Inspiration Behind 'Pretty Ricky', Mike Knox Turns 31, 'Mania

The Wrestlemania: 25th Anniversary three-disc DVD set tops this week's Recreational Sports DVD video sales chart on Billboard. Four weeks into its release, the Macho Madness: The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection DVD set is still hanging on as it finished in second place. In an interesting note, the 2007 release, John Cena: My Life, shot up out of nowhere to No. 3.

Today is Mike Knox's birthday. He turns 31 years old.

SmackDown wrestler R-Truth's "Pretty Ricky" persona was apparently inspired by a character actor Martin Lawrence played in the 1999 action comedy film Blue Streak. You can see video of Lawrence portraying the character at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TN2M3c88N4

The Times and Transcript has an article up on WWE returning to Moncton Coliseum, with comments from Kofi Kingston. You can check that out at https://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/