-WWE Superstar Mark Henry landed on TMZ for dressing up like rapper Rick Ross for Halloween. Henry played up the look after shaving his head and growing his beard out recently. You can check out the full article online at TMZ.com.
-Former WWE Superstar Shad Gaspard is featured prominently in the new Caroline Brooks music video for their single, “Parachute.” You can watch the full music video below:
-The post-Hell In A Cell edition of WWE RAW on Monday night averaged 4.152 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. RAW viewership on Monday was up quite a bit from the average of 3.825 million viewers that the show drew last Monday night.
-The official WWE website has a new video interview up with WWE Superstar Mark Henry. In the interview, Henry spoke about returning to WWE television “when the time is right.” Henry also spoke about his new look, which includes shaving his head completely bald and growing out his beard. You can watch the interview online at WWE.com and you can view photos of Henry’s new look online at 24Wrestling.com.
WWE Superstar Mark Henry recently posted a series of tweets on his official Twitter page revealing photos of his new look.
Henry, who has been out of action recently while he recovers from an injury, has shaved his head completely bald. Below is one of the tweets revealing the new look:
Henry posted a few other tweets with additional photos of his new look, also noting in them (with a full-body photo as proof) that he has lost weight, and is nearing his official comeback to WWE. You can view photos of Henry’s weight loss, and more photos of his freshly shaven bald head at the SESCOOPS.COM sister-site, 24Wrestling.com at the following link: PHOTOS: Mark Henry Loses Weight, Shaves His Head Bald
-WWE Diva AJ Lee has been announced as a guest for the upcoming Wizard World Comic Con event in New Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday, February 8, 2014. The WWE Divas Champion will be appearing from 1pm-4pm.
-Fred Ottman, better known to WWE fans as Tugboat and/or Typhoon, was in attendance at the WWE NXT live event on Friday night in Largo, Florida. Ottman, who is also known for portraying the infamous “Shockmaster” character in WCW, lives in the area and was simply in attendance enjoying the event as a fan.
-WWE ring announcer Lilian Garcia was reportedly in the studio with her new band on Friday recording a few sessions, which will be released to the public in the near future.
-Currently sidelined WWE Superstar Mark Henry represented WWE at the USO’s 10th annual “Stars & Stripes” event in Arlington, Virginia this week. Henry appeared and took some photos, including one with the current “Miss Maryland,” Christina Denny, and “Miss America,” Nina Davuluri.
There is still no definite word as to when WWE Superstar Mark Henry will be making his return to WWE television.
As noted in the past, Henry suffered a hamstring injury while doing a run-in at a non-televised WWE live event in Boston. After an initial exam revealed that Henry’s injuries weren’t serious, and that he was cleared to return, a follow-up exam revealed more problems.
As of right now, Henry is scheduled for an additional exam at the end of October to see how his injury is progressing.
-As previously reported, WWE Superstar Mark Henry appeared on the Jay Mohr podcast last week. The Baltimore Sun picked up some notes from the interview recently, including information on Mark Henry re-signing a three-year extension with WWE that included a raise. You can check out the Baltimore Sun’s coverage of Henry online at BaltimoreSun.com.
-The TNA Impact Wrestling non-televised live event in El Paso, Texas drew a reported 900-to-1,000 fans. Previously, rumors had circulated claiming the show only drew approximately 200 fans.
WWE Superstar Mark Henry recently appeared on actor/comedian Jay Mohr’s “Mohr Stories” podcast.
The two discussed Henry’s recent feud with former WWE Champion John Cena, and how he reached out to celebrities and used Twitter to foreshadow his retirement from pro wrestling. Mohr stated that Henry even worked him over, telling him weeks before the event that he was “tired” and “sick of waking up with his knees hurting”, even convincing his friends that he was headed towards retirement. Mark’s wife Jana was on hand for the interview, and confirmed that Henry even told her he was planning on retiring almost one month before giving John Cena the World’s Strongest Slam on Monday Night Raw.
Here are some highlights of what Henry said about:
Maintaining A Home Life While Being A WWE Superstar:
“I want to be known as a great dad more than anything. Kids – young men find it uncool to be a dad I think. It’s very cool to me … I love being at home with my kids. I got pissed yesterday because I get a call and a video, that my daughter swam for the first time without the floaties on. I miss all that kind of stuff.”
Having Issues With JBL Early In His WWE Career:
“I used to have an issue with Bradshaw . When I was young, he used to pick on me. Ribbing is a part of wrestling. That’s the way they show a fondness for you – they play practical jokes on you. They put your wrestling gear in plastic bags and throw it in the shower. Just stupid stuff. They hazed me – I wanted to fight everybody. They were like ‘look man, you’ve gotta quit trying to fight everybody. We’re trying to be brothers with you.’ It took a while for me to understand that. John is one of the people I respect most in the business now.”
You can listen to the full interview at JayMohr.com.
-Apparently WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin has split his online podcast into two separate versions. One, which will be added every Tuesday, will be the more family-friendly “Steve Austin Show,” which will feature interviews. The other, which will be posted every Thursday, is “Steve Austin: Unleashed,” where he will discuss adult-related subjects. The debut edition of “Steve Austin: Unleashed” is available online right now over at PodcastOne.com.
-The following WWE Superstars are shown (from left-to-right) on the new official WrestleMania XXX promotional poster: The Undertaker, Alberto Del Rio, Randy Orton, John Cena (in the middle), CM Punk, Brock Lesnar and Kofi Kingston.
-WWE Superstar Mark Henry appeared on the latest edition of the Jay Mohr podcast. Fans interested in checking that out can do so online at JayMohr.com.
-Originally, WWE was going to book the Curtis Axel vs. Kofi Kingston match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship on RAW, but for whatever reason, they decided to add the match to the WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view.
-Recently sidelined WWE Superstar Mark Henry is expected to return to WWE television in the very near future. Henry has been medically cleared to return for a while now. Some expect Henry back as early as this coming Monday’s RAW in Chicago, Illinois.
-According to reports, WWE isn’t planning on taking NXT live events outside of Florida on a regular basis until after WrestleMania XXX.
As we reported prior to the Cody Rhodes “firing” angle that took place on RAW a few weeks ago, the communication broke down between WWE officials and the creative team. That is the reason the angle seemed rushed, as Rhodes requested time off for his upcoming wedding and honeymoon, and WWE failed to write him off of television until the last minute.
Apparently the same can be said for Mark Henry. As noted, Henry injured his hamstring at a recent WWE live event, but has since been cleared to return to in-ring action. According to one source, the creative team was not aware that Henry was cleared to compete until reading it online. The communication backstage in WWE is said to be in really rough shape at the moment, resulting in the Rhodes and Henry situations.
With WWE Night of Champions less than a week away, WWE Tag Team champions The Shield are still without opponents for the show.
Originally, the match was scheduled to be Big Show and Mark Henry teaming up against Reigns & Rollins. With Mark Henry currently out of action due to a hamstring injury, there’s been talk that R-Truth will replace him and team with Big Show.
WWE Night Of Champions emanates from Detroit, Michigan this Sunday. Here’s the current card, as of Monday afternoon:
* WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan
* World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. Rob Van Dam
* CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel & Paul Heyman (Handicap Match — Elimination Rules)
* Divas Champion AJ Lee vs. Natalya vs. Brie Bella vs. Naomi
* US Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler
SEScoops.com will have LIVE COVERAGE of Night of Champions this Sunday.
-Rock and Roll legend and former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth was the special guest on the latest edition of the “Steve Austin Show.” Fans interested in checking that interview out can do so online at PodcastOne.com.
-Several WWE personalities have posted tweets promoting the “Boldest Fan” challenge from SummerSlam Axxess weekend. The full segment where a fan took a splash from “The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry is now available online at YouTube.com.
WWE Diva Tamina Snuka posted the following about it on Twitter:
@TheMarkHenry crushes the World’s Boldest Fan. See him enter the Hall of Pain: http://youtu.be/BNLIMFvRrZY #WWEBeBold #PowerHouse
Additionally, WWE Diva Aksana tweeted about it:
You have to see this!!@TheMarkHenry crushes the World’s Boldest Fan. http://youtu.be/BNLIMFvRrZY #WWEBeBold
– After being “fired” by Triple H on Monday’s RAW, Cody Rhodes’ Superstar profile has been moved to the alumni section of the WWE website.
Backstage at RAW, there was talk that Cody Rhodes is taking several weeks off to get married and go on his honeymoon. Cody is engaged to former WWE Diva Brandi Reed (Eden Stiles).
– Speaking of Cody Rhodes, there was an incident on RAW that took place during his match with Randy Orton. As seen last night, there were several fans in the front row dressed up as wrestlers (Dusty Rhodes, Randy Savage, Ric Flair, etc.). Because the fans dressed as wrestlers were getting a lot of attention from the crowd, WWE officials sent over security guards to settle everybody down.
– As a result of Mark Henry’s injury over the weekend, WWE is being forced to change the scheduled tag title match at Night of Champions. Henry and Big Show were going to face The Shield’s Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns for the tag team titles, but now it looks like the Prime Time Players could be getting the title shot. =
WWE Superstar Mark Henry recently posted the following tweets regarding his reported hamstring injury, which he suffered while performing a run-in during the main event of Saturday’s WWE live event in Boston, MA.
Henry wrote:
“Yeah guess the word is out, I pulled my hamstring last night I got through it all just got to Austin!”
Henry followed that up with the following:
“Ring the damn alarm I just went over 500,000 followers. An can’t jump around because of a bum hammy!”
As noted, Henry was scheduled to undergo a MRI on his hamstring to determine the severity of the injury today. No details have come in regarding the MRI test, but as soon as more information becomes available, we will be sure to return with an update.
As noted previously, WWE Superstar Mark Henry suffered a hamstring injury during a run-in he performed in the main event of Saturday’s WWE live event in Boston.
The severity of the injury, which was confirmed by WWE.com, is still unclear at this point.
We can report that Henry was pulled from the WWE Supershow live event in Washington, D.C. on Sunday night. Additionally, Henry is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday morning.
For those who missed it, WWE.com issued the following statement regarding Henry’s injury:
Mark Henry suffered a right hamstring injury at a live event in Boston on Saturday, August 31. This occurred as Henry ran in during the last match of the night. Medical imaging will be obtained to determine the severity of the injury. Stay tuned to WWE.com for any further details.
WWE Superstar Mark Henry suffered an injury during the WWE live event in Boston on Saturday night. The injury, which was to Henry’s hamstring, occurred when Henry did a run-in at the conclusion of the Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan WWE Championship main event.
After doing his run-in as scheduled, Henry was seen taking his time getting back up. The veteran WWE Superstar seemed to be in pretty bad pain when heading to the back.
WWE.com released the following statement regarding Henry’s injury and current physical condition:
Mark Henry suffered a right hamstring injury at a live event in Boston on Saturday, August 31. This occurred as Henry ran in during the last match of the night. Medical imaging will be obtained to determine the severity of the injury.
Henry will undergo an MRI later today to determine the extent of the injury.
We will update everyone on this story as soon as more information becomes available.
-The main event of the WWE live event in Fresno, California on Friday featured Randy Orton defending the WWE Championship against Daniel Bryan. The finish saw Orton nearly tapping to the “Yes! Lock” submission hold by Bryan until The Shield did a run-in, causing a disqualification. This led to Big Show and Mark Henry coming in to make the save, while Orton scurried off and escaped up the aisle while all three members of The Shield ate the finishing moves of Show and Henry. With John Cena on the shelf for the remainder of 2013, this will likely be the main event finish on the “A” live events from WWE going forward.
-Speaking of the WWE live event in Fresno, WWE Superstar Rey Mysterio made an appearance, as advertised, and announced during the show that he would be back to in-ring action in September.
-WWE Hall Of Famer Trish Stratus announced via her official website that her baby is due next month, and that it will be a baby boy. She also noted that she will be naming the child “Maximum,” or “Max” for short. For more, including photos from her baby shower, visit TrishStratus.com.
-The online pre-sale for the upcoming WWE RAW television show in St. Louis, MO. takes place today. There are two pre-sale passwords fans purchasing tickets today can use, and those are WWERAW and CHAMP.
-As we previously reported, Mark Henry and “surprise guests” are scheduled for the August 22nd WWE NXT television taping from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. WWE has since announced both Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter for the 8/22 NXT taping.
According to one source, an angle is likely going to be shot during the Dean Ambrose vs. Rob Van Dam WWE United States Championship match during the WWE SummerSlam Kickoff Show on Sunday night prior to SummerSlam.
The report claims that the angle will either lead to a trios match featuring The Shield against Big Show, Mark Henry and Rob Van Dam, or a regular tag-team match between Show and Henry and Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins.
Regardless, all of the aforementioned WWE Superstars have been informed that they will be working on the actual SummerSlam pay-per-view card itself.
-The aforementioned Maria Menounos & Natalya vs. Brie Bella & Eva Marie match at SummerSlam Axxess will take place on Sunday afternoon. No official time for the bout has been given, although it is a lock to be part of Sunday’s Axxess festivities.
-“The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry was recently interviewed by The Miami Herald as part of his promotional duties for this Sunday’s SummerSlam pay-per-view. You can read that interview online at MiamiHerald.com.
-Tickets for the WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view, which is scheduled to take place on October 27th in Miami, Florida, will officially go on sale on August 24th.
-The official Twitter acount for WWE NXT re-tweeted a Full Sail University tweet which hypes Mark Henry and “surprise guests” for the August 22nd edition of the NXT television tapings from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. The tweet reads:
BREAKING:@WWENXT will be returning to Full Sail on Thursday August 22 with @WWE Superstar @TheMarkHenry along with surprise guests!
-WWE’s official doctor, Dr. Michael Sampson, tweeted the following on his official Twitter page following the successful surgery performed on WWE Superstar Sheamus on Tuesday:
“@WWESheamus @WWE UPDATE: the surgery went well and he is recovering in his room. PT to begin tomorrow.”
-The official WWE website, WWE.com, has confirmed the Maria Menounos & Natalya vs. Brie Bella and mystery partner match for the upcoming WWE Summerslam AXXESS. The news was first reported on the official Twitter account of current RAW General Manager Brad Maddox.
-Following Monday’s edition of WWE RAW, where new matches and stipulations were added to WWE SummerSlam, here is a revised look at this Sunday’s pay-per-view lineup:
WWE SummerSlam PPV Kickoff Show
-Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Rob Van Dam [WWE United States Championship]
-An All-Star panel featuring WWE Hall Of Famers Shawn Michaels and Booker T, along with WWE Diva and Total Divas reality show star Natalya.
WWE SummerSlam PPV
-John Cena (c) vs. Daniel Bryan [WWE Tite Match w/ Special Referee: Triple H]
-Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Christian [World Heavyweight Championship]
-Bray Wyatt vs. Kane [Ring Of Fire Match]*
-CM Punk vs. Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman) [The Best vs. The Beast]
-Damien Sandow vs. Cody Rhodes
-Dolph Ziggler & Kaitlyn vs. Big E. Langston & AJ Lee
-Brie Bella vs. Natalya
* – It was made clear by the RAW commentary team of JBL, Jerry “The King” Lawler and Michael Cole that the “Ring Of Fire” match will end via pinfall or submission. In the past, you must catch your opponent on fire to win. However, that is the difference between an “Inferno Match” and a “Ring Of Fire” match.
-Also, it’s worth noting that Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns issued a challenge to any team to face them for their WWE Tag-Team Championships at SummerSlam. With Big Show returning to in-ring action at Sunday’s live event in Oakland, and returning to WWE television on RAW and facing off with Mark Henry, it’s possible the duo of Show and Henry will respond to the challenge on WWE SmackDown this week.
Make sure to check back here at SESCOOPS.COM on Tuesday evening for live WWE SmackDown spoilers to find out the final touches to this Sunday’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view lineup.
-WWE Superstars The Undertaker and Mark Henry appeared at the Press Forward charity event over the weekend in Round Rock, Texas for Agape Christian Ministries. During the event, “The World’s Strongest Man” demonstrated his ridiculous strength by pulling a semi. Video footage of that spectacular feat is available online at YouTube.com.
-WWE has added a number of new items to their WWE Shop website. Among the new items are a new CM Punk hoodie, “The Beast vs. The Best” commemorative SummerSlam t-shirt and a Wyatt Family sheep mask.
-WWE Hall Of Famer Hulk Hogan celebrates his 60th birthday today, brother! Hogan was born on August 11, 1953. Hogan tweeted about the milestone birthday, writing: “Thanks to everyone for all the birthday wishes,it just overwhelming the love you guys have for me I’m truly humbled. Thank you,much love. HH”
-As we reported yesterday, Tyson Kidd is set to return to WWE television sometime in September of this year. Kidd responded to the report on his Twitter account with the following tweet:
“Apparently I’m coming back in September, I really hope my knee is listening to the ‘journalists’ on the Internet……. #workhorse”
-WWE Superstar Sin Cara was backstage at the CMLL show at Arena Mexico on July 19th visiting family and friends who were at the show. This was Sin Cara’s first time back at Arena Mexico, as he was previously banned from the building after he left CMLL to sign with WWE.
-KTBC FOX 7, the local FOX affiliate out of Austin, Texas has a new one-on-one video interview up on their official website with current WWE Superstar Mark Henry. You can check that out online at MyFOXAustin.com.
-The following is the latest edition of the JBL & Cole Show from the official YouTube channel of WWE. The description for this week’s show reads: “Cody Rhodes can’t seem to get JBL’s cowboy hat off of his head – no matter which Superstar he enlists to help him…”