Prior to the main event of Tuesday night’s WWE SmackDown tapings from the O2 Arena in London, England, several rowdy fans jumped the ringside barricade and hit the ring.
John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Tyson Kidd and Cesaro were already in the ring for their main event match, but that didn’t stop the fans from crashing the show – with one of them hitting a Rock Bottom on the other.
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WWE taped this week’s episode of SmackDown on Tuesday night from the O2 Arena in London, England. Here are the results:
WWE taped this week’s episode of Main Event on Tuesday night from the O2 Arena in London, England. Here are the results:
WWE Superstar Jey Uso is expected to be out of action for “about 6 months” after suffering a shoulder injury prior to WrestleMania 31. According to WWE physician Dr. Stephen Daquino,
“At WrestleMania, Jey suffered an anterior shoulder dislocation on the left arm, which was later evaluated back in Florida.”
Jey underwent surgery last week to tighten his rotator cuff and shoulder capsule to repair the injury. He’s expected to be out of action for 6 more months.
Uso last competed at WrestleMania 31 with limited involvement, but he “aggravated” the injury during the 4-team tag title match.
He is not on WWE’s ongoing European tour, while Jimmy Uso competes in singles action.
WWE has posted an “injury update” on Paige, who was attacked by Naomi on RAW after earning a shot at Nikki Bella’s Divas Championship at Extreme Rules. According to the storyline-driven report at WWE.com:
“Naomi’s attack on Paige following the Divas Battle Royal has left the No. 1 contender to the Divas Title injured. Though the specifics have yet to be confirmed, early reports suggest that Paige suffered internal injuries as a result of the attack.”
“Following a medical consultation, Paige’s doctors have advised her not to compete until further notice.”
We’ll post an update if Paige is deemed ‘unable to compete’ at Extreme Rules.
Sesugh Uhaa (Uha Nation) spoke with Scott Fishman of The Miami Herald about getting advice from some familiar faces before signing on the dotted line with WWE to become part of the new rookie class of NXT.
Below is an excerpt from the interview;
“Kevin Owens was one of the guys I talked to leading up to this process. There was also Finn Balor and Chris Masters, who I became friends with doing work in England. Just talking to them about not just the tryout, but being a part of the roster. Things you had to do to get here. One of the recent conversations was with Kevin Owens because he did one not too long before mine. A good friend of mine, Ricochet, offered advice as well. Kevin and others just told me to be myself and work hard, help other guys, be a leader and things of that nature. It was good to get to talk to them and see how they felt about the tryouts and being here. These were guys who have been on the indies for years and made that transition. In my mind, they made it possible for me to make that transition as well.”
Check out the complete interview at MiamiHerald.com.
RONDA ROUSEY: “Things Did NOT Go As Planned At WrestleMania 31”
ROH World Champion Jay Briscoe and his brother Mark have been in negotiations with with both ROH and WWE for some time now and it’s now looking like they’ll will be staying in Ring of Honor.
The Briscoes recently received offers from both companies and were giving strong consideration to jumping to WWE/NXT. According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, Ring of Honor recently increased their offer – which led to the Briscoes contacting WWE again to see if they’d match it. WWE was reportedly not going to budge from their initial offer.
Another factor in their decision is that the Briscoes run farming businesses based out of Delaware, which they’re able to do since they only work 5-6 ROH dates per month. Signing with WWE would only be worthwhile if they were able to make more than their current income from ROH, independent appearances and farming.
– With Monday’s edition of WWE RAW being a taped show from the O2 Arena in London, England, WWE did a lot of edits in post-production before the show went on the air. One of the more blatant edits was when a graphic was shown on the big screen for the Cesaro vs. Randy Orton match. In the building, Cesaro’s picture for a huge reaction but on the televised version of the show, Orton was the one who got the big pop while Cesaro barely got any reaction.
– Mark and Chris Bell are the guests on the latest edition of WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s podcast. You can download the show right now at PodcastOne.com.
– Lilian Garcia noted on social media that she is rehabbing hard to return from the knee operation she recently underwent. The longtime WWE ring announcer tweeted the following photo of her knee getting worked on in rehab.
1st day of rehab officially over! Working hard to get back! #Back2RawCountdown –@WWE pic.twitter.com/eatLM7UEfz
— Lilian Garcia (@LilianGarcia) April 13, 2015
After the recent reports of TNA talent not being paid for several months, it appears that TNA’s television partner Destination America is also causing significant issues for the company.
Discovery executives are reportedly calling a lot of the shots in TNA these days, with the idea that they are paying TNA and running so many hours of their programming. So, how much control do they actually have over TNA’s operations?
Executives pushed hard for Kurt Angle to be crowned the TNA World Heavyweight Champion, with Angle’s Olympic gold medal experience tying into the network’s branding. They also are high on Taryn Terrell as Knockouts Champion, mostly for her looks.
Destination America officials are also not pleased with TNA taping so many shows from the UK as of late. Although the UK is one of TNA’s most loyal fan bases, they’ve made it clear that they want Impact taped in the United States most of the time. This isn’t a huge issue, since TNA does tape most shows from the US, but it’s another example of the network calling shots.
(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)
Daniel Bryan’s health has been a major topic of concern behind the scenes during WWE’s ongoing European tour.
The original plan for last night’s RAW was for Daniel Bryan to wrestle John Cena in a long, grueling match that would have pitted US Champion vs. IC Champion in a special attraction match for the UK crowd. The end result of Rusev attacking John Cena was scripted all along, but over the weekend, the decision was made to pull Bryan from the match and have Bad News Barrett wrestle Cena instead. The reason for Bryan’s removal was not disclosed to the producers.
While Daniel Bryan is still performing on the European tour, WWE is keeping his physicality limited. The talk backstage is that he’s either hurting or has an injury that could take him out of action soon. Bryan will undergo a thorough medical evaluation when he gets back to the United States.
As of this writing, Bryan is still scheduled to defend against Bad News Barrett at Extreme Rules on April 26th.
Bryan is telling people he’s not injured and is just hurting, but WWE is playing it safe until they get more conclusive information.
– After last night’s WWE RAW from London went off the air, the WWE Network opened from the O2 Arena with the fallout from the Rollins & Orton main event segment. The announcers then plugged the WWE Network sneak peek of the new Ultimate Warrior DVD and cut to a promo from Vince McMahon, who talked about Warrior’s impact on people and introduced the Warrior DVD preview.
– Last night on RAW, we saw Fandango dump Rosa Mendes and revert back to his ChaChaLaLa theme music. Fandango is scheduled for a babyface push.
Sometimes you know when it feels right. Thank you, #RawUK. #ClassicFandango #Raw #ChaChaCha
— Dango (@DirtyDangoCurty) April 14, 2015
– Backstage at RAW, Dolph Ziggler spoke to Renee Young about his ongoing issues with Sheamus:
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins recently spoke with The Independent in the UK to promote WWE’s ongoing European tour. Here are some highlights of what he said about:
His Match Against John Cena & Brock Lesnar At Royal Rumble:
“The match itself was something that I knew going into was going to be a big opportunity for me, as I was the ring with two legends of our time in John Cena and Brock Lesnar. Being pretty much the underdog in that situation I knew I had to step up my game and do my best to steal a little bit of their thunder.
“I was very pleased with the outcome and even though I didn’t walk out the winner, it was still a performance that catapulted me to the next level.”
Feuding With Jon Stewart:
“It all kinda came out of nowhere,” Rollins reminisces. “I just said one little line in jest on Raw and one thing led to another. Then I’m on The Daily Show hanging out with Olivia Wilde so it was definitely a cool experience, and something I never considered that I’d do growing up watching Craig Kilborn and Jon Stewart on that show.
“Jon was a huge fan, totally professional all the way and an awesome dude. He’s a hell of a promo too so everything about that was 100% awesome. I was really thrilled to work with him and hopefully we can do something again in the future.”
The NXT Star He’d Like To Work With:
“Probably Sami Zayn. He’s a guy who is one of the most resilient performers that we’ve ever seen, and he’s got an incredible connection with the audience. No offense to Finn Balor but he doesn’t need a crazy entrance and body paint, he doesn’t have all the wild athleticism that Neville has, he doesn’t necessarily have the wits about him that a Kevin Owens does, or the fanfare of Hideo Itami, but he has that little intangible that sets him apart from everybody else.”
– WWE Diva Naomi appeared to turn heel on this week’s edition of RAW, which was taped on Monday afternoon at the O2 Arena in London, England. After Paige won the number one contender Divas battle royal to earn a WWE Divas title shot against Nikki Bella at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view, Naomi attacked her and laid her out. In a backstage segment later on during the show, Naomi pretended to apologize to Paige, but ultimately revealed that she wasn’t sincere.
– John Cena is alluding to the possibility of bringing back the “spinner” WWE United States Championship belt. The current U.S. champion posted the following photo on his official Instagram account:
– Former TNA Knockout Sarita, who is working in CMLL under the name “Sarah Stock,” is working as a guest trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida this week. Former WWE and WCW star Dave Taylor is also working as a guest trainer this week.
– WWE stock was up 1.64 percent on Monday, closing at $13.64 per share. The high today was $13.88 and the low was $13.40.
– Sheamus posted the following on his official Twitter account regarding his new theme song, “Hellfire.”
Inspired by an eerie night at The Hellfire Club in the Dublin Mountains… http://t.co/G0bWeMEtMD #Hellfire
— Sheamus (@WWESheamus) April 13, 2015
– On next week’s edition of WWE RAW, which emanates from the Times Union Center in Albany, New York, Triple H will be making an announcement regarding the return of WWE Tough Enough.
– Actors James Phelps and Matthew Lewis were in attendance at Monday’s edition of WWE RAW at the O2 Arena in London, England. The official E! U.K. Twitter account posted the following photo of the two:
It's the #HarryPotter boys! Here's @James_Phelps and @Mattdavelewis at #WWELondon pic.twitter.com/lkNXdiKAih
— E! UK & IRELAND (@EOnlineUK) April 13, 2015
In addition to the 2016 quarter-one pay-per-view schedule being revealed in the lawsuit filed by WWE to stop undisclosed merchandise being sold in California during WrestleMania 31 week, other information was revealed as well.
In the paper work that WWE filed, it was revealed that the company is giving letter grades to each city that they run shows in. The letter grades are “A,” “B+,” “B” and “C.” The “A” cities are the biggest cities they run, while the “C” cities are the smallest.
Courtesy of Chris “Mookie” Harrington, below is the list of cities WWE has labeled. It’s worth noting that some cities are listed in multiple categories, as some are for when WWE visits a city for a TV taping, and others are for non-televised live events.
A: 70 examples (minimum: 3,500; maximum 15,913) – average: 9,235
B+: 32 examples (minimum: 3,122; maximum 14,481) – average: 7,608
B: 48 examples (minimum: 2,626; maximum 12,717) – average: 6,496
C: 61 examples (minimum: 2,230; maximum 6,996) – average 4,546
Overall Average: 7,002
“A” Cities: Anaheim, CA, Atlanta, GA, Baltimore, MD, Boston, MA, Bridgeport, CT, Brooklyn, NY, Buffalo, NY, Chicago, IL, Cincinnati, OH, Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center, Dallas, TX, Denver, CO, Detroit, MI, Hartford, CT, Hildalgo, TX, Houston, TX, Jackson, MS, Kansas City, MO, Los Angeles, CA, Miami, FL, Minneapolis, MN, Nashville, TN, New York, NY, Newark, NJ, Philadelphia, PA, Phoenix, AZ, Pittsburgh, PA, Portland, OR, Providence, RI, San Antonio, TX, San Jose, CA – SAP Center, St. Louis, MO, Tampa, FL, Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON – Ricoh Coliseum, Washington, DC, White Plains, NY, Wildwood, NJ
“B+” Cities: Albany, NY, Anaheim, CA, Anchorage, AK, Bangor, ME, Birmingham, AL, Bridgeport, CT, Calgary, AB, Cincinnati, OH, Corpus Christi, TX, Daytona Beach, FL – Ocean Center, Des Moines, IA, East Lansing, MI, Edmonton, AB, Fairbanks, AK, Fort Myers, FL, Fresno, CA, Greenville, SC, Hampton, VA, Hershey, PA, Jonesboro, AR, Lafayette, LA, Laredo, TX, Lincoln, NE, Little Rock, AR, Loveland, CO, Memphis, TN, Milwaukee, WI, Montreal, QC, Nashville, TN, Ontario, CA, Orlando, FL – Amway Center, Roanoke, VA, Rochester, NY, Sacramento, CA, Salt Lake City, UT – Maverik Center, San Juan, PR, Stockton, CA, Syracuse, NY, Tampa, FL, Tulsa, OK, Uncasville, CT, Wilkes Barre, PA, Winnipeg, MB
“B” Cities: Austin, TX, Bakersfield, CA, Calgary, AB, Cleveland, OH, Dayton, OH, Edmonton, AB, Everett, WA, Fresno, CA, Hartford, CT, Indianapolis, IN, Knoxville, TN, Louisville, KY – YUM Center, Milwaukee, WI, Montreal, QC, New Orleans, LA, Oklahoma City, OK, Omaha, NE, Phoenix, AZ, Portland, OR, Rochester, NY, Sacramento, CA, San Diego, CA, San Jose, CA – SAP Center, Seattle, WA, St. Louis, MO, Trenton, NJ, Tulsa, OK, Winnipeg, MB
“C” Cities: Amarillo, TX, Augusta, GA, Bakersfield, CA, Baton Rouge, LA, Beaumont, TX, Binghamton, NY, Bloomington, IL, Bossier City, LA, Bowling Green, KY, Canton, OH, Casper, WY, Cedar Rapids, IA, Charlotte, NC, Charlottesville, VA, Chattanooga, TN, Colorado Springs, CO, Columbia, SC, Columbus, GA, Daytona Beach, FL – Ocean Center, Erie, PA, Evansville, IN, Fairfax, VA, Fargo, ND, Fayetteville, NC, Fort Myers, FL, Green Bay, WI, Huntsville, AL, Jackson ,TN, Jacksonville, FL, Johnson City, TN, Jonesboro, AR, Kalamazoo, MI, Laredo, TX, Macon, GA, Mobile, AL, Montreal, QC, North Charleston, SC, Odessa, TX, Peoria, IL, Rockford, IL, Salisbury, MD, Savannah, GA, Sioux City, IA, Sioux Falls, SD, Springfield, IL, Syracuse, NY, Tallahassee, FL, Toledo, OH, Tupelo, MS, Vancouver, BC, Victoria, BC, Waco,TX, Wilkes Barre, PA, Worcester, MA
WWE put on a six-man tag-team match as the non-televised post-show dark match after taping RAW at the O2 Arena in London, England on Monday afternoon.
The match saw WWE Intercontinental Champion Daniel Bryan team up with Dean Ambrose and Dolph Ziggler to take on the trio of Big Show, Sheamus and Luke Harper. The fans at the O2 Arena were said to be as loud and enthusiastic for this match as much as any other on the card.
The finish of the match saw the babyface team pick up the win after Bryan forced Harper to tap out to the “Yes! Lock.”
In a related note, with Lilian Garcia on the sidelines recovering from surgery, NXT Diva Eden handled the ring announcing for RAW this week. Garcia noted on Twitter that she will be live-tweeting with fans when the show airs in its’ regular time slot tonight.
For complete RAW spoilers for tonight, click here.
WWE taped this week’s edition of RAW at the O2 Arena in London, England on Monday afternoon. Below are confirmed matches for the show.
– John Cena vs. Bad News Barrett (WWE U.S. Title)
– #1 Contender Divas Battle Royal
– The Ascension vs. The Lucha Dragons
– Booker T interviews Roman Reigns
– Randy Orton vs. Cesaro
– Dean Ambrose vs. Adam Rose
– Seth Rollins vs. Kane
– Dolph Ziggler vs. Neville
– Fandango vs. Stardust
– Ryback vs. Luke Harper
– The Miz vs. Damien Mizdow
– Randy Orton & Seth Rollins in an in-ring main event segment
For complete RAW spoiler results for tonight, click here.
– Michael Cole returned to the announce table at this week’s edition of WWE RAW, which was taped on Monday afternoon at the O2 Arena in London, England. For complete RAW spoilers, click here.
– WWE has released the official promotional poster for this year’s WWE Payback pay-per-view, which takes place on Sunday, May 17th. Check it out below.
– NFL star Rob Gronkowski cut a promo with NXT star Mojo Rawley. You can check that out below.
@WWE @MojoRawleyWWE pic.twitter.com/AOHLg9Feia
— Rob Gronkowski (@RobGronkowski) April 12, 2015
The Friday, April 10th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Destination America drew 408,000 viewers for the show that featured a triple-threat TNA World title match between Kurt Angle, Bobby Lashley and Eric Young. The number marks a decline from the previous week’s show, which drew 443,000 viewers.
Friday’s show did not rank in the top 100 shows on cable.
We do not yet have numbers for the replay edition of Impact Wrestling.
The following matches were taped prior to Monday’s WWE RAW at the O2 Arena in London, England for this week’s edition of WWE Superstars.
– Zack Ryder def. Heath Slater in singles action. Both guys got decent reactions from the fans in London. In the end, Ryder picked up the pinfall victory after hitting Slater with his finisher in a match that lasted approximately five minutes.
– R-Truth def. Curtis Axel in the second of two matches taped for this week’s edition of WWE Superstars. Truth did his rap entrance and Axel got a loud “Axel-Mania! Axel-Mania!” chant from the U.K. fans. Truth won in a match that lasted around six minutes.
WWE taped this week’s edition of RAW at the O2 Arena in London, England on Monday afternoon. Below are confirmed matches for the show. For detailed spoiler results of the RAW taping for tonight, click ahead to page two.
– John Cena vs. Bad News Barrett (WWE U.S. Title)
– #1 Contender Divas Battle Royal
– The Ascension vs. The Lucha Dragons
– Booker T interviews Roman Reigns
– Randy Orton vs. Cesaro
– Dean Ambrose vs. Adam Rose
– Seth Rollins vs. Kane
– Dolph Ziggler vs. Neville
– Fandango vs. Stardust
– Ryback vs. Luke Harper
– The Miz vs. Damien Mizdow
For complete spoiler results of tonight’s RAW, click ahead to page two …
Comedy Central has released the first six episodes of Chris Jericho’s new web series, “Nothing To Report.” Here’s their official synopsis:
“Nothing to Report follows the day-to-day adventures of Chance Blackstreet (Chris Jericho) and Moses Packard (Nick Mundy), two cops who operate in the vein of action duos like Riggs and Murtaugh and Tango and Cash — only with much less investigating and a lot more sitting in the car. Actual crime notwithstanding, they’ll get the job done — just as soon as they deal with their emotional baggage.”
Check out the first 3 episodes below and the final 3 on the next page.
