– While promoting last night’s Raw in Greenville, South Carolina, on FOX Carolina 21, The Miz showed off his imitation of fellow former WWE Champion Ultimate Warrior. Footage of his impersonation, featuring grunting and snorting noises, is available here
Also during the interview, The Miz said his life “has been really horrible lately” due to the beatings he’s suffered from Randy Orton, Big Show, Kane and The Wyatt Family.
– It was reported this week that former WWE and TNA Wrestling competitor Orlando Jordan recently got married in Australia, where he currently resides. In response to the numerous congratulatory messages he has received, Jordan issued a statement on Twitter.
“Look but don’t see&hear but don’t Listen my sexuality is & always will B the same! I luv my beautiful wife!#luv&Bstrong!” wrote Jordan. “Thanks for the congrats from all of you! Very happy! #Luv&Bstrong!”
– The official WWE website has issued a poll asking fans which of the following wrestlers was the most impressive on Raw: Big E Langston, Tyson Kidd or Luke Harper.
A former TNA World Heavyweight Champion is scheduled for this Thursday’s episode of Impact Wrestling. TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter revealed in this “#IMPACT365” video that she received a phone call from a former World Title holder this morning, and that individual will be on hand for Thursday’s show in Cincinnati, Ohio.
“He is one of the greatest of all time,” said Carter. “I can not wait to welcome him home. Stay tuned.”
Comment Below and tell us who you think TNA’s latest “mystery man” is.
– The Miz addressed portraying a babyface while promoting yesterday’s Raw in Greenville, South Carolina.
“I was hated, now I’m kinda liked,” The Miz said on Carolina Now, a talk show airing on the area’s CW station. “It’s a weird situation for me, because I’m used to going out there and having thousands of people boo me. But now having them cheer me, it’s kind of a whole new thing. I enjoy the positivity.”
– ShopTNA.com has released a slew of new t-shirts for several of the company’s top stars, including AJ Styles (even though he’s “no longer under contract”), Sting, Gunner & James Storm, Ethan Carter 3 and more.
– The Orlando Sentinel has published an article looking at TNA’s upcoming return to Universal Studios as the “new” home of Impact Wrestling.
Even with Impact returning to Orlando, there are still plans to run several special editions of Impact on the road in 2014.
– Following up on the news that TNA will also be moving its developmental system to Orlando, TNA talent that were training at OVW in Louisville, Kentucky have been told to relocate to Orlando, another sign that TNA’s relationship with Ohio Valley Wrestling has come to an end.
– Alberto Del Rio is doing the media rounds in Charlotte, North Carolina this morning promoting tonight’s SmackDown tapings. He tweeted the following on Tuesday morning, teasing that he’ll be getting a rematch for the World Heavyweight title tonight:
– WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena also tweeted the following on Tuesday morning, hyping tonight’s SmackDown tapings from Charlotte, North Carolina:
-WWE Superstar Tyson Kidd recently posted a new tweet on his official Twitter account talking about his WWE television return on RAW on Monday night in Greenville, South Carolina. Kidd wrote the following:
Tonight surely answered the 'when are you coming back?' tweets I've been receiving for the past 11 months. Couldn't have been better
#RAW
-WWE has added the “Backstage Fallout” video for this week’s edition of WWE RAW to their official YouTube channel. This week’s RAW “Backstage Fallout” video features The Miz complaining about the fans not voting for him to face Randy Orton on RAW, as well as Kaitlyn, Zack Ryder and The Prime Time Players talking about the Big Show situation.
Check out this week’s RAW “Backstage Fallout” video below:
-TNA has added a non-televised live event to their schedule. The promotion will run the NYCB Theater in Westbury, New York on December 28th. Tickets go on sale on Friday for the show with Kurt Angle, Bully Ray and Magnus advertised to appear. The pre-sale password for tickets to the event is TNALONGISLAND.
-TNA has added some new “#IMPACT365” videos to their official YouTube channel. One of the updates features Jeff Hardy explaining the origins of the name “Peroxwhy?gen,” which is what his new music CD is titled. You can watch that video below:
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-Another one of the #IMPACT365″ videos features TNA trainer Scott Wheeler providing a medical update on the condition of Kurt Angle. You can watch that video below:
-WWE will be holding NXT live events this week in Florida. On Thursday, November 7th, there will be a WWE NXT live event at the FCW Arena in Tampa, Florida, On Friday, November 8th, WWE NXT runs the Armory in Jacksonville, Florida.
-The cast of the WWE Total Divas reality show will be appearing on The Steve Harvey Show to promote the second-half of their first season, which premieres this Sunday night, November 10th on E!.
-WWE Studios film “The Marine 3” will be premiering in the United Kingdom on Sky Premiere 1 this Friday, November 8th, and will be airing multiple times throughout the next few weeks.
-For those wondering, Curtis Axel has been medically cleared to return to the ring by the WWE medical team. This is obvious news to anyone who watched RAW on Monday night, as he worked a match against Dolph Ziggler and was announced as the headline match against Big E. Langston for this week’s WWE Main Event, which is being taped tonight in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Make sure to check back here at the website later tonight for detailed WWE SmackDown and WWE Main Event spoiler reports.
-As reported previously, WWE will kick off their bi-annual European tour on Wednesday. The following is a full list of dates and locations that WWE will be making during this year’s tour:
Wednesday, November 6th in Belfast, Ireland
Thursday, November 7th in Dublin, Ireland
Friday, November 8th in Glasgow, Scotland
Friday, November 8th in Brussels, Belgium
Saturday, November 9th in Munich, Germany
Saturday, November 9th in Birmingham, England
Sunday, November 10th in Cardiff, Wales
Sunday, November 10th in Glasgow, Scotland
Monday, November 11th in Manchester, England (WWE RAW television taping)
Tuesday, November 12th Machester, England (WWE SmackDown television taping)
Tuesday, November 12th in Newcastle, England
Wednesday, November 13th in Nottingham, England
Wednesday, November 13th in Zurich, Switzerland
If anyone is attending any of the above events, feel free to send in a live report from the show to be published here on the website.
-The main event angle on Monday’s edition of WWE RAW saw WWE Superstar Big Show get re-hired by WWE COO Triple H, ending what was probably the shortest “banned for life” sentence in WWE history. Additionally, Big Show was guaranteed a WWE Championship match against Randy Orton at the upcoming WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view.
-Daniel Bryan was officially removed from the WWE Championship picture. As noted, Big Show will receive the next shot at the title, with Bryan now positioned in a feud alongside CM Punk against The Wyatt Family.
-Paul Heyman re-emerged on RAW on Monday in the form of a live telephone interview with RAW announcer Michael Cole. Heyman claimed multiple injuries suffered at the hands of CM Punk at the WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view, and was reportedly scripted to say that he was getting medical treatment in Europe, which is where next week’s RAW will take place.
For more news from this week’s RAW, you can read our detailed report of the show here: WWE RAW Results (11/4/13)
WWE will tape their weekly Main Event and SmackDown television programs tonight in Charlotte, North Carolina, before heading out for their bi-annual European tour on Wednesday.
The main event for this week’s SmackDown, as announced on WWE RAW on Monday night, is Daniel Bryan vs. Luke Harper.
Also announced on Monday’s RAW was a match pitting the current Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel against Big E. Langston, in a match that was originally slated to serve as the Kickoff Show match prior to the WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view in late-October.
World Heavyweight Champion John Cena was advertised on RAW as appearing on this week’s SmackDown for the second time in a row, as he will continue the build to his rematch against the former champion, Alberto Del Rio, at the upcoming WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view.
In addition to the aforementioned WWE Superstars, the following names are being advertised locally for the SmackDown and Main Event television taping in Charlotte are Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Randy Orton, Big Show, The Shield, The Wyatt Family, Dolph Ziggler and Wade Barrett.
The post-show dark match scheduled for the taping tonight is John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship. That match, which also served as the dark match main event at RAW in Greenville, South Carolina on Monday night, is subject to change.
Make sure to check back here later tonight for complete WWE Main Event and WWE SmackDown spoiler results.
Following the conclusion of the televised portion of Monday’s edition of WWE RAW in Greenville, South Carolina, trainers and medical staff came out to check on the condition of Big Show, who was triple-powerbombed through the RAW announce table by The Shield.
Meanwhile, WWE COO Triple H, “one of the principal owners of WWE” Stephanie McMahon, WWE Champion Randy Orton, the new corporate Kane and all three members of The Shield faction celebrated and posed together at the top of the ramp.
World Heavyweight Championship: -John Cena (c) defeated Alberto Del Rio
-After the Big Show chaos died down, former World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio came out. Del Rio got on the microphone and demanded a title shot rematch against current champion John Cena. This led to Cena coming out. Cena did a mock-introduction for Del Rio before defeating him in the actual match. Cena picked up the win via pinfall after hitting Del Rio with his Attitude Adjustment finishing move.
Winner and STILL World Heavyweight Champion: John Cena
And that was it from Greenville, South Carolina for this week’s RAW. Next up are the WWE Main Event and WWE SmackDown television tapings, which will be held on Tuesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Former WWE Diva Maryse recently appeared as a guest on the Wrestle Talk TV show. Maryse spoke about leaving WWE, getting married to WWE Superstar The Miz in the near future and more.
The video, which you can view below, is accompanied by the following description on YouTube.com: “In this episode of Wrestle Talk TV, we have an exclusive interview with ex WWE Divas Champion Maryse Ouellet: She explains why she left WWE and talks about her upcoming wedding to The Miz! We also discuss which wrestlers live their gimmick both inside AND outside the ring. All that and more on this weeks edition of Wrestle Talk TV.”
WWE taped matches in Greenville, South Carolina on Monday night prior to WWE RAW for this week’s edition of WWE Superstars. The following are quick results of those matches.
-Naomi defeated Alicia Fox in a Divas match to open the show. This was said to be a typical Divas match, so basically it was exactly what you would expect.
-Zack Ryder defeated Jinder Mahal. The Long Island native picked up the victory via pinfall over the 3MB member in the main event of this week’s WWE Superstars show.
WWE announced Big Show vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship as the main event of the upcoming WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view on Sunday, November 24th in Boston, Massachusetts.
Also announced on RAW for this week’s WWE television taping on Tuesday night are Curtis Axel vs. Big E. Langston for WWE Main Event on Wednesday, as well as Daniel Bryan vs. Luke Harper for WWE SmackDown on Friday. Both shows will be taped on Tuesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina.
November 4, 2013 Greenville, South Carolina Results by Matt Boone for SESCOOPS.COM
WWE RAW Opener:
The Monday, November 4, 2013 edition of WWE RAW emanates from Greenville, South Carolina. The show begins with Michael Cole welcoming us to RAW, immediately followed by CM Punk’s theme music. Punk comes out and passionately points out to the fans in Greenville that “it’s clobbering time.” As Punk continues his entrance, we get a recap video of The Wyatt Family’s attack of Punk on last Monday’s show. From there, we see Bray Wyatt with a latern. He informs the fans in Greenville that “we’re here.”
CM Punk vs. Luke Harper
The bell sounds and Punk immediately goes after Harper. Within seconds, Harper’s size and strength are too much for Punk early into this match. Harper overpowers Punk into the corner and goes to work. Punk fights back with a series of punches, but is cut off by a big elbow by Harper. Punk throws Harper out to the floor. He goes to dive through the ropes to the floor, but Harper comes forward and nails Punk with a big forearm shot right as Punk was coming through the ropes. Harper rolls back in the ring, as we hear Bray Wyatt tell Harper “to be smart.” Harper goes back to work on Punk in the middle of the ring. After dominating Punk for a little while longer, Punk again gets Harper out to the floor. This time, he makes a successful dive out to the floor on Harper. We head to a mid-match commercial. We return from commercial and Harper is back in control. Michael Cole informs us that the tide turned in the match on the WWE App during the commercial. We get a video replay of what went down on the WWE App during the commercial, which was Erick Rowan, sheep mask and all, distracting Punk from outside of the ring, allowing Harper to nail Punk with a big boot to the face. Back to the live action now, as Harper continues his offensive onslaught on “The Best In The World.” Punk starts fighting back again, slowing Harper down with a spinning tornado-DDT. Both guys are down now. They both get back to their feet and begin exchanging punches. Punk mixes in some kicks and ultimately gets the better of the larger man. We see a shot of Bray Wyatt, chilling in his rocking chair outside the ring, shouting words of encouragement to Harper. Punk goes to the top rope. He signals for the flying elbow, but changes his mind and flies out to the floor onto Rowan. Punk slingshots himself back into the ring, but meets a big boot from Harper. Harper sets up for his version of JBL’s old Clothesline From Hell, but Punk avoids it and rolls up Harper for the 1-2-3.
Winner: CM Punk
After The Match:
After the match, the other members of The Wyatt Family immediately beat up Punk in the ring. After a few seconds, Daniel Bryan comes running down to the ring, with a steel chair. Bryan’s arm is heavily taped up, by the way. Bryan cleans house with the steel chair and The Wyatt Family back off and head back up the ramp. Punk and Bryan are aligned in the ring, looking out at The Wyatt Family as Punk’s music plays.
Michael Cole’s Sit-Down Interview With Triple H
Highlights are shown of the latest Michael Cole sit-down interview with Triple H from WWE.com. The focus of the highlights from the interview are HHH talking about Big Show’s multi-million dollar lawsuit, and HHH revealing that Big Show is “banned from WWE for life.” After the video recap ends, we see a video replay of Big Show hitting HHH with the Knockout Punch from RAW last month.
Tonight’s Live Poll:
Michael Cole informs everyone that this week’s live RAW poll on the WWE App allows fans to select Randy Orton’s opponent for later tonight. The options fans can vote for are Dolph Ziggler, Big E. Langston and The Miz. Fans can vote now on the WWE App or on WWE.com.
Tonight’s Main Event Announced:
As we head to our next commercial break on RAW, we are informed that the main event tonight will see John Cena teaming up with the current WWE Tag-Team Champions, Goldust and Cody Rhodes, to take on the trio of Damien Sandow and The Real Americans.
Renee Young Interviews CM Punk
Backstage, Renee Young is with CM Punk. Young asks if fighting The Wyatt Family is a fair fight. Punk says it wasn’t, but he’s used to it. He says he’s been dealing with Paul Heyman and his “goons” for months. He says the one thing they don’t know is that he isn’t the only one who has a problem with The Wyatt Family.
Live Telephone Interview With Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman is live on the phone. He says he’s in Europe and he’s seeing a number of specialists to help him with the injuries he’s suffering following the beating he received from CM Punk at the WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view. He breaks down some of the injuries he is suffering from and reminds everyone that he’s a married man with two children. He says what Punk did to him, after all they’ve been through, is inexcusable. He begins crying a bit as he’s talking and says CM Punk and the WWE Universe owes him an apology. Michael Cole says, “Paul, are you criyng?” Heyman then hangs up.
Ryback vs. The Great Khali
Ryback makes his way to the ring. We are told that earlier tonight, via the WWE App, Ryback is shown bullying Hornswoggle. He smashes a cupcake into the little guy’s face. Santino Marella says he should pick on somebody his own size. Ryback is fine with that. Santino says he isn’t talking about himself, he tells Ryback to look behind him. Behind him stands The Great Khali. Ryback doesn’t seem phased. He says he’s gonna take care of them. He calls them “freaks” and walks away. On that note, we head to commercial. We’re back live and Khali’s entrance is finishing up. The bell sounds and the two big men lock up. Both guys exchange punches, with Khali ultimately getting the better of them. Khali grabs Ryback by the ear and chops the hell out off him repeatedly. I guess the idea is that Khali is bullying Ryback in the ring the way Ryback bullied Hornswoggle, and has been bullying people for months now in WWE. Ryback tries fighting back but Khali cuts him short with a big clothesline. Khali sets up for the big Karate Chop but Ryback ducks it and comes off the ropes, nailing Khali with an enormous clothesline. I’m talking an amazing clothesline. Michael Cole says that was an amazing Meathook Clothesline. Ryback pins Khali. 1-2-3. Ryback wins.
Winner: Ryback
After The Match:
Ryback grabs Santino out on the floor. Hornswoggle tries dropkicking Ryback from inside the ring. It barely budges Ryback. Hornswoggle runs away and Ryback ends up throwing Santino into the ringside barricade. He raises his arms in victory once again and walks away smiling.
Josh Stewart of the official Newsday website sent along a link to an article with a response from the Billy Corgan camp regarding the rumors that the Smashing Pumpkins frontman was attempting to buy an ownership stake in TNA Wrestling.
A spokesperson for the rock-and-roll star told the Newsday website the following:
There is no reason to comment on rumors. Billy is completely focused on Resistance Pro’s upcoming 2nd anniversary [show on Nov. 23].”
The Newsday article also quoted Panda Energy executive Janice Carter, who is the mother of current TNA president Dixie Carter, from the memo she sent out to TNA employees. Carter wrote the following in the memo:
“An unfortunate aspect of this business is that there are wrestling ‘reporters’ who consistently post ‘news stories’ without proper facts. I want to assure you these are just rumors and that I am committed to TNA and its future.”
The Friday, November 1st edition of WWE SmackDown, which featured the return of WWE Superstar John Cena, scored a final cable rating of 1.9, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 1.9 final draw marks a decrease from last week’s number, which came in at a 1.94.
Despite the drop in the final cable rating, viewership for SmackDown on Friday increased compared to last week. Friday’s edition of the show averaged 2.730 million viewers, while the previous week’s show averaged 2.681 million viewers.
-WWE Hall Of Famer Hulk Hogan is scheduled to make an appearance on Oprah Winfrey’s “Where Are They Now?” show, which airs on the OWN channel on Sunday night’s. There is no official date for the Hogan appearance yet, but once it is announced we will update you.
-In addition to speaking about the TNA sale rumors, WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross wrote about whether The Wyatt Family are heels or babyfaces currently. The following is an excerpt from JR’s new blog where he touches on the subject: “Are the Wyatt’s fan favorites or villains? I actually don’t know but I tend to lean toward the fan favorite side of the equation. What have the Wyatt’s specifically done to make them be automatically considered villains? They are a radially cool, unique entity that are loyal to each other and enjoy imposing their physical will on others in the hopes of winning, therefore earning more money in the pro rasslin world, and establishing more actual, professional marketability.”
You can check out JR’s full blog online at JRsBarBQ.com.
The following are highlights of a recent Sam Roberts interview with WWE Superstar Rob Van Dam:
On factors that may extend his time away from WWE: “A lot of factors. A lot of it has to do with what else is going on. There are a few projects that might possibly come to pass within this timeframe. The action movie that I’m not trying to talk about so much in case it doesn’t happen… I had one starring role in this movie “The Wrong Side of Town.” The same production crew has been trying to pick up the pieces since then because producers were fighting on the set and nobody wanted to work together.”
On his deal being done with WWE: “It may possibly be that if that happens, it could prolong a return. Just based on wrestling, what’s the right amount of time to take off, it’s a mutual decision. My deal is done. I still consider myself in the WWE family, but technically on paper I am now without contract.”
-The iSports Times website has added a new featured article that looks at The Wyatt Family gimmick in WWE. Fans interested in checking that out can head over to iSportsTimes.com.
-Former WWE Superstar Chris Jericho appeared on the AMC show “Talking Dead” on Sunday night. You can watch a clip of his appearance on the show below:
-WWE will begin their European tour this Wednesday, November 6th, in Belfast. The advertised main event for the show is Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship. Also scheduled to appear at The Shield, Big Show, The Miz and Dolph Ziggler. On Thursday, in Dublin, there is a double-main event advertised featuring Orton vs. Bryan and John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship.
-The official WWE YouTube channel has added a new “WWE Top Ten,” which counts down the greatest stolen finishing moves in history. You can watch that below:
