— Tough Enough contestant Christina Crawford has apparently re-signed with WWE as she recently resurfaced in Florida Championship Wrestling. She is performing under the name Caylee Turner.

Crawford was released from her WWE developmental contract to participate in reality television program. She was the last female contestant to be eliminated from the show.

— The Bella Twins have launched their official website, NicoleandBrianna.com. The site features exclusive blogs, photos, videos and more.

— Former WWE Superstar Finlay is accepting inquiries for wrestling bookings and personal appearances through Bill Behrens. Booking contact information for Behrens is showbis@aol.com and sbibookings.com.

— WWE returns to The Pit at the University Of New Mexico in Albuquerque on September 25, 2011. Bell time is 5:00 p.m.

— Shawn Michaels noted on his Twitter account that Triple H will appear on an upcoming episode of his new television series Shawn Michaels’ MacMillan River Adventures (airing Tuesdays at 11:30 p.m. ET on the Outdoor Channel). Michaels and “The King of Kings” filmed an alligator hunting episode today in Florida.

— Randy Orton appeared on 98KUPD’s Real Rock on Tuesday promoting this week’s SmackDown tapings in Arizona. During the interview, one of the hosts said Ziggler, who resides in Phoenix, went on a date last week with adult film star BiBi Jones. He said Ziggler met Jones at a recent Britney Spears concert.

— The Bella Twins stated on Twitter that they will be launching their official website, NicoleandBrianna.com, on Friday.

— WWE Hall of Famer Sgt Slaughter appears at the Salem Red Sox game on Friday, July 8 at LewisGale Field 1004 Texas St. Salem, Virginia. Game time is 7:05 p.m. Call 540-389-3333 for more information.

— Former ROH World Tag Team Champions Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli were on hand for this week’s WWE television tapings in New York and Rhode Island. Both worked out in the ring in front of officials before each show.

Castagnoli signed a developmental contract with WWE in November 2006 but was released a short while later for reasons that have yet to be publicly disclosed.

— WWE has released a commercial ad promoting SummerSlam, which takes place August 14, 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It is branded as “The Biggest Event of the Summer.”

The commercial features The Miz, Chris Masters, John Morrison, Kofi Kingston, Eve Torres, Alicia Fox and The Bella Twins emerging from the ocean and scurrying to a beach house to watch SummerSlam.

The commercial is available here.

— Damage starring Steve Austin airs tonight on Spike TV at 11:00 p.m.

source: PWInsider.com

— 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

— Maryse announced last night on NXT Redemption that the second elimination of the season would take place on next week’s episode.

The remaining contestants are Bryon Saxton, Conor O’Brian, Darren Young, Lucky Cannon and Titus O’Neil.

— One month after being eliminated from Dancing with the Stars, Chris Jericho returned for the season finale Tuesday night. He participated in a “wrestler vs. boxer” dance routine with fellow contestant Sugar Ray Leonard, with boxing ring announcer Michael Buffer conducting introductions.

— WWE has added the theme songs of Sin Cara and The Bella Twins to iTunes for download.

— WWE returns to the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah on August 5, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.

source: PWInsider.com

— The Raw crew concludes their near two-week long international tour today and tomorrow in Qatar. The shows, however, will be without the “Sexy, Smart and Powerful” WWE Divas as they are prohibited from wearing clothing that doesn’t cover their legs or shoulders in public. Qatar is an Islamic country with strict dress laws.

Eve Torres and The Bella Twins, among others, have already flown back to the United States.

— Michael Cole had his Extreme Rules tag team partner, Jack Swagger, join him as a woman, who looked vaguely like the Queen of England, enter the ring and knight him on this week’s episode of Raw. The entire segment was cut from the encore telecast on Sky Sports in the UK, as well as most references to it.

This was not the only segment cut from the replay as R-Truth smoking a cigarette was also edited out.

