With the WWE crew currently overseas for the WrestleMania Revenge tour, the RAW roster will tape tonight’s show this afternoon from the O2 Arena in London, England.

SEScoops.com will have detailed spoiler results of tonight’s RAW this afternoon – check back later for those.

WWE has not announced any matches or angle’s for tonight’s RAW, but with Extreme Rules less than two weeks away, expect to see more build towards the top two RAW-brand matches – the triple threat WWE championship match between The Miz, John Cena andR-Truth and the special-attraction tag team match with Jerry Lawler & Jim Ross teaming up against Michael Cole & Jack Swagger.

Also tonight – prior to RAW, we’ll get a new episode of Tough Enough. Week 3 of Tough Enough will feature a guest appearance from the Big Show.

— WWE has hired Tom Casiello, a soap opera writer, for a position on the creative team.

Casiello writes for The Young and the Restless. He won Daytime Emmy Awards for Best Writing in 2001 and 2002 while he held the position of Breakdown Writer for As the World Turns.

Casiello posted numerous comments on his Twitter account in regards to crossing over from soap operas to WWE.

— Weeks ago on Twitter, Big Show asked fans for suggestions on an official title for his finishing maneuver, the right-handed knockout hook. He announced Saturday that the knockout punch is called the W.M.D., which stands for Weapon of Mass Destruction.

— Dolph Ziggler announced that his “I Am Perfection” T-Shirt will be available on WWEShop.com beginning on Tuesday.

— Jeff Jarrett beat Kurt Angle in a two-out-of-three falls at TNA Lockdown. Angle used the RKO during the match, and then went on Twitter to comment on his use of the maneuver. Angle wrote:

“Orton, I used Your Finish as a sign of Respect. Not to get back at U. Respect!”

Angle complained two weeks ago via the social networking website about WWE performers using his trademark maneuvers at WrestleMania. Orton responded without mentioning Angle by name, and stated that people should be flattered when people use their moves.

— Mickie James captured the TNA Women’s Knockouts Championship from Madison Rayne at TNA Lockdown in a match that lasted approximately 35 seconds. It was the lone title change of the event.

As a result of her victory, James became the first woman to have held the WWE Women’s Championship, WWE Divas Championship, and the TNA Women’s Knockouts Championship.

Trish Stratus congratulated James on her victory, writing on Twitter, “Congrats to my girl new TNA Knockout Champ @mickiejames!”

— Sin Cara teamed up with John Cena at last night’s Raw live event in Birmingham, England.

Earlier in the night, Cara defeated Alex Riley. Cena faced The Miz in the main event, which resulted in the WWE Champion being disqualified due to interference from Alex Riley. Cara appeared ringside to combat the duo. By orders of the Anonymous Raw General Manager, a match was set between the two sides, which resulted with the babyfaces going over.

— John Morrison faced WWE Champion The Miz and John Cena in a Triple Threat Match at Friday’s Raw live event in Dublin, Ireland. Alex Riley interfered in the match, resulting in Cena and Morrison facing The Miz and Riley. The babyface wrestlers won the contest.

On the same show, No. 1 Contender R-Truth participated in a dance contest with fans and Melina.

— The official theme song for WWE Extreme Rules is “Justice” by Rev Theory.

— Sin Cara tried to impress his peers backstage at a recent WWE event by claiming that many of his notable victories in Mexico were shoots. There was plenty of eye-rolling over his conduct, with some feeling he embarrassed himself.

Similarly, Tyson Tomko had a reputation in TNA Wrestling by showing clips of his matches in Japan to people in the locker room from his smart phone and touting them as shoot contests.

— Chavo Guerrero said today that his Twitter account was hacked. However, he believes he has gotten a hold of it. Guerrero also made light of Kurt Angle claiming last week that his account on the micro-blogging site was hacked.

