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Fighting Spirit Magazine has another excerpt of their interview with Hulk Hogan online. It it, he discusses negotiating a 25-year contract with Vince McMahon and WWE and the proposed match against John Cena that never happened. Below is the excerpt: “It was part of a 25-year deal (with WWE)”, Hogan said. I was filming Hogan [...]
John Layfield will be off television this week as he begins his climb of Mount Aconcagua. The following is from his Twitter: Gear check all done. I’ve got ten fingers and toes, plan to return with them all. Lets go climb a mountain! #sevensummitsforkids — John Layfield (@JCLayfield) February 25, 2013 Summit has averaged -25 [...]
Prior to the main event of Sunday’s WWE Smackdown live event in College Station, Texas, Alberto Del Rio presented Texas A&M head football coach Kevin Sumlin with an honorary world title belt. Big Show, Del Rio’s opponent, came out and cut a heel promo on Del Rio and Sumlin. Sumlin was also involved in the [...]
WWE will broadcast Monday Night Raw tonight from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. While neither WWE Champion The Rock nor Chris Jericho will be there, it’s looking to be a loaded show. The following is confirmed: John Cena vs. CM Punk for the right to challenge The Rock for the WWE Championship at [...]
- CNN ran a segment on the Jack Swagger/Zeb Colter storyline and covered Glenn Beck’s “stupid wrestling people” remark on Newsroom with Carol Costello. They also showed the end of the out-of-character video that WWE posted. The debate goes on at Costello’s Facebook page at this link. Please note she refers to WWE as “Worldwide [...]
FloridaToday.com did a video piece of Ric Flair appearing with his daughter, Charlotte, at Sunday’s NXT live event in Melbourne, Florida. They are interviewed in the piece that shows Charlotte used the figure-four to win her match. You can watch embedded in the video below: Information! [...]
Jim Ross has updated his blog on his official website. In it, he comments on the return of Undertaker and the arrest of Jack Swagger. Below is an excerpt: My Twitter @JRsBBQ blew up last night when photos of Taker in the ring in Waco starting being posted and then WWE.com posted more info and [...]
Eurosport Turkey interviewed Daniel Bryan. While the interview was done in Turkish, you can view the highlights in English below: About being trained by Shawn Michaels and William Regal: “Being trained by Shawn Michaels and William Regal was a great opportunity. Not everyone gets this opportunity. Imagine what someone like Kaval would be if he [...]
If you missed the link in WWE’s press release where they invited Glenn Beck to Raw, below is video of Beck trashing WWE: I can’t stomach to listen to Beck so I’ll admit I didn’t watch but this is what happens when marks get worked. It’s a storyline, not a political agenda. WWE released this [...]
“Apology” and “Minority” are the latest videos from Jack Swagger & Zeb Colter. Both videos are embedded below: Apology Minority [...]
- Randy Orton wrote the following on Twitter: Got to watch Undertaker perform in Waco tonight at the #Smackdown live event. Very motivating to watch him do his thing. #Legend Killer — Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) February 24, 2013 - “Snitch” starring WWE Champion The Rock opened second at the box office this weekend. The film [...]
WWE uploading video footage of The Undertaker returning at Saturday night’s Smackdown live event in Waco, Texas on their official YouTube channel. You can watch it embedded below: [...]
- In a sad “where are they now?” update, Virgil is panhandling memorabilia in Grand Central Subway Station. You can view coverage at this link by DeadSpin.com. - Diamond Dallas Page posted the following footage of Jake Roberts coming to Scott Hall’s house in Florida: - Texas Rangers catcher A.J. Pierzynski says his favorite wrestler [...]
Undertaker has been in negotiations with WWE about working Wrestlemania 29 this year. While his health is obviously a factor, the main reason he was holding out was over money. We can confirm Undertaker met with Vince McMahon and Triple H about Wrestlemania two weeks ago in Nashville, TN. We reported on February 14th he [...]
WWE just uploaded footage of Undertaker’s return at Saturday night’s Smackdown live event in Waco, Texas on Tout. You can watch it embedded below: Information! [...]
The Undertaker returned to WWE at Saturday night’s Smackdown live event in Waco, Texas. He teamed with Sheamus to face Damien Sandow & Wade Barrett. Information is coming in very quickly and we have not confirmed if Undertaker has agreed to work Wrestlemania 29. He lives just over an hour and a half away from [...]
Ricardo Rodriguez voiced his displeasure with Glenn Beck on Twitter. You can view what he had to say below: Glen Beck said what? Huevos! Doesn’t he have to go cry about some stupid post? I have some Vicks if you need it, SEÑOR! — Ricardo Rodriguez(@RRWWE) February 23, 2013 Hey @glennbeck let’s do a little [...]
In addition to a new blog on The Huffington Post, Linda McMahon sat down for an interview to reflect on spending $100 million on her two failed Senate campaigns. “I thoroughly enjoyed campaigning, because I got to meet the people all across Connecticut and hear what their issues were,” McMahon told HuffPost Live host Abby [...]
WWE is promoting next week’s Smackdown as Social Media Smackdown. In a commercial that aired during this week’s broadcast the following elements are being promoted: Live Tweets What’s Trending Fan Polls Tout Vote, participate and connect – the three aspects WWE is encouraging from their fans. You can watch the commercial embedded in the video [...]
- WWE has announced the following May live events: 5/10 from the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, LA 5/11 from the the Ford Arena in Beaumont, TX 5/17 from the EA Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, KY - This week’s episode of WWE Vintage Collection featured the following: * Jeff Hardy & Christian vs. Matt [...]
