R-Truth Speaks On ‘Firing’ + Miz Speaks Out (Video)

– R-Truth took to Twitter to comment on his dismissal from WWE last night.
“Just wanted to say thank you to all my fans for their support,I don’t tweet much, but would have thanked you sooner,” he wrote Tuesday afternoon. “They threw us out,wouldn’t let us in,.. the security for the arena let us in this morning to get our bags,phone,etc.” Of course, this is all a storyline angle.

– Here is a recent interview with The Miz:


- Could The Miz, R-Truth, CM Punk, and Kevin Nash become the new nWo?

VIDEOS: Sheamus & Wade Barrett Hype WrestleMania

Here are interviews with Sheamus and Wade Barrett hyping WrestleMania 27:

VIDEO: The Rock hypes WrestleMania – drops ‘F’ bomb

– The Rock will be giving away two WrestleMania tickets tomorrow. You need to follow his twitter (http://twitter.com/TheRock) for clues.

– AOL TV has an interview up with the Rock, which you can read at http://www.tvsquad.com/

– Here is an interview with The Rock, hyping WrestleMania 27:

VIDEOS: HBK & ‘Sunny’ speak out – HOF/WrestleMania

– Here is a video of Shawn Michaels discussing the WWE Hall of Fame and WrestleMania:




– Check out this video of Tammy ‘Sunny’ Sytch talking about her WWE Hall of Fame induction…

Videos: John Cena, Triple H, and Snooki hype WrestleMania

- Here are the interviews John Cena, Triple H, and Snooki did with Peter Rosenberg:

Randy Orton Speaks Out – Face Turn, Cena/Rock

Randy Orton recently spoke with ESPN.com about his babyface turn, the WWE All-Stars game and more. Check out the highlights:

On his face turn: When you go from being a good guy to a bad guy or vice versa like I did, everyone always tells you, “Don’t change, don’t change.” And in my case, the less change the better because what really happened is the fans turned me. This wasn’t some master plan where all of a sudden I was going to be a good guy, I just started getting a lot of fan support. It’s a fine line because I wasn’t going out there like John Cena high-fiving kids and hugging grandmas and pumping my fist and smiling … if I would’ve done that, I would’ve failed tremendously, kind of like it did back in 2004, when I became the youngest champion in WWE history. That didn’t work at all because I changed so much. So it’s really about looking at your character, seeing what people like about me, like about my character, and seeing how much I can change without changing too much and walking that fine line. I think I’ve done a pretty good job. I’m definitely still learning on the job, though. It took me about five years to get really comfortable as a bad guy, as a heel, and I expect to take another couple of years as a good guy to really come into my own, but I’m definitely on the right path.”

On The Rock vs. John Cena: “I know them both, and I know Cena a lot better than I know The Rock, obviously, but I’ve been in the ring with both cutting promos and wrestling. I have to say, though, talking about the whole ring rust thing, John Cena has had about 2,000 matches in the last seven years. The Rock? A big, fat zero. So when it comes to ring rust, I don’t care what type of athlete you are, and The Rock is obviously an athletic dude, but Cena has been in the ring. He’s been at every show and in every show and making appearances and he has been on the road with the WWE over 300 days a year for the last seven years. The Rock? Virtually non-existent. You see the interviews that The Rock does and he says that he doesn’t want to be known as a wrestler. He doesn’t want to be known as a sports entertainer or a performer with WWE or a WWE superstar. He wants to be known as an actor. Now all of a sudden he’s back in our world telling the fans what they want to hear. He’s telling them: “I promise that I will never go away again. I promise that I’m back for good and that I’m here to stay.” He said that, what, six or seven weeks ago? Have we even seen him live since then? No. Via satellite. I think Cena will own The Rock. I think Cena is wittier and can go off the cuff. Cena writes his own stuff while The Rock has stuff written for him. It just all comes down to who you are in the ring and what kind of performer you are in the ring, and I think Cena is ten times the performer in the ring that The Rock is. This Monday in Chicago, he’ll prove it.”

John Cena: HBK didn’t like me at first, wife

John Cena participated in a sitdown interview with Madison Square Garden correspondent Alex Iglesias prior to Saturday night’s RAW live event at the venue. Highlights are as follows:

– Cena says that while Shawn Michaels is his all-time favorite tag team partner, it took time for the two to become friends.

“He was one of those guys that – when I started – wasn’t too fond of me, but we ended up actually becoming really good friends,” Cena said. “The fact that I was fortunate enough to hold the Tag Team Championships, even though it was for a short amount of time, was my most memorable.”

– Cena commented on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s return to WWE.

He said, “I’ve wanted him to come back for five years now. I’m glad he’s finally back. I just hope he sticks around. I guess time will tell.”

– Regarding Nicole “Snooki” Polazzi’s involvement at WrestleMania XXVII, he said, “I’ve seen her get in some crazy situations on that television show. She will be just fine. If she goes out there and is just herself, she will make a WrestleMania Moment.”

– When asked if his wife gets upset with his strenuous road schedule with WWE, Cena said, “She does. But, we’ve known each other for quite some time. She knows that’s the way I’m built.”

He added that he prioritizes things as “work first and everything else will sort itself out.”

The video interview is available below:

John Cena speaks on Miz & Rock

– John Cena was the subject of an article for Newsday promoting his appearance at Madison Square Garden for tomorrow night’s show. Check out the highlights:

On the Rock: “I think we’re on to a point if this continues, something physical is going to happen. He’s supposed to host. That’s all I know. When he came back on that first night he said he was back for good. I can only hope that’s the truth because I would certainly like to have many, many matches with him.”

On the Miz: “He proved in the last few weeks that he is the champ. He needs to be respected as such.”

The Rock confirms Live RAW return & hints he’ll wrestle

– In the latest issue of WWE Magazine, there is an interview with The Rock discussing his career and his return. When asked about how many of his old ring outfits he still has, he said, “I still own it all. It’s still with me in my house. It was never going away because I knew I would one day use it again.”

When asked if he was going to return to wrestling he stated, “Making movies is something that I love to do, and I know that it brings a lot of people joy, which in turn brings me and my soul great gratification. Being in the ring and entertaining the audience and kicking ass physically brings me and my soul great gratification as well. I can guarantee that I can always do both.”

Steve Austin speaks out – RAW return, retirement, & more

IGN.com recently sat down with WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin to promote the new WWE All Stars video game. Here are some highlights:

On His RAW Return: “I didn’t get a chance to do exactly everything that I wanted to do because I wanted to give the fans so much more, and they expected more”

On Being Retired & WWE Tough Enough: “I’m close enough — I’m as close as I want to be and can get to it right now by being the host and watching Bill (DeMott) and Booker and Trish (Stratus) put them through their paces .. The days of lighting up 20,000 people every single night of the week, no matter what day it was, and 90,000 on a big show like WrestleMania, that was a blast, but those days are over, and I’ve had some great times in this ring. And when I think back, I’ve got a lot of great memories, and this is about as close as I want to be.”

Steve Austin-RAW, Booker T to call WrestleMania, Del Rio

– Steve Austin posted the following on his Twitter last night… Drank a few cold ones…time to hit the hay. Fly back to L.A. tomorrow for TE. Opened one can of Whoop Ass…I have 5 left….WrestleMania.

– Booker T posted the following on his Twitter last night… “Wrestlemania is shaping up to be one hell of a show i am honored to call it”

– Here is Alberto Del Rio, promoting WrestleMania on MyFox Houston…

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Bret Hart Speaks – Cole/Lawler, Lay-Cool, Sunny/HBK/HOF

Bret Hart recently answered some questions on Twitter, here are the highlights…

On Cole vs. Lawler: “I hope Lawler rag, bags, and shags (that’s british slang) him royally at WM.”

On LayCool’s Parody Of Him: “Yes, I did. They did a good job. Michelle McCool is such a pro. Despite her beauty, she can stay heel which is difficult”

On His Favorite PPV: “The SummerSlam PPV has always been a favorite. Almost always had a good match at that event.”

On His Least Favorite PPV: “Survivor Series. The initial concept was lame.”

On Sunny & HBK In The Hall of Fame: “It’s kind of ironic. We’re all enjoying sunny days again. haha ;)”

The Five TNA Guys that Would Do Well In WWE: “AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Abyss, Kazarian, Jeremy Borash”

Backstage Update: The Rock-McMahon angle at 'Mania?

– There was discussion at RAW that the anonymous RAW General Manager will be revealed as Vince McMahon, thus leading to a Vince McMahon-The Rock angle at WrestleMania. This could also be part of the reason Vince McMahon did not appear on RAW last night as originally planned.

– As noted earlier, numerous major media outlets have picked up The Rock’s return to WWE. The Associated Press, FOX News, PEOPLE, The Washington Post, and many others have covered the story thus far. Expect lots more media in the coming days.

– The Miami Herald has an interview up with Alicia Fox, which you can check out at http://www.miamiherald.com/

– Next week’s National Enquirer features an interview with Chyna. In the interview, she discusses the low points in her life, here is a quote from the upcoming article… “I didn’t want to die and when I was in the hospital the last time I knew the reality was if something didn’t change I would [die]“

HBK and his HOT wife take a vacation!