WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event once again had a nostalgic flair, with several legends of the ring appearing at the event. During the show, Ted DiBiase, Dory Funk Jr. and ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan were spotlighted in the crowd.
Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura was part of the show after making his return to WWE with last month’s Saturday Night’s Main Event special. The WWE Hall of Famer and former Minnesota governor was excited to see Bron Breakker and Sheamus go to war for the Intercontinental Championship.
Alundra Blayze was also in the crowd, with the WWF Women’s Championship. Blayze infamously dropped the title in the trash after she moved to WCW in 1995.
The Brainbusters Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard were shown following Jacob Fatu’s assault of Braun Strowman. The pair had previously been a part of AEW.
Mark Henry, another AEW alum, was also in the crowd at Saturday Night’s Main Event. Henry’s son Jacob recently signed with WWE, leaving fans excited to see what’s to come for the young powerhouse.
The appearance of these legends, alongside the in-ring action of the modern-day roster, provided an exciting night for the WWE Universe. With four Saturday Night’s Main Events planned per years, fans can expect many more nostalgic moments featuring legends of the past on WWE programming in the future.
Could IWGP Women’s Champion Mercedes Moné one day make her return to WWE?
After she (and Naomi) walked out of the May 16, 2022, episode of Monday Night Raw, questions circulated around Moné’s future with the company, and she went unused for months.
Despite reports that she and Naomi had made peace with WWE, Moné would debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling at Wrestle Kingdom 17 this past January.
The Return?
It was last month that Moné captured the IWGP Women’s Championship from KAIRI in the former’s first match since departing WWE.
Like Moné, Alundra ‘Madusa’ Blayze knows what it is like to draw the ire of WWE, as she was blacklisted for two decades for throwing the WWF Women’s Championship in the trash on WCW programming.
Appearing on Under The Ring to talk about her career and her new book “The Woman Who Would Be King: The MADUSA Story,” Blayze spoke about Moné’s future.
“I think Mercedes has actually during a time when she was still champion, I believe tag team championship, whatever she was feeling, she felt like whatever and she handed the titles in and she walked out because she wanted to fulfill something, her dream, something she always wanted to do. I mean, God bless her on that, you know, somebody following what they want to do.”
“Hopefully, she will go back to WWE someday if she wants to.”
Alundra Blayze.
“Hopefully, she will go back to WWE someday if she wants to. Right now she’s just fulfilling it. Let’s hope and continue that everything is great over there with her and Stardom. Maybe she’s paving the way that women can do what they want to do. I may have waited until my contract expired and then did it, but you know, everyone has their own reason and choice and I don’t know what that was, so I can’t say on hers.”
Could A Return Happen?
While Moné is out of WWE right now, that doesn’t mean we may not see Sasha Banks walk down the aisle once more.
After all, Blayze was blacklisted for twenty years but was eventually brought back, and other names fans thought they’d never see again (Bret Hart, Ultimate Warrior, etc.) have returned over the years.
It has been reported that some in WWE believe that once Moné gets NJPW ‘out of her system’ she will return to the Stamford-based promotion.
WWE Hall of Famer Alundra ‘Madusa’ Blayze has opened up about her complex relationship with professional wrestling.
Blayze competed in the WWF as part of the New Generation, before leaving for WCW to work as Madusa in 1995.
Blayze infamously dumped the WWF Women’s Championship in the trash on Monday Nitro, a creative call by Eric Bischoff that Blayze was against at the time.
While Bischoff would be welcomed to WWE in 2002, Blayze would be blacklisted for 20 years after the title incident, before being inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015.
The Lost Generation
During her tenure in the WWF, Alundra Blayze worked with some impressive women, though in a time when women’s wrestling wasn’t a huge attraction.
Speaking on The Sessions, Blayze dubbed her locker room the lost generation, neither being remembered for their skills nor for the titillation fans would see in the Attitude Era.
I was jaded for a long time in pro wrestling. I was good to pro wrestling. Pro wrestling wasn’t good to me. It was because of that. So you had your June Byers. You had your [Fabulous] Moolahs and your Mae [Young.] That wonderful great start of women, sixty or seventy years ago. But if it wasn’t for those women, there wouldn’t have been the next era, which was a little jump. Your Wendi Richters, your Sherri Martels, your Jumping Bomb Angels, and your Glamor Girls.
“I was good to pro wrestling. Pro wrestling wasn’t good to me.”
Alundra Blayze.
“We had that whole wonderful thing when Wendi Richter was in the first WrestleMania. My God! And then you had a little bit of a stint on the second, and third, maybe. And then really, we didn’t have a woman’s wrestling WrestleMania match until WrestleMania 10, which is mine against Leilani Kai.”
Social Media
Not only were Blayze and other women at the time not being given much of an opportunity to shine, but their issues extended outside of the ring.
In the interview, Blayze said that getting interviewed did little to help them, as writers would edit or even make-up quotes for their own agendas.
“Our social media at the time was people, writing for magazines, and they were writing their story, how they thought, and would put our interviews in their voice, which we basically never said. So we had no control.
“Thank God for social media [today.] Because people are able to go back at history and look at everything that was there and the people that were there before.”
“There’s always everything we see from the Attitude Era forward, which is fantastic. If we keep pushing that, then that’s all they [the fans] know. But if we educate something, a little bit before [the Attitude Era] then they’re going to want to do some history, want to kick it up and knowledge themselves.”
WWE Relationship
It wouldn’t be until 2015 that Alundra Blayze was welcomed back to WWE, and has made sporadic appearances for the company.
Blayze told Renee Paquette that she is pleased for what she has now, and considers herself a representative of the ‘lost generation.’
“I’m thankful for what I do and have with WWE, intermittently when they do give you a call. Because I feel that it’s not just helping me. It’s helping to represent the women before the Attitude Era. And I see that as a whole now.”
Alundra Blayze.
Stepping Out
While WWE was in no hurry to bring Blayze back into the fold once WCW folded, the former WCW Cruiserweight Champion was in no hurry to return either.
As someone who takes great pride in her wrestling ability, Blayze explained that she considered herself done with wrestling after WCW went under.
“Man, I had to step out of wrestling in 2001 when I retired. I was like ‘I’m out of here, I’m out of this s**t show.’ I didn’t like the way the direction of the women was going. I hated how they were writing women, even in WCW at that time.
“I was like ‘I’m out of here, I’m out of this s**t show.'”
Alundra Blayze on retiring from wrestling in 2001.
“I didn’t want to do bra and panties, I didn’t want to do barbeque matches and tear off your nightgown. Kudos to the women who stuck it out during the Attitude Era, because hell, they didn’t have another choice. You had to do what you had to do. It was their contract. But again, we have choices. You can say yes or you can say no.”
Blayze’s new memoir ‘The Woman Who Would be King‘ is set to hit bookshelves later this month.
The former WWE RAW Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley is currently one of the top stars in the women’s division. It has come to light that ‘The Eradicator’ has been considered to be the retirement opponent of a WWE legend.
WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze (a.k.a Madusa) is a trailblazer and one of the greatest female stars to ever grace the squared circle. Her last match was in 2018 when she competed in the 20-woman battle royal at WWE Evolution. She recently expressed her desire to have The Judgement Day member as her last opponent inside the ring.
Speaking to PWMania, Blayze talked about calling out Rhea Ripley. She went on to reveal that they had a backstage conversation during the 30th Anniversary of Monday Night RAW.
Alundra Blayze wants Rhea Ripley as her retirement opponent
“You’re, so funny. I already called her out. And I was walking past the makeup room whenever I was there for Raw XXX and I walked by I said, ‘yo girl looking good.’ Then I came back and stuck my head and I said, ‘you’d probably be a pretty good retirement match.’ She’s like, ‘Oh my God. That’s such an honor.’ She’s so funny. She’s a wonderful girl, though. Woman. Just amazing. I just say girl or kid because probably like 30 years younger than I am. You know?”
Recently, at RAW XXX, Blayze returned to WWE in a backstage segment alongside other legends. She played poker in a tournament put together by fellow WWE Hall of Famer Ron Simmons.
Meanwhile, Rhea Ripley won this year’s Women’s Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Liv Morgan. ‘The Eradicator’ has now earned a shot at the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship currently held by Charlotte Flair. They are set to lock horns for the title at WrestleMania 39 this April.
