– CM Punk will be on the Opie & Anthony Show this Friday morning to promote Survivor Series. O&A airs on Sirius channel 206 and XM channel 105.
Speaking of Punk, he was backstage at Tuesday’s Guns ‘N Roses concert in Chicago.
– Diana Hart Smith, widow of the late British Bulldog and mother of former WWE Superstar David Hart Smith, revealed on Twitter that Dave Batista recently earned his blue belt in Jiu Jitsu.
– Chris Jericho recently got some attention by announcing on Twitter that he’ll never wrestle for WWE again. While this might alarm some WWE fans expecting to see Jericho return at some point – it appears to be a joke about WWE’s policy of their talent being “entertainers” and not “wrestlers.”
Most people within WWE expect Jericho to return soon and get back to “sports entertaining” the WWE Universe.
-With the NBA basketball season all but cancelled at this point due to the lockout situation between the players association and the team owners, there has been talk in WWE about getting a big name NBA star to work an angle at WrestleMania 28. Both Lebron James and Shaquille O’Neal have worked with WWE before in the past and there’s a good chance WWE will go after one of them if the NBA season does get cancelled.
Also related to the NBA lockout – there has been strong interest from big city arenas to host more WWE events over the next year to make up for the lost revenue due to the lack of NBA games. Madison Square Garden in particular is pushing for more live events in the coming months.
– There was a lot of talk backstage at Monday’s RAW about Cody Rhodes’ physique and how he’s looking in great shape lately.
– Stan sent word that this week’s 3-hour RAW had only 35 minutes and 12 seconds of in-ring action. This is actually down from the previous week’s two-hour show.
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Here’s the final card for Sunday’s pay-per-view:
The Rock’s First Match In 7 1/2 Years
John Cena and The Rock vs. The Miz and R-Truth
World Heavyweight Championship Match
Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show
WWE Championship Match
Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk
5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Tag Team Match
Team Orton (Randy Orton, Sheamus, Mason Ryan, Kofi Kingston and Sin Cara) vs. Team Barrett (Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Hunico and Dolph Ziggler)
Divas Championship Lumberjill Match
Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Eve
United States Championship Match
Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. John Morrison
WWE taped Friday night’s episode of SmackDown on Tuesday from Hershey, PA. Credit to prowrestlingnet for this report:
Dark Match:
* Justin Gabriel defeated a local wrestler.
* Former WWE star Kenny (“KENNY!”) Dykstra returned to action and lost to Justin Gabriel.
WWE SmackDown (Airing Friday)
* The show started with Mark Henry assaulting Daniel Bryan backstage. He dragged Bryan to ringside and continued the attack. The refs rolled Bryan out of the ring, and then Henry cut a promo on delivering more pain to Big Show and retaining at Survivor Series.
* Dolph Ziggler defeated Sin Cara. Vickie Guerrero announced before the match that Dolph will be doing double duty at Survivor Series, as he will defend the U.S. Title against Zack Ryder. Dolph won a good five-minute match with a roll up after Jack Swagger came out.
After the match, Mason Ryan came out to even the sides. Mason Ryan beat the crap out of the heels, with Dolph Ziggler showing once again that he’s one of the best “bump men” in WWE.
* Mason Ryan defeated Jack Swagger. Ryan won with a Full Nelson Slam. Expect to see a lot of replays of Ryan throwing Ziggler. Backstage, Zack Ryder got Big Show and Justin Gabriel to sign his petition. He informed Big Show of what Henry said in the opening promo.
* Backstage Ted DiBiase was playing WWE12 with Hornswoggle. Teddy Long came in with Aksana. Long was falling all over her.
* Christian came to the stage with a neck brace, boot, and crutch. He complained a lot and said even though he can’t wrestle at Survivor Series, he’ll be there to “inspire” Team Barrett. Due to his injuries and the uncertainty that his career holds, his dream is to wrestle at leaset “one more match.” He got a lot of heat and then said good riddance and walked off stage.
* There was a backstage segment with Big Show and AJ checking on Daniel Bryan in the trainers room.
* Ted DiBiase defeated Derek Bateman with Dream Street.
* Big Show was shown backstage looking for Mark Henry.Jinder Mahal and Tyson Kidd said he wasn’t around. Mahal said something in Punjabi. Show asked Kidd if he understood what Mahal said. Kidd didn’t, and Big Show knocked out Jinder Mahal for speaking a language other than what he speaks. Kidd gingerly walked away hoping not to upset the giatn.
* Big Show came to the ring in a sweatsuit. He cut a promo on Henry and said that after Henry forced Bryan to be carried out tonight, Show is gonna force Henry to be carried out at Survivor Series.
* Kofi Kingston pinned Hunico with the SOS. Hunico cut a promo in Spanish before the match.
* A promo aired for Ezekiel Jackson.
* Beth Phoenix and Natalya defeated A.J. and Kaitlyn. Natalya made A.J. tap to the Pinup Strong hold.
* Mark Henry vs. Big Show with Booker T as special referee was announced as the dark match.
* They showed the full Survivor Series lineup and only the two world title, the traditional tag, and the Rock and John Cena vs. The Miz and R-Truth matches were shown. No sign of a U.S. Title match there.
* Randy Orton came out followed by Sheamus. Then Wade Barrett and finally Cody Rhodes.
* Sheamus and Randy Orton defeated Wade Barrett and Cody Rhodes by DQ. Christian came out on crutches during the match and hit Sheamus with a crutch for the DQ. Sheamus hit the Brogue Kick on Cody, and Orton delivered the RKO to Barrett. Sheamus hit Cody with the Celtic Cross.
– WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross tweeted on Tuesday afternoon that he’s not scheduled to be at Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view:
“I’m not booked at Survivor Series @this time. I am booked in Waco to see OU-Baylor Sat. IF I set up sauce stand @ MSG Sunday, wud u come by?”
– After rocking Boston’s TD Garden on Monday night, The Rock was back on the movie set on Tuesday filming the new GI Joe movie. Rock tweeted a picture today (view here) of himself holding a gun with the caption, “On set. Handlin’ business. #WhatAreYouHandlin?”
The ratings are in for Monday’s 3-Hour “RAW Gets Rocked” edition of WWE RAW.
The 3-hour broadcast drew a 3.25 rating with an average of 4.74 million viewers. The final two hours (RAW’s usual timeslot) did a strong 3.37 rating (4.95 million viewers), up from recent weeks. Here are the hourly numbers:
Hour 1: 4.31 million viewers Hour 2: 5.00 million viewers Hour 3: 4.91 million viewers
Once again, for the 9th time in the past 12 weeks, RAW lost viewership in the final hour.
USA Network executive Ted Linhart tweeted the following about Monday’s RAW ratings:
“Key 18-49 demo 8:00 p.m.=2.1M (best 8:00 p.m. Raw hour since June 09) 9:00 p.m.=2.55M (best since May) 10:00 p.m.=2.6M (best since April)… Full Raw show=2.44M P18-49 & 4.7M total viewers making USA #1 cable ent. net by large margins, attracting more men than some bdcasters.”
– Mick Foley has addressed the Rock Bottom he took from The Rock on Monday’s RAW.
Foley tweeted on Tuesday afternoon:
“Why did (The Rock) layeth the smacketh down on my candy ass? I just wanted a hug. I bet he’s feeling quite a bit of remorse right now,” Foley tweeted.
— Maria Kanellis announced during last night’s AfterBuzzTV broadcast for Monday Night Raw that she will be returning to the squared circle on February 25, 2012 for New York City based promotion Family Wrestling Entertainment.
It will be her first match in two years and outside of WWE—she last competed at the February 23, 2010 WWE Superstars taping. She was released from her contract with WWE three days after the event and recently resurfaced on the wrestling scene to support her boyfriend, Ring of Honor talent Mike Bennett, at independent shows. She stated last Tuesday on Facebook that she had resumed wrestling training.
