Although it started out as an internet rumor, there appears to be some legitimate heat on TNA Knockout Mickie James after she raved on Twitter about The Rock's return to "Monday Night Raw."
Mickie tweeted, "Finally getting a chance to catch up on @TheRock's charismatic return... Literally got chills... & remembered why I do... What I do!"
The Rock aka Dwayne Johnson responded, "Thank u MJ..we're blessed to be able to perform..keep kickin ass and being diverse in your career...I dig your music... I always admire diversity..takes guts..especially in country..if u sing jamey johnson for me I'll come get that tooth..:)"
While TNA President Dixie Carter is said not to be offended by the tweet, a lot of TNA locker room members felt Mickie, a long time WWE Womens Champion, should be promoting TNA on Twitter, and not glowing about WWE's latest angle.
"We're having a hard enough time keeping anyone's attention during Wrestlemania season," one prominent TNA wrestler told WrestleZone over the weekend, "we have Kurt Angle's entire personal life, including his relationship with his children, playing out on TV to get a .1 boost in the numbers. Mickie should be a locker room leader, and should know better. Instead, she just makes it seem like she's longing to go to back to WWE."
Our source also says TNA management is "obsessed" regarding WWE swiping Kevin Nash and Booker T from right underneath TNA's big "Main Event Mafia Reunion."
The source says things are "as tense as I've ever seen it" in TNA at the moment.
source: wrestlezone.com
February 21, 2011
Rumor Mill - Backstage Tension in TNA, Heat on Top Knockout
This Day in Wrestling History
After only 18 months with the WWF(E), Ric Flair made his return to WCW at SuperBrawl III.
February 21, 1993
February 20, 2011
Another Trainer Announced For 'Tough Enough'
Trish Stratus announced as a trainer on 'WWE Tough Enough' along with Booker T and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Christian Returns
Moments after Edge defended his title in epic fashion, his WrestleMania opponent, Alberto Del Rio, attacked the war-torn champion. But, his onslaught fell short when an irate Christian – making his return from an injury he suffered at the hands of Del Rio last September – charged to the ring to save his former tag team partner, bringing the ecstatic WWE Universe to its feet.
source: wwe.com
WWE Elimination Chamber Results 2011
Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Alberto Del Rio
Winner: Alberto Del Rio
SmackDown Elimination Chamber Match
Kane, Big Show, Drew McIntyre, Rey Mysterio, Wade Barret, Edge (c)
Winner: Edge (c)
WWE Tag Team Champions Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov vs. Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel
Winners: Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel - New Tag Team Champions
WWE Champion The Miz vs. Jerry Lawler
Winner: The Miz (c)
Raw Elimination Chamber Match
John Cena, R-Truth, CM Punk, Sheamus, John Morrison, Randy Orton
Winner: John Cena
Triple H's Movie Fails to Register at Box Office
WWE Studios' The Chaperone starring Triple H drew virtually no business during its 'limited engagement' this weekend.
BoxOfficeMojo.com's chart listing the top grossing films for the weekend of February 18-20, with the bottom movie making $1,670 in one theater, did not rank the The Chaperone. Furthermore, the bottom five movies played in less theaters than the WWE produced film — ten.
The Chaperone will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 8.
source: wrestlinginc.com
Shawn Michaels Comments on his Wrestling Future
"I’m not going to wrestle again. The only way a 185-pound guy made it in that business is to do something nobody else ever did. The best thing I can do is to stay retired, because nobody ever stays retired. I’ll still be part of the company. You never really get out of the WWE unless you’re wearing concrete shoes at the bottom of the Hudson River, but no more active wrestling."
This Day in Wrestling History
Ed "Strangler" Lewis defeats Joe "Scissors" Stecher to finally unify the World championship in St. Louis, Missouri. Lewis had been recognized as World champion in various areas, while Stecher held the linear championship belt. This match had been put off several times since 1925. While Lewis now has the strongest claim as World champion, the New York State Athletic Commission decides to recognize Hans Steinke as champion.
February 20, 1928
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat defeats Ric Flair for the NWA World Title.
February 20, 1989
February 19, 2011
Former Chicago Bears Safety Dave Duerson Death Ruled a Suicide; Donates Brain for Concussion Research
The death of former Chicago Bears safety Dave Duerson was ruled a suicide by the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner, WMAQ-TV in Chicago reported Saturday. Duerson was found dead Thursday night at his home in Miami. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner said he died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
In a text message he sent to loved ones before his death, Duerson asked that his brain, particularly the "left side," be left for NFL researchers who study chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease common to boxers, football players and others who experience multiple concussions and head injuries.
"NFL players are at high risk for CTE," said Chris Nowinski, co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University School of Medicine.
Nowinski said Duerson donating his brain for study was "an incredible selfless contribution to medical research."...More?
source: fox sports
Triple H Comments on his New Position with WWE
"I'm making a transition into the office, trying to keep growing the business. It's a young man's sport, a young man's business–or however you want to look at it–and I want to help create new stars and help new guys become the future of this business and help create the next level of Shawn Michaels and the Triple Hs and the Undertakers and those guys. I want to help usher in that new era and bring this company, as big as it is, to a place that is much bigger."
source: muscle and fitness magazine march 2011
Colonelscrypt Interviews Triple H
CC: Of course, for 15 years every week we've seen you as Triple H but today I'm talking to you as Paul Levesque. Being that we're so familiar with the Triple H character, is there something that Triple H fans would be surprised to know about Paul Levesque?
HHH: Well I got three little girls at home so at some point one of them has painted my toenails or put my hair in a ponytail.
CC: What's been the toughest part of being a father?
HHH: It hasn't come yet. They're not in their teenage years yet. I've got a two and a half year old that I took to a birthday party and she's dancing with a little boy. I'm thinking to myself "Great, she's starting already." Right now they're very sweet little girls. There's going to be a time where I'll go from being the greatest daddy on the planet to the dumb guy that lives in the house who can't do anything right. That might be coming...More?
Linda McMahon 'Leaning' Toward 2012 Senate Run
Linda McMahon's post-election hiatus from the political circuit is proving to be anything but, with the former World Wrestling Entertainment matriarch putting out feelers from Hartford to her hometown of Greenwich about a 2012 U.S. Senate run...More?
source: smart-grid.tmcnet.com
