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Backstage News On WWE Planning To Add A New Member To Evolution

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As previously reported, there has been discussion about adding another member to the Evolution faction in WWE. The key Superstar being considered for a future spot in the group is WWE United States Champion Sheamus. As noted, Sheamus is likely turning heel in the future, so he would fit into the group seamlessly based on story lines.

It’s being said that if WWE were to add Sheamus to Evolution, that it would be done when Batista does eventually take his hiatus to do movie promotional work.

Sheamus Blasts ‘Dirt Sheet Heroes’ & ‘Interwebbers’

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NXT Takeover Logo Revealed (Photo), Tyson Kidd Talks Recent NXT Matches

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Tyson Kidd tweeted the following regarding the battle royal on last night’s edition of WWE NXT, and also put over the triple-threat match scheduled for next week’s NXT show.

Additionally, Kidd revealed the logo for the upcoming NXT Takeover live special, which airs on the WWE Network on May 29th.

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    • WWE Planning To Shoot Angles On WWE Network Pre-Shows & Post-Shows

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    According to reports, WWE is planning to shoot angles and story lines on the WWE Network, particularly on the pre-and-post shows for RAW, SmackDown and pay-per-view events.

    There has reportedly been discussion within the company about tightening up these shows and shooting angles on them that would lead to the next WWE television show and/or pay-per-view.

    These changes are expected to begin in the near future.

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    • TNA Announces Another Wrestler Has Signed Multi-Year Deal With The Company

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    TNA Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, John Gaburick, announced via his official Twitter account that Bram has signed a multi-year deal with the company. Gaburick tweeted the following:

    Additionally, Bram now has an official Twitter account, which you can check out at @BramTNA.

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    • TNA Confirms Chris Sabin’s Departure, Other TNA Roster News, Impact Tapings

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    – As previously reported, Chris Sabin has announced that he is now officially a free agent. TNA confirmed the news by moving his profile page from their active roster section to their alumni section.

    – Other TNA roster notes include the addition of The Menagerie to their roster page, while Rob Terry and Knux’s individual profiles have been removed. Bram has also been added to the roster section.

    – TNA will tape additional future episodes of Impact Wrestling tonight at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. We will have spoilers up on the website shortly after the tapings conclude.

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    • Daniel Bryan/Kane Feud Stats, Ric Flair Note, No SmackDown Post-Show Tonight

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    – There will be no WWE SmackDown post-show on the WWE Network tonight. There will, however, be a SmackDown pre-show before this week’s episode begins.

    – WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair is scheduled to appear at a wrestling convention at the Newark Memorial High School in Newark, California on May 17th. Also scheduled to appear are Scott and Cody Hall, Chris Masters, Ezekiel Jackson, Molly Holly, Daniels and Kazarian.

    – For statistic junkies out there, Daniel Bryan and Kane have had nine singles matches against each other on television over the past two years. Of those nine, Bryan has won seven, with two of those wins coming by way of disqualification. One of his losses was also by disqualification. Bryan has won their last six meetings, as Kane’s last victory over the current WWE World Heavyweight Champion came back in June of 2012.

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    • VIDEOS: Roddy Piper & Hillbilly Jim Comment On This Week’s “Legends House”

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    The following are some WWE Network exclusive interviews with “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and Hillbilly Jim, where they discuss this week’s edition of “Legends House.”

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    • (Spoilers) TNA Impact Wrestling Taping Results For June 5, 2014

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    The following are results of the TNA Impact Wrestling tapings for the June 5th edition of the show, which was taped on Thursday night at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida …

    – Willow def. Bram via disqualification. The DQ came when Magnus ambushed Willow during the match.

    – Samoa Joe comes out and challenges MVP, Kenny King and Bobby Lashley in a three-on-one handicap match. Austin Aries ends up coming out to help Joe. MVP ends up booking a “loser leaves TNA” match between Samoa Joe and Austin Aries. Additionally, he made a match between Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards. He later informed referee Brian Hebner that there must be a winner in the aforementioned Joe-Aries “loser leaves TNA” bout.

    – Eddie Edwards def. Davey Richards. After the match, The Wolves beat down Kenny King.

    – Samoa Joe vs. Austin Aries ends in a no contest when Bully Ray came out and attacked the referee.

    – Bully Ray challenges MVP, Bobby Lashley, Kenny King and Ethan Carter III to a “first blood” match tonight against himself, Samoa Joe, Austin Aries and Eric Young.

    – The Bro Mans come out and cut a promo on The Menagerie, calling them carnies and a freak show. Robbie E. stays on the serious side and mentions that he’s afraid of clowns. The Menagerie end up coming out and attacking The Bro Mans.

    – Bully Ray, Eric Young, Samoa Joe & Austin Aries def. MVP, Kenny King, Bobby Lashley & Ethan Carter III in a first blood match when EC3 is busted open.

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    • TNA Announces Kurt Angle Tears ACL, Provides Timeline For His Return

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    TNA announced via their official website that Kurt Angle “suffered a torn ACL.” You can read their official release below.

    Kurt Angle re-injures his Knee on IMPACT against EC3 | Torn ACL that will require surgery

    On Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast, Kurt Angle finally got his chance at payback one-on-one against Ethan Carter III. However, during the course of the match, Kurt’s surgically-repaired knee gave out on him twice, leading to Ethan Carter capitalizing on the injury to get the pin and win over his nemesis. After the bout, Kurt was immediately taken for X-rays, which unfortunately revealed that the TNA Hall Of Fame has suffered a torn ACL that will require surgery. You can watch the footage from Angle’s injury below, plus the doctor’s prognonsis afterwards – stay tuned to ImpactWrestling.com and @IMPACTWRESTLING and @RealKurtAngle on Twitter for further updates on Kurt’s condition!

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    • Former Wrestling Producer Talks WWE Network Success, Fans Liking Heels & More

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    The following are highlights of a new IYHWrestling interview with former World Class Championship Wrestling producer Mickey Grant:

    Do you think it was in WCCW when people started liking the bad guys for the first time? “Our bad guys worked so well in World Class Championship Wrestling, and much of the reason why was we told their side of the story. It wasn’t one sided, and so when we led up to a big conclusion, usually with something at Texas Stadium, there’d be fans on both sides. I think that’s what you’ve got to do, but you’ve got to do it well…I think it started with our show. I don’t think anyone had really given enough of the storyline; they’d written enough of a textured, shades-of -gray storyline before. Part of doing this thing live is having respect for the wrestling audience, and I think some people today just don’t have enough respect for the wrestling audience. I find that wrestling audiences come in all shapes and sizes: lawyers, judges, professors, non-professors, truck drivers. Whoever they are, you’ve got to get them…they’re connoisseurs of a good storyline …I respect hard-working people, and I believe they want a good story; they want something like this.”

    Do you think in the long run the WWE Network will be a success? “I don’t know about their network; I just think I know maybe a little about wrestling. I think wrestling will be a success. If you have repetitive storylines, and if you don’t have your fans sitting on the end of their seats wondering what’s going to happen next week, you’re not going to have a market. Too many people have done that…I think somebody with relatively little money can jump in there today and do very well…If you’ve got the talent, and you’ve got the broadcast, and a methodology to get it to the audience, it’s going to work…I think that a handful of people will probably come about who will turn wrestling upside down, inside out and rebirth it, where it is exciting…I think it’s there; it just takes bigger-than-life personalities…and it would take off…I think a lot of people like Vince McMahon, they just get kind of in a rut. They’ve done it so many times, and the next thing you know networks are turning them off and turning them down. But that has nothing to do with wrestling; that just has to do with bad storytelling.”

    Check out the complete interview at IYHWrestling.com.

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    • Vince Russo Reveals Top Ten Easiest Talents To Produce During His Career

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    As previously reported, Vince Russo has opened up an official commentary-style website which covers music, movies, sports and pro wrestling. His latest pro wrestling piece is a top ten list of the easiest talents he ever produced during his years in the business.

    The top five reads as follows:

    5. Kurt Angle
    4. “Any Female Wrestler”
    3. Dustin Rhodes
    2. Paul Bearer
    1. “Mr.” Backlund

    You can check out the full top ten list here and here.

    Russo’s official website is also accepting writers and video specialists. You can apply for those positions at PyroAndBallyhoo.com/hiring.

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    • Mickie James Confirms She Is Pregnant

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    Former WWE Divas Champion & TNA Knockouts Champion Mickie James appeared on the weekly Total Driven Radio Podcast and revealed that she is pregnant. The country music singer is expecting her first child in September. Among the topics discussed:

    – How she got get started in music, and if this is something she always wanted to do

    – Writing music on the road during her time as a wrestler

    – Wrestler reactions to her decision to pursue a musical career

    – If she’s she’s spoken to Chris Jericho about transitioning from wrestling to acting

    – Which gives her a bigger rush, performing music or wrestling?

    – Her release from WWE

    – The wrestling career of women being shorter than men

    Mickie calls into this week’s show at the 65 minute mark and talks with the hosts for over 50 minutes. Listen here:

    Check Out Entertainment Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with Totally Driven Radio Network on BlogTalkRadio

    Chris Sabin Announces He Is Officially A Free Agent

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    Chris Sabin announced on Friday that he is officially a free agent:

    Sabin wrestled for TNA since 2003 and is a former TNA World Heavyweight Champion, a record eight-time X-Division champion and a former TNA World Tag Team Champion with Alex Shelly as part of the Motor City Machine Guns.

    • Discussion: Do you think Chris Sabin would be a good fit for WWE? Comment below.

    Preview For Tonight’s TNA “Joker’s Wild” One Night Only PPV

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    – Douglas Williams and Magnus vs. Chris Sabin and Gunner.

    – Samoa Joe and Bad Bones vs. Christopher Daniels and Robbie E.

    – Rockstar Spud and Bully Ray vs. Mr. Anderson and Austin Aries.

    – Kazarian and Ethan Carter III vs. Eric Young and Curry Man.

    – The Wolves vs. James Storm and Bobby Roode.

    – Abyss and Samuel Shaw vs. Zema Ion and Jesse Godderz

    – Joker’s Wild Gauntlet

    Adam Cole Talks About Daniel Bryan, Attention To Detail In Wrestling

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    ROH World Champion Adam Cole recently spoke to Steven Muehlhausen of BetweenTheRopes.com to promote Saturday’s “Global Wars” show.

    Lack Of Attention To Detail In Wrestling: “I think your 100 percent right. I think that the guys that do pay attention to detail stand out so much more. And my reasoning behind this is to me, pro wrestling being an event, being a spectacle that people come and watch and check out. Wrestlers and the moves that we are doing are just a small part of the entire show. So like for example, if something needs to be done or something needs to be said, there are often times where I will communicate with the referee, I will communicate with the commentator whether it be Kevin Kelly or Steve Corino. I will communicate with the cameraman and I will let them know there places to be or their stories to tell, to help me tell my story, so the story is told to a broader audience of the people watching it on their computer screens, watching it on their television screens. Because when you have everybody on the same page, paying attention to the same detail that your paying attention too, your story gets told so much better and it’s told so much easier because everyone’s on the same page. And Kevin Steen is very good at that. I like to think I pay attention to that as well, but that is something very very important, that like you said guys don’t pay attention to as much, but I’ve always tried too especially in this role I’ve had as champion.”

    How He Relates to Daniel Bryan: “I think for sure. I think that was one of the coolest moments about Wrestlemania 30. There’s a lot of independent wrestlers that are smaller guys from all over the world who wrestle and I looked at that and I said, “ok it totally is possible and it totally is doable.” I think there’s definitely cases where people have made that comment to me before about me with people saying that maybe I am too small or maybe I’m not big enough and I’m not six foot four or 265 pounds. But Daniel Bryan has proved that size doesn’t matter and its true. I know that cliché and said over and over again. If your good enough at what you do in this job, the people will recognize it and their voices will be heard and let the world know that you deserve to be in the position you’re in. Bryan has done great in that role and I can certainly relate to that. It’s very very motivating.”

    Cole also gives his thoughts on facing Kevin Steen this Saturday, who he thinks the best wrestler in the world is right now and much more.

    Eric Young vs. MVP Announced As TNA Slammiversary XII Main Event

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    TNA World Heavyweight champion Eric Young will defend the gold against TNA Director of Operations MVP at Slammiversary.

    The announcement came on Thursday’s episode of Impact Wrestling, with MVP promising Eric Young that he would reveal his Slammiversary opponent later in the night. After hinting that it was someone that EY had never faced before, MVP beat down the champion and declared himself the #1 contender.

    TNA Slammiversary XII takes place on Sunday, June 15 from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.

    Read Our Exclusive Interview With TNA World Champion Eric Young

    WWE SmackDown Preview For Tonight

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    The following is a spoiler-free preview for tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown, taped Tuesday night from Buffalo, New York:

    – John Cena & The Usos vs. The Wyatt Family

    – US Champion Sheamus vs. Dean Ambrose

    – IC Champion Bad News Barrett & Cesaro vs. RVD & Big E

    – Roman Reigns vs. Mark Henry

    – Seth Rollins vs. Batista

    – Rusev vs. Kofi Kingston

    – 3MB & Hornswoggle vs. Los Matadores & El Torito.

    – Fandango & Layla vs. Santino & Emma

    *Spoilers* WWE SmackDown Tapings Results For Friday (5/8)

    AJ Lee No Longer Advertised For Next Week’s WWE European Tour

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    WWE Diva AJ Lee is no longer being advertised for next week’s WWE live events tour of Europe, so her return date remains uncertain.

    The former Divas Champion requested time off following WrestleMania XXX.

    WWE has two separate talent rosters advertised for the various shows:

    – John Cena, The Wyatt Family, Cesaro, Big Show, Sheamus, The Bella Twins, Alicia Fox and Aksana.

    – Daniel Bryan, The Shield, Randy Orton, Kane, Divas Champion Paige, Cameron, Naomi and Layla.

    • Hit up the comments below and tell us which group you’d rather see at a live event.

    Prince Devitt Says Goodbye to NJPW

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    Irish wrestler Prince Devitt, long considered to be one of the top prospects being scouted by WWE, is officially departing New Japan Pro Wrestling. Devitt tweeted on Thursday:

    Devitt has been in talks with WWE since late 2013, with first reports of the negotiations appearing in late November. While there was certainly interest on WWE’s part, no deal was made, with Devitt continuing to wrestle for New Japan. TNA also scouted him, with Devitt attending a TNA live event from Dublin during this year’s Maximum Impact UK tour.

    VIDEO: Prince Devitt Cuts Promo Addressing Rumors About Going To WWE

    It remains to be seen where he’ll wind up, whether it’s WWE, TNA,  Jeff Jarrett’s new Global Force promotion or somewhere else.

    (Spoilers) TNA Impact Wrestling Results For May 29, 2014

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    TNA is taping the remainder of the May 29th edition of Impact Wrestling right now at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. For those who missed it, we posted the first-half of the show, which was taped on Wednesday night in Orlando, earlier today. You can check out those spoiler results — written earlier today by our own Michael Bluth — directly below. The rest of the spoilers will be posted directly underneath those.

    Impact Wrestling for May 29th (taped on Wednesday, May 7th):

    – Bram defeated Tigre Uno in under 5 minutes. Bram went to attack Tigre after the match but Magnus came out and stopped him. Magnus challenges Bram to go at someone like Willow.

    – Gunner and Mr. Anderson defeated Bro Mans. After the match, The Menagerie came out and beat down BroMans as they tried to recover from the loss.

