Rob Van Dam/WWE Update, 'The Wrestler' News & Notes, More

The Charlotte Observer currently has an interview up with former WCW performer Lodi. In the interview, Lodi tries to compare his career to that of Mickey Rourke's character in The Wrestler.

The Miami Herald has an interview up with former WWE performer Romeo Roselli (one half of the Heart Throbs Tag Team), who has a role in The Wrestler, wrestling Ron Killings and then talking to Randy the Ram. Roselli has been having good success in his post WWE career, as he has picked up a lot of acting gigs.

For those interested, The Wrestler was up to #14 this week earning $3.7 million, raising its six week total to $9.5 million. The movie had a very good per theater average, taking in $6,537 per theater.

Starting at midnight on Wednesday, January 28th, ESPN Classic will replace the Classic AWA Shows with the Herb Abrams UWF shows.

As noted earlier, the word backstage last night was that Rob Van Dam's appearance in the Royal Rumble was just a one-shot deal, like his appearance at Raw's 15th Anniversary show. WWE approached RVD about the appearance over a week ago, and he is considered to have an open door with the company, as they would bring him back fulltime if he wanted.