Month: January 2021

WWE Vintage Collection Report: March 25th 2012 By Shaun Best-Rajah.com Reporter Hosted by: Mean Gene Okerlund This week, Hall of Famers collide as we bring the curtain down on our three week retrospective. Championship Wrestling: January 8th 1983 “Superstar” Billy Graham (2004) w/The Grand Wizard vs Curt Hennig (2007) Graham was back for a second…

WWE sent out the following press release after WrestleMania touting the event’s unbelievable success: MIAMI, Apr 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — WWE® WWE +0.34% announced tonight that WrestleMania XXVIII set three records. With a sellout crowd of 78,363 fans from all 50 states and 36 countries, the annual pop culture extravaganza became Sun Life Stadium’s…

— Former WWE Superstar Billy Gunn was backstage at WrestleMania XXVIII as he posted a photo online of himself with the WWE Superstar most often compared to him, Dolph Ziggler. Gunn is very high on the “Show Off.” He said of the Raw wrestler last November in an interview: “I think he’s got great potential,…

— Former WWE talent Luke Williams (a/k/a “Bushwhacker” Luke) recalls giving WWE’s Executive Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis his start in the professional wrestling industry during an interview with SportsTownChicago.com. “We broke him in the business,” Williams said of Laurinaitis, who broke into the National Wrestling Alliance in 1986 as a flagbearer for…

— Rosa Mendes, manager of WWE Tag Team Champions Epico and Primo, continues to voice her displeasure with the group being treated unfairly. She wrote on Twitter Tuesday afternoon in regards to not Epico and Primo not competing in a match on Monday’s Raw SuperShow, “We didn’t grace the #usa network last night!!! I love…

– Evan Bourne is still on crutches after breaking his foot several weeks ago. Bourne, who has two Wellness Policy strikes against him, tweeted on Monday: “Getting very good at hopping around on one foot. Friends report my crutching skills are 8/10. #mobile” – ECW original “Tajiri” was trending worldwide on Twitter on Monday night…

A United States Marine has challenged John Cena to a pushup contest for Charity. In the video below, US Marine Corps Sgt. Enrique Trevino issues his challenge Cena. The challenge is being done as a fundraiser to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, which provides assistance to soldiers wounded in combat. Sgt. Trevino has set a…

While Beth Phoenix appeared to be legitimately injured on last night’s RAW Supershow, the “injury” was an angle – and the plan for her to drop the Divas Title to Nikki Bella has been in place for several weeks now. WWE wanted to get the Divas Title off Beth Phoenix to pave the way for…

Things are heating up between Heath Slater and WrestleMania 28 Flo Rida – and its looking like we might actually see a match between these two. To recap, Flo Rida was at WrestleMania 28 and attacked Heath Slater backstage. Slater had some strong words for Flo Rida, which prompted Flo Rida to post a YouTube…

A Fatal 4-Way Match for the World Heavyweight Championship has been announced for Over the Limit on May 20 as Sheamus will defend the strap against Alberto Del Rio, Chris Jericho and Randy Orton. The bout replaces a singles affair between Sheamus and Del Rio. Also announced for the event is a Divas Championship encounter…