Today's News

Fastlane:

Kane, Big Show and Ryback vs The Wyatt Family has been added to the card, and Chris Jericho vs AJ Styles will be announced on SmackDown.

Hall Of Famer receives death threats:

The King Jerry Lawler says he will never make political statements again after receiving death threats following a tweet asking his followers to vote for Donald Trump to be the Republican candidate for the Presidency of the United States.

How to win a Slammy:

Stephen Amell is making good on his promise to give away his Slammy to support the cancer treatment of Stardust superfan Drax Shadow. He says anyone that donates $5 to Elijah Mainville's GoFundMe page this week, will be entered into a raffle. Both he and Stardust have signed the statuette.

Axl Rotten:

Police have revealed that Axl Rotten died of an accidental drug overdose. They also corrected mis-information from the day he was found. His body was found in the baby changing room, inside a McDonalds restaurant, not outside, and drugs were scattered around the scene. They initially denied finding drugs.

New job for JR:

Jim Ross has signed on as a boxing commentator for CBS.

SmackDown:

• Dolph Ziggler & Lucha Dragons vs League Of Nations.
• Sasha Banks vs Tamina Snuka.
• Chris Jericho vs The Miz.
• Charlotte vs Natalya.
• Dean Ambrose & Roman Reigns vs Dudley Boyz.

Notes...

• Maryse was backstage at last nights WWE TV taping.
• Mauro Ranallo was not on comms, Michael Cole stood in.
• Mr. Belding from 'Saved By The Bell' was in attendance, as a guest of The Miz.
• Roman Reigns botched his entrance. He entered the arena before his music started.
• AJ Styles did not wrestle, as he has a swollen eye, but was at the taping.

WWE vs Barrett:

WWE have, via the office run Facebook page for Randy Orton, taken a less than subtle swipe at Wade Barrett, after news of his reported WWE departure broke online yesterday. They posted a match between Orton and Wade from 2010, and called Barrett a ''Coward''.

Barrett refused to respond to that, but said he would continue to give his all to WWE, and would comment further at a more appropriate time.

Fan ban:

A young fan had a sign taken from him at SmackDown last night. He was rather rude about Kevin Owens (Photo).

WWE games:

WWE will release 2K16 for PC on March 11.

Austin weighs in on Titus ban:

"The whole racist thing really irritated me because any time you hear about anything these days it's racist, and, man, it's 2016. I'm not saying racism doesn't exist, but, I mean, to play that card in this situation was total B.S. from my perspective, racism and that? Absolutely not. It was a reprimand for something that didn't need to happen at that time. End of story.(But) If you're going to suspend somebody, I think 30 days should suffice. I think 60 is still a little overreacting. Did something need to happen, a come to Jesus meeting or a stern talking to backstage? Something needed to happen because I do believe it was inappropriate. It was the wrong person, at the wrong time. Vince is 70 right now and that was a serious moment for him. He was totally in character. He cares about Daniel Bryan. He gets jerked pretty forcibly over there to Titus O'Neil and it was completely inappropriate, this may be pro wrestling/sports entertainment, whatever you want to call it, but that was a serious moment. It's not a time to be shucking and jiving out there, so lay some type of punishment down. Fine him, this, that, or whatever. I don't know. Something was appropriate, but when I started hearing the racism things, I was like, 'I've got to roll my eyes and I've got to call complete and utter bulls--t in this one.'"

Nowinski on Bryan:

Chris Nowinski, formerly of WWE, has congratulated his former employers for Daniel Bryan's retirement...

"I felt extraordinary sympathy for Daniel. It's tough to walk away when you feel like you could still perform. In a sense, I was lucky because I had headaches I couldn't kick and other problems that told me I shouldn't go out and do (wrestling) again. He didn't have that. He had to really dig deep to find the justification to walk away from the job he loved. It has been very interesting to watch the process. I've read that he was upset about WWE's decision, but he saw other doctors and WWE really encouraged him to find another path because they recognized his brain was injured too much. Superstars are more likely to report concussions. That's big. Wrestling also has an advantage over sports in general because you can write wrestlers out of storylines or have them participate without physical exertion when they are recovering from concussions."

Old boy at Raw:

Shad Gaspard has revealed he was a paying fan at this weeks Raw. He took his son to his first WWE show.