– WWE posted the above video preview of tonight’s new episode of the WWE Network original program, “Unfiltered with Renee Young,” where her special guest will be The Miz. In the above preview, The Miz talks about his hijinx while ordering food on the road.
– One-half of the legendary Rock ‘N’ Roll Express tag-team and arguably one of the best natural babyface performers of his era, Ricky Morton, is the guest on the latest edition of WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair’s WOOOOO! Nation podcast. The official description for the episode reads as follows:
“Ric welcomes his friend of over 30 years, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express’ Ricky Morton! Ric and Ricky share great stories from both inside and outside of the ring! Hear about the nine one hour draws they wrestled two weeks in a row, the drinking, the women and the infamous boat story! Ricky talks about the hard lessons learned on the business end of wrestling while riding high in the 80s. Another great episode from Ric and Conrad on WOOOOO! Nation! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!”
– The latest edition of Chris Jericho’s Talk Is Jericho podcast, which is available now, features an interview with ECW Original Raven. The description for the episode reads:
“Raven returns to TIJ, and this time he’s talking straight on wrestling! ECW, WCW, WWE, the creation of the Raven gimmick, in-ring psychology, booking, the indie scene, Roddy Piper, Paul E. Heyman, Vince Russo, and drinking with Shane McMahon.”
The crew at WrestlingDVDNetwork.com continued their week of match reveals for the upcoming NXT’s Greatest Matches Vol. 1 DVD and Blu-Ray set today by announcing that these three will be included:
NXT Championship Finals: Seth Rollins vs. Jinder Mahal (NXT August 29, 2012)
Ladder Match for the NXT Championship: Bo Dallas vs. Adrian Neville (NXT ArRival February 27, 2014)
NXT Championship Match: Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens (NXT Takeover: Rival February 11, 2015)
Wyatt Family member Luke Harper was Chris Jericho’s guest on the most recent installment of the Talk is Jericho podcast. You can listen to the full interview over at PodcastOne.com.
Harper spoke about a number of topics, including his previous career as a librarian, his time wrestling on the independent scene, The Wyatt Family, his beard and much more. Here are some highlights of what he said about:
Almost Missing The Chance To Work For WWE:
“Two days after I had my child in January [2011], I got called by Johnny Ace. And the other best part about that is that I missed his call because I was in the hospital, so he left a message, his number cuts out. So I instantly called Claudio Castagnoli [Cesaro] to say, ‘Please tell me you have Johnny Ace’s number’ and he said, ‘Yeah, here it is right here.'”
Cesaro, Rollins & Ambrose Vouching For Him at FCW:
“I was told again [WWE] were looking for guys over six foot whatever that could work. And so Claudio Castagnoli was down there, Tyler Black who is now Seth Rollins, and Jon Moxley who is Dean Ambrose, kind of all were close to Joey and said, ‘hey, there’s a kid out there that’, I use the term, ‘kid’, loosely, ‘there’s a guy out there who can work and is tall and whatever and no one’s ever called him.'”
His First Interaction With Vince McMahon:
“My first real one was, we started doing the Uso feud like maybe a year into our thing. And I don’t know if it was the two out of three falls match or the one before at Money In The Bank, where we killed it. And we came to the back and he stood up and he hugged each one of us and he goes, ‘you go to that locker room and you tell these motherf–kers to follow that!'”
Engaged WWE couple Rusev and Lana, both of whom are currently away from WWE due to injuries, are on vacation in Europe. Here are some photos of them in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Rusev’s home town:
– For those curious about the amount of listeners a podcast hosted by a pro wrestler can garner, WWE Superstar Bubba Ray Dudley noted that the recent episode of “Talk Is Jericho,” which featured Chris Jericho interviewing The Dudley Boyz, drew over 700,000 downloads already. For those who missed the show, you can download it today at PodcastOne.com.
– The Usos will make their return to WWE SmackDown as a tag-team on this week’s episode of the show, which airs on Thursday night. The duo will take on The Ascension in tag-team action in what will be their first tag-team match on SmackDown since March.
– Rey Mysterio and Chavo Guerrero are launching a brand new clothing line on November 16th. Chavo Guerrero did a photo shoot recently with Melissa Santos and Jasmin Gonzalez. You can check out a photo from the shoot below.
