Topic: Wrestling discussion

[TJ Spyke]

It will be used for both, based on reports I have seen. Cena always likes to do something different at WrestleMania.

Shawn Michaels has been confirmed to be on Raw next week.

[Adrock]

Adrock, Punk is actually #1 in merchandise sales now (better than even Cena). He is also mega over with the fans. He may not be the pipebomb he was last summer, but I blame that more on WWE having him basically feud with Laurinaitis.

I'm mostly going by what I've read. It's more than merch sales. Apparently, the WWE is worried about ratings and so they should. Turning Cena heel and keeping Punk as the top face could potentially damage the product. I assume it has something to do with Cena's fan base skewing younger and Punk only becoming a major player within the last year. I mean, I get it from a business perspective. At the same time, just because I get it, doesn't mean I agree. I stopped watching wrestling regularly because, besides a few story lines here and there, the content is mostly predictable and stale. Turn Cena heel. Keep pushing Punk. Why not? I think it's better for the brand if it's constantly changing.

With Jericho, I think it's more that when someone returns after a long time away the fans cheer them.

It was 4 weeks and he was still getting cheered despite attacking a major face. My point was that some people are still going to cheer him because he's Chris Jericho. Yeah, he was gone for over a year but he's still Chris Jericho. Speaking of, nice reversal with Jericho finally talking and  Punk refusing to respond. Stephanie McMahon is probably coming back soon as "she" from the It Begins promos.

Also, not too happy that they're progressing with another Triple H vs. Undertaker match. I'd rather see almost anyone else except Triple H face the Undertaker. Too bad Sheamus won the Royal Rumble. I'd much rather see Sheamus vs.Undertaker if I can't see Jericho vs. Undertaker (though it was pretty obvious that Jericho was gunning for Punk). And no matter how they try to spin this, it doesn't really make sense for Undertaker to challenge Triple H. Again, I understand the explanation but Undertaker beat him. Why would he want another match? Because Undertaker was out of action for almost a year? Ehh, pretty weak in my opinion.

[TJ Spyke]

I have been against Undertaker-Triple H III ever since the rumors started happening a couple of months ago that they would be doing it. Undertaker maybe has a couple of WrestleMania's left and he is gonna face the same person for a 3rd time? I guess I can understand not wanting Triple H to basically get the last word by being the one standing at the end, but it is a pretty flimsy excuse.

I thin Jericho did a good job solidifying himself as heel this week, the fans were pretty strongly booing him, and I am glad he finally explained what that the end of the world was him trying to basically stop all the wrestlers he saw that were copying him (which led to 4 of the other 5 wrestlers in the main event all attacking him).

After a great Raw last week, I thought this week was not that good. I am not a fan of using Khali in major storylines anymore. I am pleasantly surprised they didn't have Jim Ross on to embarrass him like they seemingly always do when they are in Oklahoma City. It's no secret that Vince McMahon loves to make fun of Ross (remember the storyline where Vince was pulling stuff out of a rubber butt that was supposed to be Ross).

[BranDonk Kong]

Agreed with Undertaker vs HHH. I'd rather see Dolph Ziggler or even Randy Orton (as a heel, of course) be the one to end the streak. With all this "I feel sorry for him" talk, the fans will be 100% behind Undertaker, and of course he will win again.

[Adrock]

I felt that Undertaker got the last word considering he pinned Triple H despite not being able to leave the ring on his own. That's like winning a footrace with a broken leg. Who really looked worse there? Does anyone want to see Triple H vs. Undertaker again? I suppose with Shawn Michaels confirmed for Raw next week on Raw, a handicap or Triple Threat match at Wrestlemania could spice things up but that's probably not going to happen.

And honestly, unless the WWE can book a dream match like Sting vs Undertaker, they should use the Streak to push an up and coming talent. Putting on a killer match at the biggest PPV of the year against the Undertaker instantly gives that superstar credibility even with a loss. Undertaker is going to win but if his opponent can make the audience think the Undertaker might lose (which hasn't happened for me since HBK vs. Undertaker 1), that's what makes wrestling exciting. That is, unless the creative team writes a really bad storyline. I remember Night of Champions last year. I didn't believe for a second that CM Punk had even the slightest chance to beat Triple H once the match was made no DQ and Triple H's COO position was on the line.

Unrelated: it would be nice if Dolph Ziggler's 47 match losing streak would end already. He was made to look really weak at Royal Rumble, having lost that match at least 3 times over then he gets pinned cleanly 2 Monday nights in a row. It looked like he was on the verge of a major push but he's practically been a jobber the past couple weeks.

[TJ Spyke]

Weekly news roundup:

New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs will appear on two episodes of Impact Wrestling, which are being taped tonight in an angle with Kurt Angle. Originally it was supposed to be Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, but he pulled after citing exhaustion.

TNA wrestler Jesse Sorensen was legit injured in his match against Zema Ion at the Against All Odds 2012 PPV on February 12. After Ion's knee hit Sorensen in the head during a moonsault to the outside of the ring, Sorensen collapsed and was taken to a hospital after telling medical officials that his body was numb from the neck down. TNA president Dixie Carter posted this update on Twitter today: "Jesse Sorensen has sustained a C1 vertebrae fracture with spinal cord edema. He is slowly regaining feeling and movement in his arms and legs. He wants to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Once we speak to the neurosurgeon, we will pass on more details."

TNA color commentator Taz missed the AAO PPV because his brother-in-law (who he says supported his career when he first started) passed away on Saturday night.

John Cena had a lien against his Florida home removed after paying a roofing company $15,214.92 he owed them.

Ring of Honor's 10th Anniversary show on March 4 will be ROH World Heavyweight champion Davey Richards and Kyle O'Reilly vs. Eddie Edwards and Adam Cole. It will be broadcast on iPPV by GoFightLive.

On title change happened at the AAO PPV, with Samoa Joe and Magnus defeating Matt Morgan and Crimson to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship.

Kazuchika Okada (who appeared in TNA last year with a Lone Ranger mask as Samoa Joe's sidekick) defeated Hiroshi Tanashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, ending Tanahashi's 13 month reign.

WWE Tough Enough contestant Jeremiah Riggs will be returning to MMA after more than a year off when he fights for the Bellator promotion on their March 16 show in Bossier City, Louisiana. He will face undefeated fighter Trey Houston.

Hulk Hogan says he would be would be willing to shave his trademark fu manchu mustache for a few million dollars, and says he has received offers from Gillette and Right Guard.

Chris Jericho's band Fozzy are preparing to start recording to new album next week in Atlanta, Georgia, and hope to release it by the end of the year.

Batista will be co-starring in the new movie Riddick, he will be playing the character "Diaz". The movie is scheduled to come out in 2013.

WWE announced a new deal with Baltijos TV to air a one hour version of WWE Raw in Lithuania.

Jim Ross announced that WWE is set to release a new "Rivalries" DVD (after the success of the Bret Hart-Shawn Michaels one in 2011) sometime in 2012, though it is not known who will be the subject of it.

Though not confirmed by WWE, both Sean Waltman and his old tag team partner John "Bradshaw" Layfield posted on Twitter that Ron Simmons will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year. Ron Simmons because famous after becoming the first black world champion in wrestling when he defeated Big Van Vader for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 1992. He currently makes occasional appearances on WWE TV to utter his catchphrase ("Damn!").

Chavo Guerrero has been added to the March 27 "Rodney Anoa'i Championship Series" from Territory League.

WWE will release a new "Top 50" DVD, this one being the Top 50 Finishing Moves. Jim Ross recorded footage for it at last weeks Raw taping.

Last week on Raw, WWE announced that John Cena vs. Kane in an Ambulance match has been added to the Elimination Chamber 2012 PPV.

[TJ Spyke]

It's being reported by njbiz.com that WWE will officially announce that WrestleMania XXIX (being held April 2013) will be at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This would allow more than 70K fans to attend and be the first WrestleMania in New Jersey since IV and V were held at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City.

