– In addition to the previously reported names added to the Royal Rumble on RAW this past Monday night, it was also revealed during the show that CM Punk will be an official entrant in the match.
– One of the main events for this week’s SmackDown was revealed during WWE RAW on Monday night. In a non-title match, Attitude Era greats The New Age Outlaws will square off against the WWE Tag-Team Champions Goldust and Cody Rhodes.
– WWE Superstar Batista tweeted his feelings regarding Billy Gunn’s talent after watching Old School RAW. Batista wrote the following:
Billy Gunn… Most underrated talent everrrrrrr!!!
— Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) January 7, 2014
– WWE legend Jake “The Snake” Roberts posted the following tweets following his appearance at Old School RAW in Baltimore on Monday night:
"My History is Not My Destiny"…and neither is yours…Thank you to the WWE and more importantly all the fans. This is not the end…
— JakeSnakeDDT (@JakeSnakeDDT) January 7, 2014
Gonna be tough sleeping after this night. So much to share on Snake Radio. Shooting tomorrow and out this week. Thank you and goodnight!
— JakeSnakeDDT (@JakeSnakeDDT) January 7, 2014
After the televised portion of Old School RAW ended on Monday night, a short angle took place involving Jake “The Snake” Roberts, CM Punk and the New Age Outlaws. All of the guys were celebrating and posing in the ring when Punk grabbed a microphone. He said they have three words for us, to which Billy Gunn said, “Jake The Snake!”
After those guys cleared out of the ring, a post-show dark match took place between Randy Orton and John Cena. Booker T served as the special guest referee for the match. The match was kept short. Cena forced Orton to tap out to the STF, but Booker was knocked down and didn’t see it. Cena ended up winning the match by disqualification when Orton was in trouble and hit Cena with a low blow to retain his title.
– As previously reported, current WWE Diva Eva Marie was nominated for Maxim’s Hot 100. In addition to the Total Divas star, former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler has also been nominated. For more information, visit Maxim.com.
– One-half of the former New Age Outlaws tag-team, Billy Gunn, who recently appeared as a presenter for the 2013 WWE Slammy Awards, is scheduled to return to the ring for a match against current WWE NXT Champion Bo Dallas at the NXT live event on Thursday in Tampa, Florida.
The following are the official nominees for the “LOL Moment of the Year” Slammy Award, which will be presented by The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) on Monday night.
– The Rock concert during the RAW 20th Anniversary show
– Vickie Guerrero getting fired as RAW General Manager
– Titus O’Neil throwing up on JBL, Michael Cole and Zeb Colter on SmackDown
– The Great Khali and Jinder Mahal attempting to charm Santino Marella’s “Cobra”
According to reports, WWE NXT writer Ryan Ward is making a push for Triple H to sign top former Ring Of Honor stars Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards. Apparently the two also received good reactions from NXT trainers Billy Gunn and Bill DeMott.
WWE is going to allow both Richards and Edwards to finish out their commitments with Ring Of Honor, including the upcoming ROH show in New York City on December 14th, but the company has apparently told them not to take any additional dates with ROH.
[Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter]
– Despite the fact that Amazon UK currently has a listing for a Paul Heyman autobiography being released on November 30th, there is no such book.
– A WWE NXT live event is scheduled to take place on Thursday in Tampa, Florida. The main event for the show will feature Billy Gunn and Bo Dallas teaming up to take on Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn.
– Former WWE Superstars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Ric Flair and Torrie Wilson are featured in a new Tampa Tribune story about The Boddy Shoppe Gym in Florida. You can check out the piece, which features comments from all three, at TBO.com.
– A fan on Twitter wrote Jake Roberts, saying, “Each time I hear cerebral assassin I don’t think HHH I think of the legend @JakeSnakeDDT.” Roberts responded,
“You should. My gimmick.”
– The official Twitter account of WWE NXT announced today that Billy Gunn will be will wrestling at this Thursday’s live event from Tampa, Florida. Gunn will team with Bo Dallas against Adrienne Neville and Sami Zayn. For ticket information, click here.
– WWE is hiring a new Vice President of Digital Video Strategy. Some of the duties for this position include:
* Manage a team of digital video producers and editors, including a road team, while simultaneously managing multiple teams who are responsible for the entire production process
* Provide creative oversight for a variety of production projects
* Grow WWE digital audience by managing, scheduling, and implementing innovative programs & genres for digital platforms
* Manage and lead video content development process that will attract audiences and achieve a healthy return on investment
* Aggressively reach out to independent digital video creators to grow and supplement content created in-house
To view the full job listing, visit ICIMS.com.
