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Brodus Clay Recalls Backstage Criticsm From Triple H

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During an interview with WWE Magazine, Brodus Clay spoke about a backstage conversation he had with Triple H shortly before he disappeared from television for 6 weeks earlier this year.

After wrestling Alex Riley on the January 27th episode of WWE RAW, Clay said he saw Triple H after his match and expressed frustration with the choreograph of his character’s dance moves. Triple H’s response was not what the Funkasaurus was expecting:

“One night, I came backstage after a match against Alex Riley and I was so upset. Triple H said, ‘What’s the matter?’ and I explained that the choreography was off. He’s staring and me and I’m like, ‘Wait. Am I upset over the choreography?’ He said, ‘Yeah, you are.’ I didn’t know how to feel about that. But, I’m always worried about the dancing – that I’ll fall.”

Clay went on to wrestle Drew McIntyre the Royal Rumble that weekend and Tyler Reks on the following week’s RAW before being takent off television until March 12th.

There had been various online reports that Clay was kept off television because WWE management thought his work was sloppy and he needed more training. His comments to WWE Magazine seem to corroborate these reports.

Heyman Denies Helping Lesnar, Dana White Talks Lesnar-WWE

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Former WCW announcer Mark Madden stated during a recent radio interview that Paul Heyman has been helping Brock Lesnar with his recent WWE promos. Heyman has since replied to Madden’s claim – denying that he’s been working with Lesnar:

“@MarkMaddenX As flattered as I am by the notion, I have nothing to do with #BrockLesnar’s @WWE promos. Believe it or not, @WWE got it right … in a BIG way … with that #DeathClutch promo last week on #Raw. I’d love to take even a tiny bit of the credit for that promo, but it all belongs to @WWE and Brock himself!”

– At Saturday night’s UFC 145 post-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White was asked about Brock Lesnar’s recent return to WWE. White stated:

“When he did the deal with the WWE, all the rumblings started with you guys. He never called me. He never told me. He didn’t have to. It was always up front and said in his deal, he could do the WWE. I’m happy for him. To do what he did in the WWE, came here and did what he did, now he’s back over there. Good for him; good for them.

Kevin Nash Teases WWE Return, New Tag Teams & More

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– Kevin Nash continues to express interest in a WWE return on Twitter. He wrote over the weekend:

“I will return to the WWE when they call and tell me where to be. Love working the Indys and getting to know my fans.Nice to be real!!!”

– With Titus O’Neil and Darren Young being moved from NXT to SmackDown, there is talk of a new tag team from FCW being moved up to NXT this week .

Video: O’Neil & Young’s SmackDown Debut From Friday

– Georgia Smith, the daughter of the late British Bulldog, recently wrote an article about her father for Fighting Spirit Magazine that will be published soon.

Phoenix Going For Title Record, #SaveReksAndHawkins & More

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– John Cena turns 35 years old today.

– Beth Phoenix is about to break the record for the longest reigning Divas champion of all time, if she can keep the title past May 1st. Former WWE diva Maryse currently holds the record at 213 days.

– After getting fired by William Regal on last week’s episode of NXT, Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks are encouraging fans to get them rehired by tweeting the phrase #SaveReksAndHawkins” during tonight’s RAW. The tag team will reportedly get their jobs back if their hashtag trends on Twitter during RAW.

– Ted DiBiase visited Batson Children’s Hospital in Mississippi over the weekend as part of a documentary he’s filming about his faith and his charity work for sick, underprivileged children. TMZ.com has since picked up the story.

– The July 10th WWE SmackDown taping will take place from the World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Source: Devin Cutting)

3-Hour RAW Preview: Lesnar-Cena Contract Signing

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Tonight’s RAW will be a special 3-hour broadcast from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroid, Michigan. After a week-long live events tour of Europe, the RAW and SmackDown crews are back as the “Era of People Power” continues.

The final RAW Supershow before Sunday’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view will feature a contract signing between John Cena and Brock Lesnar.

The advertised dark match main event will see CM Punk and John Cena team up against Chris Jericho and Kane.

To promote tonight’s RAW, WWE has released this video footage of the ‘most explosive contract signings in WWE history’ –

Sound Off 215: Laurinaitis is a Bigger Threat To Cena Than Lesnar?

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Solomonster is back to talk about Jones vs. Evans at UFC 145, WrestleMania setting records, Raw thoughts from London including an AWESOME Brock Lesnar video package and the one stupid thing they’re doing to build his match with John Cena, the Roode vs. Storm finish at Lockdown, Hulk Hogan announces OPEN FIGHT NIGHT on Impact and a review of Brock Lesnar’s book Death Clutch, including a fascinating chapter about a Miami screwjob in his second match with The Rock! There’s also an epic rant on the death of WCW for those who still think the AOL-Time Warner merger was responsible for it.

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John Cena Celebrating World Wish Day This Sunday

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Make-A-Wish(R) Celebrating “World Wish Day(R)”April 29 by Granting Wishes Across the Globe – Celebrities/sponsors help commemorate the wish that started it all.

PHOENIX, Apr 23, 2012  — On April 29, more than 30 years to the day after a young boy named Chris was granted his wish to be a police officer for a day, Make-A-Wish supporters around the world will celebrate World Wish Day in honor of the wish that sparked a global wish-granting movement.

Make-A-Wish will mark World Wish Day with celebrations throughout the United States and 47 other countries in which it operates by celebrating wishes being granted on that day. Every 23 minutes, Make-A-Wish grants the wish of a child with a life-threatening medical condition somewhere in the world.

Many celebrities and professional athletes are granting wishes in honor of World Wish Day throughout April. On April 29, Thomson Reuters’ electronic billboard in Times Square will feature a special World Wish Day video, which includes celebrities such as John Cena, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Buddy Valastro, Jon Stewart, Nigel Barker and Tiffani Thiessen. The video will debut on the Make-A-Wish America YouTube channel on Monday, April 23. Chief Wish Ambassador Michael Jordan kicked off the World Wish Day festivities by granting Lucas’ wish to meet him at the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational golf tournament in Las Vegas.

Several Make-A-Wish sponsors are coordinating special World Wish Day promotions, including Maggiano’s, Disney Store, Brooks Brothers, Macy’s, Hard Rock International, Dave & Buster’s and BLOCKBUSTER Express.

During the month of April, US Airways invites Dividend Miles members to donate their miles to one of five national nonprofits, including Make-A-Wish. For every 5,000 miles donated, US Airways will match the first 1,000 miles, up to 25,000 per donor. Visit wish.org/dividend to donate today.

“World Wish Day represents an opportunity to share how wishes make life better for everyone involved and showcase the creativity of wish granters around the world,” said David A. Williams, president and chief executive officer of Make-A-Wish America. “The anniversary of the wish that started it all is an occasion to celebrate, and an important reminder that there are lots of ways for people to help us reach the 27,000 kids diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition every year and grant them each a life-changing wish.”

McIntyre’s Homecoming, “Are You Serious” (Video), Hart-HBK

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– Drew McIntyre wrestled in front of his hometown crowd Saturday’s SmackDown live event from Glasgow, Scotland. He worked as a babyface and teamed with Booker T to defeat the team of Mark Henry and Christian.

Before the match, McIntyre talked about his love of Scotland and gave a shout-out to his family sitting in the crowd. McIntyre and Booker T did spin-a-roonis together after the match.

– THQ has announced WWE ’12 WrestleMania Edition will be available May 25th. WWE ’12 WrestleMania Edition will have both the WWE ’12 video game and all its downloadable content on one disc.

– WWE Greatest Rivalries: Michaels vs. Hart has been added to Netflix’s streaming service.

– Here’s the latest “Are Your Serious” video from the WWE YouTube channel. “Suffer alongside Road Dogg and Josh Mathews as they go through a new pile of horrendous clips from the Titan Tower video vault. Video gems include moments from Rick “The Model”

Christian Returning This Week, Mysterio-Kelly, Linda’s Taxes

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– Christian will be returning to SmackDown at Tuesday’ tapings from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Christian returned to the ring at the European tour that just finished.

– Rey Mysterio and Kelly Kelly were at the Sarasota Film Festival in Florida this weekend, for the premiere of the WWE Studios film, “The Day.” The movie was screened twice this weekend but received no awards.

Rey Mystrio Reveals When He Can Wrestle Again

– Linda McMahon will release her 2011 income tax return soon after her campaign initially turned down a request from opponent Chris Shays. McMahon filed for an extension on her tax return this past week but “intends to make it public once the paperwork is complete.”

 

Hogan Says Going Live Would Solve 75% Of TNA’s Problems

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TNA’s “General Manager” Hulk Hogan recently answered several questions from fans about the TNA product.

Impact Going Live: “would solve 75% of the issues, but they need money to do it. He has “been beating that drum for the last 2yrs.”

Wrestling Needing A New Era: “Getting my head really wrapped around the fan business requests and how to transition Impact Wrestling beyond the Mania, Attitude era, nWo era. Not just grow in a black beard or just switch a title or just verbally say were changing, I’m talking about really changing [the] foundation to put wrestling in a whole new era. I know I came up with the idea, I’m gonna really flush it out before I drop the bomb on you Maniacs.

CM Punk To Sing At Cubs Game, Santino Video, Piper

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– WWE Champion CM Punk will be appearing at the Chicago Cubs baseball game on May 8th. Punk will be singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the 7th inning stretch.

– WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper tweeted the about his experience on WWE Legends House:

“Legend House was hard! Don’t know when it will air. Don’t know how it will be excepted! New ground. I love doing Original Stuff.”

Piper and his wife will be featured on the Biography Channel’s “Celebrity House Hunters” this coming Thursday night at 10pm EST.

– Here is the latest episode of Santino Marella’s Foreign Exchange featuring his special guests, R-Truth and .. Little Jimmy:

New GI Joe Movie Poster Featuring The Rock

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The Rock recently told Entertainment Weekly that the upcoming GI JOE: RETALIATION movie will feature a drastic “creative shift” than the last film in the series:

“I can tell you this one is creatively much different [from the first]. It’s rooted, it’s grounded, it’s real. The studio came to me and I loved the idea of starring in the movie because I grew up on G.I. Joe and it’s a massive property.”

“I spoke to the studio and they told me about the creative shift that they wanted to make with the movie, which made it easy for me to sign on.”

GI Joe: Retaliation opens on Friday, June 29, 2012.

Check out this new movie poster for GI Joe: Retaliation featuring Th Rock:

Heyman Working With Lesnar, Bateman’s Profiles Removed

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– Paul Heyman has been helping Brock Lesnar’s recent WWE promos, according to Mark Madden on Chairshots Radio. Heyman is working with Lesnar independently and there are no plans for him to work directly with WWE.

– Derrick Bateman’s profile pages have been removed from WWE.com and the Florida Championship Wrestling website, which is usually a sign that the talent has been released. Bateman stated on twitter that his profiles being taken down is “meaningless.” When asked again if he has been released, he replied, “people read into things way to much.”

– The “local talent” that Ryback squashed on Friday’s SmackDown was 18 year old James Hill, who wrestles in the UK as Jimmy Meadows. He told Thisisleicestershire.co.uk that he got booked on RAW through UK veteran wrestler Robbie “The Wildcat” Brookside.

VIDEO: Watch RYBACK Squash James Hill

Hemme Awakened By Home Burglary, Hogan Appearing In NJ

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— Christy Hemme was awakened by burglars searching her home early Saturday morning. She tweeted:

“Just woke up to fucking druggy burglars in my house, chased them out and my hubby is not here… I’m so freaked! I’m ok, just scared and hoping to go back to sleep!”

The TNA Knockout later noted that she filed a police report.

— Hulk Hogan is scheduled for an autograph signing this Wednesday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at The Forked River House in Forked River, New Jersey. Details are available here.

— Velvet Sky is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

Diamond Dallas Page Thinks He Should Go In WWE Hall of Fame

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Speaking to SportsTownChicago.com, Diamond Dallas Page addressed his yoga program, assisting Chris Jericho’s comeback from injury, WrestleMania and more. Highlights are as follows:

Not being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame: “I think eventually it’s got to happen. Nobody did what I did. Nobody was as over in the 90’s. I was in the top five guys according to Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Nobody came from being a manager to being a color commentator. I think I earned that spot and eventually, I think I’ll get it. I hope it’s not 30 years from now, but until Randy Savage is in there, until Jake Roberts, until Rick Rude, I’m not in yet. I would think Randy’s going to be in next year. I’d be surprised if he wasn’t. But it would be the greatest bill ever to be inducted because it’s in Jersey. It is what it is and when it happens it happens.”

