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- WWE released the following clip of highlights from the recent tour of Asia: - WWE Champion CM Punk apparently surprised the Comic Con officials with his recent appearances because he drew better than John Cena has in the past. Apparently Cena did not draw nearly what convention officials expected the few times they have used him. - Even though she has only been in...
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- Thanks to Ronaldo for sending in the following promotional ad for WWE's Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, which features CM Punk as a devil: - The current target date for Mark Henry to return from shoulder surgery is late fall. Henry has been saying that if the shoulder doesn't fully recover that he may retire but he is expecting to return. - Former TNA star Alex...
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- Below is the latest episode of WWE Inbox: - While Alberto Del Rio has stated that he wants to leave WWE in a few years and retire, he recently did an interview where he said he would now like to stay for 10 or 15 more years, or as long as WWE will keep him. - Olympian Diana Lopez is looking at negotiating a deal with WWE. She competed in this year's games from London...
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- New advertisements for upcoming SmackDown live events have Randy Orton booked with Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio in three-way matches. With the exception of the period where he's away shooting 12 Rounds: Reloaded, Orton will remain in the main event picture. - Wrestling legend The Great Muta pitched the idea to team with Ric Flair for a September 23rd All Japan Pro...
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- Jim Ross was asked about Tyler Reks' WWE departure on Twitter. Ross replied: "He asked for it. Happy for him. Sometimes 1 has to move on." - WWE Champion CM Punk spent Wednesday afternoon at the WWE developmental school in Tampa, talking and meeting with the talents. - While the news has been out for a while now and NXT even spoiled it on their official website,...
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- TMZ TV caught up with SmackDown General Manager Booker T while in Los Angeles last week. They asked him about his infamous WCW Nitro promo at Hulk Hogan: - Matches for today's WWE Superstars include Santino Marella vs. Jack Swagger, Yoshi Tatsu vs. Damien Sandow, Cody Rhodes vs. Justin Gabriel and Alex Riley vs. Drew McIntyre. - Ignatius, the mystery character that...
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- Sin and Bones, the new album from Chris Jericho's band Fozzy, sold around 3,400 copies in the United States for its first week of release to debut at #143 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album landed at #1 on the Top New Artist Albums chart. Fozzy's previous album, Chasing the Grail, opened with around 2,200 units sold in 2010. - WWE will tape three more episodes of...
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- As noted before, the August 20th WWE RAW did a 3.14 rating with 4.47 million viewers, up from the previous week. The show opened with Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman at a 2.97 rating, significantly higher than usual. In the segment breakdown, the six-man match with R-Truth, Kofi Kingston and Sin Cara vs. Darren Young, Titus O'Neil and Cody Rhodes gained 9,000 viewers....
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- Here are some updates on recent WWE developmental signings: * Danny Burch is former UK wrestler Martin Stone, real name Martin Harris. He's been wrestling in the UK since 2003 and in Germany since 2007. WWE offered him a contract a year ago but his knee was in bad shape so he had major surgery and took a year off. He's about 6 feet tall and 213 lbs. with a good...
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- WWE has released another preview clip for Saturday Morning Slam: - As a reminder, Mark Henry and Eve Torres will be appearing at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer today from 1pm until 4pm. - The pre-sale password for the October 15th WWE RAW in Nashville, Tennessee at the Bridgestone Arena is MARK. The pre-sale begins this morning. CM Punk vs. John Cena is being...
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- After his performance at Destination X and on Impact, Sonjay Dutt is back doing independents again and has no future planned with TNA. - The TNA live event in Ottumwa, Iowa on August 18th drew 1,000 fans. - Early estimates show that TNA's Hardcore Justice pay-per-view did around 8,000 buys. - Hulk Hogan will return to Impact Wrestling on tonight's episode to help...
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- WWE did some random drug testing backstage at Monday's RAW from Fresno. - Vince McMahon reportedly wanted Triple H to defeat Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam but Triple H was against that idea and pushed for Lesnar to get the win, which he did. With that said, everyone expects Triple H to get the win at Survivor Series.
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- We noted before that names considered for the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame include Mick Foley, Bob Backlund, Kevin Nash and The Ultimate Warrior. Another name rumored for induction is JBL. Foley is considered a lock for induction and Bob Backlund had refused in the past but he recently returned for the angle with Heath Slater so he likely would be more willing to be...
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- Titus O'Neil and Darren Young are expected to win the WWE Tag Team Titles soon. Many people in WWE thought the title change would happen at SummerSlam and apparently that was the plan at one point. The tag team was told a while back that they were in line for a run with the titles. - As noted before, WWE recently released Christina Crawford from developmental, the...
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- According to those in WWE, the situation with Charlie Sheen is that around the time he agreed to be the Social Media Ambassador for RAW 1000, he also verbally agreed to work the SummerSlam pay-per-view since it was happening in Los Angeles. About two weeks later, Sheen backed out due to scheduling issues. We now know that he had a big family birthday party that had been...
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- WWE Superstars The Usos turn 27 years old today. - Ezekiel Jackson is featured in the new issue of Muscle Magazine. - Roddy Piper's guests this week for his ROD-POD podcast are Diamond Dallas Page and Ted DiBiase Sr. Piper's podcast can be heard every Thursday night from 8-10pm PST at toadhopnetwork.com. - Randy Orton may end up being the special referee for the...
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- WWE Hall of Famer Paul Ellering turns 59 years old today while Booker T's brother and former tag team partner Stevie Ray turns 54. - Mark Henry and William Regal are two of the talents working with Jim Ross, Gerald Brisco and others to look at prospects at the WWE tryouts in Los Angeles this week. - Several of the WWE Superstars and Divas have commented on CM Punk...
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- Another pre-sale password for WWE's December 27th show at Madison Square Garden is WWERANGERS. - The pre-sale for the October 22nd WWE SmackDown taping from Providence, Rhode Island kicks off today and the password is WWESHEAMUS. - The Bella Twins have announced that they will be in an independent movie called Confessions of a Womanizer. The movie begins filming in...
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- Despite being advertised, Triple H and Rey Mysterio did not work last night's SmackDown taping in Bakersfield, California. - We've noted before how WWE Diva Beth Phoenix was not at SummerSlam, was not at Monday's RAW and has been pulled from WWE's upcoming tour of Australia. Beth explained her absence on Twitter: "Thank u for all of the support and respect...
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- Brodus Clay vs. Curt Hawkins was taped last night in Bakersfield, California to air on the second episode of WWE's Saturday Morning Slam in a few weeks. Santino Marella was on commentary. - The dark main event after last night's tapings saw John Cena defeat Big Show in a No DQ match. In the middle of the match, Show cut a promo on Cena but ended up getting beat with...
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