TNA will send some of its stars to Mexico's AAA as part of an angle leading to their big Triplemania show. The names tossed around are Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner, Mickie James, and Velvet Sky.
Update: Jarrett and Steiner have been confirmed as the first two names going. They'll be wrestling at the 5/18 AAA tapings.
Famous heel referee Dangerous Danny Davis was interviewed recently.
G4 has a big auction of WWE items to benefit Japan.
Since today's a fairly short news day, I'm going to save all of the PWInsider.com questions for after the break.
First up, why did Michelle McCool leave and will she ever return?
To add to their answer, I've read plenty of hearsay from less-credible sites that it was a case of Undertaker wanting her to be home more and she'd return to wrestling when he did. I'm glad they cleared it up. I'm always hesitant to post things from other sites that don't have as good of a reputation. Anyway, she's still under WWE contract, so pretty much the only chance of her going to TNA, or Shimmer, or where have you would be to ask for her release. So, she'd be leaving a lot of money on the table, AND leaving the company her husband works for, to go there. I haven't read anything suggesting that she would want to leave WWE.
Speaking of Shimmer, if anyone reading this is knowledgeable about it, can you tell me why it's always capitalized? It apparently doesn't stand for anything, so I assume it's something like RAW or iMPACT and I can just write it normally. Please inform me if I'm mistaken.
Nothing to say about #2, so I'll move on. It really wouldn't surprise me given how Kharma's been used so far if she does take on "all comers", though that's pretty rare for WWE. You'd think they'd have to go for that one at some point, right? It's just a matter of whether it will be a big feud or they throw it out there with little build like they've done big matches in the past.
Nothing to add to #4 either, and I echo what they say on #5. As far as a full-fledged heel turn that so many are hoping for online, he is only 34, so you'd think it would happen at some point in his career. BUT Rey Mysterio also sells a lot of merchandise and they've kept him face since his WWE debut, so it's still kind of a "maybe". It's hard to predict wrestling sometimes. I wonder what happens first: Cena going heel or Randy Savage going into the Hall of Fame.
PWInsider.com reports that WWE Creative has been surprised at the reaction to Christian's short title reign. That topic (along with the TNA spoilers for next week) really took over the IWC last week. Christian has a sizable following of people waiting for that big break for him.
Another Internet darling (not that I'm complaining) Zack Ryder was talked about recently in the Miami Herald. I continually see him as a young version of Christian. Edge and Christian started off as a tag team of similar looking "brothers" and split up with Christian having more of a goofy character and Edge's being more seriously treated. Christian did everything he could to get that character over, even when he was in the running for a fairly low spot on the card (the European Title), and "smart" fans really appreciated his efforts, getting him a solid online following. Hawkins isn't quite at "early-ish Edge" levels I don't think, but I think of the comparison a lot.
Anyway, moving on, here's Chris Jericho talking about his G4 experience.
Matt Hardy's latest YouTube video talks about the condition of his friend Shane Helms' condition after the motorcycle incident.
Finally, here's a link to some other news, including Hulk Hogan talking about not "jobbing" (losing) a lot in his career.
Let's add to this: Another example of how wins and losses aren't everything. Here's a recap of the Hogan-Kidman feud (from onlineworldofwrestling.com):
"Hulk Hogan is the biggest egomaniac there is", stated Billy Kidman in that same Nitro that started a lot of things. Hogan came out and the two had a brawl. Hogan was beating up Kidman pretty well until Eric Bischoff, Hogan's supposed friend ran in with a chair and hit Hogan with it. "Oh my god he hit Hogan!", screamed Schiavone. Then Kidman "pinned" Hogan by Bischoff counting the fall. Hogan got his revenge on Kidman at Spring Stampede by interfering in Kidman's match in the US-title tournament and costing him the match. At the Nitro following, he threw Kidman into a dumpster and ran a Hummer into it. So Kidman was "dead", but eventually came back.Then Kidman had another "big win" in a handicap match with him and Mike Awesome against Hogan. The two had one more match in Slamboree, which Hogan won with the help of his relative Horace. Later on Kidman and Hogan all of a sudden joined forces when Kidman turned face while refereeing a match with Hogan and Jarrett.
So, Hogan dominates Kidman, then goes down to a chairshot from Bischoff, who counts the pin. Then Kidman wins a 2-on-1 match, and loses to end the feud. And that's just the in-ring part of it! His answer wasn't "I've done plenty of jobs" or anything; he points to a feud that from his Tweet sounds like Kidman got the better of, but those losses weren't clean, and meant nothing in the long run anyway. Hogan had creative control over his matches, so they didn't have to go down like that.
And yes, Hogan had creative control in that WWE run, too. In fact, the storyline was supposed to go longer, but Hogan didn't want to lose any matches in it. Even if he ended up winning 2-1 in the end. How many stories has Hogan changed over the years?
And that's it for Saturday's news. More tomorrow!
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