E!’S “THE SOUP” CELEBRATES WWE IN A SPECIAL EPISODE PREMIERING ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST
Following A Regularly Scheduled Episode at 10pm, “The Soup” Host Joel McHale Welcomes WWE’s Biggest Superstars For A No-Holds-Barred Special Salute to WWE at 10:30pm
Los Angeles, CA, November 19, 2012 – Just in time for Thanksgiving, E!’s “The Soup” is serving up a special night filled with not one, but two brand new episodes on Wednesday, November 21st!
Starting at 10pm ET/PT, Joel McHale presents a fresh new episode of “The Soup” with his tongue-in-cheek humor audiences have grown to love. As if that weren’t enough, immediately following at 10:30pm ET/PT, Joel welcomes to the set some of WWE’s most popular Superstars and Divas including The Miz, Eve Torres, Rey Mysterio, Daniel Bryan and Hornswoggle, along with the legendary announcers Michael Cole and Jerry “The King” Lawler for the special episode, ” The Soup Salutes WWE- Pile Driving Clips in your Face.”
CHECK OUT A SNEAK PEEK FEATURING JOEL MCHALE, THE MIZ, EVE TORRES AND HORNSWOGGLE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AecKn9Qj_TM
Complete with plenty of pec bouncing, “The Soup Salutes WWE- Pile Driving Clips in your Face” delivers the most hilarious WWE moments and themed clips. From David Hasselhoff engaging in creepy conversation with the WWE Divas and Hulk Hogan doggy-paddling Donald Trump to safety, to more ‘sober’ fist pumping on “Jersey Shore” and classy romance on “Love Games,” this special episode continues the tradition of presenting the “best” of the funniest moments in television. Plus, “The Soup” cameras follow as some of the WWE Superstars stop by the “Fashion Police” set to give Joan and Melissa Rivers a run for their money!
So, grab a chair and tune in to a night of “The Soup,” November 21st beginning at 10pm ET/PT, only on E!
– Triple H will appear live in studio on Boomer and Carton in the Morning on WFAN in New York City Thursday promoting tickets going on sale for WrestleMania 29 on Saturday.
– WWE will hold a live event at Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland on April 18, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale next Thursday via AikenPromotions.com.
With a victory over Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara on Raw Monday, Team Rhodes Scholars won the No. 1 Tag Team Title No. 1 Contenders’ Tournament to earn a title opportunity against Team Hell No at WWE Hell in a Cell this Sunday.
The official WWE website has released a match preview.
The announced card for Hell in a Cell, which takes place Oct. 28 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, is as follows:
* WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Ryback
* World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus vs. Big Show
* Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz
* WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No vs. Team Rhodes Scholars
– Delayed one week due to Rey Mysterio having the flu, Mysterio and Sin Cara will face Team Rhodes Scholars tonight on Raw in the Tag Team Tournament Final. WWE’s mobile service issued a text message stating that the masked grappler will compete as scheduled: “Rey Mysterio is in NJ and will compete tonight on RAW presented by Hot Pockets brand sandwiches.”
The winners will face WWE Tag Team Champions Kane and Daniel Bryan next Sunday at Hell in a Cell.
– WWE Tag Team Champion Kane is now on Twitter at KaneWWE. The account has been verified by the micro-blogging site, thus confirming its legitimacy.
– Raw General Manager and video game aficionado AJ Lee spoke to Inside Gaming about THQ’s WWE ’13 in the following video interview.
– Delayed one week due to Rey Mysterio having the flu, Mysterio and Sin Cara will face Team Rhodes Scholars next Monday on Raw in the Tag Team Tournament Final. The winners will then face WWE Tag Team Champions Kane and Daniel Bryan at Hell in a Cell.
– During a backstage segment on Raw, Daniel Bryan challenged Kane to take on Big Show on next week’s show since he found it humorous that he was chokeslammed by The World’s Largest Athlete.
– One match was taped Monday in Nashville, Tennessee for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars as Kaitlyn faced off against Beth Phoenix.
In a pre-taping dark match, Tensai defeated Michael McGillicutty. According to a correspondent, Tensai drew a lot of heat as well as ‘Albert’ chants during his entrance, but the audience became quiet once the match took place.
– Layla and R-Truth appear at the Verizon Wireless Store 1947 Mount Zion Rd. Morrow, Georgia on Saturday, Oct. 27 beginning at 3:00 p.m. Call 770-210-4019 for more information.
You knew when RAW’s rating hit a 2.5 that it wouldn’t be long before we got an appearance from the Chairman himself.
WWE announced today that Vince McMahon will return to WWE RAW on Monday night to deliver a “State of the WWE Address.”
WWE.com is teasing:
“What will The Chairman have to say? Will he address the performance of Raw General Manager AJ Lee? Could her job be in jeopardy?
In addition to addressing the current state of affairs within WWE, does Mr. McMahon have anything to say regarding its future? Could The Chairman have a message directly from WWE’s Board of Directors?”
Special appearances and major announcements from Vince McMahon have been a tried-and-true method of jolting declining ratings in the past. We’ll find out on Monday night what the boss has in store for us this time.
– The official WWE website has published an article highlighting eight past and present WWE Superstars “who weren’t supposed to make it.”
“Then there is another breed of WWE Superstar, altogether. These are the Superstars for whom WWE glory was anything but a given. For a variety of reasons — ranging from health setbacks to unfair stigmas — these Superstars were, at one point or another, cast aside and written off “unlikely,” writer John Clapp states. “Determined to prove themselves, these underdogs and overachievers refused to quit, no matter what the naysayers said. They all have unique stories, and the trajectories of their careers are far from ordinary. These are the Superstars who shouldn’t have made it.”
Those listed include Daniel Bryan, Tommy Dreamer, The Miz, Mikey Whipwreck, William Regal, Zach Gowen, Steve Blackman and Mick Foley.
– As seen on Raw tonight, Dolph Ziggler debuted a T-Shirt that reads “Stealing The Show.” The shirt is available on WWEShop.com, and also comes in Youth and Women’s styles.
– SmackDown ring announcer Lilian Garcia performed the national anthem prior to Sunday’s New York Jets game at MetLife Stadium. The Diva also gave a halftime show in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Day. WireImage.com has published photos of her appearance.
– The Sept. 28 episode of WWE SmackDown drew a 1.83 cable rating, down from 1.95 rating the week before. The program averaged 2.625 million viewers over the course of two hours, down from 2.861 million viewers the week prior.
The 1.83 figure the program’s lowest rating since July 13. This comes days after Raw drew its lowest rating of the year.
– WWEShop.com has released two Daniel Bryan and Kane Authentic T-Shirts. One shirt depicts Bryan as a goat and Kane as a bear, and the shirt comes in red and states “I AM THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS.”
– The official WWE website has published photos of various Superstars and Divas donning pink ribbons to show their support for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, kicking off breast cancer awareness month.
– Former WWE Superstar Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart appears at the Frank & Son Collectible Show 19649 San Jose Ave. City of Industry, California this Saturday from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
– Per a huge announcement by SmackDown General Manager Booker T, Kane and Daniel Bryan will defend the WWE Tag Team Championship on Oct. 28 at Hell in a Cell against the winners of an eight-team tournament.
The bracket revealed on SmackDown showed the following first-round match-ups: Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow) vs. Jimmy and Jey Uso; Santino Marella and Zack Ryder vs. Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd; Kofi Kingston and R-Truth vs. The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O’Neil); and Epico and Primo vs. Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara.
– This week on “Backstage Fallout” for SmackDown, The Miz addressed the chaos on “Miz TV,” which resulted in the show’s host being punched in the face by World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus. Wade Barrett also boasted about his dominance after defeating Zack Ryder. Plus, Big Show talks about becoming the No. 1 contender to World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus at Hell in a Cell. (Watch)
– WWE tag champion Daniel Bryan appeared on the Sirius radio Fantasy Football show on Thursday afternoon to talk football, WWE turning the NFL’s replacement referee debacle into a storyline and his hometown team, the Seattle Seahawks, benefiting from the very controversial referee call on Monday night’s game with the Green Bay Packers.
