– TNA star Kurt Angle has been working with a pulled hamstring. TNA booked 6-man tag matches over the weekend to take some of the workload off Angle.

– Former WWE star Luke Gallows was on the road with TNA over the weekend and appeared as one of the masked members of Aces & Eights, so it’s believed he’s signed a TNA contract.

– In another sign that Devon is done with TNA, he tweeted a picture of himself at the gym wearing a WWE “RAW Is War” t-shirt.

It’s expected that TNA will be quietly eliminating Devon’s Television championship.

– The wrestler who plays Stylez in WWE’s ongoing the Anger Management skits on RAW is indy wrestler wrestler GQ Money from XPW. He previously worked as Fabian Kailen on MTV’s Wrestling Society X.

– WWE Studios’s latest movie, “The Day,” took in an estimated $10,100 in its first full weekend in theaters. The movie was only shown in 12 theaters across the country. For more information, visit BoxOfficeMojo.com.

– Former WWE diva Trish Stratus is on the cover of the Fall 2012 issue of Next Big Thing magazine. Check out the cover:

Tonight’s episode of WWE RAW takes place from Chicago, Illinois, hometown of WWE Champion CM Punk. Here’s a preview of what to expect tonight:

– The fallout from CM Punk’s beatdown of Jerry Lawler last week on RAW.

– Daniel Bryan and Kane return for more Anger Management classes.

– Vickie Guerrero continues to plot against General Manager AJ Lee.

WWE’s 5-point preview for RAW is teasing the following items:

1) Destiny within reach? Alberto Del Rio’s path to Night of Champions and his World Heavyweight title shot continues.

2) The Anger Sharks are Swimming: WWE questions whether Anger Management participant “Harold” (Scorpio Sky) will fall victim to Daniel Bryan’s Yes Lock or Kane’s chokeslam first.

3) Heavy lies the pantsuit: Vickie Guerrero tries to remove AJ Lee from power.

4) Cena’s next step: After defeating The Miz last week, will John Cena try to avenge Jerry Lawler’s honor and confront CM Punk?

5) Punked? The Voice of the Voiceless will have words for the WWE Universe after his latest attack on Jerry Lawler.

* Major Update On TEAM 3D Leaving TNA & Returning to WWE

WWE;s upcoming “Once In A Lifetime: Cena vs. The Rock” DVD/Blu-Ray will be released next Tuesday, September 11th. The DVD and Blu-Ray can be pre-ordered now at Amazon.com.

Here is the complete content listing, including documentary chapters, matches and Blu-Ray exclusive features:

Documentary Chapters:

After 7 Long Years

A Year in the Making

The People’s Champ

The New Face of the WWE

Social Media Warfare

LockerRoom Noise

Loyalty and Respect

Let’s Go Cena – Cena Sucks

Once in a Lifetime

Special Features

First Class

Tiger Pride

World’s Most Famous Arena

A Funny Person

Comedy Translates

Flat on My Face

Singing

Tonight Show

Merry Christmas!

Getting Dad Involved

Giving Back

Unpredictable

Tickets

Clash

Secret Recipe

Matches & Segments:

The Rock Returns to RAW
RAW 14th February, 2011

John Cena Responds to The Rock
RAW 21st February, 2011

The Rock Confronts “John Cena” At His Home
RAW 14th March, 2011

John Cena Adjusts The Rock’s Attitude
RAW 28th March, 2011

The Rock Welcomes the WWE Universe
WrestleMania XXVII 3rd April, 2011

WWE Championship Match
The Miz vs. John Cena
WrestleMania XXVII 3rd April, 2011

Save the Date: The Rock vs. John Cena
RAW 4th April, 2011

John Cena: This is Your Life
RAW 11th November, 2011

Boots to Asses
RAW 11th November, 2011

The Rock & John Cena vs. The Miz & R-Truth
Survivor Series 20th November, 2011

John Cena Calls Out Dwayne Johnson
RAW 20th February, 2012

The Rock & John Cena Face-to-Face
RAW 27th February, 2012

The Rock’s History Lesson #1
RAW 5th March, 2012

John Cena Returns Home
RAW 5th March, 2012

The Rock’s History Lesson #2
RAW 5th March, 2012

The Rock’s History Lesson #3
RAW 5th March, 2012

The Rock & John Cena Live in Boston
RAW 5th March, 2012

The Return of Thuganomics
RAW 12th March, 2012

Rock Concert
RAW 12th March, 2012

The Final Confrontation
RAW 26th March, 2012

WrestleMania XXVIII Press Conference
Miami 28th March, 2012

The Rock vs. John Cena
WrestleMania XXVIII 1st April, 2011

Blu-ray Exclusives:

Typewriter

A Dozen Eggs

Hungry?

