SESCOOPS.COM reader Chris Yandek sent along the following: In an interview with Chris Yandek of CYInterview.com, actor Omar Benson Miller reveals one of The Rock’s upcoming acting projects will be with HBO. The CSI: Miami star will be starring in the movie with him and he says it will have a football theme. The project will be shot in Miami.

“It’s kind of under wraps, but it’s based on a few retired athletes, retired NFL players and it’s The Rock. Mark Wahlberg is producing it. I’m excited about that one, really excited. It’s gonna be on HBO.”

You can find more of the interview with actor Omar Benson Miller at CYInterview.com.

-Speaking of The Rock, the WWE Superstar recently noted on Twitter that it takes three hours to prepare for “Hercules” filming each week. Rock also posted this photo of the gel used to cover up his tattoos.

Rock’s tweet read:

3 hour daily process begins.. hair, beard & ink coverage. #StartWithPecs #DontMakeItWeird HERCULESMovie

Details On When The Rock Will Make His Next WWE Return

The following are results from the WWE live event from Melbourne, Australia. The event took place on Friday, July 26, 2013.

-The Miz defeated Antonio Cesaro

The match was given around 15 minutes. Was said to be a good match. Miz was actually pretty over as a babyface, while Cesaro managed to draw decent heat.

-Natalya defeated Aksana

Was said to be a pretty bad match. A lot of rest holds. Finish came when Natalya forced Aksana to submit with the Sharpshooter.

-The Great Khali defeated Jinder Mahal

Apparently a typical Khali match here. Not going to win any “match of the year” contests. Khali went over clean.

-John Cena defeated Ryback in a Tables Match to retain the WWE Championship

Cena won his first match of the evening, a Tables Match, against Ryback. The finish came when Cena hit the Attitude Adjustment on Ryback through a table. Was said to be a fun match for the live crowd.

-Curtis Axel defeated Zack Ryder and Heath Slater to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship

The depth of the roster was exposed here, as Axel won a pretty random triple-threat match. Axel went over clean to retain his Intercontinental Championship.

-Daniel Bryan and Dean Ambrose fight to a No Contest in a Melbourne Street Fight

This match was a “fans choice” match. The options were a Melbourne Street Fight or a Submission Match. Of course the fans voted for the local option, so a Melbourne Street Fight it was. Foreign objects such as kendo sticks and steel chairs were used. Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns from The Shield interfered on behalf of Ambrose. This led to Cena and Kane coming out to even things up. This also led to an “impromptu” six-man tag main event.

-John Cena, Daniel Bryan and Kane defeated The Shield

Basic six-man tag match. Everyone got some of their stuff in. The finish came when Kane got the hot-tag, cleaned house and won with a Chokeslam.

Live Notes: Was said to be a decent show. The event was nearly sold out, so there were close to 15,000 fans in attendance.

John Cena Turning Heel?, Major WMXXX Changes + WWE To Induct Warrior Into HOF

This week on the Breakdown, Steve runs down the history and legacy of the one and only Paul Heyman. (more…)

-You can officially pencil in the TNA World Heavyweight Championship rematch between Chris Sabin and Bully Ray for the August 15th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling.

The Sabin/Ray rematch will be held inside of a steel cage, and will serve as the main event for the 8/15 show, which will be a “Hardcore Justice” themed event, much like the “Destination X” edition of Impact Wrestling that aired recently.

-Speaking of Sabin, he along with TNA Knockout Velvet Sky and TNA announcer Jeremy Borash will be signing autographs at 2pm E.T. today at Direct Auto Insurance (3907 Victory Drive) in Columbus, Georgia to promote tonight’s live event at the Columbus Civic Center.

Borash tweeted the following about the personal appearance:

Come meet @ProjectSabin @VelVelHoller & @JeremyBorash from 2-4pm today at @DirectAutoIns in Columbus, GA!!

More Shocking TNA Main-Roster Cuts Expected [DETAILS HERE >>]

Dwyane “The Rock” Johnson is currently overseas filming the big budget movie, “Hercules: The Thracian Wars,” which is set for a July 25th, 2014 release date. The movie is based on the graphic novel by graphic novel by Steve Moore and Cris Bolsin of the same name and is about the brutal wars Hercules fought in. WWE Diva Tamina Snuka, The Rock’s cousin, will also have a supporting role in the film. With a budget of approximately $110 million, this will be The Rock’s biggest leading role to date.

We’ve assembled the above image gallery of The Rock on the set of the movie – as well as some artwork from the graphic novel the movie is based on.

-WWE developmental wrestler James Bronson is currently out of action recovering from back surgery. Bronson’s procedure was performed by Dr. James Maroon. Bronson, who is already 38 years old, is the son of Neil Freidman. Freidman was the president of Mattel from 2005 until 2001, and most recently was the president of Toys R Us.

-Due to the fact that the SmackDown taping for this Friday’s show was moved from Tuesday to Wednesday this week, WWE didn’t have enough time to properly edit the show. Because of that, the Australian broadcast ended up being a generic show with clips in place of an actual new episode.

WWE To Add A Fourth Member To The Wyatt Family? [WWE RUMORS >>]

[Credit: F4WOnline.com]

There’s no doubt that Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose are three of WWE’s breakout star of 2013. However, in recent weeks, there’s been a lot of buzz behind the scenes that The Shield has fallen out of favor with WWE management due to their backstage conduct.

Roman Reigns reportedly had beef with locker room veteran Randy Orton after Reigns called him out for being careless in the ring during a recent WWE live event. There was also some sort of issue between Seth Rollins and the Big Show.

Regardless of what happened, WWE sources indicate that Triple H and Vince McMahon butted heads regarding how to handle the situations. Vince McMahon was in favor of disciplining The Shield and pulling back on their push, while Triple H fought to keep them strong on television and continue building them as a main-event level act.

Whatever heat The Shield had has died down. Rollins & Reigns match against The Usos won them back a lot of favor with management and the feeling is that they’re still an act WWE is committed to.

(Credit to f4wonline.com for some of the information used in this report)

Paul Heyman tweeted this awesome SummerSlam parody PPV poster, courtesy of vk.com/wwenews:

VIDEO of PAIGE defeating EMMA for the NXT WOMEN’s Championship

WWE NXT Paige was crowned the first-ever NXT Women’s Champion on this week’s NXT show and spoke to WWE.com about her big win:

“To be the first NXT Women’s Champion is such an honor. It’s so overwhelming that it hasn’t fully sunk in yet. Emma gave me a heck of a match and I have so much respect for her. We made history. I still can’t believe I can say that I’ve made history in WWE. I cried and cried when I won it and the support from everyone has been crazy. I’m getting goose bumps and teary-eyed just talking about it.”

 

“I want everyone to know that they can accomplish anything they want at any age if they just be themselves. I want to encourage millions to chase their dreams and to never change. Everyone should also know how to throw a good right hook!

Here’s a photo of Triple H awarding Paige with the gold:

– CM Punk’s reference to Brock Lesnar being a former UFC Heavyweight Champion was edited off the RAW replay that aired in Australia this week.

– At Thursday night’s WWE TV tapings, JBL and Josh Matthews did commentary for Main Event (airing 7/31). Michael Cole and Alex Riley did commentary for the SmackDown show that will air next Friday, August 2nd.

– The 2013 WWE TLC pay-per-view will take place on December 15th from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Tickets are now available via online pre-sale.

– The dark main event after last night’s WWE SmackDown tapings from Houston, TX saw World Heavyweight champion Alberto Del Rio defeat Dolph Ziggler in a street fight. The finish came after Del Rio hit Ziggler with a steel chair. After the match, Ziggler avoided another chair shot from Del Rio and hit him with a Zig Zag to end the show.

* VIDEO of PAIGE defeating EMMA for the NXT WOMEN’s Title – AMAZING Match

The following is a spoiler-free preview for tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown on Syfy:

* CM Punk vs. Fandango

* Alberto Del Rio vs. Rob Van Dam

* Randy Orton vs. Damien Sandow

* Mark Henry and The Usos vs. The Prime Time Players and Wade Barrett

* The Wyatt Family vs. Tons of Funk

* Jack Swagger vs. Christian

• VIDEO of PAIGE Becoming The First Ever NXT DIVAS Champion

At Thursday night’s WWE SmackDown tapings from Houston, Texas (airing Friday, August 2nd) – Christian became the #1 contender to Alberto Del Rio’s World Heavyweight championship.

Christian defeated Rob Van Dam and Randy Orton in a 3-way match to earn the title shot.

(Spoilers) Complete WWE SmackDown Taping Results For Next Week

Here’s a photo from the tapings of the WWE Superstar who could be the next World Heavyweight champion:

NXT developmental divas Page and Emma wrestled on this week’s NXT show to crown the first ever NXT Womens Champion. 20-year-old “Anti-Diva” Paige took the gold in one hell of a match that will make a new era in Women’s wrestling for WWE.  Check out the match below –

Photo of Paige & AJ Lee With Their Title Belts

Photos of Paige Before She Was A WWE Diva

WWE taped Main Event for next week prior to filming next week’s SmackDown at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on Thursday evening. Below are complete spoiler results.

Dark Match

-The Wyatt Family defeated Tons Of Funk.

Lots of heat from the fans in Houston for the Wyatts. Erick Rowan hit a big splash on Brodus Clay. After that, Bray Wyatt got out of his rocking chair and finished off Clay. Wyatt then cut another one of his promos on Kane. Not a typical dark match, although they could have been re-taping a television match, as they had the SmackDown ring apron and lighting for this match.

WWE Main Event Taping

-The WWE broadcast team of JBL and Josh Mathews were introduced for the Main Event television taping, which is set to begin momentarily …

-Wade Barrett defeated R-Truth

Barrett and Truth are up first for Main Event. The crowd is pretty hot, as they eventually got into this match, especially when Truth was firing up on offense. Truth hit an axe kick and powerbomb out of the corner on Barrett. He tried to dive through the ropes but Barrett hit the Bullhammer Elbow and picked up the pinfall victory.

-The Usos defeated The Prime Time Players

The Usos were in control of the offense of the match for pretty much the duration of the bout. Once Titus O’Neil tagged in, the Prime Time Players mounted a bit of offense, but it was short-lived as The Usos ultimately pinned O’Neil to pick up the victory.

Mark Henry defeated Drew McIntyre

The World’s Strongest Man picked up the pinfall in what amounted to basically a squash match victory over the 3MB member.

WWE to Add 4th Wyatt Member?, Warrior/WWE HOF 2014 Class, Huge SummerSlam Changes!

WWE concludes its’ stretch of four television tapings in four nights as they run Houston, Texas later this evening to tape next week’s edition of WWE SmackDown.

Local commercials over the past month have advertised a dark match main event of Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler in a Street Fight for the World Heavyweight Championship.

Recently, WWE has focused promotion in the local market on CM Punk, Rob Van Dam and Sin Cara.

With the majority of the RAW roster unavailable tonight, the following stars are still advertised to appear: Del Rio, Ziggler, Punk, Van Dam, Sin Cara, Randy Orton, Sheamus, Damien Sandow, Cody Rhodes, Wade Barrett, Titus O’Neil, Darren Young, Layla, Kaitlyn and Booker T.

Speaking of Booker T, the WWE Hall Of Famer will be honored by the city of Houston in a ceremony that will be held outside of the Toyota Center prior to the taping.

LIVE WWE SmackDown *SPOILER* Play-By-Play Results Coverage!

-WWE Senior Vice President of Special Events, John Saboor, was in San Jose, California last week meeting with officials regarding the area bidding to host WrestleMania 31. Saboor will head back to Dallas, Texas to meet with Cowboys Stadium officials in the near future.

Speaking of Saboor and Cowboys Stadium, WWE officials were apparently upset that the photo from Cowboys Stadium welcoming Saboor a few weeks ago leaked onto the internet.

-According to one source, WWE officials are apparently looking to create a big-time African American babyface. The idea is to create him to try and draw more directly from that demographic, as welll as move merchandise, similar to the role Rey Mysterio fulfills in WWE for the Latin community.

Update On Who WWE Will Push As African American Mega-Babyface!

[Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter]

– WWE NXT is hold a live event tonight at the NXT Arena in Tampa, Florida. The Wyatt Family, Kassius Ohno, Adrian Neville, Charlotte and Paige are all advertised to appear.

