• Wrestling News & Wrestling Rumors – WWE & TNA

- Star of The Wrestler movie Mickey Rourke was stopped today at JFK airport and questioned about the amount of money he was carrying. It’s a shame the media and government didn’t take the same interest when $134 Billion in US bonds were seized on the Swiss border.

- Although marijuana use in WWE doesn’t result in a suspension, just a fine, historically it has put several talent out of favor, including Trevor Murdoch and Brian Kendrick. Midcarders are said to be upset because they get frowned upon when fined, but main eventers are completely ignored.

Pot use is said to be quite widespread in the locker room as means of dealing with pain and relaxing on the road, but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing as most wrestling deaths are attributed to a combination of steroid abuse, strong prescription pain killers and stronger recreational drugs like cocaine, rather than marijuana.

- Unlike Undertaker who is back on the road following his Summerslam return, Shawn Michaels is not booked on the upcoming house show loop. It could be that he’ll be working a lighter schedule indefinitely.

- Jim Ross is back with another JRSBARBQ.com blog update. Here are the wrestling highlights:

On Announcers:
“There is also always that “twinge” of competition between the other announce teams, especially the Raw team and that always adds to the presentation. Todd Grisham is still improving daily and I would have to think that with Grisham being the competitor that he is that he will some day want to sit in the chair that I occupied for so long on Monday nights. I realize that ship has apparently sailed for me but through the coming years the competition between Grisham and Cole should be fun to watch.”

On ECW:
“I felt bad for the ECW guys as their evening essentially consisted of calling a 7 second bout and a subsequent beat down of ECW Champion Christian who seemingly has multiple opponents to deal with on a brand that doesn’t have a long talent roster. There is no doubt in my mind that bigger days lie ahead for Matt Striker and Mathews even if Josh’s distinctive shirt that he wore on Summerslam looked like a table cloth for a country picnic or a uniform from the Cracker Barrel.”

On Ziggler/Mysterio:
“Rey Mysterio vs. Dolph Ziggler got the event off to a superb start and Ziggler once again got “this much closer” to winning the IC Title and, at the same time, continued to build upon his persona. Ziggler is a keeper and will hopefully continue to push himself to raise his personal bar of PPV performances. Rey is simply tremendous and is the most unique performer in all WWE for my BBQ dollar.”

On TLC:
“Jeff Hardy vs. C.M. Punk….WOW! TLC matches are all about the risks, car crashes, and “Holy S**T” moments that so many fans feed off of during these bouts that have no pinfalls,etc. As I was visiting with Todd Grisham on our way to Phoenix from LA late Sunday night, I discussed with him that wrestling bouts that eliminate pins, submissions, count outs and disqualifications make them more one dimensional and make the high risk stuff the star of the show. This match was tremendous and if you could have been sitting at ringside as we were you could not have helped but feel the angst and element of profound danger that Jeff and Punk put themselves in on multiple occasions during this World Title Bout.”