Month: January 2021

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— Big Show briefly appears in a rap video/advertisement promoting USA’s hit medical drama Royal Pains. You can view the video here. Mark Feuerstein will guest host next week’s episode of Raw taking place in Charlotte, North Carolina.

— A Divas segment taped last Tuesday was edited off Friday’s SmackDown broadcast. The segment featured Michelle McCool and Layla interrupting a conversation Kelly Kelly and Tiffany were having backstage. Lay-Cool took credit for getting rid of “Piggie James” and “The Glamazon,” telling the two SmackDown Divas they were next.

— WWE Hall of Famer Howard Finkel, Melina and Beth Phoenix will be taking part in tonight’s Raw Live Chat on WWE.com.

See photos of Evan Bourne and his girlfriend ->

— The announced main event for tonight’s episode of NXT on Syfy is Cody Rhodes vs. Lucky Cannon.

— In a potentially bad political move, Melina posted a fan’s comment poking fun at Triple H last night on Twitter.

“I heard if you say HHH three times in a mirror he appears and squashes you,” the fan wrote.

She responded, “Ha ha ha! That was good!”

— Apparently, the trailer for WWE Studios’ upcoming John Cena film, Legendary, was prematurely released as it has since been removed from www.imdb.com — the original source of the video. WWE also had the trailer removed from YouTube.

See *SNEAK PREVIEW* of the new Lacey Von Erich movie ->

— Shane McMahon and Mickey Rourke are listed among the investors in International Sports Management, a Cheshire-based agency for cricket stars and golfers. (Article link)

— Shelly Martinez debuts for Perro Del Marat’s Lucha Expo event at the end of the month alongside Annie Social, a Northeast independent women’s wrestler. (source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— Multi-time WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Saturday’s Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox game in Toronto, Ontario. To view an image of Stratus from Saturday, click here.

Click here to see *NEW* Trish Stratus butt photo ->

– TNA’s faction of ECW originals will now be known as “E-V 2.0” – Extreme Version 2.

-Scott Hall’s recent bout with double pneumonia is over and Hall has been released from the hospital after several weeks. Nash wrote on Twitter this week:

“Scott’s home. Clean 20-plus days and sounding great. He’ll outlive us all all. Love you, buddy.”

– As we reported here yesterday, former Ring Of Honor champion Xavier worked a tryout match prior to Monday’s TNA iMPACT! tapings. Xavier was pinned by Douglas Williams following Williams’ Chaos Theory finisher. No word yet on what TNA management thought of his performance. More ROH stars are expected to receive TNA tryouts in the near future.

* MICKIE JAMES & Several Other Former WWE Stars Now Free To Join TNA

— TNA creative director Vince Russo will be on hand for tonight’s HardCORE Justice pay-per-view.

— The Blue Meanie has been a no-show thus far at the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida. The Blue World Order reunion will likely be limited to Stevie Richards and Nova.

— The following are rumored matchups for tonight’s HardCORE Justice pay-per-view. The company has only officially announced two matches thus far.

* Rob Van Dam vs. Sabu.

* Tommy Dreamer vs. Raven with Mick Foley as special referee.

* 2 Cold Scorpio vs. C.W. Anderson.

* Brother Runt (a/k/a Spike Dudley) vs. Al Snow vs. Rhino in a three-way.

* Justin Credible vs. Stevie Richards (w/Nova).

See photos of Terri *BLOODIED* and with New Jack ->

sources: www.f4wonline.com, prowrestling.NET

Kevin Owens will deliver a message to Roman Reigns on next week’s SmackDown.

Owens confronted Paul Heyman on this week’s episode of Talking Smack. Heyman told Owens that he had enraged Reigns, but also lauded Owens for outsmarting him. Owens dismissed Heyman’s praise and told him that he would deliver a message to Reigns, face to face, on next week’s SmackDown.

This comes following the events of this week’s SmackDown. Reigns and Adam Pearce had a contract signing for what was supposed to be a last man standing match between the two at the Royal Rumble on January 31. Both men signed the contract. As Pearce walked up the ramp, he started to limp. He said that a knee injury was bothering him, and as a result he had the right to find a suitable replacement. That ended up being Kevin Owens, who signed the contract, angering Reigns.

Also announced for next week’s SmackDown is a Intercontinental title match between champion Big E and challenger Apollo Crews. Additionally, Bayley and Bianca Belair will compete in an obstacle course challenge.

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Rosie Lottalove, who was removed yesterday from the official TNA Wrestling website’s roster page along with six others, confirmed her departure from the organization this morning on her Twitter account.

“Ok guys. TNA days are done for now,” she wrote. “Not a bad thing, so don’t speculate. Thank you 2 the guys and girls, & agents. It was a blast!”

A student of the Team 3D Academy, she worked a tryout match on April 20, during which she accidentally injured her opponent, Daffney. She received a contract a few weeks later. The portly performer was used once more on television following her June 3 debut on iMPACT!, in a match against Taylor Wilde on the July 9 episode of Xplosion.

FIND OUT WHY TNA FIRED ROSIE LOTTALOVE ->

TMZ reports that a funeral service for former WWE star Gertrude “Luna” Vachon was held Friday at the North Carolina farm owned by Andre the Giant’s estate. A private service was held Saturday.

The ashes of Vachon will be scattered at the same place. The reason — it is said that Andre was her godfather. She said in a 2008 interview that Andre tried to dissuade her from entering the wrestling industry.

Vachon was found dead in her Florida home on August 27, where authorities discovered crushed oxycodone pills and a snorting straw. An official cause of death has not been released.

See list of WWE wrestler deaths ->

— Tonight from the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, WWE will tape two episodes of Monday Night RAW.

The arena website has been advertising WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Sheamus and John Cena vs. Wade Barrett with Nexus as lumberjacks.

The WWE website has announced that John Cena vs. Wade Barrett will now take place on tonight’s RAW broadcast. No word on whether Nexus will still serve as lumberjacks.

— TNA star Hulk Hogan is back in the hospital today for more procedures to alleviate pain in his lower back. Hogan posted a video on Twitter (view here) saying he’s” Back in the ol’ hospital again. Back started going crazy again.” Hogan’s nurse said they performed four “ablations” – which is a procedure where radio frequencies are used to burn all the nerves in his lower lumbar region.

* VIDEO: President Obama Campaigns Talks Trash About Linda McMahon

— As we saw on Monday’s King of the Ring episode of RAW, footage was shown of former WWE star Brock Lesnar. Lesnar’s name was also mentioned several times throughout the broadcast. According to f4wonline.com, some people within WWE believe Lesnar being mentioned on RAW was a way of getting people talking about the possibility of Lesnar participating in some capacity at WrestleMania. While most have acknowledged that the chances of Lesnar being able to wrestle are virtually impossible due to his UFC contract, Vince McMahon remains optimistic and thinks he can still pull it off.

— Former WWE superstar Matt Hardy went on Twitter last night after watching RAW and says things desperately need to change, because the business he loves is dying a slow death. Hardy wrote on Twitter.com/matthardybrand:

“For the 1st time in a while, I watched Raw straight-thru on DVR after getting home tonight.. That was a long 3 hours. Business needs change.

I’m really happy for my friends & the guys that are getting to perform & make a living in the biz, but I feel the biz is slowly fading.

There desperately needs to be a new era ushered in that changes the entire landscape and mindset of professional wrestling.. And soon.”

* Picture of JUAN CENA – John Cena’s Mexican Cousin

(Follow Matt Hardy on Twitter @matthardybrand)