– Former ECW star Lou D’Angeli (Sign Guy Dudley and Lou E. Dangerously) recently spoke about the end of wrestling at the old ECW Arena. Here is an excerpt…
“My take is this…move on. The Arena is a shell of amazing moments, personalities, and above and beyond all; fans. I will be forever grateful to not only have had my first ever show but my last ever show there. However, ECW was to wrestling what Nirvana was to music…did the Arena help that? Possibly. The Philadelphia Civic Center also helped the NWA and the Spectrum the WWF…every promotion had its staple venue…its staple city…and we all go down together in a blitz of fun memories, maybe violent also, possibly sexual, possibly scandalous and say “Hey, that was sick…that was a sick place…it was perfect…we are happy to have been part of it…”
– As we reported last week, WWE has registered the trademark “Fear My Name.” The catch phrase is expected to be used for new WWE star Dean Ambrose, who used the line several times during promos he cut prior to his matches at live WWE events
– Jim Ross has commented on a potential Cody Rhodes vs. Goldust match at WrestleMania 27, noting on Twitter that he would be surprised if it happened.
– Beth Phoenix posted an updated photo of her swollen face from Monday’s RAW. While the swelling has gone down, the Glamazon is now sporting a nice shiner: