Today's News

Hardy quits:

Matt Hardy has quit TNA. He will not be going back to drop the tag titles, but Jeff Hardy might, his status is not confirmed as yet. His wife says backstage issues soured his experience with TNA, leading to this decision.

TNA are bracing for a legal fight with the brothers, as they are claiming ownership of the broken characters they have made so popular.

Fastlane:

Brian Kendrick & Noam Dar vs Akira Tozawa & Rich Swann will be the pre show match. Sami Zayn vs Samoa Joe is also booked for Sunday.

WWE mock Oscars:

New Day cut a funny in ring segment mocking a huge botch at the Oscar awards, where the wrong winner was named, on Raw last night.

Mania decider:

AJ Styles vs Luke Harper will finally end the uncertainty over the Mania main event, caused when Randy Orton forfeited his Royal Rumble prize. The match will be tonight on SmackDown.

Hall Of Fame:

Here is Beth Phoenix's HOF package...

Kurt Angle reveals who he has asked to induct him...

"I don't know, I thought you got to pick but I don't think you do. I don't know, they haven't asked me. They did notify me today that they'll make the person who'll induct me public in the next week or two. My guess is, who I asked for, was Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin, or John Cena. I just wanted to have the guys that made the most impact in the business and I think those three have. I look up to all three and they're all incredible wrestlers and all had hugely successful careers. Those are the ones I asked for and I did also asked for, if possible, Brock Lesnar. Brock is a man of very few words."

Extreme Rules:

Raw will get this years Extreme Rules special.

New movie:

WWE and The Jetsons 'Robo-Mania' is out now.

Celeb confirms match in doubt:

Shaq says he will keep training, but has confirmed his match at WrestleMania ''Probably'' won't happen. However he blames WWE for the issues causing the impasse, not himself.

Dirty Dutch lands top job:

Zeb Colter has officially been named as head of TNA creative. He will answer to Jeff Jarrett, who will sign off on angles before they go to air.

TNA takeover:

TNA are trying to legally drop the initials from their name. Interestingly Jeff Jarrett may be rewarded for his return by having his GFW promotion merge with Impact to become GFW Impact wrestling.

SmackDown tease:

• AJ Styles to battle Luke Harper for the right to face Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania
• What will happen when John Cena comes to "Miz TV" tonight?
• Becky Lynch to battle Mickie James in a Two of Three Falls Match
• Will Apollo Crews get retribution on Dolph Ziggler in Chairs Match?

Old boy coming back:

Matt Morgan will be back on wrestling TV within four weeks, but has not yet announced who with.

Barrett's new name:

Wade Barrett is using the name ''Fake News'' Barrett for WrestleCon.

JBL talks almost getting killed in Texas:

"We did the storyline where we gave Eddie's mother a heart attack in El Paso, which almost got me killed. I literally had a police escort out of El Paso and all the way to Odessa. The police told me not to come back, that they thought I would get killed. It was that great. We set an attendance record at Staples Center [in Los Angeles] a few weeks later, and because of Eddie Guerrero, he molded my character. Eddie wanted my character to work. If it had been anybody but Eddie Guerrero, you would have never heard of JBL. But because of Eddie, I had that incredible run, and it was just the right time. I had the perfect foil in this incredible Latino star, who was one of my best friends."

Tom Phillips:

The lady that Tom Phillips was flirting with on social media has published many more of their private messages, after being criticised for trying to damage his real world relationship, and WWE career.

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TNA lose top star:

Drew Galloway has decided to leave TNA after growing impatient at stalled contract talks. TNA had promised to make a contract offer to him to consider but as his current deal entered it's final two weeks, with no offer being made, he decided to step away from the promotion.

Raw tease:

• Seth Rollins addresses his injury
• Goldberg returns before WWE Fastlane
• Is Roman Reigns fighting a losing battle against Braun Strowman?
• Enzo Amore & Big Cass close in on "Big Gal" and "Andy"
• What scheme does Charlotte Flair have in store for Bayley?

Ric Flair is backstage.

Alum splits:

Kaitlyn is having an acrimonious split from her husband. They are splitting after just shy of three years. This is having a negative impact on her business life, as her former husband has closed down the website their joint businesses share, meaning she can't trade, other than via a temporary address she has set up. She says they will also split their two companies in due time.

