— As reported here last week, boxer Ricky Hatton will be the guest host of next week’s WWE Raw from Sheffield, England. — Tonight’s edition of ECW on Sci Fi will feature ECW champion Christian & Yoshi Tatsu teaming together against Vladimir Kozlov & Ezekiel Jackson. Also, the Hurricane will take on Paul Burchill. —…
The John Report: Talking Smack for Aug 14/09 (J. Hardy vs. Hart Dynasty) This is the debut of my weekly (I hope) Smackdown column where I’ll go over what went down on WWE’s best weekly show, Smackdown. This won’t be as long as Tuesday’s Raw Deal column. I just felt it was necessary to write…
— As reported earlier, four WWE Superstars will be appearing on tonight’s episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. According to the show’s official website, the four Superstars appearing on the show are Big Show, The Great Khali, Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase. They will be appearing in a skit called “Conando,” which is…
WWE taped this week’s edition of SmackDown at the Rockford Metro Centre in Rockford, Illinois. Special thanks to Wrestling News World readers Andy and Aaron L. for sending text-message updates. If you are attending a future WWE television taping and would be interested in sending us live text-message updates, please email your name and mobile…
Source: PWInsider.com — The current plan is for Rey Mysterio is to return from his Wellness Suspension at the Trenton, NJ Smackdown taping on 10/6. — WWE has signed has signed independent wrestler Steven Andrew Slocum to a developmental deal. He was trained by Booker T as Cyrus and is now working in Florida Championship…
— Rob Van Dam has posted a message on his WWE Universe page that WWE officials probably won’t be thrilled with. Here’s what RVD posted to promote his weekly BlogTalkRadio.com radio show: THE SUBJECT…HYPOTHETICALLY… WOULD YOU RATHER SEE RVD GO TO WWE OR TNA? GO TO ROBVANDAM.COM TO RVD RADIO 10/07/09 FROM 9-11 PM E.S.T….
The John Report: The Raw Deal for 10/19/09 (HHH vs. Cena) Welcome to the Raw Deal. I watch Raw, give my thoughts on everything that went down, bring it home with the three stars of the show plus a final rating and then end the Raw discussion with the thoughts from my friends on Facebook…
New entrants have been added to this year’s Royal Rumble matches. On Friday’s episode of SmackDown, it was announced that Intercontinental Champion Big E, Shinsuke Nakamura, Sami Zayn, and SmackDown Tag Team Champion Dolph Ziggler will be taking part in this year’s men’s Royal Rumble match. Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and Tamina were also added to the…
— Frankie Kazarian asked for his release from TNA at the last set of television tapings because he’s been frustrated with the creative direction for his character, Suicide. Management initially agreed to grant him the release, but AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels soothed over the situation and his release was never finalized. (source: prowrestling.NET) —…
The New York Daily News has published comments that Hulk Hogan made to a fan at a recent book signing regarding his vision for TNA Wrestling. Hogan said that he hopes to bring in Steve Austin, Randy Savage, Rob Van Dam, and the Nasty Boys tag team to TNA. He also wants to start a…