Today's News

Edge / Beth Phoenix:

Jim Ross has revealed that Edge and his Girl Friend Beth are moving to Nova Scotia for the next 5 months, Edge is going to be starring in TV show Haven.

Batista:

Despite many rumours, and WWE Alum Batista saying the door will always be open, he is NOT about to make his WWE return as is currently being reported on some sites. He is about to start filming a new movie that will keep him busy for the next few months, he will then be into the promotion for the next Riddick movie.

Victoria / Tara:

Tara has changed her mind and will not now take a break from TNA, She will be back on TV next week.

European wrestlers take note:

WWE are said to be on a recruiting mission during the current tour, and will be looking for talent to join NXT.

Beyond The Mat:

Barry Blaustein, the Director of the controversial movie has revealed some of the issues he had, both before and after the release.

On Vince threatening to pull filming rights for the '99 Rumble...

"Towards the end, wrestling took off during the making of the movie and I think Vince regretted letting me do this, because he didn't have ownership of it. Originally Vince offered to fund the movie but I told him it's a documentary and you can't have the subject matter be the funder of the documentary. During the course of the filming, the WWE took off and became very mainstream and at a certain point, one of the CEO's... I was about to film the Royal Rumble match and I knew I needed that match. I told them like two months in advance that I'd be filming on this day and they said fine. The CEO called up and said 'you're not gonna be allowed to film, filming's over.' I said it was unfair and I finally got to Vince. I said, 'I know you too well. You're becoming your character, you tell me in your heart you know this is the right thing to do and you're not screwing me over. Wrestling's riding high and all this stuff and everyone's kissing your ass right now, but you know it goes up and it goes down and I was here when it was down and when it goes down again, I'll still be here.' So he agreed and said, 'Alright, but that's it, this is the last day.' I remember telling my crew, 'We gotta get everything cos we'll never be allowed back here.'"

On Jake The Snake's reaction...

"I told him the same thing I told everyone, 'This is a documentary about professional wrestling, showing these guys as real human beings.' I said it would probably go direct to video because originally we thought it would go straight to video. But there was none of this that he claimed we were doing it for charity or an anti drug thing. I've never spoken with Jake since. I know he's threatened me."

On a Potential follow up...

"They kept asking me to do Beyond The Mat 2 and I have extra footage. I just didn't think it would be as good. As a wrestling fan, wrestling fans are always being ripped off by promoters and I didn't wanna contribute to that. I felt an allegiance to other fans. I thought if I do anything else, I'd want it to be something worth people putting down their hard earned money for."

The Rock:

Michael Bay has revealed he wanted The Rock to star in Transformers, but said he was not available for the shoot.