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WWE Network ‘Warrior Week’ Schedule, Hogan Warns Evolution, Kane’s Mask

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– The following is the WWE Network’s schedule for “Warrior Week,” which kicks off tonight. All shows premiere at 10pm (EST):

* Tuesday: Warrior’s Greatest Matches

* Wednesday: WrestleMania Rewind: WrestleMania VI featuring Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior

* Thursday: Warrior Biography: Ultimate Legend

* Friday: Legends of WrestleMania featuring Ultimate Warrior

– Hulk Hogan tweeted the following about Evolution’s beat down of The Shield on RAW:

– Kane tweeted the following about returning to his masked gimmick:


* Looking Back At ULTIMATE WARRIOR’s 5 Greatest Matches (Videos)

Warrior’s Next Legal Battle, Zeb Colter Tweets About Paige

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– Since the untimely death of the Ultimate Warrior just one week ago, over a hundred companies began selling unauthorized merchandise donning Warrior’s name and logo. Attorneys for Ultimate Creations (Warrior’s marketing company) have sent out cease and desist letters to over 100 companies who started selling t-shirts with the Ultimate Warrior’s name and logo since he passed.

According to TMZ.com, Ultimate Creations is threatening legal action if the companies continue to profit off Warrior’s trademarks.

– Zeb Colter tweeted the following on Monday night, questioning whether WWE Divas Champion Paige is ‘legal’ –

While Zeb was most likely questioning the status of her citizenship, Intercontinental champion Big E took it another way:

* Looking Back At ULTIMATE WARRIOR’s 5 Greatest Matches (Videos)

WWE Extreme Rules Lineup: Confirmed & Rumored Matches For The PPV

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As previously reported, it was announced on WWE RAW this week that John Cena will be squaring off against Bray Wyatt in a steel cage match at the upcoming WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view.

Also announced for the show, which takes place on May 4th from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey, is a WWE Intercontinental Championship match between current title-holder Big E., and the winner of the ongoing number one contender tournament. The semi-finals of the tournament takes place next Monday night and features Rob Van Dam vs. Cesaro, as well as Bad News Barrett vs. Sheamus. The Superstar who advances to the finals will challenge Big E. for the title on May 4th.

Additionally, rumored for Extreme Rules is a faction vs. faction match between The Shield and the reunited Evolution group. As previously reported, it is unclear yet as to whether or not Daniel Bryan and Kane will be added to the match.

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    • RAW News: I-C Title Tourney, Matches For SD!, Main Event, Extreme Rules & RAW

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    The following news and notes were revealed during this week’s edition of WWE RAW, which took place on Monday night in Birmingham, Alabama.

    – Next week on RAW, the rest of the WWE Intercontinental Championship number one contender tournament will take place. Advancing in first round matches on Monday night were Rob Van Dam, Cesaro, Sheamus and Bad News Barrett. Squaring off next week in the semi-finals will be RVD vs. Cesaro and Sheamus vs. Bad News Barrett.

    – Taking place on this week’s edition of WWE Main Event, which airs live on the WWE Network on Tuesday night, will be Big Show vs. Jack Swagger.

    – Announced for the upcoming WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view, which takes place on May 4th at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey, is John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt in a steel cage match.

    – Confirmed as the main event of this week’s edition of WWE SmackDown, which will be taped on Tuesday night and airs Friday night on SyFy, is “The Animal” Batista vs. Sheamus.

    – Finally, it was announced that on next week’s edition of WWE RAW, the returning Daniel Bryan will square off against Kane, who is returning as a masked Superstar.

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    • WWE RAW Results – April 14, 2014

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    Ultimate Warrior Tribute

    RAW opens live in the building where we see all of the WWE Superstars and WWE Divas standing on the stage. The titantron has a huge “in memory of” graphic. Michael Cole says tonight we will pay tribute to one of the greatest WWE Superstars of all-time. In the ring, Jerry Lawler introduces an Ultimate Warrior video package. After the video package, Lawler asks us to give a moment of silence as we toll the bell ten times. The bell is rung ten times as we see closeup shots of everyone on the stage, including Vince McMahon. Warrior’s music hits and the talent on stage lead the fans in a “Warrior” chant. We get some announcements informing us some of the matches scheduled for tonight and then we head to our first commercial break of the evening.

