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  • Update On John Cena Following Ankle Injury, Sheamus’ Next Opponent, Zack Ryder Lands Mag Cover, JBL On Raw

    – According to an account backstage at tonight’s Raw show in Bridgeport, Connecticut, John Cena is walking around fine after rolling his ankle last night at Night of Champions. As of 4:00 p.m., he was scheduled to compete on the show.

    – Before World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio squared off last night at Night of Champions, SmackDown General Manager Booker T reinstated the Brogue Kick, which aided The Celtic Warrior in retaining his title. According to F4WOnline.com, Sheamus is moving on to a new opponent on television as Big Show is scheduled to confront him tonight on Raw. This will lead to a match at Hell in a Cell on Oct. 28.

    – Zack Ryder is featured on the cover of the latest issue of WWE Kids Magazine. The Raw Superstar excitedly tweeted a photo of the issue.

    – John “Bradshaw” Layfield addressed his appearance on Raw tonight at the announce booth via Twitter: “Yes back on @wwe raw with my burden, @MichaelCole ! Like Usain Bolt having to run with crutches being with Cole!”

    (source: F4WOnline.com)

  • Zack Ryder Names His Three Favorite Matches, Unseen Photos Of Little Jimmy, Stacy Keibler

    – Airing this month on WWE Classics On Demand, ‘Long Island Iced Z’ Zack Ryder picked his top three favorite matches. They are: WWF Champion ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage defending his title against the ‘Million Dollar Man’ Ted DiBiase at the Philadelphia Spectrum on August 27, 1988 (Watch), The New Age Outlaws defend the WWE Tag Team Championship against Mankind and Al Snow on the October 6, 1998 episode of Monday Night Raw (Watch), Hulk Hogan and Sid Justice battling Ric Flair and The Undertaker on Saturday Night’s Main Event on February 8, 1992 (Watch).

    – The official WWE website addressed former Diva’s Stacy Keibler rumored break-up from Hollywood heavyweight George Clooney. The website states, “Hollywood is abuzz with rumors that Stacy Keibler and George Clooney have split. True or not, the former WWE Diva is still tops in the hearts of the WWE Universe. Check out the long-legged beauty’s WWE Alumni profile with classic photos and videos, only on WWE.com!”

    – The official WWE website has published unseen photos of Little Jimmy. The website notes, “Just because you can’t see Little Jimmy doesn’t mean that R-Truth’s invisible buddy isn’t there. Get to know Little Jimmy better with this photo album of his day-to-day life.”

  • WWE To Hold Live Events In Egypt For The First Time

    WWE announced Wednesday that for the first time, the organization will hold events in Egypt. The following press release was issued:

    WWE to Make Live Event Debut in Egypt

    LONDON, September 5, 2012 – WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced that, for the first time, it will bring WWE World Tour to Egypt for three nights from Thursday, October 18 through Saturday, October 20, 2012 at the Cairo Stadium Complex. With its debut in Egypt, WWE continues to expand the reach of its business, including live events in six new countries in 2012.

    This Egyptian tour comes on the heels of a successful WWE Raw® World Tour in Abu Dhabi this past February, where more than 16,000 fans packed the International Tennis Complex within the Zayed Sports City. The WWE World Tour will bring some of WWE’s biggest Superstars to fans in Egypt, including Sheamus®, Alberto Del Rio®, Zack Ryder®, Kofi Kingston® and Dolph Ziggler®*.

    WWE will be working with Egyptian live events promoter, Creative Design, to bring WWE World Tour to local fans. Creative Design previously brought WWE to Doha, Qatar last year.

    “WWE is one of the largest names in family entertainment, and it’s a great honor to hold such an enormous event in a wonderful country like Egypt,” said Assem Al Sheikh, Chairman of Creative Design.

    “We’re thrilled to announce this three-day, live event tour in Egypt,” said Ed Wells, Managing Director and Senior Vice President of WWE International. “These shows in Cairo are further testament to the strength and popularity of the WWE brand throughout the MENA region and build on our efforts to expand our business internationally.”

    Tickets are on sale starting September 8 and can be purchased from http://Ticketsmarche.com and the Tickets hotline: +2 01008425387 (+2 0100tickets)

    *Talent line-up subject to change

  • Episode #80 Of Zack Ryder’s Z! True Long Island Story (Video)

    Check out Episode #80 of Zack Ryder’s Z! True Long Island Story Youtube series:

  • Preview For Tonight’s SmackDown Taping, Ryder Misses RAW Again & More

    – Zack Ryder will be appearing at the Long Island Auto Show from the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York on 10/12 from 7-9pm.

    As for Ryder not being booked on RAW once again this week, he tweeted during the show, #NotAtRAW.

    – John Cena vs. Big Show in a No DQ match is being advertised for the October 15th RAW from Nashville, Tennessee.

    – Tonight’s WWE SmackDown tapings take place from the Frank Erwin Center in Dallas, Texas.

    Confirmed for the show, Alberto Del Rio will confront General Manager Booker T and Eve Torres will wrestle Kaitlyn to determine Booker T’s new assistant. Triple H is also scheduled to appear.

    The advertised dark match main event will see John Cena vs. Big Show and John Laurinaitis in a handicap match.

    * Backstage News On WWE’s Plans Headed Into Sunday’s SUMMERSLAM PPV

  • JTG’s “Controversial Remarks” On Twitter Referenced On Raw, Zack Ryder Not Booked, Trish Stratus

    – After JTG pleaded his case to make some noise on Raw, his wish was granted by program General Manager AJ Lee as the quirky Diva placed him in a one-on-one match against Ryback. WWE broadcaster Michael Cole acknowledged JTG’s “controversial remarks” on Twitter last week where he cryptically stated that his “locker room brothers” were being taken advantage of—F4WOnline.com reports his source of contention stemmed from lower-tier wrestlers’ financial compensation for WrestleMania XXVIII.

    Following the Cryme Tyme founder’s loss to Ryback, Cole stated, “I can’t wait until JTG tweets about this.”

    – Zack Ryder mentioned on Twitter that he was not at Raw in Dallas, Texas, writing, “#NotAtRaw.” Rather, he drove to Austin, Texas, the site of Tuesday’s SmackDown taping.

    – Raw viewers who check in to GetGlue.com will receive a free Trish Stratus Diva Summer Series sticker.

    – Christian is today’s featured Superstar on WWE.com. He is currently not scheduled to compete this Sunday at SummerSlam.

  • Austin Surgery Update, Ryder Jokes About Not Being Booked, Eve

    – WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin told his fans on Twitter that “knee rehab is going good” after recently undergoing surgery.

    Austin also tweeted a photo of himself a stack of photos he signed for the “Austin 3:16 Collector’s Edition” of the upcoming WWE ’13 video game, in stores October 30th.

    WWE ’13 Screenshots & Trailer Featuring STONE COLD & Attitude Era

    He said that he was signing autographs for 8 hours and was going to ice his hand by holding a cold beer.

    – Zack Ryder continues to make light of the fact that he’s not booked on RAW each week and relegated to wrestling on Superstars. He tweeted on Monday:

    – WWE Diva Eve Torres touted a video this week announcing that she has earned the second stripe on her blue belt in jiu-jitsu. Eve also noted that she now has 500,000 followers on Twitter.

  • Raw Superstar Complains That He Is Being Taken Advantage Of

    – Rarely seen WWE Superstar JTG posted a series of cryptic messages on Twitter suggesting that he is unhappy with his standing in the sports entertainment organization. The Cryme Tyme founder wrote Sunday evening, “Make decisions based on your worth, not your circumstance!” I wish some one told me this 2 years ago.”

    He continued Monday night, “The camels back just BROKE ! I had enought of this.

    “As a pro athlete,Im tired of me and my lockerroom brothers being taken advantage of . Fans have no idea what we go through.#itsanillusion

    “Yea I said it.

    “Nobody wants to speak up, everybodys afraid of losing their job or getting taken off TV.”

    – Two Raw brand matches were taped Monday night at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars:

    * WWE United States Champion Santino Marella vs. Michael McGillicutty in a non-title match

    * Zack Ryder vs. Tensai

    No pre-taping dark match was held.

  • Jericho & Ryder Team Up, AJ Teases Eve Torres & More

    – RAW General Manager AJ Lee tweeted the following message to SmackDown GM Booker T regarding both of them turning down Eve Torres’ attempts to get hired this week:

    – Chris Jericho and Zack Ryder teamed up at this weekend’s RAW live events in matches against Dolph Ziggler and WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz. Ryder tweeted the following about getting the chacne to team with Jericho:

    Jericho responded:

    – Ted DiBiase and Kaitlyn appear at the National Guard Armory 4255 IH 35N, San Antonio, Texas today from noon to 2:00 p.m.

  • Update On Mark Henry At The Olympics, Ryder’s Latest Show

    – WWE superstar Mark Henry is currently in London for the Olympic games. The UK’s Daily Mirror has an article up detailing Henry’s visit.

    Henry, who competed in the Olympics 20 years ago back in 1992, has been tweeting photos of himself with various Olympic athletes.