Blaisdell Center

Instant Gratification

Billboard

Electrifying Mexico City

Evicted

Tattoo

The Kidman Spot

Enjoying the Moment

Tribute to the Troops

“U Can’t See Me”

Grilled Cheese

Bad Advice

Rise Above Hate

FILM CUT- Once in a Lifetime
The Rock vs. John Cena
WrestleMania XXVIII 1st April, 2012

The Rock Comments on his WrestleMania Match
Raw 2nd April, 2012

John Cena Comments on his WrestleMania Match
Raw2nd April, 2012

* News On THE ROCK Wrestling John Cena Again – For The WWE Championship

WWE Intercontinental champion The Miz recently spoke to Metro U.K to promote WWE’s upcoming UK tour and participated in a Q&A session. Here are some highlights of what Miz said about:

His Worst Injury: “The worst injuries are to your head. I got a concussion on WrestleMania 27. I took a tackle off a table and landed on my head on the concrete. It gave me a scare. WWE has an impact assessment and you aren’t allowed to work until you pass it. I had a week off, which is scary because you never know what’s going to happen.”

The Worst Advice He’s Received “I get bad advice all the time but I ignore it. I probably didn’t help myself when I first started because I didn’t want to wear trunks. I told myself I’d never be the guy wearing trunks in the ring. I didn’t want to wear Speedos and be like everyone else but then I realised that, if I wanted to establish myself, I needed to be taken seriously by the audience. So I ditched the gimmicks and went to trunks.”

Whether Wrestlers Get Along: “It’s a bit of everything. In a group of 100 people, not everyone is going to be your best friend. You have people who have tiffs with each other, then have people who are good friends. I’d say I get on best with Zack Ryder because he has such good stories. Dolph Ziggler is an incredible talent and Chris Jericho is one of the best in the ring today.”

* Major Update On TEAM 3D Leaving TNA & Returning to WWE

– TNA star Bully Ray tweeted the following message this weekend, addressing rumors that he is leaving the company along with Devon:

Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see. Things are about to get interesting. #BULLYNATION

— Bully Ray (@bullyray5150) August 31, 2012

– October’s “TNA: Unfinished Business” PPV series will feature a 1-hour look at Hulk Hogan and Sting’s various encounters in TNA through the years.

– Here’s this week’s TNA Impact Rewind video:

– CM Punk bleeding on RAW has been a hot topic of conversation this week amongst WWE talent. His tweet about paying a $500,000 fine for bleeding on RAW was [obviously] fictional, as there were no fines levied for the apparent blade job.

VIDEO of CM Punk Apparently Blading On RAW

Punk bleeding on RAW and repeatedly referring to himself as a “wrestler” has led to some optimisim that RAW is getting edgier.

– John Laurinaitis is said to be recovered from his recent injury and is back working live events. Laurinaitis did a run in during the CM Punk vs. John Cena vs. Big Show main event in Brisbane, attacking John Cena with a steel chair before catching an Attitude Adjustment.

– Speaking of the Big Show, he is sporting a new look on WWE’s tour of Australia. He is now clean shaving after shaving his trademark goatee.

View Here: Big Show’s New Clean-Shaven Look

– WWE Diva Rosa Mendes is also back on tour with WWE after her recent domestic violence spat with former WWE wrestler Jackson Andrews. Rosa has been appearing with Epico and Primo and lost to Divas Champion Layla at Thursday’s live event from Brisbane, Australia.

The Big Show is sporting a new look on WWE’s live events tour of Australia. Show is now clean shaven after shaving off his trademark goatee. Check it out:

– WWE producer Finlay has been added to the Alumni section of WWE.com.

– WWE Champion CM Punk tweeted the following message on Thursday night during the Republican National Concention:

I'm stoked to be in Sydney and nowhere near the RNC to hear how they intended to limit the rights of women and destroy the education system.

— player/coach (@CMPunk) August 31, 2012

– Roddy Piper has been pulled from the upcoming Caribbean Wrestling Bash tour that runs in Aruba from 9/7-9/9. Other names still advertised to appear include Kevin Nash and Jerry Lawler.