    Intercontinental Title Contender Tournament
    – Rob Van Dam vs. Alberto Del Rio

    When we return from commercial, Justin Roberts introduces Alberto Del Rio, who is already in the ring. After that, Rob Van Dam’s music and he makes his way to the ring for this first-round WWE Intercontinental Championship number one contender tournament match.

    RVD’s music fades down and immediately the fans break out into a loud “RVD” chant. The bell rings and Del Rio goes right to work on Van Dam. RVD eventually gets the better of Del Rio, who takes a break outside the ring to recover. The fans explode in another passionate “RVD” chant.

    Back in the ring, Del Rio regains control of the offense and is taking it to Van Dam as the announcers put over some of the other first round matches in this tournament, all of which are scheduled to take place on tonight’s show. We see a shot of Big E. backstage watching the match. Meanwhile, Van Dam begins firing up on offense, but is cut short by a huge clothesline from Del Rio on the floor. We head to a mid-match commercial.

    When we return from commercial, Del Rio remains in control of the former six-time I-C champ. We see some highlights of action that took place during the break. After that, Van Dam slightly botches a flying kick off the middle rope. Del Rio hits the Backstabber on Van Dam out of the blue for a near fall. Del Rio goes to the top-rope as another “RVD” chant breaks out. When Del Rio comes off the top, Van Dam catches him with a spin kick. Both guys are down.

    We see another shot of Big E. looking on backstage as Del Rio continues his assault on Van Dam in the ring. Del Rio calls for his Cross Armbreaker. He goes for it, but Van Dam reverses into a scissor takedown into a pin attempt. He only gets two. Van Dam goes to the top and hits his Five Star Frogsplash. 1-2-3. Van Dam wins and advances in the tournament.

    Winner and advancing in the tournament: Rob Van Dam

    Backstage: Batista, Randy Orton & The Authority

    After the match, we get a recap video of what went down last week between Triple H, Randy Orton, Batista and The Shield and Daniel Bryan. After that, we see Batista and Randy Orton entering Triple H and Stephanie McMahon’s office. They talk off-mic amongst each other and then we fade away. The announcers again talk about the legacy of Ultimate Warrior, and then they introduce a clip of Warrior from SummerSlam 1988.

    Backstage: The Authority, Batista & Randy Orton Again

    When we return from commercial, we see another glimpse into The Authority’s locker room, where Batista and Randy Orton are still standing. Triple H mentions that Daniel Bryan isn’t here tonight, but they have a bigger problem, which is The Shield. He says The Shield reminds him a lot of “us,” referring to Evolution. He says he’s not sure if anybody can stop them. Stephanie McMahon says she does, and she’s looking at them, again referring to Evolution. Triple H reiterates that when the three of them are on the same page, no one can stop them. Batista says that’s great, but he just wants to be champ. Orton agrees with Dave on this one, and informs Hunter that he’s on his own. They walk off.

    Goldust & Cody Rhodes vs. Ryback & Curtis Axel

    After the backstage segment we hear Goldust’s theme, as we see he and Cody Rhodes entering the ring. Already in the ring is the team of Ryback and Curtis Axel. The bell rings and Goldust and Axel start things off for their respective teams. Goldust takes the early offensive advantage and then tags in his little brother. Rhodes comes in and picks up where Goldust left off, taking it to Axel in the middle of the ring.

    Cody drops an elbow to the arm of Axel. Cody hits a front suplex and rolls Axel up for a one count. Cody starts concentrating on the left arm of Axel. Goldust now tags back in. Goldust connects with a shot to the gut and drops an elbow for another one count. Axel fights back with a knee to the gut followed by a headbutt. Goldust hits the ropes and connects with his uppercut. Goldust goes after Ryback and Axel attacks him from behind. Axel lands in some stomps and tags in Ryback. Ryback and Axel hit a double clothesline in the corner and Ryback covers for a two count. Ryback chokes Goldust on the middle rope then hits some shoulder tackles in the corner.

