– A fan recently tweeted Goldberg and commented about how he felt WWE “completely glossed over” Goldberg’s impact on WCW overtaking WWE in the ratings during the latest edition of “The Monday Night War” series on the WWE Network. Goldberg responded to the fan by simply saying, “Totally expected.”

– Sin Cara, in his mask, recently appeared on Power 98.3 in Phoenix, Arizona. You can check out video of that interview below.

After much hype and anticipation, the new The Monday Night War program finally hit the WWE Network this past week. Thus far, the original pilot episode that aired a few weeks back and two new episodes are available for streaming on the Network.

After announcing the launch of the WWE Network, this program was probably the most hyped original piece of programming to hit the Network. In fact, they purposely saved it in order to entice the initial round of subscribers to stick around for another six months.

The second episode of the series was very similar to the nWo DVD that was released a few years back.

So, after all of the hype and build for the newest WWE original series, was it worth the wait? After flying through the first three episodes, unfortunately it does not seem to add much to the Monday Night War discussion.

There are a few shortcomings that are immediately apparent. Most importantly, it seems to gloss over an entire era in just under an hour. The first episode was off to a great start, with Ted Turner’s acquisition of WCW serving as an adequate launching point. It was a quality pilot for the series and it was expected that the company would take a slow, in-depth look at the era.

However, episodes two and three of the series quickly took the wind out of the sails. The nWo episode, while entertaining, provided nothing that was not already available on the nWo DVD that was released a few years back. In fact, nearly all of the commentary that was featured on the Monday Night War episode was directly lifted from that release.

The same held true for the third episode, which discussed the Attitude Era. Instead of offering a fresh perspective, it basically took the same approach as the DVD box set that was released a few years back. This episode also relied on commentary that is many years old.

My question after watching the first three episodes is simple: Where do they go from here? At the end of episode three, they were already to the end of the Attitude Era and discussed the acquisition of WCW, basically glossing over the entire feud in a little less than an hour.

– WWE and Rogers Communications in Canada decided to include a small archive of content on the WWE Network due to the fact that the launch was rushed so that the company could improve their subscription numbers between now and the end of the year.

– There is talk of having Bayley defeat Charlotte for the NXT Women’s Championship at the upcoming NXT Takeover 2 special. The idea behind this is to get the belt off of Charlotte so that she can be called up to the main roster, which would also give Ric Flair a regular role on WWE television.

The following is the updated lineup for the NXT Takeover 2 live special, which is scheduled to air on the WWE Network on September 11th:

NXT Championship
– Adrian Neville (c) vs. Sami Zayn vs. Tyson Kidd vs. Tyler Breeze

NXT Women’s Championship
– Charlotte (c) vs. Bayley

NXT Tag-Team Championship
– The Ascension (c) vs. TBA

Hair vs. Hair Match
– Enzo Amore vs. Sylvester Lefort

– Mojo Rawley vs. Bull Dempsey

As things stand right now, there is no official word from WWE as to how SmackDown moving to Thursday nights will affect the airing of the show in international markets.

The belief is that SmackDown in Canada will move to Thursday nights as well. Countries such as Australia and the United Kingdom have been getting SmackDown almost a day early and that may no longer be the case due to timing.

It’s also believed that due to the SmackDown time slot change, NXT, Superstars and WWE Network shows such as Legends House season two will be moved to a different night. Early speculation is that those shows would be moved to Wednesday nights.

The following matches were taped at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida for tonight’s edition of NXT on the WWE Network:

– The new General Manager will be revealed
– The Ascension vs. two local wrestlers
– Bayley vs. Sasha Banks
– Bull Dempsey vs. Angelo Dawkins
– Tyson Kidd and Tyler Breeze vs. Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn

Back in July, it was reported that WWE was planning on filming a new season of their old reality show — Tough Enough — at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Eventually, those plans were delayed due to budget cuts stemming from financial issues regarding the launch of the WWE Network.

In the latest update regarding Tough Enough, the most recent talk was that the company was going to shoot the new season in the fall, however in recent weeks there have been no discussions about filming the show at all.

The budget for the return of Tough Enough was said to be greatly reduced this past week and then later on, plans to bring back the show were dropped altogether.

