WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin continues to tease that he’s got at least one more match left in him. During a recent interview with ZooToday.com to promote the DVD release of his latest action movie, Recoil, Austin had this to say about a return:
“If the right situation, the right opponent and the right circumstances came up for the WWE, then it would certainly be something worth considering. Could I have another match or two? Yeah. Physically I am in really good shape right now.”
“People seem to think I am half-dead!… In my movies, I do some pretty hellacious fight scenes that, maybe, a normal person couldn’t do. So my physicality is fine, my neck is fine after having it all fused-up.”
“I am not pitching for another match but if it was a win-win situation for everybody, then absolutely, I would consider it.”
Time and time again, we’ve heard CM Punk as the likely opponent for Steve Austin, should Austin return to the ring. We want to know – who do you think Austin should wrestle? Hit up the comments below.
– Earlier this week, MVP was asked by a fan on Twitter when we’ll hear him say, “I’m Comin” [to WWE]. He replied, “Never again.” MVP later clarified the tweet, saying that he was referring to using his “I’m Coming” theme song again, and not specifically a return to WWE. He wrote:
“I was actually referring to using that theme song he mentioned. I’ve never said I’d ‘never return’ to the WWE. Thanks.”
– The dark match after Monday’s WWE RAW tapings from London saw CM Punk defend the WWE Title against Chris Jericho. Daniel Bryan interfered and attacked Punk, causing a disqualification. Shamus then came out and nailed Bryan with a Brogue Kick. Cody Rhodes, Big Show and Alberto Del Rio all came out next followed by Randy Orton. The babyfaces hit their finishers on the heels to end it.
– Diamond Dallas Page’s DDP Yoga program continues to gain popularity among WWE’s active superstars. WWE Superstars Primo and Titus O’Neil are the latest wrestlers who are using the product. Primo noted on Twitter that he has been pain-free since he began the program.
Posted April 17th, 2012 in News, WWE. Tagged: DDP, MVP.
– Last Friday’s SmackDown replay drew a 1.52 cable rating and 2,300,000 viewers. The Friday replay outdrew Tuesday’s live broadcast, which did a 1.50 cable rating with 2,250,000 viewers. Friday’s replay did a better rating than the last SmackDown replay on February 20.
— WWE will hold two Raw live events in Kentucky this July: July 28 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington and July 29 at Broadbent Arena in Louisville.
— It was announced on Monday’s RAW that next week’s 3-hour special will feature an Extreme Rules contract signing between Brock Lesnar and John Cena. The two will compete in an Extreme Rules match (no-disqualification, no count-out) on April 29th.
Brock Lesnar is expected to wear MMA-inspired ring gear when he steps back into the ring against John Cena at Extreme Rules, his first WWE match in 8 years.
The WWE website released a photo of Brock Lesnar on Monday his new WWE ring gear, which is clearly inspired by his days as an MMA fighter.
Lesnar’s new ring gear features MMA-inspired trunks (featuring sponsor logos), XXL Mixed Martial Arts gloves and black boots.
Hit up the comments below and tell us what you think about Lesnar’s new gear.
At Monday’s WWE RAW tapings from the O2 Arena in London, England, it was announced that WWE Extreme Rules 2012 will feature WWE Champion CM Punk defending against Chris Jericho in a Chicago Street Fight.
With that match set, here’s the updated card for WWE Extreme Rules 2012:
Extreme Rules Match: Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena
Chicago Street Fight for the WWE Championship: CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho
Best Of 3 Falls Match for the World Heavyweight Title:
Sheamus (c) vs. Daniel Bryan
– Following his match with Jeff Hardy at Sunday’s Lockdown pay-per-view, Kurt Angle wrote on Twitter that he’ll be taking some time off to deal with his injured knee, but “not too long.”
He also followed up on his recent announcement that he won’t be competing at the 2012 Olympic Games, stating that he’s at peace with the decision. Angle said he loves his fans and his job now is to entertain us.
– After his team lost at TNA Lockdown, Eric Bischoff has been written out of the TNA storylines after and will no longer be allowed to use the Bischoff name on television.
The plan going forward is that Eric Bischoff will be off TV, although he will still be working backstage as a top executive for the company.
– Former TNA Knockout Leticia Cline announced on Facebook that her wedding planned for this summer has been canceled. She cited “personal reasons” for why her and her partner of 5 years called off the wedding.
WWE Hall of Famer Edge appeared at the Wizard World Comic Con event in Toronto over the weekend and took part in a Q&A Session. Credit to SEScoops.com reader Ahmed Khokhar for this recap:
Edge had autograph signings, a panel and then a photo-op with fans. During the panel Edge answered a few fan questions. Edge also stated that he feels that he is healthy enough to have one more match but WWE won’t allow him; for which he was grateful for.
Edge said that if he were to have one more match that it would be with Christian. He also told us that he got the call after wrestlemania from the WWE and they said that his career that they won’t allow him to wrestle anymore. Edge also commented on his DVD on which he said his favorite moment in the whole DVD is the extra on the Blu-Ray of him playing with his dogs. He said that he is content with his life and said that he didn’t want to be a guy in his 50s with a pony tail and still wrestling.
Posted April 16th, 2012 in News, WWE. Tagged: Edge.
– SmackDown newcomer Damien Sandow is overseas with WWE this week and is headed to London for Tuesday’sSmackDown from the O2 Arena. It’s possible he will make his TV debut this week, or he could just work a pre-show dark match.
– William Regal has been teaming with Tyson Kidd on the current WWE tour. The duo has defeated Hunico and Camacho at the past few live events. Prior to their matches, Regal has introduced Kidd “the most underrated wrestler with WWE.”
– Fans of former WWE superstar MVP shouldn’t get their hopes up about him ever returning to the company. While he’s been open about the possibility of returning one day, he changed his tune over the weekend. When asked by a fan on Twitter if he’ll ever return to WWE, he responded, “Never again.”
– Last week on RAW, General Manager John Laurinaitis revealed that he is responsible for Brock Lesnar’s WWE return. During an interview with the WWE website, here’s what Laurinaitis said about Lesnar bringing “legitimacy” back to WWE:
“Brock has achieved incredible success on every level. He’s the only athlete to ever win the WWE Championship, the UFC Heavyweight Championship and an NCAA Division I Heavyweight Championship. Quite frankly, I couldn’t imagine a better man than Brock more suited to be the face of WWE. No offense to John Cena, who’s an outstanding athlete in his own right, but he’s no Brock Lesnar.”
– WWE’s contest to win a free trip to WrestleMania 29 in New Jersey has ended. The sweepstakes launched on April 1st and the 100 winners were announced on Sunday night.
– WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels is filming new episodes for his MacMillan River Adventures hunting show. A future episode of the show will feature a special appearance from with music legend and avid hunter, Ted Nugent.
Tonight’s WWE RAW Supershow will be taped this afternoon from the O2 Arena in London, England. The show will be taped around 3pm (Eastern) and we’ll have spoiler results here on the site this afternoon.
The main event of tonight’s RAW will be CM Punk defending the WWE Championship against Mark Henry in a match with no disqualifications and no count outs.
No word yet if Brock Lesnar will be appearing live to continue the feud with John Cena. WWE has teased a follow-up on Brock Lesnar’s latest attack on John Cena, but it’s unlikely that Lesnar flew overseas for an in-person appearance.
The advertised dark match main event for this show is John Cena vs. Kane in a Last Man Standing Match.
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with another blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. Here are some highlights of what JR wrote about:
Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena at Extreme Rules:
“Getting tons of folks asking for predictions for the upcoming Lesnar vs. Cena bout at Extreme Rules in Chicago on PPV. The only thing that I know for sure is that the live audience in Chicago will be restaurant quality. Is Cena ‘due’ after losing to Rock at WM28 or will Lesnar lose his first WWE bout in years? It makes for some compelling, episodic TV, in my opinion, but one has to consider Lesnar’s likely ‘ring rust’ when analyzing this main event and making educated guesses.
“Cena vs. Lesnar is what a main event should be, too close to easily call a winner.”
The Rock’s Desire To Become WWE Champion Again
“Rock says he wants to be WWE Champion again. Time will tell if he can pull that one off but if that were to occur it would likely be following some intriguing, episodic TV leading into the big match. I think that it’s going to be a compelling year regarding the WWE Title.”
Whether The Undertaker Has Retired Or Not:
“I might be naive and I know that I’m out of the loop, which, BTW, isn’t a gripe, but IF Undertaker was going to retire, don’t you think that WWE would make a HUGE deal of it? Can you think of another wrestler’s retirement that would be as impactful as the Undertaker’s at this point in time? So….I am still of the mindset that Undertaker will return to the ring at the appropriate time.”
Scott Hall’s ex-wife Diana Hall said that she wasn’t surprised by his arrest on charges of choking his girlfriend.
During an interview with the Charleston Post & Courier, Dana Hall says that she believes the charges and that the girlfriend’s attorney’s claim of a “peaceful and amicable” relationship is a lie.
“This relationship is not peaceful and amicable, but sick, unhealthy, disturbing, disgusting, unstable, violent and enabling, just to name a few.”
“I completely believe he did this to her, as he has tried to do it to me in the past and to others. It’s deplorable… It is a sick/codependent/abusive relationship of major proportions that needs to be seriously addressed, not schmoozed over so that the sickness can continue.”
Following months on the sidelines, Rob Van Dam returned to TNA Wrestling programming on Thursday’s episode of Impact Wrestling. Van Dam was added to the Garett Bischoff led team for the Lethal Lockdown match at TNA Lockdown.
RVD is now back full time and will be promoted as a top star going forward.
We’ve got some new details regarding Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s next movie project, courtesy of the Hollywood Reporter.
The Rock has signed on to star in Lore, a sci-fi action movie that’s being described as “Men in Black with mythological creatures.”
Warner Bros, is in the process of picking up the adapted screenplay of Lore. The deal reportedly went down this week in a “high-activity bidding situation” that heated up as soon as The Rock became attached to the project.
Lore will be based on the book/graphic novel written by Ashley Wood and T.P. Louise. The screenplay for Lore was written by Cory Goodman and Jeremy Lott.
– Some of the WWE crew experienced travel difficulties during this week’s European tour. Drew McIntyre was among the superstars complaining about the travel situation on Twitter:
“You ain’t stopping me from getting home you bloody useless airports. Looks like I’ll be taking 4 flights but im going home if I gotta swim!!”
The Big Show also dealt with some issues while traveling overseas –
“Boarding now! Off to Ireland! Seven hour flight and can’t fit in the restroom. Oh joy to be a giant! Lol.”
– WWE World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus received a hero’s welcome at Thursday night’s SmackDown live event from Dublin, Ireland. Sheamus received a thunderous ovation from his hometown crowd and defeated Daniel Bryan to retain his title. After the match, Sheamus told the live crowd that he won the World Heavyweight title for the people of Ireland and plans to make them proud as champion.
– WWE Divas Champion Beth Phoenix also got a big crowd reaction at the RAW brand’s live event from Poland. Phoenix, whose family is from Poland, tweeted the following about the experience:
“Poland was a dream. Reunited with my dad, enjoyed an incredible “welcome home” ovation,& some quality facetime with the one I love! #blessed”
WWE is returning to a “12 PPVs per year” format this year – and with that change, the company is reviving the defunct No Way Out event that used to be the final show before WrestleMania. WWE No Way Out 2012 takes place on June 17th from East Rutherford, New Jersey and will feature steel cage matches with stipulations.
