Category: WWE

  • HBK Talks Who Will Induct Him, Working WM19 With Jericho

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    Former WWE Superstar “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels stepped inside the WTR Squared Circle this past Wednesday to talk about his his charity auction for how you can win a chance to Meet Shawn Michaels and see him get inducted in to the WWE Hall of Fame, along with more memories from his WWE Career.

    On deciding who will induct him in to the WWE Hall of Fame.

    “Its one of things where I find myself debating whether I make it different or do what I want to do or do I make it interesting or do I make it controversial, its hard for me to get out of the performance mode, they keep telling me its about you just enjoy it, its just hard not to feel like people are expecting something. Its hard for me not to think that I have to do something and I have had a tough time narrowing down whether I am just going to enjoy it or make it a performance.”

    On how Shawn Michaels & Chris Jericho came up with the aftermath of their Wrestlemania 19 Match Up.

    “I always likened it to Godfather 2 when Michael Corleone kisses Fredo and says I knew it was you. We thought about numermous different things and I said how about nothing works better than a swift kick to the nuts.”

    On working with Chris Jericho

    “One of the sheer joys he and I had, we both love sitting around with each other and coming up with things to make things just a little better and really get in to the creative process.”

    * Pictures of SHAWN MICHAELS Hunting: See What He Killed! (Bears, Birds & More)

  • The Rock, John Cena and The Miz To Face Off On RAW

    The USA Network issued the following press release today:

    THE ROCK®, JOHN CENA® AND THE MIZ® TO FACE OFF LIVE ON RAW® NEXT MONDAY ON USA AT 9/8c

    Final Raw Prior to WrestleMania® XXVII

    STAMFORD, Conn., March 23, 2011 – After their war of words, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will finally confront WWE Superstar John Cena® and WWE Champion The Miz®, live in person, March 28th on Monday Night Raw at 9/8c on USA Network. The verbal sparring was ignited when The Rock triumphantly returned to WWE last month. The fireworks will emanate live from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, IL.

    The Rock will be The World’s Most Electrifying Host in Entertainment at WrestleMania XXVII on Sunday, April 3rd at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, live on pay-per-view. The Rock is expected to lay the SmackDown® on all the pomp and festivities that make WrestleMania the world’s greatest, annual pop culture extravaganza.

    For all the latest updates, ‘Like’ The Rock at www.facebook.com/DwayneJohnson or follow him at www.twitter.com/TheRock.

    WrestleMania XXVII will be broadcast in more than 100 countries around the world. Check with your local cable operator or satellite provider to order the pay-per-view on Sunday, April 3rd. For more information on WrestleMania and WrestleMania events, please visit www.wrestlemania.com.

  • Maria Releases Perfume Line, Live HBK Interview Tonight, More

    — Former World Wrestling Entertainment Diva, Playboy cover model and Celebrity Apprentice contestant Maria Kanellis proudly announced today the release of her signature perfume line, Maria Kanellis Signature Perfumes.

    The perfume comes in three unique scents; Sandalwood, Mimosa and Ylang Ylang.

    The perfume is available for purchase here.

    — Shawn Michaels appears live tonight on In Your Head at 8:00 p.m. EST. He will discuss his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame, his retirement match last year at WrestleMania XXVI, his ongoing Wrestlemania raffle, and much more. The interview is available at InYourHeadOnline.com.

    — A Raw live event is scheduled for Saturday, May 28 at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa.

    source: PWInsider.com

  • Update On Ashley Massaro, Roddy Piper Cancels For WWE, More

    — Former WWE Diva Ashley Massaro has been announced for K & S presents Super Saturday taking place April 9 at the Ramada Philadelphia Airport 76 Industrial Hwy. Essington, Pennsylvania. The one-time Playboy cover girl will also be filming a shoot interview with Highspots.com that weekend in which she discusses her involvement with the professional wrestling industry. Fans can submit questions to Highspots@aol.com.

    — WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper has canceled his planned comedy performances on Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2 in Atlanta, Georgia in order to appear for World Wrestling Entertainment functions WrestleMania XXVII weekend. He will, however, still perform on Thursday, March 31 at The Punchline. Piper announced yesterday that Sgt. Slaughter would appear at the event.

    — Santino Marella, Brie Bella and Nikki Bella’s appearance on the latest episode of Cake Boss replays Saturday at 7:00 p.m. on TLC.

    source: PWInsider.com

  • Next Week’s WWE HOF Announcement, Khali On “Outsourced”

    — The Road Warriors, Animal and Hawk, are expected to be announced as inductees into the WWE Hall of Fame 2011 Class during next week’s Raw in Chicago, Illinois.

    Promoting The Road Warriors: Danger, Death, and the Rush of Wrestling on Monday Night Mayhem, Animal commented on rumors of the duo being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

    “I don’t know man. Have I envisioned it? Yeah. You always want to be in there, and you want to be recognized for your trade,” he said. “I thought I was going in last year. I thought I was going in the year before that and the year before that. I thought ‘What are they waiting for here?’ But who knows man. Most of the time, the wrestlers are the last ones to find out anything. The thing I know for sure is that I’m going in the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in (Amsterdam) New York in May.”

    — Tomorrow night at 10:30 p.m. on NBC, The Great Khali will appear on the hit sitcom Outsourced. WWE.com sat down with Parvesh Cheena, who plays Gupta on the show, to get his thoughts on The Punjabi Playboy, WWE and more. (Interview link)

    — Former WWE talent Ray Gordy (a/k/a Jesse) turns 32 years old today, while Tyson Tomko turns 35. Also, former WCW talent Midajah turns 38.

    source: PWInsider.com

  • Next Week’s SmackDown, WWE Niagara Falls Shuts Down, More

    — Last night’s SmackDown taping in Columbus, Ohio was the “go-home” show for the brand heading into WrestleMania XXVII because no taping is scheduled for next week. The episode, which takes April 1, 2011, will consist of footage from WrestleMania Axxess at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia and video packages.

    — WWE Niagara Falls, a retail establishment located in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, is scheduled to be closed down effective March 31, 2011. The facility opened on August 1, 2002.

    — Triple H will be signing copies of WWE Studios’ The Chaperone at Sam’s Club in Elmsford, New York this Sunday beginning at 11 a.m. The autograph session is limited to the first 300 attendees.

    source: PWInsider.com

  • Styles Ridicules WWE For WCW Failure, Sunny Speaks Out, More

    — Ten years ago today, World Wrestling Entertainment announced the purchase of World Championship Wrestling from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. WWE Director of Digital Media Content Joey Styles took to Twitter to chastise his employer for botching the subsequent “Invasion” storyline.

    He wrote, “10 years ago today WWF bought WCW…tried a WCW vs. WWF story without Flair, Sting, Nash, Goldberg, etc…BOMB! Then tried WWECW…BIG BOMB!”

    It is widely believed that WWE cost themselves millions of dollars by not utilizing big-name WCW talent for the storyline, such as Hulk Hogan, Bill Goldberg, Sting and Lex Luger.

    — WWE Hall of Famer Sunny appears In The Room with Pro Wrestling Illustrated contributing writer Brady Hicks to discuss being the youngest inductee in the organization’s history, as well as her thoughts on being involved with World Wrestling Entertainment again. (Listen Here)

    — WWE has a huge media day planned for Friday, April 1 in Atlanta, Georgia as a good portion of the roster will be on hand for interviews at the Georgia Dome.

    source: PWInsider.com

  • Brock Lesnar Scheduled For Fallon, J.R. Fails To Land OU Job

    — Former UFC Heavyweight Champion and WWE Champion Brock Lesnar is scheduled to appear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon next Monday.

    He will be promoting The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos, which debuts the following Wednesday on Spike.

    — RGV Vipers radio voice Alex Del Barrio sent Jim Ross well wishes on Twitter in regards to the WWE Hall of Famer not landing the play-by-play job for Oklahoma University football.

    “Thanks, man,” he replied. “I’m disappinted in not getting the OU PXP gig but felt all along I was a long shot. Still love #BoomerSooner!”

    — The official Twitter account of the Georgia Dome said yesterday that WWE crew members have arrived in Atlanta to begin preparation for WrestleMania XXVII.

    source: prowrestling.net

  • John Cena Teases Huge News, Match Taped For WWE Superstars

    — John Cena is filming Fred 2 for Nickelodeon today and teased something huge in the works:

    “Day #2 of filming Fred 2! But first 3 hours worth of WM interveiws. Then late tonight, off to silicon valley for sumthin HUGE. Details hopefully on the way. Then of course..back to what we do. 4 more shows to the dance!”

    — Chris Masters vs. Tyler Reks was taped last night for tomorrow night’s episode of WWE Superstars.

    — Big Show, Christian, Kane and Rey Mysterio beat Alberto Del Rio and The Corre in a dark match following last night’s SmackDown taping in Columbus, Ohio.

    source: PWInsider.com

  • The Rock To Star In New Action Thriller “Snitch” (Details)

    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is in negotiations to star in Snitch, an action thriller set to begin filming in June.

    The Rock would star as a suburban father who is hit hard when his teenage son is sentenced to 30 years under mandatory minimum drug laws. In order to reduce his son’s sentence, the father goes undercover to serve up a senior drug dealer.

    The Rock, who has been going between family-friendly movies and fast-paced blow-’em-up action flicks, most recently starred in CBS Films’ Faster and will be appearing in the latest Fast and Furious movie, Fast Five, alongside Paul Walker and Vin Diesel.

    For more on Snitch, visit the Hollywood Reporter.

  • Chamber PPV Way Down, Jericho Compares Dancing & WWE

    – WWE’s corporate website has posted the preliminary buyrate for February’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view and this year’s show is way down from 2010. WWE Elimination Chamber 2011 drew approximately 200,000 buys, down a staggering 30% from last year’s 285,000.

    – Chris Jericho spoke to Digitalspy.com this week and had this to say about the differences between wrestling and dancing:

    “It’s funny because when there are a lot of things about [dancing and wrestling] that are similar. There’s a lot of leverage and weight distribution and balance. Then there’s performing in front of a live crowd, your marks, choreography and as a musician, following the beat. It’s not that foreign as it seems at first. The training’s really hard. It’s probably the hardest training I’ve ever done, but it’s not futile. There are moves in dancing that I’ve never done before – you’re turning your knee outwards, your elbow on the side. And hunching over – dancing’s very elongated, very regal. Your neck stretches, your shoulders are down. So I’m focusing on getting rid of those bad habits.”

    Check Out: Chris Jericho’s First Dancing With The Stars Performance (Video)

  • *SPOILERS* WWE SmackDown Tapings Results For Friday

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    WWE taped Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown on Tuesday from Columbus, Ohio, courtesy of WrestlingNewsWorld.com:

    * Booker T comes out to an amazing pop. Cole comes out to heat.

    * Smackdown starts off with a backstage segment where Teddy Long is telling Edge that if he or Alberto Del Rio touch either other before Wrestlemania they will both be banned from the event.

    * Rey Mysterio b. CM Punk
    – Rey had a quick start to the match then missed a flying cross body allowing CM to control. Punk mainly focusing attacks on the ribs of Rey. Eventually he goes for an attack off the ropes but Rey countered with a dropkick to gain the upper-hand. Rey hit CM with an Asia moonsault. Cody Rhodes comes in as a distraction and the match ends in disqualification. Rey is helped out of the ring by officials.

    * Edge and Christian are shown backstage. Edge says he’s still going to be in the corner for Christian tonight. He walks away.

    * Edge vs. Drew McIntyre
    – As soon as the bell ring Edge goes after Drew. Drew quickly gains the upper-hand working on Edge’s arm. Edge eventually gains control and wins via his finished. After the match Edge connects with a spear.

    * LayCool b. Rosa Mendez & Kelly Kelly
    – Layla has the Snooki hair do and they were both fist pumping they are also not even wearing their ring gear. Rosa and Kelly go straight for the attack. Quick match ending when Layla hits a reverse neck breaker for the win. After the match Laycool cut a quick promo saying that their opponents for Wrestlemania are no challenge.

    * Wade Barrett b. Kofi Kingston to win the Intercontinental Championship.
    – Kofi was going for trouble in paradise but ref got distracted. He connected trouble on heath allowing Wade to hit wasteland following a pinfall. After the match Justin hit a 450 splash.

    * Teddy Long & Albero Del Rio are backstage.

    * Undertaker is on stage cutting a promo. He says that Triple H has figured out how to win. He then says he can’t wait till Monday to tell Triple H what he thinks.

    * Jake Swagger b. R-Truth
    – R-Truth had a close call… He launched himself over top rope and it looked like Swagger barely caught him. Quick match winner via ankle lock, Swagger.

