UPDATE ON REY MYSTERIO'S NEW DVD

Silvervision has confirmed that WWE’s upcoming “Rey Mysterio: The Life of a Masked Man” three-disc DVD set will have 2 matches from his ECW days, 6 matches from WCW and 12 matches from WWE.

JOHNY CURTIS PERFORMS IN A DARK MATCH

 The dark match before last night’s WWE tapings saw NXT winner Johnny Curtis defeat Alex Riley. Riley spoke before the match and said now that he was on SmackDown, he would show he didn’t need The Miz.

JOHN CENA FILMS FRED THE MOVIE 2 AFTER SMACKDOWN

After last night’s WWE SmackDown tapings in Greensboro, NC, John Cena filmed a wrestling scene for Nickelodeon’s “Fred the Movie 2″ where Cena teamed with his “son” Fred against two bullies.


Cena and Fred came out to their own Titantron video while the bullies came out to Gangrel’s old theme song. After the filming, Cena spoke on the mic and said the movie would be released in October. Sheamus came out and got hit with an Attitude Adjustment to end the show.

WHEN WILL UNDERTAKER RETURN

The Undertaker was backstage at this past Monday’s RAW from Raleigh, NC with Michelle McCool. Sources describe Taker as still hurting and said he gave no indication as to when he would be coming back.

NEWS ON JIM ROSS'S TV APPEARANCES

 The idea right now is for Jim Ross to remain on WWE TV for as long as the Michael Cole angle goes on. JR’s segments have done very strong quarter-hour ratings so that may play a factor in WWE keeping him around longer. With that said, at least for now there are no plans for Ross to return to announcing full-time.

NEWS ON WWE'S OWN CABLE NETWORK

The planned WWE cable network is going to be a big part of the company re-branding that is going on. The idea is that they are doing their own network and don’t want it seen as a pro wrestling TV channel.


WWE is looking to air scripted programming and other programming that they can use their marketing concepts with. This would include marketing the characters and even touring with the new shows. The Harlem Globetrotters would be a perfect fit for this new concept but they aren’t doing sports right now. The concept was described as something like High School Musical or Dora the Explorer where you have a program, you merchandise the characters and go on tour.


WWE is also looking at using people like Drew Carey to come up with programming ideas.


The WWE network will feature a lot of wrestling still, with a lot of old footage airing. WWE is currently digitizing some of their footage and trying to upgrade it to HD for the network. The network will also show programs like NXT, Superstars and some of the recap shows that air internationally.

UPDATED PPV CARD OF EXTREME RULES 2011

 Michelle McCool vs. Layla will be announced for WWE’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view on this Friday’s SmackDown. Here’s the updated card:


Triple Threat Cage Match for the WWE Title
John Morrison vs. John Cena vs. The Miz


Ladder Match for the World Heavyweight Title
Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio


Last Man Standing Match
CM Punk vs. Randy Orton


Falls Count Anywhere Match
Cody Rhodes vs. Rey Mysterio


Country Whipping Match
Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole and Jack Swagger


No DQ, No Countout, Loser Must Leave SmackDown
Layla vs. Michelle McCool

CHRIS JERICHO ELIMINATED FROM DANCING WITH THE STARS

After scoring low on Monday night’s show, Chris Jericho and his partner Cheryl Burke were eliminated from ABC’s Dancing With the Stars last night. Jericho and Burke had also done low scores with the fan voting.


Burke wrote the following on Twitter:


“I’m so proud of Chris! Thanks to all of u for your unconditional love and support. Love u guys!!!”


While Jericho commented:


“Had an amazing time on DWTS! Thx @cherylburke for being a great teacher and friend and Thx to all of u for voting-6 weeks ain’t too shabby!”