Former WWE Superstar Batista is featured in the new trailer for the new James Bond movie, “007: Spectre,” where he plays villain “Mr. Hinx.”
The movie is scheduled for a November 6th release in theaters.
– Lana is being advertised to team with Dolph Ziggler against the team of Rusev and Summer Rae in mixed-tag-team action at the WWE live event in Hampton, Virginia on September 4th. Also scheduled for the event is Sheamus defending his Money In The Bank briefcase in one-on-one action against Neville, as well as John Cena vs. Kevin Owens in a “Street Fight.”
– The NXT Takeover: Brooklyn event on August 22nd from the Bayclays Center is close to being sold out, as more tickets for the event were released on Saturday afternoon. The event will likely end up drawing 10,000 or more fans, making it the biggest NXT event to date.
– WWE banned the name “Wade” in reference to King Barrett a while back, which is why Barrett no longer uses it. There’s been speculation that Barrett will go back to the “Bad News” gimmick after Battleground tonight, as his “Crown” is on the line in his Kickoff Show match against R-Truth.
Following the most recent batch of NXT TV tapings, the following are the top matches expected for the NXT Takeover: Brooklyn live WWE Network special event on August 22nd.
NXT Championship
– Finn Balor (c) vs. Kevin Owens
NXT Women’s Championship
– Bayley vs. Sasha Banks
– Tyler Breeze vs. Jushin “Thunder” Liger
– Baron Corbin vs. Samoa Joe
– While William Regal confirmed that at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn, Finn Balor will defend his title against Kevin Owens, various NXT stars had their first wrestling figures introduced.
NXT Superstars Kevin Owens, Charlotte and Sami Zayn were on hand at the panel with a last minute addition of NXT Champion Finn Balor.
– Mattel confirmed that they will be releasing figures of Finn Balor, Charlotte, Owens, Sami Zayn, Sasha Banks, Bayley and Hideo Itami. The WWE shared the following tweet:
.@WWE @Mattel action figures? #WWENXT is taking over that as well! #NXTTakeOver http://t.co/ie5IkhwSr7 pic.twitter.com/dqbzZ6ir47
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) July 9, 2015
That’s not all though as The APA, J&J Security, The Ascension, Kalisto, The Godfather, Dean Malenko and the British Bulldog will also have their own figures released.
– Mattel also confirmed they will be releasing special edition figures for Sting from The Great American Bash 1990, Hollywood Hulk Hogan and a “Defining moments” release for The Undertaker.
The list doesn’t stop there as they confirmed they’re also working on new figures for the likes of Tyson Kidd, Stephanie McMahon, among others.
#SDCC2015 @mattel @RingsideC @WWENXT Doing it with Flair!!! pic.twitter.com/MgYwqX4Pjq
— Charlotte Flair (@MsCharlotteWWE) July 9, 2015
I'm so dang pleasantly surprised to announce that @Mattel has a Bayley action figure in the works! Holy moly guys. ? pic.twitter.com/uvkftrK9zv
— Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) July 9, 2015
At #ComicCon2015 @Mattel @WWE pic.twitter.com/mAM7vRMFy5
— Finn Bálor (@FinnBalor) July 9, 2015
So excited! Can't wait!!!!
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— KENTA aka Lil’K (@KENTAG2S) July 10, 2015
– As we reported yesterday (July 9th), during the Mattel panel at Comic Con, William Regal confirmed that Kevin Owens will get his rematch against Finn Balor.
Regal confirmed that fans will get the opportunity to see this rematch during next month’s NXT Takeover: Brooklyn event in New York City on August 22nd, the night before Summerslam.
Finn Balor won the title from Kevin Owens during their match at the WWE “Beast in the East” live special on the network from Tokyo, Japan.
At present, no other matches have been confirmed for the card.
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn is set to take place on Saturday, August 22nd, the night before SummerSlam at The Barclay’s Centre in New York City.
The event will be broadcast on the WWE Network and William Regal has just confirmed a huge title match that will take place during the event.
Speaking at the Mattel panel at this year’s Comic Con in San Diego, William Regal confirmed that Kevin Owens will get his NXT Title rematch against Finn Balor.
Finn Balor defeated Kevin Owens at the recent “Beast in the East” WWE Network special live from Tokyo Japan to begin his first reign as the NXT Champion.