Match on?:

Triple H will work some live events before Mania, possibly meaning his match vs Seth Rollins is on.

Alum's coming home?:

The Hardy Boyz will be free of TNA on Wednesday and speculation is rising that they will be returning to WWE. The brothers have told bookers on the indie scene they will not be taking dates from May of this year.

TNA are not giving up though, talks are still ongoing, but it is rumoured that the extreme brothers are not overly happy with the new power structure backstage, as Jeff Jarrett and his team would be much more hands on creatively, and Matt may lose some of his freedoms. Matt had openly backed Billy Corgan as his preferred new owner last summer, but that did not come to pass. However they are also victims to late contract offers. They had agreed to enter talks for new deals in December, but only received them this week. They were also reportedly upset with a new clause that their bookings would have to be made via the TNA office, and 10% of all their earnings on the indies would go to TNA.

A deciding factor could be the loss of creative freedom he has enjoyed in recent years, and the end of his broken gimmick, which has won widespread acclaim, as WWE would be unlikely to continue with it.

Pro Wrestling Hall Of Fame:

Mick Foley has been named as an inductee for this years Pro Wrestling HOF in New York. The other inductees are Yvon Robert, Dirty Dick Raines, Luther Lindsay, Sputnik Monroe, Shawn Michaels, who like Mick Foley will be representing the modern era, Susan Green, George Napolitano, Larry The Axe Hennig & Harley Race and Tatsumi Fujinami.

WWE HOF:

Beth Phoenix is this years female inductee. To be officially confirmed tonight on Raw.

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WWE - TNA:

WWE wished TNA star Maria a happy birthday this weekend.

Rock:

The Rock is at the Oscars tonight. He is involved in two categories nominated for an award.

Omega returns:

Kenny Omega is back working NJPW shows.

Jarrett calls for HOF:

Double J has joined calls for Chyna to enter the WWE HOF...

"The Hall of Fame is subjective and the buck stops with one man like every other decision in that organisation. It's Vince's opinion. Everyone can have an opinion, its truly worthless when it comes to the Hall of Fame. If Vince wants them in, they're in and if out, they're out. When you talk about importance of being ground-breaking, Chyna certainly was so unique and instrumental - she was one of those characters that defined the Attitude Era, so the simple answer is absolutely."

Hardy hints at return:

Matt Hardy made an interesting comment today...

"I will DELETE the Bucks of Youth on April 1st at ROH, and all of MeekMahan's tag teams will follow."

He has also closed down his personal webstore.

Heyman blasts ECW old boy:

In reference to CW Anderson criticising him earlier this week...

''As we sit here about 2 enjoy Korean BBQ, I decided 2 go against how I usually handle wannabes who like 2 name drop (after 16 years, no less)... I saw an interview in which #CWAnderson claims I was in LA shooting #Rollerball instead of trying to save #ECW back in 2000 .... It's absurd that people have done nothing to talk about in 17 years so they are constrained to address their heartbreak about 2000/01 ... Of course, that makes me an even bigger schmuck to feel compelled to ANSWER these moronic comments, but the food is cooking, so ... (1) Rollerball was never filmed in LA. It was filmed in Montreal and then in Yonkers, NY. (2) My scenes in Rollerball were shot in June and July, 2001. Not when #ECW was in business. I was actually booked for the movie thru @WWE. (3) The insinuation that I was shooting movie(s) in LA instead of trying to save what was my life (at the time) (#ECW) is just ignorant. (4) Not only did I desperately try every angle 2 save the company, I put in every last dime I personally had, even when the ship was sinking. (5) I have zero regrets over any of this. I went bankruipt trying to save #ECW, and have never regretted my investment and never will. (6) So when someone repeats a blatant lie about my comitment at the time to the product to which I devoted seven years of my life, it's nothing short of ignorance on full display for the entire world to see. It's a shame I waited this long to correct the record on this BS that has lingered for all these years, but I remember sitting on the @WWE plane with @VinceMcMahon and someone had said something so outlandish about him, and everyone was trying to get Vince to reply. He turned to me and said, "I focus on revenue-producing public statements. Anything else is a waste of my time, and my time is limited. I have things to do." I also sit there every week and see @BrockLesnar laugh at every rumor, every innuendo, every claim made about him. And when I say "so, Brock ... is there a retort?" He laughs out loud and says "not a chance!" So today, I decided to lower myself and answer a claim that people w/ nothing to do seem to repeat with no regard for accuracy. I accept all criticism 4 this diatribe, and confess I should have been above it all, and offer no excuses as to why I decided to address it. Oh I almost forgot. To answer #CW's nagging self-question as to why he was paid $75 a night when others had more (at least on paper) ... That was the going rate for a lower level stooge who reported on the locker room to Dreamer. But admittedly, he was a damn good one. PROPS!''