    – The crew sets up tables all around the stage. Bully Ray comes out and wants to see Dixie Carter, Rockstar Spud, Ethan Carter III, MVP, Kenny King and Bobby Lashley put through tables and won’t stop until it’s done. MVP, King and Lashley beat Ray down until Austin Aries, Eric Young and The Wolves make the save. We get a six-man match.

    – MVP, Kenny King and Bobby Lashley defeated The Wolves and Austin Aries when MVP pinned Davey Richards.

    Impact Wrestling for May 29th (taped on Thursday, May 8th):

    – Dixie Carter and Ethan Carter III make their way down to the ring. Carter talks about how she has unfinished business MVP. This brings MVP out, who comes down to the ring with Bobby Lashley and Kenny King. They argue about power until Eric Young and Bully Ray come down. Ultimately, MVP ends up announcing Eric Young vs. Bully Ray with EC3 as the special referee for later tonight.

    – Velvet Sky and Angelina Love defeated Brittany and Gail Kim. After the match, Brittany calls out Madison Rayne. The two argue back-and-forth. Love and Sky end up coming back out to taunt all of them. Brittany ends up revealing that she’s going to take her title rematch against Love next week.

    – Eric Young vs. Bully Ray ended in a no contest when Ray attacked special referee EC3. MVP, Bobby Lashley and Kenny King ended up beating them all down until Samoa Joe made the save to a big pop from the Orlando crowd. Impact Wrestling for 5/29 ended on that note.

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    • VIDEO: Jim Ross Talks WWE vs. WCW Invasion Angle, Recruiting Talent & More

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    The following is a new Fight Network interview with WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross. The official description for the video, which you can view below, reads as follows:

    “Fight Network’s John Pollock speaks with former pro wrestling commentator and WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross ahead of his “Ringside: An Evening with Jim Ross” show on May 9 in Toronto, ON. to talk about the format of his show, memories of the wrestling industry, recruiting talent, WWE vs. WCW & more.

    Check out “Ringside: An Evening with Jim Ross” on May 9 at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, ON.”

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    • Brooke Tessmacher’s TNA Return, TNA Taping All Women’s “One Night Only” PPV

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    TNA will be taping another “One Night Only” pay-per-view in Orlando, Florida this coming Saturday, May 10th. The show is scheduled to be an all-women’s pay-per-view card.

    Advertised to appear on the show is Mia Yim. Also rumored to return on the show is TNA Knockout Brooke Tessmacher.

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    • AJ Lee’s WWE Return Revealed, WWE Stock Continues To Drop

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    – Former WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee, who has been on hiatus the past few weeks after asking for time off, is being advertised to return on the upcoming WWE European tour.

    – WWE stock continues to drop, as it fell once again today with a drop of 51 cents per share. The WWE stock is now at $17.32 per share.

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    • John Cena Offers Advice To Prospects In Tonight’s NFL Draft

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    WWE Superstar John Cena offered his advice to prospects involved in tonight’s NFL Draft in a new tweet posted on his official Twitter account on Thursday afternoon.

    Cena tweeted the following:

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    • Backstage News On Batista Being Unhappy, Rumor Killer On Him Refusing To Job To Daniel Bryan

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    According to one source, the reports that claim Batista refused to work a program with Daniel Bryan are untrue. A source recently told ProWrestling.net:

    “WWE wants that story out, but it’s all twisted. (Batista) would do five jobs for Bryan. They’ve f—ed him in money, booking, broken promises (relating to his) schedule, and promoting his (outside projects).”

    The source continued:

    “Had that not happened, he would be around until late June, but because Vince (McMahon) f—ed him, he’s not, so they dragged Daniel Bryan into this to vilify Batista. Daniel is beloved and a martyr so he benefits, but it has nothing to do with jobbing. They’ve twisted. It’s classic Vince. Look at Ultimate Warrior and SummerSlam, Bret Hart in Montreal. (Vince) puts out his narrative. There are always two sides.”

    Batista Expected To Stick Around Through WWE Payback PPV

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