Posts Tagged ‘John Cena’

Austin Hypes RAW Return, Cena & Bret React To Rock’s Promo

– Steve Austin tweeted the following about his return to WWE RAW next week:

steveaustinBSR
I’m taking a 6 pack of WHOOP ASS to Monday Night Raw in Dallas Texas…Oh Hell Yeah!!

– John Cena and Bret Hart tweeted the following about The Rock’s promo from RAW:

JohnCena
CeNation. Sometimes I need not say a thing. ” the People” say it for me. ;) thanks. Hustle. Loyalty. Respect.
HitmanBretSHart
Nice promo from the Rock… Although his trophy case could use some work to bring it up to Hitman standards!

– Meanwhile, The Rock himself tweeted the following about his promo and posted a behind the scenes picture:

TheRock
…I was passionate about my words tonight ’cause I meant them. It’s not a joke to me. It’s my word. My family. My LOVE for my fans and WWE.

..I was passionate about my words tonight 'cause I meant them. It's not a joke to me. It's my word. My family. My LOVE for my fans and WWE.

View The Picture Miz Tweeted Of John Cena During RAW

During Monday’s RAW, WWE Champion The Miz claimed to make history by being the first WWE superstar to tweet while doing commentary during a live WWE broadcast.

WWE diva Maryse later corrected Miz and said she’d already done that. She wrote:

maryse0uellet
@mikethemiz first ever tweet in commentary..?!? Sweetheart, I ve done it way before u…but I guess ur learning from the best….be sexy

Miz replied to Maryse:

mikethemiz
Never seen u do it then again when I watch u I’m not looking at ur hands. RT @maryse0uellet: @mikethemiz first ever … http://tmi.me/7dYZg

Miz took the following picture of John Cena during the main event of RAW and posted it while RAW was still on the air … Say cheese!

The Rock Comments On Promo, Alex Riley Dismissed From Raw

— Alex Riley was challenged by John Cena on Raw under the stipulation that if he were to lose, he would be fired as The Miz’s apprentice. The Anonymous Raw General Manager decreed that the match would be contested via Steel Cage Match, with the only way to win would be to escape the cage. Despite assistance from the Miz, who promised not to interfere with the match, Riley lost when Cena forced his way out of the cage.

— As seen on Raw, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson rebutted John Cena’s remarks from last week’s show, mocking his rapping ability and denying his allegations that he doesn’t “love WWE.” “The Great One” took to Facebook to comment on tonight’s promo.

“I was passionate about my words tonight ’cause I meant them,” he wrote. “It’s not a joke to me. It’s my word. My family. My LOVE for my fans and WWE.”

— WWE returns to the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia for a Raw taping on July 25, 2011.

Matt Hardy Talks Cena vs. The Rock, Helping TNA’s Ratings

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Matt Hardy on being in TNA: “It’s been great. For me it’s really revitalized my love and passion of the business. I didn’t realize like the last six or eight months I was with WWE that actually that uncomfortable, miserable and unhappy I was going into work. That’s not a shot against WWE. I mean WWE is a phenomenal, great, company. They [WWE] did so many great things for me. They made me a star. I wouldn’t be sitting here with you right now if it weren’t for them. I’m grateful to everyone there who’s you know done so many good things for me and allowed me to have the great living that I have. It just came to a point where there were several different circumstances that kind of came into play. It was just time for me to move on and do something different.”

Matt Hardy on “Cold Blood” and his conditioning: “No this all mine [Creation of Cold Blood Character]. It’s very similar to the ‘Mattitude’ version, one thing that was all mine too. Both of those drew from real life. You know ‘Cold Blood’ actually comes from just my theories like…about a year and a half ago whenever I had my abdominal injuries I just remember getting into my surgery and the surgeon actually told me ‘Well I know you love wrestling and you’ve pretty much done it for your entire adult life, but you might not be able to wrestle after this.’ That was a pretty hard pill to swallow. I was going ‘Wow. I didn’t know it was this bad.’

