CM Punk Gets A New Tattoo, WWE Hires New VP Of Talent Relations & More
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-- Sports Business Daily is reporting that WWE has hired Jane Geddes as the company's new VP of Talent Relations. Geddes was formerly the Senior VP/Tournament Operations & Player Services at the LPGA golf organization.
-- Fan Page List, which ranks celebrities based on their number of Facebook and Twitter followers, has John Cena listed as the most popular WWE personality (by far) with a total score of 9,625,750. The Rock is second with 5,293,614.
-- The Chicago Tribune has a story today about CM Punk getting a new tattoo on Tuesday at Family Tattoo in Chicago.
"I did a tattoo of a dead fish on the back of his (left) shoulder," said tattoo artist Matt Wes. "It was a friendship tattoo he got with Natalie Slater of bakeanddestroy.net. There's a story behind the tattoo that means something to their friendship."
* VIEW HERE: CM PUNK's New DEAD FISH Tattoo
(Source: PWInsider.com)
WWE Hires Weight Loss Coach, Backstage Note on Austin, Zbyszko's Son and More
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- Joel Satin, the Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis, has reportedly left WWE.
- Tim Whistler, the son of wrestling legend Larry Zbyszko, is now training at the I Believe in Wrestling school in Florida, where Larry is a trainer at. Whistler has also been working as a ring announcer. Cody Hall, the 6-foot-8 son of Scott Hall, also trains at the school.
- Internally, the belief is that there's less than a 50% chance of Steve Austin wrestling at WrestleMania 28. Right now the plan is to build the big show from Miami around John Cena vs. The Rock and The Undertaker going for 20-0.
- WWE has hired Jim Germanakos, winner of The Biggest Loser season four, to help get the employees at WWE headquarters in Stamford to lose weight and get in better shape. Germanakos is running a multi-week program for the WWE staffers and the company has also upgraded their gym with more equipment.
Interesting New Scoops on a Second Generation WWE Star, Rare Pix of Maryse/Kelly at Home, Rumors of Another Big WM Match and More!
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Borash sings on UK news, tipped savage for Hall of Fame? Morrison hires comedy coach, Vader update
-In a completely random history of TNA Jeremy Borash, appeared on a local UK news programme the other day and sang Bob Dylan, Dylan's birthday.
This had nothing to do with TNA, rather JB had somehow reacted to a story of interest and has been labeled as a "Fan of Bob Dylan's home State". You spelled his name BArash.
Unfortunately, no one could capture the golden moment, but James of ThePowerBomb.com got a screenshot:
It now assumes that Randy Savage in the next year WWE Hall of Fame are included in Miami. The sad thing is, that could not have taken place if it not his death.
It is expected it eventually, but not that soon has been included would have. It seems Vince had only just started to accept the use of his likeness.
As from George the animal Steele in an interview earlier this week, was injured Vince, that jumped ship to WCW savage had, without telling him. The couple became close and McMahon felt cheated. Roddy Piper mentioned an incident where savage defeated Vince in a bar. Until recently only confirm him as Vince.
-To his game, while from the ring by John Morrison has comedy and publicly to coach Judy Carter speak employed. Presumably, he wants to learn, be funny and charismatic.
-Article on Vader acknowledged drug abuse in the wrestling industry with a "where are they now" in a rare move in WWE. It reads:
"That I with some bad habits personal fight was", he admitted. "I drank too much." "I was in a lot of pain with my knees and back and my shoulders and began to far too many pain pills."
"It got to the point where I physically could not on a plane and go there more," said Vader. "It didn't matter what I took, did not matter how much I drank alcohol - I could only physically further."
It has been said that an addictive nadir has reached, before they can begin to recover. For Vader, that moment in the year 2007 came after he returned to his beautiful home in Colorado, back was the now empty. His wife had left him.
"That was the low part of my life," he said WWE.com. "At this point I realized that something had to change." "Had to either I get busy die or bustling life."
After completing his "sick habits cold Turkey", was Vader double knee replacement that is infected and forced him to bed for six months. He then tried, after Japan for an autograph signing take a trip and unconscious level. The former champion was for 30 days in a coma. When he awoke, he had lost 112 pounds and fought walk and talk again. Vader says that this was the moment his rebirth.
"Have I really think that to last for so many years that I would only stop and go through a couple of weeks of misery and with it done be and be healthy and happy?" Vader said. "For me not, make the sense." "If it is your life again this what you have to do."
He returned to Colorado after the coma, he was taken Alliance in contact with the wounded warrior. Although developed for military veterans, the Group heard his story and recognized him as a wounded warrior. He was invited to a program on their ranch in the West of Pueblo, Colorado attend. He says the experience changed his life.
"These beautiful people allows me to come in their program and she taught me how to give my testimony - that is what has value," he said.
Since completion of the course, he is a motivational speaker and a consultant with the religious group.
"These guys have an arm or a leg, may have been shot in the shoulder or chest two or three times,", said White. "What I do with these children, I is before that stand up and tell them that in the course of my career, I have I have 45 operations to date, 19 concussions, I have replaced both knees had, I was actually in a coma for 33 days in Japan."
"When this old man can do what he did and come out on the other hand and actually be here this evening", he added, "then what can someone do with 23 with their whole lives ahead of them?"
Angle Uses The RKO, Hardy Injured, Rock’s Next Raw Appearance, WWE Hires Soap Opera Writer
- From Kurt Angle’s Twitter:
Orton, I used Your Finish as a sign of Respect. Not to get back at U. Respect!
- It is believed Matt Hardy injured his arm during the Lethal Lockdown match after taking a dropkick bump from the cage.
- From The Rock’s Twitter:
“It’s official: I’m celebrating my birthday on RAW! In my home town Miami on May 2nd. THE PEOPLE’S BIRTHDAY! A historic ROCK RAW…”
- WWE have hired Emmy winning TV writer Tom Cassielo to work on the creative team. Cassielo has worked on various soap operas in the past including Days of Our Lives and The Young & The Restless.
