WWE officials are under the impression that Curtis Axel, who is from the Minneapolis area and is part of the famous Hennig family (Larry Hennig, Curt “Mr. Perfect” Hennig), may receive a babyface reaction from the fans in attendance at this Sunday’s WWE Elimination Chamber event.
As previously reported, Axel, along with Ryback, will take on Goldust and Cody Rhodes in a tag-team match during the Kickoff Show prior to the start of the pay-per-view.
Two big matches for this week’s WWE SmackDown show were announced during Monday’s edition of WWE RAW.
In an eight-man tag-team match, The Usos, Goldust and Cody Rhodes, Ryback and Curtis Axel and The New Age Outlaws will battle it out.
In the main event of this week’s SmackDown, Randy Orton will continue his one-on-one showdown with every participant in the upcoming Elimination Chamber match, as he will take on Antonio Cesaro in singles competition.
– WWE legend Jake “The Sanke” Roberts, who had been campaigning for an appearance in the 2014 Royal Rumble for several months, recently shared his comments on not being included in the Royal Rumble on Sunday night. Jake tweeted:
I'm clean, sober, mentally/ physically healthy, excited for the future and most of all happy. Great day no matter what did or didn't happen.
– A photocopy of Maven Huffman’s contract with WWE is currently being auctioned off on eBay.
Following Huffman’s 2005 departure from WWE, the contract, as well as the trophy he was awarded for winning Tough Enough in 2001 and other WWE items, wound up in a storage unit in Virginia (his home state). Huffman, however, stopped paying the bill, and the storage unit and its contents were sold to a man for $100. The man reached out to Huffman to return his possessions, but heard nothing back. He then turned to eBay and sold some of the possessions, including the original contract and the trophy (the trophy sold for $600).
As far as Huffman’s whereabouts are concerned, mixed martial arts journalist and wrestling fan Ariel Helwani revealed in September via Twitter that he was working at a sports bar in New York City.
– Konnan is apparently no longer on good terms with R-Truth, who he teamed with in TNA Wrestling as members of 3Live Kru.
Earlier this week on Twitter, a wrestling fan who is father, made note of his toddler son selecting a Mattel R-Truth action figure for Christmas. Konnan responded to the fan with the following: “He has bad taste..#AhCmonNow.”
The former WCW United States Champion also continues to slam Curtis Axel on the social media platform. In response to a user writing “[Curtis Axel’s Twitter handle] > [Konnan’s Twitter handle],” he wrote, “Are u referring to da guy dat went from IC champ to teaming w/Ryback 2 now doing jobs for SinCara2.0?..#Awesome.”
– Curtis Axel and Konnan are still taking jabs at each other online after the former WCW United States Heavyweight Champion branded the third-generation wrestler as “vanilla” and “boring” in a series of Twitter messages weeks ago.
Over the weekend, Axel responded to a message on the social media outlet asking him for his thoughts on Konnan, and stated “Who?” A user on the social media site informed Konnan of the remark this morning, to which he responded, “He guy that said u were boring and was right and proof is how u are being used…#Jaybrone.”
– WWE is dominating Yahoo.com today as both John Cena and Tribute to the Troops host Michelle Beadle have ranked as the top trending topics.
News of WWE Diva Champion AJ Lee’s reported clash with the NBC sports and entertainment personality last Wednesday at Tribute to the Troops has garnered a lot of attention, so much so that it caused Beadle to briefly rank as the top trending topic on Yahoo.com today—with the accompanying link pointing to numerous wrestling website reports of the incident. Cena is drawing attention for losing last night’s Tables, Ladders and Chairs match to unify the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and saying no to marriage with Nikki Bella on the season finale of Total Divas.
– WWE Hall of Famer and former standout football player William “The Refrigerator” Perry turns 51-years-old on Monday.
WWE Superstars and new tag-team Ryback and Curtis Axel were interviewed by WWE.com following their victory in a non-title match over the current WWE Tag-Team Champions Goldust and Cody Rhodes on SmackDown this past Friday night.
Ryback claimed that nobody is hotter than he and Axel right now in WWE. The two went on to talk about how they feel they deserve a WWE Tag-Team Championship shot.
WWE has yet to announce the official WWE Tag-Team Championship match for their upcoming TLC pay-per-view, however there have been rumors of a potential four-way match on the show for the tag-titles. The way WWE is booking Ryback and Axel, it appears as though whatever match they set up for the tag-titles at TLC, whether it be the rumored four-way or not, they will likely be involved.
The December 7th edition of the SmackDown “Backstage Fallout” video has been added to the official YouTube channel of WWE.
This week’s “Backstage Fallout” for SmackDown features the duo of Ryback and Curtis Axel gloating about their non-title victory over the current WWE Tag-Team Champions Goldust and Cody Rhodes.
Additionally, the show features current WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E. Langston talking about his upcoming title defense against Damien Sandow at the WWE TLC pay-per-view.
You can watch this week’s SmackDown “Backstage Fallout” below:
The following are highlights from the latest online Q&A by WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross:
On Curtis Axel’s short Intercontinental Title reign: “It’s all about casting. Axel is more relevant now that he was just a few months ago. Short reign create awareness.”
On whether or not WWE will drop the “big gold belt” when they unify the titles: “I have no idea what WWE creative is doing or is going to do but if I had to guess I’d say the WWE Titles stays and the World Title goes. Bottom line is that I don’t know.”
On whether or not the WWE & World Titles should be unified into one championship: “Again, I don’t know exactly what is going on but it appears that WWE wants to have one primary title going forward. I don’t spend much time on the creative plans of any pro wrestling company.”
On not being “big-headed” even though he’s a great, successful announcer: “I’d surmise it is the way in which I was raised by my Mom and Dad. Plus, who likes being around pompous, arrogant, entitled people? I certainly don’t.”
On the job Renee Young is doing in WWE currently: “Renee has plenty of talent and should continue to do well in WWE as I see her role expanding and then see other opportunities coming her way.”
– CM Punk and Daniel Bryan were unable to answer the question, “will they remain a tag-team following their win at Survivor Seires” when asked by Renee Young in an exclusive WWE.com post-match interview. The two claimed that “they don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow,” when working in WWE.
– WWE Superstar Mark Henry, who returned with his new look to answer the open challenge issued by Ryback at Survivor Series, spoke to WWE.com about his reason for coming out. Henry claimed that he answered Ryback’s challenge due to the fact that Ryback was disrespecting Bret Hart, Booker T and Mick Foley, who he cut off when he came out to the ring.
Also featured in post-match interviews at Survivor Series on Sunday night were The Shield, Curtis Axel, Natalya and The Bella Twins. You can watch these interviews online at WWE.com.
– The WWE website has an article up talking about Curtis Axel and Ryback no longer being “Paul Heyman Guys” The current plan is for Heyman to be kept off television until Brock Lesnar returns.
– New WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E Langston spoke with Josh Mathews on Monday night for a WWE App exclusive. Big E said it’s unbelievable that he is a champion in WWE, which is a dream come true for him.
WWE.com cameras followed Big E all day on Monday as he prepared for the title match, with that footage scheduled to air on the WWE App during Friday’s SmackDown.
– Mark Henry tweeted the following after Monday’s RAW:
– WWE Superstar The Miz finally made his official heel turn on this week’s “RAW Country” edition of WWE RAW. Miz, who was in a tag-team match with Kofi Kingston against The Real Americans, refused to accept Kingston’s tag at a crucial point in the match. Miz jumped off the apron and left Kingston hanging. Miz had been teasing a heel turn throughout the entire WWE European tour the past few weeks.
– Big E. Langston defeated Curtis Axel to become the new WWE Intercontinental Champion on RAW this week. The two had been scheduled to compete several times, including the last pay-per-view Kickoff Show and an episode of WWE Main Event, both of which ended up being cancelled at the last minute.
– WWE ring announcer Tony Chimel got physically involved in the action at the WWE live event in Minehead on Saturday night. After defeating R-Truth to retain his WWE Intercontinental Championship, Curtis Axel demanded that Chimel give him the proper post-match announcement. Instead of doing that, Chimel kicked Axel in the gut and hit him with a “Stone Cold Stunner.” Following that sequence, The Bella Twins hit the ring and gave Chimel a big kiss.
WWE Superstar and current World Heavyweight Champion John Cena later joked on Twitter that Chimel may “owe Steve Austin” and that he may have lost his girlfriend, Nikki Bella, to Chimel.
– As previously reported, the Big E. Langston vs. Curtis Axel match was bumped from the WWE Main Event show last week because Langston was traveling to Europe for the current overseas tour. The belief within WWE is that the match will be happening on television at some point this week.
– The final cable rating for last Friday’s edition of WWE SmackDown will be delayed due to the Veteran’s Day holiday on Monday in the United States.
– WWE will be giving a portion of the money earned from WWE Shop sales to Hire Heroes USA in honor of the Veteran’s Day holiday in the U.S.
A photo has surfaced online of CM Punk having lunch with his arch-nemesis Paul Heyman, as well as Divas Champion AJ Lee and Heyman client Curtis Axel, backstage at a WWE live event in Europe.
The image comes courtesy of Scottish wrestling fan Brendan McEleny, who secured the shot at yesterday’s live event in Glasgow at Glasgow Braehead Arena.
McEleny says he did not sneak into the venue, as he managed to snap the picture while on public property.
– As reported last night, WWE has cut ties with developmental wrestler Kassius Ohno, real name Chris Spradlin. Some main roster talent were surprised with the news, since Triple H had praised his recent WWE NXT match against Luke Harper (it airs on this week’s show).
– WWE Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel, who often responds to fans on Twitter, continues to address criticism over his sports-entertaining abilities. During SmackDown, a fan wrote, “Yeah. CM Punk vs Broomstick would be more interesting than this match. @RealCurtisAxel have less charisma than The Broom.” He responded, “hey!!! Don’t offend broomsticks! They have feelings too.” The fan then remarked on “Mr. Charisma” responding to him, leading Axel to write back, “ur right! I have no charisma. All I do all day is stare at the wall with a blank look on my face… It’s fun!”
Earlier in the week, a fan cautioned Axel on being branded as uncharismatic again by Konnan, leading the Raw wrestler to snap back, “Who cares what that piece of crap thinks.”
Meanwhile, Konnan said his critical remarks toward Axel aren’t out of hatred. “Not hatin, just stating…#GetInformed,” he said to a fan on Twitter telling him to “stop hating.”
– Former WWE Superstar Matt Hardy issued this “Public Service Announcement” promoting two events taking place in New York tonight, “Big Event” and “House Of Hardcore #3.”
-For those wondering, Curtis Axel has been medically cleared to return to the ring by the WWE medical team. This is obvious news to anyone who watched RAW on Monday night, as he worked a match against Dolph Ziggler and was announced as the headline match against Big E. Langston for this week’s WWE Main Event, which is being taped tonight in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Make sure to check back here at the website later tonight for detailed WWE SmackDown and WWE Main Event spoiler reports.
-As reported previously, WWE will kick off their bi-annual European tour on Wednesday. The following is a full list of dates and locations that WWE will be making during this year’s tour:
Wednesday, November 6th in Belfast, Ireland
Thursday, November 7th in Dublin, Ireland
Friday, November 8th in Glasgow, Scotland
Friday, November 8th in Brussels, Belgium
Saturday, November 9th in Munich, Germany
Saturday, November 9th in Birmingham, England
Sunday, November 10th in Cardiff, Wales
Sunday, November 10th in Glasgow, Scotland
Monday, November 11th in Manchester, England (WWE RAW television taping)
Tuesday, November 12th Machester, England (WWE SmackDown television taping)
Tuesday, November 12th in Newcastle, England
Wednesday, November 13th in Nottingham, England
Wednesday, November 13th in Zurich, Switzerland
If anyone is attending any of the above events, feel free to send in a live report from the show to be published here on the website.
WWE will tape their weekly Main Event and SmackDown television programs tonight in Charlotte, North Carolina, before heading out for their bi-annual European tour on Wednesday.