— Donald Moore (a/k/a Dr. Cable Jones), who was released from his developmental contract with WWE in November, is considering resuming his wrestling career on the independent scene after undergoing major shoulder surgery. (Thanks to Don Tintle)

source: PWInsider.com

— 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

— Creative plans on having The Bella Twins join forces with Sheamus in their feud with Daniel Bryan and Gail Kim. Bryan is reportedly scheduled to defend the United States Championship against Bryan at WrestleMania XXVII.

— Sin Cara was scheduled to begin wrestling training in Los Angeles, California with WWE developmental wrestler Peter Orlov (a/k/a Alex Koslov) since he has experience working Lucha Libre style wrestling as well as WWE’s style of wrestling. Orlov will also be used as a stand-in and “opponent” when they film Cara in the ring performing high-flying maneuvers for his entrance video and introductory vignettes since WWE has no footage of him.

— The WWE SmackDown taping on June 21, 2011 will be held at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— NXT contestant Derrick Bateman underwent successful surgery on his knee today. It is a minor issue and he is expected to be cleared to return to the ring in two to four weeks.

— WWE promoting Elimination Chamber as the first pay-per-view event to take place in Oakland, California was incorrect as WCW’s SuperBrawl event on February 21, 1999 took place at the same venue (the Oracle Arena was then known as the Oakland Arena). The show was headlined by Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair.

— Former WWE Women’s Champion Lita is advertised for an autograph signing Saturday, April 9 from 1 p.m. to 3 PM at George’s Cards & Collectibles 7755 New Falls Road Levittown, PA. Visit www.georgescollectibles.com for more information.

— WWE.com has posted new photos of The Bella Twins.

source: PWInsider.com

— CM Punk and Buffalo Bills linebacker Shawne Merriman engaged in a war of words yesterday on Twitter in regards to the NFL star encountering some WWE Divas during the Raw brand’s stay in Costa Rica. When reached for comment, The Straight Edge Superstar explained the matter to the Chicago Sun-Times.

“All I did was observe him walking around poolside, back and fourth, around in circles. I had no clue who he was, just knew that this guy was obviously trying to get noticed. When that didn’t work, he sent his publicist after the girls, which is the most lacking of testicles thing ever. That’s how we found out who he was.

“When THAT didn’t work I watched him run after them as they tried to leave. Dude clowned himself and all I did was report the facts and laugh about it. On the road, the WWE is a family. The divas are my sisters, and like any big brother, I don’t want creeps around my little sisters.”

— According to WWE.com’s results for tonight’s episode of Raw, Brie Bella won the Diva Battle Royal. Therefore, she is the No. 1 Contender to Eve’s Divas Championship.

— The February 25 episode of WWE SmackDown scored a 2.31 cable rating, the program’s highest mark on Syfy. The episode topped the 2.03 rating the show drew the previous week. Smackdown averaged 3.5 million viewers over the course of two hours.

The show’s previous Syfy high occurred on January 21 with a 2.07 rating.

— The Bella Twins have taken their on-screen feud with Eve Torres to Twitter as they posted a message tonight mocking the Divas Champion.

They wrote: “Wow @EveMarieTorres looks super tired backstage. Guess she couldn’t handle South America! We beliEVE homegirl needs some makeup! BESOS BeliEVErs!”

source: prowrestling.net

WWE Divas Kelly Kelly and The Bella Twins attended a Super Bowl party hosted by ESPN this weekend.

ESPN The Magazine’s NEXT VIP Party was held at a private ranch in Fort Worth, Texas and was attended by a number of celebrities, including Snoop Dogg, Kid Rock, Nelly, Reggie Bush, Nick Jonas and more.

Check out these pictures of the WWE divas at ESPN’s Super Bowl party:

— Alberto Del Rio is riding a tidal wave of momentum after winning the 2011 Royal Rumble last weekend, but his meteoric rise to a World Title Match at WrestleMania XXVII is a story that almost didn’t happen.

According to sources within Florida Championship Wrestling, he indicated to WWE officials approximately a year ago that he was not pleased with being situated in the developmental promotion (which had reached several months by that point) and would be quitting the promotion to return to Mexico where he could earn a higher salary. When he signed a contract with WWE in June 2009, he was assured that he wouldn’t stay in developmental for long. Officials tried to pacify him by allowing him to work live events with the main roster, and in part due to discussions at the time of his uncle, Mil Mascaras, being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. His performances caught the eye of top officials and he was ultimately called up to the main roster in June.

