Props to TMZ.com ..

A TMZ camera guy caught up with Randy Orton at an airport this week and aske him his thoughts about fellow WWE stars Chris Jericho and Gregory Helms getting arrested on Wednesday morning for public intoxication. Orton could not believe the news, saying “No, no, no, not Chris.”

When asked if pro wrestlers are living a rock and roll party lifestyle, Orton said wrestlers don’t get in trouble and they represent WWE “in a very positive manner.”

Props to TMZ.com ..

A TMZ camera guy caught up with Randy Orton at an airport this week and aske him his thoughts about fellow WWE stars Chris Jericho and Gregory Helms getting arrested on Wednesday morning for public intoxication. Orton could not believe the news, saying “No, no, no, not Chris.”

When asked if pro wrestlers are living a rock and roll party lifestyle, Orton said wrestlers don’t get in trouble and they represent WWE “in a very positive manner.”

2010 WWE Royal Rumble

After this week’s edition of WWE Superstars, Matt Hardy, Chris Masters and R-Truth have been added to the list of Royal Rumble entrants. Three spots now remain.

Here’s an updated list of the 27 confirmed entrants:

Raw (15): John Cena, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes, MVP, The Miz, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, Jack Swagger, Big Show, Evan Bourne, Carlito, Santino Marella Chris Masters

Smackdown (7): Batista, Chris Jericho, CM Punk, Great Khali, Kane, R-Truth and Matt Hardy.

ECW (5): Shelton Benjamin, Yoshi Tatsu, William Regal, Zack Ryder and The Hurricane.

VOTE on Who Will Win The Royal Rumble

Rob Van Dam

Rob Van Dam knows TNA wants a piece of him and said once again the “ridiculous never-ending” WWE schedule will play a factor in which company he decides will wrestle for. Van Dam told Alex Marvez of Scrippsnews:

“I do have some interest right now in what’s going on with the big companies. I know (Hulk) Hogan would like to have me. Eventually, (TNA) may start to wear me down and my ‘no thanks’ will become ‘well, maybe.’ I have some interest, but I don’t know what’s going to happen. I don’t see myself going back to the full-time, ridiculous never-ending WWE schedule. I couldn’t wait to get away from it before.”

The former WWE and ECW champion says he has been wrestling across the world since leaving the national wrestling but doesn’t have any bookings past this Saturday’s PWG show in Los Angeles.

Aside from the brutal WWE schedule, Van Dam still has sour grapes about how WWE handled the “new” ECW:

“WWE destroyed that and made it very symbolic. They wanted everyone to know ECW was dead and this new group happened to be called ECW. That was the last cycle of frustration for me.”

Visit Scrippsnews.com to read the full interview.

TMZ.com is reporting that WWE star Matt Hardy was also involved in the Wednesday morning incident that led to the arrests of Chris Jericho and Greg Helms, according to law enforcement sources.

Witnesses told police that Hardy was in a taxi with Jericho, Helms and several others, when Helms allegedly struck three people (including a female).

Matt Hardy allegedly took off on foot with Helms. After they bailed, the cab driver called 911.

Helms returned to the scene and was arrested along with Jericho. Police are not pursuing any sort of action against Hardy.

Gregory Helms

TMZ.com has released some disturbing new details regarding the Wednesday arrest of WWE superstars Chris Jericho and Gregory Helms.

Kentucky police officers say witnesses told them Gregory Helms struck three people, including Jericho, a man named Gary Kelley and a female passenger named Ashley Storer, at a gas station.

Helms then allegedly ran from the scene right after the violent incident but returned after where he and Chris Jericho were arrested for public alcohol intoxication.

Cops say Helms was not arrested for the assault because the alleged victims have not pressed charges, which in Kentucky if police do not witness the attack.

Update: Matt Hardy Involved In Jericho-Helms Arrest Incident

– As reported earlier, RAW superstar John Cena has been injured for weeks now, working through what’s believed to be a bulging disc in his back. To update, Cena underwent an MRI on January 24th to determine the extent of the damage. Cena’s in-ring time has been scaled back in recent weeks WWE, with him wrestling much shorter matches than usual. He’s still been on the road appearing at live events, but he was taken out of the main event of the Royal Rumble due to the injury, which is why Randy Orton is fighting Sheamus on Sunday.

