– Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett is the guest on the latest edition of the Steve Austin Show podcast. You can download the show right now at PodcastOne.com.
– The next set of NXT television tapings, which are already sold out, will be taking place at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida on Thursday, June 18th.
– JBL and Renee Young announced that the new season of their YouTube show will premiere on Friday, June 5th. Below is a post made on JBL’s Instagram page regarding the show.
– ESPN and FOX have both expressed interest in hiring Renee Paquette (Renee Young) to do mainstream sports news reporting for them once her deal with WWE expires. Whether or not Young is entertaining these offers is unclear as of right now.
– The talk going around backstage in WWE among the staff is that Vince McMahon has made it abundantly clear to everyone that WrestleMania absolutely has to sell out next year at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
– The ESPN E:60 piece on NXT, which focuses primarily on Xavier Woods, Corey Graves and Adam Rose, will be replaying on ABC on June 21st at 5pm EST.
– Triple H will be hosting a conference call on Tuesday morning to promote Wednesday’s NXT Takeover: Unstoppable live special on the WWE Network.
– Speaking of Wednesday’s “Unstoppable” special, the pre-show is scheduled to begin on the WWE Network at 7:30pm EST. The hosts of the pre-show will be Renee Young, Corey Graves and Byron Saxton. There is no post-show scheduled at this point.
– Tommy Dreamer announced that The Young Bucks and Rhyno will be appearing on his next “House Of Hardcore” event, which is scheduled for Saturday, July 18th in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
– NXT’s Shoot Nation stable is now simply a tag team with Sawyer Fulton and Angelo Dawkins. They will continue using the Shoot Nation name, while the former leader Chad Gable is going solo.
– Below, in order, are the top five most-watched shows on the WWE Network for the past week:
1. WWE 24: Roman Reigns
2. Chris Jericho interviews Stephanie McMahon
3. WWE NXT, May 6th episode
4. Jerry Springer Too Hot for TV: Love Hurts
5. Extreme Rules
– Other shows that drew well on the WWE Network include the special on Floyd Mayweather vs. Big Show, the previous week’s NXT show, the Culture Shock show with Corey Graves, Unfiltered with Renee Young, Mick Foley’s “Cheap Pops” special, the sneak peek at ECW Uncensored Volume 3 and Jerry Springer’s new show.
– On the other side of the coin, two shows that aren’t getting a lot of views at all are the Cinco de Mayo special with Los Matadores, and pretty much any episode of WWE Superstars.
– Tonight after WWE RAW, Renee Young’s new show WWE Unfiltered premieres on the WWE Network. She’ll be interviewing rapper Wiz Khalifa. The show is scheduled to air at 11:11pm EST.
– Former WWE Superstar Jimmy Wang Yang posted the following on his Facebook page announcing that he’ll be returning to WWE RAW tonight.
He last wrestled for WWE back in 2010.
I haven’t worn this in awhile. Tomorrow is going to interesting. Guess who returns to WWE Raw??? #jwycomeback #WWEneedsWang
– WWE broadcast member Renee Young noted on social media that one of her upcoming guests on her “Unfiltered” show on the WWE Network will be “King” Bad News Barrett. As noted, Young’s guest on Monday’s edition of the WWE Network show will be Wiz Khalifa.
– Saturday was officially “Jerry Lawler Day” in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. This year’s Saturday, which fell on May 9th, is the same date that Lawler won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship with Curt Hennig, who would later go on to fame in WWE under the “Mr. Perfect” gimmick.
– WWE Hall Of Famers Hulk Hogan and Jimmy Hart are featured in a new Baltimore Sun video at an airport. In the video, it is revealed that Hogan can’t sign autographs because the cameras that follow him stress him out. Check out the clip above or at Newsinc.com.
Renee Young revealed on Twitter that she will be Chris Jericho’s co-host when WWE Tough Enough returns on Tuesday, June 23rd on the USA Network. Thursday’s press release from WWE announcing details for the show did not mention Young co-hosting.
Daniel Bryan, Hulk Hogan and Paige will serve as judges, while Billy Gunn, Lita and Booker T will be training the contestants. Here are some more reactions from the cast members:
– Renee Young’s new ten-minute WWE Network talk show, “Unfiltered” is scheduled to debut this Tuesday at 4pm EST. Her first guest will be WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins. The official description for the show reads as follows: “In the premier of Unfiltered, Renee Young hangs out with WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins for a fun and revealing conversation!”
– Speaking of the WWE Network, some sort of special programming is scheduled to air at 8pm EST., on Tuesday night. The WWE Network currently has a one-hour program scheduled with the title being, “Network Exclusive.” The description for that one reads as follows: “To be announced, live WWE action and entertainment featuring top WWE stars.”
It looks as though WWE has plans to include Sting in their new “The Monday Night War Volume 1: Shots Fired” DVD and Blu-ray set.
The DVD is scheduled to feature footage and interviews with the likes of Sting, Triple H and Renee Young. The three will comment on each episode of the DVD, all of which aired as part of a documentary series that was exclusive to the WWE Network.
The release is scheduled to include four DVD discs, or three Blu-ray discs, which features ten episodes of the Monday Night War documentary episodes, as well as “complimentary matches and moments,” all of which will go along with the new interview footage.
“The Monday Night War Volume 1: Shots Fired” set will be available in July, with the second volume of the series expected to be released later this year.
– William Regal is the guest on the latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast. You can download the show right now at PodcastOne.com.
– On this week’s edition of SmackDown Fallout, which you can watch below, Fandango tells Renee Young that he has returned and has “got stuff to do.”
– WWE Hall OF Famer Jim Ross reunited with Edge and his fiancee’ Beth Phoenix at this year’s Cauliflower Alley Club reunion this past weekend. Phoenix was there to accept the 2015 CAC Women’s Wrestling Award. Below is a photo of the three together at the ceremony.
– Jey Uso was kept off of the WWE European tour this week due to the shoulder injury he suffered prior to WrestleMania 31. Instead, Jimmy Uso is working singles matches during the tour. The official WWE Twitter account noted that Jey is at home resting up.
– WWE stock was down 2.19 percent on Friday, closing at $13.42 per share. The high yesterday was $13.89 and the low was $13.35.
– This week’s edition of the JBL & Renee Young Show, which you can watch below, features a stop at WWE Headquarters.
After Monday’s post-WrestleMania 31 edition of WWE RAW in San Jose, California, Sting took part in an interview segment in the ring with Renee Young.
Sting spoke about finally wrestling a match in WWE and having his first “WrestleMania moment.” Young asks what the future holds for Sting, but he says he doesn’t know. The fans loudly chant “Undertaker” at him, which Sting acknowledges, but again he assures the fans that he doesn’t know what’s next for him.
Eventually, Bo Dallas came out and dressed Sting down. He tells Sting he blew his legacy in front of a record breaking crowd by losing to Triple H. Dallas gets in the ring and gets hit with a Scorpion Death Drop by Sting. Sting’s music hits again to end the segment.
– Renee Young confirmed on Twitter that she will be working the WrestleMania 31 Kickoff Pre-show this year. She’s also expected to work the Hall of Fame Red Carpet special on Saturday night.
– We are sad to report that longtime WWE graphic designer Patrick McDarby passed away on March 14th at the age of 57. He had been battling cancer. McDarby designed more than 200 logos throughout his career, including the new WWE logo. Our condolences to his family and friends.
– WWE has published this video of Dean Ambrose’s journey to WrestleMania
– During a taped interview on Raw offering his thoughts on Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar mentioned beating The Rock as a rookie—at the 2002 SummerSlam to capture the WWE Championship—and sending him to Hollywood. It was stated in this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that this line was scripted to push a match between both wrestlers as a possibility for next year’s WrestleMania.
WrestleMania 32 is scheduled to take place on April 3, 2016, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
– After realizing Renee Young is his perfect co-host on The JBL & Renee Show, JBL celebrates by singing with other WWE Superstars on this week’s episode.
– It was announced on Monday that Larry Zbyszko will become enshrined in the WWE Hall of Fame the night before WrestleMania 31. To celebrate the induction, five clips of “classic moments” from his career have been added to the WWE Hall of Fame section on the WWE Network.
– WWE announcer Renee Young recently confirmed that she is dating Dean Ambrose. When asked about the rumor during an appearance on the Gorilla Position podcast, she said:
“It’s true, yes. I can’t give away too much, because we are very private about our relationship because we respect it. We don’t need people knowing about it or caring what we’re doing – I’m not going to post pictures of us on the internet… but people berate me no matter what I post on the internet. [I hear:] ‘Tell us about Dean, we hate you!’”
– The Thursday, February 26th edition of WWE SmackDown scored a final cable rating of 1.86, according to Nielsen Media Research. This week’s rating was up compared to last week’s show, which delivered a 1.77 cable rating. SmackDown this week averaged 2.624 million viewers, which was also up from the 2.403 million viewers who tuned in the previous week.
– WWE broadcast member Renee Young recently held a Q&A on social media. When asked by a fan if she would ever consider wrestling for WWE, she replied with the following joking comment.
– On Monday’s edition of WWE RAW, which was both the Royal Rumble “go-home” show and the “RAW Reunion” special, the “expert panel” for this Sunday’s pay-per-view was announced. Hosting the official Royal Rumble “Kickoff Show” this Sunday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will be Renee Young, Byron Saxton, Corey Graves and Booker T.
– Below is the video package WWE aired at the beginning of Monday’s RAW to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. day holiday.
– The latest edition of “WWE Top 10,” which you can viww below, takes a look at “Brock Lesnar’s Most Powerful Moments.” As noted, Lesnar is scheduled to appear on tonight’s edition of WWE RAW.
– Below is the “After Total Divas” web episode for this week’s show, which features Renee Young and her new co-host, Summer Rae, looking back at some of the events that transpired on this past Sunday night’s edition of WWE Total Divas on E!.
As noted, Dolph Ziggler, Ryback and Erick Rowan were all “fired” by The Authority on Monday’s edition of WWE RAW. In this week’s RAW Fallout video, which you can watch below, the three “former” WWE Superstars react to their “firing,” all of whom look depressed in the ring shortly after the announcement was made.
Also on this week’s RAW Fallout, Bad News Barrett talks to Renee Young about winning back the WWE Intercontinental Championship. You can check that one out below.
Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan, who announced his return and entrance into the 2015 Royal Rumble match in January, is featured on this week’s edition of RAW Fallout.
Check out the video above to see Bryan talking to Renee Young backstage after making his announcement on RAW.
– WWE broadcast team member Renee Young recently held a Q&A on her official Twitter account. Young noted that her favorite WWE Superstars to interview are Paul Heyman, Fandango, Jack Swagger and The Usos. You can check out more from Young’s Twitter Q&A @ReneeYoungWWE.
– There’s talk that Erick Rowan vs. Titus O’Neil may be in the works for next Monday’s Christmas-themed edition of WWE RAW in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As noted, in addition to the Christmas theme, WWE Hall Of Famer Hulk Hogan will be appearing on the show.
The WWE Network aired a brief TLC “Fallout” post-show after last night’s pay-per-view. The show opened with the panel, which featured Renee Young, Booker T, Alex Riley and Paul Heyman. Heyman spoke about John Cena winning his “Tables Match” tonight, which earned him the right to face WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar for the title at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. Heyman praised Cena, saying he’s the best — besides Lesnar.
Dean Ambrose was shown in the ring recovering from the television monitor exploding on him. Ambrose destroyed what was left of the monitor.
On commentary, Michael Cole promoted the Cena vs. Lesnar match and pointed out that it will be the final meeting between the two.
– WWE Hall Of Famer Hulk Hogan has been added to the December 22nd edition of WWE RAW, which emanates from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
– The NXT Takeover: R Evolution preview special is scheduled to air on the WWE Network tonight at 10pm EST. The one-hour show, hosted by Renee Young, will preview this Thursday’s live special on the WWE Network.
WWE applied for a trademark for the term “Big Red” last week, as that will be part of Erick Rowan’s new name on television.
As seen on WWE TV since The Wyatt Family has split up, WWE has been constantly making small changes to Rowan’s gimmick, as he went from a silent, goofy character who had a crush on Renee Young, and later toy kittens, to a secret genius with a rubik’s cube and high IQ.