The lives and careers of three former WWE Superstars have been celebrated at the inaugural Women’s Wrestling Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
The Women’s Wrestling Hall of Fame was announced in October of this year, with Angel Orsini, Christopher Annino, “Tex” Green, and Gary “Pitbull” Wolf being considered responsible for the idea.
Slam Wrestling was the first to report that Alundra ‘Madusa’ Blayze, Jazz, and the late Luna Vachon are among the first three inductees.
Blayze and Jazz collected their awards in person at the ceremony this past weekend, while Vachon, who died in 2010, was represented by her ex-husband David ‘Gangrel’ Heath.
Other names reported to be inducted include Cora Livingston, Mildred Burke, Beverly Shade, Marva Scott, and Ethel Johnson.
Babs Wingo, the tag team of Toni Rose & Donna Christanello, Susan Green, ex-WWE referee Rita Chatterton, the entire GLOW promotion, and 2014 Olympic gold medalist Iryna Merleni are also set to be inducted.
The niece of Maurice ‘Mad Dog’ Vachon, Luna’s wrestling career began in 1985 and she would join the WWF in 1993.
Leaving in 1994, Vachon would have stints in ECW and WCW before returning in 1997, and would remain until 2000, when she was released over an outburst backstage.
Vachon would continue wrestling on the independent scene until 2007, before her death aged 48 in August 2010 due to a drug overdose.
Jazz
Inspired by Jaqueline Moore, Jazz set out to become a professional wrestler in the late 1990s, and would join ECW in 1999.
Joining the WWF after the collapse of the extreme promotion, Jazz would later capture the WWE Women’s Championship and successfully defended the title at WrestleMania X8.
Winning the title again the following year, Jazz would leave WWE in 2004 and compete for Chikara, Shine and AEW among other promotions, before her retirement in Impact last year.
Alundra Blayze
Alundra Blayze’s wrestling career may be best remembered not for what she did in the ring, but what she did with a trash-can.
After leaving the WWF while still the Women’s Championship, Blayze appeared on WCW programming and threw the title in the trash, saying it is what she thought of the WWF Women’s Title.
In actuality, Blayze was very concerned about the spot, but was forced into it by Eric Bischoff.
Blayze would be blamed for the spot and blacklisted from WWE for 20 years, before her WWE Hall of Fame induction in 2015.
Whether it was in the pro wrestling or monster truck arena, Madusa has always been about breaking through barriers. The Hall of Famer is now looking to do her part to help along others do the same. It’s why she has gotten more involved with the Cauliflower Alley Club. A nonprofit organization that has helped so many within the industry in need. The 56th Annual CAC Reunion takes place September 26-28. Madusa, also known as Alundra Blayze, will be co-hosting the award’s dinner with John Arezzi.
“I found myself in a different transition in my life. I wanted to get into some charity work. What better way to get back into charity work than look to our business and give back,” she said. “Especially 40 years in the entertainment business and understanding what our colleagues go through, tragedies to triumph.”
Madusa hopes to lend her outspoken voice to the board of the CAC. Taking a seat at the proverbial table is just the beginning the former women’s champ envisions.
“The organization has helped with a million dollars of charitable funds dedicated to helping people,” she said. “I would like to get the word out more.”
Dream Opponent She Never Worked With
Along with hosting duties, Madusa is planning to help recognize Jacqueline Moore as the 2022 Women’s Wrestling Honoree. The legendary performer recalls almost crying when asked to participate.
“Here is a woman basically parallel through my whole career,” Madusa said. “Same age started at the same time. We were in the same organization at the same time. Do you realize she and I never wrestled each other? What the hell?”
Madusa loves throwing it out there that she still has the WWF women’s championship. You know the one where she helped ignite the “Monday Night War” by throwing the title in the trash can. A similar scene took place earlier this year when Cora Jade canned the NXT women’s tag titles.
“When I saw that, I said, ‘Damn, at least that b—tch got to keep her job.’ Good for her,” she quipped.
The veteran superstar actually appeared on an episode of NXT. She has also remained active in helping the next generation of the NWA. An opportunity Madusa cherishes. As for a retirement match, it’s the old never say never.
“I would love to have a retirement match,” Madusa said. “That may have gone and sailed. Maybe not. Maybe it’s Jacqueline? We’ll finish it off. That would be unexpected and great. It would have to be someone that would have great chemistry and that could carry my ass in a way that if I bumped my head and didn’t know what was going on, they could carry the match.”
Upcoming Autobiography
Last match or not, Madusa no doubt has a story to tell. And she finally will with an anticipated autobiography coming out in 2023 with James C. Melby Historian Award winner Greg Oliver.
“I’ve been writing this book for 30 years. It first started in WWF. I was sitting down with Vince Russo when he was working there. I said I would like to write a book. He and I would intermittently sit down and talk. He would record me on those little cassette thingies,” Madusa recalled. “I would say eight years ago he said, ‘Deuce, I still have those tapes. Would you like them back?’ I’m like, ‘Sure!’ He sent me all the tapes.”
Encouragement from others including Arezzi led to the project continuing on with Madusa inspired. She is excited for everyone to read the finished product.
“I will tell you this book is so well-written. So me.… The title of the book is ‘The Woman Who Would Be King.’ I’ve been queen my whole life. I’ve been ‘Queen of Carnage,’ ‘Queen of the Ring,” Madusa said. “I was talking to Paul Heyman, a very dear friend of mine to this day. I’ll text and bounce ideas. I said, ‘I’m about done with the book. I’ve got to two or three titles. I don’t know.’
“He said, “The Woman Who Would Be King. Deuce that’s you. That was all Paul Heyman. He did write the forward of the book. I’m so honored. This book is not a tattle tale book. It doesn’t throw anyone under the bus. It’s not about that crap. It’s about a woman and her story, surviving in two male-dominated businesses. The stories will make you happy, cry, piss you off and overcome. It’s a great story.”
Visit the CAC site for more information on the organization and to attend the CAC Reunion.
Earlier this month, Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez captured the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships, but their reign was short-lived.
The next week, Perez was attacked at the start of NXT 2.0, ahead of her NXT Women’s Championship match with Mandy Rose.
It was later revealed that Jade had betrayed her tag-team partner, attempting to take her out of the running so she could face Rose instead.
During last week’s show, Jade threw her NXT Women’s Tag Team Title in the trash, signifying the end of the team.
Blayze’s Surprise Appearance
One person who knows all about throwing titles in the trash is WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze.
During last night’s NXT 2.0, Perez was seen with her NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship and was furious at Jade’s actions given the work they’d done to win the titles.
That’s when Blayze appeared and revealed that a Tag Team Elimination Match will take place next week and that the winners will be crowned the new NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions.
Blayze didn’t confirm any teams for the match, but Kayden Carter and Katana Collins were featured in a backstage segment along with Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley.
The two teams brawled and it was revealed that Toxic Attraction and Yulisa Leon and Valentina Feroz will also be competing.
Madusa (WWE Hall Of Famer Alundra Blayze) wants the company to give her a retirement match and she has decided to go public with her request.
WWE’s official twitter account recently made a post asking fans who is the one superstar they would like to show up at this year’s Royal Rumble PPV.
Madusa interestingly replied to this tweet from the company and the former champion asked the promotion when are they gonna give their golden era Hall Of Famer a retirement match.
The former WWE star’s tweet suggested that she has been lobbying for one final opportunity for a while and the former WCW star indicated that she is done asking for it after her latest post:
Well you know what? One can only scream on top of the mountain for so long and so loud… When are you going to give one of your golden era Hall of Famer‘s a freaking retirement match? Just putting it out there. After this I’m done. I mean really I’m not getting any younger ?? https://t.co/TQIR3bqlb0
She had a stint with WWE from 1993 to 1995 but she was blacklisted by the promotion after the former champion jumped ships to WCW following her release from the company.
Madusa finally returned to WWE in 2015 when she was announced as an inductee of the company’s Hall Of Fame class of the year and she has made some sporadic appearances for the promotion since then.
After sniping at one another via Twitter following Blayze’s appearance on last week’s RAW Reunion special, things have only gotten more personal, with Blayze seemingly lobbying for a match between the two of them at SummerSlam.
Writing to her followers, Blayze claimed that SummerSlam needed another “legend vs current talent match” before asking who they would like to see.
Evans responded:
“I volunteer to rip you out of your retirement home and make you choke on your words.
Legend or not..you’re disrespectful, swollen headed nasty that has it coming.
Talk about my family again….. I’ll lose this career gladly waving goodbye with your blood on my hands. #Shoot”
I volunteer to rip you out of your retirement home and make you choke on your words.
Legend or not..you're disrespectful, swollen headed nasty that has it coming.
Talk about my family again….. I'll lose this career gladly waving goodbye with your blood on my hands. #Shoothttps://t.co/TDzQwwoU3M
“And then we have this… disgruntled Youngin wanting to continue to ride on the coattails of a Hall of Famer. #letsfight PS how is that wonderful family of yours”
And then we have this… disgruntled Youngin wanting to continue to ride on the coattails of a Hall of Famer. #letsfight PS how is that wonderful family of yours
— Madusa/AlundraBlayze (@Madusa_rocks) July 28, 2019
“Yesterday’s Nasties”
This all began Evans’ initial tweet that read “Legends = Yesterday’s nasties.”
Taking issue with this, Blayze brought Lacey’s family into their argument.
She wrote about how Evans “failed in the military” before targeting her for living in a trailer and dragging her husband and kid around.
This prompted Evans to respond:
“Shootin’ the real shots? I musta got under your wrinkly skin. Bless her heart. I’m typing this 8 years honorably discharged from serving our country while in said trailer, over looking lots of land, and $$ in the bank. As far as my family goes hubby gets it every night & baby is happy.”
Alundra Blayze has snapped back at RAW Superstar Lacey Evans’ recent tweet insulting the WWE Legends that attended Monday’s RAW Reunion special.
In the original tweet, Evans wrote “Legends = Yesterday’s nasties.”
The Hall Of Famer took issue with this. She lashed back at Evans, claiming that she had “failed in the military” and now lives in a portable trailer as she drags her kid and husband around the country.
She then claimed that Lacey’s husband “looked at me” before giving her a compliment and said “honey maybe you could be more like Alundra … your yesterday regurgitated garbage.”
Her full tweet read:
“You’ll be lucky to be considered a legend… you failed in the military. you live in a portable trailer, drag your kid and husband around. Ur hubby looked at me… gave me a complement and said “honey maybe you could be more like Alundra … your yesterday regurgitated garbage”
You’ll be lucky to be considered a legend… ? you failed in the military. you live in a portable trailer, drag your kid and husband around. Ur hubby looked at me… gave me a complement and said “honey maybe you could be more like Alundra … your yesterday regurgitated garbage https://t.co/DobPScmSvK
— Madusa/AlundraBlayze (@Madusa_rocks) July 23, 2019
When a fan shared they would love to see a staredown between herself and Blayze, Evans replied that “She wouldn’t be able to handle it. Just like she couldn’t handle holding the 24/7 title.”
She wouldn't be able to handle it. Just like she couldn't handle holding the 24/7 title. ?? #RAWhttps://t.co/VBWjAzBDmB
Alundra Blayze won the 24/7 Championship this past Monday on RAW. She then sold it to the “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase after threatening to throw it into the trash in homage to her return to WCW in ’95.
– WWE Evolution will see the wrestling return of Kelly Kelly as the one-time Divas Champion is scheduled to compete in the Women’s Battle Royal. To get ready for the match, Kelly (aka Barbie Blank) trained with former WWE Champion Rob Van Dam and independent wrestler Katie Forbes last Sunday at Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy in Bell Gardens, California.
Forbes posted the following on their training session:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpN3n3Dgxx7/
Kelly replied, “Had the best time training with you babe thank you so much for getting off my ring rust hehe.”
The Women’s Battle Royal will also see the wrestling return of WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze (aka Madusa), who hasn’t competed for WWE in nearly 23 years after throwing the WWF Women’s Championship into a trash can on WCW Monday Nitro on December 18, 1995. Ahead of tomorrow night’s match, Blayze tweeted the following:
Thank U. Even if it’s been 18 to 20 years since I stepped in the ring and took a single bump, I’m excited. I am very honored to represent the past, then, golden era of women that need to be recognized, heard and appreciated. #GoldenEra#Useyourvoicehttps://t.co/vqVVHQF1lJ
– WWE Evolution will see the in-ring return of WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze (aka Madusa), who hasn’t wrestled for WWE in nearly 23 years after throwing the WWF Women’s Championship into a trash can on WCW Monday Nitro on December 18, 1995. WWE added a few former champions to the Women’s Battle Royal on Friday, including Blayze.
Ahead of her return on Sunday, Blayze paid a visit to the WWE Performance Center today.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPirhWBNOy/
Blayze also tweeted the following in response to a fan saying she’ll be the first to get eliminated from the Women’s Battle Royal.
It’s not quantity in the time it’s quality.. I could be in the ring 10 seconds and my presence will be felt forever? When you see the Blayze you’re going to feel the heat? https://t.co/PXpiIYqVPc
– REELZChannel is airing a documentary on Hulk and Linda Hogan’s marital issues and divorce as part of their new “Irreconcilable Differences” series. Here is the synopsis for the episode, which premieres Thursday, November 1 at 9 p.m. ET.
“Hulk Hogan’s trademark bandana look and catchphrase “Hulkamania is running wild, brother” endeared him to fans. He became the most recognizable and well-liked wrestler in the WWE soaring to international fame and fortune. But life on the road presented challenges for the marriage between Hulk and Linda Hogan. Travelling upwards of 300 days a year proved difficult for the young couple and Hulk was not always the ideal, faithful husband. In 2005, the family begin filming their VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best but life in the ever-increasing spotlight only magnifies the couple’s issues. Hulk thinks Linda’s drinking is out of control and Linda’s obsession over Hulk’s suspected infidelities is becoming all-consuming. The couple finally splits amidst one of the biggest media and celebrity scandals ever. It seems that Hulk’s tawdry liaison with a friend’s wife has not only ruined two marriages but becomes a benchmark case for freedom of the press. Reality show life coach Patrick Wanis will provide new insight as to what really went on behind the scenes of Hogan Knows Best where he worked directly with the Hogan family.”
– Batista has had his share of intense rivalries and according to WWE, Triple H is his greatest rival.
The WWE Instagram account posted a graphic today ranking Batista’s five greatest rivals and Triple H tops the list.
1. Triple H
2. John Cena
3. The Undertaker
4. Rey Mysterio
5. Booker T
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpNMNgBgEVj/
– WWE Evolution will see the in-ring return of WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze (aka Madusa), who hasn’t wrestled for WWE in nearly 23 years after throwing the WWF Women’s Championship into a trash can on WCW Monday Nitro on December 18, 1995. WWE added a few former champions to the Women’s Battle Royal on Friday, including Blayze.
Blayze posted a teaser of her attire for Evolution, which shows a red, white and gold robe she plans to wear.
Earlier tonight, Kairi Sane won the inaugural Mae Young Classic tournament by defeating Shayna Baszler in the finals.
Before the event, WWE held a red carpet event and several current and past Superstars were interviewed about the tournament.
Bayley
Bayley stated that her injury was coming along great, but she still hasn’t been able to lift any weights. Bayley said that she would love to see MYC tournament competitor Piper Niven make it to NXT and eventually WWE in the future. She also explained how the Mae Young Classic tournament lights a fire under current Superstars on the main roster because of the talent that could potentially join WWE in the future.
Alundra Blayze
Cathy Kelley interviewed WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze before the finale of the Mae Young Classic tournament tonight. Blayze said that the Mae Young Classic is a dream come true for her because when she was competing, there weren’t too many women for her to wrestle. Blayze stated that the women today have an amazing opportunity in WWE, but they have to capitalize on it.
Charlotte
Charlotte said that she knows she has to work harder now because the talent in the Mae Young Classic is younger and hungrier. Charlotte knows that she has accomplished a lot already in WWE, but that doesn’t mean that it couldn’t all go away quickly because someone else wants to join the roster and take her spot.
Stephanie McMahon
Stephanie stated that she couldn’t be more proud of where the women are today. Stephanie referenced the transition from the Divas division to the Women’s division and how the RAW and SmackDown Women’s Championships are now more akin to the men’s titles in WWE. Women are now called Superstars and are regularly main-eventing WWE television and PPVs. Stephanie said that it was unbelievable how far they have come and how far they are going to go.
