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– HBO will premiere Fast Five starring The Rock on Saturday, April 7.

– Speaking of The Rock, he stopped by the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles training camp for a workout earlier today. You can check out a pic of Rock working out with Eagles OG Evan Mathis on the Eagles Facebook page by clicking here.

– What was the feud of the century? We have a thread on our forums about this, let us know your thoughts by clicking here.

– Kotaku.com.au has an interview with Sheaums, discussing video games. Sheamus admitted to being an old-school Commodore 64 gamer, but said that he doesn’t get time to play games anymore. “I don’t get really time any more,” he said. “I mean, I’ve played the WWE games for THQ; like WWE 12 which I’m a big part of, and of course WWE All-Stars and things like that. All Stars was great for me too because it was so easy to pick up, and literally get into the action, but I don’t get really get time any more.” You can check out the full article by clicking here.
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- WWE announcer Scott Stanford says he was a victim of theft. He wrote on Twitter: “The person who used my card for groceries in Fla today, Im hunting you down as we speak, I want the $ and the food! Hope you got Ring Dings!”

- Tough Enough trainer Bill DeMott has reportedly been working on creative with Dusty Rhodes down in FCW, WWE’s developmental territory.

- Speaking of DeMott, he was asked about another season of Tough Enough again this week and said his fingers are crossed.

- Filming for WWE Legends House has wrapped as Roddy Piper is back on Twitter.

- There are rumblings that besides Yokozuna, one more name may be announced for the WWE Hall of Fame this year. Up until this week, Yokozuna was expected to be the final name announced.
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– Chris Jericho is currently advertised for WWE events through June 4th. Jericho’s WWE stint was expected to be a short one, as he is expected to tour with Fozzy and record a new album this summer. Last month, the band was added to the Download Festival in the UK from June 8-10.

However, there are signs that Jericho will return after touring with the band. Jericho is being advertised for events starting in late August, and the Chesapeake Arena website is advertising Jericho for the RAW SuperShow on Monday, October 1st.

– WWE announced moments ago that SmackDown General Manager Teddy Long and RAW Interim GM John Laurinaitis will each choose six superstars to compete in a 12-Man tag team match at WrestleMania, with the General Manager of the winning team becoming the permanent GM for both shows. Both men are expected to choose their teams in the coming weeks.
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– Jeff Hardy is not scheduled for this weekend’s TNA house shows.

– TNA kicks off next weekend’s live event tour on Thursday, March 15th with a live event at Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, MS. The Sun Herald has an article about the event, you can check it out by clicking here.

– TNA has a live event tonight at The Arena at Southeastern KY Agricultural and Expo Complex in Corbin, KY. Bell time is 7:30 p.m. You can purchase tickets at this link.

– TNA has a live event tomorrow, March 10th, at the Eastern Kentucky Expo Center in Pikeville, KY. Bell time is 7:30 p.m.
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– TMZ reports that Vivid Entertainment Co-CEO Steven Hirsch has sent Hulk Hogan a letter, informing “The Hulkster” that he saw a teaser of his recent sex video and believes that there will be “huge demand” for it.

It remains to be seen if Hogan will bite given his current financial situation.
Hogan’s lawyer, David Houston, told TMZ yesterday that they will go after anyone who plans to release the tape.

“If anyone goes forward with this thing, we’re gonna find ‘em and we’re gonna prosecute,” said Houston.

– WWE had a court date with Devin Nicholson scheduled for this week in Ottawa but it has been pushed back a few months. Nicholson, who was kicked out of a recent WWE live event, has reportedly filed a $6 million lawsuit against WWE for rescinding a contract offer, claiming he was discriminated against because he has Hepatitis C.

– According to Silvervison, the rumored “Best of WWE 1985-2004″ DVD sets is not planned to be released this year and was just a project discussed within WWE.
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- Mr. Anderson turns 36 years old today.

- As noted before, former WWE star Chris Masters is interested in joining TNA. Masters changed his Twitter handle to @Chrismasters310 and is asking fans for help. Here are some of his recent tweets, one mentioning Vince McMahon:

“My fellow Wrestling community,If U feel like the art of wrestling has been lost.To all those who care about story telling.I’m ur man#MTI2012

“Vince said in buisiness you got to be willing to step on toes.U got it VMac.I’m not just gonna step,I’m gonna Squash# MTI Masters2Impact2012

“I just wanna say 1 thing.I’m no U Warrior!I appreciate WWE.I’m known worldwide because of them.No bitterness!Its campaign time,#MTI 2012

“I’m just saying let’s take it to where wrestling still matters.This is a grassroits campaign so if you support me spread the word #MTI 2012

“And I know there’s some who would say #MTI would make no Impact.But your still thinking of 2006 CM.Check out something more current.#IWC4MTI
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– Shawn Michaels posted a photo of himself on Twitter with fellow D-Generation X alumni Road Dogg at Monday’s Raw SuperShow. He wrote, “Mini DX Reunion!! Look who I ran into @WWERoadDogg in the hizzz… http://yfrog.com/nx33bnyj.”

A Twitter user than asked Michaels “about all that crap” Road Dogg said about him and Triple H during his time in TNA Wrestling. He replied, “Yep, got another question?”

– Devon Nicholson, who competed as Hannibal on the Canadian independent wrestling circuit before retiring last year, posted a video of himself being thrown out of Saturday’s Raw live event at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario. He was attempting to push an independent show scheduled for May 5, 2012 in Smiths Falls, Ontario that is being headlined by Scott Steiner. WWE had security personnel remove him from the premises prior to the show.

– TNA Wrestling’s annual Slammiversary pay-per-view event will be held outside Orlando, Florida on June 10, 2012. Company president Dixie Carter wrote Monday on Twitter, “I am very, VERY excited about what market we will be in for the Slammiversary pay-per-view on 6/10 to celebrate our 10th anniversary!”
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– For the second year in a row, WWE will hold a tryout in Waterloo, Iowa in conjunction with the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame weekend. The event will take place on July 13th at 1pm and is open to wrestlers, managers, announcers and referees.

– WWE’s Jerry Brisco will be on hand to scout the talent. Jason Ayers was signed by WWE after participating in last year’s tryout while four others received callbacks. The cost for the tryout is $150. Contact Troy Peterson at [email protected] for more information.

– Big Show vs. Cody Rhodes for the WWE Intercontinental Title is now official for WrestleMania 28 after last night’s SmackDown.

– Internally, the latest timeline for the launch of the WWE Network is “the November sweeps period.” Basically the Network should launch sometime before November 23rd.

– As noted before, a masked wrestler named Benicio Salazar has been added to the WWE/FCW developmental roster. In Mexico, Salazar is known as El Hijo del Medico Asesino and Terror Negro. He is the son of Medico Asesino (Assassin Doctor).

It appears he will be using his doctor gimmick in FCW as well. Salazar signed with WWE in late 2011.