode and Samoa Joe are involved in the twelve man series which leads to Bound For Glory in October
TNA sent out the following today…
On Thursday's IMPACT
WRESTLING on SpikeTV at 9/8c, the first-ever "Bound For Glory Series"
will be officia... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 16, 2011 In : Interviews
Monday Night Mayhem with Bobby Roode
Hosts: The Big Mosh and "The Chairman of the Board" Todd Vincent
Recap by Patterson from New Jersey
Airs every Monday at 6:00 P.M. (CT)Growing as a wrestler from teaming with James Storm:
“When I first came into this company, I was in a tag team with Team
Canada. Then they took me off on my own and put some high expectations
on me being around the World title picture. I got to be in the ring with
some big names and I ended up doing a long run with Booke... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 16, 2011 In : News
Eurosport And WWE® Renew Deal WWE has extended
its current distribution agreement with Eurosport for another two
years. Eurosport, in all European territories excluding the UK, will
continue to broadcast “This Week In WWE” and “WWE Vintage Collection” to
more than 113 million homes in 57 countries across the continent on
Monday nights, starting at 9PM CET.
More on Press Releases Announcing
the deal, Julien Bergeaud, Broadcast Director for Eurosport, said “We
are very happy to r... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 16, 2011 In : Interviews
“WWE Smackdown” is coming to Hershey’s Giant Center Tuesday. Fans will
see superstar favorites Christian, Kane, and Randy Orton, among others
in action. There will even be some diva representation from Natalya and
Alicia Fox. The show will be taped and broadcast at 8 p.m. June 24 on
SyFy. Expect drama, and lots of it, as Randy “The Viper” Orton faces off
against Christian in a non-televised match. The two have been locked in a
war over the title of World Heavyweight Champion ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 16, 2011 In : Interviews
Kevin Sullivan (The WWE Author) Interviews "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
What does it mean to you to be such an integral part of one of the most controversial periods of the WWE Championship?
To be a part of the history of the WWE Championship in any way
at all is obviously a good thing. If you have anything to do with any of
the titles, particularly the most prestigious title, it means you were
somebody significant in the industry. So it’s gratifying to know that I
was a part of ... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 16, 2011 In : News
New WWE ring announcer Eden Stiles confirmed on her ModelMayhem.com
profile that she has a Twitter account at twitter.com/EdenStiles Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 16, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Jim Ross on Twitter right before his "traumatic incisional hernia": "Wearing #BoomerSooner shorts & my lucky Sam Bradford shirt to the hospital. Let's kick some ass. Surgeon is a former OU DE & is working for sauce. He's fixin a bull & 2 dogs b4 me this morning. :)" Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 16, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
Chris Jericho and Dolph Ziggler attended a Motley Crue gig on Tuesday night in L.A. Jericho Tweeted: "Motley Crue just officially kicked my ass with one of the best ROCK shows I've ever seen…" Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 16, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
"The
10%'ers know nothing about journalistic integrity (think MSNBC) and are
typically horrible writers (thay kant rite gud), too."
Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 16, 2011 In : Interviews
Trevor Murdoch will be returning to WWE after doing his final indy show for MPW this Friday.... "I've been doing this since I was 18 years old. So I'm at an age where when I went to WWE the first time, I was 25 years old, and I'm really excited that I'm still at a young enough age that I'm going to be able to go back and do some good things on TV. My [5-year-old] son is now old enough to see me and understand that daddy is on TV, and he loves pro wrestling. So I'm fired up to be able to get ba... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, June 16, 2011 In : Superstar Blogs
The
Ultimate Warrior has responded to a rumor that he used to work as a
male escort in Atlanta. The rumor is that he used to be an escort in the
'80s, before joining the wrestling business. A fan asked Hogan about
this on Twitter and he responded:
“he was more than a male escort. You guys figure it out. HH”
Warrior then responded with:
"Warrior
God for ULTIMATE time. Demand is HIGH. Escort limited to pro-wrestlers
wives. Reserve right to refuse service. No, HH. Linda, no." Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 In : News
TNA
has signed the son of Barry Darsow (Demolition's Smash / Repo Man),
Dakota Darsow, to a deal. He has been training at the school Brian
Knobbs runs since he was released from his development deal with WWE. Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 In : News
ROH sent out the following Press Release today… BALTIMORE, MD– On Friday, June
24th, Ring of Honor Wrestling will hold a special live press conference
to reveal details of it's fall debut of ROH on Sinclair Broadcast
Group's television stations. Appearing in person at this event to
give statements and answer questions will be new Ring of Honor COO Joe
Koff, ROH founder/former owner Cary Silkin, and ROH TV executive
producer Jim Cornette. They will be joined by a large number of ROH
s... Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 In : News
Shawn
Michaels will be debuting a show on The Outdoor Channel. The show will
be called Shawn Michaels' MacMillan River Adventures and will debut on
June 28th. The show takes place in the Canadian Yukon Continue reading...
Posted by David Damage on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 In : News
Randy Orton suffered a real concussion during a Smackdown house show from Madrid, Spain on Sunday. The injury happened during the triple-threat main event match for the World Heavyweight title against Christian and Sheamus. Orton was asked on Twitter why he didn't wrestle on RAW: "because I was knocked out in Spain. U can't wrestle, or should i say, perform, the day after a concussion." If Orton is not medically cleared to work his match with Christian at Sunday's Capitol Punishment PPV, the co... Continue reading...
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