source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — At last word, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin is booked to appear at Raw tapings in Nashville (2/23) and San Antonio (3/16). — ESPN’s E:60 program have plans to do a major feature on WWE. Their crew will be on hand for this Sunday’s No Way Out pay-per-view in Seattle. — In its second week out, WWE’s “Voices” CD sold just over 9,000 copies, finishing No. 61 on the Billboard chart. The CD sold approximately 26,000 copies in its first week out. Austin wrestling at WrestleMania? See *NEW* photo of him in his ring gear

source: PWInsider.com — According to some fan reports from tonight’s Raw in Nashville, Jamie Noble was taken from the ring on a stretcher following his brief match with Mike Knox. While it was not shown during the broadcast, Noble was loaded onto the stretcher and taken from the ring while the Chris Jericho/Ricky Steamboat segment was taking place on stage. Stay tuned for an update on the story. — MyNetworkTV has been running commercials promoting the network’s offerings for the month of March. During the commercial, they plug the 500th episode of SmackDown, which is scheduled to take place on March 13th. The 500th show will be the second episode…

— Hulk Hogan underwent back surgery last week, reports prowrestling.NET. This leaves his status for a possible match at WrestleMania XXV unlikely. Two weeks ago, Hogan said he spoke with Vince McMahon about appearing at WrestleMania, but was unable to reach an agreement. While the type of Hogan’s surgery is unknown, doctors generally require a six-week recovery time from a discectomy. Hogan was walking a few hours following surgery, which is not uncommon, but it would be surprising if his doctor cleared him to take bumps and work a real match even five weeks after surgery. In related Hogan news, some posts on Twitter are being attributed to the wrestling…

— Andrew “Test” Martin’s cause of death will not be known for at least a few weeks, reports The Tampa Tribune. An autopsy was performed over the weekend, but the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office in Tampa, Florida is awaiting results of toxicology tests. Tampa police do not suspect foul play in Martin’s death. The newspaper also features comments from friends of Martin discussing his passing. One of Martin’s best friends, Bret Hatley, who is the executive producer of the Bubba The Love Sponge radio show (a show Martin called into from time to time), said he went to the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament this past Friday night at 6:30…

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — As reported earlier, Big Show was originally earmarked to take part in the Money in the Bank Match at WrestleMania XXV, but Vince McMahon decided to put him in the World Heavyweight Championship bout instead. Mark Henry ended up taking place in the bout. Had Big Show stayed in the match, he was expected to win the briefcase. McMahon felt they had done John Cena vs. Edge way too many times before, so he changed the bout to a three-way match by adding Big Show to it. Although, weeks worth of angles between Cena and Edge were shot before he came to this decision. —…

Source: PWInsider.com Here are some live notes from WrestleMania XXV In Houston: – At 5:30, they aired the usual announcements followed by a music video for Wrestlemania XIV. – Ring announcer Tony Chimel welcomed everyone to Wrestlemania – In a unification of the WWE Tag and WWE World Tag Team championship Carlito and Primo defeated John Morrison & The Miz. The match was said to be very good with some fun spots. The ending came when Morrison went for the Moonlight Drive on Primo, who reversed it and turned it into a Back Cracker to score the pin. – Matt Striker and Todd Grisham did announcing for the dark match.…

— Daniel reported earlier that Friday’s SmackDown will feature Triple H against Ted DiBiase. It’s actually going to be RAW star Batista going one on one with DiBiase. RAW star and WWE Champion Triple H wrestled fellow RAW star Randy Orton in a dark match street fight main event that took place after the SmackDown tapings ended. — Highspots.com has announced a first-ever “roundtable” shoot interview featuring “Nature Boy” Ric Flair and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. The two legends talk about WrestleMania 25 & the Hall of Fame ceremony, the state of the pro wrestling industry in 2009, whether anybody can compete with Vince McMahon and more. Visit Highspots.com to pre-order…

sources: www.pwtorch.com, PWInsider.com — The wrestlers most likely to be called up to the main WWE roster from Florida Championship Wrestling are DH Smith, Eric Escobar (a.k.a. Eric Perez), Sheamus O’Shaunessy, and Drew McIntyre. We haven’t heard anything on anyone else. Smith is said to be an especially strong mat wrestler who has improved tremendously since the last time he was seen in WWE. WWE’s Executive Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis has pegged the second generation wrestler as a blue chip prospect and future main eventer for at least two years now. Meanwhile, there is ongoing concern on the attitude of Escobar, who has worked some recent WWE…

sources: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, PWInsider.com — Sarah Stock was backstage at last week’s set of Impact tapings, but not used. However, vignettes were filmed to build for her eventual debut in the company, although her debut is being delayed as a result of the sudden emergence of Lisa Marie Varon. The top female babyface spot in TNA was originally pegged for Stock, but it now belongs to Victoria. — At this point, Raven and Shane Douglas are only in for last week’s set of Impact tapings and the Slammiversary pay-per-view. They weren’t given long-term deals, but may be used going forward. At least in Douglas’ case, there is talk of…

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