^Marablog.net^

A commercial aired in the Orlando area last night during RAW advertising Randy Orton and JBL vs. John Cena and Chris Jericho for the RAW the night after WrestleMania 24. This match will likely be a dark main event.

WWE Mobile aired a video last night of John Cena and Randy Orton in the ring after RAW. Cena went to compliment Orton on their match and extend his hand to be shook. However, the WWE Champion tried an RKO, only to have it countered by a successful FU by John Cena.

Credit: wrestling-edge.com

WWE Legend Stone Cold Steve Austin today visited Ricky Hatton at the gym he trains at in Manchester to present Hatton with WWE tag team title belts for him and his eight-year-old son Campbell. While there Austin was quoted by Simon Rothstein for the Sun UK in regards to his love for Boxing and discussed Hatton’s fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Hatton lost to Mayweather this past December.

Austin was quoted on his love for boxing, saying he has been following the game for a long time. Austin also admitted he 
is a huge fan of Hatton: “I’ve been following the boxing game, in all weight classes, for a long time,” said Austin, adding: “I’m a big fan of Ricky’s and it was a pleasure to meet him today.”

(more…)

Off air results from RAW!

Dark Match:

- Vladimir Kozlov defeated Super Crazy.

WWE Heat Results

- Hacksaw Jim Duggan defeated Charlie Haas.

- Paul Burchill w/ Katie Lea defeated Val Venis.

- D.H. Smith defeated Robbie of The Highlanders.

(more…)

World Wrestling Entertainment Monday Night Raw Diva Candice Michelle may be out of action again, as the hyper-sexual Go Daddy Super Bowl spokesperson was hospitalized in Lafayette, Louisiana after last night’s live broadcast of Raw on the USA Network.
 
WWE Diva Candice Michelle Injured - WrestleMania Match in Jeopardy (Image: Wenn)

Wrestling News Desk.com editor Matthew Cooper reported that Candice, who broke her left clavicle during a match against WWE Womens’ Champion Beth Phoenix last October, was wrestling in her first televised match since the injury. Candice teamed with Wrestlemania Playboy Cover Girl Maria Kanellis against Jillian and Victoria, and notified WWE Athletic Trainer Chris Brannon immediately after the match of a sharp pain in her left clavicle. She was sent to the hospital for x-rays.
Candice, who is amongst the most popular WWE Divas of all time, is scheduled to team with Maria against Phoenix and Melina in what is being billed as a BunnyMania Lumberjack Match on Sunday, March 30th at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida as part of  the Wrestlemania XXIV pay per view.  Candice is also the subject of lots of online tongue-wagging today, as several pictures have been circulated from her nude modeling days of Candice in passionate embrace with another gorgeous nude model.

(more…)

Who will WWE announce for the HOF tonight?

- Former TNA stars The Naturals were backstage at RAW last night.

- The website for the new WWE Kids Magazine will launch soon at wwekids.com.

- Here is the official blurb for WWE’s upcoming Andre the Giant biography which is due out in October.

Andre the Giant is known to millions beyond the boundaries of the wrestling ring. From his sheer size of 7′ 4″ and 500 pounds to his memorable acting role in The Princess Bride, the circumstances of his life and career ensured him recognition wherever he went. Born Andre Rousimmof in a small village in France in 1946 (to parents of average height, as were his four siblings) he suffered from acromegaly, or gigantism, which results in an overabundance of growth hormones. By the age of seventeen Andre was 6 ‘ 7″, and continued to grow throughout his life. At the time there was no treatment and life expectancy for this rare condition was forty-five. Determined to make the most of his life, Andre looked for a profession where he could put his size to good use and enjoy each day as if it were his last. As a wrestler he traveled to Canada and then to the USA where, under the aegis of Vince McMahon Sr., he quickly became a superstar, performing to crowds of up to 90,000. Chronicling his life and his phenomenal rise to stardom and featuring input from many who knew and worked with him, this book gives readers a unique insight into the man known and loved across the world as the gentle giant.

