Month: January 2021

— After hosting Saturday Night Live this past weekend, former WWE star and Hollywood heavyweight Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be all over New York City this week doing the media rounds for “Witch Mountain”, which hits theaters on Friday. Johnson will be appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) on Thursday nightRead moreRead more

WWE taped next week’s edition of SmackDown at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Special thanks to Wrestling News World reader Ronald O’Reilly for sending the following results. If you are attending a future WWE television taping and would be interested in sending us text-message updates, please email your name, mobile number, andRead moreRead more

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Here are some more notes from Kurt Angle’s appearance this past week on The Opie and Anthony Show. Regarding his relationship with TNA Knockout Rhaka Khan, he said she’s “good in the sack,” has a good heart, is a good Christian, and is beautiful. Angle talked about his divorce with KarenRead moreRead more

— As John Bradshaw Layfield announced in a blog post on the WWE Universe site yesterday, he has retired from professional wrestling. Furthermore, he has no current plans on doing anything on a professional level with WWE. Following his announcement, WWE.com moved his profile from the Raw section to the WWE Alumni section. — WWE.comRead moreRead more

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — Shawn Michaels, who has not been seen since his epic match at WrestleMania, is currently taking some time off. That was actually the plan before Wrestlemania. — Undertaker is featured on the cover of the latest issue of WWE Magazine. — You can follow William Regal on Twitter.com at theRead moreRead more

— There are some rumors going around saying Wrestlicious star Lacey Von Erich has re-signed with World Wrestling Entertainment as she supposedly took part in a Divas tag match at a Florida Championship Wrestling live event late last week. These rumors are false as Von Erich posted a brief message on her MySpace account (www.myspace.com/sexymama717)Read moreRead more

— BIG ANNOUNCEMENT – Candice Michelle…. WrestleBookings.com is pleased, proud, and excited to announce the addition of former WWE Womens’ Champion CANDICE MICHELLE! Though Candice was a 2004 Diva Search contestant which ultimately lead to her signing a contract with the WWE, she rose to fame in 2005 as the sultry starlet that pushed theRead moreRead more

— WWE.com had been advertising an “exhibition match” between John Cena and The Miz on Raw tonight, but the listing has since been pulled. In related news, Legacy will open tonight’s show by explaining why they attacked Shane McMahon last week. — Quite like Saturday night, Sheamus O’Shaunessy beat Jamie Noble at last night’s RawRead moreRead more

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — Internally, some people noted the surprising amount of heat David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd garnered last week on ECW for beating down Finlay. It’s been said that there was even more heat in the arena than it came off on television. This is being seen as a big positiveRead moreRead more

Backstory The main event on this show was the much anticipated first ever PPV match between two WWF mainstays, The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels. At Summerslam a month earlier, Michaels was the referee for the Undertaker’s World Title loss against Bret Hart. He hit Undertaker with a chairshot that was intended for Hart and that’sRead moreRead more