Headlines for Saturday, March 28, 2009


- 3/27 Smackdown TV results from Corpus Christi, TX: Finlay, Kane, Shelton Benjamin & Christian over CM Punk, Mark Henry, Kofi Kingston & MVP; Big Show over Jesse & Festus in a handicap match; Rey Mysterio over Chavo Guerrero; Matt Hardy over R-Truth; Carlito, Primo & Brie Bella over John Morrison, The Miz & Nikki Bella; and Maryse vs. Michelle McCool was a no contest.


- On MTV News, John Cena challenged Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to match at Wrestlemania 26.


- Tommy Dreamer on WWE.com blogged about his disappointment of not having a Wrestlemania match. Dreamer said he is retiring from the ring in April. "Yes I am beyond disappointed I am not having a match," he wrote. "Actually I read my New Year's Resolutions blog and I have failed on 2 out of 3 of them - being in the Royal Rumble and having a match at WrestleMania."


- Poll results: What should be the Wrestlemania main event?

HHH-Orton - 40%
Cena-Edge-Show - 4%
Undertaker-HBK - 53%
Other - 3%


- "12 Rounds" with John Cena opened yesterday at No. 6 at the Box Office in around 2300 theaters. The movie was projected as doing $1.75 million on Friday and $5 million for the weekend.


- TNA results from the house show at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, MN, on March 27: Suicide over Chris Sabin by pinfall; ODB over Sojourner Bolt; Team 3D over No Limit to retain the IWGP Tag Team Title; A.J. Styles over Sheik Abdul Bashir; Beer Money over the Latin American Xchange to retain the TNA World Tag Team Title; and Jeff Jarrett over Kurt Angle.


- On this day in wrestling history:

* 1958 - Curt Hennig was born
* 1962 - The Warlord was born
* 1999 - Steve Austin defeated the Rock for the WWF title
* 1999 - Bob Holly defeated Billy Gunn for the WWF Hardcore title
* 2000 - Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley defeated Jacqueline for the WWF Women's title
* 2001 - Benny McGuire died at 54




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