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- According to WWE’s NXT Twitter page, former WWE Champion John Cena will open tonight’s episode of NXT. Cena will address the rookies on the show.

- Last night’s edition of WWE Monday Night RAW, which featured Steve Austin as the guest host, drew a 3.7 cable rating. RAW averaged a very strong 5.6 million viewers. The first hour drew a 3.73, while the second drew 3.68.

TNA iMPACT, which went head to head with RAW for the second consecutive week drew a very low 0.84 cable rating, and averaged 1,068,000 viewers.

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- WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin appeared on Hardcore Sports Radio this week and discussed TNA Wrestling challenging WWE on Monday nights. Despite the fact that Austin is aWWE guy through and through, he says “competition is great for the business” and hopes TNA can give WWE a run for its money.

“I wish the TNA people all the luck in the world because it means more of the boys have jobs and it gives fans an alternative” Austin said.

TNA has a lot of the WCW pieces in place (Hogan, Bischoff, Flair, Sting, The Band), but Austin doesn’t know if TNA will ever be able to reach WCW’s popularity peak. “I don’t know if we’ll ever re-create that Nitro-Raw war,” he said.”WCW kicked our ass for two years, then we smoked their ass and never looked back and put them out of business.”

Even though he wishes good luck for TNA, he knows it will be close to impossible for them to realistically push them to the brink like WCW did. “I don’t think anyone will ever come close to really giving true competition to WWE because they’re so far ahead of the game, they’re rooted in their system, and they’re a winner.”

- As noted previously, WWE added Stu Hart and Gorgeous George to the 2010 Hall of Fame class. It appears that WWE will save the final inductee, who is believed to be Bob Uecker, for RAW next week, which is coincidentally hosted by former MLB star Pete Rose. The “Main Event” portion of the Hall of Fame Ceremony will air for one hour on the USA Network at 11PM EST on Saturday, March 27th. Below is the complete list of inductees:

* Gorgeous George will be inducted by his wife Betty Wagner

* Stu Hart will be inducted by members of the Hart Family.

* Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase will be inducted by Ted & Brett DiBiase

* Antonio Inoki will be inducted by Stan Hansen

* Mad Dog Vachon will be inducted by Pat Patterson

* Wendi Richter will be inducted by Roddy Piper

* Bob Uecker will be inducted by NBC’s Dick Ebersol

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- Jeff Hardy’s trial on four cases will begin tomorrow, March 17th, in the Superior Court of Moore County, North Carolina.

Hardy was arrested on September 11, of last year when police searched his home and found 262 Vicodin prescription pills, 180 soma prescription pills, 555 milliliters of anabolic steroids, a residual amount of powder cocaine and drug paraphernalia.

Jeff was indicted on January 4th, 2010. Hardy is currently facing five felonies in total, a misdemeanor charge and a conspiracy charge. Below are the charges related to his arrest.

* Felony drug trafficking
* Two counts of felony possession of a schedule III controlled substance or drugs.
* Misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia
* Conspiracy to traffic opium for trafficking four or more grams but less than fourteen grams of opium/heroin.

The conspiracy to traffic opium charge is a new charge that has recently been brought forth.

A 12-person jury will be seated in the court room to overhear the case, and when the DA and defense rest their case, the jury will determine whether Hardy is guilty or not guilty on each of the charges. If the jury finds Hardy guilty of any charges, another court date will be set for sentencing.

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- WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin posted a number of messages on his Twitter page regarding his appearance as the guest host of RAW last night. “With 2 weeks to go to mania, had to work within story lines. Couldn’t give stunners to everyone, they have a huge ppv . promoted DAMAGE,” Austin said. “The pg thing is a real deal. great direction for the wwe. a wise decision. although that took 92% of my vocabulary away.”

- The city that plays host of tonight’s SmackDown/NXT tapings was awaken earlier this morning at 4:04 AM PT when a 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit Los Angeles according to the US Geological Survey. The earthquake’s epicenter was 11 miles east-southwest of Los Angeles Civic Center. The earthquake was minor in severity, but enough to awaken many. As of press time, no injuries have been reported.

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