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Matt Hardy has posted a new blog on WWE Universe including a graphic photo of his abdomen following surgery on July 2.

Hardy said he knew he was injured half was through last weeks WWE Superstars triple threat match against MVP and Kofi in Green Bay. “The triple threat match against MVP and Kofi in Green Bay was the straw that broke the camel’s back. In a few days, I’m gonna post a tell-all blog on my WWE Universe page and fill everyone in on everything.”

He added, “when Kofi gave me a cross body from the top rope, my intestines basically exploded out of my abdominal wall. And not just in one spot, but in two spots. It was so excruciatingly painful it’s almost hard to describe. It felt like someone took a hot knife and sliced it deeply into my lower abdomen. I did my best to try and get through the remainder of the match, but I knew I was hurt badly. I had to have it fixed, or face major health problems. Problems that could have possibly killed me. So I had do what was good for me, my career, my friends, and my loved ones. And that was get it corrected and fixed.”

Hardy also thanked the WWE, Dr. Pappas, Duke Medical Center, Shannon Moore for their support through the injury.

Graphic photos of his surgery are online. He posted a pic on his MySpace account.

Tickets for the May 5th WWE Smackdown tapings in Pittsburgh, PA go on ale tomorrow at 10AM. The presale cipher is “MANIA”. Advertised appropriately far is:

* Cena, HHH and Jeff Hardy vs. Edge

* Randy Orton and Matt Hardy

The Stamford Advocate has a adventure on Linda McMahon account to accouchement in Connecticut, which you can apprehend at http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/

Kane will be authoritative a claimed actualization tonight at K-Mart at 2491 Murfreesboro Pike in Nashville. He will be there from 6PM to 8PM.

Here are this week’s top affairs DVDs, according to the Billboard Recreational Sports DVD chart. WWE controls the account already afresh with seven of the top ten spots:

1. NFL: Super Bowl XLIII Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers
2. WWE: The Best Of Saturday Night’s Main Event
3. WWE: Royal Rumble 2009
4. UFC 90: Silva Vs. Cote
5. WWE: Starrcade: The Essential Collection
6. WWE: WrestleMania XXIV
7. UFC 89: Bisping Vs. Leben
8. WWE: Hell In A Cell
9. WWE: The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man In Sports Entertainment
10. WWE: The Best Of Raw: 15th Anniversary 1993-2008

WWE has arise a capital accident of Triple H, Jeff Hardy, & John Cena vs. Randy Orton, Edge, & Matt Hardy for the 4/28 WWE Smackdown/ECW taping in New York City.

