Month: December 2020

Seth Rollins Talks About The Shield Breaking Up, His Unorthodox Ring Style

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Shield member Seth Rollins recently spoke to Jonathan Snowden of Bleacher Report to promote WWE’s new Greatest Factions DVD/Blu-Ray. Here are some highlights of what he said about:

The Shield Perceived As One Of Wrestling’s Greatest Factions: “You know what, man? Even if I really had the opportunity to sit back and really take that information in, I don’t know if it would ever become less surreal. You’re talking about guys who are legends in our business, who really paved the way for people like myself and Dean and Roman. That’s pretty impressive, to even be in the same breath as those guys. It’s just pretty wild.”

How Veterans Deal With His Fast-Paced Style:  “It was mostly trial by fire. You get out there and, once you steal the show a couple of times, you start to earn the trust of those guys you’re talking about. They start to see that what you do works, and if they don’t have a better answer for you, they’ve just got to trust. It’s kind of like that in any working environment.”

“The guys know what they’re doing. They know how to work. They’ve been doing it for a long time. And when you come in with a new idea, people are going to be skeptical. But once they see that your style works too, that there’s multiple ways to stack this ice cream and it all tastes delicious in the end, they’re going to be more willing to work with you. That’s just the nature of politics I guess, right?”

The Shield Eventually Breaking Up, As All Great Factions Have: “You know, you say that, but I don’t know if these factions are all ever really dead. Because when Shawn (Michaels) and Hunter (Triple H) get back together and you get that “Are you Ready?” pumping on the Titan Tron, or when you get Scott (Hall) and Kevin (Nash) together and they put up the “Too Sweet” to each other, or you put Arn and Ric in the same room, they’re definitely not enemies.”

“It doesn’t always have to end badly. There’s a lot of longevity that comes with having a gang of friends with you throughout your career in this business. So there’s no telling when The Shield will run its course. If it ever will. We’re just happy riding this wave of success right now, trying to make this place a better place for everybody, wrestlers and fans alike, and we’re going to keep doing that until we can’t do it anymore.”

* WWE Magazine Hints That THE SHIELD Is Breaking Up

Backstage Update On WWE Tough Enough Returning: Filming, Timing Issues

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According to recent reports, things are said to be moving slowly in regards to the return of WWE’s “Tough Enough” reality a show, a program that the company noted would be part of the WWE Network package in the near future.

Filming for the show was reportedly supposed to begin during the first week of July at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, however it is being said now that the date could change.

Additionally, key talent WWE has under consideration for cast members of the show are not locked in yet and timing is starting to become an issue.

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More Details On WWE 2K15: New Characters, Body Scans, Motion Capture, Audio

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We’ve got new details on the upcoming WWE 2K15 video game, courtesy of GameInformer.com:

– Developer Visual Concepts will have a much larger role in this year’s game, alongside longtime developer Yukes. Visual Concepts is using their state-of-the-art scanning technology to create the most realistic character models ever seen in a wrestling video game. They have traveled with WWE on the road and already have 90% of the game roster scanned in.

– The new character models are “leaps and bounds” closer to their real-life counterparts. Hair, skin, faces, and ring gear are all majorly upgraded. Visual Concepts is capturing a variety of facial expressions so that wrestlers will express more realistic emotions in the ring.

– The updated list of confirmed playable characters includes John Cena, Hulk Hogan, Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns, Bray Wyatt, Cesaro and AJ Lee.

– Visual Concepts is working toward more realistic match pacing and flow. The characters will have five times the number of animations than last year’s WWE 2K14.

– The game’s cutoff date for inclusion is several months later than in recent years, allowing for more ‘current’ roster and storylines to be included.

– Audio is getting a complete overhaul as well, with five times the sound of last year’s game. For the first time, Jerry “The King” Lawler and Michael Cole are being recorded in tandem, creating more natural conversation threads. There will be a 30-35 hours of commentary per announcer to keep things fresh and prevent hearing the same calls over and over.

We’ll learn even more about WWE 2K15 this Thursday, when the first trailer is expected to be released at the ongoing E3 video game convention in Los Angeles, California.

WWE 2K15 video game will be released on October 28th for Playstation 4, XBox One, PS3 and XBox 360.

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TNA Knockout Returning This Thursday, Video Preview For Impact Wrestling

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TNA has announced that former Knockout Taryn Terrell will be making her return at this Thursday night’s edition of Impact Wrestling.

Speaking of this week’s Impact Wrestling, below is the official preview for the post-Slammiversary edition of the show, which airs this Thursday night on Spike TV:

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Jimmy Uso Talks About "Having Relations" On Total Divas, McIntyre's Next Booking

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– WWE tag team champion Jimmy Uso spoke to Washington D.C.’s 106.7 The Fan on Monday to hype RAW and Sunday’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view. One of the interesting notes discussed was he and Trinity getting busted “having relations” on the luxury bus during the filming of Total Divas.  That wasn’t scripted as part of the show.

“I honestly, I couldn’t hold out any longer,” Uso said. “They caught us flat out.”

