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Category: WWE

  • Kelly Kelly Scheduled For Court, WWE Offers Wrestler Contract

    — Kelly Kelly was recently caught running a red light in Tampa, Florida. She is scheduled for a mandatory court appearance in December and was fined $250. The fine now stands at $274 due to it being overdue.

    — Among the U.K. wrestlers who WWE recently evaluated were Andrew Tyson, Adrian McCullum and Erin Marshall. Tyson was believed to have been offered a developmental contract pending visa application. McCullum worked a dark match against Justin Gabriel at the November 8 SmackDown taping in Liverpool, England.

    — Former WWE Diva Maria Kanellis said she resumed wrestling training on Tuesday. She tweeted, “Felt so good to be in the ring.”

    She will be returning to the squared circle on February 25, 2012 for New York City based promotion Family Wrestling Entertainment. Her opponent has not been announced.

    source: Wrestling Globe Newsletter

  • Matches Taped For NXT & WWE Superstars, Low Attendance

    — The following matches were taped Tuesday night in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for this week’s episode of NXT Redemption:

    * Johnny Curtis vs. Yoshi Tatsu

    * Jimmy Uso vs. JTG

    * Percy Watson and Titus O’Neil vs. Darren Young and Tyler Reks

    — The following matches were taped Tuesday night in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars:

    * Jinder Mahal vs. Trent Barreta

    * Ezekiel Jackson vs. Tyson Kidd

    — A Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza employee told an attendee at tonight’s WWE television tapings that the event drew 4,000 fans. This is approximately half the venue’s capacity.

    source: ProWrestling.net

  • Ratings Are In For Monday’s RAW Supershow

    Monday’s post-Survivor Series WWE RAW Supershow drew a 3.20 cable rating with 4,723,000 viewers.

    This week’s show did hours of 3.24 and 3.17. As you can see, the trend continued this week of viewers tuning out from one hour to the other.

    Hour one averaged 4.76 million viewers while hour two averaged 4.68 million viewers.

    This is the 15th straight week that RAW’s final hour has dropped from the first.

  • *SPOILERS* WWE SmackDown Tapings Results

    Not so fast … Click to enlarge

    WWE taped Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown tapings from Wilkes Barre, PA. Credit to pwinsider.com for this report:

    WWE SmackDown Spoilers (Airing This Friday)

    – Mark Henry comes out on a crutch and cuts promo saying he will fight through his leg injury. Big Show comes out. H tells Henry that what he just did to him, Henry did to Show. Henry called Show the world’s largest loser. Show laid out Henry with KO punch. Daniel Bryan came out and cashed in MITB. We have a new champion.

    Not so fast. Teddy Long comes out and says Henry was not cleared to compete. He takes Title off of Bryan and gives it back to Henry. This set up a Fatal 4 Way for the Number one contendership. The winner faces Henry for Title next week, then winner of that match faces Big Show.

    – Hunico beat Justin Gabriel.

    – Alicia Fox joins commentary. Divas tag match. Beth & Natty vs. AJ and Kaitlyn. Very quick. Natalya wins with The Sharpshooter on AJ.

    – Zack Ryder was backstage playing the WWE ’12 video game. Sheamus comes in. Comedy ensues. They are tagging tonight vs. Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger. Now Long is on the screen and getting heavy boos. Henry comes in and is pissed about defending next week. Funny stuff from both. Long makes it a steel cage match for title next week.

    – Ted DiBiase vs. Heath Slater. At the bell, Jinder Mahal pops up on screen speaking a foreign language. He is talking to DiBiase. He self translates saying that Ted turned his back on his wealthy family. The match begins while he’s talking.  The crowd is not into this match at all. It’s almost as if we haven’t been given a reason to care about either of these two in years. It’s a shame, they are working their asses off. Decent match. Ted DiBiase goes over clean.

    – Cody Rhodes cuts promo backstage. He talks about throwing water at an announcer. Then says he’s gonna win the 4-way.

    – The Fatal 4-way is up next. Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Wade Barrett vs. Cody Rhodes.

    – Daniel Bryan wins when Cody taps. Cody did a post match beatdown on Bryan until Orton made the save. That was the end of smackdown.

  • Orton Says He’s No Longer Bitter Over Rock Returning To WWE

    Dr. Pete and Steve of SportsTownChicago.com sat down with Randy Orton to discuss the release of THQ’s WWE ’12 video game, being “over the bitterness” of The Rock returning to while being excited to see him face John Cena at WrestleMania XXVIII, and more.

