– After Zack Ryder did not appear on Monday’s RAW Supershow, the WWE website noted that Ryder was scheduled to team with Jerry Lawler again in a rematch against Otunga and McGillicutty, but was injured last week on SmackDown after being attacked by Mark Henry.
Ryder actually wrestled prior to RAW against Drew McIntyre in a match taped for Thursday’s Superstars show.
– Jerry Lawler suffered a busted nose on RAW last night in the match where he teamed with Sheamus to take on Michael McGillicutty and David Otunga.
– WWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom are scheduled to be in action at tonight’s SmackDown tapings from Toronto.
– This year’s Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view takes place on December 18th from the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on December 18th. WWE announced on RAW last night that tickets go on sale this Saturday, September 17th.
— After losing the United States Championship to Sheamus on the March 14 episode of Raw, Daniel Bryan was scheduled to receive his re-match at WrestleMania XXVII. The match was re-scheduled as a pre-show dark match on the day of the event; a lumberjack match that ended in a no contest when the lumberjacks fought among themselves to trigger the start of a battle royal. Speaking to WWE Magazine, Bryan offered his reaction on being bumped off the card.
“I go with the flow with a lot of things. Obviously, it was upsetting. Nobody told use beforehand or pulled us aside and said, “Listen guys, we’re sorry.” That was the most disappointing thing,” Bryan said.
“And of course, I wanted that ‘Mania moment. You’re not going to get it in a pre-show match. But I once slept in the trunk of my car, so it wasn’t the end of the world.
— Matches taped tonight in Ottawa, Ontario for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars are as follows:
— WWE has pulled the Zack Ryder Broski Authentic T-shirt from their merchandise website. The purchase page for the T-Shirt reads “ITEM NOT AVAILABLE.”
The youth version of the shirt was also pulled.
The shirt was decided on by fans in a poll last June. The poll is still available on WWE’s Facebook page for Ryder and the image for the Broski shirt was deleted.
— The Informer teases in the October 2011 issue of WWE Magazine that a “certain Superstar is planning on making the leap to the music world by releasing an album sometime in 2012.”
— WWE Hall of Famers The Iron Sheik and Koko B Ware appear at Della Rose’s Restaurant 8153 Honeygo Blvd. Baltimore, Maryland this Friday from 8:00 p.m. They will also appear at George’s Cards and Collectibles 7755 New Falls Rd Levittown, Pennsylvania the following day from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Monday’s RAW SuperShow saw Zack Ryder team with Jerry “The King” Lawler in a tag match agains former tag team champions Dtavid Otunga & Michael Mcgillicutty. Ryder got plenty of ring time and scored the win for his team, which got a tremendous pop from the live crowd.
Ryder was featured on camera several times on RAW (including with John Cena), got a new video package and was filming footage for this week’s edition of his Z! True Long Island Story video series.
Zack Ryder wrote the following to his Twitter followers last night –
“29 weeks of hard work has finally been recognized…now it’s time for me to make it pay off. THANKS BROSKIS! WWWYKI #RyderRevolution”
Dolph Ziggler congratulated Ryder for his tag team win with Jerry Lawler last night and called it a “re-debut” for the self-proclaimed WWE Internet Champion.
DISCUSSION: What do you think about Zack Ryder’s push? Does he deserve the television time – and will the fans continue to get behind Mr. Long Island Iced Z?
Mr. Long Island Iced Z is back with another installment of the Z! True Long Island Story. Episode 29 includes footage that was shot during a commercial break on Monday’s RAW – where Zack confronts Randy Orton.
During a commercial break at Monday’s RAW, Zack Ryder came out and confronted World Heavyweight champion Randy Orton .. It didn’t go so well for Mr. Long Island Iced Z.
Ryder came out with a camera filming for his YouTube show. Ryder told Orton about how popular his show is, but he still can’t get on RAW each week. Ryder tried to get footage of Orton for his show and be his “R-K-Broski of the Week” – but Orton was not interested.
Ryder got too close to Orton, who laid out the Long Island bro with an RKO.
– The Young Bucks tag team got some locker room heat in WWE last week when they rubbed several veterans the wrong way by not shaking hands with people and introducing themselves.
WWE producers took a jab at the Young Bucks on RAW this week – scripting a segment where Kevin Nash was shown shaking hands with people backstage.
– As noted here earlier this week, WWE has signed independent wrestler Sterling James Keenan. Keenan is going by the name “Corey Graves” at Florida Championship Wrestling.
– Zack Ryder wrote on Twitter this week that WWE sold the most Broski t-shirts in one night ever at Monday’s RAW from Edmonton.
– It’s been confirmed that the highly anticipated Steve Austin DVD project will be a 4-disc DVD set and a 3-disc Blu-ray set.
— The latest issue of WWE Magazine has a feature on the breakout stars to watch this fall. Those profiled are Justin Gabriel, Johnny Curtis, Jinder Mahal, Zack Ryder, A.J. and Kaitlyn, with all six explaining in their own words why they’re WWE’s next breakout star.
A.J. stated, “I’m trying to redefine the word ‘Diva.’ Divas don’t have to be super-girly, ultra-feminine Barbie dolls—there’s room in WWE for girl-next-door types. I see myself as the ultimate underdog, and a lot of people can relate to that. Not everyone is super-jacked and strong and the superwoman type. Some of us just have to fight. I’m just like every little kid out there. What I bring is a lifetime of watching and enjoying WWE—I’m kind of like a fan who snuck her way in. I’m sort of proud of that.
“I might come off as this bubbly person, but that’s because I come from a rough past. Before I even started in WWE, I was living in a car. I wasn’t scouted for WWE. I paid my dues, and literally starved for two months making ends meet. Beth [Phoenix] was at my tryout and gave me a special, awesome pep talk, saying, ‘Yeah, you can do this.’ Then I got signed.”
— Former ECW star Axl Rotten stated on Twitter that if he doesn’t come up with $5,000 by the end of the month, he will be evicted from his home. He was asking for PayPal donations. The message, however, has since been deleted.
— AT&T U-verse is mistakenly advertising Kane vs. Rey Mysterio and Sheamus vs. Randy Orton as the top two matches for SummerSlam. Both contests took place at last year’s event.
— Brodus Clay returned to action at last night’s Raw event in Indianapolis, Indiana, defeating local competitor Alex Silva in a dark match. Clay had been off filming a movie for WWE Studios during his absence.
Silva is a wrestler from Montreal based who competes for Ohio Valley Wrestling. He was billed from Indianapolis.
— The following matches were taped last night in Indianapolis, Indiana for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars:
* Chris Masters vs. Jack Swagger
* Vladimir Kozlov vs. Primo
— Zack Ryder indicated on Twitter that Colt Cabana was backstage at last night’s Raw event in Indianapolis, Indiana. Cabana previously competed in WWE as Scotty Goldman.
— The T-Shirt CM Punk donned at Money in the Bank, “Best in the World,” is now on sale via WWEShop.com. The shirt has been slightly modified from the original sold at the pay-per-view event as the date of 7/17/11 and “Chicago” have been removed.
The original shirt is a hot seller on eBay, regularly fetching between $300 and $500. Some sellers have even manufactured counterfeits.
— Ultimate Warrior responded to Zack Ryder’s impersonation of him in the latest episode of Z! True Long Island Story (available here). The former WWE Champion wrote via Twitter: “..another one of the ALL TIME GREATS making my “talentless” UW look like a million bucks. Awesome belly laughs! No abs 4 me 2day.”
— The entrance theme CM Punk debuted last night on Raw, “Cult of Personality” by Living Colour, has hit iTunes’ Top 200 Songs chart. The song, which was originally released in 1988, ranked as high as #126.
– SmackDown’s Money in the Bank winner Daniel Bryan has been training with Neil Melanson, the head grappling coach at the Xtreme Couture MMA school based out of Las Vegas. Bryan said he’ll be incorporating some new submission holds into his in-ring offense in the coming weeks:
“Just finished a grappling session with Neil Melanson. Expect more and more submissions all the time on Friday Night Smackdown!”
– Former WWE champion John Cena wrote the following on Twitter on Thursday regarding his match against The Rock next year at WrestleMania and Vince McMahon being forced out of power by WWE’s board of directors:
“CeNation. Back to work and so happy. Rock, you got you’re wish. Ill be there April 1, just make sure you bring it. ….I also wouldn’t count VKM out yet. I know he was emotional on mon, but doesn’t seem the type to just ‘give up’. Time will tell.”
– Joey Styles noted on Twitter earlier this week that he’d be returning to the announcing booth on Thursday, which led to speculation that he’d be joining the announcing team of WWE Superstars. As it turns out, Styles is not joining Superstars – and instead called a mock match on Zack Ryder’s latest Z! True Long Island Story video show.
CM Punk crashed the joint Mattel/WWE panel—WWE: Past, Present and Future—this afternoon at the San Diego Comic-Con, featuring Triple H, Rey Mysterio and WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart.
Punk announced himself via bullhorn and then, with the WWE Championship in hand, sauntered to the designated question-asking microphone and began to speak. The Straight Edge Superstar took exception to WWE attempting to crown a new champion on Raw and then challenged Mysterio, or anyone else who wanted to be champ, to head out to Chicago to take him on.
Punk then asked Triple H and creative writer Brian Gewirtz why Zack Ryder wasn’t on television. Triple H, in what appeared to be a kayfabe response, told Punk that things had changed on Raw and there was a new regime. He told Punk to give him a call. Punk responded by telling Hunter that he was certain Stephanie had his number.
As you’ll notice – Punk is once again wearing a Stone Cold Steve Austin t-shirt, another sign that Punk is hoping to eventually get Austin to come out of retirement for one more match.
— The official website of Sports Illustrated has put together a list of the top 100 Tweeters in the sports world and Zack Ryder was the lone professional wrestler listed.
SI.com’s description of Ryder reads: “Professional wrestling’s first “Internet Champion” has used social media to become one of WWE’s fastest-rising stars.”
To view the complete list, click here.
— John Cena became upset yesterday after discovering a remark on his Twitter timeline poking fun at mentally handicapped children. It reads: “The kids that ride the short bus to my nieces elementary school r the only 1s I see wearin @johncena shirts. They were jipped twice in life!”
He responded to the Twitter user who wrote the comment: “I could give two sh*ts about the tee shirt thing but I think that is the worst thing I’ve ever heard someone say. I am officially sick. RJ, say whatever u want about me…but really, that bullsh*t was way out of line. Karma works in strange ways my man.”
— WWE Hall of Famer Jesse “The Body” Ventura turns 60 years old today while former WWE Diva Cherry turns 36.
— WWE’s creative team has broached putting Zack Ryder in a new faction with David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty.
— Alberto Del Rio’s 23-year-old brother Memo Rodriguez is now living in South Florida and has began training with former ECW talent Pablo Marquez. Marquez briefly appeared in WWE as Tiger Ali Singh’s manservant Babu.
— Former WWE Superstar Finlay is advertised to wrestle at a Top Catch event, which takes place August 29 in Dinslaken, Germany at the Dintrab Arena. He will facing former WWE developmental talent Chris “The Bambikiller” Raaber.
— WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler is advertised to appear at a Legends Of Wrestling event in Harrison, Arkansas on August 20, 2011. Butch Reed and “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton are also slated to appear. Click here for event information.