Former WWE Diva Amy “Lita” Dumas recently did a photo shoot for internationally published photographer Dangerously Dolly.
23-year old Dangerously Dolly i best known for taking “conceptual and vivid portraits, usually leaning on alternative and pin-up fashion.”
Here are Lita’s pictures from DangerouslyDolly.com:
Ring of Honor has posted this video of Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas’ debut match for Ring of Honor .. The former WWE tag champions challenged ROH tag champions the Kings of Wrestling at Glory By Honor IX on September 11th from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.
— Smackdown star CM Punk, who has dated numerous Divas over the years including Maria Kanellis, Amy “Lita” Dumas, Traci Brooks, and Becky Bayless, has reportedly hooked up with another. According to multiple sources, Punk is presently involved in a relationship with WWE Diva Beth Phoenix.
Punk and Phoenix will be appearing together at the November 19th Florida Championship Wrestling event in Brandon, Florida.
— Former WWE performer Lauren Jones noted on her Twitter account this week that she’s meeting with WWE’s Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, John Laurinaitis (“Johnny Ace”). Though she has been gone from WWE for a few years, Jones has kept in touch with Laurinaitis and it appears she could be on her way back to the organization.
Since leaving WWE in June 2005, Jones has kept very busy – launching of a successful wedding shoe line, her own network television show, the release of a workout DVD and hosting a radio show. She was also featured in a scene in the summer blockbuster The Expendables as Mickey Rourke’s character’s girlfriend.
— Here are the weekend TV ratings from Mexico:
SmackDown! 8.2
CMLL 3.1
AAA 4.4.
TNA Knockout Tara suffered a nasty elbow injury over the weekend that resulted in a trip to the emergency room.
Tara was scheduled to wrestle Angelina Love at Saturday night’s TNA live event from Rahway, New Jersey, but the match had to be pulled from the show after Tara was injured during a pre-match warm-up.
After news spread that Tara had been hospitalized, TNA President Dixie Carter confirmed on Twitter that Tara suffered a “burst bursa sack” in her elbow.
Tara posted some pictures on Twitter of the incident and they are pretty disgusting.
If you’re not grossed out already by the thumbnails below, click them to see the full images:
WWE taped tonight’s edition of WWE NXT last Tuesday from the U.S Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, Illinois. Thanks to reader Brent Garrison for providing us with text-message updates last week. Below are full results:
WWE NXT (Airing tonight on SyFy):
* The Rookies and Pros are on the stage to open the show. Fan voting begins next Wednesday at Noon eastern.
* A wheel barrel Rookie Challenge is up. The Rookies have to push Hornswoggle around in a wheel barrel. Kaitlyn wins with a time of 12 seconds.
* They have a “Trash a Diva” Rookie Challenge. All the Rookies mock each other with AJ and Maxine are the favorites. AJ wins the challenge.
* Kaitlyn and Vickie Guerrero have a great cat fight that Matt Striker had to break it up and it’s announced they’ll wrestle in two weeks on WWE NXT when they in Topeka, Kansas.
With one fight remaining on his Strikeforce contract, Fedor Emelianenko is in the hunt for a top level opponent to face in that bout. A rematch with Fabricio Werdum is one that has been put out there but with Werdum injured it likely wouldn’t happen until next year and while a bout with Alistair Overeem has also been fired around Emelianenko feels Overeem is reluctant to step in the cage with him:
“Right now, Strikeforce are struggling to find me a serious opponent. Alistair Overeem keeps finding all sorts of excuses not to fight me. The remaining stars have lost in their recent fights, so the promotion has no desire to put them up against me. And Fabricio Werdum is still recovering from his surgery. In addition, I have only one fight remaining with Strikeforce.
My next fight will be last on the Strikeforce contract. I’m yet to decide whether I’m going to continue my fighting career after this contract expires. Also, my candidacy nominated for the Post of Deputy in Belgorod Regional Duma, and if I’m elected, I think, will defend the interests of the people and try to do my best efforts for the development of sport. But again, I think it’s too early to talk about it. I have to finalize the contract and prepare for my last bout.”
– WWE Champion Randy Orton punted Chris Jericho in the head after a hard fought match on RAW. The injury angle that took place was done to write Chris Jericho off television for the next several weeks. Jericho will be off for at least two weeks, as his metal band Fozzy will be touring the UK in October.
– WWE has confirmed that Paul Bearer will be with The Undertaker for his World Heavyweight Title match against Kane at Hell in a Cell this Sunday.
– “Jackass” star Johnny Knoxville will be the guest host of next week’s live Monday Night RAW.
