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Bruno Sammartino Documentary Preview, The Rock’s Cousin Makes NXT Debut (Photo)

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– WWE Hall Of Famer Bruno Sammartino’s new documentary, “Bruno Sammartino: La Mia Mama,” premieres on Sunday, May 10th in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The documentary, which focuses on his childhood and his family, airs on the CBS affiliate KDKA from 4-6pm and will be replayed from 8-10pm on the local CW station. Sammartino talks about the documentary in a new interview, which is available now at CBSLocal.com.

– The Rock’s cousin, Lina, made her official in-ring debut at a NXT Diva at the NXT live event in Jacksonville, Florida on Thursday night. Lina worked a six-Divas tag-match on the show. Below is a photo of her at the event.

*Spoilers* TNA Impact Wrestling Taping Results For May 22, 2015

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TNA taped the following matches and segments for the Friday, May 22nd edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Destination America. Results are from WrestlingINC.com.

* The Dollhouse comes out and Taryn Terrell reveals the lingerie she’s going to wear when she meets Gail Kim’s husband. Gail comes out to fight but gets beat down

* The Wolves defeated Austin Aries and Bobby Roode to go up 2-0 in the series

* Ethan Carter III defeated Mr. Anderson in a match that had Tyrus locked in a cage at ringside

* The Pope returns to TNA and joins Josh Mathews for commentary on the next match

* Rockstar Spud defeated Mandrews, Argos, Tigre Uno, Crazzy Steve and Manik in an Elimination Match

* Jessie Godderz defeated DJ Zema Ion by submission

* Magnus defeated Khoya

* Kurt Angle retained the World Heavyweight Title over Eric Young in an I Quit Match

* Kenny King defeated Micah to retain the X Division Title

* Marti Belle defeated Rebel

* Bram defeated Bobby Roode with a roll-up following a low blow

*Spoilers* TNA Impact Wrestling Taping Results For May 15, 2015

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TNA taped the following matches and segments for the Friday, May 15th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Destination America. Results are from WrestlingINC.com.

* Kurt Angle comes out with Chris Melendez and praises him as a hero. Angle asks Melendez to be his partner for calls out The Rising to join them. Eric Young comes out and wants a rematch, blaming his loss on The Rising, Melendez and Bully Ray. They have words and Angle agrees to an i Quit Match with no interference. They announce a Hardcore War match as this episode’s main event. The segment ends with Bobby Lashley coming out and spearing Young, making his spot on Team Angle official

* Robbie E defeated Jessie Godderz. Jessie wanted a rematch and lost quickly again. The same thing happened a third time. Jessie attacked Robbie this time and left him laying. DJ Zema Ion and Jessie argued

* The Wolves defeated Austin Aries and Bobby Roode to go up 1-0 in the series

* Magnus cuts a promo on James Storm and calls him out. Abyss shows up instead and they brawl. Manik and Khoya run out and beat Magnus down

* Ethan Carter III cuts a promo on being #1 contender but Mr. Anderson interrupts and says Tyrus won the match for Ethan. They set up a match with Anderson vs. Tyrus and if Anderson wins, he gets Ethan next week

* Anderson defeated Tyrus

May 15th, taped Saturday night:

* The Dollhouse defeated Rebel and Brooke Tessmacher

* Eric Young, Low Ki, Kenny King, Bram and MVP defeated Kurt Angle, Mica, Lashley, Drew Galloway and Chris Melendez in a Hardcore War. After the match, Young pulled off Melendez’ leg and tried to attack him with it but Angle made the save. Young countered and choked Angle with the leg.

UPDATE: For detailed SPOILER results of the Friday, May 22, 2015 edition of TNA Impact Wrestling tapings, click here.

TNA Impact Wrestling Results – May 8, 2015

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The following matches and segments were taped for the Friday, May 8th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Destination America. Results come from ProWrestling.net.

Q1] Impact opened with Eric Young standing in the ring and demanding to know who the special referee of his title match against Kurt Angle would be. Bully Ray’s music played and he walked out wearing a leather vest over a referee’s shirt. Josh Mathews checked in on commentary. The fans chanted “welcome back” to Ray. “Do you know who I am?” Ray asked. “I’m Bully Ray and the special guest referee for tonight’s World Heavyweight Championship match”… A video focussed on the the top feuds with matches that will occur during the show…

EC3 and Tyrus headed to the ring. Mathews noted that the stipulation of the match would be determined by fan vote – arm wrestling or falls count anywhere. Once in the ring, EC3 cut a brief promo, then Anderson walked onto the stage and said he was tired of hearing EC3 run his mouth. The fan vote was 85 percent in favor of falls count anywhere. Anderson delivered his usual self-introduction and then headed to the ring…

1. EC3 (w/Tyrus) vs. Mr. Anderson in a falls count anywhere match. Mathews noted that there were no disqualifications or countouts, which explained why Tyrus was able to go after him once the bell rang. Anderson quickly cleared both men from the ring, then got EC3 alone. However, Tyrus tripped him and pulled him to ringside, then took shots at him. Anderson came back with a Mic Check that put Tyrus into the ring post.

Anderson got the better of EC3 and hit him with a low blow at ringside and covered him on the floor for two. Anderson pulled several chairs out from underneath the ring. EC3 rolled him up for a one count, then Anderson stood up and kicked him. Anderson set up for the Mic Check, but EC3 broke that up and ended up backdropping him onto the entrance ramp. A short time later, Tyrus got involved again and caught Anderson with a splash in the corner, then delivered a soft looking heart punch(?). EC3 covered Anderson and got the pin…

EC3 defeated Mr. Anderson in 5:35.

Backstage, Bully Ray spoke with Kurt Angle, who asked if it had been eight months since Ray last appeared. “It’s been too long,” Ray said. Angle asked if Ray would call it down the middle for him. “Kurt, do you know who I am?” Ray asked before walking away…

[Q2] [C] Backstage, Gail Kim approached Awesome Kong and noted that they haven’t been on the same page ever, but Taryn Terrell has made it personal for both of them. “So are you in?” Kim asked. Kong walked away… Mathews hyped the handicap Knockouts match for later in the show…

The Beat Down Clan (MVP, Kenny King, Low-Ki) made their entrance. They had a flag and wore costume masks. They removed the masks once they entered the ring. MVP took the mic and said Impact Wrestling his live on Destination America. MVP said that because it’s live he would say things that would “make you uncomfortable” and added that the truth tends to do that. He held up a mask and said it belongs to Homicide, who couldn’t be there because someone blindsided him and he needed to have shoulder surgery.

MVP said fans stand up for The Rising when they resort to doing things like that. He spoke about how the U.S. government takes oilfields, then said fans call them thugs when BDC does something along those lines. MVP said “thug” is the new codeword for n—– (he was censored). He said BDC would treat The Rising like “the establishment likes to treat so-called thugs.”

The Rising (Drew Galloway, Mica, Eli Drake). Galloway said they had nothing to do with Homicide’s injury. Galloway said he noticed the way King looked when Homicde touched his title belt. “Where were you last night?” he asked. MVP took a shot at “keyboard warriors” and said he doesn’t care about pro wrestling, he cares about making money. MVP said Galloway cares about work rate, whereas he cares about interest rates. The Rising eventually entered the ring and quickly cleared BDC… [C]

[Q3] 2. Drew Galloway (w/Mica, Eli Drake) vs. MVP (w/Low Ki, Kenny King). MVP gained controla and flung Galloway into the guardrail at ringside, then ran him into the ring post. Back in the ring, Galloway came back with a DDT and scored the clean pin. However, Eric Young entered the ring and attacked Galloway with a chair. The other Rising members tried to save Galloway, but the other BDC members stopped them. Young spoke briefly with MVP off-mic as Mathews recalled Young’s alliance with BDC starting back in January…

Drew Galloway beat MVP in 4:40.

Mathews hyped the main event… Backstage, James Storm arrived with a gift. He said it’s a “special gift for a very special friend.” He said they would “unwrap them all very, very soon”… [C]

James Storm headed to the ring with his gift. Mathews recalled the storyline involving Storm, Mickie James, and Magnus, then plugged some Destination America shit shot called Ghost Asylum (okay, so I’ve never watched it). Storm introduced Mickie James, who came out to a good reaction.

Spoiler For This Monday’s Raw

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As of Saturday, both Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are scheduled to appear on this Monday’s Raw emanating from Cincinnati, Ohio.

Stephanie has been off television since the post-WrestleMania edition of Raw due to a trip she took overseas for the Eisenhower USA Fellowship, an international leadership exchange program for outstanding professionals.

Injury Updates On Hideo Itami & Sami Zayn, Hulk Hogan Praises NXT Star

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– More likely than not, WWE will not be officially announcing the injury to Hideo Itami, or the official status of Sami Zayn, until after the May 13th episode of NXT television. As things stand now, both Itami and Zayn are still advertised to work the NXT Takeover event on May 20th, although one would assume that one or both of the guys will not be able to compete as scheduled due to their respective injuries.

– WWE Hall Of Famer Hulk Hogan recently took some time to praise an up-and-coming talent in WWE’s developmental system in NXT. Here’s what “The Hulkster” had to say about upcoming NXT star Colin “Big Cass” Cassady:

Mick Foley Praises Two NXT Divas, Has High Expectations For NXT Takeover Match

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WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley is hyping up the upcoming NXT Women’s Championship match between Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch at the upcoming NXT Takeover live special on the WWE Network.

In his latest official Facebook blog, Foley touched on the Banks-Lynch showdown.

“I’m going out on a limb here and predicting ?#?BeckyLynch? and Sasha Banks will have a ?#?MatchOfTheYear? type of contest on May 20 at ?#?NXTTakeover?. (No pressure at all ladies.),” said Foley. “I just get the feeling that both women are at the right place, at the right time, with the right combination of skills, character, and in-ring chemistry to pull it off.

“One of my GREAT regrets is that I didn’t make it to the WWE NXT show in ?#?SanJose? during ?#?Mania? week, for what I heard was a sure fire contender for Match of the Year with Sasha and Ms Charlotte.”

Foley concluded, “No doubt about it, 2015 is shaping up to be a great year for ?#?WomensWrestling?”

Follow more Mick Foley blogs online at Facebook.com/RealMickFoley.

The Rock Lands Huge Movie Role, Expected To Be One Of His Big Franchise Parts

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The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) has been tapped to star in the new DreamWorks project, “Alpha Squad Seven,” a new science-fiction comedy.

According to the report, the project is described as a four-quadrant action-comedy adventure set in space, similar in many ways to Guardians of the Galaxy, Adrmageddon and Independence Day.

The idea behind the move is for it to serve a two-hander, as well as become the launching point for a potential new movie franchise.

Work for the project began about two weeks ago and producers approached The Rock and his 7 Bucks Production company, which fast-tracked the development of the concept.

Producer Beau Flynn is one of the people heading up the project. Flynn worked in the past with The Rock in films such as “Journey 2,” “Hercules” and “San Andreas.”

The Rock’s ex-wife, Dany Garcia, who heads up the Garcia Companies, will serve as executive producer for the project, while Hiram Garcia will associate produce through Rock’s 7 Bucks Production company.

Multiple studios were apparently bidding on the movie, but in the end, it came down to DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures with DreamWorks pursuing a bit harder to secure the project.

The feeling within the film industry is that this could be another huge role for The Rock, as they are hoping it will become another top franchise for the proven movie star.

Martha Hart Opposed To WWE’s New Owen Hart DVD, Issues Statement

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Although some outlets are reporting that Martha Hart, widow of Owen Hart, is supportive of WWE’s new DVD and Blu-ray set on the late WWE Superstar, that does not appear to be the case.

Hart apparently just found out about the project on Thursday, and is completely opposed to it.

In responding to a report on the Wrestling DVD News website, Martha Hart offered her take on the situation.

“My children and I were unaware of this project until May 7, when it was brought to our attention by a friend who had read about it online,” said the widow Hart. “Contrary to your report, we do not back or support it in anyway, nor has WWE requested our backing or support.”

Hart continued, “From what little we know of the project, it seems to be another attempt to exploit Owen’s memory, and his tragic death, for commercial gain. We have resisted that kind of initiative for almost 16 years. If WWE really wanted to honor Owen’s legacy it would just let him rest in peace.”

Ethan Carter III On Pre-Match Rituals, Experiencing Setbacks, His Future Plans & More

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TNA star Ethan Carter III (EC3) recently spoke with the Male Standard website about his career as a TNA Wrestler. Below are some highlights from the interview, which were sent in by SEScoops.com reader Victor Macias.

On when he realized he wanted to become a pro wrestler: “I think every professional wrestler has that ah-ha moment, it’s like a calling. That call came from my aunt, Dixie Carter, she actually called me one day and said, “Hey, ever think about being a wrestler? You’re so athletic and good looking, wouldn’t it be perfect for you?” and I was like, “You’re right.” Next thing you know, I’m the best thing ever.”

On setbacks he’s experienced along the way: “Everyone has strife of apprehensions, things that doesn’t always go according to plan. Not all victories are easy; I’ve had to work at a couple of them. Being undefeated, it’s hard. Especially when getting my head bashed in by Bully Ray with a trashcan and bleeding all over the place or suffering a torn bicep and having to work through that with a giant arm brace but through it all, I’ve remained undefeated.”

On his pre-match rituals: “I try to be regimented; everything is almost a sociopathic standard of perfection. 5 minutes on the jumping of the rope, nice facial cleanser and herbal moisturizer on the skin. Ill go over to see my masseuse Helga, after that, go to the spa, feeling good, maybe do a couple push-ups, squats, sipping Perrier water. The whole time I have classical music playing to relax. My music hits, best music in the business, I walk out backward, and I win, it’s all good.”

On what we can expect from him in the future: “Well you know, I’m sitting here; the crew and me are punching in numbers and looking at the polls and it’s about 83% in the EC3 favor, which is good but we’re not going to know until Election Day a.k.a my first title shot. In the future, I’m predicting I win world heavyweight championship. I hold it for 4-8 years, probably 8-10. The whole time I’ll have challenges and someone might give me a run for my money but about 10 years later I will still be the champion, probably retire, then go on to pursue my political career.”

Check out the complete interview at MaleStandard.com.

Jim Ross On GFW Announcing Rumors, What He’s Heard About GFW TV Taping Schedule

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WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross recently spoke with the Baltimore Sun about the rumors that he will be working with Jeff Jarrett’s upstart Global Force Wrestling (GFW) promotion. Below are some highlights from the interview:

On if he’ll ever announce for WWE again and the rumors that he’ll be working with GFW: “WWE, no,” Ross said. “There may be down the road some WWE opportunities, but I don’t think it will be in the broadcasting side. Time will tell on that. If the Global Force thing is there, I enjoyed working with Jeff Jarrett for the New Japan thing in January. I hope that they do great. I think that they can do a real good TV show with the roster they’re putting together. He still has to find a network to air his shows on.”

On fitting GFW commitments into his already busy schedule: “I would be very interested in working with Global Force, it’s just a matter of time obligations and budgets and everything. Everything has to fit schedule-wise. Adding 13 weeks of TV tapings, then going to Nashville and doing voice-overs, all of a sudden it becomes a pretty big project. And I have so many projects already in the pipeline. I just don’t know if we’re going to be able to balance everything to make that happen. I’m not against it, Jeff and I have talked about it.”

On what he has heard about the GFW TV taping schedule: “I just don’t know that I can do it because of the time obligations. I’m a big fan of what they’re doing there. As I understand it, it’s going to be 12 one-hour shows, and then a 13th final episode. I’m a big fan of the one-hour shows. The finale will be a two-hour special. I think that’s a good concept. There’s some real good wrestlers coming in as well. They’d be fun to call.”

Check out the complete interview at BaltimoreSun.com.

JTG Talks Racism In WWE, Triple H’s Ego, Having Heat Behind-The-Scenes & More

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Former WWE Superstar JTG of the Cryme Tyme tag-team recently spoke with Greg Beck about his run with the company, his future and more. Below are some highlights from the interview.

On having heat in WWE: “We had heat from the day we stepped foot into the WWE doors.” I asked if the heat was more on Shad’s end. “Man, there’s no such thing as Shad. That’s how it is in the wrestling business when you’re in a tag team. Even if you look up stories about The Rockers. Sometimes Marty Jannetty would get into trouble but The Rockers felt the brunt of it and it was the same thing with Shad. When Shad did something then Cryme Time felt it and vice versa. If I did something then Cryme Tyme felt it.”

On if he had to deal with racism in WWE or is that something that doesn’t exist backstage anymore? “I’m not gonna say it doesn’t exist anymore. I don’t believe WWE is racist. Right now they have the tag team champions Kofi Kingston and Big E and Xavier Woods. I wouldn’t say that they’re [WWE] racist but there’s definitely a system in place, that I believe…this is my opinion, that African American, black Superstars, can go so far. That’s from what I’ve see and that’s my perception because as of right now to this day i’ve never seen a black WWE Champion. Not the title from WCW, I’m talking about the WWE Championship. I haven’t seen a black face of the company.”

On his thoughts on Triple H and whether he would be a good fit to take over the company: “In my opinion, if Triple H could put aside his ego and his dislike for a person and focus on business then I think it could probably be a lot better. For example, I don’t think he was a big fan of Zack Ryder. Zack Ryder did everything he could to get over and he got over and when he was in MSG [at Survivor Series 2011] and The Rock was there and they were chanting Zack Ryder’s name. I wasn’t in New York [at the time] but my buddy told me that he went to Survivor Series and he was on the train and they were chanting for Zack Ryder. That was the perfect time to take advantage and make some money off of Zack Ryder. That was the perfect underdog story and it was all thrown to the side because he wasn’t favored by Hunter.”