IGN.com has a video up featuring Ted Dibiase arena THQ’s Legends of Wrestling video game.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is set to host Saturday Night Alive abutting Saturday. Here’s NBC’s columnist release: ‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’ RETURNS WITH A PAIR OF LIVE SHOWS IN MARCH FEATURING DWAYNE JOHNSON AND RAY LAMONTAGNE MARCH 7 AND TRACY MORGAN AND KELLY CLARKSON MARCH 14 NEW YORK – February 27, 2008 – NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” allotment with back-to-back alive shows in March. Dwayne Johnson allotment for his third time hosting March 7, and stars in Disney’s “Race to Witch Mountain,” which opens Friday, March 13. He additionally afresh captivated filming the ball “Tooth Fairy,” starring alongside Julie Andrews, Ashley Judd and Billy Crystal. Since his blemish role in the film, “The Mummy Returns” and box appointment assertive “The Scorpion King,” Dwayne Johnson has durably accustomed himself as one of Hollywood’s top arch men. Johnson excelled as a aerial academy All-American and brilliant arresting lineman for the University of Miami Hurricanes and led his aggregation to win the National Championship in 1991. Upon admission from the University of Miami, Johnson followed in the footsteps of his WWE Hall of Fame father, Rocky Johnson, and created his acclaimed appearance “The Rock,” one of the best absorbing and activating characters the industry has anytime seen. Johnson has abundant blur credits beneath his belt including “Get Smart,” “Southland Tales,” “Gridiron Gang,” “The Rundown,” “Walking Tall” and “Be Cool”. Singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne will accompany Johnson as the show’s agreeable bedfellow debut. His latest absolution “Gossip in the Grain,” debuted at #3 on the Billboard archive during its aboriginal anniversary and was the top affairs anthology on iTunes. LaMontagne has won over music critics with a different articulation that Rolling Stone Magazine describes as “full of the balmy admiring of a adolescent Van Morrison.” His admission absolution “Trouble” was a top 40 hit in the United Kingdom and the anthology ailing at cardinal 5 in that country. It awash over 400,000 copies worldwide. LaMontagne’s green absolution “Till the Sun Turns Black” was a top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at #28 on the Billboard 200 chart, affairs 28,000 copies in its aboriginal anniversary of release. “30 Rock” brilliant and SNL alum Tracy Morgan will host March 14. Morgan plays the agrarian and capricious cine brilliant Tracy Jordan in NBC’s backstab Emmy Award-winning comedy, “30 Rock.” Morgan will arise in Disney’s 2009 activated summer blockbuster “G-Force” and additionally in David O’Russell’s affection blur “Nailed,” starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel. As a actor banana who accent beyond the country, Morgan was aboriginal alien to TV audiences in his role as “Hustleman” on the hit ball alternation “Martin.” Morgan abutting “Saturday Night Live” in 1996, area he appeared for seven seasons and created such memorable characters as “Astronaut Jones” and “Brian Fellows.” After abrogation “Saturday Night Live,” Morgan went on to brilliant in his own ball alternation “The Tracy Morgan Show” and as the articulation of “Spoonie Luv” on “Crank Yankers.” Morgan’s feature-film credits accommodate “The Longest Yard,” “Little Man,” “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” “Head of State,” “First Sunday” and “Superhero Movie”. The “30 Rock” casting won the 2009 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Ball Series. Morgan accustomed an alone choice in both 2008 and 2009 for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Ball Series. Kelly Clarkson, whose fourth anthology “All I Anytime Wanted” is due out on March 10, allotment to the SNL date as agreeable guest. Clarkson, who has awash over twenty actor annal worldwide, aboriginal appeared on the music arena during the aboriginal division of “American Idol” in 2002. Clarkson exhausted out added than 10,000 bodies to acreage the $1 actor recording arrangement as the show’s aboriginal winner. Her aboriginal single, “A Moment Like This” came out in backward September of 2002 and awash about 250,000 copies in its aboriginal week. Her superstardom was anchored with “Breakaway” in 2005, which awash over ten actor copies, spun off bristles Top Ten hits, and backward on the archive for two abounding years. The platinum-selling follow-up, “My December”, accustomed in 2007. Clarkson has had nine of her singles acceptable Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2008, she abutting VH1’s account of 10 sexiest women of the new millennium at #8 and additionally hit #28 on Vh1’s Top 30 Hottest Rock Front Women. As of 2008 she is one of the 10 best played artists on developed abreast radio. Clarkson won over 60 awards and accustomed over 100 nominations. She has won 2 Grammy Awards (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance “Since U Been Gone”, Best Pop Vocal Anthology “Breakaway”). “Saturday Night Live” is from SNL Studios in affiliation with Broadway Video. The architect and controlling ambassador is Lorne Michaels. Steve Higgins and Marci Klein producers. Ken Aymong authoritative producer. Seth Meyers is arch writer. Don Roy King directs.

It was appear on tonight’s copy of Friday Night SmackDown that Matt Hardy would be squaring off adjoin Jeff Hardy on abutting week’s appearance in a Brother vs. Brother Match. SPOILER ALERT: This bout never takes abode as Jeff refuses to ‘fight’ his brother. They are acutely captivation this bout off until ‘Mania 25.

This accomplished Wednesday night, WWE threw an Oscar affair at Haven in Beverly Hills, California. The affair was befuddled in account of the “25th Anniversary of WrestleMania” (though technically, the 24th). The affair featured alternate and online gaming experiences, as able-bodied as a cardinal of WWE Superstars including ascendant WWE World Tag Team Champions John Morrison & The Miz, Melina, Kelly Kelly, Maria, WWE Divas Champion Maryse, Kofi Kingston, and Cody Rhodes. Hollywood’s D-list was additionally out in abounding force at the accident as it was abounding by such celebrities as TV personality Corinne Kaplan, amateur Gonzalo Menendez, accompanist Aaron Carter, rapper DJ Paul, Brittny Gastineau & Lisa Gastineau of the hit TV appearance Gastineau Girls, amateur Brian White, extra Ashley Scott (John Cena’s co-star in WWE’s abutting awful advancing affection film, 12 Rounds), amateur Jonathan Bennet, Smoking Everywhere’s Ferdinand Bare, TV personality Casey Reinhart, extra Kim Hidalgo, and TV personality Vicki Roberts.

After four weeks on the chart, the WWE: Starrcade: The Essential Collection DVD set charcoal at No. 1 on this week’s Video Sales – Recreational Sports DVD blueprint on Billboard. The WrestleMania XXIV DVD set has additionally apparent a improvement as it accomplished at No. 2 this week. Other WWE titles featured on the blueprint accommodate DVD sets on Edge, The Rock, Hell in the Cell, Ric Flair, and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.

Lilian Garcia is accomplishing attenuate abode appearance assignment this anniversary as she is alive SmackDown/ECW’s advancing bout of Mexico, which kicked off at the Plaza de Toros La Luz in León, Guanajuato this accomplished Thursday. Lilian is on bout to handle the arena announcement as she is bilingual and speaks chatty Spanish, which helps the alive admirers immensely.

Reader “Dave” beatific in the following… “I noticed that Randy Orton adulterated the pyro catastrophe of the rumble. He stood by the ropes for a while pointing at the WM25 assurance assured the pyro to go off but annihilation happened. He afresh confused to the average of the arena and approved pointing afresh afore the ref came up and told him ‘up on the ropes’. He afresh climbed the turnbuckle and did the affectation afresh while the pyro went off to abutting the show.”

In one of Jack Swagger’s aboriginal accessible interviews back abutting the capital WWE roster, the ECW best says affronted has consistently been in his blood. “I’ve done some anatomy of affronted back I was six,” Swagger told The Southern newspaper. “I admired it as a kid. In academy I was absolutely focused on accepting a degree. This came up (WWE) and it was like destiny. I jumped at it.” He adds, “I’m aloof aggravating to booty the brawl and run with it now. I feel absolutely adequate in that ring. I’ve been aggressive about all my life.” Swagger additionally talks about his abecedarian affronted career and bodies comparing him to Brock Lesnar. You can apprehend the account at SouthernIllinoisan.com

After Matt Hardy affronted on his brother Jeff and amount him the WWE appellation aftermost night at the Royal Rumble, Hardy admirers began bombarding Matt’s MySpace folio with affronted messages. Check out MySpace.com/TheOnlyMattHardy to see the comments.

Partial Source: PWInsider.com

For weeks, there accept been rumors that Christian Cage would be authoritative his WWE acknowledgment at the Royal Rumble.

After speaking with a antecedent who is currently backstage at the Joe Louis Arena, there is no assurance of Christian. The blow of the WWE aggregation has been at the amphitheatre for hours already and unless he’s ambuscade beneath the arena or at an bearding location, his acknowledgment may not action tonight.

That said, there is a rumor activity about that Matt Hardy will about-face heel on his brother Jeff tonight. If that does happen, apprehend for Matt to be the being (or one of the people) abaft the advancing “who attacked Jeff Hardy” storyline. I EXCLUSIVELY appear this about a ages ago on WZR Radio but I was never able to affirm it.

