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  • Batista Directing Rap Music Video, Rating For SD Replay, More

    – Former WWE Superstar Batista announced over the weekend on Twitter that he’s making his music video directorial debut this week: “I’m fucking stoked to announce I’m making my music video directorial debut with @ActionBronson and @Alchemist in #LA next week!”

    The song Batista is directing is called “Decisions Over Veal Orloff,” which will appear on the Alchemist’s upcoming album Russian Roulette that is set to drop on July 17th.

    A preview of the song Batista will be directing the music video for can be heard at DefSounds.com.

    Rapper Action Bronson even references Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart in the first few seconds of the song.

    – Last Friday’s replay airing of SuperSmackDown LIVE: The Great American Bash on Syfy garnered a 1.45 cable rating following a 1.70 for the live Tuesday broadcast.

    The replay averaged 2,130,000 viewers while the live show drew 2,540,000.

    – The first two titles of WWE’s Superstar Collection DVD series, featuring John Cena and Zack Ryder, are out beginning today.

  • Ryder Reacts To Battle Royal Win, After SmackDown Note

    – Zack Ryder tweeted the following after winning theGreat American Bash Battle Royal on SmackDown to become the General Manager of next week’s SmackDown:

    WWE.com also has a video up of Zack Ryder talking about his Battle Royal win.

    – After Tuesday’s Super SmackDown from Corpus Christi, Texas went off the air, John Cena came back out to congratulate Zack Ryder on winning the Great American Bash Battle Royal. Cena and Ryder celebrated to end the show.

  • Eve Reacts To Being ‘Punched’, Lilian Garcia Singing At NFL Game

    – On SuperSmackDown LIVE: The Great American Bash, a fight between Damien Sandow and Zack Ryder left Eve—wearing a white dress—completely covered in punch. Backstage Fallout caught up with Eve to get her reaction to the party mishap. Tyler Reks also reacts to whether he feels guilty for Ryback’s massacre of Curt Hawkins. Also offering comments on SmackDown events are Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan and Sgt. Slaughter.

    – Lilian Garcia will sing the National Anthem on Sept. 30 prior to the NFL game between the New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

    – Former WWE announcer Todd Grisham is in Las Vegas, Nevada covering UFC 148</em. and will be interviewing company president Dana White for MMA Live on ESPN.

    – Following his appearance on Raw SuperShow, Diamond Dallas Page has been added to the Alumni section on WWE.com.

  • Cody & Dolph In MITB, Next Week’s SmackDown GM, RAW Rating

    – At Tuesday’s live SmackDown, Dolph Ziggler and Cody Rhodes won qualifying matches to compete in the SmackDown brand’s upcoming Money in the Bank match. The participants now include Christian, Damien Sandow, Tyson Kidd, Tensai, Santino, Ziggler and Rhodes.

    – Zack Ryder won a 20-man battle royal on Smackdown to become the interim General Manager of next week’s Smackdown.

    – Monday’s WWE Monday Night Raw drw a 3.2 cable rating and averaged 4.7 million viewers. This is virtually even with last week.

  • Latest “Z! True Long Island Story”, WWE Profiles Rhyno, More

    – Episode 73 of Zack Ryder’s YouTube show Z! True Long Island Story was posted online Friday.

    – Rhyno is the latest addition to WWE.com’s Alumni section (view here): “The last-ever champion of the original incarnation of ECW, Rhyno was one of the most physically intense Superstars of all time, and now he has crashed onto WWE.com’s alumni section. Check out The Man Beast’s profile with classic photos, videos and more!”

    – Zack Ryder is today’s featured Superstar on WWE.com.

    – Al Snow, Diamond Dallas Page and Nick “Eugene” Dinsmore appear today through Sunday at Fright Night Horror Weekend (located at Galt House Hotel & Convention Center 140 North Fourth St. Louisville, Kentucky). (Event Information)

  • Eve Torres To Address WWE Future, Tensai Absent From Raw

    – Eve Torres, who served as John Laurinaitis’ Executive Administrator while he was in control of Raw and SmackDown, will address her WWE future Tuesday on Twitter.

    When asked Monday night where she’s been, she responded, “You’ll get an answer… tomorrow!” Zack Ryder wrote a message hoping that like Laurinaitis, she too is terminated. She responded to Ryder, “You wish.”

    – Tensai was backstage at Monday’s Raw SuperShow at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York but not used on either the broadcast, WWE Superstars or in a dark match. It is the first Monday show since his return to WWE in April in which he did not appear at all. The character is reportedly being repackaged.

    – Zack Ryder’s father sat ringside at Monday’s Raw.

  • Ryder Not Pleased With Raw Snub, WWE Stock Hits New Low

    – Zack Ryder posted a brief video of himself expressing his dissatisfaction with being left off Monday’s Raw SuperShow in his hometown of Long Island, New York.

    – On Monday, WWE’s stock price set a new 52-week low and reached its lowest mark since April 2003. The stock closed at $7.59 per share after setting a 52-week low of $7.44 per share. A 52-week low was previously set Friday with $7.48 per share.

    – WWEShop.com will release a new Christian T-Shirt in the near future. Click here for a preview.

  • Matches Taped For This Week’s Superstars, Dark Match Results

    Matches taped Monday night in Hartford, Connecticut for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars are as follows:

    * Zack Ryder vs. Michael McGillicutty

    * Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso vs. Darren Young and Titus O’Neil

    In a pre-taping dark match, Alex Riley beat Drew McIntyre via roll-up.

  • R-Truth Suffers Severe Foot Injury, Sable To Become A Grandma

    – WWE Tag Team Champion R-Truth either severely sprained or broke his foot last week, reports PWInsider.com. He did not go on the Raw brand’s tour of Spain-Kofi Kingston partnered with Zack Ryder and Brodus Clay at events.

    – Former WWE Women’s Champion Sable, who is 44-years-old, will soon become a grandmother. Her 21-year-old daughter Mariah is pregnant with her first child and expected to give birth in September, reports RenaLesnar.net.

    – The June 8 episode of WWE Vintage Collection featured the following matches: Blitzkrieg vs. Super Calo (WCW Saturday Night – March 20, 1999), Matt Hardy vs. Billy Kidman (WWE No Way Out 2003), The Rockers vs. The Orient Express (WWF live event – June 17, 1990), Jeff Hardy vs. X-Pac (WWF King of the Ring 2001), Dean Malenko vs. Shinjiro Otani (WCW Worldwide – May 18, 1996). (Thanks to Devin Cutting)

    – Former WWE star Rob Conway competed in a NPC Bodybuilding contest on Saturday. He tweeted, “I won the Npc Indianapolis Mens Physique Championship Tall class and Over all. Thanks to everyone for there support!”

  • This Week’s Z! True Long Island Story, Lilian Garcia’s Homecoming

    – The seventieth episode of Z! True Long Island Story features Zack Ryder overseas for the Raw brand’s tour of Spain. Plus, Scott Stanford consoles Ryder for losing on WWE Superstars and not appearing on Raw SuperShow.

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    – This week’s SmackDown marks the first time Lilian Garcia has traveled back to her hometown of Columbia, South Carolina since her return to the ring late last year.

    “I was really excited when I found out we were coming here,” Garcia remarked to WWE.com. “We have come closer a few times, but to finally get to do this show here feels really good.”

    “My parents are in attendance, as well as friends,” she added. “I’m even going to get to sing the National Anthem right before we go on the air, which is really special for me. It truly is a great honor.”

  • Panic Over RAW’s 2.7 Rating, Zack Ryder’s Latest Show & More

    – As you can imagine, there was panic in WWE this week over RAW’s 2.7 rating. Even though Monday was Memorial Day, WWE’s flagship show is entering dangerous territory with that low number, especially with RAW about to go 3 hours next month.

    – Personal trainer Joe DeFranco has published part 2 of his article describing Triple H’s personalized workouts.

    – The official theme song for WWE’s No Way Out pay-per-view is “Unstoppable” by the band Charm City Devils.

    – Former WWF announcer Sean Mooney is now the co-anchor for NBC Tucson, Arizona affiliate KVOA. Mooney lives in Arizona also runs a production company in the area.

    – Mr. Long Island Iced Z is back with another installment of the Z! True Long Island Story:

  • Sin Cara’s Return, Ryder’s Latest Video, Backstage Fallout

    – WWE announced on Friday’s SmackDown that Sin Cara will be making his long awaited return to television on next week’s broadcast.

    – The Miz replaced Chris Jericho in the main event of Friday night’s RAW live event from Guayaquil, Ecuador, losing to WWE Champion CM Punk. John Laurinaitis and David Otunga opened the show with an announcement that Miz was replacing Jericho due to Jericho’s suspension.

    – Eve Torres, Damien Sandow and others are featured in the latest episode of WWE’s Backstage Fallout from SmackDown:

    – Mr. Long Island Iced Z is back with the latest installment of hte Z! True Long Island Story:

  • Laurinaitis Selling Injuries, WWE Trademarks, Ryder

    – Zack Ryder tweeted the following this week about not being booked on RAW once again:

    “For those counting, I haven’t been on Raw in 4 weeks. This could be like a modern day Goldberg streak.”

    Video Of Zack Ryder’s Latest YouTube Show

    – Following up on the news that WWE has trademarked the phrase “RAW Active” for the interactive elements that will be added to RAW once the show goes 3-hours every week this summer, WWE has also registered the phrase “#RAWACTIVE” to be used on clothing and other apparel.

    Full Details On RAW Going INTERACTIVE This Summer

    – John Laurinaitis has been walking on crutches in public this week to sell the injuries he sustained at the hands of John Cena at Sunday’s Over The Limit pay-per-view.

    Several WWE fans noted on Twitter that Laurinaitis was using crutches at an airport in Virginia on Wednesday.

  • Ziggler Wants Iron Man Match On 1,000th RAW, New Ryder Show

    – Dolph Ziggler has issued a challenge to any WWE Superstar to an Iron Man Match at the 1,000th episode of Monday Night RAW on July 23rd:

    “i challenge ANY @WWE #wwe SUPERSTAR to an #IronManMatch July 23rd! #3hourRaw #ShowStolen #AnyTAKERs?”

    What a showoff…

    – Former ROH World champion and WWE developmental star Seth Rollins (formerly Tyler Black) made his NXT debut at Thursday night’s first-ever tapings from Full Sail University. Rollins tweeted the following about his debut:

    “New era of NXT kicked off with a bang tonight. Thanks to Full Sail and everyone in attendance for making it a special night.”

    – Zack Ryder is back with Episode 67 of the Z! True Long Island Story. This week’s show features footage of Dolph Ziggler attacking him at a recent live event, Ryder complaining about not being featured on RAW for the 3rd week in a row, the debut of his show’s new mascot and more. and more:

  • Zack Ryder Loses Dark Match Before Raw, Tensai On Superstars

    – Zack Ryder, who celebrates his twenty-seventh birthday today, lost to WWE developmental wrestler Dean Ambrose in a pre-Raw SuperShow dark match in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Matches taped for WWE Superstars were Lord Tensai vs. Tyson Kidd and Alex Riley vs. Heath Slater.

    – To correct an earlier report, Jim Ross is not in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for tonight’s Raw SuperShow. Rather, his wife is on hand for the event.

    – Maria Kanellis has been announced to appear at Legends of the Ring 14 on Saturday, June 2 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Monroe, New Jersey.

    (Source: Pro Wrestling Insider)

  • “Latest Are You Serious?” With Lilian Blunder, Doink Remembered

    — The latest episode of WWE’s “Are You Serious?” webisode features clips of the “Donald Trump” vs. “Rosie O’Donnell” match on Raw, Josh Mathews attempting to dance, Road Dogg singing and Lilian Garcia’s shoe malfunctioning in the “Fail of the Week.”

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    — WWE.com has added Doink the Clown to their Alumni section.

    — Zack Ryder was able to get “#Sorry4RyderRocking” trending on Twitter during a Q&A session Saturday night.

  • This Week’s Z! True Long Island Story, Phoenix Returns To Action

    — In this week’s episode of Z! True Long Island Story, Zack Ryder laments his return to WWE Superstars. Also featured are cameos by Dolph Ziggler and Scott Stanford, the latest dig on Trent Barreta’s disappearance and a segment on Ryder’s new growth chart product line.

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    — Beth Phoenix competed at Friday’s Raw live event in Glens Falls, New York, losing to WWE Divas Champion Layla. It was her first match since losing the WWE Divas Championship to Nikki Bella on the April 23 Raw SuperShow.

    — WWE Hall of Famer George “The Animal” Steele stated Friday on Twitter that he was released from the hospital following an extensive stay. He added, “Praise the LORD, GOD is so good.”

  • Latest “Santino’s Foreign Exchange”, Ambrose Faces Ryder, More

    — WWE Superstar and host, Santino Marella shares with Michael McGillicutty and the WWE Universe just how dirty he will get to prove he’s a diligent worker.

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    — WWE developmental wrestler Dean Ambrose faced Zack Ryder at Friday’s Raw live event in Glens Falls, New York. Ambrose was disqualified after he removed the turnbuckle pad and whipped Ryder into it.

    — Former WWE Superstar Billy Kidman turned 38 years old on Friday. He is currently a producer on WWE’s Raw brand.

    — WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and R-Truth are advertised to appear at Aaron’s Rental & Sales in Mobile, Alabama on Saturday, June 2 beginning at 4:00 p.m.

  • Zack Ryder’s Latest Video, FCW Star’s Cry For Help

    – Zack Ryder is back with a new episode of the Z! True Long Island Story. On this week’s show, Ryder accepts Dolph Ziggler’s challenge to wrestle for Ryder’s Internet Championship at WrestleMania 29 next April –

    – WWE developmental talent DT Porter, who is currently out of action with a knee injury, posted the following message on his Facebook account. Based on what he’s writing – one has to question his mental stability and whether he has what it takes to make it in the business:

    “Guys, I don’t know how much longer I can handle this. Every day is a constant struggle to keep my sanity. I love wrestling and it’s all I ever wanted to do. Already going crazy since I’ve been for like ten months now, but it gets worse. Every day a trainer goes out of his way to rib or disrespect me in front of the boys because I’ve been out so long. I can’t clear myself. I wanna wrestle more than anything, but I don’t even know who I am anymore. It’s so fucking hard. I just feel it just building inside of me and I don’t know how much longer I can contain it. I have daydreams of just fucking everyone up on some real shit. I’m not a kid. I’m a fucking man. But what do you do when the people in charge of helping you get to the main roster are the ones making your life the hardest. I’ve been drinking almost every day. It’s to the point to where I keep Vodka and Gin in my trunk. Help me!”

  • Video: John Morrison As “The Negotiator”, Miz In Brazil

    – The Miz is currently in Brazil doing promotional work for WWE’s upcoming live tour. WWE will hold its first-ever event from Brazil later this month at Ginasio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo on May 23rd.

    – This week marks 5 years since Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins made their WWE television debuts on ECW as The Major Brothers, defeating the team of Matt Striker and Marcus Cor Von. They would later go on to be Edge’s “Edge Heads” sidekicks before going their separate ways.

    – John Hennigan, formerly WWE superstar John Morrison, is the star of a new 4-minute short movie titled, “The Negotiator.” Hennigan plays “Officer Rexy, LA’s finest Negotiator deals with a man who wants to shoot himself.” The clip, which was produced by the Curtain Jerks wrestling podcast, can be seen here:

  • Phoenix Says She’s The Greatest Diva Ever, Superstars Matches

    — Beth Phoenix and Sheamus spoke to SportsTownChicago.com last week promoting Extreme Rules. In the ranks of WWE Divas over the years, The Glamazon is asked where she would rank herself.

    “I would have to rank myself absolutely number one because I am. I’ve achieved more than any other WWE Diva in the past,” she says. “I’m a four-time champion. The second female to ever compete in the Royal Rumble, amongst many, many other accolades… Diva of the Year. You name it, I’ve done it, so I would put myself number one.”

    Sheamus also reveals how he plans to stay on top with his latest title reign.

    — Matches taped Monday night in Dayton, Ohio for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars were:

    * Dolph Ziggler vs. Mason Ryan

    * Michael McGillicutty vs. Zack Ryder

    WWE developmental wrestler Dean Ambrose beat Alex Riley in a pre-show dark match.

  • Phoenix Injury Update, Who Is Censoring Zack Ryder & More

    – WWE Diva Beth Phoenix posted a photo of her at a doctor’s office for an MRI this weekend witht he caption, “More tests, fingers crossed.” Sources still insist that the injury is all part of the storylines. She tweeted about her Extreme Rules match:

    “I have been given my rematch this Sunday. Even if I have to wrestle on one leg, I can STILL beat @thebellatwins and win my title back.”

    – Zack Ryder tweeted that WWE has once again censored his Z! True Long Island Story show:

    “@WWE censored me again! WTF!!!”

    Shortly after Ryder’s tweet, Eve Torres responded that she is the person responsible for Ryder’s show being censored for the past two weeks.

    – The Rock posted a shout out to WWE staffers on Twitter this weekend:

    “To all @WWE corporate & production employees: THANK YOU. #ThatsAll”

  • MVP & Carlito Video Interview, Tensai’s Finisher, WWE-THQ

    – Lord Tensai’s claw finishing move has been modified for safety precautions. The hold now comes from the standing position, giving the opponent the ability to land back-first. The move originally started from Tensai’s knee, which caused the point of impact to be the back of his opponent’s head.

    – Zack Ryder’s complaints that WWE edited his Youtube show and censoring him are likely just part of storylines.

    – DigitalTrends.com has an article up looking at video game publisher Electronic Arts being on the lookout for acquisitions of gaming studios. With THQ in major financial trouble, they speculate that EA could take them over – which would give them the rights to the WWE video game franchise.

    – MVP has posted a 30-minute discussion with fellow former WWE superstar Carlito. The two discuss their time in WWE, backstage heat, how working for WWE completely takes over your life and a lot more. Check it out:

  • Video: Zack Ryder’s Latest Z! True Long Island Story

    Woo Woo Woo – Mr. Long Island Iced Z is back with Episode 63 of the Z! True Long Island Story. Ryder has tweeted a few message about his latest show being edited by WWE . He says even though “the best two minutes” were removed by WWE, fans should watch it anyways.

    He has also been telling fans to stop chanting “hoeski” at Eve Torres. Not because he’s forgiven her, but he doesn’t want to be associated with her anymore.

  • Video: Vickie Guerrero Gets Smashed With Birthday Cake

    — Following CM Punk’s victory over Chris Jericho at Sunday’s Raw live event in Nottingham, England, the Straight Edge Superstar, John Cena, Zack Ryder, Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger appeared ringside to celebrate Vickie Guerrero’s birthday—she turns 44 years old on Monday. After Cena led the Capital FM Arena audience in singing “Happy Birthday To You” to Guerrero, Punk snuck up on the birthday girl by smashing her in the face with a chocolate cake. She then broke kayfabe by posing in the center of the ring with Punk and Cena.

    Guerrero was taken by surprise by the moment. She wrote on Twitter, “My birthday is tomorrow the 16th!!!! The RAW crew surprised me tonight at show! It was so much fun! I showered the cake out of my hair and down my back….that was the sweetest shower ever!!!!”

    — Rey Mysterio, who has been sidelined since August due to injury, is heading to Japan next month to promote the SmackDown brand’s upcoming tour of Tokyo. WWE will hold shows at Sumo Hall on August 9 and 10.

    — WWE will hold two shows in Germany this November: at the O2 World Arena in Hamburg on November 2 and Arena Leipzig in Leipzig on November 3.