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  • What You Didn’t See On RAW: Live Arena Report

    The following news items are compiled from several live reports sent in from fans who attended Monday’s Raw from the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre, PA:

    Dark Match: Jamie Noble defeated Heath Slater after reversing a powerbomb into a pin. Slater is a former FCW Heavyweight champion. He came out with a microphone and cut a cocky promo on his way to the ring. Solid match.

    WWE Superstars Taping:

    — Ted DiBiase wrestled Evan Bourne in what was said to be a great match.

    — It was also announced that Cryme Tyme will face the Hart Dynasty on this week’s show. That match will be taped at Tuesday’s ECW & SmackDown tapings.

    Live Notes:

    — The arena was almost completely full. Roethlisberger and his teamates got a ton of media attention during the week and there was a big event “buzz” ini the arena.

    — Randy Orton made two entrances. After Raw went to commercial, he checked the Divas out as they left and he made his way to the back. A minute later he came out again.

    After RAW Went of the air:

    — After Raw went off air, DX and the Pittsburg Steelers posed in the ring for a few minutes before slapping some hands at ringside. They then posted at the top of the ramp before heading to the back.

    — Big Show then emerged from the ring announcers area and made his way to the back jawing with some fans.

    — The scheduled dark match main event between Cena & DX vs. Oron & Legacy never took place.

  • What You Didn't See On RAW: Live Arena Report

    The following news items are compiled from several live reports sent in from fans who attended Monday’s Raw from the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre, PA:

    Dark Match: Jamie Noble defeated Heath Slater after reversing a powerbomb into a pin. Slater is a former FCW Heavyweight champion. He came out with a microphone and cut a cocky promo on his way to the ring. Solid match.

    WWE Superstars Taping:

    — Ted DiBiase wrestled Evan Bourne in what was said to be a great match.

    — It was also announced that Cryme Tyme will face the Hart Dynasty on this week’s show. That match will be taped at Tuesday’s ECW & SmackDown tapings.

    Live Notes:

    — The arena was almost completely full. Roethlisberger and his teamates got a ton of media attention during the week and there was a big event “buzz” ini the arena.

    — Randy Orton made two entrances. After Raw went to commercial, he checked the Divas out as they left and he made his way to the back. A minute later he came out again.

    After RAW Went of the air:

    — After Raw went off air, DX and the Pittsburg Steelers posed in the ring for a few minutes before slapping some hands at ringside. They then posted at the top of the ramp before heading to the back.

    — Big Show then emerged from the ring announcers area and made his way to the back jawing with some fans.

    — The scheduled dark match main event between Cena & DX vs. Oron & Legacy never took place.

  • When The Rock Will Host Raw, Jeff Hardy’s Mental State

    — A source close to Jeff Hardy stated that Hardy is in “good spirits” and feels that his pending criminal case will go in his favor.

    — There is backstage talk that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will host the first WWE Raw of 2010 from Dayton, Ohio on January 4. Johnson’s next feature film “Tooth Fairy” hits theaters on January 22.

    — Scenes of the Pittsburgh Steelers and DX were shown during the opening of Monday night’ Sportscenter on ESPN. They showed clips of the Steelers players getting in their stance againt the Big Show and clips of Ben celebrating with DX. Jerry Lawler was heard saying, “There is your Sportscenter moment!”

    — It is being reported that Gail Kim busted one of her breast implants at a recent Raw live event. She now joins WWE Divas Champion Mickie James, who was recently on the sidelines recovering from the same injury.

    Sources: PWInsider.com, F4WOnline.com

  • When The Rock Will Host Raw, Jeff Hardy's Mental State

    — A source close to Jeff Hardy stated that Hardy is in “good spirits” and feels that his pending criminal case will go in his favor.

    — There is backstage talk that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will host the first WWE Raw of 2010 from Dayton, Ohio on January 4. Johnson’s next feature film “Tooth Fairy” hits theaters on January 22.

    — Scenes of the Pittsburgh Steelers and DX were shown during the opening of Monday night’ Sportscenter on ESPN. They showed clips of the Steelers players getting in their stance againt the Big Show and clips of Ben celebrating with DX. Jerry Lawler was heard saying, “There is your Sportscenter moment!”

    — It is being reported that Gail Kim busted one of her breast implants at a recent Raw live event. She now joins WWE Divas Champion Mickie James, who was recently on the sidelines recovering from the same injury.

    Sources: PWInsider.com, F4WOnline.com

  • Updates On A.J. Styles & Matt Morgan’s New TNA Contracts

    On Monday, it was reported that A.J. Styles and Matt Morgan have signed new 5-year contract extensions with TNA Wrestling.

    Matt Morgan wrote a message o his Twitter page (Twitter.com/TNAMattMorgan) responding to a fan who asked if news about his new contract was true. Morgan responded,  “Have no clue how you would know that, but yes that’s true. Signed it last week and am looking forward to five more improving years.”

    A.J. Styles on the other hand may not have signed a new contract. The same source who broke the original story (ProWrestling.net) now says the Styles deal is not finalized. Styles is currently in the second year of a deal he signed over a year ago.

  • Updates On A.J. Styles & Matt Morgan's New TNA Contracts

    On Monday, it was reported that A.J. Styles and Matt Morgan have signed new 5-year contract extensions with TNA Wrestling.

    Matt Morgan wrote a message o his Twitter page (Twitter.com/TNAMattMorgan) responding to a fan who asked if news about his new contract was true. Morgan responded,  “Have no clue how you would know that, but yes that’s true. Signed it last week and am looking forward to five more improving years.”

    A.J. Styles on the other hand may not have signed a new contract. The same source who broke the original story (ProWrestling.net) now says the Styles deal is not finalized. Styles is currently in the second year of a deal he signed over a year ago.

  • SummerSlam Buyrate, Next Week’s Raw Hosts, Bragging Rights

    — Next week’s Raw Guest Hosts in Indianapolis, Indiana will be Access Hollywood’s Nancy O’Dell and actress Maria Menounos.

    — WWE has announced two big matches for Bragging Rights on October 25th. New WWE Champion Randy Orton will defend the gold against John Cena in a 60 Minute Iron Man Match. There will be no disqualification, no countout and John Cena will have to leave Raw if he doesn’t capture the title. As previously reported, there will also be a RAW vs. SmackDown tag team match at the end of the night comprised of all the winning Raw wrestlers from that night’s bouts facing all the winning Smackdown wrestlers from the PPV.

    — The early Summerslam buyrate estimated by World Wrestling Entertainment according to the WWE Corporate website is 375,000-380,000. By comparison, SummerSlam 2008 drew close to 500,000 buys.

  • SummerSlam Buyrate, Next Week's Raw Hosts, Bragging Rights

    — Next week’s Raw Guest Hosts in Indianapolis, Indiana will be Access Hollywood’s Nancy O’Dell and actress Maria Menounos.

    — WWE has announced two big matches for Bragging Rights on October 25th. New WWE Champion Randy Orton will defend the gold against John Cena in a 60 Minute Iron Man Match. There will be no disqualification, no countout and John Cena will have to leave Raw if he doesn’t capture the title. As previously reported, there will also be a RAW vs. SmackDown tag team match at the end of the night comprised of all the winning Raw wrestlers from that night’s bouts facing all the winning Smackdown wrestlers from the PPV.

    — The early Summerslam buyrate estimated by World Wrestling Entertainment according to the WWE Corporate website is 375,000-380,000. By comparison, SummerSlam 2008 drew close to 500,000 buys.

  • John Cena To Star In Another WWE Studios Film This Year

    Source: PWInsider.com

    John Cena will be starring in his third WWE Studios movie later this year titled, “Oxley’s Road.”

    Cena will play Cal Oxley, the youngest son of a wrestling family who decides to join his high school’s wrestling team. That decision is made against the wishes of his mother Sharon (played by Patricia Clarkson) in an effort to get her and the oldest Oxley brother to reconnect. Cal Oxley’s mother and older brother have been estranged for 10 years ever since a car accident claimed the life of Cal Oxley’s father.

    Filming begins on December 8th in the New Orleans area.

    The budget for Oxley’s Road has been set at $10 million, which means its going straight to DVD.

  • SNL Star Andy Samberg To Host WWE Raw This Month

    Thanks to reader Joey Adams for sending this in…

    This morning Saturday Night Live cast member Andy Samberg appeared on 97 Rock’s Norton in the Morning Show out of Buffalo, New York to talk about his upcoming comedy show called Andy and Friends. When one of the hosts asked him if he had any other upcoming projects he said he had been contacted to host an upcoming RAW episode in October emanating from Buffalo. RAW is scheduled for Buffalo on the 26’th later this month.

    After the hosts joked with him asking if he had to wear tights to get that gig Samberg laughed it off and said no but he would be debuting a new Digital Short he’s been working on for RAW starring some of the WWE Superstars. This makes sense because SNL airs on NBC which owns the USA Network.

  • AJ Styles & Matt Morgan Sign New 5-Year TNA Contracts

    — TNA Wrestling has signed two of their top young stars to new longterm contracts, according to ProWrestling.net. A.J. Styles and Matt Morgan, who both still had some time remaining on their previous TNA deals, recently signed new five-year contracts that will keep them with the company through 2014.

    — Fans who are ordering TNA Bound For Glory on 10/18 will have to fork over an extra $10 more than the usual TNA PPV. Both Comcast and Time Warner Cable are listsing the event as $39.99. No word yet on whether the price change is permanent moving forward or if its just for TNA’s showcase event of the year.

    — Thursday’s edition of TNA iMPACT! drew a 1.1 rating, on par with what the show has been doing in recent weeks.

  • AJ Styles & Matt Morgan Sign New 5-Year TNA Contracts

    — TNA Wrestling has signed two of their top young stars to new longterm contracts, according to ProWrestling.net. A.J. Styles and Matt Morgan, who both still had some time remaining on their previous TNA deals, recently signed new five-year contracts that will keep them with the company through 2014.

    — Fans who are ordering TNA Bound For Glory on 10/18 will have to fork over an extra $10 more than the usual TNA PPV. Both Comcast and Time Warner Cable are listsing the event as $39.99. No word yet on whether the price change is permanent moving forward or if its just for TNA’s showcase event of the year.

    — Thursday’s edition of TNA iMPACT! drew a 1.1 rating, on par with what the show has been doing in recent weeks.

  • RAW Preview For Tonight: Raw is Roethlisberger

    Tonight’s edition of WWE Raw takes place from Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

    * The guest host will be NFL Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and Superbowl champion Ben Roethlisberger, who is bringing members of his offensive line with him. Over the weekend, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported “Big Ben” is bringing the following players with him to tonight’s show: Max Starks, Trai Essex, Justin Hartwig, Chris Kemoeatu, and Willie Colon.

    Roethlisberger is an interesting pick to host tonight’s Raw, which will be going up against some very stiff competition from Monday Night Football. Tonight’s NFL game will feature Bret Favre & the Minnesota Vikings playing Favre’s old squad, the Green Bay Packers.

    * For those wondering what Ben Roethlisberger will be promoting during his appearance tonight, it will be his charitable foundation, The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation, which  provides support for police and fire departments throughout the United States and enhances the quality of life for residents of Findlay, Ohio (his hometown) and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    * The advertised dark match main event for tonight’s show is a six-man tag match with John Cena, Triple H, and Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase, and Cody Rhodes. It’s the same dark match main event they’ve been having after Raw for the past few weeks.

    With only 20 days until WWE’s next PPV, Bragging Rights, WWE has no time to waste building towards that event – so we’ll probably see some matches announced tonight.

  • Poll Results: Flair Coming Out Of Retirement

    The results are in for our first reader poll here on SEScoops.com.

    We asked you, “What you think about Ric Flair coming out of retirement and wrestling again?”

    1,796 of you voted and the feedback was overwhelmingly negative. Here are the results:

    60% – Disappointed: It tarnishes the WM24 sendoff (1083 votes)

    26% – Neutral: It is what it is – the guy has to make a living (475 votes)

    14% – Excited: Nature Boy is back – Whoooooo! (238 votes)

    For more on Ric Flair coming out of retirement visit the Ric Flair news archives.

    A new poll is now up asking what you thought of the WWE Hell in a Cell PPV.

  • Backstage News On How WWE Booked Hell In A Cell

    Various changes were made to the booking of Sunday’s Hell in a Cell PPV according to F4WOnline.com. One match that WWE spent a lot of time crafting was the SmackDown IC title match between John Morrison and Dolph Ziggler. WWE views both men as future stars on the verge of moving to the next level, so its understandable that the WWE producers gave the booking of this one extra attention.

    In addition the match order itself was also changed around several times before WWE settled on what we saw last night on PPV. At one point, there was talk of putting Randy Orton vs. John Cena on as the main event, which didn’t happen.  Additionally, most do not believe Undertaker vs. CM Punk was initially scheduled to open the show.

    Based on how the match order played out, its clear WWE tried to space out the three Hell in a Cell matches. This is similar to what WWE has done at WrestleManias in the past, spacing out the title matches with undercard matches. This is why we saw Drew McIntire vs. Ron Killings in the second to last match of the night.

    As has been reported, WWE creative as well as the talent roster have expressed some concern about having to book multiple, identical gimmick matches on the new specialty pay-per-views.

  • Interbrand Main Event Announced For WWE Bragging Rights

    WWE Bragging RightsPay-Per-View provider iNDEMAND has released a preview for WWE’s new Bragging Rights event, which takes place on Sunday, October 25th in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The event replaces Cyber Sunday and is expected to feature some of that event’s interactive elements.

    Here’s the event synopsis and promotional poster from iNDEMAND that reveals details on a huge interbrand main event:

    “Bragging Rights are on the line in a special SmackDown vs. Raw tag-team main event featuring winners of the night’s matches. Don’t miss WWE Bragging Rights, with all your favorite Superstars including Randy Orton, John Cena, Triple H, Undertaker and Rey Mysterio, Sunday, October 25, 8PM ET / 5PM PT, live on pay-per-view. A World Wrestling Entertainment Production.”

    Related Link : More Details on WWE’s new Bragging Rights Pay-Per-View

  • Video of The Rock’s Promo From Decade of SmackDown

    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made his first WWE television appearance in years on Friday’s Decade of SmackDown special.

    The Hollywood superstar cut an entertaining 7 minute promo and announced that maybe it’s time he was a guest host of WWE Raw.

    Update: The YouTube video of The Rock’s promo we had up has been taken down at the request of WWE. Visit WWE.com to see The Rock’s promo from Decade of SmackDown:

    https://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/smackdown/2009/october1-7/11908876

  • Video of The Rock's Promo From Decade of SmackDown

    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made his first WWE television appearance in years on Friday’s Decade of SmackDown special.

    The Hollywood superstar cut an entertaining 7 minute promo and announced that maybe it’s time he was a guest host of WWE Raw.

    Update: The YouTube video of The Rock’s promo we had up has been taken down at the request of WWE. Visit WWE.com to see The Rock’s promo from Decade of SmackDown:

    https://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/smackdown/2009/october1-7/11908876

  • JR Blog: Vickie Guerrero Returning To WWE? Where’s JBL?

    WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read at JRsBarBQ.com.

    Here’s what JR said about:

    JBL Missing Decade of SmackDown: JBL was unavailable to attend the 10 year SD show but he’s doing great in business and life in general. John is playing golf this weekend at Pebble Beach…not bad for a country boy from West Texas.

    Vickie Guerrero’s WWE Return: It looks as if Vickie Guerrero may be returning to Smackdown as a manager. More on that Friday night on Smackdown.

    Bobby Heenan: Lots of talk at the Roundtable about the amazing Bobby Heenan who was virtually a lock for best manager ever by our panel. He got my vote.

    Hell in a Cell: Hell in a Cell this Sunday will be an adventure with three main events inside the Cell. I’m intrigued as to how they will all have their own identity and look forward to the PPV

  • JR Blog: Vickie Guerrero Returning To WWE? Where's JBL?

    WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read at JRsBarBQ.com.

    Here’s what JR said about:

    JBL Missing Decade of SmackDown: JBL was unavailable to attend the 10 year SD show but he’s doing great in business and life in general. John is playing golf this weekend at Pebble Beach…not bad for a country boy from West Texas.

    Vickie Guerrero’s WWE Return: It looks as if Vickie Guerrero may be returning to Smackdown as a manager. More on that Friday night on Smackdown.

    Bobby Heenan: Lots of talk at the Roundtable about the amazing Bobby Heenan who was virtually a lock for best manager ever by our panel. He got my vote.

    Hell in a Cell: Hell in a Cell this Sunday will be an adventure with three main events inside the Cell. I’m intrigued as to how they will all have their own identity and look forward to the PPV

  • Video Trailer For The Rock’s Next Movie “The Tooth Fairy”

  • Video Trailer For The Rock’s Next Movie “The Tooth Fairy”

    Article archived.

  • Updated Card For TNA Bound For Glory (10/18)

    On Sunday October 18th, TNA Wrestling presents their biggest show of the year, BOUND FOR GLORY from Irvine, California.

    Following last night’s iMPACT, below is the updated card with several new matches confirmed:

    TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
    “The Icon” Sting vs. champion “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles

    WRESTLING’S BEST VS. WRESTLING’S FUTURE
    Main Event Mafia leader Kurt Angle vs. “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan

    MMA VS. TNA MATCH
    “The Boss” Bobby Lashley vs. Samoa Joe

    MONSTER’S BALL: HARDCORE EXTREME
    Hardcore Legend Mick Foley vs. “The Monster” Abyss

    ULTIMATE X MATCH FOR AN X DIVISION TITLE SHOT
    Suicide vs. D’Angelo Dinero vs. Daniels vs. Homicide

  • Ric Flair’s Ex-Wife Disappointed He’s Wrestling Again

    Nature Boy Ric Flair’s ex-wife Tiffany appeared on the Unholy Matrimony radio show over the weekend and commented on his decision to come out of retirement and wrestle Hulk Hogan in Australia next month. “I’m very disappointed,” Tiffany said. “The WrestleMania and the Hall of Fame was so unbelievable and it was such a proud moment. No matter what I’ve been through with him, I was really, really proud to be part of that.

    “It’s really unfortunate that he’s coming back under these circumstances, because that should have been the last day he wrestled. It was phenomenal and he should have been proud of that and it should have stayed that way.”

    To listen to the show, UnholyMatrimonyShow.com.

  • Ric Flair's Ex-Wife Disappointed He's Wrestling Again

    Nature Boy Ric Flair’s ex-wife Tiffany appeared on the Unholy Matrimony radio show over the weekend and commented on his decision to come out of retirement and wrestle Hulk Hogan in Australia next month. “I’m very disappointed,” Tiffany said. “The WrestleMania and the Hall of Fame was so unbelievable and it was such a proud moment. No matter what I’ve been through with him, I was really, really proud to be part of that.

    “It’s really unfortunate that he’s coming back under these circumstances, because that should have been the last day he wrestled. It was phenomenal and he should have been proud of that and it should have stayed that way.”

    To listen to the show, UnholyMatrimonyShow.com.