The following matches were taped prior to Monday’s RAW from Richmond, VA for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars:
1. Titus O’Neil defeated Brodus Clay after outside interference from Darren Young.
2. Heath Slater defeated Zack Ryder via pinfall with a DDT.
* VIDEO of FANDANGO Getting A CONCUSSION vs. Zack Ryder On SmackDown
– We’ve received several emails from fans asking if Randy Orton has finally turned heel after he hit Daniel Bryan with an RKO on SmackDown. Orton wrestled as a babyface at this weekend’s WWE Live Events and actually teamed with Daniel Bryan again at those shows. There was no dissension between the two Superstars, so it appears Orton’s RKO (which was in retaliation to Daniel Bryan accidentally drop kicking him) was an isolated incident.
– World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler took a few shots at WWE creative on Twitter raerlier today. When asked a fan how one becomes a showoff, Ziggler replied:
https://twitter.com/heelziggler/status/344114451080937472
He was also about his best memory in WWE. He replied:
https://twitter.com/heelziggler/status/344120887127179264
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. Here are some highlights of what JR wrote about:
Dolph Ziggler Returning To RAW Tonight: “It’s been smart of WWE to continue to hold World Champion Dolph Ziggler out of contact. There should be no rush and to err on the side of caution is always best for any injury especially a concussion. I expect Ziggler to make his presence felt in a big way tonight on RAW just six days prior to Payback. Ziggler is one of WWE’s most valuable resources and I fully expect for him to have a breakout year in 2013 leading into something significant at WM30 in New Orleans.”
Daniel Bryan Stealing the Show: “Will Daniel Bryan continue to steal the show tonight on WWE’s flagship broadcast as he has the past few weeks? I’m relatively certain that he will find a way. We had a young man in the recent Tampa tryout camp who reminded me of Daniel Bryan a great deal. I suggested to him that he watch every Daniel Bryan match that he could find. Same body type and a perfectionist in mastering the in ring drills. Plus, he won a Gold Medal at the Pan American Games in wrestling.”
McMahon Family Drama: “Curious to follow the storyline involving HHH, Mr. McMahon, Stephanie McMahon and, subsequently, Curtis Axel on RAW tonight. I have no idea where this matter is headed but I can say that for Curtis Axel to be in this conversation with the aforementioned individuals is nothing but good for the son of Mr. Perfect.”
WWE Payback: “John Cena vs. Ryback is the official headliner for the Payback PPV but they will be hard pressed to follow CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho in Punk’s hometown and with both men’s penchant for show stealing. Two, highly skilled, proud performers like Jericho and Punk will make it very difficult for whatever immediately follows them to succeed. I could see a Divas match being held immediately after Punk/Y2J finish their business in the Windy City. I’d expect more Payback PPV bouts to be made official tonight considering that this is the last Monday Night RAW prior to the PPV in Chicago on Sunday.”
WWE’s New Performance Center: “One of the best attributes of the new, WWE Performance Center will be the presence of a full time strength and conditioning coach who will have world class equipment with which to work. Over time, we will see talents transform their bodies and become stronger and more explosive thanks to an organized, systematic training regime that has never been utilized to this degree ever in the business. This matter hasn’t been discussed that much but, trust me, it is a huge feature of the new facility.”
– Donald Trump’s Miss Universe Organization has announced that WWE Diva Nikki Bella will be among the guest judges at the 2013 Miss USA Competition. The pageant will broadcast live from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Sunday, June 16th at 9 p.m. ET on NBC. For more information, visit Reuters.com.
– The NXT Championship title was defended at Saturday night’s WWE Live Event from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. NXT Champion Bo Dallas defeated Leo Kruger in what was described by one reader as the most boring match of the night.
– NXT wrestler Conor O’Brian married to his longtime girlfriend Kristin Eubanks (former WWE developmental talent Krissy Vaine) on June 6 in Clearwater, Florida. Here’s a picture of them walking down the aisle:
WWE.com is reporting “breaking news” this afternoon — WWE superstar Fandango suffered a concussion during his match against Zack Ryder at last week’s SmackDown tapings from Long Island, New York.
According to WWE:
“Fandango did not compete at any WWE Live Events throughout the weekend, and there is speculation backstage at the Richmond Coliseum — the site of tonight’s Raw — as to how this will affect the scheduled Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat Match at WWE Payback this Sunday pitting the dancing Superstar and The Miz against reigning titleholder Wade Barrett.”
We’ll provide an update when new details become available.
Here’s video of the match:
The following contains a *Spoiler* for tonight’s RAW:
According to a source who is currently backstage at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia, WWE executive Stephanie McMahon is at the arena and is scheduled to appear on tonight’s RAW.
Stephanie is expected to confront her husband, Triple H, who is disobeying her and Vince McMahon’s demands by competing against Curtis Axel.
* Backstage News On 2 Big Matches Planned for WWE SummerSlam
ECW original and House of Hardcore promoter Tommy Dreamer was recently interviewed by PhillyBurbs.com about HoH’s upcoming Philadelphia debut on June 22 at the National Guard Armory. Dreamer, who will have Terry Funk in his corner, will wrestle fellow ECW alum Lance Storm in the main event. The show will also feature a special appearance by Ric Flair. Here are some highlights of what Dreamer said about:
House of Hardcore Coming To Philly:
“I know how passionate Philadelphia is about its sports teams, and that’s exactly how I view pro wrestling. Philly is known for its honesty. I am a brutally honest person, anyone who knows me will tell you that. And I love Philadelphia because it’s like me.”
“I’m a wrestling fan, and I want to give the people coming a great night out,” he said. “So we have Ric Flair, we have Terry Funk stepping in a wrestling ring one more time, we have The Young Bucks against Brian Kendrick & Paul London, and there will be things that no other tag teams can do in this one, and then you have the Steiner Brothers and there will be fans who want to see them, and then you have young guys like Tony Ness, Sami Callihan and unheralded guys like Pety Williams. And we’ll have surprises because I love surprises.
“We have the same saying that we had in ECW and that’s ‘go out and steal the show.’ If the guy behind you can’t follow you, they shouldn’t be there. I want a kickass show.”
How HoH Is Different Than ECW:
“In ECW, we were all blood and guts, but that was a different era,” Dreamer said. “Now, it’s just good wrestling. No foul language. I went to my first wrestling show when I was 8. I went with my father and I watched Ric Flair versus Ricky Steamboat and my dad said, ‘that was real.’ That was great wrestling and that’s what we want to do. We just want to put on a fun, three-hour show.”
* New Tag Teams Coming To WWE, The Next Round of NXT Call-Ups & More
TNA Hall of Famer Sting appeared on Kentucky Sports Radio on WKJK-AM 1080 over the weekend. Here are some highlights:
– It was mentioned that Sting’s Son, Steven Borden, is a LB for the University of Kentucky.
– They hyped the TNA Impact taping in Louisville for July 18 and the TNA BaseBrawl event in Lexington this Saturday before the interview. Sting said fans would see some of the best in a different setting.
– Sting said he’s not really focused on capturing the TNA World title at this time.
– When asked who his dream opponents would be, Sting mentioned the Undertaker and Shawn Michaels.
– He named his 3 favorite matches of all time: Clash of Champions I vs Ric Flair, Great American Bash 1990 vs Ric Flair, Starrcade 1997 vs Hulk Hogan.
– Sting says he’s never seen the movie “The Wrester” in its entirety. He’s seen parts of it, which he said show the seedy side of the industry. However, he did say the industry has cleaned up a lot and says Mickey Rourke did a great job.
Former WWE superstar Lanny “The Genius” Poffo, brother of the late “Macho Man” Randy Savage, was a guest on Live Audio Wrestling on Sunday night. Here are some highlights of what he said about:
The issue between Vince McMahon and Randy Savage:
“If I didn’t have the guts to ask Randy to his face about what you’re referring to, then I wouldn’t dare speculate about it now.”
If the WWE has contacted the family about the Hall of Fame:
“I got a call from John Laurinaitis before the Miami (WrestleMania), the year before last. He was real nice to me, he just forgot to extend his condolences. I’m from the old school; even if you’re glad he’s dead, just pretend like you loved him and extend your condolences. That’s all I ask.