    Ryback hits a scoop slam and goes to the middle rope. He tags in Axel and Ryback hits a splsh. Axel comes off the middle rope with an ax handle and covers for a two count. Axel hits a knee to the gut then tags Ryback back in. Ryback hits a back kick and covers for another two count. Ryback now locks in a rear chin lock. Goldust fights back to his feet, but Ryback takes him back down and locks in the rear chin lock again. Goldust back to his feet against and lands some body shots, but Ryback whips him into the corner. Ryback charges and eats a back elbow by Goldust. Goldust makes the tag to Cody.

    Cody fights off a gorilla press and lands a right hand. Cody goes to the top and hits a moonsault on Ryback. Ryback rolls to the outside. Cody spring boards to the top rope and hits a splash on the outside to Ryback. Ryback back in the ring. Cody hits a spring board drop kick for a near fall. Axel low bridges Goldust out of the ring and eats a disaster kick for his troubles. Rhodes goes for the Disaster Kick, but misses and Ryback ends up nailing him with the Meathook Clothesline. 1-2-3. RyBaxel wins. We head to commercial.

    Winners: Ryback & Curtis Axel

    WWE Divas Championship
    – Paige (c) vs. Alicia Fox

    When we return from commercial, a new “Bo-Lieve” promo airs. After that, the new WWE Divas Champion Paige makes her way to the ring. Already in the ring is her opponent for tonight, Alicia Fox. Footage airs last week of Paige winning the title over AJ Lee.

    The bell rings and our Divas Championship match is now officially underway. Fox gets the upper-hand straight out of the gate as the announcers bicker back-and-forth for the first time tonight. Fox dominates Paige for several minutes and then the Divas Champion turns things around with a big kick.

    Paige enjoys a series of offensive attacks and then locks Fox in a weird submission-type move. Fox has no choice but to tap out. Paige gets the submission victory and retains her WWE Divas Championship.

    Winner and STILL WWE Divas Champion: Paige

    DirecTV No Longer Carrying WWE PPVs, I-C Contender Tourney On Tonight’s RAW

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    – DirecTV made the decision today not to carry any future WWE pay-per-view events.

    – In addition to the Ultimate Warrior tribute on tonight’s edition of WWE RAW, a tournament will begin to determine the new number one contender to the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

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    • Looking Back At Ultimate Warrior’s 5 Greatest Matches

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    On Tuesday, April 8, 2014, the professional wrestling world lost another one of the greats. The Ultimate Warrior, who for millions of fans who jumped on the pro wrestling bandwagon during the late 1980s boom period, was among the biggest and most recognizable Superstars in history. Today, we are going to look back at five matches that helped establish Warrior as the undeniable legend that he became.

    It’s no secret that Ultimate Warrior wasn’t what one would call a “catch-as-catch-can” classic type of in-ring performer, but if you look back at his career from an unbiased point of view, there were certainly some diamonds in the rough. He had some great moments in the ring, and at times was absolutely more than just “a cool ring entrance.”

    WWE SummerSlam 1988 (vs. The Honky Tonk Man)

    On August 29, 1988 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, The Ultimate Warrior captured his first WWE Championship. In just 31 seconds, Warrior ended The Honky Tonk Man’s legendary 454-day reign as WWE Intercontinental Champion.

    Going into the show, which was actually the inaugural edition of what became WWE’s annual summer tradition, Honky Tonk Man was originally supposed to square-off with Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake. Beefcake ended up on the sidelines, however, and it was announced, live during the show, that Honky Tonk Man would still have an opponent and would still be defending his title.

    To make a long story short, the infamous guitar riff hit the big speakers, thousands of fans in MSG exploded, and 31 seconds later, Warrior’s first WWE title reign began. History was made.

    WWE SummerSlam 1989 (vs. “Ravishing” Rick Rude)

    Nearly a year later to the day, Ultimate Warrior found himself capturing WWE Intercontinental gold once again at WWE’s SummerSlam pay-per-view. Several months prior, Warrior suffered his first official defeat in WWE at the hands of “Ravishing” Rick Rude, who was arguably Warrior’s best in-ring opponent.

    This was the rematch.

    The bout took place on August 28, 1989 at The Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It was the second annual WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view event.

    In what turned out to be a pretty good little contest, Warrior prevailed and in the end, managed to get his hand raised and once again become the WWE Intercontinental Champion.

    Former WWE Superstar Marty Jannetty Finds Out He Has A Daughter

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    Former WWE Superstar Marty Jannetty posted the following on Facebook, revealing that he recently found out that he is a father:

    “HAPPIEST, HAPPIEST GUY LIVING RIGHT NOW……wish I was there to watch her grow up but, so happy to be given this gift now!!! and from here on, Im gonna be a different person than have been… will be the best daddy ever..or at least the best one I can be!!!”

    “Im the happiest guy on this planet right now…now I get it..to all the boys who have told me how its life changing when you have a kid…man..had no kids so I didnt get it…now I do…thats my girl…and guys, dont you dare look at her twice,,,bad ankles and all I will make sure you never look at my daughter like that again!!!!!!!!!!!..Love ya Bianca!! hey, we didnt get the choice….but now we do have that….and..I LOVE YOU!!!..hope you will accept me///I will change soooo much now, I will never embarrass you!!!!!!!!!”

    Ultimate Warrior Autopsy Results Released

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    The medical examiner who conducted an autopsy on the Ultimate Warrior has released the results of his findings.

    The Ultimate Warrior autopsy shows that his death was caused by a heart attack related to “Atherosclerotic/Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease” (heart disease).

    Warrior’s death was classified as “natural” – meaning that neither drugs nor alcohol were directly involved.

    Remembering The Ultimate Warrior

    (Source: TMZ.com)

    Global Force Announcement Postponed, Update On Talent Signings

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    Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling was scheduled to make a big announcement today regarding a talent signing, however Jarrett just tweeted that the announcement has been postponed:

    “Well GFW fans…. Good news, bad news today… Bad news, no announcement today… Good news, it will be made tomorrow! The reason for the one day delay is because of a major Hollywood publication needs one more day for exclusivity purposes.

    There was some buzz over the weekend that New Japan Pro Wrestling tag team Killer Elite Squad (Lance Hoyt & David Hart Smith) signed to the promotion. Global Force tweeted this photo of Global Force founders Jeff and Karen Jarrett, along with Hoyt and former WWE/TNA Superstar Elijah Burke:

    Global Force also tweeted these photos over the weekend with Carlito, Jay Lethal and Mickie James:

    Christie Hemme & Ethan Carter III Featured In New Music Video

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    Ethan Carter III and Christie Hemme are featured in a new music video for Sean Patrick McGraw:

    LITTLE ENGINE RECORDS’ SEAN PATRICK McGRAW JOINS FORCES WITH TNA IMPACT WRESTLING SUPERSTAR EC3 AND KNOCKOUT CHRISTY HEMME FOR “I’M THAT GUY” VIDEO

    SINGLE AND VIDEO APPEAR ON THE UPCOMING HARD WAY TO MAKE AN EASY LIVING RELEASE

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (April 13, 2014) – Sean Patrick McGraw continues his streak of well-written living large songs with his current single “I’m That Guy,” from his forthcoming release Hard Way To Make An Easy Living. The song’s video premiered on the popular roughstock.com site to a great response. The video features IMPACT WRESTLING superstar EC3 and Knockout Christy Hemme. The song, co-written and performed with TNA Knockout Music’s own Serg Salinas and Dale Oliver, has been climbing the Music Row charts since its release nearly a month ago, currently sitting inside the top 30. The song is currently available on all digital outlets. Visit SEAN PATRICK McGRAW for tour dates and further information.

    “I had a blast making this video to the song I wrote with my friends Dale and Serg,” says Sean Patrick McGraw. “It is a fun, raw, ‘take care of my woman’ song that we all have in our songwriting arsenal and have to release for the message,” he continues with a grin. “Having the lovely and talented Christy Hemme and the beefcake EC3 starring in the clip is icing.”

    The song is produced by Dale Oliver and McGraw. The video is produced by Little Engine Records and directed by Adam Chardiss.

    Little Engine Records opened in 2009 with McGraw as its flagship artist. Since then, McGraw has been on a non-stop mission to spread his music and his high octane live show to audiences across the states. McGraw has been one of Clear Channel’s “NEW: Artists to Watch” program and has been part of many country tours with such acts as Toby Keith, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church and many others.
    McGraw has sponsorships/partnerships with such names as Budweiser, Jagermeister, One Condoms, Harley-Davidson Footwear, Summit Hotels and Fender Guitar. This is McGraw’s fourth video to air nationally on various outlets.

    Being a prolific writer and a very poignant and insightful person, McGraw, or SPM, as fans and friends call him, is continually writing blogs about his travels, people he meets, charities that are close to him, the trials and tribulations of the road and the music business with a positive and purposeful insight. His blogs can be found at www.seanpatrickmcgraw.com or his Facebook page, www.facebook.com/seanpatrickmcgraw.

    WWE Tag Team Division: On the Back Burner

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    Near the end of last year, it appeared the WWE would once again focus on promoting its tag team division. After the championships were practically ignored and bounced around between random teams that were comprised of young talent for over a year, Team Hell No helped legitimize the titles once again.

    Kane and Bryan held the titles for nearly a year before eventually dropping the straps to Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins. The division picked up even more after the Shield got their hands on the titles and was straight up stacked for months. At one point the company was even relying a lot on six-man tag matches just to get as many guys as possible on the broadcast.

    Team Hell No helped spark fan interest after a dull period in the tag division.
    Team Hell No helped spark fan interest after a dull period in the tag division.

    Near the end of last year, the Rhodes Brothers, the Shield (Rollins and Reigns), the Wyatt Family (Harper and Rowan), the Real Americans, the Usos, the Prime Time Players, and the New Age Outlaws were all in contention for the Tag Team titles at some point.

    Since then, nearly every one of those teams has fallen off the face of the Earth, save the Usos who are now the champions. The Rhodes Brothers are barely competing together, the Shield is beyond competing for the championships at this point, the Wyatt Family has been involved in other affairs, both the Real Americans and Prime Time Players have split, and it appears the New Age Outlaws do not want to exercise that rematch clause after all.

    The dissolution and promotion of various teams has resulted in the tag team division entering into a transitional state where the company needs to develop new teams or promote others from NXT. Think about the current teams on the roster. We have the Usos who are obviously champions, but who are their challengers? The only other teams even on the roster are Los Matadores, Ryback and Axel, and 3MB, unless I am forgetting someone.

    Video: Marathon Runner Pays Tribute To The Ultimate Warrior

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    Check out this video of a London Marathon runner paying tribute to the late Ultimate Warrior.

    New Movie Poster For WWE Studios’ Leprechaun: Origins

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    WWE Studios has released the following movie poster for the upcoming Leprechaun: Origins film starring Hornswoggle. The horror film is scheduled for an August 2014 release.

    leprechaun-poster

    Internal Reaction To Eric Young’s Title Win, Angle Reacts To Rumors & More

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    – The internal reaction to Eric Young winning the TNA World Heavyweight championship is mixed. While people are happy for him because he’s been with the company forever and is seen as a hard worker, others question if he is the person who should be “the face of TNA.”

    – TNA announced that more contract renewals will be announced soon. As previously reported, former TNA World Heavyweight champion James Storm just signed a new deal with the company.

    – Kurt Angle tweeted the the following over the weekend about unspecified ‘rumors’ –

    (Partial source: PWInsider)

    Lesnar Tops WWE Power Rankings, Legends House Premieres This Week & More

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    – WWE Legends House premieres this Thursday on the WWE Network at 8pm EST.

    – WWE.com has published a feature looking at the “Samoan tag team dominance” of the legendary Anoa’i family.

    – Here’s a look at the Top 5 of the latest WWE.com power rankings:

    • 5. The Wyatt Family (previously 1)
    • 4. John Cena (previously 5)
    • 3. The Shield (previously 8)
    • 2. Daniel Bryan (previously 2)
    • 1. Brock Lesnar (previously 9)

    Ranking The TOP 5 “Match Of The Year” Candidates (1st Quarter 2014)

    Jeff Jarrett Allegedly Involved In Physical Altercation At Indy Event

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    According to Examiner.com, Global Force Wrestling founder Jeff Jarrett was involved in a physical altercation at an indy show over the weekend involving the son of IWA Mid-South promoter Ian Rotten over money.

