WWE Diva Summer Rae recently spoke with The Miami Herald to promote Total Divas on the E! Network. Here are some highlights of what she said about:
How She’s Portrayed On Total Divas: “I think how people view me on the show is going to change throughout the season,” she said. “I think that right now I’ve kind of done some things to rub people the wrong way. I think by the end of the season you are going to see a different side of me.”
Her Relationship with Renee Young: “I think someone who has helped me the most in the locker room has been one of my closest friends,” she said. “[WWE interviewer and host] Renee is just really cool. It’s good to get a non-wrestling, non-diva perspective on matches. She is very funny, good comic relief. We’re kind of buds. I love my Renee Young.”
Her Role In WWE Studios’ The Marine 4: “Doing the movie is such a huge opportunity I think for all the divas,” Rae said. “We are breaking into WWE Studios, so I’m very fortunate when it comes to that.”
– As previously reported, WWE is breaking up the story line duo of Fandango and Summer Rae. Apparently Summer is in line for a big push now that she has taken off on the Total Divas reality show. Fandango will be paired with Layla, who actually has legitimate dancing credentials, moving forward. The following is one of many in-character comments from Summer on Twitter.
I can't sleep. Can't eat. Can't stop crying. So your just gonna ignore me @WWEFandango?
– Paul Heyman is getting rave reviews behind the scenes for his promo on RAW about Brock Lesnar ending The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak. There are no plans for either Paul Heyman or Brock Lesnar to turn babyface, but Heyman’s promo was so good that fans were eating up every word.
– Prince Devitt has still not signed with WWE and there is talk that TNA will make a strong play for him if he remains a free agent in the coming weeks.
– Summer Rae tweeted the following on Wednesday about her split from Fandango.
I can't sleep. Can't eat. Can't stop crying. So your just gonna ignore me @WWEFandango?
– Summer Rae’s new entrance theme “Rush of Power” is now available on iTunes.
– E! sent out a press release announcing that Sunday’s episode of Total Divas was the most-watched episode of the entire series, drawing 1.55 million viewers. Total Divas is second most successful series currently on E! behind Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
– This week’s RAW Fallout video features WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper endorsing Big Show.
The following is a non-spoiler match listing for this week’s edition of WWE SmackDown. For complete spoiler results, click ahead to page two.
– Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose vs. Drew McIntyre & Jinder Mahal
– Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose vs. Ryback & Curtis Axel
– Damien Sandow vs. Sin Cara
– Goldust vs. Fandango
– Batista vs. Sheamus
– The Bella Twins vs. AJ Lee & Tamina Snuka
– Jack Swagger vs. Jimmy Uso
– The Miz vs. Mark Henry
– Bray Wyatt vs. Big Show
For complete spoiler results for this week’s WWE SmackDown, click ahead to page two …
The following are results of this week’s WWE Main Event, which took place at the TD Garden in Boston and aired live on the WWE Network.
– The show opens with WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E. making his way to the ring. Big E. joins the announce table, where it is explained that Christian, who earned the right to challenge him for his title tonight, will not be competing due to a “slight concussion” that he suffered on Monday’s RAW.
– Dolph Ziggler def. Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio in a triple-threat match to become the new number one contender to the Intercontinental Championship. Ziggler will get to challenge Big E. for the title later tonight.
– Layla, Alicia Fox, Aksana, Tamina Snuka and Summer Rae def. Eva Marie, Natalya, Emma, Cameron and Naomi in a ten-Diva tag-team match.
– A Bad News Barrett segment takes place with Barrett talking about John Cena being freaked out by Bray Wyatt the same way the fans get freaked out when they look in the mirror. He suggests everyone should wear a sheep mask because of their bad looks.
– Big E. def. Dolph Ziggler to retain his WWE Intercontinental Championship in the main event of the evening.
WWE confirmed a few new matches for WrestleMania XXX on this week’s edition of RAW, which took place on Monday night from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
As previously reported, WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee will be defending her title on the show in a “Vickie Guerrero Diva Invitational” against Naomi, Cameron, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Natalya, Eva Marie, Emma, Aksana, Alicia Fox, Summer Rae, Rosa Mendes, Layla and Tamina Snuka.
Also confirmed on Monday’s RAW was the fact that Ryback and Curtis Axel will be part of the WWE Tag-Team Championship match at WrestleMania XXX against the current champions, The Usos.
Finally, WWE announced The Shield vs. Kane and The New Age Outlaws in a six-man tag-team contest for the show.
– It was announced on Monday’s edition of WWE RAW that at WrestleMania XXX, AJ Lee will defend her WWE Divas Championship in a “Vickie Guerrero Diva Invitational” match. The match will feature AJ Lee against Naomi, Cameron, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Natalya, Eva Marie, Emma, Aksana, Alicia Fox, Summer Rae, Rosa Mendes, Layla and Tamina Snuka.
– It was also confirmed on RAW this week that Scott Hall (aka Razor Ramon) will be inducted into the 2014 class of the WWE Hall Of Fame.
The following are results from the WWE Superstars tapings, which took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York prior to Monday’s live edition of WWE RAW.
WWE Superstars Results (Airing: March 27, 2014)
– Emma def. Summer Rae (with Fandango) in one-on-one Divas action to open the show.
– R-Truth and Xavier Woods def. 3MB in the tag-team main event of the evening.
Both matches were taped live in the arena while the WWE RAW pre-show was taking place, which featured Josh Mathews, Alex Riley, Booker T and Mick Foley on a panel discussing RAW and WrestleMania XXX.
– The official WWE website recently issued a poll asking fans who they feel is the most talented Diva among the cast of Total Divas. At last check, with 13,000 votes cast, Natalya was leading the pack with 46 percent of the vote. Following Natalya, in order, was Nikki Bella with 20 percent, Naomi with 12 percent, Brie Bella with 11 percent, Summer Rae with 6 percent, Eva Marie with 4 percent and Cameron with just 1 percent of the vote.
– You can check out a video of John Cena’s recent Muscle & Fitness shoot with Cesaro, which took place recently at the WWE Performance Center above, or by going to MuscleAndFitness.com.
– WWE recently shot the intro video for WrestleMania XXX in New Orleans. The theme of the intro was a Mardi Gras parade. The WWE Superstars that were reportedly in attendance include The Big Show, Sheamus, Kofi Kingston, Fandango, Summer Rae and The Bella Twins.
– WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross will be taking part in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” chat on March 28th at 11am EST.
– WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross recently shared his thoughts on the possibility of Hulk Hogan and Sting appearing at WrestleMania XXX. JR recently tweeted:
Think it would be cool for both @HulkHogan & @Sting to appear at WM30. I'd do all I could to make that happen. Endless creative. WM30=EPIC #
– WWE Diva Summer Rae recently commented on her official Twitter account about being the first WWE Diva to be cast in a WWE Studios film project. Summer tweeted the following:
I am so humbled to be the first ever @wwe diva featured in a @WWEStudios production, Marine 4! I cant tell you how excited I am! @FoxHomeEnt
Entertainment news outlet Variety has published a new piece on WWE Studios, which includes details on two new sequel films as well as release dates for several other projects.
The Marine 4: The fourth installment of The Marine franchise will star The Miz and will feature WWE Diva Summer Rae in a supporting role. Will be co-produced with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Jingle All The Way 2: This is a follow-up to the 1996 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad. ‘Jingle 2’ will star Larry The Cable Guy and will also feature Santino Marella. Scheduled for a holiday 2014 home video release, it will be directed by Alex Zamm (“Tooth Fairy 2”) and will also be co-produced with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Mike Dunn, President of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, said:
“WWE Studios remains a valuable partner and we are pleased to continue to bring these films to their legions of fans across the globe. We’re excited to be launching the fourth installment of the tremendously successful franchise, ‘The Marine,’ and to have Larry the Cable on board for ‘Jingle All the Way 2,’ a perfect star for our first family comedy with WWE Studios.”
Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery: Will be released on home video by Warner Bros. on March 25th.
Leprechaun: Origins” Starring Hornswoggle, will be released by Lionsgate in August.
“See No Evil 2? Starring Kane, will also be released by Lionsgate in October.
– A lot of people in WWE are concerned about how the upcoming WWE Network will be affecting them. WWE was supposed to hold a meeting prior to RAW last month to address issues like PPV bonuses, but it was cancelled and has not been addressed again by management.
The production staff is also in the dark about how much additional work they will be undertaking once the Network launches, especially if Smackdown is moved to a live broadcast on Tuesdays.
– Following their dance off last night WWE RAW, Summer Rae and Emma tweeted:
– WWE has rescheduled their originally scheduled tour dates in Saudi Arabia from February 13th, 14th and 15th to April 17th, 18th and 19th. The reason for the change was because the Al Janadriyah Heritage & Cultural Festival will be held in the same venue in February. Ticketmaster is offering new tickets for the same seats on the new dates, or refunds for anyone who had already purchased tickets.
– WWE added a video to their YouTube channel to promote the addition of Summer Rae to the next season of their “Total Divas” reality show. The video, which you can see below, is accompanied by the following description: “Summer Rae shares the exciting news that she will be joining the cast of “Total Divas” for the upcoming second season. “Total Divas” returns in March!”
– WWE Diva Summer Rae confirmed the reports we published on Sunday that noted she will be part of the cast for the next season of WWE’s “Total Divas” reality show. Summer tweeted:
A commercial for season two of WWE’s “Total Divas” reality show aired during the Grammy Awards pre-show and revealed Summer Rae will be featured. The commercial previews Summer and Natalya getting into a fight during one of the episodes that will air next season.
You can watch the trailer for the new season of Total Divas above.
WWE has added the latest edition of their “Backstage Fallout” series, highlighting backstage action from this week’s WWE SmackDown television broadcast, to their official YouTube channel.
The latest SmackDown Backstage Fallout, which you can watch below, is accompanied by the following brief description:
On Fire in Philly – Backstage Fallout – January 10, 2014
“Xavier Woods and Summer Rae react to this week’s events at SmackDown.”
As noted in our full WWE live event report from Sunday’s show in Yakima, Washington, WWE Superstar Fandango came to the ring with a heart painted on his belly-button and the words, “I Love Nattie” written on his body. Fandango worked a mixed-tag-team match on the show with Summer Rae, losing to The Great Khali and Natalya.
There is speculation that WWE may be running an angle between the two stemming from the recent jealousy incident on Total Divas where Natalya’s real-life fiancee’ Tyson Kidd helped train Eva Marie, leading to Natalya trying to get him jealous by working with Fandango.
For those interested, you can read a full report from the WWE live event in Yakima on the main page.
– Today marks 4 years since the passing of former WWE superstar Umaga (Eddie Fatu). The Usos, Edge and several other wrestlers paid tribute to him today on Twitter.
– The Bella Twins tweeted that they’re headed to Los Angeles for a Make-A-Wish event.
– NXT star Scott Dawson tweeted that he’s been cleared to start training again after a recent injury:
Cleared to get back in the gym today. #DawsonRecovery 37%. Still the best even on one leg
– In a fallout match from the Survivor Series, Jimmy and Jey Uso take on the Real Americans on this week’s episode of WWE Superstars. Plus, Zack Ryder squares off against Fandango. Courtesy of WWE’s YouTube account, here are highlights from both matches.
– WWE rookie Diva Summer Rae celebrated her thirtieth birthday on Thanksgiving Day.
“Being home & being able to spend time with my family made today a great birthday & Thanksgiving,” she wrote on Instagram. “Laying on the couch with the pups, watching movies with the fam, & eating a great meal. Oh & it wouldn’t be complete without my birthday candles in the pumpkin pie!”
– According to WrestlingFigs.com, Rob Van Dam will appear at the Frank & Son’s Collectibles Show tomorrow from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The event takes place at 19649 San Jose Ave. City of Industry, California.
– As previously reported, WWE officials are apparently very high on Summer Rae. In addition to Summer, it is being said that WWE is going to put heavy focus on attempting to elevate the status of both Roman Reigns and Big E. Langston in 2014.
– The official WWE YouTube channel reportedly ranked number four overall in total viewership for the month of October. WWE’s YouTube channel had 63,096,390 million viewers, trailing only The Ellen Show, The Fine Bros and Hola Soy German.
– Thursday marked two years since WWE Diva Summer Rae began training in developmental. She wrote on Instagram:
“Today marks two years from when I first stepped through those doors at #FloridaChampionshipWrestling. I thought I knew what I was getting myself into but little did I know how truly amazing & wild this ride would be! I’m very lucky to be apart of an extraordinary company with such elite talent. #FCW #wwe #plentymoreworkahead #growth #grateful #dreambig”
– Paige, Colin Cassaday and Aiden English will be meeting fans before the WWE NXT live event in Lakeland, Florida this Saturday night.
-WWE Diva Summer Rae is apparently patterning herself after legendary women’s wrestler Missy Hyatt. Rae reportedly studied several mid-1980s tapes of Hyatt’s work in the UWF promotion, and while their characters are different, she has used a very similar style with her own work in WWE and NXT. WWE Hall Of Famer “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes is apparently aware of this, which is why she was given the name “First Lady Of NXT” after Hyatt’s old “First Lady Of Wrestling” moniker.
-WWE Hall Of Famer Mae Young was recently in attendance at the WWE live event in Columbia, South Carolina.
-WWE Hall Of Famer “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair is scheduled to make an appearance at a mixed-martial-arts event in Florida on Saturday, November 23rd. The MMA Unleashed promotion announced that Flair will be appearing at a pre-show meet-and-greet at the event scheduled for the Charlotte Harbor Event Center in Punta Gorda, Florida. For more information, visit XSELive.com.
-The official WWE website has released a number of storyline-driven interviews following Sunday’s WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view in Miami, Florida. Included were Cody Rhodes and Goldust, who talk about their defense of the WWE Tag-Team Championships on Sunday night, AJ Lee vowing to be the WWE Divas Champion forever and Fandango talking about his “secret weapon,” Summer Rae, and their victory in the mixed-tag-team match at Hell In A Cell. You can check out all of these interviews online at WWE.com.
