Snooki's decision to sign on for Wrestlemania XXVII is pissing off ex WWE Diva Chyna -- and TMZ has learned she wants to settle the grudge in the ring.
TMZ spoke with Joanie Laurer -- a.k.a. Chyna -- who says, "Snooki is trying to make a joke out of wrestling" ... and needs to be taught a lesson.
Chyna hasn't wrestled since 2002, but says she'd come back for a Snooki smackdown -- and she's even up for a threesome ... adding, “I could take on Snooki AND The Situation in a tag match and have some fun doing it."
source: tmz.com
March 19, 2011
Chyna Trying to Get Attention; Wants to Wrestle Snooki
March 18, 2011
SmackDown Results: Rage Outside the Cage
Although Christian picked up a rewarding victory over arch-rival Alberto Del Rio in a Steel Cage Match, Del Rio gained significant WrestleMania momentum by stinging World Heavyweight Champion Edge with a painful Con-Chair-To. Full results.
source: wwe.com
Chris Jericho: 'DWTS Similar to Wrestling'
Chris Jericho has declared that his professional wrestling experience has helped prepare him to compete on Dancing with the Stars.
The former WWE star, who is paired with former Dancing winner Cheryl Burke, told TV Guide that he developed an understanding of choreography during his time in the ring.
"It's funny because when there are a lot of things about [dancing and wrestling] that are similar," Jericho said. "There's a lot of leverage and weight distribution and balance."
He added: "Then there's performing in front of a live crowd, your marks, choreography and as a musician, following the beat. It's not that foreign as it seems at first."...More?
source: digitalspy.com
WWE Apologizes To GLAAD; Partnering Up On Anti-Bullying Campaign
WWE Partners with GLAAD on Anti-Bullying Messages
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will be working with GLAAD to create and promote an anti-bullying initiative aimed at their core audience, and has invited us to conduct trainings for their staff of writers and editors.
Our outreach to WWE was prompted by outrage from many LGBT viewers, about a series of homophobic taunts by wrestler John Cena on the USA program WWE Raw in late February. We reached out to WWE Incorporated, which responded swiftly and positively.
GLAAD was first made aware of the incidents by several of its members following the February 21 broadcast of WWE Raw, which featured wrestler John Cena responding to taunts made by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson with a rap song making fun of Johnson’s film roles. The song included lyrics like “You left us high and dry to play a fairy with a tooth?” and “He wore lipstick in Get Shorty, and rocked a skirt for The Game Plan.”
But the real kicker came near the end when he said: "Just don’t go racing to Witch Mountain, Rock, cause your mountain is Brokeback."
The next incident occurred on the show a week later (Feb. 28), when Cena was challenging another wrestler known as “The Miz” while in the ring with him, and had the crowd roaring when he joked about the Miz and his wrestling partner secretly being a couple. It began with Cena saying “Do you really want to look back years from now and realize you shared your legacy with another man?! ….Wait don’t answer that.” Cena continued:
“Now The Miz and Alex Riley are co-champions and to celebrate it they’re going to move in together. They’re going to buy one of those tandem bikes and ride to bed bath and beyond to buy some duvets. And every evening they’re going to relax with a glass of warm piot noir and watch The Notebook, or reruns of last season’s Bachelor. ……….You want to be a mentor and train him? Well, tonight I’m going to train you on how to be a man.”
The incidents were particularly troubling because WWE recently began promoting itself as PG-rated entertainment marketed primarily towards adolescent males. Young boys are of course the demographic most likely to experience homophobic bullying or to be bullying themselves. And there was wrestling superstar John Cena performing what amounted to scripted homophobic bullying of other wrestlers on a nationally broadcast show for kids.
GLAAD contacted WWE executives and explained the problem after receiving our first reports. They then spoke to John Cena and the show’s writers. We have been assured that not only will such incidents not happen again, WWE intends to reach out to their adolescent audience, with messages aimed making it clear that bullying someone with homophobic taunts or for their perceived sexual orientation is wrong. WWE released the following apology statement to that effect:
"WWE takes this issue very seriously, and has already spoken with our talent about these incidents. We are taking steps and working with GLAAD to ensure that our fans know that WWE is against bullying or discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. We strongly value our fans in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, and apologize to them for these incidents."
We are very much looking forward to developing our relationship with WWE, and we thank them both for hearing our message loud and clear, and for planning to send an anti-bullying message of their own.
Triple H Named In Latest WWE Proxy Filing; Proxy States He Is A Salaried Employee And Reveals 2010 Compensation
From the WWE Definitive Proxy Statement:
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Stephanie McMahon is the daughter of Vincent and Linda McMahon. Stephanie McMahon is an executive officer of the Company. She receives compensation in this capacity and participates in talent royalties for certain Company products bearing her name and/or likeness. Her total compensation in 2010 was approximately $671,000. Paul Levesque is Stephanie McMahon’s husband and the son-in-law of Vincent and Linda McMahon. As one of our top stars, Mr. Levesque receives pay that varies from year to year depending on the programs and events in which he performs; the films in which he stars (there were two produced in 2010); the royalties earned on home videos, video games, toys, clothing and other merchandise bearing his name and/or likeness; and salary as an employee active in management in several aspects of the Company’s business reporting to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. His total compensation aggregated across all these roles was approximately $3.84 million in 2010. The Audit Committee does not review the retention of Stephanie McMahon or Paul Levesque each year nor does it approve their levels of compensation. Instead, as to levels of their compensation as employees, the Audit Committee relied on the approval procedures of the Compensation Committee. In the case of Paul Levesque, his pay as a performer is set by agreements negotiated by the Company’s Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, the Company’s Talent Relations Department and the Company’s film studios. The Audit Committee believes this oversight to be consistent with relevant industry expertise and good business practice.
March 17, 2011
WWE Superstars Results: Ladies' Night
It was a good night to be a fan of the Divas as eight of Raw’s sexiest women squared off in an epic tag match. Leading a contingent of Monday night’s most vicious females, Nikki & Brie Bella continued to display a mean streak that has shocked the WWE Universe. With help from Melina, the sisters focused their attack on Natalya, brutalizing the former Divas Champion to the point that she was ready to quit. But the Hart Dungeon-trained Diva persevered and made the tag to Eve who scored with a big moonsault to give her team the win. Full results.
source: wwe.com
WGN Cancels WWE Superstars
Officials from WGN America have revealed today that they have canceled WWE Superstars. The final episode will air on April 7, 2011.
Wade Barrett Comments on Triple H
Triple H told the WWE Universe a few weeks ago that he had nothing else to achieve in the WWE than ending The Undertaker’s streak at WrestleMania. There are obviously a lot of new Superstars he has yet to beat. Did that annoy many of the ones listening?
WB: Yes I think so. I think a lot of people heard that and maybe were a bit disgruntled by it. Triple H certainly has beaten everybody there is to beat. He really is one of the best in history. But there really are a lot of young lions coming through at the moment. Triple H has certainly never beaten me. We’ve never been in the ring together. I would like to do battle with him one day. But obviously he has a lot on his plate with the Undertaker. So maybe we’ll wait until that is completed. But definitely somewhere down the line, I would love to take Triple H on.
source: skysports
Triple H, Stephanie, WWE, a Bus and a Lawsuit - Settled
A long running lawsuit between two Motor Coach companies that featured Triple H, Stephanie McMahon-Levesque and World Wrestling Entertainment named as third party defendants was settled out of court on 3/11. The plaintiff, Music City Coach, alleged in the January 2010 lawsuit that they were hired by defendant Star City Coach, LTD. to create a specified coach bus for the Levesque family, but there were issues with payments from Star's side with over $216,000 still owed to Music City. The total cost of the coach's modifications were $325,000, according to the suit.
How the Levesque family ended up involved in the middle of the legal wrangling is that Music City alleged that a Star City employee, Terry Sims (who had been assigned to drive the family's coach) made statements to the effect that he was working as the Levesques' "agent" while passing along orders of specifications for the coach bus by the family.
The lawsuit claimed that Sims "represented himself to Star City as an agent of the Levesques, who "never indicated he was not acting on their authority despite numerous meetings between Star City representatives and the Levesques."
The suit also claimed that the Levesques were acting "as agents" for World Wrestling Entertainment, which is how WWE was dragged into the legal process as well.
When payments were never made, the coach was seized by U.S. Marshalls and Star City claimed the Levesque family and WWE were liable for the balance owed at the time, $216,666.66.
The case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning the sides cannot bring another actionable claim against the other. According to the ruling issued by the presiding Judge, "all matters have been resolved".
The terms of the settlement were sealed but based on the legal proceedings, it appears the settlement was between the two bus companies and not any of the third parties involved.
source: pwinsider.com
The Levesques and WWE were named as third party defendants; however, they were never served in this matter. They are not a party to the settle agreement. Obviously Music City Coach and Star City Coach were trying to go after the deep pockets.
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
