– Fozzie Bear joins the Zack Pack in this edition of “Z! True Long Island Story.” See the Tout that landed the Muppet as “Bearski of the Week.”
– Courtesy of WWEDVDNews.com, two matches have been revealed for WWE’s upcoming The Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol. 2 DVD.
From the inaugural episode episode of the program, a WCW United States Championship Match pitting Sting against Ric Flair is featured. This is the bout where Lex Luger makes a surprise appearance after competing at a WWE event the prior day.
The other match is a WCW World Tag Team Championship Match featuring Kevin Nash and Scott Hall vs. Goldberg and Bret Hart from December 13, 1999.
– Randy Orton, Sin Cara and other Superstars and Divas recently met WWE Circle of Champions honorees, including Michael of Make-A-Wish. (Photos)
– Promoting his Ladder Match for the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank contract against John Cena tomorrow night at WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Dolph Ziggler went on Twitter to taunt his opponent
“studying ladder matches & killing it at the gym -somewhere @JohnCena studies a cue cards poorly crafted reference to my junk,” wrote Ziggler.
– This week on “The JBL & Cole Show,” multi-platinum rapper Flo Rida drops by to talk about the genesis of his name, The Rock and his stirring WrestleMania XXVIII performance.
– WWE will present the final performance of The Rolling Stones’ 50th anniversary shows, exclusively on pay-per-view tonight, at 9 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Details on the event are available here.
– The Eddie Guerrero vs. Rob Van Dam match from WWF Backlash 2002 is featured on this week’s episode of WWE Vintage Collection and broadcaster Jim Ross’ mention of Chris Benoit was not censored as it typically is on WWE programming reruns. Other bouts airing on the show include Lex Luger vs. PJ Walker (WWF Monday Night Raw – March 1, 1993), Lex Luger vs. Shawn Michaels (WWF All American Wrestling – September 19, 1993), King Haku’s Coronation (WWF Superstars – July 9, 1988), King Haku vs. Sam Houston (WWF Prime Time Wrestling – August 22, 1988.
– This week on Santino’s Foreign Exchange, foreign correspondent Yoshi Tatsu attempts to interview Ryback. The synopsis reads, “On this episode of “Santino’s Foreign Exchange,” The Milan Miracle puts the pressure on foreign correspondent Toshi Yatsu – uh, we mean Yoshi Tatsu – in an attempt to hone his interviewing skills. Yoshi’s mettle is tested, though, when he runs into the monstrous Ryback!”
– Daniel Bryan is featured in today’s “Superstar Spotlight” on WWE.com.
– WWE Hall of Famer Adam “Edge” Copeland has indicated that he is working on an autobiography.
When asked on Twitter if he plans to write a second book, The Rated-R Superstar replied, “Workin on it.”
His first autobiography, Adam Copeland on Edge, was released in 2004. Unlike most wrestlers who used “ghostwriters” to write their biographies, Copeland wrote the entire book himself, in longhand. Mick Foley, who also wrote his wrestling autobiography himself in longhand, wrote the foreword to his book.
– Wednesday marks as WWE Superstar Rey Mysterio’s birthday as the three-time world champion turns 38-years-old. Also celebrating birthdays are Sabu, who turns 48, and “King of Diamonds” Eddie Kingston, who turns 30.
– Tony Dawson, who joined WWE as an announcer in August, is now on Twitter at TonyDawsonWWE. The former lead announcer for St. John’s TV network at St. John’s University is the host of Saturday Morning Slam and Afterburn, and is an occasional color commentator on NXT.
– Big Show, Ted DiBiase and other WWE Superstars spread be a STAR Alliance’s anti-bullying message at Sewells Point Elementary School.
– Speaking to English digital publication Hooked on Wrestling, TNA Wrestling star Kurt Angle labeled WWE Hall of Famer and former rival “Stone Cold” Steve Austin “underrated.”
“One of the most underrated wrestlers – not entertainers, but wrestlers – in the history of professional wrestling,” said Angle of the 6-time WWE Champion. “He changed the face of wrestling. I wrestled him in my first year in the business, and I knew nothing. Austin carried me through every match that we had.”
– In Robbie E’s latest blog for Spike.com, the former TNA Television and X Division Champion offers tips on how to be a “bro.” One vital requirement concerns grooming.
“To be a proper bro, one must be properly groomed. Which consists of trimmed nose hairs, ears regularly cleaned, and so on,” wrote E. “And if I have to tell you to use a ton of product in your hair and keep your tan perfect, you should probably just stop reading now, because you’ll never be a bro.”
E has also re-launched his official website, Robbie-E.com.
– Alicia Webb, known as Ryan Shamrock in WWE, and Shawn Daivari, attended the 5th Annual ‘All in for CP’ Celebrity Poker tournament at the Venetian Hotel and Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday. Below are exclusive photos of the two at the event.
Additional photos of the event are available at FilmMagic.com.
– Josh Stewart, a reporter for Newsday.com, spent twenty-four hours in Diamond Dallas Page’s “Accountability Crib” in Smyrna, Georgia, last month, where 57-year-old former pro wrestling star Jake “The Snake” Roberts is cleaning up his life. The process is being filmed for a documentary titled “The Resurrection of Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts.” Page, however, is upset with Stewart’s account of his visit in the article, which was published last week. The former World Heavyweight Champion posted a video reacting to “negative comments” written in the article, which “did not represent what he stands for.” Here here calls the writer asking for him to remove statements that were “poorly chosen and out of context.” The paper refused to change them.
It’s also noted that Page and Roberts will choose carefully who gets exclusive access to their home in the future.
– Kurt Angle, who suffered a groin injury Sunday at Final Resolution, offered an update on his health status Wednesday.
“Injury Will take a few Weeks,” Angle noted of his recovery time from the injury to a follower. He later wrote, “Hey my friends. Got a little Injury. But, I Will Be Back Very Soon. Thanks for Your tweets. Much Love. TNA! God Bless.”
– Official Knockouts referee Taryn Terrell is now officiating matches featuring men. This week’s featured match on TNA Xplosion features the former WWE Diva as the referee for match pitting Hernandez against Joey Ryan.
– TNA Wrestling has released a video previewing this Thursday’s live Impact Wrestling on SpikeTV.
– During an interview with The Sun promoting TNA Wrestling’s upcoming tour of the U.K., AJ Styles vowed that he will never alter his “Total Nonstop Action” wrestling style.
“You know I feel you pick your time and place… and I do that. I pick my spots and use them wisely,” Styles said. “I’ll not tone it down until I stop wrestling.”
Styles also addressed his upcoming autobiography set for release next year.
“I do have a book in progress. It is early days so far,” said Styles. “What I hope to do is tell the story of my early life and bring it right up to my wrestling career. I will include some behind the scenes stuff and while my faith will be included, there will be wrestling stuff there for the fans, too.”
– The newest addition to the TNA Wrestling announce team, Todd Keneley, takes a shot at getting on “The List” this week on the latest edition of “The List” with Robbie E and Robbie T.
– It was reported Saturday that some familiar faces could be returning to WWE in the coming months as there has been a push from several top talents for the organization to bring back some “solid hand” wrestlers that were previously released. Two specific names in mind are MVP and Shelton Benjamin as organization officials have discussed bringing the former Superstars back to the fold.
Since being released from WWE in April 2010 in a cost-cutting measure, Benjamin has kept busy in Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling. MVP also competes in New Japan, where he teams with Benjamin under the tag team name “Black Dynamite.”
– Mick Foley displays his beloved Christmas room on the latest edition of WWE’s “Superstar Toyz.”
Courtesy of ImpactWrestling.com, here is the official preview for this Thursday’s episode of Impact Wrestling on SpikeTV.
Preview Thursday’s IMPACT: The Aftermath of Final Resolution, Velvet Sky returns to action
Preview Thursday’s (December 13) IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast at 8/7c on SpikeTV! If you can’t watch IMPACT on Thursday night, make sure to set your DVR to record all the action.
– Witness the aftermath from Sunday’s “Final Resolution” event! After beating Bobby Roode at the PPV, “The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy is STILL the World Heavyweight Champion! Hardy will appear on Thursday’s broadcast – what’s next for the World Champ during the final weeks of 2012? How will Roode react to losing his shot at the gold? Why did The Aces and Eights double-cross Roode? Tune in and find out!
– After their battle at “Final Resolution”, will the rivalry between Austin Aries and Bully Ray continue on IMPACT? Is the war just beginning between Aries and Bully Ray after the controversy involving Brooke Hogan?
– After making her surprise return this past week, Velvet Sky will be in action on Thursday’s broadcast in Knockouts action! Does Velvet have her sights set on regaining the Knockouts Championship? Don’t miss Velvet’s in-ring return!
– Also at “Final Resolution”, longtime rivals AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels collided in their FINAL BATTLE! We will hear from both the winner and loser of the historic bout on Thursday’s broadcast as both Styles and Daniels will appear on IMPACT to talk about the outcome of their epic rivalry!
All this and much more on Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast at 8/7c on SpikeTV
WWE announced prior to tonight’s Raw that the 2012 Slammy Awards will air live on next week’s show at 8/7 CT on USA Network. And for the first time ever, fans will determine the winner of each “Slammy” exclusively via the WWE App and WWE’s second screen experience, “WWE Active.”
WWE fans can also use the hashtags below to nominate candidates for each category.
2012 SLAMMY AWARD Categories & Nomination Hashtags
– Superstar of the Year [#WWESuperstar2012]
– Breakout Star of the Year [#WWEBreakout]
– Trending Now Award – (Hashtag of the Year) [#WWETrendOfYear]
– Comeback of the Year [#WWEComeback]
– Kiss of the Year [#WWEKiss]
– “Tell me I did NOT just see that” – (The Most Shocking Moment of the Year) [#WWEMostShocking]
– Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com reported on November 18 that former WWE wrestlers John Morrison and Melina were involved in a domestic dispute the prior weekend, resulting in police being summoned to the residence they share in Los Angeles, California. He said details of the story would likely be published on TMZ.com, but ultimately, was not acknowledged. In a post on the F4WOnline.com message board Saturday, Meltzer explained why additional details regarding the incident have not been revealed.
“There was an incident reported to them (TMZ) but no police report to back it up so you can’t really go forward with the story,” wrote the Wrestling Observer editor. “Same reason I haven’t said anything. I checked with police and if they were called, there was no report.”
Since news of the incident surfaced online, Morrison has continued performing at wrestling events and comedy clubs. Perez, on the other hand, has continued to remain out of the public spotlight entirely. She last appeared at a wrestling show on October 12 in Tijuana, Mexico, accompanying Morrison for a match. She stopped tweeting a few days prior, and subsequently canceled an autograph signing she was scheduled to appear at later that month.
– Speaking to USA Today, music mogul-turned-boxing promoter 50 Cent believes the sport of professional boxing could benefit from utilizing WWE-style theatrics.
“(We should) use some of the theatrics that you see in WWE and bringing them into a sport that doesn’t have a question mark — we know boxing is real. We don’t say ‘is that real?’ like wrestling. If you add those different elements to it you can offer something that would be entertaining enough to watch the entire show,” said 50 Cent.
Details on 50 Cent’s promotion plans are available here.
– Thursday on Impact Wrestlng, Velvet Sky made her return to TNA Wrestling during an in-ring segment between Mickie James and Tara, vowing to become TNA Women’s Knockouts Champion yet again. Like Sky, fellow “Beautiful People” founder Angelina Love parted ways with the organization in the summer. She was asked on Twitter whether she plans to follow suit by returning to TNA, and responded, “No, I have zero ties to TNA.”
– Today is the birthday of TNA Wrestling star Kurt Angle. The only Olympic wrestling gold medalist in the history of professional wrestling turns 44-years-old.
– Watch Before The Bell: Final Resolution, a half-hour broadcast special spotlighting tonight’s Final Resolution pay-per-view event.
– Jey and Jimmy Uso have their sights set on making history in WWE. Saturday on Twitter, the twin duo vowed, “We will be the first brothers to hold separate titles and Tag titles at the same time!! Mark our words!!! #HISTORY #USOOO.”
– WWE will tape its annual Tribute to the Troops event tonight in Norfolk, Virginia at the Norfolk Scope Arena. Free tickets are available for active members of the military.
– On the latest episode of the “JBL and Michael Cole Show,” John “Bradshaw” Layfield and Michael Cole disown professional sports. The synopsis reads, “Watch the latest episode of the hilarious, new “JBL & Cole Show,” as “The Wrestling God” and one of the most outspoken announcers in WWE history lay down their views on the worst owners in professional sports and the Tout of the week – featuring a certain cowboy-hat-wearing former WWE Champion!”
– Miss Piggy and the rest of Disney’s The Muppets return to Monday Night Raw as Social Media Ambassadors tomorrow night.
WWE announced Saturday, “One year after guest hosting Monday Night Raw, Disney’s The Muppets make their glorious return to WWE’s flagship show as Social Media Ambassadors. Given their history with some of the WWE Superstars, we’re sure they’ll have plenty to say on the goings on of the WWE Universe. Will Miss Piggy have more words for Vickie Guerrero? Do Statler and Waldorf approve of 3MB? And will Beaker send a message to his cousin Sheamus? Follow them on Twitter and Facebook to find out and be sure to check out their holiday video “All I Need is Love” — alongside Cee-Lo Green off the new album “Cee-Lo’s Magic Moment” — and the 20th Anniversary Edition of “The Muppet Christmas Carol,” now on DVD and Blu-Ray.”
– SmackDown ring announcer Lilian Garcia is back working full-time with WWE after being struck by a car in Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 27.
“Back w a vengeance! At airport about to embark on a month long journey w @WWE & family Christmas! 1st stop VA 4 #TTTT 2 perform 4 Troops!” she wrote Saturday.
– In WWE’s latest Countdown video feature, WWE counts down the ten most shocking returns in company history. The Rock, John Cena, Vince McMahon and others are featured.
– Chris Jericho, who is currently working on his third autobiography covering his 2007 return to WWE and beyon, noted on Twitter Sunday that it is coming along “very slowly.”
– Friday’s episode of SmackDown on Syfy garnered 59,266 in social media activity, down 2% from the prior week’s show.
– The late Bad News Brown is featured in today’s “Superstar Spotlight” on WWE.com.
TNA Wrestling will holds its 9th annual Final Resolution pay-per-view event tonight at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida. The following seven matches have been announced for the show.
* TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match – Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Bobby Roode.
* AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels in a match billed as one last time.
* Bully Ray vs. Austin Aries.
* Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Garett Bischoff and Wes Brisco vs. Aces & Eights (Devon, D.O.C. and two Aces & 8s members)
* TNA Women’s Knockout Championship Match – Mickie James vs. Tara (c)
* TNA World Tag Team Championship Match – Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez (c) vs. Matt Morgan and Joey Ryan.
* TNA X Division Championship Match – Rob Van Dam (c) vs. Kenny King.
– After undergoing immediate knee surgery Tuesday and being released from the hospital late in the evening, WWE Champion CM Punk was telling people close to him that he felt excellent. Punk contacted WWE officials and informed them he would be able to compete against Ryback at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs. Management, however, felt otherwise, stating it would be best if he did not compete at the pay-per-view event. They wanted him to bow out of the show and rest as to not jeopardize bigger, upcoming matches.
Punk will continue to appear on WWE programming while he heals.
– Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be chatting with fans Sunday afternoon via Twitter.
“Inspiration, information & a good dirty joke. Been too long.. you & me LIVE! SUNDAY 1pm EST,” he announced Saturday.
According to OutSports.com, WWE are distancing themselves from South California-based independent wrestler Scorpio Sky after the ten-year grappling veteran posted anti-gay messages on his Twitter account.
A wrestling fan who argued with Sky via Twitter over his use of the anti-gay slur contacted WWE about the wrestler’s language. WWE Fan Services responded: “WWE strongly believes that everyone should be treated with respect and this principle is the foundation of our anti-bullying initiative, “Be a STAR”. Mr. Andrews no longer works for WWE and we have no plans to work with him in the future.”
Sky also works with Lucha VaVOOM, and the company is not happy with his anti-gay tweets. The company stated to OutSports.com, “Please rest assured that Lucha VaVOOM does not condone this language, and further, it’s important to us specify that we do not employ the character “Scorpio Sky.” The wrestler that plays “Scorpio Sky” appears sometimes, but not under that moniker, and he does not have access to speak for Lucha VaVOOM or any of his Lucha VaVOOM characters. However, we have emailed him our grievances and await his response.”
One month prior to appearing for WWE, Sky competed in TNA Wrestling’s X Division Championship Tournament as Mason Andrews.
– This week on Foreign Exchange, Santino Marella reacts to not being listed among WWE.com’s “The 50 most beautiful people in sports-entertainment history” list. The synopsis reads: “What do Santino Marella and Stacy Keibler have in common? Not too much, as it turns out. On this week’s episode of “Santino’s Foreign Exchange,” The Milan Miracle learns a hard truth about where he ranks on WWE.com’s list of Most Beautiful Superstars and Divas. Find out how Santino takes the (bad) news, only on YouTube!”
