WWE Wrestling News

Tonight on WWE Raw will be a handicap match, John Cena and Batista versus Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase, and Cody Rhodes.

It looks like The Undertaker will be requiring arthroscopic surgery to repair some long-term hip and knee damage. The WWE is hoping one..., that they can get him back before SummerSlam, and two....that Jeff Hardy will hang around until Taker gets back.
Yes Jeff is pretty hurt up too (if you have seen him wrestle you wont wonder why) and needs a break from wrestling for awhile.
Have you noticed that WWE wrestlers seem to be getting injuries at an alarming rate lately?

The Chris Jericho / Rey Mysterio feud was started because Chris wants to work with Rey.

And speaking of Rey, the UK's Daily Mail says that rapper Eminem was seen in London this weekend wearing a Rey Mysterio mask while out in public shopping.
Shades of Micheal Jackson!
Well, Eminem likes superheroes and wrestling...so why not?
You can see pics here:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2422092.ece

The WWE Supplemental Draft

The WWE Supplemental Draft is finally finished and here are the results.

SmackDown!
Shad Gaspard
Alicia Fox
Mike Knox
Candice Michelle
Ricky Ortiz
Layla
John Morrison
JTG
Dolph Ziggler
Charlie Haas

Raw
Brie Bella
Primo Colon
Nikki Bella
Chavo Guererro
Hornswoggle
Carlito Colon
Festus
Brian Kendrick
Mr. Kennedy

ECW
Hurricane Helms
Zach Ryder
Ezekiel Jackson
DH Smith
Natalya

Gail Kim, Offically Back in the WWE

Gail Kim is officially back in the WWE.
She made her return at the SmackDown live event in Little Rock, Arkansas on March 21st teaming up with Maria to go against Michelle McCool and WWE Divas Champion Maryse.
So now I guess she WILL be in the 25 Diva Battle Royal at Wrestlemania.

HOWEVER....several sources are reporting that on the graphic promoting the 25-Diva Battle Royal at WrestleMania XXV, Gail's picture has been pulled.
Are they going to try to "surprise" us?
Everyone with internet access knows Gail is back in the WWE, there's no need for a last minute announcement.
BTW, a quick check shows that Gail is still not on the Divas list at WWE.Com

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that judging from Gail's past wrestling career, having won the WWE Women's Championship on her debut match for WWE (a battle royal no less), and being the inaugural TNA Women's Knockout Champion, if Gail IS in the battle royal, she's gonna win.
Because if she wins, the next question is where will she go?
Raw or Smackdown?

Another guess here, I see her going to Smackdown at least at first.
She'll be a face, and go up against Maryse.
However, with the draft coming, she could turn heel and go after Melina just as easily.

WWE has a good wildcard here, let's see how they play it.

Lilian Garcia

Okay she's not a wrestler.
But what would Monday Night Raw be without Lilian Garcia?
Lilian made her debut on an episode of Raw is War back on August 23, 1999.
10 years ago?
Really?
Before she got into the WWE, she was a top ten finalist in the Miss South Carolina beauty pageant, one half of a popular morning show on radio station WYYS,"YES 97" in Colombia SC, a VJ in Atlanta, Georgia and she has been a singer since the age of five.
She even appeared in a movie with Robby Benson and Burt Reynolds called "Modern Love" before she got into the WWE.
You know Lilian was born in Madrid Spain in 1966, and Kane was born in Madrid Spain in 1967.
Wouldn't it be cool if they had known each others as kids?

WWE Diva Mickie James

WWE Diva Mickie James had a long run in female wrestling before she hit the WWE.
In 1999, she made her pro wrestling debut on the independent circuit in 1999 as a valet under the ring name Alexis Laree.
She managed ECW star Tommy Dreamer when he won the KYDA Pro Heavyweight Championship in KYDA Pro Wrestling.
Not satisfied with just being a valet, Mickie went on to train with Dory Funk, Jr., the ECW dojo, Ricky Morton and Bobby Eaton.
She worked for Maryland Championship Wrestling, Ring of Honor and then landed in TNA Wrestling.
Mickie then went to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) after signing a a developmental contract with the WWE.
She finally debuted in the WWE on October 10 2005 in an episode of WWE Raw, as Trish Stratus' biggest fan.