Even after I had that surgery I found out I had intestinal issues where almost like you have a water hose and you can’t get water through the hose. I have two spots, almost three, two and half I guess in my intestines. I had to change my diet. I had to completely re-invent it actually steak is something I can’t eat at all. I never eat steak and I hate that because I eat steak all the time. Red meat is out. Between that and I felt like you know a lot of my fans that had always supported me, which were the hardcore fans, earn it fans. They definitely didn’t mind making fun of me because of injuries or because my pants looked different, which wasn’t terribly drastic. Which is funny because compared to a normal person it’s not really anything in the scheme of things.

Actually when I started with TNA I knew I would never have three or four months off again, so I tried to do all good to gain size and than I was just going to die down. I will continue to get in better shape because now I know what I can put into my body and what I can’t. That was kind of scary. That was a whole new thing in life to kind of figure out, so there’s like little things I can’t eat and some things I can, but between that and when Jeff showed up on that January 4 show, when they did the Monday impact you know I got a call from Johnny Ace.

“Matt. What’s going on?’ I don’t know Johnny. He said, ‘Is Jeff showing up there? How could you let him do this?’ I mean I’m not him like you know I kept getting phone calls saying ‘Is he there? What’s he doing?’ Ever since that day on Jeff didn’t have intentions of signing with TNA. You know I think Jeff was rubbed wrong by how they…you know they had Dr.Sampon [WWE] go out and mention his legal situation. I think from that point on he was rubbed the wrong way by WWE and he got an awesome deal to go there and he’s real happy to go there because the schedule is so much more laid back. Also the environment is laid back, but between Jeff going and just like you know I was working so much. I just couldn’t get time off. I couldn’t get my body right. I couldn’t get my mind right. I ended up just being unhappy.

“I needed a change and TNA became that change for me. That’s where ‘Cold Blooded’ came from because I’m always the guy you know like people always say ‘Do you see the glass half full or half empty?’ I always go ‘Well it’s half full.’ Actually I always say ‘It’s like two-thirds full.’ You know more than half-full because I’ve had a great life. I have nothing to complain about and I’m happy you know pretty much every day of my life.

“It’s one of those things like I drew from those bad experiences, from my last few months in WWE for how some of the hard-core fans treated me to how I felt was pretty unfair considering there were a lot of things out of my control like physical issues. Sacrifices I made like throwing myself off three-foot ladders, through tables, for twelve/thirteen years. You know that does make you ‘Cold Blooded’ to a degree, so that’s actually where all that’s drawn from. I wanted to build on it as time goes. The character is really in it’s beginning stages. It’s in 101 now. I have a lot of really cool ideas going forward.”

Matt Hardy on John Cena’s promo on Raw in response to The Rock: Umm I actually caught the highlights back on YouTube. Actually thought that’s something John’s needed for a while. He just kind of needed an edge because the ‘PG thing’ is one thing that I think TNA they have an advantage over WWE it’s like I don’t think they have to go crazy as far as bleeding or swearing or sex, violence, whatever. It’s nice they don’t have a super tight parameter to be in and all these boundaries.

“For the longest time John would come on and go ‘Yeah and all this PG and all this PG.’ It’s just like I think pushing your audience, like the 18-to-34 you’re looking for out the door, it’s like I don’t want to hear that and for John to have that little edge again. I think that was important. He needed that you know. They’re not in the grand scheme of things [WWE targeting an 18-to-34 audience], but when it comes down to advertising bucks and the demographics. That’s the demographics that make money. In the big scheme of things that’s what it’s all about.”

Matt Hardy on his supposed heat backstage (for commenting on Twitter about being responsible for ratings boost in TNA): “God I love the Internet. No I mean obviously sure it’s ‘tongue-in-cheek.’ Even I don’t have the popularity of Jeff, but still as I wrestle as a hill like when I go out it’s a baby faced reaction. I really have to work hard and bust it to get the crowd to turn against me, but that’s my whole goal.