The official synopsis for the upcoming DVD release of WWE No Way Out 2012 reads:
“After a three year hiatus, WWE No Way Out is back and recharged! The annual pay-per-view that became notorious for its brutal, main event Steel Cage Matches gets reincarnated, but this time the Superstars of WWE will take the thematic event a step further, as they find new and innovative ways to prevent opponents from escaping. All stipulations in place, which may include Lumberjack, Strap, Chain, Steel Cage, Handcuff Matches or more will ensure no respite from the chaos inside the ring.”
Earlier this week, Chris Jericho hosted the Revolver Golden Gods Awards ceremony. WWE Champion CM Punk won the award for ‘Most Metal Athlete.’ Chris Jericho accepted the award on Punk’s behalf – and then destroyed it. Check it out –
SEScoops.com will have TNA Lockdown 2012 Results this Sunday night. If you are not ordering the PPV, be here for our detailed Live Coverage of the event.
Here is the final card for TNA’s Lockdown 2012:
Steel Cage World Heavyweight Championship Match
Bobby Roode (c) vs. “Cowboy” James Storm
Lethal Lockdown Match
Team Eric Bischoff vs. Team Garett Bischoff
(Eric Bischoff, Gunner, Bully Ray, Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) vs. (Garett Bischoff, AJ Styles, Rob Van Dam, Mr. Anderson and Austin Aries)
Steel Cage Match
Jeff Hardy vs. Kurt Angle
Steel Cage Tag Team Championship Match
Magnus & Samoa Joe (c) vs. Motorcity Machine Guns
Steel Cage Knockouts Championship Match
Gail Kim (c) vs. Velvet Sky
Steel Cage Television Championship Match
Devon (c) vs. Robbie E
– Tuesday’s live “old school” SmackDown special drew a 1.5 cable rating. SmackDown typically draws around a 2.0 on Friday nights.
– The Rock is in talks to star in a new movie called Lore, which has been described as a “hybrid of traditional narrative and graphic novel.”
Vulture.com compared the movie to Men In Black, writing that MIB’s take on Aliens will be similar to how Lore presents monsters. No word yet on when filming will begin.
– Brock Lesnar will not be wrestling any matches before Extreme Rules later this month. His match against John Cena will be his first WWE match in over 8 years.
– With the recent signing of Brock Lesnar, there are some people in WWE that are hoping it will help the company recruit more amateur wrestlers.
– The Dean Ambrose vs. Mick Foley feud continued on Wednesday night, with Ambrose tweeting the following messages about Foley:
“I wonder if Mick would be so happy sitting on his high horse if it was his kids in wheelchairs.”
“I’d rather go work in a gas station than apologize for what I said in Miami, Spin it however you want cuz I didnt ask for anybodys opinion”
— Former WWE diva Amy “Lita” Dumas was in Miami for WrestleMania weekend and spoke to fans at the Axxess fan fest about the current state of WWE’s Divas division. In the following video, Lita talks about being frustrated with the situation, calling it a “bummer” to see what the division has become after her and Trish took it to unprecedented heights 10 years ago:
– New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is getting some negative media attention this week for his involvement in the WrestleMania 29 press conference back in February. Christie, whose spending as governor has been under scrutany, is the subject of an article on Bloomberg.com titled, “Christie Airborne for WrestleMania as Helicopter Flights Triple.”
Christie took a 36-minute helicopter ride from Ewing, NJ to East Rutherford for the press conference, which taxpayers around $1,500. While nobody likes to see wasteful spending from government officials, the disgruntled taxpayers probably didn’t get the memo that WrestleMania typically brings the host city approximately $50 million in additional revenue.
– Just days after his arrest for domestic violence, Scott Hall was back in the ring this week – working with Larry Zbyszko and Chasyn Rance at the Team Vision Dojo in Florida. Hall’s son Cody, Zbyszko’s son Tim and indy worker Santana Garrett were among the students training at the dojo. (Thanks to Al Haft of Florida Pro Wrestling)
Zbyszko posted the following image of the trainers and students on his Facebook page:
