NOTES
Sorry for the overload! It was a crazy weekend between work, work and my birthday! I will do better, I promise!
I only put the really important stuff (in my opinion), so I'm sorry if I missed something.

WWE
Look for Ricky Ortiz to turn heel (PW).

Here is the full Slammy Award Nominee list:

(PW)

And here is the list of winners:

(WV)

People on the creative team have been throwing Kurt Angle’s name around, as his TNA contract is up in the spring. (PW)

Mr Kennedy is in Japan on a media tour for the WWE’s Survivor Series and Behind Enemy Lines DVD. (PW)

The Guinness Book of World Records reports that “the most men to ever compete in a WWE Royal Rumble Match was 30…in 2008,” which is retarded because there are 30 participants EVERY year. (PW)

Tommy Dreamer has admitted to being a loyal fan of TNA. (PW)
In other news, look for Tommy Dreamer to be released soon. (J)

Joey Styles punched JBL in the face. I couldn’t make that up if I wanted to. http://www.prowrestling.com/article/news/11126 (PW)
In other news, look for Joey Styles to be released soon. (J)

Look for a WWE Encyclopedia to be released in March 2009. (PW)

Word is that Victoria will be retiring soon. (PW)

Dakota Darsow, son of WWF Tag Team Champion Demolition Smash, has been signed to a developmental deal. (WV)

Fans in Germany, Rejoice! The WWE and Premiere TV have come to terms on WWE programming. (WV)

In case you’re wondering, the WWE decided to put Hogan and Jimmy Hart on the cover of their Legends of WrestleMania video game before McMahon outlawed association with CCW. (WV)

Harry “DH” Smith and TJ Wilson are to debut as a tag team on Smackdown soon. (WV)
I’ve also heard that Natalya (Nattie Neidhart, Smith’s cousin), will be their manager. (J)

Apparently there has been some discussion of an Edge/Christian/Tomko trio forming should Christian flip over to WWE. (WV)

Michael Hutter, from OVW, will be moving to FCW on a developmental deal. (WV)

The Undertaker’s gogoplata is being called Hell’s Gate. (WV)

Helms is returning to the road shortly (WV)

Jericho is working on a second book (WV)

SPOILER ALERT: Jeff Hardy is being advertised for a January 11 event in Missouri as defending the WWE Championship against Edge (WV)

Check out The Post and Courier’s Matt Hardy interview recap here: http://www.wrestleview.com/news08/1228674415.shtml (WV)

Check out WWE Magazine’s John Cena interview recap here: http://www.wrestleview.com/news08/1228767426.shtml (WV)


TNA
As late as Sunday, the word was Terry Funk was going to show up at TNA’s Final Resolution in the corner of Angle (PW). Obviously, it was Al Snow.
The original plan was to bring Frank Trigg in, but he had a scheduling conflict. (WV)
Jillie’s Note: Apparently, the mobile alert concerning this mystery person said that he would be a former World Champion and Tag Team Championship partner of Mick Foley’s. Later, the “former World Champion” part was dropped. The predictions being thrown out were The Rock, Stone Cold, Kane, Terry Funk, and Mikey Whipwreck (PW, WV). No one predicted Al Snow. According to Wikipedia, Al Snow and Mankind were 1 time WWF Tag Team Champions from November 2 to November 8, 1999, winning it from Crash and Hardcore Holly and losing to The New Age Outlaws. I’m not really sure how EVERYONE missed this, because it’s clearly listed on Mick Foley’s Wikipedia page, of all things.
On that note, expect to see Al Snow on Impact this week. (WV)

All Japan Pro Wrestling’s Akira Raijin will debut next week against Concequences Creed in the X Division Title Tourney. (PW)

There were no actual wrestlers, managers, staff, or officials harmed in the filming of TNA’s Rinal Resolution PPV. (PW)

In case you hadn’t figured it out, “Sarah Palin” is actually Daffney. (PW)

Midway Games has announced another TNA game will be developed in 2009, after poor sales of TNA Impact! (WV)

Rhino was hospitalized with high blood pressure and wasn’t medically cleared to wrestle a show on Friday. (WV) Obviously, the problem must have blown over, because Rhino was wrestling at Final Resolution.

Look for a new one hour international TNA program featuring rare footage from the good ol’ days. (WV)

Nick Aldis will be debuting in the next couple of weeks on Impact. (WV)

TNA is happy with the sales of Kurt Angle’s latest DVD. (WV)

And, in case you’ve been living under a rock, Suicide is Frankie Kazarian. (WV)


OTHER
In case you’re wondering what Trish Stratus has been up to, she was at the Canadian Gemini Awards. Check out pics here: http://www.hellarious.com/2008/12/trish-st...is-looking-hot/ (PW)

Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, RVD, Mick Foley, The Great Muta and others will appear in a documentary called “Bloodstained Memoirs.” (PW)

Ron Killings, Ernest Miller, Johnny Valiant, Necro Butcher, Romeo Roselli, Nigel McGuinness, Tommy Suede and Manny Yarbrough will all appear in the soon-to-be released Micky Rourke filme “The Wrestler.” (PW)
The National Board of Review recently named “The Wrestler” as one of the 10 best films of 2008. (WV)

If you hadn’t heard, Hogan was refereeing Reid Flair’s debut match on Saturday. He worked the show for free. (WV)
…and this is what Jimmy Hart had to say about it: http://www.wrestleview.com/news08/1228602435.shtml (WV)

Speaking of Hogan, Brutus Beefcake is now free to use his name after settling with the WWE. (WV)

On the off chance you were just thinking to yourself about The Oddities’ Kurrgan and what he has been doing these days, you will be happy to know he just knocked out Robert Downey Jr on the set of their new movie. http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Explos...aspx?news=local (WV)
Jillie’s Note: An Inspector Holmes movie!? Wicked!

After the passing of former WWE developmental wrestler Steve Bradly/Bisson on Thursday, the police continue to investigate but do not suspect foul play. (WV)


WV-www.wrestleview.com
G-www.gerweck.net
PW-www.prowrestling.com
J-Jillie*
*Not an actual, reliable source

It really wouldn't surprise me if Angle showed back up. It would also make me very happy as I really dislike TNA and it hurts me to watch him on iMPACT~!