There is no definitive word as to whether or not WWE still intends on bringing back the reality show concept on the WWE Network in the future, however as things stand now, there are no plans for the show to return.

The following are results for this week’s edition of WWE Main Event, which aired live on the WWE Network on Tuesday, August 26, 2014.

The Main Event opening montage started the show… Rob Van Dam made his entrance as Michael Cole and Byron Saxton checked in on commentary. Seth Rollins made his entrance. As he was walking to the ring, footage was shown from Raw of his interaction with Roman Reigns…

1. Rob Van Dam vs. Seth Rollins. Rollins put the Money in the Bank briefcase in the corner. RVD caught Rollins with a nice kick, then pointed at himself, allowing Rollins to attack him from behind. RVD came back with another good kick and clotheslined Rollins to ringside. RVD stood on the second rope and pointed at himself and then dove onto Rollins on the floor.

RVD went to ringside and rolled Rollins back inside the ring. Rollins rolled out again. RVD went after him and Rollins caught him with a clothesline heading into the commercial break. [C] Rollins remained in control coming out of the break and slowed down the pace by working over RVD’s arm.

RVD came back and performed Rolling Thunder for a two count. He went to the top rope, but Rollins caught him and shoved him off, causing Van Dam to bump face first into the barricade. Rollins counted along with the referee and celebrated when he thought he won, but RVD made it back inside the ring at the last moment. A short time later, RVD reversed a Rollins’ toss attempt and threw him into the timekeeper’s area. Rollins was counted out as RVD counted along… [C]

Rob Van Dam defeated Seth Rollins via count out in 10:30.

Footage aired from earlier in the day of Adam Rose and the Rosebuds doing their thing backstage. Rose said he was sorry to hear about Ryback. He told Axel there’s always room for him on the Exotic Express. Axel said he would never join the freaks. Rose said Axel is a lemon and he will make lemonade…

2. Adam Rose vs. Curtis Axel. The Rosebuds and Rose danced their way to the ring, and the posse watched the match from ringside. Saxton said he partied on the Exotic Express. I believe used the words “backdoor lollipop” to describe his time on the bus, but hopefully I’m mistaken. Hey, to each his own, of course.

Axel connected with a nice dropkick. He was distracted by the Rosebuds and told them to shut up. Rose came back with a spinebuster. Axel avoided the Party Foul once, but Rose hit his finisher seconds later for the win… [C]

Adam Rose beat Curtis Axel in 4:55.

A WWE Network commercial aired and then Cole and Saxton spoke about it briefly and then set up a Raw Rebound video package that focussed on John Cena and Brock Lesnar… Los Matadores were shown backstage. Cole said they would face Goldust and Stardust after the break… [C]

Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt was announced for Friday’s Smackdown television show while that tired Smackdown theme song played… Entrances for the tag match took place…

3. Goldust and Stardust vs. Los Matadores (w/El Torito). Footage from Raw of Goldust and Stardust attacking The Uso Brothers was shown. Goldust and Stardust got the better of the match for the first five minutes heading into the break. [C] After the break, Stardust and Diego (guessing) traded sleeper holds, then ran the ropes and knocked each other down, which led to both men making tags.

There was an odd spot where Goldust went for a clothesline that it looked like Fernando (guessing) ducked, but then Fernando got to the ropes and stopped to sell it. The broadcast team said it just grazed him but it was still effective. A short time later, Stardust tagged in and got the pin for his team. After the match, Stardust grabbed Torito and threw him to the floor…

Goldust and Stardust defeated Los Matadores in 9:35.

– One of the reasons WWE heavily pushed the upcoming addition of 100 hours of WCW Nitro content on the WWE Network, as well as the new “Monday Night War” original series on RAW last night is because of the fact that the first batch of six-month subscriptions to the WWE Network are ending soon.

– Below are the RAW Fallout videos for this week’s show.

– It was announced on this week’s edition of RAW that on Friday’s edition of WWE SmackDown, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan will take on Big Show and Mark Henry in tag-team action.

– Jeff Hardy: My Life, My Rules debuts this Wednesday on the WWE Network. Below is a video preview.

– Rob Van Dam vs. Seth Rollins was announced for this week’s headline match on WWE Main Event, which airs live on the WWE Network on Tuesday night.

– Below is the “Dean Ambrose Eulogy” segment from Monday’s RAW, which features Seth Rollins, Kane and a run-in from Roman Reigns.

– Cesaro became the new number one contender to the WWE United States Championship by winning a number one contender’s match against Rob Van Dam at this week’s RAW. Because of that, it is expected that Cesaro vs. Sheamus for the U.S. title will take place at the upcoming WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view.

– Throughout Monday’s RAW, WWE advertised that the first 100 hours of WCW Nitro will be added to the WWE Network starting next week. There will also be new episodes of the new Monday Night War series.

– The weekly “Backstage Pass” post-show will return on the WWE Network following tonight’s live edition of WWE RAW.

– Zack Ryder will again miss this week’s RAW and SmackDown. Ryder worked the non-televised live events this weekend, however he noted on Twitter that he flew home to New York this morning, in “middle economy” as opposed to first class.

The following matches were taped at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida for tonight’s edition of NXT on the WWE Network.

– Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte

– The Vaudevillians Simon Gotch & Aiden English vs. Big Cass & Enzo Amore [Tournament Match]

– Mojo Rawley vs. Steve Cutler

– Sami Zayn and Adam Rose vs. Kalisto and Sin Cara [Tournament Match]

– Tyson Kidd vs. Tyler Breeze

WWE will be premiering a new SummerSlam special on the WWE Network tonight called “Journey To SummerSlam.”

The show, which follows Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose as they prepare to do battle at this year’s SummerSlam paty-per-view, airs on the WWE Network at 8pm EST.

Below is the official description for the show:

“As the Shield, they were the most dominant faction inside the ring, taking the entire WWE by storm. Now, the Hounds of Justice have disbanded, and all roads lead to SummerSlam. Witness the journey of three superstars – Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, and Roman Reigns – from their humble beginnings en route to the biggest event of the summer, SummerSlam 2014.

SummerSlam 2014 aired live on WWE Network on Sunday, August 17. Subscribers can re-watch SummerSlam along with every other past WWE, WCW and ECW pay-per-view, as part of the most comprehensive video-on-demand library available. After its premiere, Journey to SummerSlam will be available in the video-on-demand library as well.”

To check out a video preview of the show, click here.

– On Wednesday, WWE will premiere their special, “The Shield: Journey to SummerSlam” on the WWE Network.

– The Los Angeles Times website currently features an interview with the cast of Total Divas. You can check that out at LATimes.com.

– The official WWE website has a new “WWE.com Exclusive” video interview with Rob Van Dam where he talks about his recent string of good luck. You can check that out at WWE.com.

– “Rowdy” Roddy Piper discusses his experience at last week’s RAW in Portland and also interviews “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan on the latest edition of his “Piper’s Pit” podcast. You can check that out at PodcastOne.com.

On Monday’s post-SummerSlam edition of WWE RAW, many announcements were made regarding matches and segments on several of WWE’s upcoming television shows.

First up, on WWE Main Event, which airs live on the WWE Network on Tuesday night, Big Show vs. Erick Rowan is the featured match.

On Friday’s edition of SmackDown on SyFy, which will be taped on Tuesday night, Randy Orton vs. Rob Van Dam is one of the featured matches.

Finally, on next week’s edition of RAW, John Cena will “address the WWE Universe” for the first time since losing his WWE World Heavyweight Championship to Brock Lesnar at the SummerSlam pay-per-view on Sunday night in Los Angeles, California.

WWE has finally announced a SummerSlam “Kickoff Show” match for this Sunday, as Rob Van Dam will take on Cesaro during the 30-minute pre-show that airs prior to SummerSlam on the WWE Network.

With that now known, below is a look at the finalized card for this Sunday night.

WWE World Heavyweight Championship
– John Cena (c) vs. Brock Lesnar

WWE Divas Championship
– AJ Lee (c) vs. Paige

WWE Intercontinental Championship
– The Miz (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler

Lumberjack Match
– Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose

Flag Match
– Rusev vs. Jack Swagger

Harper & Rowan Banned From Ringside
– Chris Jericho vs. Bray Wyatt

– Stephanie McMahon vs. Brie Bella

– Randy Orton vs. Roman Reigns

Kickoff Show Match
– Rob Van Dam vs. Cesaro

Make sure to join us here on the website this Sunday night for the best WWE SummerSlam live results coverage on the web!

