Month: December 2020

Xavier Woods Interviews Brock Lesnar, Eva Marie Talks Suspension

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– Xavier Woods of The New Day recently interviewed Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman to promote WWE 2K17. Lesnar said he was honored to be on the cover of WWE 2K17, and honored to be speaking with Xavier Woods — although he was disappointed there were no Booty-O’s on hand. As far as tonight’s SummerSlam pay-per-view goes, Lesnar had three words for Randy Orton: “Suplex City bitch.”

– Eva Marie commented on her 30-day suspension from WWE on her Instagram page this weekend, saying that she’s disappointed it happened. She says she “understands and respects” that WWE upholds their Wellness Policy, and said she was suspended for not turning in required paperwork about her medication.

– Spoilers: Eva Marie’s Replacement For SummerSlam Tonight

Bo Dallas Pulled From Tour After Airport Arrest

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— WWE superstar Bo Dallas was involved in an incident over the weekend at the Dallas airport that resulted in him being pulled off the tour in Mexico.

— According to local police, Dallas was arrested for “public intoxication/drunkenness” at 7:25 PM after officers were made aware of someone who was removed from an Envoy to Puebla, Mexico after yelling expletives at flight crew members.

— By the time police arrived, they found Dallas slumped over at an area that was six gates away and smelling of alcohol. He was said to be swaying side to side and was deemed to be a “danger to himself and others” and so he was placed under arrest.

— WWE has yet to release a statement on the matter.

Source: pwinsider.com

Press Release: WWE Announces Signing of Seven New Recruits in China

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WWE® SIGNS SEVEN NEW RECRUITS FROM CHINA

SHANGHAI, China and STAMFORD, Conn. 8 September, 2016 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced that it has signed seven new recruits from China to developmental contracts. Big Boa, Gu Guangming, Gao Lei, Zhao Xia, Wang Xiaolong, Yifeng and Cheng Yuxiang were all discovered earlier this year during a four-day tryout held in Shanghai and will begin training at the state-of-the-art WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, USA in January 2017.

The signing of these new recruits further cements WWE’s long-term commitment in China. In June, WWE announced an exclusive multi-year content distribution agreement with PPTV to deliver its flagship shows Raw® and SmackDown® Live in Mandarin, and Bin Wang as the first-ever Chinese talent signed to a developmental contract.

The seven new recruits will all attend WWE Live China at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai,Saturday, 10 September and witness history as Bin Wang, from Anhui, makes his WWE in-ring debut vs. WWE Superstar Bo Dallas™.

“WWE is dedicated to finding the most talented athletes and entertainers from around the world,” said Paul “Triple H®” Levesque, WWE Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative. “The seven athletes identified at WWE’s first-ever tryout in China will be given the opportunity to train at the WWE Performance Center, in the hopes of becoming the next big WWE Superstar, while also helping to inspire future WWE Superstars and continue the global success of WWE.”

Tickets for WWE Live China in Shanghai are available and can be purchased online at www.gewara.com and www.wesai.com. WWE Superstars scheduled to appear include John Cena™, WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens™, Roman Reigns™, Seth Rollins™, Big Show™, Sami Zayn™, WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte™, Sasha Banks™, Sheamus™, and more.

Additional information on the new recruits:

· Big Boa (192cm and 100kg) is a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He was named the 2016 Brazilian jiu-jitsu China Open Gi/No-Gi champion and represented China at the 2013 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships.

· Gu Guangming (203cm and 130kg) is an amateur boxer from Mudanjiang, ranking among the top amateurs in his weight class since 2012. He won the National Men’s Championship in his weight class in 2014.

· Gao Lei (178cm and 145kg) is a champion in various Beijing traditional wrestling promotions and was the team leader of Mongolian University’s wrestling team.

· Zhao Xia (162cm and 62kg) has trained in martial arts and is the co-founder of her own fitness studio. Zhao has multiple first place finishes in various martial arts and fitness competitions including, the Second World Traditional Chinese Wushu Championship, Nike Challenge Competition and First China Throw Down: Battle on the Bund.

· Wang Xiaolong (190cm and 110kg) of Beijing, studied at the Shandong University of Technology and the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy for music production.

· Yifeng (188cm and 108kg) is an actor from Shanghai, and a graduate of the Shanghai Theater Company. Yifeng was most recently featured in the movie Lady and Tiger in 2014.

· Cheng Yuxiang (188cm and102.5kg) is an expert level fitness trainer from Beijing, certified by Beijing Zhuo Zhonghua International Fitness Academy. Cheng also participates in various Chinese boxing competitions across the country.

