Orton's In-Ring Return Update, Austin/MMA Update, WWE Changes, More
? Randy Orton is scheduled to return to the ring at either next's week Raw, or the following week. Orton's advertised to appear on some Raw brand house shows in Europe starting in the middle of next week.
? As reported earlier and EXCLUSIVELY by MMAScoops.com, there was an incident involving Steve Austin and fellow actor Paul Lazenby during the filming of a fight scene for Austin's next movie, "Damage." While filming a scene with the MMA fighter, he accidentally clipped Lazenby on the nose with a left-hand jab. TMZ.com has picked up the story and noted the original report of Lazenby bleeding from the nose for 20 minutes while medics tended to him. Lazenby has an official website and wrote a blog regarding the incident, saying the issue has since been resolved. "I want to stress that this was NOT a case of negligence or incompetence, just one of those things that can happen even between skilled performers when they're swinging their fists at one another," Lazenby wrote. I don't blame Steve at all, he just made a mistake that even the best stunt performers can make (and one of which I'm certainly not innocent)." You can read his blog at www.PaulLazenby.com.
? I want to issues a huge THANK YOU to TMZ.com and the other national media outlets who have picked up the exclusive MMAScoops.com story that I broke on Steve Austin last night. This has made national media and the MMA traffic on the site today is huge.
? Earlier this week, former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho stopped by Sirius XM Radio's Hip Hop Nation for an interview with Orlando Quinones of "The After Hours Spot Radio Show." He discussed his new reality show, "Redemption Song", his program with Shawn Michaels, and losing his title at Cyber Sunday. You can view the entire interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wztZd_Gie5k.
? In case you haven't noticed, WWE.com changed their video format this past week. They're now posting their videos in the Flash file format – like YouTube – instead of the Windows Media Player format, which wouldn't load for some Firefox users. Also, the video quality has improved as they've begun airing their video content in HD. You can see the new and improved WWE.com video section.