New WrestleMania XXIV PPV Poster Released, TNA Destination X Poster
Source: iNDEMAND Pay-per-view provider inDEMAND has updated their official previews for March’s wrestling events. — TNA Destination X takes place on Sun, March 9th. The PPV poster features the Motor City Machine Guns, Alex Shelly and Chris Sabin. They’re shown behind the Destination X logo doing their hand symbols. — WWE WrestleMania XXIV takes place…
JR Blog Report: Sting-WWE, Consolidating Title Belts, HBK, Divas & More
Source: JRsBarBQ.com Good ‘ol Jim Ross is back with another blog report from his official website. Here are the wrestling-related highlights: On how Jonathan Coachman and Michael Cole will do as the new Smackdown announce team: “How well Coach and Cole mesh will be determined over time, and how hard they work to get better…
Mazepin to race as ‘neutral athlete’ due to Russia sports ban
Russian driver Nikita Mazepin will almost certainly have to race as a ‘neutral’ driver in Formula 1 when he makes his maiden appearance for the Haas F1 Team this season. Russia is currently banned from competing at all world championship sporting events as a result of state-sponsored doping that took place at the 2014 Winter…
JR Blog Report: Lesnar's UFC Loss, Lashley's Release, HBK-Hardy & More
Jim Ross is back with another blog entry from his official website, JRsBarBQ.com. You can read the entire post here. Here are the wrestling-related highlights from this entry: – Next week’s Raw is highlighted by a really solid HBK vs Jeff Hardy one on one match. I think most fans of pure wrestling will like…
TNA Talent Working Without Contracts, Angle Talks About TNA's Videogame
Source: prowrestling.net – A source within TNA Wrestling has confirmed that a lot of the newer talent they’ve brought in are working without contracts. Because these wrestlers are working without restrictive deals, they still have the freedom to work for Ring of Honor and other independent companies that TNA prohibits it’s contracted wrestlers to work…
Leticia Cline Appearing On Popular Reality Show, TNA Hires 2 "YouTube Shooters"
— Former TNA backstage announcer Leticia Cline will be appearing on the next season of CW’s reality show Beauty and the Geek. You can see Cline’s promotional photo and a profile for the show at this link. She lists herself as an “Extreme Sports Model” and Action Sports Announcer. The fifth season of the show…
Final OVW Taping Involving WWE, Kane Update, Another TNA Name To WWE?
– The final Ohio Valley Wrestling television tapings involving WWE talent were held last night in Louisville, Kentucky. All talents under WWE contracts that still held titles in the promotion dropped them last night. The taping concluded with former ECW Champion CM Punk giving an emotional speech to the fans in attendance. On-screen WWE talent…
RVD Returning To The Ring, SmackDown! To Be Preempted In New York
Source: PWInsider.com — WWE SmackDown! will be preempted on 4 Fridays in the coming months in New York. The New York Mets have released their broadcast schedule for 2008, and this year, for the last time on CW11 New York, Smackdown will be preempted on 4 Fridays this year on the following dates: 4/18, 6/27,…
Carlito Talks About Fallout With WWE Management, Floyd Mayweather/WWE, More
PhillyBurbs.com has an interview with Carlito now online. In the interview Carlito talks about his opinion of Floyd Mayweather in WWE, Ric Flair’s imminent retirement, the reaction from his Puerto Rico fans when he signed with WWE, and much more. When the interviewer asked Carlito if the “rumors” were true regarding that he asked WWE…
WWE's Plans For Ric Flair After Retirement Storyline, Undertaker, Drew McIntyre
sources: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Wrestling Observer — After Ric Flair’s retirement storyline concludes, he will be off television for a little. He will remain with WWE in an ambassador and will more than likely be brought back to television in a non-wrestling role. — In case you missed it, Drew McIntyre was shown in the…