Month: January 2021

WWE taped Friday’s episode of Smackdown from the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio. Credit to WrestlingNewsWorld.com for this detailed report: * The show opens with World Heavyweight Champion Kane begging Edge to surrender Paul Bearer. Edge is shown on the big screen and tricks him with another dummy version of Bearer. * They plug theRead moreRead more

— World Wrestling Entertainment attorney Jerry McDevitt wrote a strongly worded letter to wrestling blogger Irv Muchnick regarding statements he made to the Pittsburgh City Paper criticizing the WWE Wellness Policy. To read the letter, click here. McDevitt seemingly relayed information to Muchnick as a way of seeking legal recourse down the line should heRead moreRead more

TNA’s official website has started a new feature where Dixie Carter answers fan questions from TNA’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Here are some of the more newsworthy items: Q: do you plan on moving the Impact Zone to somewhere else. I believe that keeping it in Universal is crippling the audience numbers. Dixie: There areRead moreRead more

— WWE posted tonight’s episode of SmackDown prematurely as it was available for viewing for a few hours today on YouTube prior to its national airing on Syfy. The video, however, has since been set to private. — Konnan indicated in a recent radio interview in Mexico that he’s interested in bringing Jeff Hardy, MattRead moreRead more

— Kurt Angle appears on tonight’s episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which airs at 8:00 p.m. on ABC. He gives a tour of an amateur wrestling facility that will be built as part of the home remodeling project. A preview clip of Angle’s appearance is available here. No mention of TNA is made asRead moreRead more

Video game website IGN.com has announced that former WWE and WCW champion “Macho Man” Randy Savage has been confirmed for the upcoming “WWE All Stars” video game. Randy Savage has not worked with WWE directly in many years. This past fall, WWE and Savage collaborated for the first time since the early 1990s, when WWERead moreRead more

— Former wrestler Ion Croitoru, who appeared on various World Wrestling Federation cards from 1986 to 1989 as Johnny K-9, was charged Monday with first degree murder in connection with the 2008 gangland execution of Jonathan Barber in Vancouver. More details on the story are available here. — It was disclosed at a WWE-sponsored webRead moreRead more

– The following matches are advertised TNA Against All Odds next Sunday 2/13: Last Knockout Standing Match for the TNA Knockouts Title: Mickie James vs. Madison Ryane vs. Mickie James Street Fight: Bully Ray vs. Brother Devon Samoa Joe vs. D’Angelo Dinero. – Former WWE star Ken Doane (Kenny Dykstra) took a few shots atRead moreRead more

— Tonight’s episode of TNA iMPACT! featured the television debut of Rosita, the storyline cousin of Sarita. She scored the pinfall victory in the Eight Knockouts Tag Team Match, downing Velvet Sky. Rosita, who’s real name is Thea Trinidad, signed a contract with TNA Wrestling last month shortly after working a tryout match against AngelinaRead moreRead more

— Kevin Nash praised Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s return to Raw last Monday, writing on Twitter: “Rock was amazing on Monday!!! Welcome back. True class puttjng over Austin. Great show Monday. Cena got my respect when he went an hour with HBK. Is Rock Cena not maln event at Mania? Rock cut a money promo,Read moreRead more