“He was just trying to get my feedback on that. I said, ‘Go ahead and do it, but make sure you play the video of the Huckster and the Nacho Man,’ so he can keep it even.”
You can catch The LAW every Sunday night at 11pm EST on TSN 1050 Toronto, The TEAM 1410 Vancouver and Sirius/XM channel 167.
– Former TNA announcer Todd Keneley returned to CWF Hollywood in Los Angeles on Sunday night and received a warm reaction from the fans in attendance. Keneley tweeted:
About to call the action for @CWFHollywood ! #backinthesaddle
— Todd Keneley (@ToddKeneley) June 9, 2013
– TNA Knockout Mickie James has landed an endorsement deal with Dr. Pepper. She’s featured in the following commercial for the soft drink company:
“Saddles, country ballads, and body slams. Meet the one of a kind Mickie James. For a chance to win a one of a kind Dr Pepper title belt visit DrPepper.com.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_MYdb3JgbLU
– TNA star Matt Morgan is opening up about his past drug abuse. In response to a fan who said they enjoyed his infamous Youtube video where he “shoots” on nerdy Internet wrestling fans, Morgan says he was not exactly in the best state of mind when the interview was shot:
@rickywrath truth be told I wasn't even taking about the fans. I was talking about the here today gone tmrw sites way back in '06-07.
— Matt Morgan (@BPmattmorgan) June 5, 2013
@rickywrath either way, THAT guy back in 2006-07(when it looked to be shot), was a drug addicted immature douchebag! gr8tful 2B sober today!
— Matt Morgan (@BPmattmorgan) June 5, 2013
– Hulk Hogan continues to tease an upcoming return to the ring. He tweeted the following about his new series training regimen, noting that he’s getting ready to transform his body for one “last time around the block”
Perfect timing to start serious training again,last time around the block for me so this is gonna be really intense,transformation time. HH
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) June 10, 2013
* VIDEO of the WYATT FAMILY’s Entrance From Saturday Night’s WWE Live Event
This week on Because Wrestling, we return after a brief break to cover the latest in WWE, TNA and more
WWE legend Jake “The Snake” Roberts recently appeared on Wrestling Heels Radio. Here are some highlights:
Possibly returning at the 2014 Royal Rumble:“That’s my dream. That’s my dream. That’s nothing they’ve said. I’ve been wanting to go back, man. Whenever I started losing the weight, whenever I started seeing the world again, whenever I started seeing progress in myself, when I seen – when I started dreaming again, man, dreaming of not so much getting back to the ring, at first. The dreams at first were taking awalk. I went and actually walked up Stone Mountain, man, few months ago, and I could not do that years ago even when, you know, I was in wrestling form, you know? It was a very tough experience.”
Who he’d like to face in WWE:“I would wrestle Shane McMahon. I think I’d enjoy that, and I think it would be a match he could be proud of and that I could be proud of. There’s lots of other guys – a few other guys. I say lots, but there’s a few other guys I wouldn’t mind being in the ring with. I think I could do something spectacular with [John] Cena, but here’s the thing. I could do something spectacular with anybody ’cause Jake the Snake did that. I’ve proven that.”
CM Punk’s promos:“Well, he’s trying to slow it down, but he doesn’t get it yet. You know what, man? Here’s the thing. We’ll just throw this out here. WWE, Jake the Snake calling. I have a proposition, okay? Here’s my proposition. You give me five weeks. Give me an hour a week with five guys, and I will significantly change not only them but I will change the look of Raw, in five weeks. I will do it by simply talking to them, by sitting them underneath the learning tree if you will and just casting it out there, letting them absorb what I give and I won’t exactly remember everything I tell them that they’ll get enough to change your product significantly. Trust me. Ta da.”
DDP Yoga:“It’s incredible, Bro. It is just incredible. I mean all the years I spent in gyms and, believe it or not, I did work out. I mean, there was a lot of sacrificing going to gyms. There’s a lot of pain in trying to do too much weight ’cause you think that’s going to make you bigger. No, it’s going to – it might make you bigger for a short time until your injuries start to come up through it, but all those years, I was doing that stuff to my body and I didn’t have a clue as to what I was doing, man.
“Back then, a workout you went inthe gymand you pushed as hard as you could with as much as you could, and, of course, you supplemented that with powders and pills and steroids. You do get bigger, but at the same time, you’re tearing your body apart, you know. See, god didn’t make us to carry 300 pounds on are back. It’s just been recently, in the last several years, that people have gotten into core strength, and that’s the most important part, man. I mean, it was such idiots not to have learned it sooner because, I mean, the biggest part of your body is the trunk of your body, your chest and your waist and your abs.
“That’s the biggest part, and if you start building power there, that feeds out into your arms and your legs, whereas before we’re out there just trying to make our arms bigger. So I’ll just move that. We’re not doing anything for our core strength, and our core strength is where the power comes from. So if you don’t build your power plan, you’re just wasting time, and it’s really – it aggravates me and chaps my ass. Thisworkoutis so much easier and you get twice the results It’s incredible. It’s not – you don’t have to make it impossible. My mother, she’s in a rest home. I’m trying to get her doing it because you can actually do it from a wheelchair. The upper-body stuff she could do, and working with the dynamic resistance, that’s the whole key, man.
“You make your body work against itself. So you’re not going to do too much because, you know, you can try as hard as you want. You can’t overdo it unless you start doing all these extreme things. So you start out slow and you build. There’sworkoutsthere to fit every need, and there’s DVDs. There’s workouts there to fit, the psycho, could go for an hour and a half and then there’s workouts that works specifically, maybe, on your waist or whatever, that go 10, 15 minutes. And the results are just unbelievable. He never started this program thinking aboutweight loss. That wasn’t his – that wasn’t his directive. He wanted to do something to help with the injuries and to help with the core strength. Well, he did it, man, but then he goes into this eating plan and he won’t let you call it a diet because you’re not dieting. You’re getting much healthier, you know? First three letter of diet is die. No, man. We’re not dying.”
– Curtis Axel continued his streak of winning his matches via count out, defeating Sheamus over the weekend at a WWE Live Event.
– Speaking of Sheamus, he visited the US Virgin Islands this past Thursday to talk about anti-bullying. The V.I. National Guard sponsored the appearance as part of a recruitment campaign. During the appearance, Sheamus spoke about being bullied when he was a child:
“I was bullied when I was a little kid, so I try to teach kids that if they are being bullied, they need to come forward. Lots of times, kids who are being bullied feel ashamed. They think it’s a problem with them, when it’s actually a problem with the bully.”
– WWE Divas the Bella Twins were among the WWE talents in attendance at the Connecticut Special Olympics over the weekend, handing out awards to athletes. They tweeted:
Had such an amazing day at the @SpecialOlympics in New Haven, CT!! Besos! B&N #inspired #honored #WWE pic.twitter.com/r53ZSQ8wCZ
— Nikki & Brie (@NikkiAndBrie) June 9, 2013
– WWE recently filed new trademark applications for the words, “Torlito and “Torito.” Torlito means “little bull” in Spanish.
– Sheamus will be appearing at the Adventureland store in Voorhees Township, New Jersey on July 13th from 12pm until 2pm.
– Mark Henry broke his silence on Twitter last night to address rumors that he is retiring soon:
“The only reason I’m breaking my silence to the twitter world is to tell u I’m not retiring!!!! I have hate in my heart that’s too dangerous. It’s best to be away till I’m right I feel I my hurt someone or do damage to my family by going to jail.tired of holding back. I will return when I’m healthy,not because the roster is thin. I AM HURT! Don’t hide on the web you got my # call me with that bull sh@t. Back to silence!”
* Exclusive VIDEO: The WYATT FAMILY Appears At Saturday’s WWE Live Event!
WWE announcer Michael Cole has updated his blog, which you can read in its entirety at LayfieldReport.com. Here are some highlights of what Cole said about:
Traveling to Bermuda: A little more than 3 weeks away from the visit to bermuda for my wife and I. We are hoping to meet some of these young men from the rugby program. John and I are gearing up for the WORLD CUP MARLIN FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP on July 4th. Organizers claim registration is at its highest ever! This one day, worldwide event, will feature boats fishing in marlin hotspots around the globe. Lines go in the water at 8:30am in whatever time zone your are in and must be out by 4:30pm. Our team will be aboard the Paradise One, with the same crew that led john to a second place finish last year!
Losing Weight: Our weight loss challenge has three weeks remaining! I have one pound to lose and John has nine to shed. I have dropped 19 pounds to 205. But I don’t plan on stopping. I need to be in peak shape for our climb in 9 weeks of Middle Palisades Mountain in California. Where as John has climbed top peaks before, Frenchy (our audio guy for our radio show and WWE events) and I have never traversed a 14?er! (14,050 feet to be exact). I hope to lose another 20 pounds before the climb, but success will all be determined on how we handle the altitude and how our body responds to the thin air (it’s hard to train for altitude at sea level in McAllen). If we conquer this peak, more are definitely in our future (or my wife will be upset if all the gear I just bought joins all my other stuff in my “hobby” or “phase” room).
WWE Payback: I am getting excited for our brand new Pay per View known as “Payback” in the great wresting town of Chicago on Sunday Night June 16th. The All State Arena is one of the best venues we play. The WWE Championship match of John Cena versus Ryback in a 3 stages of Hell match will be intriguing, especially the way Ryback is coming around as a performer. My personal favorite however will be Chris Jericho versus CM Punk and I expect it to be the match of the night. Two of the all-time greats with such an awesome story to tell. Punk returning to the ring in his hometown for his first match since the incredible bout with the Undertaker at Wrestlemania. Jericho with a score to settle with Punk after last year’s great rivalry. This is going to be so great and I have the absolute honor and privilege to sit at ringside and call all the action. It is the opportunity to call bouts like these that we bust our rear ends all year!
* Exclusive VIDEO: The WYATT FAMILY Appears At Saturday’s WWE Live Event!
– Former WWE developmental wrestler wrestler Derek Foore, who was released last November, is threatening to sell his WWE contract, which he says exposes how the company exploits its talent worse than a pimp:
“Who’s interested in buying a copy of my #wwe contract? #sharing is caring. #Bombsaway @WWENXT. The contract includes authentic signatures from John Laurinaitis and HHH (Paul Levesque) along with salary, wellness policy, ETC… #wwe. This #wwe contract is better than a tell all book about the #wwe. It shows how it #exploits the wrestlers worse than a pimp! #Bombsaway”
– CM Punk and Lita attended a recent Chicago Blackhawks vs. LA Kings hockey game and can be seen in the photo below wearing Blackhawks jerseys. CM Punk returns to WWE this Sunday night when Payback takes place from his hometown of Chicago.
SEScoops.com correspondent Noah Mark sent in the above video of the Wyatt Family’s appearance at this past weekend’s WWE Live Event from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
According to live reports, the ring entrance for The Wyatt Family at recent WWE Live Events has seen the lights go out in the arena, the Wyatt vignette begins to play, Bray then asks the crowd if they “want to see something scary,” the lights come up and the Family enters, with Erick Rowan wearing the goat mask.
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. In this installment, Ross talks about this past weekend’s WWE tryout camp.
15 men took part in the camp on Friday and Saturday, with two 3-hour sessions taking place on each day. This camp was primarily made up of amateur wrestlers that included several, multi time All Americans, a Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist, a Pan American Games Gold Medalist, college football players, and an active United States Navy Seal.
Jim Ross wrote about them:
This was the best conditioned group of athletes that we’ve ever tried out and I’m fairly certain that WWE will offer multiple contracts to those that graded out the highest. I was hoping going in that we might be able to pick up two or so signees out of the 15 attending but that number could easily be doubled.
Several of the athletes also have college degrees ranging from sports management to finance to accounting which was impressive. Smart, focused, athletes who come from a structured environment and have been in a competitive environment for years adds to the developmental process.
The key will be can they learn to entertain at the same level that matches their athletic skills and intensity? For that answer, only time will tell.
The men who are offered WWE developmental deals will report to the new Performance Center in Orlando next month.
