Today's News

Jim Ross talks his favourite broadcast partner:

"Jerry and Paul brought different things to the table and I enjoyed working with them both but my longer tenure with King gives him the edge. Heyman was brilliant nonetheless. Both are stars."

NXT:

WWE originally planned to air NXT on the Network on Thursday nights, but only posted this weeks episode today. It is not yet known if this was an oversight, or a change in their plans.

The episode was amended, Solomon Crowe's debut was cut, and replaced by a match originally taped for one of the scrapped episodes, featuring the debut of Leo Kruger's new gimmick Adam Rose.

TNA LockDown:

Tigre Uno has withdrawn from the 6 man tag match, and will be replaced by Nakanoue, Tigre Uno will instead face Manik.

Kurt Angle has been pulled from the card. TNA have announced he has torn his MCL and will undergo surgery today. In truth he has already had the surgery, and is recovering, the angle was taped weeks ago in London.

Dolph Ziggler talks staying motivated:

"There are days when you don't feel good, you may be a little banged up or you've had 10 flight delays in the same day. If I was a fan sitting in the audience, I'd be disappointed if a top star didn't wrestle. I want to give the fans a great show so I leave everything that may be bothering me in the dressing room, go out and give the show they want to see and then come back and deal with things that may have had be feeling down."

Ex WWE man hospitalised:

Big Vito was rushed to the ER yesterday, and was taken into emergency surgery, following what his Girl Friend called a ''Mishap''. She says the surgery was a success, and he will be fine now.

Daniel Bryan talks CM Punk situation:

"Honestly I don't know that much. I haven't heard from him since he left. The company hasn't really released anything other than he's no longer with the company right now. It'll be interesting to see what happens."

WWE's plans for Punk at Raw included, offering him the chance to come and make a retirement speech, to say goodbye properly. Previously they had been prepared to offer to change the main event of WrestleMania to a fatal four way WWE World Heavyweight Championship bout, and would add Punk and Daniel Bryan to Randy Orton and Batista.

Zeb Colter bill passes:

A bill named in memory of Zeb Colter's Grand Daughter Amelia has passed the US state senate. Amelia was killed by a drunk driver, and her family have campaigned to get people who drink and drive to have to carry around a monitoring device, they proposed a trans dermal (Under the skin) device, and that was also accepted as an option to consider by the senate.

DDP show:

DDP is on a speaking tour in the UK, some highlights from a recent event include...

DDP says he regrets the WWE angle with The Undertaker, and that Vince McMahon rejected a run for him vs The Rock, He added that he still wishes he walked away from the deal, and never joined WWF. He revealed he is making a movie about Jake The Snake, which will culminate at the HOF ceremony, and that Triple H has being very supportive in Jake's recovery, promising HOF recognition if he could get himself clean and healthy.