— TNA officials have had discussions with Nick Dinsmore about coming in to do a character similar to Eugene. However, said talks recently stalled. (source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter) — Regarding Monday’s episode of iMPACT!, ODB posted the following comment on her Facebook account knocking the Knockouts division: “Just watched from my DVR the Knockouts match….
WWE Supplemental Draft Results: 11 Superstars & Divas Change Brands
After 8 Superstars and Divas were drafted on RAW, WWE held an online Supplemental Draft and there were 11 trades in total. Here are the results: 1) The Great Khali and Ranjin Sing drafted to RAW. 2) Chavo Guererro drafted to Smackdown. 3) Cody Rhodes drafted to Smackdown. 4) Natalya drafted to RAW. 5) Chris…
Last Night's Raw Rating, John Cena Possibly Recording Another Album, Lilian Garcia
— Last night’s episode of Monday Night Raw averaged a 3.05 cable rating, the same number as last week. The show drew a 3.00 during the first hour and a 3.10 during the second. Overall viewership was slightly up as Raw averaged 4.41 million viewers compared to 4.33 million last week. (source PWInsider.com) — John…
Ric Flair Talks Coming Out Of Retirement, HBK’s Retirement & More
TNA star Ric Flair recently spoke to Minnesota’s Duluth News Tribune to promote an upcoming TNA live event in the region. Here are some highlights of what the Nature Boy said about: Retiring At WrestleMania 24: “I don’t know what I thought at the time. Remember that it was WWE that decided to retire Ric…
Update On Jeff Hardy's Court Appearance This Week For Pending Drug Charges
Examiner.com has provided an update on TNA Champion Jeff Hardy’s pending drug charges. Hardy was in a North Carolina courtroom on Wednesday to defend himself against various drug charges stemming from his September 2009 arrest. According to the Moore County Sheriff’s Office police report, found 262 Vicodin prescription pills, 180 Soma prescription pills, 555 milliliters…
WWE Vintage Collection Report (05/23/10)
WWE Vintage Collection Report: 23rd May 2010 By Shaun Best-Rajah.com Reporter Hosted by: Mean Gene Okerlund Welcome aboard. This week, we take a trip way back to April 21st 1980 for a rare house show from the mecca of Sports Entertainment, Madison Square Garden. Both the World and Intercontinental titles are on the line and…
More On New NXT Ring Announcer Jamie Keyes
On Tuesday’s NXT Season 2 premiere show, we saw the debut of a new female ring announcer – developmental diva Jamie Keyes. We’ve done some research and have some more information regarding the lovely Ms. Keyes. Jamie Keyes’ real name is Brittany Beede and she’s a model from Sarasota, Florida. She recently opened a Twitter…
The John Report: Twenty Ideas for WWE to Consider – 2010 Edition
The premise of this column is simple. I think there are things in World Wrestling Entertainment that need to be altered a bit. I don’t claim to know everything. I don’t claim to be smarter than Vince McMahon. All I am is a fan of this business for over twenty years with the experience of…
The John Report: Talking Smack for 07/16/10 (MITB Hype)
The first order of business this week is to shill a podcast appearance I did on Thursday night. I spent 40 minutes talking about wrestling with three other knowledgeable fans. We covered a lot of topics such as Bryan Danielson, Nexus, this week’s Raw, my history of writing on the internet, Christian, Money in the…
The John Report: Talking Smack for 07/30/10 (Rey/Swagger)
Taped from Corpus Christi, Texas let’s talk some smack. The show started with a video package and then we got Kane in the ring. He talked about spending 60 days at the Undertaker’s side. Um, what about all the time you spend traveling with WWE with your job? What a liar, Kane. You are so…