News On Tough Enough, WrestlemaniArt Tonight, & More
-- BuzzFocus.com has an article up on the Monday debut episode of Tough Enough, which includes a lot of info on the way the show is designed and presented, at this link.
-- Tonight is the annual WWE WrestlemaniArt event, benefiting the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the Atlanta Sports Council at the Fox theater's Egyptian Ballroom. The event will feature art from WWE wrestlers and personalities and a VIP reception, a charitable auction, and more. More info is at choa.org/wweart
-- Talent scheduled are Alberto Del Rio, Booker T Daniel Bryan, Jerry Lawler, John Morrison, Vickie Guerrero, Ezekiel, JTG, Tyler Reks, Beth Phoenix, Trent Barreta, David Otunga, Heath Slater, Tamina, Natalya, Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith, Alicia Fox, Santino Marella, Vladimir Kozlov, Melina, Curt Hawkins, Zack Ryder, Hornswoggle and Matt Striker.
-- The ratings for last week's WWE programming, as well as lucha libre promotions AAA and CMLL.
WWE SmackDown! 9.6
WWE RAW 8.9
AAA 3.5
CMLL 1.6
Wrestlemaniart Update, HBK/Hawkins, ROH News, Y2J Note
-- Wrestlers scheduled for the March 30th Wrestlemaniart event in Atlanta, GA are: Alberto Del Rio, Booker T Daniel Bryan, Jerry Lawler, John Morrison, Vickie Guerrero, Ezekiel, JTG, Tyler Reks, Beth Phoenix, Trent Barreta, David Otunga, Heath Slater, Tamina, Natalya, Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith, Alicia Fox, Santino Marella, Vladimir Kozlov, Melina, Curt Hawkins, Zack Ryder, Hornswoggle and Matt Striker. Tickets for the event are available at WWShawnMichaels.com -- Also for the event, the painting that Curt Hawkins created for Shawn Michaels that we mentioned this past weekend will be auctioned off. Michaels will autograph the painting, which should increase the value of the piece.
-- On Friday night, former ROH Tag Team champion BJ Whitmer returned to the ring after a three year hiatus at Heartland Wrestling Association's event in Norwood, OH. He was revealed as the mystery opponent to HWA champion Gerome Phillips, regaining the belt he lost three years ago when he vacated it and left the business due to an injury suffered while touring with Pro Wrestling NOAH. He will appear again on April 15th for the HWA event in Hamilton, OH.
-- Micro Championship Wrestling will be holding a TV taping featuring Hulk Hogan on Tuesday, March 22nd (tomorrow). The taping takes place at Wild Bill's Dance Club & Concert Hall in Duluth, Georgia. Tickets are $10 in advance, or $15 at the door.
-- The new season of Dancing with the Stars debuts tonight at 8PM, and features former WWE Champion Chris Jericho teaming with Cheryl Burke.
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WWE Star Paints Photo of HBK for WrestleManiArt, Piper Responds to Rock/Cena, More
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WWE Star Paints Photo of HBK for WrestleManiArt, Piper Responds to Rock/Cena, More
By Marc Middleton
Mar 21, 2011 - 9:59:51 AM - WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper wrote the following on Twitter in response to recent comments from The Rock and John Cena: "Saw interviews with Cena and the Rock talking how They paved the road to Hollywood. They did great, but only ONE man paved the way. Fact!"
He then proposed a Piper's Pit segment with Cena and Rock: "The Rock and Cena in Pipers Pit....Straight improv!..Book it!! I an't scared of no ghost..."
- WWE stars currently scheduled for the WrestleManiart event on March 30th include Alberto Del Rio, Booker T, Daniel Bryan, Jerry Lawler, John Morrison, Vickie Guerrero, Ezekiel, JTG, Tyler Reks, Beth Phoenix, Trent Barreta, David Otunga, Heath Slater, Tamina, Natalya, Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith, Alicia Fox, Santino Marella, Vladimir Kozlov, Melina, Curt Hawkins, Zack Ryder, Hornswoggle and Matt Striker.
Curt Hawkins has painted a photo of Shawn Michaels for the event to be auctioned off for charity. Hawkins recently showed Shawn on Twitter and Shawn said he would sign it before the WrestleManiArt event. Here's a shot of Hawkins' painting:
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