Bret Hart Reveals Why He Returned To WWE, WrestleMania & More

Bret Hart did an hour interview on Team 960 in Calgary this morning. I only caught bits and pieces of it because I was working but there didn't seem to be much new to report. Some interesting things that he did say:

- He is hopeful that both his father and Owen would be inducted into the Hall of Fame but acknowledged that there may be some issues with Owen given Martha's feelings.

- He said he originally approached WWE about coming back this time and that they took a while to get back to him but finally did and were of course interested.

- He decided to come back because he asked himself how long he could hold a grudge and he felt that if he was ever going to do it, now was the time because of his body's ability to do it and because he thought it might help the Hart Dynasty members.

- He said that the guys today are mostly pretty good on the road and "in bed by midnight" not like in the "Niedhart days".

- He seemed really excited about the DVD that's coming out and said it had lots of good stuff on it that had never been seen including some Stampede stuff.

- He said that his brother Ross sold the Stampede library to WWE but that sale did not include the footage of Bret from Stampede.

- He said he is really having fun with his current run and when the interviewer asked him about midgets in wrestling he said he got along really well with Hornswoggle and hung out with him more that pretty much anybody else backstage.

- Bret said he expected Wrestlemania to be a great Hart family reunion and expected himself and a lot of his family to be there.

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McMahon's Reaction To Danielson, RAW Guest Hosts Ending

Current plans call for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin to be the final Raw guest host on Mar. 15 when the show emanates from San Diego, thus ending an eight month initiative.

» WWE.com garnered 13.0 million unique visitors for the month of December, up from 12.1 million in November.

» Vince McMahon was reportedly pleased with Daniel Bryan's performance on last night's premiere episode of WWE NXT as he felt they made him "a star" in one night as a result of his interaction with The Miz and match with Chris Jericho.

News on Sting and Shannon Moore May be come to WWE

As things stand, Sting is not on the 3/8 Impact show, and in fact, his name isn't mentioned in creative meetings. He may be done with the company after missing last month's PPV and the following Impact TV tapings.-

Shannon Moore has signed his TNA deal.

WWE & Jim Ross Comment On Undertaker Pryo Malfunction

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross posted a message on Twitter.com/jrsbbq reacting to the pyrotechnics accident that occurred at the WWE Elimination Chamber: “Undertaker is okay from what I understand but ‘lucky,’ He’s as (tough) as they come without question.” Read more tweets from Jim Ross at PWTweets.com.

- WWE spokesman Robert Zimmerman has commented on the pyrotechnics malfunction that almost set the Undertaker on fire during his entrance at Elimination Chamber.

described what happened as a “mistiming” with the pyrotechnics. “Thank God he was fine. It basically amounted to a sunburn. It wasn’t over a large area of his body, just a short area, just a little bit on his chest.” He also stated that the Undertaker was checked out by a ringside doctor before competing in the match.

Complete WWE Smackdown Taping Results (SPOILERS)

* The Superstars apron is still on so I think this was only for the live crowd. But, just in case, Batista came out and said that he's heading to Raw.

Teddy Long came out and said that he can go but tonight he will defend the WWE Title vs. Edge.

* After that, they changed over the ring apron.

* Chris Jericho cut a promo saying he's the best and didn't deserve what happened on Monday.

Edge comes out and talked about how he's always spearing Jericho. Jericho hit Edge with the mic but Edge speared him again.

* Dolph Ziggler d. John Morrison & R-Truth in a Triple Threat to qualify for MITB. Morrison hit Starship Pain on Truth but Ziggler pulled Morrison out and covered Truth.

* Michelle McCool d. Mickie James to win the Women's Title. Vickie Guerrero was the referee. She slapped James while she had McCool rolled up and McCool hit a head kick to win.

* Kane d. Drew McIntyre with a kick to the head while Drew was on the ground to qualify for MITB. Drew had cut a promo before the match saying he'd stay undefeated. I guess not.

* Miz came out and cut a promo saying that he and The Big Show need opponents for WrestleMania. He told Teddy Long to work on that. Long came out and said that since Show isn't here tonight will be singles action. It's Miz vs. Edge tonight.

* Shelton Benjamin d. CM Punk to qualify for MITB. Rey distracted Punk, who turned around into Paydirt.

* Edge d. Miz with The Spear. It was a good back and forth match.

* Edge said that he doesn't want to wait. He wants Batista for the dark main event now!

* Edge d. Batista by DQ when Jericho hit The Codebreaker. Matt Hardy, CM Punk and Kane all also hit finishers on each other for fun I guess.-->

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Money In The Bank Ladder Match Scrapped From WM, Replaced With PPV

Following the announcement of the new WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view scheduled to take place on Sunday, July 18, 2010, PWMania.com has learned the Money in the Bank Ladder Match has been scrapped from the Wrestlemania XXIV lineup and will no longer be a staple at the annual pay-per-view of the year.

WWE implemented the new Money in the Bank pay-per-view based on responses they received from fans on a recent online survey.

The Money in the Bank concept is considered a tremendous draw and WWE officials are hoping the concept will greatly increase PPV buys prior to Summerslam.

WWE officials are trying to make their B-level shows more meaningful with the gimmicks.

Eric Bischoff Interview

TNA creative executive Eric Bischoff has nothing but positive things to say about the first six weeks working in the trenches for TNA. He says the writing staff and the wrestlers have a strong work ethic and it's refreshing to work with younger talent embracing Hulk Hogan's and his ideas to enhance the product.

In a phone interview on Thursday afternoon, Bischoff said his "Internet reputation" preceded him when he arrived in January, but he feels he's been able to show wrestlers that he means business and whatever stories the younger talent heard about him from the past have been quickly put to bed.

Bischoff said his ideal goal as creative executive is to prominently feature one new wrestler every month and grow that wrestler's character so he's elevated to the level of other top stars in TNA."A.J. Styles was our first project," Bischoff said. "His character has more life and become larger than before."If Styles was the first project in January, then it seems The Pope D'Angelo Dinero is this month's project and Abyss will be March's featured star after TNA gave Abyss a strong push on tonight's Impact.

Bischoff believes some of the newer stars on the TNA roster were underutilized before Hogan and he arrived in TNA. He said he's "thrilled" to take part in helping elevate wrestlers on the roster, as he feels that's one of his goals in TNA.

Constantly building, developing, and featuring one new star every month could give TNA a potential competitive advantage against WWE Raw on Monday nights, especially if WWE continues to devote TV time to familiar top stars on Raw.

On the topic of working with Vince Russo, Bischoff said it's been a "very positive" experience.

He said their collaborations have been productive and he doesn't believe there has been one creative disagreement they couldn't resolve."It would be a lie if I said there has been anything negative," Bischoff said about working with Russo

"If I see red and he sees green, we've been able to come as close as possible to resolving it every time."After TNA discarded the six-sided ring, questions arose on whether TNA will make any more changes to the look and feel of the product. Bischoff said the mark of any good TV show is constantly looking to improve production value."It's a work in progress," Bischoff said. "TV is constantly evolving weekly, monthly, yearly."