Similarly, Colt Cabana said during a recent Art of Wrestling podcast that when he was training in WWE’s developmental system a few years ago with The Bella Twins, Nikki and Brie threatened to quit WWE if they weren’t immediately brought on the road with the main roster.

Cabana stated, “They called up the office and said: ‘Hey, if we don’t go on the road we’re quitting’. And the next day, they’re on the road.”

He added that he probably would have been fired if he made the same demand.

“I don’t wanna do that,” Cabana said. “If I call up and say, ‘Put me on the road or I’m quitting’, I’m gone.”

The Bella Twins were promotional models John Laurinaitis offered developmental contracts to a year after their participation in the 2006 Diva Search. They have stated in interviews that they weren’t wrestling fans growing up, with Brie once remarking “that she was hired to do this diva thing.” Upon their contract agreement with WWE, they botched the organization’s name, referring to it as ‘Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment’ on their MySpace page.

(source: Pro Wrestling Torch)

— It was reported earlier that Batista is in Thailand filming The Man with the Iron Fist, which also stars Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu, and mixed martial artist Cung Le. Wrestling Observer editor Dave Meltzer reports that the former WWE Champion is not slated to return to the United States until March.

— The Bella Twins performed as heels at last night’s WWE Supershow in Springfield, MA. The twin duo lost to Gail Kim and Maryse. Though Kim partnered with heel wrestler Maryse, she maintained her babyface persona during the match while the manager of Ted DiBiase portrayed a tweener. Maryse, however, reverted back to heel following the match by attacking Kim.

— Former WWE talent Nick Dinsmore (a/k/a Eugene) is holding a seminar in London, Kentucky on Feb. 19 from 2 to 5 p.m. It costs $50 and is limited to professional wrestlers presently licensed in the state of Kentucky with at least one year of experience. Visit www.ovwrestling.com for more information.

source: F4WOnline.com

— Six-time world champion Booker T has canceled his scheduled appearance at this weekend’s New Orleans Comic Con at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Regarding a surprise appearance at Sunday’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view, he was in discussions with World Wrestling Entertainment officials a few weeks ago regarding a potential return.

— This Sunday’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts is sold out. Complementary tickets for the event are hard to come by and scalpers have reportedly unloaded their share.

— The Bellas Twins made numerous media appearances today in Atlanta, Georgia promoting Wrestlemania XXVII.

source: PWInsider.com

— Reportedly, all of the names announced during the last wave of talent departures were releases by WWE with the exception of Shad Gaspard, who wanted to part ways with the organization in order to pursue acting. Jillian Hall also claimed she asked to be released, and that she had asked several times before. (source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— New names advertised to appear at Tribute to the Troops are Triple H and The Bella Twins, according to Hood Happenings Magazine, the official magazine of the Fort Hood, Texas military base. Also advertised to appear are John Cena, Randy Orton, The Miz, Mark Henry, Edge and Vince McMahon. (Thanks to SPC McClouston, Patrick)

— The pre-sale code for the Apr. 4 Monday Night Raw taping at The Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia is CHAMP. The sale begins tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. via Ticketmaster.com.

— Joey Styles issued an apology last night on Twitter for spoiling the elimination result of the previous week’s episode of NXT.

“I’m sorry I prematurely revealed Aksana was eliminated before it was streamed despite the fact that it happened three hours earlier. Period.”

He then added that his WWE contract expires this Friday.

“Are you fans sorry that my WWE contract expires this Friday? Goodnight and Happy Thanksgiving.”

— Fans were prematurely let into the Amway Center Monday for Raw as Vince McMahon, Triple H, members of The Nexus, John Cena, The Miz, Randy Orton and several agents were seen in the ring rehearsing rehearsing what would be the show’s main event. Security personnel subsequently ushered the fans out of the arena area for 15 minutes.

— Daniel Bryan commented on The Bella Twins advances towards him on Raw, writing on Twitter:

“What’s the deal with the Bellas? I have absolutely ZERO idea.”

— According to sources within WWE, Triple H is expected to return to television “at any time.”

“The Game” has been sidelined since April, after he underwent surgery to repair a torn tendon. He was expected to return over the summer, but he suffered a torn biceps while shooting a film for WWE Studios.

— WWE has reportedly axed the mascot character accompanying Jack Swagger ringside in recent weeks, the Swagger Soaring Eagle. The mascot did not accompany Swagger for his match with Daniel Bryan last Monday on Raw.

— Twin WWE Divas Brie and Nikki Bella celebrate their birthday today. They turn 27 years old.

source: F4WOnline.com

— Sean Morley (a/k/a Val Venis) is telling people he has re-signed with World Wrestling Entertainment.

— Triple H and Stephanie McMahon appeared at the Danbury Get Out The Vote Rally yesterday in Danbury, Connecticut to support Linda McMahon’s Senate campaign. The former WWE CEO was also on hand for the event.

— The Bella Twins hosted Nickelback’s pool party concert yesterday at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

source: f4wonline.com

— After Money in the Bank went off the air, they raised the cage and the rest of Nexus came to the ring. Wade Barrett cut a promo saying they are just seven young men chasing dreams and promoting loyalty, but the people in this crowd don’t understand that. He said Sheamus and John Cena need to watch out. (Thanks to Ben Williams)

— Jim Ross noted the following yesterday on Twitter regarding WWE Hall of Famer Ricky Steamboat’s health: “Ricky Steamboat still hospitalized. Stable, improving, & hopes 2 b out of hospital this week. More good days than bad.”

— Nikki Bella remarked the following on Twitter concerning posers on social networking sites: “Listen up everyone last time I want to say this NO myspace facebook or you tube! You want the real life of The Bellas… You’ll get it on twitter! :) RT! Gracias! Love you all! #BESOS! Nikki”

— The Friday Night SmackDown! taping on September 14th, 2010 will be held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Tickets go on sale July 31st, 2010. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)

— Dolph Ziggler reveals in an interview with the Ottawa Sun that he wants to be known as the best wrestler of all-time.

“I don’t want it to be just a pipedream, I want to be the best,” says Ziggler. “It’s something that drives me. I don’t want there to be a debate about who’s the best, whether it’s Ric Flair or Shawn Michaels or me. I want to make sure that they talk about Dolph Ziggler being the best wrestler ever.”

While his break in WWE came as a member of The Spirit Squad, he says he wasn’t thrilled with the idea.

“I was caught a little off guard, almost heartbroken,” he says. “I had trained to be a bad-ass fighter and then they wanted me to be a cheerleader?

“But it gave us the experience, to be in the ring with the best wrestlers. When that was done, it was me going, ‘OK, now I’ve had some time, give me something more along the lines of me being myself.”

Ziggler also discusses Sunday’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view, his wishlist of dream matches, the Ziggler character, and more. The interview can be read here.

— In response to online reports that The Bella Twins’ future with World Wrestling Entertainment could be in jeopardy as a result of the Raw guest concept being de-emphasized, an apparently agitated Nikki quipped the following on Twitter: “Stop believin’ rumors peeps aight…”

— WWE Champion Sheamus heads this week’s edition of the POWER 25 on WWE.com. He is trailed by Randy Orton, John Cena, Big Show and Rey Mysterio.

— With WWE’s Raw guest host concept seemingly on its last legs, one company source said “things don’t look good” for The Bella Twins.

Throughout the duration of the concept, the twin duo’s screen time would hinge on the guest host of the week as they are generally used on Raw as “arm pieces” rather than in a wrestling capacity. In recent weeks they have been largely relegated to WWE’s secondary show Superstars as a result of the concept being de-emphasized.

Florence Henderson, who wasn’t even announced in advance on Raw, was the last guest host scheduled, though that doesn’t necessarily mean she’s the final one.