Variety published a new article focusing on WWE launching their new official company logo at WWE Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut on Friday. Stephanie McMahon spoke to them about the decision to use the new logo.

The new logo is a representation of the evolution of the WWE brand. Everything from the hard edges and the sleek coloring expresses a contemporary feel and demonstrates we’re always looking ahead.”

She also noted that the company didn’t origially intend to use the WWE Network logo to represent the entire company, however they had a “wonderful response” to it in January and that it “represented everything we wanted to say in the marketplace.”

Stephanie also talked about why they kept the red and black colors in the logo, noting that it’s been a company staple for over 15 years, representing “the bold nature of what they do.”

You can check out the entire article at Variety.com.

WWE issued the following press release:

STAMFORD, Conn. – WWE today announced it has officially changed its corporate logo to convey a more contemporary, bold and powerful image while maintaining the iconic “W,” which has been a part of the company’s long-storied history. The logo, originally designed for WWE Network, will become the beacon of sports-entertainment and will represent the brand as it continues to bring together a passionate, diverse and global fanbase with a unique blend of live action, excitement and drama.

“We are excited to launch a new logo that reflects the evolution and future of WWE’s global brand,” said Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon. “While we usher in a new iconic brand identity, WWE’s best-in-class entertainment, which has stood the test of time for the past 50 years, will continue to reward our fans’ passion with our exciting blend of unique characters, incredible athleticism and engaging storylines.”

The new logo was unveiled on Twitter today by Vince McMahon, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, WWE, at the company’s headquarters in Stamford, Conn. Fans will begin to see it during SummerSlam, this Sunday, August 17, live on WWE Network and pay-per-view as the logo is rolled out across all platforms including live and televised entertainment, consumer products, digital media and WWE Studios.

WWE modified the flags that are on top of the WWE Headquarters building in Stamford, Connecticut today. The new flags show the new WWE company logo that officially goes into use this weekend.

WWE’s actual office building is also displaying the same new WWE logo that we’ve been seeing on the WWE Network.

It is believed that we will see some hints towards the direction heading into WrestleMania 31 at Sunday night’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view.

If Brock Lesnar wins the WWE World Heavyweight Championship from John Cena, the belief is that he will remain champion until next year’s WrestleMania, where it is expected that he will drop it to Roman Reigns, resulting in the climax of Reigns’ push as WWE’s new top Superstar.

Another key to Sunday’s show is that WWE needs a strong build coming out of the event and heading into Night Of Champions, because many of the initial six-month WWE Network subscriptions are set to expire in September, so WWE will need to give a strong incentive for fans to re-subscribe.

The following matches are confirmed for tonight’s edition of WWE NXT, which airs exclusively on the WWE Network:

– Bull Dempsey & Mojo Rawley vs. The Vaudevillains [Tag Tournament]

– Sasha Banks vs. Bayley [No. 1 Contender to the NXT Women’s Championship]

– Kalisto & Sin Cara vs. Wesley Blake & Buddy Murphy [Tag Tournament]

– Adrian Neville vs. Tyler Breeze [NXT Championship]

– El Torito was kept off of WWE’s recent Australian tour due to the many budget cutbacks the company has been making.

– Following the third NXT live special on the WWE Network, “NXT Takeover 2,” which takes place on September 11th, the next live NXT special isn’t expected until early January 2015 or later.

– Below are some recent WWE attendance figures:

August 7th in Melbourne, Australia drew 12,000 fans
August 8th in Sydney, Australia drew 15,000 fans
August 9th in Perth, Western Australia drew 9,000 fans
August 9th in Abbotsford, British Columbia drew 4,000 fans
August 10th in Yakima, Washington drew 3,000 fans
August 11th in Portland, Oregon for RAW drew 9,500 fans

The reason WWE waited to make the official announcement regarding the signing of Kevin Steen until August 12th was because they wanted it to coincide with the launch of the WWE Network in Canada, where Steen is from.

As noted previously, WWE is acknowledging the fact that the Steen signing is a major addition to their roster. Apparently, WWE informed Dean Ambrose to no longer use the running cannonball into the corner move anymore, as they want it to be a fresh move for when Steen makes his debut on the main WWE roster.