– WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels (and his television co-host Keith Mark) will be throwing out the first pass at Sunday’s Kansas City Chiefs home opener at Arrowhead Stadium.
– Chris Jericho’s band FOZZY will be kicking off their “Sacrifice and Sin” tour this week, with the first show taking place in Patchogue, New York. For full tour information, visit FozzyRock.com.
Former WWE Superstar Chris Jericho recently spoke with the folks at TheWrestlingMania.com about a number of topics, including his WWE career, his music and his new book. You can read highlights from the interview below:
On his WWE career and if he’ll ever return: “I’ll be back at some point. But it’ll only ever be on a part time basis. Fozzy is my main focus in my career right now and it also depends on when Vince calls. If we can work something out, we will, but it has to work around the band and not the other way around.”
On what fans can expect out of his new book: “There’s a 3rd book coming out. It’s not a romance novel or anything like that, just a continuation of my last book, Undisputed, in 2007.”
On if he prefers music or wrestling: “I don’t have to choose. I’ve been in a position with my career where I’ve been able to do both. All I ever wanted when I was a kid was to be a wrestler and a rock star, and I’ve been fortunate enough to do both.”
Check out the complete interview online at TheWrestlingMania.com.
– WWE is advertising both John Cena and Triple H for the April 9th SmackDown taping from Boston, MA. Triple H appearing at a taping just 2 days after WrestleMania 29 could be another indication that he’ll be wrestling Brock Lesnar at WM29.
– The following matches will take place on tonight’s episode of WWE Main Event:
* Cameron and Naomi vs. Aksana and Tamina.
* Cody Rhodes vs. Sheamus.
* Damien Sandow vs. Daniel Bryan.
– Chris Jericho is headed down under to Australia from 2/23-3/4 to tour with his metal band, Fozzy. After Jericho gets back, he’s scheduled for almost all RAW and SmackDown tapings through WrestleManai. He then heads overseas to Europe for another Fozzy tour that begins on April 11th and runs through the end of the month.
Twitter user @MattyWillo attended Wednesday night’s Fozzy concert from London and tweeted this picture of Chris Jericho and Fozzy rocking out –
– Shield member Seth Rollins tweeted the following message this week, his first tweet since debuting on WWE television:
Breathing life into gasping lungs. We are here to right the wrongs. @theshieldwwe
— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) November 27, 2012
– Chris Jericho’s metal band Fozzy will be performing tonight in Manchester, UK tonight. For more information, visit FozzyRock.com.
– Speaking of Jericho, he was recently interviewed by Wrestling Voice Radio:
During Fozzy’s European Tour in late 2012, frontman Chris Jericho sat down with Wrestling Voice Radio’s Duane Doogan to discuss a host of subjects from the band’s latest album, to touring, to his current WWE status and more.
– Chris Jericho’s metal band Fozzy has released the official music video for the song “Sandpaper” off their new album, Sin & Bones. The video can be seen at WWE.com.
– Speaking of Fozzy, they’ll be playing the Soundwave Festival in Australia in early 2013. The tour runs from February 23-March 4. For more information on the tour, visit Soundwavefestival.com.
– Here’s the latest promo video hyping NXT star Derrick Bateman’s new “USA Guy” character:
– As seen Monday on Raw, Wade Barrett complained to program General Manager AJ Lee about not competing on the show. He did wrestle earlier as he faced Tyson Kidd in a match taped for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars.
In a second match taped for the show, David Otunga took on Michael McGillicutty in a battle of former Nexus members.
– As reported earlier, one of the theme songs for WWE Hell in a Cell is “Sandpaper,” the lead single off of the Chris Jericho–fronted metal band Fozzy’s latest album, “Sin and Bones.” The song’s music video premiered tonight on WWE.com.
– WWE ring announcer Lilian Garcia appears on The Nick and Artie Show tonight, which airs at 1:00 a.m. on DirecTV’s Audience Network.
– Mexican professional wrestler and WCW alumnus El Dandy turns 50-years-old on Tuesday.
– WWE RAW returns to Nashville, Tennessee on October 15th at the Bridgestone Arena. A ticket-presale begins this morning with the password being MARK. The advertised main event is CM Punk vs. John Cena.
– Sunday’s WWE’s SummerSlam PPV from Los Angeles, California had a live attendence of 17,482 fans with 14,000 paid.
– Sin and Bones, the new album from Chris Jericho’s band Fozzy, moved around 3,400 copies in the United States for its first week of release to debut at #143 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album landed at #1 on the Top New Artist Albums chart. The band’s previous album, Chasing the Grail, opened with around 2,200 units sold back 2010, a sign that the band is gaining popularity. As previously reported, Jericho will be off television for the next few months touring with Fozzy.