Rollins ruled out?:

WWE are saying that Seth Rollins will likely miss WrestleMania.

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WWE star exposed:

WWE announcer Tom Phillips has been outed on social media. A lady he had been in contact with on Instagram has posted some of his private messages to her, after finding out he was engaged to another woman. These included telling her he had an erection thinking about her whilst on a plane, and that he wanted to ''Face f!ck the sh!t out of her.'' Since the messages were posted he has set his social media sites to private, and has not made any comment about the situation.

WWE 50:

WWE have named the fifty greatest tag team names in their history...

1. The Brainbusters.
2. Colossal Connection.
3. Fabulous Freebirds.
4. Hardliners.
5. Smokin' Gunns.
6. Jumping Bomb Angels.
7. Mega Bucks.
8. Outsiders.
9. Rock 'N' Roll Express.
10. Super Destroyers.
11. Brothers Of Destruction.
12. Fire & Ice.
13. Unholy Alliance.
14. Minnesota Wrecking Crew.
15. Southern Justice.
16. Hart Foundation.
17. Headbangers.
18. Skyscrapers.
19. Boogie Knights.
20. Faces Of Fear.
21. Vaudevillains.
22. Pitbulls.
23. Demolition.
24. Sheepherders.
25. Rhodes Scholars.
26. Road Warriors.
27. Two Man Power Trip.
28. Natural Disasters.
29. Public Enemy.
30. Eliminators.
31. Allied Powers.
32. Hell No.
33. Power & Glory.
34. Money Inc.
35. Strike Force.
36. Bad Breed.
37. Enforcers.
38. Super Powers.
39. New Age Outlaws.
40. Killer Bees.
41. Young Pistols.
42. Dream Team.
43. Hollywood Blonds.
44. Vicious & Delicious.
45. Powers Of Pain.
46. Young Stallions.
47. Heavenly Bodies.
48. Midnight Express.
49. Harlem Heat.
50. Miracle Violence Connection.

LU debut:

Lucha Underground is now available on Netflix.

New show:

An 8 part wrestling drama called 'Heels' has been commissioned. It tells the story of two rival brothers who fight for supremacy after their father dies, leaving the family run promotion leaderless.

Meanwhile The Rock has started filming his third season of 'Ballers'.

Why WWE won:

Jeff Jarrett has shared his view on how Vince killed WCW...

"Oil and water, if you want to compare the two. Vince McMahon, he's third generation, and his enormous empire, he ran it much like the territories. The buck stopped with him, he made the decisions, that's how a company should be run. Feast or famine, right or wrong, the WWE is driven off his decision making and always has been. WCW was a corporate world. Eric Bischoff, I have a lot of respect for the guy, because he not only survived, but he thrived in a corporate environment that was so difficult to succeed in. Was he the only decision maker? Not at all. It's a corporate entity, and a publicly traded company, so it's really not a knock on Turner and Time Warner and that organisation, but that's the reality. An entertainment property, specifically a wrestling property, you have to have a decision maker. You have to have somebody who sits on top, that is guiding the ship, that makes the decisions. They were polar opposites, and in the end, the WCW money got them in first place for a while, with Eric's leadership and the hot talent, but in the end, Vince destroyed them."

Today's News

WWE to NHL:

Darren Young worked for Tampa's NHL team last night, as a social media captain.

Asuka:

Asuka will be working the SmackDown live tour as a sub for Naomi, including at MSG next month.

Kelly leaks Mania angle:

Maria Menounos sneakily revealed why Diva's of the past are going to be at Mania this year. She was interviewing Kelly Kelly for her podcast and was trying to get Kelly to reveal that they were going to induct one of their contemparies, probably Beth Phoenix. Kelly broke out laughing, trying to deny, but eventually did say she would be working at the HOF ceremony.