Est. Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes
Solomonster gives a quick Chikara update (or tries to anyway), then talks the possibility of Cena vs. Bryan at Money in the Bank, the return of the McMahons, count outs in a No Disqualification match, Randy Orton speaks the truth on John Cena, the NXT contract signing and why Bo Dallas isn’t ready for prime time yet, Richie Steamboat’s career possibly in jeopardy, Tod Kenely dropped from Impact, the arrival of Quinton RAMPAGE Jackson, his face-off with Kurt Angle and the greatness of Mickie James. Then it’s MAILBAG time with a passionate argument for why WWE bringing in Rock for publicity is TOTALLY different than Vince Russo booking David Arquette as WCW champion for the same reasons, was CM Punk better off for NOT headlining all those PPVs last year as champion, and what will Hulk Hogan’s legacy be once he’s gone? To view the Yahoo! column referenced on this week’s show, click here!
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– Based on what we saw on last week’s episode of Impact Wrestling, it appears TNA is dissolving the tag team of Austin Aries and Bobby Roode. The former tag team champions suffered back-to-back losses at Slammiversary and this past week’s Impact and have been wrestling singles matches at TNA live events. Both men will be competing independently in the TNA Bound For Glory series, which culminates at October’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view.
– TNA star AJ Styles was involved in an altercation with a fan at this past weekend’s TNA live event from Aiken, South Carolina, according to a report at PWTorch.com.
While approaching the ring, Styles was heckled by a fan. AJ grabbed a steel chair and got in the fan’s face, telling him to come over the guard rail and fight him. After the exchange, Styles briefly went back into the ring, only to exit and continue jarring with the fan. Styles continued encouraging the fan to head to the back with him where they could fight, but the fan ultimately backed down.
Styles would then go on to defeat Bobby Roode using his new Calf Killer submission hold.
* Rumored Bound For Glory Main Event & The Latest On If HULK HOGAN Will Wrestle Again
– The Rock’s latest blockbuster movie “Fast & Furious 6” was bumped from the top spot at the box office this past weekend, bringing in another $20 million domestically to land and at #2 behind the film “The Purge.” The film has brought in roughly $585 million since opening 3 weeks ago.
– Speaking of The Rock, today is the first day of filming for his next movie, “Hercules.” The Rock noted on Twitter over the weekend that he’s spent the past 6 months training & dieting in preparation for the role. He wrote this morning:
4:15am. Budapest.
Day 1 – shooting HERCULES.
Lets start the insanity. AM cardio in 3..2.. #ZeusApproved
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) June 10, 2013
– Here’s an early preview for tonight’s WWE RAW from Richmond, Virginia:
– WWE Hall of Famer Booker T will be undergoing surgery on his elbow soon and is currently off the road not traveling with the WWE crew to live events.
– WWE superstar Mason Ryan, who has been training at developmental for the past several months, worked this past weekend’s WWE live event from Lakeland, Florida. Ryan worked as a babyface and squashed Brad Maddox.
Comment Below and tell us who you think Kaitlyn’s secret admirer will be.
– In anticipation of the upcoming WWE debut of Bray Wyatt and company, WWE.com has published an article looking at the top 10 creepiest superstars. Among those on the list are the Undertaker, Papa Shango, Goldust, Jake “The Snake Roberts, the Boogeyman and Luna Vachon.
– WWE Superstars Big Show and Mark Henry were in attendance for the opening ceremony of the 2013 Special Olympic games. WWE posted the following video of their involvement:
WWE Chairman Vince McMahon tweeted this about WWE’s participation in the Special Olympic Games:
Excited to have @TheMarkHenry and @WWETheBigShow at the Special Olympics CT Summer Games Opening Ceremonies tonight #SOCT @SOCTconnecticut
— Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) June 7, 2013
– JBL and Michael Cole will be hosting a live edition of their radio show next Saturday at 7pm at the 50 Restaurant and Bar in Chicago. They will will be giving away free tickets to WWE Payback, which takes place in the city the following evening.
– World Heavyweight champion Dolph Ziggler, who has been cleared to wrestle again after several weeks off due to a recent concussion, returned to the road this past weekend for WWE’s Live Event from Johnson City, Tennessee.
Ziggler was originally scheduled to face Alberto Del Rio in the main event, but did not wrestle. He came out, cut a promo on Del Rio and announced that Big E Langston would be taking his place in the match. Ziggler was ringside, but got ejected along with AJ Lee after interfering. The finish came when Del Rio locked in his cross arm breaker and got Langston to tap out.