Scott Hall’s life problems: “I love Scott. He’s one of my very good friends…Today, we talk once in a blue moon, but the last time he called me, he was just looking for some positive energy. I gave him a lot, I gave him everything I could and I asked him to come and stay with me. I just couldn’t get him to call me back after that. He’s a good guy. He’s just a lost soul right now.”

The interview is available here.

WWE Extreme Rules 2012: Updated Card (New Match)

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Extreme Rules 2012: Lesnar vs. Cena

WWE Extreme Rules 2012 takes place on Sunday, April 29 from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. SEScoops.com will have Live Coverage of the show next Sunday night.

Following Friday’s SmackDown, here is the updated card:

Extreme Rules Match
John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar

VOTE HERE: Who Will Win – CENA or LESNAR?

Chicago Street Fight for the WWE Title
CM Punk (c) vs. Chris Jericho

2 of 3 Falls Match for the World Heavyweight Title
Sheamus (c) vs. Daniel Bryan

Falls Count Anywhere Match
Randy Orton vs. Kane

Ryback Compared To Warrior & Goldberg, SmackDown Ratings

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– Ratings for SmackDown have taken a downturn in recent months, with the yearly average dropping down to a 1.97 after last week’s show. This is the same average rating SmackDown drew for 2011, so WWE has lost the progress SmackDown made after many shows this year drawing above 2.0.

– Brodus Clay teamed up with his “little brother” Hornswoggle on SmackDown in a tag team match against Hunico and Camacho:

Hornswoggle tweeted the following about his new partner:

“Had an amazing time joining @BrodusClay on #SmackDown tonight!!! WWE Universe, tell “them” that you want to see more of the “Tiny-Dactyl”!”

– The official WWE website has a new article up looking at the dominant first month of Ryback’s career “as he paves a destructive path where mere mortals fear to tread.”  The article says Ryback “channels” five powerful WWE legends with his destructive in-ring style: The Ultimate Warrior, Goldberg, Psycho Sid, JBL and Bam Bam Bigelow.

Here is video of Ryback’s match from SmackDown against a “local athlete” –

Natalya Responds To AJ Lee Making Her Bleed On SmackDown

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AJ Lee snapped on Friday’s SmackDown, taking out her relationship frustrations Natalya and leaving the Canadian Diva bloodied. Natalya tweeted the following about the situation:

“I get it. @WWEAJLEE treated me the way she “wanted” to treat Daniel Bryan. I just never expected it from her.”

“What I do know @WWEAJLEE, is that no matter how many punches to the face I receive, you can be sure I’m going to rise from the ashes.”

“It’s people like @WWEAJLEE who make me realize what I am truly made of. I’ve faced so much adversity In my life, but it has made me stronger”

Check out this video of AJ & Natalya’s match from SmackDown:

Video: Zack Ryder’s Latest Z! True Long Island Story

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Woo Woo Woo – Mr. Long Island Iced Z is back with Episode 63 of the Z! True Long Island Story. Ryder has tweeted a few message about his latest show being edited by WWE . He says even though “the best two minutes” were removed by WWE, fans should watch it anyways.

He has also been telling fans to stop chanting “hoeski” at Eve Torres. Not because he’s forgiven her, but he doesn’t want to be associated with her anymore.

Video: Antonio Cesaro’s WWE Debut, O’Neal-Young, Reks-Hawkins

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– Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins are trying to get re-hired by John Laurinaitis and were informed that they will get their jobs back if they can get the hastag #SaveReksAndHawkins trending during Monday’s three-hour RAW.

– The tag team of Titus O’Neil and Darren Young have officially joined the SmackDown roster and wrestled The Usos on this week’s show. O’Neil and Young wrote on Twitter earlier in the week that they have their sights set on the WWE Tag Team Championships. Here is video of their match against the Usos:

– FCW star Antonio Cesaro made his WWE television debut on Friday’s night’s SmackDown. Formerly known as Claudio Castagnoli, Cesaro was introduced as Aksana’s new friend and had a meeting with John Laurinaitis on the show. Cesaro’s gimmick is that he’s a professional European Rugby player.

Why Del Rio Moved To SmackDown, New WWE Studios Movie

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– WWE Studios is partnering with IM Global on a new ‘romantic thriller’ movie titled, Dead Man Down. The movie will star Colin Farrell, Naomi Rapace, Terrence Howard and Dominic Cooper.