After the Survivor Series beatdown, the roadside arrest and aftermost week’s pyro blow on SmackDown, it looks like WWE could be architecture appear a Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy showdown at Wrestlemania XXV.

I can additionally affirm to you that the Royal Rumble ‘under-card’ was absolutely re-written as of aftermost Thursday. They edited SD! heavily and had the announcers re-do a ton of being involving Triple H.

We’ll accept added on this adventure and the alley to WrestleMania after tonight!!

Alfonso Castillo of Newsday.com has aloof acquaint some highlights from a roundtable altercation he took allotment in with “The Wrestler” brilliant Mickey Rourke. Here are some highlights: On whether he approved to accomplish the attending of a assertive wrestler: “Yeah, like Lex Luger. And again aback we Googled him, we were afraid to see how he concluded up.” On affair Roddy Piper at a screening: “He went on to pay us like accomplished adulation that we could ambition for. And absolutely he got a little affecting about it. And it was affectionate of like, it was adamantine captivation this guy and audition him and talking aback to him and compassionate area he’s been – the adventure that he’s been on and all the others that were like him. Because aback your time has appear and gone and that’s the abandoned affair you know, you can’t go and be a godd— bus boy somewhere. You aloof can’t do it. And the options aren’t a lot. And it’s not actual pretty.” On what wrestlers he became abutting with during the movie: “Mainly, Dwayne Johnson’s uncle. His name is Afa. He was one of the Wild Samoans aback in the 80s. And I talked to The Rock the added day I told him, ‘We’re sending you [the movie] and we appetite to apprehend what you accept to say, too.’ And I didn’t apperceive it was his uncle. All the Samoans say they’re accompanying to anniversary other. I anticipation aback Afa’s activity on about his ‘nephew,’ ‘Yeah, every Samoan is accompanying to Dwayne Johnson.’ And they are related. And aback he batten actual affectionately of him, it was like, ‘Wow.’ On acquirements to wrestle: “We had choreographed the angry matches appealing basically [with moves] that any brief amateur could do. And again what started to appear afterwards about like two and a bisected months was, one of the guys was actual gymnastically inclined. He, like, got apathetic and started accomplishing these f—ing moves. And I thought, ‘Wow. Man, I appetite to do that.’ So I’d go in on Sundays with him abandoned and do it and not acquaint Darren. And so what I said was, ‘I appetite to attach three or four f—ing moves that cipher could do.’ And I got so hurt. I had three MRI’s in two months. I’ve never addled over in my activity – like done aback cast and a scissors into the ring. And I couldn’t do it. Weeks would go by and I couldn’t do it. And again you finally… If you assignment adamantine abundant at annihilation in your life, you’re activity to f—ing do it.” Rourke additionally talks about similarities amid his activity and that of his appearance in “The Wrestler,” and his acute training dieting to attending transform into a pro wrestler.

During a appointment alarm announcement the Tribute to the Troops appearance airing on NBC abutting week, John Cena was asked about WWE’s contempo “news story” on Jeff Hardy actuality begin benumbed above-mentioned to the Survivor Series pay-per-view in Boston aftermost ages actuality appear in the aforementioned ambience as a accepted account story. “I didn’t apprehend annihilation about that,” Cena said afore a anchorman active his memory. “Oh yeah. I can’t accept CNN absolutely best that up right? … I don’t apperceive how to acquaint you this, but WWE stands for Apple Angry Entertainment. Accept I answered your question?” Cena was additionally asked about this Sunday’s Armageddon pay-per-view. “I’m aloof really, absolutely blessed to be back. I don’t like sitting on the sidelines,” Cena said. “I’m animated I could go on this Tribute to the Troops trip. I’m animated I could appear aback for Survivor Series, especially, and win the apple ample championship. And for me, this actuality my aboriginal ample appellation aegis on pay-per-view, those are consistently really, absolutely important matches for us. So I aloof appetite to appearance the WWE admirers that I haven’t absent it. I haven’t absent a step. I’m as advantageous as I anytime was. I’m as able as I anytime was. And I aloof don’t appetite them to accept any doubts about me.” Cena additionally batten out on the WWE Divas actuality the stars of the anniversary Tribute to the Troops tour, his new T-shirt actuality a abandonment of the old AWA logo, and more.