“Even on Twitter I’ve played on those things, obviously I would never come out and say those things in a serious light. That’s just like saying if I cut a promo on TV obviously I’m going to say stuff that’s full of stuff that is trash you know. It’s the same thing on Twitter I incorporate things here, there or whatever. People that are intelligent much like yourself like you said it was ‘tongue-in-cheek,’ they know the difference. It’s supposed to be entertaining to a degree.”

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RAW Preview For Tonight: The Rock Responds To Cena

Tonight’s episode of WWE RAW will take place from the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York.

The main selling point for the show is that The Rock will respond to John Cena’s battle rap diss from last week.

On Sunday night, John Cena hinted that The Rock will have a response on RAW. Later in the evening, The Rock responded with a picture – and the caption, “… on RAW … my response .. ” Cena responded to The Rock’s photo on Monday morning.

At this point, there’s no confirmation that The Rock will be at RAW in person, a more likely scenario is that we’ll see a taped promo or The Rock appearing live via satellite, but that’s just speculation at this point.

Additionally, Triple H is scheduled for RAW and will explain why he’s chosen to challenge The Undertaker at WrestleMania. Taker is not advertised for the show.

Last week, WWE held a press conference in Mexico City announcing the acquisition of lucha libre star Sin Cara, formerly Mistico. Jim Ross said WWE is planning a strong television push for Sin Cara – so expect to see footage video footage from WWE’s Sin Cara Press Conference, which we’ve had on the site since last week.

The HSBC Arena is advertising a dark match main event of John Cena and Randy Orton teaming up against WWE Champion The Miz and Nexus leader CM Punk, with Michael Cole as special referee.

John Cena Responds To The Rock’s Anti-Cena Photo

In response to The Rock posting a photo over the weekend of him stomping on John Cena merchandise, Cena tweeted the following on Monday morning:

“Woke up to see what looks like rocks foot crushing the words Hustle Loyalty and Respect. Yep…that sounds like the rock alright.”

Fans then asked Cena about whether The Rock will be at tonight’s RAW, to which Cena responded:

“yeah…I expected a lil more…but im sure tonight will be good. Ill be waiting to see him”

“maybe we will. Its in buffalo. Ill be there. We will see if dwayne can fit it into his sched.”

The Rock Says He’ll Repond To Cena On RAW (Picture)

The Rock posted the following on his Facebook page on Sunday night:

…On RAW…my response…

Cena Teases The Rock For RAW, Royal Rumble Buyrate Down

– John Cena tweeted the following on Sunday afternoon, which seems to imply The Rock will have some sort of involvement on Monday’s RAW:

“CeNation. Just got back from south america. Holy casserole it was magical. I heard a rumor that the rocks camp was pretty peeved at what I said on mon. I think he may have something planned for tomorrow. I can not wait.”

– According to the WWE corporate website, this year’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view is estimated to have drawn 449,000 buys. This is down from 462,000 buys in 2010 and virtually even with 2009’s 450,000 buys.

– WWE legend Randy Savage was spotted during Saturday’s New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves spring training game in Port St. Lucie, Florida. A reader sent in this screen shot of Savage, who had great seats for the game .. Savage is the one that looks like Santa Clause playing on his cellphone:

Cena’s Tag Title History, Miss USA, Evan Bourne’s Return

– On Monday’s episode of WWE RAW, John Cena catpured the WWE tag titles and had a very brief title run with WrestleMania 27 opponent The Miz. It’s interesting to note that out of the four times that John Cena has held the WWE Tag Team Titles, every one of his title reigns has been with a partner that he’s feuding with at the time. with someone he was feuding with at that time.

Cena won the belts with Shawn Michaels in 2007, Batista in 2008, David Otunga in 2010 and The Miz this past Monday night.

Even more interesting is that each of Cena’s tag title reigns was shorter than the previous – two months with HBK, one week with Batista, one day with David Otunga and 12 minutes with The Miz.

– The upcoming season of WWE Tough Enough is being viewed as a chance to give a major push to Miss USA Rima Fakih. WWE sees the beauty queen as having tremendous potential as a WWE diva and the plan is to bring her up to the main roster as a babyface as soon as Tough Enough concludes, regardless of whether she wins the competition or not. Fakih is a big wrestling fan and has a legitimate interest in being a WWE Diva.

– While Evan Bourne is reportedly scheduled to return to the ring before the end of February, he might not be ready for action until late March or early April. Bourne is currently advertised to return at the March 14th RAW in St. Louis and RAW live events the following weekend, but it’s still depending on whether he’s healthy by then.

(Partial Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

Cena Trash Talks The Miz, Cena vs. Rock Plans, Title Change

– John Cena tweeted the following on Monday night about The Rock, The Miz and Monday’s RAW:

“CeNation. Handle bizz on sunday…check …let rock know im not a pushover…check…win tag titles…check…realize how much of a self centered egotistical rat bastard dowsh bag the miz is…..check. yer in my sights now kid. The world will soon know if u got it or u don’t. Other than that I had a blast tonight. Fresno was ON FIRE!”

– Although the war of words between John Cena and The Rock is heating up by the week, there are no immediate plans for the two of them to have a match. The door is still open for John Cena and The Rock to have a “dream match” down the road, possibly at next year’s WrestleMania 27, but at this time, there are no plans for The Rock to wrestle another match in WWE.

That said, chances are good that we’ll see The Rock get physically involved at WrestleMania in some capacity.

– WWE’s official website is acknowledging the rapid-fire tag title changes from Monday’s RAW. For those who missed it, John Cena and The Miz captured the tag titles from Justin Gabriel. CORRE leader Wade Barrett said he wanted to invoke Slater and Gabriel’s rematch clause right then and there, which the anonymous RAW General Manager approved. Slater and Gabriel re-captured the belts after The Miz turned on John Cena.

The WWE website lists Slater and Gabriel as 3-time tag team champions.

Former WWE Writers Discuss The Cena-Miz-Rock Feud

Former WWE writers Seth Mates and Dave Lagana have shared their ideas on the current feud between John Cena and The Rock.

– Dave Lagana has updated his blog with a blog talking about John Cena’s battle rap from RAW where he responded to The Rock’s recent insults towards him. Lagana talks about:

– How John Cena needed to get his “edge” back to combat the Rock
– Why rapping every so often will keeps the haters off Cena’s back.
– How the Cena rap character was discovered andy why it worked.
– Favorite Cena raps of the 2002-2005 era
– The rap that not a lot of people saw but set the tone for Cena as
babyface.

To check out the blog, visit IWantWrestling.com.

– Meanwhile, former creative team member Seth Mates did some fantasy booking of how he would book John Cena vs. The Miz and how The Rock would get involved:

“During the match, Rock comes down and accidentally knocks down Cena,” Mates writes. “The Miz smiles as if he did it on purpose as revenge.

“Rock plays along for a second, then beats the hell out of Miz. Cena gets up, hits finisher, pins Miz for the WWE Title.

JR Talks About Cole’s Jab At Him On RAW, Cena’s Promo

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has responded to Michael Cole’s jab at home from Monday’s RAW. Ross tweeted on Monday afternoon:

“I was very uncomfortable with Cole invoking Jerry’s late mom into Cole’s presentation. He didn’t have to go there.”

“Getting ‘knocked’ by the Raw annoucners monday night was like a junior high kid knocking the varsity. It doesn’t matter.”

“Cole is like a yapping dog. One just tunes it out. Thought the ‘Presidents/THQ’ line was funny…not original but funny.”

Regarding John Cena’s battle rap diss of The Rock, Ross wrote:

“I thought Cena’s response to Rock was one of the best Cena promos in ages. Really enjoyed it.”

VIDEO Of John Cena’s Battle Rap On RAW Dissing The Rock

VIDEO Of John Cena’s Battle Rap On RAW Dissing The Rock

In case you missed it from RAW, John Cena returned to his hip hop roots and served The Rock a lesson in basic thugganomics:

John Cena Says He’s Ready For The Rock Tonight On RAW

On tonight’s episode of WWE RAW, John Cena will respond to The Rock’s comments about him on last week’s show.

Cena wrote the following about The Rock on Twitter on Monday morning:

“CeNation. Handled business last night. Tonight I will see what we do about the rock. If he wants some…come get some.”

“This could be very interesting.”

“Ps..grabbed a spare steel chain and lock off the elimination chamber just in case…gotta go now. Big peek a boo tournament b4 raw :)”

Cena saying he grabbed a steel chain and lock could be a sign that we’ll see his old “rapper” gimmick return tonight, but that’s just speculation.

At this time, there’s been no indication that The Rock will be appearing on RAW tonight. Cena won the RAW brand Elimination Chamber match at Sunday’s pay-per-view, so he will challenge The Miz for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania.

With The Rock calling out John Cena and the Miz last week on RAW, it should be interesting to see whether The Rock gets factored into the WWE championship match at WrestleMania.

Two Top Title Matches Set for WrestleMania XXVII

John Cena prevailed over Randy Orton, CM Punk, John Morrison, R-Truth and Sheamus in Raw’s Elimination Chamber Match tonight at Elimination Chamber, last pinning The Straight Edge Superstar. He is set for a WWE Championship Match at WrestleMania XXVII against The Miz, who retained his title against Jerry Lawler.

Earlier in the show, Edge retained the World Heavyweight Championship in the SmackDown Elimination Chamber Match, outlasting Big Show, Rey Mysterio, Kane, Wade Barrett and Drew McIntyre. His triumph in the Elimination Chamber solidified his main event match with 2011 Royal Rumble winner Alberto Del Rio at WrestleMania.

WWE Championship Match
The Miz (c) vs. John Cena

World Heavyweight Championship Match
Edge (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio

JR Blog: The Rock Calling Out Cena, RAW GM’s Identity & More

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com Here are some highlights of what JR wrote about:

The Rock Calling Out John Cena: “Some fans are hammering us on Twitter @JRsBBQ proclaiming that it will be Rock vs. Cena at WM27. That’s not what I heard. I heard that Rock was Hosting the event which works very well for me. Will there be some sort of Rock/Cena interaction? Sounds that way to me which is why I’m ‘staying tuned.'”

The Rock Returning Full Time: “Is the Rock coming back to wrestle full time? That’s not what I got out of Raw’s most electrifying moment in years Monday night. Rock is making an appearance at WM27 to contribute in a major, likely shocking, way to the biggest WWE PPV of the year. Bottom line regarding this question on Twitter is that I DON’T KNOW but I would doubt it. I’m very excited about Wrestlemania. My black hat’s off to WWE.”

The RAW GM’s Identity: “I don’t know and furthermore I don’t care. When we’re supposed to know we will. I’m much more interested in the build to WM27 than I ever will be about who the mysterious (not my descriptor) Raw General manager may or may not be.”

The Rock Talks John Cena, WrestleMania & Why He’s Back

Following Monday’s RAW, The Rock took part in an online chat at the WWE website. Here are some highlights of what the Great One said about:

Why He’s Returning Now: “Because I felt the time was right to so something special. Not only can I feed my own need and desire to perform. More importantly than that, do something special for you WWE fans. ”

His Goal For WrestleMania: “My goal is to create an incredible show. The guys have prepared for this night all year and they are going to put on incredible wrestling matches and I am there to not only support their matches but work with the great WWE production team and put on an electrifying show. That means I will be backstage and in the ring creating unforgettable and iconic WrestleMania moments. ”

John Cena: “John Cena said a variety of things that came across my desk which at first I thought was interesting and then I felt was laughable because the comments really didn’t make any sense to me. To be clear, not that they ever make me mad. I just thought the comments were an interesting choice of things to say

More The Rock Hosting Wrestlenia & Cena Confrontation

On Monday’s WWE RAW, it was announced that WWE legend and Hollywood megastar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be returning to World Wrestling Entertainment on April 3rd as the special Guest Host for WrestleMania 27.

On RAW, The Rock called out John Cena, saying he wanted to see Cena face-to-face at WrestleMania and make him pay for the comments he made about The Rock after he left WWE. The Rock mocked Cena’s look and his gimmick, which got a huge reaction from the crowd.

The Rock said he might get into it with John Cena, The Miz and whoever else he gets into when he’s at WrestleMania.

*Spoiler* Details On John Cena’s New Movie “Blood Brothers”

Thanks to Anthony Maurizio and PWInsider.com for the following notes from WWE Studios’ screening of Blood Brothers starring John Cena this week:

“I attended the test screening in Port Chester, NY last night of John Cena’s new film “Blood Brothers” from WWE Studios, and was selected to be part of a focus group afterward.

The movie was a surprisingly well-done, fast-paced film, not too over-the-top on senseless action and not too brutally drawn-out. Cena’s acting is once again akin to his backstage WWE promos, where he tries hard but you get the occasional reminder that he is indeed acting. Not an award-winning performance, but not horrible either.

Ethan Embry as Cena’s brother was a high point of the film, one of the most featured roles the guy had since “Can’t Hardly Wait” and “Vegas Vacation”. Still a funny dude, and a good actor. Amy Smart played the sister trying to reunite the three brothers.

The focus group after was in the first couple theater rows, and the area was rigged with tape recorders for WWE Studios to listen to. A theater ambassador was asking questions about the movie and our opinions. It got a generally-positive response, even from the girls in the group. Some of the items discussed were changing the title (as the “Blood Brothers” title hints at towards a horror genre tone to some audience demographics), the comparison of the movie to “Four Brothers”, Cena’s acting ability, Amy Smart’s acting (which others attempted to bury but I applauded her for her performance), and it’s comparison to other WWE films.

There were some weird responses in the focus group like not enough bloodshed in the movie, it being too “family-friendly”, people claiming vital scenes that were integral to the movie’s story progression were unnecessary.

I went on a little bit of a tirade commending Suburban Commando and Mr. Nanny as my favorite films ever featuring a wrestling star, and generated a reaction. And when asked what other superstars should be in a WWE film, I randomly ranted and raved about Macho Man Randy Savage deserving a WWE film role and got a positive reaction out of the group and moderator. I figured bringing up those items would be a big frown or a look of frustration on the face of Executive Producer Vincent K. McMahon. Haha.”

VIDEO: John Cena & CM Punk Battle Rap At RAW

During one of the commercial breaks on Monday’s episode of WWE RAW, John Cena returned to his hip hop roots and took on Nexus leader CM Punk in a battle rap …

Check it out below – who do you think has the better skills on the mic?

Who Will Induct HBK, Punk Injured On RAW, Cena News

– As we saw on RAW, Nexus leader CM Punk suffered a bloody nose during the segment where Nexus was beating down Randy Orton. Orton broke away from Nexus, lunged at Punk and inadvertently headbutted him in the face, injuring his nose and drawing blood. A few hours after RAW, Punk posted on Twitter regarding the injury:

“Just sneezed and now my pillow case is red. Lovely.”

– WWE congratulated John Cena on Twitter yesterday for becoming the first Superstar to reach 300,000 followers on Twitter.

– R-Truth apologized to the fans of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for mistakenly referring to the city as Green Bay on RAW. Truth wrote @RonKillings:

“I want to apologize to Milwaukee Wisconsin for MY screw up..no excuses,the truth is not perfect,again Milwaukee Im sorry.”

– Jim Ross speculated this week that Triple H will be the one to induct Shawn Michaels into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.

In related news, the next member of this year’s class is expected to be announced on next week’s RAW from Anaheim, California.

Backstage News From Raw, What Happened After The Show

— John Cena and Randy Orton defeated CM Punk and The Miz in a tag team contest following Monday’s Raw broadcast.

— CM Punk broke his nose during the opening segment of Raw.

— Goldust (a/k/a Dustin Rhodes) was backstage at Raw.

— Former WWE Cruiserweight Champion Nunzio refereed a dark match between Zack Ryder and Percy Watson.

— Before David Otunga could hit the ring to face King Sheamus, Mark Henry’s music hit as “The World’s Strongest Man” stormed the ring. Otunga’s scheduled bout with Otunga was ruled a No Contest. Otunga was not injured as creative plans called for him to not actually wrestle.

— A number of people backstage were cracking up at R-Truth saying the wrong city by his mistake prior to his match with Mason Ryan.

— John Cena and CM Punk had a “battle rap” during one of the show’s commercial breaks.

source: PWInsider.com

John Cena Crosses The U.S., WWE Star Searches For UFC Tickets

— John Cena missed last night’s Raw live event in Rochester, Minnesota so he could attend Gillette’s Super Bowl weekend promotional activities in Dallas, Texas. He was not expected to appear at this afternoon’s WWE Supershow in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but did, working the opening match against CM Punk. He then flew back to Dallas. He will be on hand for tomorrow’s Raw in Milwaukee.

— Evan Bourne was in Las Vegas, Nevada yesterday looking for tickets to the evening’s UFC 126 event, which was sold out. It is unknown whether he attended the show.

— WWE.com has posted Super Bowl themed photos of The Bella Twins.

source: f4wonline.com

Cena Pulled From Live Event, Sheffield Has Another Surgery

– John Cena is no longer being advertised for Saturday’s WWE live event from Rochester, Minnesota. Cena had been scheduled to wrestle CM Punk in the main event, but has since been replaced by John Morrison. No word yet on why Cena was pulled, but it’s not the first live event he’s skipped this year.

– Diesel has been added to the WWE Alumni page, including pictures from the former WWE champion’s storied career. It’s interesting to see how his look has evolved from when he debuted in the mid-1990s to his return to WWE at Sunday’s Royal Rumble, over 15 years later. You can check those pictures out here.

– Former Nexus member Skip Sheffield underwent a second surgery several weeks ago, this time to repair a trapped nerve in his injured leg. The trapped nerve went unnoticed during his first surgery and was causing severe discomfort and complications with his physical rehabilitation process. Sheffield is now off crutches and continues to rehab the leg. No word yet on when he’ll be back in action.

MVP Japan Update, Cena Happy For Lawler, SvR Sales & More

– As TMZ.com has been reporting as of late, former WWE star MVP is set to begin wrestling in Japan in the coming weeks for New Japan Pro Wrestling. There had been some speculation as to whether MVP would be able to use his WWE gimmick in Japan – he Tweeted this week that he will in fact be using the same gimmick.

– John Cena wrote the following on Twitter regarding Elimination Chamber and Jerry Lawler:

“CeNation. Very happy for king. I figured Sheamus and I will settle any differences in the chamber. I hate the chamber.even more than sheamus.”

– THQ revealed this week during their quarterly investor meeting that SmackDown vs. RAW 2011 shipped 2.7 million units during the holiday quarter, which is a strong number but down from previous years.

– Former WWE Diva Maria Kenellis has been teasing on Twitter that she’s working on a new project. The new project is an organic perfume line called Signature Creme. It will be available later this month. She did a photo shoot for the line yesterday.