As expected, TNA announcer Taz announced that his new podcast will air on CBSRadio.com. It will also be available via iTunes.
The show will debut on January 7th and his first guest will be WWE Hall of Famer Edge.
Taz also confirmed that Shane Douglas will be a future guest on the show. No word on the date of that as of this writing.
-- Rob Van Dam and Sabu are reuniting as a tag team at WrestleCon 2015, competing at the Saturday live event. The event takes place at the same time as the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony over WrestleMania 31 weekend. You can find out more here.
-- During the El Rey Network’s Kaiju Christmas marathon, the network heavily advertised Lucha Underground and called it “cutting edge programming” for the Network. The network announced the show’s return with original episodes on January 7th.
-- The latest edition of the Robbie EC3 Experience is now online. This week’s special guest is SoCal Val.
There are several people backstage in WWE who took Vince McMahon’s “grabbing the brass ring” comments as a joke. While no one would actually say it publicly,
McMahon is the one controlling the pushes of the talent, not the talent themselves. There is also a feeling that McMahon won’t take any blame for WWE’s current problems.
-- Former WWE and ECW Superstar Taz has confirmed that he is starting his own podcast in 2015. An official Twitter account has started for the podcast.
Birthdate: 10/30/1973 (age 41) Height: 6'5" Weight: 241 Ib Copeland was trained by former professional wre... 
Birthdate: 03/18/1983 (age 31) Height: 6'1" Weight: 225 Ib Hutter began his professional wrestling career ... 
Birthdate: 08/24/1945 (age 69) Height: 6'2" Weight: 248 Ib Vince McMahon is credited with being the greate... 
Birthdate: 10/11/1967 (age 47) Height: 5'9" Weight: 240 Ib Taz is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling... Home of the next big thing in podcasting. @OfficialTAZ We are under construction and getting ready to rock in 2015!
— Taz13 Show (@TazPodcast) November 21, 2014
WWE Diva Paige is the latest guest on Chris Jericho’s “Talk is Jericho” podcast.
Also read: ?Confirmed WWE SD Matches, DDP/Roberts/Y2J PodcastHere’s a description: “2X WWE Divas Champ Paige talks to Y2J about British wrestling, her WWE tryout, learning to cut promos from Dusty Rhodes, her two Championship title victories, which of the divas she calls “friend,” why she loves being a heel, and cockney slang! And Ash The Fish Expert returns to discuss recent Lake Monster sightings and answer your questions!”
Speaking of Chris Jericho, he recently praised Dean Ambrose at a WWE live event in Glasgow, Scotland. During a post-match promo, he said Ambrose was the “next big thing” in WWE and he would “take over” one day. You can see the promo below:
-- The latest episode of the Robbie EC3 Experience is now live, discussing Dixie Carter, DJ-Z, Jeremy Borash, the hottest knockouts and an exclusive interview with Jonny Ferrari. You can check that out at this link.
Also read: Zema Ion & TNA Agree To A New Multi-Year Deal - Read The Official Announcement-- There have been reports that TNA Executive John Gaburick was in New York City today, finalizing a new TV deal for the company. According to a source, that is not true as Gaburick is currently in Nashville, TN at the TNA offices.
TNA is still negotiating with multiple parties to secure a new TV deal. If they do secure a new TV deal, the company has a verbal agreement for three dates in early January at the Manhattan Center in New York to tape TV.
The first episode of Robbie E and EC3's podcast, appropriately titled The Robbie EC3 Experience, has debuted online.
Also read: ?Ethan Carter Discusses Dixie Carter's Recovery & His Character, Angelina Love's Birthday, MoreHere’s an official description: “TNA Impact Wrestling and Vegas Fuel Energy Drink are proud to present the debut episode of the Robbie EC3 Experience! Episode 1, titled “Host Hunters”, features TNA stars Robbie E and Ethan Carter III in an intense, yet civil debate on who is best suited to serve as the head co-host on the show. The pair engages in a probing crossfire interview, play #Hashtag Hijinx, and do the entire audible universe a FREAKIN’ SERVICE by allowing you to listen to their verbal greatness!"
The show will debut new episodes every other Monday on iTunes, TNA’s official website & at Voice of Vegas.
-- William Regal was reportedly absent from the last set of NXT tapings on July 17. There is no word as of yet on why he was not there.
-- As noted earlier, The Rock and former WCW wrestler Buff Bagwell were both in attendance at the ESPY Awards earlier this week.
Also read: ?Jake Roberts Joins Roddy Piper's Podcast, NXT Changes, More-- The latest episode of Chris Jericho's podcast, Talk Is Jericho, on Podcastone.com features Jake Roberts and Diamond Dallas Page as his guests. Below is an official description of the episode:
"DDP & Jake The Snake Roberts together in-person with Y2J. They sat down at DDP's Accountability Crib in Atlanta, and talked about EVERYTHING! Jake's descent into drugs & alcohol, his resurrection, his WWE comeback & Hall of Fame induction, working the sober program with Scott Hall, and how Jake really feels about all those snakes!"
-- Jim Ross's new Ross Report podcast features an interview with ESPN's Michelle Beadle, which you can check out at this link.
-- Steve Austin's latest podcast has an interview up with Vader, which you can check out here.
