— There was some backstage heat on WWE Women’s Champion Melina for openly complaining about being drafted to SmackDown last week, reports www.prowrestling.NET. Her complaints about being moved to the blue brand have generally drawn eye-rolling and laughter from the wrestlers, who feel she had to know it was a possibility to be drafted just…
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has signed on to star in yet another Disney motion picture. Johnson will play Captain Nemo in a planned remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The film is slated to film later this year in Australia. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film is about “a fugitive whaler who teams…
Silvervision.co.uk has released the content listing for WWE’s upcoming DVD set on tag teams, Allied Powers: The World’s Greatest Tag Teams. The three-disc set is scheduled to be released on July 14, 2009. Click here to see the cover art for the DVD. Allied Powers: The World’s Greatest Tag Teams DVD (3 Discs) Throughout the…
— In a possible Judgment Day spoiler, Rey Mysterio is advertised to defend his Intercontinental Championship against Umaga at a SmackDown/ECW live event on Sunday, June 14 at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Mysterio will be defending his championship against Jericho during tonight’s pay-per-view. Click here for more information on next month’s live event….
Source: PWInsider.com — The rating is in for Monday’s WWE Raw and the show did a 3.2 cable rating, down from last week’s 3.6. The show did hours of 3.08 and 3.38. It appears the mainstream media attention WWE received from Vince McMahon’s “Denver Debacle” crusade failed to draw any additional viewers to Raw. Game…
— Candice Michelle recently wrote on her Twitter account that she expects to return to the ring this month. With that being said, there is a ton of heat on her right now similar to what just caused Vince McMahon to release Mr. Kennedy; the perception that she is often injured and a lousy worker….
— In order to keep his most prized possession as ECW Champion, Tommy Dreamer will not only have to defeat Christian again, but Jack Swagger, Mark Henry and Finlay as well. The five Superstars are poised to square off in an ECW Championship Scramble Match at The Bash to determine who is worthy of touting…
Monday Night Mayhem radio with Devon Hosts: Big Mosh, Blade, Bill Brown Available at MondayNightMayhem.com. One-half of the 22-time World Tag Team Champions, Brother Devon joined The Mayhem Crew (The Big Mosh, Blade, and “Wild” Bill Brown) to preview TNA Wrestling’s debut this Saturday night in Buffalo, NY (@ Hamburg’s Agri-Center/Erie County Fairgrounds). Devon is…
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source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter As noted earlier, WWE parted ways with The Brian Kendrick last Thursday. It would appear that the decision was actually made two weeks ago because he was pulled from a previously from a scheduled program with Evan Bourne that week. He was then booked to lose to Jerry Lawler and Kofi…