WWE star nominated:

Scott Stanford has been nominated for 2 Emmy's.

Roddy Strong talks WWE calling:

"I had been wrestling all over the world for 15 years, and I had been a mainstay in Ring of Honor for almost 13 years. I had a tryout with WWE before in 2014. I've communicated with Regal. Just the timing of everything. I got a phone call from them. They were interested, and obviously I was interested, and here I am today. It left me speechless for a second but also very excited. I had already planned to end my chapter in Ring of Honor. I was going to go back to doing the indies more often and possibly working more of a full-time schedule in Japan. If I didn't get the chance to go to WWE, that would have been a bummer to me, but I was just going to continue to do the best I could and continue my legacy. To actually get the call. I was leaving the gym, and I was just talking about it that day. I'm going to go do my thing, but if the opportunity comes, I'm going to jump on it, and if it doesn't, I'm very happy with the career I've had. It was perfect. It left me speechless that it was finally here, the opportunity was finally here, and now I got to do my best to take advantage of it."

WWE:

The WWE Network is three years old today.

Mania match in trouble:

Big Show says he is growing tired of waiting for Shaq to make up his mind about WrestleMania, and says he thinks he is bottling it...

"I mean, here's the thing. We shot this off at the ESPY Awards, Shaq said he's in, I thought this would be a good match for fans to see two giants go at it. And I see Shaq riding around, singing karaoke and stopping in at Krispy Kreme. I'm like, "Hey! If you're not gonna take it serious, find something else to do!" I've given 22 years of my blood, sweat and tears to this business and I'm doing this favor to Shaq. This could be my last WrestleMania. He needs to step up. I'm not trying to be mean, but my time's valuable. I get it. I don't have foot powder commercials, car commercials, insurance commercials. I get it. He's a busy man. But if he's gonna step in the ring, in my business, at our biggest event of the year? Show me you're serious. If anything, talk a little trash. Let me know you're motivated. Because right now? I just get the feeling he's terrified. He shot his mouth off, he's in over his head and he's trying to back out. So just let me know what's going on, brother."

Today's News

NXT star leaves:

Kassius Ohno returned to NXT last night to end the NXT career of Elias Samson, who lost a loser leaves town match to the former Chris Hero.

Injury:

Billie Kay was led to the back in pain and in tears after an injury at the hands of Ember Moon last night at NXT.

NXT takeover:

William Regal has booked a triple threat match for Orlando's pre WrestleMania special. Authors Of Pain will defend vs DIY and The Revival.

New star:

Heidi Lovelace debuted as Ruby Riot for WWE NXT last night.

Injury returns:

Shinsuke Nakamura and Finn Balor returned to action last night. Nakamura wrestled and Finn interrupted a post match attack on him. This likely won't air on NXT TV.

TE debut:

Patrick of the last series of Tough Enough will debut for NXT next week.

Montreal screwjob... the movie:

The infamous Montreal screwjob is getting a movie. A porn movie. 'The Montreal F!ckjob' will recreate the match, but women playing Bret and Shawn, and a guy playing Vince, will be having a different kind of sloppy finish.

Ryback blasts WWE over Kidd:

"WWE should make sure, 100%, that not only is he taken care of for the rest of his life, and I mean well beyond taken care of, they should bend over backwards time and time again for him because they took away… this guy loved wrestling, not just as much… on another level, and what they took away from him, and, by the way, and to take as f--king long as they did to f--king apologize, I'll personally say it right here on the podcast: f--k you, Vince, and f--k you, Kevin, for not being f--king men and not f--king apologizing to this human being that you ruined. And Vince, you are a f--king piece of s--t, I'm going to say it right here, for everything that you did that night to go out there and f--king create that circumstance. And you should hate yourself when you look in the mirror, and there are no excuse for it. 'Oh, we were scared of a lawsuit'. f--k you, guys. You guys should be f--king shut down. Tyson's a great, great human being. He has given them everything. And Mark Carrano, I hope to God Mark Carrano is fired for the stupid decisions he made that night. That is one thing that would make me personally because I hate that guy so much for being such a piece of s--t that I would like to see Mark Carrano gone."

WWE UK:

WWE have announced they will include their UK talent on the next UK tour.

