Batista missed this weekend’s swing of SmackDown/ECW house shows because he was overseas doing promotional work for the company and hyping WrestleMania 24.
The Rock’s movie The Game Plan has made $29 million internationally thus far.
There were a number of traveling issues resulting in changes for Saturday night’s SmackDown/ECW house show in Alexandria, Louisiana. Several wrestlers arrived to the building late and so they had Chavo Guerrero & CM Punk work a long opening match that went 2 out of 3 falls. Additionally, heels participating in early matches were told to stall as much as possible. For instance, Chavo spent a good portion of the match berating particular fans in the audience.
In the spirit of Saint Patrickâs Day, WWE has a feature now online on their official website of superstars talking about their streaks of luck. WWE Womenâs Champion Beth Phoenix, The Miz, Cody Rhodes, Matt Striker, Elijah Burke, Jillian, Maryse, Maria, Lilian, Val Venis, Trevor Murdoch, and Vickie Guerrero are all quoted in the piece.