McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown says the F1 team’s primary goal this season is to further close the gap to the dominant Mercedes squad. Continued improvements and consistency allowed McLaren to snatch the final spot on the podium of the Constructors’ championship last season behind Mercedes and Red Bull. The Woking-based team’s switch to Mercedes […]
WWE issued the following statement regarding the Benoit tragedy just a few minutes ago. Furthermore, they are concerned with the sensationalistic reporting being undertaken by some people in the media as it pertains to alleged steroid use and “roid rage” on the part of Chris Benoit. Here is WWE’s statement: WWE Shocked At Latest Developments […]
Sources: PWInsider.com, PWTorch.com – John Cena made a rare indy appearance last night with Chaotic Wrestling. Here is a fan account of Cena’s appearance: In the Main Event, Cena got hit over the head by the Chaotic Champ’s belt and was out cold on the mat. While Cena was out, none one other than Vincent […]
sources: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, PWInsider.com Bobby Lashley is currently dealing with a nagging shoulder problem that dates back before WrestleMania. Due to the recent rash of injuries in WWE, it there’s no way that he’s taking time off unless the injury became severe. Torrie Wilson was walking around backstage selling her leg injury backstage. She […]
Adam sent along the following confirming what has previously been reported that Ashley Massaro will be joining the cast of CBS’s Survivor: Was just over at TMZ.com (the celebrity gossip site ran by Harvey Levin (the legal guy on The People’s Court and the man who was all over the news last week reporting the […]
Source: WrestlingObserver.com We have received word that Chris Benoit had some type of family emergency earlier this weekend and had to rush to his home in Atlanta, Georgia. The only thing that we know about the situation is that it was a “touch-and-go” trip and he should be at tonight’s pay-per-view. However, Benoit was unable […]
The following matches were taped this past Tuesday night to air on tonight’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown on the CW Network: Batista vs. Domino Chavo Guerrero vs. Eugene Mark Henry vs. Sterling Keenan Victoria vs. Torrie Wilson Matt Hardy vs. Finlay Kane vs. Sylvan Chris Masters’ Masterlock Challenge The Great Khali vs. Ric Flair […]
WWE informed Silvervision, the U.K. provider of WWE DVDs, yesterday that they are removing all copies of the 2004 WWE DVD release, “Hard Knocks – The Chris Benoit Story,” from sale in the U.S. and it will never be remade. Silvervision has followed suit and removed the Benoit DVD from the website. There are only […]
Source: PWInsider.com – While it was originally advertised that Jerry “The King” Lawler would work an Ohio Valley Wrestling show on July 20th, WWE is now promoting Johnny Nitro to appear in his place with Lawler being scheduled a week later with John Cena. This would make Lawler available for the Memphis Wrestling show on […]
partial source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — They changed Johnny Nitro’s name because the feeling was that it was not serious enough and he’s now in a world champion position. Vince felt people wouldn’t take him seriously with the gimmicky Johnny Nitro name. A whole bunch of people including Dusty Rhodes, Dave Lagana, WWE.com writer Jen […]