Henry hasn’t competed in a match since the November 24th edition of RAW, where he lost to Ryback in singles competition. The night before, Henry was part of Team Authority in their traditional elimination match against Team Cena at the WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view.
WWE released information that claims their Survivor Series 2014 pay-per-view drew 103,000 buys on pay-per-view. By comparison, Survivor Series 2013, before the launch of the WWE Network, drew 177,000 buys on pay-per-view.
It’s worth noting that Survivor Series was available on the WWE Network during the period where the Network was available for free, so all things considered, it’s pretty impressive that 103,000 people ordered it on traditional pay-per-view.
– As noted in the recent past, WWE’s creative team was reportedly told to come up with a storyline for Rey Mysterio that would take him from around Survivor Series all the way through WrestleMania. Obviously since Survivor Series has come and gone, as well as the pay-per-view after that, it’s said that whatever storyline they came up with is now off.
– Daniel Bryan’s new autobiography, which is called “YES! YES! YES!” and was scheduled for a release during WrestleMania 31 weekend in late March has been pushed back to a July release. The official synopsis for the book reads as follows:
“YES! YES! YES! Daniel Bryan is the real deal. Everyone’s favorite underdog, he’s proven to the world and to all of WWE that looks can be deceiving. Just ask everyone who’s ever underestimated him…right before he went out and whipped the WWE Universe into a frenzy. This is Bryan’s behind-the-scenes story told for the first time ever — from his beginnings as a child wanting to wrestle to his ten years on the circuit before finally making it in WWE. When his “YES!” chant becomes a full-fledged movement, his career skyrockets. This book chronicles all the hard work, values, influences, unique life choices and more leading to his watershed week at WrestleMania 30. You won’t want to miss it. Yes! We’re sure about this.”
Dolph Ziggler was the featured guest on this week’s sit-down interview with Michael Cole.
Ziggler spoke about his momentum building since Survivor Series, winning the Intercontinental Championship in his hometown of Cleveland at TLC and finally beating Seth Rollins on this week’s live edition of SmackDown.
Additionally, Ziggler talked about fighting for years to become “the man.” He says he’s got a big chip on his shoulder and he’s on the right track to becoming “the man.” He promised it will eventually happen.
The folks at Title Match Wrestling caught up with former WCW star Buff Bagwell at the recent WrestleCade event.
Bagwell spoke about Sting’s WWE debut at the recent Survivor Series pay-per-view. He spoke about how he wishes Sting would have made the jump to WWE sooner than he did, but was happy to see it finally happen regardless.
He also talked about the WCW “Invasion” angle back in 2001, noting that he believes WWE gave up on it too soon.
You can check out the complete video interview above.
The following are highlights of a new Rolling Stone interview with WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin:
Whose idea was it to do a live WWE Network interview with Vince McMahon? “Back in the day I’d reached out to him just in passing about being on the show. A couple of months ago [WWE] came to L.A. for SummerSlam and we were trying to put it together then, but he didn’t have the time to fit me in. Then they were going to fly me to Stamford but I didn’t want to go all that way to do a podcast [laughs]. So we’ve wanted to do this thing for a while. I guess timing is everything and so someone from WWE reached out to me and said, “Hey, what do you think about doing your podcast live on the WWE Network?” and I said, “Man, that would be awesome.” It’s a win-win for both parties.
Any time you go live with Vince McMahon it’s going to be a very interesting experience. To me this is a conversation between us about the wrestling business and the direction the WWE’s headed in. There’s a few key talent I’d like to ask specific questions about. In doing my research, I’ve started watching some of the old videos of the work we did as far as angles go and the chemistry we had in the ring, so I’m not there to be Howard Stern. My podcast is a conversation, it’s basically a bulls–t session: two guys shooting the breeze talking about the business. At the end of the day, Vince McMahon is in the entertainment business, as am I, so I want it to be entertaining and engaging. I’m looking forward to it.”
What are your thoughts on NXT? I think that show harkens back to wrestling’s past in terms of style and presentation. “You hit the nail right on the head. I haven’t watched a whole lot of it but what I have seen I liked. I like the lighting, I like the action and it just feels different. I understand what WWE’s trying to do with Monday Night Raw, they want it to look like it’s the slickest production in the world, but sometimes it’s too slick. When everyone’s got a scripted promo, it doesn’t breed the same spontaneity that the Attitude Era had. You had a lot of guys out there grabbing a microphone where they might have a bullet point or two, but their words – you can’t write that stuff.”
