It’s still not known who will be inducting Kurt Angle into the WWE Hall of Fame come WrestleMania weekend, however the Olympic gold medalist has four names that would be ideal. “I would say Austin, Cena, Undertaker and Brock Lesnar are my four picks,” Angle told Forbes.com. The pick of who gets to do the honors for Angle is in reality down...
At last night’s non-televised live event at the Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada there was a special guest backstage, a guest whose father’s name is probably banned from WWE forever. That guest was David Benoit, the son of the late Chris Benoit from his first marriage to Martina. At one point, David was training to be a...
The Raw brand rolled into Dallas, Texas on Friday night for a non-televised live event and former WWE champion Brock Lesnar showed up and trashed the place before his scheduled match. Lesnar, who earlier this week announced his retirement from mixed martial arts, decided to have some extra fun and interrupted an earlier match, sending Sin Cara...
Deadline.com is reporting that premium cable network Starz is in active development for a wrestling-based hourlong drama titled Heels, set in the world of indie wrestling. Written by Michael Waldron and to be directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Heels is the story of two brothers and rivals whose real conflicts play out in fake matches as they war...
Former WWWF champion Ivan Koloff, real name Oreall Perras, passed away earlier today at the age of 74 after a battle with liver cancer. The man formerly known as The Russian Bear was diagnosed with the liver disease more than 10 years ago but recent tests showed that it was getting worse. Earlier this month, his wife Renae opened up about his...
TNA Impact this week drew a total of 325,000 viewers, up significantly from the 252,000 viewers of last week. That is the best number since the December 15 episode which was marketed as Total Nonstop Deletion. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Former WWE Universal champion Finn Balor is being advertised for a few non-televised live events in March, suggesting that he will be ready in time for WrestleMania. Balor is currently booked for March 10 in Buffalo, March 11 in Toronto, and March 26 in White Plains. These are all house shows and currently he’s not listed on any WWE.COM event...
TNA were in trouble again with Lucha Underground and last night’s Impact episode had an edit to the referee during the tag team match featuring Matt and Jeff Hardy. The referee used in the match with the Hardys against Super Crazy and Psicosis is actually under contract to Lucha Underground and he is not supposed to show up on any other...
Jim Myers, better known to fans as George “The Animal” Steele, passed away at age 79. He died while in hospice care after kidney failure. Yesterday on his Facebook, Bob Backlund wrote that he called Steele and his wife answered the phone and told him that he may not come home again. “As tears slowly came to my eyes, I told her that everyone...
Nicole Bass, the bodybuilder who in 1999 joined WWE for a short period of time, passed away yesterday at age 52. A post on her Facebook page by her apparent partner Kristen Marrone said that Bass got very sick over the past few days and was admitted to a hospital. The 6’2” Bass suffered a stroke which ultimately led to her death. “Nicole was...
Ryan Satin of ProWrestlingSheet.com is reporting that production for Fighting With My Family, the movie based on Paige and her family, will move to the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California next week. Satin says that a “big moment” from Paige’s career will be filmed inside the arena in front of a live audience. This big moment was not...
The White House has published the video of the swearing-in of Linda McMahon as the Administrator of the Small Business Administration which was done on Tuesday, February 14. Vice President Mike Pence said that Linda and her husband founded Titan Sports in the late 70s and through hard work and sheer determination, they turned their business into a...
Smackdown yesterday drew a total of 2,626,000 viewers, virtually identical to last week with only 1,000 less viewers. The show was #2 on the cable chart in the 18-49 demographic. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
WWE today released version 3.15 of the WWE app for iOS devices and added a popular feature that has been missing: Chromecast support. With Chromecast support, WWE Network subscribers can now stream live and video on-demand content to their cast-enabled televisions via Wi-Fi. The feature was missing from previous versions much to the disappointment...
WWE Shop is running a big sale for today only on replica championship titles with up to 30% off on most of the available stock. The current WWE title is on sale for $329.99, a $100 savings off its regular retail price. The popular winged eagle WWE title, considered to be the best-looking design, with the blue strap is now $279.99, a savings of...
Royal Rumble winner Randy Orton said on last night’s Smackdown that as long a he is serving under Bray Wyatt, he will not face him in the main event of WrestleMania. With no main event set, Smackdown Live General Manager Daniel Bryan announced on Talking Smack that there will be a number one contenders’ battle royal with the winner of the...
MMAFighting.com is reporting that Brock Lesnar has notified the UFC that he has retired from the sport of mixed martial arts and the news was confirmed by a UFC spokesperson. With his retirement, Lesnar was struck off the USADA drug-testing pool, so officials from the USADA cannot randomly show up at his house to drug test him. All UFC fighters...
The McMahon clan visited their family friend…and President of the United States Donald Trump last night following the ceremony of Linda McMahon taking the oath to be the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Linda was joined by her husband, WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon and Triple H, Shane McMahon and his...
Linda McMahon was sworn is as the Administrator of the Small Business Administration last night by Vice President Mike Pence. Earlier in the day, McMahon was confirmed by Senate in an 81-19 vote. Among those who voted against McMahon was Bernie Sanders, who lost his Democratic Presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton. “Small business is at...
Monday Night Raw, featuring the Festival of Friendship and the Raw Women’s title in the main event did 3,087,000 viewers, down 28,000 viewers from last week’s show. Hour one started with 3,199,000 viewers, then decreased to 3,153,000 viewers, and ended the night with 2,909,000 viewers. Hour one and two were the least watched since the January...
