F4WOnline.com recently confirmed rumors that Paul Bearer is considered a lock for a spot in this year’s WWE Hall Of Fame class. Other names that are rumored to be inducted this year include Scott Hall and Cyndi Lauper.
Additionally, Stephanie McMahon is reportedly working on trying to lock in another big name for a spot in this year’s WWE Hall Of Fame class. As of right now, there is no definite word as to who Stephanie is working on.
(Credit: F4WOnline.com & PWInsider.com)
According to reports, the word going on within WWE right now is that CM Punk has failed to respond to phone calls and text messages sent to him by WWE executives.
The feeling is Punk is keeping to himself, short of a few people in his inner circle, and the belief is those who are in contact with Punk won’t be talking about the situation publicly.
(Credit: PWInsider.com)
As noted, there have been a number of creative meetings in the past week regarding booking the card for WrestleMania XXX. At this point, the only match that is considered a lock is John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt.
According to one source, there is a lot of back-and-forth discussion regarding Brock Lesnar’s match on the show. The original plan was for Lesnar to face The Undertaker, however some are of the belief that there is something to the tease between Lesnar and Batista on RAW recently.
Additionally, there is a lot of talk about how to use Daniel Bryan on the show. Originally, Bryan was to work with Sheamus at WrestleMania. After the crowd hijacking at the Royal Rumble, there continues to be talk of featuring Bryan in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match.
(Credit: PWInsider.com)
Ryback competed in a chicken wing eating contest during halftime of Sunday’s Super Bowl:
As previously reported, John Cena did not work his scheduled appearance at the WWE live event on Sunday due to what was reported as an eye injury. According to one source, Cena was willing to work the show despite the eye issue, but WWE opted to pull him from the event.
Additionally, it appears that Cena’s eye injury may have come at the hands of Randy Orton, as Cena was reportedly poked in the eye during his match with Orton on Saturday night. After he was poked, the match was stopped briefly while WWE trainers checked on Cena.
(Credit: PWInsider.com)
TNA star Kurt Angle was scheduled to undergo surgery in late January, however with Jeff Hardy and Sting not going on the company’s U.K. tour, Angle’s surgery was pushed back so that he could fill-in on the tour.
During the television taping in Glasgow, Scotland this past week, an angle was shot that saw Angle get beat down with steel chairs, which was seemingly the company’s way of writing him out of the storylines. The following day in Manchester, Angle was told by the TNA creative team that he was scheduled to do a run-in segment. Angle reportedly flipped out as a result, as he had already been written out of storylines and because he had been working despite doctor’s orders not to.
John Gaburick was said to be the one that Angle flipped out to, and in the end, Angle did not work the taping that night in Manchester.
Angle did his Hall Of Fame induction the next day in London, and set up a probable Lockdown match against Ethan Carter III. As a result, it appears that TNA is expecting Angle to work the pay-per-view without having the surgery he needs.
(Credit: PWInsider.com)
– The official WWE website ran a poll recently asking fans who is the bigger success story to come out of the Evolution faction, Batista or Randy Orton. At last check, Orton was in the lead with well over 50 percent of the vote.
– Kid Rock’s song “Celebrate” will be used one of the themes for Wrestlemania XXX.
– The Wrestlemania XXX DVD and Blu-Ray sets will be released on 5/13, according to Amazon.com.
– UFC President Dana White was not happy about Allistair Overeem calling out Brock Lesnar at Saturday night’s post-show press conference. Dana White appeared on FOX Sports last night and said:
“It was a crappy performance by Alistair. Then, he calls out someone who doesn’t even fight in the UFC. It was not a great night for Overeem.”
According to F4WOnline.com, there are a number of people behind-the-scenes in WWE right now that are said to be “not unhappy” that CM Punk is gone. Apparently there has been a lot of negativity towards Punk from many people in the company.
As noted previously, Vince McMahon is personally handling the Punk situation. McMahon reportedly wants Punk to stay because he feels like there aren’t many top Superstars in the company right now.
Regarding WrestleMania XXX, the feeling is that Punk knew the company was aware that his contract expires in July, and that he wasn’t expected to re-sign, meaning he felt like he knew what direction his match against Triple H would head as a result.
The following are highlights of a recent interview with TNA star Gunner:
On TNA pushing younger talent: “I think it’s going to be a good change. You named guys like EC3 and the newer guys that may be coming in, but you still have the Kurt Angles and the Jeff Hardys and veterans that are in the position to help younger guys, like myself, out and not only learn more, but see if I can obviously handle the pressure of being in that main event spot.”
On how it effects Impact: “I think it’s a good change for Impact because TNA has always been that company since day one with the younger guys, like A.J. Styles and Chris Daniels and all these guys. TNA has always been about different, new, and young talent. For a while there, it kind of got away from that I feel. Dixie tweeted about it as you mentioned and I think that it’s a good spot to be in.”
On fans wanting to see something new: “The fans want to see different stuff. They don’t want to see the same guys year in and year out doing the same stuff all the time. WWE always has new, fresh guys coming in and changing the product and I think that Dixie and the company in general are going to give us younger guys an opportunity to really stand out and see what we can do.”
Check out the complete interview above.
WWE Superstar Darren Young posted a tweet on his official Twitter account showing off his new look to his fans. Young tweeted:
Sometimes you gotta switch it up. Welcome THEE #froski #newhaircut @wwe #nodaysoff http://t.co/Us2gc5H5Pa
— nodaysoff DYoung (@DarrenYoungWWE) February 2, 2014
Young also spoke in a new Tout video about the break up of the Prime Time Players. He tweeted:
Simple and 2 the point! Cya soon @titusoneilwwe @wwe #nodaysoff http://t.co/s43zmxc5gw
— nodaysoff DYoung (@DarrenYoungWWE) February 2, 2014
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On if TNA is on the upward swing in 2014 after a disappointing 2013: “I think I can speak on behalf of most of the guys in the company, the roster, the creative team, production–I mean, I’m sure they all– it’s nice hearing someone say that probably. Look, you guys know TNA has been the whipping boy in the industry online for a couple of years now. I mean god, I’ve been here now five years and I’ve heard from where I came in, ‘you’re going out of business, the place is going out of business, yadda yadda.’ Ok yeah. Enough with that. They’re not going out of business. As long as you have a TV contract, you’re not going out of business. As long as you have a niche audience that you have with over a million people 52 weeks a year with original programming on world wide TV; you’re not going out of business.
“That’s for all you smart marks because you think you know everything and you really don’t. So that’s number one. Number two; I agree there was some–it was a rougher year maybe? You’re right, I kind of agree with you. Look, you have down times, you have up times. I mean that’s–same with WWE. Same, I’m sure with ROH.I remember when I was with ECW, it was the same with us. Everybody thinks that everything we did in ECW was the cat’s meow. And everything Paul (Heyman) touched was gold. No it wasn’t. Paul would be the first one to tell you not everything worked. For all of us. The wrestlers back then and the current wrestlers now.
“Listen, fans need to realize that our industry is the most unique because there is no down time. There is no off season. So you hear wrestlers or promoters or whomever in interviews say that a lot what I just said. There’s no off season like the NFL or the NBA or Major League Baseball, NHL. True, right? But put it in perspective and really think about that. There’s no off season. Therefore, these creative teams in TNA or WWE or wherever that get bashed and ripped by hardcore wrestling fans. Which are the fans that–believe me when I tell you behind the scenes we all truly love cause we know no matter what, through thick and thin, they’ll always be there. The thing is man it’s not an easy task to write 52 weeks of TV and stay fresh. With the most–an audience that is so fickle and that expects so much more and to top yourself every week. That’s an extremely, extremely ambitious thing to do.
“I’m telling you, I’ve been in creative meetings with the WWE. I’ve been in meetings with TNA and I’m not on the creative team but I’ve been part of giving input at times.–Guys, there’s so much more involved with it then you’ll ever, ever, ever, ever know. And how difficult it truly is. So to understand, I don’t want to speak for WWE but I think the industry as a whole that’s doing TV every week could understand that it’s a deal where–you gotta try to keep it fresh, keep it hot, keep doing stuff that keeps people talking. Keep your talent over. Get the guys and gals over that you’re trying to get over and hopefully they click and connect with the audience.
“You gotta do that every week! So you know there are times where TNA–yeah. We might have some shows that are horrible but then there might be some shows that are great. I can tell you those shows that were horrible; the intentions were for those shows to be great. Okay, so it’s like a baseball player. He gets to the box. He gets up to the plate. His intention is to make contact and get on base. His intention isn’t to hit a foul ball or foul out or strike out or hit a pop up. He wants to get on base. Okay. Same with us. We want every show to be a homerun. Every show. That’s the goal. That don’t always work. Look, I just wanted people to understand that that’s kind of the ebb and flow, the ups and downs of the industry.
His thoughts CM Punk situation: Ahh, great question. Great conversation. Love to talk about it. So. I’m old school, okay? I’m gonna kind of talk out of both sides of my mouth for a second and then I’ll sum it up. I’m old school in a sense that I feel that you’ve gotta complete your obligations. Okay? But I do understand the grind. And I know Punk personally. I haven’t talked to him in a couple of years but I consider him a friend.-We fell out of touch with each other. I respect his work. We’ve always had a good friendship in our time in WWE together. I was already retired from the ring but Punk was always a legit, cool dude. I’m a big fan of his in-ring style and a huge fan of his personality and his whole gimmick. Love it. Okay so I don’t have no problem with CM Punk; I’m a fan. But I understand that you have an obligation.
“You have to go through with your obligation and suck it up. And do your job. But this is about emotion. And Punk knows that more than most guys because he’s been extremely successful. And his promos are off his emotion. And when you start to lose some of that emotion, for whatever reason, it’s tough to perform. We are performers. We’re a hybrid. We’re an athlete, we’re a stuntman, we’re an actor. We’re a little bit of everything. So there’s a lot of things that go on. And when your emotions start to leave for whatever that reason is and it’s usually cause of business being done bad by you; it’s tough to suck it up and grind out. I would tell ya, obviously I’m not in the WWE.
“I was not in the locker room. I do not know what happened. I don’t know the details of why he left. But I could tell you, knowing CM Punk like I know him, like I used to know him. And knowing our industry and knowing Punk as a guy who respects our industry and respects the code of the wrestler. I’m sure this wasn’t a spur of the moment, impromptu thing where he just popped and left. This had to be a build up for him internally, in his body and in his mind and his soul, that he had enough of whatever is going on there and he had to bolt. So I can’t sit here and knock the man.
“Because there has been times for me in certain companies in this industry, that I love so much, that I’ve felt like I can’t take it no more and I‘ve had people kind of talk me off the ledge. I’m just saying that as an analogy. But I think that a guy like Punk kind of hit his boiling point for whatever was going on there and–look, my point is I don’t think he just said that’s it, I don’t like where you’re going creatively, I’m done, I quit. I don’t think that’s what happened. I think just knowing the business and being behind the scenes for a lot of years; it’s usually a build up. And quite frankly, what did he have left? Five and a half months? I can relate to that. In our business when you have five and a half months, that’s not really–I gotta be honest. That’s not a ton of time. So he had to be–again I don’t want to get into the guy’s psyche–but he had to be at a point where he was just not happy, that he couldn’t suck it up for another five and a half months. None of us know the details of his contract. We don’t know these ins and outs of his deal. It’s nobody’s business. So who knows? Who knows? Who knows what it was? Maybe it could have been something on their end; that they didn’t do on their end towards him.
“You don’t know. No one knows the details. It’s no ones business. Every contract too; let’s just talk about that real quick. 95 percent of the wrestlers, no matter what company it is, everyone’s kind of got different deals. Especially when you earn some respect and you’ve got some legitimacy and you’re credible. And you’ve been a world champ. Everybody has different little nooks and crannies in their contract. That’s what a lot of people don’t realize. This is not some standard hojo contract. So everyone’s got different type deals. So that’s something too. You don’t know what was in his deal. But look, he’s an emotional guy; that’s why he’s a successful guy. And I guess it just got to a point where maybe emotionally he was tapped out or mentally tapped out. You just can’t perform when you’re like that. And again I don’t want to speak for the man; I’m just trying to give you my perspective.”
On if there was any point when he was with ECW that he almost walked out: “Yeah. Absolutely. Many times. Many times. Like I said earlier man; it wasn’t all rainbows and butterflies. It was great, don’t get me wrong. I wish I could redo that time, it was the greatest time of my life. It was awesome. I’m forever grateful to Paul Heyman and ECW. And guys like Sabu and Raven and The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer and Shane Douglas and RVD and guys that we all just drove that machine. And we all got each other over, no matter if we were friends or not. We all made each other stars. I’m forever grateful for that. But yeah, there were ups and downs. There were times where me and Paul were banging heads. And I didn’t agree where he was going maybe with me creatively. But quite frankly, the times that I was most angry with Paul were things that he was doing with the company or creatively with someone else that I was most angry about.
“I just differed with him on. And it wasn’t a thing where, ‘well Paul I think you’re pushing this guy to hard and you shouldn’t be.’ No sir. That was not my deal. I’d never get in the way of anyone’s push. But it was more of a deal where I was like, ‘Man I think you should go in this direction. Maybe market the company this way. Or you know what? Let’s give this guy the push.’ And we would just differ on it. I’m not saying I was right. But that was many years ago. So yeah there were times where I was disappointed in what he was doing with me creatively and what he was doing with the company. But dude, that’s any job. Any job. I don’t care where you work. People need to realize this is a job. We have jobs. We have a job to do. You know I say it all the time.
“You work at Burger King. Your manager tells you, ‘Alright. Make a whopper.’ No, you know what? Mr. Manager, I feel like making fish filets. ‘No, no, no. You’re making whoppers.’ No, no I’m gonna make fish filets. ‘Alright, you know what? You’re fired.’ (Laughter) That’s the deal. I’ve been saying that for years. That’s the best analogy that people can relate to. That’s what this is. It’s a fricking job. You gotta do what you’re told. You have some input. The more credibility you have at times and user put in and championships you’ve held. Yeah, you got some input; you got some leverage. You can talk up and give some input. You’re not a machine. I don’t want to exaggerate here. But at the end of the day, you gotta job to do. Same for me in TNA. There’s things I don’t agree with. I’ll give my opinion. We’ll discuss it. Majority rules. Alright, we don’t agree with you. Ok cool. Go that way. I supported that. I’m going to support that. That’s what you do on a team. A quarterback–if the receiver don’t agree with the play the quarterback and the head coach and the offensive coordinator call; the receiver is still going to bust his ass doing that play correctly, right or wrong?”
On what direction would he go if he had complete control of TNA: “I would bring MVP in to be the investor. (Laughs) If I was in complete control of TNA, I would do anything–if WWE right now was going left; I would go right. And if they started going right; I would go left. So that’s what I would do. I would try to be the complete opposite of WWE. That’s just my opinion. I don’t have millions invested. I don’t make tons and tons of money as an upper management guy. I don’t go in focus groups. I’m not part of that whole research team. I–this is just some blue-collared guy from Brooklyn that wrestled for a living that talks about wrestlers now giving you my opinion. Doesn’t mean I’m right. I’m probably wrong.
“But that’s just what I would do as a wrestling fan and a former wrestler; is try to be–look I think our show last night, it looked awesome. I mean hi-def, beautiful bright lights, awesome lighting grid, the whole nine yards. Thousands upon thousands of people. You know all of this stuff, it looks great on TV. The way its shot. Awesome camera work. All these camera shots. Tons of money going into the production. Me? I’m old school. Give us a couple of cameras, a spotlight over the ring, dark out the arena, let’s get after it. That’s my idea, you know? But that doesn’t draw millions. Or NWA would still be in business. And ECW. So what do I know? But that’s what I would do.”
On The Great Muta coming to Lockdown; how much has changed in a year: “I think that’s awesome. I mean, geez. Who doesn’t have mad respect for The Great Muta? Great Muta is just the bomb. I mean just a legend. Iconic figure in our industry worldwide. I mean no doubt about it. So I think that’s awesome. Very excited. I have not seen Muta in years. Looking forward to seeing him again. Last time I saw him it was in Tokyo, many years ago when I was wrestling there. But I’m looking forward to seeing him. And yeah a lot has changed from Aces and Eights being gone. I thought the Aces and Eights deal was a very cool concept. Some people loved it; some people hated it. I liked it a lot. Even if I wasn’t a part of the gimmick, which I was, I still would’ve liked it. I really liked it a lot.
“That was during a time where we had different heads of states in there running stuff. I thought it went a little long for my liking. A little long but I thought it was really cool. I thought it helped create some bars. I thought it was a cool gimmick. It think it really helped Bully Ray immensely. And now Bully Ray is at a point where he helps things. He don’t need things helping him anymore. And that’s kind of what our business is about; is you want to put a title on a guy to help make the guy. And once that guy’s made, let’s get it on someone to help him. And now once that guy is made, he can help someone else. It’s kind of like hot tag. You just tag in and out. And that’s kind of what happened with Aces and Eights with Bully Ray I felt.
“You know that really helped him, pole-vault him, really give him a platform to show the world who he is as a character. And he kicked ass on it. He did an awesome job on it. I think that you gotta tip your cap to guys like Eric Bischoff who were heavily behind the Aces and Eights concept. I thought he did a great job with it. And the rest of the creative team with Matt Conway and Dave Lagana. I thought they did a great job with that. There were a lot of guys in that thing at one point. It got a little crazy. But then it simmered down and all that stuff. And that was for a reason. Now Aces and Eights are a thing of the past. And that’s cool. We just move on. We keep evolving. So the whole investor angle, I’m not sure where it’s going. It’s really cool.
“You saw with Dixie Carter last night, she was kind of– her character was freaking out a little bit backstage. Nervous, oh my god the investor’s here now. Boom. Now we’re going to see the fallout, right? We’re gonna watch Impact this week to see what MVP’s gonna say. What he’s gonna do? How do The Wolves play a part of this? Who else is involved with this if anyone? What’s Dixie Carter’s reaction? Sorry, I’m giving you the whole announcers deal right here. Breaking it down for you. But those are the questions I think true fans would ask.”
– It’s been reported for a few weeks that the May 4th WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view will be taking place at the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington. The official Facebook page of the Key Arena has posted a statement denying that they are hosting the show:
“Unfortunately we do not have WWE on May 4th. We are aware of the rumors that have been circulating. We love having the WWE and WWE Fans in our building and can’t wait to have them back!”
– After winning the Super Bowl on Sunday night, the Seattle Seahawks tweeted, “@wwedanielbryan In the words of one of @wwe’s finest…” and a photo that said, “YES! YES! YES!”
During the Seahawks’ locker room celebration after winning the Super Bowl, Seahawks General Manager John Schneider was photographed shirtless wearing a WWE Championship belt:
https://twitter.com/BrianMFloyd/statuses/430381464408965121
Stephanie McMahon tweeted the following photo on Monday of WWE’s new corporate plane. You’ll notice the WWE Network logo on the tail, another sign that WWE will be adopting the Network logo as the official company logo soon:
Maiden voyage of the new #WWE plane! Headed to Omaha for #RAW pic.twitter.com/pAkV2ds4TK
— Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) February 3, 2014
As revealed in a corporate filing last year, WWE entered into an agreement on 4/30/13 to purchase the jet for $27.5 million. With additional improvements and taxes, the final cost were over $31 million.
The new WWE corporate jet is a 2006 Bombardier Bombardier Global 5000. This replaced the previous 1998 Canadair Challenger, which the company owned since 2001.
Mick Foley talks about CM Punk’s decision to leave WWE, his personal experience working with Punk and how he thinks WWE should bring Punk back.
Stacy Keibler during Super Bowl Weekend
WWE is pushing hard for Stacy Keibler to appear at WrestleMania XXX.
The company has been pursuing her for months. Stacy Keibler and Nick Cannon hosted VH1’s “Super Bowl Blitz: Six Nights + Six Shows” event and Stephanie McMahon reportedly attended one of the events to meet with Keibler face to face.
Keibler worked for WWE from 2001-2006 and made a special appearance on the WWE Tough Enough reality show back in 2011. Keibler left WWE after appearing on the hit TV show Dancing with the Stars and went on to become a TV host. She currently hosts Supermarket Superstar on the Lifetime channel and got a lot of tabloid attention for her relationship with George Clooney (2011-2013).
(Information from PWTorch.com was used in this report)
TNA founder Jeff Jarrett posted a teaser video on his Instagram account teasing, “It’s Coming.”
The video caption reads, “Stay tuned! … #KingOfTheMountain #QueenOfTheMountain” – a sign that his wife Karen will be involved in some capacity.
The video is for the new new project he’s been working on since he’s left TNA, believed to be a new wrestling promotion with country music star Toby Keith on board as an investor.
Here’s the video:
Tonight’s WWE RAW takes place from Omaha, Nebraska.
The top match advertised for the show is WWE Tag Team Champions The New Age Outlaws defending against former champions The Rhodes Brothers.
Following the craziness of last week (including CM Punk’s departure and WWE holding creative meetings on Thursday and Friday to reassess plans through WrestleMania), tonight’s show could be a ‘pivot’ week for WWE as the Road to WrestleMania continues.
How will Randy Orton react to all 5 of his Elimination Chamber opponents being announced? (John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Christian and Antonio Cesaro).
Talent advertised for the show includes WWE World Heavyweight champion Randy Orton, John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Batista, The Shield, The Wyatt Family, The Authority, Divas Champion AJ Lee, Kane, Alberto Del Rio and more.
Brock Lesnar is not advertised to appear and is expected to be off television for several weeks.
The dark match main event was scheduled to be Randy Orton defending against John Cena, however, with Cena missing a live event over the weekend due to an eye injury, it’s unlikely this match will take place.
After the Denver Broncos jobbed out to the Seattle Seahawks in one of the most lopsided Super Bowl squash matches in history, the Seahawks celebrated in the best possible way – by starting a YES! chant.
@wwedanielbryan In the words of one of @wwe's finest… #SuperBowlChamps pic.twitter.com/8CYq5yT4u6
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) February 3, 2014
WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan made a cameo during a 1980’s themed Superbowl Commercial for Radio Shack. Fellow WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter is also in the commercial, along with Jason (Friday the 13th), Chucky (Child’s Play), Dee Snyder (Twisted Sister), Alf, The California Raisons, Kid & Play, Olympian Mary Lou Retton and more.
The 80s called … they want their store back. 80s celebrities invade a RadioShack to take back their old stuff and make room for the RadioShack of the future.
TNA taped the “One Night Only: Joker’s Wild” pay-per-view today from Birmingham, England. Here are the spoiler results:
* Gail Kim defeated Shauna
* They did a lottery was held to determine the matches
* Douglas Williams and Magnus defeated Chris Sabin and Gunner
* Samoa Joe and Bad Bones defeated Christopher Daniels and Robbie E
* Rockstar and Bully Ray defeated Mr. Anderson and Austin Aries
* Kazarian and Ethan Carter III defeated Eric Young and Curry Man
* The Wolves defeated James Storm and Bobby Roode
* Abyss and Samuel Shaw defeated Zema Ion and Jesse Godderz
* Ethan Carter III won the The Joker’s Wild Gauntlet match.
The following are highlights from the latest Jim Ross blog:
On the CM Punk situation: “Getting lots of feedback on the blog that I wrote about the WWE and CM Punk matter. Your opinion is just as valid as mine but no issue can be resolved in any arena without communication and the desire to communicate.”
“I fully understand that Punk is burned out and frustrated but I personally and perhaps selfishly wish that he would perform and steal the show at WM30 before taking his leave and recharging his batteries. That’s just the fan in me talking.”
On his new PodcastOne.com podcast: “Steve Austin will be my first @PodcastOne guest when my new show debuts in a couple of weeks. I’m meeting Monday with the radio station that is going to handle our production and they are all set up to take calls of which I hope is a major part of our new podcast. More info to come.”
On a new WWE HOF inductee: “Got a tip of ‘leaked info’ from a non WWE source of who will be joining Warrior and Jake the Snake in the 2014 WWE HOF class. I choose to not spoil the surprise and divulge said info and let those who like to do the ‘spoiler’ thing handle that matter. Spoiler as in info we don’t need and not Spoiler as in the late Don Jardine who was one of the greatest masked wrestlers who ever lived.”
On Brock Lesnar/UFC rumors and WrestleMania XXX: “I can see why Brock Lesnar would love to fight in the UFC again because he’s a beast who feels he’s left unfinished business behind and he’s healthy….finally. I say the former NCAA, WWE, and UFC champion has nothing to prove by returning to the Octagon as he’s got a great gig in WWE working part time for what I’d think is substantial cash….and I’m a HUGE, UFC fan.”
“Lesnar sells PPV’s when he’s hot and it’s up to WWE to get Lesnar hot between now and April 6.”
“I could easily see Lesnar challenging The Undertaker and the STREAK for WM31 and letting that matter build for a year. Lesnar gets reborn as a beast and provides the most intense threat to the STREAK that, arguably, anyone has ever presented. Just a thought….”
Check out the complete blog online at JRsBarBQ.com.
WWE Superstar John Cena did not work at the live event in Kansas City on Sunday as scheduled. It was announced during the show that Cena is suffering from some type of eye injury. Refunds were offered to fans in attendance.
With Cena out, Daniel Bryan came out and challenged Randy Orton, Cena’s originally scheduled opponent, for the main event.
Here’s a photo of John Cena and Brie Bella, with Cena’s eye looking swollen shut:
https://twitter.com/KurtannaJPruitt/statuses/430123857283137536
– As noted, there have been a lot of CM Punk chants at recent WWE shows following the news that Punk had walked out on WWE. At the WWE live event in Wichita this weekend, The Shield cut a promo about Punk, telling fans that they should be glad Punk went home.
– As previously reported, WWE Superstars John Cena and Antonio Cesaro were recently training together at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. Muscle & Fitness editor Matthew Tuthill noted via his official Twitter account that the two were taking part in a photo shoot for the magazine. Tuthill tweeted:
Big thank you to @JohnCena @AntonioCesaro and @WWE for today's @muscle_fitness photo shoot. Mind-blowing workout, guys. Good luck at Mania.
— Matthew Tuthill (@MCTuthill) February 1, 2014
WWE has revealed the latest poll for the new “WWE Countdown” show, which is scheduled to air as an exclusive original series on the WWE Network.
The newest question asks fans, “Which celebrity added the most memorable twist in WWE history?”
The options for the poll are:
– Mike Tyson
– David Arquette
– Floyd Mayweather
– Arnold Schwazenegger
– Cyndi Lauper
– Donald Trump
– Pete Rose
– Dennis Rodman
– Bob Barker
– Mr. T
– MVP’s new TNA theme song is a song he recorded himself called “Return of the Ronin.” You can check it out on iTunes at iTunes.Apple.com.
– There are a number of reports going around noting that Kurt Angle is dealing with a number of injuries, and appears to be pretty banged up during the current TNA U.K. tour. Angle is reportedly dealing with a potential broken ankle, along with a number of other nagging injuries.