Today's News

TNA SPOILERS!!!:

For March 6...

* Promo changing the teams for the LockDown main event, it will now be...

Team Dixie...

* Austin Aries. (Who wants half of Bobby Roode's 10% share of TNA ownership).

TNA had to re tape the final 5 minutes of this match due to an issue with the crowd.

* Bobby Roode. (The only original member still on the team).

* BroMans.

vs Team MVP...

* MVP.

* Jeff Hardy. (Coming in as a substitute for Gunner).

* The Wolves.

* Austin Aries, Bobby Roode & Robbie E. vs MVP & The Wolves. (Elimination Tag match).

* Eric Young vs Sam Shaw.

* Alpha Female, Lei D' Tapa & Gail Kim vs Madison Rayne, ODB & Velvet Sky.

END OF SPOILERS!!!

They are taping Joker's Wild today.

CM Punk:

WWE are not happy that the CM Punk story was leaked online. Vince McMahon is personally trying to resolve the issues, and they wanted to keep the problem behind the curtain. They have now been forced to concede defeat however, and did need to make an announcement at live shows over the weekend, offering refunds to fans that asked for one. They also had The Shield and Randy Orton cut promo's about Punk, Orton actually took a shot at Punk's decision to leave, saying "If at first you don't succeed, quit."

Some dates that could be interesting in the story are as follows...

February 12 - Punk has an appearance booked at a fan convention. It would be Punk's first appearance since leaving, and could see his first comments.

March 3 - Raw is in Punk's hometown of Chicago, and it would make sense for him to appear if they had sorted out their rift, if he does not, that would be him out of Mania for sure.

Lesnar to UFC:

UFC star Alistair Overeem called out Brock Lesnar after a match this weekend.

Sin Cara:

Luis Alvirde is going to continue to use the Sin Cara name and mask when he debuts for his new promotion WWL in Puerto Rico. This will test WWE's resolve, and is likely to lead to legal action at some point, as both sides claim ownership of the character.

He also had his first match since his WWE departure at the one year anniversary show for his gym in Mexico, over the weekend.

Jillian Hall:

WWE Alum Jillian was a guest at a WWE live show this weekend.

WrestleMania 30:

After the creative meeting (See yesterday) where WWE talked about options should CM Punk decide not to return, the only match that is now locked in is John Cena vs Bray Wyatt, They did have 6/7 planned matches before Punk's departure.

Kid Rock's ''Celebrate'' is an official song for the event.

Today's photo is the artwork for the 30 years of WrestleMania book, and DVD to be released later this year.

Matt Striker on WWE music:

Matt Striker has revealed the music that plays backstage in the WWE locker room, and who listens to what, including naming Vince McMahon's favourite band...

"There's a lot of guys that I connected with on different levels of music," Striker said. "I remember when I first got to WWE, I wasn't well-received. I was the new kid in school. And one of our first European tours, we all travel on a bus. Good guys travel on a luxury bus, bad guys travel on a luxury bus. I was on bad guys' bus. And I remember Chavo Guerrero and Mark Henry were in the back and they had their phones, they were listening to music. They were listening to a lot of good seventies and early eighties disco music and house music. So I opened up a conversation with them about that. So guys like Chavo and Mark Henry were into that style. Teddy Long used to be a DJ on the air and I used to travel with him. Man, we would talk about soul music. I mean just some real good stuff such as Teddy Pendergrass, The Main Ingredient, The Platters. Guys like Big Daddy V would put that stuff on in the locker room and most of the young, white wrestlers would leave! (laughs) It would just be me, Mark Henry, Teddy Long, and Big Daddy V tappin' our toes to some cool Rare Earth and stuff like that. William Regal is a big Motorhead fan, as well as a big Smiths and Morrissey fan. He and I talked about that a lot. We had a little bit of a side wager, how many different Smiths or Morrissey songs could I work into commentary for a William Regal match? I think I hit about sixteen of them and tried to make them all make sense, while not just saying names of albums or songs. "Kane, I know he likes Pink Floyd. Sometimes you'll hear Delicate Sound of Thunder coming from his private, little locker room. Vince McMahon is a big AC/DC guy, very much so. CM Punk is very, very into a lot of alternative music, bands like Minor Threat and those other hardcore bands. He doesn't go far without his headphones on. He really identifies with that culture. I believe he brings Lars from Rancid backstage. He's a really, really cool, down to earth dude. Christian listens to Judy Garland, Barbara Streisand, Justin Bieber, and Celine Dion. That's the truth. Jericho and I always got along really well and again, it wasn't about wrestling, it was about music. Jericho is a music trivia machine guy. He's buddies with Mike Portnoy whose from Long Beach, New York, two towns over from me. He's buddies with Eddie Trunk, and being a Long Island kid, Eddie Trunk's voice is a staple. Out here on Long Island rock and roll radio and stuff like that, And Jericho likes Rush a lot. And he's a big Beatles guy too. And not just I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Here Comes The Sun, side two of Abbey Road and Let It Be and things like that. That's what Jericho and I really talked about. He's also a hair metal guy. Saxon and Warrant and bands like that."