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  • What Happened After RAW Went Off The Air

    Thanks to SEScoops reader Lance for sending in the following:

    After Raw went off the air, the Anonymous Raw General Manager announced through Michael Cole that R-Truth would still get a title shot against John Cena at WWE Capitol Punishment as long as he apologized for his actions on Raw.

    In the dark match main event John Cena quickly beat The Miz to retain the WWE Championship. Miz didn’t even get his shirt off for the match. Cena celebrated in the ring with the father (that wore the drink) and kids wearing the red Cena shirts.

  • JR Blog: Brock Lesnar’s Colon Surgery, THQ & More

    WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with his latest blog update, which you can check out in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. Here are some highlights of what JR said about:

    Big WWE Video Game News: “Expect to hear a major announcement Tuesday from WWE/THQ. Arguably the biggest news to date from WWE on the video game front.”

    Brock Lesnar’s Colon Surgery & Future In UFC: “Lots of questions regarding Brock Lesnar’s colon surgery that occurred a few days ago. I don’t know the specific details nor am I am doctor but I have had diverticulitis and surgery as a result of such. Surgery can be done, as was mine, in a very evasive manner depending on the diagnosis and severity of the diverticulitis. My particular case was extremely serious because I disregarded the stomach aches and other symptoms too long and continued to travel and work and my large intestine perforated which caused additional issues with which I had to address.”

    “Other surgery techniques for diverticulitis can come in the form of a much less invasive, almost arthroscopic, surgery which makes small incisions and allows one to heal quicker. From what I ascertain and I may be wrong, the less evasive surgery seems to be what Brock encountered. Nonetheless, Brock’s health is more important than his UFC career, or any career for that matter, and he has seemingly done what is necessary to remove the affected area from his colon.”

    “I see no reason whatsoever that we won’t see see Brock Lesnar back in the Octagon sometime in 2012.”

  • Vickie Guerrero Dumps Her Boyfriend After He Cheated

    Vickie Guerrero remarked last Thursday on her Facebook account that her boyfriend, who was also her personal trainer, cheated on her.

    She wrote the status update in response to her friends’ hearsay. A heated Guerrero wrote,

    “Enough of the private messages, of he said/she said!!! Im going to set things straight!! I am single now and it was my decision! (name withheld)…aka trainer/”boyfriend” was cheating on me with (name withheld). I was disgusted to know that she is married with kids! Been there, lived it before, and I am done with that bullshit…period!”

    She deleted the message a short while later.

    Here’s a picture of Vickie Guerrero with her now ex-boyfriend:

  • VIDEO: The Voice vs. Hulk Hogan Sitdown Interview

    Check out these clips of HDNet’s recent sit-down interview with Hulk Hogan for the show “The Voice vs.” ..

    Part 1: Hogan talks about slamming Andre The Giant at WrestleMania 3, his 8 back surgeries, wrestling in Japan earlier in his career, the formation of the nWo at Bash At The Beach 1996, working with Stylvester Stallone in Rocky 3 and more:

    Part 2: The birth of Hulkamania, the Iron Sheik, WrestleMania 1 and how it almost never happened, Andre the Giant and “Macho Man” Randy Savage:

    Part 3: More on his relationship outside the ring with Randy Savage, Savage’s relationship with Elizabeth, The Ultimate Warrior, his match with The Rock at WrestleMania 18, blading, his favorite match of his career, Hogan Knows Best & the impact it had on his family, who he would wrestle if he could have one last dream match and the best wrestler that he ever worked with:

    Part 4: Wrestlers dying young and the impact the wrestling lifestyle has on the bodies of wrestlers:

  • RAW & Tough Enough Previews, Layla Surgery Update, Jake

    – Tonight’s episode of WWE RAW takes place from the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The only advertised item for the Memorial Day edition of Raw is Kharma’s first promo, where she will address her “nervous breakdown” on last week’s show. It is expected to be part of her TV write-off.

    While Triple H is being advertised locally for tonight’s RAW, it should be noted that the advertisements were booked months ago and it is unlikely he will be there.

    – Tonight’s Tough Enough will feature a guest appearance from former WWE champion The Miz. Here’s the USA Network’s official preview for the episode:

    “WWE superstar The Miz gives the contestants a taste of what life as a WWE Superstar means outside the ring. And, back in the gym, the competition heats up when the final three battle it out for the opportunity to compete in the Tough Enough finale. In the end, Stone Cold sends one more person home.”

    – WWE diva Layla commented on her surgery last week on Twitter:

    “My surgery went well Dr.Dugas is amazing But here comes the pain and the battle We can Do it tho I can’t wait to get back in the gym The journey begins.”

    – Jake “The Snake” Roberts celebrates his 56th birthday today. He was born on May 30, 1955.

  • Brock Lesnar Has Surgery To Remove 12 Inches Of His Colon

    As we reported here earlier this month, former UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar recently suffered another bout of the intestinal disease diverticulitis, which caused him to pull out of next month’s UFC 131 main event against Junior Dos Santos.

    We can now confirm that Brock Lesnar underwent surgery on Friday and had 12 inches of his colon removed. UFC President Dana White revealed on Saturday:

    “Brock Lesnar actually had surgery yesterday. They removed about 12 inches of his colon, repaired it, he feels great. He said he’s a little sore, but the operation was a huge success.”

    Lesnar debated whether or not to have the surgery or treat the disease with antibiotics.

    While no timetable has been set for his return to the octagon, Dana White says he hopes to have Lesnar back fighting during the “first part of 2012.”

  • Chris Jericho Talks DWTS, Returning To WWE & More

    Former WWE superstar Chris Jericho was recently interviewed by the UK’s Sun newspaper .. Jericho spoke about his recent stint on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars and why WWE should be fully supportive of him doing the show, negotiations he had with WWE to appear at WrestleMania 27, when he’ll return to WWE and more. Here are some highlights of what he said about:

    Dancing With The Stars Getting WWE Exposure:

    “Why wouldn’t Vince McMahon be 100 per cent behind it? Because every week, twice a week, you have 22 million people hearing the name WWE. And you have 22 million people seeing this guy Chris Jericho, and even though I’m not wrestling there right now, I always will be a WWE guy and will be associated with that in one way, shape or form. I think it helped their perception because they are trying to get in the mainstream as well. And there’s nothing more mainstream than Dancing with the Stars. It’s the number one show in the country. It raises your recognition factor right off the bat.”

    “Five million people watch Raw, but 22 million people watch Dancing with the Stars, so there are obviously people who don’t have any idea what wrestling is. I went a long way to changing the perceptions and changing the stereotypes of what wrestlers do. I kind of feel I was a pioneer. I guarantee I won’t be the last WWE superstar that does the show. I bet they’ll look for other guys to do it over the next little while.”

    Returning To WWE & What Will Be Different This Time Around:

    “I’ve always been of the mind-set that you are going to do it, you’ve got to go all the way with it. Just doing TV and not doing house shows is almost like playing the games but you don’t want to do the practise. I haven’t put much thought to it. Right now I’m busy with other stuff, with the band and things like Dancing with the Stars, going back to wrestling is the last thing on my mind right now.
    “I still love watching wrestling, I still dig the shows. The only reason I left was that I had so much going on, my contract was up and I thought I’m just not going to re-sign because I’m definitely not short of work right now.

    “This time, I won’t come back to wear a suit and use long words and talk slowly. Everybody does that now. It would have to be something different to really interest me enough to want to come back.”

    There’s much more to this interview, visit TheSun.co.uk to read the whole thing.

  • Sean Waltman Responds To Chyna’s New Sex Tape

    Earlier this week, TMZ.com broke the story that former WWE diva Chyna would be returning to the world of adult movies – and recently filmed yet another porn film titled, Backdoor Into Chyna.

    Read The Full Story: Chyna Getting Back Into Porn: First Movie Already Filmed

    Chyna’s reps denied the reports, calling them entirely untrue.

    Keep Reading: Chyna’s Rep Denies Porn Rumors, Update On Her TNA Status

    TMZ is sticking to its story and recently spoke to former WWE star Sean “X-Pac” Waltman, who co-starred in Chyna’s first sex tape (1 Night In China) about the situation. Waltman remembers how devastated Chyna was back in 2004 when their sex tape leaked and says her decision to film more adult movies is indicative of where she’s at in her life.

    “It’s too hard remembering how devastated she was the first time around.”

    “It saddens me … but she obviously hasn’t progressed very far in life.”

    Chyna recently struck a deal with Vivid Entertainment to produce a new pornographic film featuring the former Playboy model with “multiple endowed male professionals.”

    Waltman added:

    “She used to say how low she felt after the first [sex tape] was released … what does that say about where she’s at in life now?”

