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- As noted before, Rob Van Dam will be making his TNA house show debut in April. Jeff Hardy will also be working upcoming TNA live events but the dates have not been announced yet. Hardy will likely start on the road for TNA once his court case is cleared up. Shannon Moore is also expected to work TNA house shows.

- Regarding being left off WWE’s Top 25 Most Impactful Women list, current TNA Knockout Tara wrote the following on Twitter: “(It) doesn’t surprise me. That’s an example of my experience at WWE. Unappreciated.”

- The following matches were taped for tonight’s TNA iMPACT on Spike TV:

* The Nasty Boys & Jimmy Hart vs. Team 3D & Jesse Neal

* Kurt Angle & The Pope vs. Desmond Wolfe & Mr. Anderson

* Daffney vs. Angelina Love

* Kevin Nash vs. Scott Hall in a 5 Minute Challenge

* Beer Money vs. Hernandez

* Jeff Hardy vs. AJ Styles

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- Below is the preview for WWE’s “Best Pay-Per-View Matches of the Year 2009-2010″ which comes out on May 18th and is a three-disc set.

The pinnacle for every sports entertainer is to appear on pay-per-view and put on the best match. For the first time ever on home video, the WWE Universe can enjoy the best matches in one home video collection. The stars of Raw, SmackDown, and ECW present the greatest bouts of the year, from longtime Pay-Per-View standards WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble, as well as newly themed events, including Breaking Point, Hell in a Cell, Bragging Rights, TLC, and Elimination Chamber.

- As noted earlier, WWE will be inducting MLB star and actor Bob Uecker into the Hall of Fame this year. Uecker will be inducted by NBC Universal Sports & Olympics chairman Dick Ebersol. Ebersol is the one who helped launch WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event years ago on NBC.

- Criss Angel noted on Twitter that he was supposed to do a trick in the ring on RAW last week but it was canceled a few days before the show for his safety. Angel said that WWE was very kind to him and noted that he would be doing the trick meant for RAW on the upcoming season 6 of Mindfreak.

Bret Hart’s WWE Future, Plans for Randy Orton Post-Mania and More…

- The February 26th episode of WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown scored a 2.0 rating with 3,443,000 viewers.

- Linda McMahon’s senate campaign got some bad publicity this weekend after a story that came out noted Vince McMahon’s 47-foot yacht docked in Boca Raton, Florida is named “Sexy Bitch.” The Hearst newspapers in Connecticut ran a story on the senate candidates and issued a list of questions to the various candidates, which Linda McMahon did not answer. Linda’s opponents are now trying to make her out to be someone who is hiding from the public and the media.

- IGN has a new interview with WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper. Piper says when he asked Vince McMahon why he was picked to induct Wendi Richter into this year’s Hall of Fame class, Vince said, “You’re the only one alive.” Vince was presumably talking about people still alive from the days when Richter was active.

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- Goldust and Dolph Ziggler will be appearing at former WWE star Armando Estrada’s Baby’s Steak & Lemonade restaurant on Wednesday, March 24th from 4-6pm in Glendale, Arizona.

- As of now, Shawn Michaels is not being advertised for any WWE shows past the night after WrestleMania as RAW takes place from Phoenix, Arizona. The Undertaker is being advertised to appear at all SmackDown tapings through June.

- A new article in the Wall Street Journal Magazine noted that WWE is searching China for new talents to add to their roster. “We are making more of an effort to recruit from other countries,” Stephanie McMahon said. The article featured notes on Yoshi Tatsu, Santino Marella, William Regal, Batista, Sheamus, Rey Mysterio and The Great Khali.

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Eric Bischoff ripped The Honky Tonk Man on his Facebook page. “Washed up douche bag dying to become relevant,” Bischoff wrote. “HTM…WalMart called. They said you can have your job bag if you promise to leave the dead gimmick behind.”

Moments later, Honky responded by writing: “F— you, Bischoff. I wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire. You made those comments on (Bubba The Love Sponge’s radio show) without even knowing Jeff (Jarrett) called me up. You couldn’t hold (Vince) McMahon’s jock strap. 1.0 (rating). Ouch.”