    – Here is the latest edition of Zack Ryder’s Z! True Long Island Story:

  • McMahon To Name New SmackDown GM, Raw Dark Match After Fire

    – It was announced on Raw that WWE Chairman Mr. McMahon will appear on this Friday’s episode of SmackDown to announce the new SmackDown General Manager.

    – Cody Rhodes defeated Zack Ryder in dark match prior to Raw at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio,

    Just prior to showtime, there was a minor incident involving the show’s pyrotechnics and as a precaution, the limited number of people in the venue during the incident were evacuated. The fire marshal issued safety clearance for the show to proceed as scheduled at 8/7 p.m. CT. However, due to time constraints, no WWE Superstars matches were held.

    – Via Twitter, Jim Ross weighed in on Daniel Bryan’s Street Fight against World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus on Raw: “Does Daniel Bryan ever have a bad match? $2 steak tough. He’s a product of hard work & desire. Same can be said for Sheamus. Physicality!”

  • This Weeks WWE Superstars, Former AWA Star Dies

    – The Pioneer Press in Minnesota printed an article on the death of Jack Danielson, who wrestled as Blackjack Daniels in the AWA, The Southeast and Mid-West.

    Danielson, also worked under the name Jack “The Ripper” Daniels was trained Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills. He worked a number of territories in the 1960s and 1970s, mostly working as the protege of his trailers. He and Mills worked regularly in the Missouri-Kansas area in the 60s, feuding with the Medics for the Central States tag team championship drew quite a few huge crowds.

    Danielson was 83.

    – Check out this week’s episode of WWE Superstars featuring these matches:

    * Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel vs. Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks
    * Zack Ryder vs. Michael McGillicutty
    * Layla vs. Natalya
    * Sin Cara vs. Drew McIntyre

  • Zack Ryder Says Kane and Eve ‘Killed My Career’, Plans To Change

    After gaining snowball-like momentum late last year with a heavily featured position on Monday Night Raw that was highlighted by a United States Championship reign, Zack Ryder’s standing in WWE disintegrated once he became involved with Kane and Eve on television. From January to April, the self-described “Long Island Iced-Z” was routinely destroyed by the monster wrestler and made to look foolish by the cunning Diva. Though he managed to gain a measure of revenge on both parties on the “Great American Bash” edition of SmackDown on July 3, his career currently remains in limbo. Speaking to XFINITY® from Comcast, Ryder attributes his diminished role to both Kane and Eve.

    He explains, “I was on such a roll at the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 and the whole Kane and Eve thing killed my momentum. Basically killed my career. So, to turn that around and get revenge on them was something I needed. Hopefully it’ll get the Ryder Revolution back on track.”

    With that behind him, Ryder says his current goal is to regain the United States Championship.

    “I’d love to get that back,” he says. “In 2011 I think I proved to people that I’m not a joke, I can be taken seriously in the ring. And hopefully by the end of this year I’ll have a major championship.”

    Ryder also has plans to tweak his character in the next few years since he “can’t be the same old guy forever.”

    Ryder adds, “But that doesn’t mean I’ll have to drop all of the parts of my character to get to the top. I think eventually I’ll evolve. If you’ve followed my career I was a Major Brother, then an Edge Head, now I’m Zack Ryder, I’m sure in three years I’ll be completely different.”

    Elsewhere in the interview, Ryder discusses WWE embracing social media, the Internet Championship, working with Edge and more. Read more here.

  • AJ Has Big Plans For Raw, Superstars Matches Taped, Dark Bouts

    – After AJ decided not to marry Daniel Bryan on Raw, it was revealed she accepted a proposal from Vince McMahon to become the new permanent Raw General Manager. She stated on Twitter Tuesday evening that she has big things planned.

    “Big meetings this week at WWE HQ. Things are about to get VERY interesting. #Raw1001 #businesschucks.”

    – Two matches were taped Tuesday night in Kansas City, Missouri for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars: Sin Cara vs. Drew McIntyre and WWE Divas Champion Layla vs. Natalya.

    In dark match results, Zack Ryder defeated Heath Slater via Rough Ryder while Jey and Jimmy Uso beat Camacho and Hunico. Both Usos hit Hunico with the Superfly Splash for the pinfall victory.

    – Former WWE Superstar Headbanger Mosh weighed in on Monday’s landmark Raw episode via Twitter: “Thought #RAW1000 was pretty good (from what I saw) only thing missing was @steveaustinBSR.”

  • The Rock and Cena Joke After Raw, How Old Is Torrie Wilson?

    – After WWE’s milestone 1000th episode of Raw went off the air, The Rock and John Cena double-teamed Big Show. Cena hits Show with the Attitude Adjustment, which placed him into position for a People’s Elbow. The Rock, however, didn’t have an elbow pad, so Cena gave him his “Cenation” armband. The Rock spoke on the microphone and said Cena must use headbands as arm bands since no one’s arms are that huge. The Great One then hit The People’s Elbow on Show as Cena left up the ramp. The Rock thanked everyone and posed with a few fans. Show remained in the ring as the house lights come on.

    – Former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson turns 37-years-old on Tuesday.

    – Sean Mooney, the first person to appear on the premiere episode of Raw in 1993, resurfaced on Monday’s show as he conducted a backstage interview with Daniel Bryan. Zack Ryder reacted to his return on Twitter: “I met Sean Mooney tonight…#SSSIIICCCKKK.”

    – James Yun, who appeared as Akio and Jimmy Wang Yang for WWE, weighed in on Monday’s milestone addition of Raw. He tweeted, “I really enjoy the 1000 episode of #raw tonight I find it really cool that i can say I was on that show a few times.”

    – The Undertaker, who reunited the Brothers of Destruction on Raw, is today’s featured Superstar on WWE.com.

  • *Spoilers* WWE Superstars taping before RAW1000

    Credit: Cody Honse, Dan Jones & ProWrestling.net

    Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel defeated Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks. Good ovation for Kidd and Gabriel, lots of boos for Hawkins and Reks. The crowd is hot, mainly because we’re ready for Raw. Fans are still filing in because the doors are a little slow tonight. Gabriel and Kidd did great and the crowd reacted fairly well to them.

    Kidd and Gabriel are getting beat pretty bad, but the crowds warming up a little. Sort of slow at the moment. Good tag work from Hawkins and Reks. Gabriel is struggling to make the tag, but got it. Kidd is coming from behind. Gabriel flew over the top and took out Hawkins. Kidd from the top rope with the finisher to Reks and got the win for his team. The crowd reacted well to the match.

    Zack Ryder defeated Michael McGillicutty. Good pop for Ryder. Not much reaction for Michael. Lots of Woos to start the match. Not much action right now. Quiet crowd,yet very pro Ryder. It picked up with more “Let’s go Ryder” chants. Ryder went for the Woo Woo Woo kick and got it, went for pin but only got two. He hit his finisher for the win.

    Fans were taking photos with Charles Robinson before Superstars began.

    More WWE Superstars matches will be taped at Tuesday night’s WWESmackDown tapings.

  • Dolph Ziggler Talks WM29 Opponent & Jericho Feud

    During a recent interview with the Trentonian, Dolph Ziggler said he would still like to wrestle Zack Ryder at WrestleMania 29 from the Metlife Stadium in NY/NJ.

    Ziggler, who currently holds a Money in the Bank briefcase with an opportunity to wrestle the World Heavyweight champion at any time, says he’d still want to wrestle Ryder even if he’s champion by next year’s big show:

    “If I’m World Champion, I’d rather be in the ring with Zack because he worked hard to be there.”

    During a recent interview on Chad Dukes’ radio show, Ziggler called Ryder one of the hardest working performers in WWE.

    Ziggler also talked about his new feud with with Chris Jericho, which kicked off on last week’s RAW. Ziggler said he’s looked up to Jericho since he’s been a teenager, but stayed in his heel character during the interview and said he got the upper hand on the rocker during their exchange:

    “For once, someone was witty enough, quick enough to shut Jericho up.”

  • WWE Posts, Summerslam Music Video, Kelly Kelly Video.

    – Kelly Kelly who has been missing from the WWE for weeks, appears in a new WWE Youtube video about her obsession with Beanie Babies.

    WWE released a video of WWE stars lip-synching the Summerslam theme song to “prepare for this year’s Summerslam.” The music video includes John Cena, WWE champion C.M. Punk, Daniel Bryan, World Heavyweight. champion Sheamus, U.S. champion Santino Marella,  Tag champion Kofi Kingston, Zack Ryder, Dolph Ziggler, Divas champion Layla, Rosa Mendes, Alicia Fox, Natalya, Cameron & Naomi, Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks, and Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd.

  • Tonight’s SmackDown Tapings, Ryder’s Theme Song Remixed

    – Tonight’s WWE SmackDown tapings take place from Valley View Casino in San Diego, California. Friday’s show will feature Rey Mysterio’s return, Christian hosts the Peep Show with guests Daniel Bryan and AJ and World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus will be in action.

    The advertised dark match main event is John Cena and Rey Mysterio vs. Big Show and John Laurinaitis. Triple H is also advertised to make an appearance.

    – The band Downstait, which has recorded theme songs for WWE superstars Dolph Ziggler, The Miz and Alex Riley, recently recorded a cover of Zack Ryder’s “Radio” song:

  • Last Minute Change to MITB, Ryder Leaving WWE? More

    – At 5PM EST Sunday  (3 hours before Money-In-The-Bank Pay-Per-View went live), CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan was penned in to close the show. WWE changed things at the very last minute with the RAW Money-In-The-Bank match.

    CM Punk Comments on Not Going Last at MITB

    – Zack Ryder tweeted  the following last night, teasing a possible WWE departure. New York Wrestling Connection is an independent group that and Curt Hawkins Zack Ryder competed in previously.

    – The Big Show’s entrance theme was  played for  St. Louis Cardinals left fielder Matt Holiday, during the MLB All-Star Game. Holday, has been coming up to bat to the song for most of the season.

  • Carlito Calls Zack Ryder Annoying, Sara Del Rey Update

    – Sara Del Rey, who was recently signed by WWE, is expected to train other WWE divas in addition to her performing in the ring. Del Rey is known for being a world class wrestler that does not fit the typical profile of a barbie-doll WWE Diva. There is also a feeling that Del Rey loves wrestling and won’t join the long string of models who leave the company to pursue outside projects. Del Rey currently has two more independent bookings which will conclude by mid-August, after which she will begin with WWE.

    – Former WWE Superstar Carlito tweeted some thoughts about Friday’s SmackDown show, dubbed “Zackdown” and featuring guest GM Zack Ryder. Carlito, who knows a thing or two about what’s cool, says doesn’t get the Zack Ryder character:

  • Miz Talks Trash On Twitter, New Backstage Fallout/Santino Videos

    – The Miz posted a few noteworthy tweets on Saturday. When was asked on Twitter if he will be at WWE Money in the Bank on Sunday night, he replied:

    https://twitter.com/mikethemiz/status/224052738147889156

    When asked about the best technical wrestler out there, he said:

    https://twitter.com/mikethemiz/status/224058496159711232

    Another follower asked, “whats the best thing about being a wrestler?” Miz responded:

    https://twitter.com/mikethemiz/status/224015275123671041

    – The latest episode of Backstage Fallout has been posted, featuring a look at Zack Ryder’s performance as guest GM on Smackdown, Dolph Ziggler, Tyler Reks and more:

    – Santino Marella is back with Santino’s Foreign Exchange, with the US Champion asking various WWE Superstars and Divas about how they spent their 4th of July:

    * Backstage News Headed into MONEY IN THE BANK, Batista MMA News & More

  • Ryder, Ziggler and Roberts Involved In Car Accident In San Diego

    The official WWE website reports Zack Ryder, Dolph Ziggler and ring announcer Justin Roberts were involved in a car accident just outside of downtown San Diego, California on Friday afternoon shortly after 5:00 p.m. PT. The three performers were traveling in a limousine, which was rear-ended as they were transported from Comic-Con: International at the San Diego Convention Center.

    All three individuals were reportedly evaluated by paramedics shortly after the accident and no serious injuries have been reported at this time.

    WWE.com plans to issue more details as they become available.

  • Zack Ryder’s Latest Video From Comic Con, Swagger Grants Wish

    – Jack Swagger granted his first wish for the Make-A-Wish organization on Monday night when he met Brandi RedCloud-Owen. Swagger had this to say about the experience to WWE.com:

    “Being able to be a part of a Make-A-Wish for Brandi was something that really hit home for me. I know it made her day to have lunch with a WWE Superstar. At the same time, it made my day to be a part of something magical and realize that just the littlest things can make the biggest difference in people’s lives.”

    – Zack Ryder is back with Episode 75 of the Z! True Long Island Story. This installment takes place from Comic Con in San Diego, California:

  • Batista’s Major Announcement, Hall Alleges Gimmick Infringement

    – Zack Ryder will be filming this week’s episode of “Z! True Long Island Story” from the San Diego Comic Con. Ryder will appearing at the event with other WWE Superstars and the Mattel toy designers.

    – WWE Superstar Ezekiel Jackson wrote on Twitter that he is working on being featured more on WWE TV.

    – Former WWE Diva Jillian Hall says that Heath Slater is ripping off her singing gimmick. She tweeted this week:

    – Batista’s recent announcements that he’s appearing in the “Man With the Iron Fist” Tarantino movie and directing a rap music video are not the “major announcement” he and his agent have been hyping on Twitter for months.

    Batista says that announcement is still forthcoming and that fans are going to flip out when they find out what the news is:

    https://twitter.com/davebautista/status/222536596023545856