New Japan star and the first ever IWGP United States Champion Kenny Omega will be defending his title for the first time on US soil in Ring of Honor.
The match will take place at the Global Wars event on Sunday October 15th at the Odeum Expo Center in Chicago. Tickets for the event will be available to purchase as of this Wednesday August 2nd for Ringside Members and on Friday August 4th for the general public.
Omega has been tearing it up on the current New Japan G1 tour as part of the B Block, he is set to face longtime rival Kazuchika Okada on August 12th which will complete a trilogy of historic bouts and it is certainly not one to be missed.
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) July 31, 2017
Ring of Honor published the following press release hyping the title match:
The Honor Nation in Chicago has always been one of the best and most passionate fan bases so ROH is bringing this show – as the capstone to the already announced Global Wars tour! The event will take place at a NEW LOCATION in Villa Park, Ill., with ROH debuting at the larger Odeum Expo Center, aimed at providing a greater experience to more fans in the Chicagoland area.
It wouldn’t be enough to just add a show for the Chicago fans though. Ring of Honor is happy to also announce that Kenny Omega, the inaugural IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion, will defend his title for the first time on US. soil at Global Wars 2017: Chicago on Sunday, Oct. 15.
Omega, a member of Bullet Club’s Elite, won a two-day tournament to crown the first IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion as part of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s first shows in the U.S. on July 1-2 in Long Beach, Calif. “The Cleaner” defeated former ROH World Champions Michael Elgin and Jay Lethal in the first two rounds before beating Tomohiro Ishii in the finals.
A new episode of WWE’s Bring it to the Table series premieres tonight on the WWE Network after the conclusion of Monday Night RAW. In speaking with somebody involved in the production of Bring it to the Table, we’ve been told to expect an eventful and controversial episode tonight.
Without getting too into spoilers, some of the topics that will generate the most buzz include:
Enzo’s backstage heat
Sasha Banks’ personality affecting her standing with the company
Brock Lesnar / Jon Jones
Cena & Reigns’ jabbing on Twitter and the legit ‘competitiveness’ between them
TMZ reported earlier today that WWE superstar Chris Jericho was involved in an altercation outside New York City’s Irving Plaza on Friday Night. Jericho was appearing at an event for recently passed musician David Z.
Jericho had allegedly been approached by several fans after the event asking for pictures and autographs, he obliged at first but became visibly frustrated and started to turn people down.
This lead to the altercation in question, a fan allegedly tried congratulating Jericho on a recent WWE match and Jericho’s response was….not so PG. Check it out below.
WCPW has announced the name and location of their latest Pay Per View offering; ‘Stacked’ will be available to watch via the WhatCulture Extra service and iPPV on August 22nd.
The main event for the…stacked show will see former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio take on one of the premier high flyers in the industry, Ricochet.
Tickets for the Leeds, UK event are available to purchase via the Eventbrite.
WWE stars Bayley and Kevin Owens took to Twitter over the weekend to praise talents in both New Japan and UK based company PROGRESS.
NJPW star Juice Robinson has had an absolutely incredible breakout year in Japan, his performances as part of the ongoing G1 Climax tournament have seen him receive praise from all corners of the wrestling industry, including Kevin Owens:
Extra Talent-Ed are the newest team to debut in the UK based PROGRESS promotion. The duo of Aaron Solow and Ricky Starks faced #CCK in a losing effort but received rave reviews from the fans in attendance. WWE RAW star Bayley is Aaron Solow’s partner and she wrote the following:
Scottish based promotion Insane Championship Wrestling has announced that former WWE and WCW star Rey Mysterio will be appearing at their Fear & Loathing X event in November.
Fear & Loathing is the ‘Wrestlemania’ in ICW’s calendar year, previous events have seen the likes of Finn Balor, Kurt Angle and Mick Foley appear and the SSE Hydro in Glasgow can hold a capacity of around 2,500 to 3,000 fans.
Rey Mysterio has been making more and more appearances on the UK scene recently and with some upcoming shows with WCPW he seems set to continue this trend.
The Hardys & The Revival take shots at each other on Twitter
Matt and Jeff Hardy have been in a feud with The Revival recently on WWE RAW. Over the weekend, Matt Hardy and The Revival had the following Twitter exchange:
Hey #Revival, @ScottDawsonWWE & @DashWilderWWE.. You 2 picked the right @WWE Tag Team to jump on..
WWE uploaded a new video of gigantic Superstars returning to the company and causing chaos. The Big Show, Kane, Diesel, Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker and The Great Khali were featured in the montage.
Fans react to The Great Khali’s return
Last Sunday at WWE Battleground, The Great Khali made his return and interfered in the Punjabi Prison match for the WWE Championship. Khali grabbed Randy Orton by the throat and prevented him from exiting the prison. Jinder Mahal then scaled up the prison and escaped to retain his WWE Championship.
WWE has uploaded a new video on their YouTube channel featuring live reactions from fans as they watched The Great Khali’s return at WWE Battleground. Peter Rosenberg of WWE Network’s “Bring it to the Table” provided the intro for the video.
The July 31st, 2017 edition of WWE RAW air live on the USA Network from the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA. Tonight’s show will be headlined by a triple threat match between Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, and Samoa Joe.
WWE is also promoting the below items for tonight’s show, as storylines for SummerSlam on August 20th begin to take shape:
– Jason Jordan to speak out on “Miz TV”
– What’s next for Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins?
– Hardy Boyz and “good brothers,” meet Team Red’s “top guys”
– Bálor to Wyatt: “Let’s play”
Join us at 8 PM ET tonight for live play-by-play RAW coverage and discussion!
The Singh Brothers heavily bandaged at WWE Live Event
WWE held a Live Event in Detroit, Michigan recently. The event saw Brock Lesnar defeat Samoa Joe and also featured a tag match with current WWE Champion Jinder Mahal. Jinder teamed up with Dolph Ziggler to face Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura. The Singh Brothers accompanied Mahal to the ring with bandages on after Orton beat the hell out of both of them during the Punjabi Prison match at last week’s WWE Battleground PPV. Samir and Sunil Singh did not accompany Mahal to the ring on last week’s episode of SmackDown. Mahal posted a photo on Instagram earlier today of him pointing at a fan holding up a WWE title. On the post, Mahal wrote “keep dreaming kid”.
Seth Rollins teamed up with Dean Ambrose to face The Miztourage (Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel and The Miz) at a WWE Live Event over the weekend. During the match, Maryse was enjoying some cotton candy ringside. Maryse was later kicked out of the match and she threw the cotton candy at Rollins. Seth then started eating the cotton candy while on the floor outside the ring.
i screamed. maryse was eating cotton candy @ ringside. she got thrown out so she threw it @ seth? @hvrdyboys has a video of seth eating it? pic.twitter.com/CepvGv59YR
Former WWE Superstars and hosts of E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness stopped by the London Film & Comic Con over the weekend. During the event, Edge & Christian posed with fans and one fan asked them to take an awkward prom photo with her. Edge and Christian obliged and the following photo was the result:
Finn Balor congratulates Curt Hawkins on his 100 match losing streak
As noted earlier, Curt Hawkins has not won a match since November 8th, 2016. Hawkins defeated Apollo Crews in that match via a roll-up and has been on the losing end of every match since. Finn Balor took to Twitter recently to congratulate Hawkins on his remarkable achievement in the following photo:
Titus O’Neil posted the following video on Twitter yesterday he and Tozawa on the road. O’Neil found Tozawa’s music choice to be confusing and asked what they were listen to. Tozawa simply responded “Japanese, yo!”.
WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne recently was interviewed by Sky Sports and below are some highlights:
His match against Tyler Bate at NXT TakeOver: Chicago:
“At Takeover we felt a lot of pressure to show what the UK scene is capable of. We assumed we were unknown, went to kill it and our goal was to be so good it increases the pressure for a UK show. We want it, fans want it and we feel we helped with that.”
Defending the WWE UK Championship in other independent promotions:
“It’s best for WWE. It’s not an attempt to destroy the independent scene, it’s a great feeder system for WWE. Opportunities like this aren’t just great for us, they’re great for everyone. It’s only natural to see more of this in the future.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqg-aTfmHU
His goals in UK scene & WWE:
“I’m taking it every day as it comes but I want to build a real UK scene. I’ll continue to develop and have storylines in Progress Wrestling and others like ICW.
But of course, eventually I’d like to be a WWE main roster talent, be on NXT, get to a Wrestlemania and compete for the world titles while representing the UK scene.”
You can check out the entire interview by clicking here.
Big Cass was recently interviewed by Sports Bible and below are some of the highlights:
Deciding to betray his former tag partner Enzo Amore:
“I feel it could have maybe happened a little earlier, it definitely was a long time coming, a long time coming since NXT to be honest with you. I’ve definitely thought about it and talked about it, since NXT – there’s a lot of reasons behind that I won’t get into but someone can only tick-tail so much and eventually you reach the point where they are holding you back, to a certain extent. It’s just day after day, all you can keep thinking about is that so you definitely contemplating splitting. I definitely think it happened at the right time, if not even earlier would have been good.”
Working with Big Show:
“Big Show, when I was with Enzo, was very influential – he always helped me out especially so it was always great talking to him and being able to have him critique my stuff but it’s a different ball game now. I think being in the same ring as the Big Show, being able to mix it up with him and being able to show the the WWE Universe that I can stand toe-to-toe with the Big Show, like I did last week on Monday Night Raw, I think that’s definitely helped me out and hopefully people can see what I’m capable of, not only short term but in the long term.”
Main-eventing WrestleMania with Roman Reigns:
“Roman Reigns has main evented three Wrestlemanias in a row and I’d really like to main event Wrestlemania with Roman Reigns. – that’s the match I really want right now. Love him, hate him – whatever you think of him it doesn’t matter, he’s main evented three straight Wrestlemanias and that’s almost unprecedented. I think The Rock is the only other guy to have been able to do that – three in a row.
So right now, currently, [my dream match] is to main event Wrestlemania with Roman Reigns. He’s set the bar for Wrestlemania and that’s the guy I want to face at Wrestlemania.”
You can check out the entire interview by clicking here.
Raven recently was interviewed by ESPN and below are some of the highlights:
Scripted promos being bad for the wrestling business:
“I think it’s bad for the business. Now they write promos for people. In the old days, you got bullet points. They said, ‘Here are the points you gotta hit, so do it in your character.’ If you didn’t know how to be a character or how to be a star, you didn’t get over.
Now they write for everybody, which is good for the lower-tier guys who can’t write, who aren’t creative enough yet or don’t have enough psychology yet. But for guys who have potential star power, you’re really killing it, because [Steve] Austin would’ve never came alive if they would’ve been writing his character for him. If they told him to just stay with these promos. It’s a whole different world now.”
The lack of original characters in professional wrestling:
“Ninety-nine percent of the business is two-dimensional. They don’t have points of view. People used to complain when they worked with Shane Douglas and he’d go, ‘The Franchise doesn’t do that,’ talking in the third person. I loved that about him because I want a guy that knows what his character would and wouldn’t do — because that I could work with. The character is three-dimensional. You know his point of view. The fans could probably tell you, which is ultimately what I wanted, what he would do in any situation.”
CM Punk crediting him for being the first veteran to teach him psychology during their ROH feud in 2003:
“I never realized I helped him that much. Maybe he was listening when I thought he was arguing with me. I thought he would’ve looked back with less than fondness on me because we butted heads quite a bit, but I’m glad he didn’t.”
You can check out the entire interview by clicking here.
According to PWinsider, Global Force Wrestling filed for four “Broken Universe” related trademarks and all four of them have been given an initial refusal by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Matt Hardy originally filed the trademark for “Broken Matt Hardy”. Global Force Wrestling tried to trademark “Broken Matt”. In order for GFW to get that trademark, they would have to get Matt Hardy to sign off on it.
GFW also tried to trademark “Brother Nero” but that was refused because GFW didn’t indicate whether or not it was used to identify a living person. If GFW acknowledged that, they would also have to get Jeff Hardy to sign off on it because Nero is his legal middle name.
GFW also attempted to trademark “Broken Brilliance” but that was refused because Global Force Wrestling did not specify whether the term had any significance in professional wrestling or if it was a term of art in the wrestling business. GFW was also unsuccessful in their attempt to trademark “Vanguard1”, as it was said to be in conflict with a non-wrestling trademark.
All four trademarks received initial refusal because the wording used for identification and classification of goods and services in the initial filing were deemed to be too broad. The United States Patent and Trademark Office requested additional clarification.
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Becky teamed up with Naomi and Charlotte to defeat Natalya, Tamina and Carmella last night at a WWE Live event in Detroit. Lynch responded to Cyborg with the following video of her watching Cyborg’s title fight. Becky warned Cyborg that she was playing with fire and was going to get burned.
Cyborg defeated Evinger last night at UFC 214 by knocking her out in the third round. After the fight, Cyborg posted the following and told Triple H that she wanted to face Becky Lynch at WWE SummerSlam on August 20th:
WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne appeared at Insane Championship Wrestling’s ‘Shug’s Hoose Party 4’ event that took place Saturday night in Glasgow, Scotland.
The BruiserWeight defeated Trent Seven, Wolfgang and BT Gunn in a Fatal 4-Way Match to retain his WWE UK title. Both Wolfgang and Trent Seven are signed to WWE’s UK division however BT Gunn is not among the current roster, therefore this historic match saw an active WWE wrestler defend his active WWE championship against a non contracted performer.
WWE hyped Dunne’s successful defence on WWE.com, they issued the following statement:
“In the first WWE United Kingdom Championship defense to take place in the U.K. outside of a WWE ring, Pete Dunne successfully retained the title Saturday night in Glasgow, Scotland.
The BruiserWeight defeated Trent Seven, Wolfgang and BT Gunn in a Fatal 4-Way Match at Night 1 of “Shug’s Hoose Party 4,” an event held by Insane Championship Wrestling at the O2 ABC. The sold-out event will be available for viewing on ICW’s on-demand service starting 24 hours after the show.
Following the match, the victorious Dunne, never one to mince words, said “ICW is one of the top promotions in the world, and I own it now … just like I own WWE.”
Also at “Shug’s Hoose Party 4,” Cruiserweight Noam Dar returned to action in ICW, which was one of his stomping grounds prior to joining WWE. Dar joined former Pinky Party tag team partner Sha Samuels in tag team action.
Now that Dunne has turned back three opponents in one fell swoop, who will be next in line to step to The BruiserWeight? This much is obvious: The brash but brilliantly dangerous Dunne is unlikely to back down from the challenger, whomever it is.”
In his final interview with Pro Wrestling Illustrated before being released from WWE earlier this month, Austin Aries discusses his wrestling bucket list, WWE possibly impacting children’s food choices, his thoughts on the Cruiserweight division, and how he almost walked away from professional wrestling in 2011. You can check out what he had to say here:
What’s on his wrestling bucket list:
“I don’t have a bucket list… Right now, I’m just focused on this book. It’s a new endeavor. I’ve got a great platform and I want to use it to spread an equally important message. Listen, I can sit and talk wrestling all year. I’ve talked about it for a decade. And it’s cool, but I want to talk about this book and I want to talk about the importance of what we put in our bodies multiple times a day.”
The potential influence WWE has on children’s food choices:
“As I go around the country and I’m seeing all the fans in the WWE Universe, there’s a lot of young kids and they’re off to the wrong start, because they’re being fed the wrong food. They’re being fed poison . . . I’ve been known to sneak a banana or two on screen. We’re pushing sugary New Day Booty-Os. I thought we’d balance it out with some nutritious fruit. A little banana with your Booty-Os won’t hurt.”
The WWE’s Cruiserweight Division:
“I’ll leave the criticism to the critics. I’ll leave that for the people who are paid to make those decisions. My job is to go out there and perform and—whatever job they give me to do—to do it to the best of my abilities.”
Nearly walking away from wrestling in 2011:
“Sometimes when you’re in the situation, it’s hard to evaluate it. Sometimes the best thing to do is to take a step back and get a little bit of a different perspective and re-evaluate things. For me, I’m smart enough and have been around the business long enough to know you don’t really retire.”
Check out Aries’ full interview with Pro Wrestling Illustrated by visiting this link.
WWE Hall Of Famer Harley Race recently did an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard to offer a health update after a fall at his home earlier this year that caused him to break both of his legs. He also talked about inspiring fellow legends such as Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and CM Punk, as well as being the “world’s champion.” Check out what he said here:
Update on his health following his fall last month at his home that caused him to break both his legs:
“Right now, it’s the legs that are bothering me. I’m sitting here now with two legs that aren’t very good. They’re in route to recovery, and I’m right along with them. In a little amount of time, I’ll be up walking again.”
Inspiring the likes of Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and CM Punk:
“I love that. And it’s all true. I was the guy who would go out and do whatever he needed to do, no matter what.”
Being the “world’s champion”:
“Being world’s champion is what I set out in life to do. I’m one of the few people on earth that can say they completed, in every aspect, what they wanted to do with their life. …Whether it was sitting in a steak house eating a steak or getting onto the edge of the ring with two or three people standing there, it was all the same to me.”
Two-time WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair recently did an interview with WSVN-TV Entertainment Reporter Chris Van Vliet to talk about a variety of professional wrestling topics. During the interview Flair claimed he doesn’t think John Cena will break his 16 time World Title record, who he thinks is the most talented Superstar on the WWE’s roster today, and how different his career would have been if he was in today’s era. You can check out what he had to say here below:
If he thinks John Cena will break his 16 time World Title record:
“No. Randy Orton is close, so is Triple H. I think John is kind of winding down. He’s got so many other things going on. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s not a host on Good Morning America or The Today Show. I mean he loves wrestling but he’s got so diversified now that I don’t think I’ll see him chasing the Championship realm. But if he does, I’m all about it.”
Who he thinks is the most talented Superstar on the WWE roster:
“Well gosh I think my daughter’s the best male or female they have. I like AJ Styles, I like Randy very much. I like Seth Rollins, I think he’s very good. I love Dolph Ziggler. They have a lot of great talent and it’s hard to pick just one. I have a lot of respect for them and they work really hard.”
How much different his career would have turned out if he broke into the business during this era:
“They wouldn’t be able to afford me. If I was 25 right now and came along, there’s not enough money. He’d have to give me part of the company. If I could walk in like I was in the 80s, make no mistake, he’d have to give me part of the company.”
Ex-wife of WWE Hall Of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin, Jeanie Clarke, recently did an interview with The Dirty Sheets podcast to promote her new book, “Through The Shattered Glass.” During the interview, Clarke revealed how Austin truly felt about the late Owen Hart, who died following an accidental fall at WWE’s Over The Edge pay-per-view (PPV) in 1999.
Clarke claimed that Austin refused to attend Hart’s funeral due to the fact that he was never able to forgive him for injuring his neck during one of their matches. To make matters worse, Hart never apologized for the injury which didn’t sit well with “The Texas Rattlesnake.” Clarke also claimed Austin believed Hart may have injured him on purpose. Despite her recent book, Clarke and Austin are reportedly on good terms with one another.
Discussion: Are you buying any of Clarke’s claims about Austin’s feelings towards Hart?
Former WWE Hardcore Champion and Tough Enough coach Al Snow recently did an interview with Real Sport to talk about working for both Jeff Jarrett and Dixie Carter, his thoughts on Josh Mathews, and the reason he nearly walked away from WWE back in 1997 before being sent to ECW. You can check out the highlights here:
Working for both Jeff Jarrett and Dixie Carter:
“For me, it wasn’t much of a difference because it was still the same thing, which was working with the talent. And just so you know when I first started with Impact my primary job was to do the women’s division for several years, and I loved it. I loved working with the girls. But my focus, whether I’m working with the girls or the guys or with Jeff or Dixie, my job was to work with the talent. It was to make them understand what business was to be conducted with their particular segment, help lay out that segment to ensure that that particular business was done.
“To ensure that chapter of the story was told, or that character was exhibited, or that idea, thought, impression, or emotion was transmitted in that segment of television so that we can make as much use of that television time as possible and make it as effectively as possible. And that didn’t vary or change whether Jeff Jarrett was in charge or Dixie Carter was in charge. It was a great place to work, not just as a producer but as an artist, as a wrestler, because you’re given the freedom and the responsibility to do exactly what you’re supposed to do which is go out there and create and make it happen.”
His thoughts on Josh Mathews:
“I couldn’t be prouder. Josh is one of my kids. You know, Josh was probably one of the most physically talented ones of Tough Enough [Season] 1, the show. Maven had the charisma. Chris Nowinski had the size, the look, and had that innate heel charisma, just something that made you not like him for some reason. And then Josh Mathews had the physical talent and ability, he just didn’t have the size. A lot of those guys at the time, I remember having the conversation with Josh, saying ‘Listen, if you don’t win the contract, don’t worry, the right thing will happen at the right time for the right reason here, and you’ll have a career.’
“You know, John Gaburick and I saw Josh when we were at Stamford, Connecticut. Josh kinda was joking around and did some color commentary one time when we were at the studio, and I could see he had a talent and so did John, and we got him an opportunity to be a commentator. He had an amazing career with WWE and was able to use that as a way to get an opportunity with Impact Wrestling, and you know he just keeps going forward. I could not be prouder of Josh. His success is my success. I’m thrilled by it.”
