IGN.com has confirmed that "Macho Man" Randy Savage will be in the new "WWE All Stars" video game - an arcade style game different from the "Smackdown vs. Raw" franchise.
January 18, 2011
Randy Savage Confirmed for 'WWE All Stars' Video Game
Jim McMahon On Concussion Dangers: ‘You Think Nothing Can Bother You’
The hits just keep on coming for school age football players and other sports. Those hits can be catastrophic. Now the city of Chicago is taking action to protect young public school athletes and prevent concussions from doing serious damage, CBS 2’s Mike Parker reports.
A high school linebacker can possibly take 6,000 hits to the head during three seasons, and those hits can cause damage. Now a new Chicago law is on the books. Athletes at city schools who show signs of possible concussion cannot return to their sport without a doctor’s permission.
“When you’re young, you think nothing can bother you,” says former Chicago Bears quarterback and Super Bowl champion Jim McMahon. “You can injure your brain for the rest of your life.” He knows better now. McMahon says he noticed that after he retired, his memory started to go.
“I don’t think it’s chronic yet, but it’s frustrating when you walk into a room and you forget why the hell you went in there. You’ve got to start all over again,” he says.
It can get much worse. Boston University has studied the brains of 13 deceased pro football players. Twelve of the 13 had a disease that causes dementia. McMahon is now disclosing that when he dies, his brain will be donated to aid in this research...More?
source: cbs chicago
WWE Confirms 21 Names For The Royal Rumble Match
The following names have been confirmed by WWE.com as participants in this year's Royal Rumble Match:
Alberto Del Rio, CM Punk, "Dashing" Cody Rhodes, Daniel Bryan, Darren Young, David Hart Smith, David Otunga, Husky Harris, John Cena, John Morrison, Mark Henry, Michael McGuillicutty, Primo, R-Truth, Rey Mysterio, Sheamus, Ted DiBiase, Jr., Tyson Kidd, William Regal, Yoshi Tatsu, Zack Ryder
This Day in Wrestling History
Happy Birthday to Ted DiBiase
January 18, 1954
Happy Birthday to Dave Batista
January 18, 1969
Ivan Koloff defeated Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF(WWE) Heavyweight title
January 18, 1971
The Original Sheik passes away. The Sheik is the uncle of Sabu and also the trainer of Rob Van Damn and Sabu.
January 18, 2003
January 17, 2011
Raw Results: Prophet Motive
The main event pitted CM Punk against John Cena when a nameless colossus charged the ring and distracted the Cenation Commander-in-Chief. It would prove a costly diversion. Punk took advantage and hit his opponent with a punishing maneuver. Before Cena could recover, Punk stood before the interloper and sacrificed himself, allowing the oversized stranger to level him.
As a result, the leader of the “new” Nexus won the match by disqualification. When the remaining members of the group charged the ring, though, Punk waved them off. Instead, he pulled out a Nexus armband and slipped it onto the mystery man, who proceeded to genuflect before The Second City Savior. Full results.
source: wwe.com
Isis the Amazon to debut for Lucha Libre USA at TV tapings
Isis the Amazon (Aloisa), the near seven foot tall female wrestler who was released by WWE before her official debut on NXT, is now scheduled to debut at TV tapings for Lucha Libre USA this weekend in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
source: pwinsider.com
Royal Rumble to Have 40 Participants
WWE.com's Joey Styles just announced the following on his twitter page:
"This year, there will be 40 participants in the Royal Rumble Match instead of 30. It will be the biggest Royal Rumble Match in history!"
Dublin Championship Wrestling & Wrestling Portugal Announce Alliance
Dublin Championship Wrestling is very proud to announce an alliance between DCW & Wrestling Portugal that will see wrestlers from both promotions work shows in Portugal and Dublin.
Here is the translated statement from Wrestling Portugal on the alliance:
Dublin Championship Wrestling is the most talked about promotion in Europe with exciting storylines on You Tube and great wrestling matches such as the Tables Ladders & Chairs Match, East Wall Street Fight, Dog Collar Chain Match & I Quit Match and that is why Wrestling Portugal is proud to announce a partnership between the two promotions that will see DCW wrestlers appear at Wrestling Portugal events and Wrestling Portugal wrestlers appear at DCW events and we look forward to a exciting future for both promotions bringing the great countries of Portugal & Ireland together”
source: www.dublinwrestling.ie
This Day in Wrestling History
The WCW World Heavyweight Title is vacated by Chris Benoit. Benoit, Saturn, Malenko and Eddie Guerrero are released by WCW.
January 17, 2000
January 16, 2011
Just What Happened to Eric Bischoff?
How did Eric Bischoff go from being at the top of the wrestling world as President of WCW, revolutionizing the business, making hundreds of millions of dollars and almost putting Vince McMahon and the then WWF out of business to, a few years later getting into petty squabbles with dweebs on facebook and twitter, lashing out at journalists with childish and unnecessary insults and gleaning supreme satisfaction out of apparently winning verbal debates with amateurish and unprepared bloggers? It's an interesting question to ponder, and maybe one even Eric is asking himself these days, as his professional reputation lies in tatters. In fact, as the excuses pile up, the tweets get more vicious, and reports continue to emerge of his rapidly plummeting influence in TNA, it seems like a good time to discuss just how Bischoff's professional life got into such a sorry state...More?
source: cagesideseats.com
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
