Today's News

TNA:

Despite the protestations of their own talent, TNA boss Dixie Carter has suggested that the six sided ring is dominating the online poll, and likely will be brought back for next weeks Impact.

TV star wants WWE return:

Snooki has revealed she is begging Vince McMahon to bring her back into WWE as a regular roster star. She told Chris Jericho that she loved her time with them, and her match at WrestleMania a couple of years ago, and wants more.

Cody Rhodes:

Is no more... WWE have deleted Cody's profile from their website and replaced it with his new StarDust character.

TNA title:

Bobby Lashley became the new TNA Champion at last night's Impact.

Did you spot the TNA star on WWE TV?:

Taeler Hendrix has revealed that she was a part of Adam Rose's entourage earlier this month at a TV taping, she was invited to join in by a model friend who was also involved.

ECW champ hurt:

Former ECW Champion Masato Tanaka needed emergency surgery to his eye recently, and will be unable to wrestle for a few weeks as a result.

WWE music:

Freebird Michael Hayes has announced he will be releasing an album is the coming months.

Missy Hyatt:

Missy Hyatt is working on what she says will be a tell all book.

WWE scholarships:

A copy of the letter WWE sent to all of it's former employee's offering educational scholarships has made it's way online...

WWE is pleased to announce a Professional Development Program available to former WWE talent, and in some cases, their family members. The Professional Development Program aims to provide guidance and support beyond your tenure with WWE. The first two initiatives are:Financial Education and Continuing Education.

Money Management International (MMI) is the largest non-profit credit counseling agency in the country and has partnered with WWE to provide financial education to WWE talent. Please see enclosed packet for more information. The use of MMI is free for you and your immediate family members. We encourage you to reach out to MMI for assistance.

WWE is now offering financial scholarships to former WWE talent in the amount of $5,000 per calendar year to be used for obtaining a college degree or completing a certificate program. In order to receive this scholarship, a former WWE talent must apply for the three annual scholarships that are available. Please note–the deadline for the 2014 award is Friday, 8/1.

To keep former WWE talent up to date with WWE news, we will be distributing via email an "Alumni Newsletter" on a quarterly basis. The newsletter will include information on WWE news, archives, wellness, professional development and more.

NXT star returning:

Enzo Amore will have his first match following a long injury lay off on July 17.

Legends House heat:

Hacksaw Jim Duggan has revealed that a 25 year relationship with Tony Atlas was ruined whilst filming Legends House...

"With Tony Atlas and I, I've known Tony for 25, 30 years and we butted heads that whole length of time, but we've always been in a dressing room, locker room type of situation where you're not together all the time. I just got tired of his B.S. Tony had trouble with everybody in the house. I can understand having trouble with me Piper and I. We're kind of hard to deal with anyway, but to have trouble with Hillbilly Jim? Hillbilly is almost like a Buddhist monk, he's so easy-going and you got to work at it to have trouble with Billy."

DDP talks WCW invasion angle:

"It was pretty obvious that (the Invasion angle) was just to prove a point, because you don't do an invasion angle without the top guys. You do it like Eric Bischoff did it when we had two guys show up and they killed everyone. That's how you make an impact, and that's obviously not what happened."

He also shared the real life backstage tensions during that time...

''They (WCW wrestlers) want to prevent you from providing for your family. Eric Bischoff wants to shut your job down and take your dinner off your table.' That's how Vince got his troops to rally around him. There was a point in time where it really looked like we were going to shut them down. There was a time when Vince was kicking the water coolers out. It was not a good time... it was a time when you walked (in the locker room) and you could feel the heat. I didn't feel it until a couple of weeks after I was there, then I realized (the WWF roster still looked at us at the enemy)."

Drew McIntyre interview highlights:

Drew McIntyre appeared on Chris Jericho's Talk Is Jericho this week, some highlights, from Wrestling Inc...

WWE owns the name Drew McIntyre, so from now on he'll be going by his real name, Drew Galloway.

The release was a big shock. Regardless of what people thought about 3MB, they were on everything. He had no indication that he was being released. He said that 3MB was working as hard as they could for the position that they were in, and he felt that they were doing a good job considering what they were being asked to do.

He said that the person who called him about his release [Mark Carrano] was also surprised. He received a lot of messages from people that he respected.

When he received the call, he assumed that he was being called to be at a live event that Friday.

While he's nervous, he's excited for his future. He's 29 now, and he got signed by WWE when he was 21.

He said that 3MB was "dead in the water" before they even started. The day before 3MB was formed, Vince McMahon had him wrestle Jinder Mahal on Superstars to see how he worked as a babyface. McIntyre got good feedback, but Vince decided the next day that Heath Slater needed a band and picked him and Mahal. McIntyre had a broken wrist at the time and the doctor decided that he needed surgery weeks before the group debuted. They had already aired the vignettes, and then he found out that he was going to be out for six months.

He said that they had a lot of ideas for the group and Vince was very receptive to them, despite fans thinking that the gimmick was a rib. However, he was supposed to be the guy in the group beating everybody up, and going in with a broken wrist killed them. He stayed on TV as a manager for the group, but by the time he came back, they were beyond repair. He felt that they didn't get the fair shake that they should have.

He noted that Adam Jones from Tool was willing to work with them for nothing and even film segments at their concerts, however WWE never took them up on their ideas.

AJ Lee:

Word coming from WWE insiders now suggest that AJ IS pregnant, it had been denied earlier this week.