Month: February 2021

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — Even though the Pink Taco brawl with Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt last week on Impact didn’t come off as well as hoped, officials think Sonjay Dutt is doing a great job as a heel with his character and ring work. — As noted earlier, a TNA crew member by…

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — Prior to his release last Thursday, there was an idea for Trevor Murdoch to be involved in a program with MVP on SmackDown. An angle was proposed for them to do another “Odd Couple” angle. The idea was for them do some comedy segments, and then feud with Murdoch as…

— To confirm a bulletin ECW star John Morrison sent out yesterday on his MySpace saying that for the first time ever, a live edition of “The Dirt Sheet” would be taking place on this Tuesday’s edition of ECW, WWE ran a commercial during A.M. Raw last night promoting it. However, “The Dirt Sheet” appears…

NCSoft issued the following press release late yesterday: American Gladiator And Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling Star Matt Morgan to Send DNA to Space: NCsoft’s Operation Immortality and world-renowned pro wrestler team up to send genetic fingerprint to International Space Station AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 13, 2008—Matt Morgan, known as “Beast” on television’s American Gladiators and…

source: PWInsider.com — Strangely, WWE.com hasn’t posted the preview for tonight’s Raw in Minneapolis. Although, there is scheduled to be some sort of eight-man tag match. — This Sunday’s No Mercy pay-per-view in Portland, Oregon is close to sold out. WWE papered the Unforgiven pay-per-view in Cleveland a few weeks ago due to lackluster ticket…

Ross Brawn says F1 megastar Lewis Hamilton is an “influential character” who has made people think in the past year, insisting the Mercedes driver must remain in the sport. A little over four weeks until the start of pre-season testing in Bahrain, Hamilton has yet to sign a new contract with Mercedes for 2021 and…

RAW this week starts with music and pyro. CM PUNK comes out to the ring for a match. King and Cole talk about the new Championship Scramble and how great it is, how wonderful Adamle is for coming up with the idea. JBL comes out to face him. “CM PUNK” chants. JBL hits a number…

WWE has another weekend full of house shows this weekend. The Raw brand will kick things off tonight with a show at the Four States Fair Entertainment Center in Texarkana, Arkansas. On Saturday Raw will run a show at the Alltel Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas. The following matches are being advertised for the show…

WWE taped next week’s edition of SmackDown from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Special thanks to Wrestling News World readers Eric Leutwyler, DJ Jon Paul, Michael Mouser, and Jason Hutchinson for text-messaging the following results. If you are attending a WWE event in the near future and would be interested in sending text-message updates,…

— As reported earlier today, a drama movie on Andre the Giant called Andre: Heart of the Giant will be released in select theaters starting on Friday, October 10. In a follow-up to this, if you watch the trailer for the movie, they actually have actors portraying other wrestling personalities including The Junkyard Dog, Bruno…