    Jarrett was reportedly given half his appearance fee when he arrived at the show and was told he’d receive the remaining balance within 2-3 days. This sent Jarrett into a rage, where is he alleged to have been screaming and cursing at many in the locker room and then directed his rage against the 17 year old son of Rotten, John Calvin.

    Eye witnesses say Jarrett either slapped John Calvin and knocked his glasses off or snatched them off his face during his rant and attempted to “hold them hostage to the point of breaking them,” before calming down.

    “Jeff and Karen Jarrett were both intoxicated,” promoter Ian Rotten said. “I have a locker room full of people to back me up on that.”

    Rotten has a spotty reputation when it comes to paying talent, with one indie veteran saying, “He is never going change brother, hell, he still owes me $50 from a show,” an indie veteran said.

    “I am embarrassed,” Rotten said. “I know it sounds incredibly stupid but we forgot to get the advance out of PayPal.”

    One wrestler, who asked not to be identified, said Jarrett was “out of control.”

    “Jeff Jarrett will get his money in a couple of days as promised and he can use it for a defense attorney because I will be going to the sheriff tomorrow (Monday) to swear out a warrant for assault on a minor,” Rotten said.

    For more on this story, visit Examiner.com.

    Backstage Reaction To WWE Network Subscribers, Advice From Experts

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    Last week, WWE announced that the WWE Network had signed up 677,287 subscribers since the launch on February 24th. The news sent WWE stock plummeting over 30% (currently trading under $21 as of Monday morning) and experts questioning whether WWE will in fact be able to reach 1 million subscribers by the end of the year.

    According to industry sources, analysts were hoping for 1 million subscribers as of last week, with 850,000 seen as a baseline for what they’d be satisfied with. The actual figure of 677,287 was seen as acceptable, but a disappointment for WWE.

    Aside from expanding to international markets in late 2014/early 2015, the Motley Fool financial website is advising WWE to start looking for original drama series like ‘Breaking Bad’ to bolster the Network’s content offering beyond simply pro wrestling shows.

    Darren Young Injury Update, Cena Comments On Sunday’s Total Divas

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    – It was reported over the weekend that Darren Young suffered an ankle injury at Saturday night’s WWE live vent from Hidalgo, Texas. Young tweeted on Sunday that he was doing just fine, however, he did not wrestle at Sunday night’s live event from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Goldust replaced young on the card, wrestling against Fandango.

    Speaking of Darren Young, the episode of “The Ellen Degeneres Show” where she interviewed him about ‘coming out’ has been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award (Outstanding Talk Show episode).

    The awards ceremony takes place on May 3rd in New York City.

    – John Cena tweeted the following about Sunday night’s episode of Total Divas:

    Jeff Jarrett Talks About Global Force Wrestling

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    Jeff Jarrett recently spoke to The Tennessean and commented on his new Global Force Wrestling promotion.

    Jarrett continues to tout that the wrestling business is on the verge of another boom period, which makes it an opportune time for him to launch the new company.

    “Our world is getting so much smaller with technology and we live off our phones, so information is shared instantaneously,” Jarrett said. “That’s right up wrestling fans’ alley, so they can swap stories from around the world.

    “Wrestling, I wouldn’t say it left mainstream over the last 10 years, but it certainly wasn’t as prominent as it was in the late ’90s. I think it’s really about ready to step back into the mainstream.”

    WWE RAW Preview: Ultimate Warrior Tribute, Extreme Rules Hype

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    Tonight’s episode of WWE RAW takes place from the Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama.

    Following the death of Ultimate Warrior last week, tonight’s show will be a tribute show to the WWE Hall of Famer.

    The show will also feature hype for the upcoming Extreme Rules event on May 4th. Ongoing storylines to look out for include:

    – WWE World Heavyweight champion Daniel Bryan’s alliance with The Shield as they battle The Authority, Randy Orton and Batista

    – John Cena’s feud with The Wyatt Family

    – A new era for The King Of Swing Cesaro and his new advocate, Paul Heyman.

    WWE Superstars advertised to appear include Randy Orton, Batista, Rob Van Dam, Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio, Ryback, and Fandango.

    Join us tonight for our live coverage of WWE RAW.

    New Trailer For The Rock’s Hercules, WWE Network Free Trial

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    – WWE is offering another one-week free trial for the WWE Network. The hook for this free trail is being able to watch WrestleMania XXX:

    “Sign up for a one-week free trial to WWE Network and you can start watching WrestleMania 30 right now! See Daniel Bryan achieve his lifelong dream and the surreal end to The Undertaker’s Streak. Plus, you can watch over 400 past pay-per-views!”

    – The following exclusive trailer for The Rock’s new movie Hercules aired during last night’s MTV Movie Awards:

    Full WWE “Special Event” (PPV) Schedule For The Rest Of 2014

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    The following is the official WWE “special event” (aka pay-per-view) schedule for the remainder of 2014.

    WWE Extreme Rules on May 4th in East Rutherford, New Jersey

    WWE Payback on June 1st in Chicago, Illinois

    WWE Money In The Bank on June 29th in Boston, Massachusetts

    WWE Battleground on July 20th in Tampa, Florida

    WWE SummerSlam on August 17th in Los Angeles, California

    WWE Night Of Champions on September 21st in Nashville, Tennessee

    WWE Hell In A Cell on October 26th in Dallas, Texas

    WWE Survivor Series on November 23rd in St. Louis, Missouri

    WWE Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 14th in Cleveland, Illinois

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    • Jim Ross Blog: Is JR Retired From Broadcasting?, Sting/WWE, Ross Report, More

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    The following are highlights from a new Jim Ross blog:

    On Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley: “Looks like Manny Pacquiao will live to fight another day after a unanimous decision win over Tim Bradley Saturday night. Manny seemed to be in a must win situation as it relates to big money fights and to keep the faint hope alive that he may someday fight Floyd Mayweather. If pro boxing doesn’t include either Mayweather or Pacquiao in the conversation in some form, it seems as if the casual boxing fan isn’t overly engaged.”

    On his upcoming “RINGSIDE” show in Toronto: “The Toronto media is embracing our show coming to TO on Friday May 9 at the Danforth Music Hall for one show only. I will let you know what we have planned once every thing is finalized but to say that we are going to be busy promoting the event would be an understatement.”

    “Tickets for the Friday May 9 event are on sale at ticketmaster.ca and only a limited number of VIP Meet and Greet tickets remain. We will do the TO Meet & Greets with photo and autograph opportunities BEFORE our show in Toronto.”

    “Our event is the night before the ROH-New Japan show in Toronto on Saturday May 10 of which I plan on attending as a fan.”

    On his recent Ross Report podcast with Jake Roberts: “My interview with Jake Roberts that is airing now on the Ross Report Podcast has received amazing feedback especially from some of the many wrestlers and would be wrestlers who have heard it. Jake’s take on today’s in ring product, how it can be improved and the nuances of being a hero or a villian in the TV wrestling world are excellent. It’s like going to a college class on how to be a successful pro wrestler.”

    On whether or not he has broadcasted his last event: “Not sure why but I’ve been getting an inordinate amount of Tweets @JRsBBQ and emails here at our Q&A section of the site asking if I have broadcast my last event. My best guess is no, or is it wishful thinking, but it likely won’t be where one would assume. If the answer ends up being that I’m done broadcasting live events then so be it as I lived my dreams and had a wonderful ‘run’ for which I’m thankful. The competitor/performer in me still feels that there is some unused fuel left in the tank. Things will become clearer in a few months as I’d love to try some thing new.”

    On Sting to WWE: “Regarding Sting, I assume that he hasn’t signed with WWE only because WWE hasn’t announced it. Signing Sting would create positive news for WWE as he is a major star that WWE can monetize in a variety of ways if he comes aboard. I don’t see Sting even needing to wrestle to be a viable asset to WWE if he does sign with the company. If Sting did have one match it WWE it would need to be a long build, much anticipated one that has a significant payoff at a major event more specifically WM31.”

    Check out the complete blog at JRsBarBQ.com.

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    – Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella aren’t the only WWE-related wedding taking place this weekend. Former WWE Diva Eve Torres is getting married on Sunday to her fiancee’ Rener Gracie.

    – Darren Young is denying reports that he suffered an ankle injury on Saturday night at the WWE live event in Hidalgo, Texas. The former Prime Time Player tweeted the following on Sunday:

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