The Miz has some big plans for when WWE moves SmackDown Live to Fox.

The former WWE Champion recently appeared on Bust Open Radio on Sirius XM to speak with Dave LaGreca and WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry about various topics.

During the interview, The Miz gave his take on WWE moving SmackDown Live to Fox in October of 2019.

“Let’s put it this way, I get traded from RAW to SmackDown and as soon as I get traded to SmackDown all of a sudden, FOX puts up a billion dollars,” Miz said (transcript courtesy of Wrestling Inc). “So I want to motivate and dedicate myself to where when we are ready to move from USA to FOX in 2019, I want to be the face of that show, of this show. And so that is my goal. I want to be in the middle of every poster. I want to have merch that literally everybody wants to buy, that everybody wants to see. Sometimes I look at my merch, well I haven’t had merch in literally a year and when I get merch I’m literally looking at it going, ‘I wouldn’t wear this.’ So I want merch that people look at and go, ‘I want to buy that, I want to wear that. That is something that is amazing and incredible.’

Miz continued by stating, “Like I want to basically be the superstar I believe I can be and I want my talents to be utilized in a way that I can succeed and I really am going to motivate myself and dedicate myself to be the face of the franchise when the FOX merger happens because moving to FOX, a network show, this show will be bigger. It’ll no longer the quote unquote the B show like everyone always says it is. It will be the A show and more people will watch it. So I’ll be interested to see what happens from a creative standpoint, from a marketing standpoint, [and] from a WWE superstar standpoint.”

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

The Background

The biggest match of The Miz’s career was when defeated John Cena for the WWE Championship back at WrestleMania 27 in 2011 in the main event. This marked the only time that WWE had booked The Miz in the main event of the biggest event of the year for the sports entertainment company.

Since then, Miz has been booked as an upper mid card talent and primarily in the hunt for the Intercontinental Title.

It’s been well documented that WWE has agreed to make Fox the new home of the blue brand next year. NBC Universal declined to agree to the deal that WWE proposed to keep SmackDown Live on the USA Network.

It’s been reported that the TV network wants to keep WWE’s flagship show, Monday Night RAW, and are willing to pay them big money in order for that to happen.

A new match has been announced for ROH Best in the World PPV.

On Tuesday evening, Ring of Honor announced through their social media platforms that Adam Page would take on Punishment Martinez in a singles match at the upcoming pay-per-view event. This marks the third match thus far revealed for this show.

The Best in the World PPV takes place on Friday, June 29, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland at the UMBC Event Center. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app. The promotion will be announcing more matches in the coming weeks.

The Card

ROH World Title Match: Dalton Castle © vs. Cody vs. Marty Scurll

ROH Tag Team Title Match: The Briscoes © vs. The Young Bucks

Singles Match: Adam Page vs. Punishment Martinez

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

.@theAdamPage vs @ROHPunishment at #ROHBITW!

Fri June 29 – LIVE on PPV and for #HonorClub VIP
@UMBCEventCenter in #ROHBaltimore

Tickets: https://t.co/l7s3rREu4X
Info: https://t.co/LtmUrI4OP2 pic.twitter.com/IYON3S4TAs

— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) June 5, 2018

The big news on Tuesday was about the lawsuit that pitted CM Punk and Colt Cabana against WWE doctor Chris Amann.

The case had been heard by a jury since last Wednesday in Illinois, just outside of Chicago.

The WWE doctor brought the lawsuit forward due to the comments Punk made during an appearance on Cabana’s “Art of Wrestling” podcast from November of 2014 about Amann and Punk not receiving proper treatment of a “lump” on his backside while in the WWE.

The jury ruled that they are in favor of Punk and Cabana on all counts filed by Amann. Thus, neither Punk or Cabana will have to pay anything. The WWE doctor had been seeking about $4 million for defamation among other things.

Nick Hausman of WrestleZone, who has provided some great coverage of this case, caught up with Punk and Cabana after they were let out of the courtroom to get a brief interview about winning the case.

