– WWE will release their latest quarterly earnings report tomorrow (Thursday). The report should include finalized financial results for WrestleMania 29 and an update on the WWE Network.
– WWE’s international tour continues, with the “RAW” crew finishing it’s tour of Australia and heading to Shanghai, China for a live event on Friday. The other crew continues its tour of South Africa today with a second show in Cape Town.
– 3MB member Drew McIntyre tweeted the following about why he’s not wrestling on WWE’s ongoing international tour:
– This month’s “Where Are They Now?” feature at WWE.com spotlights former superstar Dennis Knight, best known as Mideon. The article states:
Since leaving WWE in 2000, Knight has become a wizard in the kitchen, operating his own catering company and planning to throw his name in the hat for an upcoming season of the hit reality series “Food Network Star.”
-The Forever Hooligans, Rocky Romero and Alex Koslov, won the Ring Of Honor World Tag-Team Titles at the ROH television taping in Providence, Rhode Island on Saturday. Romero and Koslov, who are already the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight World Tag-Team Champions, defeated Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish in a great 15-minute match to become the first tag-team in quite a while to hold major championships in two different top organizations simultaneously.
-Speaking of Ring Of Honor, current ROH wrestler Matt Hardy held an “Ask Matt” Q&A on his official Twitter account late Saturday evening. Hardy was asked a lot of typical questions, such as if it’s possible he’ll ever return to WWE. Hardy stated that it was possible. He was asked who he felt the most underrated workers were in WWE today. Hardy mentioned Antonio Cesaro and Drew McIntyre as two guys who he felt were underrated. Hardy was also asked when he and Reby Sky will be getting married. Hardy said the two will tie the knot on October 5th, and even linked to an official website completely dedicated to Hardy and Sky’s upcoming wedding. Check out the full Hardy Q&A on his official Twitter page (@MATTHARDYBRAND).
– In this week’s edition of The JBL & Cole Show, Cody Rhodes and WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes continuing their “Duel” storyline with John “Bradshaw” Layfield, the Prime Time Players re-enacting a scene from The Notebook, and Theodore Long and his grandson appear.
– 3MB member Drew McIntyre will be competing in singles matches during this weekend’s live event tour. He wrote on Twitter, “Reminder.Flying solo, Bismarck got a rapid reminder that Drew McIntyre is the most aggressive man in sports entertainment. Fargo you’re next.”
– Dustin Runnels, formerly known as Goldust, will appear at the Frank & Son Collectible Show 19649 San Jose Ave. City of Industry, California, this Wednesday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Call 714-496-4578 for more information.
– WWE superstar Fandango recently spoke to WWE.com about being pulled from his Intercontinental title match at Sunday’s Payback PPV due to his concussion:
“If I’m not in the match, I don’t care about the match at all. If I had to make a prediction, I’d say Barrett hangs on to it. I don’t think Curtis Axel is even close to the caliber of a Superstar like Fandango. Barrett is obviously a tough bare-knuckle fighter, and Curtis Axel is a brawler himself. Miz, however, is a pretty-boy Hollywood star. I hope Barrett and Axel put a few scars on that face of his.”
– 3MB member Drew McIntyre has been teasing that his “Chosen One” gimmick could be returning soon. He tweeted this week:
– Another match expected to be added to the WrestleMania 29 card is Team Hell No defending the tag team championships against Dolph Ziggler & Big E Langston. WWE got the feud started on RAW when Langston attacked Daniel Bryan and continued the angle at the SmackDown tapings.
– In response to online reports that Drew McIntyre appeared to be shaken up after getting attacked by Mark Henry and Ryback on RAW, McIntyre tweeted the following:
WWE taped this week’s SmackDown on Tuesday night from Jacksonville, Florida. Here are the results:
* Big Show is shown arriving on his bus. He comes to the ring and talks about how Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez are suspended. Big Show says the recent events between he and Del Rio are Booker T’s fault, which brings out the SmackDown GM. Booker announcers Big Show vs. Kane for tonight.
* Cody Rhodes defeated Kofi Kingston.
* The Great Khali defeated Titus O’Neil.
* Mark Henry came out and destroys Khali, which the crowd loved. Henry announces the Hall of Pain is back and he wants a spot in the SmackDown brand’s Elimination Chamber match. Booker came out and announced Henry vs. Randy Orton.
* Big Show defeated Kane in a quick match.
* Alberto Del Rio is shown outside in the parking lot, where he’s taken the wheels off Show’s tour bus. Show ran out to the parking lot but gets a bunch of paint dropped on top of him from the roof. Del Rio laughed and drove off.
* Jack Swagger squashed Justin Gabriel.
* Tensai beat Drew McIntyre by DQ when 3MB attacked him. Brodus Clay made the save for Tensai.
* Antonio Cesaro beat Sin Cara.
* Mark Henry defeated Randy Orton to earn a spot in the Elimination Chamber match.
– Promoting his ongoing Fozzy tour of the United Kingdom, Chris Jericho spoke to Staffordshire University broadcast journalism student Will Piper of the Staffordshire Newsletter. When asked about a potential return to WWE, the six-time world champion replied, “I’m not quite done with wrestling yet. Never say never.”
On performing before a sold-out crowd Tuesday night at “The Underground,” Jericho said, “Stoke was great last night, it was awesome to start the tour with a sold out show. I always get nervous, but it’s good to have that nervous energy. Stoke’s a great city and I’m glad to be back, it was a good show and thanks to everyone for coming out.” The full interview is available here.
– NXT will be holding its first live events outside of Florida next March. The shows take place on March 8 at the Rainwater Center in Valdosta, Georgia and March 9 at the Fairgrounds in Perry, Georgia.
– 3MB members Drew McIntyre and Heath Slater are scheduled for an autograph signing at tomorrow’s NXT live event at Largo Minregg Hall 6340 126th Ave N, Largo, Florida. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
– In a change to Sunday’s Survivor Series Pre-Show contest, the official WWE website announced Thursday that Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd will square off against two members of 3MB. Gabriel and Kidd replace Santino Marella and Zack Ryder in the bout.
– Smith Hart, brother of Bret Hart, offered his predictions for WWE’s Hall of Fame Class of 2013 via Twitter. He believes Mick Foley, Bob Backlund, Carlos Colon, The Honky Tonk Man and Lawrence Taylor will be enshrined.
– Some Target department stores are selling WWE’s 2008 DVD release on Edge, Edge – A Decade of Decadence, as well as the 2008 DVD release on The Rock, The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment, for $5.00 each.
– A match pitting CM Punk against John Cena is being locally advertised for Monday’s Raw at the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio.
– Ticketmaster.com is currently holding a pre-sale for WWE’s return to the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. for a Raw taping on Saturday, December 29. The passcode is WWEPUNK. Advertised for the event is WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Ryback.
– Drew McIntyre has been off the road the entire month due to the passing of his mother but is expected to resurface this Sunday at Survivor Series as 3MB peers Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal square off against Santino Marella and Zack Ryder in a pre-show match airing on YouTube.
– In an update on WWE’s plans for its Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 6, 2013 at Madison Square Garden, Mick Foley is internally considered a lock to be enshrined and there has been a push for Owen Hart to be honored since his star rose with his classic match against Bret Hart at the venue at WrestleMania X.
Despite the push for Owen, the enshrinement is unlikely to materialize because his widow will not allow it, according to brother Smith Hart.
“Because she blames the wrestling business in its entirety for his death,” he stated on Twitter in February. “She is the sole owner of his estate. With Martha, there will never B a way, perhaps his kids may eventually make the choice. But thats at least 20 yrs in future.”
Meanwhile, talk of Ultimate Warrior being inducted into the Hall “has cooled down substantially of late,” according to F4WOnline.com.
– WWE has released 3MB’s entrance video.
– According to WrestlingFigs.com, Jimmy Hart appears at Pro Wrestling World in the Merchants Square Mall 1901 S. 12th St. Allentown, Pennsylvania on December 2, 2012 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For more information, call 610-798-9900 or e-mail prowrestling1@aol.com.
Drew McIntyre announced via his Twitter page that his mother Angela Anne Galloway died on Saturday at age 51. He posted the following message in remembrance.
“Angela Anne Galloway passed away on Sat 3rd of November 2012 with her family by her side, no words were needed everything spoken through eye contact.
We opened our lives and hearts to world to share Mum and the kind of person and inspiration she was as we are so proud of all she had fought and accomplished and if she could inspire just one person it was worth it… the response was simply overwhelming for our family.
The night before she passed hundreds and thousands of people were thinking and praying for her and that was unbelievable to know that so many people knew Angela Galloway.
I wish we could thank everyone individually as everyones words have touched us all. From my WWE family, my brothers and sisters and even those we don’t know, but we were all connected through the thoughts and prayers for her which were simply unreal.
We say goodbye tomorrow and its going to one big celebration with Mums request of no black, we re getting colourful.
She watched and inspired me to live my dream. At Wrestlemania in Atlanta my father Andrew Snr, brother John and Mum all came over for the family trip of a lifetime. I had them stay at the W hotel and made sure my brother and I took Mum and Dad to the W nightclub (if you know the W it tends to be where the over the top American socialites spend their time), the image will always stay with me. We then travelled across 5 states stopping for Raw and Smackdown tv tapings (they also met my boss Vince McMahon backstage at Smackdown who was so warm to them, with my Dad struggling to find words to say being a little bit taken aback, she didn’t say anything and just smiled at him as he was allowing me to live my dream) We then travelled over 1000 miles in a seven seater National lampoon style having adventures along the way and at our final stop in New Orleans on the final night we took a horse and carriage around the amazing city.
Tomorrow befitting of our Queen she takes her final journey in the exact same manner. There will be no moments silence either as we are celebrating a woman who put more energy and achieved more than anyone could in 5 lifetimes, when we say goodbye it will be a round of applause because she had did it, she had overcame and she had succeeded in life.
Thank you everyone
The Galloway family.
Angela Anne Galloway
1961-2012
She is the heart of our family
A true testament of the human spirit
An inspiration to everyone she ever came in contact with
She was a wife, a friend, a sister, a daughter, an aunt and she was our mother
Through memories and her legacy Angela Galloway will never be forgotten.”
3MB’s Drew McIntyre was not on Monday’s RAW – and WWE.com’s Matt Striker caught up with Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal to ask about McIntyre’s whereabouts. They said D-Mac wasn’t there because he was out doing “business” 3MB (scouting concert venues and meeting with promoters) – but in reality, his mother is very ill.
WWE star The Rock tweeted this message of support for Drew McIntyre on Tuesday morning:
@TheDrewMcIntyre I know your love (and pain) for your mom. My mom fought too.. Angela's a warrior. She's in our prayers. Stay strong brother
– Today is Election Day in the United States and the day that we’ll find out if Linda McMahon will become a Senator for the state of Connecticut. As of Tuesday morning, the New York Times gives Linda just an 8% chance of winning.
Vince McMahon and Triple H were at Monday’s RAW taping from Birmingham, England but flew back to the US right after the show to be with Linda.
Gene Snitsky, who has not appeared for WWE since being released from his contract in December 2008, continues to campaign online for his job back with the sports-entertainment organization.
The 42-year-old wrestler was backstage at Saturday’s Raw live event in Reading, Pennsylvania, where he tweeted a photo of himself with Tensai and stated, “Possible new tag team in #wwe? What ya think?” He added to a fan who wants to see the behemoths team up, “Would love to make it happen!!!! Let #wwe know how u feel.”
Unlike Tensai, Snitsky is not fond of two of his WWE colleagues. He pondered Friday to his Twitter followers, “How does drew McIntyre still have a job? Just wondering….”
A fan then wrote to Snitsky wondering why McIntyre’s 3MB partner, Heath Slater, is also employed by WWE, and the former Superstar responded, “ya him too…. Fukn horrible.”
Snitsky continued railing the Scottish grappler by ridiculing for him for his various persona changes over the years: “heez been repackaged so many times I lost count! Ask @CharlieHaas about him!!!” He added that Haas’ view on McIntyre rhymes with “bits.”
Snitsky then reminisced about the fellow former WWE Superstar purposely clocking McIntyre during a match. He wrote to a follower, “You should hear @CharlieHaas story about the time he punched him in the face during their match! Lmfao.”
Snitsky did not see McIntyre at the show to ask himself why he still has a job, but noted that the WWE Superstar already knows how he feels about him.
– This week’s SmackDown edition of “Backstage Fallout” has 3MB sounding off. Plus, Antonio Cesaro responds to his latest win over an American challenger, Ted DiBiase. Theodore Long also addresses an iPad Eve left behind, which is suggested to feature classified information.
– The official Twitter feed of WWE announced Friday that Sin Cara is on the micro-blogging website at twitter.com/TheSinCaraWWE. WWE also released a Tout video of the masked grappler holding a piece of paper featuring the URL. He has had the account since September, but it was not confirmed until now.
– One of the most controversial wrestlers of all-time, Scott Hall, turns 54-years-old Saturday.
– In this Raw edition of “Backstage Fallout,” Santino Marella and Zack Ryder call out 3MB, while Sheamus looks ahead to his fight against Big Show at Hell in a Cell.
– Three-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and former WWE Superstar Vader noted on Twitter Monday that he was at WWE’s television studio in Stamford, Connecticut filming content.
“Just finished up a very long hard week. Left WWE recording studio did some good work a little rusty on the promos thxs to Kieran from WWE,” he wrote.
– Ryback is featured in today’s “Superstar Spotlight” on WWE.com.
– The new stable that formed on Friday’s SmackDown featuring Jinder Mahal, Heath Slater and Drew McIntyre are calling themselves “Encore” and have been tweeting that they are getting ready to take over WWE.
– WWE is advertising John Cena, Sheamus, Kane & Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk, Big Show, Daniel Bryan and Alberto Del Rio as the main event for the October 22nd RAW from East Rutherford, New Jersey. Cena will still be recovering from elbow surgery and won’t be wrestling.
This is believed to be the final show for Beth Phoenix, who is finishing up with WWE soon.
– WWE.com has a new storyline article up looking at who may have attacked Kaitlyn at Night of Champions. Eve Torres, Layla, Vickie Guerrero and Natalya are listed as possible suspects.
– Several fans who attended last night’s WWE live event from White Plains, New York sent in word that the Divas title match between Eve Torres and Layla (with Aksana as guest referee) was excellent and one of the highlights of the show.
– WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler was released from the hospital in Montreal and is home in Memphis. Michael Cole announced that there will be an exclusive interview with Lawler on next Monday’s Raw.
– Before Raw went on the air Monday, a match featuring Drew McIntyre versus Jinder Mahal was taped for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars.
A match featuring Ted DiBiase vs. JTG also took place but it is unclear whether it will air on Superstars.
– WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura appeared on tonight’s edition of Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN for an interview. The program replays at midnight and 3:00 a.m.
– WWE RAW announcer Jerry Lawler is the latest wrestling legend to be announced for the upcoming “Caribbean Wrestling Bash: The Legend Tour,” taking place from September 7-9 in Aruba. The CWB event will feature a Comedy Night on Friday (9/7) and two”Wrestling Under the Caribbean Stars” shows on Saturday (9/8) and Sunday (9/9), sanctioned by the Bad Boys of Wrestling Federation.
Talent announced for the weekend getaway include Kevin Nash, Jerry Lawler, Roddy Piper, Sean “X-Pac” Waltman, Billy Gunn, the Beautiful People (Angelina Love & Velvet Sky), Scott Steiner, Rhino and Scott Hall’s son, Cody Hall.
– WWE superstar Drew McIntyre addressed his lack of television time on Wednesday night:
– WWE.com updated its roster page this week to reflect recent storyline developments.
Eve and Curt Hawkins are now official members of the SmackDown roster. On last week’s episode of SmackDown, Eve defeated Kaitlyn to become the SmackDown Assistant General Manager to Booker T. Hawkins appeared on the show with Tyler Reks as they debuted male stripper characters. Reks was briefly listed on the page before he was granted his contract release on Tuesday.
AJ Lee is officially a member of the Raw roster after being named Raw General Manager by WWE chief Vince McMahon on Raw 1,000. Despite controlling the program, she continued to be listed as a SmackDown Diva.
– This week’s episode of WWE Superstars is headlined by Justin Gabriel vs. Cody Rhodes. Also featured are Yoshi Tatsu vs. Damien Sandow, Santino Marella vs. Jack Swagger and Alex Riley vs. Drew McIntyre. (Watch)
– Jim Ross, who will commentate matches at tonight’s WWE NXT tapings at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, tweeted prior to the event, “I have plenty of time 4 any NXT talent who wants to be great. To be physical & smart. To work diligently to improve. To the others, nothing.”
– WWE Champion CM Punk’s appearance two weeks ago at the Chicago Comic Con impressed Wizard World officials since he drew a larger audience than fellow WWE Superstar John Cena has in the past. Cena did not draw nearly what the event’s organizers expected the few times they have used him.
– This week on WWE Inbox, Superstars answer questions on what they do during their downtime to relax and whether they had an imaginary friend as a child. On the topic of downtime, The Miz says his father asked him a question about taking a vacation, which Miz said is going home and sitting on his couch in-between traveling. Additional respondents are Antonio Cesaro, Drew McIntyre, Natalya and Tyler Reks.
– Mark Henry and Eve are scheduled to appear at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer, Alaska on Thursday afternoon from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. (Event Information)
– As fans lined up outside the American Airlines Center for Raw, a WWE crew member said Daniel Bryan would debut a new T-Shirt this Sunday at SummerSlam. He surveyed fans on four shirt designs and asked them to pick the one they like.
– Two matches were taped Monday night in Dallas, Texas for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars:
* Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso vs. Johnny Curtis and Michael McGillicutty
* Alex Riley vs. Drew McIntyre
According to a fan account, Curtis debuted a new look in his match.
No dark match was held before the taping.
– Following her victory over Beth Phoenix and Eve on Raw, Kaitlyn posted a Tout of Layla gearing up the Texas native for her match against Eve on SmackDown. A position in SmackDown General Manager Booker T’s administration will be on the line when they fight.
In his first match since flooring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson with a clothesline and subsequent Go to Sleep on Raw 1,000, CM Punk appeared as a babyface at Saturday’s SmackDown live event at Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. He retained the WWE Championship in a Triple Threat Match against Daniel Bryan and Kane. Attendees largely ignored his apparent heel turn on Monday as he was loudly cheered throughout the match.
Chris Jericho rekindled his partnership with Christian as the duo took on Cody Rhodes and Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler donned a Jericho “WANNA-BEE” T-Shirt, which Jericho ripped off during the contest. The match concluded with Jericho striking Rhodes with the Codebreaker.
Drew McIntyre appeared as a babyface on the show as he rushed the ring to aid Ted DiBiase from an attack courtesy of Camacho and Hunico—after DiBiase defeated Hunico due to interference from Camacho. The third generation wrestler then proposed they have a tag team match, which all agreed to. The match concluded with DiBiase escaping Hunico’s sleeper attempt and hitting him with Dream Street.
Other match results were Kaitlyn over Natalya, Jinder Mahal over Percy Watson, Justin Gabriel over developmental wrestler Leo Kruger and World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus over Alberto Del Rio in a Last Man Standing Match.
– After AJ decided not to marry Daniel Bryan on Raw, it was revealed she accepted a proposal from Vince McMahon to become the new permanent Raw General Manager. She stated on Twitter Tuesday evening that she has big things planned.
“Big meetings this week at WWE HQ. Things are about to get VERY interesting. #Raw1001 #businesschucks.”
– Two matches were taped Tuesday night in Kansas City, Missouri for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars: Sin Cara vs. Drew McIntyre and WWE Divas Champion Layla vs. Natalya.
In dark match results, Zack Ryder defeated Heath Slater via Rough Ryder while Jey and Jimmy Uso beat Camacho and Hunico. Both Usos hit Hunico with the Superfly Splash for the pinfall victory.
– Former WWE Superstar Headbanger Mosh weighed in on Monday’s landmark Raw episode via Twitter: “Thought #RAW1000 was pretty good (from what I saw) only thing missing was @steveaustinBSR.”
– Justin Roberts was conspicuously absent from Monday’s Raw SuperShow as Lilian Garcia instead handled ring announcing duties. It was a one-off appearance.
Garcia stated on Twitter, “Justin was on vacation. He will be back next week. :)”
It was Garcia’s first appearance on the program since 2010.
– Matches taped Tuesday night in Evansville, Indiana for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars were:
* Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso vs. Camacho and Hunico
* Sin Cara vs. Antonio Cesaro (with Aksana)
* Kane vs. Heath Slater
* Epico and Primo (with Rosa Mendes) vs. Darren Young and Titus O’Neil (with A.W.)
Brodus Clay beat Drew McIntyre in approximately two minutes in a pre-show dark match. McIntyre worked Clay’s injured knee, but Clay prevailed and won with the running splash.
– Rory McAllister, who appeared for WWE from 2006 to 2008 as a member of The Highlanders, was asked via Twitter about WWE ‘criminally’ disregarding Drew McIntyre. He responded, “Drew has all the tools to be a player but has to grow a set and not be “happy to have a job.” He’s better than that!”
The WWE Superstar who Vince McMahon predicted would be a ‘future World Champion’ has languished since being drafted to the Raw brand in April 2011. He was largely confined to dark matches, WWE Superstars and putting over talent before transferring back to SmackDown late in the year, where the trend continued.
– WWE’s second- and third-generation talent celebrate Father’s Day this weekend by taking a trip down Memory Lane and explaining what it was like growing up with a grappling father. Those sharing stories include Ted DiBiase, Alberto Del Rio, Tamina, Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso and Cody Rhodes. Natalya, daughter of Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, did not take part in the feature. (Article)
– Netflix has added three WWE titles to their streaming service: The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions, The Best of Raw and SmackDown 2011, You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge.
