WWE FILMING ON BATISTA

As noted before, WWE will begin working on a movie called Killer Karma soon. The movie has a $10 million budget and will be released in theaters, starring WWE Champion Batista. The movie is about a guy being released from prison, presumably Batista, who is trying to get his life in order with fate, friends and enemies getting in his way.

STU HART HALL OF FAME UPDATE

It appears that the 2010 WWE Hall of Fame will be headlined by Stu Hart, inducted by Bret and Ted DiBiase, inducted by his sons Ted Jr. and Brett. WWE is flying the entire Hart family in from Canada for the Hall of Fame and the DiBiase family will also likely be in attendance.

UPDATE ON NXT TAPINGS

WWE will be filming most of the NXT show segments around Tampa and at the FCW gym, aside from the matches taped on Tuesday nights. This comes as a blessing to Steve Keirn, who runs FCW, since WWE has paid for a lot of upgrades to the gym and to the production equipment.

WWE PURCHASING VIDEO FOOTAGE

WWE has purchased the video library from the now defunct Ultimate Pro Wrestling promotion, which was used as a training ground for some of today’s stars including John Cena, Tara, Chris Masters, Daniels, Samoa Joe, The Miz, Melina, Mike Knox and others. Apparently they will be using some of the footage in an upcoming DVD project.

UPDATE ON DANIEL BRYAN, MORE ON COLE

Daniel Bryan wrote the following on Twitter this week regarding his match with Chris Jericho on WWE NXT: “Resting and allowing my ribs to heal… There’s a reason it’s called a “suicide dive.” Yikes!”

There are people within WWE right now who are trying to say that the interaction between Michael Cole and Josh Matthews on WWE NXT this week was a shoot but some are skeptical. Joey Styles backed this up on Twitter as he “assured us” that the commentating between Cole and Lawler was “very real.” Styles said that Cole “lives in the WWE bubble.”