EXCLUSIVE: @CMPunk’s 1st post-trial comments following he and @ColtCabana’s victory over Dr. Chris Amann.

Talks the trial, UFC training and… is he #ALLIN?!

CC: @WRESTLEZONEcom @RossWBermanIV pic.twitter.com/ptAHKrV8QB

— Nick Hausman (@Nick_Hausman) June 5, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: @ColtCabana’s first post-trial comments since he and @CMPunk we’re victorious over Dr. Chris Amann in court today

CC: @WRESTLEZONEcom @RossWBermanIV pic.twitter.com/gLHsqYmZDU

— Nick Hausman (@Nick_Hausman) June 5, 2018

Punk lost in his MMA debut against Mickey Gall at UFC 203 in September of 2016 by first round submission. He is set to fight Mike Jackson in a welterweight bout at the upcoming UFC 225 pay-per-view event on Saturday, June 9, 2018, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

What are your thoughts on the decision made by the jury? Sound off in the comment section below.

Shawn Michaels is no longer ruling out a potential return to the ring for one more match.

The WWE Hall of Famer recently spoke with Sky Sports to promote the upcoming WWE UK Tournament. During the interview, he was asked about possibly wrestling one more match.

He retired from pro wrestling following his match with The Undertaker at WrestleMania 26 in 2010.

Despite being against the possibility in previous years, Michael is now open to the idea but has some certain expectations in order for it to happen.

“It would have to be done the right way and just for one match rather than something that ran for longer. It could be possible but people would have to accept they wouldn’t be getting the Showstopper, Mr WrestleMania, and that I’m 52 years old now.

I’ve been retired for eight years now and when it got to the five-year mark I thought people would start asking me but they just kind of stopped.  I think it’s one of those that you would never say never about and if it was just for a one-off then it’s something that I would take a look at.”

Michaels was then asked about who he would like to wrestle if he did decide to work one more match. Although there are many talents of today he’d like to work with, his top two candidates would be Daniel Bryan or AJ Styles.

Michaels did note that it would be a one-off match and most likely a tag team match with Triple H if he decided to wrestle again. 

“If it was the Shawn Michaels of 10 years ago I would love to have gotten in the ring with so many of the guys that are competing today,” he said. “AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan would be good, and then there’s the guys in NXT too. Someone like a Johnny Gargano would be fantastic.

“But for a one-off match now, I’d need it to be a tag-team match where Hunter (Triple H) and I can just do a few crotch chops and have some fun.”

The WWE Hall of Famer has had a storied career in the professional industry and will go down as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.

He has held every big championship that WWE has to offer and had some classic matches as well as a feud with the biggest names in pro wrestling. Those names would include The Undertaker, Steve Austin, Triple H, and Ric Flair.

What are your thoughts on Michaels potentially wrestling one more match?

The WWE has officially announced the air dates for the upcoming United Kingdom Championship Tournament on their streaming service, WWE Network.

The sports entertainment company is slated to hold two events at Royal Albert Hall in London. The 6/18 event will feature the tournament finals to determine who will challenge face UK Champion Pete Dunne for the strap on 6/19.

The events will air on the WWE Network on Monday, June 25, and Tuesday, June 26, at 3 p.m. ET/8 p.m. GMT.

Several non-tournament matches have been announced including a Six-Man Tag Team Match that will see Dunne, Tyler Bate & Trent Seven against Undisputed ERA’s Adam Cole, Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly on night one.

The following night, a tag team match of NXT Champion Aleister Black & Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream & EC3, as well as matches for the NXT North American Championship, the NXT Women’s Championship and the NXT Tag Team Championship, are slated to take place.

The Brackets

First Round Matches (Left Side)

– Zack Gibson vs. Amir Jordan

– Drew Gulak vs. Jack Gallagher

– Flash Morgan Webster vs. James Drake

– Tyson T-Bone vs. Jordan Devlin

First Round Matches (Right Side)

– Tucker vs. Joe Coffey

– Dave Mastiff vs. Kenny Williams

– Ligero vs. Travis Banks

– Ashton Smith vs. Joseph Conners

What are your thoughts on this event airing on the WWE Network? Sound off in the comment section below.