– Featured above is a video preview of the latest episode of “The WWE List,” which premieres at 4:30pm EST. today on the WWE Network.
– WWE Hall Of Famer The Iron Sheik is the scheduled guest for this Friday’s edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast. The show will be available at PodcastOne.com.
– Becky Lynch tweeted the following ahead of her trip to Dublin, Ireland for the WWE live event later today.
Exactly 3 years ago I left Dublin for my @WWE try out. What a crazy, amazing journey it's been!So excited to be at #WWEDublin tomorrow
– The injured Randy Orton has been pulled from the WWE European tour scheduled for next month. The new top matches set for the Roman Reigns-led side of the tour are now Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan vs. Dean Ambrose and The Usos. As noted, The Usos are set to return to WWE television imminently.
– Tyler Breeze has been added to the Seth Rollins-led side of the tour. Matches for that side of the tour include The Dudley Boyz vs. The New Day and Rusev vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Tyler Breeze in a triple threat match. There is no word yet regarding Rusev’s replacement.
– Kofi Kingston is one of the guests on the latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast. You can download the show at PodcastOne.com.
– WWE Diva and Total Divas star Rosa Mendes noted on social media on Tuesday night that the WWE television tapings this week was her last WWE event for a few months. Mendes is expecting her first child in February of 2016.
– James Storm sent Stephanie McMahon a random tweet on Tuesday, complimenting her on how her hair looks in the new WWE 2K16 video game. Storm’s original tweet read, “Your hair is on point,” and his newer tweet reads as follows:
– Busted Open Radio hosts Doug Mortman and Dave LaGreca are the guests on the latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, which is now available. You can download the show right now at PodcastOne.com.
– Newly engaged couple Rusev and Lana attended a Los Angeles Clippers pre-season NBA game in Los Angeles on Thursday evening. Below are some photos of Rusev and Lana with NBA stars Chris Paul and Blake Griffin.
– Chris Jericho and his band Fozzy are scheduled to begin a 22-date tour, most of which will take place in Europe and the U.K. Jericho took to Twitter to post the following regarding his WWE status after working the WWE tour of Mexico this past weekend.
Gracias #WWEMonterrey & thanks #WWEUniverse for being so damn amazing! Just had my last @wwe match for awhile,so goodbye…but only for now!??
– WWE posted the following video promo for tonight’s “Stone Cold Podcast,” which features Steve Austin and Brock Lesnar and airs on the WWE Network immediately following tonight’s WWE RAW.
Chris Jericho returned to the ring for WWE at their live event on Saturday night in Mexico City, Mexico as part of this weekend’s WWE tour of Mexico, which also featured The Undertaker’s first WWE live event matches in over two years.
Jericho defeated King Barrett during the show in Mexico City last night, in a match that by all accounts was said to be one of the better matches of the evening. After the match, Jericho cut a classy promo in broken Spanish and thanked Mexico City for their rich history in wrestling. He spoke about working for the CMLL promotion out of Mexico years ago, and mentioned stars such as Dr. Wagner, El Dandy, Silver King and Negro Casas.
Jericho took to social media and posted the following after last night’s show.
– The legendary nine-time World Tag-Team Champion Dudley Boyz are the guests on the latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, which just dropped today. You can download and listen to Jericho’s interview with Bubba Ray and Devon Dudley at PodcastOne.com.
– Tuesday would have marked the 89th birthday of WWE Hall Of Famer Walter “Killer” Kowalski. Triple H wrote the following on Twitter about Kowalski, who was his mentor when he first got into the business:
Today would have been Walter "Killer" Kowalski's 89th birthday. Had he never laced up his boots…I wouldn't have. pic.twitter.com/z7R94c5EOC
– Below is the latest edition of Booker T’s “Reality Of Wrestling” television show, which features Devon Dudley, Stevie Ray and Booker T’s wife, Sharmell, among the other ROW talent.
– WWE may be releasing a two-disc DVD and three-disc Blu-ray set on the United States Title in 2016. WrestlingDVDNetwork.com reports that WWE is currently in the early stages of working on a title and match list for the set. We’ll keep you posted.