Naomi:

Naomi has damaged her left knee and is benched for two months.

Roster changes coming:

A round of brand drafts is planned for post WrestleMania.

WWE dragged into school controversy:

A 14 year old Florida boy was found to have a list of his school colleagues that he wanted to shoot and kill in his possession. His family say it was inspired by his watching of WWE, and Chris Jericho in particular.

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Title vacated:

Daniel Bryan announced that Naomi will not be able to defend her title within 30 days, and therefore must relinquish her gold. She did so last night on SmackDown, and a match between the two other women to have held the belt before her, Becky Lynch and Alexa Bliss was quickly set up, and Bliss became the first two time owner of the belt.

WrestleMania main event still on hold:

AJ Styles and Luke Harper were declared joint winners of last nights battle royal, meaning Bray Wyatt still does not know who his WrestleMania challenger will be.

HOF'er defends Hulk Hogan on WWE TV:

Jimmy Hart defended his friend's racial outbursts on the WWE Network yesterday...

"Absolutely Hogan was under the influence at the time of the comments, but still no excuse, to me, if you really are racist, you have to let it slip more than one time. I mean, if you're really a racist, people have got to see it over and over and over and over and over. The devastating thing to Hulk, more than anything, is what happened with his affiliation with here. That's the thing that has tore him up more than anything. We talk every day or every other day and he watches RAW every Monday night. I'm being honest with you. He watches. He goes, 'they did this' and 'I saw this', 'oh my God, did you see that?' 'Yeah, Hulk, I did.' And I know what he's going through, but sometimes I feel like I want to say, 'Hulk, get over it. You've had a great career. It has been awesome. People still love you. WWE still loves you. They've got to move on and do what's best for business, best for them.'"

Aries promoted:

Austin Aries will be promoted to the main roster's 205 Live expansion when he is cleared from his facial injury.

Top star outed:

Daniel Bryan outed AJ Styles as a flat-earther on Talking Smack last night. This is a group of people who believe the Earth is flat, not round. Apparently a number of celebrities are openly of the same belief.

Rock defends that call:

''I work off instinct, always listen to the people and try to give em something special. Huge positive feedback from WWE Universe. Fun night''

Alum to TNA:

Kevin Sullivan has returned to the TNA creative team.

Old boy returns:

Paul Burchill has returned to wrestling on the indie scene.

Paige movie:

NXT ref Drake Wuertz officiated the post Raw match taped for the Rock produced movie.

NXT return:

Kassius Ohno will have his first match back with WWE tonight. Finn Balor will also be at the taping.

Alexa Bliss:

Alexa Bliss is featured in the second episode of 'My Child Is A WWE Star'.

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Fastlane:

Big Cass & Enzo Amore have earned shots at the Raw Tag titles for the next Raw special. Bayley will put her gold up vs former champ Charlotte.

Raw:

WWE dedicated Raw to George The Animal Steele and Russian Bear Ivan Koloff. Both of them died last week.

Guests galore:

Backstage at Raw was teeming with visitors last night. As well as Rock and the cast and crew of his film, Steve Austin, X-Pac, Victoria and Lilian Garcia were joined by a number of celebrities including Mario Lopez and his young son. Also John Morrison and JTG were in attendance as paying fans.

Hall Of Fame:

WWE have released the HOF induction package for Diamond Dallas Page...

WWE calling:

The Rock did appear in front of the crowd last night, both before and after the show. After the show he came out to get the crowd hyped up for the taping of a match for his Paige family movie. This led to an awesome spot in the ring. Fans had been chanting for CM Punk, and Rock, wanting to keep them onside for the filming, telephoned CM in the middle of the ring. Unfortunately Punk did not answer, he was walking his dog, so Rock left a voicemail of the crowd chanting his name. Punk later acknowledged the spot with a thank you tweet to the fans. Needless to say WWE were not happy with what was going on, and word from HHH personally was sent out to wrap it up. Rock snapped at the guy passing on the message, telling him not to kill his mic.

There was a video of it, but WWE have had it taken down.

Paige movie:

Thea Trinidad is playing AJ Lee in the Paige movie. It was confirmed last night when she entered the arena to the Alum's music.

