– With Monday’s Raw drawing one of its worst ratings figures in the last fifteen years (a 2.68 cable rating, with an average of 3.58 million viewers over the course of the show), there are people within WWE speculating that Vince McMahon will resurface on television sooner rather than later. Original creative plans call for the Chairman to return sometime in November.
– WWE is currently holding a contest for John Cena’s Fast Lane, a street racing game that’s free and available now on iOS and Android devices. Courtesy of the comapany’s official Facebook page, details are as follows: “Show us you can beat John Cena at his own game! Post your screenshot of your Cena-beating race in “John Cena’s Fast Lane” to be entered to win an autographed John Cena t-shirt, plus an acknowledgement from The Champ himself on his Twitter account. Contest ends Oct. 30.”
– This Sunday at WWE Battleground, Dolph Ziggler will face Damien Sandow in the streaming “Kickoff Match.” Promoting the bout, Mr. Money in the Bank issued the following message on Twitter.
– After defeating Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel in a non-title match on Raw, R-Truth will challenge the “Paul Heyman Guy” again this Sunday at WWE Battleground. WWE.com announced the match this afternoon.
– All month long on WWE Classics On Demand, Chris Jericho takes a look back at his legendary career. Featured matches include WWF Vengeance in 2001, WCW Uncensored in 1998, and classic bouts with Eddie Guerrero. Courtesy of WWE’s YouTube account, here is a video promoting the features for the month.
– Despite his on-screen termination, WWEShop.com has released a Cody Rhodes “Rise Above Cancer” Pink Authentic T-Shirt. Through December 31, 2013, WWE will donate to Susan G. Komen 20% of the retail sales price of Specialty Rise Above Cancer merchandise sold on the website and at live events.
– The latest update on Brock Lesnar’s WWE return is that the former UFC Heavyweight champion will be back in action in time for the 2014 Royal Rumble.
Lesnar will be a big part of the build to WrestleMania XXX. With Ryback officially becoming a “Paul Heyman Guy” and talk that Brock Lesnar will turn babyface at some point, a Ryback vs. Lesnar feud could be in the works.
Comment below and tell us what you think about a Ryback vs. (babyface) Lesnar WrestleMania feud.
– Goldust and Seth Rollins tweeted the following messages about their tag match at Battleground this Sunday:
Rollins: “Met a lifelong goal of stomping The American Dream into the ground on Raw. #WWEBattleground sweetens the pot. Justice is thicker than blood.”
Goldust: “On the horizon!! Retribution! The @WWERomanReigns and @WWERollins go down at #Battleground ! #FamilyStrong @WWE”
– Here is the official entrance video for Los Matadores:
It will be announced on this week’s WWE SmackDown that WWE Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel will defend his title against R-Truth. Bray Wyatt also teased an appearance at Battleground, which will likely be the rumored match we reported on Tuesday with Wyatt taking on Kofi Kingston. That match, however, is still strictly a rumor at this point.
With that now known, here is an updated look at the official lineup for Sunday’s WWE Battleground pay-per-view from Buffalo, New York:
Vacant WWE Championship
-Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan
World Heavyweight Championship
-Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Rob Van Dam*
WWE Intercontinental Championship
-Curtis Axel (c) vs. R-Truth
WWE Divas Championship
-AJ Lee (c) vs. Brie Bella
-CM Punk vs. Ryback
-Cody Rhodes & Goldust vs. Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns**
WWE Battleground Kickoff Show
-Dolph Ziggler vs. Damien Sandow
RUMORED Match:
-Bray Wyatt vs. Kofi Kingston
* – The Del Rio vs. Van Dam rematch will be contested under “Battleground Hardcore Rules.”
** – Dusty Rhodes will be in the corner of Cody & Goldust. If the Rhodes Family loses, all three men will never be allowed to work for WWE again. If they win, Cody and Goldust get their jobs back
Make sure to visit SESCOOPS.COM this Sunday night for the absolute best live results coverage of the WWE Battleground pay-per-view. The coverage will begin at 7:30pm E.T. with the WWE Battleground Kickoff Show, and will continue throughout the entire duration of the pay-per-view. Until then, stop by the SESCOOPS.COM Facebook Page and/or the SESCOOPS.COM Twitter Page to share your predictions for this Sunday’s pay-per-view!
– The official theme song for Sunday’s WWE Battleground pay-per-view is “The Mighty Fall” by Fall Out Boy featuring Big Sean.
– WWE Developmental wrestler Sami Zayn has tweeted a reaction to the “Olé!” chants that fans have been chanting at the new Los Matadores tag team. Zayn, who popularized the chant while wrestling on the independent scene, tweeted last night:
Not to worry people, you are free to cheer & chant whatever you want, for whoever you want. #OLE
– Vickie Guerrero has invited WWE’s newest tag team, Los Matadores, to tonight’s Smackdown tapings.
– At one point, there was talk of Dusty Rhodes wrestling at Battleground alongside his sons, Cody and Dustin. Management decided against the idea, and Dusty will instead be in the corner of his sons as they take on WWE Tag Team Champions Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins of The Shield.
– Here is WWE’s “Rise Above Cancer” video that aired on Monday’s RAW. WWE is once again partnering with the Susan G. Komen foundation to spread awareness about Breast Cancer Awareness month.
– With WWE Battleground just a few days away, we’ve got news on a few potential matches that could be added to the card. As recently as this weekend, there was talk of the following matches taking place on the pay-per-view:
Kofi Kingston vs. Bray Wyatt
Curtis Axel vs. R-Truth for the Intercontinental Championship
There are currently 6 matches announced, including one match on the online Kickoff Show.
– 2K Sports has posted a new video showing off the improvements in the Universe Mode of the upcoming WWE 2K14 video game. Check out the video below, featuring commentary from developers Cristo Kyriazis and Aubrey Sitterson:
Several new matches and stipulations were added to the WWE Battleground event on Monday’s “go-home” edition of RAW. WWE Battleground emanates from the First Niagra Center in Buffalo, New York this Sunday, October 6, 2013. Below is an updated look at the official lineup for the first ever Battleground pay-per-view.
Vacant WWE Championship
-Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan
World Heavyweight Championship
-Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Rob Van Dam*
WWE Divas Championship
-AJ Lee (c) vs. Brie Bella
-CM Punk vs. Ryback
-Cody Rhodes & Goldust vs. Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns**
WWE Battleground Kickoff Show
-Dolph Ziggler vs. Damien Sandow
* – The Del Rio vs. Van Dam rematch will be contested under “Battleground Hardcore Rules.”
** – Dusty Rhodes will be in the corner of Cody & Goldust. If the Rhodes Family loses, all three men will never be allowed to work for WWE again. If they win, Cody and Goldust get their jobs back
Make sure to visit SESCOOPS.COM this Sunday night for the absolute best live results coverage of the WWE Battleground pay-per-view. The coverage will begin at 7:30pm E.T. with the WWE Battleground Kickoff Show, and will continue throughout the entire duration of the pay-per-view. Until then, stop by the SESCOOPS.COM Facebook Page and/or the SESCOOPS.COM Twitter Page to share your predictions for this Sunday’s pay-per-view!
It was announced on Monday’s edition of WWE RAW that at WWE Battleground this Sunday on pay-per-view, both Cody Rhodes and Dustin “Goldust” Rhodes will have an opportunity to earn their jobs back with WWE in a match against the current WWE Tag-Team Champions, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns. However, if the Rhodes brothers lose the match, which will also feature their father, WWE Hall Of Famer Dusty Rhodes, in their corner, they will never be able to work for WWE again.
Speaking of WWE Hall Of Famers, Trish Stratus officially gave birth to her baby boy, Maximus, on Monday. Maximum was born at a reported 8 pounds and 3 ounces.
It was announced on Monday’s live edition of WWE RAW, the “go-home” show for Sunday’s WWE Battleground event, that there will be another “Kickoff Show” prior to the pay-per-view. The match announced for the “Kickoff Show” is a singles match between Dolph Ziggler and Damien Sandow.
Also revealed on RAW was the story we reported this weekend, that WWE Superstars and Total Divas co-stars Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella got engaged. The real-life engagement was revealed during a backstage segment with The Bella Twins, where WWE Superstar Randy Orton came in and warned Bella to schedule the wedding carefully because he is going to hurt Bryan.
Make sure to visit SESCOOPS.COM this Sunday night for the best WWE Battleground pay-per-view live results coverage, which will begin at 7:30pm E.T. with the aforementioned Battleground Kickoff Show.
The following are highlights from a recent online blog by WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross:
On the build to WWE Battleground: “Interesting to see if WWE can ignite a fire tonight on Monday Night Raw as it relates to motivating PPV buyers to invest in WWE Battleground. It’s tonight or never.”
On Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan: “Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton needs some rocket fuel added to their fire especially on the WWE champion side of the flame. Just one guy’s opinion. Their PPV bout has high expectations. Should be stout…bell to bell.”
On the Rhodes Family on RAW: “Seeing the Rhodes Family on Raw interests me. I’m enjoying their personal issue storyline that feels fresh. Let Dream talk….for old time sake.”
Check out the complete blog online at JRsBarBQ.com.
WWE returns live to Biloxi, Mississippi on Monday night for the WWE Battleground “go-home” edition of RAW.
The main item heading into this week’s show is the Rhodes Family being “invited back to RAW” for a “business proposal” from the WWE COO Triple H. As noted, the Rhodes Family will be on RAW this week to build towards the six-man tag-team match against The Shield.
Also advertised in advance for this week’s RAW is the debut of the Los Matadores tag-team, which is the repackaged duo formerly known as Primo and Epico. After weeks of vignettes hyping their debut, Los Matadores will finally arrive on RAW in Biloxi on Monday night.
Outside of the aforementioned items, the main focus on this week’s show will be the final build towards the three previously announced WWE Battleground main events which consist of Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan for the vacant WWE Championship, the “Battleground Hardcore Rules” match between Alberto Del Rio and Rob Van Dam for the World Heavyweight Championship and the CM Punk vs. Ryback match.
The officially advertised talent roster for this week’s show includes Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Daniel Bryan, Randy Orton, CM Punk, Paul Heyman, Ryback, Curtis Axel, Alberto Del Rio, Rob Van Dam, Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Jack Swagger, Antonio Cesaro, Zeb Colter, Damien Sandow, Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, A.J. Lee and Kaitlyn.
There are two advertised dark match main-events for this week, as Orton will take on Bryan and Punk will take on both Heyman and Axel in a Handicap Match.
Stay tuned to SESCOOPS.COM throughout the day for continued updates on this week’s live edition of WWE RAW.
-WWE has posted yet another “cryptic tweet” containing another photo that seems involve WWE legend The Undertaker. As noted earlier, the cryptic messages are apparently part of the promotion for the new WWE 2K14 video game. Here is the latest tweet along with the photo:
@Todd_McFarlane will soon give rise to an icon. #RestinPieces
-WWE has posted a new Tout video of The Shield cutting a promo on the Rhodes Family, who as previously reported, will be appearing on Monday’s edition of RAW to set up a six-man tag match (Dusty Rhodes, Cody Rhodes & Dustin “Goldust” Rhodes vs. The Shield) at the upcoming WWE Battleground pay-per-view on Sunday, October 6th. The Tout video can be seen below:
Following Friday’s edition of WWE SmackDown, a stipulation is now official for the World Heavyweight Championship match at the upcoming WWE Battleground pay-per-view on Sunday, October 6th.
It was revealed on the weekly SyFy wrestling show that the Alberto Del Rio vs. Rob Van Dam rematch for the title at WWE Battleground will be contested under “hardcore rules.”
With that now known, here is a look at the official WWE Battleground pay-per-view lineup:
-Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton [Vacant WWE Championship]
-Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Rob Van Dam [Hardcore Rules For World Heavyweight Championship]
-CM Punk vs. Ryback
Make sure to visit SESCOOPS.COM on Sunday, October 6th for the best WWE Battleground live results coverage on the internet.
As noted previously, Triple H has extended an invitation to the Rhodes family to appear at Monday’s edition of WWE RAW, which is the “go-home” show for the upcoming WWE Battleground pay-per-view.
According to one report, the reason the Rhodes family, which consists of Dusty Rhodes, Cody Rhodes and Dustin “Goldust” Rhodes, are coming to RAW, is to set up a six-man tag match for the Battleground show.
It had been rumored several weeks ago, and it appears, at least according to plans as recently as last week, that the match between the Rhodes family and The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) is on for Battleground.
WWE Battleground emanates from Buffalo, New York on Sunday, October 6th, live on pay-per-view. Make sure to visit SESCOOPS.COM for the best WWE Battleground live results coverage on the web.
Warning: The following contains a minor spoiler for Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown:
At Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings, it was announced that Rob Van Dam’s upcoming World Heavyweight title match against Alberto Del Rio at WWE Battleground will be fought under hardcore rules.
The announcement was made during a backstage segment with Triple H and Vickie Guerrero.
With that match set, here’s the updated card for WWE Battleground:
WWE Championship Match
Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton
World Heavyweight Title Match (Hardcore Rules)
Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Rob Van Dam
– To promote Battleground on October 6 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York, the official YouTube account of WWE is celebrating the 23rd anniversary of Battle Kat (real name Dean Peters), a wrestler who donned a cat mask and utilized his gymnastics background to emphasize his “cat-like” agility. On September 19, 1990 at a WWF Wrestling Challenge taping in Flint, Michigan, Battle Kat won his televised debut match over enhancement talent regular Bob Bradley.
The masked grappler’s stint with the sports-entertainment company would be short-lived as he was gone by the end of the year, with his final television appearance resulting in a loss to the massive Barbarian. He later resurfaced unmasked in World Championship Wrestling as Brady Boone, where he appeared as a wrestler and later a referee. On December 15, 1998, while driving home to Tampa, Florida from a WCW television taping in Orlando, Florida, Peters died in an automobile accident.
– This week’s issue of ESPN The Magazine featuring Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton on the cover has an article on the many masks of Rey Mysterio.