– It appears that WWE’s planned DVD/Blu-Ray set on the Attitude Era has been cancelled, or at least postponed. According to WWEDVDNews.com, internal DVD schedules reveal that the project is no longer slated for a November 2012 release.
While Amazon.com still has the DVD available for pre-sale, BestBuy.com has already removed it from their upcoming DVD release listings.
Just yesterday, WWE’s Attitude Era DVD was in the news when it was revealed that the project would have a “PG” rating and would not feature any ‘adult’ content, which was a staple of the beloved era.
– EcoRazzi.com has an article up looking at Daniel Bryan’s recent decision to end his vegan diet due to a soy allergy he’s developed, as well as difficulties following a vegan diet while on the road touring for WWE. His decision to eat meat again has garnered him a lot of negative feedback on Twitter and on website message boards. Bryan recently told WrestlingINC.com:
“I’ve been getting really sick lately. it’s a very unmanly way to stop being vegan, to have a soy intolerance. [Laughs.] But I was getting sick all the time, and they were trying to figure out what it was and they found out it was the soy.
“Being on the road, being vegan and trying to get your protein in other than soy, there’s just nothing to eat. There’s soy in everything. Most of the vegan things you can eat are tofu dishes and whatnot, made out of soy.”
The article notes that WWE Champion CM Punk is no longer vegan for the same reasons as Bryan.
– The recent surge in attention given to WWE’s tag team division is a direct result of Triple H’s influence behind the scenes in WWE. WWE is finally getting serious about the long-neglected division and it’s expected that tag team wrestling will once again be one of the highlights of WWE television by the end of the year.
There was fear that WWE’s Divas division would suffer as a result of the tag team division getting more attention, but is said to have big plans for its women performers in the coming months as well.
– The restaurant scene on RAW featuring Kane, Daniel Bryan and Dr. Shelby (with a cameo by Mae Young) was a spoof of the 1989 movie “When Harry Met Sally.” Virtually everyone in WWE are fans of Kane and Daniel Bryan’s segments, most notably, Vince McMahon.
– Dolph Ziggler is all over Buffalo, New York today doing media appearances hyping tonight’s SmackDown tapings. As of this writing, there are still plenty of tickets available.
– The June Entertainment group has posted a series of new videos featuring former WWE superstar Batista talking about his upcoming MMA debut and his role in the new Quentin Tarantino movie, The Man With The Iron Fists. To view them all, visit June Entertainment’s DocuDave playlist. Here’s a video of Batista talking about the movie:
WWE.com has an article up looking at wrestling schools and the people who trained today’s Superstars and Divas, such as Tyson Kidd, Natalya, Zack Ryder, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Damien Sandow and more.
Daniel Bryan, who was trained by WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels, told this story about almost killing the Heartbreak Kid during his training:
“One night I nearly killed Shawn Michaels. This was before his return from his back injury. I was trying to do a thing where I’d spring off the second rope onto the top rope, spin and do a hurricanrana. Keep in mind, at the time I was 175 pounds, and that’s a lot of weight to land on somebody’s shoulders.
“I was trying to do it on Brian Kendrick, and it wasn’t working. We thought Brian was too small. He was probably 150 pounds at the time. Shawn watched us do it a couple of times, and he got in the ring and wanted to do it with me. I go to do the hurricanrana, land on him and he ends up landing right on his head and rolls right out of the ring. We all freaked out. That was the night I nearly killed Shawn Michaels.”.
– After sustaining a season-ending injury during last Sunday’s game against the St. Louis Rams, Washington Redskins defensive end Adam Carriker immediately thought about Triple H.
“I’m laying there on the turf at the Edward Jones Dome and there’s one thing going through my mind and it’s the image of Triple H tearing his quad tendon off his knee in the ring,” Carriker said on 4th & Pain. “Why I’m thinking about that, I don’t know… I think that’s because it’s exactly where I felt it in my leg.”
Like Carriker, the WWE Superstar tore his left quadriceps muscle in May 2001 and suffered a similar injury at a pay-per-view event in January 2007. The full story is available here.
– The top two matches advertised for Saturday’s SmackDown live event in Sarnia, Ontario did not take place. Originally scheduled for the event were Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett vs. Dolph Ziggler in a Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship and Daniel Bryan and Kane defending the WWE Tag Team Championship against Kofi Kingston and R-Truth. Instead, Sheamus defended the belt against Alberto Del Rio in a singles match, Dolph Ziggler faced Tyson Kidd, Wade Barrett took on Yoshi Tatsu, Kofi Kingston wrestled Ted DiBiase, and Kane and Bryan faced The Prime Time Players.
– WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler’s miraculous recovery from a heart attack on the Sept. 10 Raw is featured in a full page story in the latest issue of The Globe tabloid.
Daniel Bryan appeared on 98.5 SportsHub in Boston this morning. Thanks to Josh (@ClubberinTime) for sending in this report from his appearance.
Bryan started off by talking about Jerry Lawler’s heart attack on RAW this past Monday, and being in the ring at the time. He says he was in the middle of a chin lock and noticed that the crowd was looking away from the ring. He thought that there was a fight in the crowd, and first realized what was going on with Lawler when he went to the top rope. He noted that Lawler was very lucky, and the locker room was very concerned because they’re like a close family backstage.
Bryan said that William Regal came up with the “Daniel Bryan” name, and he revealed that he made a list of names, including “Buddy Peacock.”
He also discussed being a smaller wrestler in WWE, and said that he was lucky that he had ten years of independent wrestling experience before being thrown into a WWE ring. He noted that one of the best things about being out of the indys is that he gets a chance to shower after a WWE show, unlike wrestling in armory’s and small halls.
The host brings up the necktie incident that resulted in his firing from the company in 2010. Bryan admitted that he was fired because it “wasn’t PG.” He defended himself, and said that he was told that they [Nexus] were told to go out there and give a “gang-style” beating. He said that he was new with the company at the time and didn’t know the rules.
He is asked about the difference between “sports entertainment” and “wrestling.” Bryan stated that the fact that WWE produces 8 hours of television a week, it just can’t be wrestling. People would get bored by just 8 hours of wrestling, and he said that you need to throw interviews and storylines in there to give people a break.
Daniel Bryan revealed that he and CM Punk are NO longer vegans after being one for 2 1/2 years. He said that it was the hardest thing to find vegan food on the road.
The host talked about how much Andre The Giant used to drink, and that it doesn’t seem like the wrestlers are drinkers like they used to be. Bryan told a short story about having a cookie eating contest in a lobby in Japan, and the old timers making fun of them and noting how much the times have changed.
– During an interview featured in the new WWE Magazine, Daniel Bryan says he’s spoken to William Regal about being his manager:
“I would love to have William Regal as my manager and we’ve actually talked about it. There are so many entertaining bits we could do. He’s such an entertaining character, so we’ve got some ideas, and I would love to do it.”
– John Laurinaitis was not backstage at this week’s WWE television tapings because he is recovering from shoulder surgery, which took place last week. He is working as the head producer at WWE live events and there are still plans to bring him back as a television character this fall.
– Here is the official poster for WWE’s new “Main Event” show, which premieres on the Ion network on October 3rd (click to enlarge):
– WWE.com has a special feature looking at the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, including Vince McMahon’s emotional address to the WWE Universe and all matches from the September 13, 2001 episode of SmackDown.
– WWE officials have been so impressed with the chemistry between Daniel Bryan and Kane in recent weeks that they decided to scrap the planned Bryan vs. Kane match at Night of Champions and have them face the tag team champions, Kofi Kingston and R-Truth.
– After Monday’s RAW went off the air, John Cena and Bret Hart hung around ringside for around 10 minutes with the fans before leaving to the back.
– Former WWE talent Adam Copeland (a/k/a Edge) appeared on a Canadian morning radio show Wednesday promoting his upcoming appearances on Syfy’s supernatural drama series Haven. He explained that he cut his signature locks last spring prior to his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame because he didn’t want to be a 40-year-old with a ponytail and there were no tables, ladders and chairs in his life. The 14-minute interview is available here.
– WWE developmental talent Joe Anoa’i, brother of former WWE Superstar Rosey and WWE Hall of Famer Yokozuna, recently changed his ring name in NXT from Leakee to Roman Reigns. His new character is a successful businessman who dons three piece suits and hits just as hard outside the ring in business negotiations.
– Former WWE talent Maryse Ouellet will host a launch party for House of Maryse, her jewelry line, at the Lily Bar & Lounge at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, Sept. 15 beginning at 11:00 p.m.
– Ticketmaster.com is currently holding a pre-sale for the Dec. 28 Raw at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, Long Island with the passcode WWENASSAU. A match pitting John Cena and Kane against CM Punk and Daniel Bryan is being locally advertised for the event.
– Former WWE talent Maryse Ouellet will host a launch party for House of Maryse, her jewelry line at the Lily Bar & Lounge at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, Sept. 15 beginning at 11:00 p.m.
– WWE.com has an exclusive post-RAW backstage video up of Daniel Bryan hugging a group of people to prove that it was Kane’s fault their “hug it out” session didn’t go as planned.
– As announced on RAW, the official theme for WWE’s Night of Champions pay-per-view is the song “Champions” by Kevin Rudolf featuring Limp Bizkit, Birdman and Lil’ Wayne.
– Roddy Piper’s interview with Batista will air this Thursday night from 8-10pm PST on toadhopnetwork.com.
– Some of the WWE-related terms that trended worldwide on Twitter during RAW were CM Punk, Paul Heyman, #WWEHug, Kane, Daniel Bryan, Texas Cloverleaf and Jack Swagger.
– Paul Heyman will likely appear on tonight’s live Raw broadcast emanating from Chicago, Illinois as he was spotted by numerous fans in the area. He has not appeared on WWE programming since the Raw after SummerSlam.
– WWE Champion CM Punk was at one point today scheduled to open Raw.
– Kane and Daniel Bryan are set to reveal their “anger collages” in their next anger management class on Raw tonight. The program will reportedly feature three segments.
– WWE Hall of Famer Johnny Valiant is scheduled to hold a comedy show this Saturday at the Great Neck Arts Center in Great Neck, New York.
– According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, WWE Studios’ The Day, Doug Aarniokoski’s visceral action thriller, drew an estimated $10,100 at the box office in its debut weekend. The movie was shown in 12 theaters and finished in 52nd place out of 54 movies tracked.
– The individual who portrayed Stylez Monroe during last week’s Raw “Anger Management” sketches with Daniel Bryan and Kane was California-based wrestling personality Ryan Katz. He has appeared as GQ Money for Xtreme Pro Wrestling and Fabian Kailen for Wrestling Society X.
– John Cena addressed tonight’s Raw via Twitter, which takes place on rival CM Punk’s home turf of Chicago, Illinois.
He tweeted, “Allstate Arena tonight for #RAW Chicago is always an interesting environment. Its one that u wont wanna miss.”
– Ultimate Warrior clarified on Twitter that he will not be wrestling during his scheduled appearance at Big Time Wrestling’s Friday, October 5 event at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He will appear in the ring during the show and sign autographs.
The WWE website caught up with several superstars following Monday’s RAW, including Triple H, Daniel Bryan and WWE Champion CM Punk.
– Following his attack on Jerry Lawler, Punk said he needed to get staples in his head to close a gash in his head that took place during the steel cage match. Looking forward to Night of Champions, Punk said he had the pleasure of beating John Cena in his home town last year (Chicago) and will have the pleasure of beating Cena in his own home town of Boston next month.
– Daniel Bryan talked about the shouting match he got into with a fan at ringside that cost him his match against R-Truth. Bryan insisted he doesn’t have anger issues and says Kane is really the one that needs professional help. Bryan also talked about his new nickname – “Mr. Small Package.”
– After his emotional speech from RAW, WWE.com cameras tried to get a word with Triple H, but he kept walking by without making a statement.
