Weekend 3 Count 3/16 - 3/22 #WWE #TNA #PerroAguayoJr

By @B_Rock1978

The Weekend 3 Count is brought to you by Triple Threat CLE. This week I bring you all the news and rumors around the WWE, TNA, GFW and the Independent wrestling scene for March 16th - March 22nd.

*** Weekend Flashback ***

- This week we're going back to WCCW and watching two late great wrestlers. It's the Dingo Warrior (Ultimate Warrior) vs. "Ravishing" Rick Rude.

*** WWE News and Rumors ***

- Brock Lesnar News! Rumors have surfaced that Lesnar may be very close to re-signing a deal with the WWE. This is huge news, as WWE already may be switching around the Wrestlemania outcome if he does stay. Rumors have said that if Lesnar signs a new contract, WWE is thinking about having Lesnar defeat Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania and continue Lesnar's "Beast Incarnate", "Unstoppable Champion" angle.

- If Lesnar stays, Triple H is in the process of making a "Plan B" to please the fans better. Triple H is looking at possibly putting the WWE United States Championship on John Cena and the WWE Intercontinental Championship on Daniel Bryan. With Cena and Bryan holding the two mid-card titles, Triple H, wants to use that opportunity to try to rebuild those two titles and restore the titles legacy that they both once had in the 90's. Using Cena and Bryan as main eventers with the mid-card titles and Lesnar and the World Title defended every three months is the goal that Triple H would like to achieve. I'm all for this idea, I really like how Triple H is thinking, which makes me wish Vince would give him the company already.

- This week on RAW, it was announced that Larry Zbyszko will be inducted into the 2015 WWE Hall Of Fame.

- WWE also announced that Japanese legend, Tatsumi Fujinami, will also be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015.

- The WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015, will have the following inducted: "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Rikishi, The Bushwackers, Alunda Blayze, Larry Zbyszko, Tatsumi Fujinami and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

- There is also rumors that Kevin Nash will be inducted this year as his Diesel character.

- One of hip hop's icons, Snoop Dogg, will be appearing at RAW tomorrow night. Snoop Dogg has recently been in a Twitter war with Curtis Axel this week, building up to RAW.

- Recently at house shows, WWE have put together the tag team of Tyler Breeze and Bo Dallas. No word on if this is a one time thing or if WWE plans to put them together on TV soon. A potential name for the team that was rumored was "BoBreeze".

- Brad Maddox, who hasn't been seen since losing his GM of RAW job, has returned to the WWE. Maddox had a match this past weekend at a WWE house show, against Zack Ryder and lost. Not a good sign, when it's your first match back since May of 2014 and they have you put over Zack Ryder.

- NXT World Champion, Kevin Owens, underwent partial meniscectomy for a knee injury. The surgery was minor and will not jeopardize Owens' current reign as NXT World Champion.

- Former NXT World Champion, Sami Zayn, has been out of action recently with a shoulder issue.

- WWE signed two new Divas this week and have reported them to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. Jasmin Areebi, is an independent women's wrestler from Canada and also had a tryout with WWE over the summer. The other is KC Cassidy, an Australian wrestler, who also had a WWE tryout over the summer and is also a graduate from Lance Storm's wrestling school. Two ladies with wrestling experience and not just pretty faces? I'm impressed WWE.

- Former ROH World Tag Team Champion, Jimmy Jacobs, has signed a contract to work backstage with the WWE creative team.

- Rumors have stated that ROH's tag team known as The Briscoes, may be WWE bound by this summer, after their ROH commitment is over.

- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was interviewed this week and gave out ideas for a future match he'd like to have. Rock stated that if Brock Lesnar resigns with WWE, than Rock would love to face Lesnar at Wrestlemania 32 in Dallas, next year.

- Chairman of the Board, Vince McMahon, had his Bentley Continental Coupe stolen in Connecticut a few months back. Lucky for the head of the WWE, the Bentley was recently found in the Bronx, this week. The Bentley is said to have a sound system in it worth $100,000. It's unknown if it originally had that much in the vehicle or if the car thieves installed it themselves. Exactly what would the chairman of the board in the WWE listen to on a $100,000 sound system?

*** TNA News and Rumors ***

- This past week on Impact, there was a new champion crowned. Rockstar Spud cashed in his Feast or Fired TNA X-Division Title shot on Low Ki and defeated the champ, to claim his first TNA championship.

- Also on Impact, Kurt Angle defeated Bobby Lashley to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Angle is now a 6-Time TNA World Heavyweight Champion and an overall 12-Time World Heavyweight Champion.

- TNA announced that the May 8th Impact will be a live episode. TNA is also looking at a second episode to air live. That date hasn't been decided yet.

- TNA wrestler, Gunner, missed this week's Impact TV tapings, due to kicking off his Hollywood career. Gunner is filming a movie entitled "Navy Seals vs. Zombies". Sounds like a direct to SyFy movie to me.

- Big Japan Wrestling announced this week that Japanese rookie, Kota Sekifuda, is heading to the United States and will be signing with TNA.

- TNA announced they resigned Bobby Lashley, Bram and Robbie E to new contracts.

*** GFW News and Rumors ***

- No new GFW news this week.

*** Other Wrestling News ***

- Scary news to report in AAA Mexico this week. AAA wrestler, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, died early Saturday morning after a mishap with Rey Mysterio delivering his trademarked "619" finisher. The story states that El Hijo took the move in his trachea, which caused a whiplash effect. El Hijo could be seen slumped over the middle rope, unconscious, after taking the move. El Hijo was rushed to the hospital, but later passed away in the early hours.

- Could Ring of Honor be coming to Spike TV?? ROH stated that they were in the early stages of discussing ROH getting a Spike TV deal. Spike TV execs stated, however, that they aren't quite sure if ROH would fit in their game plan as of yet. Spike TV is looking at airing sports programs on Friday night's and calling it Friday Night Light's Out. Spike TV also stated they would like to include "real sports" during this time slot. Ouch, no love for wrestling from Spike TV apparently.

- Ring of Honor is also currently in the process of getting their top talent in the company locked under contracts. Word backstage, is ROH is getting tired of WWE raiding their talent roster and signing their talent to contracts. With Triple H running NXT and having appreciation for any great wrestling talent, that would be a wise move for ROH. ROH showcases a lot of great talent in the wrestling business. 

- Lucha Underground have been rumored to be interested in former TNA wrestler, Sonjay Dutt.

- I'm closing out this week's edition with some classic Scott Steiner promos. Enjoy! LOL.

And that is this weekend's 3 Count. Join me every Sunday afternoon, where I give you the major stories in WWE, TNA, GFW and the independent wrestling scene. Till next time, tap or snap.

~B~

Weekend 3 Count 3/2 - 3/8 #WWE #TNA #IMPACTWrestling

By @B_Rock1978

The Weekend 3 Count is brought to you by Triple Threat CLE. This week I bring you all the news and rumors around the WWE, TNA, GFW and the Independent wrestling scene for March 2nd - March 8th.

*** Weekend Flashback ***

- Growing up, my favorite wrestling family to watch were the Von Erich's. I remember watching the old WCCW episodes on ESPN and cheering them on every week. My favorite of the family was and will always be Kerry Von Erich. I remember it hit me hard the day I found out Kerry took his own life. Here was one of my childhood idols that passed away and now knowing I'd never see him wrestle ever again. I'm going back to 1984, one day after my sixth birthday. Ric Flair defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Kerry Von Erich.

*** WWE News and Rumors ***

- Where oh where will Brock Lesnar end up in April?? Last week, Lesnar, stormed out of WWE, apparently upset over the offer that Vince McMahon gave him on a new contract. Last Saturday night, Lesnar, was present at UFC 184 to watch the fights. UFC President, Dana White, stated that Lesnar was there to just watch the fights and White not once talked contracts with him. White, however, stated that Lesnar mentioned Frank Mir and whether or not Mir truthfully stated he wanted to fight Lesnar again. Rumors surfaced a few months back at White pushing for Lesnar vs. Mir 3 in UFC. May the best promoter win.

- With Lesnar walking out of the RAW that he was scheduled to appear at, WWE is planning on making Lesnar make up that missed date. Lesnar has made no comment on when or if he plans on making up the date that WWE says he owes now.

- Comedy Central's own Jon Stewart, showed up at RAW last week to confront Seth Rollins. Check out my recap of RAW to see how that went down.

- Another inductee into the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame was announced this past RAW. Former WWE Women's Champion, Alundra Blayze (aka Madusa in WCW), was announced as the newest inductee. Correct me if I'm wrong, but did WWE forget all about Blayze's stunt she pulled, tossing the WWE Women's Championship in the garbage on WCW Nitro?? Blayze, was one of the last women I figured would ever get in the Hall of Fame.

The Madusa Stunt:

- As of now, the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame class is as follows: "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Rikishi, The Bushwackers, Alundra Blayze and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

- This past Monday on RAW, A.J. Lee, made her return to the company.

- Bray Wyatt is bringing The Undertaker's urn to RAW, tomorrow night. The past few weeks, Wyatt, has used druids, caskets, Taker's theme music and has torched a casket, to try to draw out the deadman for Wrestlemania. Wyatt has failed so far.

- 15 Time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, John Cena, will be inducted into the Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, April 18.

- Sources have said that Samoa Joe is in fact negotiating with the WWE. Joe is currently contract obligated to work a few Ring of Honor shows at the moment. Joe has stated that the rumors are true and he has been in talks with WWE.

- Independent wrestler, Uhaa Nation, is headed to WWE. Nation, who was on WWE's radar since the late summer, has official signed and we be appearing in NXT soon.

- As of March 1st, if you have WWE Network, you are now no longer allowed to have the Network streaming on two seperate devices. Only one device at a time can be used to watch the Network.

- Rapper Wiz Khalifa has been announced as a special guest for tomorrow's RAW live from his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

- NXT trainer, Bill DeMott has been the talk of the company this week. Many current and former NXT/WWE superstars have opened up about Bill DeMott and his unprofessionalism, while training the new NXT talent. Many have stated that Demott, was very abusive, physically and mentally to the NXT talent. Former WWE developmental talent, Kevin Matthews, sent a copy of a letter he wrote on his experiences with Bill DeMott. You can read Matthews' letter HERE./

- As of Friday March 6th, DeMott, officially resigned from the company. Makes you think that all the complaints were true. As of now, Matt Bloom (aka Albert, Tensai) has been announced as DeMott's intern head trainer.

*** TNA News and Rumors ***

- This week on Impact, The Wolves became 2-Time TNA World Tag Team Champions, as they defeated James Storm and Abyss.

- Also on Impact, Kurt Angle became the new #1 Contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Angle defeated Eric Young and Bobby Roode in a triple threat match.

- TNA Impact has taken a hit in ratings, two weeks in a row now, as viewership has dropped back to back weeks.

- TNA longtime producer, Bryan Edwards and producer/editor Stu Marchetti have left TNA.

*** GFW News and Rumors ***

- Quiet week in Jeff Jarrett land with GFW.

*** Other Wrestling News ***

- Rey Mysterio has officially announced he will be returning to the promotion that made him famous when he was young, AAA Mexico.

- Phil "CM Punk" Brooks has been recently spotted with a camera crew, following him around. Sources are saying that Punk has been filming a documentary on his switch from professional wrestler to MMA fighter.

-Punk recently had his first MMA scrimmage fight, preparing him for his first UFC bout.

- Jonny Candido, the brother of the late Chris Candido, is making a documentary. The documentary, currently being titled "No Gimmicks Needed", will be about his brother, Chris and Chris' life in professional wrestling before his life ended too soon.

- Chris Dickinson of Beyond Wrestling, is making news this week and not in a good way. Beyond Wrestling had an Intergender Match this past weekend at their "King of Arts" show, with Chris Dickinson facing female star Kimber Lee. At the end of the match Dickinson, low blows Lee, hits her in the head with a chair, then delivers a viscious "Outsiders Edge" power bomb, that causes Lee to slide under the bottom rope and almost smacking her head on the steel ring post. The company is under fire now for the viciousness of how female performers are being treated and Dickinson himself is under fire on social media for committing the violent actions. You can check out the closing moments of that match below, but viewer discretion is advised.

- Kimber Lee was interviewed a day after the match, had no regrets and didn't blame Dickinson at all for how the ending of the match went. You can read that interview HERE.

And that is this weekend's 3 Count. Join me every Sunday afternoon, where I give you the major stories in WWE, TNA, GFW and the independent wrestling scene. Till next time, tap or snap.

~B~