— After a scheduling debacle has left next week’s WWE RAW without a host arena, WWE.com says that that New York’s Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’s Staples Center have both offered to host the show. While WWE claims they still have not determined where the show will be held, Daniel reported earlier that the […]

source: The Sun — In an update on Christy Hemme, she was scheduled to meet with TNA officials this week to discuss her future in the organization. As far as wrestling is concerned, that doesn’t appear to be an option for her for the foreseeable future. In January, Hemme was diagnosed with two herniated discs […]

— According to data compiled by Neilson Media Research, the June 8th edition of WWE Raw did a 3.6 household rating, up from last week’s 3.4. The show did hours of 3.33 and 3.89. — Tonight’s ECW on Sci-Fi will feature new ECW champion Tommy Dreamer teaming with Christian to face the Hart Dynasty’s David […]

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — Quite like every year since he came back to TNA, there has been a lot of talk as of late concerning Sting possibly retiring. This year’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view is being targeted as the show where he could possibly retire. Every year, Sting, 50, say it’s his last year, […]

The John Report: The Raw Deal for 06/22/09 (Plus Bash & Trade thoughts) Welcome to the Raw Deal for the last Raw of June. There are a lot of things to get to this week first with some thoughts on The Bash from Sunday, then of course this week’s Raw and after that I’ll talk […]

WWE has made a couple of additional announcements for Raw’s Royal Rumble go-home show. Riddle will face The Hurt Business’ Shelton Benjamin, Cedric Alexander, and MVP in a gauntlet match on Raw this Monday. If Riddle wins, he’ll earn a shot at Bobby Lashley’s United States Championship. WWE hasn’t announced when Riddle will be getting […]

— WGN America is holding a contest for one Grand Prize Winner to receive a trip for two to attend SummerSlam in Los Angeles. According to contest rules on their official website, WWE will be holding a SummerSlam Axxess event on the day prior to the pay-per-view event. For more details on the contest, click […]

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Former WWE Champion John Bradshaw Layfield appeared on Live Audio Wrestling this past Sunday and said the reason he’s no longer with WWE is that when he retired as an active wrestler at WrestleMania in Houston, they didn’t offer him anything. He indicated if he was offered an announce position or […]

As announced yesterday on WWE.com, effective next Wednesday, Rey Mysterio has been suspended for 30 days as a result of his first violation of the company’s drug testing policy. It seems likely he will work next Tuesday’s SmackDown taping in Cleveland in order to drop the Intercontinental Championship before serving his suspension. Dolph Ziggler secured […]

Brit Ben Stubbington and German-born Robert Geller, two successful US-based designers, provide a revealing glimpse into their differing career choices in an intimate chat facilitated by the first Joe’s Blackbook Session of 2021. Both men are in reflective mood as they discuss their creative motivations, career evolution, and the advice they would pass on to […]