Reality personality Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi steps in the ring each week with some of Seaside Heights toughest grenades and guidos on MTV’s Jersey Shore. Now she’s sharing center stage with some real-life warriors after inking a deal for a guest appearance on USA’s Monday Night Raw later this month. The reality star will bring the party to The Show That Rocky Built when it sets up shop in St. Louis on March 14, the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced this afternoon. (Set your DVRs, that’s just one week from tonight!)
We’re still waiting to hear whether the Princess of Poughkeepsie will be throwing down with a juiced-out gorilla or just posing ringside with a pickle.
Finally — The Rock has come back to World Wrestling Entertaiment! After a seven year hiatus from the ring that saw him working as Hollywood’s Go-To Action Guy, muscle man Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson returned to his wrestling roots during a live broadcast of WWE Raw on Monday. The People’s Champ made his big return, announcing that he’s back to tackle Justin Bieber for the title of The Most Electrifying Man in Entertainment, to the thrill of the screaming Anaheim audience.
And in a real treat for Sports Fanatics, Rocky will host Wrestlemania 28, going down this April!
The wife of WWE Hall of Famer “Nature Boy” Ric Flair was arrested Sunday after an argument at the couple’s suburban Charlotte, North Carolina home turned violent. Taylor Frazier, of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office, says Jacqueline Beems has been charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly attacking her husband in the middle of a heated spat.
Flair, 60, suffered minor injuries.
“Ric and his wife had an unfortunate disagreement,” says Flair’s agent, Melinda Morris Zanoni, pooh-poohing the Jacqueline’s arrest. “Ric finds this incident unsettling and is committed to correcting any issues in his personal life.”
World Wrestling Entertainment stars Chris Jericho and Gregory Helms were arrested for public drunkenness in Kentucky early Wednesday.
Things seem to have gotten out of hand after the guys finished filming WWE Smackdown at the nearby U.S. Bank Arena on Tuesday evening. According to TMZ.com, at approximately 5 AM, Jericho, 39, and “Hurrican” Helms, 35, were taken into custody outside a Shell gas station in the 3000 block of Dixie Highway in Kenton County, Kentucky for “alcohol intoxication in a public place.”
Both wrestlers were taken to the Kenton County Detention Center, questioned, photographed, and released on $120 bail.