    Brock Lesnar in WWE ’12: “I think it’s great. I’m a big Lesnar fan and I’ve always been. We came up together about 10 years ago. Me and him were buds. We’ve lost touch over the years’ as you usually do with guys like that. But I wish him the best. I know he’s had a few health issues as of late. But he’ll conquer those, just like he’s conquered every other obstacle that’s come his way. I truly feel he’s one of the few human beings I’ve ever met that have been able to accomplish as much as he’s accomplished. He puts his mind, body and soul into it and he’s gonna get it done.”

    Bitterness with The Rock: “As far as The Rock and myself are concerned, you know I’d love to see that [himself vs. The Rock], are you kidding me? That’s huge.

    “Right now, the WWE Universe is geared to see Rock/Cena at Wrestlemania 28. And to be honest, I’ve caught a little bit of the buzz too. We all want to see it. The crowd is ecstatic. When he comes out, there’s nothing else quite like it, it really is. Sure, I hate that the guy is back. I wish I was in his spot working with Cena at Wrestlemania 28… but yeah, I’m happy that Rock’s back. I’m over the bitterness (laughs) so to speak with him being back saying he never left and all that BS.”

    The audio interview is available here.

  • WWE’s Future Plans For The Miz, Lawler Loses Voice, Sin Cara

    — “Awesome Truth” was split on last night’s Raw SuperShow in part to WWE creative’s plan to insert The Miz into the title picture over the next few months.

    — Booker T handled broadcast duties during last night’s Raw SuperShow due to Jerry Lawler losing his voice.

    — Sin Cara is believed to have undergone surgery today after suffering a patella tendon rupture when he jumped out of the ring during the Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match at Survivor Series.

    — Santino Marella, who generally tweets in character, wrote the following this afternoon: “Stuck in DC airport since 730am and my flight leaves now at 5pm, so pissed.”

    source: F4WOnline.com

  • Guest Host Announced For SmackDown, Wrestler Moved To Raw

    — Mick Foley will host next Tuesday’s live WWE SmackDown episode on Syfy. The official website of the Time Warner Cable Arena website is billing the episode as a “Smackdown Live Holiday Special.”

    The website is also advertising a Steel Cage Match for the World Heavyweight Championship between Mark Henry and Randy Orton. Booker T will be the special guest referee. This will likely be a post-broadcast dark match.

    — Epico, who has been competing on SmackDown since debuting on the November 4, 2011 episode, is now listed a member of the Raw roster on WWE.com. Epico and Primo beat Percy Watson and Titus O’Neil in a dark match at last night’s Raw SuperShow in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The two cousins were accompanied by SmackDown Diva Rosa Mendes.

    — Arn Anderson has been added to K & S Wrestlefest, which takes place Saturday, December 3, 2011 at the Ramada Philadelphia Airport 76 Industrial Hwy. Essington, Pennsylvania.

  • Sheffield Removed From Raw Roster, Carlito Interested In Return

    –- Skip Sheffield has been removed from the Raw Superstars page on WWE.com. His page is also inaccessible.

    This does not necessarily mean that he has parted ways with WWE. The company recently applied to trademark Ryback, which suggests that he will be repackaged with a new character upon his return from injury. Prior to assuming the cowboy persona in WWE’s developmental system, he appeared as Ryback, an indestructible “Terminator” style character billed from “The Future.”

    — Carlito indicated on Twitter that he would be interesting in joining WWE or TNA Wrestling. However, he is currently tied to the “Unemployed Wrestling League.”

    “For those who keep asking..I would love to go back to WWE but I just signed a long term deal with UWL. For info on UWL go to my bio,” he wrote. “That same answer goes for those asking if I’ll be joining TNA. I hope this clears everything up.”

    Carlito has appeared for World Wrestling Council, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and numerous independent groups since parting ways with WWE last year. He currently reigns as WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion.

  • Slammy Awards Announced, R-Truth Trends On Twitter

    — The official website of the Norfolk Scope Arena, which will hold the Raw SuperShow on December 12, 2011, is advertising the 2011 Slammy Awards for the three-hour television event.

    The event will also feature a post-broadcast Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship between CM Punk, Alberto Del Rio and John Cena.

