At Raw Tonight!

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson isn't going to be the only former WWE Champion at Raw tonight.

Stone Cold Steve Austin announced via his Twitter (which you can follow at SteveAustinBSR) that he will indeed be at the first Raw after WrestleMania tonight. I will be interested to see if they build anything up after the small face-to-face he had with his former WWE nemesis last night.

Steve Austin also has a big night on the USA Network as the new, revamped and restyled Tough Enough, co-starring Booker T, Bill DeMott and Trish Stratus, is set to debut tonight on the USA Network after Raw.

Also, remember folks, prior to Raw tonight, USA will be airing the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. It will be interesting to see who is included on the TV special.

Lighten Up!

Somebody was a little bitter last night.

Everyone knows by now that Kurt Angle was none too pleased to watch WrestleMania 27 and see Randy Orton Angle Slam CM Punk. He certainly wasn't too happy to see the Ankle Lock being used as well.

After posting a series of tweets (which you can follow him on Twitter at AngleFoods1), Randy Orton (which you can follow him on Twitter at RandyOrton) fired back, stating outright that Angle did not invent the Ankle Lock, as Ken Shamrock used it as his finisher before Kurt ever showed up in a professional wrestling ring. He also made a point that instead of being offended, Kurt should be flattered that people would do his moves as a show of respect to him.

I agree with Orton here. See, it would be a different story if Kurt was still in WWE, but he's not. I doubt Kurt is the guy who invented the Angle Slam, and I know for a fact Kurt was not the first in professional wrestling to use the ankle lock.

I like Kurt. Always have. He's a phenomenal talent. And, unfortunately at the moment he seems to have hit a road bump again in his life. But he really, really needs to lighten up.

WrestleMania 27 Results

So last night WrestleMania 27 emanated from the Georgia Dome. A lot of people were disappointed in this one, myself included, although it wasn't a bad pay-per-view. Anyways, for those who missed it, here are the results:

- The Undertaker defeated Triple H to become 19-0 at WrestleMania.

- Trish Stratus, Snooki and John Morrison defeated LayCool and Dolph Ziggler when Snooki pinned Michelle McCool.

- Santino Marella, Big Show, Kane and Kofi Kingston defeated The Corre in an 8 man tag match.

- Edge defeated Alberto del Rio to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.

- Cody Rhodes defeated Rey Mysterio.

- Michael Cole defeated Jerry Lawler by disqualification.

- Randy Orton defeated CM Punk

- The Miz defeated John Cena to retain the WWE Championship after the double count-out was ordered restarted. The Rock Rock Bottomed John Cena, allowing Miz to pick up the win, but not before Rock beat on the Miz.

No Longer Wrestling?

It is being reported that Vince McMahon and the brain-trust of WWE are taking yet another step towards distancing itself from its "professional wrestling" classification.

WWE caused great controversy recently when it took a reporter to task for referring to WWE as wrestling. Fans everywhere were aggravated by the turn of events, as WWE has always maintained that they are "sports-entertainment". It's political correctness run amok, that's what it is.

Anyway, word going around today is that WWE has been discussing dropping "World Wrestling Entertainment" and just becoming WWE, much like Kentucky Fried Chicken did. I can't imagine fans are too happy about this either.

In Atlanta!

Former WWE Superstar, 2008 WWE Hall of Famer and current TNA Superstar Ric Flair is apparently in Atlanta for this weekend's WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, according to PWInsider.com.

It's been speculated for some time now, as Ric is good friends with Shawn Michaels, who is set to be inducted into the WWE by his best friend Triple H. The only hold-up is his TNA contract, from what I understand.

This is an interesting development for Flair, who hasn't been seen on TNA for a long time now. There was a blowup on a European tour a few months ago, following by Ric being injured in the ring. I'm wondering just what the status of his contract is if he's going to a WWE event.

Brock On Wrestling

The Sun in the UK recently spoke to former UFC Champion, Ultimate Fighter trainer and former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar about the idea of him going back to WWE.

For those unfamiliar with Brock's WWE career pre-UFC, Brock was billed to be the "Next Big Thing" in WWE. He debuted in 2002 and left in 2004 after a clunker of a match with Bill Goldberg at WrestleMania XX. Recently this year after his fight with Shane Carwin, he and the Undertaker had a bit of a confrontation or something on camera, sending fans into a frenzy about whether or not Brock would return to wrestling. Though he'd never admit it, I'm sure Dana White was going crazy.

Anyway, in this interview, Brock says this about wrestling:

"They [WWE] were smart enough to know that I am

involved in UFC, what I am doing now. Wrestling

doesn't affect my life as much; I'm a fighter.

The WWE will go on, it will always be there, but I am in the UFC for

as far as I can see. If there ever was the opportunity to be on WrestleMania,

then I guess I have to say, 'never say never'."

That's music to my ears. I was a huge fan of Brock in the WWE, and I've been waiting for him to come back.

Sounds Like WWE DID Talk To Sting

Remember back in February, when those 2-21-11 promos drove pro wrestling fans absolutely insane? When everybody thought that WCW and TNA Icon Sting was going to come to the WWE and take on the Undertaker in what would be a dream match?

Remember how disappointed people were when it was just the Undertaker, and word circulated that WWE had never even talked to Sting?

It sounds like that may not have been the case. The Daily Sun in the UK actually talked to Sting recently, and here's what he had to say:

"I wouldn't say it was utter nonsense; that's not true!

It was a dream match that fans would want to see.

It was close. I'm glad things turned out the way they did.

There are so many variables. Let's just say that I turned

it down for the same reasons I've always turned it down -- something in me never trusted what would happen up there,

based entirely on the track record with WCW guys and everything

that happened when Vince bought WCW. I won't be watching, but

I will be asking what happened between Undertaker and Triple H."

It's too bad that Sting did this based on what his friends had to deal with, but I respect his decision. He's done a terrific job at being successful without the WWE umbrella, and that is something to be very proud of.