[Shaymin]

* Shaymin crosses his fingers for a week-long monsoon

[BranDonk Kong]

Just watched EC (streamed of course), what a waste of time. No surprise with who won any of the matches, or who Sheamus chose to fight at WrestleMania, and they made the whole feud between Cena and Kane absolutely pointless So Kane could take out the Undertaker for 3 PPVs in a row, but he can't beat John Cena?. Rumors of a "big surprise" didn't come to fruition, it was a complete waste of a PPV.

[Adrock]

I figured it would be lame so I didn't bother watching it. I just read the results.

[Chozo Ghost]

TNA Against All Odds was a much more entertaining PPV, IMHO.

[TJ Spyke]

I haven't seen the PPV yet, but the consensus seems to be that the Raw EC match was one of the best EC matches in history. The only bad match seemed to be the SmackDown EC match.

Weekly news round-up:
In a interview with the United Kingdom newspaper The Sun, Batista said he left WWE in 2010 because he disagreed with the PG direction, and that it would need to change for him to return. He says he was offered a spot on WWE Tough Enough last year, but turned it down because he was not excited by it. He also said if he came back, it would be for a run and not just 1 match and that he would only do it for WWE.

The Rock's current movie, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, finished in 4th place over the weekend with $20.1 million in the US. This brings its total up to $53.2 million in the US and $181.2 million worldwide.

John Cena won the "Here to Rumble Award" at Cartoon Networks 2nd Annual Hall of Game Awards, it was taped on Saturday and airs tonight. The Miz and his girlfriend Maryse also appeared at the event so Miz could present an award.

Trish Stratus's movie Bounty Hunters was released on DVD in the UK today. It will be released in the US and Canada on February 28.

Quick results from Elimination Chamber: Hunico defeated Alex Riley in the dark match. CM Punk defeated Chris Jericho, Dolph Ziggler, R-Truth, The Miz, and Kofi Kingston in an Elimination Chamber match to retain the WWE Championship (Punk pinned Truth after a top rope elbow drop, Jericho pinned Ziggler after a Codebreaker, Jericho submitted Kingston with the Walls of Jericho, Jericho was eliminated after being knocked out of the cage and being unconscious, Punk pinned Miz after a GTS (Go To Sleep)). Beth Phoenix pinned Tamina Snuka after a Glam Slam to retain the WWE Divas Championship. Alberto Del Rio and Christian returned to show support for John Laurinaitis, along with David Otunga and Mark Henry, becoming General Manager of Raw and SmackDown. Daniel Bryan defeated The Big Show, The Great Khali, Cody Rhodes, Wade Barrett, and Santino Marella in a Elimination Chamber match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (Big Show pinned Khali after a spear, Rhodes pinned Big Show after a elbow drop from Barrett, Rhodes was pinned by Marella with a roll-up, Barrett was pinned by Marella after a diving headbutt from Bryan, Bryan submitted Marella with the LeBell Lock). Sheamus appeared to pick Daniel Bryan for WM after he came out and hit Bryan with the Celtic Cross. Jack Swagger defeated Justin Gabriel by submission with the ankle lock to retain the WWE United States Championship. John Cena defeated Kane in an ambulance match.

Seth Rollins (formerly known as Tyler Black on the indy circuit) made his WWE TV debut when he appeared in a training video with John Cena (and even spoke). Also in the video was Xavier Woods (Consequences Creed in TNA) and other FCW developmental wrestlers.

A new episode of WWE's webshow "Are You Serious?" with Road Dogg and Josh Mathews focused on the mini-movies WCW used to do in the early 90s, and featured the failed character Phantasio (who appeared in only 1 TV match in WWF).

WWE developmental wrestler Bo Rotundo (son of Mike Rotundo) was arrested Sunday morning at 2:36 AM for DWI with a BAC of 0.166 (more than double the legal limit), but was released at 12:46PM that day on $500 bond.

USA Network is listing the next 3 hour WWE Raw as April 23 in Detroit, Michigan. Based on the timing, this would be the annual WWE Draft episode, and is the last one before the Extreme Rules PPV.

USA Network will air a 1 hour version of the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony at 8PM on April 2 (right before Raw airs).

Rob Corddry has been added to the cast of the new Rock movie Pain & Gain. The movie also stars Mark Walhberg and is being directed by Michael Bay.

Dogs Lie, a movie featuring TNA wrestler Mr. Anderson, will be released on DVD on April 26 from Vanguard Cinema.

An independent MMA themed movie called Double Fury will be filmed this summer and released in 2013 from SaintSinner Entertainment and Jaunted Productions. It features former WWE wrestlers Chavo Guerrero and Billy Gunn, and TNA Knockouts Gail Kim, Winter, and Miss Tessmacher.

Shawn Michaels is offering a raffle to be his guest for WrestleMania weekend. The raffle is to benefit Operation Homefront San Antonio, Children's Hunger Fund, and Ronald McDonald House.

Indy wrestler Chris Hero's new WWE name is Kassius Ohno. He has updated his Twitter account to reflect the new name and introduced a "KO!" logo.

Former WWE/WCW wrestler Fit Finlay has been confirmed for the April 13 Evolve Wrestling show in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The Rock is listed as executive producer of a new documentary called "Racing Dreams" that will air as part of the PBS series POV on February 23. It will document one year in the lives of 3 young adults aspiring to become NASCAR drivers.

Chris Jericho will host the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards on April 11 in Los Angeles, California, this will be his third straight year as host. CM Punk is nominated for the "Most Metal Athlete" category (along with MMA fighter Gina Carano, NBA player Dirk Nowitzki, MLB star Evan Longoria, NFL star Mitch Petrus, and motocrosser Brian Deegan).

Pro Wrestling Report will host a WrestleMania weekend party on March 30 at Ocean's Ten in Miami, Florida. Joining PWR hosts Dameon Nelson and David Herro will be Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman, Billy Gunn, Shane Helms, The Headbangers, and TNA Television Champion Robbie E.

Shane McMahon's company YOU on Demand announced a deal to distribute select movies form Lionsgate Entertainment in China.

Chyna will be appearing in a new wrestling themed porn movie. It will feature imposter versions of Hulk Hogan, Triple H, and Ric Flair (among others).

WWE will release a DVD based on the Clash of the Champions show WCW did. It will be hosted by WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes and will be released on May 22.

WWE Studios will release their new movie Bending the Rules in select theatres on March 9. It stars Edge and Jamie Kennedy.

[BranDonk Kong]

I don't know whose consensus that is, but the whole PPV sucked. There were a couple good parts, like Jericho throwing Kofi out, then getting kicked in the head and knocked out of the chamber (and possible KO'd for real), but they put the last two remaining wrestlers in both matches made it obvious that there would be no title changes. Cena vs Kane was just plain silly, both big spots were botched, Kane barely lifted Cena up with the chokeslam through the table, which looked more like a cushion to break his fall, and when Cena AA'd Kane off the ambulance it looks like he hit his head on the top and landed on his feet.

[Chozo Ghost]

Was Dolph Ziggler legit injured on tonight's RAW? When Show threw him out of the ring it looked like his chin landed on the announce table and that seems like the sort of thing that could cause a serious neck injury. They called in paramedics and someone was quietly taken out of there, but little was said about it.

[TJ Spyke]

The Ziggler injury appears to be storyline, but the Barrett injury appears real. They spent a long time taking care of him (even after the battle royal was over Barrett was still being tended to by the medical officials), and reports from people there say that there was a lot of concern by WWE officials (and you could hear Barrett screaming when his arm was hit).

[Adrock]

Apparently, Ziggler and Punk wrestled a dark match after Raw went off the air so Ziggler is fine despite losing... again. On a semi-related note, he had the best line in that debate last week. "We're not running for office, you idiot! Do you even know... How do you work here?!" Can this man please be booked to win a match?