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WWE Live Event Results (9/18/16) – Huntsville, AL

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Thanks to rajah.com reader Nicholas Cannella for sending this in!

9/18/16 WWE Raw Brand House Show Results from Huntsville, AL

– Tonight WWE made their annual stop in Huntsville for a House Show featuring the
Superstars of the Raw Brand. This weekend was the 1st official Raw House Shows in
the United States of this new draft era in Louisville KY , Evansville IN and
Huntsville. The lineup changed several times before the show, first the Double
main event was advertised With Reigns vs Rollins and Finn Balor vs Owens. Balor
got injured at Summer Slam so obviously that changed to Zayn vs Owens. Next it
was Reigns vs Rusev for the U.S Title and Owens vs Zayn. Eventually Owens won the
New Universal Title two weeks ago and For some reason they removed Rollins from
the card. Then last week it was finally updated leading into tonight with Owens vs
Zayn vs Rollins (added him back on the show) in a Triple Threat for the Universal
Title and Reigns vs Rusev for the U.S Title along with New Day vs Enzo and Cass vs
Gallows and Anderson for the Raw Tag Titles and Sasha, Bayley and Alicia vs
Charlotte, Dana and Nia Jax in a 6 Woman’s Tag Match.

1) Sasha Banks, Bayley and Alicia Fox defeated Raw Woman’s Champion Charlotte, Dana
Brooke and Nia Jax when Sasha gave Dana the Bank Statement. Good opening contest
with Emma as the Special Guest Ref.

2) Darren Young (w/ Mr. Backlund) defeated Titus O’Neil with the Gut Buster. Good
back and fourth match up.

3) Braun Strowman defeated Sin Cara in a squash match with the Yokosuka Cutter. Sin
Cara drew some good pops.

5) Golden Truth defeated Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel when Truth pinned Axel after the
“What’s Up”. This was a good entertaining tag team match up with comedy spots.

– Lana came out and cut her usual heel promo praising Russia and Rusev as the U.S
Champion which led Rusev to come out to some big heat.

6) Main Event # 1- Roman Reigns defeated U.S Champion Rusev (w/Lana) via DQ when
Rusev hit Reigns with the Ring Bell. During the match Lana was eventually throw out
by the ref. Afterwards, Roman hit Rusev with a Spear and was really over with the
crowd then celebrated with the fans.

7) Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods (w/Big E)
defeated The Shining Stars and Enzo and Big Cass in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match
to retain the Raw Tag Titles when Woods placed Epico back first over his knee and
Kofi hit the Double Stomp for the win. Enzo and Cass were very over with the crowd .
The match was originally scheduled to have Gallows and Anderson but right as Enzo
was about to cut his usual promo The Stars interrupted and subbed in.

8) Cesaro defeated Karl Anderson (w/Gallows) via submission with the Sharp Shooter.
Cesaro was pretty over and Gallows kept trying to interfere during the match but
eventually Cesaro hit him with a Euro upper cut and a Cesaro Swing to Anderson at
the end right before he made him tap out.

9) Main Event # 2- WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens defeated Sami Zayn and Seth
Rollins in a Triple Threat Match to retain the Universal Title when Seth gave Zayn
the Pedigree then Owens kicked Rollins out of the ring and scored the pin fall on
Zayn. After the match, Rollins chased Owens to the back. The crowd chanted for Zayn
as he slowly made his way to his feet. Zayn closed the show saying he felt like he
let himself and the fans down by losing but their support really meant a lot to him.
He promised that he would eventually become Universal Champion one day and talked
about how much the WWE loves coming to Huntsville. All 3 men drew some good pops
from the crowd.

– Overall It was a great show with lots of entertaining action. The Von Braun Center
was about half full and no return date was announced but I assume it will Be in 2017

Report: Paige Present During Alberto Del Rio Stabbing In San Antonio

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According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Paige was on the scene when Alberto Del Rio was the victim of a stabbing.

Del Rio was attacked by a motorist with a knife in San Antonio, TX after a fender bender, which lead to him missing a booking for AAA in Mexico.

Paige, who is Del Rio’s real-life girlfriend, tried to help Del Rio when he and the attacker were on the ground, but the attacker reportedly shoved Paige away. The attacker reportedly got away while Del Rio was checking on Paige. It should be noted that neither parties have confirmed the details of the story,

Police in San Antonio say they have no information on the incident. We expect more details to be released in the coming days.

