Some of Todays Wrestling News and Rumours (Possible spoilers) ***NO CHAT***

The very first details on the next WWE game have spilled out thanks to a blog by former announcer Jim Ross. The game, which he didn't specify by name, will feature WWE legends getting in the ring with the current roster of superstars with Ross on commentary alongside longtime broadcast partner Jerry "The King" Lawler.

Ross wrote on his blog (via IncGamers), "It looks like WWE has lined up a really cool, THQ video game for me to work on and that I will likely be broadcasting along side the King in the game where Legends compete with active Superstars. I'm not sure of the release date or the creative details, etc but the concept, as explained to me, was really cool. I hope to begin my voice overs in the next week or two. We're burning daylight on this one and need to get rocking. I'm ready!"

THQ released WWE: Legends of Wrestlemania in March of 2009 and featured only a cast of legends, although you could import the current WWE roster if you owned a copy of Smackdown vs. Raw 2009. Despite the novel concept of playing as the legends and taking part in their Wrestlemania feuds, the game was largely based around quick-time events and not the sort of real-time action the SvR games featured.

By the sound of it, it seems very likely that this new game is a sequel of some sort to Legends of Wrestlemania and not simply Smackdown vs. Raw 2011. Were it the new SvR, it's unlikely that Ross would be doing commentary, as he has been off television for some time now due to an incident with his Bell's palsy and a youth movement by the WWE brass.

Either way, let's hope WWE head honco Vince McMahon is feeling more charitable this time around and allows the "Macho Man" Randy Savage, who was a noteworthy omission from the first Legends game, to be in this newest title.

Evan Bourne's push last week came partly because John Cena went to Vince McMahon and basically told him that the company was dropping the ball by not pushing Bourne. Another part of the reason was that with Daniel Bryan and Kaval coming up to the main roster, WWE wants to condition fans to accept a small guy as a main eventer.

According to a source within WWE, Chris Jericho's WWE contract is set to expire sometime this fall.
At this point, I was told that "all bets are off" where it concerns Jericho creatively, meaning that whatever plans WWE creative had in place for him prior to his booking of the "Downfall" game show are now off the books.
The reason for this is that WWE is unsure how much time Jericho might miss due to the game show, and WWE is especially concerned that the game show booking might lead to other Hollywood bookings which might result in Jericho leaving the company when his contract expires.
It should also be noted that the way Jericho is being booked on TV right now is NOT a punishment for him doing the game show. Rather, I was told that Jericho does not mind losing, and he doesn't consider himself jobbing as he feels he has accomplished everything he can in the pro wrestling business and his current story line is helping put over young talent.
I was also told that Jericho is currently being booked by WWE in the style of JBL and/or Batista. If you recall, both JBL and Batista wanted out of WWE, so the company booked them on a losing streak which eventually lead to them "quitting" as a result of so many losses. In Jericho's case, I was told WWE is booking him in this fashion so that the company has a creative way of writing him off TV and out of the company should he decide to leave when his contract expires.

On the "Right After Wrestling
" program, Arda Ocal and Jimmy Korderas cleared up the news circulating about the WWE banning the knife edge chop. Korderas explained that the move has actually been banned for years, back to when Ric Flair was still with the company. Only Flair and Shawn Michaels were allowed to use a knife edged chop - in fact at many events they would post "no chops!" signs at the gorilla position.