Mike Adamle’s contour has been removed from the Raw area on WWE.com. You now get a “Page Not Found” message. His $300,000 per year arrangement is not accepted to be renewed aback it expires in January.

Fox and MyNetworkTV affiliates accept been active a cardinal of commercials announcement a bout amid Triple H and Jeff Hardy on this week’s copy of Friday Night SmackDown.

Mike Mooneyham has an account with ECW Champion Matt Hardy today. He believes brother Jeff will anon accept a appellation run. “I anticipate WWE will cull the activate on him. I achievement they do because it’s article he absolutely deserves,” Hardy said. “He’s sacrificed his anatomy and aggregate he has for the able wrestling/sports ball business through WWE. I anticipate it’ll appear eventually rather than later. Jeff has absolutely developed up and accomplished a lot inside.” Matt additionally said he has no worries for his brother. “I anticipate these canicule Jeff gets a bad rap for some of these things, because Jeff is absolutely acceptable and he’s in a abundant abode in his life,” Hardy said. “There was a time, if you go aback to 2003, had you asked me if I was afraid about Jeff, I would accept told you that I absolutely was afraid about Jeff. Now I accept aught worries about him.” Matt additionally said he’s not anguish aback Jeff takes aerial risks in the ring. “It’s no big accord for him to booty some affectionate of huge risk, and he absolutely doesn’t anguish about the consequences,” Matt said. “Sometimes in activity that’s how it is. It’s adamantine for him to alive in a arrangement to a degree. But Jeff is absolutely accomplishing absolute able-bodied appropriate now.” He additionally commented on his above adherent Amy “Lita” Dumas, adage they advance an accordant relationship. “She’s accomplishing okay. I allocution to her every so often,” Hardy said. “We’re affable and get along. It’s all good. You can’t sit aback and authority on to article forever. It’s bad on you. It’s activity to affect you activity forward.”

KnoxNews.com has an account with Chris Jericho. The above WWE World Heavywight Champion commented on the time he spent in Morristown, Tennessee while alive for Smoky Mountain Wrestling in the mid-nineties. “I’d go to the 24-hour Wal-Mart in Morristown,” Jericho said on aggravating to accept fun in the baby town. “I’d go to the Sizzler, and I went to a lot of movies. Thank advantage for Morristown’s cine theater.” Jericho additionally talks about defective a breach from WWE for a while and aggravating out added things.

Matt Hardy has a new blog with a band advising bodies watch the “Bigger, Stronger, Faster” documentary (which focuses on steroids in sports). Hardy additionally wishes anybody a abundant Thanksgiving

WWE admirers in Philadelphia are activity to accept to accord with a cardinal of SmackDown preemptions in Philadelphia this advancing baseball division back the bounded MyNetworkTV associate aloof active a accord to advertisement Philadelphia Phillies games. The affiliate’s website put out a columnist absolution announcement the acknowledgment of Phillies amateur to the station.

WWE Diva Candice Michelle fabricated her acknowledgment aftermost night in a Winner Takes All match, teaming with Kofi Kingston to lose to wwe Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix and Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella. wwe had appear promotional actual for SmackDown on MyNetworkTV a ages ago that featured Candice on it but for now it appears she will abide on the RAW brand.

FCW’s Jake Hager formed the RAW appearance aftermost night also, accident to Jamie Noble. Other matches on the agenda saw Snitsky defeat Primo Colon, Batista defeat William Regal, Rhodes and DiBiase defeat Cryme Tyme, D-Lo Brown defeat Lance Cade, Mark Henry defeat Matt Hardy in a Special Attraction bout and CM Punk defeat Kane in the capital event.