Seth Rollins is still holding out hope for another reunion with Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose as members of The Shield.

The former WWE Intercontinental Champion recently spoke with App.com to promote his appearance at iPlay America in Freehold on July 7. In this interview, he was asked about another potential Shield reunion after the latest comeback didn’t last long as a result of Ambrose getting injured.

Rollins noted that it started off great as he and Ambrose won the RAW Tag Team Titles. Once they brought in Reigns, it was a lot of fun and exciting.

“And then, you know, the mumps happened, and there’s nothing you can really do about that, so that threw a real wrench into the plans. And Ambrose got hurt, so what can you do? That’s part of the business, that’s part of the game.”

Rollins is excited about the idea of a potential reunion down the road because he thinks it leaves them a lot of room for future Shield reunions and different ideas involving the three stars. He thinks it would be great to have another opportunity to do that at some point in the future. 

“You know, we haven’t done it and thrown it away and wasted it. But yeah man, it’s just (that) stuff happens, you can’t predict those variables of people getting sick or injured.”

Ambrose has been out of action since late 2017 when he underwent surgery to repair a high-grade triceps tendon. The surgery took place in December, but the arm injury reportedly took place at the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs pay-per-view event back on October 22nd.

When asked about Ambrose’s recovery, Rollins responded by stating “Dean’s good, man, he’s on the mend. He’s on his way back. Hopefully sometime before the end of the year we’ll see Dean Ambrose on WWE television again.”

What are your thoughts on another Shield reunion? Sound off in the comment section.

Shaquille O’Neal has made it known that he’s still interested in a match against The Big Show.

If you recall, back in 2016, Shaq and The Big Show teased a match at WrestleMania 33 in Arlington, Texas at AT&T Stadium. However, the match never became a reality and Big Show ended up competing in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal when the match fell through.

The NBA Legend recently did an interview with WSVN-TV entertainment reporter Chris Van Vliet and in this discussion, O’Neal seemed open to an idea of taking on The Big Show in a match at the sports entertainment company’s biggest event of the year, WrestleMania.

He asked about when WrestleMania 35 is scheduled to take place which the reporter responded by stating that it’s in April. This led to O’Neal teasing the match once again by stating, “Next April? Well, I got a little time to get these back up,” as he showed off his bicep.

“You ready for that Big Show? I don’t think you are baby. Oh can’t squeeze that. Can’t squeeze a rock can you? I’ll think about it.”

O’Neal didn’t give a clear reason as to why the match didn’t happen two years ago despite both athletes teasing it on social media. Shaq added that Show is one of his favorite people and that “I would have loved for that match to go down but I don’t know what happened.”

What are your thoughts on this possible match? Sound off in the comment section.

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcribed quotes.

Kalisto found out over the weekend that things don’t always go as planned a wrestling match.

Footage of Kalisto accidentally being unmasked at a recent WWE house show has surfaced on various social media platforms.

WWE held a live event on late last month in Anaheim, CA at the Honda Center that saw Kalisto challenge Cedric Alexander for the Cruiserweight Title.

The current champion accidentally ripped off Kalisto’s mask. This is when the 205 Live star was forced to hide his face in the corner while the referee picked up the mask from the center of the ring and hand it over to him.

Thus, Kalisto would then roll out of the ring to put his mask back on to continue the contest that would later see Alexander come out on top and retain his title.

Following the match, Alexander raised Kaito’s hand as a way of showing him some respect.

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It appears that another show involving Mick Foley will be added to the WWE Network.

Fans who attended the one-man show of the WWE Hall of Famer on Thursday night near Pittsburgh, PA noted that Jeremy Borash, who now works for the WWE, told the live crowd that this show will premiere on the WWE Network on Sunday, September 16th after WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event goes off the air.

The show, which was held at the Mr. Smalls Theatre, featured a live Q&A as well as Nita Strauss performing Foley’s theme song as he came out to the stage.

This would mark Foley’s second show that will be available on the streaming service of the sports entertainment company.

The first season “Holy Foley,” which featured Foley, his daughter Noelle and the rest of the family, aired on the WWE Network in 2016 and lasted for ten episodes.

Is this a show that you would be interested in watching? Sound off in the comment section.

Marty Scurll is preparing for one of the biggest matches of his career.

Ring of Honor holds their Best in the World PPV event tonight from Maryland, Baltimore at the UMBC Event Center. Scurll is involved in the show’s main event, a triple threat match involving Ring of Honor World Champion Dalton Castle and fellow Bullet Club member Cody Rhodes.

