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Video: Chris Jericho Comments On Hulk Hogan’s Racism Controversy

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Chris Jericho appeared on HuffPost Post Live on Monday to promote tonight’s season finale of Tough Enough on the USA Network.

Host Marc Lamont Hill asked Jericho about the Hulk Hogan racism controversy and Jericho defended his longtime friend, stating that “Hulk’s not like that.”

“[I’m] surprised, absolutely, because Hulk’s not like that,” Jericho said.”But we all say things in stupid times, in stupid ways. I’m sure you have, I’m sure I have. Whether it be those type of comments or any type of comment that’s not correct, that’s not right. But I think it’s one of those deals where, as a friend, you’ve got to stick by your friends in good times and bad times. I don’t condone it, and I’m surprised, but a friend is a friend.”

Jericho added that he reached out to Hogan shortly after the scandal broke and said Hogan understands the magnitude of what he did.

“You do feel a little bit let down. But I know this: Nobody feels more let down than he does,” Jericho said.

“I think he feels very embarrassed and really bad about it.”

Xavier Woods Says Last Night Was One Of The Best Moments Of His Life

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As seen last night on RAW, the Dudley Boyz made a surprise return to WWE and sent notice to The New Day that they’re coming for their newly won tag team championships.

Xavier Woods, who took a 3-D through a table at the hands of the Bubba Ray & D-Von, posted a message on Facebook explaining the magnitude of being part of such an incredible moment.

Woods wrote:

“If you’re not a wrestler this may be hard to understand,” Woods said.

“Tonight I took a 3D from the Dudley Boyz through a table in front of a sold out crowd in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center after I played trombone during our entrance and my boys sand our remake of Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York.’ This is honestly one of the best moments of my life.

The Rock Comments On Lesnar/SummerSlam, Booker T’s Phrases, JR/Barnett

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– Following the episode with Dave Scherer that drops this evening, Jim Ross’ next “Ross Report” guest will be former UFC Heavyweight Champion and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s AXS TV announcer Josh Barnett. The show will be available on Tuesday, September 1st at PodcastOne.com.

– On Tuesday, The Rock tweeted the following in response to a WWE Network link to a Rock vs. Brock Lesnar match from SummerSlam 2002, where Lesnar defeated Rock to become the youngest WWE Champion in history.

– WWE recently posted the following Tough Enough “Digital Extra,” which looks at Booker T’s favorite phrases on the set..

Stephen Amell/WWE Raise Over $400,000 For Charity, Barclays Center Thanks WWE

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– WWE and Stephen Amell raised over $400,000 for Emily House charity by selling 15,694 t-shirts that Amell and WWE produced with the proceeds going to the charity. Stardust noted on Twitter last week that he would personally deliver the check if over 10,000 shirts were sold, which happened with ease.

– The Barclays Center took to Twitter to thank WWE for coming to their building three nights in a row for NXT Takeover: Brooklyn on Saturday, WWE SummerSlam on Sunday and WWE RAW on Monday night. The Barclays Center tweeted the following:

Mick Foley Blogs About “Epic” RAW, Talks About Potential Problem

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WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley took to Facebook to post a new blog after watching Monday’s newsworthy edition of WWE RAW. Below is what the Hardcore Legend had to say.

EPIC RAW, POTENTIAL PROBLEM

I loved WWE Raw – I really did, Loved all of it….almost. The Heyman promo, the Inspirational Bo Dallas promo, that Brock didn’t quite buy into, The Dudleyz, The Sting thing. All of it was great, Except for the Divas match. For the 2nd time in two weeks, ?#?RAW? turned a little nasty the ladies

A friend sent me a message about the Divas, The guy is bot an official writer – just a guy who loves this stuff enough to write a message with suggestions. Here they are, Take a look. I think you’ll like it.

