WWE News (Page 20)

• WWE.com has added a new feature up where Hulk Hogan has interviewed Sylvester Stallone at this link.

• WWE got a lot of national publicity in many markets with a short AP story about Kevin Federline competing against John Cena on the January 1st, 2007 edition of Monday Night RAW. The Washington Post also mentioned Federline's upcoming match with Cena yesterday in its gossip section.

• When Edge and superstar Shelton Benjamin were on CNN’s Showbiz Tonight promoting the WWE Tribute To The Troops special, the female host mentioned the mortar attack that occurred while the stars were in Iraq.

But things got awkward when she mentioned the mortar that landed only 300 yards from the base while the wrestlers were at Camp Victory. After they aired the footage of the attack the host said: "Now, we all know wrestling is fake...big shocker, but what goes on in Iraq is real ..."

Then, she asked Edge how he felt about traveling to Iraq and he responded that this was his first trip because the first time the WWE superstars went, he had suffered a broken neck in the fake industry.

• King Booker’s new independent Wrestling Promotion in Texas - Pro Wrestling Alliance - will hold its first live event at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena tomorrow.

The main event will include Charile Haas vs. Booker. Shelton Benjamin, MVP, Rene Dupree, Umaga, Sylvan, Sharmell, and Boogeyman are all scheduled to appear.

• Michelle McCool is still at home recovering from her kidney problems, believed to have stemmed from an eating issue. She can't do much physically, so there's no time table for her return.

• With no more ECW house shows - and WWE moving wrestlers such as Lashley to the ECW roster - things aren’t looking good for ECW mid-carders right now. Expect to possibly see more ECW stars being fired in the coming weeks.

• At RAW Monday, security was turning away all fans with signs that had the letters "VKM" and "TNA" on them. These were references, of course, to the Voodoo Kin Mafia and TNA Wrestling.

• Edge and Shelton Benjamin will be appearing on CNN Headline News' Showbiz Tonight later tonight promoting the WWE Tribute to the Troops event that will air next Monday on Christmas night.

• WWE Champion John Cena and Torrie Wilson appeared on NBC's Today Show earlier this morning to collect toys for NBC's toy drive.

• Last week's Smackdown drew a 2.6 broadcast rating with a 4.7 share. This is the same figure the show drew last week.

A contributor to lordsofpain.net sent in the following WWE photos. They depict superstars such as The Undertaker and Edge serving our country by performing in front of U.S. soldiers.

As part of Tribute to the Troops, you can see a few WWE Divas get down and dirty for a crowd full of heroes. They certainly deserve all those beauties and more.

To see the rest of the WWE photos in Iraq, click here.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports ... 

• Right now, there are no definite plans for the futures of the Hardys or MNM. Vince McMahon has changed his mind a few times on what to do with them.

• WWE confiscated several fan signs reading “Thank You Lita” and other things of that nature at Survivor Series.

• Rob Van Dam has been expressing interest in leaving WWE for TNA and the indies when his contract expires in a few months. He was openly talking about it with people last weekend, asking if they thought it was a good idea.

Yesterday, WWE received the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Public Service Award.

The award was presented to WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and dozens of WWE Superstars as they entertained the troops during the company’s 4th annual Tribute to the Troops. Thousands of members of the Combined Forces Coalition cheered the announcement from the Director of Air Force Services, Art Myers.

• Next week’s ECW on Sci-Fi will be airing on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET in the United States. The Global TV’s website out of Canada lists ECW in its regular Friday night timeslot, meaning that for the first time since the re-launch it will air in Canada first.

• Professional race car driver Danica Patrick will be joining WWE Diva Candice Michelle in her GoDaddy.com commercials. Candice has been a regular in the company’s commercials since Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005.

Fortunately for The Wrestling Post, the term "WWE" is one of the most popular terms/phrases across Yahoo.

In fact, on the Yahoo! Buzz Index’s Top Searches of 2006, in “The Top 10 Overall Searches,” WWE beat Shakira, Jessica Simpson, Paris Hilton, American Idol, Beyonce Knowles, Chris Brown, Pamela Anderson and Lindsay Lohan.

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At last night's during RAW house show in Knoxville, TN, Voodoo Kin Mafia, Kip & BG James showed up to continuing filming footage for their current "WWE invasion" storyline. They were accompanied by a camera crew, Vince Russo, announcer Jeremy Borash, and a group of “fans” that had TNA posters and VKM signs.

According to reports, the TNA Wrestling stars entered the Knoxville Civic Center as Triple H was making his entrance to take on Randy Orton. Fans began to chant for them as they saw the stars in the upper level seats.

Triple H made no mention on the mic of the TNA stars being in attendance.