He also noted that filming for the show’s third season began two weeks ago. he talked to be about his desire to have success as a singles competitor.  He said he would “definitely would love to try it,” but only if Jey was able to succeed as well.

There’s a lot more to the interview, including how The Usos found success over the past year and feeling Umaga’s presence with him every time they’re in the ring.  He also touched on morale in the company following the recent releases.

– Former WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre spoke with Chris Duke of Scottish sports radio station Eklipse Sports Radio and revealed that he’s returning to the ring in his home country (Scotland) for British Championship Wrestling on August 29th. 

* EPIC Animated .GIF – Jerry Lawler Checks Out PAIGE’s Butt On RAW

Early Estimate For WWE Extreme Rules 2014 Pay-Per-View Buys

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WWE announced an estimate of 107,000 buys for their “Extreme Rules” pay-per-view in May. By comparison, the same event produced 209,000 pay-per-view buys in 2013, when the WWE Network was not available.

According to estimates, roughly 40,000 of the 107,000 buys for this year’s event came from North America, despite the fact that major distributors such as DirecTV, Dish Network and some cable companies did not carry the show. Roughly 67,000 buys came from international orders.

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WWE Adding Saturday Night's Main Event Library To WWE Network

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Starting Monday, July 7th, the library of old WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event shows, much like the recent addition of WCW Clash Of The Champion shows, will be added to the WWE Network.

Shows that aired from 1985-1992, as well as the run from 2006-2008, most of which originally aired on NBC, with a few episodes airing on FOX, will begin airing on the live programming stream on the WWE Network, and will also be made available via the on demand service.

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Chris Jericho's WWE & Fozzy Tour Schedule Confirmed Through October

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Chris Jericho’s band Fozzy has announced dates and locations for the first leg of their upcoming tour. Pop Culture website IconvsIcon.com has released that schedule, along with Jericho’s confirmed WWE dates. Jericho is booked through September 22nd, the night after WWE’s Night of Champions pay-per-view. He’ll be wrestling at WWE TV, live events and Battleground, SummerSlam and Night of Champions. Here’s the full schedule:

Chris Jericho Confirmed WWE dates:

Fozzy Confirmed tour dates with Theory of a Deadman:

* Fozzy only

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VIDEO: HHH Talks About Sting Joining WWE, Sunday's Battleground PPV & More

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The latest edition of the Triple H and Michael Cole weekly sit-down interview series has been added to the official WWE YouTube channel.

Check out the below video to hear “The Game” talk about the possibility of Sting joining WWE, as well as what his “plan C” for this Sunday’s WWE Battleground pay-per-view is.

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WWE Main Event Results (7/22)

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– It’s announced at the start of the show that Jack Swagger will take on Rusev tonight in a rematch from Battleground, so apparently the advertised Sheamus vs. Rusev non-title match has been scrapped.

– A video package airs showing Dean Ambrose’s attack on Seth Rollins from Battleground.

– Seth Rollins defeated Fandango by pinfall after hitting a turnbuckle powerbomb and his Peace of Mind finisher.

– Footage airs from RAW when Brock Lesnar is announced as John Cena’s opponent at SummerSlam.

– Ryback defeated Jey Uso. Ryback was going for his Meat Hook clothesline but got caught with a Samoan Drop. Curtis Axel then distracted Uso, allowing Ryback to hit the Meat Hook clothesline and get the pin. After the match, Rybaxel celebrated and signaled that they want a title shot.

– Backstage, Heath Slater is with Titus O’Neal and says they’re the greatest new tag team ever. Titus says they aren’t a team and tells Slater to follow his lead tonight. Slater says Titus didn’t mean what he said and promises to make Titus a believer.

– Big E and Kofi Kingston defeated Heath Slater and Titus O’Neil. Xavior Woods was in the corner of Big E and Kofi. Towards the end of the match, Big E got a hot tag and hit a backbreaker on Titus. He then held Titus down, allowing Kofi to hit him with a double foot stomp off the top rope. Woods then instructs them to do the same thing to Titus, which they do. Big E stacked Titus and Slater on top of each other and pinned them both at the same time.

– A video package airs recapping Rusev’s win over Jack Swagger at Battleground. Backstage, Zeb is with Swagger and says that if a Real American gave up in the first sign of struggle, it wouldn’t be right. He says that he wants everyone to notice what flag is going to be waved after tonight.

– Backstage, Titus O’Neal calls calls Heath Slater dead weight and says they are done. Titus leaves and Slater says again that Titus didn’t mean it. Slater says they have chemistry and will team again.

– A video package airs showing Stephanie getting arrested on RAW.

– Dean Ambrose vs. Cesaro in a No DQ match is announced for SmackDown.

– Jack Swagger defeated Rusev by disqualification after Rusev attacked Swagger with the Russian flag. Overall a pretty good match with Swagger getting a nice amount of offense in, including the Patriot lock. After the match, Rusev went to attack Swagger with the flag again ,but Zeb Colter took the flag out of his hands. Swagger then knocked Rusev out of the ring and stood tall with Zeb as the show goes off the air.

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