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Who went where? Draft Order: 1. John Cena to Smackdown! 2. Rey Mysterio to Raw 3. Randy Orton to Smackdown! 4. Mark Henry to Smackdown! 5. Sin Cara to Smackdown! 6. Big Show to Raw 7. Alberto Del Rio to Raw 8. John Cena to Raw The draft continues Tuesday at noon eastern on WWE.com, so »»
1. The part that stood out the most to me about the Rock's promo last Monday (which all wrestling bloggers are mandated, by law, to react to) was how he all but glossed over the Miz. In that it reminded me of this. Because I relate all things to the Simpsons, mainly. But really, Rocky let the Miz of »»
Kayfabe Commentaries has posted a clip from Jim Cornette's upcoming shoot video on YouTube. To give you an idea of how not safe for work the language is, it's called "Cornette's F*ck You Of the Week #1" (there will apparently be one clip posted every week until the shoot is released March 16th). »»
On his Facebook page, Bret Hart talked about the one thing he finds lacking from his return to WWE: "As far as the WWE goes, all I can say is where the heck is Jim Ross? With everything that has transpired in my three appearances on Raw, it's too bad he hasn't been there to call it... There's nob »»
At a press conference today at the Impact Zone, TNA announced that Impact will go head to head with Monday Night Raw starting on March 8th. PW Torch's James Caldwell has a full recap, including a transcript of the press conference. Video can be found here. Hulk Hogan and TNA President Dixie Cart »»
PW Torch's James Caldwell reports that Vancouver, host city of this year's Winter Olympics, is looking to host Wrestlemania 29 or 30. A committee has been formed to put forth a bid for the show. They've set up an official website (which is down at the moment) and Facebook page to promote their candi »»
WWE has announced, via its Raw page, that tonight triple threat match between DX, the Straight Edge Society, and Miz and the Big Show for the Unified Tag Team Titles will be an elimination match. »»
ROH has announced that Roderick Strong has renewed his contract with the company. »»
ProWrestling.net's Jason Powell reports that there are plans for an overhaul of the ECW brand in the near future. The ECW name may very well be dropped, and there may be an even heavier focus on younger stars and fresh faces. Whatever form the revamp takes, the new show is expected to debut after Wr »»
Slam! Wrestling's Jason Clevett has a recap of last night's ROH show held during the WrestleReunion convention. He has full results from the show, including the Austin Aries vs. Jushin Liger match. »»
Chicago's Southtown Star's Jessi Virtusio interviewed Gabe Sapolsky on the eve of last weekend's DG USA show. He talked about everything from his bit break in ECW, to being fired in ROH, to his job in DG USA, to the return of the Monday Night Wars. That gave him a chance to point out problems with b »»
PW Torch's James Caldwell has a recap of Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson's interview with the Live Audio Wrestling show, which you can listen to here. Johnson laid out what he wanted out of a guest host appearance and the possibility of "one more match". "I want to use the platform as a host to lit »»
USA Today's Sergio Non has a q and a session with Bobby Lashley. It's mostly about MMA, but talk does turn to TNA, and his attempt to balance his work with them and his fight schedule while avoiding injury: The main deal is that TNA had always told me they were willing to work with anything that »»
DG USA has announced that the Young Bucks are booked for two more dates with the promotion before they start with TNA. They'll wrestle a three way elimination match in Chicago on March 16th against the teams of Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi and Shingo and YAMATO. In other DG USA news, the latter »»
WWE's latest survey is about merchandise. They want to know what fans own and are interested in collecting. You can take it here. »»
Christopher Daniels and Kevin Nash both Tweeted about their health following last night's Final Resolution PPV. Daniels, whose forehead swelled after taking a blow to the head during his match with AJ Styles, said he was tired after the match, before turning a pretty awesome phrase: if Ultimate X »»
PWInsider's Mike Johnson reports that Richie Steamboat will be joining WWE developmental soon. Steamboat has previously trained/worked with Harley Race, George South, Carlos Colon's WWC, and Pro Wrestling NOAH. »»
ProWrestling.Net reader Chris Gonzalez passes along results from tonight's Raw pre-show matches. Chris Masters defeated Alex Riley in the dark match. The spoiler for Raw's contribution to this week's Superstars follows. Jack Swagger defeated MVP with the Gutwrench Powerbomb. Pre-match, he acknowl »»
The Daily Star's Patrick Lennon has an interview with Rey Mysterio. Mysterio talks about checking in to rehab in 2008 to deal with a pain killer addiction, why he thinks and his fellow luchadors weren't pushed in WCW, and the difference between breaking in to the business now and when he did it (as »»
PW Torch's James Caldwell has a recap of Jesse Ventura's interview with Colin Cowheard on ESPN Radio this morning. Ventura called the business a joke, focusing on WWE's classification of wrestlers as independent contractors and the lack of a union: "How can you be an independent contractor when y »»