    — Following WWE’s announcement this morning that R-Truth had been suspended for thirty days as a result of his first violation of the Talent Wellness Program, he began trending worldwide on Twitter.

    — Shawn Michaels has reached an agreement with Total Gym for a workout DVD featuring the WWE Hall of Famer to be released. (Thanks to Carl Dantes)

  • Jericho Not Returning To WWE On 1/2/12, Mysterio Appearance

    — During Monday’s Raw SuperShow, WWE displayed a graphic pointing to a YouTube page. The page features a cryptic video teasing the return of a familiar wrestler on January 2, 2012—the first Raw of next year. WWE’s latest cryptic tease inevitably led to speculation that absent talent Chris Jericho could be returning to the organization. Jericho, however, has already dismissed the possibility.

    When asked by a Twitter user what he’s doing on January 2, 2012, he responded, “Working in Hawaii.”

    Wrestling Observer editor Dave Meltzer reported over the weekend that contract negotiations between both parties recently fell through and that a possible return is now considered a “dead issue.”

    — WWE has announced that Rey Mysterio will appear at the 52nd Annual O’Reilly Auto Parts AutoRama at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. His appearance is scheduled for Friday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. More details are available here.

    — The November 19, 2011 episode of A.M. Raw garnered a 0.23 rating with 487,000 viewers.

    source: PWInsider.com

  • Maryse Announces New Project, WWE Returning To Australia

    — Former WWE talent Maryse Ouellet has announced plans for a fashion and accessory line called House of Maryse. According to the project’s official website, HouseofMaryse.com, jewelry, bikinis, lingerie, sunglasses, handbags and more will be available in over 500 stores and online beginning next summer.

    — WWE will be touring Australia in 2012. Dates and locations are as follows: August 30 at Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane; August 31 at Allphones Arena in Sydney; September 1 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

    — WWE has asked talent to promote WWE ’12 on Twitter this week. WWE ’12 is on sale in the United States beginning today and in the United Kingdom on Friday.

    sources: PWInsider.com, Wrestling Globe Newsletter

  • Video: Melina Talks About Her WWE Release

    Former WWE diva Melina talks to Diva Dirt about her WWE release backstage at WSU Breaking Barriers 2.

  • Breaking News: R-Truth SUSPENDED By WWE

    WWE has announced that RAW superstar R-Truth has been suspended due to a violation of the company’s Wellness Policy. The official statement from the WWE website reads:

    “In accordance with the Talent Wellness Program, WWE has suspended Ron Killings (R-Truth) for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of the company’s policy.”

    This corroborates a weekend report here about one of the participants in the Survivor Series main event recently failing a drug test.

    At the end of RAW, The Miz turned on R-Truth and delivered a vicious beat-down on his former tag team partner. Now, we know why.

  • Booker T & Cody, Layla Returning, JR On Young Talent

    – After undergoing knee surgery back in May for a torn ACL and MCL, WWE Diva Layla is almost ready to return to action. Layla took part in a live chat on the WWE website on Monday night and recently won a poll on the site about who should be the next challenger to Beth Phoenix’s Divas title.

    – After Cody Rhodes threw a cup of water in Booker T’s face on RAW, Booker wrote the following on Twitter regarding the incident:

    “What’s up universe hope all is well, just wanted to speak on that little drama that went down tonight, I’m really not what’s the problem is. Maybe Cody and I can sit down on FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN and talk about it we’ll see stay tuned…”

    As we’ve been reporting recently, Booker T has been training for a final run as an active superstar – and will be feuding with Cody.

    – Jim Ross feels that the younger WWE talents need to be more aggressive. He tweeted:

    “Punk-Ziggler 1 of better matches on Raw in good while. Young, WWE talent needs 2 get HUNGRY/AGGRESSIVE. 2 many young guys on cusp of elevating in WWE aren’t aggressive enuf in their total approach 2 game WWE. Need squeaky wheels.”

  • Trish Wants Kharma, Zack Ryder Video, Trending Terms

    – Former WWE Diva Trish Stratus spoke to WWE.com this week to promote the new WWE ’12 video game – and talked about a dream feud with [pregnant Diva] Kharma.  Trish said:

    “Oh, completely. When she debuted, I think it was one of the first times since I retired where I would have dropped it all to go back and step into the ring with her. That would have been an epic rivalry. I would have loved to have wrestled her. Hopefully, she’ll come back so the WWE Universe can see more of her.”

