TNA posted the above teaser for “The Miracle” on ImpactWrestling.com and their official YouTube channel on Friday afternoon to hype up the debut edition of Impact Wrestling on POP TV.
The description that accompanied “The Miracle” video on their official website, but not on YouTube, reads as follows:
MIRACLE (Noun) – A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency
TNA is officially done airing their programming on Destination America and will officially run their weekly flagship program, Impact Wrestling, on Tuesday nights on POP TV. After airing some non-first run programming on their new cable home, TNA will officially launch Impact Wrestling on POP TV on Tuesday, January 5, 2016.
On Vince McMahon’s original vision for The Miz and working with him early on:
“I remember being in there with Vince McMahon and Vince was like, ‘we’re going to have you kind of be like the Ryan Seacrest of WWE’ and I went, ‘what? No, I want to be, like, the big star. Like, when I was a kid, The Ultimate Warrior was the man. Like, let me be him, not the host.’ But then, I was like, ‘well, they’ll give me the mic. As long as I have the mic, I know I can get this crowd to either boo me or cheer me.’ So the first thing that comes out, I have to host this Diva Search where I have to memorize a number and I wrote the number on my wrist because it was a hard number to remember. It was like seven [digits]. It wasn’t like a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. No, it was like a number, so I totally forgot it. As I was looking on my wrist, you could see me looking on my wrist and the sweat kind of made it go off, so I totally ruined, basically, that whole competition. It was bad, so I was completely worried I was going to get fired. I went backstage and I was like, ‘I am so sorry’ [and McMahon] was like, ‘oh, it happens, blah, blah, blah’ and to his credit, he kept allowing me to host that show and as time progressed, I kept getting better and better.”
On advice for aspiring WWE Superstars and Vince having him cut promos on everything:
“So is there an art to trash talk? If kids want to become a WWE Superstar, I say start cutting promos in the mirror. We did a class. Like Vince did a class for, like, seven of us. We’d have to go in there and we’d cut promos. Vince would go, ‘alright, cut a promo on armbar. Alright?’ ‘Armbar? Okay!’ And he would just say a word and we’d have to do it, so I’d practice that while I’m in traffic in L.A. Like, stop sign. Cut a promo on a stop sign.”
On if wrestlers ever crap themselves in the ring and Big Show’s notorious flatulence:
“A lot of gas. Sometimes there’s some gas and you wonder if the audience can smell it. And you’re breathing heavy, like, you’re tasting it. It’s not very fun.” The Miz added, “Big Show [is the gassiest WWE Superstar]. He is 500 pounds. He’s seven-foot tall. The best running gag that he has is like, he’ll get in an elevator and once he’s leaving the elevator and the door’s closing, he’ll just let it rip and walk out.”
WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley took to social media to share his 2015 “Match of the Year” on Thursday, and anyone who has been reading Foley’s blogs over the past few months will probably not be surprised in the slightest who “The Hardcore Legend” gave the nod to.
Foley posted the following on his official Facebook page on New Year’s Eve to reveal who he felt had the best match in WWE during the 2015 calendar year.
MY MATCH OF THE YEAR
Sasha Banks vs Bayley: August 22, 2015 – ?#?Brooklyn?, NY.
My oldest and youngest son spent several hours today compiling the top 15 matches in WWE NXT or WWE in 2015. They were deadlocked on which match should be number one with one son picking Sasha Banks vs Bayley and the other picking Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose from MITB, June 14, 2015. So I got to pick the tiebreaker. I went with Sasha and Bayley because of the emotion, because it captured a moment in time, and created a memory that many wrestling fans will hold dear for years. Grown men cried. I know; I was one of them.
– WWE posted the above video on Thursday evening featuring various WWE Superstars and Divas giving their New Year’s resolutions for 2016.
– It looks like Jerry “The King” Lawler will be remaining on the announce team when respected sports and pro wrestling announcer Mauro Ranallo joins the WWE broadcast booth in just under a week. Lawler and Ranallo posted the following on Twitter about the announce team for SmackDown on the USA Network.
– WrestlingDVDNetwork.com is reporting that the following Table Matches will be included in WWE’s new “Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of The Dudley Boyz” DVD and Blu-ray, which is scheduled to be released in April:
* The Dudleyz vs. The Hardyz, Tables Match, Royal Rumble 2000
* The Dudleyz vs. The Rock and The Undertaker, Tables Match, 9/14/2000 SmackDown
* The Dudleyz vs. Test & Albert vs. Edge & Christian, Tables Elimination Match, Rebellion 2000
* The Dudleyz vs. The Hardyz vs. Edge & Christian, TLC, WrestleMania X-Seven
* The Dudleyz vs. Rob Conway & La Resistance, Handicap Tables Match, Unforgiven 2003
– Featured above is the latest edition of “Eden’s Style,” where WWE ring announcer Eden gives fans a glimpse at her personal wardrobe.
– Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion and League Of Nations member Sheamus rang in the New Year with Irish wrestling legend Finlay. “The Celtic Warrior” tweeted the following photo of the two having a pint of Guinness together last night.
– WWE Diva and Total Divas star Natalya called 2015 “the year that changed her life” in a new cryptic message posted on her official Instagram page. Natalya wrote the following, which is accompanied by a photo of her in the ring at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
“2015: The year that changed my life. I’m beyond grateful for everything that made me stronger! I’ve wanted to explain SO much. Maybe I will tomorrow… #HappyNewYear”
– The Rock and NXT star Bull Dempsey had some fun on Twitter earlier this week. The two joked around after Dempsey tagged The Rock in a tweet where he wrote, “The Rock obviously knows that #FitHappens. #BullFit.” The Rock ended up responding and before you knew it, “The Rock & Fruck Connection” was born. Below are the tweets Dempsey and The Rock sent to each other this week.
@BullDempseyWWE Ah 'fit' replaces 'shit'. Funny play ???. Let's evolve it in 2016 to "Fruck".
– Jeff Hardy and his wife Beth had an extra special New Year’s Eve on Thursday, as the couple welcomed their second daughter, Nera Quinn Hardy, to the world. Hardy posted the following on his official Instagram page:
WWE Superstar and New Day member Xavier Woods recently spoke with DetroitNews.com to promote the post-Christmas WWE live event in Detroit, Michigan. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On his trombone routine getting over with fans:
“It became its own beast. That’s the beauty of it. People don’t realize it, but some of the best stuff comes from not having a plan.”
On rubbing The New Day’s success in the face of his doubters:
“I like proving people wrong. The best revenge is success, and I’m a very vengeful, grudge-keeping person. So when someone says I can’t do something and I prove them wrong, I don’t have to say I told you so, because they see me on TV doing it.
“Those people that disregarded me and made fun of me? I fulfilled my lifelong dream becoming a WWE champion. The fact that I navigated life in a way to reach those goals makes me feel good.”
Former WWE announcer and current Lucha underround announcer Matt Striker recently appeared as a guest on The PodNasty Wrestling Podcast and spoke about a few topics related to Lucha Underground. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On the state of announcing today:
“The way we tell stories and narrate things today, is not the same as it was 20 years ago. People are smarter, we’ve evolved as human beings and to leave things to people’s imaginations is a nice thing because everyone wants to put their own little spin and make things relevant to themselves.
“So as far as where we are [as a society today], I think we have a smarter wrestling fan, I think that the level of talent and the athletic caliber of the fighters also forces us to raise our game as commentators, narrators, but in the end some of the best stuff I could do is not say anything at all.”
On what separates Lucha Underground from other promotions:
“In this sport, it’s so hard to do something new. Look at all the sports today, a guy hits a 440 home run and we go…’oh,’ because we’ve seen it. So it’s really hard to make people go ‘holy…’ and that’s what they’re doing here.”
On Lucha Underground fans being a part of the show as opposed to taking it over:
“The Lucha Underground fan understands their role. The fan understands that they are that addendum or that supplement to what’s going on and I really think that the tip of the cap needs to go to the old ECW crowd because they really kind of ushered in that ‘we are the part of the show’ as well. And also when you go to places like England and Germany, the fans are that way too.”
WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross updated his official blog at JRsBarBQ.com with his thoughts on a number of topics. Below are some of the highlights.
On Kurt Angle in the WWE Hall Of Fame:
I’d think that Kurt Angle going into the WWE Hall of Fame is a lead pipe cinch but when its the only question that I have. I’d love to see Kurt in a WWE retirement match and then be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame if and when WWE has the time and desire to make this matter a priority. I’d assume WWE inducts Kurt into the Hall likely before he wrestles for them in a high profile match at Wrestlemania. Simply speculating that WWE is leery of Kurt’s lingering neck issues but that’s merely my speculation.
“I have no speculation that Kurt Angle isn’t a deserving WWE Hall of Famer in the future. How can that be debatable?”
On talking to The Rock through email recently:
“Exchanged emails with The Rock while in Miami as he’s busy with a new baby girl and HBO’s ‘Ballers.’ I know of no one who seeming stays as busy as the Rock in the world of show biz. He’s a one man conglomerate who will be appearing at Wrestlemania Texas in April but I’m doubtful that he will be in a match but I hope that I’m wrong.”
On the early WWE Royal Rumble betting odds:
“There is an early betting line on the ’16 Royal Rumble. I’m being serious. Where were all these betting lines on WWE events when I was in administration there? Probably a good thing it wasn’t around at least that I’m aware or I might have been guilty of ‘insider betting.’ BTW the favorites to win are entrant #1, go figure, and entrant #30. I’d lean toward Brock Lesnar as my favorite to win it all if he’s in it.”
Former WWE Superstar and Spirit Squad member Kenn Doane, aka Kenny Dykstra, recently appeared as a guest on The Two Man Power Trip Of Wrestling podcast and spoke about the possibility of a WWE return. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On the recent article published by WWE on what Kenn has done since leaving the company:
“When I saw it, I was nervous leading up to it because you never know. What if they spin it in a bad direction or who knows. When it came out I was so nervous and I didn’t tell anybody about it because in case it has a bad spin than I am not telling anybody. But when I read it I said WOW this is really good and exactly what we talked about. Not like I am going to get a Bret Hart “screw-job” here but you just never know and you can never be too sure.”
On if he thinks the interview could lead to a return to the company:
“When I left I kind of knew it was coming. I had just come off tearing my knee and they had moved me from one to show to the next show and those are tell-tale signs and when you end up working dark matches against new guys from developmental it’s just kind of like a process that happens. With the interview, there is more to this life than just wrestling. If you don’t watch wrestling for one month your life is not going to change. The interview had come up because I had been chosen to receive a scholarship award and before I had left WWE I had made it a point to go to John Laurinaitis and Hunter and Stephanie and I said I appreciate what you do to help people who need it like with rehab stuff but what about people that are doing the right thing and want to go to college. When it finally came up last year I thought I was totally going to get it since I kind of sparked the idea and they didn’t choose me. So this year I had to write an essay and fill out an application and I thought they aren’t going to choose me and I got an email saying that I had got it. So they like me now (laughs) who knows. You never know. I never disliked them, we always love each other. It’s a love/hate relationship. We are like brothers and sisters.”
On still being so young and being a “veteran”:
“I have fans that come up to me and ask me why did I leave? I say it wasn’t my choice and that I said hey, I think I’m leaving today. I have sixteen years’ experience, I’m only 29 years old and even if I was on the roster now I’d be one of the younger guys there and at the same time I’d be one of the most experienced guys there. It’s a weird combination. It’s not like I am fat now and I’m out of shape.”
On changes in power leading to changes at WWE:
“I think it does have to do with the leadership thing. I know Hunter is very big on protecting the ‘boys’ and not to say Vince was a bad leader. Vince was great and built it to what it is. I guess he was always on the business side of things and was never one of the workers so I guess Hunter knows what it is like to be a worker and build yourself up to that level. But he probably doesn’t know what it is like to be released from WWE and go and do your own thing. But I am sure he can still relate to it in some aspect. Looking out for everyone I would say is more on him but I also think it has a lot to do with developmental and the leadership there. In Louisville, Danny Davis, Jim Cornette and Paul Heyman, Al Snow and Tommy Dreamer and Bill Demott would stress this is not a long term gig. Enjoy it now, save your money and what you can because eventually it’s going to end and they would say everyone is going to get fired at some point in their life or career. Granted, you might think looking at it now and some people do think but nobody lasts forever and everybody will get fired.”