– WWE’s creative team has been told that there is no chance of The Rock vs. John Cena at WrestleMania and right now are back to working on Cena vs. Batista for the big event. Aside from the fact that The Rock won’t be returning to WWE until after WrestleMania due to his movie shooting schedule, he also stated in an interview earlier this week that he has no interest in ever working with John Cena.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

– As reported earlier, RAW superstar John Cena has been injured for weeks now, working through what’s believed to be a bulging disc in his back. To update, Cena underwent an MRI on January 24th to determine the extent of the damage. Cena’s in-ring time has been scaled back in recent weeks WWE, with him wrestling much shorter matches than usual. He’s still been on the road appearing at live events, but he was taken out of the main event of the Royal Rumble due to the injury, which is why Randy Orton is fighting Sheamus on Sunday.

– WWE’s creative team has been told that there is no chance of The Rock vs. John Cena at WrestleMania and right now are back to working on Cena vs. Batista for the big event. Aside from the fact that The Rock won’t be returning to WWE until after WrestleMania due to his movie shooting schedule, he also stated in an interview earlier this week that he has no interest in ever working with John Cena.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

WWE superstars Chris Jericho and Gregory Helms were arrested in Kentucky early Wednesday morning when police were called to a gas station and found the wrestlers “extremely intoxicated” and fighting.

Local newspaper The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that the two were arrested at a Shell gas station around 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday and charged with public alcohol intoxication. TAfter spending about an hour in jail, they were released after each paying $120 fines.

The two had been in nearby Cincinnati, Ohio the previous night for this week’s SmackDown taping.

Jericho posted the following message on Twitter hours before the arrest: “Listening to zakk Wylde and having a GG contest with Hurricane. It’s the woods vs the praries. Praires are winning…”

It’s pure speculation, but some are guessing “GG” stands for Grey Goose (vodka).

UPDATE: Gregory Helms Allegedly Struck A Woman Before His Arrest

WWE superstars Chris Jericho and Gregory Helms were arrested in Kentucky early Wednesday morning when police were called to a gas station and found the wrestlers “extremely intoxicated” and fighting.

Local newspaper The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that the two were arrested at a Shell gas station around 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday and charged with public alcohol intoxication. TAfter spending about an hour in jail, they were released after each paying $120 fines.

The two had been in nearby Cincinnati, Ohio the previous night for this week’s SmackDown taping.

Jericho posted the following message on Twitter hours before the arrest: “Listening to zakk Wylde and having a GG contest with Hurricane. It’s the woods vs the praries. Praires are winning…”

It’s pure speculation, but some are guessing “GG” stands for Grey Goose (vodka).

UPDATE: Gregory Helms Allegedly Struck A Woman Before His Arrest

Get ready for a new war.

Spike TV and TNA Wrestling have decided the time is right to move TNA iMPACT! permanently to Monday nights, according to the Wrestling Observer.

As we reported earlier today, a second Monday night iMPACT! has been scheduled for March 1, head-to-head with WWE RAW for 2 hours.

While it is unclear at this point whether TNA’s official Monday night timeslot will keep the 9-11pm ET timeslot or if that will just be on March 1st.

The Observer reports that the likely taping schedule will be a live on Mondays one week, then tape the following week’s iMPACT! the following day (Tuesday).

We’ll have more on this breaking story very soon, but it now looks like the success of TNA’s January 4th experiment is what gave Spike the confidence to green light a new Monday night war.

After TNA Monday night special on January 4th drew a strong 1.5 cable rating, it appears Spike TV has scheduled another live TNA broadcast to go head-to-head with WWE RAW.

According to news correspondent Devin Cutting, Spike TV has  scheduled a second Monday night TNA Impact episode on March 1 from 9-11p.m. EST head-to-head with WWE Raw.

Comedy duo Cheech & Chong are scheduled to host WWE RAW that night.

TNA originally had an Australian tour scheduled from late Feburary to early March and then rescheduled it due to “changes in the U.S. TV production schedule.”

A report on PWInsider.com states that the TNA iMPACT! taping schedule at Universal Studios in Orlando now lists live events on Monday 3/1 and Tuesday 3/1, so it appears the show will be live once again.

Our Thoughts: In the days and weeks following January 4th, executives from Spike TV and TNA Wrestling made it clear they were beyond satisfied with TNA’s ability to hang with WWE on Monday nights. We know that more live specials (and a possible permanent) move are in the works and another Monday night special is a great sign. The face of TNA has been changing by the week and it should be interesting to see what the product even looks like come March 1st.

Titan Publishing sent in the following for Issue 2 of the new WWE Heroes comic book series. Issue 1 wil be available March 23rd and Issue 2 hits stores on April 27.

WWE Heroes Comic #2

• Writer: Keith Champagne
• Artist Name: Andy Smith
• Cover Artists: Steve Pugh & Andy Smith

On-sale April 27th 2010. Available from all good retailers and specialist comic stores.

Synopsis: After the epic, epoch-spanning first issue, there was only one place for our eternal champions to end up – Wrestlemania! What will the stars of the WWE do when mystical terrorists grab the ringside seats? Will Triple H, John Cena and the Undertaker be able to stop heavily-armed, mysterious bad guys? And how do these unforgettable events tie into the centuries-old face-off between the Shadow King and the King of Kings? Plus – a cliff-hanger ending that you won’t want to miss!

This issue has two covers, one by Steve Pugh (Hotwire) and the other by regular series artist Andy Smith!

*About WWE Heroes comic artist, Steve Pugh
Steve Pugh is a British comic book artist who has worked for most of the major comic producers on both sides of the Atlantic: DC, Marvel, Dark Horse and 2000 AD.
Pugh’s earliest work included penciling John Ostrander’s Youngblood, telling the story of his futuristic sword and sorcery character Grimjack’s childhood and early adulthood, as well as providing covers for the Grimjack Case Files limited series. He also illustrated Pat Mills’ Third World War before starting a brief run on Hellblazer as the original artist on the series with writer Jamie Delano.

Recent work includes writing and drawing Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead, a story based on concepts developed by Warren Ellis. It was originally planned to appear in Atomeka Press’s Blast and then in 2005 their Bojeffries Terror Tomes #1before finally being published by Radical Comics.

*About WWE Heroes comic writer, Keith Champagne
Keith Champagne is an American comic artist, who has also moved into writing, and is best known for his work at DC Comics.
Titles he has contributed to (as writer) include: Justice Society of America, Green Lantern Corps, and World War III.  Recently he wrote Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters, with the license subsequently acquired by Dynamite Entertainment.
Upcoming work includes Ghostbusters for IDW Publishing and The Mighty, a creator-owned title for DC Comics, co-written with Peter Tomasi.

*About WWE Heroes comic artist, Andy Smith
Andy Smith has been working as a professional artist since 1991. Mostly working in the field of comic books for major publishers such as Marvel, DC, Image, Acclaim and CrossGen Entertainment.

*For information on WWE Heroes Comic launch announcement:
https://titanmagazines.com/

*For information on WWE Heroes Comic line-up:
https://titanmagazines.com/

Titan Publishing sent in the following for Issue 2 of the new WWE Heroes comic book series. Issue 1 wil be available March 23rd and Issue 2 hits stores on April 27.

WWE Heroes Comic #2

• Writer: Keith Champagne
• Artist Name: Andy Smith
• Cover Artists: Steve Pugh & Andy Smith

On-sale April 27th 2010. Available from all good retailers and specialist comic stores.

Synopsis: After the epic, epoch-spanning first issue, there was only one place for our eternal champions to end up – Wrestlemania! What will the stars of the WWE do when mystical terrorists grab the ringside seats? Will Triple H, John Cena and the Undertaker be able to stop heavily-armed, mysterious bad guys? And how do these unforgettable events tie into the centuries-old face-off between the Shadow King and the King of Kings? Plus – a cliff-hanger ending that you won’t want to miss!

This issue has two covers, one by Steve Pugh (Hotwire) and the other by regular series artist Andy Smith!

*About WWE Heroes comic artist, Steve Pugh
Steve Pugh is a British comic book artist who has worked for most of the major comic producers on both sides of the Atlantic: DC, Marvel, Dark Horse and 2000 AD.
Pugh’s earliest work included penciling John Ostrander’s Youngblood, telling the story of his futuristic sword and sorcery character Grimjack’s childhood and early adulthood, as well as providing covers for the Grimjack Case Files limited series. He also illustrated Pat Mills’ Third World War before starting a brief run on Hellblazer as the original artist on the series with writer Jamie Delano.

Recent work includes writing and drawing Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead, a story based on concepts developed by Warren Ellis. It was originally planned to appear in Atomeka Press’s Blast and then in 2005 their Bojeffries Terror Tomes #1before finally being published by Radical Comics.

