Sunday, January 24, 2010

News on Money In the Bank match and Update on Kofi Kingston

WrestleMania 26 will once again feature a Money in the Bank ladder match for a shot at the WWE or Heavyweight Title. As of now, RAW superstar Kofi Kingston is the favorite to win the match, but those plans are always subject to change.
WWE has been very high on Kofi at times, but ever since the Randy Orton incident on RAW recently, the WWE has cooled off on Kofi’s push. However, WWE still see Kofi as a very promising WWE superstar, so they may want to propel him to the next level just like they did with CM Punk last year at WrestleMania.

JR talks about the Rock

Jim Ross has updated his blog over at JRsBarBQ.com. Here is what Ross had to say about The Rock:
“Loved it on Letterman when Dwayne said that he would always be ‘The Rock’ which was not only true but had to make wrestling fans around the Globe feel good. I don’t ever see the Rock wrestling again but I know that he will host Raw sometime in the future to reconnect with his fans and to promote his latest project. I also know from the communication that Rock and I have that he still loves the business and most importantly the fans of the business who always support his film projects. There is no more positive person that I communicate with than is Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson which is extremely refreshing.

Eye Witness on Orton's case

According to an eye witness, Randy Orton did not assault a 15-year-old fan as both the fan and his mother have claimed.
Stephen Addonizio, who saw the incident from his care, claims that Orton was approached by about a dozen fans for autographs following a Live WWE event, but Orton refused the fans by simply walking past them.
The 15-year-old and his mother are claiming that Orton spat gum in the kid’s face. However, according to eye witness, Orton just kept walking past them to get into his car.”

The Rock shows interest on facing Cena at WM 26

WWE is still attempting to bring The Rock back to wrestle John Cena at WrestleMania. The Rock is definitely going to guest host an upcoming RAW, but a WrestleMania match cannot be confirmed just yet. However, a match at WrestleMania 26 is still a possibility as The Rock has indicated some interest in a return. This is quite surprising considering The Rock’s stance on the WWE just a few years ago.

Cena talks about his new movie

NEW ORLEANS – Wrestling star John Cena said he’s enjoying the challenge of acting in his very first dramatic film.
The “WWE Monday Night RAW” star’s only two previous movies — 2006’s “The Marine” and last year’s “12 Rounds” — were action films that involved “blowing things up” and “dodging bullets,” Cena said Wednesday.
While in New Orleans for the filming of “Brother’s Keeper,” a World Wrestling Entertainment movie that also stars Danny Glover, Patricia Clarkson and Devon Graye, Cena called the project “a great change of pace.”
“This one is a lot less physically demanding,” he said. “I feel like I’ve been able to get involved in the story, and it’s an easy story to embrace. I think everybody will be able to pull something from it.”
The plot centers on a socially awkward teenage boy, played by Graye, who tries to reconnect his family after the death of his collegiate wrestling star father by following in his father’s footsteps. In a scene being filmed Wednesday, Cena, who plays Graye’s estranged older brother, shows up at the younger boy’s high school to watch him compete in a wrestling match.
Clarkson plays their mother and Glover plays the role of a charming and mysterious man who shows up at pivotal times in the life of Graye’s character.
“It’ll be a good watch,” Cena said. “People will walk away from this movie feeling good about themselves.”
Filming is scheduled to run through the end of January, said David Calloway, the movie’s producer who is also vice president of WWE Studios.