– Shawn Michaels and Triple H made a special appearance in front of the live crowd prior to Monday’s RAW from Atlanta. DX came out and interrupted a Jinder Mahal promo. They joked around with him before before laying him out with Sweet Chin Music and a Pedigree.
– Former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson and her boyfriend, New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez will be ringside at Sunday’s WrestleMania 28 from Miami. Torrie says she’ll be live blogging the event on her social media accounts.
– Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman’s WrestleMania party this Friday night at Oceans Ten in Miami will feature the following guests: Diamond Dallas Page, Sunny, Rikishi, The Headbangers, David Hart Smith, Rob Terry and Robbie E.
– WWE Studios’ latest release, Bending the Rules, starring Edge and Jamie Kennedy, hits stores today on Blu-Ray & DVD.
Prior to the WWE SmackDown tapings on October 11th, fans in Dallas, Texas were treated to a rare appearance from Shawn Michaels and a reunion of D-Generation X.
According to PWInsider.com, there’s a good chance we might see Shawn Michaels and DX return to WWE television in the coming weeks.
At Sunday’s Vegneance pay-per-view, Kevin Nash made a surprise return and brutally attacked Triple H. There was a lot of talk backstage at Vengeance that Michaels could return to television and get involved in the Nash-Triple H storyline.
For what it’s worth, WWE is planning to release several new pieces of DX merchandise soon.
Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown tapings from Dallas, TX featured a DX reunion. Although Shawn Michaels’ return to a WWE ring will not be broadcast on Friday’s SmackDown – we’ve got footage of the reunion here.
HBK wrote the following on Twitter regarding the DX reunion:
“I’ve lost my voice. I can no longer yell for a promo & not lose my voice. The ol’ yelling vocal cords are out of practice:-)”
“Was great to see everybody at WWE & of course a big thank you to the folks of Dallas.”
“As I’ve said before. I will not be on Smackdown. It was just DX doing their silly stuff for the live audience which requires screaming.”
Former WWE and TNA Superstar “Road Dogg” BG James announced on Facebook this afternoon that he’s signed with WWE as an agent/producer. He wrote:
“Ok guys,if you dont know already,here goes;I have recently been hired,on a trial,6 week period,as an agent/producer with the WWE.Its the job Ive wanted and prayed about for a while now.He answered my prayers and now its my turn to repay Him w/my service.God bless you guys and have a great evening!”
It was recently reported that James was scouting talent in India for TNA, for a new television show that they are looking at producing.
Posted October 10th, 2011 in News, WWE. Tagged: DX.
– WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper’s new movie “Fancypants,” which won “Best Feature” at the Sunscreen Film Festival, will be screening this weekend in Chicago.
‘Fancypants’ is the story of a professional wrestler, ‘Leo the Blue Lion’, who is nearing the end of his career and finds out he has one fan left in an 8-year old boy, who hides a truth that will change Leo’s life forever.”
Piper appears as a former professional wrestler turned announcer.
Here’s the trailer for the movie:
– WWE is advertising a DX reunion for the October 11 Smackdown taping in Dallas, Texas. Dallas is not far from Shawn Michaels’ hometown of San Antonio.
The 10/11 Dallas show is being billed as a SuperShow event with the stars of both Raw and SmackDown appearing.
— WWEDVDNews.com has confirmed that World Wrestling Entertainment will release a video on D-Generation X titled Final Conflict on April 5 in North America. It will be released on both DVD and Blu-ray.
The three-disc set will pick off where the 2007 set left off with matches from their rivalries with The Legacy and JeriShow. It will also contain brand new interviews with Shawn Michaels and Triple H.
— Continuing their angle from Monday’s Raw, SmackDown Superstar Alberto Del Rio lost to R-Truth in a singles match at Friday’s Raw live event in Augusta, Georgia. He lost to the former United States Champion for the second consecutive night at Saturday’s SmackDown live event in Lexington, Kentucky.
— Chris Masters celebrated his 27th birthday Saturday.
— Bret Hart returned to the ring Friday at WWE’s SmackDown live event in Cologne, Germany. “The Hitman” teamed with David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd to defeat Husky Harris, Heath Slater and David Otunga. The match concluded when Slater tapped out to Hart’s Sharpshooter.
— Shawn Michaels and Triple H were at the Georgia Dome Thursday before the Atlanta Falcons vs. Baltimore Ravens game. They briefly discussed WrestleMania XXVII before doing the signature ‘Are You Ready’ bit. HBK explained they had to say ‘Rise Up’ instead of a certain catchphrase because it’s the Falcons slogan this year, and also because they don’t want to get in trouble.
Former WWE & TNA star Sean “X-Pac” Waltman went on Twitter yesterday and said he’s working on getting a DX reunion together. Waltman wrote:
“Im working on getting a tour of Europe w/a DX Reunion of Myself & The New Age Outlaws. Any reputable promoters interested, FB mesg me.”
When asked by a Twitter follower how he’d be able to promote a DX reunion when WWE owns the rights to the DX trademarks, Waltman replied:
“Well …..Who cares? There would have no longer been a DX when Shawn quit after losing to Austin. We were the real degenerates.”
Later, he spoke about the most recent incarnation of DX (Shawn Michaels, Triple H and all that bad comedy):
“Everyone already had that watered down version of a dx reunion. Not HHH & Shawns fault though .. I just mean that the content was watered down because of the whole PG thing. No disrespect. I love them both dearly.”
— The WWE website has posted a “Where Are They Now?” feature on former Four Horseman manager J.J. Dillon. Dillon, now 67, noted he now resides in Delaware where he works for the department of corrections as a corrections officer. He also discussed his time in World Championship Wrestling, saying while the money was great, he was miserable working for them. He takes Eric Bischoff to task.
“[Eric] Bischoff had his agenda and I wasn’t necessarily in sync with what he was doing,” Dillon said of WCW’s former President. “I was the one person who could expose him for somebody who knew absolutely nothing about the wrestling business. Instead of tapping into me as a resource, he went around me.”
Though WCW had some profitable years in the late ’90s, he could see issues with management that would present serious problems in the future.
“I knew what was going to happen, but nobody wanted to listen. They looked at me like I was crazy.”
— Orlando Colón, cousin of Carlito and Primo, worked under a mask at last night’s Florida Championship Wrestling television taping in Tampa. He performed as Dos Equis, going over Portis Clay (a/k/a G-Rilla).
— WWE plans on releasing a DVD set on D-Generation X chronicling its most recent run. No word yet on when it will be released.
— Next Friday in Toledo, Ohio, The Miz appears at the Seaway Market Place located at 1707 Cherry Street. He will be signing autographs and meeting fans from 3 to 4 p.m.
— DX is done for the time being as they’ve been removed as a unit from the opening Raw montage. Hornswoggle was cut of out the opener as well. His partnership with DX was said to be a last ditch effort to get something out of him as a character though it’s expected they’ll find something new for him considering how over he is with with younger fans.
— Chavo Guerrero sprained his ankle over the weekend at a WWE live event. On Twitter, he posted this image and noted the following: “A little tape &alot of advil & my ankle will be fine. Strong like bull! Thanks for all your concerns but u can’t hurt steel! Lol”
— WWE returns to the Santa Maria Bullring in Queretaro, Mexico on Friday, May 7th, 2010. Bell time is 8:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 11 a.m. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)
(Credit to www.f4wonline.com for some of the information used in this report)
— While watching Raw last week, Joey Styles took aim at D-Generation X on his Twitter account, writing: “Is anybody else besides me sick of DX?”
He posted several other tweets commenting on the show, but they have all since been deleted.
— An apparently upset Tyson Kidd expressed his disappointment on being left off Sunday’s Royal Rumble match with the following message on his Facebook account: “Guess they found 30 guys better, either that or I drew number 31.” Fellow Hart Dynasty member David Hart Smith was also left off the card.
– The WWE Unified Tag Team Titles will be on the line at next week’s RAW as DX will defend in a Triple Threat against the teams of CM Punk & Luke Gallows and Big Show & The Miz.
– Next week’s Raw will be hosted by NASCAR driver Carl Edwards.
– 2010 Royal Rumble winner Edge will host “The Cutting Edge” show on Friday’s SmackDown with special guest The Undertaker.
– Former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler will be appearing on USA Network’s Psych this coming Wednesday night.
– The 2010 Royal Rumble had some stiff television competition on Sunday night. The NFL Pro Bowl, which went head-to-head with the Rumble, drew 12.3 million viewers and did an 8.2 rating. It was the highest rated Pro Bowl game in 10 years and the males 18-34 demographic was up a sharp 72% from last year. (Source: f4wonline.com)
– Chris Jericho’s Chasing the Grail album peaked at No. 1 on the UK Amazon.com sales charts last week.
— During an interview with InYourHeadOnline.com, BG James (a/k/a Road Dogg) said he recently spoke to WWE officials about returning to the organization, but noted, “it wasn’t meant to be.”
James said he feels he’s too old to keep up with the younger wrestlers, but believes he can contribute behind the scenes. He said his best memories in the industry took place during the Attitude Era, mentioning selling stunners for “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.
— In less than 24 hours, the brand new digital release of Superstar and Diva entrance themes, WWE The Music: A New Day, climbed the charts to be the No. 1 album on Amazon.com in the Rock and Soundtrack categories. The music album can be downloaded at Amazon.com for the low price of $3.99 for a limited time because after Tuesday, the price goes up.
— WWE Monday Night Raw on April 5th, 2010 will be held at the I Wireless Center in Moline, Illinois. Tickets go on sale February 6th, 2010 at 10 a.m. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)
It would appear that the latest D-Generation X run is coming to an end as Shawn Michaels said during an interview with the KISS-FM radio station out of San Antonio this past week that DX will “probably disband” following the Royal Rumble so they can focus on their respective matches at WrestleMania.
When asked if he had any plans on retiring, Michaels said: “Well, that’s always the million dollar question. I’d like to go on record as saying I have been trying to retire for the last three years… [WWE] makes it very difficult, you know, Vince McMahon is nuts. I try to walk away then WrestleMania comes up, they put me in a match, I do well, and [Vince] doesn’t make it very easy.”
Also it would appear that he had zero input in selecting matches for WWE’s upcoming DVD release on him, Shawn Michaels: My Journey. He responded with the following: “They found my 25 greatest matches?”
It had been rumored that Michaels would handpick his favorite twenty-five matches of his career for the DVD release.
— It was announced during tonight’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown that CM Punk and Luke Gallows will challenge D-Generation X for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championships at next week’s show in Cincinnati, Ohio.
It was also announced that Drew McIntyre will be defending his Intercontinental Championship against John Morrison in a No Disqualification Match.
— A match taped this past Tuesday in Greenville, South Carolina pitting Dolph Ziggler against Jimmy Wang Yang was cut from tonight’s Friday Night SmackDown broadcast due to time constraints.
— Rey Mysterio is featured on the cover of the February 2010 issue of WWE Magazine — which hits newsstands next Tuesday — wearing wings.
— Santino Marella beat Paul Burchill in a dark match before last night’s live Raw broadcast in Hartford, Connecticut. Paul was accompanied by his sister Katie.
— The following two matches were taped prior to Raw for this Thursday’s episode of WWE Superstars on WGN America:
* Alicia Fox vs. Melina
* Carlito and Jack Swagger vs. Chris Masters and MVP
— After Monday’s WWE RAW went off the air, DX and John Cena wrestled The Big Show, Randy Orton and Sheamus. DX and Cena got the win after Cena pinned Randy Orton. The faces celebrated after the match and the fans went home happy.
– As noted earlier, sources in WWE are interested to see how the politics will be with Triple H once Bret Hart is back in the company. Many are curious to see how diplomatic Triple H will be with the whole situation. Most feel that given the recent changes in his life, Shawn Michaels will get along fine and wouldn’t be surprised if he gave Hart an apology.
– A former WWE employee was with Shane McMahon at a non-wrestling function over the weekend. The friend notes that Shane was beyond relaxed and relieved. Shane didn’t say anything negative about WWE but did seem glad that his travel schedule was over. Shane gave no indication of what’s next for him besides spending more time with his family. Apparently the meeting he had with UFC officials went well but it doesn’t look like anything further has came from it. While Shane is pretty aware of UFC, his interest in MMA must be blown out of proportion as he didn’t know of MMA promotion Strikeforce, where they stand of their recent moves.
(Credit to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter for the information used in this report)
The short-term deal that Bret Hart has signed with WWE is a performer’s contract, so he will be an integral part of the storylines heading into WrestleMania. It’s still believed by many that he will be wrestling one match, most likely against Vince McMahon at WrestleMania.
Bret is old-school and is trying to keep everything about his return quiet. Because of this, a lot of news might not get out about plans for him in WWE before his first appearance. It’s still not confirmed that Bret will be hosting the January 4th RAW. WWE has announced guest hosts for the weeks before and after that date and that’s the night TNA challenges WWE for the first time on Monday nights, but nothing is confirmed yet.
Bret is a bit heavier than he has been in the past and is trying to get back into ring shape. He has been suffering from an unknown back injury that has made it hard to train.
Bret hasn’t talked with Shawn Michaels or Triple H since Montreal so it will be interesting to see how everything plays out between them.
— Triple H and Shawn Michaels are said to be allies of young superstar Drew McIntyre and are partilly responsible for his strong push on SmackDown. They feel he has the potential to be the next major star and a talent the company can build around in the future, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Many see the similarities between McIntyre and a younger Triple H, with the height, body build, hair and the same ability. The strong push for McIntyre has upset talent backstage, as some wrestlers have been around for several years and were promised a push if they performed better The general feeling backstage on the Raw brand is that if you do not have the support of Triple H, Shawn Michaels, John Cena or Randy Orton, then your upward mobility on the card is limited.
— There’s nothing new to report on Shane McMahon’s resignation from WWE. After speaking with a number of people in WWE, nobody seems to know why he left or what’s next for Shane.
— Sources say that Triple H is quite high on Drew McIntyre and is one of the driving forces behind the young wrestler’s current push. Vince McMahon has also singled McIntyre out as somebody he sees to have great potential.
— Speaking of Drew McIntyre, there was a minor backstage issue with his Hell in a Cell opponent R-Truth at last week’s pay-per-view. According to F4Wonline.com, R-Truth was preparing to go out to the ring when a WWE producer told him to remove the camouflage vest he was wearing because that’s now DX’s thing. He approached Stephanie McMahon about the issue, who said that he should probably discuss the issue with Triple H. At that point, R-Truth decided to take the vest off and head to the ring for his match without it.