– Natalya did a fan Q&A on Twitter on Thursday night and named Raquel Diaz (Shaul Marie Guerrero) is the NXT Diva with the most potential who she wants to work with.

* Picture Of Raquel Diaz’s Crazy New “Lady Gaga” Gimmick at NXT

– Following her arrest for DUI last week, WWE Diva Cameron remains on the WWE roster and is currently touring with WWE ‘down under’ in Australia. She worked last night’s live event from Brisbane, but her future with the company is uncertain at best.

Sources in WWE say that Cameron’s job is in jeopardy due to the findings in her DUI police report, which stated that she tried bribing a police officer with $10,000 to not take her to jail. She also failed to list WWE as her employer and there is a belief that she did not notify WWE about the arrest, hoping it would go unnoticed.

– WWE Superstar Ted DiBiase is currently in Guam doing promotional work for WWE and the National Guard after recently battling pneumonia. He will be doing a meet and greet at the Agana Shopping Center in Guam this Saturday 12-4pm.

– Epico posted the following on Twitter this week, explaining why he and his partner Primo should be the #1 contenders to Kofi Kingston and R-Truth’s tag titles:

At WM28 we beat the Usos and Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd… At Money in the bank we beat PTP…

— Orlando Colón (@TheOrlandoColon) August 31, 2012

Therefore WE should be the number one contenders for the WWE Tag Team Titles!

— Orlando Colón (@TheOrlandoColon) August 31, 2012

The following matches were taped on Tuesday night for this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown.

– Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes

– Sheamus vs. Damien Sandow

– Kaitlyn vs. Natalya

– Darren Young and Titus O’Neil vs. Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel

– Alberto Del Rio vs. Kane

– Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler

*SPOILERS* For Tonight’s WWE SmackDown

TNA has announced the following for next week’s Impact Wrestling:

Bound For Glory Series Match:
Samoa Joe vs. Jeff Hardy

Bound For Glory Series Match:
Rob Van Dam vs. Bully Ray

The two matches will help determine the Final Four match at next weekend’s No Surrender PPV.

TNA Tag Team Title Match:
Kazarian & Daniels (c) vs. Opponents TBA.

Impact GM Hulk Hogan will announce Kaz & Daniels’s opponents next week.

– TNA will run a live event tonight at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Richmond, Virginia.

– After tonight’s TNA live event in Richmond, TNA Knockout Mickie James will be performing a country music concert at the “Kingdom” venue at 10PM EST.

– Here is this week’s Impact Wrestling post-show:

On the post show we hear from Mike Tenay regarding what happened with the Aces and 8s as IMPACT WRESTLING went off the air. We also get to witness the return of Eric Young to the Post Show who is joined by AJ Styles who seems to be a pretty big fan of Eric Young’s Show “Off the Hook: Extreme Catches” Sundays on Animal Planet. Christopher Daniels and Kazarian also stop in and pretty much take over the post show and seek legal advice from Joseph Park. This and more on the post show.

Dolph Ziggler was interviewed this week by QCTimes.com to promote next Tuesday night’s SmackDown tapings from Moline, Illinois. Here are some highlights of what Ziggler said about:

Living His Dream In WWE: “True story. When I was 5 years old, I went to my first WWE live event with my dad. I loved it so much I wanted to start wrestling. Two months later, I was wrestling at 5 years old. It’s been a dream job since I was a child.”

Politics In WWE: “I’d been such a fan and paid such close attention that there weren’t too many (surprises) “But it’s like any other job. There’s politics involved, there’s being friends with different people, knowing what to say and what not to say.

Wanting To Be The Best Ever: “I always saw myself as a great sports entertainer and wanted to be the best,” he added. “I have prided myself on my matches and work and entertainment. I want to be, at the end of my career, the greatest ever.”

The following press release was sent out Thursday:

The series premiere of WWE Saturday Morning Slam on August 25 (CW, 10-10:30am) was Saturday morning’s (7am-12pm) most watched program on CW among total viewers and the following kids demos: Kids under 18, Kids 2-5, Kids 2-11, Kids 6-11, Kids 9-14, Boys under 18, Boys 2-5, Boys 2-11, Boys 6-11, Girls under 18, Girls 2-11, Girls 6-11, Girls 9-14 and Female Teens (F12-17).

