With the 500th episode of WWE Smackdown airing Friday night, Jim Ross discusses the very first episode of the show on his blog, which you can read at JrsBarBQ.com.

WWE will be releasing a new Stone Cold Steve Austin shirt to commemorate his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. The shirt will include a list of his career accomplishments listed on the back of the shirt.

Advanced ticket sales for WrestleMania 25 in Houston, TX on April 5 have now topped $6 million making it officially the largest gate in the history of North American pro wrestling reports The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The show also beats out any MMA gate in North America. The all-time pro wrestling record was $7 million in 1998 for Antonio Inoki's retirement match at the Tokyo Dome, while the all-time MMA record is $7.4 million in Japan for the Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Mirko Cro Cop match at Tokyo National Stadium.