Ever since rumors of Sting possibly signing with WWE first began circulating, the talk has been that he would eventually work a match with The Undertaker at WrestleMania.
Once Sting officially debuted at Survivor Series, however, the focus seemed to be on a potential Sting vs. Triple H match.
Current rumors suggest Sting may end up wrestling more than one match for WWE, however as things stand now, the company clearly seems to be building towards a Sting vs. Triple H match.
RF Video’s Rob Feinstein, who has broken news stories in the past — some of which related to the Sting and WWE rumors — posted the following online hours before Sting debuted at Survivor Series:
“From what I been hearing I think Undertaker is done and the plans are for Sting and HHH at Mania…but anything can change but that is what I have been told”
– Below is Eden’s latest video blog, which features the NXT Diva showing off her holiday spirit.
– Courtesy of WrestlingDVDNews.com, below is the official cover art for the WWE Survivor Series 2014 DVD and Blu-ray, which features Sting, Triple H, John Cena and Stephanie McMahon.
– For you stat junkies out there, an interesting note is that out of 48 episodes of WWE RAW thus far in 2014, 24 of the shows have had a main event that ended in a non-finish.
– WWE Survivor Series at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri this past Sunday night drew approximately 12,000 fans.
It’s said that walk-up ticket sales for the event were nearly non-existent. WWE had tried offering discounted tickets to those in the local area, but it’s believed that those sales were on the low end as well.
Apparently the original plan for Monday’s post-Survivor Series edition of RAW was to include a segment with Vince McMahon and John Cena, which would have ultimately led to a period with no authority figure on the show throughout the evening.
Instead, they went with the Daniel Bryan angle, concluding with the return of the “Anonymous GM,” however that has also been some discussions of having weekly General Managers of the evening, some of which may end up being celebrities.
– Although this was believed to be the case already, we can confirm that next week’s edition of RAW, which as seen on this past Monday’s show was referred to as “Cyber Monday,” will in fact have the theme where fans are able to vote on various matches and stipulations via the WWE App throughout the majority of the show.
– Sting’s WWE debut at Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view was apparently not a last-minute decision at all. Sting reportedly kept the information to himself while promoting WWE 2K15 on the road, and had already filmed a lot of the pre-taped footage that aired for his entrance weeks in advance.
Apparently the plan behind-the-scenes in WWE right now is to focus heavily on making SmackDown come off as a show equal to that of Monday’s RAW.
A recent example of this was when the company decided to make the announcement on SmackDown regarding the Team Cena members being fired if their team lost in the Survivor Series main event this past Sunday night.
The idea is to attempt to strengthen the SmackDown brand to the point that the casual audience no longer views RAW as the “A show” and SmackDown as the “B show,” but rather both shows as equal.
WWE is of the belief that when SmackDown changes to Thursday’s in January that the storylines that take place on that show have to be of great importance, as to make SmackDown appear to be a “can’t miss” show, specifically while WWE re-trains their television audience to become accustomed to tuning into SmackDown on the new night.
It’s worth noting, however, that WWE has gone this route many times in the past, and generally speaking, they stick with it at first, but typically lose interest quickly and return back to the old status quo.
The Monday, November 24th, post-Survivor Series edition of WWE RAW, the first show since wrestling legend Sting made his WWE debut, scored a final cable rating of 3.07, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The 3.07 final draw marks a healthy increase compared to last week’s Survivor Series “go-home” edition of the show, which finished at a 2.75.
Monday’s RAW averaged 4.246 million viewers, which also marked a significant increase compared to the numbers for last week’s edition of the show, which averaged 3.771 million viewers.
The hourly breakdown in terms of viewership for Monday’s RAW is as follows:
Hour One: 4.734 million viewers
Hour Two: 3.992 million viewers
Hour Three: 4.012 million viewers
The following are highlights of a new E! Online interview with WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella:
On the backstage reaction to her recent WWE Divas Championship victory: “I think everyone’s in shock. They were waiting outside when I came out and gave me hugs and kisses, and Nattie wrote me a nice, super long text. They’ve all been waiting for a change and they’ve seen how hard I’ve been working and I think they are very happy for me; they felt it was very deserving.”
On her new goals: “I definitely want to accomplish so much more. This Divas Championship I hold so close to my heart and I love the Divas division and WWE, and we’ve seen what the power of Total Divas does for our Divas, I want to make this title so much, I want to make every Diva mean something, I want to have a long title run; I know AJ had an insanely long title run and i want to beat it. My first goal is to hold onto this for as long as I can; I want to be challenged every week ; I want to know that my title is on the line and I have to fight to keep it. Those are definitely my new goals with this and just to be the best Nikki Bella that I can be.”
As seen on last night’s post-Survivor Series edition of WWE RAW, former WWE Superstar Santino Marella, along with his “Jingle All The Way 2” movie co-star, Larry The Cable Guy, made appearances on the show during a couple of different segments.
Below is a video of the first segment the two took part in, where Larry The Cable Guy comes out dressed up like a masked pro wrestler.
And for those who missed it, as we posted earlier today, the two ere also part of this week’s “RAW Fallout” video which you can view once again below.
After the conclusion of the main event of the post-Survivor Series edition of WWE RAW on Monday night in Indianapolis, Indiana, the “Anonymous RAW General Manager” returned.
While Daniel Bryan made his return and ran the show for the evening, it was made clear that his being in charge was a one-night only deal. At the end of the show, the infamous “ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling” noise played, which prompted Michael Cole to leave the broadcast table and approach the podium containing a laptop computer.
Cole would go on to read a message from the Anonymous RAW GM, which said order will be restored on Cyber Monday next Monday night on RAW.
On the post-Survivor Series of WWE RAW this past Monday night in Indianapolis, Indiana, one of the main segments was announced for this week’s SmackDown.
The Big Show will serve as the special guest on an edition of “MizTV” hosted by the WWE Tag-Team Champions, The Miz and Damien Mizdow.
WWE SmackDown will be taped on Tuesday night in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and will air this Friday night on the SyFy Network.
Make sure to visit the website on Tuesday night for live WWE SmackDown spoiler results coverage.
– It was announced during the post-Survivor Series edition of WWE RAW on Monday night that one of the key matches on this week’s edition of WWE Main Event, which airs live Tuesday night on the WWE Network, is Kane vs. Dean Ambrose.
– Also on Monday’s RAW was the return of WWE Hall Of Famer Sgt. Slaughter. Slaughter took part in a segment where Rusev and Lana were forced to recite the “Pledge of Allegiance.” They never actually did so, as Rusev tried bullying Slaughter until Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter came to the rescue.
– The Friday, November 21st WWE Survivor Series “go-home” edition of SmackDown scored a final cable rating of 2.11, which was up from the 1.93 rating that the show drew the previous week. Friday’s SmackDown averaged 2.878 million viewers, which was also up from the average of 2.715 million viewers who tuned in the previous week.
– WWE added a new feature to the WWE Network that allows subscribers to access content from WWE’s official YouTube channel. You can check out a list of content that is available at WWE.com.
Following the official WWE debut o Sting at Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view, former head of WCW, Eric Bischoff, posted a congratulatory message on Twitter directed towards “The Icon.”
Bischoff tweeted the following after the show last night.
The following are highlights of the latest Jim Ross blog:
On Sting’s debut at Survivor Series: “Happy to see my old friend The Stinger debut at the Survivor Series Sunday night. Honestly, I wish I hadn’t read so much material notwithstanding writing about the rumor of his return to the ring Sunday night. I’d have liked it better if I had not allowed myself to be preconditioned about Sting’s arrival. I have no one but me to blame. Nonetheless it seemed like he got a good ovation from the St. Louis crowd that had an up and down night and has had many serious distractions the past several months which may have affected the ticket sales in St. Louis. Racially charged tragedies are obviously not the environment to promote a major entertainment event as it can’t generally get media traction in the market. It was simply unfortunate timing for WWE.”
HHH gave Sting the legend’s welcome back to large scale TV. Well done. I hope we only see Sting wrestle one time….at WM31 and vs. HHH would work for me but we only need to see Sting wrestle once and that’s at WM31 and then after that, if any matches, sparingly at best.”
On other thoughts of WWE’s Survivor Series PPV: “Thought the main event, and this show was a one match main event, was nicely done. Good work by the staff to get this 10 man tag to have some continuity and flow. Thought Mark Henry and Rusev were well protected. Big Show KO’ing Cena was a shocker but what would have been the reaction if it was the other way around and Cena turned Authority w/ ‘designs’ on Stephanie and controlling the entire McMahon empire we find out in time. Hey, just thinking out loud.
Dolph used the tights for a pin but I don’t recall it being mentioned which would have added a little more edgy flavor to Ziggler who’s had more false starts then the Oakland Raiders. Admittedly, I may have missed that reaction but it was a big moment nonetheless.
The closing moments of PPV were dominated by HHH but even more by Stephanie who was superb in the closing reaction shots of the downtrodden pair of former power mongers before the show left the air.
How big a deal with some make of Sting and Ziggler having an extra long man hug celebrating their big victory? Didn’t bother me but some will point it out in a much different way than did I.
Wasn’t surprised by AJ losing the Divas title but the story of that biz is what is AJ’s future as it relates to the WWE. She will be a big loss if she decides to take a leave. Very talented young woman. The newly wed deserves to have a life outside wresting.”
Check out the complete blog at JRsBarBQ.com. You can also order JR’s Bar-B-Q products online at WWEShop.com.
– He might be gone from WWE, but CM Punk has left a presence in the company. Nearly ten months after his last appearance for the sports-entertainment organization, fans continue to chant for the Chicago native at live events. This often occurs during matches featuring his wife, AJ Lee. While WWE has been able to censor signs acknowledging the former WWE Superstar, this may now extend to chants.
According to a fan who sat ringside at last night’s Survivor Series pay-per-view event at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri, WWE personnel directed security members for the venue to not allow fans to chant “CM Punk.”
wwe is telling security to not allow cm punk chants on the camera side. Yikes
– AJ Lee is once again a former Divas Champion after losing the title Sunday night at Survivor Series to Nikki Bella in 33 seconds. Brie Bella planted a kiss on Lee, leading Nikki to quickly pin the stunned Diva. As short as the match, it was actually supposed to be shorter. Plus, the participants weren’t notified of the creative direction for the match until the last minute.
“Do you know when these two were told they had 20 seconds?” Bryan Alvarez mentioned on today’s Bryan & Vinny Show on F4WOnline.com recapping Survivor Series. “They were told right as they were going over all of the spots in their match.”
– Last night’s WWE Survivor Series PPV saw a huge spike in Twitter activity, according to Nielsen.
Survivor Series drew a unique Twitter audience of 2.823 million, up one million from the past two PPVs and slightly higher than SummerSlam back in August, which had a social media audience of 2.808 million people.
Survivor Series drew 25.216 million total impressions, nearly doubling the past two PPVs, but down slightly from SummerSlam’s 26.989 million impressions.
The show ranked #2 behind the American Music Awards on ABC.
– Following Sting’s debut at Survivor Series and his attack on Triple H, there’s now a lot of speculation that he could be competing against Triple H at WrestleMania 31.
Previous reports stated that Sting would likely just wrestle one match with WWE, but today there’s talk that he could wrestle more than once.
– Roman Reigns, who appeared “via satellite” at Survivor Series, was actually backstage at the show. Reigns will be back in action next month .
– New WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz and Damien Sandow spoke with Byron Saxton at after Survivor Series. As we saw on the pay-per-view, The Miz took full credit for the win.
– Saxton also spoke with Dean Ambrose after his he got beat down by Bray Wyatt. Ambrose said we all knew the match would end ugly. Wins & losses come and go, but it’s all about respect and their feud is far from over.
– The Rock posted the following on Facebook about his new “Ballers” show on HBO:
– WWE Hall of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts was backstage at Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view. He tweeted the following about mentoring Dolph Ziggler and Sting’s WWE debut:
– New WWE Tag Team Champion The Miz tweeted the following after Survivor Series, apparently mistaking the “This Is Awesome” chants (reacting to Sting’s debut) for “Miz Is Awesome” –
