Wrestling book updates, Questions on Hogan's finances, Christian's World Title reign, Batista coming back, and facing Kharma, lengthy Hogan interview, Hardy comments on Helms, TNA charity program, Raw and Tough Enough ratings, MVP interview, more on TNA and AAA, and Smackdown's dark match featuring an ex-WWE star

The autobiography of Chris Kanyon will be released 11/1. It was incomplete at the time of his death, but stories and memories from friends were added.

Brock Lesnar gives a promo for his book, to be released on 5/24. Hopefully the contents are more exciting than that promo. It was co-written by Paul Heyman, whose own book has been pushed back to a 10/25 release.

PWInsider.com has some new questions today. For #1, it's worse than that. He's working with TNA! But seriously, it is pretty sad that his finances are in such poor shape. The biggest star in the history of wrestling is broke? That's bad. He should be a multi-millionaire living in a comfortable retirement now.

To add to what they said on #2, shouldn't it be the paying fans who determine who deserves a top spot with the title? It'd be different if the fans were indifferent to him winning the title, but he got a pretty nice reaction out of it. It wasn't Orton-level, but given the difference in how the two of them have been pushed, that shouldn't be a surprise. They've got to be careful in what they do from here with Christian. Dropping him down the ladder just makes it that much harder to crack the glass ceiling.

After the break, the rest of the day's answers and news.
This is actually the first time I've seen that rumor. I'd love to have him back as WWE continues the tough transition to newer stars.

For #4, if for some reason I was asked to work with Kharma, I don't really see why not. She'd probably kill me in a squash like everyone else, but presumably they'd be somewhat careful about the whole thing (since I'm not a wrestler). Unless you meant in a shoot, in which case, NO.

Nothing to add to #5.

Hulk Hogan had an interview Monday night, discussing a number of topics. Who wants to bet that he ends up feeling a lot better ("the best he's felt in years") as we get closer to Bound For Glory and a potential big payday from facing Sting?

I also think, like pretty much everyone else, that TNA should have its shows on the road more. An Orlando crowd is going to behave differently from a Fayetteville crowd, etc..

Goldberg would be a nice boost for the company, but how long would it last?

There's one part I can't comment on until Friday (since it's a spoiler) so I'll skip it. I agree with the 6-sided ring part. I don't think it added enough to the product to be a feature. It's something different, but so was Half-Pint Brawlers. Point being, a good product is good (and a bad product is bad) no matter how many gimmicks you throw at people to differentiate yourselves from the competition.

Matt Hardy told us not to believe everything we hear in regards to the Shane Helms story.

TNA is doing a charity to helps those affected by recent tornadoes and floods in the Southeastern U.S.. Good for them.

Raw did a 3.2 rating on Monday. Not bad, but could definitely be better. Remember that they were up against the NBA Playoffs.

Tough Enough did a 1.64 rating before and 1.14 after Raw.

MVP had another interview, talking about his past and future. I wish more programs were like the one he had with Matt Hardy. That was just fantastic.

Mickie James has now been confirmed to appear at AAA's TripleMania.

Trevor Murdoch worked another dark match at the Smackdown taping, losing to Jey Uso.

That's all for Tuesday's news. More to come tomorrow!