UFC Prez Says Rock Is "The Coolest", Y2J Talks Fight With Vince, Guerrero's Debut & More

– UFC President Dana White urged his followers on Twitter to follow The Rock today, tweeting, "Follow @TheRock. Trust me when I say I've met everyone in Hollywood and this guy is the coolest." The Rock responded by tweeting, "Thank you my brotha, @danawhite. Look forward to seeing you soon. Keep kicking ass." You can follow The Rock on Twitter at Twitter.com/#!/TheRock.

– Speaking of Twitter, make sure to follow us on Twitter at Twitter.com/WrestlingInc by clicking here. We just added The Rock to our "wrestlers" list, which you can follow that tracks the Twitters of the major stars in wrestling.

– And while on the UFC, FightLine.com has an article about former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans saying that he learned that Fedor Emelianenko was distraught heading into his fight with Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva this past Saturday because his priest wasn't there. For the full article, click here.

– Dalton Karle sent along this link of a cam recording of Shaul Guerrero's debut match. Shaul is the daughter Vickie and the late Eddie Guerrero.

– Chris Jericho called The Soscia Network Radio Show in Philly today to talk about his new book. During the interview he recalls getting chewed out by Vince McMahon after he accidentally gave Chyna a black eye in a match. McMahon ripped him to shreds, telling Y2J that his contract wasn't worth the paper it's printed on. "I'd spent 9 years trying to get to WWE and after 9 weeks I was sitting in his [Vince's] office basically being threatened of being fired that quickly," recalled Jericho. "I was thinking that it's not supposed to be this way. That's why I think Undisputed is getting such good reviews. This dream came true and it was more of a nightmare." You can check out more of the interview at this link.

– Tonight on the Comedy Central show Tosh.0, they did a bit on the YouTube video with the Crying Wrestling Fan. In his version of what they call the "Web Redemption," he had the fan participate in a wrestling event with Sgt. Slaughter, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase, and Koko B. Ware. They mocked Piper's Pit as well, calling it Tosh's Pit, while Tosh was dressed as Piper. If you've never seen the video of the Crying Wrestling Fan, you've got to check it out, it's below:

Chris benedict and Evan S contributed to this article.

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