*About WWE Heroes comic writer, Keith Champagne
Keith Champagne is an American comic artist, who has also moved into writing, and is best known for his work at DC Comics.
Titles he has contributed to (as writer) include: Justice Society of America, Green Lantern Corps, and World War III.  Recently he wrote Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters, with the license subsequently acquired by Dynamite Entertainment.
Upcoming work includes Ghostbusters for IDW Publishing and The Mighty, a creator-owned title for DC Comics, co-written with Peter Tomasi.

*About WWE Heroes comic artist, Andy Smith
Andy Smith has been working as a professional artist since 1991. Mostly working in the field of comic books for major publishers such as Marvel, DC, Image, Acclaim and CrossGen Entertainment.

*For information on WWE Heroes Comic launch announcement:
https://titanmagazines.com/

*For information on WWE Heroes Comic line-up:
https://titanmagazines.com/

Add Diamond Dallas Page and the Honkey Tonk Man to the list of wrestling legends that could appear in TNA Wrestling in the coming months.

DDP, who worked for TNA back in 2005, tells Jason Clevett of Slam Wrestling that he’s spoken to Eric Bischoff about coming in for a few appearances:

“Eventually I am sure at some point in time when they need a guest referee I may consider it. I want to do the Piper thing, he shows up for two months and then is gone for nine. That is the only kind of thing I want to do, and I am in the shape to still do it. I probably have ten really good matches left in me, and I am not gonna throw them away or just put them out there. If they are willing to pay me to come back, and it behooves me, maybe.”

Page now focuses on his “Yoga for Real Guys” business and says he’s dropped about 25 pounds since his wrestling days. Since he doesn’t have to carry all that extra muscle, he’s down to a “solid and lean” 230 – with the flexibility of a high school cheerleader:

“I can bend over and put my head between my legs, stick my foot over my head and stand one leg. Most guys can’t walk around on two legs!” … You don’t say!

As for the Honkey Tonk Man, the webmaster of his official website posted the following message on HonkeyTonkMan.net:

Honky Tonk Man is very close to signing a deal with TNA! HTM has been in contact with TNA since Early December. More on this breaking News in the next few days.

If there’s one thing misssing from TNA these days, it’s a 57 year old Elvis impersonator.

Add Diamond Dallas Page and the Honkey Tonk Man to the list of wrestling legends that could appear in TNA Wrestling in the coming months.

DDP, who worked for TNA back in 2005, tells Jason Clevett of Slam Wrestling that he’s spoken to Eric Bischoff about coming in for a few appearances:

“Eventually I am sure at some point in time when they need a guest referee I may consider it. I want to do the Piper thing, he shows up for two months and then is gone for nine. That is the only kind of thing I want to do, and I am in the shape to still do it. I probably have ten really good matches left in me, and I am not gonna throw them away or just put them out there. If they are willing to pay me to come back, and it behooves me, maybe.”

Page now focuses on his “Yoga for Real Guys” business and says he’s dropped about 25 pounds since his wrestling days. Since he doesn’t have to carry all that extra muscle, he’s down to a “solid and lean” 230 – with the flexibility of a high school cheerleader:

“I can bend over and put my head between my legs, stick my foot over my head and stand one leg. Most guys can’t walk around on two legs!” … You don’t say!

As for the Honkey Tonk Man, the webmaster of his official website posted the following message on HonkeyTonkMan.net:

Honky Tonk Man is very close to signing a deal with TNA! HTM has been in contact with TNA since Early December. More on this breaking News in the next few days.

If there’s one thing misssing from TNA these days, it’s a 57 year old Elvis impersonator.

– The January 25th edition of WWE RAW drew a 3.6 cable rating, even with last week. The show averaged 5.14 million viewers for two hour broadcast – with the first hour doing a 3.53 rating (5.06 million viewers) and the second hour doing a 3.62 (5.21 million viewers).

– The advertised dark match main event for Monday’s RAW from Nashville will pit WWE champion Sheamus against John Cena.

– Former WWE Diva Lilian Garcia said on her Twitter that she will be releasing a new album in 2010.

– Chris Jericho noted on his Twitter yesterday that he recently recorded two hours of voiceovers for WWE’s SmackDown vs. RAW 2011 video game. Jericho joked that he might actually play the game this year.

As always, visit PWTweets.com to follow 75+ wrestlers & divas on Twitter!

(Sources: PWInsider.com, PWTorch.com)

– The January 25th edition of WWE RAW drew a 3.6 cable rating, even with last week. The show averaged 5.14 million viewers for two hour broadcast – with the first hour doing a 3.53 rating (5.06 million viewers) and the second hour doing a 3.62 (5.21 million viewers).

– The advertised dark match main event for Monday’s RAW from Nashville will pit WWE champion Sheamus against John Cena.

– Former WWE Diva Lilian Garcia said on her Twitter that she will be releasing a new album in 2010.

– Chris Jericho noted on his Twitter yesterday that he recently recorded two hours of voiceovers for WWE’s SmackDown vs. RAW 2011 video game. Jericho joked that he might actually play the game this year.

As always, visit PWTweets.com to follow 75+ wrestlers & divas on Twitter!

(Sources: PWInsider.com, PWTorch.com)

SmackDown *SPOILERS*

Big thanks to reader Benjamin Tucker for sending in these live results from Tuesday night’s WWE SmackDown tapings from Cincinnati, Ohio:

DX came out but were interrupted by Rey Mysterio, who told Shawn Michaels that he will beat Undertaker at the Royal Rumble. The Straight Edge Society came out as well, only to have Teddy Long come out. He announced C.M. Punk vs. Triple H and Shawn vs. Mysterio. Scratch the tag title match.

(1) Triple H beat C.M. Punk via DQ. The society attacked Hunter, but HBK made the save.

(2) R-Truth beat Chris Jericho.

(3) IC champion Drew McIntyre beat John Morrison in a no DQ match to retain the IC Title. Drew got serious welts from kendo stick shots.

(4) Women’s champion Michelle McCool beat “Piggie” James (Layla as a fat Mickie). Garnered some boring chants.

At this point Undertaker went under the ring. … Batista confronted HBK backstage.

(5) Rey Mysterio vs. Shawn Michaels ended in a No Contest when Batista attacked them. Hunter came out and threw himself and Batista over to the ropes to the outside. Taker appeared in the ring and chokeslammed both Mysterio and Shawn to close the show.

There was supposed to be (it seems) an eight-man tag with Batista, Team Punk, and Jericho vs. Mysterio, DX, and Taker, but Batista left because of some sort of kink in his knee.

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with another blog update at his official website, JRsBarBQ.com.

Dule Hill’s Job Hosting RAW: “USA’s Psyche star Dule Hill has tons of talent and charisma and was fun to watch host Raw Monday night. Hill has a bright future in television and film, without question. I plan on watching Psyche for the first time Wednesday night when John Cena guest stars.”

Cena’s Interaction with Vince McMahon: Ross called the segment “spot on” and some of the best verbal confrontations he’s seen in a long time. Ross said, “The dialog between Cena and the Chairman of WWE was organic, emotional, and really has me anxious to see Raw next week when Bret “Hitman’ Hart returns to confront McMahon.”

DX’s Promo On RAW: “The serious nature of winning the Royal Rumble match and what it means individually to every competitor was underscored with Monday Night’s DX in ring promo. This was another verbal exchange that captured my interest. DX in a serious tone really captivated my attention.”

To read about who Jim Ross likes for the SuperBowl and much more, visit JRsBarBQ.com.

Our Thoughts: Dule Hill had several entertaining segments and held his own with some of WWE’s best talkers. Cena’s performance showed just how good he can be on the mic and the confrontation felt special. As does Sunday’s Royal Rumble. It’s one of those years where you could see a number of superstars coming out on top and there are several storylines in place that will all come to ahead on Sunday.

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with another blog update at his official website, JRsBarBQ.com.

Dule Hill’s Job Hosting RAW: “USA’s Psyche star Dule Hill has tons of talent and charisma and was fun to watch host Raw Monday night. Hill has a bright future in television and film, without question. I plan on watching Psyche for the first time Wednesday night when John Cena guest stars.”

Cena’s Interaction with Vince McMahon: Ross called the segment “spot on” and some of the best verbal confrontations he’s seen in a long time. Ross said, “The dialog between Cena and the Chairman of WWE was organic, emotional, and really has me anxious to see Raw next week when Bret “Hitman’ Hart returns to confront McMahon.”

DX’s Promo On RAW: “The serious nature of winning the Royal Rumble match and what it means individually to every competitor was underscored with Monday Night’s DX in ring promo. This was another verbal exchange that captured my interest. DX in a serious tone really captivated my attention.”

To read about who Jim Ross likes for the SuperBowl and much more, visit JRsBarBQ.com.

Our Thoughts: Dule Hill had several entertaining segments and held his own with some of WWE’s best talkers. Cena’s performance showed just how good he can be on the mic and the confrontation felt special. As does Sunday’s Royal Rumble. It’s one of those years where you could see a number of superstars coming out on top and there are several storylines in place that will all come to ahead on Sunday.

Rob Van Dam

Rob Van Dam mentioned in his latest blog post at RobVanDam.com that WWE is paranoid he’ll wind up working for the competition:

“The constant rumors that I am or have signed with one of the wrestling companies seems to be getting stronger still. Last week, WWE locked me out of my profile page at WWE Universe because they believed I had signed with TNA!”

Van Dam is arguably the hottest free agent in the industry and would surely make some waves if he showed up in TNA. It also shouldn’t be ruled out that Van Dam makes a surprise appearance at Sunday’s Royal Rumble, as we saw last year.

Just last week on the “Busted Open” Sirius satellite radio show, Van Dam said, he’d be open to working for WWE again, but only if the conditions were right. He said, “I can tell you for sure that I have no interest in returning to a full-time schedule like I did before. That’s not going to happen.”

Van Dam continues to wrestle for various independent promotions across the world and could return to the national wrestling scene at any time. With TNA bringing in so much new talent and a work schedule that is far less demanding than WWE, it could be an attractive option for RVD.

– Word is that Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff only want to hold the TNA Slammiversary and Bound For Glory pay-per-views outside of the iMPACT Zone in Orlando, according to f4wonline.com. The idea is that holding all other pay-per-views in Orlando will not only save money but will make the company look less minor league when they fail to sellout other arenas – which has happened a few times before.

– MTV reality star Trishelle Canntella, who was featured on Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling, said on her Twitter page that she loves TNA and would work for them if presented the opportunity.

– Another reality star, Joey Kovar (MTV ‘sReal World & VH1’s Celebrity Rehab) is currently training to be a pro wrestler. Kovar told TMZ.com that he hopes to get a deal with TNA because Hulk Hogan was his hero growing up. Kovar made it known on the Real World that he was a big wrestling fan and he’s appeared at indepentent wrestling shows in the Chicago area.

Here are Trishelle Canntella and Joey Kovar, if you’re not familiar:

– Word is that Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff only want to hold the TNA Slammiversary and Bound For Glory pay-per-views outside of the iMPACT Zone in Orlando, according to f4wonline.com. The idea is that holding all other pay-per-views in Orlando will not only save money but will make the company look less minor league when they fail to sellout other arenas – which has happened a few times before.

– MTV reality star Trishelle Canntella, who was featured on Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling, said on her Twitter page that she loves TNA and would work for them if presented the opportunity.

– Another reality star, Joey Kovar (MTV ‘sReal World & VH1’s Celebrity Rehab) is currently training to be a pro wrestler. Kovar told TMZ.com that he hopes to get a deal with TNA because Hulk Hogan was his hero growing up. Kovar made it known on the Real World that he was a big wrestling fan and he’s appeared at indepentent wrestling shows in the Chicago area.

Here are Trishelle Canntella and Joey Kovar, if you’re not familiar:

– Although plans can change very quickly in WWE, the idea over the weekend was that Triple H is the favorite to win the Royal Rumble and receive a title match against Sheamus at WrestleMania.

His DX partner Shawn Michaels’ is expected to face Batista at No Way Out to determine who will battle the Undertaker at WrestleMania.

At one point there was talk of Triple H and Shawn Michaels BOTH winning the Royal Rumble (ala Bret Hart and Lex Luger back in 1994), which would have allowed HBK to chose the Undertaker and Hunter to chose Sheamus as their respective WrestleMania opponents. The idea was seemingly dropped after creative came up with the idea of Hunter winning by himself.

Then the big interbrand match at WrestleMania would pit John Cena against Batista.

– Miami and Atlanta are the two cities being considered to host WrestleMania in 2011, according to Gary Stokan, President of the Atlanta Sports Council. Skohan told The Sports Buffet that the announcement will be officially made on Monday, the day after Sunday’s Royal Rumble PPV.

If Miami is chosen, Sun Life Stadium, which holds approximately 76,500 fans, would host the event. If Atlanta is chosen, the Georgia Dome which holds 71,000 would host the event.

It’s also worth noting that this year’s Surivvor Series is taking place in Miami.

(Credit to PWInsider.com & F4Wonline.com)