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Paige Talks To Michael Cole About Her Divas Title Win & Her First Month In WWE

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WWE Divas Champion Paige was Michael Cole’s guest this week in a sit down interview for WWE.com. Topics discussed include:

– What it was like to win the Divas Championship from AJ Lee on RAW the night after WrestleMania XXX.

– Getting emotional backstage after the match

– Her family back in England watching her defeat AJ Lee

– Being the youngest Divas Champion of all time at only 21 years old

– Her time in NXT and how it helped her develop as a performer

– Having a target on her back now that she’s Divas Champion

– Her upcoming match against Tamina at Extreme Rules

– Her longterm goals in WWE

Backstage News On Low Morale In TNA: Heat On Dixie Carter & Creative

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There is a lot of concern backstage in TNA about how the company is being run and whether they will be able to secure a new television deal with Spike TV, a factor widely viewed as essential to their survival. A recent visit by Janice Carter and an attorney from Panda Energy to TNA headquarters in Nashville caught everybody surprise, adding more fuel to the speculation that the circumstances are growing dire. Here’s an overview of the current issues:

– TNA’s current television contract with Spike TV expires in October and there have been no indications that a new deal will be made. The last time TNA had a TV deal with Spike expiring in October, the company had already re-signed by this time (late April). TNA is running 3 expensive shows in New York City’s Manhattan Center as a way to impressive Spike TV officials with the rabid New York Crowd, but many are questioning whether this is a good use of their limited resources.

– TNA President Dixie Carter is getting a lot of heat about the overall direction of the company. During a recent meeting in Nashville, TNA’s lack of presence in New Orleans during WrestleMania XXX weekend was a major topic she had to defend.

– Talent is upset with TNA’s creative team, with the general feeling being that there has been a breakdown in communication. Additionally, a lot of people feel that “Big” John Gaburick is in way over his head and does not have sufficient experience to be handling creative.

– As for Eric Young’s title win, very few people knew about the decision in advance. TNA denies that it was a rip off of Daniel Bryan winning the WWE World Heavyweight championship and that they simply wanted to surprise fans on the last live episode of Impact before taping several weeks of programming.

(Credit to PWInsider.com for some of the information used in this report)

DDP Talks About Jake & Hall Entering the WWE Hall Of Fame, Ultimate Warrior Memories

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Diamond Dallas page recently appeared on Wrestling 365 hosted by Alfonso Marimon and Jon Curry. Here are some highlights of what DDP said about:

The Energy Backstage at the WWE Hall of Fame:

“The Hall of Fame was really cool, getting there was the journey, the whole thing with Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts and Scott Hall. It was great to see both those guys be inducted, they both put a lot of work in. It’s one of those things, so many people bring it up, you get to the end and go, okay we got here, awesome, dreams do come true, but both of those guys are still addicts, so they fight it daily. I’ve had people come up to me and say dude you’ve cured Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts and I’m like what?, no, I never did that. All I did was help him, guide him and put him in a positive environment. Jake could fall down tomorrow and he does from time to time. He doesn’t live with me anymore, I can’t be his keeper, I just hope he can stay on the right track, but someone like Jake or Scott, either one of those guys could fall and hopefully not too far, because we can fall too far and then the promoters and everyone don’t want to deal with that stuff, but as of right now, it was a glorious moment.”

How It Felt To See Jake Roberts & Scott Hall Inducted:

“It actually felt great man, for Scott’s speech I went out in front and sat with my girl and my ex-wife Kimberly, they were both there, they’re friends and we watched Kevin (Nash) come out and then Scott and afterwards I went backstage again. To be in that whole…..That’s like the highest honor you can get in our business, I think it even crosses over World Championships to that next level. There’s still certain people that belong and should be in there and that will always be the case, but eventually, sometimes that takes a while, everyone gets their turn. I said it 18 months earlier, we set the big pie in the sky dream that we would be on this (Hall of Fame) stage on this night.