– WWE has released former All Japan Pro Wrestling star Joe Doering from his developmental deal.
– Former Nexus member Darren Young has been at all of the recent WWE TV tapings, but hasn’t been used on RAW except for a brief appearance a few weeks ago.
– WWE has released a new Nexus t-shirt that features all of the current members except the injured Skip Sheffield.
It was announced on RAW that Daniel Bryan will defend his newly won United States championship against The Miz and John Morrison at Sunday’s Hell in a Cell PPV in a submissions count anywhere match. With that match set, here’s the updated card for WWE Hell in a Cell:
Hell in a Cell Match for the WWE Title
Randy Orton (c) vs. Sheamus
Hell in a Cell Match for the World Title
Kane vs. The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer)
Submissions Count Anywhere Match for the WWE US Title
Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz vs. John Morrison
John Cena vs. Wade Barrett
If Cena loses, he must join Nexus. If Barrett loses, Nexus must break up.
— Michael Cole plugged Mick Foley’s “Countdown to Lockdown: A Hardcore Journal” book during tonight’s taped edition of WWE Raw when The Great Khali entered. Cole called Foley a “good friend” and said the book includes several good stories from Foley’s time as a commentator in WWE. Jerry Lawler acknowledged him as well.
— Matt Hardy posted the following videos on YouTube. In the first video he discusses taking part in the WWE storyline at Royal Rumble where he “burned” Jeff Hardy’s house down. He then questions how WWE treated him for the rest of the year. You can watch it embedded below:
In the second video, Hardy is giving away $500 after it reaches 100,000 views and 5,000 comments. You can watch it embedded below:
WWE is taping next week’s edition of Raw tonight from the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.
WWE RAW Resultes (Airing Next Week – 9/27)
* The Miz & Alex Riley b. WWE United States Champion Daniel Bryan & John Morrison. A match for WWE Hell in a Cell is setup Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz in a Falls Count Anywhere Match for the United States Championship.
* Natalya won a Divas Battle Royal to become the number one contender for the Unified WWE Women’s Championship.
* Sheamus comes out and issues an open challenge. The Great Khali comes out to accept. The Great Khali b. Sheamus when Sheamus got himself disqualified for throwing a chair.
* The Cutting Edge segment is taped with Edge and his guest the anonymous General Manager.
* John Cena b. Edge
* Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater b. Evan Bourne & Mark Henry
* “Dashing” Cody Rhodes & Drew McIntyre b. The Hart Dynasty to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship
* WWE Champion Randy Orton b. Chris Jericho. Orton punted Jericho in the head and he was removed from ringside on a stretcher in an obvious injury angle.
Rasmussen Reports has released the results of a new telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state of Connecticut that finds Democrat Richard Blumenthal holds a slim five-point lead over former WWE CEO and Republican nominee Linda McMahon. The break down of the survey was as follows:
* 50% of Likely Voters support Blumenthal
* 45% of Likely Voters support McMahon
* 1% of Likely Voters support some other candidate
* 3% of Likely Voters are undecided
This is the closest the race has been since May when the New York Times detailed in an article how Blumenthal has been embellishing his military record in public statements over the years.
Meanwhile, political blog Politico.com has an article up that looks at the WWE SmackDown taping that takes place on Election Day (11/2) from McMahon’s home state of Connecticut. With the SmackDown taping beginning at 6:30pm and voting for the Senate race not ending until 8pm that evening, it’s possible that Linda could actually lose votes from the fans attending SmackDown that night. Politico asks, “Will advertising for the event help or hurt McMahon – a positive or negative reminder of her time as WWE’s CEO? Could traffic around the 10,000-seat Arena at Harbor Yard impede voting?”
TruTV sent out the following press release today announcing the season 2 debut of “Jesse Ventura’s Conspiracy Theory” on 10/15.
Jesse Ventura is Back on the Case in truTV’s Hit Series Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura
NEW YORK, Sept. 27 /– Last year, Jesse Ventura hit the road to uncover plots and schemes of the powerful. Now he’s back for a new set of in-depth, edgy investigations in the second season of truTV’s hit series CONSPIRACY THEORY WITH JESSE VENTURA, premiering Friday, Oct. 15, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).
Ventura has taken on some of the most dangerous missions in the world as a Navy Seal. He’s body-slammed human giants in the ring as a WWE superstar. He even conquered the political machine as governor of Minnesota. Ventura, who has a reputation as a rebel and free-thinker, is passionate about discovering the truth. Following up on CONSPIRACY THEORY’s dynamic first season, Ventura will once again plunge viewers into a world of secret meetings, midnight surveillance, shifty characters and dark forces.