It’s been well documented that there has been a long-standing relationship between Madison Square Garden and the WWE that goes back decades.

There have been rumors of AAA running an event at the world-famous arena held in New York City later this year. For those who may not know, the sports entertainment company has had a lock on the building for many decades in terms of wrestling events.

However, things might be changing as it was reported by Mike Johnson of PWinsider that the historic arena is not happy with the WWE right now due to the fact that the WWE has been holding TV and pay-per-view events at the nearby Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

It was noted in the report that the tipping point appears to have been once WWE announced that all of the Wrestlemania 35 week events in 2019 would be held at the Barclays Center. Those events include the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, NXT Takeover, RAW, and SmackDown Live.

According to the report, MSG has sent feelers out to different groups and they are more open than ever to booking non-WWE events in the arena. Thus, the reason that AAA was able to get a hold on the arena.

For years now, WWE has only held live events twice per year at MSG and it’s been reported in the past that the reason WWE runs the Barclays Center instead of MSG for bigger events is due to the cost of holding an event at MSG as it’s cheaper to hold it at Barclays Center.  

What are your thoughts on this story? Should WWE run more events at MSG? Sound off in the comment section below.

Another young exciting wrestler has signed with the WWE.

Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the current reigning Progress Women’s Champion Jinny has signed a UK contract with the sports entertainment company.

It was noted that her contract is similar to that of Toni Storm, who has also reportedly signed a deal with WWE. It’s been rumored in the past that WWE had their sights set on Jinny as well as other top UK wrestlers for their brand.

Jinny does have a past with the WWE that dates back to March of last year. She actually worked a match against Storm during a WrestleMania Axxess event in Orlando, Florida.

It should be noted that the WWE is advertising Jinny for the upcoming WWE United Kingdom tournament show where she will compete in a Fatal 4-way match against Storm, WXW star Killer Kelly and Scotland’s Isla Dawn this month.

The winner of this match will have the opportunity to take on  NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler on Tuesday, June 19th.

What are your thoughts on the sports entertainment company signing this star? Sound off in the comment section below.

In case you missed it, NXT Superstar Nixon (Steffanie) Newell will be returning home to the United Kingdom as part of their Chapter 71 show to face Jinny in a bout for the prestigious title.

Seth Rollins’ Finisher Name

WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins has once again received a new name for his finishing move. It first went by the Curb Stomp then to Peace of Mind and Blackout. Now, WWE has decided to call it The Stomp.

Rollins is slated to make his next Intercontinental Title defense against Elias at the upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena and will air on the WWE Network.

The B-Team Making Moves

Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel won a tag team battle royal on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Houston, TX at the Toyota Center on the USA Network to earn the right to be the new #1 contenders for the RAW Tag Team Titles.

Now, they will challenge Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt for the titles at the Money in the Bank PPV event. Following the match, WWE released this interview with the team celebrating. In the video, Axel and Dallas noted that they’re undefeated.

What are your thoughts on Rollins’ new finishing move name? Sound off in the comment section below.

One segment and two matches have been announced for next Monday’s WWE RAW.

The sports entertainment company has announced that there will be a face to face segment in the ring between Ronda Rousey and WWE RAW Women’ Champion Nia Jax to promote their title match at the upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view event later this month. 

Also, Alexa Bliss vs. Natalya vs. Sasha Banks vs. Ember Moon, as well as Bobby Roode vs. Finn Balor vs. Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens in Fatal 4-Way Matches, have been confirmed for the flagship show of the WWE.

WWE holds next week’s show in Little Rock, AR at the Verizon Arena. As of this writing, no other matches for RAW have been announced.

What are your thoughts on these matches? Sound off in the comment section below.

WWE has announced a new match for the upcoming Money in the Bank PPV.

As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Houston, TX at the Toyota Center on the USA Network, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel won a tag team battle royal to earn the right to be the new #1 contenders for the RAW Tag Team Titles. 