1. I caught the last hour or so of Impact last week, mainly to see how the title change went over. I don't think I can say anything about the show, or the promotion in general, that Blair already didn't. I'd like to give Blair, Rey Mundo, and anyone else who's been able to cover that show for more »»
Ten Rumblemania Thoughts by Brad Curran 1. I ordered the Rumble, my first PPV purchase since Wrestlemania. My buyer's remorse was kept to a minimum, although the extended Hornswoggle segment certainly tested that. 2. Speaking of which, do you think Tyson Kidd pissed someone off backstage to b »»
PWI's Mike Johnson reports that Bryan Danielson will debut on WWE TV as Daniel Bryan tonight on RAW. He's set to appear in a backstage vignette with the Miz, promoting their pairing on the debut of NXT tomorrow night. He's even heard talk about them appearing in another angle on the show, but can no »»
PW Torch's James Caldwell reports that the Young Bucks (TNA's Generation Me) will team up with Jack Evans to take on CIMA, Dragon Kid, and Gamma at DG USA's March 26th Wrestlemania weekend show. It will be the feature match of the show. DG USA Champion BXB Hulk is also booked for the weekend. C »»
The WWF's 2002 re-branding as WWE clocks in at number 7 on Time.com's list of worst corporate name changes. The full list includes WWE's broadcast partner SyFy and TNA's TV home, Spike. »»
PWI's Mike Johnson reports that the ECW Championship may not be discontinued along with the brand it represented. It's Vince McMahon's call, and he has yet to make a decision, but some are pushing for the belt to remain in circulation as a mid card attraction for PPVs. »»
AOL Fanhouse's Brian Fritz talked with Shane Douglas about the end of WWE's version of ECW. Douglas foresaw this, and thinks Vince McMahon had a specific goal in mind be resurrecting the company: My personally opinion – and I think the opinion of a lot of fans – is that Vince McMaho »»
ProWrestling.Net passes along the following results from tonight's taping, courtesy of reader Steven Shreve: Alicia Fox and Katie Lea defeated Kelly Kelly and Eve when Alicia rolled through a Kelly crossbody. Evan Bourne defeated Carlito with the Shooting Star Press »»
PWI's Mike Johnson reports that ROH is suing Ric Flair, claiming that he owes the company $40,000. The suit alleges that Flair no-showed TV tapings and a live event that he was paid for in advance after signing on to be an authority figure for the company. Flair left the company to appear for WWE be »»
Lance Storm reviewed last week's episode of Impact at Storm Wrestling. Other than the four sided ring, he did not care for it. Here are some reasons why: I’m not going to say this is wrong or even a definite bad idea, only time will tell for sure, but I hated AJ Styles as the new Nature Bo »»
The UK Sun's Simon Rothstein and Joel Ross have comments from AJ Styles and Desmond Wolfe, taken from the Wrestlecast podcast (which can be streamed here or downloaded from iTunes). Styles talked about why he has no interest in jumping to WWE: "All the horror stories I've heard about WWE, the »»
PWI's Mike Johnson reports that James Roday will not be appearing on tonight's Raw, as he underwent an appendectomy on Saturday. Dulé Hill will be hosting the show by himself. »»
PW Torch's James Caldwell has recap and video of Jim Cornette promoting ROH's April 3rd debut in Charlotte. Cornette pitched the show to old school fans in the area as being more like the product they remember: "Pro wrestling that we all loved in the Carolinas was presented more seriously. It was »»
ROH announced the date of Brian Kendrick's return to the promotion at the 8th Anniversary show. The show will take place at the Manhattan Center on February 13th. Kendrick will also take part in a meet and great with fans before the show. His opponent has yet to be named. »»
ROHWrestling.com has a new DVD sale which will run until noon on Christmas Eve. For every 2 ROH DVDs you buy, you get 1 free. There's no limit on how many DVDs you can buy, but they have to be ROH brand DVDs (the ROH shows themselves, and off shoots the Straight Shootin' series and Secrets of the Ri »»
PW Torch's James Caldwell reports that The Young Bucks have a tryout match at tonight's Impact taping. Matt Jackson has an interesting perspective on the opportunity: The only job interview where you wear spandex, oil and tassels. »»
PW Torch's James Caldwell reports that UFC 111 will take place the night before Wrestlemania, which will force many to choose between the two shows. The UFC card will feature a title defense by George St. Pierre. Caldwell also takes a brief look in to why WWE has downplayed the effect of UFC's p »»
Alex Marvez interviewed Ric Flair in his syndicated column last week. Talk eventually turned to a potential jump to TNA. Flair said the following on that: "I haven't entertained the idea of working there because I've been so loyal to WWE, but you never know what's going to go on," Flair said. "I »»
Jim Cornette has new commentary up at ROHWrestling.com. In it, he pledges to make ROH a haven for fans who want their wrestling back from sports entertainment/an alternative to the two Vinces. He also wants everyone to know how sorry he is for that whole "working for TNA" thing: Even though itâ⠻»
Jim Ross offers an update on "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and talks about the possibility that he'll work Monday nights again when he comes back to announcing: Steve "Dr. Death" Williams latest PET Scan came back and indicated that the cancer in his Stoma was getting smaller. Doc has 6 more chemoth »»