“Jake didn’t think that was possible, but Jake had to go through a lot of changes for that to happen and he did and it was a journey. We’ve done the movie, that’s where the movie ends, I’m sure we’ll have a little trail-off, because I don’t know exactly what will happen in the next 6 months, 8 months before we’ve got the film completely tied up. I’ve been filming with director and co-producer Steve Yu the resurrection of Jake The Snake’s story and that details Scott Hall coming in and where he was when he started and that journey and a lot of it is really fun and inspirational, while some of it is dark. There’s dark moments man and there’s times where the 3 of us did not get along.”

Memories Of The Ultimate Warrior:

“The first time I was on a card or an event with the Warrior was at WrestleMania 6 and I didn’t get the gig, my car did, I was Diamond Dallas Chauffeur for Rhythm N Blues and I got to meet a lot of the boys. I was in the AWA at the time as a manager, but everybody dreamed of being at WrestleMania, this is the spot and I’m there. I may be driving a Cadillac, but you know what, none of my other buddies are. Hulk Hogan came up to me and was so nice to me and talked about my gimmick and we talked for about 10 minutes and it was amazing.

“Really, the only superstar I wanted to meet that evening and didn’t get the chance to was Warrior, that would happen 10 years later when he came in in WCW to start up his feud with Hulk Hogan and when he got to TV, I was planning on going by, I was looking forward to shaking his hand and meeting him, maybe having some kind of a relationship with him and one of the agents came by and said DDP, you want to meet The Ultimate Warrior and I said absolutely, I’ll be down there later, but the agent said that he sort of asked me to come by and grab you and Goldberg and see if you guys would want to meet him and I was like he’s requesting US to come by, sure, I’ll come with you.

“I walked down there and gave him a big hug and he talked about how much fun he’s had watching us (DDP and Goldberg) and how we made him want to get back in the business. The main event that they would be working towards would be Halloween Havoc and this story shows how anything is possible in this world. 10 years later, from working at the Skydome, being a chauffeur and watching Hogan vs. Warrior for the title to watching them 10 years later, but this time I’m going for the World Championship against Goldberg.

“It took a fan writing me that on Twitter to really put that in perspective and I was like, woah, I never really put that together. I saw him at WrestleCon last year and we talked for a little bit and he was so blown away by what I was doing with DDP Yoga and Scott and Jake and he said, you’re doing God’s work man. He’s a big God man, I am too, I’m not the big preacher guy, but I’m a big God man. For him to give me the shoutout at the Hall of Fame for him being inducted, not once, not twice, but like 4 times and it was a little tongue-in-cheek funny, but he respected what I was doing. I never got a chance to thank him for that, because that was just so cool of him to do that.”

Stephanie To Apologize To Bryan, Bo Dallas & Sami Zayn Wrestle Dark Matches

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– WWE has announced Stephanie McMahon will appear on next week’s RAW to apologize to Daniel Bryan for Kane’s attack this past week.

– Bo Dallas and Sami Zayn wrestled dark amtches at Tuesday night’s WWE Main Event and SmackDown tapings.

Prior to the Main Event tapings, Bo Dallas defeated a local enhancement talent. After Main Event and before SmackDown, Sami Zan defeated Heath Slater.

– NXT star Cal Bishop underwent surgery this week. Fellow NXT wrestler Sawyer Fulton tweeted:

John Cena Grants Another Wish, Nancy Grace Wrestling Segment Cancelled

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– Santino Marella’s BattleArts Academy outside of Toronto recently won an award for Best Fitness Club in the city of Mississauga.

– The pro wrestling segment scheduled Nancy Grace’s CNN HLN show on Thursday night featuring wrestler RJ Brewer has been cancelled. No word on whether or not the segment will be rescheduled.

– John Cena granted another wish through the Magic Moments organization at the recent RAW taping in Birmingham, Alabama. The WWE Community website has photos of Cena meeting 15 year old Dalton at the show.

The Shield Visits The Troops Overeas, CM Punk Resurfaces On Twitter

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– During last week’s WWE live events tour of Saudi Arabia, The Shield visited with members of the U.S. military. WWE’s community website has posted photos of their visit, which you can view here.

– No major developments here, but CM Punk has resurfaced on Twitter – sort of. Punk “favorited” the following Tweet this week, his first activity on the social media service his WWE departure in January:

https://twitter.com/madmoneymike/statuses/458805955921072128

(Spoilers) WWE SmackDown Taping Results For Friday, April 25, 2014

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The following is a non-spoiler match listing for this week’s edition of WWE SmackDown, which was taped on April 22nd in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and will air this Friday, April 25th on the SyFy Network.

– “The Great Debate” between Paul Heyman and Cesaro.

– Cesaro vs. Jack Swagger

– Natalya vs. Tamina Snuka

– Curtis Axel vs. Jey Uso

– Luke Harper & Erick Rowan vs. Goldust & Cody Rhodes

– Fandango & Layla vs. Santino Marella & Emma

– The Shield vs. 11 WWE Superstars

For a complete WWE SmackDown spoiler report for this week, click ahead to page two …

WWE Main Event Results – April 22, 2014

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The following are results of this week’s WWE Main Event, which aired on the WWE Network on Tuesday, April 22nd from Hershey, Pennsylvania.

– Big E. def Alberto Del Rio in the opening match of the show. The finish comes when Del Rio goes for a tornado-DDT, which Big E. reverses into his “Big Ending” for the 1-2-3. After the match, Bad News Barrett pops up on his podium. He’s afraid he’s got some bad news. He informs Big E. that he’s only got 12 days remaining as WWE Intercontinental Champion.

– Hornswoggle def. El Torito in singles action. The finish comes when El Torito goes for his finisher, but Hornswoggle moves and hits him with his Tadpole Splash for the 1-2-3.

– Sheamus def. Titus O’Neil in another one-on-one contest. The finish in this one saw Sheamus nail O’Neil with a big headbutt and follow it up with his Brogue Kick for the pin and the 1-2-3.

– Ryback def. Jimmy Uso in the headline bout of this week’s Main Event. Both Jey Uso and Curtis Axel were at ringside and after a bunch of distractions, Ryback eventually hits Jimmy with his Shellshocked finisher for the pin and the win.

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    • Roman Reigns: Ready for Prime Time?

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    When the Shield debuted over a year ago, Roman Reigns was like the shadowy muscle of the group. He was the least featured member of the trio. He was given few lines during their promos. Yet he was always there to deliver a devastating spear or triple powerbomb when needed.

    With the rich indy wrestling history of both Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose, it is no surprise that they were expected to carry most of the load during the early days of the stable. After all, Roman Reigns was a former football player and started wrestling in 2010, whereas both Ambrose and Rollins had been wrestling since the early 2000’s.

    Reigns does have a rich family history though, as he is a member of the famous Anoa’i family that includes past superstars such as Yokozuna, Rikishi, and The Rock, so it is not like he was a complete stranger to the world of wrestling.

    After his dominating performance at last year's Survivor Series, it seemed obvious that there were big plans for Roman Reigns.
    After his dominating performance at last year’s Survivor Series, it seemed obvious that there were big plans for Roman Reigns.

    A little over a year ago, it appeared that Dean Ambrose was the member being groomed for a breakout solo career. He was considered the de facto of the group and is the only member of the group to win a solo title while Rollins and Reigns shared the Tag Team Championships.

    Something changed last fall, however, and it appeared that Reigns was the one gaining momentum in the Shield after Ambrose seemed enter a lull. Coincidentally enough, it was as soon as Rollins and Reigns lost their championships that his push began. The first hint that he was going to be a breakout star was at last year’s Survivor Series, where he was the sole survivor and dominated the competition, eliminating four opponents during the contest.

    Reigns later eliminated the most competitors in Royal Rumble history during the 2014 contest and he has not looked back since. With the Shield now entering into a program with the newly reformed Evolution, there are reports that the ultimate goal of the feud is to set up a matchup between Triple H and Roman Reigns at this year’s SummerSlam. The reports make one wonder: is Roman Reigns ready for a massive solo push?

    Mick Foley Explains Why He Isn’t Signing A New WWE Legends Deal

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    WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley posted the following on Facebook explaining why he’s not signing a new WWE Legends deal:

    “To deal..or not to deal – that is the question. As some of you may have heard, at this point, I am opting not to sign my Legends Marketing Deal, which gives #WWE the right to market my likeness on video games and action figures. I’ll be writing in more detail about this in the next week or so, but it would be fair to say that, despite strong sales, I have found the payoffs for the past two video games to be extremely weak – in the 25% range of what most talent was expecting.

    Last year, the explanation had something to do with the video game company going bankrupt – a real shame for me, since I was heavily featured as three characters from the “Attitude” era, complete with voice work. I haven’t heard this year’s explanation yet, but, personally. I think the #WWE just wants to see if the talent will accept a far lower percentage than had previously been given. If so, it would proably be a good business move for #WWE, since very few current wrestlers are going to jeapordize their standing with the company by offering resistance – and most legends will probably come to feel like anything they get from merchandise is better than nothing.

    As for me: until I hear a valid reason, I’m opting out.”

    Backstage Update On Bray Wyatt Turning Babyface, Plans For The Shield

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    Despite the feeling coming out of last night’s RAW being that Bray Wyatt is in store for a babyface turn, the plan is to keep him a heel for the time being.

    The thought behind The Wyatt Family right now is to keep them heel until The Shield turns heel, so the two sides will continue to remain on opposite sides of the fence, with the obvious exception of Roman Reigns, who as noted will eventually be split off and turned into a singles babyface competitor.

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    • Backstage Update On Confusion Over Adam Rose’s WWE TV Debut

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    As previously reported, there was a belief online prior to last night’s RAW that Adam Rose would be making his television debut on the show. While his bus was at the building, it has also been at the building last week, and generally travels to all cities as it’s the bus that the crew uses for work.

    All of the Rose vignettes, which were filmed on that bus, were shot prior to WrestleMania XXX in New Orleans earlier this month.

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    • Update On Daniel Bryan’s Schedule: Status For Next Week’s RAW In Question

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    WWE officials announced that Daniel Bryan will not be appearing on the weekend non-televised live events in Toronto, Rockford and Peoria. His status for next week’s RAW, which takes place in St. Louis, is to be determined.

    As previously reported, Bryan himself insisted that he work last night’s RAW, despite receiving the news that his father unexpectedly passed away, as a way to set up his program with Kane before heading home to be with his family.

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    • WWE RAW Viewership For This Week: Downward Trend Continues

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    The Monday, April 21st edition of WWE RAW averaged 4.12 million viewers, finishing second for the night to the NBA playoffs, which averaged 4.17 million viewers.

    The hourly breakdown for Monday’s RAW is as follows:

    Hour One: 4.22 million viewers
    Hour Two: 4.40 million viewers
    Hour Three: 3.80 million viewers

    The final rating, which should be out soon, will likely fall between a 2.9 and a 3.1.

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    • WWE Magazine’s Undertaker Streak Error, NBA Star Upset About Streak Ending

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    – The Miami Herald has published an article previewing the new “Best of WWE Hall of Fame” show which will debut on the WWE Network tonight.

    – Jeff Teague of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks recently spoke to NBA.com about The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak ending. “I am mad about that. I can’t believe they did that, man,” Teague said. “They could have picked somebody better than that [Lesnar]. The could’ve got CM Punk, anybody. But I think it was a mistake. I don’t think it was supposed to happen like that.”

    – The May issue of WWE Magazine contains a feature looking at “31 Bold Predictions for Wrestlemania 31.” It’s interesting to note that #22, which you can view below, reads:

    “Twenty-two Superstars have fallen to Undertaker’s Streak, but one duo will try to stack the odds.”

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    Bully Ray Talks About Getting Into Acting, TNA Talent Headed to Japan

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    – TNA stars Kazarian and Abyss will be taking on The Great Muta and Tajiri at the May 4th Wrestle-1 event in Tokyo, according to a report at PWInsider.com.