– Breaking News: Major Backstage Update On Goldberg’s WWE Status For Survivor Series

WWE Officially Announces Another Name to be Inducted into Hall of Fame

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— It was announced today that WWE will be inducting former Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2017 prior to this year’s WrestleMania. The news was first reported by USA Today and then WWE.com quickly posted an article as well, highlighting Phoenix’s career.

Kvyat owes P6 start to ‘best qualifying lap of the year’

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AlphaTauri’s Daniil Kvyat will start this evening’s Sakhir GP from the third row thanks to a strong and tidy effort in Q3 that the Russian says was his “best lap of the year”.

The result was a season-best for Kvyat and only his third top-ten shootout of the year but also perhaps one of the last for the 26-year-old who will be replaced next season at AlphaTauri by Japanese F2 charger Yuki Tsunoda.

“I enjoyed the lap today, he said after qualifying. “A good lap in Q3 especially, consistent, strong. Happy. I think it’s the best qualifying lap of the year for me. Very tidy, very good.

“It’s so easy to make one small mistake, break the rhythm then you maybe lose a lot on the straight if you have a bad exit, so it was about driving to what the car has and the grip.

“You tried to track the track conditions at the same time and not go over it, but at the same time take a bit of risk as you need to be faster than the others.”

Kvyat said he isn’t expecting any free passes – literally – in Sunday’s race in which congestion will be a factor.

“I think we will see a big train of cars tomorrow, very close but like he [Perez] said it will be difficult to overtake,” he added.

“It’s going to be tight and narrow, and everyone will be trying hard. It will be a very interesting race tomorrow, very long.”

Kvyat’s teammate Pierre Gasly who qualified ninth was obviously disappointed not to be higher on the grid, lamenting Sakhir’s “quite aggressive” track.

“After what we showed in FP3, it’s a bit disappointing to only be P9 in the end,” said the Frenchman.

“We showed strong pace all weekend but considering all the damages to the car, I don’t think there was much more we could do today.

“Overall, I think we have a good package, I’m a bit more worried about not breaking other parts on the car tomorrow as the track is quite aggressive, but as for the rest I’m quite confident that we can have a strong race.”

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TNA Announces New Title Match As Late Addition For Bound For Glory PPV

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Just hours before tonight’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view, TNA added one final title match, as DJ Z will put his X-Division Championship on the line against Trevor Lee.

You can check out TNA’s announcement regarding the late title match addition to tonight’s pay-per-view card below.

TNA Bound For Glory 2016 takes place live from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Make sure to check back here later this evening for a complete TNA Bound For Glory PPV recap.

Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins Universal Title Match Now A Hell In A Cell Bout

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Not only will the Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte match for the RAW Women’s Championship and the previously announced Roman Reigns vs. Rusev match for the WWE United States Championship be contested inside Hell In A Cell at the next RAW brand-exclusive pay-per-view, WWE also confirmed that the WWE Universal Championship will be decided inside the demonic structure later this month as well.

On Monday’s edition of WWE RAW, General Manager Mick Foley and Commissioner Stephanie McMahon confirmed that the Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins match will be the third of three cell matches at the upcoming WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view.

Check out the announcement as part of Mick Foley and Stephanie McMahon’s “Hell In A Cell Address” from Monday’s RAW.

WWE Hell In A Cell 2016 takes place on Sunday, October 30th from the TD Garden in Boston, Mass. Join us here on 10/30 for live coverage of the pay-per-view.

Jerry Lawler: Bellator's Scott Coker Reminds Me So Much Of Vince McMahon

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WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler has been involved in helping promote this weekend’s Bellator 162 event in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, including hosting fight week activities at his restaurant, “King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar and Grille.”

On Monday, “The King” joined Ariel Helwani on “The MMA Hour” at MMAFighting.com to talk about his involvement with the show. During the interview, Lawler shared his opinion regarding Bellator MMA President Scott Coker being similar to WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.

“Scott Coker, the President of Bellator MMA reminds me so much of Vince McMahon, especially with the new signings,” Lawler said. “We had the brand split, and are calling it a new era, bringing in young guys and new women from NXT, the new training facility. All these guys are making that jump. It’s the same thing with Bellator MMA. A ton of new guys have been signed by Scott Coker. It reminds me so much of the same type of building things up and the enthusiasm we have in WWE.”

Additionally, “The King” revealed that when he sits cage-side at the Bellator 162 event in Memphis this weekend, it will be the first time he has done so for an MMA event.

“Well, I’m definitely going to be there cage side. I’ve told everyone I’ve been ringside for a million wrestling matches but I’ve never been up close and personal cage side at an MMA show.”

Bellator 162 takes place later this evening from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee and airs live on Spike TV.