• Wrestling News & Wrestling Rumors – WWE & TNA

- TNA star AJ Styles injured his heel and ankle during the last set of Impact tapings, and will probably need a few weeks to heel the sprain. It is said to be a superficial version of what Evan Bourne had.

- Midway Games have put up its TNA video game license along with all of its other assets, putting a spanner in the works for the second game that has already started development. Previous offers have excluded the game, but it seems the whole company is folding after Bankruptcy, taking TNA with it.

- As we have been reporting, Batista has gone on record several times over the past few months claiming he only has a few years left in him. It just so happens that he discusses retirement in the latest WWE magazine, confirming that it is definitely on his mind. He says he’d like to go out like Ric flair. Who wouldn’t?

- It seems JR paid his website bills as his latest blog is now online and the site is fully functional. Here are the highlights:

On Smackdown:
“This week’s Friday Night SmackDown is without question wrestling heavy. I think that’s a good thing. Of course with all the current talent rosters lacking depth many will complain regarding&who loses and why but that is simply the nature of the beast when talent depth is what it is. I also think that too much is made about won-loss records and not enough about match quality and ever improving story telling within the confines of the ring. Individuals who continue to refine their skills, perform aggressively and consistently will eventually get what they earn and deserve.”

On Ric Flair:
“After talking to Ric Flair Monday, I have no doubts in my mind that he hasn’t wrestled his last bout. I don’t think that his next in ring wrestling outing will be for WWE but internationally Ric has many lucrative offers that a 60 year old man with somewhat staggering, personal financial obligations likely cannot pass up. The sums of money being purported surrounding these proposed bouts is serious money. These bouts could theoretically run into 2010. I am not generally in favor of Ric stepping back in the ring for multiple dates in other’s rings wrestling who knows who at this point but I also can understand the financial obligations that Ric has and “getting whole” so to speak at this stage of his game has credence. Ric shared his potential schedule with me and he’s going to rack up tons of frequent flier miles in addition to earning major bucks.”

On The WGTT:
“Don’t expect the team formerly known as the World’s Greatest Tag Team to be teaming on any sort of regular basis even though they are on TV in tag team action twice this week. From what I gather, Benjamin and Haas have designs on singles competition. Haas has been much more physical and aggressive since returning to Friday nights while Benjamin is a big star waiting to hit.”

On The Hog Pen Match:
“The revisiting of the “Hog Pen” match at Extreme Rules in New Orleans will be a sight for sore eyes. I was indirectly a part of such a mess that included live hogs and their manure many years ago in a match between HHH and Henry Godwin. I was to do an interview but kept from being drowned in hog feces. There is a photo of me in bib overalls &rubber boots covered in hog waste and mud floating around somewhere. Not one of the most stellar memories of my broadcast career. I do remember HHH suffering a nasty cut that had to be immediately attended to due to the prominent risk of infection because of the environment of which he was grappling. I think that event might have been an “In Your House” PPV in the old arena in Hershey. Pa.”

On Mickey Rourke:
“Mickey Roarke was pressing the flesh in the locker room area Tuesday night looking as weird as ever. Strange but talented dude folks. His making of the film “The Wrestler” seemingly gave Roarke a unique perspective of “the business” that has apparently created a level of respect by the Oscar nominated actor and the genre of sports entertainment. He’s still “Hollywood strange” to me.”