    – TNA star Bully Ray was recently interviewed by Xpose Entertainment and spoke about his desire to get into acting:

    “I’m looking into films and other things right now … I am looking to branch my career out a little bit more into acting … I think I fit certain roles, I’ll use as an example a guy like James Gandolfini in ‘The Sopranos’. I think that type of role I could pull off real well, just with my natural personality.

    I just did a television show for Nickelodeon. The show is called ‘See Dad Run’ and it stars Scott Baio and it’s on nick@nite. So I did an episode with him and it went really well and I had an extremely positive experience out there in Hollywood, I was there about a week working at Paramount Studios, I got to work with Scott Marshall and Garry Marshall, and I got to work on the same set as ‘Happy Days’. It was a tremendously positive experience.”

    Former WWE Writer Talks About Meeting Vince McMahon, CM Punk & More

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    Former WWE creative writer Chris “Big Dick Johnson” DeJoseph recently took part in an interview with PWMania.com. DeJoseph speaks on several topics from his time in WWE, including the first time he met Vince McMahon, CM Punk’s departure and more. Here are some highlights of what he said about:

    Meeting Vince McMahon: “First time I met Vince was cool. I got him the first of many coffees. He thanked me. I introduced myself to Mr. McMahon. He told me to call him Vince.”

    Last-Minute Booking Changes in WWE: “Last minute changes happened daily. I’ve given Edge a promo for segment one, 5 minutes before RAW went on the air. He hit a home run. During Edge and Vickie’s Wedding Reception we were literally writing the show as we went. I would sneak their copy out to the stage during breaks.

    Backstage Issues in WWE: “Kid Kash cornered me once. He was released soon after. And I once got in a fight in a limousine with a high power executive.”

    CM Punk: “I think Punk is gone…for now.”

    Other topics discussed include Stephanie McMahon and Triple H taking over Vince McMahon, what he’s been up to since his WWE departure, Michael Hayes, his first day in WWE, his favorite angles and more.

    Jim Ross Blogs About Monday’s WWE RAW

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    WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog at JRsBaBQ.com with some thoughts on last night’s RAW from Baltimore, MD. Here are some highlights of what he said about:

    Daniel Bryan, Kane & Stephanie: “The Bryan-Kane segment was a memorable start to the program and plants a vivid seed for their match at Extreme Rules. I expect this match to outperform many fan’s expectations. Wondering if we will ever see any physicality down the road from Brie and Stephanie. Seems like it’s there if WWE wants to go that route at some point.

    Evolution vs. The Shield: “Nice confrontation featuring the Shield and Evolution. Funny how many on Twitter (@JRsBBQ) want Ric Flair back in HHH”s entity. I don’t see it happening. Great opportunity for this six man tag to steal the show at Extreme Rules.”

    John Cena: “Unusual position to put the face of WWE, John Cena, in with the fan vote and the fans voted the absolute worse case scenario and that was for Cena to face all three members of the Wyatt Family. The 3 vs. 1 vote/mismatch did equate to some compelling TV and back in the TV14 days would have likely seen Cena bloody. I am not endorsing the blood but simply stating a matter of fact as it relates to the ‘old days.'”

    Bray Wyatt: “I’m not clear as to why featured villain Bray Wyatt has the audience singing along with him, especially a hymn, but I also don’t know the creative plan for the talented, third generation performer. Nonetheless, I’m interested in where the Wyatts are traveling. Perhaps that in itself is the point. I will be even more interested in the Wyatts if Bray beats Cena at Extreme Rules.”

    Steve Blackman Backstage At WWE Show (Photo), WWE Posts Sting Clips

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    – Former WWE Superstar Steve Blackman was backstage at the most recent WWE live event in Hershey, Pennsylvania. You can check out a photo of him backstage at the show with Natalya below.

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    – WWE added the following videos on their official YouTube channel of Sting from their “Warrior Week” special on the WWE Network.

    Jonathan Coachman Speaks On Prank Vince Pulled On Him, Leaving WWE, More

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    The following are highlights of a Back Sports Page interview with Jonathan Coachman:

    On whether or not his time in WWE helped him with ESPN: “It was a lot. Every time I sit on set on all the big shows I know, whether it’s on the 11PM Sports Center or the Sunday NFL show, everything I do, I find myself mentally referring back to the things I learned working with Vince McMahon and everybody in the WWE. People do not understand how difficult it is to entertain, act and make people believe, when most people don’t want to believe it is true. The one thing about working with the Rock, and I have people mentioning it every day to me, is about the skits that we did for so long. To see the evolution of our relationship going from him abusing me to him coming back and us doing things as we were at the same level, was awesome for me. The decision for me to get into the ring and get involved on a physical aspect was a difficult one for me. It was one I felt I needed to do because I had the size of 6’3 and 240lbs and it was something that would earn me the respect of the boys, while making me one of them. What I didn’t’t realize was what would happen and that I would learn to entertain on the highest level… the timing, how you say things, your facial expressions, you know all the little things I utilize today. I wish all of our anchors could go through all that training, knowing that Vince is watching your every move and he is ready to shred you and rip you apart. I lasted almost ten years in that environment, and because of that, it allowed me to be ahead of the game when I got here. I felt like I was working for Mr. Rodgers compared to Mr. McMahon. The different things I did over my career with WWE, has helped me when I am doing things at the highest level. ESPN is the highest level and that is not lost on me, and I do not forget that. Every single day when I come to work weather I am sick or I am healthy. I’m out to give it all I got because I want to improve, because I care. I love people who care and who show me that they want to give an effort in life, whatever it is, because you know you are gonna get my best effort.”

    On personal stories he has regarding Vince McMahon: “Vince McMahon is a very unique guy, and he does not trust a lot of people. He had trust in me and because of that, he wanted me around him a lot, whether I was hosting something or not. If he wanted to yell and couldn’t find someone that he couldn’t yell at, he would yell at me just to get it out of his system. Because of Vince having the ability to trust me, and the fact I did anything he needed me to do, the first time we went over to the middle east to Afghanistan, I was one of the 18 people who got to go to represent WWE because I was able to talk, and get in the ring if I needed to. I did get in the ring as I had a match with Ric Flair over there, and I lost to him via the figure four leg lock, and it is a highlight in my career. Some people call it the figure two, but it is what it is (laughs). While there, I got to see firsthand what life was like out in the desert. It was a scary, as we were in the line of the fire, and we went in places that nobody really got to see up close. Those are some the greatest experiences I will look back on because of that relationship I had with him. I will be indebted to him. We get along great to this day, and if there was an opportunity to be on Monday Night Raw and do Sports Center at the same time I would that in a heartbeat.”

    On factors that led to his decision to leave WWE: “Once I found out my daughter was on her way,that was what made the decision to leave. There was a lot thought that went into this decision, but at the end of the day, I wanted to be home with my children. I am lucky enough to have two children and I home everyday with them. Also, there were a lot of bad habits that I developed over the last decade, especially when I was in the ring. I knew if I wanted to survive and live a productive, healthy life, then I needed to get out that environment. The overriding feeling was that I really missed sports. I was craving sports. In my last three years in WWE I signed a deal knowing that I had three years to try and get out. I knew how difficult it would be to find a regular sports job after working in pro wrestling for so long. I spent a good portion of that three year contract working at MSG network in NY and CBS college sports. I was working almost every day creating a bridge, because I was not going to go from WWE to ESPN; it was not going to happen. The family aspect opened my eyes a bit, as the travel became difficult. I began dreading going to the airport and I don’t want to do something I would dread .I was burnt out.”

