– WWE recently hinted at a potential rematch between Sheamus and Christian for Monday’s RAW.
– As previously reported, former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler got married this past Saturday night. The news was revealed by People.com, and it was noted that in the new edition of People Magazine, which comes out on Friday, there will be exclusive wedding photos in the issue.
– Former WWE Superstar Sean “X-Pac” Waltman is doing a new video blog for WWE. In the first installment, he talks about the recent deaths of Big Daddy V and Billy Robinson, Monday’s RAW, Cesaro’s potential, Seth Rollins, Daniel Bryan and more.
– WWE.com has published a list of the 30 Best Big Men in WWE history.
– Sheamus is scheduled to appear at the Sacramento Comic Con at the Sacramento Convention Center this afternoon from 4:30-7:30pm. For more information, visit WizardWorld.com.
– Shawn Michaels is scheduled to appear at the Detroit Autorama convention on Saturday from 12-3pm. Chris Jericho will be appearing at the event on Sunday from 12-3pm. For more information, visit Autorama.com.
– It was revealed during Monday’s RAW in Chicago that Hulk Hogan will be appearing at next week’s RAW to make a major announcement regarding WrestleMania XXX.
– Sheamus posted the following photo of the injury he suffered at RAW following the attack backstage at the hands of Christian.
Blood drawn means war… Blindsided backstage by Captain Weasel. #ChicagoRAW pic.twitter.com/cKlSIquY6o
— Sheamus (@WWESheamus) March 4, 2014
– WWE debuted a new week-in-review type recap show on the WWE Network today. The show, which is called “This Week In WWE,” is described as follows: “Get caught up on everything you need to know from the week that was in WWE, including exclusive entertaining segments and trivia.”
– Sheamus is featured on this week’s edition of the “SmackDown Fallout” YouTube series. You can check that out below:
According to reports, WWE is strongly considering the possibility of adding a third person to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship main event at WrestleMania XXX between Randy Orton and Batista. The latest internal lineup in the company reads, “Batista vs. Orton vs. ?”
Other WrestleMania XXX matches that have been discussed internally, but not yet decided on, include Big E. vs. Dean Ambrose in a match to unify the WWE United States and WWE Intercontinental Championships, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan vs. Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, Sheamus vs. Christian, Goldust vs. Cody Rhodes and a match pitting two NXT wrestlers against each other in a match on the main card.
(Credit: F4WOnline.com)
– WWE has been editing out old footage of chair shots to the head on their YouTube channel since late last year. They’ve recently been taking down a lot of content on YouTube in general, something that was expected upon the launch of the WWE Network, as that content is now planned on only being available on the Network.
– There’s a possible legal issue looming between WWE and MMA legend Frank Shamrock. Apparently Shamrock trademarked an insignia that WWE is using for Sheamus t-shirts and merchandise.
(Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)
– On Friday, TMZ.com broke the news that Hulk Hogan was heading back to WWE. Later in the WWE, WWE announced that Hogan will be the special host of WrestleMania XXX and will be returning to WWE television on Monday’s RAW.
The original plan was for WWE to break the news on Monday afternoon to get the internet buzzing about the return in the hours leading up to RAW. Several people in WWE were wondering why WWE didn’t announce the news on last week’s RAW, which would have gotten the news even more exposure.
TMZ’s leak on Friday led WWE to change their plans and quickly send out a mobile alert announcing Hogan’s return.
– Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg interviewed Elimination Chamber participant Sheamus last week to hype tonight’s pay-per-view. Here’s audio of interview:
Chad Dukes of CBS Radio Washington DC 106.7 The Fan’s “Chad Dukes vs. The World” and ChadDukesWrestling.com interviewed WWE Superstar on Sheamus Thursday. In the interview we discussed Sheamus’ recovery from surgery, the Elimination Chamber match, WWE Network, England vs. Ireland in Six Nations Rugby Match, and the Shield versus the Wyatts. Here are some highlights of what he said about:
What he was up to while recovering from surgery and holding off his return to the ring:
“I got back home to Ireland, saw my 91-year-old grand mother. She was asking me why I’m running around half-naked on national, global television. “We didn’t do that back in my day,” she said. And I got to see me Ma, on the west coast of Ireland. I got to see my friends & family, and I got to reflect on my last couple years which I hadn’t got to do before that. You know a lot of things, but after about three months I was ready to come back.
I actually got cleared kinda early as well, with my surgery, but I’ve just been kinda waiting to come back. I wanted to get the right time and at the Rumble was the right time I think. So I came back at the Rumble, now I feel like I’m starting from scratch again. I’m going out there every week to remind people who I am.”
Sunday’s Elimination Chamber Match:
“You can’t really prepare for it. I mean you’re right, you’re better off watching from the outside rather than being on the inside because it can get pretty hairy in there. It really is one of THE toughest matches. I mean physically, it’s THE toughest match you can possibly have in WWE. And so much at stake too, anything and everything can happen. That’s the thing, matches, you can be in certain situations where the structure around you or the objects around you can cause a
lot of damage but it’s all about what’s at stake, and what’s at stake here is the WWE World Heavyweight Championship that Randy Orton has and with that also a main event match at WrestleMania 30 against Batista. So everybody in there knows it’s the opportunity of a lifetime, to headline the biggest, greatest WrestleMania ever. So everybody in there is going to be taking risks they wouldn’t normally take.”
William Regal:
“People don’t really know about this, but William Regal has been a fantastic mentor to me, him and Fit Finlay have been tremendous mentors to me in my time in WWE. Everyone talks about Triple H, Triple H has been a great help but on the road from day one, Regal has been the one who’s helped me. Arn Anderson too, as well.”
The WWE Network:
“I mean let’s be honest, $9.99 and you get every pay-per-view? You also get access on open to a 1000 hours of pay per view vault footage, all pay per views, which is going to be updated on a regular basis. Huge Content. There’s gonna be preshows on Raw and Smackdown, and post shows. It’s a tremendous opportunity to watch what you want when you want.
Especially for us too. All us superstars we’re all fans of wrestling: WWE, ECW, WCW, and the rest WCCW and NWA. We grew up watching all these different superstars who are no longer active right now. It’s very hard for us on the road to bring those DVDs with us, you don’t have a DVD player, but now with your Ipad or your phone you can literally pull up any footage of any match you want anytime, any show. It’s gonna be incredible it really is. It really is groundbreaking.
I have an Xbox 360 at home and I’m not the greatest gamer, I’ll play a game here or two but fella, I use that thing for everything. For HBO Go, for Hulu, for Netflix, that’s the way TV’s going. It’s gonna be a massive massive success I feel.”
The Shield vs. Wyatts Match and the talents involved:
“First of all the Shield, being a great fantastic unit, and you’ve got three fantastic individuals. You’ve got Seth Rollins, very creative, very athletic type of guy. Very Creative. You’ve got Dean Ambrose, really really cool character, real quirky, and just a great throwback. You know what I mean, the Roddy Piper, I know people compare him to Roddy all the time. A great character. And you’ve got Roman Reigns who has the look, he’s jacked, he’s atheletic, he’s powerful. So you’ve got a great combination in the Shield that work so well together.
And of course you’ve got the Wyatts, who are more of a unit themselves together, you know what I mean. But they’re all just great phenomenal characters. I mean the promos that Bray cuts and just the creepy Rowan guy, who by the way is not my dad, he is not my father, and Luke Harper, who I’ve been in the ring with as well, who’s agressive as you can get, he may as well be European. It’s just a great unit, a great match. People wanna see that match as much as the chamber.”
Monday’s episode of WWE RAW from Denver, Colorado went off the air with participants of Sunday’s Elimination Chamber match, The Shield and The Wyatt Family brawling.
After RAW went off the air, John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Cesaro, Sheamus and Dean Ambrose were the last men left in the ring. Cesaro gave Ambrose the Cesaro Swing and got him around nearly 30 times before releasing him. A dazed Ambrose finally got up and got hit with a Brogue kick from Sheamus. Cesaro and Sheamus left the ring.
Ambrose got back up and Cena hit him with an Attitude Adjustment. As Cena left the ring, the crowd erupted with a Yes! chant for the final babyface left – Daniel Bryan.
Bryan hit Ambrose with his running knee and got a huge pop. The Yes! chant continued as Daniel Bryan celebrated with fans at ringside.
– Next week’s episode of WWE RAW from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado will feature WWE World Heavyweight champion Randy Orton vs. Sheamus in a non-title match.
The match was announced by Triple H last week during his Wednesday interview for WWE.com.
– As previously reported, Rob Van Dam was backstage at the Staples Center on Monday afternoon to meet with Triple H.
Dan Masters posted this video on Facebook of himself and RVD after leaving the Staples Center:
– Monday’s WWE RAW was #3 on yesterday’s “Nielson Twitter TV Ratings” charts. The show drew a “unique audience” of 2 million, up from last week’s 1.8 million.
RAW had over 12 million “total impressions,” with 53,100 people posting 199,200 tweets about the show.
– Here is the latest Backstage Fallout video from Monday’s RAW:
Sheamus and Ryback comment on their encounter on Raw.
– WWE Superstar Sheamus, who made his return to the company at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view this past Sunday night, will be appearing at the Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. from 6-8pm today.
– WWE has reportedly applied to trademark the word “SmackDown” in regards to a television program. This is likely a move being done in case WWE ends up moving SmackDown to another night when they re-negotiate the television deal for the show. According to reports, there is a potential plan in place to move SmackDown to Tuesday night and air the show live.
(Partial Credit: PWInsider.com)
– WWE Superstar Sheamus turns 36 years old today.
– WWE Composer Jim Johnston is Steve Austin’s guest on this week’s Steve Austin Show podcast. Listen now at PodcastOne.com.
WWE composer Jim Johnston joins Steve to talk about some of their favorite entrance themes. Hear what inspired the themes for Stone Cold, The Undertaker, Bret Hart, D-Generation X, and Shawn Michaels.
– Pro Wrestling NOAH star KENTA was at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando on Monday, according to PWInsider.com. William Regal reportedly set up the tryout and he’s expected to continue training in the ring there this week.
Check out this video highlighting KENTA’s epic feud with Daniel Bryan (formerly Bryan Danielson) in Pro Wrestling NOAH:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CfcgZ2EJSvs
– Following his return at the WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view on Sunday night, WWE has already released new Sheamus t-shirts.
– The cast of Educating Yorkshire did the Daniel Bryan “Yes!” chant on stage this past week after winning an award at the UK National Television Awards Show.
– The entire crowd at the Michigan State vs. Michigan college basketball game this past weekend did the “Yes!” chant once again. It has become a tradition at Michigan State basketball games for the fans to do the “Yes!” chant.
– For those who missed the show on Sunday night, the New Age Outlaws became the new WWE Tag-Team Champions during the WWE Royal Rumble Kickoff Show by defeating Goldust and Cody Rhodes.
– Roman Reigns set a record for the most eliminations by a single person in the history of the Royal Rumble match by eliminating 12 participants in the match on Sunday night.
– Sheamus made his return in the Royal Rumble match.
– Kevin Nash made an appearance in the Royal Rumble match.
Rumored Royal Rumble Surprise Entrants
One of the highlights of the annual January pay-per-view is the Royal Rumble surprise entrants surprise entrants. Here are some of the people who could be filling some of the 10 unannounced spots in the Rumble.
Sheamus: He’s been out of action since August with a torn labrum and will be making an appearance at the World of Wheels Auto Show in Pittsburgh the day before the Rumble.
Chris Jericho: Jericho made a surprise appearance at last year’s Royal Rumble and will also be in town with Sheamus for the World of Wheels auto show.
Kevin Nash: Nash will be hosting a party just outside of Pittsburgh the night before the Royal Rumble. He tweeted a photo of himself after dying his hair and goatee. He claimed this was for a TV pilot he’s working on – but could we see the return of Big Daddy Cool Diesel at the Royal Rumble?
Jake Roberts: Jake shocked the world on RAW a few weeks ago when he made his first WWE television appearance since 2005. He’s been pushing for a spot in the Rumble for months – will Jake get one last chance to mix it up in a WWE ring?
2 Cold Scorpio: Sunday’s Royal Rumble takes place from Pittsburgh, just a few hours away from Philadelphia (the home of ECW).
Scorpio’s return would be presented as an ECW tie-in, playing of the ECW footage that will be available on the WWE Network.
Jimmy Wang Yang: Jimmy Wang Yang is a good friend of Batista and attended two WWE live events in the past week. He tweeted on Wednesday:
My last few days have been pretty interesting I got question what's everybody favorite number? I'll tell you mine Sunday
— Daddy Yang (@akioyang) January 22, 2014
The Godfather/Papa Shango: Wade Barrett tweeted on Friday that he has forfeited his spot in the Royal Rumble. He hinted that his replacement has ties to voodoo, which he’s done over the past few years:
I've given up my spot in this year's #RoyalRumble to make way for a WWE legend. It's top secret, but just between us, here's a clue: Voodoo.
— Stu Bennett (@StuBennett) January 24, 2014
The Godfather made a surprise appearance in last year’s Rumble.
Daniel Bryan: Daniel Bryan is probably the top WWE superstar who is not currently booked for the Rumble. Bryan did an interview this week stating that despite Triple H not wanting him involved, he’s still “working on” getting a spot in the match.
We will update this page as more details become available regarding Royal Rumble surprise entrants. Keep in mind that these are just rumors at this point, but this is what we’re hearing so far.
Be here Sunday night for our Live Coverage of the 2014 WWE Royal Rumble. We’ll have the chat room open at 7PM (Eastern) and will have live ongoing results for the entire show. If you are not ordering the Royal Rumble on pay-per-view, this is the very best way to experience the show.
For even more Royal Rumble news (including who is most likely to win), visit 24Wrestling.com.
(News from f4wonline.com was used in this report)
– WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony tickets are selling well. As of Tuesday morning, only upper deck tickets are available for the New Orleans Arena.
– Tonight’s WWE SmackDown and Main Event tapings will take place from Grand Rapids, Michigan. R-Truth vs. Damien Sandow will take place on Main Event, while Big Show and Rey Mysterio will square off against The Real Americans on SmackDown. Check back later tonight for spoiler results of both shows.
– As previously reported, both Sheamus and Chris Jericho will be be appearing at the World Of Wheels auto convention from Pittsburgh, PA, the host city of the 2014 Royal Rumble.
(Partial Source: PWInsider.com)
– WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee attended the Wizard World Ohio Comic Con late last year (along with Sheamus) and revealed that she actually turned down an offer to be part of the Total Divas reality show.
– Attitude Era star Scotty 2 Hotty, who returned as part of the Too Cool act at Old School RAW a couple of weeks ago, attended the WWE NXT event in Daytona, Florida. Scotty tweeted the following photo from the show:
At @WWENXT in Daytona with @RealBillyGunn @EmmaWWE @WWETensai pic.twitter.com/jLDbiI9Dv9
— Scotty 2 Hotty (@TheScotty2Hotty) January 19, 2014
– Billy Gunn tweeted the following today announcing that the New Age Outlaws will be invading next week’s Old School RAW:
It's official the NAO invade #RAW next week
— Kip Sopp (@RealBillyGunn) December 30, 2013
– As noted earlier, Sheamus and Chris Jericho will be appearing at the Autorama car show in Pittsburgh on January 24th – the same weekend of the Royal Rumble. WWE.com is now advertising the Sheamus appearance, letting fans know he’ll be in town for the Rumble.
– Sheamus and Chris Jericho will be appearing at the “Autorama” event in Pittsburgh, PA during Royal Rumble weekend. With the Rumble taking place in Pittsburgh, there’s already speculation that they could be appearing on the PPV.
Sheamus has been out of action since August with torn labrum in his left shoulder. Jericho’s no stranger to dramatic returns, including his surprise appearance at the 2013 Royal Rumble:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjTJUYnTJs0
– WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was the top trending search term on Yahoo! this weekend as a result of high-profile P.R. rep Justine Sacco’s controversial tweet where she wrote, “Going “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” Sacco is a former WWE spokesperson and her past association with the organization is what led to Vince trending.
The following are highlights from a recent WWE.com interview with WWE Superstar Sheamus:
On the status of his shoulder: “It’s feeling pretty solid. I’m still a little while away from coming back, but it’s a whole lot better than what it was when I first had the surgery, trust me. When I woke up after surgery, I don’t think I ever experienced any kind of discomfort or pain like I did then. And, even though I’ve come a long way from that, I’m still going to rehab every day.”
On a timetable for his WWE return: “There’s not, no. I just have to keep going. Some days are better than others with my shoulder. I do have six anchors put in my labrum; I tore it in half, so it was pretty major surgery. I also tore my right shoulder as well, and even though I didn’t have surgery on it, I’ve been rehabbing both shoulders to strengthen the muscles around the labrum. My main concern is that I don’t want to come back too early, and then something happens and I’m set back. That would be the worst possible scenario, so patience is the key.”
On what fans can expect when he returns: “At this stage of the game, I’m just tired of sitting at home. I’ve been frustrated and impatient. I want to come back the way that brought me to the dance —come back aggressive, no-nonsense. I’m fired up and ready to go; I’m ready to take no prisoners. I have to go back out there and remind people who I am, and I have to show the new members of the WWE Universe what they’ve been missing.
Before I got injured, I was kind of spinning my wheels. Now, I’m ready to take back what’s mine. I don’t believe there’s anyone in WWE who is tougher, more determined than me. Sure, I got a little sidetracked, but I’ve had plenty of time to think and reevaluate the situation.
Now, I’m ready to just tear through anybody who stands in my way — I don’t care if it’s Daniel Bryan, John Cena, Randy Orton or Big Show. I don’t care who it is — The Wyatt Family, The Shield, I don’t give a damn who they are. I’m taking no prisoners, and if I go down, I’m dragging everyone with me because I want to be WWE Champion again. Ain’t nobody gonna stop me.”
Check out the complete interview online at WWE.com.
– The following is the official preview for tonight’s edition of Total Divas:
“Saying Goodbye: Nattie and TJ are forced to say goodbye to a beloved pet; Trinity has it out with Jon over his jealous behavior; and Nikki’s medical leave causes tensions between herself and Brie.”
– WWE Superstar Sheamus recently put over Goldust in a new tweet posted on his official Twitter account. Sheamus wrote:
Comeback of the year award should b created just for @DUSTIN_RHODES1. He has been incredible the last few months. Absolute Legend! #Slammy
— Sheamus (@WWESheamus) December 8, 2013
– WWE Superstar Sheamus tweeted a photo himself at the TD Garden in Boston on Sunday night for WWE Survivor Series. Sheamus told his fellow WWE Superstars to “take note.” You can check out the tweet below:
Boston TD Garden. A reminder I was great once & shall be great again. Take note @wwe roster. Sheamus' in da house. pic.twitter.com/hT8OEypdnh
— Sheamus (@WWESheamus) November 24, 2013
– The following is the latest edition of “After Total Divas,” courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel:
– WWE Superstar Sheamus is in Boston, Mass. today. Obviously with Boston being the site of tonight’s WWE Survivor Series, many are speculating as to whether or not Sheamus will appear in some form or fashion on the show.
Sheamus wrote the following on Twitter recently:
Havin gr8 time in Boston Ma.1st ever American city I visited when I was 18. Ya can sense the Irishness.Savage city.Bring on #SurvivorSeries
— Sheamus (@WWESheamus) November 24, 2013
– As noted previously, WWE Superstar Mark Henry is also in Boston tonight. Fans have been speculating that Henry will answer Ryback’s rumored “open challenge” on the show. Sheamus could be another guy that could respond to the challenge, although that is obviously pure speculation, and actually pretty unlikely due to his condition.
– WWE agent Dean Malenko, who has dealt with heart issues in the past, was apparently sent home early from the WWE European tour due to chest pains. Malenko was first taken to the hospital and after being examined by doctors, was sent home.
– As previously reported, WWE Superstar Sheamus mentioned in a recent interview that his dream WrestleMania opponent would be The Undertaker. Apparently Sheamus is actually trying to push the idea of that match taking place internally, so he seems to be quite serious about it.
[Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter]