WWE announced today that they have suspended two performers for violations of the company wellness program. Derrick Neikirk and Neil Bzibziak are developmental talents currently assigned to the Florida Championship Wrestling system.
Chris Masters has been released by WWE according to an announcement on WWE.com. The release comes a week after it was announced Masters was suspended for 60 days for his second violation of the WWE Wellness Policy. The statement reads: WWE has come to terms on the release of SmackDown Superstar Chris Masters. We wish Chris the best in all his future endeavors.
Wrestler Hulk Hogan’s son turned himself in Wednesday on charges stemming from a street-racing crash this summer that critically injured a passenger in his car, police said. Nick Bollea, 17, was arrested on charges of reckless driving involving serious bodily injury, Clearwater police spokeswoman Elizabeth Daly-Watts said. He arrived at the Pinellas County Jail handcuffed and accompanied by two police officers, The Tampa Tribune reported.
“Because Nick is still a juvenile and has no prior criminal record, we are disappointed that he is being charged as an adult offender. However, we are confident that the evidence will demonstrate that this was an accident,” family spokesman Adam Handelsman said in a written statement. The statement also sought to discredit reports that Bollea caused the crash by driving fast, saying preliminary expert reports indicated that it was not a high-speed accident.
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WWE announced today the passing of the legendary Fabulous Moolah. Her legendary career spanned over 50 years and remained active on wwe programming long after she retired from in-ring competition.
Chris Masters (Chris Mordetzky) and DH Smith (Harry Smith) have been suspended by WWE for violations of the WWE Wellness Program. Masters received a 60 day suspension for a second violation and Smith received a 30 day suspension for a first violation.
Sci Fi Channel and WWE announced that ECW will continue on the network through 2008. WWE is also the producer of the No. 1 weekly basic cable TV series, Monday Night Raw, on USA Network. This year, Sci Fi has been the No. 1 cable network for men ages 18-34 in ECW’s Tuesday 10 p.m. time period. Sci Fi is a television network where “what if” is what’s on. Sci Fi fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming.
TNA’s mobile alerts service announced that D’Lo Brown was coming back to the company shortly. Brown will be working backstage as an agent at the next set of Impact tapings in something of a tryout in the role. Brown worked for TNA during the Wednesday PPV era and as of late has been working regularly in Japan. He looked very good in a dark match at the last WWE Madison Square Garden taping but surprisingly wasn’t signed.
Several weeks after asking for his release, the WWE issued a statement announcing that World Wrestling Entertainment has released Davari.
WWE has come to terms on the release of Raw Superstar Shawn Daivari. We wish Daivari the best in all his future endeavors.
After the recent speculation about the future of Booker T and Sharmell, WWE issued a statement announcing that World Wrestling Entertainment has indeed released the former World Champion and his wife.
WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar Booker T and WWE Diva Sharmell as of October 27. We wish both Booker & Sharmell he best in all their future endeavors.
WWE has released Robert Gibson, one half of the legendary Rock & Roll Express tag team, who was working as a trainer at OVW. Indications are the release may have been at least in part a result of the verbal altercation that took place last week after an OVW television taping between Tony Altas and CM Punk. Atlas claimed Punk had a bad attitude. He had been upset that Punk didn’t heed his advise about taping up his hand and wrist and launched into a tirade about people with bad attitudes who would never make it to television - all the while glaring at Punk. After listening for several minutes, Punk finally challenged Atlas and asked if he even knew who he was. 1Wrestling is reporting that WWE higher ups were furious that OVW agents, who were on hand during the tirade, didn’t step in to stop it to avoid embarassment to Atlas and to Punk. Gibson was one of the agent/trainers who watched the altercation, and some say Gibson might have gotten Atlas fired up about the bad attitudes to begin with.