– Today’s birthdays include former WWE and WCW wrestler Ricky Morton (57), former WCW announcer Scott Hudson (49), and journeywoman Ivelisse Velez (25).
-Recent plans have WWE talent Ricardo Rodriguez continuing to manage Rob Van Dam until RVD takes some scheduled time off from WWE in October. Once Van Dam is on hiatus, it is possible that Rodriguez may be put with the returning Rey Mysterio as his “personal ring announcer.”
-Expect stipulations to be added to the Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton and Rob Van Dam vs. Alberto Del Rio rematches scheduled for the upcoming WWE Battleground pay-per-view.
According to one report, there is discussion of the Bryan-Orton pay-per-view rematch being contested under “Iron Man” match rules. This would allow WWE to book the match in a way where it leads to another inconclusive finish, which could lead to the final showdown in a cell at the WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view.
It was announced during the WWE Main Event television taping on Tuesday night in Cincinnati, Ohio that Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton will meet in a rematch from their controversial WWE Night Of Champions match at the upcoming WWE Battleground pay-per-view for the vacant WWE Championship.
It was also announced, this time during the WWE SmackDown television taping, also taped on Tuesday night in Cincinnati, that in another WWE Night Of Champions rematch, World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio will again defend his title against Rob Van Dam.
For those interested, both the WWE Main Event and the WWE SmackDown taping results for this week are up on the main page right now.
– The Uso’s defeated Tons of Funk and the Real Americans on Monday’s RAW to become the #1 contenders to The Shield’s tag team titles. As previously mentioned, the Shield are expected to face the Rhodes Family at Battleground, so the Uso’s tag title shot will take place either on RAW or at Hell in a Cell in late October.
– Also on Monday’s RAW, Triple H stripped Daniel Bryan of the WWE Championship as a result of the fast count that ended his title victory over Randy Orton at Night of Champions.
The WWE website’s roster page currently lists the WWE Championship as vacant.
The title will remain vacant until the upcoming WWE Battleground pay-per-view on Sunday, October 6th from Buffalo, New York. It’s expected that Daniel Bryan will face Randy Orton in some sort of gimmick match to crown the new WWE Champion.
We’ve also heard talk of a 1-night mini-tournament to determine the new champion, but this is not confirmed.
Following his victory against Dean Ambrose on RAW, Dolph Ziggler has earned a shot at the United States championship. The two are expected to feud over the next several weeks, but the title shot most likely will not be taking place at WWE Battleground.
Instead of Ziggler vs. Ambrose at Battleground, WWE is actually considering a “Rhodes Dynasty” vs. The Shield match at the upcoming pay-per-view. Cody Rhodes would team up with his brother Goldust and his father Dusty in a 6-man tag match against Rollins, Reigns & Ambrose.
The stipulation would be that Cody and/or Goldust would get their jobs back in WWE if they can defeat The Shield.
Take this for what it’s worth, but local advertisements in the Boston area for the 2013 WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view are currently listing Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton as well as CM Punk “getting his hands on Paul Heyman, once and for all” as the top billing for the show.
The 2013 WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view emanates from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on Sunday, November 24, 2013.
Before Survivor Series, however, is WWE Battleground, which is the next pay-per-view offering from WWE. WWE Battleground emanates from the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York on Sunday, October 6, 2013.
– Ryback is featured on the promotional poster for WWE’s Battleground pay-per-view event taking place on October 6 in Buffalo, New York at Niagara Center.
The official synopsis for the pay-per-view event is as follows: “The battle for dominance in WWE is just beginning. See John Cena, Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, The Shield and all your favorite WWE Superstars square off at WWE BattleGround, Sunday, October 6 at 8PM ET/5PM PT, Live on Pay-Per-View.”
– Alicia Fox channels “Macho Man” Randy Savage in this photo gallery on WWE.com.
– Lanny Poffo’s limerick book released in 1988, Leaping Lanny: Wrestling With Rhyme, has been released on Kindle by Solstice Publishing.
-There is currently a pre-sale available for tickets to the WWE “Battleground” pay-per-view event, scheduled for October 6th at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. The password for the pre-sale, which runs through Friday night at 10:00pm E.T., is JOHNCENA.
-The following are some new combined tweets from the official Twitter page of WWE Superstar Rob Van Dam. Van Dam makes some comments about the growing legalization of marijuana in the United States and internationally. RVD wrote:
“FYI Last week, N.H. Became 19th state to adopt medical marijuana. Yesterday, Uruguay became first country to legalize pot. Today, Illinoise became 20th state w/ medical marijuana program. Joke all you want but your truth is changing, so is tomorrow’s education. Put that in your pipe. When the time comes to say “I told you so”…I will rise above.”