- WWE stars John Cena, Kofi Kingston, The Miz and The Undertaker have all been nominated for this year’s Cartoon Network Hall of Game “Here to Rumble” Award.
For the layman, this means they’re in the running for best entrance.
The show will be hosted by Shaquille O’Neal on the Cartoon Network at 7 PM ET, Feb 20th. It’s a fan vote, so the WWE Universe can get involved.
- As previously reported there are currently no plans for Jake Roberts to be inducted in to the Hall of Fame due to the possibility of bad press. However he discussed what it would mean to him during an interview with Wrestling Voice Radio. He said:
“I did make a lot of mistakes in my career but if they would acknowledge what I did and what I accomplished by putting me in there, it would be something I could give to my Grandchildren, for everything I did right, I know I belong in there, a lot more than others that are in there but I don’t care about that, the WWE was very good to me. I didn’t understand a lot of things, I was not a good business man. Vince would call me say we need an idea for this and I’d give him an idea and we’d just rock and roll with it, I didn’t know I’d to go in there and fight for my money and my place and the bottom line is the squeaky wheel gets the grease and I should of recognized that. I should of done the right thing and been squeaky.”
He also discussed the over-scripting of the current product:
“Nobody knows my character like me, but the problem today is these guys don’t have any characters, they don’t know what they are, hell, they all do the same damn thing and nobodies selling anything. Never say anything and not do it, because you’ll destroy your own credibility, most important thing about that is if you ever destroy your credibility to a fan he will never believe you again, today they’re going out there and doing all this crap nobody sells anything in the ring, and the reason is these guys have not learned they’re trait. In my day you had to progress, you had evolve, to change to keep your job, there’s a little initiative to get you going and that’s the difference.”
Here is the full interview:
- Jim Ross revealed on JRSBARBQ.com that WWE are working on a Top 50 Finishing Moves DVD.
“The King and I spent about 2+ hours working on a new project that we will continue to work on over the next month or so,” he said.
“I also worked on a new, DVD project, unaware of the release date, on the Top 50 Finishing Moves in Wrestling on Monday. That should be an interesting DVD and as is customary with ‘lists’ or ‘top ten’s, etc” it will likely be controversial to some fans. Nonetheless I had fun doing it and it brought back some cool memories. Will WWE do more Rivalry DVDs?” Absolutely. Another major production is scheduled for 2012 but I am not sure as to the rivalry that will be featured but the rumors that I hear are fascinating. Obviously, I hope to be involved as I was with the Bret/Shawn DVD which is a must see.”
Other highlights from his blog entry:
On TNA:
““Do you hate TNA?” Hell, no. Why would I hate TNA? That makes no sense. It provides fans with more product to enjoy and more importantly, to me, provides wrestlers with another place to live their dream and earn a living. Same goes for ROH or any other promotion. The healthier those companies are the better it is for the overall genre. Any one who thinks that I ‘hate’ other wrestling organizations is 100% Pet Coon Goofy.”
On Brodus Clay:
“Brodus Clay who has been long one of my favorite prospects since I started going down to FCW in Tampa to work with the developmental talents. Clay is a big, athletic dude who can provide the sizzle ala Dusty Rhodes (@WWEDusty) but his agility is excellent as well. Like the Dream, Clay can get physical when the need arises and we will see more of that as his development continues.”
- This week’s episode of WWE Raw drew a 3.3 cable rating on the USA Network, with an average of 4,619,000 viewers.
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