    – WWE’s push with Twitter is paying off – because WWE had almost 30 wrestling-related phrases trending worldwide during the show. WWE’s influence over Twitter is so strong that even phrases like Brodus Clay and Little Jimmy which weren’t mentioned on RAW were still trending.  WWE’s trending terms included:

    CM Punk, Booker T, Punk vs. Ziggler, Zack Ryder, Alberto Del Rio, Kevin Nash, Jack Swagger, The Great White, Sheamus, Santino Marella, Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, Vickie Guerrero, GTS, Alicia Fox, Masked Kane, Big Show, Wade Barrett, Randy Orton, Barrett Barrage, Kofi Kingston, Brodus Clay, Fruity Pebbles, John Cena, The Miz, Awesome Truth and Little Jimmy.

    – WWE has released a new video of Zack Ryder from after RAW. Ryder says he’s bummed about his submission loss to Alberto Del Rio on RAW, but is excited that he now has more Twitter followers than Kelly Kelly. Here’s the video:

  • The Miz & R-Truth Comment On Their Breakup On RAW

    At the end of Monday’s RAW, we saw The Miz unleash a brutal attack on his former tag team partner, R-Truth.

    The former members of Awesome Truth wrote the following on Twitter last night regarding their team’s dissolution:

    The Miz: “So in order to trend all I had to do is SCF Truth? #ThatsWhatsUp”

    R-Truth: “Getting up to go get checked out,,but having balancing problem…can’t think straight…”

    The WWE website has a new video of The Miz up after attacking R-Truth on last night’s RAW Supershow. Miz says he did what he did because he’s tired of people getting in his way and slowing him down.

    As we wrote here on the site late on Monday night – Awesome Truth’s breakup comes right after a report that one of the participants in the Survivor Series main event recently failed a drug test. For more on that story, click here.

  • Video: Ultimate Warrior Launching New Reality Show

    WWE legend the Ultimate Warrior is launching a new reality TV show that will feature the Warrior motivating training the mind, body and spirit of everybody people. The show synopsis reads:

    “Sports Entertainment Living Legend THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR leads an extreme motivational mind/body/soul work-out combining intensity, passion, comedy and inspiration. The first two special guests are influential, cutting edge bands from today’s hard rock scene.”

    Below is the official trailer for the new show, which contains some colorful language:

  • More Details On Sin Cara’s Injury, Masked Kane Tweet, HHH

    — SuperLuchas.net reports Sin Cara suffered the patella tendon rupture at Survivor Series as he was jumping over the ring ropes, not when he landed. His tendon snapped as he was gaining momentum to make the jump.

    — The official Twitter feed for WWE sent out a tweet reading “Masked Kane” during Raw SuperShow in an attempt to get the term trending. It was in reference to a mid-show vignette teasing the return of Kane with his signature red mask. The video concluded with a shot of the mask being dropped to the ground and covered in fire. “Masked Kane” was shown on the list of terms trending on Twitter during Raw.

    — The Score in Canada will be airing SmackDown live on Tuesday, November 29 at 8:00 p.m. As previously announced, SyFy in the United States is also airing SmackDown live that night.

    — Triple H was locally advertised for Monday’s Raw SuperShow in Hershey, Pennsylvania, but did not appear.

    — Brie and Nikki Bella were backstage at Raw SuperShow, but not used. The twin sisters turned 28 years old Monday.

    — Despite not appearing on Raw, the official Twitter feed for WWE sent out a tweet at the conclusion of the show to get Brodus Clay trending.

    — Former WCW World Tag Team Champion Lash LeRoux turns 35 years old Tuesday. He was under contract to WWE in 2001 and 2002, but was never promoted to the main roster.

    source: PWInsider.com

  • Miz &R-Truth’s Breakup, Title Match Next Week, WWE 12

    – It was announced on Monday’s RAW that former WWE champion Alberto Del Rio will get his rematch against new champion CM Punk next week on RAW.

    – At the end of Monday’s RAW, we saw the breakup of the Awesome Truth duo – as The Miz viciously attacked R-Truth and left him laid out. According to a WWE source, there’s a “big reason” behind the beatdown on R-Truth.

    This comes on the heels of this report yesterday about one of the participants in Sunday’s Survivor Series main event recently failing a WWE Wellness test.

