Month: January 2021

— Mark Henry indicated during an interview with The West Australian that he plans to retire from in-ring competition within the next 18 months despite having “a good three years left.” “The World’s Stongest Man” also said there isn’t much friendship behind the scenes amongst wrestlers and that when he departs, he hopes someone will…

— Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced on his Twitter account that he’s giving away tickets to WrestleMania XXVII. He wrote, “ROCK HIDE & TWEET – 2 Mania tix I’ll hide here in ATLANTA – I’ll tweet clues tomorrow am. You find the tix ..you’re going to WRESTLEMANIA!” — WWE Monday Night Raw on August 15,…

Wrestling Observer editor Dave Meltzer has corroborated our earlier report of members of the WWE women’s locker room being upset with Trish Stratus, as well as Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi. He says that several WWE Divas weren’t happy with the originally planned multi-women’s tag team match being nixed from WrestleMania XXVII, leaving a scant few to…

— TNA Wrestling has announced “Gut Check” work shops for Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Plattsburgh, New York. “‘Gut Check’ workshops will allow for TNA management to scout up-and-coming talent and give aspiring wrestlers the kind of instruction and advice they can’t receive anywhere else in the industry,” Jeff Jarrett said. More information is available here….

— The April 25 episode of Monday Night Raw scored a 3.5 cable rating, up from last week’s 3.13. Viewership increased from 4.7 million to 5.2 million. The show drew hours of 3.51 and 3.43. — The April 25 episode of Tough Enough garnered a 1.73 cable rating, up from a series low 1.54 the…

— The May 12 episode of TNA iMPACT! scored a 1.27 cable rating, up from the previous week’s 1.15 number. iMPACT! averaged 1.8 million viewers overall, up from 1.6 million the week before. It was also the program’s most watched show since March 17. — The role of Kurt Angle’s on-air “mistress” went to former…

– WWE Executive VP of Creative Development & Operations Stephanie McMahon and former WWE star John Bradshaw Layfield were at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday for the Beyond Sport Summit with a group of 250 other global delegates. Beyond Sport is an organization that promotes, develops and supports the use of sports to create positive social…

In an interview with IGN.com, Chris Jericho spoke about when he’ll be stepping back into the ring. Jericho, who said he would return to WWE once he was done with DWTS, had this to say about returning: “I don’t want to go back and do the same thing. And do the same character I was…

On Monday night, TNA held the first taping for the newly re-branded show on Spike TV, Impact Wrestling. At the taping (set to air Thursday night), the top two matches were announced for the upcoming Slammiversary pay-per-view: * TNA Champion Sting vs. Mr. Anderson. * Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett in a #1 contender’s match…

The Urban Wrestling Federation will crown their first champion at the June 3rd “First Blood” PPV taping from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. There will be a mini-tournament held, with the following first-round matches set: * Homicide vs. Eddie Kingston. * Rich (formerly Ricky) Ortiz vs. Rashe Brown. * Facade vs. Bestia 666….