Last week, Darren Young suffered an elbow injury during a match taped for Main Event. The former Prime Time Player confirmed the injury on social media, revealing it to be a hyperextension which resulted in “a traumatic dislocation & fracture of the coronoid process” of his right elbow.
He later followed up with a photo of the aftermath and a video clip of the injury taking place.
No word on how long he’ll be out of action, but we wish him a speedy recovery.
– WWE taped Epico vs. Darren Young and Dana Brooke vs. Alicia Fox for this week’s Main Event episode. As reported here, Young suffered an arm injury during the match.
– Singer Sophia Grace will premiere her new “Hollywood” music video on tonight’s SmackDown with appearances by Lana, Naomi, The Bella Twins and Sasha Banks. Here’s a behind the scenes look:
– Former WWE star Ted DiBiase, Jr. was backstage for Sunday’s WWE house show in Jackson, MO as he lives in the area. Natalya tweeted this photo with him:
Darren Young suffered some sort of arm or shoulder injury during tonight’s WWE Main Event tapings in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The injury came during a match against Epico. Young fell on the apron and got back up clutching his arm. The match was then stopped by the referee. Young ended up being helped to the back by Bob Backlund, seen below in this fan photo:
– WWE announced 12,708 fans in attendance for tonight’s RAW from the Allstate Arena in Chicago.
– WWE taped Lince Dorado vs. Tony Nese and Darren Young vs. Titus O’Neil tonight in Chicago for this week’s WWE Main Event show.
– WWE has confirmed Goldberg for next Monday’s RAW in Tampa, the first RAW of 2017. Below is a new promo for Goldberg and Brock Lesnar entering the Royal Rumble main event:
– The New Day could make history next week by surpassing Demolition as the longest reigning tag team champions in WWE history. They’ll have one final challenge before staking their claim to the honor. Next week on RAW, it will be New Day vs. Gallows & Anderson vs. Sheamus & Cesaro with New Day’s gold up for grabs.
Discussion: Will New Day break Demolition’s record next week, or will one of the other teams spoil their big accomplishment?
– Matches taped prior to RAW for this week’s episode of Main Event included Bo Dallas vs. Sin Cara and Darren Young vs. Jinder Mahal.
– As announced on RAW, Emma is making her WWE television return as “Emmalina” next week.
– Mauro Ranallo confirmed on Twitter that he will be working the NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II pre-show panel on Saturday night with Renee Young and others. The Takeover pre-show kicks off at 7:30pm EDT on the WWE Network. The actual Takeover event is scheduled to air from 8pm EDT until 10:30pm. There will also be a Takeover preview show on Wednesday night at 8pm EDT on the WWE Network.
– This WWE SummerSlam ad features Women’s Champion Sasha Banks cutting a promo on her “spoiled brat” opponent Charlotte:
– As seen below, Darren Young did some jiu-jitsu training with Jeff Huang this weekend. Huang wrote the following about coaching Young:
– WWE taped the following matches last night in Grand Rapids for this week’s Main Event episode: Sheamus vs. Titus O’Neil, Becky Lynch vs. the returning Alicia Fox plus Jack Swagger, Apollo Crews and Golden Truth vs. The Ascension and The Vaudevillains.
– Darren Young will debut a new theme song on this week’s SmackDown. As noted, Young and Bob Backlund will be appearing on MizTV with Young’s Battleground opponent this Thursday, WWE IC Champion The Miz.
– WWE is working with former WWE/WCW star and UK legend Dave Taylor again. Taylor is being sent to Harley Race’s 2016 Wrestling Camp next month to scout and evaluate talents. “Squire” is replacing Gerald Brisco, who was previously announced for the camp but had a scheduling conflict.
– EVOLVE included the following in their e-mail alerts on their relationship with WWE after their footage was used in the WWE CWC Bracketology special on the WWE Network:
EVOLVE, WWN Supershow and DGUSA footage was featured prominently in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic Bracketology special on The WWE Network. You can currently watch it on the WWE Network On Demand portion to get ready for the first WWE Cruiserweight Classic program on Wednesday night on the WWE Network. This is simply a progression as the relationship between WWE and WWN develops. There is no telling what will happen next. WWN is very happy to supply this footage to WWE and thankful that WWE is allowing EVOLVE to host WWE Cruiserweight Classic Spotlight Matches on all the EVOLVE live events this summer. We hope you are enjoying this very special time as much as we are.
– As seen Monday night on Raw, Darren Young stunned fans by winning a Battle Royal to determine the No. 1 contender for the Intercontinental Championship. As a result of the victory, he will challenge The Miz for the title at WWE Battleground on July 24.
The contest ended after Apollo Crews and Baron Corbin eliminated each other, making Young the last man standing.
His win snapped a career-long drought. According to ProFightDB.com, it was the first time Young had won a match on his own on Raw.
The drought extended nearly six years as he faced John Cena the night after SummerSlam in August 2010.
– Alicia Fox is back on the road with WWE.
The one-time Divas Champion revealed she was in Detroit for last night’s Raw. However, she wasn’t used.
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Fox, who last wrestled in April during WWE’s European tour, will be returning to the ring soon. She is advertised for a WWE live event on Saturday, July 30 in Savannah, Georgia.
– Today would have been the 102nd birthday of Vince McMahon, Sr.
– Dark matches from last night’s WWE TV tapings in Toledo saw Darren Young with Bob Backlund defeat Heath Slater, using the Chicken Wing submission, and WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day defeat The Vaudevillains.
– The following matches are scheduled for tonight’s episode of NXT on the WWE Network:
Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss
Hype Bros vs. Blake & Murphy
Best of 3 Falls: NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival vs. American Alpha
Also tonight, Daniel Bryan and Mauro Ranallo will host Bracketology, an inside look at the upcoming Cruiserweight Classic series which premieres later this month. Click here for complete spoilers from the first CWC tapings.
– Sasha Banks was Michael Cole’s guest for this week’s WWE.com sitdown interview. The Boss discusses her Muscle & Fitness Hers cover shoot, paying tribute to Eddie Guerrero at WrestleMania 32 and how she helped transform a Divas Revolution into a Women’s Evolution in WWE.
– The final rating for Monday’s WWE RAW from Tampa was a 2.21, down from last week’s 2.44. As noted, the show drew 3.093 million viewers, down from last week’s 3.467 million.
– Darren Young recently paid his respects at a local memorial for the Pulse nightclub terror attack victims and met survivor Angel Santiago, seen below in this tweet from WWE Community:
– Alicia Fox will be returning to the ring soon as she is advertised for a WWE live event on Saturday, July 30 in Savannah, Georgia.
According to the official website of the Savannah Civic Center, she will be teaming up with Paige to face WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte and Natalya.
Fox last wrestled in April during WWE’s European tour.
– WWE Network subscribers can now watch the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro (airdate March 26, 2001). The historic program was added to the vault this week, along with other episodes from 1999, 2000 and 2001.
– WWE’s Community website posted photos of Darren Young meeting Pulse nightclub survivor Angel Santiago and paid his respects to those lost during the Orlando, Florida, shooting at a local memorial.
TMZ Sports recently caught up with Darren Young, as seen above, and asked his most embarassing in-ring moment.
Young talks about teaming with Titus O’Neil to wrestle The Wyatt Family and he was slammed so hard that he “sharted” himself. Young recalls the embarrassing moment and says you could see what happened through his tights.
– Kyle Edwards, who just parted ways with WWE, will be hosting the Canada-exclusive “Our Nation’s Pride: The Best of Canadian Superstars” DVD that hits stores next week.
– Darren Young tweeted the following on the controversial North Carolina House Billl 2, which has been dubbed The Bathroom Bill as critics say it discriminates against transgender people. Tonight’s Raw takes place in Greensboro, NC.
Hey @DarrenYoungWWE Youre disrespecting the gay population as a whole if you work the @wwe Greensboro NC Raw tonight. #housebill#2
– Zeb Colter, who was released by WWE on Friday, has been announced to appear at an event co-promoted by WrestlePro and Global Force Wrestling on Saturday, June 11 in Keyport, New Jersey.
– This week’s edition of WWE Superstars is now available to watch on the WWE Network and it features Damien Sandow’s final singles match in WWE. He faced Darren Young in a match taped Monday night before Raw. It was not, however, his last match inside a WWE ring as he competed in a Battle Royal on Raw to decide the No. 1 contender for Kalisto’s United States Championship.
– A Chyna bio has been added to WWE.com. You can check it out here.
– Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Alex Riley and Finn Balor’s return has been announced for next week’s WWE NXT episode. This will be Balor’s first TV appearance since dropping the NXT title to Samoa Joe.
– Goldust and R-Truth are finally getting in the ring together on next Thursday’s SmackDown – but on opposing teams. It will be Goldust and Fandango vs. Truth and Tyler Breeze.
– As seen on this week’s SmackDown, Darren Young’s new “life coach” was revealed to be WWE Legend Bob Backlund. It’s time to Make Darren Great Again.
WWE is repackaging a former Tag Team Champion with a Hall of Famer. Darren Young is being paired up with former WWE World Champion Bob Backlund in a storyline to “Make Darren Great Again.”
In a backstage segment taped on Tuesday night for this week’s SmackDown, Young asked the former World Champion to be his “life coach.” Backlund accepted, and gave him the “Make Darren Great Again” catch phrase based on Donald Trump’s slogan. This will be Backlund’s first appearance on WWE TV since April 2014.
Darren Young has been with WWE since the first season of NXT in 2010, where he was mentored by CM Punk. Young and Titus O’Neil won the WWE Tag Team Championships back in June of 2015 at Money In The Bank.
The segment with Backlund and Young will air on Thursday night on the USA Network.
– WWE.com announced on Tuesday that a pre-sale for tickets to this year’s WWE Hall Of Fame induction ceremony is now ongoing at Ticketmaster.com with the code “DOTCOM.” The pre-sale ends at 11pm ET/10pm CT on Thursday, January 14th. The 2016 WWE Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, which will be headlined by Sting this year, takes place on Saturday, April 2nd at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Tickets for the general public will be available on Friday, January 15th at 10am ET/9am CT at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000.
– Independent wrestling veteran Luke Hawx worked a dark match at the WWE SmackDown television tapings on Tuesday night after briefly appearing in a backstage segment on Monday’s WWE RAW. Apparently other talent from the Louisiana-based WildKat Spots promotion worked tryout matches for WWE this week as well.
– Darren Young posted the following photo that features he and Titus O’Neil with other WWE Superstars on the WrestleMania 32 promotion WWE is doing with the Texas lottery this year.
Titus O’Neil’s angle with Stardust in recent weeks has left fans wondering whether The Prime Time Players are still a unit.
Last Monday on Raw, O’Neil once again interrupted Stardust’s ‘celestial, cinematic’ rant in the Star Room to urge “The Prince of Dark Matter” to get in touch with reality. Meanwhile, O’Neil’s longtime tag team partner, Darren Young, was in singles action against Bo Dallas in a match taped that night for the latest episode of WWE Superstars. During the contest, announcers Rich Brennan and Byron Saxton addressed the state of The Prime Time Players.
“I talked to Darren Young earlier today and asked him about the state of The Prime Time Players and he said, ‘You know, we’re still boys,'” Brennan said. “Titus’ O’Neil and Darren Young still have each other’s backs, but obviously are just trying to be the best, whether it’s individually or together.”
Saxton added, “For the better part of five years, Titus O’Neil and Darren Young have been best friends, they’ve been tag team partners. They understand each other and they understand the desires to succeed on an individual basis and they support each other.”
While O’Neil and Young appear to be heading in different directions, they have not officially broken up. On WWE Superstars, Young was introduced by ring announcer Lilian Garcia as one-half of The Prime Time Players. He also came out wearing a Prime Time Players T-Shirt to the team’s theme song.
– WWE Studios posted the following GIF featuring Paige in the movie “Santa’s Little Helper,” which stars The Miz and is scheduled for a November 17th release.
– Jake “The Snake” Roberts posted the following teaser regarding a potential follow-up to the “Resurrection of Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts” documentary that he and Diamond Dallas Page have out now.
The beginning has been lived and RESURRECTION filmed and now playing. Time to write the biggest FINISH ever conceived. Coming in NEW YEAR.
– WWE Superstars Sheamus, Titus O’Neil and Darren Young are working out with the NFL’s Denver Broncos prior to tonight’s RAW in Denver, Colorado. O’Neil posted the following photo of the three with DeMarcus Ware.
– Last night’s episode of Monday Night RAW hailed from the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York and King Barrett made his return attacking both Neville and Stardust during their match.
WWE ring announcer Eden caught up with King Barrett backstage as shown in the video above after he attacked both men and asked him why? His response, because Stardust had a debt to pay.
– Prior to RAW airing last night (full results found here) The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O’Neil) granted a wish as part of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. You can see them with Lucas below.
– Wrestling journalist Wade Keller of PWTorch.com joins WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin on the latest edition of the “Steve Austin Show” podcast to review WWE SummerSlam. You can download the show at PodcastOne.com.
– The Prime Time Players, Titus O’Neil and Darren Young, are the guests on the latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast. You can download that show as well at PodcastOne.com.
– Big Show delivers a Labor Day message in the following video released by WWE on Tuesday.
“It’s a shame that some people can’t be happy for others. Relationships are hard to maintain so when you see someone committed to their partner, why must you try and destroy something that he worked so hard for? Respect is mutual. You need to give it in order to receive it. #Blockthehate #Spreadtheword #Passalong”
– After making a cameo in the Madden NFL trailer earlier this week, former WWE Diva AJ Lee mentioned on Twitter that she’s teaming up with the PAWS Chicago organization and designer Beautiful Disaster to help shelter animals.
– Jim Ross tweeted the following photo with his former broadcast partner, Jerry “The King” Lawler while the two of them were doing voice work for WWE 2K16’s 2K Showcase mode:
It looks like one-half of the former WWE Tag-Team Champion Prime Time Players, Darren Young, is airing some dirty laundry in public involving himself and a WWE Total Divas cameraman.
Apparently the Total Divas cameraman sent Young a shirtless photograph, something Young did not appreciate.
Below are some comments and screen shots sent back-and-forth between Young and the cameraman.
One-half of the current WWE Tag Team Champion Prime Time Players, Darren Young, posted the following message on his official Instagram page about his character not being gay, but how he wouldn’t mind if it was.
“I’m happy with Darren Young and where he stands in the company at present. Even though my character isn’t gay, I’m still able to express myself in other ways like when I put my arms up into an equal sign,” said Young. “That’s my signature pose and it symbolizes what Darren Young is all about. I’m here, and I do what I do to show everyone that we are all equal. Gay, straight, male, female, whatever your race, if you work hard and stay focused, you can make it to the big leagues!”
Young continued, “As a proud gay man in the WWE, I’ve always thought my success was entirely due to my skills as an entertainer and wrestler. It had nothing to do with my personal life. This said, I wouldn’t mind if my character turned gay if it’s for the sake of having an intriguing yet tasteful storyline, but I wouldn’t do that switch if the reason is “just to have a gay character”. #blockthehate #spreadtheword #passalong”