    * Christian w/ Edge b. Alberto Del Rio
    – Alberto has Brodus Clay with him. During the match Brodus attacked Edge on the outside. Edge returns the favor with spear then attacks him with a chair. This distracts Alberto allowing Christian to hit the Kill Switch for the win. Edge looks like hes gonna attack Alberto with the chair but Christian stops him. He hits Alberto with the chair instead. That concludes this week’s SmackDown.

  • Cena Discusses HBK Not Liking Him At First, Rock’s WWE Return

    John Cena participated in a sitdown interview with Madison Square Garden correspondent Alex Iglesias prior to Saturday night’s Raw live event at the venue. Highlights are as follows:

    — Cena says that while Shawn Michaels is his all-time favorite tag team partner, it took time for the two to become friends.

    “He was one of those guys that – when I started – wasn’t too fond of me, but we ended up actually becoming really good friends,” Cena said. The fact that I was fortunate enough to hold the Tag Team Championships, even though it was for a short amount of time, was my most memorable.”

    — Cena commented on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s return to WWE.

    He said, “I’ve wanted him to come back for five years now. I’m glad he’s finally back. I just hope he sticks around. I guess time will tell.”

    — Regarding Nicole “Snooki” Polazzi’s involvement at WrestleMania XXVII, he said, “I’ve seen her get in some crazy situations on that television show. She will be just fine. If she goes out there and is just herself, she will make a WrestleMania Moment.”

    — When asked if his wife gets upset with his strenuous road schedule with WWE, Cena said, “She does. But, we’ve known each other for quite some time. She knows that’s the way I’m built.”

    He added that he prioritizes things as “work first and everything else will sort itself out.”

    The video interview is available here.

    source: MSG.com

  • Raw Rating Drops, Dark Match Result From SD Taping, More

    — Last night’s episode of Monday Night Raw scored a 3.3 cable rating, down from last week’s 3.64 and a prior three week average of 3.85. Overall viewership was down 12% from last week as the show drew 5.1 million viewers compared to 5.8.

    Raw drew hours of 3.28 and 3.41.

    — The March 19 episode of A.M. Raw scored a 0.55 cable rating, with 670,000 viewers overall.

    — Trent Barreta defeated Curt Hawkins in a dark match prior to tonight’s SmackDown taping at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

    source: Pro Wrestling Torch

  • Rowdy Roddy Piper Pitches Idea For WrestleMania 27 Angle

    Right After Wrestling with Roddy Piper
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    Piper on working with WrestleMania celebrities: “The acts I did were to further the business. It took a lot of balls to say you’re not pinning my shoulders at WrestleMania. I was protecting the business. You never let somebody come from outside the business, have their way with the business and then leave the next day and laugh at you. How the hell does David Arquette become World Champion. Maybe you can have – in the Hall of Fame – the lifetime achievement award. Bob Uecker would fit in right there. It’s the way you categorize it I think. Because there were guys who got stabbed three times to get into that Hall of Fame!”

    Piper on his WrestleMania boxing match with Mr. T: “It was one of the worst matches of my life. Why? In that match with Mr. T, they didn’t trust me. I had done some boxing. I trained for five weeks for this fight. They taped my fists up solid and then put it in the gloves. He was scarred. At the end of the day it was my fault, let’s make that clear. Those boxing gloves are thumbless. Mr. T was supposed to throw a left-cross. They asked my for a little show-business. So when he threw the left, I was supposed to go through the ropes to the floor. But when he threw it, he missed. He was all tired. They really protected him. We got an old saying, I would rather you punch my teeth down my throat then throw a popcorn punch!”

    Piper on an idea he provided for WrestleMania 27: “I did shoot an idea to the WWE. I said put Cena and The Rock in Piper’s Pit at WrestleMania. Because I knew he wouldn’t wrestle but everybody would wanna see him. They should use people who have given to the business – like The Rock, like myself – who are powerful enough to entertain. Instead of just putting in Snooki.”