“The Divas division now has to consist of independent concurrent story lines. The WWE Universe wants to see a fight. Grudge matches. One versus one. Leave your entourage in the back. That is a big match feel. Not contrived weekly variations of all the Divas put together for a couple of segments. They need a WORLD Championship. And, a WORLD Tag Team Championship. This is why the Barclays trolled their Raw match. Their Summerslam Elimination match didn’t allow for the opportunity for the final-two-competitors pop. Big difference between those two examples and Saturday night. Frankly, The Sasha/Bayley pre-match video package gave me more chills. I don’t know if Sara del Rey works with the main roster Divas, but she should.”

The man knows. He knows! Tell me what you know!

New WWE 2K16 Videos: Austin 3:16 Promo, Lesnar vs. Rollins, NXT & More

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WWE has posted several new clips from the WWE 2K16 video game, featuring video game versions of infamous moments in WWE history, such as “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s iconic “Austin 3:16” speech at King of the Ring 1996, and current moments involving current WWE Superstars.

Backstage Update On The Dudley Boyz’ WWE Return, Plans For Their Future

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As seen on Monday’s post-SummerSlam edition of RAW, legendary tag-team The Dudley Boyz made their WWE return, taking out WWE Tag-Team Champions The New Day.

The Dudley Boyz are now back full-time with WWE, and will be going on the road with the company for pay-per-views, television and live events. There’s talk that both Bubba Ray Dudley and Devon Dudley have signed multi-year deals with WWE, however that has not been confirmed as of this writing.

The Dudleyz were kept hidden before coming out on RAW on Monday night, as practically nobody knew they were there until they came to “Gorilla Position” before going out to the ring. Top WWE officials were obviously aware of the fact that they were back, as they had pyro, music and new merchandise ready.

It appears that The Dudley Boyz will be facing The New Day, and possibly The Prime Time Players, who they squared off with on RAW as well, at the September 20th Night Of Champions pay-per-view.

(Credit: PWInsider.com)

Update On WWE Signing Top Women’s Wrestler From Japan

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDIjApzICfI

It appears as though WWE has signed 33-year-old Japanese women’s wrestler Kanna, who was shown on screen alongside Ric Flair and Sgt. Slaughter during NXT Takeover: Brooklyn on Saturday night.

The rumors began when Japanese wrestling news journalist Enuhito, who recently had news about Jushin Thunder Liger working NXT, noted that WWE signed her a few weeks ago. It was also noted that she did not work the WWE tryouts at Sumo Hall this summer, but WWE did get a chance to look at her beforehand.

It’s worth pointing out that she normally spells her name with one “N,” however WWE spelled it as “Kanna” at Takeover, which could be another sign that she has signed with the company.

Jake Roberts Trying To Quit Smoking, Devon Dudley Comments On Dudley Boyz Return

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– WWE Hall Of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts noted that he recently had a hair transplant and it has changed the way he looks and feels about himself. As a result, Roberts revealed that he is going to try to quit smoking cigarettes. Roberts tweeted the following:

– Devon Dudley took to Twitter after RAW ended last night to comment on The Dudley Boyz making their WWE return. You can check out Devon’s comments below.

Jim Ross Q&A: JR To Do More NJPW Commentary?, Undertaker’s Condition & More

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WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross recently updated his official Q&A section with his thoughts and opinions on a number of questions sent in by wrestling fans. Below are some of the highlights:

On possibly doing more announcing for New Japan Pro Wrestling: “I don’t know what NJPW has planned but I’d love to do some more projects with them. Their wrestlers are from top to bottom arguably the best in the world right now.”

On how Undertaker stays this athletic at his age: “Taker is a great natural athlete who is over his surgeries, by and large, is eating clean thanks to his amazingly fit wife and training MMA style which suits his body. In other words he’s working his ass off and living right.”

On who makes the cool video packages in WWE: “Adam Pennucci produced those and they fired me up as well. He also produced my HOF video. Brilliant young man who’s still there working away.”

On main eventing RAW with Steve Austin against Triple H and Chyna: “I was out of place all a cow on ice but I did my job as instructed. Teaming w/ Steve was fun but taking the pedigree from Chyna wasn’t.”

On the late Umaga: “His untapped upside, athleticism and his uncanny in ring abilities for a 350 pounder. Great feet, agility, and quickness.”

Check out more Jim Ross Q&A updates online at JRsBarBQ.com. You can also order JR’s Bar-B-Q products online at WWEShop.com.

Seth Rollins To Pull Double-Duty At WWE Night Of Champions PPV?

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As reported on Monday evening, the Sting vs. Seth Rollins match at WWE Night Of Champions will be for Rollins’ WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

On the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, it was noted that Vince McMahon has not signed off on Rollins defending his WWE United States Championship at Night Of Champions yet. It was also noted that it’s believed that Rollins will pull double-duty that night, defending his U.S. title in one match, and his WWE World Heavyweight title in the main event against Sting.

It’s worth pointing out that the current angle involving Rollins as a double-champion and the rumors that he will be pulling double-duty is similar to what was just done recently in Ring Of Honor with ROH World Champion and ROH TV Champion Jay Lethal.

(Credit: F4WOnline.com)

Backstage Update On John Cena Stopping WWE From Taking Divas Title Off Nikki Bella

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As reported recently, there have been rumors going around that claim WWE had plans for Charlotte to defeat Nikki Bella for the WWE Divas Championship early into her main roster debut, however Bella’s boyfriend, John Cena, reportedly had those plans squashed.

A fan asked Dave Meltzer about the story on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, however he claimed he did not know if there was any truth to the rumors. He did say that Cena’s relationship with Bella is part of the reason why she is having such a lengthy title reign. He claims to have heard no discussions about the Charlotte rumor, but added that it doesn’t mean there isn’t any truth to the rumors.

It was also mentioned that Cena has spoken up in the past when Bella was set to lose the WWE Divas Championship, however Meltzer noted that he isn’t sure if Cena has done that in the past few weeks.

Divas Lash Out Over RAW Crowd Reaction, How WWE Tried To Prevent It

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As it turns out, WWE actually scrambled to try and prevent the crowd takeover that occurred during the Divas match at RAW on Monday night.

As reported earlier, Paige, Nikki Bella, Brie Bella and Alicia Fox took to social media after RAW to vent their frustrations about the negative crowd reactions during their six-Divas tag-team match.

Paige tweeted (and then quickly deleted), “You helped us create change and then did your best to disrespect. Niceeeee jobbbbbbbb!”

To counter the negative crowd reactions, WWE actually inserted an extra commercial break into the West Coast feed of RAW, as they actually suddenly cut to a commercial break right when Paige took Nikki into the corner of the ring and hit a shoulder block.

As a result, WWE effectively prevented most of the “boring” chants, “we are awesome” chants and the wave, from airing on the West Coast feed of the show.

It’s worth noting that unlike the aforementioned four Divas, Becky Lynch and Charlotte did not complain on social media. You can check out their reactions below.

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https://instagram.com/p/6yjkiAsaH7/

What Happened After RAW Ended?, SummerSlam Popularity, RAW Attendance, More

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– Although there was a six-man tag-team dark match main event scheduled for after RAW on Monday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, it never happened. Instead, after Sting made his exit, Lilian Garcia simply thanked the fans for coming and that was it.

– WWE SummerSlam had more than one million Google searches on Sunday, making it the second most searched term for the day.

– Following their three-day-stretch, WWE will return to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Monday, December 28th for a live WWE RAW show. The pre-sale for tickets is going on right now with the code WWERAW.

– Michael Cole announced that WWE sold out the Barclays Center for the third night in a row at RAW on Monday, as 15,597 fans were in attendance last night.

Paige, Alicia Fox, Bella Twins Complain About Crowd Reactions During RAW

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Several of the WWE Divas who worked last night’s RAW expressed their frustration with the fans in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, particularly with how they reacted during the Team P.C.B. vs. Team Bella match.

Paige tweeted the following comment, but quickly deleted it: “You helped us create change and then did your best to disrespect. Niceeeee jobbbbbbbb!”

Below are some posts from other WWE Divas involved in the match/segment, all of which spoke about the negative fan reaction as well.

https://instagram.com/p/6yjkiAsaH7/

https://instagram.com/p/6ykjZBCkN5/

*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results For This Week

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WWE taped the following for this week’s edition of WWE Superstars prior to RAW on Monday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

– Zack Ryder def. Heath Slater in the opening match of the evening. It looked as though Xavier Woods was on commentary during this match, which Ryder ended up winning with the Rough Ryder in about five minutes.

– Los Matadores def. The Ascension in the second of two matches taped for this week’s WWE Superstars. The finish here saw Matadores score the pin after a cool series of moves, winning the contest at about the seven minute mark.

Triple H’s Night Of Champions Announcement (Video), Steve Austin Interviews Kelly Kelly

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– Former WWE Diva and co-star of the new E! reality show “W.A.G.S. (Wives and Girlfriends)” Barbie Blank (aka Kelly Kelly) is the guest on the first of two new “Steve Austin Show” podcasts this week. You can download the show at PodcastOne.com.

– WWE posted the following video featuring Triple H making the announcement that Seth Rollins will be defending the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Sting at the upcoming WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

Video: Sting’s Surprise Return On RAW

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The Icon Sting made a surprise return in the closing segment of Monday’s RAW, appearing under the curtain where Seth Rollins’ statue was supposed to be and laying a beatdown on the WWE World Heavyweight champion.

Sting will face WWE World Heavyweight champion Seth Rollins at Night Of Champions on Sunday, September 20th from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

Sting vs. Seth Rollins Announced For WWE Night Of Champions On Sept. 20

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Following his surprise return at the conclusion of Monday’s post-SummerSlam edition of RAW, “The Icon” Sting has now found himself in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship picture.

As announced at the end of RAW, Triple H appeared on the WWE Network immediately after the show to address what happened.

Renee Young spoke with both Triple H and Stephanie McMahon on the WWE Network after RAW about Sting crashing the Seth Rollins statue presentation and beating down the WWE World Heavyweight and United States Champion.

From there, HHH made the huge announcement that Sting will be challenging the WWE World Heavyweight and United States Champion Seth Rollins at the WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Rollins’ WWE World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line, but his WWE United States Championship will not.

Dudley Boyz Confirmed For SmackDown, Dudley Boyz Backstage At RAW (Video)

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– On Monday’s post-SummerSlam edition of RAW, WWE announced that The Dudley Boyz, who returned during the show, will be competing in their first official match as a tag-team in WWE on this Thursday night’s edition of WWE SmackDown, which will be taped on Tuesday night. Make sure to visit SEScoops.com on Tuesday evening for live WWE SmackDown spoiler play-by-play coverage.

– Speaking of The Dudley Boyz, Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley are the featured guests on the first installment of this week’s RAW Fallout series, which focuses on backstage footage shot during RAW. You can check out The Dudley Boyz on RAW Fallout below.

Video: New Wyatt Family Member Debuts On RAW

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A new Wyatt Family member made his debut on RAW and destroyed Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose.

After Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns faced Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper, the lights went out, a creepy Wyatt video played and when the lights were back on, a mystery man was standing on the apron wearing a mask. That man is NXT Superstar and former toughman competitor Braun Stowman.

Stowman absolutely manhandled Reigns and choked him out. He slammed Reigns again before Ambrose kicked him. Braun no-sold Ambrose and also choked him out. The segment ended with Braun, Wyatt and Harper posing over Ambrose.

The announcers kept asking “Who is this guy” so he could be getting a new name as part of this gimmick.

Video: The Dudley Boyz’s Surprise Return On RAW

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WWE pulled a surprise out of their hat that rocked the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York during the post-SummerSlam edition of RAW on Monday night.

After a tag-team match between The New Day and The Lucha Dragons, out of nowhere, The Dudley Boyz’ music hit and out came Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley. After taking out The New Day with tables and a 3-D, The Dudley Boyz squared off with The Prime Time Players, who were on commentary during the match.

This was not just a one time appearance from the Dudleys. They said “We’re back” and the announcers said the tag team division just got a lot more interesting. Additionally, WWEShop.com is already selling a new Dudley Boyz t-shirt.

WWE RAW Results – August 24, 2015

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WWE RAW Opener:

This week’s show opens up with Seth Rollins and Triple H at WWE Headquarters. Rollins brags about being the WWE and U.S. Champion. Triple H tells Rollins he belongs with Bruno Sammartino, Ultimate Warrior and Andre The Giant, the three WWE legends who have statues at WWE Headquarters.

Brock Lesnar & Paul Heyman Kick Off The Show

From there, the regular RAW intro video plays and then Brock Lesnar’s music plays inside the Barclays Center. Out walks Lesnar with his advocate, Paul Heyman. Neither man looks happy.

Heyman brags about Lesnar being the first man to ever tap out The Dead Man. He talks about Lesnar taking Taker to Suplex City. He talks more about the Kimura, showing highlights of the controversial false finish, and then complaining about injustice.

Heyman continues to complain, saying Lesnar doesn’t blame the incompetant referee or even the compassionate time keeper. He talks about having enough material to go on for all three hours tonight. The fans all chant “Yes! Yes! Yes!”

Then, Heyman talks about how after Lesnar already beat Taker, Taker low-blowed him and put him in Hell’s Gate. Heyman goes on and on about how that is not right and what really happened was Lesnar won and he was cheated.

He goes on to talk about Undertaker collapsing on his way back to the backstage area last night, the same way he collapsed at WrestleMania. He said it’s all over the internet. Heyman finally gets to the point and says the reason they are out here is because Lesnar wants to fight Taker one more time.

Heyman says they’re not out here to issue a challenge for WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, the Survivor Series, for Madison Square Garden, Night Of Champions, or Tuesday through Sunday. Not in church and sure not in heaven. Heyman says Lesnar challenges Taker to do this — hey yo — Brooklyn style, right here, tonight. Now! Now! Now! Heyman keeps freaking out as Lesnar takes his shirt off and starts bouncing around getting ready to fight.

Brock Lesnar Takes Bo Dallas To “Suplex City”

Instead of Undertaker, Bo Dallas’ music hits and he makes his way down to the ring. He takes a victory lap around the ring. He gets in the ring on the mic and mocks Lesnar for dreaming that he beat Undertaker. He says he can in the future, all he has to do is Bo-Lieve.

Dallas stuck around too long. Lesnar smirked and then proceeded to take Dallas to “Suplex City,” to the delight of 15,000+ fans in Brooklyn, New York. Lesnar suplexes Dallas over and over and over and over and over and over again.

Just when you think Lesnar is done, the fans chant “One More Time! One More Time!” Lesnar happily obliges. Lesnar leaves as Dallas lays beaten down in the ring. Heyman joins Lesnar and the two walk up the aisle. Heyman whispers something in Lesnar’s ear, so Lesnar simply turns around and heads back to the ring.

Lesnar’s music stops playing and Lesnar re-enters the ring. He picks up a completely lifeless Bo Dallas and takes him right back to Suplex City. Now he’s had enough and he walks away with Heyman again as his music plays.

Heyman says something and then says, “For me!” He points to the ring and Lesnar turns around calmly again and walks back to the ring as his music cuts off again. Lesnar re-enters the ring and takes Dallas’ lifeless body to Suplex City again and again. As Lesnar hoists Dallas up for an F-5, Heyman shouts on the mic, “Bo, I want you to know — Brock Bo-Lieves!” Lesnar F-5’s Dallas down, his music plays again and this time he and Heyman leave for real.

The Lucha Dragons vs. The New Day

When we return from the break, we hear The New Day backstage doing their pre-walk-out talking gimmick. Finally, the new WWE Tag-Team Champions emerge through the curtain. They babble the whole way to the ring as usual, this time bragging about being the feature presentation. With that said, Xavier Woods comes out badly playing the trombone. Big E. tries to sing a remixed version of Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York,” replacing the words with “New Day, New Day!”

Already in the ring are their opponents for tonight, The Lucha Dragons. Kalisto kicks things off for his team while Kofi Kingston starts for his. Kalisto gets both Kingston and Big E. on the floor and hits a big splash on them. Sin Cara does as well. The lead the fans in “Lucha! Lucha!” chants as we head to a mid-match commercial break.

When we return from the break, the action is still ongoing inside the ring. Xavier Woods plays the trombone outside the ring as Big E. hits one of the Dragons and pins him.

Winners: The New Day

Natalya Comments On WWE’s “Divas Revolution,” NXT Takeover Match With Charlotte

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WWE Diva and Total Divas star Natalya recently spoke with our friends at Wrestling INC to promote WWE SummerSlam weekend. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.

On WWE’s current “Divas Revolution”: “I think it’s something that’s been long overdue. There have been so many talented Divas in the WWE and it’s really awesome and refreshing that we’re finally getting a real chance to showcase our talent. I think it’s a testament to the fact that WWE fans across the world are pretty much demanding that the girls get treated better.

It’s not like anybody ever intended for the Divas to have one minute matches before, but if you’re silent and don’t stand up for yourself and you don’t have a voice and don’t use your reach? You can get whomped on. Nobody wants to be a doormat. Nobody wants to be treated like a doormat. As far as the voices of the Divas being heard, I think Vince McMahon is listening. I think you can really see that in the last month or so with the Divas’ Revolution. It’s something that’s really awesome. I’m really proud of all the girls.”

On her match with Charlotte at NXT TakeOver 15 months ago: “It meant everything to me. It was somebody actually believing in me and understanding that wrestling is not just in my blood. It’s something that I think about constantly. I have a passion for it, I’ve studied the history of it, I’ve wrestled all over the world before I ever came to WWE. When you look at Nattie, the character is really just someone who embodies wrestling. So, for me, to be able to show the world a masterpiece like the match I had with Charlotte, it wasn’t just about Nattie, it was about paying it forward.

And that’s what life is all about, is giving back. It’s about using what you have, your reach, your equity, and also being able to help somebody else shine, too. I’ve talked to Charlotte about this: The way that I paid it forward to her, she needs to use her skill to pay it forward to someone else down the road. So hopefully, all of the girls get the opportunity to do that at some point. That match meant everything to me and I think that people really started to look at women’s wrestling differently when they were saying ‘This isn’t just the women’s match of the year, this is one of the best matches of the year.”

Check out the complete interview at WrestlingINC.com.

Mainstream Coverage Of Jon Stewart’s Heel Turn, WWE Swerved Preview, More

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– WWE has received a lot of mainstream media attention due to the fact that Jon Stewart hosted SummerSlam on Sunday night and interfered in the John Cena vs. Seth Rollins “Winner Take All” match. The following are some of the mainstream outlets that have covered the story:

* CBS News
* Yahoo!
* Rolling Stone
* N.Y. Daily News
* Wall Street Journal
* Sports Illustrated

– The following is a video preview of the new episode of “WWE Swerved,” which airs on the WWE Network immediately following tonight’s post-SummerSlam edition of WWE RAW.

– As Hollymood Entertainment continues to work on the new marijuana documentary featuring on-again, off-again WWE performer Rob Van Dam, as well as other celebrities, the company is offering bulk deals on their past wrestling-related DVDs, such as New Jack: Hardcore and 101 Reasons Not To Be A Pro Wrestler (the special limited edition copy). Those interested can contact Hollymood Entertainment at [email protected]. To check out the trailer for the aforementioned marijuana documentary that features RVD and other celebrities, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW5rqVaPvh4.