Wrestling News & Wrestling Rumors

- From TMZ.com:
“Linda Hogan’s lawyers are taking another vicious swing at Hulk, because Linda says he’s purposely sold his many trademarks — including his wrestling names — to his best friend to keep her paws off the profits. In a pile of papers filed in Pinellas County Court, Linda says Hulk handed over the rights to his Hulk Hogan brands (like Hollywood Hulk, Hulkster, Hulkamania), grill, energy drink and more to his best friend Eric Bischoff for an insane discount. Linda’s upset because these are tons of assets she now can’t cash in on. Hulk’s attorney, David Houston, stated: “There has been no siphoning of money — if Linda has to ask again, we’ll be more than happy to provide the same answer.” Linda’s also trying to keep Hulk away from her mother — because the Hulkster is convinced Linda’s been sending their old furniture (from her many remodels of their Florida home) to her mother and he wants ‘em back. We’re convinced the money fight between these two will never see a three count.”

- In a clever example of product placement, in a recent episode of hit UK soap opera Hollyoaks, Justin was playing the new Smackdown Vs Raw WWE video game. Hollyoaks is seen as the “hip” show right now so WWE really did their homework.

- Jim Ross has done another JRSBARBQ.com blog. Here are the wrestling highlights:

On Ric Flair:
“Ric Flair left me a message this week while I was in the UK and sounded upbeat and in a great mood. He had just finished shooting a pilot for a reality show that producers are interested in and he said the TV people were a little overwhelmed with what they saw but in a good way. It was probably just another, regular day/night with the “Naitch” and friends. As many of you have read on the internet, “Naitch” is likely preparing to endure another divorce but he never mentioned a negative word about it to me.”

On Bill Watts:
“Cowboy Bill Watts is set to be a panelist on the next round of the WWE Legends Roundtables to be produced in December. Watts is an intelligent and well spoken individual and was a major player in the wrestling business first as a main event wrestler in many successful territories and then as the owner of a viable territory, Mid South Wrestling which morphed into the UWF. Watts also had short stints in Turner’s WCW and in the WWE. However,r Bill Watts lasting legacy will always be highlighted by his in ring wrestling career and with his writing and producing an exciting, one hour weekly wrestling TV show of which he had few peers. Watts also developed some amazing talents within the wrestling business, many of who are currently in the WWE Hall of Fame. Bill has always been outspoken, sometimes to a fault, and his no holds barred remarks on the Legend’s Roundtable should be quite a treat for long time/ hardcore fans. For those of you that haven’t seen these Roundtables, I encourage you to check them out and I even hear that a new DVD release of these free wheeling discussions will be made available soon.”

On Matt Hardy:
“Matt Hardy is nursing a sore knee but is working through it as many of you will see Friday night on Smackdown. Hopefully, the injury is more of a “tweak” and nothing overly serious.”

On Creative:
“This is off the subject of successful international biz but I read where various wrestling organizations have large, or seemingly so, booking committees. When a company produces one TV program per week and tours in somewhat of a part time basis, why do they need booking committees with so many members? It reminds me of the politics of Washington D.C. regarding the constant partisan politics we encounter out of our nation’s capital. I guess it comes back to “politics” in general in wrestling too. Too many cooks in the kitchen can spoil the soup as the old saying goes and I’m old school enough to believe that most wrestling company’s can function quite well with a creative group consisting of 2-3 people with none being active wrestlers. Over sized booking committees breed unhealthy, wrestling politics, unnecessary insecurities within the talent roster, personal agendas being played out, and usually a lack of unity coming out of the booking room. Just one guy’s opinion.”