It delivered a 0.7 U.S. household rating / 2 share in 747,000 TV households with 1,126,000 total viewers (persons 2+). This household rating is up +75% versus the prior four week time period performance which averaged a 0.4 U.S. household rating / 1 share in 456,000 TV households with 675,000 total viewers.

The top programs among total viewers during the Vortexx block were:

1. WWE Saturday Morning Slam@10am (1,126,000 viewers / 0.7 HH rating)
2. Justice League Unlimited @9:30am (1,003,000 viewers / 0.6 HH rating)
3. Dragon Ball Z Kai @10:30am (841,000 viewers / 0.5 HH rating)
4. Iron Man: Armored Adventures @9am (802,000 viewers / 0.6 HH rating)
5. Power Rangers Lost Galaxy @8am (662,000 viewers / 0.4 HH rating)
6. Yu-Gi-Oh! @11am (661,000 viewers / 0.4 HH rating)
7. Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal @8:30am (631,000 viewers / 0.4 HH rating)
8. Rescue Heroes @7:30am (519,000 viewers / 0.4 HH rating)
9. Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal @11:30am (494,000 viewers / 0.3 HH rating)
10. Cubix @7am (457,000 viewers / 0.3 HH rating)

– WWE Saturday Morning Slam was CW’s most watched Saturday morning program since 3/10/12 (Dragon Ball Z Kai @10:30am / 1,140,000 viewers).

– WWE Saturday Morning Slam was CW’s most watched Saturday morning program in the time period since 2/25/12 (Dragon Ball Z Kai / 1,196,000 viewers).

– WWE Saturday Morning Slam was the most watched entertainment program on broadcast TV Saturday Morning among total viewers.

– WWE Saturday Morning Slam was watched by more viewers than the following 10-10:30am programs: The Green Lantern on Cartoon Network, Noodle and Doodle on NBC, Little Bear on Nick Jr., Doodlebops on CBS, Pair of Kings on Disney XD and Power Rangers on Nicktoons.

– During the 10-10:30am time-period, WWE Saturday Morning Slam was watched by more Boys under 18 (including the Boys 2-11 and Boys 6-11 demos) than every program on broadcast TV, Nick Jr., Disney XD and Nicktoons.

– WWE Saturday Morning Slam was watched by more Boys under 18 (including the Boys 6-11 demo) than every program on broadcast TV, Nick Jr., Nicktoons, and Disney XD.

– WWE Saturday Morning Slam was watched by more Kids 6-11 than every program on broadcast TV, Nick Jr. or Nicktoons.

– WWE Saturday Morning Slam was watched by more Kids under 18 than every program on broadcast TV or Nicktoons.

– WWE Saturday Morning Slam is part of the television premiere of Vortexx on The CW, a Saturday morning kids’ television block. This marks the first time, since 2001, WWE has a program in a kids’ time slot and reinforces WWE’s commitment to kid-friendly entertainment.

– The surgery that Steve Austin underwent last month was a major reconstructive procedure to repair his ACL and PCL. Austin will be unable to do any acting until 2013 and has been doing physical therapy 3 times a week hoping to be back behind the camera by January.

As Austin and Jim Ross have stated recently, there is virtually no chance of Austin wrestling at WrestleMania 29 next April. Especially with The Rock and Brock Lesnar already booked for the show, Austin’s first match in a decade deserves top billing and is more likely to take place at WrestleMania 30.

– Speaking of Austin, he had an interesting encounter with WWE Diva Cameron during this month’s SummerSlam Axxess festivities that took place in Los Angeles, Calfornia. Cameron, who was a participant on the most recent season of Tough Enough when Austin was a judge, pointed out to him that she was the first person cut from the show and was the only contestant still on WWE’s main roster. After cameron’s DUI arrest last week and the media attention it garnered online, she might have spoken too soon.

* VIEW HERE: CAMERON’s DUI Mugshot From Last Week

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

– WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair will be free from his TNA no-compete clause and free to sign with WWE on September 10th. While it’s not a sure thing that Flair will be returning to WWE as soon as he’s legally able to (due to the TNA vs. WWE lawsuit), one storyline proposed for Flair would be to pair him with Dolph Ziggler as a mentor/manager.

Flair is currently in the midst of a divorce from his wife Jacqueline Beems, his 4th time down that road.

