As seen on WWE SmackDown this week, The Ascension has joined up with Stardust for a faction that is being called “Cosmic Wasteland.”
The trio showed their unity on SmackDown by triple-teaming Neville during the show, and posing over his beaten down body afterwards.
Above is a video of the segment that featured the debut of Cosmic Wasteland, while below is a photo of the trio backstage.
https://instagram.com/p/7MEvxUgFFQ/
– The Prime Time Players will be Chris Jericho’s guest this week on his Talk Is Jericho podcast over at PodcastOne.com.
– WWE officials are not happy with Hall of Famer Tammy “Sunny” Sytch, according to f4wonline.com. Sunny has been selling “private Skype sessions with fans” and is dealing with a lot of legal issues at the moment.
– Stardust is asking fans on Twitter to vote on which persona they like bette – Stardust or Cody Rhodes, who mysteriously disappeared back in June 2014 and is rumored to be chained up in a remote cave somewhere off the coast of Parts Unknown.
VOTE citizens ??
rt for him. . .fav for me pic.twitter.com/UdtFyGEBmZ— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) September 1, 2015
Following reports that Stephen Amell could be getting back in a WWE ring once again to work a singles match with Stardust, the Arrow star noted on Twitter that he’s continuing to train “Just in case somebody can’t come to grips with the fact they lost” at SummerSlam.
Stardust issued a statement in response, to which Amell replied. Here’s what went down:
https://twitter.com/amellywood/status/636988182622420993
I have a statement regarding the boy
Heed my words
. . .
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) August 27, 2015
it is one thing getting LUCKY in having a formidable yet toady partner
. . .
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) August 27, 2015
it is another MONSTER entirely being alone in the ring with The Prince
with me
. . .
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) August 27, 2015
. . .
the boy wouldn't last 10 minutes, so I encourage Oliver's passionate fanbase to no longer encourage this madness. I would hurt him
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) August 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/amellywood/status/637038934925533184
– WWE and Stephen Amell raised over $400,000 for Emily House charity by selling 15,694 t-shirts that Amell and WWE produced with the proceeds going to the charity. Stardust noted on Twitter last week that he would personally deliver the check if over 10,000 shirts were sold, which happened with ease.
– The Barclays Center took to Twitter to thank WWE for coming to their building three nights in a row for NXT Takeover: Brooklyn on Saturday, WWE SummerSlam on Sunday and WWE RAW on Monday night. The Barclays Center tweeted the following:
Thank You @StephMcMahon @TripleH @VinceMcMahon @WWE for 3 INCREDIBLE events in a row! See you in December! #Raw pic.twitter.com/a9p8PxeXVd
— Barclays Center (@barclayscenter) August 25, 2015
– The New Day won the Fatal Four-Way WWE Tag-Team Championship match at WWE SummerSlam on Sunday night, defeating The Prime Time Players, The Lucha Dragons and Los Matadores to become the new WWE Tag-Team Champions.
– “Arrow” actor Stephen Amell won his in-ring WWE debut at SummerSlam, defeating King Barrett and Stardust with his tag-team partner, Neville. The finish of the match saw Neville hit the Red Arrow for the pinfall victory. Amell actually did a pretty good job of executing some cool moves during the match.
– Seth Rollins debuted new, all-white ring gear in his “Title vs. Title — Winner Take All” match against John Cena at SummerSlam. Rollins would go on to win the match with help from Jon Stewart, who hit Cena with a chair and set up the chair for Rollins to Pedigree Cena on, making himself the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion and the new WWE United States Champion. Below is a photo of Rollins’ new ring gear.
– WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin gave a speech at the WWE 2K16 media event in New York City on Thursday night about Vince McMahon calling him about being the WWE 2K16 cover star. Austin noted that he was surprised, but didn’t want to talk himself out of the opportunity, as he admitted he has made a lot of bad career decisions in the past and he didn’t want this to be another one of them.
– King Barrett will be holding a Twitter Q&A today at 5pm EST. to promote this Sunday’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view, where he will team up with Stardust to take on Neville and “Arrow” actor Stephen Amell. Fans can submit questions to Barrett using the hashtag #SummerSlam.
– Below are the “Top 10 WWE SmackDown Moments” for this week’s show, which was the SummerSlam “go-home” edition of the program.
Actor and SummerSlam performer Stephen Amell is preparing to head to New York for his big tag-team match with Neville against Stardust and King Barrett at this Sunday’s pay-per-view.
Amell posted a new video on his official Facebook page where he reveals that he will be wearing some special “Arrow” gear to the ring on Sunday.
Amell also noted via Twitter that the t-shirt he and WWE collaborated on has already raised $80,000 for the Emily’s House charity.
You can check out the new Amell video at Facebook.com/stephenamell.
WWE taped the following matches for this week’s edition of WWE Main Event prior to the WWE SmackDown television tapings on Tuesday night in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Dark Match:
– Hornswoggle def. Heath Slater in the dark match for the live crowd. The Wisconsin native Hornswoggle actually picked up the “W” after hitting a top-rope tadpole splash.
WWE Main Event:
– Charlotte def. Alicia Fox in Divas action to kick off the taping. Charlotte won via the Figure Eight. A solid match with good pop from the crowd.
– Stardust def. Jack Swagger in the second match taped for Main Event. Stardust won with Dark Matter. A below average match, writes Shane. “I didn’t really see the point of having them wrestle. Barrett had no impact on the match. It really just seemed to be a time filler. The crowd wasn’t really into it either.”
– The Prime Time Players def. The Ascension in tag-team action. Titus O’Neil got the win via Clash of the Titus. Decent match. The first half was slow, but it picked up and ended well., according to Shane. The finish was pretty quick and didn’t have much build up.
– Fandango def. Adam Rose in the final match taped for this week’s edition of WWE Main Event. Rose performed his heel act before the match. Very short match. Apparently, Fandango is a babyface again? This concluded the Main Event taping.
WWE taped the following matches for this week’s edition of WWE Main Event prior to the WWE SmackDown television taping on Tuesday night in Portland, Oregon.
– Becky Lynch def. Sasha Banks in Divas action in a dark match taped prior to the start of the WWE Main Event television taping.
– Rusev def. Fandango in the first match taped for Main Event. This match basically amounted to a one-sided squash match, with Rusev picking up the “W” by way of his Accolade submission finisher.
– Jack Swagger def. Adam Rose in singles action in the second of three matches taped for this week’s broadcast. This match was given a little bit of time, but the crowd never really got into it.
– Stardust & King Barrett def. Mark Henry & R-Truth in tag-team action as the headline match taped for Main Event. There was more crowd heat for this match compared to the others taped for the show. After this match, the set was switched to prepare for the SmackDown television taping.
Television Actor Stephen Amell (‘Arrow’) will be stepping in the ring at SummerSlam, teaming up with Neville in a match against Stardust and King Barrett.
After feuding with Cody Rhodes for weeks, Amell was in attendance for RAW and got physically involved with his nemesis. After Neville defeated King Barrett, Stardust ran in to attack Neville. Stardust tried baiting Amell into getting involved, which led to:
Backstage after the altercation, Amell requested the match, but Triple H initially turned him down. Amell said to call his lawyers because he’ll sign off on whatever to make the match happen. Triple H said the paperwork will be sent over to his agent by 9am tomorrow morning and the two teams will square off at SummerSlam.
https://youtu.be/Dxky7SqFGGE
According to our live correspondent in Vancouver, B.C., celebrity actor Stephen Amell, who is best known for his role on the hit series “Arrow,” is among those in attendance backstage at the WWE live event in the city on Sunday night.
As WWE mentioned on last week’s RAW, Amell is scheduled to work this coming Monday night’s show, which takes place in Everett, Washington, despite the fact that WWE claimed RAW would be emanating from Seattle, Washington this coming week.
For those who haven’t been following WWe storylines as of late, Amell has been working an on-again, off-again program with Stardust throughout media, social media, and in a few video packages aired on various WWE programs.
This weekend, Amell was actually spotted on camera, and got involved during the action that took part at the show, likely to set up the Amell/Stardust angle planned for Monday’s RAW in Everett, Washington.
For those who missed the back-story behind the Amell-Stardust feud, check out the video embedded above.
For photos and video footage of what went down at the WWE live event on Sunday night to prepare for Monday’s televised angle at WWE RAW in Everett, Washington, click ahead to page two.
As reported on Monday night, WWE announced during this week’s RAW that actor Stephen Amell of “Arrow” fame will be appearing on next Monday night’s RAW, likely to confront his on-air nemesis, Stardust.
WWE issued the following press release late Monday evening to publicize the fact that Amell will be appearing on next week’s show.
STEPHEN AMELL TO GUEST STAR ON WWE® MONDAY NIGHT RAW®
STAMFORD, Conn., August 3, 2015 – Actor Stephen Amell, who plays the title role on the hit series Arrow, will guest star on WWE’s Monday Night Raw next Monday, August 10, at 8/7C on USA Network. After several visits to Monday Night Raw, Amell will be appearing as a guest star for the first time.
Based on characters from DC Comics, Arrow tells the story of billionaire Oliver Queen who, after being gone for five years and suffering unimaginable ordeals, returned home to Starling City with a mysterious agenda and a set of new skills that he uses in a war on crime as “The Arrow” in this hard-hitting action series.
Next up for Amell is the role of Casey Jones in Paramount Pictures’ and Nickelodeon Movies’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. Produced by Michael Bay, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 opens in theaters Summer 2016.
Monday Night Raw is the longest-running, weekly episodic program in U.S. primetime TV history and is one of the most-watched, regularly scheduled programs on cable, airing live every Monday night on USA Network. Each week, it is rated one of the most socially active shows on cable television and continues to be a “must-stop” for celebrities to reach WWE’s TV audience and its more than half a billion social media followers.
As noted, during RAW in San Jose last night, Triple H and Stephanie would be welcoming honorary WWE Superstar Elijah to the family with his very own contract signing.
The 7 year old left the pair impressed after he sent in an audition tape for Tough Enough and decided that along with his favourite WWE Superstar Stardust, he should get his own contract.
The contract signing wasn’t aired during RAW but took place during the Roddy Piper tribute which aired once again later on in the show. However it is expected we will see it officially at some point.
Below are some tweets, shared by the WWE from his contract signing on RAW along with a slideshow by YouTube user The WWE Guy.
Elijah Mainville and family are LIVE at @WWE #RAW in San Jose. Elijah also met his favorite Superstar, @StardustWWE! pic.twitter.com/ViHxDLw1Fv
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) August 3, 2015
Great to meet Elijah tonight…almost time for him to sign his #ToughEnough contract! #Raw @StephMcMahon pic.twitter.com/nBrrDOg8bh
— Triple H (@TripleH) August 3, 2015
What an honor to sign our newest Superstar, Drax Shadow, AKA Elijah Mainville! #RAW @TripleH @StardustWWE pic.twitter.com/i4for6ODJI
— Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) August 4, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3iledZogko
On Monday’s edition of WWE RAW, it was announced that actor Stephen Amell of “Arrow” fame has accepted the challenge of WWE Superstar Stardust.
Amell revealed via social media that he will be appearing on next Monday night’s edition of WWE RAW in Everett, Washington. The tweet, which you can view below, was also shown and read by the announcers on RAW this week.
https://twitter.com/amellywood/status/628382428344778757
Tonight's the big night for Elijah!
RT @TripleH Steph & I are pleased to announce the newest @WWE Superstar, Elijah! http://t.co/t9vDfRTZ1s— Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) August 3, 2015
– As shown in the tweet about sent out by Vince McMahon, one lucky fan who was introduced to the world by Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in a video recently will become an honorary WWE Superstar.
Elijah was invited to RAW in San Jose tonight after he submitted a video to Tough Enough a few months ago and will get to sign his own WWE contract with his favourite WWE Superstar Stardust by his side.
Update: The WWE have since sent out this tweet showing the young fan backstage at RAW:
Elijah Mainville and family are LIVE at @WWE #RAW in San Jose. Elijah also met his favorite Superstar, @StardustWWE! pic.twitter.com/ViHxDLw1Fv
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) August 3, 2015
– WrestlingDVDNetwork.com are reporting that WWE Network show “Swerved” has been cancelled following complaints from talent.
However, a new trailer for the next episode entitled “The Boogeyman Is Real” which can be viewed by visiting WrestlingDVDNetwork.com.
They note that a new episode is due to air following RAW next Monday so it could be a case of the WWE will continue to air the rest of the season but won’t renew for a second.
– While we’re on the topic of the WWE Network, it’s been reported that even more content from the Attitude Era has been added, you can get the full lowdown at this link.
As things stand right now, it looks like WWE will in fact be using actor Stephen Amell of “Arrow” fame at next month’s WWE SummerSlam four-hour pay-per-view event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Amell is scheduled to appear at the Wizard World convention in Chicago, Illinois during SummerSlam weekend, however the signing he had scheduled for Sunday, the day of the SummerSlam show, has been canceled.
It has been reported that Amell will likely be appearing at an upcoming WWE event, possibly the RAW show in Everett, Washington on August 10th. It is rumored that Amell and Neville may team up to take on the tag-team of Stardust in The Miz.
Following this week’s SmackDown after Neville defeated Adam Rose, Stardust appeared on the tron and cut a promo telling him to “embrace the strange.”
After Stardust made his comments Stephen Amell, known for playing “Arrow” on The CW decided to hit back.
Below is what was said between the recent encounter between Stardust and Stephen Amell:
You can't have a Superhero without a Supervillian! #BeMyHero #SmackDown http://t.co/XFO6H6xgrE
— WWE (@WWE) July 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/amellywood/status/624381589208731648
During this year’s San Diego Comic Con Amell appeared on stage dressed as the Arrow and tweeted afterwards that he had just cut a WWE style promo.
https://twitter.com/amellywood/status/620373671853424640
It’s believed that this may lead to some sort of an encounter between the pair at Summerslam which will take place on August 23 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
– Lucha Underground star Johnny Mundo (aka John Morrison) is the guest on the latest edition of the “Steve Austin Show” podcast, which you can download right now at PodcastOne.com.
– On this week’s SmackDown Fallout videos, which you can view below, Kevin Owens predicts victory at WWE Battleground this Sunday, Neville calls Stardust a coward, Cesaro talks about defeating Rusev and Mark Henry offers advice to the WWE Tag-Team Champions, The Prime Time Players.
– On the crawler that was displayed during Monday’s WWE Battleground “go-home” edition of WWE RAW, it was noted that the WWE Network will soon be adding 50 hours of ECW programming.
– Eric Bischoff will be the interview subject for WWE’s “The Monday Night War Volume 2: Know Your Role” DVD and Blu-ray, which is currently set for a September release. Bischoff will likely talk to Renee Young under the same format that Triple H and Sting did, which is where an episode of the WWE Network “Monday Night War” series will air, and then Young will ask Bischoff questions related to the theme of the episode.
– WWE.com has a new article up regarding Stardust and The Miz feuding with “Arrow” actor Stephen Amell.
– Hip-hop legend and actor Snoop Dogg commented on his cousin Sasha Banks making her main roster debut on Monday’s WWE Battleground “go-home” edition of WWE RAW in Atlanta, Georgia. The rap star wrote, “The boss has arrived. My cuzn.”
– Jim Ross’ guest on this week’s “Ross Report” podcast, which drops tonight on PodcastOne.com, is Ring Of Honor star Michael Elgin.
– Stardust recently posted a photo indicating he was still coming for “Arrow” actor Stephen Amell. Amell took to Twitter to respond to Stardust with the following comments:
https://twitter.com/amellywood/status/620808233012195328
– While Stardust (Cody Rhodes) was back at television this week, WWE decided not to use him. The belief is that WWE isn’t ready to turn Stardust babyface, and due to the fact that he is Dusty Rhodes’ son and people probably won’t want to “boo” him, they are waiting to bring him back.
– At one point, a few of the NXT Divas, Charlotte being one we can confirm specifically, were scheduled for this past Monday’s edition of WWE RAW. This wasn’t the first time NXT Divas were set to make their main roster debuts only for plans to be changed. As noted recently, Charlotte and Sasha Banks are expected to be brought up to the main roster in time for SummerSlam, and they are likely to be involved in the Paige vs. Team Bella angle, siding with Paige.
(Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)
– UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey indicated on Instagram that former WWE Diva Eve Torres, who is now the wife of Jiu-Jitsu instructor Rener Gracie, has given birth to her first child. Rousey wrote the following: “She is so beautiful!!! Congratulations @evetorresgracie and @renergracie can’t wait to meet the newest Gracie!”
– Ric Flair, Goldust and Stardust are all backstage at WWE RAW in Chicago, Illinois tonight. The three are likely there for the post-RAW live tribute to “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes.
– The official WWE website has a new poll up asking fans to vote on which Superstar has the coolest face paint. With over 3,000 votes, Finn Balor leads the pack with 43%, while Sting is just behind him with 40 percent. Other options included Goldust, Stardust, The Usos and The Ascension.
– In the following video from Xavier Woods’ WWE-endorsed YouTube gaming channel — “UpUpDownDown” — Woods and Cesaro play the old video game “Double Dragon.”
– Former WWE Superstar Funaki was backstage at the WWE “Beast in the East” special in Tokyo, Japan this weekend. Below is a photo of him with The Lucha Dragons.
https://instagram.com/p/4wogY9im2E/
This coming Monday (July 6th), immediately following RAW which is being held in Chicago, Illinois, the WWE Network will host a live special looking at the life of Dusty Rhodes.
The synopsis reads: “Live from Chicago, WWE celebrates the life and career of Dusty Rhodes, as told by WWE Legends and Superstars.”
According to a report by PWInsider, Cody Rhodes (Dusty’s son) who is currently known as Stardust is set to return at the TV tapings next week so it’s possible he’ll be at the show.
Cody Rhodes, better known to modern-day WWE fans as “Stardust,” the son of the late WWE Hall Of Famer “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes, wrote the following eulogy for his father, which he made public via social media.
Below is the eulogy that Rhodes wrote on Wednesday evening.
https://twitter.com/StardustWWE/status/611332890568327168