The Revival, Heath Slater & Rhyno, Breezango, Titus Worldwide, Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler and The Ascension were the other teams that competed in the match. 

As a result of this big win, Dallas and Axel will now challenge Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt for the titles at the upcoming Money in the Bank PPV event.

The Money in the Bank pay-per-view event takes place on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate 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

– Men’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz vs. Rusev vs. Kevin Owens vs. Bobby Roode vs. Samoa Joe

– Women’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Ember Moon vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Becky Lynch vs. Natalya vs. Lana vs. Naomi vs. Sasha Banks

– WWE Title Last Man Standing Match: AJ Styles © vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

– WWE Raw Women’s Title Match: Nia Jax © vs. Ronda Rousey

– WWE Intercontinental Title Match: Seth Rollins © vs. Elias

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

– Singles Match: Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal

– Singles Match: Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass

– WWE SmackDown Tag Team Title Match: Luke Harper & Erick Rowan © vs. Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows

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

– Singles Match: Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn

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

Two matches have been revealed for WWE 205 Live.

WWE sent out a video on their official Twitter account of 205 Live General Manager Drake Maverick announcing two big matches for Tuesday’s episode of the show in Corpus Christi, TX at the American Bank Center on the WWE Network.

Those matches are Brian Kendrick taking on Lince Dorado in a singles match as well as Musta Ali versus Buddy Murphy, who just lost to WWE Cruiserweight Champion Cedric Alexander on last week’s episode.  

“EXCLUSIVE: Per @WWEMaverick, tomorrow on #205Live we will witness two HUGE matchups in the form of @mrbriankendrick vs. @LuchadorLD and @MustafaAliWWE vs. @WWE_Murphy!”

EXCLUSIVE: Per @WWEMaverick, tomorrow on #205Live we will witness two HUGE matchups in the form of @mrbriankendrick vs. @LuchadorLD and @MustafaAliWWE vs. @WWE_Murphy! pic.twitter.com/LBoG4hzE6l

— WWE (@WWE) June 5, 2018

What are your thoughts on these matches being announced for this show by the sports entertainment company? Sound off in the comment section below.

Jonathan Coachman’s Absent

There was one member of the commentator team for the sports entertainment company’s flagship show, Monday Night RAW, missing from this week’s episode in Houston, TX at the Toyota Center on the USA Network.

Michael Cole announced at the top of the show that Jonathan Coachman was ‘on assignment’ and that David Otunga would be filling in for him on the announce team for the show.

It turns out that the reason Coachman missed the show was due to him currently being in Atlantic City, New Jersey while covering the World Long Drive Golf Championships. 

Qualifying for final 8 going on right now. We will be all over it leading up to finals of the Boardwalk Bash 7/6 central on @GolfChannel @WorldLongDrive @KevinEndsley pic.twitter.com/waDjZAfWsS

— The Coach (@Thecoachrules) June 4, 2018

WWE Network News

WWE’s streaming service, WWE Network, will be airing a new episode of “Something Else to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard” this coming Wednesday that will focus on WWE’s ECW brand, which lasted from 2006 until 2010. The episode will hit the on-demand section at 8pm EST.

What are your thoughts on Otunga filling in for Coachman on RAW? Sound off in the comment section below.

Major Kane Wrestling Again

It’s been well established that Glenn Jacobs (better known as Kane) has been declared the winner of the Knox County primary for mayor by a narrow margin. Later this year, citizens of the country will decide by voting who they want to win the mayoral race.

Kane recently spoke with Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet to talk about various topics.

During this interview, he was asked if he wins the election for Mayor of Knox County, would he consider wrestling again. He won’t rule out wrestling again by stating, “I never rule anything out. I think it would be great to have a PPV here in Knoxville. We haven’t had one in forever. If there’s a PPV, it would be an honor for me to take part in that.”

WWE NXT Touring

On Monday, June 4, 2018, Triple H took to his official Twitter account to announce several upcoming NXT live events.