Almost walking away from WWE in 1997 before being sent to ECW to reinvent himself:
“Oh, back in ’97. Yeah. At that time, I was pretty frustrated and had a pretty bad attitude and was pointing fingers at everybody else instead of pointing them at myself as far as my not taking advantage of opportunities that were presented to me. That invasion, I think probably saved my career because that partnership and cooperation between Vince McMahon and Paul Heyman allowed me to recreate myself. I tried to quit WWF at the time. I had a contract and asked for my release, and kind of to teach me a lesson, I wasn’t allowed to have the release.
“But I was able to talk to Chris Candido, god rest his soul, and he talked to Paul Heyman, and Paul Heyman talked to Vince and got me put on loan to ECW. So I could take advantage of an opportunity to go somewhere else, recreate myself, and to get myself back over, make myself a brand or product that they would ask me to come back. And it worked, and I’m so grateful for that chance.”
Check out Snow’s full interview with Real Sport by clicking here.
– Former WWE ring announcer Lilian Garcia is launching a new podcast after her wrestling-themed show, “Making Their Way To The Ring,” went on hiatus in May.
Her new podcast, “Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia,” debuts this Monday on PodcastOne and will feature human interest stories with athletes and entertainers.
A synopsis of the podcast is as follows:
“Multi-talented singer/songwriter, television personality and producer, former WWE host and Spanish beauty Lilian Garcia brings the heat and unhinges the podcast world with an all-access pass to human interest stories with your favorite athletes and entertainers. “Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia” peels back the layers and dives deep into how they got to where they are today, and the real-life challenges in making their dreams come true. It’s about to get Real, Raw & Inspiring every week on “Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia.”
Former WWE Intercontinental Champion Ryback recently took to his podcast, Conversation With The Big Guy, to talk about a variety of professional wrestling topics. “The Big Guy” discussed how professional wrestlers should be treated as employees rather than independent contractors, how Vince McMahon can cement his legacy in the business, and John Cena not standing up for fellow talents. You can check out the highlights here:
Treating professional wrestlers like employees rather than independent contractors:
“For publicly traded companies, I think [pro] wrestlers should be employees with benefits and company health insurance. I don’t think wrestlers should be independent contractors when they are told what to do and when to do things. Why should they buy their own health insurance when they’re working for a company that’s publicly traded. That’s my opinion.”
How Vince McMahon can cement his legacy:
“I really hope he realizes before his time on this Earth is done that, ‘do you know what? I’ve made all this money off of these guys lives and I’ve given them the opportunity, but without them I wouldn’t have everything that I have and I need to make this better before I leave.’ And I really, really think he could cement his legacy more by doing things like that and just doing what’s best for everybody.”
John Cena not standing up for other talents:
“I feel, and I wish I was even higher than I was when I did what I did because I always wished somebody in Cena’s position would stand up and actually have the balls to do things right. And if you love [pro] wrestling, you say, ‘stand up for the [pro] wrestlers.’ But he hasn’t and he never will because it’s all about the money.”
You can listen to the full episode of the podcast by clicking this link here.
WWE registered for “Taboo Tuesday” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on July 24th. The last Taboo Tuesday event was held 12 years ago and then it was changed into Cyber Sunday, which came to an end in 2008. Time will tell if the old PPV concept shows up on new editions of SmackDown going forward. Cyber Sunday was a PPV which allowed fans to vote on match stipulations, opponents and more.
Total Divas respond to Paige
Paige commented on the upcoming season of “Total Divas” recently and stated that she missed everyone in the cast.
As noted earlier, Mike Kanellis responded to fan that said that he was a joke in GFW and is still a joke in WWE. Kanellis responded to the fan “Except I get paid now” and followed it up with several emojis. The fan has since deleted the tweet, but Matt Hardy chimed in with a shot of his own shot at GFW.
It is truly DELIGHTFUL to get your check every week, on time, without having to chase it down for months.
Curt Hawkins’ last victory in WWE came on November 8th, 2016. Hawkins defeated Apollo Crews on an episode of SmackDown. Since then, Hawkins has lost 100 matches in a row, including WWE Live events. Hawkins was defeated by Jason Jordan on this past week’s episode of WWE RAW.
R-Truth working on new music
R-Truth tweeted out the following video with his producer J-Trx and stated that he has a new EP coming soon.
