Big Show Rumor Control, Hulk Hogan’s Metallica Dream, Jeff Hardy

– Jeff Hardy’s latest court appearance on the array of drug-related charges was scheduled for today.

– Hulk Hogan’s claim that he hoped to pursue a music career as a bassist for legendary band Metallica, which appeared in a Chicago Tribune feature on his new book, has been picked up by some mainstream media.

Hogan noted that when he found out Metallica was looking for a bassist several years ago, he threw his name into the hat but never heard back. He had a similar story about attempting to reach out to the Rolling Stones to offer his four string services, only to get nothing in the way of a response.

“I would have quit wrestling in a heartbeat to be a bass player for Metallica,” says Hogan.

– A scathing ESPN article on “Knucklehead,” the upcoming WWE Films project starring The Big Show, has come under fire not for its obvious anti-WWE Films bias but for allegedly making a mistake in calling the film an MMA-themed movie.

While the MMA claim does contradict initial reports that the film would revolve around professional wrestling, it does not contradict WWE Corporate’s statement on the film: “Written by Tom Sullivan & Bear Aderhold and Adam Rifkin, “Knucklehead” follows the on-the-road adventures of a trio of misfits – a naïve giant and church orphan-turned-amateur fighter Walter Krunk (BIG SHOW); former mixed martial arts champion-turned-manager Eddie Sullivan (MARK FEUERSTEIN); and church aide-turned-chaperone, Mary O’Connor (MELORA HARDIN) – fighting their way across the south to the annual Pro-Am mixed martial arts tournament in New Orleans.”