First up is something I inadvertently skipped over yesterday. Hulk Hogan mentioned that Jimmy Hart will be in Jerry "The King" Lawler's corner at WrestleMania. He then pointed out that this is just a rumor as of right now. He says that he doesn't have an issue with Hart going to WWE, despite rumors to the contrary. I haven't seen any rumors in that regard on a credible news source.
In other news, a female MMA star Christiane "Cyborg" Santos is negotiating with WWE, according to a MMA websites. There are even rumors of her being offered a contract. None of this has been independently verified by PWInsider.com yet, so don't read too much into it yet.
The Undertaker is being advertised for next week's Raw taping. John Cena and Triple H are working a dark match after the next Smackdown taping. This may or may not mean that those wrestlers will appear on those shows.
Next, a look at PWInsider.com's questions. After the break, does this year's WrestleMania lack "must-see" matches?
I can definitely see that argument. This WrestleMania is more of a continuation of WWE's building of new stars than the big clashes of years past. Having The Rock hosting and Undertaker vs. HHH is the big counter to that, but they sorely need to continue building new stars. I really wouldn't mind if they brought in some older names in the upper mid-card range to help the transition along by working with some of the newer guys and helping them to improve. As long as it doesn't become just about those guys and they don't take over the show.
Interesting response to the question about Fortune being "They". Eric Bischoff and Dixie Carter pretty much admitted that it was a change of plans for it to be them. They had signed Steiner and Nash to new deals. Not to mention that Crimson made a few Mafia references, and took down AJ Styles, who was "on his side". So, unless it was an elaborate and poorly scripted swerve, it wasn't originally going to be Fortune. TNA not having a MEM reunion is a good thing I think, though they're still in the process of adjusting things in their absence.
The other questions and answers are pretty straight-forward. I don't have anything to add to them. It'd basically just be me saying "what they said" and I think that's kind of a waste.
Bart Scott has hinted at another appearance in TNA, but this hasn't been confirmed or denied yet.
Dolph Ziggler's brother has been signed to a developmental deal by WWE. He had previously worked in OVW.
The big 3/3 Impact did a 1.36. Pretty impressive for TNA. This is what happens when you build things up as important. If only they'd work this magic on PPVs. How much of this audience will stick around with the latest developments in the storylines?
Superstars did a .57 and .14 for its replay. Same old, same old.
I try not to make a rule of talking about non-wrestlers who aren't current, but I thought this was newsworthy enough: David Arquette was recently in a head-on car crash, but is thankfully ok.
That's all for tonight! More news to come after midnight on Saturday.
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