— The official Twitter feed of ESPN’s College Gameday announced Tuesday that John Cena, a Division III All-American center at Springfield College, will be the celebrity guest picker for this Saturday’s show at University of Houston.
— John Cena is featured on the cover of the latest issue of The Wrestler.
The following was also posted on her Facebook page:
“Ever wanted to sit and have lunch or dinner with Tammy and ask her anything you wanted to know and get autographed photos and photos with her at the same time? Now you can! Contact Bambi Weavil, bambi.weavil@gmail.com for more info on how you can purchase this unique and once in a lifetime fan experience! Thanks!”
— The official website of Toronto’s A.V. Club has published a review of the White House Studio Project’s art tribute to “Macho Man” Randy Savage following his death on May 20, 2011. The exhibit is open through today, which would have marked as his 59th birthday.
— WWE will hold a Raw live event at the Yakima Valley Sun Dome in Yakima, Washington on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale November 26, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.
Following Mick Foley’s return to WWE RAW on Monday, THQ announced that Mrs. Foley’s baby boy will be a downloadable character in the upcoming WWE ’12 video game.
– The New York Post is giving away free tickets to Sunday’s Survivor Series PPV. Click here for more information.
– Devin Cutting sent in word that WWE returns to the Sun Dome in Yakima, Washington on Friday, January 13th, 2012 at 7:30 PM. Tickets go on sale November 26th, 2011 at 10 AM.
– Hulk Hogan was impressed by The Rock’s appearance on Monday’s WWE RAW. Hogan tweeted on Tuesday morning:
“The ROCK looked jacked,in perfect shape,dieted down and in the zone! He looks better than any wrestler/actor I’ve ever seen! total respect HH”
– WWE will tape this week’s NXT and SmackDown shows tonight from Bridgeport, Connecticut.
SEScoops.com will have LIVE SPOILERS of tonight’s SmackDown tapings
The main event of SmackDown will see Randy Orton and Sheamus team up against Intercontinental champion Cody Rhodes and Wade Barrett.
The dark match main event is advertised as Big Show, Orton and Sheamus vs. Henry, Rhodes and Christian with Booker T as the guest referee. Due to Christian’s ankle injury, he almost certainly won’t be participating.
– WWE returns to Fort Lauderdale, FL on Saturday, December 3rd. The top matches for that show will be WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk and John Cena vs. The Miz.
– Episode 6 of Tommy Dreamer’s new Youtube show is now online, you can check that out here:
– It was announced to the live crowd at Monday’s RAW that RAW returns to Boston, MA on Monday, March 5th, 2012.
– Several WWE superstars and divas will be appearing at Florida Championship Wrestling’s Turkey Bash event on Wednesday, November 23rd at the Orlando Armory in Orlando, Florida.
Among the stars set to appear: Natalya, Mason Ryan, Tyson Kidd, Jinder Mahal, Ricardo Rodriguez, Epico, Hunico, Derrick Bateman, Percy Watson, Kaitlyn and Brodus Clay.
– Speaking of Brodus Clay, his RAW return was rescheduled once again – and it currently set to take place next week from Hershey, Pennsylvania.
During a backstage segment on RAW, John Laurinaitis was shown talking to Clay on the phone and said he did not want Clay’s debut to be overshadowed by The Rock.
– Today would have been the 59th birthday of wrestling legend Randy Savage. Savage passed away on May 20th of this year after suffering a fatal heart attack while driving.
– On Monday’s RAW, we saw the debut of a new Mark Henry t-shirt. That t-shirt, along with a new “retro” items, are now on sale at the WWE Shop website.
– WWE’s SmackDown brand will be at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5th for a 1pm show. Tickets for that show go on sale this Friday, November 18th.
– After making his WWE television return on RAW several weeks ago when the Muppets were guest hosts, WWE is advertising Hornswoggle for several upcoming SmackDown live events.
Prior to her release from WWE last month, WWE was planning to start a “love interest” storyline with former Diva Maryse and Hornswoggle.
During a recent interview with the UK’s Daily Record newspaper, WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre spoke about Vince McMahon endorsing him on television shortly after his WWE debut.
“It was obviously a positive thing to hear for me because he had never done that before. But it was a negative in that it caused a lot of resentment and jealousy. Imagine if somebody walked into your workplace and the boss stood up rubbing your head and said, ‘Hey everybody, this is the man here’.
But for me, it has motivated me to live up to that and be the best – to get up to that level. Everybody is like a big family here and we are on the road so much that we see each other more than our families. For me, the big target is to get into the Hall of Fame but I’d like to win the heavyweight title first. I’m putting in all the work and the effort to get there. Wrestling is my life and, if I’m not training or in the gym, then I’m watching videos to learn more about it.”
McIntyre says it still blows his mind that he’s made it to the “big leagues” of WWE and hopes to continue proving himself to the world.
WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio (photo credit: Hombre)
As we saw on Monday’s RAW, WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio is featured on the cover of the new issue of Hombre Magazine. Here are some highlights from Del Rio’s interview:
Pressure Living Up To His Family’s Legacy In Wrestling:
“Well yes, because my dad and my uncle aren’t so popular in the United States because they wrestled here 35, 40 years ago. But in Mexico, they’re a big dynasty. They’re the most popular wrestlers in Mexican history. So in Mexico there was a lot of pressure for me. But I’m sure I’m doing a great job now; I’m the first Mexican in history to become the WWE champion, and actually this year I won it all: the Money in the Bank, the Royal Rumble, the WWE title. I can just say that this year’s been perfect for me.”
Having His Own Action Figure:
“I was just waiting for it to happen, it was great. I was excited when they told me…and when I saw the action figure for the first time it was amazing, because it looks like me: the face, the hair, the smile… they captured me all the way in that action figure.”
What He’d Be Doing If He Wasn’t A Wrestler:
“I’m also an architect. I finished my career in Mexico, but that was really for my father. I’m really glad that I finished my school, but when I was younger I dropped school in my second year because I was so crazy to become a wrestler and my dad forced me to go back. He talked to all the promoters in Mexico after I did that and told them, “Don’t give this guy a job because I want him to finish school.” Of course when I was younger I was mad that my father did that, but I’m just grateful that he did because now I have something else. Probably if I wasn’t a wrestler right now I’d be designing buildings or building houses in Mexico.”
His Expectations For The Future:
“Like I said, this year’s been great for me, I won it all, starting with the Royal Rumble then the Money in the Bank. Then I conquered the WWE title. At the beginning of the year we had WrestleMania, which is like the Superbowl of wrestling. In WrestleMania I competed for the World Heavyweight title; unfortunately, I lost against Edge, and actually that was Edge’s last match, So that’s something that’s stuck in my mind, I can’t sleep because I’m thinking about it all the time. It was my biggest night and my biggest failure because we were in front of 80 something thousand people and we sold 2 million pay-per views. My plans are to keep the WWE title as long as I can and if someday I lose this title I will try to go back to the other brand, which is Smackdown, and compete for the World Heavyweight title because that’s something I need to do. I must be the first Mexican wrestler in history to win everything in one year.”
Crossing Over To Movies Like The Rock:
“Definitely. Now I’m totally focused on the WWE and my wrestling career, but that’s something I want do. I’m planning to do the WWE for another five or six years, no more than that, and of course if they invite me to do movies, soap operas, whatever, I’m down for it!”
Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) and Jimmy Korderas (@jimmykorderas) of #AftermathRadio on thescore.com and iTunes chat with former WWE Superstar and 10 time Tag Team Champion Billy Gunn (@RealBillyGunn). Highlights:
His wrestling career, what keeps his career going at the independent level (including this weekend where he will appear for www.CWIwrestling.com): “I still enjoy what I do. I love what I do because its probably the one thing that I am really good at. It’s hard to really give up. I still love seeing the people, I still love getting out in front of people, I still love seeing the fans, I still love what this business has to offer ”
How he was never a fan of pro wrestling growing up and the business found him – taking about the Harris Brothers beating him up for 4 hours straight in the beginning of his training: “I never watched wrestling kid, never wanted to be a wrestler, never wanted to get in this business. I just fell into this business, and then again the tag team stuff that just fell in my lap. It was something that was so exciting to me.”
How far was he willing to go in that scenario as a performer with Billy and Chuck: “As far as I needed to, cause it was my job. People look at whole scenario different than I do. I look at it as it was my job, they came to me and Chuck and said were gonna go this direction.. I would have gone as far as needed.”
Comparisons of him to current WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler – does he agree? Also on Dolph’s in ring skills as a performer for WWE now: “I think hes got great potential, and I think he’s one of there best talents WWE has. A little bit longer and he will be a big star, I think he is extremely talented.”
Gunn also comments on the possibility of a New Age Outlaws reunion in WWE, being a singles competitor, his opinion on tag team wrestling today, and more. The 30-minute+ interview is available here.
– After Monday’s WWE RAW Supershow from went off the air, CM Punk, John Cena & Randy Orton b. Awesome Truth & World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry. The crowd started chanting “we want Ryder” so Zack Ryder came out. The finish saw Punk hit GTS on R-Truth, Orton hit the RKO on Henry and Ryder hit Rough Ryder onThe Miz.
– As we saw on RAW, WWE is going into overdrive with the Twitter integration. With The Rock talking about he can instantly make topics trend worldwide on the social networking service, “Boots To Asses” and “Cena’s lady parts” were trending during the show.
Shortly before Rock went out live, he tweeted:
“Seconds from electrifying RAW. Time to feed the beast and make 3 words trend worldwide.. #BootsToAsses”
WWE’s shop website is now selling The Rock’s new “Boots To Asses” shirts. (Buy Here)
– Actor Jonah Hill will be the special guest host of next week’s WWE RAW Supershow.
– Friday’s SmackDown will feature Randy Orton and Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett and Intercontinental champion Cody Rhodes
– The man who portrayed John Cena’s Little League coach on Monday’s RAW during the Mick Foley “This Is Your Life” segment was independent wrestler Fabulous Johnny Vegas.
– CM Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio for the WWE Title and Triple H vs. Kevin Nash have been all but confirmed for WWE’s TLC pay-per-view next month. No word yet on the stipulations.
– The final rating isn’t available yet – but it preliminary estimates for the November 11th episode of SmackDown is that the show drew a 1.95 rating. This is down from recent weeks, which were above 2.0.
– Dolph Ziggler will replace Christian at Survivor Series as a member of Team Barrett in their match against Team Orton.
The match is now Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Hunico & Dolph Ziggler vs. Randy Orton, Sheamus, Mason Ryan, Kofi Kingston & Sin Cara.
From Monday’s Impact Wrestling tapings – airing Thursday on Spike TV:
– The main event of TNA’s Final Resolution pay-per-view will see TNA World Champion Bobby Roode defend against AJ Styles in a 30-Minute Iron Man Match.
– Matt Morgan and Crimson are the new TNA tag champions after defeating Mexican America.
— KYPost.com has an article up about Andre Davis, the former WWE developmental wrestler who is now on trial for multiple felonious assaults for allegedly failing to tell sex partners that he was HIV positive.
Davis, 29, faces 15 counts of felonious assault for having sex with 12 women between 2009-2011 and failing to inform them he is HIV positive. He faces up to 120 years in prison if convicted on all charges. He rejected a plea deal by prosecutors which would have put him in away for 15-20 years.
Davis, who wrestled as “Andre Hart,” received a contract offer from WWE but had it pulled after he tested positive for HIV during a physical.
— Former WWE Diva Maria Kanelis has announced that she’s training for a return to pro wrestling. She did not specify which promotion she is looking to return to.