* VIDEO from AFTER RAW Went Off The Air: CM PUNK Mocks Roman Reigns Falling In The Ring
-Former WWE Superstar Billy Gunn is scheduled to appear at the WWE NXT live event on Friday in Daytona, Florida for a meet-and-greet.
-Totinos is holding a contest where they are giving away 1,000 free copies of the new WWE 2K14 video game. You can enter online at Contests.About.com.
-WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley recently posted the following on his official Facebook page regarding his busy day today:
BUSY DAY FOR MICK
With an on-camera interview for an upcoming DVD, a voice-over for an audio version of “A Most Mizerable Christmas” and a “College Humor” commercial shoot for the upcoming WWE video game, this is going to be a busy day indeed.
Huge Update On The Undertaker’s Opponent At WrestleMania XXX
– Former WWE superstars Billy Gunn and Bob Holly are featured in the new music video for Sammy Hagar’s song “Knockdown Dragout.” Kid Rock and Joe Satriani also perform on the song. The video, which also features a replica WWE World Heavyweight championship belt, can be viewed here:
– Here’s the latest installment of WWE Backstage Fallout from Monday’s RAW:
Backstage News From RAW – Major Incident?!, + New SummerSlam Matches!
– WWE.com has a new feature up by Howard Finkel looking at the true stories behind wrestling’s most unique nicknames.
– Billy Gunn celebrated 2 years of sobriety on Monday. His wife “hacked” his Twitter account and tweeted the following yesterday:
***HACKED BY YOUR WIFE*****
Congratulations on your 2 year anniversary of sobriety!! See you tonight on RAW!
xoxo— Kip Sopp (@RealBillyGunn) March 11, 2013
– John Cena is on the cover of the new issue of Men’s Fitness Magazine:
– Dolph Ziggler had some kind words for former WWE superstar Sean Waltman on Tuesday morning. Waltman re-tweeted Ziggler’s message:
“@therealxpac You aren’t “old school Raw”. You are immortal! You are great in any damn decade! #Icon. Miss you my idol:”
Ziggler also tweet this about Roddy Piper not being at RAW:
“#OdSchoolRaw without @R_Roddy_Piper is likeStar Wars without lightsabers. We miss you #Piper.”
Piper re-tweeted that message, and another one from a fan:
“If @R_Roddy_Piper isn’t at Legends night tonight on Raw, then it’s not a legends night at all. It’s amateur night. #WWE”
– Steve Austin tweeted the following to his fellow Attitude Era superstar Billy Gunn regarding Monday’s Old School RAW:
“@RealBillyGunn Thanks for calling me and letting me know you were gonna be there! #classy”
Gunn responded to Austin by writing:
“@steveaustinBSR well I thought you were going to be there if it means anything I missed you”
Sean “X-Pac” Waltman replied, “@RealBillyGunn @steveaustinBSR The love between you two could bring a tear to a glass eye & make a fat baby poop! Quote by Mr Perfect”
– WWE NXT star Leo Kruger worked last night’s WWE live event from Austin, Texas, losing to Zack Ryder. This is the second week in a row that Kruger was on the road with WWE, so it looks like he’s being evaluated for a main roster call-up.
– CM Punk returned to action at Friday’s live event from Austin, TX. Punk came out at the beginning of the show saying that he was taking the night off because he “doesn’t like the fans.” Later in the show, Vickie Guerrero said Punk had to wrestle – and would team up with Dolph Ziggler against the team of John Cena and Ryback in the main event. Cena got the pin on Dolph Ziggler to win the match for the babyfaces and one of our live correspondents said that Punk did not do too much during the match.
– Bill Demott has been relieved of his duties as the head trainer of NXT and will be replaced by Billy Gunn. There is a lot of speculation as to whether DeMott is still with WWE, but the recent controversy with a former WWE developmental talent accusing DeMott of hazing his students and making them train naked probably didn’t help his situation.
* More WWE Releases Coming & Big Surprises Planned For Monday’s RAW
– The official website of the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, are now advertising The New Age Outlaws, “Road Dogg” Jesse James and “Bad Ass” Billy Gunn, for next Wednesday’s Raw live event. As reported earlier, the five-time WWE Tag Team Champions will also appear at Thursday’s Raw live event at Madison Square Garden and Friday’s show in Uniondale, New York.