– Earlier this week, the UK’s Sun Newspaper reported that former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler was in talks with the organization about returning soon. They even stated that WWE was planning to pair Keibler with Daniel Bryan upon her return.

Despite these reports, a WWE spokesperson has addressed the situation, telling PWInsider.com:

“We are not speaking with her.”

Keibler is hosting the new show “Supermarket Superstar” on the Lifetime cable channel.

– As reported last night, there was a brawl in the crowd at Tuesday night’s WWE RAW tapings from Laredo, Texas. The local FOX 39 affiliate reports that one of the fans involved was sent to the hospital.

The fight reportedly involved two families, with one father asking the parents of another guest to control their child, beceause he continually bumped into his children while walking in front of them. According to FOX 39, the victim ended up being “savagely assaulted” and was knocked unconscious.

No arrests have been made and the victim has yet to file charges.

– The latest episode of WWE Inbox looks at which WWE Superstars need a tan.

“Christian and his fellow Superstars tell you who they think are the pastiest guys in the locker room.”

WWE legend Kevin Nash was interviewed earlier this week by Chad Dukes of 106.7 the Fan DC/CBS Radio. You can listen to audio of the full interview at ChadDukesWrestlingShow.com:

Here are some highlights of what he said about:

Scott Hall’s recovery: “One thing Dallas [Page] gives that a lot of people just don’t have is Dallas has always been the cup half full guy. He’s a real positive human being. I just think that’s what Scott needed more than anything, to be around somebody who’s a positive influence, and to get him pointed in the right direction. Dallas was going to try and get him on the YRG, but once he got down there his hip was so bad they had to get a hip replacement and that’s really held Scott up. He got to a position where he was living clean, there were people around him 24/7 that cared about him, and it just made it easier, that transition to determine on a daily basis not to use.

“My whole thing was they kinda hijacked him on YouTube . They cut that promo where Scott wasn’t aware that it would even air and he was hammered drunk. That was my whole problem, you don’t do that to somebody. Show him six weeks later in Atlanta and then say this is where he came from and you show that second, but you don’t show that first.”

The Success of the Shield and WWE Developmental: “I think those three guys have done a great job. I think that they’ll all break away and have good individual careers, from that stable. They’ll all go off to be single guys. They’ve done a really good job because they’ve built, Hunter’s got a great developmental program down in Orlando now, and its all under one roof. Nobody’s being taught bad habits and have to have those habits broke and be taught the ‘WWE way.’ Everybody’s being taught the ‘WWE way’ coming in the door, and I think that way the transition from NXT to Raw is such an easy transition for the guys because the Full Sail set up, and a lot of people haven’t seen it, is just like a mini Raw. When you come down to the ring it has that same feeling.”

His Previous Comments About Punk & Bryan Being Too Small: “I’ll always feel that way… when they made the movie Avengers, Scarlett Johannsen, Hawkeye and Captain America did not fit with Thor and Hulk.

“People want that. Ryback got pushed to the moon because he had that look. People want to see that. You get over faster if you look like you’re a monster. I don’t take anything away from… I wanna see a 6’5″ guy get on the mound and throw a 110mph fast ball. I really don’t want to see some guy doin’ the Maddox [former MLB Pitcher Greg Maddox] and cuttin’ the corners and all that. I appreciate it, but I wanna see somebody come in there and throw 3 pitches, 110mph, strike the guy out.”

Daniel Bryan: “I would love for him to carry me.”

After getting bombarded with negative feedback on Twitter from her #AskDixie campaign, TNA President Dixie Carter issued the following statement on the TNA website on Thursday, addressing the state of the company:

“Hi everyone,

In the 11+ years that I have been with TNA, I am still amazed by the passion of pro wrestling fans. That passion – both positive and negative – is remarkable and something that all of us at TNA values.

With that said, I asked for questions from you like I have done many times in the past, but I didn’t provide a timeframe by which I would answer you. I know I have frustrated you all, and I apologize. Beginning next week, each Thursday, I will answer legitimate questions from you on a weekly basis. I will not, however, address outrageous or hurtful questions/posts.

I also wanted to take this opportunity to provide perspective from inside TNA – where we stand and where, with support from our current and future fans around the globe, we are going. What is being shared with you now is what was shared with the IMPACT roster before our phenomenal Destination X show from Louisville, KY last week.