– Chris Jericho revealed on Twitter that The Dudley Boyz will be appearing on Wednesday’s episode of Talk is Jericho:
– To update on WWE Studios’ upcoming horror movie The Temple, Gene Simmons of Kiss fame will be an executive producer on the project. Filming will begin in February. Here’s the synopsis for the film:
“Temple” is written by Matt Savelloni (“Exile To Babylon”) and will follow a team of highly trained operatives who find themselves trapped inside an isolated military compound after its artificial intelligence is suddenly shut down. While investigating the source of the malfunction, the crew begins to experience strange and horrific phenomena as they attempt to uncover who or what killed the team previously stationed at the compound.
– Summer Rae reportedly took a shot at Lana on Twitter after the angle she did with Rusev on Monday night’s edition oRAW in Chicago, Illinois. She wrote that after what she did on RAW, Lana is finally “relevant again,” a comment Rosa Mendes was more than willing to agree with publicly. You can check out Summer and Rosa’s comments below.
– Chris Jericho mentioned on social media that he has been working on new music with hip-hop star and noted WWE super fan Wale. Jericho posted the following photo of the two together recently on his official Instagram page.
– Regarding Cesaro, WWE has appeared to have broken his fan base. While there were still some “Cesaro Section” signs in the crowd in Boston, there were very few of them. “The King of Swing” still receives good reactions from the fans when he comes out, but the feeling is his crowd reactions have been way down from about a month ago when he was heating up again.
– Part-time WWE performer Chris Jericho has officially signed a deal for his fourth book, tentatively titled, “No Is A Four Letter Word.” The book is currently expected to be released at the end of 2016.
– Longtime WWE veteran Randy Orton is scheduled to get married on November 14th in Las Vegas, Nevada. This will be Orton’s second marriage.
– Dixie Carter celebrates her 51st birthday today. The TNA President was born on October 6, 1964 in Dallas, Texas.
– As noted recently, WWE and Jakks Pacific are set to work together again in the near future. As a result, this likely means the end of TNA’s licensing deal with Jakks. Their deal together is rumored to be up in January anyway, according to PWInsider.com.
– Part-time WWE performer Chris Jericho took to social media to congratulate Matt Hardy on winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Ethan Carter III at Sunday’s TNA Bound For Glory pay-per-view in Charlotte, North Carolina.
– Ring Of Honor performer Cheeseburger was backstage at the WWE live event in Trenton, New Jersey on Friday evening. According to PWInsider.com, Cheeseburger was at the show to hang out, particularly with Chris Jericho, who has been praising him on social media as of late.
– WWE has signed a new licensing agreement with Chalk Link to produce new WWE Legends “Fanimation” jackets for “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Ultimate Warrior, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Andre the Giant, Ric Flair and “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase.
– The following RAW Fallout video features Becky Lynch talking to Eden backstage at the show. Lynch comments on Paige losing to Natalya on RAW and Charlotte defending her WWE Divas Championship against Nikki Bella at WWE Hell In A Cell.
– There has been some speculation going around that new Wyatt Family member Braun Strowman may have injured Jack Swagger at the WWE live event in Bangor, Maine on Saturday night. The match ended last night with Strowman picking up the win via choke, however past that, not a lot of specifics are available. We hope to have an update for you in the near future.
– In the following backstage video interview from Saturday’s WWE MSG live special in New York, WWE Intercontinental Champion Kevin Owens talks about retaining his title over Chris Jericho, taking shots at Kyle Edwards’ hair and Jericho’s milestone in the process.
– Stephanie McMahon could be taking several weeks off from WWE television soon to participate in the Eisenhower Fellowship Multi Nation Program, which is scheduled to run from October 4th through November 22nd. She missed several weeks back in May when she visited Singapore, Beijing and Shanghai.
– Carlito remains open to a WWE return if they make him a solid money offer. WWE’s plans to unmask Los Matadores is still on the table and Carlito would probably be part of that angle.
– Chris Jericho is considering Saturday’s WWE live event from Madison Square Garden the 25th anniversary of his pro wrestling debut. His first match took place on 10/2/90, a 10-minute draw against Lance Storm from Ponoka, Alberta. Jericho is bringing several longtime friends/co-workers to the show, including Lance Storm, Don Callis and Len Olsen.
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– It’s not uncommon these days for WWE talent who are on the main roster to visit NXT and it seems that if a new tweet from Goldust is anything to go by, that’s what’s happening.
