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Serious rumblings about Undertaker and/or Shawn Michaels retiring after Wrestlemania.
Serious rumblings about Undertaker and/or Shawn Michaels retiring after Wrestlemania.
There are a lot of serious rumblings that Shawn Michaels and TheUndertaker are both going to retire, not just take extended months off,after Wrestlemania. Both have been working in a lot of pain for monthsand appear to be hitting the end of their roads. Michaels basicallynees both knees completely restructured and 'Taker is constantly havinghip and back problems.
Rey Mysterio plans on retiring after two to three more years.
ReyMysterio has been talking a lot lately both privately and publicly thathe is nearing the end of his in-ring career. Mysterio hopes to goanother two to three years but everything depends on the reconstructive kneesurgery he is scheduled to undergo after Wrestlemania in April.
Mysterio has been working for months in a considerable amount of painand in need of surgery. The former World Heavyweight Champion wasscheduled to take a break from TV a couple of months ago and undergothe surgery but he was determined to stick it out through Wrestlemania.
WWE in negotiations with Conan O'Brien to guest host RAW.
WWEis in "serious" negotiations with Conan O'Brien to host either the Rawthe day after Wrestlemania, or the week after that - which is plannedto be this year's draft episode. O'Brien is a big WWE fan and isinterested in appearing, but is trying to stay out of the spotlight fora little while due to the messy divorce between him and NBC.
[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]Get it done, Vince...[/color]
WWE officials pondering how to proceed with the Legacy breakup.
WWEofficials are going back and forth on how to proceed with the Legacybreakup angle. The plan all along was for Cody Rhodes and Randy Ortonto turn on Ted DiBiase, thus making DiBiase a face - however, there istalk of making Orton the face and Rhodes/DiBiase staying as a heeltandem. It's difficult to say which direction they will go at thispoint, due to the fact that some are saying that Orton as a face is agreat idea, but Rhodes/DiBiase would fall flat in feuds vs. Orton.
[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]Randy Orton as a face would absolutely KILL his character. He's one of those naturally heel guys who should always be that way. Unless they manage to make him a Stone Cold-like face, being a bad #$+ but a good guy (which I doubt the writers can make happen), then they shouldn't even think about doing it.[/color]
Backstage reaction to latest Randy Orton incident.
There aren't really any repercussions waiting for Randy Orton inrelation to the allegations fired at him by a young fan's parent over the spitting gum incident. Ortonis very "old school" in his wrestling mentality, whereas he actuallykeeps kayfabe in public, and incidents like this are nothing new.Officials privately "love" his actions because of how serious he takeshis character outside of the ring.
More on Orton's 10 year contract extension.
RandyOrton's contract extension was a "no brainer," according to thoseinvolved. It was never an "if" but a "when" it would get done. Some aresurprised by the 10-year length due to the guarantees involved, but itlikely includes a declining yearly guarantee, much like NHL contracts.
Latest on Rob Van Dam.
RobVan Dam is still strongly considering TNA's offer to work for thecompany. He had initially agreed to be on board and was originallybooked for the Hogan debut week, but wanted to take more time toconsider it instead of acting impulsively, since Hogan and company hadonly discussed a contract with RVD for a week. It still seems likelyRVD will end up with TNA due to the schedule TNA runs.
[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]From the comments he's made recently, I think his preference is to go to WWE but it might not happen. He's not really "in love" with the WWE product but says nothing compares to that atmosphere and how major league it is. His biggest issue with the 'E is their schedule, which is one of the reasons he left in the first place. He doesn't wanna be on the road like that anymore so TNA is probably where he'll end up.[/color]
Why RAW has had many short matches recently.
The reason for a lot of shorter matches on Raw recently is that agood portion of the roster is banged up right now, so officials aretrying to have many of them take it easy to make sure everyone is 100%in time for Wrestlemania.
Details on the dissolving of the ECW brand; Evan Bourne to Smackdown?
Expecta lot of mid-card movement planned for the draft after Wrestlemania.Evan Bourne is the top name being talked about a move to Smackdown tobe in the Intercontinental title scene. There will be a lot moreplanning into the draft with the pending "dissolving" of the tenuredECW workers into other brands, with ECW becoming a developmental show(more than it currently is anyway). One of the names for the new showbeing talked about is WWE "Futures." The show isn't planned to have itsown title belt as of now, but obviously it is still in the earlyplanning stages.
New company policy regarding matches on WWE TV.
Company officials have been starting to crack down on wrestlers lookingat the TitanTron during their own matches lately. It had become a badhabit, looked bad on television and had become a huge annoyance ofVince McMahon and Kevin Dunn.
Backstage opinion of Dule Hill (Psych co-star) and his guest host job.
Dule Hill was a big hit with the locker room at last week's Raw. He wasvery cordial and had everyone he talked to "in stitches" most of thenight. WWE officials were very pleased with how his hosting came off ontelevision. Many of the wrestlers also were happy with how "real" thehosting was, and how (unlike with Jon Heder) Hill's hostingwasn't booked to be campy and basically "make fun" of the wrestlingbusiness.
Awesome Kong will NOT be granted her release from TNA.
Awesome Kong will not be granted her release from TNA, according tosources close to the situation. A lot of people don't blame her forreacting the way she did towards Bubba the Love Sponge for his Haiticomments, but some question going after one of Hogan's closest friendsfor retaliation. Some say that she knows of the strong WWE interest inher (which believe it or not, is true) so she "didn't care" if she wasfired because of it.
Beer Money currently frustrated with TNA.
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Beer Money, Inc. —James Storm and Robert Roode — have been expressing their frustrationto people backstage after they received word that TNA creative directorVince Russo said he didn’t see them as top stars. Actually, Russo saidthat they were expendable, but PW Torch notes that hemay have been trying to send the outspoken Storm a message.
Stormwas said to be very upset with Beer Money, Inc.’s limited role on thelive Monday Night iMPACT! on Jan. 4. In one scene, they were shownshaking hands with Ric Flair upon his arrival to the Impact! Zone.Later that night, they were shown selling a beat down from anunidentified assailant.
It should be noted that there is nonoticeable friction between the duo and Russo as observers say they getalong fine backstage.[/font]
Ring of Honor sues Ric Flair.
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Wrestling promotionRing of Honor has filed a lawsuit against Ric Flair, alleging thatFlair owes the company over $40,000. The suit was filed this pastThursday in Bucks County, PA.
ROH says that Ric Flair was signedto make five appearances for the company, at $10,000 per appearance.Flair did not make the appearance in Montreal in July of 2009, andfailed to repay the $10,000 that was paid to him for the event. Also,the suit alleges that Flair came to terms with the company to appear inan authority figure role on the ROH TV show. Flair was paid $35,000 forthe TV appearances and only made one appearance. The second taping iswhen Flair showed up, and made a brief announcement to the crowd thathe was resigning due to his relationship with WWE.
The beliefwas that Flair was going to use his relationship with ROH so that hisson Reid could work there and continue his pro wrestling education.Those plans never happened, due to Reid being arrested on several drugcharges last year. At this time, ROH has made no official comment onthe deal.[/font]
[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]Dirtiest player in the game.[/color]
Details on Ken Anderson's deal with TNA.