“When you see someone try so hard to get noticed..you know Zack Ryder busted his ass and he got a lot of respect backstage and from the boys in the locker room. He got so much respect for getting over on his own and not needing the machine to push him. He got a little push but they buried him. That put a black eye on the morale in the locker room. It was like damn, if he did all that it kind of make everybody not even wanna try.”

Check out the complete interview at WrestlingNews.co.

Possible *Spoiler* On Former TNA Champion Returning As Special Referee Tonight

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As reported earlier today, TNA will be taping several weeks worth of Impact Wrestling episodes across the next four days, starting with tonight’s show, which airs semi-live on a two-hour delay from Orlando, Florida.

In the main event of tonight’s show, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line with Kurt Angle defending the title against Eric Young with a former TNA Champion returning to serve as special guest referee of the match.

Unless the former champion is a swerve of some kind, the following are the most likely candidates, according to a report from F4WOnline.com:

– Sting (highly unlikely due to his WWE deal)
– Samoa Joe (possible, but unlikely due to his rumored negotiations with WWE)
– Mick Foley (also seems unlikely now that he just recently taped a highly-promoted special for the WWE Network)
– A.J. Styles (would seem unlikely due to his various commitments, including Ring Of Honor starting next Tuesday)
– Chris Sabin (a possibility)
– Rob Van Dam (a possibility)
– Bully Ray (a very strong possibility)

– Also confirmed for tonight’s Impact Wrestling is a Ken Anderson vs. Ethan Carter III match where the fans get to choose the stipulation (likely an arm-wrestling match or a falls count anywhere match), and Divas action with Gail Kim & Awesome Kong vs. Taryn Terrell & Jade & Marti Bell.

Make sure to join us here at SEScoops.com for complete results of tonight’s Impact Wrestling, as well as spoiler results of any matches/segments taped for future Impact Wrestling episodes!

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SmackDown Faces Tough Competition, Neville/Ziggler On Fallout, Top 10 SD! Moments

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– The Thursday, May 7, 2015 edition of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.575 million viewers, up from the average of 2.338 million viewers who tuned into the show the week before. Thursday’s edition of SmackDown faced stiff competition in the form of the NFL Draft, which would explain the low number.

– WWE Superstars Neville and Dolph Ziggler celebrate “payback” on this week’s edition of SmackDown Fallout. You can check out the video below.

– Speaking of SmackDown, below are the “Top 10 WWE SmackDown Moments” of the week, as selected by WWE.

Xavier Woods Says PhD Means More Than WWE Title To Him, Talks New Day Changes

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New Day member Xavier Woods recently spoke with the PodNasty Wrestling Podcast about the recent E:60 feature he was a big part of it, as well as changes to his gimmicks over the years. Below are some highlights from the interview.

On why the militant stable was dropped: “Wrestling is a never-ending storybook so sometimes you start going one direction, but the beauty of it is we could go in whatever direct we want but things just changed. For what reason, I’m not exactly sure, but it’s WWE and you kind of just go with the flow.

“It ’s one of the things you learn when you get hired is it is an ever-changing and ever-evolving living breathing workism, so the best way to stay afloat is to just go along with the things that are occurring around you.”
?“I’m not sure why things changed, but in light of recent developments of New Day it’s great that they did because to me rather than someone just coming out and the character just being there, it’s nice to be able to see that character evolve over time.”

On why he thought The New Day would succeed as babyfaces: “We had a couple of different schools of thoughts. We thought this would occur, that people would be into it, because it’s maybe one of the only positive things on television, because you turn on the news and there’s death, murder, car crashes and everything,” said Woods.

“Here’s a positive thing with three guys, all college educated, all college athletes, all very eloquent so we’ll preach a positive message like ‘do well in life and go to school, make sure you work out you could be big and strong like E, make sure if you stretch a lot you can be flexible and agile like Kofi and make sure if you read your books you could be smart like Woods.’”

“And then we realized after a few months it turned into ‘people don’t like those who are happy.’

“So it’s kind of like a play on society, essentially, people of American society. Back in the 80s, if someone’s happy, someone’s doing well, someone’s getting hardships, you cheered for that person,” said Woods.