This season, CONSPIRACY THEORY WITH JESSE VENTURA will set out to examine such topics as the Kennedy assassination, the Plum Island Research Center off Long Island, a secret billionaire’s club with the power to manipulate markets, government internment camps and the granddaddy secret of them all, Area 51. Throughout his investigations, Ventura makes it his mission to ask questions and discover the truth, no matter where it leads. He is not about to take answers at face value without solid evidence, especially if those responses come from the very people he’s investigating.
CONSPIRACY THEORY WITH JESSE VENTURA premiered in December 2009 with more than 1.6 million viewers, breaking the record for truTV’s largest audience for a new series launch at the time. The series is executive-produced by Ventura; A. Smith & Co.’s Arthur Smith, Kent Weed and Frank Sinton; B2 Entertainment’s Michael Braverman and Barry Bloom; and Burt Kearns. For truTV, Robyn Hutt is the executive in charge of production, and Jon Crowley serves as executive producer.
About truTV
truTV is television’s destination for real-life stories told from an exciting and dramatic first-person perspective. Currently seen in 93 million U.S. households, the network is enjoying its best deliveries ever in key demographics. truTV features high-stakes, action-packed originals that give viewers access to places and situations they can’t normally experience. truTV’s primetime fan favorites include the original series Black Gold, Operation Repo, The Smoking Gun Presents: World’s Dumbest… and Forensic Files. During the daytime, the channel features expert trial coverage under the name In Session.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.
– TNA Knockout Tara posted a blog on her Myspace a few days ago announcing that she recently had a mole removed that turned out to be cancerous. Tara, a lifelong “sun worshiper” who grew up in the desert in Southern California, is now urging her fans to be cautious of skin cancer and check themselves out:
“I went to the dermatologist because I had a bump on my hip. It turned out to be nothing. But the doctor noticed a mole near my collar bone that didn’t look quite right. He cut it off and tested it, and it turned out to be Basal Cell Carcinoma. That is the most common form of skin cancer. He cut most of it off, and next week, they are going to cut out the surrounding tissue and I should be 100% It’s it super minor, because they caught it early. So that some of my MySpace friends can possibly catch it early also, here is a link on what to look for… http://www.wikihow.com/Check-for-Skin-Cancer. Also, always wear sun block for extended periods outdoors.”
– WWE star Kofi Kingston was married earlier this month, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Kingston was married on Saturday, September 11th and was given the weekend off by WWE. He married his longtime girlfriend, who was with him in the audience at this year’s WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. Here they are together:
Many are calling UFC 119’s main event between Frank Mir and Mirko Cro Cop the worst UFC main event in history and although no fight can likely surpass the shear boredom of watching the second Ken Shamrock and Dan Severn fight at UFC 9 way back in 1996, Mir doesn’t seemed bothered by his performance since he ended up picking the win up at the end of round 3:
“I guess a s—-y win is better than as—-y loss,” Mir said after Saturday’s pay-per-view event. “Other than that, I’m really pissed off about my performance.”
“I got really frustrated because with pushing him against the cage, I drilled so much on what to do from there, and I was making mistakes I wasn’t making a month ago that I thought I had corrected. So halfway through the fight, I’m actually bitching to myself. … I think that was part of my problem. I needed to clear my mind more.”
“Without a single takedown, I was able to stand up for two and a half rounds with Mirko and get the knockout. I guess that’s a bonus. That’s the only positive I can take from this.”
“At least I can rest easy knowing I didn’t go to decision.”
“I didn’t huff and puff one time, and in the past, I’ve always sort of been known for (bad) conditioning, That wasn’t a factor at all. I felt in great shape the whole time.”
UPDATE: We reported earlier that Melyssa Buhl, a 26 year model from Vancouver, British Columbia, had signed a developmental deal with WWE. Buhl issued a statement that reports of her signing are not true.
Read More: Melyssa Buhl Disputes Report She Has Signed With WWE
She recently wrote on her ModelMayhem profile that she’ll be “entering a contract” on October 14th and will be unable to book photo shoots after that, adding to the speculation that she had already reached a deal with the company.
Buhl is a 5’10” blonde with a tanned, athletic body and blue eyes. Her online modeling profile says she takes all kinds of work, including bodypainting, lingerie, runway, glamour and fetish.
Here are some pictures of WWE’s latest developmental diva, Melyssa Buhl:
(Images from Melyssa Buhl’s Model Mayhem profile .. For more, visit ModelMayhem.com)
– Most of the WWE locker room thinks that all of Matt Hardy’s recent behavior is a work, according to a WWE source. Hardy’s latest cry for attention came this weekend, when he announced he suffers from “Dissociative Identity Disorder,†a condition similar to Multiple Personality Disorder.
