The following matches were taped last week for tonight’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown: – Matt Hardy vs. Hurricane Helms. – Kung Fu Naki vs. Umaga. – Divas Champion Michelle McCool vs. Eve Torres. – Primo Colon, Carlito & R-Truth vs. The Miz, John Morrison & Brian Kendrick. – U.S. Champion Shelton Benjamin vs. MVP…
Jim Ross is back with another blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. Some highlights: — More Talent Cuts: “A fan wrote me and asked if I thought that there would be more talent cuts within the WWE soon and my honest and direct answer is that I don’t know. However, if…
The following live notes from RAW are compiled from several reports sent in from fans who were at the show: — The stands were about 90 percent full, The upper section on the hard camera side was tarped off and was about 2/3 empty. — Cryme Tyme beat Snitsky and Unamed Local Jobber in a…
— Current UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar will be returning to his roots as he is scheduled to make an appearance at an Ohio Valley Wrestling show in Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday, January 7, 2009. He will be doing a special autograph meet & greet during his return to the Davis Arena. Ticket prices are…
— Seven-time WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus made a surprise appearance on tonight’s edition of Raw as the mystery tag team partner of Cena. Stratus and Cena defeated the team of Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix in a mixed tag match in the main event of Raw, which was held in Trish’s hometown of Toronto….
— Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was set to begin work on the feature film adaptation of DC Comics’ Shazam! this August, but screenwriter John August posted a blog stating that the screenplay that was originally going to be used has been dismissed. According to August, Warner Bros. wanted a “darker” project after seeing the success…
TNA Wrestling is currently on their “Maximum Impact” European tour. The company will hold two shows over the weekend in Dublin, Ireland, both at the National Stadium in consecutive sellouts. While TNA has not released the cards for the shows, the following names are advertised for the tour: Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Kurt Angle, Mick…
source: PWInsider.com — This year’s WWE Hall of Fame special on the USA Network will be sponsored by THQ’s Legends of Wrestlemania video game, which will be released in March. There has been talk of holding some sort of nostalgia match at Wrestlemania XXV to coincide with the release of the game. — SmackDown Diva…
The NXT Women’s Championship will officially be on the line in a triple threat match at February’s TakeOver event. WWE has announced that NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai will defend her title against Toni Storm and Mercedes Martinez in a triple threat match at NXT TakeOver on Sunday, February 14. Shirai, Storm, and Martinez took…
— THQ still has yet to reveal the majority of the characters for the upcoming Legends of WrestleMania video game scheduled to be released next month, although a recent post on the WWE website confirms a few rumored names. WWE.com has posted the synopsis for next month’s programming on WWE 24/7 with the theme being…