– As “The Undertaker week continues to roll on the WWE Network, WWE posted another video looking back, this time at The Undertaker’s theme song. Check out the above video as Jon Stewart, Sasha Banks, John Wall and other celebrities and WWE Superstars an d Divas talk about “The Dead Man’s” iconic theme song.
– NXT Diva Gionna Daddio is now going by the name Liv Morgan in NXT. Liv Morgan will face Emma on the December 2nd edition of NXT on the WWE Network.
– The Rock took to social media on Thursday to unveil the official promotional poster for his new movie with Kevin Hart called “Central Intelligence.” He wrote the following in addition to posting the photo of the poster.
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: The only one of its kind Central Intelligence teaser poster! Me and Kevin Hart teamed up to make an iconic, global action comedy the world could enjoy. As y’all know saving the world takes a Big Johnson and my friend Kevin is exactly where he belongs… behind me and sh*tting himself. We’re both excited to bring y’all this movie! Summer may never be the same… #CentralIntelligence #BigJohnson #ScaredHart JUNE 17th
– Featured above is the latest “This Week In WWE” video with Corey Graves and Kyle Edwards. In honor of “The Undertaker Week” on the WWE Network, Graves and Edwards look back at The Undertaker’s WWE debut at Survivor Series 1990.
– WWE taped the following matches on Tuesday night in Knoxville, Tennessee for tonight’s WWE Survivor Series “go-home” edition of SmackDown.
* Cesaro vs. The Miz
* Neville and The Dudley Boyz vs. Stardust and The Ascension
* Tyler Breeze vs. Zack Ryder
* Charlotte vs. Brie Bella
* Big E. vs. Kalisto
* Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens and Alberto Del Rio
– WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin interviews longtime WWE director Kerwin Silfies on the latest edition of his “Steve Austin Show – Unleashed!” podcast, which is available right now at PodcastOne.com. The official description for the episode reads as follows:
“Steve Austin is giving you a true behind-the-scenes look at WWE with longtime director Kerwin Silfies. Kerwin’s talking about what it takes to do three hours of live RAW every Monday night, what goes into Wrestlemania, why he sat with the audience at Wrestlemania 1 at MSG, and he’s got some great stories about working with Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, Jesse Ventura, and Vince McMahon himself! He’s even got a couple of tales about Stone Cold!”
– Featured above, WWE posted the following look at The Undertaker’s “intimidating entrances” to promote their special “Undertaker Week” on the WWE Network.
– The following matches were taped for tonight’s edition of NXT on the WWE Network.
* Nia Jax vs. Carmella
* Chad Gable and Jason Jordan vs. The Ascension
* Emma vs. Mary Kate (Rosie Lottalove, Andrea)
* NXT Tag Team Champions The Mechanics vs. Corey Hollis and John Skyler
* Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley for the NXT Women’s Title
– Topps sent out the following press release to announce the release of the new “WWE Undisputed” line of trading cards, which are available today:
WWE trading card series, Undisputed, releases this Wednesday, November 18
A hobby-exclusive product, 2015 Topps® WWE Undisputed will contain more autograph cards than any other previously released WWE product in stunning designs on a thick card stock. Each hobby pack will contain one Autograph or Autograph Relic Card and one base or insert card parallel! Every 10-pack hobby box will deliver seven Autograph cards + three Autograph Relic cards.
Highlighted autographs include:
– Current Superstars and Divas such as Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins, John Cena, Charlotte and Sasha Banks
– Legends such as Bruno Sammartino, Bret “Hit Man” Hart, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair and Trish Stratus
– NXT stars including Samoa Joe, Sami Zayn and Enzo Amore
– Legendary guest athletes including Pete Rose and Lawrence Taylor
– Dual autographs of rivals like Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels
We are also pleased to unveil that for the first time in any WWE product, there will be cut autographs of past WWE Superstars. These include the Big Boss Man, Junkyard Dog, the British Bulldog, Mr. Perfect and Chief Jay Strongbow. This includes the first-ever certified trading card autograph for JYD.
Along with these incredible cards, we’re proud to introduce Fistographs to the WWE trading card market. These box-topper, oversized cards include ‘fist prints’ of Randy Orton, Edge and Daniel Bryan among others. These cards have been extremely popular among collectors in other product lines and we are excited to be bringing these cards to the WWE Universe.
WWE confirmed on Monday’s Survivor Series “go-home” edition of RAW that at this Sunday’s pay-per-view in Atlanta, Georgia, both the semi-finals and the finals of the WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament will take place.
On Monday’s RAW, the quarterfinals of the tournament took place with four men advancing to the semi-finals of the tournament, leaving the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion to be determined among the four at this Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view.
With those tournament matches now in the books, below is an updated look at the WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament brackets, as well as the regular lineup heading into Sunday’s show.
WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament Semi-Finals
– Kevin Owens vs. Dean Ambrose
– Roman Reigns vs. Alberto Del Rio
WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament Finals
– Owens/Ambrose winner vs. Reigns/Del Rio winner
WWE Divas Championship
– Charlotte (c) vs. Paige
– The Undertaker & Kane vs. Two members of The Wyatt Family
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– WWE posted the above preview for the new two-part edition of “Legends With JBL,” which as part of the special Undertaker Week on the WWE Network, features “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Triple H and Shawn Michaels talking about “The Dead Man’s” legendary career. Both parts are available on the WWE Network now.
– WrestlingDVDNetwork.com is reporting that WWE’s new “Owen Hart: Hart Of Gold” DVD and Blu-ray set will feature new and archived interview footage from Vince McMahon, Tyson Kidd, Natalya, Jim Neidhart, Davey Boy Smith, Triple H, Mick Foley, Edge, Scott Hall, Chris Jericho, Lex Luger and referee Mike Chioda. WWE also shot new interviews with Owen Hart’s family members, including Bret Hart, Keith, Ross, Bruce, Alison, Diana, Ellie and Georgia. The set will not, however, feature any content from Hart’s immediate family, such as his widow Martha or his children, Oje and Athena, as Martha is not supporting the project.
– WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross’ weekly “Ross Report” podcast returns on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. EST. / 6 p.m. PST. at PodcastOne.com. JR will be joined this week by two wrestling legends, as Jim Cornette and Terry “Magnum T.A.” Allen are both scheduled for the show. The official description for the episode reads as follows:
“Join JR as he welcomes TWO guests in rapid fire conversation….the incomparable Jim Cornette talks with JR about a variety of topics and the Mid Atlantic Memories film and pulls no punches on any topic. Also joining JR will be Terry Allen better known as Magnum TA who chats about a myriad of topics concerning today’s product. So one one podcast you get Jim Cornette, Magnum TA along with JR with entertaining and informative talk.”
Kevin Owens recently appeared as a guest on the “Like Father, Like Son” podcast and spoke about wanting to wrestle The Undertaker, being the WWE Intercontinental Champion and more. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On wanting to wrestle The Undertaker:
“I’d love to get in the ring with the Undertaker one day… I feel like that’s a long shot, I guess, because he wrestles on a limited basis and when he does, it’s always a huge deal. But hopefully I can position myself in the next year or so to be seen as a viable opponent for the Undertaker, because it would be a thrill to be in the ring with him at WrestleMania or anywhere. It can be on a Raw or a live event, I don’t really care. I’d just love to be in the ring with him. I feel like that would be an experience I’d never forget.”
On the WWE Intercontinental Championship:
“When I was a kid, that was the title that I wanted to win, because Shawn Michaels and Owen Hart, and Bret (Hart) and Razor (Ramon), all those guys won that title and some of them eventually made it and won the WWE title. But the Intercontinental title, there’s just something special about that title. The cool part about the title I’m holding now is it’s the same design as the title I grew up watching. When I was a kid and I had all the foam replica belts, this was always the one I’d win first when I’d beat my pillow, so it’s pretty cool to have the real thing.”
– In addition to The Undertaker and The Rock, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon took to social media for the third time in one day on Thursday to send congratulations to former WWE Champion Batista on the success of the new James Bond “007: Spectre” film, which co-stars Batista as the character “Mr. Hinx.” You can check out McMahon’s comments via the following tweet:
– The Rock posted a “Throwback Thursday (TBT)” photo and blog on his official Instagram account on Thursday honoring WWE Hall Of Famer Pat Patterson. The Rock wrote the following, which was accompanied by the below photo of the two talking together backstage at a past WWE event.
“#TBT 2013 becoming #WWE Heavyweight Champion for the 8th time. First person to congratulate me backstage was WWE Hall of Famer and close family friend Pat Patterson – one of the greatest mentors I’ve ever had in the world of sports entertainment.
At 23yrs old I called Pat and told him I was training to get into the business. He said “What business?”. I said “the wrestling business”. He said with great clarity, “Why the f–k would you want to do that?”. He eventually agreed to come watch one of my ring workouts in Tampa, and after the session I said “Do you think I have what it takes?”. He simply said “Just keep working”. He immediately went home and called Vince McMahon and said “Vince you gotta see this kid, I think he can be great one day”. One week later I had my very first tryout match for the WWE in Corpus Christi, TX in front of 15,000 people.
Pat has been instrumental in creating some of the greatest storylines (Rock vs Austin, Rock vs HHH) and matches of my entire career and I’m forever grateful for his guidance and knowledge. He’s also responsible for dropping the greatest lines ever… in this picture he literally said “My God Rock when you won the title tonight the people went f–kING BANANA!” For some reason he always forgets the “s”. #PatPatterson #Legend #Mentor #Grateful”
Vince McMahon was a little busier than usual on social media on Thursday afternoon. The WWE Chairman posted comments about The Undertaker’s appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” from Wednesday night, as well as a congratulatory message directed towards The Rock, who announced earlier this week that he and his girlfriend are expecting their first child.
Regarding The Undertaker’s appearance on Fallon on Wednesday, McMahon tweeted the following:
The Undertaker appeared on Wednesday night’s edition of NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” hitting Brad Maddox, who was dressed up in a turkey suit (The Gobbledy Gooker?), with his signature Tombstone piledriver.
The segment featured Fallon taking view suggestions and one fan asked to have The Undertaker hit a Tombstone piledriver on a “guy in a turkey outfit.” Fallon said it was late notice and he wouldn’t know how to get a hold of The Undertaker, when all of a sudden the infamous gong hit.
This led to the action, as after Undertaker came out, Brad Maddox started goofing around in the Gobbledy Gooker outfit as “The Dead Man” removed his gear and nailed him with a Tombstone. He then pinned him as Fallon came over to join them on stage. Fallon tried to shake Undertaker’s hand, but Undertaker just stared at him.
While not included in the video above, Fallon wrapped the segment up by plugging the WWE Network and this month’s WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view.
With WrestleMania 32 less than 5 months away, let’s take a look at where the card stands in light of a bunch of recent developments.
Originally, the top few matches were slated to be:
Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker
The Rock vs. Triple H
John Cena vs. Roman Reigns
The Rock will not be competing at WrestleMania due to his movie schedule and more specifically, movie studios having major concerns about whether they’d be able to get insurance for The Rock if he was to get back in the ring. Then things were looking like this:
Seth Rollins vs. Triple H
Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker
John Cena vs. Roman Reigns
At some point the decision was made to jump right into Lesnar vs. Undertaker at Hell in a Cell, apparently with the assumption that Vince McMahon had decided on alternate opponents for both men. Of course, Seth Rollins’ ACL/MCL surgery will keep him out of action well past WrestleMania, so he’s out of the mix now as well.
As of this week, these are the top two matches currently planned for WrestleMania 32 (via the Wrestling Observer Newsletter):
– WWE is advertising The Undertaker for Monday Night Raw in Greenville, SC. PWInsider.com reports that the creative team’s decision to add The Undertaker to Monday’s show, which is the go-home show for Survivor Series, was just made on Tuesday at the SmackDown tapings.
The Undertaker and Kane are advertised to face two members of The Wyatt Family in a tag team match at Survivor Series, but Bray Wyatt has yet to reveal which two members of the Wyatts will be in the match.
– A copy of Thursday’s episode of WWE SmackDown has surfaced online, and it reportedly does not show The Undertaker’s segment with King Barrett. This could mean it was just a dark segment for the live audience at the taping in Manchester, England. The pirated copy of the show cuts to a backstage promo then a commercial right where the ‘Taker segment would have been.
– In an update from yesterday’s WWE SmackDown television taping in Manchester, England, it appears that The Undertaker and King Barrett segment in the middle of the show was actually a dark segment for the live crowd. As noted, the segment began with Barrett talking about the Wayne Rooney incident from RAW and ended with The Undertaker coming out and hitting him with a Tombstone piledriver.
– As noted, Triple H and Corey Graves recently appeared as Christopher Nowinski’s Concussion Legacy Foundation’s 8th annual Impact Awards in Boston, Mass. and presented the foundation with a check. That check was for $1.5 million. You can check out photos from the event at WWE.com.
– WWE and James Storm are still hyping the former TNA stars’ NXT debut and teasing his eventual return. Storm and the official NXT account tweeted the following this week:
Following Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown television taping in Manchester, England, a new match was announced for this month’s WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view.
During the taping, Bray Wyatt issued a challenge to The Undertaker and Kane for Survivor Series, that being a two-on-two match with “The Brothers Of Destruction” taking on two Wyatt Family members of Bray’s choosing. The challenge was accepted by The Undertaker at the end of the taping, however it was never specified which two Wyatt Family members would be represented in the match at Survivor Series.
With that now known, below is an updated look at the lineup for this year’s WWE Survivor Series pay-pr-view, which is scheduled for Sunday, November 22, 2015 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
WWE Title Tournament Finals
– TBD vs. TBD
WWE Divas Champion
– Charlotte (c) vs. Paige
– The Undertaker & Kane vs. Two members of The Wyatt Family
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WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross updated his official blog at JRsBarBQ.com with his thoughts on the beginning of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, as well as other subjects stemming from Monday’s taped edition of RAW. Below are some of the highlights.
On what he likes about the ongoing WWE title tournament:
“I like the fact that this is a 16 man tournament but still single elimination IE a sudden death type format inasmuch that the winners advance and the losers take a seat. That part I like.”
On what he doesn’t like about it:
“The presentation of the WWE Title Tournament did not feel special to me. I was let down by how it was presented which affects how it is going to be perceived. What’s more important in WWE than the WWE Heavyweight Title? NOTHING!!
The tournament has some unique entrants that likely would have not have been there if not for injures and the number of stars that work part time or have to be protected as it relates to being entered in the tournament. I’d hae thought that every healthy body would have wanted to throw their name in the tourney hat.”
On who should win the tourney:
“Still feel the next WWE Champion should be a disciple of The Authority which gives that heel much needed resources in a variety of ways to help establish taking unfair advantages and having a crutch to lean on while navigating the road to WrestleMania where I’d suggest Brock Lesnar will be waiting. Still of the mindset that Reigns is the guy to put in that position. Lots of great heat can be derived between November to April along with roadblocks for Lesnar and Heyman.”
On The Undertaker and Kane:
“Good close with the Brothers of Destruction making their return felt and perhaps to the degree that the heel’s (Wyatt’s) heat has been beaten largely off of them. Nonetheless I think it’s a good way to extend the shelf life of both Taker and Kane by putting them in tags.”
On his problem with the WWE Divas:
“Divas, not a great term IMO, need to not be booked like Divas but like the men and given enough time to tell a compelling story or why are they on TV? Just to get TV exposure doesn’t seem to work any longer.”
As noted, WWE will be running an “Undertaker Week” special on the WWE Network starting next Monday. The company issued the following details, as well as the above video promo to promote the special week.
WWE Superstars, Legends and Hall of Famers pay tribute to the legacy of The Phenom during Undertaker Week on the award-winning WWE Network.
Monday, Nov. 16 – following Raw
Legends with JBL: Undertaker’s Greatest Rivals Part 1
On this special edition of Legends with JBL, John Bradshaw Layfield goes in-depth with Triple H, Shawn Michaels and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin as they celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the legendary Undertaker. The panel discusses the evolution of Undertaker in WWE, including his decades of loyalty and his respected locker room presence. JBL’s panel of guests also set the record straight about Internet rumors, and provide behind-the-scenes accounts of The Undertaker’s greatest matches.
Tuesday, Nov. 17 – 10/9 C
Undertaker: 25 Phenomenal Years
Journey back through 25 years of the most memorable and unforgettable moments in the career of WWE’s one and only Phenom, The Undertaker.
Wednesday, Nov. 18 – 9/8 C
The Undertaker’s Gravest Matches
Relive 25 years of The Undertaker’s most dangerous matches. Descend into the darkness as The Dead Man battles among caskets, flames and cells.
Thursday, Nov. 19 – 10/9 C
Legends with JBL: Undertaker’s Greatest Rivals Part 2
JBL continues his trip down memory lane on this special edition of Legends with JBL. John Bradshaw Layfield, along with his illustrious panel consisting of Triple H, Shawn Michaels and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, unearth never-before-heard topics from The Undertaker’s remarkable career. From the “BSK” to The Streak, no topic is off limits.
It looks like WWE decided on a wrestler to add the star power they wanted to tonight’s episode of WWE RAW. The Undertaker will appear on RAW tonight in a segment with Kane and the Wyatt family.
At today’s RAW tapings in Manchester, England the Wyatts cut a promo on the Brothers of Destruction at the end of the show. ‘Taker and Kane walked out to the ring to confront them, which resulted in a brawl to close the show.
– On the second episode of WWE Breaking Ground, WWE Senior Director Of Talent Development Canyon Ceman played the role of the executive who had to inform aspiring talent that they were being let go. In all actuality, Canyon was just brought in to fill that role on the show, as normally NXT Head Coach Matt Bloom is the guy who does that, according to PWInsider.com.
– Next Monday, November 16th, WWE will kick off “The Undertaker Week” on the WWE Network. WWE will soon be announcing full details on the special programming scheduled for the week long theme, which is expected to be similar to the recent “Brock Lesnar Week.”
– WWE confirmed via the official NXT Twitter account that the new “NXT: Greatest Matches Vol. 1” DVD and Blu-ray is scheduled for a March 8th release. Additionally, it was announced that Seth Rollins vs. Big E. for the NXT Championship will be on that set, and the NXT Women’s Championship match between Charlotte and Sasha Banks will be a Blu-ray exclusive.
The Undertaker is being advertised for Tuesday’s SmackDown taping, and we can confirm that he has arrived backstage at today’s RAW taping in Manchester, UK. It’s unsure if he’ll be appearing on the show, but as we reported last week, WWE was looking to book some big names for tonight’s taping.
Taker’s last WWE appearance as at Hell In A Cell in October, where he lost to Brock Lesnar then was carried away by the Wyatt Family. WWE is advertising Tuesday’s SmackDown as The Deadman’s first appearance in the U.K. in over two years.
WWE is currently planning The Undertaker’s match for WrestleMania 32. PWInsider reports that the company is trying to put together a match between the Deadman and John Cena. If the match goes through as planned, it will be one of the two top matches at the company’s biggest PPV of the year. The other big match in the planning stages is The Rock vs. Triple H.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer reported Saturday that WWE’s original plans for Cena and ‘Taker had been changing throughout the week. He also noted, “There are ‘Mania plans in place, but Seth Rollins’ injury changes at least two matches.”
WrestleMania 32 takes place on April 3, 2016, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
WWE Hall Of Famer Kevin Nash recently spoke with Sports Illustrated’s “Extra Mustard” blog to talk about a number of topics. Below are some of the highlights.
Focusing on his acting career:
“I take every role, whether it’s a line or more, and try to make it my own. All these people talk about the secret to acting. To me, it’s once you find the character, like Engleheart in ‘The Longest Yard.’ I could turn that character on morning, noon, and night. That’s the key–finding the character.”
“I’ve had a career in wrestling, and this is the next area where I’m determined to be successful. You have to be realistic and know that you’re just going to be a character actor. You’re not going to be a lead, you’re not going to be doing romantic comedies, but there is plenty of work out there.”
Still being amazed by The Undertaker:
“There’s a reason why, right now, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson are out touring. People want the drama. When guys are kicking out of 450-f—— moonsaults on one-and-a-half, what’s the false finish? There are so few storytellers left, but ‘Taker can go out there and tell a story.”
One more WWE run:
“I have one more run. I’m started to get things fixed. I’m getting my shoulder fixed, I’m getting my neck fixed. I miss it, so never say never.”
Jim Ross has updated his blog at JRsBarBQ.com with his thoughts on Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker bleeding at Hell in a Cell, Ronda Rousey stating she wants to be WWE Divas Champion one day and more.
Some fans have questioned if the blood was planned in advance and JR says it clearly was. “How the blood was derived may be another issue but the two talents taking matters into their own hands without approval isn’t too likely to have occurred. Their match was the best bout on the show Sunday in LA.”
Related: The Latest On Lesnar & Taker Bleeding At HIAC
During a recent interview with FOX Sports, UFC Women’s Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey said she would like to be WWE Divas Champion one day. Reigning Divas champion Charlotte responded and offered Ronda Rousey a title shot anytime, anywhere. JR sees blockbuster potential from Rousey in a WWE ring and questions if the baddest woman on the planet would even qualify to be a Diva.
“Ronda Rousey and her camp, influenced by The Rock, are strategic in their thinking. Rousey has a huge payday awaiting her for a Wrestlemania story line down the road and they know it. No one ever makes too much money plus RR knows that she can’t be unbreakable forever inside the Octagon. It was timely of Charlotte to stand her ground and respond to Ronda recently but I would rather see RR versus a heel specifically Stephanie McMahon as I feel that’s the money. Plus, do you really want Ronda Rousey going for the WWE Divas Title? Is Rousey a Diva? Is the term Diva still relevant?
In any event, Ronda Rousey in a hot, personal issue interests me more than her going for the title at this time. The question is can Rousey and WWE come together for something BIG for the Texas WrestleMania?”
WWE announced The Undertaker for the November 10th WWE SmackDown television taping from Manchester, England.
WWE issued the following today:
The Undertaker will be on hand for SmackDown in Manchester, U.K., on Tuesday, 10 Nov. at 7 p.m.
WWE will embark on an 11-day tour of the United Kingdom, from 5 to 14 Nov., and sports-entertainment’s top Superstars will visit Manchester Arena for episodes of Raw and SmackDown during the visit. With 9 Nov.’s Raw show already sold out, though, the WWE Universe is strongly encouraged to act fast if they want to see The Deadman’s first appearance in the U.K. in two years, as well as unbelievable SmackDown action in Manchester on 10 Nov.
With November marking his 25th anniversary in WWE, what destruction will The Phenom bring when he comes to Manchester?
WWE taped the following on Tuesday night in Phoenix, Arizona for this week’s edition of WWE SmackDown:
– SmackDown kicks off with a vignette featuring Bray Wyatt talking about The Undertaker and Kane. He says their spirits are his fuel. He challenges any three Superstars to face his three monsters on tonight’s show.
– Roman Reigns comes out to a nice reaction from the Phoenix fans. He talks about having obstacles and getting another shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Kevin Owens comes out and says Reigns stole the win in the Fatal Four Way match on RAW. This leads to a match between Reigns and Owens.
– Roman Reigns def. Kevin Owens via count out in a non-title match. The crowd was apparently very pro-Reigns during the match. The finish saw Reigns knock Owens out of the ring with a Superman punch and Owens running off through the crowd.
– The Lucha Dragons def. The Ascension, The Dudley Boyz and Sheamus & King Barrett in a multi tag-team match. The Dudleyz and Sheamus & Barrett fought to the back while The Lucha Dragons pinned The Ascension. The New Day sat in on commentary during the match.
– Dolph Ziggler def. The Miz in a “Trick Or Treat Street Fight.” Ziggler won what was described as a good match by way of roll-up. Following the match, Tyler Breeze came out and attacked Ziggler until referees separated them.
– Paige def. Natalya in Divas action. Paige got a good pop despite the heel turn on Monday, and she and Natalya had what was said to be another good match. Team B.A.D. came out and distracted Nattie, leading to Paige winning the match with her RamPaige finisher. After the match, Team B.A.D. beat up Nattie until the referees intervened.
– WWE United States Champion Alberto Del Rio is out next with Zeb Colter. He talks about their MexAmerica group and they say that the title now represents both countries.
– Cesaro, Dean Ambrose & Ryback accept Bray Wyatt’s challenge from the beginning of the show.
– Braun Strowman, Luke Harper & Erick Rowan def. Cesaro, Ryback & Dean Ambrose in six-man tag-team action to close out the show. Cesaro got a hot tag and the crowd went crazy for him. He hit big uppercuts on all three guys for a big pop. Harper ended up scoring the pin for his team. Bray Wyatt was at ringside for his team throughout the match.
WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross updated his official website blog recently with his thoughts on Sunday’s WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view and other current topics. Below are some of the highlights. For the complete blog, visit JRsBarBQ.com. You can also order JR’s Bar-B-Q products online at WWEShop.com.
On the WWE Hell In A Cell main event:
“Best match of the night was the ‘blow off’ bout to the Lesnar vs. Taker trilogy. It was a brawl with plenty of physicality from both men. The rare, blood sighting was timely and added drama to the presentation without fail. The use of blood needs to remain essentially rare but when the environment calls for it such as in HIAC or the Elimination Chamber it becomes something to consider but I don’t look for any more blood any time soon in WWE. Lots of basic MMA elements utilized in this main event which I enjoyed. Lesnar had to receive 9 staples in his head after the event to close his head wound we are told.”
On the post-match angle with Undertaker and Wyatt Family:
“Post match with Wyatt Family attacking a defenseless Undertaker, who had no one come to his aid which I ‘get’ but still found strange, may lead to an elimination tag at the Survivor Series with Taker’s team versus the Wyatt’s. I see a 4 versus 4 traditional, Survivor Series elimination tag. Taker, Kane, Sting (if healthy) and one young talent who WWE wants to get a ‘rub’ vs the Wyatt’s. Or two, young talents if Sting isn’t abe to join the presentation.”
On Alberto Del Rio’s WWE return:
“Not totally surprised to see Alberto Del Rio back in WWE after leaving Lucha Underground over ‘differences’ which usually concerns the two, C’s, cash and creative. ADR got a short, albeit decisive victory over John Cena, who’s taking some well deserved time off, to win the US Title. I’d suggest that WWE continue the US Title Open Challenge with ADR who takes on the task of continuing to rehabilitate the United States Title. It was a good way to start the show. If ADR turns on Zeb Colter then the WWE will have a better chance to run with Del Rio as a main event level fan favorite of distinction. This would be a nice in ring segment on RAW. “