— WWE released a preliminary figure of 198,000 worldwide buys — including 115,000 from North America — for its Over the Limit pay-per-view in May. WWE dropped Judgment Day from it annual line-up and replaced it with Over the Limit this year. Last year’s event drew 228,000 total buys.

— Last week’s episode of WWE Superstars on WGN America scored a 0.64 cable rating, 715,000 viewers. The midnight replay scored a 0.2, with 146,000 viewers.

(source: PWInsider.com)

— The official synopsis for WWE’s upcoming DVD set on Chris Jericho, The Highlight Reel, has been released:

“The WWE fans love to hate Chris Jericho. Throughout his remarkable career he has provided sports entertainment fans with amazing matches and astounding moments whether he was in Smokey Mountain Wrestling, ECW, WCW, and WWE. He’s also left his mark on the entertainment industry outside the ring, from his band Fozzy, writing a NY Times bestselling autobiography, through his appearances on VH-1’s “I Love…” shows and his role in the hit film “Magruber”. But his most famous moments are in sports entertainment, where Jericho has won multiple championships, including the WWE, World Heavyweight, a record number of Intercontinental titles, and the night when he defeated both the Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin to become the first ever WWE Unified Champion. But Chris Jericho has never had his remarkable career highlighted in a DVD set until now. This 3-disc release will include a never-before-seen documentary on the life and times of Jericho featuring new candid interviews with Jericho and his rivals, as well as more than a dozen of his greatest matches.”

— Thursday’s episode of WWE Superstars scored a 0.56 cable rating with 524,000 viewers. The number may be a record low for Superstars in its regular 8 p.m. time slot. The previous week’s episode, which aired late due to baseball, drew an all-time record low rating, a 0.35 with 308,000 viewers.

— WWE Magazine’s “Best of WWE 2010 Special Issue” features “1,001 answers to the WWE Universe’s most burning questions.” To read a few of the questions answered, click here. The issue hits newsstands this Tuesday.

— WWE developmental wrestler Richie Steamboat returned to singles action at Thursday night’s Florida Championship Wrestling live event in Tampa, Florida, pinning Donny Marlow. Last week, Steamboat teamed up with his father, WWE Hall of Famer Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, his first match since tearing a ligament in his knee earlier in the year.

— Fans can meet Brie and Nikki Bella as they will be appearing at today’s Forman’s Foundation 2nd Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament at the Maderas Golf Club located in San Diego, California.

— WWE will be holding a live episode of Friday Night SmackDown on Friday, October 1st, 2010 during a Supershow event taking place that evening in Oklahoma City. WWE announced in April that SmackDown will move to Syfy starting October 1. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)

— John Cena, who rarely questions WWE’s decisions publicly, said the following on Twitter regarding the names of the NXT season two competitors: “..and after a full 2 days to think about it, what is the story behind the names for nxt2 talent? I just don’t understand some things I guess.”

— Maryse and The Bella Twins have opened pages on the social networking site Spiffbox.com.

— Believe it or not, but Nikki of The Bella Twins has the best win/loss record in all of WWE as she has yet to lose a single bout this year. She currently sits at 21-0. Her sister Brie sits at 21-1 as she lost a singles match to Maryse back in January. The only other wrestlers yet to lose a match this year are Tiffany (5-0), Heath Slater (3-0), Mr. McMahon (1-0) and Hornswoggle (1-0).

The wrestler with the worst record in all of WWE is Jillian Hall as she has competed in 19 matches this year and lost all of them. Trailing behind Hall is Mike Knox as he too has yet to garner a single victory. He presently sits at 0-17.

It’s interesting to note that WWE Champion Batista is 2-24 so far this year (with 3 no decisions). Other wrestlers with less than stellar win/loss records include Chavo Guerrero (2-23), William Regal (2-24), Alicia Fox (2-31) and Carlito (1-31).

— Speaking of The Bella Twins, the WWE website has posted new studio photos of them here.

— Melina noted on her Twitter account that she will chatting live tonight with fans. Click here for more information. She will also be on hand for tonight’s Raw, but simply as a visitor.