– Jim Ross has commented on WWE granting Tyler Reks a release on Wednesday. JR tweeted:
He asked for it. Happy for him. Sometimes 1 has to move on. RT @saulski90: @JRsBBQ your thoughts on tyler reks release
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) August 22, 2012
(Partial Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)
– Chris Jericho, who plans to leave WWE following SummerSlam to tour with his heavy metal band Fozzy, will be committed though at least March 2013. The official Twitter feed of Fozzy announced Tuesday that the group will perform in Australia at music festival Soundwave, which takes place Saturday, February 23 through Monday, March 4.
It’s official…we will be returning to Australia in Feb on @soundwavefest with @metallica!
So stoked!! pic.twitter.com/J2XQ9NLJ— FOZZY (@FOZZYROCK) August 7, 2012
– Former WCW star Scotty Riggs addressed the whereabouts of noted valet Kimberly Page (a/k/a The Booty Babe, a/k/a The Booty Girl, a/k/a The Diamond Doll) via Twitter, writing, “She is living a normal life in Utah now!!”
The Nitro Girls founder remarried after divorcing Diamond Dallas Page in 2005 and works as a management consultant.
– This week’s WWE Classics On Demand updates are as follows: WWF at Boston Garden (April 26, 1986), Raw “The Beginning”: The Best of Seasons 1 & 2, Extreme Championship Wrestling (April 14, 1998), WWF Mania (January 30, 1993), World Class Championship Wrestling (March 11, 1984).
– WWE Champion CM Punk is featured on the cover of Fighting Spirit Magazine.
– At The SmackDown! Tappings it was announced that the 2012 Survivor Series will take place November 18, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse The pre-sale code for the 2012 WWE Survivor Series is SERIES. The pre-sale begins Wednesday.
– Jesse Ventura’s son, Tyler Ventura recently announced his father’s show Jesse Ventura’s TruTV show Conspiracy Theory is prepping for its third season to air. Tyler, who is a reporter on the upcoming season, said that the eight episodes are currently being re-edited. Listen to the show here.
– Chris Jericho is doing a session of “Rockstars Say the Funniest Things,” a spoken-word show taking place place in London, England on November 25th. Fozzy’s UK tour dates are listed below:
Nov. 27 – Stoke, UK – The Underground
Nov. 28 – Manchester, UK – Moho Live
Nov. 29 – Birmingham, UK – Academy 2
Nov. 30 – Glasgow, UK – The Arches
Dec. 01 – Leeds, UK – Cockpit
Dec. 02 – Hafan Y Mor, UK – Hard Rock Hell Festival
Dec. 04 – Plymouth, UK – White Rabbit
Dec. 05 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
Dec. 06 – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
– John Cena says he plans to make an historic announcement on tonight’s WWE RAW Supershow. Cena tweeted on Monday afternoon:
In Fort Wayne for #Raw tonight I have an announcement that will make history! Make sure to watch #Raw
— John Cena (@JohnCena) June 25, 2012
Rumor On John Cena’s “Historic Announcement” On RAW
– Chris Jericho’s metal band Fozzy will be playing at Pop’s Nightclub in Sauget, Illinois on August 21st. According to Poprocks.com, fans who have ticket stubs for the Uproar Festival will get free admission to the Pop’s Nightclub show on 8/21.
Fozzy is booked for several dates on the Uproar Festival, but will not be playing on Sunday, 8/19, the day of SummerSlam.
Jericho, who returns to WWE tonight after serving a 30 day suspension, is advertised for SummerSlam.
– Boston’s TD Garden, the site of Monday’s RAW, is advertising The Rock and Shawn Michaels will be appearing in person.
The dark match main event will see CM Punk & John Cena vs. Kane & Chris Jericho.
– As of this week, there is still no word on whether Shaquille O’Neal will be appearing at WrestleMania. Shaq has stated several times that he will be at WrestleMania, even saying back in December that he would be wrestling the Big Show. The WWE website posted an article last week denying that Shaq would be appearing at WrestleMania, which caused even more confusion.
For months, it was rumored that Shaq’s involvement with WWE would kick off next Monday’s RAW from Boston’s TD Garden. If Shaq doesn’t appear on that show or isn’t referenced in some way, he most likely won’t be a part of WrestleMania and it can be assumed his negotiations with the company fell through .
– Chris Jericho’s band Fozzy has been announced to play the Download Festival, one of the biggest rock festivals in the UK. Other bands announced for the show are Metallica, Tenacious D, Killswitch Engage and Corey Taylor. Fozzy will perform on Saturday, June 9th.
(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)
– WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart wrote the following on Twitter regarding the death of Osama Bin Laden:
“I hope before his trip 2 hell, dad, Owen, Bulldog, & Pillman gave Bin Laden torturous stretching. As a dual-citizen, couldn’t be more proud.”
– Chris Jericho’s metal band FOZZY has announced concert dates for June 4 in Brantford, Ontario, June 5 in Long Island, NY and July 14 in Frankfurt, Germany.
– The April 29 edition of WWE SmackDown! brought in 3,057,000 viewers and finished with a 1.96 cable rating.
– Ryan Nemeth, the younger brother of Dolph Ziggler, has been wrestling as “Briley Pierce” at Florida Championship Wrestling.
– WWEShop.com has a new Undertaker t-shirt for both WrestleMania XXVII and his now 19-0 Mania record.
– Tonight’s episode of WWE RAW from the Joe Louis arena in Detroit, Michigan will feature a blockbuster Champion vs. Champion main event. WWE Champion The Miz will take on World Heavyweight Champion Edge.
– Cody Rhodes wore a nose guard at this weekend’s SmackDown live event to sell the angle with Rey Mysterio from Friday’s SmackDown. Before his match with Percy Watson, Cody brought a WWE doctor to the ring and said his nose was broken from SmackDown. Their match ended when The Corre ran down and attacked Percy while Cody ran off.
– Even though he’s featured on the cover art of the upcoming WWE All Stars video game, there had been some rumors that Hulk Hogan had been removed from the game. After checking with a source, we’ve heard that Hogan will remain in the game because his deal with TNA allows for him to do outside licensing deals. Ric Flair, however, will not be appearing in the game.
– Chris Jericho noted on Twitter that he’s been working on a new Fozzy album. He wrote:
“Been writing lyrics over the last few months for the new Fozzy record. Got some REALLY cool stuff! Bunch of diff subjects and another epic!”
– Bret Hart dropped the puck at this weekend’s Toronto Marlies hockey game in Canada. After the game, Bret also signed autographs for fans.
– WWE Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston will be appearing today at KMart on Beechmont Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio from 6pm. There is a wristband policy in effect for the first 300 customers. WWE did a signing with The Miz at KMart in Youngstown, Ohio this weekend where the wristbands were sold out well ahead of time.
Fozzy featuring Chris Jericho plays the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Hollywood, CA
Thursday January 13, 2011 – Report by Carol Clark
Fozzy has been doing these VIP things before their shows for a while now, so when I found out last December they were playing here in Los Angeles I jumped at the chance! The passes weren’t inexpensive ($75 ahead of time, and $75 at the door) but being the Jerichoholic that I am I had shelled out money for a “Fozzy Survival Pack” last year and it included a Fozzy backstage pass. Turns out, with that pass my additional $75 at the door was waived!
We arrived at 3pm, met our contact Marty (none other than former WWE ref Marty Elias) and waited for the Madness to begin. The VIP experience was supposed to include sitting inside while the band sound-checked, but they were using borrowed gear from their NAMM sponsors, and it all arrived late so instead we stood outside on the street and chatted with Marty. Finally, they let us inside and we all got autographed pictures of the band, autographed VIP t-shirts, and VIP passes. Then we posed for pictures with the band (mine is blurry) and mingled. I talked to Rich Ward (Fozzy guitarist and an all around awesome guy) and got autographs from the rest of the band. Finally it was time to meet Chris. Lo and behold he remembered my friend and I from when we used to go watch his Groundlings shows…so he hugged us! He also took the time to have a rather lengthy conversation with me, which was very cool.
After that we all walked up the street to the Rainbow Room where we had pizza and got to mingle more with the band. We met Chris’s wife, and she was so sweet!
Back down the street to the Whisky where we stood through 2 other bands…ZO2 (the guys from Z-Rock, Chris had a guest appearance on their show once) and Jeff Scott Soto (who killed it!). Both bands were great!
Fozzy hit the stage at 11, and played roughly 16 songs, including one with a guest appearance from Phil Campbell of Motorhead. The show was amazing…so much energy! They played a lot of songs from Chasing the Grail as well as some from their other 3 releases. A really fun part was the build up to “God Pounds his Nails” where Jericho coached us on saying “eh eh eh” when he raised his right hand and “1, 2, 3” when he raised his left, but we were supposed to wait for him to raise his hands. They were all amazed that we actually (everyone in the crowd) waited for him to raise his hand instead of yelling out “1, 2, 3″…LOL!
The Whisky is a landmark to the LA club scene, they’re celebrating their 47th birthday this Sunday. Motley Crue and Jim Morrison have played there. When they first hit the stage Jericho said that when he was 12, in his first band in his mom’s basement, he dreamed of playing the Whisky…and now here he was! I’ve been going to the Whisky for shows since 1980, and have never seen a bad show there. During dinner I talked with Fozzy’s drummer about the venue, telling him that I went on my first date with my husband there (he’d never heard of The Selecter, the band we saw that night).
The Miz showed up just in time for the show, and Jericho acknowledged him from the stage before they played “Enemy”…he asked us if we wanted to hear it, then he said “Does the Champ want to hear it?”
All in all, it was a fantastic time, and I am SO GLAD to have had the opportunity to go!
Check out this video of WWE star Chris Jericho’s metal band FOZZY’s live UK tour.
Fozzy plays their song “Enemy” live at Edinburgh’s Studio 24 on Wednesday 13th October 2010: