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Author: Jon Fuentes

  • Jay White Explains How He’s Preparing For The G1 Climax

    Jay White Explains How He’s Preparing For The G1 Climax

    New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) star Jay White has a lot on his plate at the moment. White is set to participate against some of Japan’s best in the G1 Climax tournament, but also is scheduled to defend his IWGP United States Title against Juice Robinson at the G1 Special on July 7th in San Francisco.

    White recently participated in a media call to promote the G1 Climax and was asked about his preparation for the tournament. Unfortunately, due to how hectic his schedule is at the moment, White isn’t able to specifically train for the tournament:

    “In terms of preparation we’re on tour at the moment,” White said. “If anything I don’t have the chance to prepare because I go home for two and a half days and I fly over for two Strong Style Evolved events in the UK. I’ll get home for another two and a half days and I fly straight to San Fransisco [for the G1 Special at the Cow Palace].

    “Then I get home for another two and a half, three days and I go to the G1. A lot of those breaks is just going to be recovering,” the IWGP United States Champion continued. “I just need to get some food in me and some good training do what I can. But it’s not like I’ve got a month off. I’m not doing any kind of crazy cardio leading up to it I’m just trying to keep my body in healthy shape until then.”

    H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions

  • Nick Aldis On Not Getting Anywhere With WWE

    Nick Aldis On Not Getting Anywhere With WWE

    NWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis has quite the match coming up.

    He and Cody Rhodes’ bout for the title is the only one scheduled for September 1st’s All In event in Chicago. The man formerly known as Magnus in TNA, where he was also a World Heavyweight Champion, never seemed to make things work in regards to working for WWE.

    Most might imagine Aldis could have quite an easy road to WWE if he wanted to, seeing as he’s married to current WWE Superstar Mickie James. In a recent interview with Digital Spy, Aldis revealed that the lack of communication on WWE’s part led him to the current position he’s in – NWA World Heavyweight Champion:

    “I basically said that I hadn’t gotten anywhere with WWE, and, you know, there’s a myriad of reasons why that could potentially be the case, no-one really gives you a straight answer there anyway,” Aldis said.

    “I’ve heard a few different versions of it, but I wedged to see if it was something that I wanted to see where it could have went.”

    You can read Aldis’ full interview with Digital Spy by clicking this link here.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtUqtmqjgU

  • Ronda Rousey Might Not Miss Monday’s RAW

    It looks like Ronda Rousey’s WWE suspension won’t prevent her from appearing on Monday Night RAW next week in San Diego after all. The 30-day suspension was issued out to The Rowdy One for attacking both RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss and RAW General Manager Kurt Angle earlier this week.

    A report from The Wrestling Observer suggests that Rousey is still scheduled to appear at Monday’s RAW. That could simply mean, however, that she’s scheduled for a dark segment that won’t make it to TV. Perhaps WWE could even eliminate Rousey’s suspension altogether.

    Regardless, W.O.N reports that the former UFC women’s bantamweight champ will be in San Diego on Monday. Here is her confirmed WWE schedule below:

    • 6/24 – RAW live event in Anaheim, CA
    • 7/6 – RAW live event in Philadelphia, PA
    • 7/7 – RAW live event at MSG
    • 7/8 – RAW live event in Bridgeport, CT
    • 7/9 – Monday Night RAW in Boston, MA
    • 7/16 – Monday Night RAW in Buffalo, NY

    Discussion: Do you think that Rousey will be at Monday’s RAW in San Diego?

  • Rumor On Shawn Michael’s Role At WWE Super Show-Down

    Rumor On Shawn Michael’s Role At WWE Super Show-Down

    WWE is set to hold a major pay-per-view (PPV) event in Australia later this year. It’s being called the WWE Super Show-Down and all goes down from the Melbourne Cricket Grounds.

    WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels is being advertised for the event, leading many fans to speculate that the former WWE Champion could be making his in-ring return at the show.

    The latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter has some new details on what Shawn Michaels’ role could be at the big event. According to the Observer, there have been preliminary discussions about Michaels working as a Special Guest Referee for one of the matches on the card.

    HBK: Veteran Special Guest Referee

    Shawn Michaels is no stranger the black and white striped referee’s shirt. Longtime fans might remember his role as gust referee in the main event of SummerSlam 1997. Just months before the Montreal Screwjob, Michaels attempted to hit Bret Hart with a chair and wound up leveling The Undertaker, paving the way for Bret’s final WWF Championship reign.

    As of this writing, the only match advertised for Super Show-Down is the final battle between WWE legends Triple H and The Undertaker. Michaels refereed this exact match back at WrestleMania 28, so we could see history repeat itself in Australia.

    Most recently, Michaels served as the guest referee for Drew McIntyre vs. Adam Cole at an NXT live event last year. The Heartbreak Kid got physical at the show as well, hitting Kyle O’Reilly with Sweet Chin Music.

    Discussion: What do you think will be Michaels’ involvement at WWE Super Show-Down?

  • Ronda Rousey Removed From Upcoming RAW, NXT Opens With Vader Tribute (Photo)

    Ronda Rousey Removed From Upcoming RAW

    Ronda Rousey was scheduled for seven dates during her 30-day WWE suspension after attacking Kurt Angle this past Monday.

    The Rowdy One remains scheduled for Sunday’s live event in Anaheim, California, but has been removed from Monday’s RAW in San Diego. Her updated schedule can be found below:

    • 6/24 – RAW live event in Anaheim, CA
    • 7/6 – RAW live event in Philadelphia, PA
    • 7/7 – RAW live event at MSG
    • 7/8 – RAW live event in Bridgeport, CT
    • 7/9 – Monday Night RAW in Boston, MA
    • 7/16 – Monday Night RAW in Buffalo, NY

    NXT Opens With Tribute To Vader

    This week’s episode of NXT opened up with a tribute to Vader. Before the show began a graphic appeared in memory of the recently deceased 63-year-old former WCW World Champion, who passed away after complications with pneumonia.

    A screen grab of the graphic can be found here below:

    Discussion: Do you think that WWE will induct Vader into the Hall Of Fame next year?

  • More Information On The Three Women’s Matches At MITB

    More Information On The Three Women’s Matches At MITB

    WWE’s Money In The Bank (MITB) pay-per-view (PPV) this past Sunday featured three women’s matches.

    First, Alexa Bliss won the Women’s MITB Ladder match. SmackDown Live Women’s Champion Carmella defended her title against Asuka. Finally, Ronda Rousey attempted to capture the RAW Women’s Title from Nia Jax but Bliss would cash in and leave Chicago with the title instead.

    Thanks to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter, we now have some more information on those matches. Tyson Kidd and Fit Finlay put together the Women’s MITB Ladder match, but Meltzer notes it was mostly Kidd.

    WWE also took all of the participants off of the road this past weekend to rehearse the match. This is why there were no Women’s matches at live events beforehand, which upset some fans.

    Fit Finlay put together Jax vs. Rousey, which had also been practiced over the weekend. It was noted that there wasn’t a rehearsal for Carmella vs. Asuka as opposed to their other two matches together.

  • Could Enzo Amore & Big Cass Reunite On The Indies?

    Could Enzo Amore & Big Cass Reunite On The Indies?

    Enzo Amore and Big Cass’ time with WWE have come to an end – for now.

    Amore was released from WWE this past January after some sexual assault allegations against him came to light. Cass was released earlier this week after WWE officials seemed to have grown tired of his antics and issues.

    Cass and Amore are former NXT and RAW Tag Team division competitors, and at one point were very over as fan favorites. Now that they’re no longer under the thumb of WWE it looks like some indy promoters could try and get their hands on the duo.

    Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline reports that a lot of indy promoters have already tried to book Cass and Amore together as a tag team. The only issue is that Amore and Cass had a real-life falling out, however, it’s believed that they could set that aside and work together for the right amount of money.

  • New Day Set For Singles Pushes, Hogan Pitches Velveteen Dream Manager Role

    New Day Set For Singles Pushes, Hogan Pitches Velveteen Dream Manager Role

    The New Day Set For Singles Pushes

    The New Day have been dominating the tag team divisions of WWE for several years now, and it looks like WWE has decided to change things up a bit. Cageside Seats reports that The New Day is set to move out of the tag team division for a while to work as a stable of singles competitors.

    Big E is expected to get the biggest push of the three.

    Hulk Hogan Wants To Manage Velveteen Dream

    Velveteen Dream had a lot of people talking on social media when everyone saw his NXT TakeOver: Chicago in-ring attire. It seemed to be a mixture of Hulk Hogan and Prince Puma of Lucha Underground.