Following WWE extending an invitation to appear on Raw and Zeb Colter offering 5 minutes of time to give an unedited rebuttal, political commentator Glenn Beck responded on Twitter: Unfortunately I am currently booked doing anything else.theblaze.com/stories/2013/0… — Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) February 23, 2013 [...]
This week’s edition of “WWE Backstage Fallout” Smackdown featuring Sheamus & Kaitlyn has been posted by the official WWE YouTube channel. The video is embedded below: [...]
In response to the controversy involving political commentator Glenn Beck, the official WWE YouTube channel has uploaded a video in which Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter break kayfabe in order to address Beck directly. Swagger and Colter introduce themselves by their real names: Jake Hager and Wayne Keown, and explain the nature of kayfabe. The [...]
Jack Swagger faces the following fines from his arrest on Tuesday night: $188 for speeding $437 for possession of marijuana $1,300 for Driving Under the Influence if it’s his first offense Swagger can pay the speeding and marijuana fines via check or online but must appear before a judge on the DUI charge. He could [...]
- Diamond Dallas Page posted the following on Twitter: Scott’s first @ddpyoga workout!!! #FEELtheBANG! @scotthallnwo ow.ly/i/1yYN4 — Diamond Dallas Page (@RealDDP) February 22, 2013 - Linda McMahon has a blog entry available here on HuffingtonPost.com. - According to Jim Ross on Twitter, a deal is in the works to bring WWE NXT to national television in [...]
Episode 13 of The JBL & Cole Show featuring Ricardo Rodriguez & Aksana has been posted by the official WWE YouTube channel. The video is embedded below: [...]
- WWE announced on Friday they have declared their quarterly dividend. Below is the official release: WWE® Declares Quarterly Dividend STAMFORD, Conn.– WWE (NYSE:WWE) announced that its Board of Directors today declared the Company’s regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share for all Class A and B shares of common stock. The record date for [...]
- The Miz is scheduled to appear as a guest on “Conan” next Wednesday to promote The Marine 3: Homefront and Wrestlemania 29. The show airs weeknights at 11/10c on TBS. Click here for more information. - Wade Barrett is scheduled to appear at the premiere of the WWE Studios film “Dead Man Down” next [...]
WWE is moving forward with the Jack Swagger/Zeb Colter storyline as the company has invited political commentator Glenn Beck to Monday’s WWE Raw. The company sent out the following press release on Friday: STAMFORD, CONN. — WWE has extended an invitation to talk show host and political commentator, Glenn Beck to appear live this Monday [...]
- The Rock’s latest movie, Snitch, hits theaters on Friday. Time reviewed the flick at this link. - Forbes has a new interview on with Steve Austin. Click here to read it. - John Laurinaitis returned to WWE at Thursday’s WWE Raw live event in Qatar prior to Tensai vs. Michael McGillicutty. Big Johnny came [...]
- Sheamus showed off his plates for the new WWE Championship title belt in this Tweet: Here’s the only improvement I’d make to the new #WWE Championship belt. Well, #StPatricksDay‘s a coming twitter.com/WWESheamus/sta… — Sheamus (@WWESheamus) February 21, 2013 - Darren Young suffered a knee injury during the 30-man Royal Rumble match and it is [...]
- Santino Marella wrote the following on Twitter regarding his neck injury: I’m aiming for March 1st to be cleared for Battle! — Santino Marella (@milanmiracle) February 22, 2013 - John Laurinaitis appeared at Thursday’s WWE Raw live event in Doha, Qatar. You can view a photo at this link. [...]
Jack Swagger could mail in or pay his fines online if he doesn’t contest the speeding ticket and a marijuana possession he was issued in Gulfport on Tuesday. However, he is required to appear before a judge on the charge of driving under the influence. All three are misdemeanor charges. The Sun Herald has a [...]
With many speculating on the future of the Jack Swagger/Zeb Colter storyline following the arrest of Swagger, WWE seems to have taken a step forward with the gimmick. The following videos were uploaded on the “WeThePeopleZeb” YouTube channel: [...]
WWE is advertising The Rock for Extreme Rules on May 19, 2013. A presale to obtain tickets begins Friday at 10 AM. The following is from the company’s official Facebook page: WWE returns to St. Louis on Sunday, May 19 at 6:30pm when EXTREME RULES is broadcast to the world from St. Louis’ Scottrade Center [...]
- Texas A&M head football coach Kevin Sumlin will be named an honorary World Heavyweight Champion by WWE prior to the main event of Sunday’s Smackdown live event in College Station. KBTX.com has more at this link. - WWE has announced a May 5th live event from the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland [...]
The Rock is featured in the latest episode of “Outside the Ring.” You can watch it embedded in the video below: [...]
We’re told Jack Swagger smoking marijuana is not news to the WWE office. Sources indicate Swagger has tested positive for grass before and had the fine deducted from his downside guarantee. He even had push once derailed due to positive tests that also carried behavioral issues. Under the WWE Wellness Policy (section 15B), a positive [...]
- WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn is scheduled to be at this week’s WWE NXT tapings from Full Sail University. Show wrote the following on Twitter: #NXT tonight @fullsail Orlando! Ill be there Champ’n it up. Who wants a piece of this??? (NXT divas only) — Kaitlyn (@KaitlynWWE) February 21, 2013 - WWE developmental worker Oliver [...]
WWE will hold another set of NXT tapings Thursday night from the campus of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Full Sail’s Facebook page provides more information: This month’s NXT filming in the Full Sail Live Venue will feature appearances from former WWE and World Heavyweight Champion “The Viper” Randy Orton, the NXT Superstars, [...]
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