JENNIFER HUDSON TALKS ABOUT HER MARRIAGE

 Actress and singer Jennifer Hudson was asked in a new USA Today interview if she was married to WWE’s David Otunga yet. She replied: “Not yet! I’m engaged. Everything is all ready to go. Originally I wanted the biggest, grandest wedding in the world. Now I don’t know.”

ORIGINAL PLANS FOR CORRE AT WRESTLEMANIA

 The Corre were scheduled to face Big Show, Kane, Kofi Kingston and Christian at WrestleMania 27 but it looks as if Christian will have nothing to do with a Corre match as he’s been in the storylines with Edge and Alberto Del Rio.

CHRISTIAN TO TURN HEEL AT WRESTLEMANIA??

Christian may be put in Edge’s corner at WrestleMania to offset Brodus Clay and Ricardo Rodriguez, or he may be added to the match to make it a three-way. A heel turn by Christian is rumored as the plan has been for Alberto Del Rio to leave WrestleMania as World Heavyweight Champion all along.

RAW RATINGS 3/21

 The March 21st episode of WWE RAW scored a 3.35 cable rating with 5.13 million viewers. This week’s show was 68% male viewership but saw a drop in the Males 18-49 demographic from a 3.5 rating last week to a 2.9 this week.


In the segment by segment breakdown, Sheamus vs. Evan Bourne lost 479,000 viewers from the opener. Maryse vs. Eve Torres and the match with Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel vs. Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov gained 374,000 viewers. The interview with John Cena lost 137,000 viewers but the segment with Michael Cole, Jack Swagger and Jerry Lawler gained 467,000 back.


John Morrison and Trish Stratus vs. Dolph Ziggler, Layla, Michelle McCool and Vickie Guerrero lost 156,000 viewers and the video package with various WWE personalities talking about Triple H and The Undertaker lost 467,000 more viewers. Rey Mysterio vs. Randy Orton and the angle with CM Punk gained 3,000 viewers.


The closing segment with The Miz and John Cena coming out gained 966,000 viewers to bring the show to a 3.84 rating. For the first time in weeks, The Miz as WWE Champion gained viewers in a segment.

SEVERAL MID CARDERS WILL BE RELEASED AFTER WRESTLEMANIA

 While several WWE talents are expected to be released after WrestleMania, most of those will likely not come as a result of WWE Superstars on WGN America being canceled, as some are speculating. WWE is planning to still tape Superstars for their website and international TV markets. Still, several midcard talents will be released to make way for new stars from FCW.

ROCK WILLING TO DO MORE AT WRESTLEMANIA

Regarding The Rock’s participation at WrestleMania 27 besides being guest host, it’s said that he is now willing to do more than he was when he originally made the deal to come back. There’s no word yet on what WWE has planned for The Rock, John Cena and The Miz at WrestleMania.

WWE TAPES BIG SEGMENT WITH SNOOKI FOR THIS WEEKS RAW

WWE filmed a major angle with Snooki, Trish Stratus, Layla and Michelle McCool to air on this coming Monday’s RAW yesterday at Miami Mike’s Sports Zone in East Hanover, NJ, according to Popthecrowd.com.


The segment sees LayCool searching the bar for Snooki and Trish. Snooki fights with a guy trying to hit on her before LayCool finds her and they brawl in the bar. The segment, which was produced by WWE agents Finlay and Ranjin Singh, also sees LayCool put through a table.


According to the report, Snooki was supposed to begin filming at 10am but she didn’t leave her hotel room until 1pm and filming didn’t start until 3pm and finished around 8pm. Snooki was also said to have been heavily drinking the entire day and was bragging to the bartender that she would be a full-time WWE Diva once Jersey Shore was done.

TYLER BLACK AKA SETH ROLLINS GETTING CALLED UP FOR NXT?

 FCW 15 Champion Seth Rollins, the former Tyler Black, was told he would be used on the new season of WWE NXT, which would be the second time he has been told he would be coming up to TV. Several wrestlers were told they would be used on the current NXT season but plans were changed at the last minute.

MORE ON JOHN CENA'S CONCUSSION

The news from last week that John Cena suffered a concussion at the hands of The Miz and Alberto Del Rio was an angle and not a legit injury. WWE must have had second thoughts as it wasn’t mentioned on RAW this week.

WHEN WILL AWESOME KONG DEBUT IN WWE?

The latest word on Awesome Kong is that she will debut for WWE in April, shortly after WrestleMania. Kong has been given different start dates before but it looks like she will finally debut next month.

ORIGINAL PLANS FOR SHEAMUS VS DANIEL BRYAN

 The original plan for Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 27 was to have The Bella Twins in Sheamus’ corner and Gail Kim in Bryan’s corner but it doesn’t look like that will be happening.