He wrote, “Ok guys, my twitter was hacked. I think I fixed it. If u got a Dm from me and I was mean, it was a fraud. Probably. :). Big ups 2 my boy @MATTHARDYBRAND for giving me the “heads up”on my twitter being hacked.I promise I didnt pull a Kurt Angle.Lol Luv u Kurt:)”

— Chris Jericho announced during his appearance last week on VH1 Classic’s That Metal Show that Fozzy will open for Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax on an upcoming tour of the UK.

source: Pro Wrestling Torch

Jim Ross is back with another blog over on jrsbarbq.com. Here are some highlights:

Edge’s Retirement & Future: “Great to see Edge fulfill his commitments and travel with WWE on this European tour to say adiós to his fans. I can still vividly remember hiring Edge and Christian out of Ontario back in the day and then signing them both to a full time deal one night at a TV taping under the bleachers of an arena that slips my mind at the moment. Edge has so much to give to the business and I’m relatively certain that WWE will utilize Edge’s many skills in the future.”

His Match At Extreme Rules: “Hard to believe that some fans want to know what I’m wearing for our tag team ‘match’ at Extreme Rules. Haven’t given it much thought. My lack of grappling skill is going to make this a train wreck without fail. If I have to be in the ring with Swagger, perhaps I should wear a suit of amour but he would likely dent that just as he ripped my ankle that’s still sore after all these weeks. Hopefully Swagger sees the light and bails on Cole as the former Sooner has embarrassed himself enough with his relationship with the Syracuse grad. When one gets out of their element, as I will do in Tampa at Extreme Rules, it certainly creates an adrenaline rush notwithstanding some levels of self doubt as well.”

Check Out: Updated Card For Extreme Rules On 5/1 (New Matches)

WWE Talent Needing To Step Up: “It is crunch time for several WWE Superstars to rise to the occasion and assume leadership and main event roles on both the Raw and Smackdown roster. I hope that we don’t hear from those that don’t take it to the next level that the sole culprit of them not making it was everyone but the Superstar themselves. There are so many potentially excellent talents now competing on WWE rosters but they all have to work diligently to make themselves special no matter the situation that they may find themselves in at any given time.”

— WWE issued a survey to fans yesterday querying their thoughts on the following pay-per-view titles:

* WWE Champions
* WWE Revolution
* WWE Uprising
* WWE Vengeance

— Former WCW star Scotty Riggs has been hospitalized in Georgia with what is believed to be bleeding ulcers. He underwent a procedure Thursday to locate the source of the bleeding.

— WWE has a table reserved for the annual Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion, which takes place next week in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jim Ross noted on Twitter that Sunny, Sgt. Slaughter, Ricky Steamboat, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Gerald Brisco and Harvey Wippleman will be on hand for the festivities, as well as himself.

— WWE United States Champion Sheamus is advertised for an autograph signing on April 29 at Stingray Chevrolet in Plant City, Florida. The signing takes place from noon to 2:00 p.m.

(source: PWInsider.com)

Melina posted the following message yesterday on her Twitter account in response to the negativity she has been engulfed with as of late.

“In Dublin. Such a beautiful day. Listening to TI-Live Your Life. There are hateful people trying to hurt others to make themselves feel better.

“People… Just live your life. Enjoy today peeps and love the people who are there for you to the fullest.”

Meanwhile, former WWE star Val Venis, who posted an inflammatory video directed towards Melina and boyfriend John Morrison earlier this week, has continued to besmirch the “Sexy, Smart and Powerful” WWE Diva. He posted the following on Twitter in response to a message New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Karl Anderson wrote about flying first class:

“If Melina is on your flight, I am sure u could easily become a member of the mile high club.”

— The Great Khali appears on the season premiere of Pair of Kings, which airs this Monday on Disney XD. The WWE Superstar portrays a “rock-smashing, cave-dwelling” character named Atog.

— WWE is holding an event on November 2, 2011 at The O2 in Dublin, Ireland. Tickets go on sale this Wednesday.

— There will be a salute to WWE NXT Rookie Titus O’Neill, a Florida Gators Hall of Famer, at Florida Championship Wrestling’s live event on April 29 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Gainesville, Florida.

— Vickie Guerrero turns 43 years old today. Also celebrating birthdays today are WWE Hall of Famer George “The Animal” Steele (74) and Paul London (31).

With WWE Tough Enough drawing strong ratings on Monday nights and looking like a hit show for WWE and the USA Network, we’ve got an update with some behind-the-scenes details as well as some spoilers regarding future eliminations. You’ve been warned – spoilers head!

