— In case you missed it, Raw General Manager Mike Adamle announced during Raw that John Cena had suffered a neck injury which will require surgery and put him out of action indefinitely. Adamle then announced that Rey Mysterio will replace Cena in the Championship Scramble match. The storyline explanation for Cena’s injury is that […]
source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — Kevin Eck of The Baltimore Sun has posted an article on TNA star Kevin Nash possibly being WWE-bound. According to Eck, Nash has privately said that he is “planning” to go to WWE, wrestle a year or two, and then retire. Eck did a big interview with Nash a few […]
Tactical Public Relations issued the following release today: Wrestling Great Jake “The Snake” Roberts Apparently Drugged NEW YORK, NY, Sep 22, 2008 — Wrestling legend Jake “The Snake” Roberts was apparently drugged while working an independent wrestling show in Cleveland, Ohio on September 12th. Prior to the show, Roberts had been offered a drink. As […]
Souorce: PWInsider.com — Stone Cold Steve Austin’s next film project, titled “Damage”, will focus on an illegal underground fighting community. The project is not a WWE Studios film. Austin is playing the lead role of John Brickner, a recently paroled convict who is forced into the groups. The film will commence filming on 10/17 in […]
— On last Thursday’s edition of TNA Impact, Mick Foley was Karen Angle’s guest on her talk segment, “Karen’s Angle.” Later in the night as Mick Foley was making his way to the ring, Mike Tenay & Don West noted on commentary that due to personal issues between Karen & Kurt, Karen has decided to […]
— Even though it’s actually not the 800th edition of Raw, as seen on last night’s show, WWE is hyping the three-hour show set to take place on November 3rd as the “Record-Breaking 800th Episode Celebration” anyway. Of course, last month WWE made note of the 800th episode of Raw taking place on September 22. […]
Click:Hyperbaric Chamber 1.5 ATA – This week’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown will have a Halloween theme, obviously because the show is on Halloween. Jim Ross will be dressed as a sailor, Tazz as a marine. – Shelton Benjamin will defend the US Championship against R-Truth on next week’s edition of SmackDown. The two had […]
Source: PWInsider.com — Mike Adamle is done with WWE, at least for the short term. There is a good chance he won’t be returning. The word backstage is that both WWE and Adamle came to an agreement that he was just not cut out for the business, so he was taken off television. Many found […]
source: www.f4wonline.com — Ric Flair will be at Saturday’s Magic Monikers 2 autograph show in Secaucus, New Jersey after all, reports Georgiann Makropoulos of Wrestlingfigs.com. Elaine Gillespie, his booking agent, released a statement earlier today saying that Flair wasn’t going to be attending due to an unfulfilled obligation by the promoter. However, he has since […]