It’s not clear whether or not he’s hinting that he’s going to appear on a TV taping, TakeOver or he’s just heading down to work with some of the new guys in Florida.
– Elsewhere in the WWE Universe, Stardust teased on Twitter yesterday (September 25th) that his tailor is hard at work and that new ring gear is on the way.
– Finally, Chris Jericho has posted a photo Instagram celebrating a massive milestone with regards to his podcast Talk Is Jericho where he interviews guests from the wrestling world, the music world and beyond.
In the 22 months the podcast has been active Jericho has recorded 180 episodes and has now confirmed that he has reached 100,000,000 downloads on PodcastOne.
Former WWE commentator Jim Ross recently updated the Q&A section of his popular website JR’s BBQ and addressed a number of fresh topics.
The WWE Hall of Famer was asked by one user regarding WWE’s medical team and whether or not they provide support for their employees on an emotional level.
“WWE offers the best medical care for their performers in the world and I’d assume that would also include counseling if needed as well. No other company remotely comes close to caring or their talents as WWE does.”
Another user had a question regarding the future of The Undertaker and whether not his recent activity could mean that he’s hinting at retirement.
“I could see Taker working a part time schedule similar to Lesnar’s until his health won’t permit it but it seems as if the Deadman is in great shape at this time.”
The Q&A continued with JR being asked by another user about WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins and his recent use of power moves.
“Rollins is using today’s hot moves or trends that many fans seem to like which will help him when he turns ‘face. How’s he’s booked is subjective to say the very least. What’s right and what’s wrong in the fictional world of pro wrestling is totally up to the viewer. Your opinion is just as valid as mine.”
Another user brought up Chris Jericho’s booking at WWE Night of Champions as the mystery partner to join Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns to take on The Wyatt Family.
“I like Jericho’s booking and think that he can help make Reigns better. Sting did great especially at 56 years of age and I was proud of him.”
To read more of the Q&A you can do so by clicking on this link.
– Diamond Dallas Page is the special guest on the latest edition of the “Steve Austin Show” podcast. You can download the show right now at PodcastOne.com.
– Chris Jericho reviews Sunday’s WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view, which he was a part of, and interviews the Insane Clown Possee (I.C.P.) on the latest edition of his “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, which is also available at PodcastOne.com.
– Finally, part two of WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair’s interview with former WCW executive producer Eric Bischoff is now available on the latest edition of Flair’s “Wooo Nation” podcast. You can download that one at Play.it.
WWE is cracking down on fans who jump the ringside gates and insert themselves into the show. The latest incident took place at Sunday’s Night of Champions pay-per-view, with Oscar Ramirez of Houston, TX entering the ring and standing next to Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns.
WWE pressed charges and Ramirez will spend 10 days in jail after pleading guilty to criminal trespass of a property or building with no forced entry.
Chris Jericho tweeted the following about the incident:
So the jackass who jumped in the ring at #nightofchampions got sentenced to jail time. Let this be a lesson to all…stay out of OUR ring! ?
As seen at WWE Night Of Champions on Sunday night, a fan jumped the guard rail and hit the ring just before the start of the Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Chris Jericho vs. The Wyatt Family six man tag-team match.
As noted late last night, WWE issued the following statement regarding the fan incident after the show:
“WWE takes the safety of our performers very seriously and any fan entering the ring area will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
According to PWInsider.com, due to the recent string of fan incidents, WWE is reportedly looking to pursue the most stringent prosecution possible for all future fan incidents.
WWE generally issues lifetime bans to fans who jump the guard rail at events, however if WWE pursues criminal charges for these incidents in the future, the feeling is it will decrease the amount of repeat incidents.
– WWE.com has a new poll up asking fans if Chris Jericho was a bad choice to be the mystery partner for Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose at Night Of Champions. 69 percent of fans felt that The Wyatt Family would have lost if they had a different partner, while 31 percent of fans believed if Jericho couldn’t help them win, no one could.
– WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross was full of high praise for new WWE Divas Champion Charlotte following her victory over Nikki Bella at Sunday’s WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view. “Good Ole’ JR” took to Twitter after the show to post the following.
Just my opinion but @MsCharlotteWWE ain't no diva…she's all woman and the champion making her the women's champ. Just saying…