Filming for the movie will begin this coming Monday in Philadelphia. Dead Man Down is not expected to feature any WWE superstars. WWE will co-finance the $30 million project and promote it.

– WWE will be wrapping up its post-WrestleMania European tour tonight, with the RAW brand holding a show in Antwerp, Belgium and SmackDown running a show in Glasgow, Scotland tonight. Both rosters will fly back this weekend for Monday’s RAW Supershow from Detroit.

– The decision to move Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez over to SmackDown was made a few weeks back. WWE felt that SmackDown needed another top heel. Del Rio and Rodriguez have been added to the SmackDown roster page of the WWE website.

* ANTONIO CESARO Debuts On WWE SmackDown – VIDEO Of His Debut

“Psycho” Sid Vicious No-Shows Another Wrestling Event

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Canadian Wrestling Elite has announced that “Psycho” Sid Vicious will not be appearing at tonight’s show at Maples Community Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba because he missed his scheduled flight this morning. According to CWE official Danny Warren, Vicious explained that he was sore from setting up bleachers last night and decided to sleep in.

“Unfortunately at this time I have to regretfully inform everyone that “Psycho” Sid Vicious decided not to get on his plane this morning, first because he “slept in” followed by not wanting to get on another flight as his knees were sore from setting up bleachers last night.. Yes, fucking bleachers. Refunds will be available tonight for anyone who would like one,” Warren wrote on Facebook.

Vicious has a history of being unreliable to wrestling promoters as he has no-showed several scheduled appearances throughout his career. More recently, Vicious skipped an advertised appearance for Pro Wrestling Syndicate on March 9, explaining that his wallet was stolen and couldn’t make his scheduled flight. In response, event promoter Pat Buck called Vicious during the show in the middle of the ring and had the audience boo him while leaving a voice message. Buck then disclosed Vicious’ phone number to fans.

CM Punk Responds To ‘Stooge’ Who Badmouthed WWE

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As reported earlier, ‘Three Stooges’ actor Sean Hayes appeared on Conan’s late night TBS show this week and said he was embarrassed to host WWE RAW earlier this month. He sarcastically referred to RAW as ‘high brow’ and ‘quality television’ and said would never attend a WWE event.

WWE Champion CM Punk has responded to Hayes on Twitter:

“Holy crap, so the douche who’s playing Larry in the stooges movie says he was embarrassed to be on raw? But he’s in the stooges movie?!!??”

Terry Taylor’s Role At Developmental, Lashley, Wilson

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– Terry Taylor is rumored to be joining WWE’s developmental system as one of the top trainers at the new “finishing school” near WWE headquarters in Stamford, CT. The finishing school, which is expected to launch in the next few months, will be the final stop for FCW talent before joining the main roster.

– Bobby Lashley will not be MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko’s next opponent. Fedor has signed on to fight former UFC heavyweight Pedro Rizzo in Russia on June 21st. Lashley is reportedly in talks to join the Bellator MMA promotion.

– Former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson is living in New York City with her New York Yankee boyfriend Alex Rodriguez. Wilson has been seen at several recent games at Yankee Stadium sitting near the dugout.

(Partial Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

“Big Surprises” Planned For Slammiversary, Kazarian Donates Hair

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— TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter has promised “big surprises” for the organization’s tenth anniversary celebration on June 10 at Slammiversary in Arlington, Texas.

“I promise you an historic night for TNA & big surprises at Slammiversary. I will be announcing soon! You won’t want to miss this night,” she wrote Thursday on Twitter.

She also addressed the organization’s “Open Fight Night” concept: “So excited for #OpenFightNight next Thurs on @SpikeTV! Just one of several changes coming to #ImpactWrestling. Who do you want to see fight?”

— Kazarian addressed his haircut in an interview with The Roman Show.

“It is what it is; it is a haircut nothing more nothing less,” he said. “Pro wrestling and entertainment itself is all about reinventing itself. You look fresh and everything. But, I am still heavy metal. It is easier to manage as a fighter its one less thing that gets in the way in the heat of battle.”

The former X Division Champion said he donated his hair to the non-profit organization Locks of Love.

*SPOILER PHOTOS* of tonight’s SmackDown

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