Original plans for the WWE Tag-Team Championship match at this Sunday’s WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view called for Tyson Kidd and Cesaro to defend the titles against The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto), however that no longer appears to be the case.
Kidd and Cesaro got over so well at many of the live events during the recent WWE European tour, which has some speculating that it may have influenced some of the booking.
While it’s not clear yet whether or not Kidd and Cesaro will remain a babyface tag-team going forward, they will be working as the babyfaces against The New Day at the WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view this Sunday.
– 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.
– Former NXT Tag-Team Champions The Lucha Dragons — Sin Cara and Kalisto — made their WWE RAW debut on the post-WrestleMania 31 edition of the show on Monday night. The Lucha Dragons teamed with The New Day, working an eight-man tag-team match against The Ascension and the WWE Tag-Team Champions, Tyson Kidd and Cesaro.
– “The Celtic Warrior” Sheamus returned on Monday’s post-WrestleMania 31 edition of WWE RAW sporting a new look. Sheamus has a red mohawk now and a beard tied up in rubber bands. Sheamus turned heel during his return, beating down Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler after the first match of the show. Below is a photo of Sheamus’ new look.
Rey Mysterio will soon be adding the “Jr.” back to his name while working in AAA. Mysterio dropped the “Junior” part of his name when he joined WWE back in 2002.
In related news, Mysterio is scheduled to team with the original Sin Cara at AAA’s “Rey de Reyes” event on March 15th.
The “Rey de Reyes” event will be streamed live on internet pay-per-view for $10 at InterneTVLuchaLibreAAA.com
– The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) vs. Enzo Amore and Big Cass in a tag-team match to determine the number one contenders for the NXT Tag-Team Championship has been announced for this week’s edition of NXT TV on the WWE Network.
– Speaking of NXT, former NXT World Champion Sami Zayn is now officially on Facebook. You can check out Zayn’s page at Facebook.com/SamiZaynWWENXT.
– Lucha Underground and Ring Of Honor star Alberto El Patron will be coming out with a new YouShoot DVD produced by the folks at Kayfabe Commentaries on March 17th. The DVD will be available at KayfabeCommentaries.com.
– Former WWE Diva Melina Perez will be the guest on this week’s Jim Ross “Ross Report” podcast, which will be available on Tuesday night at approximately 9pm EST. at PodcastOne.com.
Mexico’s AAA promotion held a press conference today to announce the signing of former WWE Superstar Rey Mysterio. He’ll be appearing at the Rey de Reyes event in on March 15th from Guadalajara, Mexico. His opponent will be announced soon.
Mysterio will also be wrestling at a special “World Cup” show on May 23rd, where he’ll team up with AAA World Champion Alberto El PAtron and Myzteziz, the original Sin Cara.
– Batista has signed on to appear in the new Highlander movie. He will play the role of The Kurgan. The synopsis for the 1986 version of highlander reads, “An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled ‘Prize.'”
– AAA star Myzteziz (the original Sin Cara)will be using the Sin Cara name at a March 5th AAA event in Aguascalientes. He will be working a ladder match against Tigre Uno, Averno and Wagner Jr.
– After exchanging trash talk with The Daily Show host Jon Stewart, Rollins has invited Stewart to appear at Sunday’s WWE Fastlane PPV.
– Sunday’s edition of WWE Total Divas drew 914,000 viewers on E!, the lowest number the show has drawn thus far this year. By comparison, the previous week’s show averaged 1.08 million viewers. This coming Sunday’s show will look to bounce back, but will have to do so while running against the live WWE Fastlane event on pay-per-view.
– It looks as though former NXT Tag-Team Champions The Lucha Dragons could be headed to the main WWE roster soon. The duo, which consists of Sin Cara and Kalisto, worked the WWE Main Event taping on Tuesday night, defeating the team of Curtis Axel and Heath Slater.
– The NXT TV taping at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida on February 18th is now officially sold out. As noted, tonight’s NXT TakeOver: Rival and tomorrow night’s NXT TV tapings are also officially sold out.
– Diamond Dallas Page noted on his official Twitter account that he underwent throat surgery at 6am on Wednesday morning. He wrote the following:
Ok kids tomorrow I’ve got to be in surgery at 6am (Damn to I HATE early mornings) Anyway, Throat surgery should be smooth :-) I wanna thank you all for you love and attention and Amazing Heartfelt posts here on my pages… it’s really been quiet humbling smile emoticon I’ll have Bk put a post tomorrow following the surgery later today… DDP
– As noted earlier today, because of the limited crew at the WWE TV tapings on Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio, several matches were extended to help kill time on the shows. On Main Event, Cesaro and Sin Cara had a lengthy match that apparently tore the house down. The two tweeted the following about their match after the taping:
– There was only a partial crew at the WWE Main Event and WWE SmackDown television taping on Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio. Half of the roster was already on their way to Abu Dhabi for this weekend’s live events.
As a result of a limited crew at the tapings, matches on both Main Event and SmackDown were stretched out longer than usual. The “Tag-Team Turmoil” main event on SmackDown went over 45 minutes, while the Sin Cara vs. Cesaro headline match on Main Event went long as well.
– The latest edition of WWE’s “Five Things” web-series, which you can view below, takes a look at the five craziest event locations in history.
The following matches were taped prior to the WWE SmackDown taping in Dayton, Ohio on Tuesday, February 10th for this week’s edition of WWE Main Event.
Dark Match:
– Nikki Bella def. Emma in a Divas match. Brie Bella was at ringside for this one. The finish saw Nikki hit Emma with her Rack Attack finishing move for the 1-2-3.
WWE Main Event Spoilers
– The Ascension cut a promo to open the taping. They spoke about the “old relics” in the WWE Hall Of Fame, trashing the legends of the sport.
– The Ascension def. two local wrestlers in a quick tag-team squash match. The finish saw The Ascension hit their Fall Of Man finishing move for the pin.
– Naomi def. Natalya in Divas action. This was kept relatively short and for a Divas match, was said to be pretty solid. In the end, Naomi rolled Nattie up with a small package to get the 1-2-3.
– Cesaro def. Sin Cara in the main event of the taping. This was said to be a pretty long match that was competitive throughout. In the end, Cesaro picked up the “W” after hitting Sin Cara for The Neutralizer.
One of the reasons that WWE had The Lucha Dragons, Sin Cara and Kalisto, drop the NXT Tag-Team Championships recently is because they are contemplating giving Kalisto a new gimmick.
Verified Reddit user MetsFan4Ever noted recently that WWE is looking for a new masked Superstar to take over the void that Rey Mysterio will soon be leaving, however they have recently tried using Kalisto under a new, unmasked gimmick — that of a homosexual hair stylist.
WWE officials were reportedly pleased with Kalisto’s performance as that character and as a result, they are said to be seriously considering having him do that gimmick permanently instead of continuing with his current Kalisto character.
Sin Cara recently spoke with the folks at Whats Up Pub. Below are some highlights from the interview.
On what it’s like to wrestle with a mask on: “It’s awesome, to be honest. For me, it’s been a great experience being able to represent my culture. When I was growing up, I used to see all those masked wrestlers – it was like super heroes to me. In a sense, I feel like a superhero once I put on that mask – like a warrior.”
On who inspired him to become a pro wrestler: “My grandfather was the one who would always take me to the arenas in Juarez to watch wrestling. Ever since I can remember, I just wanted to be a wrestler. It was awesome for me to be able to see Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, all those guys that started in Cd. Juarez, be successful in their careers. That gave me the motivation. If they could do it, I could do it.”
On whether or not there was a time when he thought he could only get so far or felt he should quit: “I went through a lot earlier in my career because of the name (Mistico). I was the first Mistico to ever wrestle under that name, and the name got stolen by a company in Mexico that was using the name and that guy became very famous. I was not able to get a lot of bookings because that company had a lot of power, so I had to change my name to Incognito for a while and went through ups and downs in my career. There were times that I thought, “This is not for me – I just want to quit.” A lot of stuff like that went through my head. I was fortunate enough to have the strength and the faith to keep going and now the tables have changed 360 degrees. Now I’m Sin Cara. I think when you have a lot of faith and you keep working hard anything can happen – I think I’m a testament of that. It’s pretty cool to be able to speak about it now. Everything that I went through, I wouldn’t change, because it’s made me who I am now.”
On what it’s like to be a part of WWE: “It’s a lot of work, man [laughs]. It’s very fun; it’s like a dream come true. We do travel a lot, but I can’t complain. Every time I’m out there, I always think, “This is what I wanted to do when I was a little kid,” so I always take pleasure in everything that I do and have fun with it. I understand that this doesn’t last forever, so I’m trying to do the best that I can while my body can hold up. I always treasure every time I’m out there.”
WWE personality Lana referenced The Rock being in Philadelphia in a new tweet posted on her official Twitter account.
Lana, who manages Rusev, was part of an angle with The Rock during one of his most recent returns, which took place on the October 6, 2014 edition of WWE RAW.
“The Rock doesn’t scare me or Rusev,” wrote Lana. “He is just another pathetic American too busy stuffing his face with cheesesteaks in Philadelphia!”
You can check out Lana’s tweet below.
.@TheRock doesn't scare me or @RusevBUL! He is just another pathetic American too busy stuffing his face with cheesesteaks in Philadelphia!
The following matches were taped for this week’s edition of WWE Superstars at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas prior to Monday’s RAW Reunion show.
– Naomi def. Cameron in a Divas match between two former tag-team partners to kick off the evening. This was said to be pretty much exactly what you’d expect in terms of a match.
– Fandando def. Sin Cara in a fun little match to end the always brief Superstars taping. The crowd was said to be pretty behind Sin Cara, however in the end, Fandango picked up the “W” with his finisher.
– In this week’s edition of SmackDown Fallout, which you can watch below, Sin Cara, who picked up a non-title win over WWE Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett on this week’s show, talks about the match and why he feels 2015 is going to be his year.
– Speaking of this week’s edition of WWE SmackDown, below is the new “Top 10 WWE SmackDown Moments” for the January 9th episode.
Following this week’s edition of NXT on the WWE Network, below is the latest official lineup for the NXT Takeover: R Evolution live WWE Network special, which takes place on December 11th:
NXT Championship vs. Career Match
– Adrian Neville (c) vs. Sami Zayn
NXT Tag Team Championship
– Kalisto & Sin Cara (c) vs. Simon Gotch & Aiden English
NXT Women’s Championship
Charlotte (c) vs. Sasha Banks
– Finn Balor and Hideo Itami vs. The Ascension
– Kevin Owens debuts
Make sure to visit the website on December 11th for the best NXT Takeover: R Evolution live results coverage on the web!
The following are complete spoiler results of the WWE SmackDown taping from Liverpool, England.
– Chris Jericho opens up the WWE SmackDown taping for this week. He comes out to a huge pop from the Liverpool audience. It’s time for the “Highlight Reel” segment. Jericho’s guests, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, make their way out to the ring. The fans break out in a “Where’s Our Network?!” chant, much like at Monday’s RAW, which was also taped in Liverpool, England. Not a lot of details about what was said, just that this was apparently a really good segment.
– Vince McMahon came out of nowhere and cut a promo at the top of the stage. He came out after some more “Where’s Our Network?!” chants broke out. He insulted the fans in attendance, saying that Liverpool sounds like a “skin disease.” This was apparently a dark segment that won’t air as part of the broadcast this Friday night. For a photo of Vince at the SmackDown taping in Liverpool, click here.
– Bray Wyatt def. Sin Cara in what was basically a brief squash match. Wyatt dominated from bell-to-bell, picking up the win with his “Sister Abigail” finisher for the 1-2-3. After the match, Wyatt cut a promo, which prompted Dean Ambrose to come out. Wyatt fled the scene before Ambrose could get to him. The segment ended with Wyatt at the top of the stage laughing at Ambrose.
– Goldust and Stardust def. Adam Rose and The Bunny in tag-team action. This was said to be a decent match, but mostly a comedy bout. They teased more issues between Rose and The Bunny.
WWE Superstars is being taped live right now in Liverpool, England. Below are spoiler results of the taping.
– Sin Cara def. Curtis Axel in the opening bout. The match lasted about five minutes. Oddly enough, Axel got a pretty strong reception from the crowd. In the end, Sin Cara picked up the “W” after hitting Axel with a Swanton for the pin.
– Big E. def. Heath Slater in the second match of the taping. Slater actually got a great reaction from the fans in Liverpool. Big E. was boo’d by the crowd, as he worked as a heel throughout the match. Slater got a mini-comeback spot near the end of the match, however when all was said and done, Big E. picked up the pinfall victory.
Earlier this week, former WWE Superstar Alberto Del Rio made some very controversial comments to Fighting Spirit Magazine where he talked about experiencing racism from top WWE officials. (Read Here)
AAA wrestler Myzteziz, also known as the “Original Sin Cara” in WWE, spoke to MedioTiempo.comand revealed that he was also subject to a lot racism from behind the scenes. He said the “gringos” (oh no he didn’t) in WWE could be “very racist,” with the “bosses” even making racial remarks around him.
Myzteziz says that he does not cite racism as the reason he didn’t succeed in WWE, but feels it created a bad environment for minorities.
Despite the racism he claims to have experienced in WWE, he does not rule out a return to the company. He’s open to working for WWE, other promotions in the United States as well as Mexico and Japan.
Once an occasional treat for the WWE Universe, the Hell in a Cell match has become a yearly event since the introduction of the eponymous pay-per-view in 2009. Since its inception, the company has yet to truly knock it out of the park with Hell in a Cell, although fans have witnessed some memorable moments.
This year, it will be either John Cena or Dean Ambrose headlining the event against Seth Rollins inside the most ominous structure in sports entertainment. As the company builds up its next pay-per-view, here is a look back at the first five Hell in a Cell events.
5. 2012
This event really didn’t have a pay-per-view feel to it. The undercard was primarily filled with forgettable matches that had little impact on future storylines. The main event was also lacking due to injury.
It was clear that the company had no idea what to do after John Cena went down to injury, leading to Ryback receiving a premature main event push. From top to bottom, this event was lacking and easily locks up the honor of being the worst Hell in a Cell pay-per-view to date.
Main Event: CM Punk vs. Ryback (Hell in a Cell Match for the WWE Championship)
Best Match: Big Show vs. Sheamus
Worst Match: Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara vs. The Prime Time Players
The following matches were taped prior to Monday’s RAW in Chicago, Illinois for this week’s edition of WWE Superstars.
– Kofi Kingston def. Sin Cara in singles action to open up the show. This was said to be a good match with a lot of high flying spots.
– Jey Uso def. Stardust in a battle of tag-team competitors in singles action. This was also considered to be a good match that was well received by the Chicago fans.