    Hogan took to Twitter himself and noted that he’d like to manage Dream, and pitched an “all the gold,HollyWood style” idea as well. Here’s what the WWE Hall Of Famer had to say:

  • Sean Waltman Reacts To Vader Not Being In The WWE HOF

    Sean Waltman Reacts To Vader Not Being In The WWE HOF

    Former WWE Superstar Sean “X Pac” Waltman recently appeared on The Tomorrow Show with Keven Undergaro and spoke about the recent passing of former WCW World Heavyweight Champion Vader. Waltman first expressed his displeasure with Vader being forced to cut a promo that basically humiliated himself:

    “They had him [Vader] go out there and like kind of humiliate himself… ya know, call him self a big–a fat piece of s–t and things like that. I just hated it… It’s one thing having somebody else call you that but going out there and having you call yourself that, what the f–k?”

    For his size, Waltman considers Vader to be the greatest of all time:

    “For his size, for that category of wrestler, [Vader’s] the best of all time.”

    Waltman then discussed how bad Vader wanted to be in the WWE Hall Of Fame and how much it meant to him:

    “It was really important to him to be put in the Hall of Fame, and it really sucks. He deserved it too. Sometimes when you push too hard and you’re out there and you’re begging for it too much, it works against you. And that sucks in that case.”

    You can listen to Waltman on The Tomorrow Show with Keven Undergaro by clicking this link here.

  • WWE Officially Announces 2018 Mae Young Classic

    WWE Officially Announces 2018 Mae Young Classic

    WWE has announced that the 2018 Mae Young Classic will kick off on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 from Full Sail University. The Mae Young Classic tournament will air on the WWE Network some time this summer, although no premiere date has been announced at this time.

    WWE confirmed the Mae Young Classic will once again be a 32-woman single-elimination tournament. This year’s field of competitors will feature talent from 12 countries.

    “We are thrilled to once again present the Mae Young Classic and provide a global showcase for 32 of the top female talent from around the world,” said Paul “Triple H” Levesque, WWE Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative.  “Last year’s event was a significant milestone in WWE’s Women’s Evolution, and I am confident this year’s event will break even more barriers.”

    Last year’s inaugural Mae Young Classic saw Kairi Sane defeat reigning NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler in the finals. Many of the participants in the first Mae Young Classic are now under contract to WWE. In addition to Sane and Baszler, Candice LaRae, Deonna Purrazzo, Bianca Belair and Lacey Evans are among the other signees.

    Discussion: What female wrestlers from the independent scene would you want to see in this year’s Mae Young Classic?

  • Bruce Prichard On The Reason Jeff Hardy Was Released From WWE In 2003

    Bruce Prichard On The Reason Jeff Hardy Was Released From WWE In 2003

    In the latest episode of Something Else To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard on the WWE Network, Conrad Thompson and Bruce discussed current WWE United States Champion Jeff Hardy’s 2003 release from the company. This was Hardy’s first release from the company since starting with them in 1994.

    He was released in April of 2003 after a downward spiral of issues. Hardy suffered form drug addiction, erratic behavior, and consistently arrived late to events or even no-showed. Here’s what Prichard had to say on the matter:

    “Jeff did have a drug problem, and everything that you just said was taking place. All of the sudden, we had a different human being on our hands, and it wasn’t someone that anyone really liked to work with anymore. if he did show up, he would go on high, and you couldn’t find him all day long, or he’d show up and then leave again.

    “It was difficult times being with Jeff Hardy. Jeff had a drug issue—Jeff admitted having a drug issue—but Jeff didn’t want to go to rehab. The condition was ‘Jeff you have to go to rehab or we’ve got to let you go. We’ve got to release you.’ And they released him because he refused to go to rehab. In my opinion, Jeff had a drug problem. Jeff had a lot of issues going on and wasn’t handling them well.”

    H/T WrestleZone for the transcriptions

  • Enzo Amore Reveals Payoff For Nia Jax WWE Storyline

    Enzo Amore Reveals Payoff For Nia Jax WWE Storyline

    Prior to his WWE release, former Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore was scheduled to be current RAW Women’s Champion Nia Jax’s Mixed Match Challenge partner. Unfortunately Amore fell ill just before he needed to film a bunch of footage for the Facebook show and was replaced by Apollo Crews.

    WWE teased a romantic relationship between Jax and Amore on TV for a few weeks. The conclusion to the angle between Amore and Jax was never brought to light, however, as he was subsequently released by the company. Amore recently appeared on the Store Horseman podcast to discuss this.

    The Realest Guy In The Room revealed the conclusion would have resulted in Jax finding out that he was hooking up with Alexa Bliss on the side:

    “I was getting so much heat it was awesome that people probably won’t appreciate it until five, ten years from now,” Amore said. “Like a babyface transition that I made and on a marketing level too it was crazy and Vince wanted me in that grey area though. He didn’t want me full-blown. He had plans to make me full-blown that nobody else knew about, not even the other people that were involved in it.

    “I mean look at that Nia / Alexa Bliss WrestleMania blow-off. What do you think was gonna happen? How else could I get full-blown heat? Enzo Amore with the grey area trying to get full-blown heel real, real f–king heat. How do you do that? I’m using Nia as a heater to keep my title and I get caught hooking up with her best friend backstage. Bang, that’s how you do it. Nia didn’t know that. Alexa didn’t know it. I knew that because Vince told me […] I was just toying along with her I wanted her to win me matches, I wanted her to be like Chyna.

    You can listen to Amore on the Store Horseman podcast by clicking this link here.

    H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions

  • David Arquette Gets Back In The Ring During Local Event (Video), The Rock Reveals New Headphones (Photo)

    David Arquette Gets Back In The Ring During Local Event (Video), The Rock Reveals New Headphones (Photo)

    David Arquette Returns To The Ring At A Local Event

    As we’ve reported, former WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette has announced that he’d be returning to professional wrestling as David “Magic Man” Arquette. He was a part of a Championship Wrestling from Hollywood event last week when he hit the ring for a run-in.

    He hit a double stunner on a heel tag team, helping the babyface team win. Check it out here:

    The Rock Unveils New Headphones

    The Rock is now venturing off into the headphone industry. The Great One is set to release Project Rock Wireless headphones as a part of his Chase Greatness Collection from Under Armour. He posted the following on the matter:

    “They’re here
    Like you, my gym time is critical.
    It’s our time to shut the world out and anchor in.
    I prefer training in “over the ear” headphones, but have been consistently disappointed (pissed is a better word) with every pair, from every brand that just couldn’t handle my workouts.
    I thought if no one is going to design headphones BUILT FOR TRAINING, then I would.
    And I’d make them the best.
    Almost 2 years later, they’ve arrived.
    Our next @underarmour collection DROPS NEXT WEEK 6/28.
    #ProjectRockWireless
    #Durability
    #Functionality
    #HighQuality
    #BadAss”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BkNQuDoFKTS/

  • Update On Undertaker’s Instagram Account, Big E On The New Day Breaking Up

    Update On Undertaker’s Instagram Account, Big E On The New Day Breaking Up

    Update On The Undertaker’s Instagram Account

    The Undertaker joined social media a few weeks ago, launching an Instagram account. Many begun to wonder whether or not it was real. Since its launched, Undertaker’s wife, Michelle McCool has tagged the account in a few photos, and several WWE stars follow the account as well.

    McCool finally took to her own Instagram account to confirm that the account is in fact Undertaker’s and it’s his only account:

    “YES, y’all….THIS is official! My man @undertaker is officially on IG & this is his ONLY account! Sit back & enjoy the ride…..#myheart #hubs”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BkOtiz6BbPk/

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BkIrNu-gquH/

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BkOQi2pAEDQ/

    Big E On The New Day Breaking Up

    One fan recently responded to a WWE Tweet, asking them to break-up The New Day. Big E saw this and responded to the fan in a hilarious manner:

  • Triple H Teases “Huge” Women’s Wrestling Announcement Soon

    Triple H Teases “Huge” Women’s Wrestling Announcement Soon

    WWE’s Triple H and Shawn Michaels recently did an interview with GiveMeSport to talk about several professional wrestling topics. The podcast has yet to be uploaded but Alex McCarthy has been posting snippets on his Twitter account.

    One such note was that Triple H teased a “huge announcement on women’s professional wrestling coming very soon.” The Heartbreak Kid then chimed in and said that “he doesn’t think an all-women’s PPV or even an all-women’s brand is “too far away at all””:

    There’s currently no news on what the “huge announcement” could be, but it can’t hurt to speculate. An all-women’s brand or PPV is certainly a possibility. Or maybe WWE is finally considering giving the women of WWE Tag Team Titles. Regardless of what it is, hopefully it can live up to The Game’s “huge” claim.

    Discussion: What do you think the announcement regarding WWE’s women’s division is going to be?

  • UK WWE Fans Remove Shoes For Interesting Chant During Title Match (Video)

    UK WWE Fans Remove Shoes For Interesting Chant During Title Match (Video)

    The United Kingdom crowds in WWE are some of the most entertaining the professional wrestling world has to offer.

    They certainly proved that right during the WWE’s UK Championship Tournament taping this week. The chant started off during the WWE UK Championship match between Zack Gibson and Pete Dunne. Those in attendance took off their shoes and chanted,

    “If you hate Gibson, shoes off!”.

    Interestingly enough, the chant was started by PROGRESS commentator and wrestler Dahlia Black. She was likely in attendance showing support for her South Pacific Power Trip stablemate Travis Banks – who was in the UK Tournament.

    You can check out a video here:

    https://twitter.com/ProWrestleShow/status/1009179659605565440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwnerd.com%2Fwatch-fans-take-their-shoes-off-and-join-in-on-a-unique-chant-at-wwe-uk-taping%2F

    The UK fans in WWE never fail to disappoint. The results from yesterday’s (June 19, 2018) WWE NXT UK Title Tournament tapings can be found below:

    NXT UK Title Tournament Tapings Results (6/19)

    – Tyler Bate & Trent Seven def. Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong to become the new NXT Tag Team Champions.

    – Charlie Morgan def. Killer Kelly

    – Noam Dar def. Flash Morgan Webster, Travis Banks & Mark Andrews in a Fatal 4-Way to become the new #1 contender to the WWE UK Title

    – NXT North American Champion Adam Cole def. Wolfgang

    – NXT Champion Aleister Black & Ricochet def. EC3 & The Velveteen Dream

    – NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler def. Toni Storm

    – WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne def. Zack Gibson

  • Ronda Rousey Reportedly Had Food Poisoning Before WM 34

    Ronda Rousey Reportedly Had Food Poisoning Before WM 34

    Ronda Rousey impressed a lot of people during her in-ring debut at WrestleMania 34 this past April.

    The Rowdy One teamed up with WWE Hall Of Famer and Monday Night RAW General Manager Kurt Angle in a Mixed Tag Team match against Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. Rousey surpassed a lot of fans’ expectations and actually put on one of the more entertaining matches of the night.

    In the end, Rousey and Angle emerged victorious. It turns out that Rousey was very ill in the days leading up to her in-ring debut in New Orleans. Triple H recently did an interview with GiveMeSport and revealed Rousey had food poisoning while preparing for the match.

    The Game credited Rousey for her determination after she refused to stop training despite how terrible she was feeling. Triple H himself had to stop the training session in order to let Rousey get some rest before the match.

  • Cody Rhodes Wants NJPW To Run US Tour

    Cody Rhodes Wants NJPW To Run US Tour

    Ring Of Honor (ROH) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) star Cody Rhodes recently participated in an AXS TV conference call to promote the G1 Special in San Francisco. The former ROH World Champion commented on wanting to see NJPW run a tour in the United States:

    “The next time you come over, if you’re NJPW, you should make a tour of it,” Cody said. “When I say a tour, I mean, let’s hit Los Angeles, let’s hit New York, let’s grow a pair — which they have — and make a run of all the ‘A’ markets and see how you do. That might be the first step into seeing what you can do consistently in the United States. “I think, next time, make a tour of it.

    “They won’t, but it’d be really cool if they did. It may take some time, but I think if you hit all the ‘A’ markets you’re going to sell out or come close to it everywhere you go. And I think it’s also real important that you give them New Japan Pro Wrestling, don’t dress it up with something that they might be comfortable with … you don’t have to decorate it with American stars. What’s got them to where they are is the Japanese talent and Japanese stars. “Don’t do enough market research that you change your product.”

    Rhodes went on to call 2018 an “era of choice”:

    “I don’t consider this an era of competition as much as I consider it an era of choice,” Cody said. “Look at the competition and where it got us. We ran WCW out of business, we destroyed an entire region in the US in terms of their love of wrestling and WWE has had to rebuild it. I’m from Georgia, I felt the fallout of a company losing in a competition before. I don’t think it’s about competition anymore, I think it’s about choice. I hope to see more efforts made to cross those bridges.”

    H/T Cageside Seats for the transcriptions

  • John Cena Reaches Out-Of-Court Settlement With Ford

    John Cena Reaches Out-Of-Court Settlement With Ford

    John Cena found himself in quite a predicament with the Ford Motor Company not too long ago.