– Former ECW World Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lynn has set March 23, 2013 as his official retirement date from professional wrestling, which marks as his 25th anniversary in the profession. His final match will take place in his home city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he broke in under Brad Rheighans. His final match in the Northeast will take place February 9, 2013 in Metuchen, New Jersey, as he faces ECW rival Lance Storm at a Pro Wrestling Syndicate event.
– Resistance Pro, an independent pro wrestling company created by The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and brothers Jacques and Gabe Barons, has pitched a reality series pilot to multiple cable networks.
Bully Ray appeared on Busted Open with Dave LaGreca and Doug Mortman, where he addressed the passing of Buddy Roberts. The program airs Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays on Sirius 92 and XM 208 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., visit www.Facebook.com/bustedopen for more information. Highlights from the interview are as follows:
Bully Ray on his relationship with Brooke Hogan: “I’m not even sure you can call us friends, because we have only known each other for a short period of time. When the whole Aces and Eights went down and I came to Hulk, I came to Sting, I tried to help out TNA because I thought the whole situation was wrong. Hulk just kept giving me the cold shoulder. He kept telling me he didn’t trust me. Sting had to basically beg and plead with him to let me be his tag team partner. So the guy doesn’t trust me.
“He was going through a lot of stuff in his own life where maybe he wasn’t thinking straight. All Brooke did was one day she came up to me and she didn’t apologize for her father. She was just kind of like ‘listen he is under some stress lately, don’t take it too personal.’ She just tried to ease the blow for her dad and my relationship with him. So that was it. One thing lead to another and I told her ‘listen I really appreciate it you telling me that’. Next time I saw her it was hello and how you doing. We just started talking, just friendly kind of stuff. Realized, she is just a nice girl. We just started talking and that is really it. Me and Brooke play Words with Friends on Twitter.”
Does he feel any different getting cheers from the crowd: “Listen, you guys with this heel and babyface crap. I’m not a good guy, I’m not a bad guy. I’m me. I’ve had 70,000 people cheer for me in the Houston Astrodome. I’ve had 20,000 people boo me at Madison Square Garden. When they love me, they love me. When they hate me, they hate me. I let them make the decision. I’m just me. That’s what makes me special in this business. I don’t change for anybody.”
What will his focus be after Austin Aries: “As soon as I am done with Austin, I’m re-focusing on Devon, Aces and Eights, and the World Heavyweight championship. One is personal and one is business. The number one goal should be to become the World Heavyweight champion. It’s hard to stay one hundred percent focused on that when you know that your partner, brother, and friend just stuck it up your ass, that you have no choice in going after him.”
Thoughts on cutting back pay-per-views: “Love it. I think it’s an awesome idea. I think the wrestling world is entirely saturated with pay-per-views. I remember growing up as a kid and only getting those four to six pay-per-views a year which had that big time feel. Now every time you turn around there is a pay-per-view every month. I would love to see TNA go the route of doing something like the NWA did back in the day and put on almost like a free pay-per-view on Spike TV one Sunday. I don’t make those business decisions, but I think it would be great for luring new fans to our product. I’m very, very confident that once wrestling fans who have never seen TNA, if they would just get to see it once or twice, I think they would be hooked.”
Ahead of her big title match with Tara at TNA’s Final Resolution pay per view on Sunday, Mickie James joins Diva Dirt to discuss her recent comeback to the ring after a major health scare, her illustrious career in wrestling as one of the most decorated women in the sport, her latest music video featuring WWE icon Trish Stratus, her thoughts on Beth Phoenix’s retirement and much more.
Mickie also opens up to us about working with Trish in that memorable feud in 2006, working with Lita, and how she was almost paired with CM Punk on WWE television.
Speaking for the first time about having a benign tumor removed, she said: “It was pretty scary. I didn’t get into a whole big ordeal as far as my surgery went because it was so scary and very personal, and kind of humbling in a sense. In this industry, we’re so accustomed to fighting off pain or negating it, and working through it, sometimes we don’t take little things very seriously. Most times when we think of getting hurt or having to go to the hospital, it’s usually for to do with an injury in the ring, so for it to be for something personal and to have this mass… and thank God it was benign.”
On possibly winning her ninth major championship at Final Resolution: “It would be incredible. They always say though, if you’ve won the championship eight times, it means you’ve lost it eight times. At the same time, I can say anytime I’ve won the championship, it’s been monumental for me, for my career. The matches have been incredible. And anytime I’ve lost it, I can say the same. I’m definitely going to go into this Sunday full steam ahead with a purpose. I really want this Knockouts Championship. […] It’s often negated how much that championship means to us, because it truly means at that time, at that point, you are the best.”
“I know that Trish’s record — no one will ever capture that, winning the Women’s Championship seven times, especially now it’s retired, but hats off to her. She’s an incredible woman and athlete.”
On nearly being called up with CM Punk in WWE: “I was supposed to debut a few times [before debuting as Trish’s fan], and even debuted with Punk on Sunday Night Heat. We came back through the curtain and they’re like, ‘Uh uh, we don’t see you two together at all. No way’. And they pulled the match. It was supposed to air on Sunday Night Heat and it never aired. I was like, ‘What happened? Were we awful? What do you mean we don’t match?’ I get it now and I’m grateful… I wonder how my career would’ve been different had I actually debuted in one of those different storylines that got canned at the last minute while I was at TV.”
– Veteran WWE ring announcer Lilian Garcia makes her first appearance on SmackDown tonight after being stuck by an automobile in late October.
“I actually had butterflies in my stomach driving up to the [North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina],” Garcia told WWE.com. “After 11 years [in WWE], you’d think this would be old hat to me, but it all feels new again.”
On October 27, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, Garcia was struck by an SUV while she was working out, resulting in head, neck and back trauma. Following a six-week recovery process, she is still undergoing physical therapy three times a week.
“It’s been overwhelming in a good way, and our fans definitely helped pull me through it” said Garcia of the support. “They were the reason I worked so hard with physical therapists and chiropractors to be able to come back.”
– WWE’s former Minotaur-like character, Mantaur, makes his return to the ring tonight for Pro Wrestling Syndicate’s “Fight Mare Before Christmas” event in Metuchen, New Jersey, at SMG Sportsplex. The former WWE star, who is generally retired from the squared circle, will face WWE Hall of Famer Tito Santana (billed as El Matador) in a Special Attraction Legends Match.
– WWE will hold a Raw live event in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at Show Me Center on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. Tickets go on sale next Friday at 10:00 a.m. via ShowMeCenter.biz.
– The promotional poster for TNA’s Lockdown pay-per-view event on March 10, 2013 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, has surfaced online and Hulk Hogan is featured front and center. Also notably featured is TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy, whose contract expires in February.
– Thursday on Impact Wrestlng, Velvet Sky made her return to TNA Wrestling during a in-ring segment between Mickie James and Tara, vowing to regain the TNA Women’s Knockouts Championship and making 2013 her year. Following her appearance, TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter remarked on Sky’s return, tweeting, “Welcome back @VelVelHoller! I’m sure millions have missed the pigeons!!”
– Miss Tessmacher and Robbie E appear for ACW tomorrow at Opportunity Builders Inc. 8855 Veterans Highway Millersville, Maryland. Call 410-608-1141 for more information.
– Episode #95 of Z! True Long Island Story, entitled All Zack wants for Christmas, is now now online. In the episode, Ryder finds out “Santa” is a fake, spoofs the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and gleefully looks forward to hitting one million followers on Twitter.
– The former Kharma, Awesome Kong, addressed her departure from WWE and other topics in a podcast interview with RingbellesOnline.com: “So it’s time to dissect the last couple of years and get to the truth of a lot of speculation and rumours. We talk getting back in the ring at SHINE and Florida Underground (both teaming with Jazz) a couple of weekends ago and how that return came about. We talk endorsements from Jim Ross and Steve Austin leading to meetings with John Laurinatis leading to her dream job. Is it fair to call her a Triple H Project? We talk the first meeting with Vince McMahon, and the Kharma name (and more to the point, discover a rejected alternate name!), and what the initial plans were for her push. We talk acceptance into the Diva locker room, and the reaction to her pregnancy. Seen her wrestling ring-shaped engagement ring? Now hear the *true* story of how her fiancé popped the question. Stew and Kong compare how many Royal Rumbles each of them have been in, and we talk about the great personal tragedy in Kong’s life around that time and how various things contributed to her eventual WWE release. We discuss the oft-reported story that Layla was a last minute replacement for Kharma at Extreme Rules 2012 and how aware she was of the growing interest in a match with Beth Phoenix. From there it’s a discussion of future plans both at home and abroad to wrap up the episode.”
– WWEShop.com has released a Zack Ryder Bro Parking Sign.