– This week’s The JBL and Cole Show features John “Bradshaw” Layfield and Micheal Cole outside of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, before Sunday WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view event. The synopsis reads, “Outside Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, “The Wrestling God” and one of WWE’s most outspoken announcers visit with Alex Levine from The Gaslight Anthem to join The Prime Time Players, Alicia Fox and WWE fans in a “Millions of Dollars” chant. Watch the latest episode of the hilarious “JBL & Cole Show”!”
– Santino Marella suffered a knee injury at Friday’s Raw live event in St. Joseph, Missouri, leading to a brief stoppage of his match against Tensai. He was examined by a medical trainer before resuming the bout and picking up the victory.
WWE developmental wrestler Dean Ambrose competed at the event, losing to Michael McGillicutty.
– WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair, who as reported earlier this month is in the process of divorcing his fourth wife, is now dating his former valet from World Championship Wrestling, Wendy Barlow, better known as “Fifi the Maid.”
– Pro Wrestling Syndicate has announced that “The Original Gangsta” New Jack will debut for the promotion next April in Rahway, New Jersey during WrestleMania weekend.
– Pro Wrestling Blitz on Saturday, October 27 at St Joe’s Park Joliet, Illinois will be headlined by Billy Gunn vs. Jay Bradley.
(source: F4WOnline.com)
– Many people speculated that Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih, who participated in Tough Enough last year and was brought in as a celebrity guest WrestleMania XXVIII week, would have a WWE contract waiting for her if she opted for a professional wrestling career. She, however, says that’s not the case.
When asked on Twitter whether she would be joining the organization again, she responded, “They don’t want me.”
– Billy Gunn, who appeared on Raw 1,000, is the newest addition to WWE.com’s Alumni section. WWE.com writes of the multi-time champion, “Whether he was a Smoking Gunn or a New Age Outlaw, Billy Gunn never let his mouth write a check that his butt couldn’t cash. Not down with that? The former Intercontinental Champion has two words for ya …” The bio does not acknowledge his “Badass” moniker.
WWE officials were reportedly impressed with Gunn and his interactions with Shawn Michaels on Raw 1,000 and the belief is he’ll receive at least one match on a future televised show. More recently, he evaluated WWE developmental talent two weeks ago at Florida Championship Wrestling headquarters.
– The Mummy Returns starring The Rock airs this Sunday at 1:30 p.m. on TNT.
– WWE announced Friday via Twitter that Shawn Michaels will appear on Monday’s episode of Raw, the final episode before SummerSlam. Brock Lesnar issued a threatening warning to HBK on Monday’s show that he would see him before SummerSlam. Michaels will be in Triple H’s corner when he faces Lesnar at the pay-per-view event. Triple H is also advertised to appear at Raw, which will take place at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
– Former WWE Superstar Billy Gunn evaluated WWE developmental talent this week at Florida Championship Wrestling headquarters. Regarding this, Gunn wrote on Twitter, “Thanks to everyone in fcw for a great week of training had fun and learned alot the future is looking great if your a wrestling fan.” Gunn may further his partnership with WWE. As reported last week, management was impressed with Gunn and his interactions with Shawn Michaels on Raw 1,000 and the belief is he’ll receive at least one match on a future televised show.
– WWE.com has published photos from the SmackDown brand’s second night of action in Tokyo, Japan. John Laurinaitis, who competed on the show despite his removal from storylines, is not shown in any of the photos.
– WWE Champion CM Punk and Eve Torres filmed a “kitchen cage match” special with celebrity chef Graham Elliot on Thursday. Elliot, who hails from Punk’s hometown of Chicago, tweeted a picture of himself with Punk and Eve, which you can view here.
– Wade Barrett wrestled his second match since returning from injury at Thursday’s SmackDown live event in Tokyo, Japan, defeating Justin Gabriel. A live report from the show that a fan sent in said Barrett appeared to work a stiffer style, a sign that Barrett could be incorporating more of his bare knuckle boxing / fight club experience into his matches.
More Pictures of Wade Barrett’s New Look
– Former WWE superstar Billy Gunn was at Thursday night’s WWE NXT tapings from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Gunn was at WWE developmental last week and reportedly impressed WWE officials at RAW 1,000 to the point where there’s been talk that he could wrestle for the company again.
– WWE officials were impressed with Billy Gunn and his interactions with Shawn Michaels on Raw 1,000 and the belief is he’ll receive at least one match on a future televised show. Meanwhile, many backstage feel Sean “X-Pac” Waltman didn’t appear in great shape on the milestone episode so it is unlikely that he’ll be brought back for a match.
Some people were surprised that with WWE’s TV-PG directive and Linda McMahon running for United States Senate, officials had no problem having Waltman appear on television despite his involvement with a sex tape years ago. Some people backstage were also joking about how friendly Gunn was with everyone considering that he challenged Triple H and Shawn Michaels to a “shoot” fight years ago.
– After AJ Lee was named General Manager of Raw last week on Raw 1,000, her first act in the position was to grant Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson a WWE Championship Match at the Royal Rumble. The angle, however, was nixed due to time constraints and Johnson announced that he would face whoever the WWE Champion is at the pay-per-view event.
WWE plans to downplay Johnson’s upcoming title shot until after the Survivor Series on November 18 as to not draw attention away from any of the other shows they have to promote in the meantime. Officials also want Royal Rumble, which takes place in Phoenix, Arizona, to be sold out by November.
(source: F4WOnline.com)
– Hailing from one of the more storied and successful families in the pro wrestling history, Chavo Guerrero, Jr. made his TNA Impact Wrestling debut on Thursday. After lauding the Guerrero family legacy and proclaiming that it was his time to shine in TNA, he was attacked by Gunner and Kid Kash, who took exception to his remarks. Guerrero’s aunt Vickie, who appears for WWE as the mouthpiece of Dolph Ziggler, congratulated her nephew’s debut for the Nashville-based wrestling promotion.
“I am proud of @mexwarrior with his debut on TNA!! A true professional Miss him and his family xxoo,” she wrote on Twitter.
Don’t expect Vickie to ever join Chavo in TNA. She stated last year in a Twitter message that she would never turn her back on her WWE family: “I would never go to TNA…no disrespect to anybody…WWE is my family…period.”
– WWE.com has released a poll asking fans to choose their favorite all-time team of D-Generation X—Shawn Michaels and Triple H or Triple H, X-Pac, Road Dogg and Billy Gunn. Chyna, who partnered with both D-X gangs, was omitted from the poll.
– SmackDown ring announcer Lilian Garcia has posted a new photo shoot on her official website, LilianGarcia.com. The website also features her WWE theme song, which is solely played off-camera at events.
WWE officials have reached out to numerous former talents in recent months for tonight’s Raw celebrating 1000th episodes. The following former WWE Superstars have been confirmed as being in St. Louis, Missouri, site of tonight’s epic show:
* Billy Gunn
* Bob Backlund
* Bret Hart
* Diamond Dallas Page
* “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan
* Jim Ross,
* John “Bradshaw” Layfield
* Mae Young
* “Mean” Gene Okerlund
* Mick Foley
* Psycho Sid
* Road Warrior Animal
* Ron Simmons
* “Rowdy” Roddy Piper
* Ryan Shamrock
* X-Pac
In the final part of Billy Gunn’s shoot interview, as part of his weekly “Gunn Show” series, Billy opens up like never before to talk about his troubled past, recovering from it, and the fear (by him and his family) of a relapse if he ever got the chance to go back to the WWE. Billy Gunn also talks about where he ranks the New Age Outlaws in the all-time list of best tag teams. Check out part one and part two on VegasFuelTV (youtube.com/vegasfueltv) and be sure you don’t miss part three! Brought to you by Vegas Fuel energy drink, available nationwide at Rite Aid, “The Gunn Show” airs every Wednesday. Follow “The Gunn Show” on Twitter @GunnShowTV.
Billy Gunn on the “old Billy Gunn”: “The old me…nobody liked, nobody wanted to be around. My wife didn’t want to take me anywhere, my wife didn’t want to be seen with me, my wife LEFT me. My kids didn’t want to be seen with me, they didn’t want to do anything with me, they didn’t want to see me…because I was in a bad place. I’ve got all that back. He said it would come back, I got it back because I stay on track. And I know if I go back to that place, I lose everything. This time, I lose it all. And not only do I lose it all, I probably end up dead.”
On going back to the WWE: “If they ask me to go back, I’d love to go back. I’d love to go back in a training aspect, or helping guys, or getting in the ring and showing them how to do it inside, not just tell you.”
On whether or not the New Age Outlaws are the greatest tag team of all time: “No, I wouldn’t put us as the greatest of all time, I wouldn’t do that. I’d put us right where we’re supposed to be in the top five. I think top five. I mean, that’s pretty much without tooting my own horn. And a lot of credit goes to Brian, a lot of that was him too. It wasn’t just me. He would say that too, just for the record. Brian would say we are top five.We wouldn’t be the best, but we ARE top five.”
Hear Billy also talk about his relationship with Hunter today, and whether or not he feels Hunter has honestly forgiven him. Billy holds nothing back in this powerful finale to “The Gunn Show: Shoot Edition”. Check it out and be sure to follow Billy Gunn on Twitter @RealBillyGunn. Also, promoters interested in booking Gunn for a future event can email NewAgeOutlaws@yahoo.com.
Billy Gunn is back with Part 2 of his “GUNN SHOW SHOOT” video series and in this installment, he talks about how fans remember DX and what it was like putting over wrestlers like Steve Austin & The Rock during WWE’s Attitude Era:
Who Fans Think Of When They Think DX: “Honestly, I think it’s Shawn and Hunter… yeah, you’re right, me, Bryan [Road Dogg], X-Pac, we were complete degenerates, to the word… but I think when you think of it all around, from a fan’s perspective, DX is Shawn and Hunter because we were short-lived… every time they bring DX back around, which is helping, it’s always Shawn and Hunter. It’s never us. Even the book [Unauthorized History of DX] just kind of mentioned us in there… it was like a two-paragraph, ‘Oh yeah, Brian and Billy, they were in there too’, so… I get it. They kind of started it, we made it really good, and then they still finish it off.”
Putting Over Stars Like Rock & Austin: “The reason me and Brian put all these guys over, and took their finishes… one, we loved it. Two, we were very good at it. Three, we were probably the best in the whole locker room that could get it done. You know, it wouldn’t do any good if Barry Horowitz and whoever came out and did it… the New Age Outlaws, by themselves, were over, and I don’t mean to say all this just because I was a part of that.. I’m just stating what I feel is right.”
“The Gunn Show” enters the world of “shoot” this week in the first of a multi-part, in-depth interview with former WWE and TNA superstar, Billy Gunn. See the softer side of Billy Gunn as he opens up about his family, music, TV and more in a fun segment called “Hashtag Hijinks” (word association). Then, watch him get serious as he starts discussing the wrestling business, including the WWE tag team division, bringing back NAO, breaking into the business, and more. Hosted by Vegas Fuel Marketing Director and wrestling host, JMC, this is a very entertaining interview that you don’t want to miss. Follow Billy Gunn on Twitter @RealBillyGunn. For bookings, e-mail NewAgeOutlaws@yahoo.com.
Quotes? We’ve got quotes!
Billy Gunn on the worst movie ever (in “Hashtag Hijinks”):
“#MARINE – and let me give you a good reason why. If you know my wife — some people know my wife, some people don’t — she hates wrestling. But she is in love with John Cena. So, she couldn’t wait for the movie to come out…she walked out ten minutes in. Now, if my wife walks out, that’s a bad movie.”
Billy Gunn on whether or not he was ever held back on the microphone:
“I just don’t like to do it. Plus, I never had to do it when I was with Brian [BG “Road Dogg” James]. Good Lord…he is the number one guy on the mic. I don’t care what they say about Cena, I don’t care what they do about Rock — usually they have to look at some stuff, and I’m not saying they go by what they look at, but Brian never, ever, ever did it..and it was doing it night in, night out, something different, every time he walked down the ramp. So, in my opinion, in my book, Brian is the number one mic guy because he can come up with anything, at anytime, and hit every bullet point he has to hit.”
Also included in part-one of “The Gunn Show Shoot”, Billy discusses how hard it is to break into the wrestling business these days, one of his regrets, his opinion of good music and TV shows, “Family Day”, and the US Government. It’s candid, funny, and informative — you won’t want to miss the next three episodes of “The Gunn Show” on Vegas Fuel TV (youtube.com/vegasfueltv).
– Speaking to Power Slam last month about his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame, legendary boxer Mike Tyson says he would be interested in wrestling for WWE. When asked if he still watches wrestling these days, he responded:
“I don’t watch it as much as I used to—but it’s not the same as it was; they don’t have the same guys. But Triple H is coming back, the WWE is coming back, and I’d like to do whatever I can to be a part of that, to help them in any way I can. I would like to be a wrestler.”
– Kaitlyn was accidentally bloodied during her match against Natalya on this week’s episode of WWE NXT. She wrote of the mishap on Twitter, “For the record that was NOT my skin hanging off my face in my match with Nattie on NXT.. I wish I was that hardcore. Had a little accident before the match … As we all know.. Graceful is not my middle name.”
The SmackDown Diva enclosed the following photo of her chin following the injury.
– Billy Gunn stated on Twitter that he was backstage at Tuesday’s SmackDown in Orlando, Florida. He thanked Big Show for inviting him.