Today's News

Case dropped:

All charges relating to the death of the former girlfriend of Superfly Jimmy Snuka were dropped yesterday after a judge deemed the HOF'er mentally unable to withstand the trial. The judge had been put under pressure to call the trial off since last summer, due to the dramatic decline in Snuka's health, but wanted to examine his medical files carefully before making a final decision. This will finally end the worries hanging over Snuka since the 1983 death, but will greatly disappoint the ladies family, who have campaigned and fought for 30 years to have him answer for whatever happened, and have been thwarted again, and almost certainly for the last time.

New job for Alum:

Todd Grisham has signed on as the new lead announcer for UFC.

SmackDown:

Dolph Ziggler turned heel, NXT's Aliyah debuted and Dean Ambrose took the IC title from The Miz on the first SmackDown of the year. TNA star Thea Trinidad was backstage.

Hall Of Fame:

HOF silly season is starting again, lots of names are being rumoured for this years class. One of the most prominent being Diamond Dallas Page, who is reportedly going to be the first name confirmed later this month, but will not be the headline inductee. This should be taken as rumour for now, as there is no word from WWE as yet.

HOF'er to return:

Paul Heyman has asked Alundra Blayze to return to the ring to join him in WWE, she declared interest in the idea.

Royal Rumble:

Baron Corbin has taken the first SmackDown spot in the Royal Rumble match.

Title shot:

The Wyatt's will get their Tag title return match next week.

Maryse fined:

Maryse has been fined $5,000 for slapping Renee Young last night.

Naomi vs WWE:

Naomi has been re-tweeting angry fans comments on her lack of TV time.

Cody in Japan:

Cody Rhodes made his NJPW and Bullet Club debut last night. Billy Gunn was also at the event, he was one of the stars in the NJPW Rumble. The ROH title also changed hands, with the out of contract Kyle O'Reilly dropping to Adam Cole.

Cody dedicated his match to Drax Shadow...

''I wanted to take a moment to dedicate my Match to my friend "Drax" Shadow...I've said it before, when we met they said he needed me but when the night was over...it was me that needed him. I also want to thank New Japan Pro Wrestling and The Bullet Club for bringing me out here in such style. Is the World ready for The American Nightmare?''

Pre shows nixed:

WWE have now decided to axe TV pre shows. They had already cut the time in half after dropping some of the pre show announcers last month.

Bryan makes promise to talent:

Daniel Bryan has hit out at PT wrestlers. Whilst conceding that from the management side of things he could see the enticement to bring in major names for the big shows, he vowed to fight for the interests of the talent that are doing it all year around, citing Dean Ambrose as someone that deserves a big match after carrying the brand in 2016...

"I had this issue when I was a full time wrestler, and I still kind of have this issue today someone like Dean Ambrose has been headlining like 99% of the live events, and then gets pushed aside when WrestleMania time comes around. Around WrestleMania time, all these people who are part-timers come in and they take the best spots at WrestleMania. But I mix that. We need to put it on our full-time guys.''

Ryback blasts WWE:

Ryback has claimed WWE made promises to look after him after one of their surgeons botched a surgery on his ankle, if he dropped a lawsuit against them.

Also on the big guy, he has today released a self help book, via Amazon.

TNA title SPOILER!!!:

Angelina Love and Davey Richards are rumoured to be booked for the first TNA TV of the year, speculation is Richards would challenge his tag partner for the World title, as he starts his retirement year.

ODB talks breaking etiquette with legend:

''Sting is very reserved, very good looking guy. He's a gentleman. He said, "Can I ask you a question? What do you put in that flask?" I was like, "Here, you want to taste it?" He was like, "Oh, no, no." I said, "Come on, you p---y!" I just called Sting a p---y! Oh s--t. Then my music hit and I was like, "Thank God! See ya later!" (laughs)"

Wrestler jailed on NYE:

Teddy Hart was jailed in Texas on New Years Eve for evading arrest after a car chase with police. He was drink driving. A Canadian promotion broke the news when he no showed their event this week. He has a $6,500 bond and is still in jail at the time of this writing.

Braun Strowman:

A Reddit user matched profiles with Braun Strowman on dating app Tinder this week, and of course posted it. It has now gone viral.

Alum talking to TNA:

Alberto Del Rio is talking to TNA about joining them. They had declared an interest when he left WWE, but failed to get anything done then, so are hoping for second time lucky.

Jericho returning to band:

Chris Jericho is starting to record the next Fozzy album this week.