– Paul Heyman will be appearing on ESPN SportsCenter on Wednesday night for the “Off The Top Rope” segment with Jonathan Coachman.
– SmackDown Superstar Simon Gotch turns 34 years old today.
– James Ellsworth now has his own t-shirt at WWE Shop.
– In recognition of Sasha Banks and Charlotte headlining WWE Hell in a Cell later this month, the official event poster is currently on display in the lobby of WWE headquarters in Stamford, CT:
Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte for the RAW Women’s Championship will be the main event of this month’s WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view. The match was already on course to make history as the first women’s match to be held inside the demonic structure. It now has the distinct honor of being the first women’s match to headline a WWE pay-per-view.
WWE RAW General Manager Mick Foley made the announcement on Tuesday morning. “I am so happy for Sasha, for Charlotte, for all the women who paved the way, and all those who aspire to follow in their footsteps,” he said.
WWE Hall in a Cell takes place on Sunday, October 30th from Boston, MA.
In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Ric Flair says that his daughter Charlotte has moves we’ve never seen before to debut in her upcoming Hell In A Cell match against Sasha Banks. The 16-time World Champion says Charlotte isn’t afraid of anything and plans on making a statement at the pay-per-view.
“There is no talking her out of it. You didn’t see me do any moonsaults off the top of a cage, but she has something really special in mind for the cage,” Flair said.
The Nature Boy also indicates that he feels Charlotte’s performances have improved since she fired him on-air. Another change since Flair left TV is that SmackDown now airs live, which he says makes the show better.
“The pressure of being on live TV is good for you,” said Flair. “It takes you a while to get used to it, but she’s got it down now. The fact that both shows are live makes the product better because the people have got to be on top of it. There is no margin for error, and she’s responded to that pressure. No one gets it on day one, but ever since she’s fired ‘The Man,’ she’s had it going on.”
You can read Flair’s entire interview at SI.com. Hell In A Cell 2016 takes place on October 30th at the TD Garden in Boston, MA, with live coverage & discussion here on SEScoops.com at 7:30 PM ET.
It was confirmed on RAW that Sasha Banks will defend the RAW Women’s Championship against Charlotte in the first ever women’s Hell in a Cell match later this month. RAW Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. Sheamus and Cesaro was also confirmed.
Below is the updated HIAC card:
– Hell In A Cell: WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins
– Hell In A Cell: United States Champion Roman Reigns vs. Rusev
– Hell In A Cell: RAW Women’s Champion Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte
– RAW Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. Cesaro and Sheamus
WWE Hell in a Cell takes place Sunday, October 30th from the TD Garden in Boston, MA.
WWE RAW superstar Charlotte recently revealed in an interview with SI.com that she plans to headline a pay-per-view with three specific people. The former Women’s Champion says her next career goal is to face Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch and Bayley in the main event of a PPV.
“I want to headline a pay per view, and I want it to be the fatal four-way with the Four Horsewomen,” Charlotte said of her plans for the future. “The last time I cried was watching the Women’s Revolution on WWE Network a couple of weeks ago when they asked Bayley if she felt left out of WrestleMania [32], and she said, ‘No, I felt a part of it, because even though it was the three of them [Banks, Lynch, and Charlotte] there, it took the four of us to get to where we are.'”
Charlotte feels that her greatest opponent thus far has been Becky Lynch, and compared their rivalry to Ric Flair and Sting’s.
“Becky is my Sting,” said Charlotte. “She is a white meat, pure babyface. There is no gray area. She’s my size, she’s hard-hitting, and we’re best friends.”
Charlotte is scheduled to appear at Monday night’s RAW at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA.
– This week’s WWE Superstars episode will feature Jinder Mahal vs. Darren Young and Neville vs. Curtis Axel.
– SmackDown announcer David Otunga will be appearing on the 11/5 edition of “Where Are They Now” on the Oprah Network.
– Former WWE IC Champion Ken Shamrock talks to TMZ Sports in this new video about the Kim Kardashian robbery that happened in Paris earlier this week. The MMA Legend says he’d be open to working personal security for Kim and says the incident would never have happened if he were there in her apartment that day.
– After losing the RAW Women’s Championship to Sasha Banks on Monday’s RAW, Charlotte is finally retiring her first pair of wrestling boots. She tweeted the following after the match:
On Monday’s RAW, Roman Reigns accepted Rusev’s challenge to a United States Championship rematch at Hell in a Cell on 10/30. Reigns declared the title bout will take place within the confines of the demonic structure.
According to f4wonline.com, WWE is planning for Sasha Banks to defend the RAW Women’s Championship against Charlotte inside the cell. This would be the first-ever Women’s Hell in a Cell match.
WWE Hell in a Cell takes place on Sunday, 10/30 from Boston, MA.
Sasha Banks became a two-time RAW Women’s Champion by defeating Charlotte in the main event of tonight’s RAW in Los Angeles. Charlotte won the title back at SummerSlam, just 6 days after Sasha won the title on RAW in Pittsburgh.
After her big win, Sasha Banks cut a backstage promo talking about losing the championship at SummerSlam and her road to reclaiming the gold. Nothing will stop her from achieving her dream of being the top Superstar in WWE. Her latest victory over Charlotte proves she was born to do this and be the best, and why she’s the boss of the division.
– As reported, this week’s WWE RAW, featuring the final hype for this Sunday’s Clash of Champions, drew just 2.68M viewers, slightly down from last week’s 2.69. This is a 20-year low for a non-holiday broadcast, and the second lowest including holidays. RAW’s final rating was 1.97, up from last week’s 1.88, although this is the first time WWE RAW has come in below 2 for back-to-back weeks since the 1990s.
– This week’s episode of WWE RAW came in behind the Voice at number two in terms of social media ratings for the night. RAW drew more than 25,000 unique authors posting over 131,000 tweets. This is up from last week’s show, which drew 22,000 unique authors posts 115,000 tweets.
This week’s broadcast also drew 129,000 unique authors on Facebook with more than 190,000 interactions. This number is actually down from last week’s 213,000 Facebook interactions with 143,000 unique authors.
– WWE posted the following look at Stephanie McMahon, Charlotte, Sasha Banks, and the New Day visiting St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital earlier this month:
RAW GM Mick Foley announced on tonight’s RAW that Sunday’s Women’s Championship Match at Clash of Champions will now be a Triple Threat with Bayley added to the match due a double pin in last week’s #1 contenders match.
Below is the updated card for The Clash:
WWE Universal Championship Match: Kevin Owens (c) vs. Seth Rollins
RAW Women’s Championship Triple Threat: Charlotte (c) vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley
RAW Tag Team Championship Match: The New Day (c) vs. Gallows & Anderson
WWE US Championship Match: Rusev (c) vs. Roman Reigns
– It looks like the Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte Women’s Championship match might not be taking place at Clash of Champions after all. WWE’s website staff was recently told to remove all references to the SummerSlam rematch, according to f4wonline.com. Charlotte is still featured on some of the PPV artwork, but the match has been pulled from the Clash of Champions event page.
Last week on RAW during Sasha’s “bad news” promo, she told Dana Brooke, “Let [Charlotte] know that at Clash of Champions, that title is coming back to me.” Charlotte responded:
That's not bad news… I look forward to beating you again, but this time, I'll put you out for good 👑 @SashaBanksWWE #BowDown#Raw
The WWE website’s RAW results from last week now states Charlotte “might have to contend with a fully-healthy Boss at Clash of Champions.” We should know more on the status of the bout after tonight’s RAW. It’s worth noting that Sasha did wrestle against Charlotte during last week’s overseas tour, losing each match to the champion.
– Now that Alberto Del Rio is officially gone from WWE and taking bookings elsewhere, a few people behind the scenes in WWE have pointed out that Paige is currently in the same situation that AJ Lee was facing when CM Punk left the company. It appeared at one point last week that Paige was on her way out. She has retained legal representation, but she is still under contract. It’s a developing story that we will stay on top of – but the big difference between Paige and AJ Lee’s situations is that Del Rio left on good terms while Punk certainly did not.
Sasha Banks delivered some “bad news” on Monday’s RAW, but thankfully it was not bad news about the injured back that’s kept her out of action over the past several weeks.
Sasha returned to RAW to make a big announcement, which she teased as “bad news.” She looked nervous coming to the ring and delivered an emotional speech about how far the women of WWE had come. No more bra and panties matches, no more stupid butterfly belt. “We did it.” She met with her doctors earlier in the day and got an update on her medical condition. Just as she was about to reveal the big news, she was interrupted by Dana Brooke. Dana came to the ring and attacked Sasha, who got the upper hand and delivered her Banks Statement finisher. She then took the microphone and announced that she’ll be returning to the ring at Clash of Champions in a rematch against WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte.
WWE Clash of Champions takes place on Sunday, September 25th from Indianapolis, IN. As announced earlier in the evening, WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens will defend against Seth Rollins in the main event.
Meanwhile, Charlotte did not waste any time responding to the news. The reigning queen of the RAW Women’s division told Sasha that she’s ready for their rematch and plans to put Sasha out of her misery once and for all.
That's not bad news… I look forward to beating you again, but this time, I'll put you out for good ? @SashaBanksWWE #BowDown#Raw
WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor spoke to TMZ Sports on Monday Morning in New York City and said that he celebrated his historic win at SummerSlam with his parents over a meal of chicken curry.
WWE also released this video of Finn Balor’s custom side plates being installed on the Universal Championship belt.
As noted earlier, Nikki Bella will be joining John Cena on the SmackDown brand. After making her surprise return to the ring at SummerSlam, Nikki publicly thankedDr. Uribe and NXT star Aliyah for helping her get back in action.
I'm bacckkk!! What a journey my past 10 months have been! Words can't even describe how I feel being back in that ring! FEARLESS FOREVER! N
– In the video below, AJ Styles talks to Charly Caruso after his big WWE SummerSlam win over John Cena. Styles brags on doing exactly what he said he would do – beat up Cena, one-one-one with no help. Styles says he proved to the world that he’s better than the face that runs the place.
– Besides the stars booked for Takeover, other NXT Superstars brought into NYC, presumably for tonight’s TV tapings, include TM-61, The Authors of Pain, Paul Ellering, Rich Swann, Oney Lorcan, Mandy Rose, Daria, Blake, Hideo Itami and Bin Wang.
– The latest WWE Top 10 looks at the most extreme SummerSlam moments, seen below:
– Below are videos with Charlotte hyping her SummerSlam women’s championship match against Sasha Banks and Dolph Ziggler cutting a promo on his WWE championship match against Dean Ambrose:
Monday’s RAW saw Sasha Banks defeat Charlotte for the WWE Women’s championship – a match that was originally scheduled for next month’s SummerSlam PPV.
WWE accelerated the Women’s championship feud because Charlotte requested time off, according to Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Live. Alvarez followed up with a post on the Observer message board, adding that Charlotte has been burned out from life on the road and might have been granted a brief hiatus.
Ric Flair noted on his latest podcast that Charlotte is expected to have a rematch with Banks at SummerSlam, after having what he called “the greatest women’s match on television” at Monday’s RAW.
It’s still very possible that we’ll see a rematch between these two women at SummerSlam, a match that could very well steal the show.
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Sasha Banks had a hell of a night on RAW, capturing the WWE Women’s Championship from Charlotte in a moment that will be remembered for a long time to come. The Boss cut an emotional promo in the ring after her victory and the celebration continued backstage.
WWE published these of Banks after her win, showing off a little souvenir she took from Charlotte and “Facetiming” her WWE Battleground partner Bayley.
Meanwhile, the former champion tweeted the following on Tuesday morning, reflecting on an emotional loss and vowing to “carry on.”
– WWE Legend George “The Animal” Steele noted on Twitter that he is now at home resting after spending 105 days in the hospital due to kidney issues. He tweeted on Wednesday:
I broke down emotionally today. JESUS let me return home after 105 days in the hospital.
Charlotte was interviewed The Advertiser in Australia to promote the upcoming WWE house show tour there. She gave big props to Emma for helping her in the business:
“I’ve come up in this business because of Emma … when I started, she was the girl who really helped me get to where I am today, 100 per cent. I remember watching Emma at a live special, just sitting there loving every moment, in absolute awe, thinking ‘I want to be as good as her one day’.”
– In Nielsen’s nightly Twitter TV ratings for series & specials, WWE Extreme Rules had 268,000 tweets with 50,000 unique authors. The show ranked #3 for the night, behind the Billboard Music Awards and Game of Thrones.
– We noted earlier that Charlotte and Seth Rollins made the Sports Illustrated “Fittest 50” list. Charlotte came in at #24 on the women’s list while Rollins came in at #24 on the men’s list. SI wrote these blurbs:
“Ashley Fliehr, aka Charlotte, has athletic abilities that extend well beyond WWE. She competed internationally in gymnastics for seven years; won three cheerleading national championships, played volleyball and basketball and did swimming, diving, ballet and track and field. Fliehr uses everything from kettlebells to pull-up bars and more to sculpt her physique.”
“Colby Lopez, better known by his ring name Seth Rollins, is one of WWE’s top stars and an all-around freak athlete. He suffered a knee injury in November but has been rehabbing for months to return, using tools such as the SkiErg (a machine that mimics Nordic skiing movements), the rowing machine and, of course, some heavy weights.”
– Mick Foley posted a meme on WWE couple Paige and Alberto Del Rio but says he asked them how they felt about it before posting. Below is the meme and what Foley said in the comments section:
“I actually asked both Paige and Alberto how they felt about it a few minutes before the post even went up – and they were both very good sports about it.”
– Enzo Amore was in fact backstage at Sunday night’s Extreme Rules PPV. No word yet if he’s been medically cleared, but he’s backstage for RAW and is scheduled to be at Smackdown.
– Charlotte talked to NJ.com this weekend and commented on fans getting behind the women’s revolution:
“We have the opportunity to connect with the fans, and they’re getting behind us. They’re not looking at us and saying, ‘Oh that’s a model, that’s a model, that’s a model.’ No, they’re seeing us and they’re getting behind the characters,” she said.
– Eva Marie presented the Extraordinary Child Award to Jake Schuster at Mattel’s Kaleidoscope Ball this weekend. She posted these photos:
Beyond honored to present The Extraordinary Child award to the unbelievably resilient and inspiring Jake Schuster. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/gHnby5I2ax
– Charlotte revealed on Instagram that she was filming the “Holy Foley” series at Extreme Rules today. Mick and Noelle Foley’s WWE Network show will premiere this fall.
– Eden tweeted to confirm that she will be working tonight’s pay-per-view. There has been speculation on her WWE status after husband Cody Rhodes announced he had requested his release.
I'm in NJ getting ready for Extreme Rules. So I guess people made false reports again ? Feels like I'm on Days of Our Lives! The suspense!
