– The Shield explained their attack on Mark Henry from RAW during a backstage video that aired exclusively on the WWE App. US Champion Dean Ambrose said Henry could have been anything he wanted to be in WWE, but he’s a disappointment because he’s not hungry and has no heart. He says Henry doesn’t deserve another WWE title shot and his time in WWE is running out.
Roman Reigns called Henry an “old dog” and told him to go home and sit his big butt on the couch. Seth Rollins said The Shield are the most important thing in WWE and Henry is just a clog of injustice in a system that should have been shut down a long time ago.
– Chris Jericho tweeted the following about his match against Rob Van Dam on RAW:
Amazing match with @TherealRVD tonight on #raw. He’s back and better then ever! Always had great chemistry and always will…
In response to a fan who said it’s ‘scary’ that Jericho is probably in his prime right now at 42 years old, Jericho agreed and said, “2013 has been one of my favorite in ring years EEEVVVEERR!”
– Chris Jericho was at the offices of the Discovery Network cable channel on Monday afternoon and says he’s pitching them a new TV show. He posted the following on Instagram:
“Ready for my big pitch…! #tvshowcreator #thenewkurtsutter #fingiescrossed”
– During an interview with the New York Daily News to promote Total Divas, Nikki Bella revealed that her boyfriend John Cena has given her a useful workout tip:
“One thing my boyfriend taught me is it’s all about the booty and the squats. They’re the key to killing cellulite and getting a bigger butt.”
– Chris Jericho was at the Sirius/XM studios today to record two shows. He posted the following on Instagram:
Great time hangin with my bro @josemangin at the Sirius/XM studios today! I’m taking over Ozzys Boneyard this weekend and Liquid Metal this week! #truerocker #kerrykingbobblehead #idonthaveagoldengodaward”
– Scott Hall tweeted the following picture on Monday of his recent visit with Lex Luger:
-WWE Superstar Chris Jericho took to Twitter following his loss to Ryback at Sunday’s WWE Money In The Bank pay-per-view in Philadelphia. Jericho noted the fan reaction to Ryback winning with a roll-up, claiming it was done to further Ryback’s heel turn. Jericho wrote, “Hmmm so many of you are angry that @Ryback22 won w a roll-up tonight? #thatstheidea #heeltactics.”
-Former WWE Superstars Tommy Dreamer and Evan Bourne were among those backstage at Money In The Bank on Sunday night.
-Also in attendance at the PPV on Sunday night were Carolina Panthers football players DeAngelo Williams, Gary Barnidge and Ahmed Awadallah.
– Chris Jericho and CM Punk teamed up for the first time ever at Saturday night’s WWE Live Event from Trenton, NJ, defeating Team Rhodes Scholars. Jericho tweeted the following about the match, which featured several cartwheels from them:
– WWE Hall of Famer Edge received the Lou Thesz Award at the 2013 Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in Waterloo, Iowa this weekend. Also in attendance were Jim Ross, Gerald Brisco, Larry “The Axe” Hennig, Jim Brunzell, UFC veteran Matt Hughes and more. Jim Ross tweeted this picture of himself with Edge, Brisco and wrestling legend Danny Hodge:
-The following is the latest “30 Second Fury” video which highlights the top Money In The Bank ladder match moments:
-WWE Superstar Chris Jericho recently tweeted the following about his match against Curtis Axel on SmackDown, as well as share his opinion on who the future of WWE is:
“Another great match w @RealCurtisAxel on #Smackdown! Add in @WWEBrayWyatt, @ryback22, @TheShieldWWE, @AntonioCesaro etc, future looks BRIGHT”
-Former WWE Superstar Sean “X-Pac” Waltman celebrates his 41st birthday today.
– The official WWE website announced Saturday that Natalya and Tyson Kidd have tied the knot.
Their statement reads, “The former Divas Champion and former Tag Team Champion, who have dated for more than a decade, were married this week. Natalya revealed that her Las Vegas bachelorette party as well as her upcoming nuptials to fellow Hart Dungeon graduate, Kidd, will be televised on the E! reality series, “Total Divas,” which premieres July 28 at 10/9 CT!”
– In the latest edition of “Outside the Ring,” see how one lucky got to have lunch with Triple H.
– In this video, Ryback addresses his ongoing issues with his opponent at Money in the Bank, Chris Jericho.
– Chris Jericho’s band Fozzy has a tour scheduled from September 12th through October 10th, which will allow him to work for WWE through SummerSlam.
– WWE Superstar Randy Orton was recently interviewed by Shockya.com to promote his new WWE Studios film, “12 Rounds 2: Reloaded.” Here’s a look at what Orton said about his extensive tattoo work, and whether his different tattoos have specific meaning to him:
“Yes and no. When I first started getting them I was just a kid that wanted a tattoo. I wish I could tell you that they all meant something. Later on, I think it was in 2008, when my daughter was born and I also had a tough injury that put me out (of wrestling) for five months, I had some time there to get some tribal stuff to cover up the United States Marine Corps. I had some stuff that I had to fix tattoo-wise, and had the time to get it done. When you’re on the road you can’t really get them done and expect them to heal properly because you’re banging and beating on them and that’s not good for a tattoo to heal. So it was then that I got the majority of these sleeves that I have now done, and it was basically just filling in the blanks in between all the tribal that I’d gotten early on. And all the stuff that I got in ’08 made sense, there were definitely reasons for it. That was my main goal — to be happy with the tattoos that I’d started getting when I was 18 and wasn’t necessarily that happy with then.”
12 Rounds 2: Reloaded is now available on DVD & Blu-Ray at Amazon.com.
– Chris Jericho was caught up with WWE.com after RAW and spoke about his upcoming match against CM Punk at next month’s Payback pay-per-view. Jericho said he saw CM Punk’s tweet about hating wrestling – and that his fun, dancing & games are over.
– World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler appears to be returning to the road this week, since he’s now being advertised for this week’s SmackDown live events. Ziggler is also being advertised for next week’s Monday NIght RAW and SmackDown tapings.
The World Heavyweight champion has been out for about 2 weeks following a concussion. It’s unknown at this point whether Ziggler will be back in the ring any time soon, but he’s returning to WWE shows.
After a brief hiatus away from WWE television, it was announced on Monday’s RAW that CM Punk will be returning to action next month – sooner than expected.
During his Highlight Reel segment on Monday’s RAW where he was interviewing Paul Heyman, Chris Jericho challenged Heyman’s client CM Punk to a match at next month’s WWE Payback pay-per-view. Heyman accepted on Punk’s behalf.
WWE Payback takes place on Sunday, June 16th from the Allstate Arena near Punk’s hometown of Chicago, Illinois.
– As previously reported, the May 27th edition of WWE RAW from Calgary, Alberta, Canada will be a “Bret Hart Appreciation Night” and will feature appearances from Hart as well as Shawn Michaels. Bret is not expected to take part in any physical angles, due to the the knee surgery he had earlier this year.
– Chris Jericho threw out the opening pitch at today’s St. Louis Cardinals MLB baseball game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, the city where tonight’s Extreme Rules will be taking place. Jericho tweeted this picture of the pitch:
“Ready to throw one right down the middle at the @Cardinal game in Busch Stadium in St Louis!”
[cesaroshirt]- After holding the United States Championship for 240 days through last month when he was upended by Kofi Kingston, Antonio Cesaro’s standing in WWE has been greatly curtailed as the Swiss grappler has lost the majority of his televised matches. For those wondering whether his demotion is as a result of “heat” backstage, it is not. Rather, top WWE officials simply feel he lacks personality.
While addressing Cesaro’s current placement in WWE, Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio Monday night that company brass believe that the former Ring of Honor standout is “boring,” resulting in his slide down the card. Some in WWE, however, are not in favor of the demotion, and believe Cesaro should be a headliner.
While Cesaro engaged in a match with Kingston two weeks on WWE Main Event that was well-received by management, it failed to alter his standing in the organization. Meltzer noted, “They don’t see him any higher than they did two weeks ago. There was lip service paid there for a week or two, but it’s over now.”
– The official WWE website has posted photos of Chris Jericho’s rehearsal with partner Edyta Sliwinska prior to his Dance-Off with Fandango on Monday’s Raw.
– This week’s “WWE Raw Slam of the Week” is now online, with Randy Orton adding Damien Sandow to his lengthy list of victims.
– Last week’s episode of WWE SmackDown scored a 1.86 cable rating, up slightly from a near-year-low 1.82 rating the week before.
The episode, which was headlined by a match pitting Chris Jericho against Ryback, averaged 2.53 million viewers over the course of two hours. This up from a near-year-low average of 2.47 million viewers the week before.
SmackDown finished in fifth place in overall viewership on cable television Friday evening and ranked second in key male demographics behind ESPN’s coverage of the NBA Playoffs on ESPN.