WWE Tough Enough finished filming 10 episodes around March 19-20. Ariane was already back home on February 18th according to her Twitter, so it was obvious she was going to be eliminated first. AJ Kirsch and Eric Watts returned home March 20th which could indicate they are in the finale. If not, it’s likely they’ll make it far. Miss USA Rima Fakih returned home March 16th, which indicates she makes it far in the show- but not to the finale.

The Wrestling Observer reports that Miss USA had to use lots of body makeup to cover up all of the bruises on her legs once she was eliminated from WWE Tough Enough and had to return to her Miss USA duties. While a bruised-up Miss USA doesn’t sound like the best spokesperson for the organization, pageant officials gave Fakih permission to do Tough Enough because they felt it would help her get an acting career started.

It’s said that while in the Tough Enough house, Fakih drank heavily, used a lot of foul language and was very critical of Miss USA owner Donald Trump. It will be interesting to see how much of her crazy antics wind up on the show and what gets edited out.

It’s been heavily speculated that Rima will join the WWE Divas roster, regardless of how she does on Tough Enough. She holds the Miss USA crown until June 19th.

While most of the eliminations have been taped already, the winner of Tough Enough will be announced during a special live broadcast in a few months.

The American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL has announced that The Rock will be on hand when the arena hosts WWE Monday Night RAW on May 2nd – which also happens to be The Rock’s birthday.

SEScops.com will also be there live in person! We’ll be posting lots of exclusive pictures and videos here and on the SEScoops facebook page, so stay tuned for that as well.

Here is the American Airlines Arena’s official announcement:

KMART PRESENTS WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011-8:15PM

THE PEOPLE’S CHAMPION- DWAYNE ’THE ROCK” JOHNSON -RETURNS TO HIS HOMETOWN OF MIAMI- LIVE AT THE AMERICANAIRLINES ARENA TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY!

BE THERE LIVE IN MIAMI FOR THE ’BIGGEST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ON TELEVISION!”

With Edge having announced his retirement on Monday’s Raw, the World Heavyweight Championship was vacated last night on SmackDown.

Christian triumphed in a No. 1 Contender’s World Heavyweight Championship Battle Royal to face No. 1 contender Alberto Del Rio for the vacant World Title at Extreme Rules. The two will face off in a ladder match.

Below is the updated card for Extreme Rules, which takes place May 1.

WWE Championship Triple Threat Match
The Miz (c) vs. R-Truth vs. John Cena

World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match
Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio in a ladder match.

Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross vs. Jack Swagger and Michael Cole

Chris Jericho indicated to wrestling fans in a video message that he will be returning to WWE following his run on Dancing with the Stars.

“When I come back to WWE when this show is done, we can continue right where we picked off. You can boo and cheer and yell,” Jericho stated.

Jericho is asking that WWE Universe members pay him back for his many years of entertaining audiences and putting his body on the line by continuing to vote for him on Dancing with the Stars. He says the longer he stays on the program, the better it is for the entire WWE Universe.

“I’m taking this universe into places we haven’t been,” Jericho said. “Twenty-three million people watch Dancing with the Stars every week. The Tonight Show, Rachael Ray, Ellen, all these people are starting to understand what it is that we do as WWE Superstars and why the WWE Universe is so loyal.

“I think it’s very important to remember, it’s not just me I’m representing. I’m a pioneer, an ambassador for WWE on this show. Continue to vote for me.”

Jericho’s next performance takes place Monday. He is among the show’s final eight contestants.

The video message is available here.

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James on her match at Lockdown and wrestling with a separated shoulder: “I’m really excited about it. I’m going in there with a separated shoulder and hopefully be able to tough through the match. I’m feeling better every day honestly and trying to get more range of motion back and I definitely hope physically to be 100 percent. I don’t think my shoulder will be 100 percent but luckily it’s my left shoulder and I’m a righty, so that kind of helps.”

James reflects on the tremendous cage match she had with Tara on Impact a few months back: “That match with Tara was the first cage match I’ve ever been in. That was definitely a very scary thing. I don’t think I thought about it beforehand how high the cage actually is and how scary it is. You see the guys do the crazy stuff like that all the time and its like they think nothing of it…..or maybe the same things running through their mind when actually they get up there and they go ‘Oh God, this is really high!’. There definitely is a lot of pressure because it was such an amazing match in itself…..to be able to compete against myself in the same kind of match and going in kind of injured anyways, it’s definitely one of those things that I have to be aware of and be careful of.”

James thoughts on Edge’s retirement due to injury: “He’s really just a genuinely nice guy. I have nothing but the upmost respect for him and what he’s done in this industry and the legacy he has built for himself. Before him, the whole ladders match thing with him and the Hardys and that Edge and Christian phase….that was really a raising the bar level on that whole deal and just everything he’s done since then.

“It’s sad that due to injured he has to retire due to the fact that it has taken a huge toll on his body but at least I think it’s very intelligent of him and it’s a huge pride swallowing thing to recognize the fact that ‘I can’t physically do this, I’m putting my life on the line, it’s not just my body anymore.’. And for him to have to do that and I’m sure its not something that he wanted to do at this moment in time and it was something that we all have to come to terms with, we all can’t wrestle forever…..but I think that he is so talented that theres many other things that he can do that’s gonna continue to keep him out and about and doing things.”

James on Kurt Angle re-signing with TNA: “I love Kurt. He’s awesome. He’s got so much going for him with the Angle Foods thing and that’s starting to take off and it’s a really cool thing. He has such a name for himself anyways and to be the only male to hold an Olympic gold medal, everything he’s already done……I’m sure he doesn’t have to continue to wrestle but he just loves it so much. He has such a huge passion and love for this business. It’s just amazing. I think we’re very honored to have him as a part of the roster.”

James’ mid-term report card on TNA (with her being on the roster for about six months or so now): “I’m having a blast. It was definitely something that I was still on the fence whether or not I should go or not and what I was going to be able to bring or do that is different than anybody else has already done. It’s been a fun journey, a cool locker room, I’ve made some cool friends and I’ve been able to do some really compelling stuff and raise the bar even for myself. To be able to main event Impact, and do my first cage match, and have a cool storyline with Tara go on to Madison and have a compelling storyline with her as well…..I think it’s really…..brought a different spice to the show. Hopefully, they (TNA) feel the same.”

Recap of Torrie Wilson, Lilian Garcia and Candice Michelle’s interview for www.InYourHeadOnline.com on Wednesday – By Nikhil Kalhan

Jack and OneInchBiceps were joined by the beautiful tandem of Torrie Wilson, Lilian Garcia and Candice Michelle. Catch their Touch Enough Recap show on www.ustream.tv/afterbuzztv after Raw every Monday.

Jack asked what should the contestants do when they meet wrestlers? Torrie says it depends on what wrestler you meet but you should shake everyone’s hand. Candice says it’s all about respect especially if they achieved what you wanted.

Jack asked how were they treated? Lilian said she was treated pretty well but a few whispers were said, she gave credit to Howard Finkel and Tony Chimel for training her. Candice Michelle said the men loved her and the woman hated her, she remembered Lita slapped her because she had the best spot to do makeup in the lockeroom. Torrie Wilson said no one had a welcoming party but she said everyone was pretty nice. She was happy to have Stacy Kiebler with her to keep up company. Jack asked what does the TV exposure on Tough Enough give for the losers? Lilian says its brilliant even if you haven’t won the competition you will get a contract because you are exposed to the world. Candice Michelle said WWE should wait to give contracts out after about a month not straightaway like what they have just done.

Jack asked was better for the winner to be on TV? Lillian says as long as they have planned and are ready its fine but depends on the push given by Vince McMahon. Jack asked their thoughts on the Alicia Fox versus Melina match from last week? Lilian said if that’s her favourite match, it’s her favourite match. Candice said she was new to the business so you can’t blame her. Lilian says she could do research on YouTube but how can she search people she doesn’t know.

Jack asked the girls how quickly did you get a passion into it? Candice said she watched when she was growing up, she had a Hulk Hogan doll. Candice said she stopped watching it for a few years when she moved to Los Angeles, but she had no regrets doing it, going to the ring early and getting respect. Torrie Wilson said she appreciated more in WWE then WCW, because she didn’t wrestle. Lilian goes it was rough for her and she didn’t know she was announcing till the morning of the show, she had to earn her respect which she did by learning wrestler’s towns and weights.

OneInchBiceps had a message from the board: Tommy D asked did Lilian enjoyed the feud with Howard Finkel? Lilian Garcia said it was her only match, she remembers doing a run-in and had a lot of fun. Jack asked if there was more pressure to do any more work? Lilian goes never because her role was different. Jack asked what was it like for woman in WCW? Torrie Wilson said it was hard especially at the power-plant where Madusa dropped her on her head. The experience was painful. Candice said her passion fell in love after about a year in the WWE. She enjoyed it often and it must hurt if you had no passion over.

Jack asked if it was hard to be friends of other woman? Candice said people would hate you and like you. It was just a bond which TLC have. TLC all said Stone Cold was the same character he is in Tough Enough. Jack asked their thoughts on Indie wrestlers not making it? Lilian said if you are good enough you will get in. Candice you have to make your dream come true and there are other ways to get in. Jack asked if they had any nick-names? They said that will be revealed later on. Candice said her Victoria and Lilian travelled together and Victoria was known as the “Queen-Bee”.

OneInchBiceps had a question from the board: Matt asked did she gain revenge on Charlie Haas for knocking her of the apron? Lilian said Charlie Haas felt really bad and they are still friends. It was good and it was turned into storyline.

Jack asked what advice would you give for the winner? Lilian said don’t have a big head and give respect when needed, Candice agreed and said be humble to people and they will give you the same. If you do the opposite they will get rid of you.

The twenty minute interview is available here.

– Former United States Senate candidate Linda McMahon appeared at a community center this week in New Haven, Connecticut and said she is still considering another Senate run in 2012. It’s considered likely that Linda will run again, since she still has a ton of cash on hand and has the ‘campaign infrastructure’ ready to go from her previous campaign.

– Former WWE star Chris Jericho tweeted the following on Thursday:

“Said “Never Evvvvvvvvver” for the first time in 6 years in an interview today. Gave me, the soundguy and the camera man goosebumps…”

– It’s been announced that WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper will be starring in a new stars in a new movie called Fancypants, a comedy about play-by-play wrestling announcers. The film is being shown today (Friday) at the Sunscreen Film Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida. Check out this “behind the scenes” look at Fancypants:

WWE SmackDown on Syfy

WWE taped Friday’s episode of SmackDown on Tuesday night from the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. Credit to WrestlingNewsWorld.com for this recap:

* Alberto Del Rio comes out and says tonight is about Edge. Del Rio says it is his destiny to win the World Heavyweight Championship but not this way. He says Edge should just come out and present him with the belt. Teddy Long comes out and says it won’t be going down like that. Long informs Del Rio he’ll still fight in a Ladder Match at Extreme Rules for the belt but a new number one contender will be determined in a 20-man over-the-top battle royal later tonight.

* Ezekiel Jackson b. Kofi Kingston w/The Corre on commentary. After the match, Jackson gets on the mic and says he is the personification of domination and after the battle royal he will be the number one contender and everyone will know including The Corre.

* LayCool are shown talking to a therapist about being a team but Michelle McCool doesn’t like it.

* Cody Rhodes comes out and says beating Rey Mysterio at Wrestlemania isn’t enough. He says he is going to win the battle royal tonight and win the World Heavyweight Championship at Extreme Rules. Winning the title will be the only gratification for his disfigurement and he will not stop until he disfigures Mysterio’s face and gets vindication. Mysterio hits the ring and gives him a 619.

* WWE airs the Awesome Kong vignette.

* Rey Mysterio b. Drew McIntyre after hitting the 619.

* Backstage, Edge is getting an ovation from the Smackdown locker room. Edge and Kane shake hands.

* Edge comes out and gives a recap of his career. He says he is going to miss all of it. “Thank you” chants fill the arena. Edge says he wants to do his intro one more time. He’s pumped now and talking about how great the WWE doctors are and says he’s taking his girl and going surfing. Edge is happy he got to say goodbye in Albany because it’s the place where he won his first championship. In fact it was in a cab in Albany where Edge came up with the nickname Edge. He introduces his mother who is sitting in the front row and thanks her for all her support. To him his title has meant everything to him but the belt is not his. Edge says every fan holds a piece of it as he relinquishes the belt. Edge says it’s been a heck of a ride concluding another emotional shoot of a speech.

