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While in town filming Fast & Furious 5, The Rock popped up visiting some of the American Olympic athletes in London.
Reuters featured a piece today on WWE running China and it's rising popularity there at this link. Thanks to Mark Zidel.
Abdullah the Butcher was profiled by The Atlantic, including discussion of the hepatitis allegations brought against him by Devon Nicholson. Abby claimed that he's only bladed three people in his entire career and those were young wrestlers who didn't know how to do it. Yep, that's what he said. It's a well done piece you can check out by clicking here. Thanks to Mike Specian.
Add Steve Blackman to the list of names scheduled for the WWE '13 videogame.
Dick Slater is the latest pro wrestler to release an autobiography. " 1,000 Lives: Autobiography of Richard Van "Dirty Dick" Slater" was released this week and can be ordered by this link.
WWE Hall of Famer Mike Tyson's one man show on Broadway "The Undisputed Truth" closes today as scheduled. The show did pretty well for it's run. Directed by Spike Lee, the long term plan is to take it to some other markets as a "Broadway show" and then possibly film it as a special or film.
The 10/13 Legends of the Ring convention in Monroe, New Jersey will feature Blackjack Mulligan, Marc Mero, Barry Windham, Kevin Nash, Jacques Rougeau (who usually appears in his Mountie garb), Hillbilly Jim (in gimmick), Wendi Richter, a Too Cool reunion, Samu, The Wild Samoans and Bob Holly. For details, visit ?www.legendsofthering.com.
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