SmackDown tease:

• A 10-Man Battle Royal will determine WWE Champion Bray Wyatt's opponent at WrestleMania
• Nikki Bella and Natalya will square off in a Falls Count Anywhere Match
• Will injured SmackDown Women's Champion Naomi be ready to fend off Alexa Bliss?
• How will The Usos destabilize SmackDown Tag Team Champions American Alpha?

Bayley botchmania:

Bayley was a one woman blooper reel last night. She admitted her botches on Twitter...

''Inflatable tube man smacked me in the face, tripped down the ramp giving out a hug, fell getting out of the ring...but still your champ.''

WWE edit Raw:

WWE cut a Big E line from Raw. He asked Lana how she was able to hack him. This was in reference to a political storm in the States over Russians allegedly hacking politicians.

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Raw tease:

• Strowman and Big Show to battle on Raw
• Is Bayley's Raw Women's Championship victory tainted?
• Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho: Best friends no more
• Who can stop Samoa Joe?

Injury return:

Tamina Snuka returned to WWE this weekend, on the SmackDown live tour. She aligned herself with Natalya.

Movie starts:

The Rock has started filming his movie about Paige's family today. He and the cast and crew have spent the day with WWE Raw, and he may appear on the show tonight. The big match segment for the film will be taped after Raw. Tessa Blanchard will wrestle as Paige and Thea Trinidad as AJ Lee.

Benoit at live:

David Benoit attended a WWE live in Canada over the weekend.

Hogan in ad:

Hulk Hogan has starred in an ad parodying wrestling for a dutch company...

Hall Of Fame:

Diamond Dallas Page will be named as a 2017 WWE Hall Of Famer tonight on Raw.

WrestleMania hosts named:

The New Day will be hosts of this years WrestleMania.

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Hall Of Famer remembers murder attempt:

Stan Hansen says someone once tried to shoot him dead for the legendary Bruno botch...

"I stayed around and worked, but everybody's waiting for Bruno to come back. And wow, it was just awesome. It was a lot of heat there. And finally Jerry Blackwell, we were in some little spot show and some guy came up and he had a gun in the crook of his arm. And he came up and started saying something and I looked down at the gun. And Jerry was following me out the door and Jerry didn't see the gun. He grabbed the guy's arm and he turned like that and I was right at the back door. I went on out the back door and there were milk bottles, I'll never forget, milk bottles, at this building. I picked up a bunch of bottles and I said, 'if the guy comes out, I'm going to bust them over his head' or whatever. Jerry came out and he was a white as a sheet because he didn't see the gun until the guy turned on him. Nothing happened, but, in my book, he maybe saved my life."

Bella's win:

The Bella Twins have won the award for best actress in a reality show.

Cody angered at indie:

Trevor Lee of TNA said ''F!ck Dusty Rhodes'' before wrestling his son Cody for PWG last night. Cody was legit angry, saying Lee had broken one of his rules. He has said since his dad's death that he did not want his name using for storyline reasons, as he did not like when it was done with Eddie Guerrero.

In another interesting moment regarding Cody, former TNA man Joey Ryan wrestled as a parody of his Stardust gimmick this weekend.

AJ Styles says TNA crushed him:

"Ring of Honor treated me real well, and New Japan treated me like a superstar. So I've got to give credit to them, who helped boost my ego a little bit because it was definitely flattened due to TNA's service. But then — doing all that and then having the opportunity to come to WWE and… you know, whether people like it or not, WWE is easy, the biggest - you know, when it comes to wrestling, it doesn't get any bigger than the WWE. And being there means you've finally made it."

Bring them back:

WWE are surveying their fans on who they would like to see come back, possibly hinting at some of the ladies returning for Mania. Kelly Kelly, Beth Phoenix, Stacy Keibler, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool, Kaitlyn, Eve and Melina are the options.

WWE Alum hid to avoid work:

Curt Hawkins says JTG became so disillusioned with his WWE career that he would hide backstage to avoid being given terrible spots...

"We used to bust balls, like, JTG would literally hide in the locker room and just not want to… for him to be there and get his $500.00 for the day to do nothing and eat catering, and hide in the locker room is perfectly fine to him. I understand it and I don't, people get checked out, I think. And I refuse to ever be checked out. It's like, you could give me the worst situation, but as long as it's a match or something or anything on television, I'd do anything. If you tell me I'm on the show, I'm going to go out there and do whatever you tell me to the best of my abilities. I would never not want to participate."

