Former WWE star Rosey (Matt Anoi'a) has developed early stages of congestive heart failure and a condition called atrial fibrillation. He was hospitalized this week with his enlarged heart functioning at 25%. His heart issues led to a lot of fluid buildup. 62 pounds of fluid have been drained from his body and doctors are hoping to drain another 30 pounds before he leaves the hospital in a few days. Anoi'a is the older brother of WWE Superstar Roman Reigns.
Wrestling legend Bobby Eaton was in critical condition this past week after being upgraded and moved into a regular hospital room on January 18th. He's suffering from heart issues, complications from diabetes and a stomach ulcer. As we have noted, Eaton will be entering WWE-sponsored rehab as soon as his health is better.
Goldust says he will be "unveiling something special" on the WWE Royal Rumble Kickoff pre-show this Sunday
Jody Kristofferson, who WWE released from a developmental deal last year, is now back training at the Performance Center in Orlando. Jody is the son of actor Kris Kristofferson.
Batista tweeted the following on Wednesday night: "Just wanted to thank everyone who supported my return. I missed you guys!! All you other negative Smarks can suck my balls! Haha!!! #onelife"
WWE officials have reportedly believed for months that Sting was coming in this year and it's been talked about even more like it's going to happen recently.
As things stand right now, Hulk Hogan will not be wrestling at WrestleMania XXX but will be making some sort of appearance. Word is that Hogan was examined by WWE doctors and the company has made the call to not only not put him in a match, but not to book anything physical involving him. There has been some talk of bringing Hogan back on the February 24th RAW with several other big names. That is the night after Elimination Chamber when the WWE Network launches.
WWE officials went back and forth on whether or not the match with The New Age Outlaws vs. Cody Rhodes and Goldust on last Friday's SmackDown would be for the WWE Tag Team Titles. They ended up going with the non-title match and added the title match to the Royal Rumble.
On the January 20th RAW, Vince McMahon made sure that when the announcers mentioned the term Royal Rumble, they had to specify it as "Royal Rumble match" or "Royal Rumble pay-per-view."
The timeline for The Ultimate Warrior working things out with WWE goes like this. Triple H met with Warrior last July on the same day 2K Sports had a press event to announce Warrior would be in the video game. Warrior then met with Vince McMahon during SummerSlam weekend in August. They were scheduled to meet for 30 minutes but ended up talking for a few hours. At that point, WWE started to try and work out a deal with Warrior, which was completed in December.
John Cena is being advertised for a WWE live event in Wichita and one in Orlando on the same night, February 1st. With both CM Punk and Daniel Bryan booked for the Wichita show, Cena will likely end up in Orlando since he's scheduled for the rest of the Florida events that weekend.
The original Sin Cara is being advertised for a Baja Stars Wrestling event on March 1st in Tijuana, which would be after his WWE contract expires, but his brother says that booking is not legit. Cara did confirm himself that he will be wrestling at the 1 year anniversary celebration of his Sin Cara Gym in Mexico City on February 1st. Once he's done with WWE, he is expected to end up with AAA since CMLL has its own Mistico character and he left on bad terms.