— Jeremy Borash noted on his Twitter account (twitter.com/jeremyborash) that TNA will be launching an all-new television program called TNA Epix. The show will be hosted by both Borash & Foley and debut in the UK first. The premise of the show is to feature matches from the past. — Raisha Saeed, working as Cheerleader Melissa, suffered a facial injury during a match this past weekend for the SHIMMER promotion. She posted the following picture on her Twitter account. — Tickets for Slammiversary on Sunday, June 21 at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit went on sale this morning at Ticketmaster.com. Second row seating remains available as of this…

Click:hanfu dress male female WWE taped this week’s edition of SmackDown at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Special thanks to Wrestling News World readers Mike T, Kevin Dern, John Hatfiels, RJ Rothell, and Josh Northcutt for sending text-message updates. If you are attending a future WWE television taping and would be interested in sending us live text-message updates, please email your name, mobile number, and show date to wnwryan [at] yahoo.com. Thanks for your support! * A WrestleMania video package is shown. Dark Match * Sheamus b. Jimmy Wang Yang – Sheamus drew a lot of heel heat. Crowd was behind Jimmy Wang Yang. SmackDown (Airing Friday) *…

sources: The Sun, PWInsider.com — In an update on the whereabouts of missing Raw Superstar Sim Snuka (Jimmy Reiher, Jr.), he is said to be in the doghouse for what has been described as a very serious reason. The second generation wrestler has not appeared on television in nearly five months. — In a minor update on independent women’s wrestler Serena Deeb, she still has yet to sign a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. She was offered a deal after making a cameo appearance on last week’s episode of ECW on Sci Fi. — Last night’s episode of WWE Superstars on WGN America scored a 0.76 cable rating, resulting…

On Tuesday afternoon, World Wrestling Entertainment announced that Batista will be having surgery on his arm this week and will miss upto four months of action. With Batista out of action until October, he’ll be unable to defend the WWE Championship and a new champion must be crowned. During tonight’s ECW on Sci-Fi broadcast, WWE announced how they will be handling the situation. On Monday night, a new WWE champion will be crowned in North Carolina during the 3-hour Three-For-All Raw special. It will be John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Big Show vs. Triple H for the WWE title. Also announced on ECW for Raw, ECW Champion Tommy Dreamer…

source: www.f4wonline.com Last week, World Wrestling Entertainment announced that Edward Fatu (a/k/a Umaga) was released because he refused to enter a drug rehabilitation facility after violating the company’s Wellness Program a second time. This should explain why he was telling people, including his family, why he quit, since it was his decision to refuse to attend the rehab that was ordered. However, Fatu wasn’t exactly telling the entire story regarding his dismissal from the company as he claimed his new deal (with his old deal expiring this January) was being negotiated and he was unhappy with the terms. Apparently, his unhappiness concerning the new terms of his contract made him…

source: PWInsider.com — Taz’s 90-day no-compete clause with World Wrestling Entertainment expires today. He has also answered another set of questions on his Facebook account. When asked why he left ECW to return to commentating on Smackdown, Taz wrote: “It happen because I was in a very tough spot on ECW, calling 1 match on PPV’s and stuck in quicksand with Adamle and VKM & K Dunn knew I wanted to get back where I belonged on one of the bigger brands! So when the opportunity popped up Kevin Dunn did what he said he would do and he moved me back up. See, the plan for the re-birth of…

Despite their current status with AEW, the next challengers to the Impact Tag Team Titles will be on this Tuesday’s show along with their manager. Fresh off their surprise appearance and win over Chris Sabin and James Storm last Tuesday to earn the title shot at The Good Brothers, Private Party and Matt Hardy will be making an appearance Tuesday. The title match was announced for February 13th’s No Surrender on Impact Plus. At the same time they were appearing on Impact, Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy also picked up a win on AEW Dark. Then on Dynamite the next night, the three picked up a victory over Top Flight and Matt…

— According to the pay-per-view schedule on WWE.com, No Mercy has been renamed Hell in the Cell. The event will take place on October 4th at an undisclosed location. — Click here to see John Cena’s wedding gift registry. While his wife’s name is listed, he is simply referred to as “J.C.” The WWE Superstar got married yesterday in Boston to his long-time girlfriend Elizabeth Huberdeau. — WWE.com has a new video segment entitled Ask the Divas, which has the Divas giving their take on certain subjects. In the first edition of the segment, a few Divas including Maria and the Bella Twins discuss what they look for in a…

— Scotty 2 Hotty will be signing autographs at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Eustis, Florida on July 25th, 2009 prior to the Florida Championship Wrestling event. The FCW website has Scotty listed as a “WWE Superstar”, not as a former WWE superstar or a WWE legend. Go to http://www.fcwwrestling.info for information about FCW and http://prowrestlingevents.tk or http://prowrestlingevents.webs.com for information about upcoming wrestling shows worldwide. (Thanks to Devin Cutting) — WWE.com has announced a new match for this Sunday’s Night of Champions pay-per-view. Michelle McCool will be defending her WWE Women’s Championship against Melina at the event. (Match preview) — WWE.com has posted a new photo gallery of Gail Kim.…

— One Man Kru, an internationally known independent wrestler/underground hip hop recording artist, has signed a record deal with Morrythm Records, a well known label based out of the L.A. area in California, after selling nearly 5,000 units independently with no distribution or advertisement. One Man Kru is best known for his appearance on The Jerry Springer Show, as well as his youtube videos. He has competed against legends and superstars such as The Iron Sheik, Hardcore Holly, Umaga, Buff Bagwell, “Bullet” Bob Armstrong, “Wildfire” Tommy Rich, Jimmy Golden, Bull Buchanan, “Action” Mike Jackson, Butterbean, and many others. His new album, “Man On A Mission”, is available here: http://www.outstandingmusic.com/product_p/578.htm The…