– Th reason John Laurinaitis has been pulled from wrestling dark matches after WWE television shows is because he is currently injured. Despite the fact that he was removed as WWE’s Executive Vice President of Talent Relations back in June, Laurinaitis is expected to return as a television character in the coming months.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

– Last week’s 3-day WWE tryout camp in Southern California was attended by approximately 30 men and women. This camp was attended mostly by independent wrestlers, whereas the recent tryout camp in Florida had a lot of former college football players.

– The August 6th edition of WWE RAW had approximately 396,000 homes watching on via DVR/tape delay.

– As we’ve been reporting, Randy Orton will be taking time off from television in the coming weeks to film the new WWE Studios movie, “12 Rounds: Reloaded.” While Orton could make sporadic appearances on RAW and SmackDown during his hiatus, he’s expected to return to live events around November 1st.

Orton wrestles Dolph Ziggler on Friday’s SmackDown.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

The following is TNA’s official preview for tonight’s live edition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV:

– With only two weeks left in the annual “Bound For Glory Series” for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship, the stakes have never been higher! Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast will feature THREE huge BFG Series bouts as “The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy faces Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam battles “Cowboy” James Storm, and longtime rivals collide as AJ Styles takes on Samoa Joe!

– What is the condition of World Heavyweight Champion Austin Aries after the brutal attack by The Aces & 8s gang this past week? Tune in for an update on the champ! The TNA roster has gone to war against The Aces & 8s…and the IMPACT Zone will be the battlefield this Thursday at 8/7 on SpikeTV!

– Will “TNA Gut Check” prospect Kris Lewie earn a contract and a spot on the TNA roster? The newcomer faces the judges on the broadcast!

All this and much more on Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING on SpikeTV LIVE at 8/7c, including news on the upcoming “No Surrender” Pay-Per-View event!

WWE RAW General Manager AJ Lee was interviewed by Canada’s Slam Wrestling to promote the upcoming episode of RAW from Montreal on September 10th. Here are some highlights of what AJ said about:

Dressing & Acting Professionally As RAW GM: “Yeah, I mean, I think you have to grow up in the situation in which you are placed and with the responsibilities, you need to look the part. But I still wear bracelets and I don’t wear high heels, because that would be an injury waiting to happen! So it’s a little bit of both. I like to think that I can combine both worlds together,”

Wanting To Wrestle At WM29: “I’m so torn, I want this position [RAW GM] to last long, it’s so much more fun and it’s amazing to have all that power and I’d like to stretch it as long as I can. Being part of Wrestlemania is amazing to me. There’s a little 13-year-old inside of me that was a wrestling fan and the idea of wrestling at home, minutes away is so amazing. So if I was really selfish, I would do both, I would book myself in a match!””

Her Role In WWE’s Scooby Doo Movie: “There’s definitely a checklist of amazing life experience milestone and being immortalize in a cartoon character is certainly bizarre. We did the voiceovers and I hit on Scooby and Shaggy, so this is the most bizarre moment of my life!”

* Pictures of AJ LEE Before She Was In WWE

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. Here are some highlights of what JR wrote about:

Triple H’s Speech On RAW: “HHH’s promo certainly left the door open as to his in ring future. I’m thinking that he won’t be able to walk away just yet from competing but time will tell.”

Punk vs. Lawler Cage Match On RAW: “The last segment of Raw inside the cage was a superb way to end the three hour broadcast as it paid off an issue, Punk vs. Lawler, and put the WWE Champion back with his #1 contender, John Cena, who Punk will face in the main event at Night of Champions PPV. Punk is at the top of his game while King is undoubtedly one of the best ever inside the ropes. I can assure you that Jerry had more fun, even in a losing, painful effort, in the ring Monday night than he would broadcasting ten Raws. Punk getting several staples in his head after contacting the steel cage is not exactly the way I would want to start a multi hour flight to Australia.”

Todd Grisham & Jonathan Coachman Hosting SportsCenter: “Really proud of @GrishamESPN and @TheCoachESPN for their tag team effort hosting SportsCenter on ESPN. Two great guys and who have both found their true calling. Both will evolve into big stars for their network much sooner than later. Todd even gave JR’s BBQ a shout out I’m told Tuesday night. Cool.”