(more…)

A Chris Jericho signing has been added to WrestleMania week. He will be signing copies of his new book on Thursday, March 27th at the Virgin Megastore in Downtown Disney at 4PM.

- To update Candice Michelle’s injury status, it appears that she hurt her clavicle last night on RAW. She went to a hospital in Lafayette, LA to have tests done on her shoulder to determine the extent of the injury. No word yet on if she will need to miss time or if she will miss her WrestleMania match.

- Former WWE creative team member Seth Mates, now a blogger on Newsday’s website, writes about the infamous Katie Vick angle in his latest blog entry. In the article, he says that the name Vick was used because Vince and Stephanie McMahon thought the angle would have legs and wanted to link Katie Vick to Scott “Sick Boy” Vick. Check out the full blog entry here.

(more…)

Triple H and Shawn Michaels continue to wield more power than any other wrestlers on the WWE roster. Undertaker has a lot of stroke, but doesn’t get involved in the creative process as much as HHH and Michaels. While everyone backstage pretty much agrees that HHH is overprotective of his spot, they also credit him with getting Vince McMahon to steer away from allowing the writers to use campy toilet humor. Michaels comes across more neutral during creative meetings and doesn’t let his insecurities of losing his spot show.

Although HHH has more than his fair share of enemies in the locker room, there is at least a small feeling that he is a great asset to the company and he’ll never get the credit that he deserves because he’s married to the boss’s daughter.

(more…)

WWE RAW opens live from a sold out Cajundome with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler welcoming us to another explosive Monday night on the Road to WrestleMania.

- Chris Jericho is in the ring welcoming us to the Highlight Reel. Chris Jericho welcomes his first guest, who he says always comes back to daddy - the Intercontinental Championship. Jericho brings out his other guest for tonight, the Big Show.

Jericho welcomes Mr. Show to the ring and tells him to have a seat. Jericho rolls the clip of Big Show grabbing Floyd Mayweather last week on RAW and tossing him over the top rope onto the WWE stars, and the brawl that ensued.

Show says that’s what he calls a Highlight and reinforces the fact that nobody likes Floyd Mayweather. Show points out that Jericho is bigger and more experienced than Mayweather, but says they both know Jericho wouldn’t last 2 minutes in the ring with Show, so what chance does Mayweather have. The crowd breaks out in “Y2J” chants.

(more…)

The latest on Candice Michelle is that she will see a doctor later in the week to determine how bad she re-aggravated her broken clavicle injury that she originally suffered back in October. All indications are that Candice will work through the pain if she is medically cleared to wrestle as she does not want to miss out on the WrestleMania bonus pay.

- Chris Jericho received a stiff right hand from Big Show during their match on Raw last night. For those that missed Raw, they replayed the blow several times on television to play up the shot. Ever since WWE began broadcasting in High Definition, everyone has had to work a lot more “snug” to keep their work looking realistic. Jericho took a real stiff shot to the face last week as well in his match against Jeff Hardy.

(more…)

NEW YORK In an effort to generate excitement among teens and tweens, World Wrestling Entertainment is taking its Road to Wrestlemania XXIV to the virtual world of Habbo, a social networking site aimed at teenagers.

“For WWE as a content company and a content marketer, it’s very important for us to figure out this intersection of the TV manifestation of our product with the Web,” said Geof Rochester, evp of marketing.

Once it has expanded its digital footprint, the next stage is to develop a strategy to monetize it. The goal, said Rochester, is to have more inventory for the WWE ad sales team to sell against on a global scale.

In the virtual Road to Wrestlemania, Habbo denizens will compete on behalf of their favorite WWE superstar in one of the five matches, including “The World Heavyweight Championship: Edge vs. The Undertaker” and “The Biggest Battles the Best,” which pits WWE’s Big Show against welterweight boxer Floyd Mayweather. The campaign launched on March 24 and runs for 11 days. The WWE first partnered with Habbo in January to promote its monthly Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.

(more…)