WWE Divas, Melina

Melina Nava Perez was born on March 9, 1979 in Los Angeles, California.
Melina started out as a model, won a Miss California beauty contest and modeled athletic wear for Nike.
Even though her modeling future looked bright, after talking to Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF) superstar (and family friend) Mike Henderson in 2000, Melina decided to give pro wrestling a try.
She trained at Jesse Hernandez's School of Hard Knocks in California and made her pro wrestling debut in April 2002.
After wrestling for EWF and CRUSH, Melina entered Tough Enough III, and made it to the final 21 before being eliminated.
But Al Snow noticed her ability in the ring and pulled her aside. He encouraged her to keep trying to pursue her career as a wrestler.
Melina went to OVW, and after working there, finally made her official debut on the April 14, 2005 edition of SmackDown! with MNM.
Since then, Melina has gone on to hold the WWE Women's Wrestling Championship twice.

WWE Diva, Layla El

The first diva of African heritage to win the WWE Diva Search, Layla El has been with the WWE since the $250,000 WWE Diva Search back in 2006.
She started out on SmackDown!,moved to ECW and finally to Raw,making her the first WWE Diva to have been a member of all three brands.
Now on Raw, her managerial and valet position with William Regal has prevented her from getting a lot of ring time. She hasn't had a singles match since moving to Raw, and only a few tag teams.
Besides her time as a wrestler, Layla has been a dancer for Carnival Cruise Lines, a dancer for the the Miami Heat franchise of the NBA, and also danced for Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards.
And while working for the WWE she has appeared in FHM, King, JET, Smooth, FLEX and she was the cover girl for the first issue of Liquid magazine.
She also appeared in Timbaland's music video "Throw It On Me" featuring The Hives, appeared on an episode of Family Feud with other WWE superstars, appeared on Project Runway with several WWE Divas and appeared on an episode of Celebrity Fit Club Boot Camp as a trainer.
This is one very busy Diva.

WWE Smackdown!: Jeff Hardy

Jeff Hardy.
Wow.
I mean the man is a talented performer.
In my opinion VERY talented.
But this is a guy that's personal life seems to get in the way of his wrestling career.
If the WWE were Hollywood, Jeff would be hanging around with Paris, Britney and Lindsay.
Okay, maybe not Lindsay, her girlfriend might object, but you get the idea.
The wrestling websites constantly have Jeff's latest escapades posted and updated.
But the fact that he is still with the WWE tells you something.
Some of the best midcard matches I've seen on WWE Raw were Jeff Hardy matches.
Of course now he's on Smackdown! and I wonder what his future will hold.
But unlike a lot of the WWE's performers, Jeff's future may not rely on WWE managment, but on him.

WWE Smackdown: Scotty Goldman

Scott Colton was born on born May 6, 1980 in Deerfield, Illinois.
He is a professional wrestler better known as Scotty Goldman on WWE Smackdown, and everywhere else as Colt Cabana. He also wrestled as Matt Classic on MTV's Wrestling Society X.
He made his WWE Smackdown debut on the August 15, 2008 edition of SmackDown (Before that, Scott had wrestled a few matches for the WWE on the HEAT and Velocity shows).
Colton made his debut as Scotty Goldman, losing to The Brian Kendrick.
Despite his experience and success in the independent promotions, Scotty is being used by the WWE right now as basically a jobber.

WWE Smackdown: Festus

This guy.

Not this guy.

Andrew William Hankinson was born on December 22, 1984 in Cumberland, Maryland.
He is an American professional wrestler currently working for the WWE on SmackDown under the ring name Festus.
This 6 foot 7 inch, 300 pound monster was the fake Kane back on RAW in 2006. (I think everyone pretty much hated that storyline).
Festus' current character is a mentally retarded man (How does the WWE get away with that?) .... until the bell rings to begin the match.
When the bell rings at the beginning of the match, Festus' face contorts, becoming determined and monstrous.
When the bell rings at the end of the match, Festus' face returns to normal.

WWE Smackdown, Primo Colón

Edwin C. "Eddie" Colón was born on December 21, 1982 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
He is a Puerto Rican pro wrestler currently signed by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling on its SmackDown brand as Primo Colón.
Primo is one-half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with his real life older brother Carlito.
He is the son of Puerto Rican wrestling legend Carlos Colón, Sr.

After wrestling almost nine years in the World Wrestling Council, he made his WWE debut on the Raw brand under the ring name Primo Colón on the August 18, 2008 episode of WWE Raw. His first match on Raw was on August 25, 2008, when he defeated Charlie Haas.

Primo was immedaitely moved to WWE SmackDown and on September 12, he debuted and teamed up with his brother Carlito. Two weeks after his Smackdown debut, Carlito and Primo won the WWE Tag Team Wrestling Championships from Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder.

Paul Wight, The Big Show

Paul Randall Wight was born February 8, 1972 in Tampa Bay, Florida.
He is better known by his wrestling name, The Big Show.
Heis an American pro wrestler and actor, currently signed to WWE, wrestling on its SmackDown brand.
He is also known for his career in WCW, where he wrestled under the name The Giant from June 1995 to December 1998.
He is the only man in the history of wrestling to win the WWE Championship, WCW World Heavyweight Championship and the ECW World Championship, even though his ECW Title win was after the company was bought out by the WWE.

Like Andre the Giant, Big Show has acromegaly, a disease of the Endocrine System. Thankfully he underwent successful surgery in the early 1990s on his pituitary gland which halted the progress of this condition.
Big Show is billed as 7 feet tall and 441 pounds.
TWNP News has him listed at 7'1" and 400 pounds.
CelebHeights.com has him listed at 7 even.
Growtall.com has him listed as 7'2".
Either way...hes big!

Big Show has appeared in several movies, but my favorite appearance was in The Waterboy as Captain Insano.

Chuck Palumbo

Charles Ronald "Chuck" Palumbo was born June 15, 1971 in West Warwick, Rhode Island. He is an American pro wrestler, who is currently signed to WWE, wrestling on its Raw brand.

After wrestling in WCW, Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Haire came into the WWF on the June 28, 2001 episode of SmackDown! as part of The Alliance. Chuck and Sean dropped the WCW Tag Team Title they had won from Team Canada's Mike Awesome and Lance Storm, to The Undertaker and Kane quietly in mid-August.

Sean was sent to developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling in early September 2001, and Chuck was thrown out of The Alliance in late October by storyline co-owner of The Alliance, Stephanie McMahon after he complained he wasn't given enough air-time, so he joined the WWF in November.

After receiving the boot from The Alliance, Chuck found himself a tag team partner in Billy Gunn. The pair started as a generic babyface tandem working dark matches, but were later given a heel gimmick that saw the pair grow increasingly affectionate towards each other, showing evidence of a relationship and Palumbo became known simply as Chuck. He briefly wore his long hair in pigtails before cutting it short shortly afterwards.

On the February 21, 2002 edition of SmackDown!, Billy and Chuck defeated Tazz & Spike Dudley to win the World Tag Team Championship. They later found a "personal stylist" on March 21, 2002 in the ambiguously flamboyant then heel, Rico.

Billy and Chuck lost the tag team gold to Rikishi and Rico, who was forced to team with Rikishi on May 19, 2002 at Judgement Day. Less than a month later Rico would help Billy and Chuck recapture their titles, but this reign wouldn't last long when Billy and Chuck lost the titles to Edge and Hulk Hogan.

In the late summer of 2002, Billy and Chuck were the source of controversy when Chuck apparently proposed to Billy on September 5, 2002 edition of SmackDown! asking him to be his "partner for life". Billy and Chuck had a marriage ceremony on the 2002 season premiere of SmackDown!. Just before they tied the knot, however, they revealed that the entire ordeal was a publicity stunt. When Billy and Chuck decided not to go through with the marriage, Rico turned on them by helping Eric Bischoff and 3-Minute Warning attack the duo. Billy and Chuck both turned face and Rico subsequently jumped to Raw as the manager of 3-Minute Warning, who beat Billy and Chuck at Unforgiven 2002.

Billy Gunn was injured in early October 2002, and Chuck became a generic face, working SmackDown!'s B-show WWE Velocity for a few months using his original ring name Chuck Palumbo once again.


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James William Reiher, Jr., Jimmy Snuka, Jr, Deuce Shade

James William Reiher, Jr. was born September 1, 1971, in Lā'ie, Hawaii.
He is better known as Jimmy Snuka, Jr.
James is an American professional wrestler and the son of pro wrestler "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka.
He is currently signed to WWE working on the WWE Raw brand under the ring name Deuce Shade, a former WWE Tag Team Wrestling Champion with his former partner Domino.

Snitsky

Eugene Alan Snisky was born January 14, 1970 in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania. He is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Snitsky, who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling on its WWE RAW brand.

Snisky played offensive tackle for the Missouri Tigers college football team.

Gene made his WWE debut on the September 13, 2004 edition of Raw as an apparent jobber against Kane in a no-disqualification match. During this match, Snitsky hit Kane on the back with a steel chair, causing Kane to fall on his (kayfabe) pregnant wife Lita, which lead her to having a (kayfabe) miscarriage. Snitsky claimed that he was not responsible for the child's death. "It wasn't my fault" would become his catchphrase for a time.

His RAW character had a foot fixation.
He dated female wrestler Melissa Coates.

Cody Rhodes

Cody Garrett Runnels was born June 30, 1985 in Marietta, Georgia. He is better known by his wrestling name, Cody Rhodes.
He is a professional wrestler currently signed by the WWE to its WWE Raw brand where he is one-half of the World Tag Team Wrestling Champions with Ted DiBiase, Jr.
Cody is the son of Dusty Rhodes as well as the half-brother of Dustin Rhodes and brother of Kevin. He is also nephew to Jerry Sags and Fred Ottman (better known as "Typhoon" or "Tugboat"), and godson of Magnum T.A..

Cody has worn wrestling gear that is half polka dots and half gold, which is a tribute to his father Dusty Rhodes and his half brother Dustin "Goldust" Runnels, respectively.
His current WWE attire consists of a pair trunks with his initials (C.R.) written on them. The colors change regularly and also he now wears a black elbow pad on his right arm like his father Dusty used to.
Also, his boots feature a Triforce symbol from the The Legend of Zelda series of video games. Rhodes admitted to re-playing A Link to the Past yearly.

Rey Mysterio

Oscar Gutierrez was born on December 11, 1974, in San Diego, California.
He is better known by his wrestling name Rey Mysterio.

Rey is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE wrestling on its WWE RAW brand. He comes from a lucha libre family and has achieved success in heavyweight, cruiserweight and tag team divisions throughout his career. He is perhaps best known for his tenure with WCW from 1996 to 2001 as well as a short-lived tenure with ECW from 1995 to 1996.

Mysterio is known for having a high flying style, which helped kick-start the cruiserweight revolution in the United States, in the late 1990s during his time in WCW. His total Cruiserweight Championship reigns are record-setting 8 (5 in WCW, 3 in WWE). In WWE, he was a 1 time World Heavyweight Champion, a 3 time Cruiserweight Champion and a 4 time WWE Tag Team Champion as well as the winner of 2006 Royal Rumble. In WCW, he was a 5 time Cruiserweight Champion, a 3 time World Tag Team Champion and a 1 time Cruiserweight Tag Team Champion with Billy Kidman as part of Filthy Animals.

Rey Mysterio's bio page on WWE.com states that he is currently recuperating from a biceps injury.

WWE RAW: Santino Marella

Anthony Carelli was born March 14, 1979 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. He is a Canadian professional wrestler of Italian descent better known by his ring name Santino Marella. He is currently signed to WWE wrestling on the RAW brand where he is the reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion.
He was a MMA fighter in Japan for several years before moving to the United States in May 2005 to learn to become a professional wrestler.

John "Bradshaw" Layfield / JBL

John Charles Layfield was born November 29, 1966 in Sweetwater, Texas.He is known by his current ring name John "Bradshaw" Layfield or JBL. JBL is an American professional wrestler. He is currently working for the WWE , wrestling on its Raw brand. He is the longest reigning World Champion in SmackDown history, the brand which he recently left his position as a color commentator to restart his career as an in-ring competitor.

His gimmick—a wealthy, gladhanding businessman—is based on Layfield's real-life accomplishments as a stock market investor. Layfield is a regular panelist on Fox News Channel's The Cost of Freedom and previously appeared on CNBC. He has also written a best-selling book on financial planning called Have More Money Now . While Layfield continues to perform for WWE, he also hosts a weekend talk radio program, syndicated nationally by Talk Radio Network, in which he discusses his conservative political views. Layfield is also employed by Northeast Securities as Senior Vice President.

In WWF/E, Layfield is a one-time WWE Champion, a one-time United States Champion, a one-time European Champion, a seventeen-time Hardcore Champion and a three-time World Tag Team Champion with Faarooq as part of the tag team Acolytes Protection Agency (APA).

Ted DiBiase Jr.

Theodore Marvin DiBiase, Jr. was born November 8, 1982. He is an American professional wrestler currently signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he appears on its Raw brand, and its Florida Championship Wrestling developmental territory. He is currently one-half of the World Tag Team Wrestling Champions with Cody Rhodes.

Ted Jr. is a third generation professional wrestler. His step-grandfather "Iron" Mike DiBiase, grandmother Helen Hild, and father "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase have been professional wrestlers.

DiBiase grew up in Clinton, Mississippi, and attended Morrison Heights Baptist Church. Teddy, as he was known at Clinton, would graduate from Clinton High School in 2001. At Clinton, DiBiase was the football team's starting quarterback. He enrolled at Mississippi College in Clinton, and was a starting wide receiver for Mississippi College's football team before leaving the squad following his freshman season. He graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor's in Science and Business Administration.

After considering a career in the ministry, DiBiase and his older brother, Mike DiBiase II, decided to follow the path of their father and enter the wrestling business. Both brothers received training at the Harley Race's Wrestling Academy.

DiBiase and Mike made their professional debut on July 8, 2006 for World League Wrestling (WLW), a wrestling academy run by former world champion wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer Harley Race, in Eldon, Missouri. DiBiase also wrestled in Japan for Pro Wrestling NOAH.

On July 24, 2007, Race announced that DiBiase had signed a developmental deal with the WWE, and that he would be training at their Florida Championship Wrestling Training Ground.

On December 18, 2007, DiBiase defeated TJ Wilson to win the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship in New Port Richey, Florida. DiBiase was however, unable to defend it due to injury, so he awarded the Championship to his partner Heath Miller in New Port Richey, Florida on January 19.

DiBiase made his WWE television debut as a heel on May 26, 2008, where he cut a promo about his intent to become a champion like his father, Ted DiBiase, challenging the World Tag Team Champions, Cody Rhodes and Hardcore Holly. At Night of Champions, DiBiase won the World Tag Team Championship in his first match in WWE, after Rhodes turned on Holly, revealing himself to be DiBiase's partner.