– It is still unclear what specific injury Rusev suffered last week, although it is either a broken foot or a broken ankle, and he suffered the injury when he took a bump over the top rope during his May 26th SmackDown match against Ryback.
According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there is a possibility that Rusev may be forced to wrestle in traditional wrestling boots, as opposed to wrestling bare foot, as a way to prevent similar injuries from taking place in the future.
– The latest edition of WWE Top 10, which you can check out below, looks at innocent bystanders in WWE.
Although the match has yet to be announced, Ryback is scheduled to defend his WWE Intercontinental Championship against The Miz and Big Show in a triple-threat match at the upcoming WWE Money In The Bank pay-per-view.
Speaking of Ryback, according to the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, he was not the originally planned winner of the Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber match last Sunday night.
Apparently Sheamus was originally booked to win the match and the title, but for whatever reason, WWE decided to make a late change in plans and put the title on Ryback.
Former WWE World Heavyweight champion Daniel Bryan appeared on Miz TV last night during the Elimination Chamber Kickoff Show and vowed to return to the ring one day.
While there was no specific timetable given for his return, this is a positive update for Bryan, who stated on RAW last month that he wasn’t sure if he’d be back in the ring in a few weeks, a few months, or ever.
Bryan has been dealing with an unknown injury since WWE’s post-WrestleMania European tour, which he left early to visit doctors. Bryan underwent an MRI, but it was never revealed what the MRI was for.
Bryan was forced to vacate the Intercontinental Championship he won at WrestleMania, which was won by Ryback last night inside the Chamber. Bryan presented Ryback with the title after his win.
– Tonight at Elimination Chamber, Nikki Bella will defend the Divas Championship against Naomi and Paige in a Triple Threat Match. Prior to the event, she posted a message on Instagram saying she hopes to continue her reign as Divas Champion and face some new competition from the women of NXT. Nikki stated:
“As I say good bye to wine country and hello to Texas I feel revived and refreshed. Today I will prepare and get into my zone as I take on two opponents at the Elimination Chamber tomorrow on the WWE Network. Almost 200 days as your Divas Champion. I hope to continue that reign, continue to make my reign and the Divas Division better. Wish I could put this title on the line every week to a new opponent. I hope to get new competition in our Divas Division soon with NXT Women on the rise,” Bella stated.
“The future looks promising. Looks competitive. Looks tough. So happy to be apart of it. So happy for the challenges. 9 years in July I have been wrestling. There’s nothing like being passionate about your craft. 9 years into it I am still trying to be better and better. Never settle. Always strive to be the best you… Even when you feel like you are there… Keep striving… There’s always something you can work on. Stay Fearless. Love!”
– Ryback, who competed on the fourth season of Tough Enough in 2004, recalled his experience competing on the show in this interview published on WWEToughEnough.com.
“Tough Enough was my introduction into the world of WWE. Looking back, I was 22 years old, just a guy who played baseball and football my entire life, and was a fan of WWE from the age of 5 years old. Going into Tough Enough and into a WWE ring, I thought I was prepared, and I found out I had no clue, essentially,” Ryback said.
Ryback offers the following advice to the contestants who join this season’s cast.
“I’ve seen guys who spent their entire lives in the military, who are considered “tough guys,” quit after two days. I’ve seen guys come from a mixed martial arts background quit after just a few days. It takes a special mindset, and you have to have a love and a passion for WWE. As long as you respect it when you step in the ring, you’ll be all right. It’s the guys who don’t who fall off,” said Ryback.
– Actor Stephen Amell of “Arrow” fame has expressed interest in guest hosting and possibly even wrestling in the past. The actor shot a brief angle with Stardust while attending RAW this past Monday night and now we can confirm that WWE is looking at doing a program of sorts between Amell and Stardust.
– WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins is celebrating his 29th birthday today. Rollins was born on May 28, 1986. Also celebrating birthdays today are WWE legend Kamala (65), former WWE Tag-Team Champion Chaz “Headbanger Mosh” Warrington (44) and Randy Orton’s uncle, former WWE Superstar Barry Orton (57).
– WWE taped the following matches this past Tuesday night for tonight’s edition of SmackDown.
Lumberjack Match: Sin Cara and Kalisto vs. Cesaro and Tyson Kidd
R-Truth vs. King Barrett
Rusev vs. Ryback
Paige vs. Naomi
Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose vs. Kane and Seth Rollins
Michael Cole interviews Kevin Owens
– WWE announced one of the main events of this week’s SmackDown during the Elimination Chamber “go-home” edition of RAW. During the show, it was revealed that Rusev and Ryback will be going one-on-one on the final major television show before this Sunday’s pay-per-view.
– Also announced during RAW was one of the segments scheduled for this Sunday’s pay-per-view “Kickoff Show.” During the PPV pre-show, which will air on the WWE Network, there will be a “MizTV” segment with special guest Daniel Bryan.
Although we’re several months away from the next WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view, a U.K. online gambling website has released betting odds for the 30-man over-the-top-rope match scheduled for January of 2016.
The U.K. betting site known as “Bwin” has released odds for the top five favorites to win the 2016 Royal Rumble. Below are the lines they are offering, with Seth Rollins being the favorite and Daniel Bryan being the biggest underdog.
Seth Rollins +200
Brock Lesnar +400
Roman Reigns +500
Ryback +600
Daniel Bryan +600
According to WWE, Ryback may have suffered a broken rib during his match against Bray Wyatt last night at Payback. Ryback had already been selling injured ribs when he hit Wyatt with a top rope body splash. The Big Guy was checked out by WWE’s medical staff after the match. Here’s video of the top rope spot:
Dolph Ziggler got busted open the hard way during his match against Sheamus. He was a bloody mess during the match and received 10 stitches in his head to close a huge gash.
– Big Show is being advertised for next week’s WWE SmackDown tapings in Norfolk, Virginia. It’s possible this is an outdated event preview, but Show is scheduled to team with Seth Rollins and Bray Wyatt against Dolph Ziggler, Ryback and Roman Reigns. Big Show has been off TV since losing the Last Man Standing match to Roman Reigns at Extreme Rules.
– The WWE Network is now available on Apple TV in the UK.
– WWE has announced Ryback will square off against Bray Wyatt this Sunday at WWE Payback.
– The Authority’s Stephanie McMahon should be back on WWE TV tonight. Stephanie was off TV the past several weeks while doing work in Singapore, Beijing and Shanghai for the Eisenhower Fellows Multi Nation program.
She told Chris Jericho last week that she’ll be taking another hiatus from WWE TV later this year for her second tour with Eisenhower Fellows.
– Rusev lost clean to Ryback at this weekend’s WWE live events. Prior to his feud with John Cena, Rusev had not been beaten clean at live events and always won or lost by DQ.
– Chris Jericho is teasing a big announcement which will be revealed on Wednesday’s Talk is Jericho podcast.
WWE Superstar Ryback recently spoke with Slam! Wrestling to promote next Monday’s edition of WWE RAW in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Below are some highlights from the interview.
On WWE developmental: “It constantly evolves. We are very fortunate to have that developmental system now, with guys from the past, legends of the WWE. Triple H has gone out and brought some of the best wrestlers in the world to NXT and when you’re bringing great wrestlers like that it does nothing but step-up the competition from everyone around it. It’s a very exciting period for WWE right now because what it does is when these guys will come to the main roster, it makes everybody work harder. When you have a competitive environment like that, everybody wins.”
On crowd reactions and the post-WrestleMania fans: “I’ve learned from John Cena early on that as long as the crowd is making noise, let them make noise. The whole point of this is that this is entertainment, this is WWE, you pay for a ticket, you come out, you want to have a good time. Ultimately, we would like to be the ones that dictate the responses, but sometimes, that’s not the case. And if we have a crowd like that that just want to have fun, who wants to do the wave, who wants to chant, let them chant whatever they want to chant.”
“In my head we’re stupid to try. The best thing to do is to have fun and let go and just soak up the moment and just live the moment. I’m at a point in my career where I’m having so much fun. I don’t want to say being in the ring is getting easy, but everything is like a baseball player who sees the ball really slow and who’s on a hot streak. I feel like my mind is working very efficiently in the ring right now and I’m very confident. The crowd was having the time of their life screaming and so was I. I know sometimes, guys get a little upset when they’re in there wrestling and doing moves and the fans chant whatever they want to chant. Well, my thing is just slow down, take it all in, and quit doing so many moves and just listen to the crowd — because you can get control over them again if you know what you’re doing. I love people having fun here. This is why we all do this for. It was a special night after WrestleMania. I’m not saying that’s what we want all the time, but once or twice a year, it’s a really fun time.”
– WWE United States Champion John Cena and “The Viper” Randy Orton are both off of this weekend’s WWE live events. With Cena and Orton off the shows, one tour will be headlined by Ryback, Dean Ambrose and Rusev while the other will be headlined by Roman Reigns vs. WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins. WWE Intercontinental Champion Daniel Bryan, who has been pulled from all live events, was originally scheduled to headline one tour with Ryback.
– It was originally announced by WWE that 14,197 fans were in attendance for their Extreme Rules pay-per-view this past Sunday night. The actual attendance was 11,000, however it was still a sold out show. Monday’s RAW in Green Bay, Wisconsin had 5,800 fans in attendance.
– Bad News Barrett, Sheamus, Neville and R-Truth won King of the Ring matches on RAW to qualify for the semi-finals on Tuesday night. The new king will be crowned during the live King of the Ring special on the WWE Network that starts at 8pm EST.
– It’s been rumored for weeks and on Monday’s RAW, the Bray Wyatt-Ryback feud officially got underway. After Ryback defeated Bo Dallas in a one-sided match, the lights in the arena went out and Bray Wyatt appeared behind the Big Guy. Ryback sized up Wyatt, charged at him but got hit with Sister Abagail. Later in the show, Wyatt cut one of his promos backstage.
– This week’s SmackDown will see an Extreme Rules tag team title rematch with New Day vs. Kidd & Cesaro.
– Last night at Extreme Rules, we saw a segment with Ryback interrupting a promo by Bo Dallas and taking him out with Shell Shocked. It’s being speculated that this might come in to play as Ryback gears up for a feud with Bo Dallas’ brother, Bray Wyatt.
– Paul Heyman is scheduled to be kept off WWE television until July, according to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Lesnar is scheduled to return from his “indefinite suspension” this summer and will likely be working a top match at SummerSlam.
– Director Derek J Sulek noted on Twitter that his movie “The Confession” with Rob Van Dam is now complete. Here’s the DVD artwork featuring RVD:
– Bray Wyatt vs. Ryback and Roman Reigns vs. Kane are two new matches WWE has booked for upcoming live events in May. As noted recently, WWE is planning on having Ryback be the “mystery Superstar” that Wyatt has been referring to in his recent “cryptic promos.”
– Former WWE Diva AJ Lee recently made the following post on Twitter, thanking her fans for their support.
So you guys got #ThankYouAJ and #AJTaughtMe trending for days??? I have the most badass fans on earth.
April 15th in Hamburg, Germany drew 9,500 fans (John Cena tour)
April 16th in Toulouse, France drew 4000 fans (without John Cena and Rusev)
April 16th in Budapest, Hungary drew 8,500 fans (Roman Reigns tour with Cena and Rusev)
April 17th in Antwerp, Belgium drew 4,000 fans (Cena and Rusev back on the tour)
April 17th in Dortmund, Germany drew 8,000 fans (Roman Reigns tour)
April 18th in Zurich, Switzerland drew 4,000 fans (John Cena tour)
April 18th in Nurnberg, Germany drew a sellout of 7,000 fans (Roman Reigns tour)
April 18th in Jacksonville, FL for NXT drew 150 fans
April 20th in Albany, NY for RAW drew 6,800 fans
– As of this past Monday morning, WWE officials were planning on having a Bray Wyatt vs. Ryback feud. Ryback is apparently the person Wyatt has been alluding to in his recent cryptic promos on RAW and SmackDown.
– JBL’s line on commentary during RAW on Monday about not liking catering was apparently a shot at the backstage offerings in WWE as of late. The company has reportedly cut back on their catering budget, but they have been using more pyro as of late.
Following Monday’s taped edition of WWE RAW at the O2 Arena in London, England, new matches and stipulations were announced for the WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view.
Below is an updated look at the lineup:
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Steel Cage Match With The RKO Banned
– Seth Rollins (c) vs. Randy Orton
WWE U.S. Championship Russian Chain Match
– John Cena (c) vs. Rusev
WWE Intercontinental Championship
– Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Bad News Barrett
WWE Divas Championship
– Nikki Bella (c) vs. Paige
Rumored Matches
– Dolph Ziggler vs. Sheamus
– Roman Reigns vs. Big Show (or Roman Reigns & Ryback vs. Big Show & Kane)
Make sure to join us here at SEScoops.com on Sunday, April 26th for the best WWE Extreme Rules live results coverage on the web!
WWE will be taping tonight’s edition of RAW this afternoon at the O2 Arena in London, England. SEScoops.com will have live spoiler results coverage of the entire taping starting at approximately 2:30pm EST.
Official for tonight’s show is a number one contender Divas battle royal, with the winner earning a shot at WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella at this month’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view.
Also confirmed for RAW this week is another “U.S. Open Challenge” from WWE United States Champion John Cena, and the possible revelation of who Bray Wyatt has been talking about in his recent promos.
WWE Superstars and Divas advertised to appear at RAW this week include Randy Orton, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Rusev, Kane, Ryback, Paige and The Bella Twins.
WWE is focusing on the following points for this week’s RAW:
– How will The Viper get even with Seth Rollins?
– Could John Cena lose the U.S. Title in the U.K.?
– Which Diva will get the ultimate chance against Nikki Bella?
– Will Sheamus be cut down to size?
– Has The Miz’s spotlight been stolen?
Make sure to join us here at SEScoops.com at approximately 2:30pm EST. for live spoiler results coverage of WWE RAW!
– WWE recently applied for a number of new trademarks. WWE has applied to trademark the term “Superfriends Crew,” possibly for a new stable. They also applied for “New Face of Fear” for Bray Wyatt, “Lone Wolf” for Baron Corbin, “The Vigilante” for Sting, “Anti-Diva” for Paige, “The Beast Within” for Brock Lesnar, and other terms such as Starrcade, Halloween Havoc and WWE Nation.
– UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey has signed with Dany Garcia, The Rock’s ex-wife and business partner, to be her new business manager. With a budding movie career (Fast 7, The Expendables 3) and a new book coming out next month, it will be interesting to see what’s next from UFC’s most dangerous female fighter.
It’s worth noting that Rousey and The Rock also share the same agent, Brad Slater.
– It’s believed that stipulations will be added to the Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton WWE title match and John Cena vs. Rusev U.S. title match at the upcoming Extreme Rules pay-per-view. Also expected for the PPV is Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler in singles action, and either Big Show vs. Roman Reigns or Big Show & Kane vs. Roman Reigns & Ryback. Already scheduled for Extreme Rules, in addition to the two aforementioned title matches, is an Intercontinental Championship bout between Daniel Bryan and Bad News Barrett.
– WWE talents who were booked to travel to Glasgow, Scotland on Tuesday were Seth Rollins, John Cena, Dean Ambrose, Randy Orton, Ryback, Kane, Joey Mercury, Jamie Noble, Kalisto, Sin Cara, The Ascension, Luke Harper, Goldust, The Bella Twins, Paige, Eden, and Naomi.
– Below is a clip from Chris Jericho’s live podcast interview with John Cena on the WWE Network from Monday night. In the clip, Cena talks to Jericho about his days in Ohio Valley Wrestling.
Randy Orton will challenge WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins in the main event of Extreme Rules on Sunday, April 26th.
Orton defeated Roman Reigns and Ryback in a triple threat match on RAW to earn the title shot. After the match, Orton ate a curb stomp at the hands of Seth Rollins, who stood tall above a fallen Orton after RAW went off the air.
Also announced for the show, Daniel Bryan will defend the IC title against Bad News Barrett and Rusev gets a US title rematch against John Cena.
Join us here on April 26th for live results of WWE Extreme Rules.
– The reason Lana was not at Monday’s post-WrestleMania 31 edition of RAW was because she is back filming the WWE Studios film “Interrogation” with WWE Hall Of Famer Edge.
– In this week’s RAW Fallout videos, which you can see below, Neville takes about making his RAW debut, Sheamus talks about his WWE television return and John Cena and Ryback comment on the rowdy fans in San Jose, California.
– Dolph Ziggler is now officially added to the WWE Intercontinental Championship ladder match at WrestleMania 31. Other participants confirmed for the match include Bad News Barrett, Luke Harper, R-Truth and Dean Ambrose.
– WWE has officially announced Big Show and Kane as the newest entrants in this year’s Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 31. With those two added, the following is the updated list of participants, which as noted, is expected to feature 20 competitors in total.
* The Miz
* Curtis Axel
* Ryback
* Fandango
* Adam Rose
* Zack Ryder
* Jack Swagger
* Titus O’Neil
* Darren Young
* Big Show
* Kane
– The Prime Time Players, Titus O’Neil and Darren Young, have both officially been added to the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal match at WrestleMania 31. WWE is reportedly planning on having 20 Superstars involved in this year’s battle royal, down from the 31 participants who competed in the match last year. With the Prime Time Players now included, the following updated list for the match is as follows:
* Titus O’Neil
* Darren Young
* The Miz
* Curtis Axel
* Ryback
* Fandango
* Adam Rose
* Zack Ryder
* Jack Swagger
– WWE Superstar Xavier Woods recently got a new tattoo, which was inspired by the “Zelda” video game. Below, courtesy of Woods’ official Instagram page, is a photo of him getting the new ink.
coming out next month, it will be interesting to see what’s next from UFC’s most dangerous female fighter. 