The main event for this week’s SmackDown, as announced on WWE RAW on Monday night, is Daniel Bryan vs. Luke Harper.
Also announced on Monday’s RAW was a match pitting the current Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel against Big E. Langston, in a match that was originally slated to serve as the Kickoff Show match prior to the WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view in late-October.
World Heavyweight Champion John Cena was advertised on RAW as appearing on this week’s SmackDown for the second time in a row, as he will continue the build to his rematch against the former champion, Alberto Del Rio, at the upcoming WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view.
In addition to the aforementioned WWE Superstars, the following names are being advertised locally for the SmackDown and Main Event television taping in Charlotte are Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Randy Orton, Big Show, The Shield, The Wyatt Family, Dolph Ziggler and Wade Barrett.
The post-show dark match scheduled for the taping tonight is John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship. That match, which also served as the dark match main event at RAW in Greenville, South Carolina on Monday night, is subject to change.
Make sure to check back here later tonight for complete WWE Main Event and WWE SmackDown spoiler results.
WWE announced Big Show vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship as the main event of the upcoming WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view on Sunday, November 24th in Boston, Massachusetts.
Also announced on RAW for this week’s WWE television taping on Tuesday night are Curtis Axel vs. Big E. Langston for WWE Main Event on Wednesday, as well as Daniel Bryan vs. Luke Harper for WWE SmackDown on Friday. Both shows will be taped on Tuesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina.
WWE Superstar Curtis Axel recently took to Twitter to respond to recent comments made about him by former WCW star Konnan. As previously reported, Konnan took a couple of shots at Axel, calling him “boring” and “wonder bread.” Axel wrote the following to Konnan on Twitter:
Well what do ya know! Looks like @Konnan5150 is trying to gain social media popularity by talking about a REAL Superstar!
Mexican wrestling legend and former WCW competitor Konnan made a guest appearance on the Asked w/Riv Landin podcast, where he addressed CM Punk, Curtis Axel, Tammy “Sunny” Sytch, TNA Wrestling and more. Highlights from the interview are as follows:
* When asked whether or not he has heat with CM Punk. Konnan mentioned that he’s never had a problem with Punk personally and said the reports of him having a big ego are all second hand.
* Konnan was asked about Sunny’s cancer fundraiser, he stated that he doubts the WWE Hall of Famer is even being truthful about having cancer because she is a known liar.
* In regards to TNA Wrestling possibly being put up for sale, Konnan said he’s not surprised and he hopes Jeff Jarrett is the buyer.
* Konnan said that Curtis Axel is boring and referred to as “wonder bread.” He stated Axel needs to watch his father’s old films and get a charisma transplant.
– WWE announced Sunday afternoon that Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel would be unable to compete in the WWE Hell in a Cell Kickoff Match after sustaining an undisclosed injury, which was later reported as an injury to his hips on Raw. Company officials weren’t sure what his diagnosis would be until Friday, which is why nothing was announced until yesterday afternoon.
Many of Axel’s co-workers consider the news very disappointing since he’s popular among them and viewed as a person who goes forward with whatever he’s asked to do.
At this time, the severity of his injury, as well as the status of the WWE Intercontinental Championship, is unknown.
– Speaking to Shannon Rose, Vito talked about wrestling in a dress as part of his character in WWE years ago, working for World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling, as well as his professional wrestling academy.
– At WWE Hell in a Cell, as Cody Rhodes and Goldust successfully fended off The Shield’s Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins and The Usos to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship. The brothers emerged victorious Rhodes pinned Seth Rollins following a Cross Rhodes.
Following the match, Goldust praised his brother on Twitter, writing: “I watched my brother @CodyRhodesWWE perform magic tonight when i tagged him in. He killed it! #ProudBrother #RhodesDynasty #TheBrotherhood4Life! @wwe.”
WWE’s official Twitter account announced this afternoon that Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel will be unable to compete tonight in the WWE Hell in a Cell Kickoff Match after sustaining an undisclosed injury. According to WWE’s official website, following a second evaluation by medical personnel, he was not cleared for in-ring action.
In place of the scheduled Intercontinental Championship between Axel and Big E Langston, Kofi Kingston will face “Mr. Money in the Bank,” Damien Sandow in a singles match.
It would appear that Langston is not being left out in the cold, as the website is teasing a possible appearance at the pay-per-view. The website states, “With this Kickoff Match taking place on the same night as John Cena’s momentous return to action to challenge Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship, what is going through Sandow’s mind as he carries his coveted Money in the Bank contract into Miami’s American Airlines Arena? Also, now that Langston is no longer scheduled to compete, how will the rising star look to make an impact tonight at WWE Hell in a Cell?”
– It was announced last week that Curtis Axel would defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Big E Langston tonight in the WWE Hell in a Cell Kickoff, which streams live at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT. The match, however, has been officially nixed due to Axel suffering an injury.
The official Twitter account of WWE announced at 2:03 p.m.: “BREAKING: Due to injury, @RealCurtisAxel will not compete tonight at #HellInACell. Stay tuned to WWE.com for updates.”
– Speaking to WWE Magazine, Layla reveals that she has no plans on resuming her dancing career—prior to joining WWE in 2006, she was a dancer for Carnival Cruise Lines, the Miami Heat franchise of the National Basketball Association, and also danced for Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards.
“I would always be willing to do something for charity for WWE, but I’ve moved on from that part of my life. I was happy when I heard the Miami Heat had won the championship this year, but I also felt smug since I had already got my championship ring with them. First time’s a charm!”
The former WWE Divas Champion also reveals that she would like to peek inside the male wrestlers’ locker room. She states, “Not because I want to secretly check them out or anything, but I’d love to get a glimpse at the dynamic going on in there. All them always try to play it so cool. I want to see them in their natural habitat.”
– The official WWE website has issued a poll asking fans which WrestleMania dream match they you like to see simulated in WWE 2K14. The options are Shawn Michaels vs. The Rock, John Cena vs. Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker vs. Goldberg, and Daniel Bryan vs. Ric Flair.
– It was announced last week that Curtis Axel would defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Big E Langston tonight in the WWE Hell in a Cell Kickoff, which streams live at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT. However, it now appears that the match has been nixed, as the match is no longer advertised on the Hell in a Cell page on WWE.com, not to mention that the page previewing the match, has been deleted.
No match is being advertised for the WWE Hell in a Cell Kickoff, with the following stated: “Find out who will be the next WWE Champion and watch John Cena’s in-ring return when WWE Hell in a Cell airs live on pay-per-view tonight at 8 ET/5 PT, and don’t forget to check out the Kickoff, which streams live at 7:30 ET/4:30 PT!”
– Konnan, who is always vocal about WWE on his podcast and on Twitter, feels a number of WWE Superstars should be removed from television—due to poor performance and/or lack of marketability. In response to a fan on Twitter asking him which two talents should be written off television, he responded with eight, including reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel, all three members of 3MB, and three WWE Divas.
“Brad Maddox, JoJo, Rosa, 3MB, Axel, Aksana, would write dem off,” said Konnan.
Konnan, however, is high on two wrestlers he feels are underutilized. In response to a question asking who should be pushed, he stated, “Ziggler and Cesaro.”
– Tonight at WWE Hell in a Cell, Cody Rhodes and Goldust will defend the WWE Tag Team Championship against the team of Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, as well as Jey and Jimmy Uso. Rollins vows to reclaim the gold.
“Tonight is for reclamation. @WWEUsos & the #RhodesDynasty may be bonded by blood, but talent outperforms tradition. Believe that. #HIAC,” he wrote on Twitter.
It was announced on Monday’s edition of WWE RAW that on this week’s WWE Main Event, which will be taped on Tuesday night, Goldust will take on Seth Rollins in one of the main events on the show.
Also announced on RAW this week was the Kickoff Show match for this Sunday’s WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view. In a WWE Intercontinental Championship match, current champion Curtis Axel will defend his title against Big E. Langston.
Finally, a “MizTV” segment with special guest Randy Orton will take place on this week’s WWE SmackDown, which will also be taped this Tuesday evening.
Make sure to check back here at the website on Sunday night for the best WWE Hell In A Cell live results coverage on the web.