    The company sued the 16-time WWE World Champion for selling a Ford GT he bought that included a contract saying he couldn’t sell it until two years after he had purchased it. Cena got the Ford GT in September of 2017. He sold the vehicle a month later. After Cena sold the $450,000 Ford GT, the motor company sued him that November.

    In addition to the cost of the car, Ford was seeking $75,000 in damages. Cena claimed the terms of not being allowed to sell the car were not made aware to him and he asked the judge to throw out the case in February.

    According to a report from Autoblog, Cena and Ford have come to an out-of-court settlement on the matter. Cena will give Ford an undisclosed amount in the form of a settlement, and Ford is prepared to donate it to charity.

    Cena released the following statement on the matter:

    “I love the Ford GT and apologize to Ford, and encourage others who own the car to respect the contract. I am pleased we could resolve this matter outside of court, and that a worthy charity will benefit from one of the most iconic cars in the world.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxhVi2JeEyY

  • WWE Congratulates John Cena On Being Finalist For Muhammad Ali Award

    WWE Congratulates John Cena On Being Finalist For Muhammad Ali Award

    WWE recently took to Twitter to congratulate 16-time World Champion John Cena on being a finalist for the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian of the Year award:

    WWE notes that Cena is being nominated for his work in “philanthropy.” He joins fellow nominees such as the Seattle Seahawks’ wide receiver Doug Baldwin, the Golden State Warriors’ forward Kevin Durant and the Houston Texans’ defensive end J.J. Watt.

    One of Cena’s biggest accomplishments is being the most requested Make-A-Wish wish-granter, as well as the only celebrity to have granted 500 wishes. He also starred in the first-ever Make-A-Wish campaign entitled “Wishes Take Muscle.”

    The Leader Of The Cenation has also done a lot of work with Susan G. Komen to support breast cancer research and awareness. He is also a big supporter of the U.S. military and was the recipient of the USO’s 2016 Legacy of Achievement Award.

    The Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian of the Year award recipient will be announced at the 2018 ESPN Humanitarian Awards on Tuesday, July 24, at 7/6 C on ESPN.

  • Jillian Hall On Backlash For Past Relationship With WWE’s Dr. Chris Amann

    Jillian Hall On Backlash For Past Relationship With WWE’s Dr. Chris Amann

    In the aftermath of WWE Doctor Chris Amann’s lawsuit against CM Punk and Colt Cabana, some interesting information came to light.

    Deadspin ran an article revealing that Amann actually had a romantic relationship with former WWE Superstar Jillian Hall. Hall has apparently received a ton of backlash from people since the past relationship with Amann became public, claiming she has been ‘slut shamed.’

    She posted the following lengthy response to the matter on Instagram:

    “I’m going to get really serious for a minute.. as much as I hate using the word “slut” in any capacity, this post is very necessary right now! The past several days I’ve received messages, emails, and read some comments that have completely slut shamed me due to information coming out about a prior relationship I was in. Maybe read that last line again! It contains the word “relationship.”

    “To those of you that have decided this makes me a bad person, a girl that was trying to get ahead in my life and career, someone that uses people or just a plain “slut,” you are the problem with this world! Not really wanting to bring up specifics, but am I really the bad guy here?? I did absolutely nothing wrong myself. If the other party involved did in your eyes or the law’s eyes (and that’s hypothetical), why am I the one that is being pretty much bullied by some of you?

    “Do you not see what your words can do to people? This is me being real, some of your accusations towards me have given me elevated anxiety, made me feel depressed, and really hurt my feelings. Stop the slut shaming! Think about it, and if you have harsh words or opinions about the situation that you weren’t even involved in, direct them where they deserve to be directed… it’s not towards me!”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BkMQkRgFim7/

  • Undertaker & Michelle McCool Date Night, Drew McIntyre Reacts To Ziggler’s Title Win

    Undertaker & Michelle McCool Date Night, Drew McIntyre Reacts To Ziggler’s Title Win

    The Undertaker & Michelle McCool’s Date Night

    The Undertaker created his own Instagram account several weeks ago. On Monday he posted a photo of himself and rapper Post Malone at his concert in Austin, Texas from Saturday night. Undertaker destroyed a guitar on stage and also chokeslammed Malone backstage in a segment.