Today's News

TNA star joins movie:

The Rock has announced Thea Trinidad will be in the Paige movie. She will play the WWE champion that drops the gold to Paige. That was AJ Lee in the real world, it is not known if she will be portraying the Alum, or an invented character.

Jericho calls out company:

Chris Jericho was furious that a company did not deliver his Valentines Day flowers last week, and blasted 1800-Flowers on social media after they refused to discuss the matter with him.

Ref has surgery:

Charles Robinson's Royal Rumble injury is worse than first thought. He had surgery this week.

Balor almost ready:

WWE are advertising Finn Balor for a show on March 10.

Wrestling world cup:

WCPW have announced a 64 man international tournament for 2017. Jim Ross, Matt Striker and Zack Sabre are some notable names to have gotten on board with the concept.

Legend dies:

The Russian Bear Ivan Koloff has succumbed to liver cancer at the age of 74. He is most famous for being the man that ended the greatest World title reign in history, when he beat Bruno Sammartino.

TNA chase former champion:

TNA have entered into discussions with their former champ Magnus. Talks are said to be at an advanced stage.

Angle names GOAT:

"John Cena has been the staple of sports entertainment for the last 11 years. The incredible thing about John, John has never been known, personally for all of us, as a fighter. He's not a guy who's going to to throw fists and mix it up. But what he has been able to endure for 12, 13 years. Nobody has ever done that. John Cena is the man. I don't know anybody else who has gone 13 years on top...I'm not going to say he's was greatest athlete in WWE history, but he will go down as the greatest of all time in WWE history."

Billie Kay talks relationship with Peyton Royce:

"We went to the same high school. I was three years ahead of her. Westfields Sports High, I was there for basketball, and she was there for dancing. We actually didn't get along at first. We would see each other in line for all the shows WWE would do in Australia, all the signings they would do. One time Mickie James was signing near our hometown, and I remember Peyton being like four or five people in front of me in line, and I had been there about five hours at this point. So we used to have a little silent competition as to who was the biggest WWE fan."

Today's News

TNA:

Cody Rhodes will return to TNA next week.

Tragic day for wrestling:

WWE and ECW star Nicole Bass was declared to have died earlier today. Her former ECW colleagues Lance Storm and Tommy Dreamer paid tribute. Later in the day it was announced that she was not officially deceased as yet, but will be before the end of the day. She has suffered a heart attack and is brain dead. There is nothing medics can do for her, and her life support will be discontinued this evening.

Sadly it was not the only loss. WWE Hall Of Famer George The Animal Steele, who has spent the last few days in a hospice, died this morning aged 79.

ROH want women:

ROH are to host their all female talent try out camp in Japan later this year. One star will be offered a contract.

Match censored:

TNA had to take the strange step of blurring out the referee for a match this week. Marty Elias, ex of WWE, is signed to LU, and they were not happy with TNA using their talent. They sent a cease and desist letter to them to ask them not to air the match, TNA instead took a unique swerve to get around it.

Gillberg recalls WrestleMania misery:

Remember the WrestleMania 17 gimmick battle royal from 2001? Well that night was supposed to be the Mania debut of the one and only Gillberg. He was actually a late substitute into the match after a fake death report about one of those announced for the bout, Corporal Kirchner, but never showed. It was announced that he had gotten lost on the way to the arena. For the first time since the man himself has revealed what really happened, and says his ambition to get his Mania moment has not diminished...

"I made it to WrestleMania one time and I made it to the curtain and I had three seconds to go and they stopped me. I was standing getting ready to go out of the curtain for the Gimmick Battle Royal and they stopped me three seconds before I walked through the curtain and said sorry you can't go. They thought Bill was coming in for the first time and they didn't know how he would react. They just kind of freaked out. I understand the business but you want to talk about crushing man, it killed me. It was a hard one to take and ever since then I want to go back. I've got to make it through that curtain. That's why I am now doing #GillbergWrestleMania on social media. Everything is #GillbergWrestleMania please lets get me on WrestleMania and lets do this."

NXT star talks PPV debut:

Tye Dillinger has discussed his Royal Rumble appearance...

