WWE’s Newest Grand Slam Champion, Austin and Tough Enough, DeMott Projects, More

Posted by Marc Middleton on May 2, 2011 at 2:45 PM

- Devin sent the following: WWE returns to the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Mississippi on August 26th, 2011 and the Fed-Ex Forum in Memphis, Tennessee on August 27th, 2011.

- WWE Tough Enough trainer Bill DeMott has re-opened his wrestling school in McDonough, Georgia. Their website is at newenergywrestling-llc.com. DeMott also has an autobiography coming out soon, as noted before, and the foreword is written by wrestling legend Les Thatcher.

- Steve Austin was scheduled to appear at the USA Network’s Upfront presentation in New York City today. As noted before, network officials have been planning a second season of WWE Tough Enough.

- Several readers sent word that Christian is now the 9th WWE star to become a Grand Slam Champion after winning the World Heavyweight Title last night. Christian has now held the World Tag Team Titles, the Intercontinental Title, the European/Hardcore Title and now the World Title. The last Grand Slam Champion in WWE was JBL in 2009 when he won the Intercontinental Title.

Partial source: PWInsider