– Balls Mahoney partnered with former ECW colleague “Pitbull” Gary Wolfe last Saturday for Warriors of Wrestling’s “FULL THROTTLE” event as they squared off against the team of Abdul Nasir and Harley. Video footage of the match in its entirety is available below.
Jericho later revealed that his dance partner for tonight will be professional ballroom dancer Edyta Sliwinska, who has also appeared on Dancing With The Stars. Here’s a picture of her:
Fandango later followed up with these snarky remarks towards Jericho and Edyta Sliwinska:
– The Fandango vs. Chris Jericho dance-off booked for Monday’s RAW was originally scheduled to take place at Extreme Rules.
– It appears that WWE’s Saturday Morning Slam show could be ending soon. The CW Network is rumored to have only purchased a limited number of episodes of the show – and there have not been any new matches taped for Saturday Morning Slam in the past two weeks.
– As seen on last night’s RAW, Fandango came out with a different dancer other than NXT Diva Summer Rae. Despite not being used, Summer Rae was backstage at the show and noted on Twitter that she’ll be at tonight’s SmackDown tapings.
– Next week on RAW, Chris Jericho will have a dance-off with Fandango.
– SyFy sent out a survey this week asking fans about a potential second season of Chris Jericho’s Robot Combat League show. The survey asked fans their opinion on Jericho’s job as host and asked if there should be special appearances by wrestlers and MMA fighters.
– CM Punk has been removed from all upcoming live event listings through SummerSlam. As we’ve been reporting, Punk was burnt out and physically worn down heading into WrestleMania, when he suffered additional injuries to his knees. At this time, the creative team is not even discussing how to bring Punk back, since it’s still several months away. Since his last WWE television appearance, Punk has been spotted at baseball games, a movie premiere (Iron Man 3) and three UFC events.
– As for Chris Jericho, he’s only scheduled for two live events in May before the Extreme Rules pay-per-view: Beaumont, TX (5/11) and Ft. Worth, TX (5/12). Jericho is currently listed for post-Extreme Rules RAW live events in Utah and Canada from 5/24-26. He’s not currently listed for any RAW or SmackDown tapings.
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– Monday’s taped edition of WWE RAW from London, England had a Trendrr.tv social media score of 220,567, down 15% from the previous week. RAW ranked #3 on cable for the night behind “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” and the Bulls vs. Nets NBA playoffs game.
– WWE is now advertising Chris Jericho for several additional upcoming live events:
– Chris Jericho is currently on hiatus from WWE, but is scheduled to appear on Monday’s WWE RAW from the UK, since he’s overseas with his band Fozzy. The former WWE Heavyweight Champion is currently working on setting up a tour of the United States this summer. Jericho’s schedule over the next few months will focus mostly on Fozzy with intermittent WWE dates.
– There is reportedly an adult video website that is advertising a movie featuring former WWE Diva Beth Phoenix. There are also edited photos of the former WWE Divas floating around as well that have contributed to the buzz. As far as we can tell, there is no validity to the rumors.
– This week on WWE Main Event on ION Television, a Battle Royal will take place where the winner receives the opportunity to challenge Wade Barrett for the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
– On this week’s SmackDown Slam of the Week, Chris Jericho gets dropped by Big E Langston.
– On the latest edition of VH1’s Best Week Ever, a segment aired called “Panties on/Panties off, with a female comedian remarking “Panties off” for Fandango.
After wrestling Dolph Ziggler in the main event of Tuesday night’s WWE SmackDown tapings from Boston, Chris Jericho has wrapped up is latest run with WWE. He’s now heading overseas with his metal band Fozzy to perform a 3 week European tour.
The first leg of the tour begins tonight with a show in Southampton, U.K and goes until April 28th, when it concludes in Vienna, Austria.
In the middle of the tour, Jericho is scheduled to appear at the April 22nd WWE RAW TV taping from London, UK.
Jericho will then be free for a few months, before Fozzy heads back to the UK in August.
– WWEShop.com is selling new WWE Championship belt rings for $50, including John Cena’s new WWE Championship.
– WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley says the elbow drop he gave to Chris Jericho at the Hall of Fame ceremony was not scripted. Foley told Raj Giri of WrestlingINC:
“It came as a complete surprise to me, as did CM Punk coming out doing the very un-bad-guy thing with doing the three count and hugging me on stage. For that one night, there are no good guys and bad guys.”
– Several video game websites have picked up the story of The Rock appearing on the cover of the upcoming WWE 2K14 video game, due out this fall.
– The WWE In Your House DVD and Blu-Ray will be released on 4/30.