    On an infamous prank Vince McMahon pulled on him: “What you read and heard was 100% true. The thing about WWE is you have to be accepted on many different levels. From 2003 on, I was one of the boys. If you were willing to put your neck on the line and get in the ring, that separates you from everybody else. Up until that point, I had to be accepted into the crew, so to speak. Basically, Jerry Brisco came up to me in 2001 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and he said he wanted me to run a football pool. $10 to pick all the games, and everybody did it. And I started on a Tuesday, it was a Smackdown taping, I’ll never forget it. I had my own room I did interviews in, and all the sudden two cops show up. They were very serious, and said I understand you’re running a gambling pool. You sold one to one of our undercover cops here. It’s a felony in North Carolina and we’re going to have to take you in. So we’re walking down the hallway, and we stop in front of Vince’s office, and they said we should probably let him know because you’re not going to be here for a while. We walk in and it’s Vince, Triple H, Stephanie, The Rock, Kevin Dunn and Jerry Brisco. I should have known that, with Jerry in the room, something was going on, but I was so terrified because I was 26 years old. The real cops proceeded to tell Vince they’ve caught me in a gambling pool and we need to take him downtown. Vince got in my face, and he was an inch away from my nose. He was cursing, telling me my priorities were bad, and spending company time to run a gambling pool. This entire riff lasted 45 minutes. At the end of the office bit, the officer said it was $1,500 to get me out, and Vince said F-no, he’s on his own. They handcuffed me, and I asked if there was anything I could put over my face. Vince threw me a pair of sweaty gym shorts that got stuck on my face. I walked out of the office and the first person I see is The Undertaker. He looks at me with shock, and it was so real because no one else was in on it except those people in the office. They walked me out, and all the fans could see me and they drove me about a mile down the road, and got a call on the radio that they had to come back to pick up something. They turn around, come back, and everyone’s there with Vince in front of everybody laughing their asses off. Greatest rip in the history of the business, and for about 10 minutes I literally walked to a place in the building and started crying. I thought my career was over. I thought how can I tell my dad I got fired over a $10 football pool.”

    Check out the complete interview at BackSportsPage.com.

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    • Top 10 Most Watched WWE Network Shows (Photo), WWE In Saudi Arabia Clip

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    – The following is the graphic that aired on Monday’s edition of WWE RAW revealing the top ten most watched shows on the WWE Network for the past week.

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    – WWE added footage to their official YouTube channel of the first-ever WWE live event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. You can check that out below.

    Roddy Piper Reveals Secret About Pat Patterson (Video), Best Of WWE HOF Note

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    – As noted, WWE will debut their new “Best Of WWE Hall Of Fame” special on the WWE Network tonight. The Miami Herald out of Florida covered the new show in an article on their official website today, which you can check out at MiamiHerald.com.

    – In the latest “Timeline: History of WWE – 1984 – Roddy Piper” video from Kayfabe Commentaries, which is excellent, by the way, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper reveals a secret he has kept for years about WWE executive Pat Patterson. You can check out a preview of the new video below, with the Piper secret discussion coming in at around the 5:20 mark.

    VIDEO: DDP Puts Together Touching Tribute Package For The Ultimate Warrior

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    Above is a tribute package for Ultimate Warrior featured on the official YouTube channel of Diamond Dallas Page.

    DDP Speaks On Warrior’s Passing, WWE HOF Thoughts, Roberts/Hall & More

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    The following are highlights of a new Wrestling 365 interview with Diamond Dallas Page:

    On the energy backstage at the WWE Hall Of Fame: “The Hall of Fame was really cool, getting there was the journey, the whole thing with Jake “The Snake” Roberts and Scott Hall. It was great to see both those guys be inducted, they both put a lot of work in. It’s one of those things, so many people bring it up, you get to the end and go, okay we got here, awesome, dreams do come true, but both of those guys are still addicts, so they fight it daily. I’ve had people come up to me and say dude you’ve cured Jake “The Snake” Roberts and I’m like what?, no, I never did that. All I did was help him, guide him and put him in a positive environment. Jake could fall down tomorrow and he does from time to time. He doesn’t live with me anymore, I can’t be his keeper, I just hope he can stay on the right track, but someone like Jake or Scott, either one of those guys could fall and hopefully not too far, because we can fall too far and then the promoters and everyone don’t want to deal with that stuff, but as of right now, it was a glorious moment.”

    On how it felt personally for him to see Jake and Scott be inducted: “It actually felt great man, for Scott’s speech I went out in front and sat with my girl and my ex-wife Kimberly, they were both there, they’re friends and we watched Kevin (Nash) come out and then Scott and afterwards I went backstage again. To be in that whole…..That’s like the highest honor you can get in our business, I think it even crosses over World Championships to that next level. There’s still certain people that belong and should be in there and that will always be the case, but eventually, sometimes that takes a while, everyone gets their turn. I said it 18 months earlier, we set the big pie in the sky dream that we would be on this (Hall of Fame) stage on this night. Jake didn’t think that was possible, but Jake had to go through a lot of changes for that to happen and he did and it was a journey. We’ve done the movie, that’s where the movie ends, I’m sure we’ll have a little trail-off, because I don’t know exactly what will happen in the next 6 months, 8 months before we’ve got the film completely tied up. I’ve been filming with director and co-producer Steve Yu the resurrection of Jake The Snake’s story and that details Scott Hall coming in and where he was when he started and that journey and a lot of it is really fun and inspirational, while some of it is dark. There’s dark moments man and there’s times where the 3 of us did not get along.”

    On the passing of Ultimate Warrior and his memories: “The first time I was on a card or an event with the Warrior was at WrestleMania 6 and I didn’t get the gig, my car did, I was Diamond Dallas Chauffeur for Rhythm N Blues and I got to meet a lot of the boys. I was in the AWA at the time as a manager, but everybody dreamed of being at WrestleMania, this is the spot and I’m there. I may be driving a Cadillac, but you know what, none of my other buddies are. Hulk Hogan came up to me and was so nice to me and talked about my gimmick and we talked for about 10 minutes and it was amazing. Really, the only superstar I wanted to meet that evening and didn’t get the chance to was Warrior, that would happen 10 years later when he came in in WCW to start up his feud with Hulk Hogan and when he got to TV, I was planning on going by, I was looking forward to shaking his hand and meeting him, maybe having some kind of a relationship with him and one of the agents came by and said DDP, you want to meet The Ultimate Warrior and I said absolutely, I’ll be down there later, but the agent said that he sort of asked me to come by and grab you and Goldberg and see if you guys would want to meet him and I was like he’s requesting US to come by, sure, I’ll come with you. I walked down there and gave him a big hug and he talked about how much fun he’s had watching us (DDP and Goldberg) and how we made him want to get back in the business. The main event that they would be working towards would be Halloween Havoc and how anything is possible in this world. 10 years later, from working at the Skydome, being a chaufeur and watching Hogan vs. Warrior for the title to watching them 10 years later, but this time I’m going for the World Championship against Goldberg. It took a fan writing me that on Twitter to really put that in perspective and I was like, woah, I never really put that together. I saw him at WrestleCon last year and we talked for a little bit and he was so blown away by what I was doing with DDP Yoga and Scott and Jake and he said, you’re doing God’s work man. He’s a big God man, I am too, I’m not the big preacher guy, but I’m a big God man. For him to give me the shoutout at the Hall of Fame for him being inducted, not once, not twice, but like 4 times and it was a little tongue-in-cheek funny, but he respected what I was doing. I never got a chance to thank him for that, because that was just so cool of him to do that.”

    Check out the complete interview at BlogTalkRadio.com.

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    – WWE announced to the live crowd on Monday night that RAW is returning to Baltimore on September 8th. The pre-sale code for the event is BALTIMORE.

    – Cable news host Nancy Grace will be doing a pro wrestling feature on her HLN show this Thursday night. RJ Brewer of Lucha Libre USA will be appearing on the show.

    – During the RAW Backstage Pass post-show on the WWE Network, Alex Riley revealed that Daniel Bryan suffered a stinger after receiving 3 tombstone piledrivers from Kane. Riley noted that the injury is ‘not serious’ but there is no timetable for Bryan’s return.

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