    Other Topics

    Addressing rumors and responds to false accusations about him and his health and missing appearances, from unreliable sources, over the years (6:15)

    Discussing how to handle celebrity involvement in professional wrestling, particularly at WrestleMania (11:30)

    Discussing the current WrestleMania landscape – including The Rock, John Cena, Snooki and the possibility of Piper’s Pit at WrestleMania 27 (16:00)

    Thoughts and memories from the first WrestleMania, and thoughts on the age old argument: “who sold WrestleMania 1?” (19:03)

    Why WrestleMania 1 didn’t feature a 1-on-1 main event between Piper and Hulk Hogan (22:05)

    On his thoughts with working with Mr. T at both WrestleMania and WrestleMania 2 (30:10)

    Would his career have been far different financially and from a legacy standpoint if he ever became World Champion (39:13)

  • Alberto Del Rio Talks WrestleMania, Sin Cara, Losing His Mask

    Alberto Del Rio was interviewed recently by the Fox News website, here are some highlights of what he said about:

    His WrestleMania Title Match: “It’s incredible. It’s going to be the peak of my career. My family, my entire country is going to be proud of me. As a kid, all I wanted to do was be a wrestler. Now that I’m here in WWE – WrestleMania is our NBA, our Super Bowl, our World Series of professional wrestling. As a wrestler, as a performer, I always dreamed of being in something like that. I’m fulfilling my dreams. It is the reason I left my country, my family and friends behind.”

    WWE Signing Sin Cara: “I’m just happy this company uses so many Latino talent. There is so much talent out there, from Puerto Rico to Mexico, just to name a few. I hope it continues like that. Because of that, I am here and getting all these opportunities.”

    Taking His Mask Off & Coming To WWE: ““I’m not missing anything from Mexico or my former characterThat was a time in my life when I wore the mask in Mexico and Japan and I enjoyed it. I have been to 14 different countries since being here [in WWE]. I can say I’m writing my own story, a bright story, because I am doing incredible things in the most important [wrestling] company in the world. I’m totally happy about my present and about my future.”

    To read the full article, visit Latino.Foxnews.com.

  • The Rock Hypes RAW Next Week, Cena Cut On RAW, Axxess

    – The Rock wrote the following on his Twitter on Monday following RAW:

    “Great ending on RAW tonight….I promise RAW in CHICAGO next week will be electrified like you haven’t seen in years…in years.”

    – John Cena tweeted that he was cut open on RAW when the Miz scratched his face:

    “CeNation. Fear in the eyes of the miz tonite. He now knows WM will not be a Gimmie. Rock at Raw next mon live. Do not miss it. Yes miz tried to scratch me. A tactic uses mostly in cat fights. he was given a haymaker for his efforts. Then he ran. Dauwsh.”

    – WWE fans who are attending the Fan Axxess convention during WrestleMania weekend are being invited to participate in focus groups to evaluate various parts of the WWE product. Fans who give feedback are being given free tickets to the final Axxess session and a private meeting with a WWE Superstar.

    – Former WWE Diva Angela “Savannah” Fong is currently in the running for Maxim’s Hometown Hottie contest, representing Tampa, Florida.

  • Video: Hall Of Fame Announcement of Abdullah The Butcher

    WWE has confirmed that the next member of the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2011 will be Abdullah the Butcher.

    WWE has posted a video announcing Abdullah’s induction to Youtube, as well as footage from some of his classic moments:

  • Pictures Of Randy Orton’s Wife Samantha

    Check out these pictures of Randy Orton & his wife Samantha:

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  • What Happened After Monday’s RAW Went Off The Air

    After Monday’s episode of WWE RAW from Pittsburgh went off the air, it was time for the dark match main event.

    CM Punk teamed up with Sheamus against John Cena and Triple H. The match did not go for too long, with both Cena and Triple H hitting all their signature moves.

    The finish came when Cena and Triple H simultaneously and Cena pinned Punk. The heels left the ring and Cena and Triple H celebrated for a few minutes before heading to the back.

  • Jericho’s DWTS Debut, Next Week’s RAW, WrestleMania Rewind

    – Chris Jericho made his debut on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars tonight and scored a 19 out of 30 points, better than a lot of the other teams. Jericho and his partner Cheryl Burke performed the Cha Cha.

    – Next week’s WWE RAW from Chicago will be the final episode prior to WrestleMania 27. The show will feature an in-person appearance from The Rock and a face-to-face confrontation between Triple H and The Undertaker.

    – Alex Riley is back on the RAW brand as WWE’s new “Vice President of Corporate Communications.”

    – WrestleMania Rewind week continues on Friday’s SmackDown, which will feature a rematch from a past WrestleMania event.