On the aggressiveness of the Spirit Squad making ot onto WWE TV:
“Eventually The Spirit Squad started coming about and they started liking it. They flew us into one of the Carolinas and they weren’t sure about it then. So we all came up with this idea that we are going to wait in Vince’s office and when he comes in we are going to blow the air horn in his face and do a cheer. We thought you either going to get fired or it will work. We don’t want to be in developmental so he was stuck in the production meeting for quite a while so we said let’s find him and break in. So we bust into the production meeting and blow the air horn, we did a big cheer and we just kind of stopped in our position and Vince looked up and he said ‘great, you will be on RAW next week.'”
– Regarding The Rock’s confirmed WrestleMania 32 appearance in April, which he continues to claim will “make history,” his availability to appear on RAW to help promote and build-up his appearance could be limited due to his Baywatch filming schedule.
– WWE is planning to use a smaller stage for their upcoming NXT TakeOver: Dallas live special during WrestleMania 32 weekend in April. The new stage setup will block fewer seats than usual and will allow an estimated 9,156 fans inside the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, as opposed to the 7,000 seats normally available with their standard setup. NXT TakeOver: Dallas is projected to be the third most-attended NXT event in history, trailing only NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn at the Barclays Center and NXT TakeOver: London at Wembley Arena.
Both NXT Champion Finn Balor and NXT Women’s Champion Bayley have made no secret about the fact that they are happy to remain in NXT, as opposed to moving up to the main WWE roster. Apparently, this has become a major discussion point within NXT.
There is starting to be a concern now that there will be an expanded NXT touring schedule in 2016 that Balor will start breaking down his body carrying NXT main events before getting to the real money on the main roster.
Additionally, there has been talk about how Bayley will work out on the main roster. Some feel she could become a female John Cena, bringing in younger female fans and doing a lot of charity and media work, while others think she could be a flop on the main roster. Apparently the feeling is there is no in between for Bayley, as she will either have great success or she will have trouble making it at all.
WWE has announced the details of their next live special on the WWE Network.
The next WWE Network special is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 12th from the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
While we don’t have any matches announced for the card as of yet, we can confirm the 3/12 date and Toronto as the location. Additionally, it has been announced that the name of the show will be “March to WrestleMania 32.”
– The Rock continues to hype the fact that he plans to make history during his appearance at WrestleMania 32 in April. His latest tweet about his WrestleMania 32 announcement from earlier this week reads as follows:
– New England Patriots player Rob Gronkowski was in attendance at the WWE live event in Providence, Rhode Island on Tuesday night. Below are some photos WWE posted of the NFL star with Mojo Rawley at the show, as well as a tweet Lana sent to “Gronk” about “disrespecting” Rusev at the show.
Former WWE Superstar MVP recently appeared as a guest on the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast spoke about his friendship with Batista and how it has helped him throughout his career, Vince McMahon never believing Batista would leave WWE for acting and more. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On his friendship with Batista and Batista helping him get a match-finish changed:
“We had been doing a television feud. It wasn’t a pay-per-view feud, but, every week, he and I were going through something, wrestling, and he had beaten me, like, two weeks in a row on TV. And the finish that day was he was going to beat me again. And I know my role. I’m a heel! He’s the money guy. He’s a star. That’s what I’m there for. I have no problem with that. Dave had a problem with it because he said, ‘why am I beating you again? This does nothing for you. This does nothing for me. This is pointless.’ His exact words [were], ‘you’re a f–king guy we can do something with. Why am I beating you again?’. This is what Dave said. I said, ‘f–k it, Dave. I’m working in the main event against you. I’m cool. That’s fine. I’m making that main event money. I’m getting the rub.’ He goes, ‘no, f–k that. It’s bulls–t. Lets go talk to Vince [McMahon].'” MVP continued, “Dave literally took me in to Vince and said, ‘Vince, it doesn’t make sense.’ That doesn’t happen very often in the world of professional wrestling. There aren’t that many guys that think that selflessly and see the picture in that way, so that’s the kind of guy he is.”
On he, Batista and Vince McMahon coming up with a different finish to the match:
“We came up with a finish where we’d fight outside the ring, he’d be kicking my ass outside the ring, and I’d be running away from him during the count, so as I dive into the ring, I win by count out. And I kind of slid out [of] the backside of the ring and I was still scared and I’m showing, ‘oh s–t’ and [the announcer says], ‘and the winner, by count out, MVP!’ and I get my swagger back and I was like, ‘yeah, that’s right! That’s right! I won!’ And that was the finish that we came up with. Dave did that.”