“But now it’s 2015, and they don’t like that. They want someone who’s grimy and who doesn’t like people and who doesn’t smile and isn’t happy and wants to punt a puppy across a football field. If that happened, people would be watching and it would get 3 million views on YouTube because it’s something that’s horrible so essentially society has created this thing where people like to see car wrecks, and they want to see a hot mess and they want to see a fall from grace. So if you don’t have those things people are going to boo you because that’s not entertaining to them, they want to see a mess, they want to see somebody fall on the sidewalk and bust their lip on the ground. They don’t like nice things.”

On why he’d choose a PhD over a WWE World Heavyweight Championship: “I feel like we have the opportunity as WWE Superstars to make some sort of impact on lives whether it’s one kid or whether it’s an adult,” said Woods.”

“Yes, guys have been WWE World Heavyweight champion, and it’s amazing, I take nothing from that at all. But if there’s a kid who’s out there in the world watching wrestling and they see me and they know I have my PhD while I was wrestling, that could possibly inspire them to not drop out of school, to not drop out of college, to go and obtain that type of educational status, and that to me means a lot more.”

Check out the complete interview above.

Haku’s Son On Getting Permission To Become A Wrestler, Billy Corgan Joining TNA

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TNA wrestler Mica (aka Camacho) recently spoke with Brian Fritz of Sporting News about the process of convincing his father, pro wrestling legend Haku (aka Meng) to let he and his brother enter the professional wrestling business.

“He didn’t like it at all,” Mica said of him and his brother Tama Tonga becoming pro wrestlers. “He worked his butt off to make sure our mom was there to stay home and take care of us, my brothers and my sister and for us to get a good education and experience other things other than wrestling. He was totally against it, he and our mother.”

Mica also shared his thoughts on former Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan joining the company to become part of the TNA creative team.

“I know Billy is a fan of wrestling,” he said. “I’ve met him before at wrestling fans as part of WWE and he loves wrestling. To have someone on board of his status, with his background to be part of the creative team with TNA, I think is a real blessing.”

Check out the complete interview at SportingNews.com.

Vince Russo Says Sami Zayn Is Not A Ratings Draw

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– “The Lunatic Fringe” Dean Ambrose Chris Jericho’s guest on this week’s Talk is Jericho podcast, which you can listen to over at PodcastOne.com.

– Former WWE writer Court Bauer of MLW Radio is Steve Austin’s guest on this week’s Steve Austin Show: Unleashed at PodcastOne.com.

– Former WWE, WCW and TNA writer Vince Russo is back with his latest blog. In his latest online piece, Russo takes aim at Sami Zayn, ranting and raving about why he feels Zayn will not “equal ratings.”

“RAW is a television show and Sami Zayn is NOT a television star—nor—will he be anytime soon. Sami is an exceptional wrestler on a wrestling show, and the only people who care about him are those die hard wrestling fans who are looking for 5-star matches that the massive don’t give a !@#$% about.

That’s why as champion Seth Rollins isn’t drawing no matter how hard they push him. Seth Rollins is a great wrestler, who only appeals to those purists who watch RAW for quality matches. The casual masses don’t care about that. What they care about are characters and storylines that ENTERTAIN them like the other TELEVISION shows they watch.

RAW wasn’t a GREAT show because Sami Zayn was on it—and the numbers clearly back that up.”

Russo admits Zayn is one of the best wrestlers on WWE’s roster, but “wrestling doesn’t draw.”

Steve Austin Teases “Major Press Announcement” In Two-To-Four Weeks

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As noted earlier today, WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin took part in an interview with Sports Illustrated’s “Extra Mustard” blog to talk about a number of topics.

One item that wasn’t included in our previous report was a tease Austin made regarding a “major press announcement” he has planned for the future.

“I have a couple of things that will be announced within the next two-to-four weeks,” said Austin. “When you hear those, you’ll say, ‘That’s why he couldn’t talk about those, I get it.’ But they’re really good. It will be a major press announcement.”

Check out the complete interview at SI.com.

Billy Corgan Says He’s Taking TNA Job Serious, Dixie Carter Comments

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The newest member of the TNA creative team, Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan, recently spoke with Associated Press writer Dan Gelston about his new role with the pro wrestling company.

“I’m not here as celebrity,” Corgan said. “I’m here as a skilled person that brings a lot of experience to the table… I don’t need fame. I have plenty of fame. It’s really about the talent.”

TNA President Dixie Carter is in full support of Corgan, as she too believes he’s not taking the job as a publicity stunt, but rather as something he’s passionate about and looks forward to taking part in.

“This won’t be a side job [for Corgan],” Carter said. “I talk to him more and we correspond more than most of my employees here.”

Check out the complete AP article online at AP.org.

Chris Jericho Reveals Who Was Behind GTV, Why Vince Doesn’t Like Tournaments & More

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Part-time WWE Superstar Chris Jericho and comedian Nick Mundy stopped by the AfterbuzzTV studios this past Thursday to talk to Christian Rosenberg, Kaori Takee and George Hermoza about WWE and their new Comedy Central show ‘Nothing to Report’.

Watch Every Episode Of Nothing To Report Here

Jericho spoke about a number of topics, including the reason Vince McMahon doesn’t like tournaments, the new season of Tough Enough and who was supposed to be revealed as the person behind the GTV angle from the Attitude Era. Here are the highlights:

Why Vince McMahon Does Not Like Tournaments:

‘Vince McMahon does not like tournaments. I think because Wrestlemania 4 was a tournament for the title and it didn’t do a good ppv number and the show wasn’t very good. And ever since then he does not like tournaments.”

The New Season Of Tough Enough:

“It’s a whole new Tough Enough, it’s not like you’ve seen before. I think from what I understand it’s gonna be more like ‘The Voice’ where there’s mentors you know like if you had Christina Aguilera and Blake Nelson? Shelton or whatever cats are on there. And that’s what Hogan and Paige and Daniel Bryan will do. I’ll be the host.”

The Person Who Was Supposed To Be Behind GTV:

“When I did the Live with Chris Jericho with Stephanie at the Titan Studios WWE Studios. GTV was supposed to be Tom Green. Yes. And I just found out about it the other day. I didn’t know! GTV. And remember doesn’t it fit because remember Tom Green used to film stuff you know, pranks, stuff and all that shit and then what happened was they started planting the seeds for GTV and then Vince actually saw Tom Green’s stuff and said this guy is not funny. Done.”

 

Adam Rose Reacts To E:60 Documentary, Says It Was Hard For Him To Watch

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WWE Superstar Adam Rose recently spoke with the folks at Sporting News to discuss this week’s ESPN “E:60: Behind The Curtain” documentary, which profiled Rose, Xavier Woods, Tyler Breeze and other up-and-coming NXT talents.

“I thought it was really well done,” Rose said of the documentary. “I think it was a really good look at all the different aspects of first what it takes to become a WWE superstar and secondly a personal look at what the guys go through to get there.”

Additionally, Rose admitted that it was hard for him to watch. “It makes you a little vulnerable when you see things that personal coming out,” he said. “For my wife, I think it was hard because she has been with me through the entire journey. She’s been with me through all the ups and all the downs. It’s hard for her to watch me go through all of that. And then to see it all pay off at the end of the day, I think we all share in the reward of that.”

Check out the complete interview at SportingNews.com.

Vince McMahon Offers Business Advice: Harder To Make WWE A Success Or Keep It Successful?

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WWE Chairman Vince McMahon took part in a Q&A session at “The Corner Office” and spoke about whether or not it was more difficult to make WWE a success in the beginning than it was to keep it a successful business today.

“Both are challenging,” McMahon replied. “At WrestleMania 1, we mortgaged everything we owned, hoping it would be a success.”

“It was a huge gamble that paid off. Today, the challenge is to stay relevant, take advantage of new technologies and continue to evolve. The one constant is to approach every day like it’s my first day on the job with fresh thinking and new ideas.”

McMahon concluded, “But to answer your question directly, it is extremely difficult to get to the top but even more difficult to stay there.”

Check out more from Vince McMahon’s Q&A at Advisornet.org.

Johnny Mundo On His Time In Lucha Underground, WWE, Embarrassing Moments

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Lucha Underground star Johnny Mundo recently spoke with the folks at Inside Pulse to promote his role in “Boone: The Bounty Hunter,” as well as his work in the Lucha Underground promotion. Below are highlights from the interview.

On an awkward and/or embarrassing moment: “Um, I feel embarrassed all the time, you kidding me? Every time I ding my car because I’m trying to eat a burrito bowl while driving and I crash into a parking cone with somebody else in the car. That happened to me, I want to say three months ago. I dented in my passenger side door. I was trying to adjust the radio while eating Chipotle while driving at the same time. I felt pretty bad, especially when I spilled the beans on my shirt.

“There’s a ton of times, like I was trying to do J Step Gainers a few years back, I think I was in WWE and I was in the middle of the ring, and I was wearing these breakaway pants and I swung for the take-off on this J Step Gainer and I hooked my pants somehow and it rips my pants off. I was wearing underwear but I had momentum and I flipped, kind of landed on my stomach and face a little bit but my pants fell off, and they were attached to my ankles. I did a flip and pantsed myself at the same time and landed on my face. That was a pretty good one. Actually, I wish that was on videotape. That would probably be a viral YouTube video.”

On his new show, “Boone: The Bounty Hunter”: “Oh bro, Boone: The Bounty Hunter is literally the thing that I’m absolutely the most excited about of everything that I’ve done. I wrote it, produced it, I’m actually tomorrow shooting pickups for it again. Movie-making is a very, very, very long process. Especially if you’re dealing with a project that you’re very passionate about and you want to see it finished right. I’m spending so much time on Boone and when it’s done I’m probably gonna tweet every day for a year telling everybody to watch it and let everybody know. All my friends know that I’ve been working on this for, oh over two years now. Yeah, I’m super-pumped for Boone.”

On if wrestlers who get the offer, should sign with WWE: “I really loved being with WWE. I don’t think anyone should turn down WWE because at some level it gets your name out there to the biggest audience the fastest and the more that people know your name around the world the more you’re in demand and the more money you can make as a wrestler, so- if people are turning down WWE I hope they have a good reason. (laughs) The only good reason in my book is to work with Lucha Underground, which is what I’m doing.”

Check out the complete interview at InsidePulse.com.

Drew Galloway On Being “The Chosen One,” 3MB, Feuding With BDC & More

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TNA star Drew Galloway, formerly known as Drew McIntyre in WWE, recently spoke with the folks at Cult Of Whatever for an interview. Below are some highlights.

On Vince endorsing him as ‘The chosen one’: “I couldn’t process it, I didn’t know it was going to happen, I got told Vince was going to go out before me when I was in the gorilla position to do a promo and I watched from behind the curtain thinking what the heck is going on.”

Something like that had never happened before and is never going to happen again. When people look back in history and see him endorse me it was just unbelievable. When the guy who has created the modern day wrestling scene endorses you like that, it is amazing.

No matter what happened following that in WWE, but what has happened since leaving WWE and the reputation I’ve built on my own back and now being in TNA, hopefully I’m showing the world what Vince saw in me is still there and it was just lying dormant. I’m making sure it comes out now and I’m not going to be happy until I’m the best wrestler in the entire world.”

On 3MB: “Vince had an idea and it was his call to not pick the obvious guys to be in the stable, all three of us at the time were quite serious character on screen. Vince told us what his plan was and he had a clear vision of what he wanted to do, and at the beginning we put the effort in with all the music stuff but someone didn’t inform him that I required surgery on my wrist two weeks later.

Whatever idea he had for me backing up Heath’s big mouth and being the hero of the group just went down the toilet. Due to my wrist I couldn’t touch anyone or be touched for six months and The Shield were there the following month after I lost my grip and that backed us up into a corner and we ended up being in the role we were in.”

On the Rising’s feud with the Beat Down Clan: “Our rivalry with the BDC is real, it’s unscripted when we go at each other in the ring and on the microphone. We are all looking to top each other and if I can’t top them and they can’t top me that’s down to the other person. The more real it is the more the fans buy into it, it’s a sophisticated audience now.”

Check out the complete interview at CultOfWhatever.com.

Bill DeMott Breaks His Silence Regarding WWE Resignation, Rants About Entitled Millennials

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Former WWE head developmental trainer Bill DeMott was recently interviewed on Vince Russo’s podcast and discussed his resignation from WWE following widespread allegations of abusive behavior towards his students.

Here’s what DeMott had to say about ‘millennials’ and their sense of entitlement:

“I always use the term it’s never the quarterback, it’s the coach. Millennials, I think right that’s what this generation is called the millennials. I think it’s in the whole world. So what I can say and what I will say is as a dad as you are, as I am, I try to figure that out to keep my children away from that entitlement.

I guess it’s old school that you get what you earn and you try to earn what you want. I think that’s all I am going to say about that because I think no matter what the case, Walmart, Publix, IBM, I always use IBM I don’t know why, I go to a lot of management seminars and that’s a lot of the conversation, the opening conversation: ‘What do we do when they don’t like that?’ And I want to walk out because I’m not going to learn anything if I’m still trying to figure out.

It’s tough, it’s going to be tough for whoever has to figure out what they want tomorrow.”

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