— WWE has released the promotional video for Extreme Rules, which takes place April 29, 2012 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.

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— As Daniel Bryan went to kiss his girlfriend AJ at WrestleMania XXVIII, he ignored the fact that the bell had already rung to start his World Heavyweight Championship Match against Sheamus. The Celtic Warrior immediately Brogue Kicked him for the victory. A.J. addressed the blunder via Twitter, writing, “I have a feeling I’m sleeping on the couch tonight…”

She continued, “Despite Danny’s loss, this was the best night of my life. Wanted to walk down that ramp my whole life. Also happy I didn’t trip.”

— Former WWE Women’s Champion Melina will appear for Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors Live on Friday, April 13 at Pico Rivera Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. Event information is available here.

Extreme Rules 2012 Poster

– Kane is featured on the new poster for WWE’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view, which takes place on April 29th from Chicago, IL. Below are the official event synopsis, courtesy of InDemand:

“Extreme times call for extreme rules. Don’t miss John Cena, CM Punk, Randy Orton, The Miz and all your favorite WWE Superstars put it all on the line at Extreme Rules, Sunday, live on Pay-Per-View.”

– THQ will not be releasing any more Downloadable Content for the WWE ’12 video game.

– The Miz is overseas in Poland today doing promotional work for WWE.

– Happy birthday to WWE announcer Booker T, who turns 47 years old today.

– Zack Ryder is scheduled to appear at The Steiner Sports Store in Garden City, New York at 7pm this evening. For more information, you can call 800-242-7139.

– An angle took place on Friday’s SmackDown in which it was suggested that Natalya had accidentally farted during a backstage confrontation with Aksana and SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long.

For those who were turned off by the talented diva being featured in a bathroom-humor segment, get ready for more – as WWE will be continuing the “Natalya farting” gimmick in the coming weeks.

– John Cena hit a milestone on Monday by netting 10 million fans on Facebook, becoming the first WWE Superstar to do so. He has since accumulated over 108,000 additional fans.

– In a trivia note, The Miz’s television record since losing the WWE Championship to John Cena in a Triple Threat Steel Cage Match at Extreme Rules on May 1, 2011 is 15-32.

– Nigel McGuinness is working on a documentary about the end of his wrestling career. He also appears in a commissioner role for a West Virginia independent wrestling organization.

(source: F4WOnline.com)

— WWE announced the following on Facebook: “It’s official! WWE Raw’s record-breaking 1,000th episode will take place July 23, 2012 on USA Network! RSVP for this historic night on Facebook for future updates!”

— Signs promoting Colt Cabana, Cliff Compton and Cabana’s Art of Wrestling podcast were confiscated by Allstate Arena personnel at Monday’s Raw SuperShow in Chicago, Illinois.

— The pre-sale password for WWE’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view event is WWERULES. The pre-sale kicks off Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m. at Ticketmaster.com. Extreme Rules takes place April 29, 2012 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois.

source: PWInsider.com

– Mick Foley is currently booked for the RAW brand’s live events this week on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. After Friday, Foley has several bookings in place for independent shows and an upcoming UK comedy tour, but no other WWE appearances scheduled at this time.

– There will be an online ticket pre-sale tomorrow (Tuesday) for Extreme Rules 2012, which takes place on Sunday, April 22nd from Chicago. The pre-sale code will be announced at tonight’s RAW from Chicago.

– After getting several days off to rest up and celebrate the holidays, the WWE crew returns to action tonight for a live RAW from Chicago, Illinois. Here’s a look at the upcoming week’s live events for RAW and SmackDown:

Tuesday:

– RAW: New York, NY @ MSG
– SmackDown (TV Taping): Indianapolis, IN

Wednesday:

– RAW: Pittsburgh, PA
– SmackDown: Detroit, MI

Thursday

– RAW: Washington, D.C.
– SmackDown: Buffalo, NY

Friday:

– RAW: Hartford, CT
– SmackDown: East Rutherford, NJ

— Sunday’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view event featured 1 hour, 38 minutes and 47 seconds of in-ring action. By comparison, WrestleMania XXVII had 1 hour, 41 minutes and 6 seconds of in-ring action.

— WWE is participating in a promotional campaign with Best Buy for the new Blackberry Playbook Tablet as they’re having Superstars post comments on Twitter regarding the device, as well as a link to BestBuy.com.

— Both Kelly Kelly and former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler are ranked in Maxim’s “Hot 100” list. Kelly ranked #82 while Keibler ranked #72.

Kelly is ecstatic over the news as she posted several congratulatory messages from fans and colleagues on her Twitter account.

She added, “Thanks so much to everyone for all the love and Congrats on maxim hot 100 this was such a dream come true for me!!!!”

— Former WWE star Ron Simmons is backstage at tonight’s Raw taping in Tampa, Florida and expected to appear during the program.

— Sin Cara beat Tyson Kidd in a dark match prior to last night’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view telecast.

— Steve Austin is scheduled to appear at the USA Network’s Upfront presentation in New York City today

— WWE returns to the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Mississippi on August 26, 2011 and the Fed-Ex Forum in Memphis, Tennessee on August 27, 2011.

source: PWInsider.com

Following tonight’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view broadcast, John Cena announced that during the event, U.S. troops “captured and compromised” Osama bin Laden. His announcement drew a massive ovation from the audience.

The new WWE Champion gave a speech about American pride while fans chanted “U-S-A.” He posed with fans while ring announcer Justin Roberts thanked the audience for attending Extreme Rules.

Cena then went on Twitter to comment on the news.

He wrote, “CeNation. Proud day in the war on terror. Many brave soliders made the ultimate sacrifice in hopes of what happened tonight.

“I am not certain if this conflict is over. But tonight was a very very proud moment for the good guys. God bless America.”

President Barack Obama announced Sunday in a dramatic late-night statement at the White House that US forces killed the al Qaida leader in Pakistan and took custody of his remains.

Michelle McCool was written off WWE programming tonight at Extreme Rules as she lost an emotionally-charged Loser Leaves WWE Match to Layla.

After apologizing to the Divas locker room, Layla turned her recent streak of losses around when the Diva Search winner had to fight to stay in WWE. The No-Disqualification, No Count-out Match concluded with Layla countering McCool’s attempt at Faithbreaker with a crucifix pin.

While McCool broke down in tears alone in the ring, the wrestler formerly known as Awesome Kong emerged. Upon entering the ring, Kharma grasped McCool and delivered a implant buster butterfly suplex. Backstage, the Divas echoed concern over Kharma’s debut. Similarly to Hugh Morrus, Kharma switched between maniacal laughter and seriousness.

It is unclear at this time whether McCool is leaving WWE permanently.

WWE’s third annual Extreme Rules pay-per-view event takes place tonight at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. There are currently six matches scheduled for the event.

WWE Championship Triple Threat Steel Cage Match
The Miz (c) vs. John Cena vs. John Morrison

World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match
Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio

Last Standing Man Match
Randy Orton vs. CM Punk

Country Whipping Match
Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross vs. Jack Swagger and Michael Cole

Falls Count Anywhere Match
Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes

Loser Leaves WWE Match
Layla vs. Michelle McCool

A match between Michelle McCool and Layla that airs on tonight’s episode of SmackDown ends in a no contest due to incessant brawling between the former tag team partners. They are eventually separated by officials.

Layla then grabs the microphone and tells McCool she’s sick of her. She challenges her to a match at Extreme Rules, with no disqualification and no count out. McCool says she will only accept the challenge if it’s a Loser Leaves SmackDown Match since she no longer has any use for her.

Though McCool announced the bout as a Loser Leaves SmackDown Match at Tuesday’s SmackDown taping in Greensboro, North Carolina, “WWE” is overdubbed in placed of “Smackdown” during the telecast, which has already aired in Australia.

Therefore, Michelle McCool vs. Layla at Extreme Rules will be a Loser Leaves WWE Match.

— WWE has discussed adding a United States Championship Match between Sheamus and Kofi Kingston to this Sunday’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view.

— Jim Ross, who suffered a hand injury on Raw, adamantly stated on Twitter today that he will be ready for his scheduled tag team match at Extreme Rules.

— Jon Moxley of Dragon Gate USA signed a developmental contact with WWE this week. He will report to Florida Championship Wrestling next week.

— Alex Riley celebrates his 30th birthday today.

source: PWInsider.com

It was announced tonight on Raw that the Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross vs. Jack Swagger and Michael Cole match at Sunday’s WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view is a Country Whipping Match. Presumably, it is a strap match.

The updated line-up for Extreme Rules is as follows:

WWE Championship Triple Threat Steel Cage Match
The Miz (c) vs. John Cena vs. John Morrison

World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match
Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio

Last Standing Man Match
Randy Orton vs. CM Punk

Country Whipping Match
Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross vs. Jack Swagger and Michael Cole

Falls Count Anywhere Match
Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes

— WWE officials are strongly considering awarding Christian the World Heavyweight Championship next Sunday at Extreme Rules.

Multiple sources expect his opponent, Alberto Del Rio, to be transferred to Raw during tonight’s WWE Draft.

— The April 22 episode of WWE SmackDown on Syfy scored a 1.87 cable rating, down nine percent from 2.05 the previous week.

The two-hour program averaged 2.8 million viewers, which is down six percent from April 15 and down fifteen percent from April 8.

The overall rating was the lowest since February 11 and the second-lowest of 2011.

— The Smackdown live event on September 10 in Halifax, Nova Scotia will be held at the Halifax Forum. A Raw live event taking place the same day in London, Ontario will be held at the John Labatt Centre.

sources: PWInsider.com, Pro Wrestling Torch

Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes has been announced for WWE’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view event, which takes place May 1.

The WrestleMania XXVII rematch will be Falls Count Anywhere Match.

The updated line-up for Extreme Rules is as follows:

WWE Championship Triple Threat Steel Cage Match
The Miz (c) vs. John Cena vs. John Morrison

World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match
Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio

Last Standing Man Match
Randy Orton vs. CM Punk

Falls Count Anywhere Match

Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes

Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross vs. Jack Swagger and Michael Cole

— WWE announced Tuesday morning via Joey Styles that Randy Orton will face CM Punk in a Last Man Standing Match Sunday at Extreme Rules.

Orton cleanly defeated Punk in a fifteen minute match last night on Raw. It was a re-match from their bout at WrestleMania, which was also won by Orton.

— After R-Truth mercilessly attacked John Morrison last night on Raw, the WWE Superstar grabbed cigarettes from an audience member and blew smoke in Morrison’s face. Earlier, The Shaman of Sexy derided his former tag team partner for his smoking habit and challenged him for his position in the title match at Extreme Rules, which he won.

R-Truth’s bit with the cigarettes did not air during the Raw broadcast in the UK.

— Kofi Kingston’s was advertised for yesterday’s SmackDown live event in Liverpool, but did not compete. He did, however, appear alongside the SmackDown roster, who entered the arena to congratulate Edge after saying farewell.

With Edge having announced his retirement on Monday’s Raw, the World Heavyweight Championship was vacated last night on SmackDown.

Christian triumphed in a No. 1 Contender’s World Heavyweight Championship Battle Royal to face No. 1 contender Alberto Del Rio for the vacant World Title at Extreme Rules. The two will face off in a ladder match.

Below is the updated card for Extreme Rules, which takes place May 1.

WWE Championship Triple Threat Match
The Miz (c) vs. R-Truth vs. John Cena

World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match
Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio in a ladder match.

Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross vs. Jack Swagger and Michael Cole

SESCOOPS will be doing LIVE COVERAGE of EXTREME RULES

Following Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings (set to air this Friday), here’s the updated card for Extreme Rules:

Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship
The Miz (c) vs. John Cena vs. R-Truth

Ladder Match for the Vacant World Heavyweight Title
Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio

Tag Team Match
Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross vs. Michael Cole and Jack Swagger

— Multiple TNA sources indicate there were no real discussions between Steve “Sting” Borden and WWE. Any talk of Sting being tied to the ‘2-21-11’ vignettes are false, although some within TNA insist company president Dixie Carter is or was convinced that to be the case. People within TNA were predicting that he wouldn’t join WWE due to the comfort level he has with the Nashville based organization and wrestlers he counts on to carry him in the ring.

— MAIN EVENT, Australia’s pay-per-view event channel, has released the promotional poster for WWE Extreme Rules.

The third annual WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view event takes place Sunday, May 1 at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida.

source: Pro Wrestling Torch

— The promotional video for WWE’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view event has surfaced online. It is being advertised as “the one night of the year rules are meant to be… EXTREME!”

The video is available here.

Extreme Rules takes place May 1 at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida.

— The official website of Florida Championship Wrestling, developmental promotion of WWE, has added three wrestlers to its talent page: Buddy Stetcher, DeSean Bishop and DT Porter.

— Former WWE star Viscera turns 39 years old today.

— The results of the latest NXT Poll were revealed on last night’s episode of WWE NXT and it was disclosed that AJ has been eliminated from the competition. Naomi and Kaitlyn are the remaining two contestants in the competition.

Following the announcement, A.J. spoke on the mic and thanked everyone who voted for her. She began to cry while discussing the fans being ready for a Diva such as her. A.J. wants to represent all of the girls watching and be a girl the guys want to hang out with. She said it is not the last they have seen of her and that she will be back to accomplish her dreams.

Next week’s show is the final episode of season three, where the winner will be determined.

— A match pitting Curt Hawkins against Trent Barreta was taped Tuesday night in Jacksonville for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars. Matches taped Monday in Orlando, Florida were Mark Henry vs. The Usos in a Handicap Match and Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov vs. Zack Ryder & Primo.

— Tickets for the May 1, 2010 Extreme Rules pay-per-view at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida will officially go on sale on Saturday at 10 a.m. Tickets for the event are priced at $275 (including take-home chair), $95, $70, $45 and $20. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)

— WWE revealed Thursday that “rock icon” Rob Zombie will guest host the June 28 episode of Monday Night Raw taking place in Philadelphia. He will be on hand to promote the Rock Star Mayhem Tour beginning in July, as well as his new album, Hellbilly Deluxe 2.

— Preliminary estimates for WWE’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view has the event doing 185,000 pay-per-view buys. Last year’s Backlash pay-per-view drew a reported 182,000 buys.

— WWE has modified the appearance of its official website, WWE.com. A Social Media section has been added to the site referencing verified talent profiles and brand pages on Twitter; official Facebook fan pages for every Superstar and Diva; and official WWE programming and video clips on YouTube.

— As reported yesterday, actor and Major League Baseball personality Bob Uecker is set to be inducted into this year’s WWE Hall of Fame class. It has been disclosed that his inductor will be Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Universal Sports & Olympics.

Ebersol has past ties to World Wrestling Entertainment as he helped launched Saturday Night’s Main Event on NBC. (source: www.f4wonline.com)

— KFC, or Kentucky Fried Chicken if you will, has been named the official sponsor of next month’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view taking place in Baltimore, Maryland.

— You can view this week’s edition of Ask the Divas at the following link. The Bella Twins, Eve Torres and Katie Lea, among others, answer questions on what wild animal they would be and what they would do if the world ended tomorrow.

— Sheamus is featured on the promotional poster for WWE’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view. The event will be taking place on Apr. 25 at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. Tickets went on sale this past Saturday.

— Reigning Divas Champion Maryse has launched an official website at www.FrenchKissMaryse.com. The site features a blog, photo gallery, online store and much more. In a blog posted last week, she revealed what’s in her purse.

“what do i always have in my purse? hum, my blackberry tour, my wallet of course, my check book, my keys, my passport, a caramel chocolat candy bar, sunglasses, my Itouch, and my phone charger, a pink lip gloss…….pretty much……be sexy.”

In a funny note, her name is misspelled in the site’s header banner.

— Last week’s episode of WWE Superstars on WGN America scored a 0.94 cable rating with 965,000 viewers. The midnight replay did a 0.18 rating and 162,000 viewers. (source: PWInsider.com)

— When asked on Twitter whether rumors of her daughter Stephanie being pregnant were true, Linda McMahon confirmed the rumor as true.

“Yes it’s true and the family is very excited,” Linda wrote.

Apparently, the rumor was in light of photographs that had surfaced online of Stephanie looking visibly pregnant while attending her mother’s GOP Senate candidates debate this past week.

McMahon already has two daughters; Aurora Rose Levesque (born July 24, 2006) and Murphy Claire (born July 28, 2008).

— Tiffany, Caylen Croft, Trent Barreta and Goldust are now apart of SmackDown as their respective bios have been moved to the SmackDown Superstars section on WWE.com. Talent yet to be assigned to a new brand include Abraham Washington, Byron Saxton, Tony Atlas, Tyler Reks, Vance Archer and Vladimir Kozlov.

— Tickets for next month’s WWE pay-per-view, Extreme Rules, went on sale this morning via Ticketmaster. The event will be held Sunday, Apr. 25, 2010 at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.