Scurll spoke with SI.com this week to promote the event and spoke about what it would mean for him to capture the ROH World Championship. He also addressed critics who have said he’s being ‘overlooked’ and lost in the shuffle of the title match. 

“I wouldn’t see myself as the “third man”. I’m the man that the fans want to see as Ring of Honor champion. It’s time. You can’t beat my popularity at Ring of Honor. It’s time for a change. The fans want a champion who can give them those matches and memories that last forever. One that can take them on a ride. Both Cody and Dalton are great wrestlers, but if we’re all brutally honest with ourselves, they can’t lace my boots.”

Scurll referenced the legendary title reigns of guys like Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness, two men who stole the show every time they defended the gold. He doesn’t believe the ROH World Championship has had the prestige it once was and sees Best In The World as his chance to be the fighting champion fans crave. 

Scurll is a main character in the Being The Elite series. In this interview, he was asked what he has gained from his time on the show and the creativity of the Young Bucks.

“Wrestling is about connecting with the audience. Giving them a reason to care. Same reason I binge watch series on Netflix, because the stories and characters get me invested. It’s hard to get fans invested in just wrestling. Good wrestling will do that, but there’s lots of good wrestling these days. You have to be prepared to do more. To go the extra mile. Being The Elite is our platform. It’s our Monday Night Raw. You’re seeing our creativity and passion firsthand. There are no writers here, we’re not doing something we’re told to do. We’re the artists and we’re holding the paintbrushes.”

Do you think Marty Scurll will win the ROH World Championship Tonight ?

ROH COO Joe Koff is gearing up for the promotion’s next pay-per-view event.

The executive of the Baltimore-based promotion recently spoke with CageSideSeats to promote their Best in the World PPV event on Friday night in Maryland, Baltimore at the UMBC Event Center.

In this interview, he was asked about the main event of the show, which will see Dalton Castle defending his ROH World Title against Cody Rhodes and Marty Scurll in a Triple Threat Match. Some could say that this could be one of the bigger main events of the year so far for ROH and Koff would agree.

“I think it’s a big event. Every time we do a show, I always feel like the main event is the main event — that’s why it’s called that. We have two actually with the tag team titles, the Briscoes versus The Young Bucks. I think what’s interesting about this title defense this Friday night is both Cody and Marty have defeated Dalton Castle previously. And we’re not quite sure quite frankly about Dalton’s physical condition. He’s wrestling, he says he’s fine. Don’t want to doubt him. But I’ve watched him wrestle in Japan, I’ve watched him wrestle in England. I’ve seen title defenses here in America. He’s definitely laboring a little bit. I’m hoping he’s had enough rest, so he can be our champion and can compete like a champion.

So yeah, I think this is a big main event, because so many outcomes can come from it. Especially side stories with Marty an Cody. I think a good story will be told in that match.”

Exciting prospect Flip Gordon has a big match on this card as he is slated to take on Bully Ray. Koff sees Gordon as someone to keep an eye on going forward despite starting in the business just three years ago.

“I’m not sure I can say it better than you just said it. I probably would have said the same things. I think there is no cap on how good this guy can be. He is a natural. He’s a naturally gifted talent and very, very tough. And very, very eager to learn and better himself and I think his military background is very helpful, because I think they learn discipline and I think they learn structure and I think all of those things are important to anyone’s success. So, I really have high hopes and I think we all do.

I think the fans, they acknowledge it already. This is a tough, tough wrestler. And very, very skilled and very, very fast. I think he’s got a very big match on his hands this Friday and I’m interested to see how that plays out.”

What are your thoughts on Koff’s comments? Sound off in the comment section.

New details have emerged about who attended the recent WWE tryouts.

We noted earlier on the site that sports entertainment company held tryouts this week at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida to have wrestlers run drills that could determine who they may want to potentially sign to a developmental deal and place in the NXT system where they would compete on the third brand.

Although former Impact Wrestling stars Laurel Van Ness and Robbie E were the most notable names that attended the most recent tryouts, there were several other wrestlers and athletes who worked out.

PWInsider.com has confirmed the following list of talents that participated in WWE Performance Center tryouts:

– Former Impact Knockouts Champion Chelsea Green (Laurel Van Ness)

– Former Impact Tag Team Champion Robbie E

– Indie wrestler Max Castor

– Indie wrestler La Rosa Negra

– Former NFL player Terence Barnes

– Indie wrestler Blaster McMassive

– Indie wrestler Rory Gulak, brother to Drew Gulak

– Indie tag team 3.0, Shane Matthews and Scott Parker

– Former football player turned YouTube personality Brendan Griffin

– College football player Shaquille Powell

– Indie wrestler Jake Omen

– Indie wrestler Adam Payne

– Indie wrestler Wardlow

– Indie wrestler Max Castellanos

– Collegiate wrestler Jacob Kasper

– Former NFL player Dorin Dickerson

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Bayley’s Message

Former WWE RAW Women’s Champion Bayley has posted a cryptic message on her official Twitter account that has led to some fans believing that it is about her ongoing storyline on WWE television with fellow former champion Sasha Banks.

As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in San Diego, CA at the Valley View Casino Center on the USA Network, Bayley attacked Banks following their six-woman tag team match against The Riott Squad. She wrote the following:

You just don’t get it.

— Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) June 28, 2018

No Way Jose Fires Back

No Way Jose recently did a Q&A session with fans on Twitter that led to him having some harsh words with Mojo Rawley and event went as far as calling out Rawley for a bit of hypocrisy. You can see the exchange here:

Anyone up?! Ask me something #HeyJose

— Levis (@LevyValenz) June 28, 2018

Yeah @WWENoWayJose. I have questions.

Are you content with how the past couple weeks have gone?

Are you content bringing a Cheeseburger to a rematch from an embarrassing display the week prior?

Drop the clowns. You’re better than that. Show me something greater.#HeyJose https://t.co/aiGvYPmGzh

— Dean “Mojo” Muhtadi (@MojoMuhtadi) June 28, 2018

Are you content knowing all of your "accomplishments" are because you're Gronk's lackey? You'll forever be his Cheeseburger, you clown. https://t.co/7WQd4ptgmO

— Levis (@LevyValenz) June 28, 2018

Ahh, the ole Gronk rebuttal. How original.

You think I was being malicious? I was trying to offer advice.

You clearly must be salty that a Cheeseburger could make more of an “impact” in 1 night, than you have in your entire career.

Keep dancing funny man. I’ll keep winning. https://t.co/ppYJJpyA0G

— Dean “Mojo” Muhtadi (@MojoMuhtadi) June 28, 2018

Impact… that's cute! Oh please, Mojo, tell us all about how impactful you've been in your career?! ….. Don't worry we'll wait https://t.co/lToHCPVtLs

— Levis (@LevyValenz) June 29, 2018

Kane is in a position where he could make WWE history soon.

Kane made his return on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live in Ontario, CA at the Citizens Business Bank Arena on the USA Network after Daniel Bryan faced off with Luke Harper in the main event. Once Erick Rowan attacked Bryan to cause the DQ, Kane walked down to the ring to make the save.

Bryan and Kane will challenge Harper and Rowan for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles at Extreme Rules.

A Reddit user [u/LuckyGood0] recently noted that if Team Hell No wins the titles at this event then it would make Kane the first person to hold the World, WCW, WWE (RAW) and SmackDown Tag Team Championships.

The user also noted that “It would also be his 13th Tag Team title reign in WWE. With 12 reigns, he’s currently 2nd behind Edge (14) when it comes to all-time Tag team title reigns for individuals in the company.”

The Extreme Rules pay-per-view event takes place on Sunday, July 15, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the PPG Paints Arena.

What are your thoughts on this potential accomplishment? Sound off in the comment section.

Shinsuke Nakamura is not competing at WWE’s live events from Japan this week, but he did get physical

At Friday’s WWE live event from Tokyo, Japan at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, Nakamura had a confrontation with Samoa Joe that did not exactly go his way.

Nakamura had been scheduled to challenge WWE Champion AJ Styles at the event, but is currently out of action due to injury. Nakamura came out on crutches to cut a promo for the Japanese crowd, which brought out Samoa Joe. After some trash talking back and forth, Nakamura attempted to hit Joe with a low blow, but wound up in a Coquina Clutch.

AJ Styles ran out to make the save, setting up the Styles vs. Samoa Joe main event for later in the show.

#WWETokyo Shinsuke Nakamura entered the ring with a crutch, and read a little promo before being attacked by Samoa Joe.

Credit to the owner. ? pic.twitter.com/azJs11Zueb

— ????? ? ? (@diegp77) June 29, 2018

@RealCronin Nakamura tried to low blow Samoa Joe but he missed & got choked out instead ? WWE event in Tokyo right now pic.twitter.com/bkgYLNDul2

— EdzView (@EdzView) June 29, 2018

As noted earlier this week, Nakamura’s leg was bit by a police dog backstage at Monday’s SmackDown live event from Bakersfield, CA. It’s unclear at this time how long he’ll be out of action for.

WWE Live Event Results from Tokyo, Japan (6/30)

– The New Day defeated The Bar

– Hideo Itami defeated Shelton Benjamin.

– Tye Dillinger defeated Shelton Benjamin. Tye answered the open challenge by Benjamin.

– SmackDown Women’s Champion Carmella retained over Becky Lynch

– Andrade “Cien” Almas defeated Sin Cara

– Daniel Bryan defeated The Miz

– Asuka and Naomi defeated Lana and Billie Kay with Peyton Royce

– SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bludgeon Brothers retained over The Usos, Rusev & Aiden English and Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows

– WWE Champion AJ Styles retained over Samoa Joe

What are your thoughts on Nakamura’s injury? Sound off in the comment section.

Two new matches have been revealed for the upcoming Slammiversary PPV event. As seen on this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling on Pop TV, Pentagon Jr. challenged Sami Callihan to a Mask vs. Hair match at Slammiversary after Callihan removed his mask on this show only to have Pentagon cover up his face immediately after.

The other match slated for this PPV is Rich Swann vs. Johnny Impact vs. Fenix vs. Ishimori in a Fatal 4-Way.

LOOK. AT. THIS. MATCH.

Official for Slammiversary – an international Four Way match that's sure to be absolutely OFF THE CHARTS! @TheRealMorrison vs. @ReyFenixMx vs. @taiji_ishimori vs. @GottaGetSwann!

TICKETS: https://t.co/Nmyym63B4d pic.twitter.com/OswZ8E23C1

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 29, 2018

Impact Slammiveresary XVI

Impact will present Slammiversary live on pay-per-view on Sunday, July 22nd from the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Canada. Here is the updated card for the show:

– Impact World Champion Austin Aries vs. Moose

– Impact Knockouts Champion Su Yung vs. Madison Rayne

– Mask vs. Hair: Pentagon Jr. vs. Sami Callihan

– Fatal 4-Way Match: Rich Swann vs. Johnny Impact vs. Fenix vs. Ishimori

There were two former Impact Wrestling stars who attended WWE tryouts on Thursday.

The sports entertainment company holds tryouts throughout the year at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida to have wrestlers run drills that could determine who they may want to potentially sign to a developmental deal and place in the NXT system where they would compete on the third brand.

Those former Impact talents are Laurel Van Ness and Robbie E.

Van Ness, real name Chelsea Green, departed from the promotion after a set of Impact tapings in Ottawa, Canada in January. Green signed with the promotion back in June of 2016 where she would go onto having a successful run including being the Knockouts Champion.

Green does have a bit history with the WWE as she was part of the 2015 re-launch of Tough Enough where she finished up placing fourth place for the females and is currently dating Zack Ryder.

Robbie E had a successful run with Impact as he is a former Tag Team, X-Division and Television Champion. He signed with Impact back in 2010 and departed in 2017.

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An update on the schedule for Ronda Rousey as well as a note on the timing of WWE Money in the Bank has surfaced.

Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that days before the Money in the Bank show, the media was told that the goal was a 10:30 p.m. finish, which would also be for all PPV events going forward aside from Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series.

Thus, it would give WWE a cushion to go to 11 p.m. The PPV event ended up going off the air at 11:20 p.m. It was noted that at one point, the plan was for Alexa Bliss to cash-in her MITB briefcase at the end of the show, which means that Rousey vs. Nia Jax for the RAW Women’s Title would have been the main event.

Switching gears to Rousey’s schedule, there have been some changes.

As noted, Rousey attacked Bliss on a recent episode of RAW and was later “suspended” for 30 days as a result of her actions. Rousey is expected to be back on television next month to start the build for her match at the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event.

WWE has yet to officially announce when Rousey would wrestle Bliss but the expectation is that this match will happen sooner rather than later.

Meltzer noted that she is off the July 9th episode of RAW in Boston. Although at one point she was pulled from the July 16th show in Buffalo, she is back to working that event.

What’s interesting is that she is still scheduled to appear at the July 15th PPV event in Pittsburgh in some form whether that means she’s wrestling or just making an appearance remains to be unknown at this time.

Despite the fact that she was advertised for this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in San Diego, CA at the Valley View Casino Center, she didn’t appear. She is still scheduled for all the live events she’d been advertised for.

What are your thoughts on Rousey’s schedule? Sound off in the comment section.

As seen over the past several months, WWE has stopped using 205 Live Superstars on RAW.

For years now, the sports entertainment company has considered Monday Night RAW as their flagship show. With WWE continuing the trend of rebranding the 205 Live division, some fans were surprised that they would pull cruiserweight matches from RAW.

The reason that WWE stopped featuring 205 Live Superstars on RAW is due to WWE’s strategy to try and change the perception of the cruiserweight division.

According to a report by PWinsider.com, the decision made by the sports entertainment company was when Triple H took over as the 205 Live showrunner as he is in charge of the brand.

Thus, this way it would keep the Superstars from being overexposed and to make sure they were kept in a position where they could be protected.

What are your thoughts on the way WWE presents its 205 Live Superstars? Sound off in the comment section.

Carmella Makes Prediction

WWE has already announced that Carmella would defend her SmackDown Women’s Title against Asuka at the upcoming Extreme Rules pay-per-view event that takes place on Sunday, July 15, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the PPG Paints Arena and will air on the WWE Network.

Carmella posted the following prediction on Twitter ahead of her next title defense.

Let’s play a game…

How many times did I become Ms MITB?

How many times did I beat @MsCharlotteWWE?

How many times will I beat @WWEAsuka?

Answer: pic.twitter.com/yTSDpMzOQS

— Mella Is Money ? (@CarmellaWWE) June 27, 2018

Charlotte Flair Praised

It’s well known that former WWE RAW and SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair was recently featured in ESPN Magazine’s Body Issue with a host of other athletes.

The official Twitter account of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon congratulated Flair with this post on the social media platform:

The ultimate beauty of body and soul. Congratulations @MsCharlotteWWE for being featured in @ESPN Magazine’s Body issue.

— Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) June 27, 2018

What are your thoughts on WWE booking another match between Carmella and Asuka? Sound off in the comment section.

Vince McMahon and Undertaker disagree

WWE’s YouTube channel has posted the following video from the latest episode of Something Else to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard that has been released in the on-demand section of their streaming service, WWE Network. The episode looks at The Undertaker‘s shocking character change in 2000 where he went from his deadman gimmick to his biker gimmick.

Prichard noted that McMahon and Taker disagreed on the gimmick as McMahon believed you don’t change or fix something that isn’t broken while Taker pushed for a character change. The longtime former WWE employee added that WWE was always planning to go back to the deadman gimmick while Taker thought that once they made the gimmick change that he could never go back to the deadman character.

Mick Foley Remembers

WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley took to his official Facebook page to remember his legendary Hell in a Cell match against The Undertaker at the sixth annual King of the Ring pay-per-view event on June 28, 1998, at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He wrote the following:

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What are your thoughts on Taker’s biker gimmick? Sound off in the comment section.

First Match Booked

The first match for next week’s episode of WWE NXT on the WWE Network has been officially announced by NXT General Manager William Regal, who revealed that EC3 vs. Johnny Gargano in a singles match would take place.

WWE taped the next week’s edition of NXT on Thursday, June 21, 2018, from Winter Park, FL at the Full Sail University. Regal wrote the following:

“.@JohnnyGargano needs to move on from @ProjectCiampa, so next week he’ll be facing someone who demands the main event spotlight, the top 1% @therealec3. #WWENXT.”

.@JohnnyGargano needs to move on from @ProjectCiampa, so next week he’ll be facing someone who demands the main event spotlight, the top 1% @therealec3. #WWENXT

— William Regal (@RealKingRegal) June 28, 2018

Main Event Program Begins

WWE officials have started the next program for NXT Champion Aleister Black on this week’s episode of NXT as Black was doing a promo in the ring before being interrupted by Tommaso Ciampa.

It appears that these two superstars will compete for the gold at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV during WWE SummerSlam weekend.

What are your thoughts on Black feuding with Ciampa? Sound off in the comment section.

Kevin Owens has reflected on being tossed off a ladder as well talked about how he prepares for a match.

The former WWE Universal Champion recently conducted an interview with the Argus Leader where he talked about various topics including the spot that saw Braun Strowman toss him off a huge ladder at the WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view event in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena on the WWE Network, which ended up featuring Strowman winning the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match.

“I don’t know how well it can go when you get thrown off a 20-foot ladder. I’m definitely feeling it; it was an uneasy morning. It’s not part of the risks we take as wrestlers, but stuff like that doesn’t happen every night obviously, but when you got these ladder matches, there’s high stakes, and everybody’s trying to make a name for themselves. Everybody wants to get the MITB contract; that usually means at some point they will become champion. That’s a big deal; that’s what everybody strives for. I’m a professional, and I get used to stuff like that, but I never experienced what I did last night. But I’ll be ready to go before you know it.”

Owens also talked about what goes through his head before a match in the ring under the banner of the sports entertainment company.

He noted that he doesn’t have rituals but does reflect on the influences on his career, who he stated is the late Owen Hart.

“I don’t know what’s going through my mind. I don’t have any specific rituals. The only thing I’ll do every single time… not to get into the whole topic of religion here, but some people believe in God and some people believe in all kinds of things. I don’t have many particular beliefs, but I do believe in people who we’ve lost. I’ll speak to Owen Hart; he was a big influence on me as a young wrestler, and when he passed, I felt a great sense of loss. Ever since then I just talk to Owen Hart before every match and I ask him to be with me and make sure I don’t get hurt. Throughout the years I have added people to that list. I have lost people in this industry, and I speak to them as well, guys like Dusty Rhodes. And I’ll talk to my grandfather and grandmother who have also passed. I ask those people who are looking down on me to make sure I get through the match safely.”

What are your thoughts on Owens’ comments? Sound off in the comment section.

Ronda Rousey Commercial

Although former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey is currently not on WWE television at the moment, it hasn’t stopped her from doing other media appearances as she is featured in this new Twizzlers commercial, which you can see here:

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Rousey attacked Alexa Bliss on a recent episode of RAW and was later “suspended” for 30 days as a result of her actions. Rousey will be back on television next month to start the build for her match at the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event. WWE has yet to officially announce when Rousey would wrestle Bliss but the expectation is that this match will happen sooner rather than later.

Maryse Shares The News

Maryse revealed on her official Instagram account that she officially became an American citizen. For those who may not know, the former WWE Divas Champion was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She posted the following:

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WWE is planning to release the “Shawn Michaels: The Showstopper Unreleased” DVD later this year.

The three-disc DVD has been penciled in for late 2018 and will feature a collection of unreleased and never-before-seen matches. The footage selected dates between 1985 and 2009

Courtesy of Wrestling DVD Network, here is the content listing for the DVD that will be released on October 2, 2018:

DISC 1

WWE ‘Randy Savage Unreleased’ DVD – Full Content Revealed!
Proud of the Future

The Icon

Shawn Michaels & Tim Horner vs. Hector & Chavo Guerrero
Mid South Wrestling • January 5, 1985

Shawn Michaels vs. Jake “The Snake” Roberts
Mid South Wrestling • February 1, 1985

The Midnight Rockers vs. “Pretty Boy” Doug Sommers & “Playboy” Buddy Rose
AWA Championship Wrestling • April 1, 1986

AWA Tag Team Championship Match
The Midnight Rockers vs. “Pretty Boy” Doug Sommers & “Playboy” Buddy Rose
AWA • July 13, 1986

The Midnight Rockers vs. Dennis Stamp & Brian Knobbs
AWA • January 11, 1987

The Rocker

The Rockers vs. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers
Prime Time Wrestling • October 25, 1988

WWE Tag Team Championship Match
The Rockers vs. Demolition
Prime Time Wrestling • November 1, 1988

The Rockers vs. The Brain Busters
Boston, MA (NESN Taping) • January 13, 1989

The Rockers vs. Hart Foundation
Hamilton, ON, Canada (Dark Match) • December 14, 1989

The Rockers vs. The Orient Express
London, ON, Canada (Dark Match; Prime Time Wrestling Taping) • April 29, 1990

The Rockers vs. Demolition
Rochester, NY (Dark Match; Wrestling Challenge Taping) • June 5, 1990

The Rockers vs. The Natural Disasters
Prime Time Wrestling • November 4, 1991

WWE Tag Team Championship Match
The Rockers vs. Legion of Doom
Superstars • December 28, 1991

DISC 2

WWE – Shawn Michaels as WWF Champion, Classic Winged Eagle Belt
The Heartbreak Kid

Shawn Michaels vs. “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka
Madison Square Garden (MSG Network Taping) • January 31, 1992

Piper’s Pit with Shawn Michaels
Syracuse, NY (Dark Match; Wrestling Challenge Taping) • April 29, 1992

WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Mr. Perfect
Phoenix, AZ (Dark Match; Wrestling Challenge Taping) • April 5, 1993

Shawn Michaels & Diesel vs. The Headshrinkers
Milwaukee, WI (Dark Match; Superstars Taping) • August 30, 1994

The Main Event

Shawn Michaels and Diesel – Face to Face
New York City, NY (WrestleMania XI Public Workout) • March 28, 1995

King of the Ring Qualifying Match
Shawn Michaels vs. King Kong Bundy
RAW • May 22, 1995

Shawn Michaels & Bret “Hitman” Hart vs. Jacob & Eli Blu
Louisville, KT (Dark Match; RAW Taping) • July 24, 1995

Six-Man Elimination Match
Shawn Michaels, Diesel & The Undertaker vs. Sycho Sid, Tatanka & Kama
Evansville, IN (Dark Match; Superstars Taping) • July 25, 1995

The Champion

Shawn Michaels vs. 1-2-3 Kid
Superstars • April 27, 1996

WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
Des Moines, IA (Dark Match; Superstars Taping) • April 30, 1996

WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Yokozuna
Kuwait City, Kuwait • May 10 1996

Shawn Michaels vs. Justin “Hawk” Bradshaw
Superstars • September 29, 1996

WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Vader
State College, PA (Dark Match; Superstars Taping) • September 24, 1996

WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Brooklyn Brawler
Madison Square Garden • November 15, 1997

DISC 3

WWE – Shawn Michaels as World Heavyweight Champion in 2002
The Showstopper

WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Rob Van Dam
RAW • November 25, 2002

Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho
RAW • July 21, 2003

Shawn Michaels vs. Christian
RAW • October 4, 2004

Shawn Michaels vs. Ric Flair
RAW • February 7, 2005

Shawn Michaels & Batista vs. Triple H & Edge
Birmingham, AL (Dark Match; RAW Taping) • March 21, 2005

Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle
RAW • January 16, 2006

The D-Generate

Texas Tornado Match
D-Generation X vs. Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch vs. Charlie Haas & Viscera vs. The Highlanders
RAW • October 2, 2006

WWE World Tag Team Championship Match
Shawn Michaels & John Cena vs. Rated RKO
Bakersfield, CA (Dark Match; RAW Taping) • February 19, 2007

Triple Threat Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Shawn Michaels vs. Batista vs. Chris Jericho
Atlanta, GA (Dark Match; RAW Taping) • November 17, 2008

Shawn Michaels & The Undertaker vs. JBL & Vladimir Kozlov
RAW • March 16, 2009

The Legend

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Tommaso Ciampa Pokes Fun

Tommaso Ciampa decided to take to his official Twitter account to mock NXT Champion Aleister Black before tonight’s episode of NXT on the WWE Network.

WWE taped this week’s edition of NXT on Thursday, June 21, 2018, from Winter Park, FL at the Full Sail University. Ciampa posted the following:

https://twitter.com/ProjectCiampa/status/1011969026778714115

JBL Remembers Late WWE Hall Of Famer

Former WWE Champion John Bradshaw Layfield took some time to remember the late great WWE Hall of Famer Eddie Guerrero on Twitter.

14 years ago today, Bradshaw defeated Guerrero in a Texas Bullrope Match at the 2004 Great American Bash pay-per-view event to win the WWE Title. He wrote the following:

A thank you to mi amigo Eddie Guerrero! Here’s to you esse! 14 years ago today became the @WWE Champion in a match with the greatest friend/opponent anyone could hope for! #vivaLaRaza love your Eddie. pic.twitter.com/43rDguDYSl

— John Layfield (@JCLayfield) June 27, 2018

Would you care to see a feud between Black and Ciampa? Sound off in the comment section.

Finn Balor Documents

Former WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor decided to show off the nasty bruise that he suffered in his latest match.

As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in San Diego, CA at the Valley View Casino Center on the USA Network, Braun Strowman & Kevin Owens defeat Baron Corbin & Balor by count out. Balor shared this photo of the bruise on his back on his official Twitter account:

Thanks Constable Corbin….
But even when I bruise I’m Bálor Club pic.twitter.com/tsjiR4NNMX

— Finn Bálor (@FinnBalor) June 27, 2018

Mid-Atlantic Episodes

WWE’s streaming service, WWE Network, has added more episodes of Mid-Atlantic episodes. Over the past few weeks, the sports entertainment company has added episodes from the territory from the years 1983, 1984, and 1985 as the latest classic content drop.

These episodes feature a number of stars from Magnum TA to Wahoo McDaniel to Manny Fernandez. Here are the episodes that were added:

Mid-Atlantic 08-04-84 – 08/04/1984 (Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium – Spartanburg, SC)

Mid-Atlantic 09-08-84 – 09/08/1984 (Dorton Arena – Raleigh, NC)

Mid-Atlantic 12-01-84 – 12/01/1984 (Pfeiffer College Gym – Misenheimer, NC)

Mid-Atlantic 02-23-85 – 02/23/1985 (Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium – Spartanburg SC)

For those who are wondering, the Vault section of the WWE Network has almost 150 episodes of the promotion in total.

Several matches have been announced for the next set of ROH TV tapings.

Ring of Honor will hold their Fairfax Excellence event on Saturday night in Fairfax, Virginia at the EagleBank Arena.

This taping will feature the fallout from the Best in the World pay-per-view event that is slated to place on Friday night. For those who are planning to attend this event, you can buy tickets here.

The Card

– KUSHIDA vs. Jonathan Gresham

– Adam Page & The Young Bucks vs. EVIL, BUSHI, & SANADA

– Kagetsu & Hana Kimura vs. Jenny Rose & Mayu Iwatani

– Women of Honor #1 Contender’s Match: Kelly Klein vs. Karen Q vs. Tenille Dashwood vs. Madison Rayne

– Women of Honor Title Match: Champion Sumie Sakai vs. Hazuki

What are your thoughts on this card? Sound off in the comment section.

Charlotte Flair Praises Paige

Former WWE RAW and SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair recently took to her official Twitter account to praise SmackDown General Manager Paige for her work as the GM of the blue brand. She wrote the following:

.@RealPaigeWWE is doing an awesome job all-around as GM! ?? #SDLive ??

— Charlotte Flair (@MsCharlotteWWE) June 27, 2018

If you recall, Paige become GM earlier this year after it was announced that Paige’s career was over as in-ring performer under the WWE banner after she suffered a neck injury during a six-woman tag match back in late December at a live event that needed to be called off after she took a hard kick to the back from Sasha Banks that she wasn’t ready for and it stunned her.

205 Live Match

WWE has announced the first match for next week’s episode of 205 Live. That contest will be Mustafa Ali vs. Buddy Murphy in a No DQ match.

As of this writing, the sports entertainment company has not announced any other matches for this show, which will be held in Omaha, NE at the CenturyLink Center Omaha

What are your thoughts on Paige’s work as GM thus far? Sound off in the comment section.

Kane has made his return to WWE television.

As seen on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live in Ontario, CA at the Citizens Business Bank Arena on the USA Network, Daniel Bryan faced off with Luke Harper in the main event and almost had the match won until Erick Rowan got into the ring to attack Bryan, which caused the DQ.

This led to the SmackDown Tag Team Champions attacking Bryan after the match until Kane walked down to the ring to make the save.

It was then announced by SmackDown General Manager Paige that Bryan and Kane would challenge Harper and Rowan for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles at Extreme Rules.

That's…

That's….

THAT'S GOTTA BE KANE!!!!!! #SDLive @KaneWWE pic.twitter.com/vDMkm2mDR5

— WWE (@WWE) June 27, 2018

Are we seeing clearly? @KaneWWE @LukeHarperWWE @ERICKROWAN #SDLive pic.twitter.com/1pFnKPWJQL

— WWE (@WWE) June 27, 2018

#HugItOut #SDLive #TeamHellNo @WWEDanielBryan @KaneWWE pic.twitter.com/TBLi0MHAjV

— WWE (@WWE) June 27, 2018

The Extreme Rules pay-per-view event takes place on Sunday, July 15, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the PPG Paints Arena and will air on the WWE Network and some traditional pay-per-view outlets. Both Raw and SmackDown brands will be featured.

The Card

– Singles Match: Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley

– WWE Title Match: AJ Styles © vs. Rusev

– WWE SmackDown Tag Team Title Match: Luke Harper & Erick Rowan © vs. Daniel Bryan & Kane

– WWE Raw Women’s Title Match: Alexa Bliss © vs. Nia Jax

– WWE SmackDown Women’s Title Match: Carmella © vs. Asuka

– WWE Raw Tag Team Title Match: Bray Wyatt & Matt Hardy © vs. Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas