Jim Ross is back with another blog from JRsBarBQ.com. Some highlights: – Ric Flair Turns 60: Happy Birthday to my long time friend Ric Flair who turns 60 years young today [Wednesday]. Ric will eternally be young at heart and seeing him and sitting down for a visit with him will be one of my…
Read moreWWE Releases Another SmackDown Wrestler
Courtesy of WWE.com: Kizarny released Written: March 9, 2009 World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of Smackdown Superstar Kizarny as of today, March 19, 2009. WWE wishes Kizarny the best in all future endeavors. See the PPV poster for Backlash (>>)
Read moreMore On Tomko's Release, Officials Shocked Over Royal Rumble Buyrate, More
sources: PWInsider.com, www.f4wonline.com — As reported earlier today, WWE has parted ways with Travis “Tyson” Tomko, so his second stint with the company ended before he could even return to television. In an update on the story, he was actually released sometime within the last two weeks, so it was a very recent release. Previously,…
Read moreDid John Cena Beat The Rock At The Box Office?, Styles On Twitter, Linda McMahon
— WWE Studios’ 12 Rounds starring John Cena will gross an estimated $5.3 million this weekend, which is nearly $2.0 million less than the opening weekend for Cena’s first movie, The Marine. The official number will be released tomorrow. 12 Rounds will finish at No. 7, behind Race to Witch Mountain in its third week…
Read moreRAW Rating, News On WWE's New General Managers & Announcers
— The 4/7 post-WrestleMania edition of WWE Raw drew a 3.93 cable rating. The hourly ratings were 3.83 and 4.02. This is up from last week’s 3.55, so In related news, the two episode of NCIS that aired right before RAW both drew 3.1 cable ratings, so Raw had a very strong lead-in. (Source: PWInsider.com)…
Read moreTNA Gets Plugged At WWE Show, TNA Papering Lockdown PPV, Attendance Figure
sources: PWInsider.com, www.f4wonline.com — At yesterday’s WWE live event in Salzburg, Austria, all of the seats in the arena had a flyer advertising TNA’s upcoming tour in September. Click here to see an image of the flyer. — TNA has been actively papering tonight’s Lockdown pay-per-view in Philadelphia, including giving away free tickets (“no strings…
Read moreLinda Hogan Looking To Cash In On Hulk's "O.J. Simpson" Comments
Earlier this month, Hulk Hogan made tabloid headlines when he told Rolling Stone magazine that after the latest round of divorce proceedings, he empathizes with O.J. Simpson. Hogan told Rolling Stone, “I could have turned everything into a crime scene, like OJ, cutting everybody’s throat. You live half a mile from the 20,000-square-foot home you…
Read moreWWE House Show Results (05/11/09) – Evansville, Indiana
Courtesy of reader Larry: Went to the Smackdown/ECW house show in Evansville, IN last night…..great night overall. Evan Bourne vs. Tyson Kidd Pretty much back and forth with Evan Bourne scoring the victory with his shooting star press. Vladimir Kozlov vs. Finlay Good matchup between these two, Finlay can take as well as he can…
Read moreWeekend WWE Schedule – Four House Shows, Infamous TVs, More
WWE has another weekend full of house shows starting tonight. The Raw crew will run a show tonight at the Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho. On Saturday, Raw will run a show at The E-Center of West Valley City in Salt Lake City, Utah. The brand has Sunday off before Monday’s TVs and next week’s…
Read moreTNA Takes A Shot At The WWE Universe, Sting On Magazine Cover, Matt Morgan
— TNA Wrestling announced this week they have renamed their “TNA University” program “TNAtion”. Members will be known as “Citizens” and they can create a “Colony” to continually promote TNA and earn prizes. Apparently taking a shot at WWE, the entity’s official slogan is: “Why get lost in a Universe…when you can join a Nation.”…
Read more