* Backstage, Alberto Del Rio interrupts Edge. Del Rio extends his hand but Edge stares him down. Del Rio smiles as Edge walks away.

* Kelly Kelly vs. Layla. Layla tries to do their entrance but Michelle McCool goes straight to the ring. Kelly wins via roll-up. McCool comes in the ring and shoves Layla across the ring and leaves.

* They air a video package of WWE superstars commenting on The Undertaker vs. Triple H from Wrestlemania.

* 20-Man Battle Royal to face Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship in a Ladder Match at Extreme Rules. Participants include Big Show, Chris Masters, JTG, Yoshi Tatsu, Trent Barreta, Heath Slater, Ezekiel Jackson, Chavo Guerrero, Wade Barrett, Justin Gabriel, Tyler Reks, Kofi Kingston, Drew McIntyre, Cody Rhodes, Curt Hawkins, Christian, Jack Swagger, Rey Mysterio, Brodus Clay and Kane. Justin Gabriel is eliminated by Barrett. Final four are Christian, Jack Swagger, Justin Gabriel and Rey Mysterio. Mysterio eliminates Gabriel then sets Swagger up for the 619. Michael Cole interferes and takes the 619 for Swagger. Swagger eliminates Mysterio. Christian eliminates Swagger to win the match. After the match, Edge comes out and celebrates with him. Edge and Christian pose in the ring as the entire locker room clears out to applaud them on the ramp.

VIDEO Of Edge’s Post-SmackDown Farewell Speech

With WWE currently overseas for the WrestleMania Revenge tour, Randy Orton posted the following [short] story on Twitter about his friend, the late Lance Cade:

Tomorrow we are in Belfast, Ireland. I remember Lance [Cade] and Trevor [Murdoch] intervened just as I was about to take a shot to the face from a fan at the hotel bar. They took out 3 other threats all in about 6 seconds. We had to put our $ together to bail them outta jail the next morning. RIP Lance Cade RIP”

Lance Cade pased away last summer on August 13, 2010.

Alex Marvez of Scrippsnews.com recently interviewed TNA champion Sting, who had some interesting things to say about why he decided to stay with TNA instead of signing with WWE, the possibility of him working a future WrestleMania and his debacle of a match with Jeff Hardy at TNA Victory Road. Here are some highlights of what Sting said about:

Deciding Against Signing With WWE:

“I’m not going to lie to you — who wouldn’t want to say that they did ‘Wrestlemania’ at least one time? It’s the ultimate event in wrestling. It’s still in the back of my mind that there’s a chance of it happening someday, somehow. I think time may have run out completely now, but who knows?”

“The timing couldn’t have been better (to work ‘Wrestlemania’), but I’m glad it turned out the way it did.”

Sting has said in the past that he is not confident that WWE would portray his character in a good light and also cited “personal reasons that I don’t want to talk about” as reasons he never went to WWE.

His TNA Contract, Which Pays A Lot & Doesn’t Require Many Appearances:

“After 20-something years, is that OK? (Hulk) Hogan is in a similar boat. The difference between me and him is that he’s not in the ring. Lord willing, I hope he gets back in there. But here I still am at the age of 52 bouncing around. Some of the other guys in WWE have the same deal like The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels before he left.

“After a while, some of us just can’t hold it together anymore. I think I’m doing a pretty good job holding on.”

His Match With Jeff Hardy at Victory Road:

“On my first pay-per-view back with TNA and my first world-title match, are you kidding me?” Borden said. “I was already trying to overcome the ‘Oh, they didn’t put (the title) on him again did they? He’s a dinosaur’ stuff, and then you add, ‘What just happened?’ I know everyone’s first reaction was, ‘Wow, they’re really trying to get Sting over (to the fans) so much now that it’s ridiculous. They’ve totally ruined Jeff Hardy.’

“You know the real scoop. This is not what I wanted. I had something really good planned out and was ready to have an incredible match with Jeff that night. I’m very disappointed and hurt. So is everyone else.”

“The ripple effect of that (Hardy) match is bigger than you can imagine.”

Chris Jericho on The Tonight Show

Former WWE star Chris Jericho appeared on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night to promote his Undisputed book and his current run on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. Of course the question came up of when Jericho will return to wrestling. He said that he’ll return when he feels stimulated to go back and can do something different than he’s done in his previous runs.

