– Below is the latest “Action Figure Showdown” video from the official WWE YouTube channel. The latest installment features Bray Wyatt and John Cena.
– R&B star Ray J is scheduled to make an appearance on this week’s edition of WWE Total Divas, which airs on E! this Sunday night. You can check out a video preview for this Sunday’s show below.
– Steve Austin, Chris Jericho, Jim Ross and Roddy Piper are all doing big numbers for their PodcastOne.com weekly podcasts. On the iTunes Top 300 Sports Podcast list, JR is currently number one, while Austin’s “Unleashed” show is number two. Austin’s regular podcast is number four, Piper’s is number five and Jericho’s is number ten.
– The following is a video preview for this Sunday night’s edition of WWE Total Divas:
– Sunday’s episode of WWE Total Divas drew 965,000 viewers, down from the previous week’s 1.141 million viewers.
– Former WWE NXT star Oliver Grey is now taking bookings through joel.redman@outlook.com.
– It’s been reported that tonight’s episode of “The Goldbergs” on ABC would be a wrestling-themed show and be dedicated to The Ultimate Warrior. However, ABC is promoting that tonight’s episode will actually have a Star Wars theme. Here’s a preview:
– WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley commented on Adam Rose’s WWE debut on tonight’s RAW on his official Twitter account. Foley tweeted the following:
Unless I'm mistaken, we'll be telling our grandchildren about the night we witnessed the debut of @WWEAdamRose on #RAW. Let me on that bus!
— Mick Foley (@realmickfoley) May 6, 2014
– WWE Diva and Total Divas star Naomi announced via her official Twitter account that WWE.com will be premiering the music video for her new single, “Dance All Night” this Thursday.
Excited to announce that http://t.co/PzOvCZPyRb will be premiering my new music video #DanceAllNight this Thursday pic.twitter.com/Nju7qHRUMh
— Trinity Fatu (@NaomiWWE) May 6, 2014
– Former WWE & WCW star Lex Luger recently spoke at the Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce’s 10th Annual Prayer Breakfast on May 1st in Summerdale, Alabama. AL.com covered the story and noted that Lex Luger’s health has improved dramatically since becoming paralized after suffering a stroke back in 2007. Luger is able to use his limbs and walk short distances, but spoke from a wheel chair.
– Here is the synopsis for next week’s episode of WWE Total Divas on E!:
“Red and Gold: Eva Marie and Summer Rae clash over being paired together in the ring; Ariane’s quest for fame goes too far; and Nattie’s artistic side comes out.”
– WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley tweeted the following about Sunday night’s WWE Extreme Rules PPV:
https://twitter.com/realmickfoley/statuses/463170946338398208
The following are clips from this week’s edition of WWE Total Divas, which aired on the E! network against WWE’s own Extreme Rules pay-per-view on Sunday night.
– The following is this week’s edition of “After Total Divas.”
– Camera crews from the E! reality show “Total Divas” were in attendance at the Sunscreen Film Festival on Thursday night. Many of the Divas from the show were at the festival to support The Bella Twins, who introduced “Confessions of a Womanizer,” a film they are featured in. John Cena was also in attendance. Footage of this is expected to air on a future edition of the show.
– The WWE Shop website has released new “Evolution of a Hall Of Famer” plaques for Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels today. They have also released “Evolution of a Superstar” plaques for Undertaker and John Cena. They are going for $89.99 a piece.
– The documentary portion of Batista’s new WWE-produced DVD and Blu-ray will be centered around “The Animal’s” 2014 return to WWE, as opposed to re-telling his life story, which was the focus of a past WWE documentary release. The new DVD will feature footage of WWE cameras following Batista around this year as well as interviews from Batista and other WWE Superstars.
– The following is a photo of WWE Diva and Total Divas star Natalya training with UFC Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey and her “Four Horsewomen” stable.
– WWE has continued to make CM Punk edits on the WWE Network. The official artwork for SummerSlam 2013, which is available on the Network, originally featured a number of WWE Superstars — Punk included — riding a roller coaster. In the updated edited version, Punk is the only person removed from the original.
– The following are some preview clips for this Sunday’s edition of WWE Total Divas:
– Sunday’s episode of Total Divas on the E! Network drew 1.141 million viewers, down from the previous week’s 1.39 million.
It’s worth noting that the Season 2 finale of Total Divas is currently scheduled to air on Sunday, June 1st, head-to-head with the WWE Payback event.
– The school choir that performed on Monday’s RAW during the segment with John Cena and Bray Wyatt were primarily high students from the Ladue School District in St. Louis.
The Ladue Foundation noted on Twitter this morning that two other school were also represented in the choir and some of them were younger than high school age:
@James_M_Perry Our group was HS, but 2 other schools involved had some younger kids.
— Ladue Foundation (@laduefoundation) April 29, 2014
– The following is the official synopsis for next week’s edition of WWE Total Divas:
“Flirting With Fandango: Summer Rae’s relationship with Fandango moves to the next level; Brie can’t enjoy being a bride; Trinity goes behind Jon’s back and betrays him.”
– The following is this week’s edition of “After Total Divas”
– John Cena and Nikki Bella will be attending the ninth annual Sunscreen Film Festival on May 1st at the Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida. The film, “Confessions of a Womanizer,” which features The Bella Twins, will be screened. Total Divas cameras are also expected at the event to film possible footage for a future episode.
– The official WWE website recently added a feature looking at the top 50 talkers in pro wrestling history. The top ten looks like this:
10. Chris Jericho
9. Hulk Hogan
8. Bobby Heenan
7. Mick Foley
6. Paul Heyman
5. Dusty Rhodes
4. Steve Austin
3. Roddy Piper
2. The Rock
1. Ric Flair
You can check out the complete list at WWE.com.
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.”
– Zeb Colter called out Paul Heyman in a new tweet posted on his official Twitter account on Sunday. Colter tweeted the following regarding tonight’s edition of WWE RAW.
TOMORROW…#RAW
#WWEBaltimore..LETS HAVE AT IT @HeymanHustle…NO I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN
NEED AN ANSWER OR AT LEAST A CONFESSION..@WWE
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— Zeb Colter (@WWEZeb) April 20, 2014
– As seen on last night’s edition of WWE Total Divas, Rikishi failed to show up at his sons wedding, as Jimmy Uso and Naomi got married without the former WWE Superstar attending. Rikishi took to Twitter to address the issue.
Sometimes the storylines of reality TV mirror those of Wrestling! #All4Entertainment @totaldiva @territoryleague @knokxpro
— JR FATU,, (@TheREALRIKISHI) April 21, 2014
Remember there is very little REAL in reality TV" @totaldiva @territoryleague @knokxpro @wweuso
— JR FATU,, (@TheREALRIKISHI) April 21, 2014
– The following is the official synopsis for this coming Sunday night’s edition of WWE Total Divas.
“The House Sitters: Ariane throws a party and loses Nattie’s cat; Nattie and T.J. clash over money; Brie educates Nikki about food.”
– Speaking of Total Divas, here is the “After Total Divas” video from last night’s show.
As reported back in January, WWE Diva Eva Marie appeared to be out of action with an injury. The reports stemmed from a Twitter message she posted that noted she received flowers from the E! Network and thanked them for their prayers. Additionally, her fiancee’ Jonathan Coyle had noted on Instagram that she was recovering and hoped to be back on her feet soon.
On last night’s edition of WWE Total Divas, it was revealed that Marie was bed-ridden via doctors orders after it was discovered that she had an ovarian cyst that had ruptured.
You can check out a clip from last night’s Total Divas that addresses this issue below.
– The following are video clips from the wedding of Jimmy Uso and Naomi, which aired as part of this week’s episode of WWE Total Divas.
– After their wedding last week, Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella tweeted the following photo from their honeymoon via Twitter.
Just got back from our off-grid honeymoon… Best two weeks of my life pic.twitter.com/TmqfdaPWbv
— Daniel Bryan (@WWEDanielBryan) April 19, 2014
As previously reported, Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella were officially married on April 11th in Sedona, Arizona. The wedding ceremony was filmed for what is believed to be the final episode of the season of Total Divas that will be airing in the late spring.
Nikki Bella was the maid of honor at the wedding. Other WWE personalities that attended included Cesaro, as well as the regular cast of Total Divas, which includes John Cena, Tyson Kidd, Jimmy Uso, Naomi, Cameron, Natalya and Eva Marie.
Bryan and Bella were given the week off by WWE for their honeymoon, but are both scheduled to return on April 21st at the WWE RAW show in Baltimore.
(Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)
– WWE management had arena security confiscate Sting signs in the crowd at last night’ RAW from Birmingham.
– There is an internet pre-sale currently underway for this year’s WWE Battleground special event using the pre-sale code LIGHTN. The show takes place on July 20th at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, FL.
– Sunday’s episode of WWE Total Divas drew 1.164 million viewers, down from the 1.546 million viewers on March 30th.
(Partial Source: PWInsider.com)
– It was reported over the weekend that Darren Young suffered an ankle injury at Saturday night’s WWE live vent from Hidalgo, Texas. Young tweeted on Sunday that he was doing just fine, however, he did not wrestle at Sunday night’s live event from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Goldust replaced young on the card, wrestling against Fandango.
Speaking of Darren Young, the episode of “The Ellen Degeneres Show” where she interviewed him about ‘coming out’ has been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award (Outstanding Talk Show episode).
The awards ceremony takes place on May 3rd in New York City.
– John Cena tweeted the following about Sunday night’s episode of Total Divas:
Interesting evening tonight on #totaldivas @nicoleandbri @ENews @WWEUniverse this is what happens when your life becomes an open book
— John Cena (@JohnCena) April 14, 2014
– Xavier Woods won the annual 2K14 Superstar Challenge at WrestleMania Axxess this year. Below is a video of Woods being presented with a 2K14 Championship Belt and a Playstation 4.
– The following is a preview clip for this week’s edition of WWE Total Divas. The official description for the video reads as follows:
“Naomi’s “Dance All Night” video shoot hits some snags.
While shooting the music video for her single “Dance All Night”, Naomi runs into some problems.
Total Divas airs Sundays at 9pm ET on E!.”
– 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?
— Summer Rae WWE (@RealSummerWWE) April 9, 2014
– The following is a video interview with Paul Heyman from The Sam Roberts Show at WrestleMania XXX weekend.
– 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.
– E! will not be airing a new episode of WWE’s Total Divas next Sunday, April 6th. Instead of airing the show in its’ usual time slot, which would mean going head-to-head with WrestleMania XXX, the network decided to air the movie “No Strings Attached.”
– Speaking of Total Divas, The Bella Twins wrote the following on Twitter regarding tonight’s episode:
Nothing like wedding planning with the one you love. You can check it out only on #TotalDivas Tonight… http://t.co/dbwVTgVqx3
— The Bella Twins (@nicoleandbri) March 30, 2014
The following are highlights of a recent Miami Herald interview with Lita:
On Stephanie McMahon getting in touch with her: “Stephanie McMahon was texting with me. She was feeling me out telling me the office has been trying to get in touch with me. She asked if I could call the office. She was doing the whole talking to me as a friend, but being a little vague. She said, ‘The office just has something they would like to talk to you about. I believe that it’s regarding WrestleMania. So maybe it’s the weekend surrounding it? I’m not really sure, so just give them a call.’ I was like, ‘All right weirdo. Sure.’ Then I called, and they asked me if I would accept the honor of being in their Hall of Fame.”
On the current state of WWE’s Divas division: “Let’s say a generation is seven years. It has been about seven years since Trish and I left. We left within a few months of each other. The diva’s division took quite a hit. I don’t feel like it has fully recovered. I would love to see it get that spark again, that involving a deep roster that you could have a bunch of compelling characters — ones you want to go out there and see. At the same time, the women just like the tag division, was super hot. I don’t know that it has seen that type of attention since, either. It was a special time that I am glad to have been a part of when it was up.”
On Total Divas: “Sure, you get wrestling fans, but they’re already watching the programming anyways. Then you get the people who watch the Kardashians. I feel like that is the type of person that would watch ‘Total Divas’ as opposed to a wrestling fan who is already watching anyways….I have several friends now at this point that have zero concept of my life when I was doing that. Their questions and perception are just completely different than a fan or somebody in the know. I think it’s a different market that people are watching ‘Total Divas,’ but I don’t know if it translates to more viewership or interest in women’s wrestling. It’s more about being curious about these people who do this thing that they maybe weren’t interested in before.”
On the possibility of doing one more match: “The only thing when I get asked about giving one more match is more just to prove it to myself. I do feel really great and really strong. I had some nagging injuries for a really long time after I retired that I guess I will have to live with for getting beaten up for so long. I do feel really great and feel really strong, so that would be more the reason why I would want to get back out there one more time to prove to myself I can still do all the stuff. As far as getting an itch or anything active, I’m super happy where I am and proud of my accomplishments. It’s not really something I feel like I need to do, but if my arm was twisted at the right time, I could probably be talked into it.”
Check out the complete interview at MiamiHerald.com.