WWE NXT Results: Steps in the Right Direction

Week two results:

NXT Rookie Challenge: Byron Saxton won Karaoke
Brodus Clay & Ted DiBiase def. Chris Masters & Byron Saxton
NXT Rookie Challenge: Johnny Curtis won The Obstacle Course
Alberto Del Rio def. Derrick Bateman

NXT Rookie Records:

Brodus Clay: Challenge points: 0, Win/Loss record: 1-0
Byron Saxton: Challenge points: 1, Win/Loss record: 0-1
Conor O'Brian: Challenge points: 0, Win/Loss record: 1-0
Derrick Bateman: Challenge points: 0, Win/Loss record: 0-2
Jacob Novak: Challenge points: 1, Win/Loss record: 0-1
Johnny Curtis: Challenge points: 2, Win/Loss record: 1-0

HBK Hinting at Working with WWE Again

Shawn Michaels posted the following on his facebook page:

It was gr8 seeing the WWE gang @ Tribute show. Got some business done too. Seems there may be a future w/the WWE & yours truly:-)

Triple H on the Cover of Inside Wrestling/The Wrestler Magazine

THE H-FACTOR: HOW THIS MAN CAN SHIFT THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WWE

Triple H is in a position to influence just about every nuance of WWE. How and where he decides to wield his power upon his return is keeping everybody on their toes.

Look for the Volume 38, 2011 issue of The Wrestler/Inside Wrestling, on sale February 1, 2011.

Fallen Angel Raises Bar in Ring of Honor

The Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels ended last year in main events for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. That changed in the weeks that followed when TNA ventured into a new creative direction.

In March, the veteran was released from his TNA contract. Daniels saw this as an opportunity to return to his old stomping grounds in the Philadelphia-based Ring of Honor.

"These are things that happen, and you kind of got to roll with the punches. When I got the call in March that they weren't going to use me anymore. Again, I was disappointed. I thought it was a bad decision on their part, but it was a decision that they made. You try to roll with the punches and land on your feet."

"I was fortunate to have a good relationship with Jim Cornette and with Adam Pearce, who was at Ring of Honor at the time and with [ROH owner] Cary Silkin. That was literally the first phone call I made was to get in touch with them and see if there was a position for me or to see if there was any interest in me rejoining Ring of Honor. Luckily, the answer was yes."...More?

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Shane McMahon Sighting

Back From Drugs And Homelessness Perry Saturn Surfaces

This Day in Wrestling History

Triple H defeated Bill Goldberg for the WWE Raw World Heavyweight Championship
December 14, 2003

Raw Results and Slammy Award Winners

Watching Shawn Michaels accept the Slammy Award for WWE Moment of the Year – even via satellite – many realized just how much they miss The Showstopper. Michaels won the accolade for his final match, but a lot of the WWE Universe is still holding out hope that it won’t be his last. Full results.

source: wwe.com

Supplemental Slammy Winners

WWE Changes Slammy Nominees

Many of the nominees for the Slammy Awards tonight have been changed. Most noticeably, the Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels handshake has been removed from the "WWE Moment of the Year" category and the Triple H/Sheamus moment has been added. That moment was previosly listedin teh Decspicable Me category:

WWE Moment of the Year

* Sheamus attacks Triple H from behind with a lead pipe
* Edge Spears Chris Jericho through the barricade
* The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels in Michaels’ final match
* John Cena counts 1-2-3 as Orton defeats Barrett and Cena is fired from WWE

2010 Slammy Awards Categories & Nominees

New DX DVD in the Works

Shawn Michaels has confirmed a new DX DVD set for 2011. Michaels noted on Twitter yesterday that he was doing some taping and that he and Triple H were "playing with tanks and artillery for a DX DVD to come out next year."

Rumor Mill - TNA World Champion Jeff Hardy Allowed to Wrestle Impaired, Drug Use An "Open Secret" Backstage

Bill Behrens who coordinates independent bookings for several TNA stars including Shannon Moore recently noted on his podcast that TNA Wrestling has allowed Jeff Hardy to wrestle impaired on television in the past and it is an "open secret" that the World Champion is still using drugs. This information comes a week after Hardy was described as 'unfit to perform' going into the Final Resolution pay-per-view. TNA managements reportedly held crisis talks 20 minutes prior to the PPV going on air which would have had Hardy stripped of the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, however the decision was made to allow him to wrestle and defeat Matt Morgan to retain the title.

Behrens discussed Hardy's chairshot to the back of Ken Anderson's head in October which left him with a severe concussion and wound. He said that Anderson is in a great position to sue the organization since he could claim Hardy was unfit to compete when he issued the negligent chairshot. TNA has since hastily banned unprotected chair shots to the head.

source: wrestlingnewssource.com