Month: January 2021

— Former WCW World Heavyweight Champion Scott Steiner was backstage at last night’s iMPACT! taping, but was not used, reports PWInsider.com. Steiner’s profile was removed from TNA’s official website on On Feb. 4. His departure from the company was confirmed the following week. — ShopTNA.com is selling an autographed photo of Hulk Hogan from his…

WWE issued the following today, confirming an earlier reports that baseball great and WrestleMania celebrity Bob Uecker will be the final member inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this weekend: MR. BASEBALL BOB EUCKER ENTERING WWE HALL OF FAME STAMFORD, Conn. – World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE: WWE) today announced that baseball legend Robert “Bob”…

partial source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — In a video promoting the upcoming Promolast Atlanta Reunion Pro Wrestling Fanfest on June 4th and 5th, Lex Luger answered fans’ questions regarding the level of exercise he can do at this stage of his life after suffering a debilitating spinal stroke which led to temporary paralysis. Regarding his…

sources: www.pwtorch.com, www.f4wonline.com — In response to Impact‘s lackluster ratings, discussion of bringing Jim Ross and Paul Heyman to TNA has heated up amongst company officials. Ross remains under contract to World Wrestling Entertainment through the 30th of this month and has indicated on his official website that he doesn’t know what the future holds…

WWE Champion John Cena appeared on NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” show last night to announce a $30,000 donation to contestant Sharon Osbourne’s charity. TVDoneWright.com passed along the following recap: “The task this week was to raise the most money by doing a workout-program. Sharon Osbourne was the Project Manager for her team. She was in charge…

– After last night’s RAW went off the air, Batista got on the mic and challenged John Cena to a no-disqualification match for the WWE Title. During the match, Sheamus hit the ring and laid out Batista with a kick to the head. Sheamus then went for Cena but Cena tossed him out of the…

— As reported earlier, multi-time wrestling champion Randy Savage (Randy Poffo), 57, recently wed for a second time. The bride in question is Lynn Payne, 55, reports the Wrestling Globe Newsletter. The ceremony was held on May 10 at Lido Beach in Sarasota, Florida with only their closest family in attendance. The couple first met…

— Monday Night Raw on November 29, 2010 has been moved to the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The original locations were Trenton, New Jersey and Norfolk, Virginia. The Scope Arena in Norfolk will now host the SmackDown taping on November 30, 2010 and the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton will now host…

As reported earlier, Carlito — real name Carlos Colón — was released from his WWE contract last Friday due to his first violation of the company’s Wellness Program and subsequent refusal to enter a rehabilitation facility. Company sources indicate Colón did not actually fail a drug test. Rather, management felt he was “unfit to perform”…

WWE Chairman Vince McMahon showed up at WWE’s television tapings this past week with two black eyes and a cut over one eye that went to his forehead, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Nobody seemed to know what happened. Everyone was talking about it privately, but as you can imagine, nobody wanted to be…