Jericho's Latest Dig At Nash, CM Punk Comments, WWE Signs New Wrestler, HBK Appreciation Night
- WWE has signed European wrestler Tom La Ruffa to a development deal. La Ruffa was trained by Lance Storm, and had a tryout match last year. La Ruffa commented on the signing on his Facebook page, writing, "Proud to work for the best sports entertainment company in the world!"
- WWE has added new Shawn Michaels Appreciation Night merchandise at WWEShop.com at this link.
- As noted last night, Chris Jericho took a swipe at Kevin Nash for Nash's recent comments in an interview with Grantland.com about how the business ended when Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero hugged as world champions at WrestleMania XX. Jericho responded to Nash's remarks on his Twitter, writing, "Funny how @realkevinnash says wrestling 'died' when Benoit and Guerrero were champs-Yet the worst year for WWE biz was 95 when he was on top"
Nash replied to Jericho's message, writing, "Once again the puppet master pulls the marks strings .Knew Jericho was a closet mark.First one eliminated on a bulls–t sing show...REALLY!!"
Jericho replied, "Hope @realkevinnash doesn't tear his quad tweeting! #typicalbigman #nwothirdwheel"
CM Punk also responded to Nash, writing on his Twitter, "PULL THE STRINGS! PULL THE STRINGS!!!!"
Ensar Basaran contributed to this article.