Backstage Reaction To Tony Atlas As Mark Henry's Manager, Big Daddy V, JBL
— Some people within the company are scratching their heads over WWE’s decision to bring Tony Atlas in as the manager/associate of ECW Champion Mark Henry. reports prowrestling.NET. The move came as a bit of a surprise to some. Two years ago, WWE wanted to bring Atlas in to serve as an on-air coach/mentor for…
RAW Rating, SummerSlam Theme Song, WWE Now "PG"
— “Ready to Roll” by Jet Black Stare is the official theme song for this year’s WWE SummerSlam. — WWE has announced that WWE programming will now be rated ‘PG’, which means “family programming”. WWE’s shows were previously rated ‘TV 14’ with the letters L, D and V (moderate to strong language, sexual dialogue and…
Breaking News: Ric Flair Parting Ways With World Wrestling Entertainment
source: www.f4wonline.com According to a number of independent promoters, they were told today by representatives of Ric Flair that he has decided to part ways with World Wrestling Entertainment and that he is now available to take independent bookings. The split is said to be an amicable parting of the ways related to the company…
Major Raw Spoiler For Tonight, Divas Invading SmackDown, Another Raw Match
— As reported earlier, Shawn Michaels and a mystery partner are scheduled to wrestle Chris Jericho and Lance Cade tonight on Raw. Triple H, who is backstage at tonight’s show in Minneapolis, will be Michaels’ partner, reports PWInsider.com. — A singles match between JTG and The Miz is scheduled to take place on Raw tonight.…
Wolff expecting ‘reasonably normal’ second half for F1
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff believes Formula 1 will enjoy a “reasonably normal” second half of its 2021 season as the global pandemic hopefully subsides. On the back of a heavily disrupted 2020 campaign during which Formula 1 worked miracles to save a season that was reduced to 17 rounds, the sport ambitions to hold…
John Cena Seeing Surgeons This Week, How Long Will He Be Gone?
source: PWInsider.com John Cena is scheduled to be examined by Dr. Lloyd Youngblood in San Antonio later in the week. Youngblood has performed neck surgery on a number of past and present WWE stars including “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Edge, Amy “Lita” Dumas, Scotty 2 Hotty, Chris Benoit, Rhyno, and Gregory Helms. If past history…
Team 3D's New Contracts, Bruno Crosses The Line, Konnan's Claim Thrown Out
source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — For the record, Team 3D signed two-year deals with TNA, which run through September 2010. The two did an angle last Friday at a house show in Westbury, New York saying their contracts had expired and they didn’t know if they were staying in TNA or going back to being…
Batista Talks About Going To Hollywood, His Backstage Heat & More
Batista continues to make the media rounds in India. In an interview with TimesOfIndia.com (which can be read here in its entirety), he says pro wrestling is “dangerous and not for everyone. You can get killed during a match.” When asked if WWE is really about entertainment, he says, “Yes, our job is to entertain…
Brock Lesnar A Big Draw For UFC, USA Network #1 Again
— The USA Network retained their place as the #1 rated channel on cable television. MultiChannel.com reports that WWE Raw and the other four original prime time TV series averaged a 2.2 rating during the quarter- a 5 percent increase over last year’s third quarter. — Former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar is featured in the…
Huge Name Backstage At TNA Bound For Glory
Source: PWInsider.com Kevin Nash is backstage in Chicago at TNA’s Bound For Glory event. Nash’s TNA contract was due to expire Friday October 10th. Nash has stated in a few recent interviews that the two sides were hung up over merchandise revenue splits. At this point, there is no word on whether Nash has signed…