– Speaking of Matt Hardy, he’s been removed from the opening video of WWE SmackDown and has been replaced with footage of Alberto Del Rio.
– NXT is expected to move to the WWE website beginning next week as the NXT deal with SyFy expires this week and SmackDown comes to the network on Friday nights. The show will remain on television in Canada the UK and other countries. WWE officials are not ready to pull the plug on NXT just yet and are still trying to land a TV deal here in the United States.
– With several former WWE superstars making the jump to mixed martial arts, one prominent fighter has his sights set on the world of Sports Entertainment. Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion King Mo says he “absolutely” plans to be a pro wrestler when his fighting days are over and wants to work for WWE. Mo, who is known for his flashy style, was recruited by WWE a few years back and started with OVW before leaving and pursuing a fight career. Mo has an extensive amateur wrestling background and is a long-time pro wrestling fan.
– WWE’s United States Champion Daniel Bryan will on Friday’s live SmackDown, as he’ll be finishing up the last of his independent bookings. Several RAW stars are booked for the big SyFy debut on Friday.
– Wade Barrett and David Otunga were the only members of Nexus overseas with the RAW brand this past week. Michael Tarver, Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel stayed in the States and will work with the SmackDown crew.
The Beautiful Trish Stratus
Trish Stratus is the latest former Diva to talk about WWE eliminating its Women’s Championship and using the Divas title moving forward. Stratus, who held the WWE Women’s title 7 times and is currently filming a new action movie called “Bail Encforcers” [PICTURES] made the following comments to DivaDirt.com this week about the news:
“I have mixed feelings. It’s one of these, ‘Is the glass half full or half empty?’ [situations]. Instead of looking at it as the belt is being retired or put to bed, I’m thinking, let’s just focus on this and build this different thing. Building a new legacy, building a new division, building some new women and I think that’s how you have to look at it. First of all, the two belts was just not necessary… ever.”
She continued:
“It’s kinda like, ‘Get one… let’s move forward.’ [Laughs] But I don’t know, I’m kind of like okay with it. I feel like it’s a different time, a different generation. I feel like we did some great stuff with that belt and maybe it don’t get no better than that? Maybe it’s one of those things? It’s like, let’s just leave this here. It’s pretty perfect and has a perfect legacy behind it, and let’s start this and we’ll start to build this from because it’s definitely a different time.”
Despite the fact that WWE eliminated a championship belt that had such a rich history, Trish put over WWE’s women division, saying there’s a ton of female talent in WWE today:
“There’s probably the biggest group of women that could potentially all work matches [right now]. Most of them can work matches and potentially you could have everybody, I mean that’s a pretty big division, if you could build everything properly. So I think looking at it like that, it’s almost like okay, this is the new thing, this is the women’s division of today and let’s build it. It’s not a bad thing.”
– At Thursday night’s TNA live event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, The Amazing Red captured the X Division Championship from Jay Lethal. From what we’re hearing, Apparently Red didn’t even know he was winning the title until just before the match.
– TNA officials including Jeff Jarrett will be having business meetings with Mexico’s AAA promotion from September 26th through the 28th. They will be discussing expanding the two companies relationship.
– The official theme song for TNA Bound For Glory is “FOL” by The Smashing Pumpkins.
– As noted earlier, the October 7th go-home edition of TNA iMPACT will be a live show. TNA Reaction at 11pm will also be aired live, a first for that show. TNA is calling the October 7th show “Before The Glory.â€
– New Japan Pro Wrestling has officially announced their January 4th Tokyo Dome show. They are promising some of the biggest names from the United States. It’s believed several TNA stars would be working the show since they won’t be getting any stars from WWE.
IGN.com has released the latest preview video for SmackDown vs. RAW 2011, which will be released in the United States next month.
This video highlights the new “WWE Universe” mode – which replaces the traditional “Exhibition Mode” .. In SvR2011, every thing you do in the game has consequence. Check out the video:
Here is a spoiler-free preview for tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown, the final episode before next week’s move to SyFy:
* World Heavyweight Champion Kane says he’s got a challenge for the Undertaker that the Dead Man can’t refuse
* WWE Tag Team Champions â€Dashing†Cody Rhodes & Drew McIntyre vs. The Hart Dynasty in a non-title match.
* Chavo Guerrero vs. Kaval
* Alberto Del Rio will talk about his attack on Rey Mysterio
* Big Show vs. Vance Archer & Curt Hawkins
* Jack Swagger will be interviewed
* CM Punk vs. Luke Gallows.
* Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. MVP in a non-title match.
* A legendary WWE personality makes a shocking return after more than 6 years away.
*SPOILER* PICTURE of the WWE Legend Who Returns On SmackDown
Here we go again.
Matt Hardy is back with another YouTube video .. After coming across as relatively sane in his previous video (where he said WWE is not the place for him right now – view here), Matt goes off the deep end this time.
Hardy talks about his WWE status, asks fans to decide if his recent behavior is legit or a work and expresses his deep love of …. grapes.
Bad news for SmackDown star Christian .. We reported earlier that Christian was injured and it has now been confirmed that he’s torn a pectoral muscle.
He will have surgery this and is expected to be out of action for 6 months following his recovery and physical rehabilitation, according to PWInsider.com. That would keep him away until February.
Fellow SmackDown star MVP wrote on Twitter:
“Let’s wish [Christian] a successful surgery & a speedy recovery! The good guys need him back quickly.”
Without giving away spoilers for Friday’s SmackDown, there will be an angle on Friday’s show that could be a way to get Christian off television for the next few months.
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross visited WWE developmental this week and wrote about the experience on his blog at JRsBarBQ.com.
JR says he’ll be making monthly visits to Florida Championship Wrestling and the development of new talent is a top priority for WWE.
Here are some highlights of what JR said about this visit:
Promo Class: “The Wednesday promo class, where the individuals have the opportunity to create their own verbiage was excellent. Some talents were highly entertaining and spot on from where I was sitting. This area has improved greatly since I was last in Tampa.”
What He Said To The Talent: “I had a long talk w/ the group about the responsibilities that come w/ being a WWE Superstar which is everyone at FCW’s goal. In my personal opinion, individuals making poor or selfishly bad personal decisions have opened the door leading to their own exit. Humans make mistakes and should be provided second chances, as a rule, but some issues merit immediate dismissal. Don’t want to come off as a hardass but this generation in general seems to be more prone to bonehead mistakes and errors in judgment…see Braylon Edwards of the NY Jets, for example. Simply ‘do right’ and all usually works out as it should.”
Developing Young Talent: “WWE has assembled a nice roster in Tampa that possesses plenty of upside that should evolve in time. Patience, hard work, outside the ring study, gym work, and upping the passion will help many of the better athletes find their way to the big time. I think that I may have perhaps been a coach in a different life as I really enjoy interacting w/ the young talents. I sure hope that I’ve been able to help them.”
Former WWE performer Shelton Benjamin has issued his first public comments about his release, writing the following on his Twitter page this week:
“WWE never made me any promises just gave me an opportunity to make money. And I made a lot of money, so (they) fulfilled their end. I am not bitter or scourned and I’ve got too much pride, passion, and confidence in myself to cry like a baby because i was released.”
Benjamin says he was underutilized during his time in WWE and that there are many things about the company that “suck” – but that probably won’t stop him from returning to the company at some point in the future.
“Do I think I should have been a World Champion, HELL YES!, was I underutilized, without a doubt, do I have issue with WWE, NO! I NEED TO BE AWAY FROM WWE so I can grow are a performer. There are many things about that company that SUCK, but i got no time to be crying about it. I am enjoying a good life now and if history serves chances are you haven’t seen the last on me in WWE even if I go elsewhere along the way.”
Shelton Benjamin is currently wrestling for Ring of Honor with his former WWE tag partner, Charlie Haas.
WWE RAW superstar Chris Jericho posted a few messages on Twitter this week taking aim at “Internet experts” who reported that he is leaving WWE for the next few months.
It’s been reported for months that Jericho’s WWE contract is expiring soon and Jericho’s stipulation that he would leave WWE if he didn’t win the WWE title at Night of Champions coincided with these reports. Our WWE sources still say that Jericho will be taking off the rest of the year very soon – despite the fact that he wrestled at this week’s RAW tapings. But Jericho is now jumping on the Internet crowd that he often plays to. Jericho wrote on Twitter this week:
“Hey Internet…Im a heel. Heels lie, therefore if I say something boastfully and reneg on it, it’s not an official stipulation. Smarten up!”
.. and he followed up with:
“Hello Internet experts. Allow me to explain something to u kiddies. Winning and losing means nothing if you do it properly. I would be happy to lose to every single one of you and watch your faces as I walk out of the arena with more heat than before. Watch and learn children. Sit back and let the real experts work our magic as we make u behave like the puppets that you are. Cheers!”
Despite Jericho’s clear attempt to blur reality with storyline – we’re sticking to our story that he’s taking time off this fall-winter and will be back by the Royal Rumble in January.