– Stephanie McMahon is scheduled to participate in CableFAX’s “Most Powerful Women In Cable Breakfast” this Thursday from 8-10am at the Grand Hyatt in New York Ciy, New York.
– MLB star Josh Reddick, who as we mentioned previously has been teasing a “beard-off” with Daniel Bryan at “RAW Country” tonight, posted the following tweet on his official Twitter account on Monday afternoon:
– One of the main angles on this coming Monday’s WWE RAW, the Survivor Series “go-home” edition of the show, will be The Authority (Triple H and Stephanie McMahon) returning from “vacation” to address the performances of Kane, Brad Maddox and Vickie Guerrero on last week’s show.
– There is some speculation that the 3MB group in WWE will be permanently switching to The Union Jacks after debuting the look at last week’s WWE television tapings in England. Additionally, there is speculation that the group will switch up their look for the “RAW Country” edition of RAW this coming Monday night.
– Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are interested in having Shane McMahon make an appearance at WrestleMania XXX in New Orleans, Louisiana, according to F4WOnline.com on Friday. No word yet on whether the former wrestling executive is interested.
McMahon left WWE in 2010 to pursue other opportunities. In July, McMahon voluntarily stepped down as CEO of YOU On Demand, whilst remaining YOD’s principal executive officer and Chairman of the Board.
– In response to news of Mickie James appearing as a guest trainer for WWE’s female developmental talent at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida this week, Ohio Valley Wrestling trainer Rip Rogers says the fourteen-year veteran, as well as WWE trainer Sara Del Rey, should be teaching them before live audiences.
“Mickie James can wrestle better than most of the guys- divas b in for a rude awakening,” Rogers remarked. “[James and Del Rey] should be on the road wrestling and make the girl wrestle every day in the ring on the road.”
Rogers explains that it’s not beneficial for inexperienced talent to be work with each other. “The only way to get good is have 1000 matches with vets leading u to get better – green leading green does not work,” he said.
– As announced on Monday’s RAW, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon were not at the show because they are currently “on vacation.” Stephanie tweeted the following today:
Even on vacation @DeFrancosGym is kicking my butt! Thanks for the workouts Joe!
– The NFL’s Washington Redskins are selling a replica championship belt, which they’re calling “The Redskins Official Replica Outstanding Player Award Trophy Belt.” The belt, seen below, is available for $450 and can be purchased at Redskins.com.
– On WWE RAW this week, which was taped in Manchester, England on Monday afternoon, the company announced that next week’s edition of RAW will have a country music theme. “RAW Country” emanates from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee live on Monday night.
No official matches have been announced for next week’s WWE RAW thus far, however it was announced that “The Authority,” Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, will return from “vacation” to appear on the show.
– WWE Superstar CM Punk is confirmed to appear on this week’s edition of WWE SmackDown. The announcement was made on WWE RAW on Monday night. SmackDown will be taped on Tuesday afternoon in Manchester, England.
With WWE television tapings taking place overseas, the company is playing up “The Authority” (Triple H and Stephanie McMahon) being on “vacation” to explain their absence from television.
WWE suggested that the new “Director Of Operations” Kane will be in charge of running WWE RAW from a storyline standpoint this week.
Make sure to check back here at the website later this afternoon for complete WWE RAW spoilers for tonight’s show.
– WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee is once again a member of the Raw roster. She was transferred to SmackDown shortly after her “Pipe Bombshell” tirade and the official WWE website now has her listed as a member of Raw again. The home page of the WWE App, however, has not been updated as she is still featured on the SmackDown graphic (below CM Punk representing Raw).
– WWE continues to highlight the legendary career of Hulk Hogan. “The Hulkster” is currently featured on the front page of WWE.com, as rare photos of the iconic wrestler are being showcased again. Also, the company’s YouTube account just released a clip from last year’s nWo: The Revolution video release of Kevin Nash, Billy Kidman, Jimmy Hart, Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes discussing Hogan’s infamous heel turn at Bash at the Beach in 1996.
WWE highlighting Hogan’s career online is not an indication that he’s coming back to the promotion. Joey Styles, WWE’s Vice President of Digital Media Content, revealed in an interview with VOC Nation last month that the Hall of Famer was intentionally placed on the front page last month as means to build traffic after news surfaced that his contract with TNA Wrestling had contract expired.
“Nobody at WWE.com knows if the (front office) is talking to Hulk Hogan,” Styles said. “But it’s out there on every other site; we know that fans are thinking it, so why wouldn’t we use all of the videos and content that we own and use it on the site to build traffic and entertain the fans?”
– At Monday’s Raw in Greenville, South Carolina, WWE hosted a party for Susan G. Komen honorees. Stephanie McMahon, Lilian Garcia, Dolph Ziggler and Renee Young appeared at the reception. Click here for photos.
WWE will tape their weekly Main Event and SmackDown television programs tonight in Charlotte, North Carolina, before heading out for their bi-annual European tour on Wednesday.
The main event for this week’s SmackDown, as announced on WWE RAW on Monday night, is Daniel Bryan vs. Luke Harper.
Also announced on Monday’s RAW was a match pitting the current Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel against Big E. Langston, in a match that was originally slated to serve as the Kickoff Show match prior to the WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view in late-October.
World Heavyweight Champion John Cena was advertised on RAW as appearing on this week’s SmackDown for the second time in a row, as he will continue the build to his rematch against the former champion, Alberto Del Rio, at the upcoming WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view.
In addition to the aforementioned WWE Superstars, the following names are being advertised locally for the SmackDown and Main Event television taping in Charlotte are Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Randy Orton, Big Show, The Shield, The Wyatt Family, Dolph Ziggler and Wade Barrett.
The post-show dark match scheduled for the taping tonight is John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship. That match, which also served as the dark match main event at RAW in Greenville, South Carolina on Monday night, is subject to change.
Make sure to check back here later tonight for complete WWE Main Event and WWE SmackDown spoiler results.
-According to a SEC filing on Friday, Stephanie McMahon has signed a three-year WWE talent contract with an annual salary of $325,000. For more information, visit IR.Corporate.WWE.com.
-WWE Superstar and current World Heavyweight Champion John Cena recently tweeted David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox. Cena told Ortiz, who just won the World Series this week, to “be on the look-out for WWE bling.” You can read the tweet below:
-WWE Executive Vice President Stephanie McMahon revealed at New York City Television Week that WWE is targeting a 2014 first quarter launch of their highly anticipated WWE Netowrk. For more information, visit BroadcastingCable.com.
-Apparently the reason WWE Superstar Rey Mysterio’s return is being held off is because there are still concerns about his injury. The feeling is Mysterio is risking further injury if he does anything physical in the ring before his quadriceps in his leg fully strengthens.
– Neither Vince or Stephanie McMahon were backstage at last night’s Smackdown taping. Triple H was there and ran the show.
– Paul Heyman was not used at Monday’s RAW or Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings, but he was backstage at both shows. He was kept off TV this week to sell CM Punk’s beatdown at Hell in a Cell.
– Daniel Bryan has been pulled from this week’s scheduled media appearances to sell the injuries he suffered at the hands of the Wyatt Family on RAW.
– Former WWE tag team champion Scotty 2 Hotty, who now works as a firefighter in Florida, was backstage at Monday’s RAW from Orlando.
-Yahoo! Sports has a new featured article up that takes a look at the breakdown of content on WWE RAW each week. Based on the first three episodes of RAW in October, an average of 33 percent of the show was actual in-ring wrestling, 26 percent was commercials, 14 percent were promos and 5 percent were recaps, highlights and replays. The other 21 percent was stuff like ring entrances, highlights of WWE charity events and Michael Cole demonstrating how to use the WWE App. You can check out the complete article online at Sports.Yahoo.com.
-The official WWE YouTube channel has added a video of Stephanie McMahon receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award from Boston University. You can watch the video below:
– According to a live reports from fans who were at RAW, WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels received a lot of boos from the crowd when he was helped to the back after receiving the Yes! Lock by Daniel Bryan.
– According to the official WWE website, WWE Chief Operating Officer Triple H and Stephanie McMahon have filed a restraining order against Big Show stating that he must remain 100 yards away from American Airlines Arena, the site of tonight’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event, at all times tonight. If the giant grappler does not comply and breaks the order, he will be arrested on sight.
– Promoting tonight’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event, Stephanie McMahon issued the following message.
The countdown is on for #HellInACell Shawn Michaels guarantees there will be a winner and a new WWE Champion! #BestForBusiness
– The official WWE website has released a Hell in a Cell edition of “Out-think The Fink,” which quizzes fans on their knowledge of the pay-per-view event. To play the game, click here.
Today marks as the ten-year wedding anniversary of WWE power couple Triple H and Stephanie McMahon—the two tied the knot on October 25, 2003 in Sleepy Hollow, New York at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in front of over 300 friends and co-workers.
Triple H’s recently released career retrospective Thy Kingdom Come touches base on their relationship, including its early beginnings. Before entering a fictional relationship in December 1999, the two had minimal contact at work. In the piece, McMahon admits that her initial impression of Hunter was not positive.
“We would have production meetings before the show and he would come in. And I used to think, “man, he’s so disrespectful,” recalls McMahon. “He would come in his jeans and leather jacket and he’d lay himself all out across the chairs and he’d be chewing gum and chomping gum and making jokes-very much who he is. But I kept thinking it was so disrespectful to my dad, this is a business environment. But the whole time I was thinking that, I would absolutely blush. The second he would walk into a room I would feel my face blush.”
– Rey Mysterio was backstage at this week’s RAW in Memphis but not used. He was still scheduled to return on the show as late as Monday afternoon. The idea was that since he won’t be wrestling for a few more weeks, they decided against putting him on TV for an interview.
– WWE executives Stephanie McMahon and Triple H accepted an Impact Award on behalf of WWE earlier this week in Boston, MA for for the concussion work they’ve done in recent years. Stephanie tweeted the following messages, as well as a photo of herself and Triple H with former WWE Superstar Chris Nowinski of the Sports Legacy Institute:
Thank you @ChrisNowinski1 for the amazing work you and your team do to prevent concussions. Our @sportslegacy Impact Award belongs to you.
A leaked memo that dates back a few years revealed a few things about the way Vince McMahon wants his product presented on the air – and what phrases have been specifically banned.
Vince McMahon apparently banned the phrase, “Granddaddy of them all” when referring to WrestleMania. Apparently the feeling is that the phrase makes the show feel dated and old. Additionally, no one is allowed to use the word “choke” when describing various submission holds. The Undertaker’s “Hell’s Gate” finisher was also renamed “Triangle Submission Hold” (despite the fact that it’s actually a gogoplata, which isn’t exactly the triangle choke commonly seen in MMA, even though it looks similar. Gogoplata’s are much more rare, and the only one that comes to mind is Nick Diaz’s gogoplata submission victory over Takanori Gomi at one of the final PRIDE events in the U.S., where the outcome was overruled due to Diaz popping hot for marijuana in his post-fight drug test).
Other banned phrases include “title changes hands,” which is mainly directed at the WWE announcers, and comes from WWE producer Kevin Dunn.
Also, McMahon has banned terms such as “Five Star Match” and “Match Of The Year.” Additionally, WWE announcers were informed that they should no longer read “dirt sheets” with the feeling being it influences what they might say or refer to in commentary.
Stephanie McMahon sent a memo out to the announcers, informing them that they are never to use the phrase “the referee didn’t see it” when a heel is doing something behind the referee’s back. Stephanie wrote in the memo that it makes it seem like the announcers are treating the fans like they are in grade school. She wrote that she would prefer phrases such as “the referee’s vision was impaired,” or “the referee’s vision was blocked.”
The words “hatred” and/or “hate” were banned, as well as “blood” or references to bleeding. Finally, the announcers were told never to say a talent doesn’t care about winning a particular match.
-Several WWE Superstars have recently been tweeting a link to an online petition for WWE to “re-hire” Big Show, who was “fired” by Stephanie McMahon on this past Monday’s edition of WWE RAW. You can check out the petition online at Twitition.
-WWE Superstar John Cena, who as revealed on Monday’s edition of WWE RAW will be returning at WWE Hell In A Cell on October 27th, has begun counting down the days until his pay-per-view return. The following is the latest tweet from Cena:
-The official WWE website has added a new video feature highlighting the best “firings” laid down by “one of the principle owners of WWE,” Stephanie McMahon. You can check out the feature online at WWE.com.
-As previously reported, WWE Superstar Hornswoggle, who stars in the new WWE Studios film project, “Leprechaun: Origins,” will be taking part at the WWE Studios booth at the upcoming New York Comic Con event. Hornswoggle, who will be flying to New York City on Sunday, tweeted about the upcoming appearance, which you can read below:
Flight to NYC for #NYCC2013 tomorrow for a @WWEStudios panel, can't wait! Hopefully going to do some exploring, any muppet stuff at all?
The New York Post has revealed that WWE executive Stephanie McMahon has been selling off her stock this year to finance the construction of a new home for her family.
According to documents filed with the SEC, McMahon has sold a total of 833,000 shares of WWE stock during 43 separate occasions, netting her approximately $8.3 million.
As part of of the selloff, she converted nearly 1.3 million shares of McMahon Family Class B stock into common Class A stock, which was then cashed in.
When asked about Stephanie selling off her WWE stock, WWE issued the following statement:
“Stephanie McMahon is selling a portion of her Class B shares for personal financial purposes that include building a house.”
Stephanie sold approximately one-third of her stake in WWE stock this year.
-WWE Hall Of Famer “Nature Boy” Ric Flair is once again accepting independent pro wrestling bookings. Following the SummerSlam fiasco, WWE wanted Flair to get help, which led to him canceling all of his existing bookings. Flair told promoters that he was dealing with a reoccurring problem and hospitalization with blood clots in his legs. Flair told some of his close friends that he was staying in Florida with his daughter,, resting up and staying off of the road for a bit.
-As noted previously, WWE Hall Of Famer Dusty Rhodes upset Stephanie McMahon during their recent in-ring segment on WWE RAW. In addition to Rhodes putting his hand in Stephanie’s face, it is said that he was going off the planned script quite a bit, and Stephanie was trying to steer him back on track.
According to one source, the reason for the sudden storyline change in attitude and confidence in Big Show this week on RAW is likely because of Vince McMahon’s rumored return to television, which is expected in the near future.
The storyline surrounding Big Show lately has seen him say “how high” when Triple H and/or Stephanie McMahon say “jump,” until he was fed up with their abuse and defied their orders with his actions in the main event at WWE Battleground on Sunday. This led to his overly confident attitude when being dressed down by Stephanie McMahon in the opening segment of RAW on Monday.
Apparently the reason for that is Vince McMahon, who is scheduled to return to television earlier than originally planned due to recent extreme dips in television ratings and other business projections, will come back as a babyface that will defend Big Show. This would allow Big Show to be confident, as we saw on Monday, despite the fact that his superiors, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, are threatening his job.
The following are highlights from the latest online blog by WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross:
On John Cena’s early in-ring return to WWE: “John Cena returning so soon from his latest surgery surprised me. It’s a no brainer why WWE needs their top star back as quickly as possible but is Cena returning too soon? Perhaps Del Rio travels to Florida and takes Cena out prior to the HIAC but not likely. Sounds like an old, Watts angle.”
On Stephanie McMahon and Big Show: “Thought the opening segment was a hit. Stephanie McMahon had control of her promo and it did not sound un-organic. Talents who memorize their ‘lines’ and then present them as such ruins it for me. Yep, I might be too old school for today’s product but I tune out and disconnect when I feel someone is talking to me from any place other than their heart.”
On CM Punk and Paul Heyman: “Significant albeit surprising opportunity for R Truth tagging with CM Punk vs. Heyman’s duo. Yes, it sets up a match for Smackdown but what else down the road? I don’t feel Punk’s angst toward Heyman was much as I did a few weeks ago. Is that just me?”
Check out the complete blog online at JRsBarBQ.com.
-Monday’s WWE RAW, the post-Battleground edition of the show, opened with Stephanie McMahon calling out Big Show to explain his actions in ruining the WWE Championship main event between Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton at Sunday’s pay-per-view. Big Show acted nonchalant about his actions and refused orders to beg the WWE Universe for forgiveness. Additionally, Big Show revealed that he knocked out Bryan per orders of Stephanie McMahon and Triple H, and knocked out Orton and the returning senior official, Scott Armstrong, because he had enough. As a result, Stephanie McMahon slapped Big Show in the face multiple times and then “fired” him from the company.
-Also on Monday’s RAW, WWE Hall Of Famer Bob Backlund made an appearance. As noted recently, Backlund appeared at some of the recent WWE non-televised live events, including Friday’s show in Syracuse, New York. Backlund appeared as one of three WWE Hall Of Famers who the WWE Universe could vote for as the special referee for the WWE Hell In A Cell main event between Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan.