    Taker’s wife and former WWE Women’s Champion, Michelle McCool, took to her Instagram and posted a photo of herself and The Deadman on their “date night”:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BkItQ-rBnzz/

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BkIrNu-gquH/

    Drew McIntyre Reacts To Dolph Ziggler’s IC Title Win

    Dolph Ziggler defeated Seth Rollins for the Intercontinental Championship on last night’s episode of Monday Night RAW. Ziggler’s partner, Drew McIntyre, took to Twitter to react to the former WWE World Champ’s victory:

  • Several WWE Programs On Preliminary Emmy Ballots

    Several WWE Programs On Preliminary Emmy Ballots

    Several WWE programs have made the cut for the Emmy Prelim Ballots.

    WrestleMania 34 has been nominated for the Outstanding Variety Special (Live) category. Monday Night RAW and the Mixed Match Challenge have been nominated in the Outstanding Structured Reality Program category.

    Both Total Bellas and Total Divas were included in the Unstructured Reality Program category. WWE Studios and HBO’s documentary on Hall Of Famer Andre The Giant was included in the Best Documentary or Non-fiction Special section, as well as WWE Network’s WWE 24 special “Empowered.”

    It should be interesting to see if any of these programs make the final cut of nominees for the Emmys. Earlier this month WWE participated in a For Your Consideration event in attempt to lobby for Emmy nominations.

    Discussion: Do you think any of these WWE programs will make the final cut of nominees? And which program do you think has the best chance at actually winning an Emmy Award?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1vhC_SdmZE

  • Pete Dunne Ranks Himself Alongside HBK, JR & Bully Ray Back Becky Lynch

    Pete Dunne Ranks Himself Alongside HBK, JR & Bully Ray Back Becky Lynch

    Pete Dunne Ranks Himself Alongside HBK

    WWE U.K. Champion Pete Dunne was recently a guest on BBC radio alongside WWE Hall Of Famer and Performance Center trainer Shawn Michaels. Dunne posted a photo of he and Michaels during the interview, and made quite a confident caption:

    JR & Bully Ray Back Becky Lynch

    WWE Hall Of Famer Bully Ray recently took to Busted Open Radio and discussed the Women’s Money In The Bank (MITB) Ladder match. Ray noticed that fans were cheering on Becky Lynch whenever she’d climb up the ladder.

    Ray suggested he hopes backstage officials take note of this and perhaps give Lynch a push soon:

    “Every time she climbed that ladder, those people were on their feet. They’re invested in her, they wanted to see her win. Hopefully the people in the back are listening.”

    WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross responded Ray’s comments, agreeing with him that Lynch is due:

    https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1008931006357917698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mandatory.com%2Fwrestlezone%2Fnews%2F966709-jr-goes-to-bat-for-becky-lynch-mauro-is-ready-for-day-two-of-the-u-k-tourney

  • Ember Moon Reveals What She Said To Triple H Upon Getting Main Roster Call-Up

    Ember Moon Reveals What She Said To Triple H Upon Getting Main Roster Call-Up

    Former WWE NXT Women’s Champion Ember Moon recently did an interview with The Miami Herald to promote this past weekend’s Money In The Bank (MITB) pay-per-view (PPV). During the interview, Moon discussed getting the call up to the WWE main roster after WrestleMania 34.

    Moon recalled being called into a room with several WWE executives, including Triple H, and being told she was getting the call up to be a part of Monday Night RAW:

    “That weekend was such a blur, because it was coming off Mania Week, but I remember being pulled into a room with [WWE executive vice president of talent, live events and creative] Triple H, [WWE assistant head coach/NXT producer] Sara Amato and [WWE head coach] Matt Bloom, and I thought I was in trouble for some reason. Oh no.

    “I don’t ever do anything wrong, but I’m like, ‘Oh God. I did something wrong. What is it?’ Like it’s a kid stealing a cookie and getting caught. They were like, ‘We just want to thank you for the awesome match at TakeOver [New Orleans]. Thank you so much for everything you’ve done for NXT. You’re going to Monday Night Raw.’”

    She then revealed what her first words were just after getting the news:

    “I was like, ‘What? Hold on. Hold on,’ and I remember I broke down, and I started crying, and a camera came out of nowhere, and it was in my face, and I was like, [sounding emotional], ‘Why do you guys have to ruin everything with cameras.’ [chuckles]. That’s the first words I said, after finding out I’m on Monday Night Raw.”

    You can read Moon’s full interview with The Miami Herald by clicking this link here.