WWE will tape this week’s Main Event and SmackDown on Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
As announced at Old School RAW on Monday night, the main event for this week’s WWE Main Event will be a tag-team match featuring R-Truth & Xavier Woods vs. The Real Americans.
The confirmed main event for this week’s SmackDown, which was also announced at Old School RAW, is a non-title match between WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton and WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E. Langston.
Also advertised for the taping in Philadelphia tonight is WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley.
Anyone who is attending tonight’s taping, feel free to submit a live report to be published here on the website.
– It was announced at Old School RAW that the main event of WWE Main Event this Wednesday will be R-Truth and Xavier Woods vs. The Real Americans in tag-team action.
– Cody Rhodes may have injured his ankle during the tag-team match at Old School RAW on Monday night. According to reports, following the match on Monday, Rhodes removed his boot in the ring and had to be helped to the back by Goldust and the referee. We should have more on this later.
– This week on “Backstage Fallout” for SmackDown, The Bella Twins talk to Renee Young about Brie’s victory over Tamina. Plus, Xavier Woods reacts to causing Brodus Clay to lose his match to Tensai.
– The WWE.com profile of Knuckles Madsen has been deleted after it was reported on Tuesday that he had been released from his developmental contract with WWE.
A Memphis, Tennessee-based wrestler, Knuckles joined developmental late last year. His appearances were solely limited to non-televised events as he never appeared on WWE NXT. He donned clown gear until recently, when he began portraying a country musician with guitar in tow.
– Former WWE wrestler Chris Masters will be appearing at The Wrestling Guy Store 6085 State St. Huntington Park, California, on Sunday, January 12, 2014 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (Event Information)
– WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley recently joked about his participation in an upcoming fruitcake eating competition on his official Twitter account. Foley tweeted the following:
Suddenly, I'm having second thoughts about that fruitcake eating competition on 12/7. But, somehow I'll find the fortitude to see it through
– New main roster WWE Superstar Xavier Woods recently revealed his favorite wrestler in a new tweet posted on his official Twitter account. Woods tweeted the following:
Here’s the latest installment of “The YES! & The NO! of WWE RAW.” I may have a different perspective than you since I was live at Raw this week at The Nassau Colosseum! Comment below and tell us how you like the column and if you agree with this week’s picks.
Daniel Bryan & CM Punk cut a promo before facing The Wyatts
The obligatory rematch between The Wyatts and Daniel Bryan & CM Punk, took place on Raw. First a promo from “The Beard & The Best” CM Punk discussing team names, and asking questions allowing Daniel Bryan to answer them with a “Yes!”. Daniel Bryan got a chance to say more than just the three letter word that will follow him for the rest of his career.
I love Daniel Bryan, and so does the crowd. In fact you could hear Daniel Bryan chants during the opening segment, proving once again that this demotion was not “Best For Business” But more on that in the “NO!” section.
Any match can be enhanced with the crowd behind you. When you have top stars like CM Punk and Daniel Bryan, the two most over Superstars at Raw, it can add just that little more energy to the match.
CM Punk made a comment about Triple H and the authority in the opening promo, and wouldn’t know it after Daniel Bryan was “Kidnapped” by the Wyatts. CM Punk was laid out by The Shield. I wonder if that marks the end of Daniel Bryan and CM Punk together, because I was enjoying that. Time will tell.
Who would have thought Goldust would be having great matches alongside his brother in 2013!
The Shield vs The Rhodes and Rey Mysterio
I have never been a fan of Tag Teams growing up watching the WWE. I must say however, though all the missteps, and bad booking since SummerSlam, The WWE has a great tag team division. This, of course includes The Shield and The Wyatt factions. Day in and day out these teams from The Veteran Golddust, to newer WWE talent in The Shield and The USO’s, are having great matches. I am thoroughly enjoying watching these teams work.
The Kosher Butcher!
The Kosher Butcher Superstars for Sandy Relief Auction winner, ” Charlie Tebele was interviewed by Jerry “The King” Lawler. When asked if he were to be a WWE Superstar, what would his name be. Charlie was prepared, with a blue T-shirt and a great gimmick “The Kosher Butcher” He even went as far to come up with his finisher, The Circumcision! At first the crowd didn’t know what to make of this. Not sure if this was shown on TV, but The Kosher Butcher had at least a dozen of his friends and family at Raw, all wearing their Blue shirts! Great stuff. Half way during the Xavier Woods match, and some further thought, the crowd broke out into chants of both “Kosher Butcher” and “Circumcision”, add that to the list of most bizarre Raw chants.
Great Stuff.
Hit up Page 2 below for the “NO!” of this week’s WWE RAW:
– Former WWE Superstar Chris Jericho is in Regina and Calgary this weekend with his new cover band, Coverboy. The band features Jericho, Brent and Todd from Slash’s band and Spider from Loverboy. For more information, visit CoverboyRocks.com. (Thanks to reader Brent Donnelly for sending along the info.)
