– Mixed martial artist Chael Sonnen, who lost to Anderson Silva this past Saturday night at UFC 148, shot down rumors of a potential move to WWE in an interview published on USAToday.com. Sonnen said he’d go to the WWE as a fan, “but I go back to my promoter Dana White at the end…
– WWE Attitude Era star Rikishi returned on Monday’s RAW as the latest opponent of Heath Slather. – Christian will defend the Intercontinental championship on next week’s 1,000th RAW. WWE ran a poll on this week’s show asking which title should be defended next week (IC Title, US Title, Divas title) and the IC title…
WWE Chairman Vince McMahon recently spoke with the Hollywood Reporter to promote Monday’s 1,000th RAW. Here are some highlights of what Vince said about: UFC as Competition: “We’re in show business, they are a sport. Their ratings are abysmal. They are in the pay-per-view business, and they do reasonably well there. We just set a…
Here is an updated list of wrestling related books due out this year: * 7/31 WWE My Favorite Match by Jon Robinson * 8/31 Rastlin: A Southern Survey by David McClister and David Lewis * 9/1 Booker T: From Prison to Promise: Life Before the Squared Circle by Booker T Huffman and Andrew William Wright…
The official WWE website announced Monday that John Laurinaitis had resigned from his position as Senior Vice President of Talent Operations, effectively immediately. He will, however, remain with the company as a producer assisting talent with their matches. His resignation is legitimate and not part of any storyline. According to WWE sources, Laurinaitis had mentioned…
Chris Jericho was recently interviewed by SoundSpike. In the interview he talks about his music and wrestling gigs. Here are some highlights. Simultaneously Being a Pro Wrestler & A Rock Star: “I’ve been nothing but a wrestling fan and a music fan since I was a young kid. I just couldn’t decide which one of…
AEW introduced a new version of the TNT title that was revealed tonight on Dynamite. Darby Allin entered the ring revealing a new design of the TNT title, which had a black strap instead of a red one. He participated in a weigh-in that also featured Brian Cage, who he will defend the title against next…
WWE Vintage Collection Report: September 2nd 2012 By Shaun Best-Rajah.com Reporter Hosted by: Mean Gene Okerlund We kick off our “Month of Champions” theme by looking at matches contested for the four tiers of WWE titles one must capture – European, Tag Team, Intercontinental and World Heavyweight, to become a Grand Slam champion. Monday Night…
– After JTG pleaded his case to make some noise on Raw, his wish was granted by program General Manager AJ Lee as the quirky Diva placed him in a one-on-one match against Ryback. WWE broadcaster Michael Cole acknowledged JTG’s “controversial remarks” on Twitter last week where he cryptically stated that his “locker room brothers”…
– When asked to pick the winner for Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H this Sunday night at SummerSlam, Jim Ross tweeted this prediction: “HHH must avoid kimura. If not, Lesnar wins. It will be physical.” – Several of the WWE Superstars and Divas attended the Jennifer Lopez & Enrique Iglesias concert at the Staples Center…