Today's News

Randy Savage to Hall Of Fame:

The Hall Of Fame induction of Macho Man Randy Savage has taken another step towards happening today, after the biggest hurdle has removed himself as an obstacle.

Lanny Poffo (AKA The Genius), Randy's Brother has publicly stated that he will allow the induction without opposition, however he still clearly feels aggrieved with the way WWE have handled the situation and says he will not attend the ceremony...

"It occurred to me that I decided "what a minute, I'm not going to be put in the middle of all this." The thing is the WWE did not ask my permission to run the parody of the Huckster and the Nacho Man, and I don't have a battery of lawyers on retainer, so my belief is, do what you want. You want to honor him? Go ahead. This is the same company that didn't send its condolences to my mother who is going to be 87 in January. Now I know they made a nice video tribute, but don't you understand that that's just PR. Just like when they fire you, they wish you luck on your future endeavors? That's PR, they have a public relations department. So naturally, when somebody dies, and everybody always has, you know, because it's either suicide or an overdose. In Randy's case it was one of the few honorable deaths they've had. His toxicology report was crystal clear. Clean. And that meant a lot to me. Well, name a wrestler that died and they've all got something wrong with their toxicology report… Remember the Huckster and the Nacho Man? Everyone says "What's the matter? Can't you take a joke?" Well, some of those jokes were a little bit… like they accused Hulk Hogan of doing Elizabeth. Remember that one, when they did the Larry King one? And I thought that was- they said "How was Elizabeth?" "Not too good." The guy imitating Hulk Hogan and Randy looked at each other. And they made fun of his balding, and that was a little bit of lack of respect. So I said wait a minute, it's true that Randy wanted the Poffos to go in as a family but you can't make them do that. So I figured, rather than put myself in the middle for the rest of my life, I said hey, go ahead and do whatever you want. I only have two requests. Leave me out of it- don't invite me- and please don't pay me, because I don't need the thirty pieces of silver. That was the amount Judas Iscariot took to betray Jesus…"

WWE accused of hypocrisy:

In response to ECW star Francine being inducted into the WWE's Official Alumni roster this week, wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer has recalled how WWE sacked her from their promotion because Vince McMahon thought she was ugly...

He claims McMahon chastised then head of talent relations John Laurinaitis with...

"Who hired someone that looked like that?"

Laurinatis reportedly replied that they needed someone ugly to make Kelly Kelly look prettier in bikini contests.

Slammy's:

Beard Of The Year nominees... (Presented by Santino Marella)

* Daniel Bryan

* Zeb Colter

* Damien Sandow

* The Wyatt Family

HashTag Of The Year... (Presented by the Rhodes Brothers)

* #BestForBusiness

* #BelieveInTheShield

* #FollowTheBuzzards

* #WeThePeople

Moment Of The Year... (Presented by Christian)

* Dolph Ziggler cashing in his briefcase

* Big Show knocking out Triple H

* Kofi Kingston leaping out of the ring at Royal Rumble without being eliminated

* Daniel Bryan winning the WWE Title.

What A Move award...

* Running knee strike (Daniel Bryan)

* Black Widow (AJ Lee)

* Spear (Roman Reigns)

* Cesaro Swing (Antonio Cesaro)

Faction Of The Year...

* The Shield

* The Wyatt Family

* The Real Americans

* 3MB

Best Superstar Return...

* Rob Van Dam

* Goldust

* The Bella Twins

* Bruno Sammartino

* Chris Jericho

Couple of the Year...

* Triple H & Stephanie McMahon

* Fandango & Summer Rae

* Tyson Kidd & Natalya

* Daniel Bryan & Brie Bella.

* John Cena & Nikki Bella.

* Naomi & Jimmy Uso

Tag Team of the Year...

* The Shield (Rollins & Reigns)

* The Prime Time Players

* The Usos

* Cody Rhodes & Goldust

* The Real Americans

Feat of Strength of the Year...

* Antonio Cesaro swings The Great Khali.

* Ryback Shell Shocks Mark Henry.

* The Shield Triple Powerbombs Big Show

* Mark Henry pulls two trucks with his bare hands

Quote of the Year...

* "Paul, say somethin' stupid." - Brock Lesnar.

* Rise above THIS!" - Damien Sandow

* "One stipulation: I'm in my boys' corner and I'll be your huckleberry all night long." - Dusty Rhodes

* The "Paulcano" eruption

Best Dance Moves...

* Fandango.

* R-Truth.

* Summer Rae.

* The Funkadactyls

* The Great Khali.

* "Miz-co Inferno"

Favorite Web Show...

* "WWE Inbox"

* "30-Second Fury"

* "The JBL & Cole Show"

* "WWE Top 10"

Best Crowd of the Year...

* Raw after WrestleMania 29 (East Rutherford, N.J.)

* WWE Payback (Chicago)

* SummerSlam (Los Angeles)

* Raw in England (London, Apr. 22)

Catchphrase of the Year...

* "YES! YES! YES!"

* "That's What I Do"

* "FAAAAAHHNNNN…DAAAAHHHHNNN…GO."

* "Follow the Buzzards"

* "We the People"

* "Believe in The Shield"

Breakout Star Of The Year... (Presented by John Laurinaitis)

* The Wyatt Family

* Big E. Langston.

* Fandango (w/Summer Rae)

* The Shield

Wade Barrett:

WWE have confirmed Wade Barrett's gimmick change by changing his name on his WWE roster profile.

Mick Foley:

Mick Foley will make an announcement about Cactus Jack later this week.

Also on Foley, he won, but was then disqualified from a Christmas cake eating contest after judges found he had hidden some of the cake under his napkins. Pic to follow of him with his trophy, before he was DQ'ed.

See No Evil 2:

Directors of the second installment in Kane's horror movie franchise, The Soska Twins have discussed WWE giving them creative freedom on the project...

"The script we read first for SNE2 was solid and we were assured we would have full support and creative freedom, which has actually turned out quite true. In fact, you may be surprised by how much freedom they've given us. We have long wanted to be able to tackle every sub genre in horror and to do this style of Halloween~esque horror movie. To get to do it with one of our very favorite wrestlers was a big win. And as you know, we're shameless self promoters and it's pretty incredible to have the power of the WWE behind us."

NXT:

Shaul Guerrero has become the manager of a new team in NXT. Mason Ryan and Jason Jordan are her men, no name for the pairing has yet been confirmed.

WWE in major talks:

WWE are desperately trying to secure TV deals before the current ones run out at the end of this calender year.

WWE sign Footballer:

After a knee injury ended his football career, former Chester City Goal Keeper Stuart Tomlinson has taken up modelling, and has caught the eye of someone at WWE. He has been offered an NXT contract. He met with WWE over the summer and is moving to the States to start his new career tomorrow.

DVD:

Best Of 2013 DVD trailer released...

Dixie Carter reveals talks with Billy Corgan:

Over the rumoured sale of TNA...

"I texted Billy and I said, 'Oh really, so you're going to buy my company? Are you excited? That's cool.' And he said, 'Oh, don't you love rumors.' "

QUESTION OF THE DAY...

Randy Savage to HOF, About time... Or too little, too late???