Regarding the Tonight Show appearance, Chris Jericho tweeted:

“Had the best time on The Tonight Show! Thx to @jayleno for adding me to the amazing list of guests that have been on over the last 50 yrs…”

Check out the video of Chris Jericho’s appearance on The Tonight Show:

— WWE Superstars, which finished its run on WGN America last week, has found a new home. The show will air every Thursday at 5:00 p.m. EST on WWE.com.

Advertised for today’s episode is The Great Khali vs. Zack Ryder. Other matches taking place include:

* Gail Kim and Natalya vs. Maryse and Melina

* Chris Masters vs. Curt Hawkins

— A scene was edited from the Tough Enough elimination process where Steve Austin asked contestant Michelle Deighton what her favorite match was. While Ariane Andrew sealed her fate on the program by naming Melina vs. Alicia Fox as her all-time favorite match (and being unable to name another match), Deighton said Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart.

— Former WWE Women’s Champion Lita celebrates her 36th birthday today.

source: Pro Wrestling Torch

— Christopher Daniels was originally scheduled to return to TNA Wrestling as the Suicide character, but plans were ultimately changed. He reached out to WWE during his hiatus from the Nashville based organization, but failed to secure a contract. The feeling within WWE was that he is too small, not to mention old as he is 40. He has continued to appear for Ring of Honor while also working for TNA Wrestling.

— TNA Wrestling posted an image on their shop website today of an Rob Van Dam T-shirt with “RDV” written at the bottom of the shirt as opposed to “RVD”.

The image was quickly deleted and replaced by the intended one.

— Inc Ink. vs. Douglas Williams and Magnus is the featured match on this week’s episode of TNA Xplosion.

source: Pro Wrestling Torch

– Following the surprise retirement of Edge, it’s widely assumed in WWE that it’s only a matter of time before Alberto Del Rio is crowned the new World Heavyweight champion – and it will most likely happen at Extreme Rules when he faces Christian in a Ladder match for the vacant title.

WWE has had plans for Del Rio to win the title this year at the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania 27, but scrapped those plans both times.

– Injured WWE star Dustin “Goldust” Rhodes has been backstage at WWE’s recent television tapings. Goldust has reportedly been trying to get a job as an agent behind the scenes.

– Former WWE star Chris Jericho appeared on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night to promote his Undisputed book and his current run on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. Of course the question came up of when Jericho will return to wrestling. He said that he’ll return when he feels stimulated to go back and can do something different than he’s done in his previous runs.

Regarding the Tonight Show appearance, Chris Jericho tweeted:

“Had the best time on The Tonight Show! Thx to @jayleno for adding me to the amazing list of guests that have been on over the last 50 yrs…”

He also posted this picture of himself from the appearance:

(Partial Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

-It’s no secret that WWE star Triple H is one of the most powerful players behind the scenes in WWE. Along with this wife Stephanie, Triple H will have a great deal of influence over the company’s direction in the coming years.

Triple H was recently named the head of WWE’s new talent development program, with Sin Cara being the first superstar he signed. The latest performer Triple H is working with is former TNA Knockouts champion Awesome Kong. On Monday’s RAW, we saw the first promo video hyping the upcoming debut of Kong. (VIDEO)

According to sources, the vignettes that WWE has aired for Sin Cara and Awesome Kong are part of Triple H’s (somewhat old-school) philosophy of wanting to build up fans’ anticipation for new characters, as opposed to just having them show up on TV out of the blue.

Aside from wanting to get fans buzzing about a new superstar or diva prior to their debuts, Triple H is also said to be adamant about not bringing new talent to the main roster before they are ready.

In recent years we’ve seen dozens of superstars brought to the main roster before they were “ready for prime time” – it quickly become apparent that they’re totally green and their characters are damaged to the point where they’re never taken seriously.

COMMENT BELOW and tell us what you think about Triple H’s approach to introducing new talent .. Do you think he’s right? Is this something WWE has been missing for years – or are these “slow build” promo videos unnecessary?

(Partial Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

Earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter website posted the first review of the new WWE Studios film, That’s What I Am, which co-stars Randy Orton. To read what THR said about the movie and Randy Orton’s first big screen acting role, click here.

The first video trailer for the movie has been released – check it out: