Today's News

Austin talks HOF chances of Fabulous Freebirds:

Some say a recent controversy over a flag in the USA will damage the future Hall Of Fame chances of the Fabulous Freebirds tag team, as they used the confederate flag as part of their gimmick. Steve Austin says that will have no impact, and they are sure fire HOF'ers...

"Oh, no, p!ss on the rebel flag. That ain't going to hurt their chances of getting into the Hall of Fame. You ain't got to put that thing in the video footage. I think you ixnay [the imagery] and you're good to go."

New DVD:

WWE have confirmed the first NXT DVD. The Best Of NXT collection will be released in March of 2016.

Hart family feud:

Bruce Hart has accused WWE of gross negligence in the handling of Tyson Kidd's near fatal neck injury...

"I was taken aback when I heard about, just the way WWE handled it. He injured his neck quite badly in that match with Samoa Joe. I was told when he [Tyson Kidd] was in the dressing room after, one agent, he indifferently said 'go take your shower'. [Kidd] said no my neck is really f***ed up and I was told he said 'we're not going to pay for an ambulance' and they were almost making it out like he was a hypochondriac. My niece Nattie, his wife, they said if you wanted to go to the hospital it's your choice. She set out for the hospital and got lost in San Antonio and she finally got there after some kind of driving around. When they got there, they did the CT scans and MRIs and immediately determined that it was a near fatal injury. It was a fraction of an inch from either being a fatality or a paralysis from the neck down type thing. They notified the WWE of this, and I was told there were only 3 or 4 places in the US where they can perform this type of microsurgery that would stabilize and do what they needed to for his neck. They had to at that point charter a some kind of air ambulance from San Antonio to Florida, which was the closest place that did that type of surgery. I heard that cost $100,000 and they had to fly him back for that. At this point I was told they haven't made any contact, WWE hasn't called, some of the wrestlers have called TJ, as I know him. At this point as far as I've been told it's certain his career's over and that he's fortunate to not be a paraplegic."

Tyson responded to his take on the matter with this...

''Just for the record I haven't had contact with Bruce Hart in over a decade.  End of story, rumor mill over!.''

Wrestler movies:

Kevin Nash, Glacier, Luke Gallows and more stars of the ring, are currently taping Slaw, a parody of the horror franchise Saw.

Batista is currently making Kickboxer, with some familiar UFC faces.

4th Wyatt, or new Shield man:

Erick Rowan will soon return to WWE, but WWE are unsure whether to reunite him with The Wyatt's or put him with the former Shield men Reigns and Ambrose. WWE are teasing a third member of the Shield. A 6 man tag has been announced for Night Of Champions, but Rowan is not scheduled back until November, so this may be a little early for him yet, but he is tweeting some cryptic messages.

Cena injury:

John Cena suffered a possible injury at a live last night. He tried a sunset flip and landed either on the top of his head, or on his face. He was checked repeatedly by medics, but continued to wrestle his match, including getting put through a table. Senior WWE officials came out to talk to medics at one point, but they did not stop the bout, if there was real concern for his neck they would have axed it. He was also able to walk back after the match, unaided.

WCW landmark:

Today is the twentieth anniversary of the debut episode of WCW Nitro.

WWE congratulate Alum:

WWE posted a message of congratulations to John Laurinaitis and the Bella Twins mum Kathy, who have announced they are getting married...

"As revealed on the Instagram account of the mother of The Bella Twins, Kathy Colace, former Raw General Manager John Laurinaitis is now the future stepfather of Nikki and Brie — and father-in-law of Daniel Bryan. The happy couple celebrated their engagement over dinner with Nikki and John Cena, who Laurinaitis battled — and defeated — at WWE Over the Limit 2012. Leave it to the lovely Bella women to get two old rivals to put down their swords and pick up their wine glasses."

Sabu blasts promoter as liar:

Sabu says a promoter that claims he left blood, drugs equipment and feces smeared around a hotel room, is not being honest. He says he refused to job for a fat guy he did not know, and refused to work the gig, adding he believed the promoter was trying to tarnish his reputation with the accusations. He said the fecal matter was from his dog, and he bled in the shower, and in his bed, but that it was normal for him. He denied having any needles, or drugs in the room.

Bret vs Hulk Hogan:

Bret Hart made some off colour remarks on Periscope this week. He said he had no memories of Hogan being racist, but is glad he got busted, and hopes he never comes back from the incident, but added that Hogan was probably glad that Roddy Piper died, because he distracted attention from him for a while. Hogan has today responded...

''The words about Roddy Pipers death were out of line,I'm praying for you Brett Hart,only love my brother HH.''

Tazz:

Tazz is booked to work his first indie appearance for PWS next week.

Cesaro:

Cesaro is working with a rib injury.