  • *SPOILERS* WWE SmackDown Tapings Results For Tonight

    WWE Smackdown (Airing Tonight)

    Randy orton kicked off the show. Before he could get going, Christian interrupted. Christian congratulated orton for their match on Sunday. Then he said the match could have gone either way. He issued a challenge, but Sheamus interrupted. And then Mark Henry interrupted the interruption.

    We get some GM action with Teddy Long, who mentioned it was deja vu with the same guys arguing about the world title. Long said Christian will have to earn the title shot by booking a Triple Threat between Henry, Sheamus, and Christian for tonight.

    Sin Cara beat Chavo Guerrero. Sin Cara came out to a huge pop for the Over The Limit rematch. The mood lighting was in full effect. Sin Cara won after the head-scissors takedown.

    Cody Rhodes came out and the brown bag crew followed closely behind. He cut a quick promo about how unattractive the crowd was. I can’t fault him for that one. Daniel Bryan interrupted and received a bigger pop than Sin Cara did.

    Daniel Bryan defeated Cody Rhodes. Bryan won the match with the LeBell Lock. Cody jumped Bryan after the match. He tagged him with CrossRhodes on the floor and then gave him the brown bag treatment.

    They threw to the idiotic Capitol Punishment video.

    Booker T entered the ring after a great Tribute to the Troops video. He “invites” Michael Cole to step into the ring. Coke obliged. Book reminded us of Cole’s loss at the pay-per-view. He was shocked at Cole’s apology, and gave him big props. He wanted to give Cole a chance to apologize again to the Smackdown audience. Booker short-armed the handshake and showed the picture of Cole with King’s foot in his mouth. Booker presented him with some Altoids.

    Backstage interview with Christian, who talked about how he was always the last kid picked but made the most of it and proved everyone wrong.

    Kane beat Great Khali (w/Ranjin Singh). Khali wasn’t dancing, but his brother was. Kane’s pyro knocked the Tron out of whack, its vertical hold was messed up. Total bumps for Khali: one! Jinder Mahal came out after the match. He spoke in his native tongue and then then shoved Singh. Khali came to Ranjin’s defense only to crush his head. Jinder and Khali left together.

    Ezekiel Jackson defeated Heath Slater by DQ. Zeke dominated the match and had Slater in the Torture Rack until other Corre members ran in for the DQ. Zeke fought them off. Wade Barrett did not enter the ring.

    Backstage with Sheamus. He spoke about how he achieved in a few months what took Henry and Christian their whole lives to accomplish.

    Alicia Fox and Tamina defeated A.J. and Kaitlyn (w/Natalya). The Slam of the Week featured Kharma crying on Raw. Ugh. Natalya came out with A.J. and Kaitly, and entered to her music. Alicia pinned Kaitlyn after an axe kick. No Kharma. Boo!!!

    Sheamus beat Christian and Mark Henry.Sheamus won in a three-way match to become #1 contender to the World Title.

  • Cena Talks About His Character, Attitude Era, Andre & More

    Here are some highlights of what WWE Champion John Cena spoke about during a recent interview with Boston.com:

    His character: “I don’t market myself as the coolest guy out there or the most edgy guy out there. Sports and entertainment have become such a business of branding. You have a lot of people watching your every action, and I’m proud of that. I take a lot of pride in how I present myself.”

    The Attitude Era: “The Attitude Era was when the fans became teens. The Attitude Era was really generation-specific. I’m not taking anything away from that — it was 18-to-35-year-old males, and now we’re a broader audience, really more like it was in the ’80s.”

    WWE’s All Stars Video Game & Andre the Giant: “The game is unreal. If you just look at the timeline; those people loved the WWE, and they are my age and a little bit older, and they are starting to have family, and all of those young kids are getting interested in the program. He (Andre the Giant) made such an impression on me. He is the one guy that I would have loved to show what I could do.”

  • Reid Flair Says He Wants To Work For WWE Over TNA

    Ric Flair’s son Reid Flair appeared on the Hit the Ropes radio show on Wednesday and spoke about the possibility of following in his father’s footsteps and becoming a pro wrestler.

    Check Out: Reid Flair’s Mugshot Pictures

    Despite the fact that Reid’s father works for TNA, the second generation wrestler’s ultimate goal is to make it to what he calls “the big time” – WWE.