Also read: Podcast News: Steve Austin, Jim Ross & Chris Jericho Guest's Revealed-- Chris Jericho's latest podcast features TNA's Bully Ray, which you can check out at this link.
-- Roddy Piper's latest podcast features an interview with Sean Stone and Adam Kokesh, which you can check out here.
-- Triple H was in attendance for last night's WWE NXT event in Dayton Beach, Florida.
-- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin wrote on his Twitter account that he interviewed Big Van Vader (nee Leon White) for his upcoming Tuesday episode of his podcast, The Steve Austin Show. You can check out his tweet below.
Also read: ?Eric Bischoff Returns To Steve Austin's Podcast, Sheamus Tweets
Birthdate: 11/09/1970 (age 44) Height: 6'0" Weight: 227 Ib Chris Jericho is one of the most decorated wres... Had a good time talking with Big Van Vader Leon White today for Tuesdays #steveaustinshow. His twitter ID is @itsvadertime. #ITSTIME!!
— Steve Austin (@steveaustinBSR) May 24, 2014
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has posted a new blog entry. Here are the highlights…
On the death of the territories and developing talent: The erosion of the wrestling territories and the aftermath of their disappearance is starting to rear its ugly head within the business as it relates to the next generation of wrestling stars. Where will the stars of 3, 5, or 10 years and beyond come from for any company producing pro wrestling? The NFL has college football, the NBA has college hoops, MLB has a minor league system dotted with great high school and college players, and the NHL has an organized feeder system to make sure that the continue to add new, talented YOUNG athletes to their mix annually but the business of sports entertainment/pro wrestling has what? The biz has nothing that even closely resembles the in depth level that the other aforementioned entities have notwithstanding what show business has as it looks for talented young actors, etc on a daily basis. While many love to second guess today's pro wrestling creative, often times rightfully so, my biggest concern about the continued growth and overall health of the business lies within where are tomorrow's stars coming? Finding the stars of tomorrow is the wrestling biz's greatest concern. WWE, for example, actively recruiting the amateur wrestling scene is a Godsend but for one to think that will be enough over the long haul and for the generations to come is being highly naive.
Updates on his podcast: Big Ross Report Podcast week.....our Gail Kim interview drops Tuesday PM USA time and it's a great one. Gail is so smart and aware of the business and has some very pointed and intelligent things to say. I have great respect for @gailkimItsMe. I will also be working on the blockbuster Shawn Michaels podcast that has so much info in it that it will be a two parter beginning next week. Shawn's take on Undertaker's Streak ending is fascinating as are his thoughts on CM Punk leaving WWE as many remember that HBK left WWE for approximately four years at one point in his amazing career. These are just two of the many topics we discussed in depth with, arguably, the best to ever perform for a living inside the 20 foot squared circle. Tuesday night I will be speaking with Bill Goldberg for a future Ross Report and if you have questions please Tweet them to me @JRsBBQ and use the hash tag #AskJR. We have some fascinating guests booked well into July for our podcast. For those that continue to ask me about booking WWE talents, I am certainly willing but WWE has to approve such bookings and they are going to get back to me soon with their decision. Ross Report Podcasts are FREE to download via pocdastone.com and via iTunes and at this time we have no plans to expand to multiple podcasts a week but that could change in the future. Thanks for everyone's support of our efforts.
On Tonight's WWE RAW broadcast: RAW should be interesting tonight. I can't see WWE World Champions Daniel Bryan wrestling after taking THREE, Tombstone piledrivers last Monday from Kane but who knows? One thing that I do know is that St. Louis is a terrific wrestling city and the night that we had all the NWA Champions back as our guests there was SO special. St. Louis was also the city that we were in when we found out that my dear friend Brian Pillman passed away the night before. Mixed memories of St. Louis without question but it's a great city nonetheless. If it hadn't been for KMOX radio's coverage of Cardinal baseball with Harry Caray and Jack Buck I may never have been a broadcaster.
On Lee Marshall's passing: Condolences to the family, friends and fans of the late, broadcaster Lee Marshall who passed away over the weekend. Lee was a big time radio voice in Los Angeles among other markets before ne ventured into pro wrestling, a former AWA and WCW broadcaster who was brought to Atlanta by Eric Bischoff who I assume Eric met in AWA while working for Verne Gagne. Lee was also the voice of Tony the Tiger. I never worked with Lee that I recall but mutual friends always spoke highly of him. RIP Lee.
You can read Jim's full blog by clicking here.
Ecstatic my old friend & fellow @WWE HOFer @realmickfoley will be joining me for Q&A'S of my late RINGSIDE show Sat in NYC @GramercyTheatre.
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) February 25, 2014Jim Ross also posted the following on Twitter today, announcing that he will be interviewing Trish Stratus for his Podcast…
Talking to @WWE HOFer @trishstratuscom tonight for a future Ross Report podcast. Got any questions you'd like addressed? Tag w/ #JR
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) February 25, 2014-- WrestlingDVDNews.com reports that there are not any edits from the crowd chants during the 2014 Royal Rumble on the DVD release.
-- William Regal was the latest guest on Stone Cold Steve Austin's podcast "The Steve Austin Show". You can hear it below, courtesy of PodcastOne.
