– During a radio interview Thursday, WWE Champion CM Punk refused to address the crowd incident that occurred on the Oct. 8 Raw in Sacramento, California.
Participating in an interview over the phone with Cleveland radio show Rover’s Morning Glory, the program hosts repeatedly asked Punk about the incident. Punk, appearing disgruntled, ultimately hung up on the hosts, with the interview lasting approximately five minutes.
– WWE has released a promotional video previewing Sunday’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event. The advertisement is centered on WWE Champion CM Punk defending his title against Ryback.
– WWE will hold Raw live events at Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida on Friday, January 4, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. and the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center in Tallahassee, Florida on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. Both events are headlined by John Cena, CM Punk, Ryback and Dolph Ziggler.
– WWE will be holding a 30-minute online pre-show (Youtube.com, WWE.com) prior to Sunday’s WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, despite the fact that it wasn’t mentioned on RAW. No matches have been announced for the show, but John Cena will be addressing the situation of AJ Lee being removed as RAW General Manager.
– Linda McMahon has lost a lot of ground in her US Senate campaign against Democrat Chris Murphy.
A University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant poll has Linda behind trailing 44-38% with 17% undecided. A Hamilton Campaigns poll has Murphy up 46-40% with 10% undecided. Rasmussen’s latest poll has Murphy up 48-47%. Rasmussen typically skews Republican and had Chris Murphy previously up by 5%.
A big turning point in the race was the recent series of debates between the two candidates. While Linda McMahon didn’t do so bad, it’s believed that Murphy was the clear winner and stopped Linda’s momentum in its tracks.
– Paul Heyman, who is gaining more creative influence within WWE, recently proposed a faction consisting of WWE Champion CM Punk, Brock Lesnar and Antonio Cesaro, according to SuperLuchas.net.
– World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus appeared on WPRI-TV’s morning show Tuesday promoting the evening’s SmackDown event in Providence, Rhode Island at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. Video of his appearance is available here.
– Triple H is featured in today’s “Superstar Spotlight” on WWE.com.
– WWE has no live events scheduled before Sunday’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
It was announced at Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown tapings in Providence, Rhode Island that Eve Torres will defend her Divas Title at Hell In a Cell against Kaitlyn and Layla in a Triple Threat match.
With that match set, here’s the updated card for WWE Hell in a Cell, which takes place this Sunday from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia:
* WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Ryback
* World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus vs. Big Show
* WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No vs. Rhodes Schollars
* Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz
* Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio
* Divas Champion Eve Torres vs. Kaitlyn vs. Layla in a Triple Threat Match
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.
WWE’s upcoming Hell in a Cell pay-per-view is just a week away and the creative team is reportedly still struggling to come up with a finish for the CM Punk vs. Ryback match.
Ryback is in the midst of a monster push and WWE officials are concerned that CM Punk defeating Ryback cleanly will take away from his momentum. At the same time, WWE has been planning for CM Punk to keep the WWE Championship until the Royal Rumble, when he is expected to defend against The Rock.
The match is being held inside the HIAC steel cage, so a disqualification finish is not an option. One idea that’s been pitched is for Brock Lesnar to do a run-in and help fellow “Paul Heyman Guy” CM Punk win the match. This could set up a potential Brock Lesnar vs. Ryback match, but would also require WWE to use up another one of Lesnar’s already-limited number of appearances.
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Hoping to regain the Intercontinental Championship from the Superstar who took it away from him on Main Event, The Miz announced during Friday’s SmackDown broadcast that he will invoke his rematch clause against Kofi Kingston at Hell in a Cell.
The official WWE website has released a match preview.
Delayed one week due to Rey Mysterio having the flu, the Tag Team Tournament Final will be finalized on Raw when Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio take on Team Rhodes Scholars. The winners will face WWE Tag Team Champions Kane and Daniel Bryan at Hell in a Cell.
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
* WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No vs. Tag Team Tournament Winners
* Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz
– Newly crowned Intercontinental champion Kofi Kingston will defend against former champion The Miz at WWE Hell In A Cell on Sunday, October 28.
– WWE will be holding a SmackDown taping on Tuesday, January 8 from Miami, Florida. There will be a ticket pre-sale on Friday morning with the password GoHeat.
– A new trailer has been released for “The Man With the Iron Fists,” the Quentin Tarantino/RZA movie (due out November 2) that features former WWE superstar Batista as “Brass Body” –
– 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 WWE Championship Match at Hell in a Cell was made official tonight on Raw as Vince McMahon decided that CM Punk will defend his belt against Ryback. After both competitors signed their Hell in a Cell contract, Ryback delivered the Shell Shock to the WWE Champion.
As a result of the growing animosity between Randy Orton and Alberto Del Rio, it was also announced that the two competitors will face off at the pay-per-view event. The Viper gave a surprise attack to Del Rio on SmackDown last week before RKO’ing Ricardo Rodriguez onto the announce table.
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
* WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No vs. Tag Team Tournament Winners
– 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.
– WWE’s creative department wrote two different scripts for tonight’s Raw. According to F4WOnline.com, one script is contingent upon John Cena being medically cleared to compete at Hell in a Cell on Oct. 28 after undergoing surgery on his arm. The other script will be used if he is not able to compete at the pay-per-view event.
– The 1989 cult classic No Holds Barred, featuring Hulk Hogan in his first starring role, has been digitally remastered and is now available on DVD at Walmart. WWE has released a promotional video advertising its release at the department store.
– According to WrestlingFigs.com, Sheamus appears at the Colonial Honda 225 State Road North, Dartmouth, Massachusetts on Oct. 23 beginning at noon. Call 508-985-6350 for more information.
– At the conclusion of Raw Monday, Vince McMahon presented WWE Champion CM Punk with an ultimatum: at Hell in a Cell, he would either face John Cena or Ryback. And if Punk hadn’t made up his mind in seven days, The Chairman said he would make it for him.
– The finals of the WWE Tag Team Championship No. 1 Contenders’ Tournament will be determined next week on Raw as Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara take on Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow. On Monday’s show, Mysterio and Cara defeated The Prime Time Players while Team Rhodes Scholars beat Santino Marella and Zack Ryder.
– WWE has released a promotional video hyping a match between Randy Orton and Big Show this Wednesday on WWE Main Event on ION Television. (Watch)
Following Wednesday night’s of WWE Main Event, the updated brackets have Santino Marella and Zack Ryder facing Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow in one semi-final match.
The other semi-final match will feature Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara vs. the winner of Kofi Kingston and R-Truth vs. Darren Young and Titus O’Neil (which takes place on Friday’s SmackDown. )
As we know, the winners of the tournament will face Kane and Daniel Bryan for the WWE Tag Team Titles at Hell In a Cell.
In a spoiler update, Rhodes and Sandow are scheduled to win the tournament and challenge for the titles at Hell In a Cell later this month.
The plan is for Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara to lose to Sandow and Rhodes in the finals due to interference from Young and O’Neil. This would lead to a second tag team match at Hell In a Cell – Mysterio and Cara vs. Young and O’Neil, which would be a rematch from the finals.
– There has been a lot of talk this week within WWE that tonight’s Raw broadcast may be the least watched non-holiday episode in fifteen years. Facing stiff competition in Monday Night Football on ESPN, last week’s show had the fewest viewers since July 4, 2011 and was the smallest audience for a non-holiday episode in over five years. The Green Bay Packers-Seattle Seahawks game did 16.167 million viewers, and tonight’s game between the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears is expected to eclipse that figure.
– One of the theme songs for WWE Hell in a Cell is “Sandpaper,” the lead single off of the Chris Jericho–fronted metal band Fozzy’s latest album, “Sin and Bones.” The music video for “Sandpaper” will premiere tonight on WWE.com.
– The official WWE website has announced that a live event will take place in Lodz, Poland at Atlas Arena on Saturday, April 27, 2013. John Cena, CM Punk, Rey Mysterio and The Miz will headline the event.
– Adam “Edge” Copeland and Tommy Dreamer appear at Dave and Busters 325 N Columbus Blvd. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this Sunday from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Click here to view the event flyer.
– 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)
– Today’s wrestling birthdays include former WWE superstar Chris Nowinski (34) and Stephanie McMahon (36).
– The official theme song for next month’s WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view is “Reap” by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. The song can be heard at YouTube.com.
– Following his surprise return to WWE television on Friday’s SmackDown, we can report that WWE Hall of Famer Edge has not signed a new contract with WWE. He made the appearance to promote his guest spot on the Syfy show “Haven”.
Edge remains a free agent and actually turned down a WWE contract offer earlier this year. Edge continues to pursue his acting career but is open to working with WWE when it makes sense for both sides.
– On Monday’s RAW, we saw Ryback destroy the set of The Miz’s new talk show, MizTV. Ryback is scheduled to fight The Miz at next month’s Hell in A Cell pay-per-view.
– It came out this week that Matt Morgan signed a new contract with TNA approximately two months ago and has been “working” fans with his cryptic online posts about which company he should sign with. We can confirm that Matt Morgan did have some talks with WWE back in June, but ultimately decided to stay with TNA.
– The Big Show, who has been off television since SummerSlam in August, will be returning to action at this weekend’s live events. Big Show has been on vacation after requesting time off.
Show was originally scheduled to return next week, but is returning early to fill in for John Cena, who is recovering from elbow surgery.
Following the controversial finish to Sunday’s WWE Night of Champions WWE title match between CM Punk and John Cena, next month’s pay-per-view will feature another encounter between the two men.
According to multiple reliable sources, the planned main event for WWE Hell in a Cell will be WWE Champion CM Punk vs. John Cena inside the Hell in a Cell steel cage.
WWE Hell in a Cell 2012 takes place on Sunday, October 28th from Atlanta, Georgia.
– According to an account backstage at tonight’s Raw show in Bridgeport, Connecticut, John Cena is walking around fine after rolling his ankle last night at Night of Champions. As of 4:00 p.m., he was scheduled to compete on the show.
– Before World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio squared off last night at Night of Champions, SmackDown General Manager Booker T reinstated the Brogue Kick, which aided The Celtic Warrior in retaining his title. According to F4WOnline.com, Sheamus is moving on to a new opponent on television as Big Show is scheduled to confront him tonight on Raw. This will lead to a match at Hell in a Cell on Oct. 28.
– Zack Ryder is featured on the cover of the latest issue of WWE Kids Magazine. The Raw Superstar excitedly tweeted a photo of the issue.
– John “Bradshaw” Layfield addressed his appearance on Raw tonight at the announce booth via Twitter: “Yes back on @wwe raw with my burden, @MichaelCole ! Like Usain Bolt having to run with crutches being with Cole!”
– Donning devil’s horns, WWE Champion CM Punk appears in the promotional advertisement for Hell in a Cell. The pay-per-view event will take place on October 28, 2012 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
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– This week’s WWE Classics On Demands updates are as follows:
Classics Rewind
* WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event (1/4/86)
* WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event (2/8/92)
* Monday Night Raw (6/9/97)
* Tuesday Night Titans (7/26/85)
WWE Legends
* WWE Hall of Fame 2012
* Macho Madness – The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection (Part 3 and 4)
TV Classics
* NWA Championship Wrestling (5/7/88)
* Monday Night Raw (10/26/98)
The Big Events
* WWF Survivor Series (1992)
WWE Hall of Fame
* Sherri Martel vs. Madusa Miceli (AWA Championship Wrestling, 6/12/87)
* Sherri Martel vs. The Fabulous Moolah (WWF All Star Wrestling, 8/25/82)
* Queen Sherri leads “Macho King” Randy Savage into action vs. “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan in a Crown Match (from Madison Square Garden, 10/28/89)
* Sherri Martel defends the WWF Women’s Championship against Rockin’ Robin (from the Philadelphia Spectrum, 2/6/88)
Also featured are ten classic interviews from “Macho Man” Randy Savage, hosted by WWE Champion CM Punk.
Pay-per-view provider iNDEMAND has released the official promotional poster and synopsis for WWE’s upcoming Hell in a Cell pay-per-view.
The synopsis reads:
“Hell in a Cell. It is the Devil’s Domain, a hellish prison without mercy, compassion, or escape. It is WWE’s most unforgiving structure, and one hell of an event. Don’t miss CM Punk, John Cena, Sheamus, and your favorite WWE Superstars at WWE Hell in a Cell.”
The pay-per-view poster, which circulated online several weeks ago, features WWE Champion CM Punk depicted as the devil, playing up the “hell” in a cell theme:
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read in its entirety over at JRsBarBQ.com. Here are some highlights of what JR wrote about:
Hell In A Cell At WrestleMania: “The Undertaker confronting HHH and subsequently pushing the appropriate buttons to get a vengeance oriented rematch at WM28 was captivating TV for me. Both men have more tenure than any others on the WWE roster that are still competing. They are truly is the last of a breed and now that it’s in Helll in a Cell, the game has changed. Stakes have risen and it going to be a tough act to follow in Miami.
“[WWE] will build a massive structure to not only hold the ring lighting grid but the HIAC as well. It will be impressive I assure you.”
John Cena’s Best Promo Ever: John Cena delivered the best promo of his career in my opinion when addressing the Rock and their long awaited WM28 main event. Cena spoke from the heart and I’m certain meant every word that he said. Cena’s words stepped away from the world of entertainment and squarely into reality or so it seemed to me.”
“Rock’s ‘rebuttal’ next week on Raw in Portland will be must see TV. The Rock/Cena issue has gotten personal as Cena touched some legit nerves with his remarks in Minneapolis.”
Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk at WrestleMania: “The injury riddled, #1 contender Battle Royal sees Chris Jericho getting his ticket punched to meet CM Punk for the WWE Title at WM28 in a bout that could be the best, pure wrestling match on the entire card on April 1.”
– As we saw on RAW, WWE has licensed the Metallica song “The Memory Remains” to hype the The Undertaker and Triple H match at WrestleMania 28.
– Speaking of the Hell in a Cell match at Wrestlemania, there is a lot of speculation about how WWE is going to set up the structure, considering there is no roof on the stadium to hang the massive cage from. Jim Ross Tweeted the following about how WWE will make it happen:
“One can assume WWE is going to erect a massive structure outdoors at WM28 to not only hang the ring lighting but also the Hell in a Cell.”
– Santino Marella recently thanked the fans for supporting him as of late:
“I just want to say grazie to all the fans of late, it’s amazing what u can accomplish with the supports and couragement”
According to a WWE source, Santino’s recent “underdog” push is actually inspired by NBA breakout star Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks.
– WWE’s YouTube channel has posted the latest “Backstage Fallout” video, featuring post-RAW backstage interviews with R-Truth and Kofi Kingston, David Otunga, and Santino Marella.