''I don't know if I could fully mentally prepare myself for that moment. I've replayed it over and over in my mind countless times and even now, it still feels surreal. Once I found out that I had officially been entered in the Royal Rumble, I took some time to myself to sit down and try to comprehend what was going to take place later that night. I couldn't. All I could do was reflect on the past 15 years of my career, the paths I took at various times and the people who had helped me get to the point of performing in front of over 52,000 people at the 30th annual Royal Rumble. There have been many ups and downs for me and, to be frank, more downs. But in those 15 years, I've learned to understand that anything worth chasing isn't easy and takes time. That one moment in the Royal Rumble Match, when I entered at No. 10, made every up, down and hardship absolutely worth it.''

Today's News

Rock show:

The Rock has announced he is working on a music show for CNN. It will debut in April.

Online feud intensifies:

Josh Mathews called himself the best wrestling announcer in the world on Twitter last week. This led to a spat with Jeremy Borash on the site, which felt kayfabe to me, so I didn't report it, however, the tensions have reignited after Shark Boy took legit offence to his claims, and they got into a pretty personal row, before Josh blocked the former TNA man.

Xavier collabs:

Xavier Woods appeared on the latest Post Modern Jukebox YouTube show, and he took Francesca too.

Joe on the road:

Samoa Joe will be starting to work the WWE Raw live tour this weekend.

Injury:

Darren Young will be out for six months with his elbow injury.

WWE wedding:

Alberto Del Rio and Paige will be married in May.

Second diva named:

Victoria will join Kelly Kelly at WrestleMania 33.

Vader deletes tweet:

Vader has removed the social media post he made saying he had only days left.

TNA UK:

Jeff Jarett and reps for the owners of TNA are in the UK trying to salvage their business over here.

Linda sworn in:

Linda McMahon has been sworn in as a member of the US government...

WrestleMania main event:

Daniel Bryan may be challenged by team Raw over the main event of WrestleMania. The WWE rule book says, should the winner of the title shot vacate his right to the match the runner up would be presented with the chance instead. This has happened in the past. In 1999 Vince gave up his match, and it was claimed by Steve Austin. This years runner up was Roman Reigns.

JBL critical of WWE:

JBL says WWE have made a mistake in cancelling his Network show.

Today's News

Lana talks inspiration for her gimmick:

"Triple H actually was a big person and Dusty Rhodes telling me to watch Rocky IV and instantly I was like, 'You want me to be this? You want me to be that serious person?' Because I feel like I'm a light-hearted person, I love comedy, and even all the stuff I was doing at WWE when I first came to developmental was, everything was more like light-hearted stuff. So I'm like, 'Rocky IV?' But that's what we did when I saw it, we tried it, started doing that influence... I watched it a lot."

Emma gimmick killed after disastrous rehearsal:

WWE wanted Emmalina to be a glamour puss grappler akin to Sable and The Kat in the Attitude Era. They worked with her for hours on Monday trying to get the gimmick across to her, with no success. She was not able to deliver the character they wanted. Eventually they became exasperated with her, and told her to revert to her heel gimmick, which was the reason for the awkward, confusing and brief angle on Raw this week.

Injuries:

Indie star Teddy Stigma injured his knee during a WWE trial at the PC this week. He strained his MCL.

Naomi suffered a minor injury at Elimination Chamber.

Lesnar announces retirement:

Brock Lesnar has reportedly told UFC that he has decided to retire from MMA.

WWE couple of the year:

Dean Ambrose and Renee Young have been named WWE fans favourite couple of 2017.

Orton vacates right:

Randy Orton has given up his WrestleMania match, which he won at the Royal Rumble, because he refuses to fight against Bray Wyatt. Daniel Bryan has announced a battle royal for next week, to take the vacant title opportunity.

WWE scouting UK sport:

WWE have approached a number of Rugby stars offering PC tryouts for later this summer. A Huddersfield player has confirmed he is planning to accept the invite.

Vader:

Vader says he is entering his last days. He had been more hopeful recently, but sent out a defeated tweet last night.

First families meet:

The first family of wrestling have visited the home of the first family of the US (Photo). This is the first time Triple H and Shane have been pictured together since he returned to WWE.

New show:

WWE will debut a new show called 'My Child Is A WWE Star' on the Network this week. The first episode features Finn Balor.

WWE ad:

Rusev and Lana are taping an ad for Snickers.