Daniel Bryan Video

Too bad they didn't have time to air this great Daniel Bryan video on Monday.  Then again, I can kinda understand-- they had to make time for that "hilarious" Elvis sock puppet:

The Observer Gets Its Props

Here's a great article in the New York Times about my favorite publication, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (I've been a proud subscriber since 1993).  I remember getting my first issue in college and skipping class to read it because I was so fascinated.  Also, because it was a science class.  Anyway, a great newsletter and quite often the highlight of my week.  Read the article here.

Diamond Dave Talks Wrestling

1. It's David Lee Roth.
2. Apparently he has a podcast.
3. He's talking wrestling.
4. That suit.
5. Enjoy!

The Rock's Super Bowl Ad

Check out The Rock's Super Bowl commercial below.  They paid millions to have this air during the Super Bowl and here I am posting the thing for free.  Apparently CBS has better people than me:

Fantastic!

Peep this brilliant segment from last night's Raw featuring Paul Heyman, Vince McMahon and the scariest man in the history of men, Brock Lesnar.  It's stuff like this that make me want to forgive them for Hornswoggle, dance-offs, and any appearance of Stephanie McMahon on my TV.

Happy Holidays from the Impact Wrestling Knockouts

A sincere Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Hollywood Nation!  Enjoy this festive holiday themed video from the Knockouts of Impact Wrestling (and Joey Ryan-- ewwww!):

Happy Holidays from WWE

A Christmas greeting from the WWE roster.  Kind of reminds me of the "Land of a 1000 Dances" video from the 80's:

The Best Wrestling Promo of the Week

Where was the best wrestling interview of the week?  Was it on WWE Monday Night Raw?  Smackdown? Impact Wrestling?  Nope, on the The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell.  Forget Punk vs. Ryback, this is the match I want to see (9:24 mark):

Hulk Hogan's Tape

Ahhh, the Hulk Hogan sex tape.  What I wouldn't give to NOT know about this.  On the list of sex tapes I have no desire to see, Hogan is at the top of the list right next to Grandma.  Internet, you can keep this one.  The story won't go away though so I guess I have to deal with it.  It's come down to a he said/she said battle between Hogan and former friend, shock jock Bubba The Love Spunge.  I don't know who or what to believe about this whole deal because both sides are so shady.  But I do know one thing: this is bad karma coming back on Hogan for not losing to Ric Flair back in 1991.

New C.M. Punk DVD

The trailer for the new C.M. Punk DVD compilation from WWE Home Video has finally been released.  It looks they went all out. This will make up for them unleashing No Holds Barred on the public again.

Memo To WWE: Take This Idea!

With the news that Velvet Sky may be taking her pigeons away from Impact Wrestling, I have a great idea for WWE.  Since they are pretty much building around A.J. (above), what better move than to have two female wrestlers right out of the movie Mean Girls to pick on poor little A.J.?  A.J. can play the plucky and valiant babyface fighting back against her bullies (Be A Star!).  That's right: The Beautiful People vs. A.J.!  Can you imagine the riot when they put a paper bag over this broad's head?  It will be a license to print money!  And it would make Hollywood Nation very happy!  Everyone wins!  I'm going to sleep.  My work is done.

(Photo from wwe.com)

Knight Dynasty Documentary

Be sure to check out the documentary below on the Knight family from England, which focuses on daughter Britani (above on the left, now known as "Paige" in the WWE development system) and her mum, Shimmer champion Saraya Knight (above in the middle).  Oh yeah, you're gonna cry, ya big baby.

SummerSlam Video

Funny video from WWE promoting SummerSlam.  Of course, Daniel Bryan steals the show:

Daniel Bryan Takeover

After last night's wretched WWE Raw featuring that awful Big Show segment and John Cena at his most annoying, is it too late to make a plea to just have Daniel Bryan take over the whole show?  How great was he in that segment from Smackdown on Friday?  I'd rather sit through two hours of him humiliating A.J. than seeing Big Show fake crying.

Shimmer Wrestling

Here are some pics from the latest Shimmer Wrestling tapings in Berwyn, Illinois a few weeks ago:

 Saraya Knight berates the ring announcer.

 Ms Chif

 Hamada

 Outside of the Eagles Club

 $1.25 Beer

 Ray and Leon

 Mia Yim

Cheerleader Melissa

WrestleMania XXVIII

I thought WrestleMania 28 was a pretty solid event. Especially if you can overlook the Daniel Bryan squash and the borderline racist Brodus Clay skit. The highlights:

- Taker vs. Triple H: Great match and excellent storytelling. All three of the principals played their roles well. And despite the "End of An Era" tag, I don't think we've seen the last of any of these guys.

- The Rock vs. Cena: Good match. The right ending for that crowd. Told a nice story and everyone went home happy. The Rock did well to take eight years off and still be able to wrestle 30 minutes

- C.M. Punk vs. Chris Jericho: Another good match. I was surprised by the ending but the feud will continue.

- The food: I ate my weight in chocolate chip cookies, pizza and chips. Always a plus.

WrestleMania Predictions

Predictions for today's WrestleMania 28 event:

The Rock vs. John Cena-- the trash talking has ended and it's finally time to get this thing in the ring. I predict a Rock victory to avoid a riot in Miami. And if you are to believe online reports, maybe Batista or Brock Lesnar will get involved.

Undertaker vs. Triple H-- Taker's going 20-0. He better

C.M. Punk vs. Chris Jericho-- I'm looking at a Jericho victory and Punk regains it at Extreme Rules

Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan-- Sheamus comes out on top and gets a push to the top of the Smackdown card

Randy Orton vs. Kane-- Orton wins clean with the RKO

Team Teddy vs. Team Laurinatus-- Team Teddy wins and Johnny Ace goes back to screwing up his real life job

Big Show vs. Cody Rhodes-- Big Show wins to get his (kinda) WrestleMania moment

Maria and Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix and Eve-- Maria gets the pin to set up a highlight clip on Extra. Hopefully we don't have to hear her laugh.

Undertaker's Hair

At first I thought it was just me, but several sites are reporting that The Undertaker was indeed wearing a wig on Monday's edition of the WWE Raw Supershow. Apparently he cut most of his hair off during his hiatus, but it hasn't grown back yet. Maybe he will rock the crew cut like in his American Bad Ass phase. They better hurry up and figure out something before the big match in April. Last year The Rock saved WrestleMania, this year it might be the Hair Club For Men.

Royal Rumble

WWE graced Hollywood Nation's hometown with this year's Royal Rumble... and gave us Sheamus as the winner of the big match. Damn them. Anyway, here are some highlights of the evening:

Daniel Bryan and The Big Show battle on top of the cage

Kane and America's favorite sap, John Cena, get ready to mix it up


Brodus Clay and the ladies

Dolph Ziggler and Vicki right before he was buried by C.M. Punk

This guy won?

Here We Go...

On last week's Raw and Smackdown, WWE showed a link to a mysterious video on You Tube with the title "It Begins". It appears that someone is coming back on January 2nd, 2012. Could it be Undertaker? Batista? If you rearrange the letters of "It Begins", you can spell out "I Be Sting". Intriguing, like last year's videos that led to the Undertaker coming back. Let the guessing games begin.