What Young Talent Has To Do: “Young talents have to realize that they HAVE to improve or they will be bypassed by someone who wants it a little bit more. One thing is for sure, young wrestlers cannot make it to the Promised Land simply by investing in their careers while they are at work either training or at a live event. It’s a full time investment of their time including daily DVD study. The process is going to continue to get more challenging to not only get a contract but to ‘make it.’ Competition is good for everyone.”

WWE NXT star Bray Wyatt (formerly Husky Harris) announced on Twitter last night that he will be returning to action at the September 20th NXT tapings from Full Sail University. He has been out of action since June, when he suffered a torn pectoral muscle.

Wyatt says the wait is almost over – and he won’t be showing up alone:

https://twitter.com/huskywwe/status/240994147836768256

https://twitter.com/huskywwe/status/240994220847026176

https://twitter.com/huskywwe/status/240994455652532224

https://twitter.com/huskywwe/status/240994700901896192

https://twitter.com/huskywwe/status/240998016914448386

* PAUL HEYMAN Says Bray Wyatt Is Destined For Greatness & BRAY WYATT Video Promo

– WWE RAW announcer Jerry Lawler is the latest wrestling legend to be announced for the upcoming “Caribbean Wrestling Bash: The Legend Tour,” taking place from September 7-9 in Aruba. The CWB event will feature a Comedy Night on Friday (9/7) and two”Wrestling Under the Caribbean Stars” shows on Saturday (9/8) and Sunday (9/9), sanctioned by the Bad Boys of Wrestling Federation.

Talent announced for the weekend getaway include Kevin Nash, Jerry Lawler, Roddy Piper, Sean “X-Pac” Waltman, Billy Gunn, the Beautiful People (Angelina Love & Velvet Sky), Scott Steiner, Rhino and Scott Hall’s son, Cody Hall.

– WWE superstar Drew McIntyre addressed his lack of television time on Wednesday night:

https://twitter.com/thedrewmcintyre/status/241076422146420736

https://twitter.com/TheDrewMcIntyre/status/241076945570394112

https://twitter.com/TheDrewMcIntyre/status/241078863277486081

https://twitter.com/TheDrewMcIntyre/status/241079278882680833

WWE Diva Cameron, one of Brodus Clay’s Funkadactyl dancers, allegedly tried bribing a police officer with $10,000 after she was arrested for DUI last week in Tampa Bay, Florida.

View Here: Cameron’s DUI MUGSHOT

The police report says Cameron had a blood alcohol content of .20, more than twice the legal limit in Florida.

Cameron allegedly offered one of the officers $10,000 to “let her go because she would lose her job.”

Police say that Cameron had a male passenger in the car, who told them the two of them had been drinking martinis before driving home.

A representative for WWE issued a statement saying:

“Ariane [Cameron] did not alert us to this matter, we are investigating and will take appropriate action.”

(Source: TMZ.com)

WWE Champion CM Punk was interviewed by Machinima Sports and discussed WWE ’13, being on the cover of the video game, facing Steve Austin, The Rock, wanting to face Cactus Jack and more. Here are some highlights of what Punk said about:

Who from the Attitude Era influenced his character: “Nobody, I’ve been CM Punk since I was 15 years old… I was nicknamed Punk when I was a little kid, ’cause I was a little punk into the Ramones, listening to the Clash, listening to punk rock music. I was the first guy to punch someone in the face and not ask questions. So that’s who CM Punk is and that’s where it came from… But a guy who I really liked and admired from the Attitude Era was ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin.”

If he will wrestle Austin: “It’s not up to me. I’ll fight Muhammad Ali, I’ll fight Rin Tin Tin, I’ll fight anybody. Steve Austin knows that. He’s got a bum wheel, he said? We’ll see about next year, see what’s hurt or injured or what else the excuse will be come next year. I’m not a hard guy to find, I’m the WWE Champion.”

Facing The Rock at the Royal Rumble: “I’ve got a date with the Rock come Royal Rumble ’cause apparently somebody on the Board of Directors in their infinite wisdom just likes to grant title matches… Make no mistake about it, WWE’s no joke, any Sunday I could lose this title, I could lose this title tomorrow. I don’t plan on it, but I’m saying that the possibility lies within. I have to hold on to this… I have to hold on to this until The Royal Rumble so I can shut Rock up myself, because that’s what I’ve wanted to do for years and I’m gonna get my chance… Rock, you know what’s comin’ for you. There’s a reason why he’s been silent, and it’s not because he’s busy shooting a movie, he knows this time he’s finally bitten off more than he can chew.”