    — WWE ’12 has broken the record for the most pre-ordered WWE video game ever. The previous record holder was SmackDown vs. RAW 2008, which was released on six platforms. WWE ’12 is only available on three platforms.

  • What Happened After RAW, No Jonah Hill Or Brodus Clay

    — Despite being advertised as the special guest star of Monday’s WWE RAW, actor Jonah Hill did not appear. No word yet on why he was not there.

    — Also advertised for RAW but not there was Brodus Clay. This is the third straight week where he’s been advertised and hasn’t returned.

    Recently, the “Michael Cole Challenge” was scheduled for RAW and was delayed three weeks as well.

    — After Monday’s WWE RAW Supershow from Hershey, PA went off the air, there was a six-man tag-team match featuring Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger and The Miz vs. Randy Orton, John Cena and The Big Show.

    Cena took Miz out early in the match with a punch. Swagger came to the ring and was immediately hit with a WMD from The Big Show and then an Attitude Adjustment from John Cena. Orton then hit Ziggler with a RKO to send the crowd home happy. All the faces celebrated to their own music.

  • New Promo Video For Brock Lesnar In WWE ’12

    Record-Breaking Sales For THQ’s Newest WWE Video Game as The Baddest Man on the Planet Returns To Sports Entertainment … at least in the gaming world!

    The news for WWE ’12 is huge. THQ’s brand new video game can already boast having the largest pre-sales of any WWE video game in history.

    The game, which features Randy Orton on the box cover, also features Macho Man Randy Savage as a special guest character and the return of Brock Lesnar to WWE video games.

    As part of the hype, Lesnar’s longtime friend Paul Heyman interviewed him and now comes the newest video, which is the promotional video for the game going on sale. Check out this new promo video hyping Brock Lesnar in WWE ’12, courtesy of Paul Heyman’s Looking 4 Larry agency:

  • Video: Kane Returning With His Mask?

    WWE aired a promo on RAW hyping the return of Kane ..

    From the looks of it – it appears we might see the return of Kane’s mask.

  • Video: Cryptic “It Begins” Promo From RAW

    On Monday’s RAW, when WWE was showing one of the Twitter on-screen graphics, the image got fuzzy and briefly showed a URL to a Youtube channel – “It Begins 2012.”

    The URL revealed a cryptic video of a young student talking about something big occurring on Monday, January 2nd, 2012 – when RAW is live from Memphis, TN.

    The boy who was narrating the video said:

    “Come my people and shut thy doors about thee. For a power should come to punish the meek for their inequity. For on the second day of 2012, a familiar force shall arrive to claim what is his. And it will be the end of the world as you know it.”

    The text “It Begins.” then appeared.

    Here’s the video – what do you think it could be for?

    COMMENT BELOW and tell us what “It Begins” signifies.

  • Nash Pulled From All Upcoming Shows, Diva Valets Epico & Primo

    — WWELiveTour.com has removed Kevin Nash from all events he was advertised for, including next week’s tour of Yokohama, Japan.

    — Epico and Primo beat Percy Watson and Titus O’Neil in a dark match at tonight’s Raw SuperShow in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Epico and Primo were accompanied by Rosa Mendes.

    — Jonny Greco, who was considered a valuable member of the Cleveland Cavaliers video production crew, has joined WWE. Cleveland.com has an article on his hiring.

    source: PWInsider.com

  • CM Punk Shoots On The Rock For Being A Diva

    During a recent interview with the New York Daily News to hype the new WWE ’12 video game, CM Punk made some controversial comments about The Rock – and his “Hollywood megastar” ego.

    “You know, the thing about that is, he’s not around. It doesn’t help morale when the guy goes right from his limo to the dressing room to the dressing room to the ring. He’s very bourgeois Hollywood.”

    Punk thinks The Rock is back to help his own career and make sure WrestleMania is a success – without allowing any of WWE’s younger stars to benefit from his return.

    “He came back, he did WWE Raw after that. He said he was never gonna leave. And the next time we saw him is a month later. Yeah, it does bother me. A little hello would have been nice. He could have run by with his own entourage.”

    According to Punk, The Rock has made little effort to interact with the rest of WWE – and it’s caused a lot of resentment in the WWE locker room.

    When asked if Rock was a diva, Punk said that would be an insult to WWE’s Divas.

    “I can’t say that. At least the WWE Divas say hi to me in the halls.”