I am pleased with the ending of the Battle Royal.

[BranDonk Kong]

Barret dislocated his elbow...nothing major.

[BranDonk Kong]

John Cena was at a local motorcycle shop today (Parker Bros Choppers). Dig the CM Punk T-Shirt.

[TJ Spyke]

LOL, I would love that shirt.

Wrestling news since the last update:

Retired NBA star (and current analyst on Inside the NBA) Shaquille O'Neal has confirmed that he will be appearing at WrestleMania XXVIII, though is role is unknown. Shaq hosted the July 27, 2009 episode of WWE Raw and appeared in Hulk Hogan's corner at Bash at the Beach 1994 when Hogan defeated Ric Flair to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

Lance Storm will wrestle Mike Bennett (with former WWE diva Maria in his corner) at Ring of Honor's March 30th show in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. This will be in first ROH event in 2 1/2 years, and it will be broadcast on iPPV (the first of two iPPVs from ROH that weekend, something they do every WrestleMania weekend).

ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoe Brothers (Mark and Jay) will defend their titles against Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) at ROH's March 31 iPPV in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The match is contingent on the Briscoes retaining their titles against The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick) at ROH's 10th Anniversary Show at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York on March 4.

Matches schedule for tomorrow nights ROH 10th Anniversary Show on iPPV: Davey Richards and Kyle O'Reilly vs. Eddie Edwards and Adam Cole, ROH Television Champion Jay Lethal vs. Tommaso Ciampa, ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoe Brothers vs. The Young Bucks, Jimmy Jacobs vs. Kevin Steen, Amazing Red and T.J. Perkins vs. Michael Elgin and Roderick Strong, Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team vs. The All Night Xpress (Kenny King and Rhett Titus), Homicide vs. Mike Bennett

In a interview with the Minneapolis, Minnesota CBS affiliate (WCCO), Kofi Kingston talked about how he and Alex Riley went to Boston College at the same time, but ran in different circles.

Matches added to WrestleMania XXVIII: CM Punk will defend the WWE Championship against Chris Jericho, The Undertaker will take on Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match, and Cody Rhodes will defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship against The Big Show.

Dragon Gate USA and Combat Zone Wrestling announced they will co-host a show on March 29 at the German American Society Clubhouse in Hollywood, Florida. There will be 6-7 matches from DGUSA, and 2 death matches from CZW.

Former manager Jimmy Hart, who current works for WWE, was on the Busted Open satellite show and criticized the wardrobe of most TNA wrestlers (Hart worked for TNA for a couple of years), said he had a conversation with Hulk Hogan the other week about what he would change on TNA Impact. "I spoke to him three days ago," Hart said on the Busted Open satellite radio show. "He asked me: 'Can you do me a favor? Can you watch the TNA show?' ... I said, 'To me everybody wearing blue jeans and their t-shirts hanging out - this doesn’t look professional. If you’re a major company trying to get 50 or 60 bucks from your fans - 'If you dress like the audience, one day you’re gonna wind up sitting in the audience!' And, so that’s why I still wear the crazy flashy jackets and carry the megaphone because you wanna stand out, and think that’s what’s helped me be around 30 years in this crazy business doing music and doing this. I told Hulk, 'A.J. Styles and all these guys are phenomenal. And, Christopher Daniels, I love those kids. For him to go out in blue jeans, it’s just not professional."

Former WWE/WCW/ECW star Perry Saturn was backstage at the February 20 episode of Raw, as was AWA star Greg Gagne.

Reports say that the plan is to not reveal that The Undertaker is bald until WrestleMania (he shaved his hair off last August).

On February 21, ROH released a DVD chronicling CM Punk's 2005 "Summer of Punk". This was a storyline where Punk won the ROH Championship, signed a developmental contract with WWE (even signing the contract on the title belt itself), then threatened to go to WWE with the belt. His title defenses included Jay Lethal, Austin Aries, James Gibson (Jamie Noble in WWE), Christopher Daniels, Samoa Joe, and Colt Cabana.

