- Below is video of Jake "The Snake" Roberts singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at an Atlanta Braves game on Friday night: - Below is video of WWE Superstar Primo Colon wrestling The Invader 1 at a recent WWC event in Puerto Rico: - Deadline reports that WWE Studios has appointed former Paramount and Miramax executive Julie Tustin as their new VP of Marketing. She will oversee all aspects of marketing, p ...

- A fan on Twitter asked former WCW and WWE star Bill Goldberg if he could spear anyone in WWE, who would it be? Goldberg replied and said Triple H: "Hunter.....hands down.....RT" The fan replied with the following tweet and Goldberg said his observation was "spot on": "any particular reason or just the overall doucheness and politicking he exhibits?" Another fan asked Goldberg when he would be coming back ...

- WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Snuka turns 70 years old today while ECW Original The Blue Meanie turns 40. - The Pittsburgh City Council declared Friday as "Bruno Sammartino Day" this week. Bruno appeared at the Allegheny County Courthouse to be honored on the 50th anniversary of winning the WWWF Title. - Linda McMahon was at the WWE TV studios yesterday to film interviews for upcoming DVD's. She later confirmed ...

- The Rock tweeted the following on Friday: "My show @TheHeroTNT was created to be crazy entertaining, but ultimately inspiring. This exclusive's for you.." - Evan Bourne teased on Twitter that he "maybe" returning to action for WWE this week. - Several fans sent word that cable guides are listing Sunday's WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view as being TV-14, not TV PG. ...

The WWE developmental releases on Friday came as a complete surprise to everyone. Brandon Traven was tweeting about last night's NXT live event just four hours before he was tweeting about being released. Russian Diva Anya, who has been out of action with an arm injury, noted that she's not giving up on professional wrestling. She re-tweeted this message from a fan: "Kind of shitty that they would release A ...

- Below is Backstage Fallout from last night's WWE SmackDown: - Former WWE star John Morrison is currently in Oklahoma filming the Get Justice movie. Here he is in a scene with Tiny "Zeus" Lister: - We've noted how several independent talents are expected to be signing with WWE this summer. PWInsider reports that a number of talents are going through the final rounds of medical testing now. Some talents hav ...

- Below are "Make Mom Proud" videos from Layla and Lilian Garcia: - Former WWE Superstar Brian Christopher will be releasing a new CD soon. He has a new song called "Puppies" on iTunes. The song features his father, WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler. - Former WWE Superstar Trent Baretta tweeted the following about friends of his being released from WWE on Friday: "Very pissed about talented friends being fired ...

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with a new blog on jrsbarbq.com where he shares his predictions for Extreme Rules: - Cody Rhodes, if you weeill, hasn't won many bouts since growing the 'stache and he won't Sunday either vs. The Miz. This is on the pregame show. (Have you heard about the WWE app?? Watch the pregame there) - Chris Jericho beats Fandango in what will surprise some. - Mark Henry will whip Sh ...

Welcome to this week’s Smackdown! The show begins of a teaser of what is to come tonight. After Dolph Ziggler’s concussion, Alberto Del Rio and Jack Swagger will battle in an I Quit Match to determine the #1 Contender at Extreme Rules. Also, Randy Orton and Big Show will both be guests on Miz TV. The Miz is in the ring, welcoming us to the show. Miz says his two guests are bitter rivals, who will go one-on- ...

- Devin sent the following: WWE will be returning to the Zayed Sports City International Tennis Complex in Abu Dhabi for three events in October of 2013. The dates are October 10th, 11th & 12th. Bell time is 7 PM on all three nights. Tickets go on sale May 20th. Currently advertised for the events are John Cena, Mark Henry, Sheamus & Ryback. - As noted earlier, Dolph Ziggler's brother Briley Pierce was one ...

- Vortexx's official website now includes a note that a "new season" of Saturday Slam is "coming soon." - Embedded in the video below is episode 25 of the JBL and Cole show. - Former WCW wrestler Alex Wright turns 38-years-old today. Today, He is the owner of a wrestling promotion in his native Germany, New European Championship Wrestling, and still occasionally competes. Candice Michelle in Various Poses W ...

Thursday's Impact Wrestling episode this week averaged 1.05 million viewers, according to TVBytheNumbers.com. Impact's audience dropped 17% from last week's average of 1.27 million viewers. It was the fewest viewers of the year and the closest TNA has come to falling below one million viewers since the Monday Night Experiment in Spring 2010. As noted earlier, Impact is returning to its old timeslot of 9:00 ...

Vince McMahon noted that he is concerned about injuries at this weekend's Extreme Rules PPV. "Because of the risk of injury, I will be crossing my fingers until #ExtremeRules is over on Sunday," McMahon tweeted Friday afternoon. This follows a recent "severe concussion" to Dolph Ziggler during a ladder spot at the television taping two weeks ago. Ziggler would have been positioned to take bumps in a ladder ...

Dixie Carter noted that she would be open to a TNA vs WWE cross over event during a recent interview with Digital Sky. "I don't think [the WWE] shares my belief in this, but I believe that competition is 100% positively essential,I think it's important for fans and for us. To have one company dominate, a) it's boring, and you are not being challenged enough. It's always better to have other options out ther ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is lobbying to portray the comic book character Luke Cage in an upcoming movie after Kevin Feige revealed in an interview that he is a big fan of the actor/sports entertainer. Johnson addressed Feige's remarks Friday on Twitter, writing, "Thank U @Marvel President Kevin Feige for the nod. I'll be ready. #RockAsCage #HeroForHire." In the message, Johnson enclosed artwork of the char ...