  • Rating For SmackDown, Matches Taped For Superstars, More

    — The March 18 episode of WWE SmackDown scored a 2.03 cable rating, up one-tenth of a rating point from the previous week. It was the first episode in three weeks to surpass the 2.00.

    The program averaged 3.1 million viewers, slightly above the year average so far of 3.0 million viewers.

    — The following matches were taped Monday night in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for this Thursday’s episode of WWE Superstars on WGN America:

    * The Great Khali and Yoshi Tatsu vs. Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso

    * Daniel Bryan and Gail Kim vs. Tyson Kidd and Melina.

    — R-Truth beat Zack Ryder in the dark match prior to last night’s Raw taping in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    source: Pro Wrestling Torch

  • Trish Stratus Appearing On Raw, Steamboat Signing, Jericho

    — According to the official website of Trish Stratus, she will be appearing on Raw tonight.

    — The official website of Florida Championship Wrestling has announced that WWE Hall of Famer Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and his son, WWE developmental wrestler Richie Steamboat, will be participating in an autograph signing at the April 8 show in Largo, Florida (located on Largo Minnreg Hall 6340 126th Avenue North). Bell time is 7:30 p.m.

    — Rey Mysterio is featured on the cover of the latest issue of WWE Kids Magazine.

    ESPN.com has an article on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars highlighting the athletes on the show, Chris Jericho and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward.

  • Stratus Says Chyna Should Go In HOF, Calls Natalya “Untapped”

    IGN.com features an interview with multi-time WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus promoting the USA Network’s revival of Tough Enough, who appears as a trainer on the show. She notes that many of the contestants have previous wrestling experience.

    “A lot of the contestants have a background,” Stratus said. “They come from wrestling backgrounds. They’ve been doing it for a few years, but it’s an entirely different thing to be doing it on the big stage and to do it professionally and to do it with the grind of the big WWE machine.”

    Stratus said of current WWE talent, Natalya is “untapped.”

    She explained, “Fans are starting to get to know her more and more and I’m just waiting for the day where she goes out there and really can do her thing because I don’t think she’s been given the opportunity to really get out there and show everybody what she’s got.”

    In light of Sunny’s induction into this year’s WWE Hall of Fame class, Stratus suggested that Chyna be enshrined next.

    “I think Chyna should be next in because she did a lot of stuff to bring attention to the women’s division itself and just presented women as a different thing,” Stratus said. “I think fans were conditioned to see women as eye candy for a long, long time and she really broke the mold with that.”

    Stratus also discusses her favorite opponent, her favorite WrestleMania match, incorporating yoga into the Tough Enough contestants’ warming up regimen, as well as the program. The article can be read here.

  • Sammartino & Backlund To Appear At WWE HOF Ceremony?

    World Wrestling Entertainment announced this afternoon that Abdullah the Butcher will inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame on Saturday, April 2 in Atlanta, Georgia. It’s interesting to note that WWE.com’s bio on The Butcher notes that while he never brawled two-time WWE Champion Bruno Sammartino or went the distance with Bob Backlund at Madison Square Garden, all three wrestling icons will be together when he’s inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

    The text reads: “Still active today even though he’s in his 70s, The Butcher has battled every legend in nearly every promotion on the planet — except WWE. Despite his decades in the ring, Abdullah never brawled with Bruno Sammartino for the WWE Championship or went the distance with Bob Backlund in Madison Square Garden. These are dream matches that will never happen, but these icons will all be together when The Butcher takes his rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2011.”

    It appears to be a mistake on the website’s part as Sammartino and Backlund aren’t members of the WWE Hall of Fame, not to mention that it is far fetched that Sammartino would involve himself with WWE. Since his retirement from in-ring competition in 1987, he has been highly critical of the organization’s lurid storylines, over-the-top theatrics, and drug and steroid abuse. The living legend has been particularly critical of Vince McMahon, saying that “Junior” has been detrimental to his father’s creation. Sammartino has refused induction into the WWE Hall of Fame, as well as to provide commentary on retrospectives of his career.

    Meanwhile, Backlund reportedly refused an invitation into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004 because he didn’t consider himself retired. He competed for TNA Wrestling in 2007 at the age of 58 and made an appearance at the 15th Anniversary of Raw on December 10 of that year, participating in the 15th Anniversary battle royal.