On February 21, THQ released a iOS game called WWE WrestleFest. It is a 2D games based on the 1990s arcade game and includes ""current-day WWE Superstars, prominent WWE Legends, an extensive downloadable content program, Road to WrestleMania progression play, and multiplayer functionality." THQ is also working on an updated version for video game systems and will be released sometime in 2012.

TNA released the PPV poster for Lockdown 2012. It featured Robert Roode and James Storm, who will face each other for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

Ted DiBiase launched a new website, dibiasseposseparty.com, based on his DiBiasse Posse Party that he hosts before WWE events (basically a tailgate party where he interacts with fans).

As reported by WWE, TMZ, and others, WWE Champion CM Punk and Chris Brown engaged in a Twitter war regarding stuff like Brown beating up former girlfriend Rihanna.

WWE will be releasing a new ECW-themed DVD in June called Biggest Matches in ECW History.

WWE Hall of Famer Road Warrior Animal (brother of WWE executive/hell authority figure John Laurinaitis) says he was asked to appear in this years Royal Rumble, but had to turn it down since he was asked only a few days ahead of time.

Shane McMahon's company YOU On Demand announced another big deal, this time that they struck a deal with Disney to release their movies on-demand in China.

ROH has begun using a new production truck and cameras, which should improve the visual quality of their TV tapings, though they will still be in standard definition.

Steve Austin's new movie, The Package, will feature a love scene between Austin and his character's wife. He discussed it in a blog from the set, he is currently filming the movie in Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.

During WWE's quarterly investment call, CEO/Chairman Vince McMahon states that they plan to launch WWE Network sometime this year. Originally it was supposed to launch in April, but it was pushed back.

WWE is considering bringing WWE NXT and WWE Superstars back to TV in the US, saying their is a great deal of demand from cable channels. He hinted that the shows would have format changes if it happened.

WWE announced a partnership with American Idol alumnus James Durbin as part of their "Be A Star" anti-bullying campaign. It began with Durbin appearing at a WWE/STAR event in La Mirada, California.

Variety reports that The Rock is in talks with MGM to star in the upcoming Hercules movie as the titular character, the movie is being directed by Brett Ratner.

An upcoming Will Ferrell political comedy called The Campaign (formerly known as Dog Fight and Rivals) will be released in August. It features an appearance by WWE superstar The Miz.

WWE Diva Kelly Kelly was nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for "Favorite Buttkicker". The other nominees are Tom Cruise, Taylor Lautner, and Jessica Alba. It will air on March 31.

Former WWE/WCW Diva Stacy Keibler appeared at the Academy Awards with boyfriend George Clooney.

Ted DiBiasse hinted in a blog that after teaming up with Justin Gabriel on WWE's tour of Central America that he is interested in getting back into tag team wrestling. He also said he developed a bad sunburn on the tour after spending 2 hours at a hotel pool reading Tim Tebow's book.

Dennis Rodman has been added to WrestleReunion's events in Miami, Florida on March 30 and 31. Rodman was involved in multiple nWo angles with WCW in the 1990s, even getting WCW publicity on ESPN when he teamed up with Hulk Hogan to take on Lex Luger and The Giant at Bash at the Beach 1997.

Indy wrestler John Levi Miller has filed a lawsuit in Indiana against fellow indy wrestler Clinton Woosley and promotion Coliseum Championship Wrestling. He claims that he suffered a career-ending injury via kick to the groin during a match, and is accusing the promotion of breach of contract for allowing a untrained wrestler to compete in a match. He is seeking unspecified amount of money for damages from surgery, potential future surgery, and other health related issues.

UFC fighter Chael Sonnen, who is from Portland, Oregon, was backstage at the February 27 episode of Raw.

TMZ revealed the cast list for the upcoming WWE Legends House reality show. The cast consists of : Jim Duggan, Jimmy Hart, Roddy Piper, Hillbilly Jim, Pat Patterson, Tony Atlas, Howard Finkel, and Gene Okerlund.

