TNA Announces 2012 Gut Check Workshop Dates

TNA Impact Wrestling has announced their latest 2012 Gut Check dates. Gut Check is a 90 minute workshop headed up by D’Lo Brown where they evaluate pro wrestling talent:

Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 – Plymouth, MA
Time: 2 p.m. to approx. 4
Memorial Hall
83 Court St.
Plymouth, MA 02360
DEADLINE: Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 12 p.m. Central

Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 – Concord, NC
Time: 2 p.m. to approx. 4
Cabarrus Arena
4751 NC Hwy 49 North
Concord, NC 28025
DEADLINE: Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 12 p.m. Central

Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 – Beckley, WV
Time: 2 p.m. to approx. 4
Beckley Convention Center
200 Armory Dr.
Beckley, WV 25801
DEADLINE: Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 12 p.m. Central

Click here to sign up.

Updates to Stephanie McMahon's Executive Bio

Stephanie's Executive Bio has been updated again:

Stephanie McMahon is the Executive Vice President, Creative. She is responsible for overseeing the creative development of all WWE television, pay-per-view programming, print, digital and social media content.

Stephanie began her career with WWE in 1998 as an Account Executive for the WWE sales office in New York City, while also developing her television personality on WWE programming. Stephanie's career growth and development spans over multiple business areas including directing and producing some of WWE's televised events. She has also managed WWE's Live Events business, Talent Relations and Talent Brand Management.

Stephanie is a member of the Board of Directors for the USO Metropolitan Washington. She has received Fairfield County Business Journal's 2010 "40 Under 40" award. In 2009 and 2011, Stephanie was recognized as one of the "Most Powerful Women in Cable" by CableFAX magazine.

Beefcake Next to Sue Hogan's Ex-Wife?

Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake (real name Ed Leslie) says he's preparing to sue Hulk Hogan's ex-wife, Linda Bollea, for defamation due to Bollea's claim that Hogan and Beefcake had a homosexual relationship. Beefcake told TMZ that his attorney is currently drafting a lawsuit that he claims he will file "in the very near future." This would follow Hogan's defamation suit against his ex-wife last week. "I've known (Linda Bollea) for almost 40 years ... but when she starts trying to ruin our careers, it just ain't fair," Beefcake said.

This Day in Wrestling History

Larry Zbyszko stripped of the AWA Heavyweight title. He was the last AWA Champion.
December 12, 1990

Chris Jericho defeated Chyna for the WWF Intercontinental title.
December 12, 1999

Triple H defeated Vince McMahon in a No DQ, Falls Count Anywhere match when Triple H pinned him after hitting him with a sledgehammer. Due to the stipulations of the match, if Triple H won, he received a World Title match, and if Vince won, then the marriage between Triple H and Stephanie McMahon would be annulled. However, after the match, Stephanie turned on her father and willingly joined with Triple H.
December 12, 1999

TNA Final Resolution PPV 2011

JR Comments on his Recent Trip to FCW

My most recent trip to FCW in Florida was good. WWE has several, potential main eventers that are being groomed as we speak. No one candidate sticks out head and shoulders above the rest but there are many athletes that I feel will be in the hunt for a WWE roster spots sooner than later.

The process is a long one and can take years to achieve much to the chagrin of some. Back in the day many wrestlers worked in territories for years before making it to WWE so why should today be any different? I realize that times have changed but calling a wrestler up to the main roster too soon is the kiss of death more often than not it seems. The athletes that come from organizations such as ROH have a little faster track to travel or so it seems.

Many of the athletes need to focus on slowing down a knotch or two from bell to bell and to continue to dedicate themselves to the strength and conditioning program which I feel should be 100% mandantory.

Being around the prospects is always a refreshing time for me as they all seemingly want an opportunity to live their dream by becoming a WWE star.

I tell them to set their sights on headlining Wrestlemania and not to settle for simply earning a spot on the roster.

I hope to get more involved in WWE developmental as it's an exciting time with which to be involved in the process. Nothing is more important for WWE's long term success than developing tomorrow's stars and then being ready to fully utilize them once that they are called up to the big time.

source: jrsbarbq.com

This Day in Wrestling History

Roderick Jess McMahon, along with Tex Rickard, begin promoting regular boxing matches at Madison Square Garden with a light-heavyweight championship match between Jack Delaney Paul Berlenbach.
December 11, 1925

Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels for the WWF(E) European Title. HBK intentionally lost the title after he was ordered to defend it against Hunter by Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter
December 11, 1997

Triple H defeated Vince McMahon in a No DQ, Falls Count Anywhere match when Triple H pinned him after hitting him with a sledgehammer. Due to the stipulations of the match, if Triple H won, he received a World Title match, and if Vince won, then the marriage between Triple H and Stephanie McMahon would be annulled. However, after the match, Stephanie turned on her father and willingly joined with Triple H thus beginning the McMahon-Helmsley Era.
December 11, 1999

Wrestlers Meet Fans Big and Small at Fort Bragg

Several of the brightest stars in the WWE universe shined brightly at a special meet-and-greet for soldiers and their families at Sports USA on Fort Bragg Friday night.

The contingent of wrestlers, nearly a dozen strong, included current WWE heavyweight champ CM Punk, as well as crowd favorites such as the Big Show, Mark Henry, Christian, and, of course, John Cena.

The superstars had spent the entire day visiting soldiers on Fort Bragg in advance of the WWE "Tribute to the Troops" show which will take place Sunday night at 8 at the Crown Coliseum; the show is for soldiers and their family members only...More?

source: fayobserver.com

This Day in Wrestling History

In an undercard bout on an AWA show, Ric Flair makes his professional wrestling debut, going to a ten minute draw with George "Scrap Iron" Gadaski.
December 10, 1972

Bruno Sammartino pins Stan Stasiak for the WWWF(WWE) Championship, becoming the first Superstar to win the title twice.
December 10, 1973

SmackDown Results 12/09/11

NBA Commissioner David Stern Is Compared To WWE's Vince McMahon

New Triple H DVD Confirmed

WWE and Amazon have confirmed that a new DVD and Blu-ray on Triple H will be released on March 13th, 2012 in the USA. The feature was scheduled for a 2011 release but postponed for unknown reasons.