    “No, I have not ruled out TNA. I respect the guys that are there. I respect the people in management and stuff like that. My dream since I was five years old was to work for the WWE and that’s my goal.”

    Reid acknowledges that working for TNA has its benefits, but his perception of the company is similar to the reputation that TNA has earned in recent years – which is that TNA is where “established” wrestlers go after they’ve been in WWE.

    “I think for people who are already established as stars, TNA is a great place to go. But me being a young kid and stuff like that, not having established myself, I think that sometimes the younger guys may be misrepresented and stuff in TNA. And I’m not saying anything malicious about TNA, WWE is just where I want to be. That’s my goal. WWE is the big time and I want to be with the best.”

    You can listen to audio of the full interview here:

  • VIDEO: Episode 15 Of The Z! True Long Island Story

    Mr. Long Island Iced Z himself, Zack Ryder is back with another installment of the Z! True Long Island Story.

    In this edition, Zack Ryder pays tribute to the “Macho Man” Randy Savage, highlights the Zack Ryder signs that made it onto WWE television this week and more.

  • Beer Money Storyline Plans, Abyss Makes History & More

    – Following Immortal’s attack on Robert Rude last week on Impact Wrestling, TNA will be running a storyline where James Storm will have to find a new tag team partner for Beer Money’s tag title defense at Slammiversary against opponents who have yet to be named.

    – By winning the X-Division championship last week on Impact Wrestling, Abyss became only the second Grand Slam Champion (he’s held the TNA World, Tag Team, X Division and Television Titles) in company history. The only other man to accomplish this feat is AJ Styles.

    – Employees at Universal Studios, home of TNA’s Impact Zone, are cracking down on the usage of cellphones at TNA television tapings.

    Universal has been threatening fans in recent weeks that they will be kicked out of the building if they are suspected of texting spoilers to websites.

    The new policy is said to be mandated by Universal Studios, not TNA.

    (Partial Source: PWInsider.com)

  • Angle’s Olympic Reality Show, New X-Division Talent & More

    – As previously reported, TNA star Kurt Angle is training to compete at the Summer 2012 Olympic games from London, England.

    Kurt Angle wrote on twitter this week that he is going to be filming a reality television show that will follow him on his path to the Olympics next summer.

    Angle noted that TNA is supportive of his decision to return to Olympic competition 16 years after he won the gold medal back at the 1996 summer games from Atlanta.

    – Eric Young defeated Gunner on Thursday’s Impact Wrestling show to capture the TNA Television Championship.

    – Also on this week’s show, Mick Foley said TNA will be searching for the best X-Division wrestlers in the world and plans to feature them in an Ultimate X match at the upcoming Destination X match next month. That show is expected to feature the return of the 6-sided ring.

  • Updated Card For TNA Slammiversary On 6/12 (6 Matches)

    Following Thursday’s Impact Wrestling show, here’s the updated card for TNA’s upcoming Slammiversary 2011 show on Sunday, June 12th:

    TNA World Heavyweight Title Match
    Sting (c) vs. Mr. Anderson.

    TNA Tag Team Title Match
    Beer Money (c) vs. TBA

    TNA Knockouts Title Match
    Mickie James (c) vs. Angelina Love

    #1 Contenders Match
    Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett
    Angle’s Gold Medals will be on the line.

    Scott Steiner vs. Matt Morgan

    Samoa Joe vs. Crimson

    Don’t forget to be here on Sunday, June 12th for our live coverage of TNA Slammiversary

  • Eric Bischoff Talks Savage, Changes In TNA, ROH & More

    TNA’s Eric Bischoff was one of the featured guests on this week’s live edition of the award-winning Monday Night Mayhem

    During the interview, bischoff talked about: Whether Or Not He Sees Ring Of Honor As Direct Competition To TNA After The Acquisition Of ROH By Sinclair Broadcasting, The Chances Of Seeing Him Take On Increased Duties Within TNA After The Departure Of Terry Taylor, What He Currently Sees In The X-Division That Should Give Fans Hope For The Future Of The Division, The Development Of Karen Jarrett’s On-Air Persona (And If It’s Too Early To Start Comparing Her To Vickie Guerrero), Chyna’s Return To The Ring, Plus Much More In The Return Of “The Hot Seat With Eric Bischoff” (Flavored By Sizzlin Sauces).

    You can listen to an MP3 of the entire interview by clicking here.

    Interview highlights courtesy of Paterson, MNM’s associate producer & official correspondent:

    His reaction to the passing of Randy Savage & how he will remember “The Macho Man”: “It hit me pretty hard, and it’s still hitting me now. He was a very private individual and kind of kept to himself, and I respected that. As more information comes out the more I see it, it still shocks me, and it’s hard to believe that Randy is not with us.”

    The transition from iMPACT into iMPACT Wrestling & why he believes now is the perfect time to make changes to the television program itself: “Last week, a lot of the changes you saw were cosmetic. Graphics, lighting, staging, and that sort of thing, which was part of the plan. I think anyone who had any expectations that all of sudden iMPACT Wrestling was going to be a completely different show, probably had misaligned expectations. We are going to try & improve the show in many different ways in what you are going to see throughout the summer and going into the fall. It’s a great time of year to experiment with format and experiment with different elements of the show. You’ll see those changes. Some will noticeable, and others won’t be.”

    Whether or not he sees Ring of Honor as more of a direct competition to TNA, after the acquisition of ROH by Sinclair Broadcasting: “I know I am going to get a lot of heat for what I’m about to tell you, and I’ve got nothing against anybody at Ring of Honor. In fact I wish them all the best. I’m reading a lot of stuff people are writing, and I think they are kidding themselves. Sinclair is 22 television stations, however many it is, that has a 22% market penetration in the United States. 22% market penetration in the United States means you don’t exist from an advertisers point of view. 22% means Nielsen doesn’t even track you as a network, and that’s assuming they get distribution on all 22 of those stations, which isn’t guaranteed. So while I think it’s a great thing for ROH because at least they have something, I think the enthusiasm of the fact that it’s a network, people are getting excited over a lot of nothing.”

    If he has ever been a fan of short title reigns (coming off the fan fallout after Christian losing the World Heavyweight Championship to Randy Orton, just days after winning the title): “It all goes back to story. What’s the circumstances? What’s the context? Where’s it going? There’s not a simple formula to answer that question. Generally speaking, short title reigns tend to be risky, because your audience never really has a chance to grasp it and to get embedded into it one way or the other.”

  • Kevin Nash Wants A Match With Big Show At SummerSlam

    In a new interview with John Pollock of The Fight Network, WWE legend Kevin Nash says he is hoping for a match against the Big Show at SummerSlam.

    Nash revealed that there were talks of him having some kind of match with Big Sho at WrestleMania, but acknowledged that it wouldn’t have been fair for him to get a match on the show and take the spot of another young WWE star who worked all year to work their first WrestleMania.

    Regarding his WWE return at the Royal Rumble earlier this year, Nash his brief few minutes as part of the Rumble was better  than anything that happened to him during his five years with TNA.

    Nash also talked about WWE’s revamped developmental system and how he and other WWE legends like Shawn Michaels might get involved and help Triple H locate and groom the superstars of tomorrow.

    Check out this video of the appearance:

  • Christian Talks About His Short Title Reign, Edge’s Retirement

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    Christian on his brief reign as World Heavyweight Champion and the fans outcry over the quick change: “Obviously, I kind of look at it two ways. There are very few people that ever have a chance to become World Heavyweight Champion. I did that, got a taste of it, I know what it takes to get to that point now and the way I look at it, I stay positive about it and I look forward to being able to call myself a two-time World Heavyweight Champion.”

    “I was really surprised by the outpouring of all the stuff on Twitter, all those sorts of things. It was pretty surprising. I think a lot of it happened before…..obviously, the show is done on Tuesday and shown on Friday, so there are a lot of things people were going on hearsay before the show even aired, before they even saw it, so you kind of have to take that with a grain of salt.”

    “I think Randy and I have great chemistry and going forward there should be some exciting times for myself. I look forward to the challenges, and like I said, I got a taste of being World Heavyweight Champion. I know what it takes to get there and I look forward to being the World Champion again`. I won’t stop until it happens.”

    Christian on if it was bittersweet that he won the title after Edge was forced to vacate it: “Of course, it was a tough pill to swallow. He’s my best friend. We’ve known each other since we were in sixth grade. I knew that he was having issues with tingling and things like that in his arms. He had neck surgery years ago, so I think he realized that at some point, it may come back to bother him again at some point in his career. The day after Wrestlemania he went and had everything checked out and it turned out he had the spinal stenosis and the whole thing and he was in serious risk of permanent damage to himself. All it takes is a fall, or to do something one wrong way and the risk of paralysis was even there. Nothing is worth that type of risk.”

    “He called me right after he got the news and obviously he was very upset about it. We got off the phone and I started thinking about it a little bit. I called him back and I said I understand why you’re upset, but you can look at it two ways. You can look at it that way or you can look at it this way. Your career has been amazing. There’s not many people that can say they had the type of career you had, done the things that you’ve done. You’ve always done things the way you wanted to do them. If this is it, your last match was at Wrestlemania in front of seventy thousand plus people in one of the main events, and you walked out as the World Heavyweight Champion. I said I don’t know if you can write a better ending to a script than that. And he’s like ‘Man, I didn’t even think about that.’, and right away I think he kind of felt better about it. It took him a couple days to kind of let it sink in, but that being said, he realizes there’s not much he can do about it now except look forward to the future.”

    “None of us were expecting any of this to happen, it just happened and it’s one of those things where when you get a chance to step up, you gotta step up and I feel like I did.”

    Christian one if he is more over now than he has ever been: “I think people know that every time I go out there, I leave it all in the ring, regardless. So I think there’s a certain respect with that and I think that’s just grown over the years because I feel like over the course of my career…..people know that I never take a night off. I’m out there every night working my butt off trying to do what I do, and that is entertain every single person that paid their hard earned money for a ticket. So I think people realize that and I think over time, I feel like that’s grown, definitely.”

  • WM27 Buyrate, WWE Manager Returns, Orton Travel Story

    – WWE’s annual goal for WrestleMania is for the event to draw 1 million pay-per-view buys worldwide. According to the company’s official preliminary estimate, the show did 1,042,000 buys worldwide – so it appears The Rock’s involvement was enough to put them over the top.

    – As reported here earlier this week, WWE is continuing its recent initiative to once again feature managers – with former WWE personality Armando Alejandro Estrada returning at Tuesday’s Superstars tapings from Spokane, WA and managing Tyson Kidd. Estrada reportedly met with WWE officials about a possible return several months ago when the company was touring in Long Island, NY.

    – Randy Orton recently wrote on twitter about an embarrassing travel story. Apparently he sat down on what he believed to be his connecting flight to St. Louis, but then found out that the flight he was on was a flight to Fayetteville, NC and had to be escorted off his flight after alerting the flight crew.

    (Partial Source: PWInsider.com)

  • First UWF Champion To Be Crowned At 6/3 PPV Taping (Card)

    The Urban Wrestling Federation will crown their first champion at the June 3rd “First Blood” PPV taping from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

    There will be a mini-tournament held, with the following first-round matches set:

    * Homicide vs. Eddie Kingston.

    * Rich (formerly Ricky) Ortiz vs. Rashe Brown.

    * Facade vs. Bestia 666.

    * Slyck Wagner Brown vs. Ricky Reyes.

    The four winners will wrestle in a 4-way match to crown the very first UWF Champion.

    Other matches confirmed for the First Blood pay-per-view taping include:

    * The SAT vs. Lance Lude & Brian XL.

    * Willie Mack vs. Sabian vs. Famous B vs. Scorpio Sky.

    We’ll have more on the Urban Wrestling Federation’s first show in in the coming weeks – stay tuned.

  • JR Blog: Savage-HOF, R-Truth’s Push, Hogan’s Legacy, Jeff Hardy

    WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with another blog update, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. Here are some highlights of what JR said about:

    R-Truth’s Recent Push :“R Truth seems to have finally found a viable niche and he is one of the brighter aspects on Raw. Truth is embracing his new persona and I happen to think it fits him well.”

    Randy Savage In The WWE HOF: “I have no idea if or when Randy Savage will be inducted into the WWE HOF or if he will go in with his former wife and valet, the late Miss Elizabeth. As I have said many times, it is obvious that both are deserving.”

    Alex Riley Attacking The Miz: “I was impressed with the interaction between Alex Riley and The Miz Monday night on Raw as was, seemingly, the live audience in Portland. I am intrigued to see where Riley on Smackdown, I assume, and Miz, continue to evolve. Riley looked very impressive doling out the physicality on Miz on MNR.”

    Jeff Hardy’s Current Situation: “I have no definitive comments to make on the “Jeff Hardy incident’ as I don’t follow TNA that closely nor do I know the accurate details of the issues at hand for Jeff other than he has had a court case pending that has seemingly dragged on forever which means the legal meter has been running, one would assume, for weeks and weeks. I like Jeff, I signed both Jeff and his brother Matt to WWE contracts, and hope that any personal issues that he may have can be resolved sooner than later and for good.”

    Hulk Hogan’s Legacy: “What will Hulk Hogan’s legacy be at the end of the day? I can’t see why it won’t be excellent. If Hogan is judged on his contributions to the business of pro wrestling then it’s a no brainer. Hulk’s legacy is intact IMO as I don’t choose to judge him or anyone else by personal issues that happen in many of our lives. ”

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  • Tyson Kidd Gets A New Manager At Superstars Tapings

    Former WWE Superstar Armando Estrada, who managed the late Umaga and worked as an on air-personality from 2006 to 2008, returned to WWE at Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown & Superstars tapings from Spokane, Washington.

    Estrada will be managing Tyson Kidd, who wrestles Trent Baretta on Superstars.

    Kidd recently enlisted the managing serves of Michael Hayes, but was dumped by Hayes on last week’s show after a disappointing loss to Yoshi Tatsu.

    COMMENT BELOW and tell us what you think about WWE bringing back managers.

  • Ratings Are In For Monday’s WWE RAW & Tough Enough Shows

    The ratings are in for Monday’s episodes of WWE RAW and Tough Enough – the night after WWE’s Over The Limit pay-per-view.

    – Monday’s WWE RAW, which featured and a surprise appearance from Bret Hart and a tribute to Randy Savage, drew a 3.42 rating – which is up from last week’s 3.08.

    – This week’s Tough Enough scored a 1.64 rating and averaged 2.5 million viewers for the episode that guest-starred The Rock. This is slightly higher from last week’s 1.61 rating (which averaged 2.4 million viewers).

    Check Out: What Happened After RAW Went Off The Air

  • Cage Match At Capitol Punishment, Cena’s RAW Thoughts & More

    – WWE is considering holding a steel cage match at the upcoming Capitol Punishment pay-per-view from Washington, D.C. on June 17th. The cage match would either be for either the WWE championship or the World Heavyweight title.

    – John Cena wrote the following on Twitter after RAW about:

    Punk’s Ring Attire: “It was a tribute to randy savage. It was f’n awsome. I was proud to be out there with him.”

    Alex Riley Attacking The Miz: “Kudos to Alex Riley for finally growing a set. Good fighting tonight kid.”

    – Kofi Kingston’s ring gear on RAWwas created by a 6-year-old fan named Luke from Canada. Luke was the winner of a WWE Magazine contest where the readers were invited to design ring gear for a WWE superstar, with the winner’s design getting used on television.

    – Chris Jericho wrote the following on Twitter last night about R-Truth, who has been great lately on the mic:

    “Here’s a Jericho prediction: @RonKillings is gonna be the next big thing in the WWE. And I have a better track record than Harold Camping”

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    Randy Savage’s Influence on Wrestling:

    “There were several different sides to Randy. Personal, professionally, inside the ring, outside the ring…..Randy was, in my opinion, if you want to talk about just the persona of ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage, and I said this the other day. There’s three things that go into making a great performer, you gotta have your in ring ability, your verbal skills, and the it factor, and on a scale of 1-10, I think Randy was a 10 out of 10 on all of them.

    “His body of work throughout his career to me really holds up and obviously the WrestleMania match, WrestleMania III… when you have a match that can still stand the test of time, that speaks volumes. Like in the music industry, sometimes there are classics that go on and on forever. To me, Randy had many of those with Steamboat. He had a great series of matches with Ultimate Warrior. I think the best match Ultimate Warrior ever had was with Randy. So as far a performer, you can’t say enough good things.”

    Randy Savage’s Days In WCW:

    “His notoriety far outreached the wrestling industry. For Randy to have the corporate clout so to speak to take the Slim Jim account from one organization to another, sort of speaks volumes about the brand that Macho Man became. When he went from WWF to WCW, that was huge. I believe you put Hulk (Hogan), (Ric) Flair, and Savage, I’m sure everything is debatable on the most famous wrestlers of all time but Randy is in the argument without a doubt.”

    George “The Animal” Steel’s Comments That Vince McMahon Was Heartbroken When Savage Left WWE In 1994:

    “I think it was a shock, and George probably knew more of the details at the time, but Randy was… if you really think about WrestleMania, and entrenching it in I guess the fabric of pop culture, look at the roles Macho Man played in the first ten. That sort of speaks for itself.

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