— Goldust, who has posted over 30,000 messages on Twitter since last year, was apparently told by WWE officials to cease using the microblogging website earlier this week.

Bill Demott commented on the matter, writing, “It has been brought to my attention that Goldust has been kicked off twitter….now it’s gonna hit the #fan!!” He continued, “I want to know how to fix things for @wwegoldust but I am shocked that my #partner is missing.”

The account is still active, but has not been used since Sunday. In recent months he would publicly block users at a moment’s notice for asking trivial questions, or even no discernible reason.

— A.J. debuted a new theme song on last night’s episode of SmackDown prior to her match against Tamina. It is a production music song called Right Now. It was composed by Tyler Van Den Berg, who specializes in “girl next door” female vocals and catchy electropop.

A.J. was asked to give her thoughts on the song on Twitter. She wrote, “It reminds me of an anime opener so clearly I love it. Plus I really didn’t want some saucy sexy diva music. So not me.”

— Former WWE talent Mike Enos (a/k/a Blake Beverly) turns 48 years old today.

While WWE has yet to release the buy number for last month’s Over the Limit pay-per-view event, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the show is estimated to have garnered 65,000 buys in the United States (based on trending patterns as well as actual cable reports).

Should this number hold up, it would be WWE’s least watched pay-per-view event in nearly five years. The 2006 pay-per-view event December to Dismember drew approximately 90,000 pay-per-view buys, with 55,000 of them domestic—the lowest buyrate in company history.

To show the accuracy of trending numbers, they would have indicated 90,000 for TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (real number was 101,000), 260,000 for Royal Rumble (real number 264,000), 160,000 for Elimination Chamber (real number 136,000) and 630,000 for WrestleMania XXVII (real number 617,000).

Over the Limit was headlined by John Cena vs. The Miz, Michael Cole vs. Jerry Lawler, and Randy Orton vs. Christian.

— Shares of WWE stock closed at $9.39 per share on Friday, hitting a new 52-week low for the third consecutive day. WWE’s stock price closed at $10.01 per share Tuesday before sliding 6.2 percent over the course of three days.

WWE stock traded as low as $9.33 per share on Friday before closing at $9.39 per share.

WWE’s stock price has continuously plummeted since the organization announced in April that their dividend price would be slashed. One year ago, WWE stock was valued at approximately $16 per share.

— SmackDown Superstar Cody Rhodes explained in an interview with WWE Magazine why he does not use the social networking site Twitter.

“I don’t want to give followers or adversaries insight into who I am. I’m thinking of having my next T-shirt read, “Cody Rhodes” on the front and, “Not On The Internet” on the back. I think Twitter is ridiculous,” Rhodes said.

“If you have time to Tweet about what you’re eating, I don’t think you’re working hard enough. I may be a workaholic—and I know I’ve been accused of that before—but I can’t see myself Tweeting to members of the WWE Universe about how I wanted my eggs over easy and they came scrambled instead. I’ll go on the record: The day Tom Hanks gets a Twitter account is the day I’ll get a Twitter account.”

The magazine editor then notes that Tom Hanks does have a Twitter account.

A World Heavyweight Champion Match between Randy Orton and Christian was officially declared last night on SmackDown for WWE’s upcoming Capitol Punishment pay-per-view event.

An Intercontinental Championship Match between Wade Barrett and Ezekiel Jackson was also announced for the event.

The update card is as follows:

WWE Championship Match
John Cena (c) vs. R-Truth

World Heavyweight Championship Match
Randy Orton (c) vs. Christian

The Miz vs. Alex Riley

Intercontinental Championship Match
Wade Barrett (c) vs. Ezekiel Jackson

Tough Enough contestant, Christina Crawford, speaks for the first time about her Tough Enough elimination, her injury, whether she felt responsible for Ivelisse’s injury and more. Plus, we get insight into the process that lead to her joining Tough Enough: giving up her WWE developmental contract (she was Cayley Turner in FCW) to do the show. Christina also discusses her sister, WWE Diva Alicia Fox and why she wasn’t billed as Fox’s sister on the show. Christina also gives her opinion on Andy being crowned champion and whether she regrets giving up her developmental deal to do the show considering she didn’t win.