On Vince never really believing that Batista would leave WWE for acting:
“With [Batista’s] movie career, I remember the day he left and it was crazy because Muriel, the security guard, she walked him out and he was telling me, he goes, ‘Vince doesn’t think I’m leaving. He thinks I’m bulls–tting him. He doesn’t think I’m serious.'” MVP added, “[Batista] literally walked away from millions of dollars a year on the chance that he’d make it in Hollywood [and McMahon was saying,] ‘he’s not going to walk away from all this money.'”
In the first new episode of 7 Minutes In Heaven dating back to May of 2013, Mike O’Brien interviewed WWE Superstar John Cena.
During the four minute comedy interview, which you can watch above, Cena spoke about WWE SmackDown moving to the USA Network, Big Show smelling like a “chicken processing plant,” his early days as a limo driver and more.
Cena was also asked about the most serious injury he has ever suffered, and in keeping with the sarcastic tone of the interview, he claimed his feelings was the worst thing to get hurt while in WWE.
“Every single time I go out there, my feelings hurt,” Cena said. “They sing along to my music, like ‘John Cena sucks.’ They’re like, ‘hey man, you need to quit’ and ‘hey man, you suck bro, we hate you bro.'”
The interview closes out with O’Brien giving Cena an awkward kiss on the lips, which Cena claimed would “probably get him in so much trouble with his gal.”
– JBL recently spent some time on Twitter fielding questions from wrestling fans. During his Q&A wih fans, JBL noted that he believes the best announcers of all-time are Jerry Lawler, Bobby Heenan, Gorilla Monsoon, Michael Cole and Jim Ross. He said either Lawler or Heenan would have to be considered the best color commentator of all-time, and that Cole is the best he’s ever worked with. You can follow JBL on Twitter @JCLayfield.
– Following Monday’s RAW, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns has vowed he will emerge successful in his title defense next week, where Vince McMahon will serve as the special guest referee. Reigns tweeted the following about the first RAW main event of 2016:
– In addition to the new tights he wore in his match with John Cena at the WWE MSG live event on Sunday, Del Rio came out to new theme music. As seen on Monday’s RAW, Del Rio was back to wearing his usual trunks and coming out to his regular theme music. Whether or not he will eventually change to the new look and come out to the new music on television remains to be seen.
– There has been some confusion regarding Big Show announcing himself for the 30-man Royal Rumble match in January. While the belief was he was announcing himself as the man with the number one spot in the match, WWE has since confirmed that is not the case. Big Show was simply making it clear that he is the first man to throw his name in the hat for the match. Big Show is expected to shoot another segment to clear up the confusion among fans.
– TNA’s Jeremy Borash is the guest on the latest edition of the Jim Ross “Ross Report” podcast, which is available now at PodcastOne.com. The official description for the show reads:
“Jeremy Borash is talking all about TNA Impact Wrestling’s move to Pop TV next Tuesday, January 5th! He’s also sharing stories about the last day of Nitro & turning off the lights in the building, how he met Vince Russo & what it was like working with him, his take on Russo’s feud with Bill Goldberg, how Jeremy ended up at TNA, and why he loves producing programming with Food Network star chef Robert Irvine.”
– Rapper and noted WWE fan Wale was in attendance at the WWE SmackDown television tapings on Tuesday night in his hometown of Washington, D.C. Below is a photo of the hip-hop star with The New Day.
WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross recently updated his official blog at JRsBarBQ.com with his thoughts on Vince McMahon’s WWE television return, more potential changes coming with SmackDown moving to USA Network, The Rock’s WrestleMania 32 announcement and more. Below are some highlights.
On Vince McMahon’s TV return and being the company’s best heel:
“Vince McMahon was the star of the broadcast . He’s the WWE’s best heel by far. He loves his role, makes it is own and isn’t playing the role of a villain. I thought it was smart booking that WWE promoted the next RAW main event of which is a WWE title match with McMahon as the special referee. How many times will the Montreal Screw Job be referenced between now and January 4th?
“McMahon’s return has been a spark for RAW whose TV ratings have been in the tank.”
On more changes coming to WWE SmackDown:
“Tonight is the final Smackdown TV taping for WWE this year and before Mauro Ranallo takes over as the lead Smackdown broadcaster when the show moves to the USA Network the first Thursday in January. I expect there to be more announcer tweaks as the new year progresses as well.”
On The Rock’s WrestleMania 32 announcement:
“Rock will be a part of WM32 in Texas but will he wrestle? In any event for the Rock to simply be committed to the April 3 event in Texas is HUGE.”
WWE taped this week’s edition of SmackDown in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday evening. Below are spoiler results for the show, which will air on Thursday night.
– Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose vs. Sheamus and Kevin Owens is announced as the main event for tonight’s show.
– The New Day comes out. They do a promo about New Year’s Eve until they are eventually interrupted by The Dudey Boyz. After that, Kalisto came out and an impromptu six-man tag-team match is formed.
– The Dudley Boyz & Kalisto def. The New Day via pinfall in the first match taped for this week’s show.
– Tyler Breeze def. Goldust via pinfall in the second match of the evening. It’s revealed during this segment that Tyler Breeze and Summer Rae are apparently done as a couple as they decide to split up for the New Year.
– Luke Harper & Braun Strowman def. The Usos when Strowman forced one of the brothers to submit.
– Brie Bella & Alicia Fox def. Naomi & Tamina Snuka in Divas tag-team action.
– Dolph Ziggler def. Bo Dallas in singles competition.
– The main event between Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose and Sheamus and Kevin Owens ends via disqualification. After the match, Reigns stopped Owens from powerbombing him through a table and nailed him with a Superman Punch to close out the show.
As announced by the man himself on Monday, The Rock will be appearing at WrestleMania 32 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on April 3rd.
Since making the initial announcement and spending some time responding to fans on social media, The Rock and others have been hinting at something big being planned for his involvement at next year’s “Show of Shows.”
After noting that he intends to “make all-time WrestleMania history” as part of his original announcement, The Rock followed up later Monday evening and mentioned that he and WWE “have a big and history making night planned.”
Whether or not The Rock will be wrestling or just appearing on the show remains to be seen. Below are some more comments from The Rock about his WrestleMania 32 appearance, including a tweet from his originally rumored opponent for the show, Triple H.
Whether or not The Rock will be wrestling or just appearing on the show remains to be seen. Below are some more comments from The Rock about his WrestleMania 32 appearance, including a tweets from his originally rumored opponent for the show, Triple H and WWE Superstar Rusev.
Rock legend Lemmy Kilmister of the band Motorhead passed away on Monday at age 70. Kilmister was best known to WWE fans as the lead singer of the band responsible for two of Triple H’s theme songs in WWE, as well as the official theme song for the Evolution faction.
Triple H, who was also a friend of Kilmister’s, who performed his entrance song live at WrestleMania 17 and 21, wrote the following about his passing just minutes before RAW was to go on the air live.
#RIPLemmy One life, lived your way, from the beginning, till the end See you down the road my friend… Thank you for the gift of your sound
ECW Original and former WWE announcer Joey Styles recently took to social media to respond to fan criticism over the current WWE product.
Styles has been addressing random comments on his official Twitter page as of late. Below are some of Styles’ responses to fans being overly critical of WWE.
Following a wild opening segment that saw Vince McMahon get arrested for losing his cool with one of the police officers in the ring, the WWE Chairman managed to make bail and return in time to get the last laugh as the last RAW episode of 2015 faded to black on Monday night.
McMahon came out after a post-match angle in the RAW main event between the returning John Cena and WWE United States Champion Alberto Del Rio to announce a rematch between WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns and former champion Sheamus on next week’s RAW.
To make matters worse for Reigns, McMahon also announced that he will be serving as the special guest referee for their title showdown on what will be the first episode of WWE RAW in 2016. The show takes place next week from the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
– WWE posted the following photos of Vince McMahon’s mug shot after the arrest angle that took place as part of the wild opening segment that saw McMahon leave in handcuffs for losing his cool with one of the police officers in the ring.
– Speaking of the arrest angle that kicked off the final RAW show of the year, one of the “officers” that took part in the segment was independent wrestling star Drew Gulak, who as noted recently, is rumored to be a WWE prospect.