Triple H
Triple H believes that in 10 years there will be a lot of girls walking through the ropes in WWE because they were inspired by the Mae Young Classic. Triple H stated that when fans started the “GiveDivasAChance” hashtag, everyone had to listen. Triple H wants the Mae Young Classic to happen every year, but it depends on it’s success.
Triple H said that he wanted the Cruiserweight Classic to happen every year as well, but Vince McMahon wound up turning it into a weekly show so you never know what is going to happen. Triple H added that the tournament was named after Mae Young because she transcended generations.
– The dark segment after last night’s SmackDown in Philadelphia saw John Cena cut a promo. He mentioned Dean Ambrose going soft after winning the WWE World Championship but said he wants Ambrose to be his best because he knows how good of a champion Ambrose can be. Cena also addressed rumors on his WWE future, saying he is at the top of his game.
– WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze announced on Facebook Live that she is retiring from Monster Jam monster truck racing. Her retirement tour will begin this weekend and end March 31st, 2017.
– Former WWE Superstar Snitsky was backstage at Tuesday’s SmackDown Live:
– John Cena sounds like he’s finally ready to make a run at tying Ric Flair’s all-time record of 15 World title reigns. Cena has been out of the WWE title picture for years now, focusing on working with younger talents and who can forget his run with the United States Championship. John Cena and AJ Styles had a hell of a war at SummerSlam. Now that Styles carries the richest prize in the game, Cena might have the extra motivation he needs. Over the past few days, Cena has been posting subtle hints about wanting to tie Flair’s record. The hints are getting less and less subtle by the day. On Tuesday, John Cena tweeted:
To be the man, you have to beat the man, or at least……. Tie the man. #SDLive
At a couple different points tonight, the official WWE Games Twitter account tweeted these animated GIFs to hype Tuesday’s release of the Hall of Fame downloadable content pack for WWE 2K16, which is out this Tuesday:
It was already known that 1991 versions of Ric Flair and Tatsumi Fujinami plus a relevant match replay mode were in the Hall of Fame pack, but they had two matches that year. It seemed like it made more sense for 2K to base it off their match from Superbrawl in St. Petersburg, Florida, but from the above footage, it looks like they didn’t. Instead, 2K picked the OTHER Flair-Fujinami match, from the NJPW Tokyo Dome show that year, which is known as both WCW Japan Supershow and NJPW Starrcade ’91 In The Tokyo Dome. So that means that the arena that comes in the pack is an ersatz Tokyo Dome, faithfully recreated by 2K Sports. They can’t call it that (and I don’t believe WWE games ever name real venues), but 2K does a great job with the presentation of the arenas and this should be no exception.
Here’s the full lineup for the DLC pack, which, if this is any indication, should also include at least two more WCW arenas and some early ’90s WWF arenas along with period appropriate versions of the wrestlers:
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Jake “The Snake” Roberts
Rikishi vs. The Rock
Alundra Blayze vs. Paige
Larry Zbyszko and Arn Anderson vs. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and Dustin Rhodes
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ric Flair
The Bushwhackers (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) vs. The Natural Disasters (Typhoon and Earthquake)
The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) vs. Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray)
Paige has responded to Madusa (a/k/a Alundra Blayze) calling her out on Instagram. The WWE Hall of Famer blasted the 23-year-old last week in a lengthy diatribe on Instagram.
Madusa, who maintains possession of the WWF Women’s Championship she held in the 1990s, revealed this morning that she’s ‘dreaming’ of a Women’s Championship Match with Paige.
– WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels is the guest on the latest edition of Jim Ross’ “Ross Report” podcast this week. You can download the show right now at PodcastOne.com.
– 2015 WWE Hall Of Fame inductee Madusa (Alundra Blayze) announced via social media that she may show up “incognito” at the upcoming NXT live event in Lakeland, Florida on Thursday, April 30th.
– After suffering an “injury” due to the attack from Naomi on Monday’s edition of WWE RAW in London, Paige has posted the following on her official Twitter account:
WWE Diva and Total Divas star Natalya is scheduled to induct former WWE Women’s Champion Alundra Blayze (Madusa) into the WWE Hall Of Fame on Saturday night.
With that now known, below is the complete list of inductees and inductors for tonight’s 2015 WWE Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, which airs live on the WWE Network at 7pm EST.
– Warrior Award: Connor Michalek, inducted by Daniel Bryan and Dana Warrior
– When Madusa takes her place in the WWE Hall of Fame this Saturday, she will be enshrined as Alundra Blayze rather than her more widely known name. A fan mentioned his disappointment with this to her on Twitter, to which she responded:
@JohnWayneLandry I understand. However out of respect I was a Alundra Blayze in WWE. However that bitch Madusa will be on stage speaking
– On Wednesday, Sin Cara, Kalisto, The Usos, Cameron and Eva Marie paid a visit to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Ronald McDonald House at Stanford. This drew a complementary Tweet from Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon:
Glad to hear @WWE is putting smiles on children’s faces @RMHStanford & @StanfordChild as part of #WM31 week!
– Eva Marie appeared at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California last week for a Susan G. Komen event where she talked about the importance of breast cancer awareness in this video interview.
— Madusa/AlundraBlayze (@Madusa_rocks) March 3, 2015
You can check out Madusa’s official WWE Hall Of Fame induction announcement video at the top of the page. Additionally, below is a RAW Fallout video which features several WWE Divas commenting on her induction.
– It was announced tonight on Raw that Alundra Blayze will become enshrined in the WWE Hall of Fame the night before WrestleMania 31. The former three-time WWE Women’s Champion, who is more widely known as Madusa, offered a brief statement on the honor through her Facebook page.
“Your (queenofcarnage) is honored and humbled to Stand alongside all members of 2015 WWE HOF (thankyou) (WWE),” she wrote.
Following the announcement, Alundra Blayze ranked as a top trend on Twitter. On Twitter, she is now referring herself as Alundra Blayze, in addition to Madusa.
– It was announced tonight on Raw that the a two-hour series finale of Total Divas will air next Sunday on E! starting at 9:00 p.m. This two-hour series finale is actually two separate episodes airing back-to-back.
The synopsis for the season’s final episode, titled “The New Divas Champion,” is as follows: “Season 3 comes to an end with the Bellas considering signing a three-year deal. Meanwhile, Paige asks Bradley to move to L.A., but then she discovers a skeleton in his closet; and Eva’s husband puts her relationship with the WWE at risk.”
As noted earlier, here is the synopsis for the episode airing at 9:00 p.m.: “Paige invites her new hookup to tag along when the Three Amigas vacation in Key West, Fla.; the Bellas are shocked by a nude picture of their brother; and Nattie gets to meet Grumpy Cat.”
– WWE is outright teasing former Women’s Champion Alundra Blayze, who is also known as Madusa, as being officially announced tonight as the WWE Hall of Fame’s latest inductee.
The official WWE website updated its article tonight on a Diva being rumored for the Hall of Fame with the following: “Rumors are spreading backstage at Monday Night Raw that it may be former WWE Women’s Champion Alundra Blayze that will be announced tonight as the WWE Hall of Fame’s latest inductee. The hard-hitting Diva, also known as Madusa, tweeted out the following image, increasing speculation:
— Madusa/AlundraBlayze (@Madusa_rocks) March 2, 2015
“Will Alundra Blayze be the next inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015? Find out tonight on Monday Night Raw at 8/7 C on USA Network!”
– The official synopsis for next Sunday’s episode of Total Divas on E! is as follows: “Paige invites her new hookup to tag along when the Three Amigas vacation in Key West, Fla.; the Bellas are shocked by a nude picture of their brother; and Nattie gets to meet Grumpy Cat.” The episode is titled “Indecent Exposure.”
WWE is promoting another WWE Hall Of Fame announcement to take place on Monday’s edition of WWE RAW, which takes place from New Jersey.
The official WWE website has an article up today hinting that the next Hall Of Fame announcement will be for a WWE Diva.
“Who will be joining “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rikishi and The Bushwhackers in the Hall’s Class of 2015 the night before WrestleMania 31?,” stated the WWE website.
The article continues, “Could it be a pioneering woman grappler who competed alongside the likes of Mae Young and The Fabulous Moolah? Could it be one of the Japanese women who brought their hard-hitting style to America in the early 1990s? Is it one of the sultry Divas from the infamous Attitude Era? Is it even a competitor, or could it be a woman who often accompanied legendary Superstars into battle?”
The belief is that the Diva that WWE is alluding to will be Madusa (aka Alundra Blayze).