WWE announced that they broke merchandise and attendance records at Zayed Sports City during their tour of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Christy Hemme tweeted that she suffered a wardrobe malfunction during the February 28 Impact Wrestling TV taping, saying ""Dear front row at IMPACT, I publicly apologize for my wardrobe malfunction. My battery pack was too heavy for the string that held it on!"

William Regal has been announced as the new General Manage of NXT. Regal was also GM of Raw for awhile, and lately has been a commentator on NXT.

Tony Shalhoub, best known for his starring role on the USA Network show Monk, has been added to the cast of Pain & Gain, the bodybuilding comedy movie staring The Rock, Mark Wahlberg, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, and supermodel Bar Paly, which beings filming in April.

The Rock is featured on the new poster for G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which has him playing the character "Roadblock".

WWE has shown interested in ROH wrestlers Adam Cole and The Briscoe Brothers, but stopped short of offering them contracts after learning ROH had them under contract (ROH has said in the past that they are willing to let wrestlers out of their contracts if WWE or TNA offered them deals).

The poster for Extreme Rules 2012, will be held on April 29 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, has been released and it features Kane.

James Roday (who is a wrestling fan), star of the USA Network show Psych, will guest star on the March 12 episode of WWE Raw. He originally was supposed to guest host Raw with Psych co-star Dule Hill in January 2010, but pulled out due to food poisoning.

WWE has opened a new office in Miami, Florida, it will focus on "achieving significant growth across all lines of WWE's business including Media Distribution, Live Event Touring, Consumer Products, and Digital within Latin American markets."

In a interview with the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, he acknowledge it was a mistake to change his hair in 2011 (he dyed it brown it and cut it), a move that drew criticism at the time since many said he now looked too generic. He also said that his dream opponent would be 1997-era Shawn Michaels.

TNA wrestler Jeff Jarrett has landed a role in the 2013 movie Spring Breakers. The movie stars James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, and Ashley Benson and begins production in April. The movie's description is "Four college girls who land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to do some dirty work".

In a filing with the SEC, WWE has reported that Triple H has signed a new "booking contract" with the company. It is effective from January 1, 2012 to March 31, 2016. Included in the terms is a downside guarantee of $1 million a year in 52 weekly installments (averaging $19,230.77 a week).

TNA announcer Taz will start hosting Strong Island Lacrosse Chat on The Lacrosse Radio Network every Monday at 2PM. It will cover Major League Lacrosse and college lacrosse, along with interviews.

WWE will be having a try-out for wrestlers, referees, managers, and ring announcers on July 13 in Waterloo, Iowa as part of the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame weekend. WWE agent/Hall of Famer Gerald Brisco will be their as scout. The format of the tryout will be each wrestler will compete in a 8 minute match (includes introductions, but without music) will a small crowd present. After everyone has competed, Brisco will speak to the group and individually to anyone that caught his eye.

[TJ Spyke]

Sad news. It was reported last month by TMZ that Kharma had given birth to a baby boy on December 31. She came out today and said that her child actually died before she had given birth, but just told people she had given birth because she couldn't deal with telling them the truth right away.

[Chozo Ghost]

I'm just going to leave this here.

[Chozo Ghost]

Cena Vs. Rock.

Which one will it be?

[TJ Spyke]

I don't think there is a chance Rock will win. Rock wouldn't come back, in his hometown, at WrestleMania, to lose. There are rumors they may have this become a best of three series (Rock winning this Sunday, Cena winning at SummerSlam, then the rubber match at WrestleMania XXIX).

There ate also minor rumors that WWE may pull the trigger and turn Cena heel at WM, in which case I could see him cheating to win.

[Shaymin]

Punk, Sheamus, don't care about the rest.

[BranDonk Kong]

Rock's gonna win...rumor is he may face Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 30. CM Punk vs Stone Cold Steve Austin is all but confirmed too. John Cena will probably face someone like Daniel Bryan or Chris Jericho (if he's still around).