Interview can be streamed/downloaded here:

Excerpts:

On giving up her WWE developmental contract to feature in Tough Enough: “We still had to go through the same process as everyone else as far as auditioning for the show. We did have to relinquish our contracts because the point is to get a contract through Tough Enough. […] We went through the same process. It wasn’t like a free ride at all. Once we were there we worked extremely hard to keep our spot. We all wanted to win so it wasn’t a walk in the park at all.”

Why she wanted to do Tough Enough: “From what I knew from past Tough Enoughs, I was like ‘That sounds cool. It looked like something I could do. Of course I was nervous, but at that time in my training, I felt like I was prepared to be thrown into something different. […] I wanted to something outside my comfort zone that would totally me, and that’s exactly what happened. I feel like I’ve grown so much since the show, especially as an entertainer and learning how to wrestle. It’s been really crazy. I’m a totally different person from where I was when I first started.”

On not being referred to as Alicia Fox’s sister on the show & wanting to stand out on her own: “I love my sister Alicia very much. I’m really proud of her. I think for me, I’m happy with the direction it went. I’m still Christina. I’m still trying to make my own name in this business & show people what I can do besides Alicia. Outside of work, we’re attached at the hip. In work, we’re two different people and we’re distinguished as our two different identities. I think that was great and I really appreciated how it wasn’t really a main focus of anything.”

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

Latest Legends of Wrestling filming: “Great week of TV production this week in Stamford at WWE HQ. The nWo 15th Anniversary Legends Roundtable airs on WWE On Demand in July. Kevin Nash, Gene Okerlund and JJ Dillon were able to provide some great insight to the WCW/nWo days. @RealKevinNash is still in great shape and still has some fuel in the tank the the desire to use it. Kevin added a great deal to the panel on the nWo discussion. It’s a program that could have multiple parts if WWE wants to revisit it at some point. ”

Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior: “What do I think of the recent Hulk-Warrior war of words? Nothing. It’s none of my business and I’m not interested in following what appears to be a ‘pissing contest.'”

Update on Scott Hall’s health: “Kevin said Scott Hall was doing “much, much better” as of recent days and that Scott was likely going to be the subject of a feature on ESPN. I was really happy to hear that Scott was getting healthier. I can attest to the fact that Scott Hall has one of the most creative minds in the business or at least he did when I was around him back in the day. Scott always possessed great wrestling instincts and had the ability to process in ring content and promo material as well as anyone.”

In an interview with TheSun.co.uk, TNA star Kurt Angle reveals that The Undertaker wanted him to end his WrestleMania streak back at WrestleMania 22 back in 2002. Angle told WrestleCast hosts Rob and Joel:

“The person who wanted to do it was Undertaker himself. I was flattered, for him to go to Vince McMahon and pitch it.

“Undertaker at that point never had a five-star Wrestlemania moment match.

“He figured that the only one he could do it was me, at the time. Thank God a couple of years later he had Shawn Michaels, and it worked.

“But Undertaker really wanted to have that match, he asked Vince to push our match back from No Way Out to WrestleMania and, since I was champion they wanted me to keep the title, Undertaker was willing to take the loss.

“To me that meant a lot because Undertaker had a lot of respect for me — and I had more respect for him than he did for me.”

To listen to the full interview, head over to The Sun’s WrestleCast page.

— WWE.com is advertising the following for tonight’s episode of SmackDown: “Last week, Christian smashed World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton in the head with his World Title. What will the volatile Captain Charisma do tonight on SmackDown on Syfy?”

Here is the match preview for the show:

* Ezekiel Jackson, Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso vs. Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater and Wade Barrett

* Jinder Mahal vs. Trent Barreta

* A.J. vs. Tamina

* Daniel Bryan and Sin Cara vs. Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase

* Randy Orton vs. Sheamus

— John Morrison and Melina will be in Singapore on June 23 to promote WWE on StarHub TV, the sole cable television operator in the country.

— A SmackDown live event will be held at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington on August 20, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.

source: F4WOnline.com

— Skip Sheffield, who has been sidelined since breaking his leg and ankle on August 18, 2010 at a WWE live event in Honolulu, Hawaii, announced via Twitter that he will be undergoing another surgical procedure this Tuesday.

He wrote, “Will be having a third surgery this Tuesday and it will be the last,” Sheffield wrote. “There are a lot of people who are far worse off and this is all happening for a good reason. I wish I was back right now and doing what I love, but things are not right and they have to be fixed. I will be 100 percent very soon and back on WWE TV and I thank all of you for your support. I have kept my head held high and I cannot thank WWE enough for their support in this time. I have worked too hard too long to just give up and while it has been difficult it has only made me a stronger better person so please be patient and I will be back I promise.”

— A Monday Night Raw taping will be held at the Oklahoma City Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on October 10, 2011.

— WWE Hall of Famer The Iron Sheik is scheduled for an autograph signing tomorrow from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Wrestling Universe store in Flushing, Queens. For more information, call 718-460-2777.

source: PWInsider.com

Check out this recent picture of Vickie Guerrero in a bikini ..

Say what you want about Vickie’s on-air character, but she’s lost a ton of weight and is looking pretty good these days.

Earlier this week, former WWE superstar the Ultimate Warrior took his ongoing feud to the next level – releasing a 7-minute video preview of his upcoming ‘shoot interview’ – in which he intends to expose Hulk Hogan for the man he truly is. Warrior accused Hulk Hogan of being a cocaine-abusing scumbag who kept other wrestlers on drugs so he could control them – but still let them all sleep with his ex-wife Linda. If the preview video is any indication, this is going to be one of the most controversial shoot interviews ever.

VIDEO: Watch Warrior’s Preview Video (Must See)

Hogan told TMZ.com this week that he is considering legal action against Ultimate Warrior for his comments, but that hasn’t stopped Warrior from continuing his mission. On Friday, Warrior fired up the ‘ol Twitter machine and released a statement regarding his escalating smear campaign against his WrestleMania 6 opponent. Warrior tweeted:

“This thing going on between Terry and I is about something bigger than each of us. It is about YOU and the worth of your life.

People can do better things with their life potential than others but NO ONE has more potential than any other to start with.

All of us are born with the potential to do great things and live great lives.

When one does, the right thing to do is influence, inspire and empower other humans that they have the potential inside themselves, too.

Terry, doesn’t do this. First, he takes credit for everything. There is no room for anyone else or praise for others.

Two, he has NOT used his incredible life success experiences to learn from them: grow wiser, be a better man, be a more capable mentor.

When a man fails at this, he cannot be seen as a leader, someone to look up to or admire. Those who do see him as such have been mislead.

Given the choice between the truth and the lies, they choose lies. Life will not work if you choose lies. This is what I know of life.

This is why I fight. Not so you make me like Terry believes he is. NO, I fight so that you know you DO NOT have to tolerate lives of lies.

Live lives of truth. Inspire ME. I succeeded at being a sports entertainer, and I am proud of what we did together.

But, to me, YOU are ALL better than that. YOU can do better. You can turn the whole fucking world upside down. I can feel your power. W”

WWE SmackDown on Syfy

WWE taped tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown on Tuesday night from the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. Credit to Wrestling News World for these results:

* Christian comes out in street clothes and cuts a promo. He says he’s through with his ‘peeps’ and begins a heel turn.

* Jimmy Uso & Ezekiel Jackson b. The Corre. Wade Barrett gets frustrated with his team and he walks out while they lose.

* Jinder Mahal w/Khali b. Trent Baretta

* Randy Orton comes to the ring to cut a promo. Christian is shown on the screen. The two agree to meet at Capitol Punishment. Christian is shown driving off in his SUV.

* Sin Cara b. Ted DiBiase w/Cody Rhodes . The match ends in disqualification after Daniel Bryan came running out. Teddy Long announces a tag team match.

* Sin Cara & Daniel Bryan b. Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes

* Sheamus b. Randy Orton. The match ended in disqualification when Christian ran in and connected the unprettier on Orton. Orton kicked out but was the hit with the belt by Christian. After the match Christian held Orton up as Sheamus delivered the boot. Orton ducked and hit four RKOs on Sheamus, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, and Christian.

— Goldust, who has posted over 30,000 messages on Twitter since last year, was apparently told by WWE officials to cease using the microblogging website.

In recent months he would publicly block users for asking trivial questions, or even no discernible reason.

The account is still active, but has not been used since Sunday.

— Tough Enough trainer Bill DeMott was asked on Twitter when he will be coming back to wrestle for WWE.

Demott, who last competed for WWE in June 2003, said that it “could happen anytime.”

— WWE Divas Kelly Kelly and The Bella Twins are scheduled to appear on WFAN’s Boomer and Carton in the Morning on Monday, June 13 from 6 to 10 a.m. ET. The show simulcasts on MSG Network.

– WWE Champion John Cena is working through a number of physical ailments, including neck, hip and elbow problems. Despite what he’s going through, Cena rarely complains.

– World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton recently moved into a large new home in a suburb of St. Louis. The news was picked up by a local community newsletter, which asked neighbors to respect the sports entertainer’s privacy.

– As WWE continues to expand its business internationally, another market the company has its sights on is Brazil. Rio de Jeneiro is seen as an emerging economy and will be hosting two huge international events in the coming years – the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic games.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— Shares of WWE stock closed at $9.70 per share on Wednesday after hitting a 52-week low of $9.69 per share. WWE’s stock price closed at $10.01 per share Tuesday before dropping 3.1 percent. At the time of this post, the stock is at $9.69 per share after hitting another 52-week low of $9.44 this morning.

WWE’s stock price has continuously plummeted since the organization announced in April that their dividend price would be slashed. One year ago, WWE stock was valued at approximately $16 per share.

— Ultimate Warrior’s inflammatory online video in which he accused longtime rival Hulk Hogan of being a cocaine-using, wife-swapping “dope head” as well as a “malicious, back-stabbing operator” has garnered mainstream coverage. FoxNews.com has posted an article on the story. The matter was also discussed some morning radio talk shows.

Meanwhile, Hogan explained to a fan yesterday on Twitter why he plans on filing a lawsuit against the master of the Gorilla Press Slam.

He wrote, “Deformation of character hurts business and lives and let’s people like you doubt, then follow and believe in the hate and lies.”

– As noted yesterday, Kharma is denying that former WWE developmental wrestler Byron Wilcott is the father of her child. A fan commented on Wilcott’s Facebook page last night and Wilcott replied with the following:

“Andrew please support my family in this trying time The truth and proof will be shown in the very near future . Right now all I can say is thank you for ur support as we sort out a few issues”

– With Triple H as the head of WWE’s new talent development division, a major overhaul of WWE’s developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling is expected in the coming months. While nobody is sure exactly when the changes will take place, a lot of people expect Triple H to bring in Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman to handle the day-to-day operations of working with the young talent.

– WWE has discussed changing the format of WWE Magazine to digital-only format as a cost-cutting measure.

(Partial Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— Kelly Kelly and The Bella Twins appear on next Tuesday’s episode of The Price is Right.

The WWE Divas will give away a VIP experience to this year’s Summerslam in Los Angeles, California, according to BuzzerBlog.

The Bellas revealed on May 25 that they taped an episode of the show that day.

— Former WWE Superstar Edge guest stars on Syfy’s Sanctuary this Monday at 10:00 p.m.

— Monday Night Raw on October 31, 2011 will emanate from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

— Former WWE Superstar Tatanka celebrated his 50th birthday yesterday.

source: PWInsider.com

This week is the E3 video game convention in California, with all the top gaming companies showing off their upcoming products. WWE’s gaming partner THQ is at E3 and is showing off the all new WWE 12 game, which is replacing WWE’s long running SmackDown vs. RAW series.

• First Screenshots From The New WWE ’12 Video Game

We’ve rounded up three videos from the first few days of E3, including lots of new footage of the game. Check ’em out:

THQ’s Cory Ledesma and The Miz on G4 TV from E3:

Alberto Del Rio and Kelly at E3:

Kelly Kelly and THQ at E3:

Rosa Mendes suffered a wardrobe malfunction during a dark match against Natalya at last night’s SmackDown taping in Roanoke, Virgina.

The match ended abruptly with the referee calling for the bell and giving the victory to Natalya. Mendes covered her chest with her arms and quickly headed to the back while numerous male onlookers cheered at ringside. Natalya attempted to keep the focus away from Mendes as she acted overly excited about the win.

The Roanoke Civic Center staff were overheard saying Mendes had suffered a “wardrobe malfunction.”

Mendes commented on the matter on her Twitter account, writing:

“A wardrobe malfunction that everyone wanted to see tonight.”

WWE talent Kia Stevens (a/k/a Kharma) has issued a statement denying Byron Wilcott’s claim that he is the father of her child.

Wilcott, a former WWE developmental talent, posted a message on his Facebook account earlier this week claiming to be the baby’s father. Stevens’s legal representation issued a statement today denoting the claim as “completely false.” The statement reads:

“Mr. Byron Wilcott is not the father of Ms. Stevens’s baby. The post on Mr. Wilcott’s Facebook page is completely false and we do not know why he would publish such a fantastical falsehood. We have contacted Mr. Wilcott through his Facebook page and have requested him to publish a retraction.”

Anybody else think this would make for a great episode of Maury?

At Tuesday’s WWE Smackdown tapings (Results), Christian challenged Randy Orton for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship at Capitol Punishment Pay Per View, and Orton accepted.

With that match set, here’s the updated card for the upcoming show:

WWE Championship Match:
John Cena (c) vs. R Truth

World Heavyweight Title Match:
Randy Orton (c) vs. Christian

* The Miz vs. Alex Riley

WWE Capitol Punishment takes place on on Sunday, June 19th from Washington, D.C.

Lanny Poffo, the brother of the late Randy Savage, has announced in an interview with Florida’s Bright House Sports Networkthat the official cause of the legendary Macho Man has been revealed.

Savage died from a heart attack caused by a condition called ventricular fibrillation, which is an abnormal heart arrhythmia that twitches the heart and prevents it from pumping blood to the body.

Poffo also revealed that Savage’s wife Lynn, who was in the car with Randy at the time of his fatal crash, acted heroically and saved the lives other people while their car was veering out of control into oncoming traffic:

“Randy’s foot was still on the accelerator. She reached over and steered the Jeep Wrangler into a tree, saving the live of a motorcyclist and possibly a bus. You know, there’s no telling what can happen when you’re going the wrong way.”

• Pictures From Randy Savage & Lynn’s Wedding Last Year
  

— Natalya beat Rosa Mendes in a dark match prior to tonight’s SmackDown taping in Roanoke, Virginia. According to an attendee, the match ended so suddenly that he believes one of the participants may have suffered an injury.

— Former WWE Diva Lilian Garcia co-hosts a live aftershow on NBC’s The Voice. The aftershow airs every Tuesday night at 2:00 A.M. EST via www.ustream.tv/afterbuzztv.

— WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura appears on the late-night syndicated radio talk show Coast To Coast AM next Tuesday.

— On June 25, former WWE talent “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan and Salvatore Sincere will appear at the Brockton Rox Game at Campanelli Stadium 1 Feinberg Way Brockton, Massachusetts. Visit www.brocktonrox.com for more information.

— This week’s edition of WWE RAW drew a 3.2 cable rating, with 4.95 million viewers. The show did hours of 3.27 (3.3) and 3.15 (3.2). That means they lost viewers in hour two.

— This week’s edition of WWE Tough Enough (season finale) drew a 1.95 (2.0) cable rating, with 2,860,000 viewers.

— The replay of WWE Tough Enough following RAW at 11:07 did a 1.08 (1.1) cable rating, with 1,541,000 viewers.

— The RAW replay following the WWE Tough Enough replay did a 0.81 (0.8) cable rating, with 1.1 million viewers.

Former WWE developmental wrestler Byron Wilcott is claiming to be the father of Kharma’s child. Wilcott wrote on Facebook:

“As some of you know my girlfriend is pregnant. Some of you know her as Awesome Kong. Most know her as Kharma. I know her as the love of my life, Kia Stevens.”

“Due to this being a high-risk pregnacy I’m going to take this time and step away from the ring to concentrate on making sure her and our baby’s needs are met. I will fulfill the remainder of my dates till June 12. It’s not an end, just a new beginning.”

Wilcott trained at Florida Championship Wrestling in late 2009 and was released from the company in January 2010.

Wilcott trained at Florida Championship Wrestling in late 2009 and was released from the company in January 2010.

* PICTURES of BYRON WILCOTT & KHARMA Together