— This week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer is reporting that a number of Ring of Honor wrestlers saw their checks bounce in recent weeks. This would seem to indicate that ROH’s bank account is in dire straits, but company owner Cary Silkin was able to make good on all of them. — Former WWE … Continue reading "ROH Wrestlers See Their Checks Bounce, Kizarny's New Ring Name, Bob Backlund"

WWE will tape the second part of this week’s WWE Superstars as well as this week’s edition of ECW and SmackDown tonight at the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona. As announced last night, CM Punk will take on Jeff Hardy in a Steel Cage Match for the World Heavyweight Championship in this week’s SmackDown … Continue reading "Confirmed For Tonight's SmackDown/ECW Taping In Phoenix, Arizona"

— PWInsider.com is reporting that a “huge WWE name” is considering joining TNA. The person in question is Jim Ross. His contract with World Wrestling Entertainment is set to expire at the end of the year and company officials have yet to offer him a new one. It should be noted however that Ross is … Continue reading "Big WWE Name Considering Joining TNA, "Pretty Ricky" Returns, First SmackDown"

— As seen on Raw this past Monday, Lilian Garcia made a noticeable error by announcing a Triple Threat Match for the Number One Contendership to the WWE Divas Championship. However, there were only two Divas in the match — Alicia Fox and Gail Kim. In an update, two explanations have been given from people … Continue reading "Did WWE Set Up Lilian Garcia To Flub On Raw?, Update On Chris Jericho's 2nd Book"

— Evan Bourne did not take part in a Universe live chat on Sunday night “due to unforeseen travel issues,” according to WWE.com. He is now scheduled for a makeup appearance tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET. — Sunday’s edition of the New York Times newspaper features lengthy story looking at Linda McMahon’s run for the … Continue reading "Evan Bourne Misses WWE Chat Session, NY Times Covering Linda's Campaign"

— The word going around WWE is that former WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette is rumored to host next week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. (source: PWInsider.com) — Last Thursday’s episode of WWE Superstars drew a 0.87 cable rating. (source: PWInsider.com) — PS3Obsession.com has added several new high quality screen shots of WWE SmackDown … Continue reading "Former WCW Champion Rumored To Be Hosting Raw, New SVR 2010 Shots, More"

— As announced on last night’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, Batista will go one-on-one with Matt Hardy on next week’s show. — “The Big Red Monster” Kane is hosting the Halloween festivities on WWE.com. — Undertaker is featured on the cover of the latest issue of WWE Magazine, which hits newsstands this Tuesday. Click … Continue reading "Next Week's SmackDown Main Event, Kane Hosting Halloween Festivities, Taker"

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. In this entry, Ross questions whether WWE has done a sufficient job hyping the Survivor Series WWE title match and shares his thoughts on whether WWE holds pay-per-view events too often. Survivor Series Hype: RAW from … Continue reading "Jim Ross Blog: Lack Of Survivor Series Hype, Too Many WWE PPVs?"

– Mike Tyson’s appearance on RAW got some coverage on ESPN on Tuesday, with SportsCenter and Pardon The Interruption both showing clips of the former boxing champ interacting with Hornswoggle and DX. – Not a major news item, but it’s interesting to note that WWE.com’s “Classic Moment of the Week” features Shane McMahon wrestling former … Continue reading "The Rock On Jay Leno Tonight, Shane-WWE, ESPN Covers Tyson On RAW"