The WWE Fan Council issued the following survey to fans on possible DVD releases. Below is a list of potential titles under consideration.

Roman Reigns – Roman Reigns has burst on the scene to become one of the biggest superstars to date… but it’s no surprise as his historical lineage has set him up for greatness. Go behind the scenes with Roman as he prepares for the biggest match of his career – the main event of WrestleMania!

WWE’s Greatest Rivalries: Tommy Dreamer vs. Raven – Tommy Dreamer and Raven had one of the fiercest rivalries in ECW… now get a chance to hear both sides as the two sit down with Joey Styles and discuss what worked, what didn’t worked and why their rivalry was so successful.

True Story of Tribute to the Troops – A behind the scenes look at what WWE calls the most important show of the year. Following its inception and with stories from those who traveled overseas each year and the importance of why it has lasted over a decade.

Booker T – An extended version of the network special – Booker T: Sentenced to Greatness. Get a behind the scenes look at Booker T, as he discusses his improbable rise from Prison to WWE Hall of Famer. PLUS a compilation of Booker T’s greatest matches, with commentary from the man himself.

Divas – The Women’s division in WWE has grown in leaps and bounds from the days of the Fabulous Moolah, to Sunny, to Trish Stratus, to Michelle McCool, and now to the future in Charlotte… hear from all the most important figures in history as they discuss how they changed the role of the female in a male dominated sport!

Lex Luger – A natural athlete, who played professional football in the CFL & USFL, then became one of the most popular wrestlers of the 80s and 90s, “The Narcissist” finds God and turns his life around, only to become paralyzed a short time later. Hear from the man himself as well as his friends and enemies as Lex’s remarkable story is told.

JBL: How to Become a Self-Made Millionaire – Follow a “day in the life” of JBL – a self-made millionaire, Texas born, New York refined. A former WWE Champion and currently a financial analyst, a political radio host, and commentator for WWE – JBL does it all, and now you can see and hear it all from the man himself!

Dudley Boyz Bio – Arguably the most successful tag team in the history of sports entertainment. Hear from Bubba Ray and D-Von as they discuss theirs trials and tribulations from the bottom to the top and what made they did that helped them become so successful.

OMG! ECW’s Top 50 Craziest Moments – OMG! It’s back and this time with by far the craziest moments to date, as ECW rears its head on this series. ECW was extreme and there is no shortage of OMG moments throughout its history. Hear exclusive interviews from ECW legends as they tell stories behind some of the craziest moments in ECW history!

Bruno Sammartino – For over 11 years there was no one better than Bruno Sammartino – WWE’s longest reigning champion of all time. Now hear from Bruno as he discusses his reign as champion in the ring and at home!

Sheamus Experience – Get a chance to follow Sheamus around on his daily routine to find out what makes the Celtic Warrior tick. Listen to him as he recalls growing up in Ireland as a fan, to beating John Cena for the WWE Championship in his first year in the WWE.

One Man Show: Stone Cold – Stone Cold Steve Austin was one of the most popular athletes in one of the most exciting times in sports entertainment history, now hear from the man himself as he tells about his meteoric rise to the top. Steve discusses his life story in humorous fashion as only the rattlesnake can, live on stage!

Eric Bischoff – A rare look inside the man who ran WCW and almost put WWE out of business only to ultimately be defeated in the Monday Night War and become a WWE employee as told by himself and those closest to him.

WWE’s Greatest Rivalries: Eric Bischoff vs. Vince McMahon – Sports entertainment was at its peak during the 1990s, and was dubbed the Monday Night War, as the two hottest brands battled in a ratings war for supremacy on Monday nights. Now listen as the head of both shows sit down and discuss this pivotal time period in the industry.

The Best of 1996: Twenty Years Later – WWE goes in depth with one of the greatest years in sports entertainment – N.W.O. takes over WCW; The Iron Man Match at WrestleMania 12; Steve Austin’s rise as Stone Cold, The Rock makes his Debut; and ECW has some of best talent in the business like Mick Foley, Steve Austin and Chris Jericho, but lose them all to the bigger companies. Listen to all the important players from one of the most important years in sports entertainment history!

Hulk Hogan: Immortal – Hulk Hogan is arguably one of the most iconic figures in sports entertainment history – it is now time to make him Immortal! Hulk Hogan gets his face cast as his body will become a bronzed statue – living in Immortality in WWE lore forever. Hear from the Hulkster himself as he talks about his early days as a guitar player in a band, to his legendary prominence as Hall of Famer.

• Did Randy Savage and Stephanie McMahon Have A Relationship?

Although former WCW acts such as Sting and the nWo made recent WWE appearances at WrestleMania 31, another former WCW performer — Bill Goldberg — guarantees we’ll never see him in WWE again.

Goldberg revealed during a recent interview with FOX Sports that he would be making a return to the pro wrestling world for at least one more match, but promises it won’t be with WWE.

“I’m going to make an appearance in professional wrestling, but it won’t be for the WWE,” Goldberg said last weekend while attending the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. “If I put wrestling boots and wrestling trunks on one last time — and I’m going to — it’s going to be done by me, and me only.”

Goldberg also noted that he is “sick and tired of dealing with promoters,” and thanks to the connections he’s made over the years, he can come back to pro wrestling without having to deal with them.

“I will be in the ring again, but I can guarantee you it won’t be with the WWE again,” Goldberg said point blank during the interview.

The former WCW mega-star also spoke about how he’s not afraid to say things about Vince McMahon or the WWE, unlike many other wrestlers in the business.

“Anything I did with the WWE was not therapeutic, by any stretch of the imagination,” said Goldberg. “The reality is that nobody’s going to tell you that because they have an umbilical cord hooked to Vince McMahon. I, ladies and gentlemen, do not. So therefore, I can say what I want and not have any repercussions because I don’t rely on them for a job.”

To read the complete interview, visit FOXSports.com.

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Samoa Joe, one of the hottest free agents in wrestling, was backstage at Thursday night’s NXT tapings from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. (Full Results)

Joe, who is rumored to be starting with NXT in June, met with WWE COO Triple H, according to a report at PWInsider.com.

No word yet if Joe has signed with WWE, but it sure looks like we could be seeing Joe (perhaps using a new ring name) debut for NXT this summer.

The prospect of Joe feuding with the likes of Kevin Owens, Finn Balor, Hideo Itami and Sami Zayn is off the charts exciting, but we’ll contain ourselves until it becomes official.

Joe also met up with Jim Ross on Thursday to tape an episode of the “Ross Report” podcast, which drops on May 5th. Ross was also at the taping.

.@JRsBBQ Good seeing you too #SauceIt

— Samoa Joe (@SamoaJoe) April 24, 2015

Tonight on Destination America, TNA presents a special Knockouts-themed edition of Impact Wrestling. Knockouts-related items for tonight include:

– TNA Knockouts Champion Taryn Terrell vs. Awesome Kong

– Angelina Love vs. Gail Kim vs. Madison Rayne vs. Brooke in a 4-way #1 Contender’s match

– Mickie James will make a big announcement

– The debut of the Dollhouse tag team

Plus, TNA World Champion Kurt Angle will defend against Eric Young.

WWE Champion Seth Rollins posted this badass photo with NXT Champion Kevin Owens to Instagram on Friday with the caption:

“Living proof of a stubborn youth. @wwe We are the ones you’ve been waiting for.”

https://instagram.com/p/13aeX0uUxp/

– Tonight’s edition of TNA Impact Wrestling will be called by Josh Mathews by himself. TNA is still in the process of finding a replacement for Taz.

– According to one source, TNA is planning on giving Ethan Carter III a big push in the near future.

– TNA President Dixie Carter noted on Twitter recently that while Eddie Edwards is out with an injury, his tag-team partner Davey Richards will be looking to pursue the TNA X-Division Championship.

– AAA has confirmed that there will in fact be a “Team TNA” in their Lucha Libre World Cup, which takes place on May 24th in Mexico. As of right now, Matt Hardy is the only confirmed member of the team.

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– Executives from WWE, Hire Heroes USA, San Francisco 49ers and Orion International answered questions and provided career advice to veterans at the WrestleMania 31 Veteran Career Panel & Networking Event last month. WWE recently posted the following video of the event.

– Triple H recently tweeted out a photo of himself with the 11 new WWE Performance Center recruits, touting the fact that they are from seven different countries. “The Game” tweeted the following:

11 new recruits. 7 different countries. Welcome to @WWENXT…the journey starts now. @WWEPerformCtr @FullSail @WWE pic.twitter.com/hrORHmeSnC

— Triple H (@TripleH) April 24, 2015

• Ric Flair Talks About His Daughter Charlotte FIGHTING Ronda Rousey!

WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley, along with his children, attended last night’s NXT television tapings at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.

NXT Diva Dana Brooke posted the following photo of herself with the Foley’s at the show last night.

??Motivated & inspired always when I get a moment w/ @realmickfoley !So helpful & kind! Also @NoelleFoley is GORGEOUS pic.twitter.com/mF6mycj4Pt

— Ash By Elegance (@Ashamae_Sebera) April 24, 2015

WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross was also in attendance at the tapings. JR noted that he saw Samoa Joe earlier in the day in Orlando, Florida, but did not specify where. JR tweeted the following about attending the NXT taping and taping the “Cheap Pops” special with Mick Foley for the WWE Network tonight.

Thx @WWENXT personnel for the hospitality & to the fans. Come see @realmickfoley & me Friday night at NXT Arena. Taping 4 @WWENetwork

— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) April 24, 2015

• Ric Flair Talks About His Daughter Charlotte FIGHTING Ronda Rousey!

Ring Of Honor performer Cedric Alexander recently spoke with the folks at the Jobbing Out podcast and had some interesting comments to make regarding The New Day faction in WWE.

“This opens up a whole different can of worms here, because everyone I know watching WWE is offended by The New Day,” said Alexander. “Extremely offended because of the whole racial thing. It’s like, `oh, we’re three black guys, we’ll sing, we’ll dance. You’ve got Kofi Kingston, who is a phenomenal athlete. Big E Langston is a gigantic, threatening man and Xavier Woods is extremely intelligent. So why make them sing and dance when they obviously can be more serious, I guess.”

Alexander continued, “When they first started this thing, it was like two or three weeks that they did it where Xavier would come out and be like a Malcolm X type of thing. He was preaching black power, without saying black power, which I think is fantastic because you don’t offend anyone. But when you’ve got three black guys singing and dancing, stereotypes get fed too much and I hate it.”

Check out the complete interview at GlennClarkRadio.com.

• Ric Flair Talks About His Daughter Charlotte FIGHTING Ronda Rousey!

Triple H recently spoke to the folks at Bleacher Report about his friendship with pound for pound boxing star Floyd Mayweather.

During the interview, “The Game” spoke about walking Mayweather to the ring for a fight he had back in 2009.

“Walking him to the ring, it was a trip,” said Triple H. “To sit there with Floyd, the greatest boxer of his generation, to be around him while he was in his dressing room warming up, it’s amazing to be around somebody at that high a level and see what they go through.”

HHH will be in attendance for Mayweather’s upcoming mega-fight with Manny Pacquiao, which takes place on Saturday, May 2nd.

Check out the complete HHH interview at BleacherReport.com.

• Ric Flair Talks About His Daughter Charlotte FIGHTING Ronda Rousey!

WWE performers Rusev and Lana attended the NHL playoff game between the Nashville Predators and the Chicago Blackhawks. The Predators went on to win the game 5-2. Rusev and Lana, who are a couple in real life, recently purchased a home in the Nashville area.

Lana tweeted the following photos of the couple at the game.

Go @PredsNHL !@RusevBUL & the #RavishingRussian are big fans now!See all the excitement in Rusev's face #NHLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/LJ4Ko8L33a

— CJ Perry (@TheCJPerry) April 24, 2015

. @RusevBUL is so excited to be a @PredsNHL fan ! #NHLPlayoffs !!! #Crush @NHLBlackhawks @NHL pic.twitter.com/uVET1aqkqG

— CJ Perry (@TheCJPerry) April 24, 2015

???? #NHLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/Yg6z0HdJXT

— CJ Perry (@TheCJPerry) April 24, 2015

As it turns out, Rusev and Lana weren’t the only pro wrestlers in attendance at the game. In addition to the two WWE performers, several other notable names attended the game, including Jeff Jarrett, Eric Young, Rockstar Spud and Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Below are some photos of them at the game as well.

https://twitter.com/hughthemanatee/status/591612991780487170

• Ric Flair Talks About His Daughter Charlotte FIGHTING Ronda Rousey!

Tickets for WWE’s November UK tour are on sale today. Here’s a full list of the shows, including RAW and SmackDown TV tapings:

WWE Live
Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
Cardiff, GB Thu 11/05/15

WWE Live
The SSE Hydro
Glasgow, GB Thu 11/05/15

WWE Live
The O2
London, GB Fri 11/06/15

WWE Live
First Direct Arena
Leeds, GB Sat 11/07/15

WWE Live
Genting Arena
Birmingham, GB Sun 11/08/15

WWE Live
Liverpool Echo Arena
Liverpool, GB Sun 11/08/15

WWE – RAW
Manchester Arena
Manchester, GB Mon 11/09/15

WWE Smackdown Live
Manchester Arena
Manchester, GB Tue 11/10/15

WWE Live
Odyssey Arena
Belfast, ND Tue 11/10/15

WWE Live
The Brighton Centre
Brighton, GB Wed 11/11/15

WWE Live
Metro Radio Arena
Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB Thu 11/12/15

WWE Live
Capital FM Arena Nottingham
Nottingham, GB Fri 11/13/15

WWE United States Champion John Cena will debut a new gray “throwback” t-shirt this Sunday at Extreme Rules.

The is already available for sale at WWEShop.com.

Here’s the description:

“Fans love him or hate him. There’s no middle ground, and that’s the power of John Cena. Whatever you think of The Champ, there’s no denying his actions impact everything and everyone around him. Sure, he has his detractors, and they’re vocal, but Cena is still easily the most admired competitor in WWE, as evidenced by his nine million–plus Facebook followers. Cenation is strong. And its message is spreading. Whether competing in the squared circle, performing in front of the camera or donating time to charitable organizations like Make-A-Wish, The Champ is there.”

– Solomon Crowe debuted new theme music at the NXT television tapings on Thursday night at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Fans will get to hear the new theme when his match with Baron Corbin airs on the May 13th edition of NXT TV.

– Speaking of last night’s NXT tapings, WWE had the new Performance Center female recruits work matches against the NXT Divas during the show. If the matches make it to air, they will be included on shows that air in May. The new male recruits from the Performance Center worked as security guards in an angle during the taping involving Rhyno.

– Seth Rollins and Kane are featured in this week’s edition of SmackDown Fallout, which you can check out below.

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Following Thursday night’s NXT TV tapings, several matches have been confirmed for the May 20th NXT TakeOver live special on the WWE Network. (more…)

WWE taped 3 weeks of NXT TV on Thursday night from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. These shows run through May 13th, the final episodes before the next NXT TakeOver live special on the WWE Network.  (more…)

As things stand right now, it’s looking like there will be a second season of Lucha Underground. Afer the finale of the 39-episode first season, the show will be going on hiatus due to Executive Producer Eric Van Wagenen’s commitment to work with Mark Burnett on the upcoming season of “The Apprentice” on NBC.

Executives from Lucha Underground are said to be in talks with Univision and if they are able to secure a deal, it would be considered a big deal because Univision is available in most homes in the United States.

One of the key problems with Lucha Underground is how the money is being spent on the product. The company has been buying advertising on WWE RAW in certain cities, but it reportedly hasn’t helped them generate any additional buzz past the talk on the internet among die-hard fans who would be aware of the product anyway.

It’s also worth noting that the idea for Lucha Underground to run non-televised live events during the summer has been dropped.

According to a source close to the company, Lucha Underground spent approximately $15.6 million, not including start-up costs, on production for season one of the show. Jim Ross noted on his podcast that he heard they have spent $20 million, so that could be the amount with the start-up costs included. Regardless, it’s a lot of money and the fact that they aren’t running live events to try and make up for some of those loses isn’t helping their bottom line.

On a positive note, Lucha Underground did get a Miller Lite sponsorship deal at the recent television tapings, something that is considered to be a good sign and a step in the right direction. The hope is that they can continue to get licensing deals and a major North American sponsorship deal for the second season of the show, a season where they will need to cut back on production costs.

Those within the industry are said to be amazed at how many people Lucha Underground has hired to work at their shows, so much so that the running joke is that the company has more workers than fans in attendance. One person noted that when a top rope broke during one of their tapings, there were a ton of people there to fix it, many who didn’t know what they were doing to the point that it took twice as long for them to fix it had they used one or two regular ring-crew workers.

Another positive for the company is that they reportedly have the best morale of any promotion in North America. The wrestlers love working there, particularly because they are allowed to do their sopts and not hold back, which is why you see so many crazy spots during matches on their shows.

Many of the regular Lucha Underground talent are looking to secure bookings for the months of May and June now that the first season of the show is wrapped up.

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(Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

Over the past several months, there’s been a great deal of uncertainty regarding the future of Lucha Underground and a potential second season.  (more…)

Dolph Ziggler posted a lengthy message on Twitter earlier today directed at Sheamus ahead of their “Kiss My Arse” match this Sunday at Extreme Rules. Ziggler vents about being a smaller guy in WWE and the “system” in place, cryptically stating that, “You’ve got 5 months to prove that ‘I’ need ‘YOU'”

https://twitter.com/HEELZiggler/status/591275817075806208

Sheamus responded:

Glad you got that off your waxed sparrow chest @HEELZiggler.

Wear chapstick on Sunday when you kiss me #ArseHawk…#ExtremeRules.

— Sheamus (@WWESheamus) April 23, 2015

Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman were recently interviewed by Justin Barrasso for Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard blog.

With rumors swirling over the past several weeks that Shawn Michaels was close to signing with WCW at the height of the Monday Night War, Nash reveals that it was actually The Undertaker who was close to jumping ship when he became a free agent in 2000. The Undertaker transforming into the American Badass biker was more than just a gimmick refresh, it was actually a move to reposition him as a more generic character that he could have brought over to WCW.

“We had ‘Taker close. All of a sudden he wasn’t the Deadman. He became the American Badass for a reason. That Deadman wasn’t going to f—in’ come to WCW. He would have been the biker character and gone by Mark Calaway.

“All along, I was trying to get guys money, I was trying to get guys paid. And what happened was Vince started giving huge guarantees to the Shawns and Undertakers and those guys and said, ‘I can’t lose my core guys.’”

Chris Jericho has been a vocal critic of Hall, Nash and Waltman over the years, labeling them as one of the main causes behind the demise of WCW. Hall and Waltman think Jericho needs to move on and enjoy the success he’s achieved in the business. Scott Hall said,

“Jericho’s just a whining puss. If you have any talent, you can’t be held back and you can’t be held down. Jericho just whines and whines. He’s gone on to be tremendously successful, and he’s still got a hard on for us. I don’t get it, but nobody makes headlines for saying, ‘Those guys are great guys. You talk about what d—s we are, and then some guy sits down and interviews you.”

Waltman worked closely with Jericho in WCW and WWE and reveals Jericho got a rude awakening when he arrived in WWE.

“Jericho realized, once he got to WWE, ‘Holy s—, I don’t know what the f— I’m doing here. That’s why Vince made him come to me and run his matches by me, even he was working with Boss Man or something. You think you know, until you finally know.”

There’s much more to the interview – including Nash reacting to reports that Vince McMahon was furious with his WWE Hall of Fame speech and Hall and Nash’s jump to WCW.

WWE performers The Miz and Summer Rae recently appeared as guests on Ring Rust Radio to promote their film, “The Marine 4.” Below are some highlights from the interview.

Whether Miz feels he has taken over the role as the Marine on a permanent basis: “It was a huge honor to be asked to do the Marine once again. We know John Cena did the first, Ted DiBiase did the second, and I did the third. Then to be asked to come back and do the fourth I couldn’t believe it. Anytime you do a movie with the name Marine in it, you have a huge pressure put on your shoulder. Those are real heroes over in war zones, sacrificing their lives, being away from their family and friends, and here I am being an actor portraying them it’s a huge honor and I hope I make them proud and entertain them and they enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.”

Miz on the main differences for as an actor between the Marine 4 and the previous installment: “Whenever you do your first movie, you’re not necessarily lost, but it’s easy to get lost. I was a person that set out and had the luxury to have Scott Wiper as my Director. Really took me under his wing and guided me through the entire process and hone in on what I had to do. Now each time I do another movie I continue to learn from each movie I do. With Marine 3, I went on to Christmas Bounty, and I learned from the other actors and other directors each time. You have to be a sponge to take it all in, and take it with you to your next movie, which for me is Marine 4. Coming into Marine 4, I really set out to make something special. To really hone in not only on the action, but the acting as well. I wanted every moment to live at that particular moment. Hopefully, people will really enjoy the time we spent doing it.”

Summer Rae on being in The Marine 4: “For me, I was so honored to get the opportunity. Since there hadn’t been any Divas that had done films yet, that kind of took me aback. I really just wanted to perform and show that I knew how to hold a gun and look like a sniper because that’s what they wanted me to be for the movie. So we had a lot of training before we started. Mike had a lot of previous experience, and that helped him bring that calming effect to the set, almost like confidence. Any questions I had no matter how silly or stupid they were I was able to ask him. The great thing was our set was like a family. We had the most amazing actors and actresses on set. The actors would always ask if I had questions and they would bounce ideas off each other, it was a real family situation. On the last day of filming, after 20 days, none of us wanted to leave.”

Miz responds to Summer: “It’s great that you talk about that, because I actually did the Campaign with Will Ferrell and Zack Galafanankis. In one of the scenes, it was a 15 hour day and just watching the way Will presented himself on set, how nice, how courteous, he was amazing. He spoke to every single person, knew everyone’s name, and was just the most amazing person. I wanted to be like that on set. I want to be that guy; he was a true star and a great person. When I came to Marine 3, I said to myself that I was going to set the tone. Everyone is going to look to me to be there early, or be there late. If I’m going to be late, then everyone is going to be late. If I show up early then everyone thinks they have to step up their game and one up everyone. That is what I tried to bring to set.”

Summer on what was it like to film the Marine 4 with Miz and whether it was comforting to know there was somebody else from WWE there during filming: “Kind of but we weren’t really on set a lot together. I played one of the mercenaries so I was one of the bad guys and he was the good guy. It was interesting in that dynamic especially while watching the movie. I didn’t see a lot of the scenes till three weeks ago when we first saw the movie. I hadn’t seen any clips till it came out at our screening five days before WrestleMania. I would see him in passing and it was good because I could text him or call him or ask him what to do. Also I didn’t have to latch on to him because I had my own set of friends. I told him that I had my own group of friends on set and they think I am hilarious.”

The Miz’s response to the same question: “So she was surrounded by a bunch of dudes. She comes up to me and tells me, “Mike, I was so funny today”. So I asked her how many girls were there, and she said none. I asked how many guys were there, well they all were. So I asked if she really thought she was that funny or was it because she was a pretty blonde girl.”

Summer Rae responds: “I was on fire; you have no idea what I was saying. It’s actually funny too because we both became friends with all the stunt people that worked there. It was almost very similar to wrestling. To be a stunt person you kind of have to have a screw loose like you do in wrestling. It was interesting how we kind of gravitated to those people.”

Miz on his win over Mizdow on Raw: “I don’t think anyone realizes how valuable the Miz brand is. I have had it over 15 years now, over a decade. I have developed it, and now my stunt double/personal assistant that I brought up and made him relevant. Damian Sandow was fired twice from this company and he was on his way out again, and I came in and gave him relevance. I gave him a championship and everything. Then of course, the WWE Universe has to tell him that he is better than the Miz, you should go out on your own, and you can do it. Then what happened? I went out there and proved them all wrong like I always do. It’s up to Damian Sandow what happens next. I can’t do anything more for him because he left and made his decision. It’s up to him if he is going to succeed or fail.”

Miz on whether his alliance with Summer Rae will continue on the air: “You never know what’s going to happen in the WWE and that’s the best part of being a WWE Superstar. You get there on Monday for Raw or Thursday for Smackdown and who knows what’s going to happen, its live TV so you never really know.”

Miz on whether he would you rather be a big-time movie star or world champion again: “It’s a difficult time, because I have done the main event of WrestleMania and retained the WWE championship. Do I want to do it again? Absolutely. I wouldn’t be in the WWE if I didn’t want the ultimate goal and that is for a Superstar to be in that main event. Obviously though doing these movies you want to be the biggest star you can be. In a sense, if I go do movies, I would always come back to WWE. Its home to me and it’s what I have always wanted to do since I was a kid.”

Miz on whether he would be a good fit on the Tough Enough training staff: “Of course it would be a good fit. I am the most successful Tough Enough contestant ever. I am the only contestant ever to win the WWE championship and main event WrestleMania. So to be asked to host would be a huge honor. Plus, it’s such a great opportunity for anyone in the world that has ever had the dream of being a WWE Superstar. When I was coming into the business, I was in the independent wrestling scene and trying to think of a way to make it here, and Tough Enough gave me that opportunity. I didn’t win Tough Enough. I worked hard enough to show the WWE execs that I wanted it bad enough that they gave me that opportunity and gave me that contract. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for anyone that has that dream, that is ready to sacrifice and do what they have to do to become a star. Would I host it? Absolutely. I would love to be a part of that show that made me and that allowed me to be here today.”

Summer Rae on how filming The Marine 4 will help going forward in the WWE: “I think that being able to do a WWE studios film gives you confidence to say that I was able to go out there and accomplish something. To be a WWE Diva was my main goal. I guess it was kind of silly of me to not dream big enough or pass that. I was just telling Mike that I never thought I would have the chance to be in a movie, a movie, that’s insane. Being able to be humbled by this and I think in this company you should feel like you are the best and there is no one better than you. You also need to be humble and stay hungry though. Being away for 20 days, it gives you that perspective so that when you come back to WWE you’re ready to do it.”

Miz responds to the same question: “I love going to do movies because it shows the more talent I have I guess you could say. Not to sound arrogant or egotistical, but that’s what you want to do. When you are an entertainer, you want to display every single talent you have. Whether it’s hosting a show, or being a WWE Superstar, or being in a movie, or doing interviews, you want to be the best you possibly can be. That’s why we call ourselves sports entertainers now instead of wrestlers, because we’re not just wrestlers anymore. We are a little bit of everything. We are some of the most talented people, not to toot my own horn, all the other people are very talented as well at what we do. I think it’s just another opportunity to display or talent and earn the respect that the WWE Superstars really deserve.”

Check out the complete interview at BlogTalkRadio.com.

• PHOTOS: Ronda Rousey Bikini Photo Shoot!

WWE United States Champion John Cena recently spoke with Rob Leigh from talkSPORT.com about his title defense against Rusev this Sunday at Extreme Rules, his US Championship Open Challenges and advice for Roman Reigns on dealing with negative crowd reactions. (more…)

– The TNA Content Manager for Digital and Social Media, Josh Eldridge, gave his notice to the company this past week. Eldridge is scheduled to leave TNA at the end of this month for a new job opportunity.

– The Great Sanada is officially gone from TNA. Sanada was under a contract with the promotion through July, but ended up being released on April 17th. TNA officials knew back in the beginning of March that they would be parting ways with Sanada. Many are of the opinion that this could be the end of the working relationship between TNA and Wrestle-1.

– TNA Knockouts Gail Kim, Angelina Love, Brooke and Madison Rayne discuss the number one contenders match airing on Friday’s edition of TNA Impact Wrestling in the video below.

https://youtu.be/b-xO49w_DKs

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Former WWE writer Kevin Eck has posted a new blog at SportsBlog.com about the state of WWE’s Divas division and the recent #GiveDivasAChance movement.  (more…)

– John Cena is celebrating his 38th birthday today. He as born April 23rd, 1977. (more…)