This has been a big year for TNA. We took IMPACT LIVE on the road, exactly where it needs to be – where you’ve asked us to be – in your backyard. We also changed our Pay-Per-View schedule, shifting from 12 to four live Pay-Per-View events each year, in order to increase the value of these events for you. To grow TNA, these are moves that needed to be made. And, part of changes like this, includes structural changes within TNA to align with this new business model.

Many of your comments and questions reference our recent roster changes. The relationship that fans have with wrestlers is unique and one of the many great aspects of the wrestling business. And, for this reason, releasing talent is never easy – not for you and not for us. But, bringing in fresh faces and the best wrestling talent in the world is what you expect, and what TNA will always strive to deliver. Recently, we have brought back some talent favorites (Sonjay Dutt, Petey Williams and Homicide), and you will continue to see this and new talent that we are excited to introduce you to in the coming months.

TNA has always been, and will continue to be, a place where you can interact with the superstars, whether in person at a live show or via social channels, like Twitter and Facebook. We are constantly exploring new and interesting ways to take this interaction to another level, and you will see this unfold in the coming months. I appreciate each of you taking the time to share your thoughts, opinions and ideas. Your input and feedback helps us create a better product. I hope you will join us when IMPACT LIVE comes to your area.

Yours,

Dixie”

Former WWE developmnetal wrestler Brian McGhee (DT Porter) has been arrested for allegedly stabbing and killing a woman at an apartment complex on Wednesday night.

The victim has been identified as 25-year-old Bianca McGaughey and is believed to be a former girlfriend of McGhee’s.

A spokeswoman for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office says that police were called to the apartment complex around 8:30 and found the woman on a sidewalk after having been stabbed “multiple times in the neck and torso” area.

McGhee was identified as the prime suspect in the murder, which led to a police chase. McGhee eventually crashed his car in Downtown Tampa, which resulted in injuries. Even then, he would not cooperate with authorities. Police on the scene had to let a police dog into the crashed vehicle to get McGhee out of his car.

He was arrested and booked at Pasco County Jail on Thursday morning. He will be charged with first-degree murder.

DT Porter Posts “Cry For Help” On Facebook Last Year Before His WWE Release

– World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio suffered a broken rib in his match with Sheamus on Monday night. He’s not expected to miss any ring time.

– Speaking of Del Rio, his brother Memo Montenegro was released from NXT last week because his ring work was not very good and WWE was not satisfied with his lack of improvement.

– WWE’s storyline of Brad Maddox running RAW and Vickie Guerrero running SmackDown has been in the works for several weeks now.

– With planning well underway for next year’s WrestleMania XXX show, several big changes were made to the top planned matches. Of course, with 9 months to go, the card is far from finalized.

* STEVE AUSTIN’s Rumored WrestleMania XXX Opponent – NOT CM Punk!

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

Scott Hall is the latest guest on WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin’s “Steve Austin Show” podcast:

Scott Hall, aka Razor Ramon, joins Steve in the ring. So lock up kid, grab a head lock, one tackle, drop down, reverse, a hip toss, and get ready for THING IN THE RING! 

 Listen Here: Scott Hall on the Steve Austin Show (.MP3)

– With Vince McMahon personally welcoming the Ultimate Warrior back to WWE and Warrior posting a lengthy message to Vince on Twitter suggesting they meet in person (Read Here), there is renewed speculation that Warrior will be part of the WWE Hall of Fame’s Class of 2014.

– It was reported last week that WWE developmental talent Kassius Ohno (formerly Chris Hero) is in the doghouse because he has not taken seriously WWE’s instruction that he needs to work on his physique. Hero reportedly angered Triple H by not working out enough and was pulled from the past 2 NXT television tapings.

After hero was pulled from those shows (and other NXT live events) he reportedly told that he needs to concentrate all his efforts on his physique and his strength/conditioning training. Ohno gets great reviews for his in-ring work, mic skills and overall attitude, but WWE officials will not bring him up to the main roster until he gets in better physical shape.

He is now back on the road with NXT and is scheduled for upcoming live events.

* STACY KEIBLER Returning To WWE To Manage DANIEL BRYAN?! Full Details

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)