– Former WWE NXT star Xavier Woods made his official WWE main roster debut on RAW Country this past Monday night. Woods debuted as R-Truth’s “new partner” and the two defeated The Rhinestone Cowboys on RAW. The Rhinestone Cowboys, for those who missed it, were 3MB dressed up in country gear.
Woods and R-Truth have teamed together before, wrestling as “Truth & Consequences” in TNA several years ago (when Woods was known as Consequences Creed).
– The originally scheduled main event for Monday’s Raw in Memphis, Tennessee was to have featured WWE Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Goldust vs. The Shield in a Handicap Match. Vince McMahon, however, changed creative plans over the course of the day, as a Triple Threat Match for the WWE Tag Team Championship was instead announced for this Sunday at Hell in a Cell (Cody Rhodes and Goldust will defend their belts against The Shield and the Uso brothers) and United States Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Daniel Bryan was added to the show at the last minute.
Speaking of Ambrose, he appeared to have tweaked his knee after being tossed out of the ring during his show-opening match against Bryan. He was limping slightly backstage following the match, but it is not considered serious.
– In a tag team match pitting Hell in a Cell opponents, CM Punk and Big E Langston defeated Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel and Ryback on Raw. Following the bout, there was a lot of talk backstage of Punk appearing hurt.
– While Xavier Woods was backstage at Raw, there were no plans for him to appear on the broadcast.
-As previously reported, WWE COO Triple H will soon be making a proposal to the Rhodes Family. Apparently, the proposal will be the next step in the McMahon/HHH-Rhodes storyline, which will lead to their appearance on RAW next Monday night.
Speaking of which, HHH posted the following tweet on his official Twitter account inviting the Rhodes family to RAW:
-WWE NXT will be running the FCW Arena in Tampa, Florida on Thursday, September 26, 2013.
-WWE NXT wrestler Xavier Woods was scheduled to go on the road with WWE this week, but has apparently been removed from those bookings due to an injury.
– Following his in-ring confrontation with CM Punk on Raw tonight, Vince McMahon yelled at a stage manager, according to a live fan account. The WWE CEO’s anger may have stemmed from a fan sign, which was immediately confiscated. The stage manager appeared very flustered following the ordeal.
– WWE developmental wrestler Xavier Woods defeated Michael McGillicutty in a dark match prior to Monday’s Raw broadcast. The former Consequences Creed worked this weekend’s Raw live event tour.
– The following matches aired on the latest episode of WWE Vintage Collection: Judy Bagwell On A Pole Match – Buff Bagwell vs. Kanyon (WCW New Blood Rising – 2000), Loser Wears A Dress Match – Perry Saturn vs. Chris Jericho (WCW Souled Out – 1999), Blindfold Match, Rick Martel vs. Koko B. Ware (WWF Prime Time Wrestling – March 17, 1991, Hair vs. Hair Match – Edge vs. Kurt Angle (WWE Judgment Day – 2002).
– WWE Champion CM Punk and TNA World Heavyweight Champion Austin Aries are featured on the cover of the latest issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated, which touts a “dream match” scenario. To view the cover, click here.
– After four weeks of competition, Eve Torres reigned supreme in NBC’s reality program Stars Earn Stripes.
Torres collected a $100,000 check for the USO in the final moments of the two-hour finale. She and her mentor, former Army Green Beret Grady Powell, won an elaborate contest that included jumping out of a helicopter, climbing aboard a ship and shooting targets.
Olympic gold-medal skier Picabo Street finished in second; actor Dean Cain was third; and Todd Palin, husband of former Gov. Sarah Palin, was fourth.
Torres will be interviewed on G4’s Attack of the Show! Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. to discuss her big win.
– World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus wants to see your “Sons of Sheamus” photos and he will retweet them. Tweet your photos to @WWESheamus, using #SOS.
– WWE developmental wrestler Xavier Woods turns 26-years-old Tuesday while former WWE Superstar Kharma turns 35.
– WWE developmental wrestler Xavier Woods (formerly Consequences Creed in TNA) tweeted this week that he’s in the final stages of becoming a PhD and will soon be “Doctor Woods.” He’s currently working on his 20-page final paper and will soon have his Masters on Educational Psychology
– Actor Kris Kristofferson, father of developmental wrestler Garrett Dylan (Jody Kristofferson), attending Thursday night’s NXT show from Tampa, Florida.
– It was reported earlier this week that TNA had signed X Division talent Mason Andrews (also known as Scorpio Sky) to a contract. Andrews then denied those reports. F4wonline.com reports that Andrews has been offered a TNA deal, but he is also attending next week’s big post-SummerSlam WWE tryout camp in Los Angeles and will see how that goes before signing anything with TNA.
Last night in at a SmackDown live event in Sioux City, Iowa 3rd generation superstar Ted DiBiase Jr made his return from injury to defeat Jinder Mahal.
DiBiase cut a face promo giving a shout-out to Iowa National Guardsmen at ringside. DiBiase hit his Dream Street to pick up the win.
– FCW star Xavier Woods, the former Consequences Creed in TNA, worked last night’s SmackDown live event. He lost to Damien Sandow. Sandow cut a heel promo before the match and mentioned that Woods has wrestled all over the world and won seven titles
— Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson discusses how he overcame failure to become The Most Electrifying Man in All of Entertainment in a “Once in a Lifetime: The Rock vs. John Cena” exclusive video.
— WWE developmental wrestlers Antonio Cesaro, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Xavier Woods all mentioned on Twitter that they will be competing at next week’s WrestleMania Axxess in Miami, Florida.
— The March 23, 2012 episode of WWE Vintage Collection featured WWE Hall of Famers competing against each other. Matches that aired are as follows (thanks to Devin Cutting): Billy Graham vs. Curt Hennig (WWF Championship Wrestling – January 8, 1983), Paul Orndorff vs. Pedro Morales (WWF Prime Time Wrestling – March 2, 1987), Texas Tornado vs. “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase (WWF television taping – February 18, 1991), Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs. Terry Funk (WCW Clash Of The Champions – June 14, 1989), The Fabulous Moolah vs. Sherri Martel (WWF live event – August 28, 1987), “Stone Cold” Steve Austin vs. Eddie Guerrero (WWF SmackDown – November 16, 2000).
— Matches taped Tuesday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut for this week’s episode of WWE NXT Redemption are as follows:
* Maxine vs. Tamina Snuka
* Johnny Curtis vs. Yoshi Tatsu
* Darren Young vs. Jimmy Uso
* Percy Watson vs. Titus O’Neil
WWE developmental wrestler Xavier Woods, who formerly competed as Consequences Creed for TNA Wrestling, competed in a pre-taping dark match. He defeated Hunico in a singles match.
Woods appeared before the WWE audience for the first time at Raw live events over the weekend. He defeated Curt Hawkins on all three shows.
— WWE developmental wrestler Xavier Woods, who formerly competed as Consequences Creed for TNA Wrestling, appeared before a WWE crowd for the first time at Friday’s Raw live event in Cornwall, Ontario. He defeated Curt Hawkins in a singles match.
Woods signed a developmental contract with WWE in July 2010 and has appeared for Florida Championship Wrestling ever since.
— Prior to Eve’s victory over Natalya on Friday’s SmackDown, the third generation wrestler confronted Eve to give her opinion on the situation with Zack Ryder. The dueling Divas have extended their feud to Twitter. Natalya wrote of Eve’s actions, “After SD last night I’m more disgusted than ever by @EveMarieTorres’ behavior toward both @ZackRyder and @JohnCena. #TeamZack.”
Eve responded, “And I’m disgusted by… you @NatbyNature. I wouldn’t expect u, or any of these people to know how it feels to be beautiful & have to use it.”
— WWE will hold a Raw live event at Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia on July 27, 2012. It was originally scheduled to take place on May 6, 2012.
— Kassius Ohno, formerly known as Chris Hero, debuted at Thursday’s Florida Championship Wrestling television taping in Tampa, Florida. Ohno laid Xavier Woods out after losing to the former TNA World Tag Team Champion in a singles match. Ohno was said to have looked “really good” in the bout.
— Lilian Garcia has announced plans to hold concerts in the near future.
She tweeted Thursday, “Excited 4 tonight!! Have my first band rehearsal w my NEW Band!!! Gearing up 4 concerts! Yay!”
Garcia just released her second single, Ur Girl (Til the End of the World), following the first release, U Drive Me Loca, both produced by Grammy nominated producer, Oh, Hush!, off her upcoming sophomore album.
— There is talk within that WWE that WWE.com is being re-designed for a relaunch following WrestleMania XXVIII.
— Tentative plans call for Triple H to return next month at the Royal Rumble for a match with Sheamus.
— It is said that Wes Brisco and Xavier Woods were tapped to be called up to the main roster fairly soon before Brisco tore his ACL at a FCW live event last month in Punta Gorda.
— According to video game industry sources, sales for Smackdown vs Raw 2011 are at the same level as last year, which would be considered a major positive considering that sales throughout the industry are down. It’s also a positive because sales for the game were down the past two years.
— Among those considered for the third season of NXT before WWE officials decided to make it a Diva-exclusive program were reigning FCW Champion Mason Ryan (a former UK Gladiator and bodybuilder who resembles Batista), Xavier Woods (a/k/a Consequences Creed), as well as second generation performers Bo Rotundo (younger brother of Husky Harris), Wes Brisco (son of Gerald Brisco) and Richie Steamboat (son of Ricky Steamboat). (source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)
— All September, WWE Classics On Demand will be “Superstar Chic”, featuring ‘Superstars with unforgettable trendsetting looks’. Matches pitting wrestlers with mullets are featured in the “Shorties” section. Bouts featured include Eddie Guerrero vs. Johnny B. Badd, Rick Rude, Brutus Beefcake, Shawn Michaels vs. Crush, Scott Hall vs. Curt Hennig and Jake Roberts vs. Randy Savage, among others.
— Thanks to Devin Cutting for the following: WWE Monday Night Raw on December 20, 2010 will be held at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Tickets go on sale September 25, 2010. WWE Monday Night Raw on December 27, 2010 will be held at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. Tickets go on sale October 2, 2010.