In an interview with ESPN Magazine, “The Iceman” Chuck Liddell said that after he recently tore his hamstring he still wanted to fight Rashad Evans at UFC 85 in June. UFC boss Dana White had to step in and tell Chuck they wouldn’t let him fight. “I was going to fight, too,” Liddell says. But then White called and said to forget it, to heal up and come back 100 percent. Liddell is expecting to return to the octagon after the summer.
The WrestleMania 24 buyrate will be announced tomorrow morning by WWE via a press release. We will post it here but I’ve heard it’s around 1.2 million U.S buys.
Ken Kennedy was working as a face at WWE house shows over the weekend.
Devin Cutting sent this in: The live Raw broadcast from Salt Lake City, Utah on June 16th has been canceled. Salt Lake City will now host a house show on June 14th. The house show in Boise, Idaho on June 14th has been moved to June 13th. WWE will be taping two episodes of Raw on June 9th in Oakland, California. Episode 1 airs June 9th and episode 2 airs June 16th (replacing the live Raw from Salt Lake City).
ROH is working on running shows in Canada this July.
ROH is planning to not return to New York City for several months following this weekend’s show at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
