Here's the latest news, blogs and stories regarding WWE from all around the internet. Today's edition features Royal Rumble discussions, the new WWE TV show "Superstars", a look at the movie "The Wrestler", and JR's latest blog thoughts about UFC & Smackdown. iFight365.com article has a recent roundtable discussion about making changes to the Royal Rumble match format. A great article which

The theme for tonight's Smackdown will be "Triple Jeopardy" for WWE Superstar, Triple H. Due to HHH's constant jokes about GM Vickie Guerrero's weight last week as well as revealing that nude photos of her were for sale on eBay, Vickie decide she had enough. The GM scheduled The Game to fight in three different matches on tonight's show: a Tables Match, a Handicap Match, and a Last Man Standing

While not all names have been released yet for the 2009 Royal Rumble, let's examine some of the scenarios and possibilites as the big event approaches. It'll be 30 men competing, each drawn randomly and entering at intervals until the 30th man has entered. The final man in the ring after all others have been tossed over the top rope is the winner. That man moves on for a title shot, most

ECW Recap from New Orleans, LA: Todd Grisham and Matt Striker introduced the show including the main event of Matt Hardy vs. Mark Henry. Jack Swagger's theme music hit and Swagger made his way down to the ring. Finlay vs. Jack Swagger Matt Striker noted that the cocky young Swagger is undefeated and the #1 Contender for Matt Hardy's ECW title. Early on in the match, both men used a variety

Last week there was news of WWE Diva Maryse injuring her knee at a live house show in Raleigh, North Carolina. This came not long after Maryse had claimed the WWE Divas Championship on Smackdown by defeating Michelle McCool. Recently, over at WWE Universe, Maryse updated her blog with an entry called "my knee injury", all about the situation: Last week while performing in the ring in Raleigh,

On last night's Raw, Chris Jericho dropped the bombshell on Stephanie McMahon that "daddy" would be returning in two weeks, and then we'd all see just whose show WWE Raw really is. Stephanie was shocked, as she recalled the last fans had seen of Vince was during the "tragic" accident after McMahon's Millions was finished. The Chairman was attended to by a handful of concerned wrestlers, then

Royal Rumble 2009 arrives January 25, 2009. In the main event match, The Royal Rumble, 30 men will be competing in an over-the-top rope Battle Royal. Two wrestlers will start it out and then new wrestlers enter every several minutes. The entrants' order is usually determined by a lottery drawing beforehand, with some positions decided via matches. In the Rumble, once a man is tossed out over

Raw Recap from New Orleans, LA: Raw opens with highlight footage covering the Shawn Michaels and JBL story. A month ago at Armageddon, Michaels let the fans know he was suffering financially and had no choice but to take up JBL's offer and become his employee. During the Fatal Fourway last Monday on Raw, Chris Jericho and Randy Orton were eliminated to leave JBL versus Michaels in the ring.

This past Friday Representative Henry Waxman (D-California) sent a letter to the Office of National Drug Policy (ONDCP) requesting that its chief, John Walters, continue to "examine steroid use in professional wrestling and take appropriate steps to address this problem." The Oversight Committee headed by Waxman began investing pro wrestling's drug problem a year ago, as it took a hard look at

Last week saw an interesting ending to WWE Raw with JBL ordering his employee Shawn Michaels to simply lay down for the pinfall. Michaels just couldn't bring himself to lose like that, and instead allowed JBL to level him with a vicious clothesline. JBL took the pin in the Fatal Fourway matchup, and now becomes the #1 Contender for John Cena's World Heavyweight title at the Royal Rumble.

On this past Friday's edition of Smackdown Triple H got on with his usual ribbing of the overweight General Manager of Smackdown, Vickie Guerrero. His bit even included mention of nude Vickie photos on eBay, which most fans might have taken as a joke. Hunter mentioned that someone named ChavoG had been bidding on them as well. There was a heated exchange backstage later involving Big Show,

The 2009 version of WWE's Royal Rumble will ring in the New Year for wrestling Pay-Per-Views on January 25th. This is considered one of the "Big Four" PPV's along with Summerslam, Survivor Series and of course, Wrestlemania. The focus of the event is the Royal Rumble match itself, which is always compelling and entertaining to witness. In the match, a total of 30 wrestlers come to the ring in

Smackdown recap from : Smackdown GM Vickie Guerrero came out to start the program as she wished everyone a Happy New Year. Vickie also announced that Jeff Hardy will defend the WWE title against Edge at the 2009 Royal Rumble. Vickie announced that later on the 2009 Royal Rumble participants from Smackdown will be revealed. Triple H came out next, demanding to know if he'd be a part of the

Three sexy WWE Divas from Raw will be heating up the pages of FLEX Magazine next month! In the February 2009 issue, WWE Raw Divas Beth Phoenix, Candice Michelle, and Layla El will appear in an article/photo shoot entitled "Raw Beauties" by Jon Finkel. The article includes steamy photos of the three divas in fitness gear in the wrestling or boxing ring. Also provided are insightful comments

The first Smackdown of 2009 features a reunion of two brothers who bring WWE gold into the New Year with them. Matt and Jeff Hardy, the ECW & WWE Champions respectively, will team up to face the duo of Edge & Big Show. Edge is of course still hell bent on regaining his lost WWE Championship belt. He claims that Jeff Hardy robbed him of it at Armageddon. There's also the matter of Jeff's

It's a brand new year for World Wrestling Entertainment and several superstars are carrying titles into the New Year. Some are brand new to that particular title, others have longstanding reigns or are returning champs. John Cena's no stranger to holding the prized belt on Raw, only this time he heads into 09' with the World Heavyweight instead of the WWE title. Jeff Hardy owns the distinction

The rumors have escalated into more valid speculation that Christian Cage is headed to WWE after his stint with TNA wrestling. Kevin Eck at Baltimore Sun Ring Post writes: CHRISTIAN’S POTENTIAL WWE ROLE: Christian Cage appears WWE-bound and is expected to be revealed as the person who attacked Jeff Hardy before the Survivor Series, according to a report on prowrestling.net. I won’t be

ECW Recap from Manchester, NH:ECW opened with The Miz and John Morrison in the ring to present a special-edition of The Dirt Sheet to end 2008. Miz and Morrison joked that they bought everyone new cars, but instead said they were giving them The Dirt Sheet which was named Best Talk Show of 2008. Miz and Morrison listed out their New Year's resolutions with both men saying they would win the

According to various reports from sites such as wrestlingtruth.com, WWE Diva Maryse was recently injured and helped backstage at a WWE house show in Raleigh, North Carolina. In a later report it's now been reported that Maryse is officially out with a dislocated kneecap. Maryse won the WWE Divas Championship just a week ago on Smackdown by defeating Michelle McCool with Maria as special referee

Monday Night Raw produced some interesting revelations and results which seem to carry implications not only for the 2009 Royal Rumble, but also Wrestlemania 25. The final match of the night, the Fatal Fourway produced a surprising victor and finish, as Shawn Michaels simply allowed JBL to deliver a clothesline and then pin him, after minutes of non-action. In this situation the fans may be

Raw Recap from Manchester, NH:Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler welcome fans to ringside for the last Raw of 2008 featuring the Race to the Rumble. Tonight's main event is a Fatal Fourway between JBL, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho and Randy Orton, with the winner going on to Royal Rumble as #1 Contender for John Cena's title. Rey Mysterio was in the ring as Raw opened and discussed how he was on

In a recent story on WWE.com, it was reported that superstar Batista underwent surgery to repair a tear in his hamstring muscle. The injury was ironically reported as occurring at Summerslam during the same match which saw John Cena injur his neck, which kept Cena out of action due to surgery and rehab. Ryan Clark of Wrestling-Edge.com poses the idea that WWE may be exaggerating Batista's

Tonight's WWE Raw marks the final episode of 2008 before the WWE divas, superstars and fans ring in the New Year, 2009. The episode also marks the continuation of the "Race to the Rumble" in which four competitors will square off in a Fatal Fourway match. JBL, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho and Randy Orton will be amongst those competing for a chance to become #1 Contender for John Cena's World

Looking back at the past year, the WWE was definitely more full of surprising moments than ever before, making it an exciting year to be a pro-wrestling fan. Despite the economic downturn, fans continued to attend shows, purchase Pay-Per-Views and WWE merchandise, showing that the brand of sports entertainment continues to thrive. What was great about 2008? While WWE found itself in

The Animal Batista was the recipient of that nasty Punt kick to the head from Randy Orton on Raw two weeks ago, which forced him out of the Race to the Rumble. While Batista had to forefeit that match, he was recovering from the kick and also elected to undergo surgery for a hamstring tear. According to WWE.com, the injury occurred at Summerslam during the same match which saw John Cena suffer