Chris Sabin news

G’day there everyone,

As you may have heard this week or seen from the Impact website, Alex Shelley is no longer contracted to TNA. The questions then started about what would happen with Chris Sabin/Motorcity Machine Guns….well, now we know.
According to reports, Chris Sabin is set to follow Alex out the door when his contract expires in August. He has apparently been telling friends that he will leave but this could all change as there is time between now and then.

This is very sad if this comes to fruition. Imagine TNA with NO Motorcity Machine Guns! They were the staple of the Tag Team division in TNA and only in the last few years have they won Tag Team gold. This would hurt TNA badly in terms of their Tag division with Beer Money and Team 3D disbanded and Generation Me gone. What other tag teams are there? I know I’m going to be very sad as I am a big supporter of the Guns. This shouldn’t have and can’t happen! Not kewl at all!

Anyway, that is all for now.

Take care and have fun.
Lil xoxo

Wrestling Gossip Update

Here’s some wrestling rumors for this weekend.

First of all, we now have official confirmation from WWE as to why Umaga was released. Early speculation was confirmed that Umaga had in fact failed a drug test but he had also refused to go to rehab. According to the source, this is unusual as this was his second strike.

This has made me very upset to hear that someone in this position refuses to get help for something that has now cost him his job. I know that my job, I would never do anything to jeopadise it but hey, I guess for some people they think that that is the way to go. What a great role model.....NOT!

Apparently, we will be seeing the last of Rey Mysterio. He has put in notice to WWE for his release which judging by the amount of gossip going out and about at the moment, will be soon.

This is not something that I really wanted to hear. I like Rey and I think that he is one of the main stars on the show and I really can't imagine a show without him. Mind you, I'm sure that I said that about Joey Styles and Taz when they were ring announcers and look where that got them. Who knows what the world is coming too.....

WWE IS LOOKING FOR A NEW RING ANNOUNCER!!!! This just seems silly to me when they have a really good ring announcer in Lilian but hey. They have done some weird things lately. The advert goes along the lines of they want someone, a singer, female in their 20's/30's who is young, attractive to sing the national anthem and be a regular announcer. You have to specify if you have appeared any show like American Idol.....

I'm upset by this. I like Lilian. I think she does a great job and I would hate to see her being replaced for reasons that are not her own. I don't want Lilian to go. I think she should stay there...She is fine where she is.

The UK Sub has released a report in the last few days stating that Tommy Dreamer has signed a new 1 year contract with WWE. He apparently had different options with TNA, WWE and apparently some of the smaller independent scenes but stayed with the WWE because he thought it would be safer.
Honestly, I am so glad that Tommy is still with ECW. To me, he represents what ECW is all about and embodies it all and it wouldn't be the same without him, it really wouldn't. I know I definately said that CM Punk embodied ECW and that I didn't like the fact that he was drafted but I have grown out of Punk. I will never forgive him for taking Jeff's title.

Bigger news is that Randy Orton is apparently ONE strike away from being fired for failing drug tests. The source, although couldn't quote exact dates, said that Orton had one suspension in 2007 and one in 2008. I do remember that he had one because he was among a few superstars, one of them being 'The Masterpiece' Chris Masters. There were some more at the time.
This is something that honestly, doesn't surprise me. I'm not a big fan of Orton and never have been. He's one of those that I can't honestly connect with and thats a little disturbing. As I said with the Umaga case, why would you jeoperdize your job? Why? I don't see the point. Especially Randy, he has a family legacy that he is there to represent and he's doing this? I'm not too sure on this but I'm glad not alot of the younger generation look up to him. He's a bad influence.

Wrestling rumours

I have found some really quite interesting wrestling rumors that are going round at the moment. Here we go......

Apparently Bobby Lashley is looking to sign a long-term contract with TNA. At the moment his agents and TNA are trying to agree to get him a contract where he can also focus on his MMA career as well. He was originally set to work a 3 day contract when he debuted on TNA. Nothing has been confirmed as of yet so lets sit and hope that it all works out for him.
Personally, I was glad when Bobby was released from WWE. I wasn't a real fan of him and I think WWE is better off without him. TNA....hope your ready for him....


At this point in time,the plan in terms of the Undertaker is that he will have hip surgery which most people are saying that he will be out for 2 months. This will give his knees some time to recover so hopefully he can return by July. Internally, there are concerns that doctors may find some more problems with the Undertaker and this will keep him out for much longer then anticipated.
Undertaker, in my opinion, needs as much time off as he can get. To me he is overworked. He is one of the very few superstars you see on your screen week in and week out. He may be one of the top guys but he needs a big break and I think this, although maybe not the type of break he was after, will be great for him.

Jeff Hardy will apparently be taking some time out from wrestling for apparently working with MTV on a reality show (not confirmed as of yet!). Several wrestlers have apparently applauded him for asking for time off because there is a stigma backstage that if you take time off you will lose your spot within the company although there are a few exceptions to this. Chris Jericho, Big Show and Christian are all role models in this situation because they all took time off (In Christians case he went and worked for another company) and they came back 100% and they were given pushes.
WWE want Jeff to stay throughout the summer to help get over some of the babyfaces such as CM Punk and John Morrison.
I have one sentence to say to WWE.....

LET JEFF AND UNDERTAKER HAVE SOME TIME OFF!!!!!!

Anyways, thats my spiel for now. Hope you all have a good time and I will catch up later. Bye!

References:
Bobby Lashley-Lashley and TNA Agree to Deal
Undertaker- Update on Undertaker's Injury and His Return
Jeff Hardy- Big Jeff Hardy-WWE Update-The Latest Major Backstage News