Sunday, February 21, 2010

JR ON ELIMINATION CHAMBER

Speaking of Ross, he wrote the following on Twitter yesterday: “Just emailed Michael Cole some announcer notes 4 Sunday’s Elimination Chamber. Sellout expected in St Louis 4 PPV.”

UPDATE ON Y2J BOOK, CHAT WITH DIVAS CHAMP

Chris Jericho noted on Twitter yesterday that he is 1/3 of the way finished with his new book

WWE’s website will be holding an Elimination Chamber chat tonight during the pay-per-view. The special guest will be the new WWE Divas Champion, either Maryse or Gail Kim.

UPDATE ON NXT

The new talents for WWE’s NXT show are in St. Louis for tonight’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view with the WWE crew. It’s likely they are just there for meetings and not an appearance on the show.

All the rookies from WWE NXT now have profiles on WWE’s website. Daniel Bryan’s profile does mention that he was trained by Shawn Michaels.

It has been confirmed that William Regal will now be mentoring Skip Sheffield instead of MVP, as originally announced.

NEW SMACKDOWN SUPERSTARS

The last ECW Champion Ezekiel Jackson has been added to the SmackDown roster page after videos aired of him on last night’s SmackDown saying he was coming soon to the brand. Despite wrestling on last night’s show, tag team Trent Baretta & Caylen Croft have not been added to the SmackDown roster.

TWO SONS WILL BE INDUCTING THIER FATHER

Ted DiBiase Jr. noted on his Twitter page that he and his younger Brett, one-half of the FCW Tag Team Champions, would be inducting their father into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.

DOMINO BACK ON WWE

Former WWE Superstar Cliff “Domino” Compton is back working in WWE developmental. He’s worked the past two FCW shows, losing all of his matches so far. No word yet if WWE has re-signed him to a deal or not.

TITLE SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED BY BROTHER

WWE RAW Superstar Ted DiBiase teamed with Joe Hennig at this week’s WWE developmental show to successfully defend the FCW Tag Team Titles against Vance Archer & Alex Riley. Ted’s brother Brett DiBiase could not defend the titles because of a neck injury so Ted stepped in. Ted and Joe both hit their finishers and pinned Archer & Riley at the same time.

ECW SUPERSTARS GOING TO DRAFTED?

The WWE website teases that all Superstars from the ECW brand may be drafted with the following line: “Check out Christian and the rest of the final ECW roster before the Superstars are drafted to either Raw or SmackDown.”

MISUSE OF FORMER TAG TEAM CHAMPION

Former WWE Tag Team Champion Lance Cade is still under contract with WWE after being re-signed last year. He is simply not being used in any way. Cade worked a WWE developmental show late in 2009 but hasn’t been seen since

BUILD UP TIME FOR UPCOMING PPVS

With the recent changes in WWE’s 2010 pay-per-view schedule, all shows up to September’s Night of Champions will get a 4 week build-up. Night of Champions will get a 5 week build while October’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view will only get a 2 week build-up.

3:16 AUTO CLUB 500 RACE

WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin will be the honorary starter for the Auto Club 500 race this Sunday in San Bernadino, California.

RAW/SMACKDOWN ON MSG

WWE will be holding a Raw & Smackdown Supershow at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday, June 19th, 2010 (the night before the Fatal Four Way pay-per-view). Bell time is 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at 10 a.m.

THREE HOUR RAW ON 26TH APRIL

WWE will be holding a three-hour Monday Night RAW on April 26th from Richmond, Virginia. It’s possible this will be the night of the 2010 WWE Draft.

ANOTHER SNUKA ON WWE

Sarona Snuka, the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Snuka, will make her WWE developmental debut on March 19th at the FCW show that night. Everyone performing on the show that night will be a second or third generation star.

Charges Against RKO removed

TMZ.com reported Saturday that WWE Superstar Randy Orton has been cleared regarding an incident in which he allegedly spit on a fifteen-year-old boy.
A document filed in a Massachusetts court confirmed that the case was dismissed due to lack of probable cause.
According to police reports at the time of the incident, Orton allegedly responded to a young male fan’s request for a photograph with a dose of saliva and some name calling. The claim continued that Orton responded to a complaint from the boy’s mother with, “so sue me.” Ultimately, however, the court has ruled that there was no probable cause to move forward with the charge