The black-and-yellow brand will do a three-day tour starting on Thursday, August 16 at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Mass. They continue on Friday, August 17 at the Asbury Park Convention Hall in Asbury Park, N.J. The next night is, of course, the fourth annual TakeOver: Brooklyn event.

NXT Champion Aleister Black, NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler, Undisputed ERA, Ricochet, Kairi Sane, Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, EC3, Velveteen Dream, Bianca Belair are all advertised for the show.

Tickets for the events go on sale at NXTtickets.com starting this Friday, June 8.

Before @WWENXT takes over Brooklyn with #NXTTakeOver, the #NXTRoadTrip returns to:#NXTLowell 8/16#NXTAsburyPark 8/17

Tickets go on sale THIS Friday at 10am ET at https://t.co/pcQU3cSnfR. #WeAreNXT pic.twitter.com/JLPVHSZ8nY

— Triple H (@TripleH) June 4, 2018

What are your thoughts on Kane potentially wrestling again? Sound off in the comment section below.

Impact Wrestling has decided to retire the Grand Championship. 

On Monday, June 4, 2018, the promotion officially announced that the Grand title has been merged with the World Championship, thus creating one title: the Undisputed World Championship.

BREAKING NEWS: @AustinAries has officially merged the IMPACT World and Grand Championship into one undisputed World Championship. pic.twitter.com/bY77HbJPqm

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 4, 2018

What are your thoughts on this decision and new design? Sound off in the comment section below.

Legacy Of The Grand Title

The Grand Title was introduced at the August 13th, 2016 Impact Wrestling tapings by then-TNA President Billy Corgan. It initially replaced the King of the Mountain Championship.

Matches for the Grand Title featured three 3-minute rounds and could be won by pinfall or submission. If there was no winner after 3 rounds, a panel of judges deciding the winner by considering physicality, aggressiveness, and control.

There was an 8-man tournament held to crown the first champion Aaron Rex (Damien Sandow) earned the achievement to be the inaugural Grand Champion at the 2016 Bound for Glory pay-per-view event.

If you recall, Austin Aries held both titles before the merger was announced. When Aries returned to the promotion in February of this year, he beat Eli Drake to become the new World Champion on his first night back. He would go onto beat Matt Sydal the following week to win the Grand Title. Although he would lose the World Title to Pentagon Jr. at the Redemption PPV, he would win it back on an episode of Impact Wrestling. 

It was also announced on Monday who Aries would be defending the World Title against at the upcoming Slammiversary PPV event. For more on the two matches announced for this event, please click here. 

The Big Show Has Reunion

Former WWE Champion The Big Show was able to reunite with two WWE Hall of Famers over the weekend while attending the Niagara Falls Comic Con.

“The World’s Largest Athlete” showed off this photo on his official Instagram account of him spending some time with Lita and Trish Stratus, who was last seen on WWE television when they took part in the first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble match in January at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.

https://instagram.com/p/BjirdwQlUeF/?utm_source=ig_embed

Show has not been seen on WWE TV since his Steel Cage Match against Braun Strowman on an episode of Raw in order to write him off TV due to him undergoing hip surgery, which was successfully done on September 29th.

Shinsuke Nakamura Hypes SmackDown Segment

The WWE announced over the weekend that SmackDown GM Paige will oversee a contract signing between WWE Champion AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura for their Last Man Standing Match at the Money in the Bank PPV on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live.

Nakamura took to his official Twitter account to hype the upcoming match by writing the following:

Very nice to offer @AJStylesOrg a seat at the table. He can’t sign the contract standing up! #WWEChampionship ???

— Shinsuke Nakamura (@ShinsukeN) June 2, 2018

What are your thoughts on this upcoming match between Nakamura and Styles? Sound off in the comment section below.

Former WWE Women’s Champion Mickie James was recently profiled by Fredericksburg.com.

In this article, James took the time to reflect on her career and how she got into the pro wrestling business. In this interview, James spoke about how she went from working as a truck stop waitress to being a veteran of the sports entertainment company.

“It’s incredible and it’s also very humbling. I try to remember who I am and what I come from, because I didn’t come from super means. I had to work and pray and try really hard to succeed and get everything that I wanted out of life. I’m still not satisfied.”

James is grateful for those female wrestlers who came before her and is hoping that she can be remembered in that same spotlight like that before decides to retire as an in-ring performer.

“I wanted to be one of the best in the business, whether it was male or female. I recognized it was looked upon differently, but at the same time I wanted that line to be blurred. To see how far female wrestling has come is just inspiring and incredible. I’m just grateful to be a part of it and throw a little Virginia sass on it.”

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

The Background

She made her WWE main roster debut in October 2005 and was placed in a storyline with Trish Stratus. This led to her receiving a big push and her first WWE Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 22 in 2006 from Stratus.

Her time in WWE was put on hold on April 22, 2010 after departing from the sports entertainment company, after which she returned to TNA. On October 13, 2016, it was announced that James would return to WWE’s developmental brand NXT at the NXT TakeOver: Toronto event where she would compete on a match against the NXT Women’s Champion Asuka for the title. James lost the match.

On the January 17, 2017 episode of SmackDown Live, James made her return by helping Alexa Bliss retain the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Becky Lynch in a steel cage match. In April of that same year, James made her debut on the Raw brand as part of the Superstar Shakeup.

There has been some great Money in the Bank contract cash-ins over the years.

With this year’s Money in the Bank PPV right around the corner, there will be more memories made.

WWE’s official website has released a list looking at the 10 greatest Money in the Bank Ladder Match competitors in history. Here is their list:

10. Carmella
9. Shelton Benjamin
8. Seth Rollins
7. Dolph Ziggler
6. Daniel Bryan
5. CM Punk
4. Randy Orton
3. Chris Jericho
2. Kane
1. Edge

The Money in the Bank pay-per-view event takes place on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena and will air on the WWE Network and some traditional pay-per-view outlets. Both Raw and SmackDown brands will be featured.

WWE has already confirmed that the Men’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match will see Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz vs. Rusev vs. Kevin Owens vs. Bobby Roode vs. Samoa Joe while the Women’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match will have Ember Moon vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Becky Lynch vs. Natalya vs. Lana vs. Naomi vs. Sasha Banks

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

The Undertaker is slated to make his WWE live event return.

WWE is scheduled to hold a live event at Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 7th. The official Twitter account for the arena announced on Monday morning that Taker would be returning to in-ring action at this upcoming event.

This marks the first time in eight years that he will be competing in the arena.

For the first time in 8 years, The Undertaker returns live in action to The Garden on Saturday, July 7th. #WWEMSG pic.twitter.com/0xcQ5CeThO

— MSG (@TheGarden) June 4, 2018

Taker returned to in-ring action earlier this year as took on John Cena at WrestleMania 34 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on the WWE Network.

Then the future WWE Hall of Famer beat Rusev in a Casket Match at the Greatest Royal Rumble event back in April in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at the King Abdullah International Stadium.

The WWE will be announcing more matches for this live event in the coming weeks.

Updated Card For WWE’s Return To MSG (7/7)

– Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor vs. Elias

– Ronda Rousey vs. Nia Jax

– The Undertaker returns to action

Do you think this means The Undertaker is wrestling at SummerSlam?

WWE Executive and former WWE Champion Triple H has opened up on his vision for the WWE Performance Center.

Triple H, real name Paul Levesque, recently spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated to promote the official website for the Performance Center, which launched this morning (June 4, 2018).

In this interview, he sounded off on how this website will help them further recruit athletes from around the world and transform them into a WWE Superstar.

“We’re looking for larger-than-life personalities, for quality human beings and emerging leaders, as well as the person who can handle the grind of long days on the road but still smiles when seeing children waiting at the airport,” said Levesque. “Our stars are superheroes to most of the world, so we want the right people.

“This is the path to WWE. There are some markets that are much more mature and ready to begin the process, where there are other markets that are going to need more time to create a pipeline. Over time, this path will become clear. The process is now in place.”

Before NXT, which Triple H created, WWE had OVW and other developmental brands to get talents that they saw as draws ready for the big stage.  Triple H believed that they needed to build within instead of reach out to other promotions and grab their talent. Thus, NXT was born, and later WWE created the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

WWE’s Global Talent Search

“The Game” believes that the next step for the sports entertainment company is to get talent from not just the United States but from around the world.

“We’re recruiting globally, finding stars around the world,” said Levesque. “WWE is this global product that is seen everywhere and has massive appeal, almost on a level where there is nothing quite like that. American football does not translate a lot overseas, cricket doesn’t translate everywhere in the world. Soccer is probably the closest to it, but we have this amazing product that is globally massive. Seventy percent of our viewership across all our platforms comes from outside of the US. We want to keep the world engaged.

“Our goal is to find local talent to try out with the WWE, train them locally, then see the talent eventually move to the US, become part of a global brand in NXT, go to Raw, go to SmackDown, and then be a part of WrestleMania,” said Levesque. “What is that engagement then to those fans in that area? That’s transformative to a global audience.

“We’re one of the biggest, most watched products in India. But if we can take local, homegrown talent from India and create stars, there will be an even deeper involvement. We are a truly global brand. We tour globally and the product exists globally. It’s the global localization of the world, and engaging with local markets in a grassroots manner leads to an even greater local presence.”

What are your thoughts on Triple H’s comments? Sound off in the comments.

SAnitY has finally made their WWE main roster debut.

WWE held a live event on Saturday night in Waco, Texas. At the show, the former NXT stable made their main roster debut when Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe took on Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows in a tag team match but lost by DQ once Killian Dain interfered.

If you recall, the sports entertainment company decided to call up the group that consists of Young, Dain, and Wolfe from NXT to the main roster and placed them on the SmackDown brand shortly after WrestleMania 34 in April.

Although they have yet to make their television debut on the blue brand, WWE has aired vignettes to hype their debut.

https://twitter.com/AnnetteReid24/status/1003179618755645440

Sanity causing chaos in Waco Tonite #WWEWaco #Sanity pic.twitter.com/NkYveh1rBu

— Blaine (@blainerussell1) June 3, 2018

Here are the results from this live event:

– Tag Team Match: Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows defeated SAnitY by DQ

– Singles Match: Andrade “Cien” Almas defeated Sin Cara

– Six-Woman Tag Team Match: Asuka, Naomi and Becky Lynch defeated The IIconics and Lana.

– WWE Intercontinental Title Fatal Five-Way Match: Jeff Hardy © defeated The Miz, Shinsuke Nakamura, Samoa Joe and Shelton Benjamin.

– Tag Team Match: The New Day defeated The Bar

– WWE SmackDown Women’s Title Match: Carmella © defeated Charlotte Flair

– Singles Match: Daniel Bryan defeated Big Cass via tap out.

What are your thoughts on their future on the main roster? Sound off in the comment section below. 

Former WWE Tag Team Champion Tyson Kidd (TJ Wilson) has reflected on the injury that ended his in-ring career.

For those who may not remember, Kidd was seriously injured three years in a dark match prior to a RAW TV event with Samoa Joe after taking the muscle buster.

He ended up getting C1-C2 spinal fusion surgery, and doctors said that there was a 95 percent chance of death. Thus, at the time, it was considered life-threatening injury as well.

Now, that his in-ring career is over in the sports entertainment, he noted in a recent post on his official Twitter account that he’s really enjoying his current role with the WWE, which is being a producer on the main roster.

He wrote the following:

“3 years ago my entire world was halted.  I had no clue what the hell the rest of my life would look like.  I really enjoy my current role and look forward to many more years contributing to something I love.”

3 years ago my entire world was halted. I had no clue what the hell the rest of my life would look like. I really enjoy my current role and look forward to many more years contributing to something I love pic.twitter.com/9nRaD8LQBq

— TJ Wilson (@TJWilson) June 1, 2018

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A big segment has been set for this week’s episode of SmackDown Live.

WWE SmackDown General Manager Paige has announced that a contract signing between WWE Champion AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura for their Last Man Standing Match at the upcoming Money in the Bank PPV event will take place this week.

She noted in the post on her Twitter account that she will be overseeing the signing.

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WWE holds this week’s show in Corpus Christi, TX at the American Bank Center.

The sports entertainment company has already announced that a Mixed Tag Team Match that will see Jimmy Uso team up with his wife Naomi to take on Aiden English and Lana, as well as a singles match between Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair, will go down on this episode.

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

WWE has officially announced Daniel Bryan’s opponent at the Money in the Bank PPV.

On Saturday morning, the sports entertainment company announced that Bryan would take on Big Cass in a singles match at this upcoming event.

If you recall, this marks the second singles match between them as they wrestled each other at the Backlash event just last month that saw Bryan win by submission.

It should also be noted that the PPG Paints Arena is advertising Bryan vs. Cass in a singles match for the upcoming Extreme Rules PPV event that takes place Sunday, July 15, 2018, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thus, it appears that this feud will be continuing for at least another month.

The Money in the Bank pay-per-view event takes place on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena and will air on the WWE Network and some traditional pay-per-view outlets. Both Raw and SmackDown brands will be featured. Here is the updated card:

– Men’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz vs. Rusev vs. Kevin Owens vs. Bobby Roode vs. Samoa Joe

– Women’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Ember Moon vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Becky Lynch vs. Natalya vs. Lana vs. Naomi vs. Sasha Banks

– WWE Title Last Man Standing Match: AJ Styles © vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

– WWE Raw Women’s Title Match: Nia Jax © vs. Ronda Rousey

– WWE Intercontinental Title Match: Seth Rollins © vs. Elias

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

– Singles Match: Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal

– Singles Match: Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass

– WWE SmackDown Tag Team Title Match: Luke Harper & Erick Rowan © vs. Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows

– Singles Match: Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn

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WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin has discussed the problem with a chant he helped make famous.

One of the signatures of Austin’s entrance was him talking as he walked down the ramp and as a result of being a great talker, he came up with the word that started a chant that is still around today.

During a recent episode of The Steve Austin Show (transcript courtesy of Wrestling Inc), the WWE Hall of Famer talked about the problem with the ‘What’ chant.

“I never knew the ‘What?’ chant would stick around as long as it’s stuck around,” said Austin. He later continued, “it can really mess with a guys’ or girls’ rhythm, what they are really trying to say. Sometimes they can get flustered. Sometimes that ‘What?’ chant could really be overwhelming, and you think people aren’t paying attention to what you’re saying, and sometimes on a really strong, heart-felt promo is happening, they’ll start with that ‘What?’ chant.

Austin continued by stating, “The audience is missing out what the wrestler’s saying, so sometimes you gotta time that ‘What?’ chant when there’s some bulls–t going on and you gotta be able to listen to a real deal promo so you know what’s going on in the story. I feel for ya, and I feel for when they’re trying to cut a good promo. It interrupts your rhythm, plain and simple.”

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

For years now, Steve Austin has been regarded as one of the biggest stars in the history of the sports entertainment company.

If you recall, Austin came up with the line around the time of the Alliance angle and kept using it a few years after that. Even though he doesn’t appear on WWE television as frequently as he used to, the fans kept the chant going.

– It was originally reported that WWE would be taping the second installment of the Mae Young Classic tournament on August 7th and 8th.

It turns out according to a report by F4Wonline.com that the sports entertainment company will be taping the tournaments on Wednesday, August 8th, and Thursday, August 9th at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.

As of this writing, there’s no word yet on when the first-round matches will air on the WWE Network or when the finals will take place.

– Thursday night marked the final night that former WWE and current Impact Wrestling star John Morrison would be a single man as he is set to marry fellow Impact star Taya Valkyrie this weekend.

Morrison took the time to spend some time with his good friends WWE stars Zack Ryder and The Miz along with Impact star Brian Cage.

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