Monday, May 2, 2011
Brodus Clay Injured At WWE's Extreme Rules PPV
Brodus Clay was injured last night at Extreme Rules.
During the Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio ladder match, Clay got hit by Christian with a ladder, and was busted open. Later in the match, when there was a spot where Alberto Del Rio was sent to the floor, there was a puddle of blood where Clay had rolled out too.
While not confirmed, it is thought that Clay could have suffered a concussion.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
WWE Scraps SD! Creative Plans, The Rock-RAW Tonight
-- WWE's creative team has scrapped plans to make tomorrow night's WWE SmackDown! taping in Orlando, Florida a dual-brand event. However, RAW talent may still appear on the show. More shortly.
-- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson turns 39 years old today. Tonight on Monday Night RAW at the American Airlines Arena, "The Most Electrifying Man In All of Entertainment" celebrates his birthday with celebrities, the WWE fans and all of WWE's Superstars and Divas. Expect lots of surprises,
As part of The Rock's birthday celebration, for one full week starting today, he and WWE will donate all proceeds from "Team Bring It" shirts sold at WWEShop.com to the Wounded Warrior Project.
Today would have also marked as former WWE talent Ray "Big Boss Man" Traylor's 48th birthday. He died of a heart attack at his home in Dallas, Georgia on September 22, 2004.
-- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson turns 39 years old today. Tonight on Monday Night RAW at the American Airlines Arena, "The Most Electrifying Man In All of Entertainment" celebrates his birthday with celebrities, the WWE fans and all of WWE's Superstars and Divas. Expect lots of surprises,
As part of The Rock's birthday celebration, for one full week starting today, he and WWE will donate all proceeds from "Team Bring It" shirts sold at WWEShop.com to the Wounded Warrior Project.
Today would have also marked as former WWE talent Ray "Big Boss Man" Traylor's 48th birthday. He died of a heart attack at his home in Dallas, Georgia on September 22, 2004.
Christian's Backstage Reaction To Title Win, Mysterio Note
-- As a reminder, Rey Mysterio, Chuck Palumbo and basketball John Salley will be guest starring on WWE Tough Enough tonight, teaching the contestants about teamwork. Palumbo's motorcycle shop will also be featured.
-- After Christian won the World Title at Extreme Rules last night, he got very emotional as seen live on the PPV. According to a backstage source, when he returned to the backstage area, he approached Vince McMahon in the gorilla position, hugged him, and said "Thank You" with tears in his eyes. He also embraced in a long hug with Edge and other WWE talents near the gorilla position after the match. He was genuinely emotional about winning the World title. Very cool stuff as he deserves it and has waited a long time for his opportunity. He's also well-liked backstage.
-- After Christian won the World Title at Extreme Rules last night, he got very emotional as seen live on the PPV. According to a backstage source, when he returned to the backstage area, he approached Vince McMahon in the gorilla position, hugged him, and said "Thank You" with tears in his eyes. He also embraced in a long hug with Edge and other WWE talents near the gorilla position after the match. He was genuinely emotional about winning the World title. Very cool stuff as he deserves it and has waited a long time for his opportunity. He's also well-liked backstage.
John Cena Addresses Osama Bin Laden's Death
Following last night's WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view broadcast, John Cena announced that during the event, U.S. troops "captured and compromised" Osama Bin Laden. His announcement drew a massive ovation from the audience.
The new WWE Champion gave a speech about American pride while fans chanted "U-S-A." He posed with fans while ring announcer Justin Roberts thanked the audience for attending Extreme Rules.
Cena then went on Twitter to comment on the news.
He wrote, "CeNation. Proud day in the war on terror. Many brave soliders made the ultimate sacrifice in hopes of what happened tonight.
"I am not certain if this conflict is over. But tonight was a very very proud moment for the good guys. God bless America."
US forces killed the al Qaida leader in Pakistan and took custody of his remains, President Barack Obama announced Sunday in a dramatic late-night statement at the White House. NOTE: To all you soldiers out there, THANK YOU! We love all of guys and thank you for what you do. You guys are the best and please stay safe over there!
The new WWE Champion gave a speech about American pride while fans chanted "U-S-A." He posed with fans while ring announcer Justin Roberts thanked the audience for attending Extreme Rules.
Cena then went on Twitter to comment on the news.
He wrote, "CeNation. Proud day in the war on terror. Many brave soliders made the ultimate sacrifice in hopes of what happened tonight.
"I am not certain if this conflict is over. But tonight was a very very proud moment for the good guys. God bless America."
US forces killed the al Qaida leader in Pakistan and took custody of his remains, President Barack Obama announced Sunday in a dramatic late-night statement at the White House. NOTE: To all you soldiers out there, THANK YOU! We love all of guys and thank you for what you do. You guys are the best and please stay safe over there!
Kharma Debuts At Extreme Rules - Michelle McCool Loses
Michelle McCool was written off WWE programming last night at Extreme Rules as she lost an emotionally-charged Loser Leaves WWE Match to Layla.
After apologizing to the Divas locker room, Layla turned her recent streak of losses around when the Diva Search winner had to fight to stay in WWE. The No-Disqualification, No Count-out Match concluded with Layla countering McCool's attempt at Faithbreaker with a crucifix pin.
While McCool broke down in tears alone in the ring, the wrestler formerly known as Awesome Kong emerged. Upon entering the ring, Kharma grasped McCool and delivered a implant buster butterfly suplex. Backstage, the Divas echoed concern over Kharma's debut. Similarly to Hugh Morrus, Kharma switched between maniacal laughter and seriousness.
It is unclear at this time whether McCool is leaving WWE permanently. Several sources last week indicated that she was indeed leaving the company. More later today.
After apologizing to the Divas locker room, Layla turned her recent streak of losses around when the Diva Search winner had to fight to stay in WWE. The No-Disqualification, No Count-out Match concluded with Layla countering McCool's attempt at Faithbreaker with a crucifix pin.
While McCool broke down in tears alone in the ring, the wrestler formerly known as Awesome Kong emerged. Upon entering the ring, Kharma grasped McCool and delivered a implant buster butterfly suplex. Backstage, the Divas echoed concern over Kharma's debut. Similarly to Hugh Morrus, Kharma switched between maniacal laughter and seriousness.
It is unclear at this time whether McCool is leaving WWE permanently. Several sources last week indicated that she was indeed leaving the company. More later today.
Three Title Changes Take Place At WWE Extreme Rules
John Cena is a 10-time World Champion after defeating The Miz and John Morrison in a Steel Cage Match last night at Extreme Rules.
The match concluded with The Miz teased the Skullcrushing Finale, which was countered by Cena using an Attitude Adjustment from the top rope. Cena made the cover to become the new WWE champion.
Earlier in the evening, Christian beat Alberto Del Rio in a Ladder Match to capture his first-ever World Heavyweight Championship.
The 21-minute contest concluded following interference from Edge, who made an unadvertised appearance to distract Del Rio. Christian proceeded to scale a ladder to capture his first major title in WWE.
Also changing hands was the United States Championship. SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long scheduled an impromptu Tables Match between Kofi Kingston and United States Champion Sheamus, which resulted in the high-flyer smashing The Celtic Warrior through the hardwood to capture the title for a second time.
Vince McMahon Furious At RAW, Y2J/Royal Wedding, More
-- Vince McMahon was said to have been furious over Sin Cara's botched entrance during RAW several weeks ago. This was when Cara barely cleared the top rope after jumping off a trampoline that was set up at ringside.
-- Chris Jericho tweeted the following from England on Friday: "The Royal Wedding is insane! Just did the chicken dance w the original Fergie, Beckham, Sharon Osbourne and Gareth from The Office...."
-- William Regal and WWE NXT Rookie Byron Saxton have been doing commentary for FCW as of late.
Major Batista WWE Return Rumor
-- It's being rumored that WWE has offered Batista a contract to return to the organization. We can't confirm or deny that as of this writing so take it as strictly a RUMOR for now. More shortly.
Kevin Nash Teases A TNA Return + TNAs Latest Publicity Stunt
-- Kevin Nash teased a return to TNA Wrestling last week—due to it appearing that WWE will not bring him back as a performer.
"WWE going young", he wrote on Twitter. "Your my fan base, sit on my ass or watch my buddy's Sting ass?"
-- Jeff Jarrett got some publicity in the Daily Star in the U.K. by insulting William & Kate. He said that he and Karen want to face them in a mixed tag team match. Of course, this is all for publicity with the whole "Royal Wedding" thing.
"WWE going young", he wrote on Twitter. "Your my fan base, sit on my ass or watch my buddy's Sting ass?"
-- Jeff Jarrett got some publicity in the Daily Star in the U.K. by insulting William & Kate. He said that he and Karen want to face them in a mixed tag team match. Of course, this is all for publicity with the whole "Royal Wedding" thing.
What The Great Khali Said On SmackDown! This Week
WWE developmental talent Jinder Mahal, a wrestler billed from Punjab, India, debuted on last week's episode of SmackDown. He appeared in a backstage segment with Rey Mysterio, The Great Khali and Ranjin Singh, where The Punjabi Playboy and his manager wish The Master of the 619 good luck on RAW. Mahal greets Khali in their native tongue and walks off.
To translate what was said, reader Ashish noted that Khali and Singh asked Mahal why he was there. He that he is a new roster member and plans to be there for a long time. After he walked off, Khali and Singh said it's good to see him in WWE.
You can click here to see new WWE star Jinder Mahal.
To translate what was said, reader Ashish noted that Khali and Singh asked Mahal why he was there. He that he is a new roster member and plans to be there for a long time. After he walked off, Khali and Singh said it's good to see him in WWE.
You can click here to see new WWE star Jinder Mahal.
Bo Rotundo's New WWE Gimmick, Cena Takes Shot At Rock
-- WWE developmental wrestler Bo Rotundo, son of WWE producer Mike Rotunda (a/k/a Irwin R. Schyster), now dons a masks in Florida Championship Wrestling under the name Mr. Florida.
-- The April 29 episode of SmackDown! featured 36 minutes and 31 seconds of in-ring action, up from 31 minutes and 57 seconds the week before.
-- John Cena took another shot at Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson yesterday on Twitter.
"CeNation. Just heard that yesterday the man who invented the telepromter died at 91," he wrote. "Somewhere right now the great one is in mourning :)"
-- The April 29 episode of SmackDown! featured 36 minutes and 31 seconds of in-ring action, up from 31 minutes and 57 seconds the week before.
-- John Cena took another shot at Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson yesterday on Twitter.
"CeNation. Just heard that yesterday the man who invented the telepromter died at 91," he wrote. "Somewhere right now the great one is in mourning :)"
Scott Steiner Addresses Why He Returned To TNA & More
Monday Night Mayhem with Scott Steiner
Hosts: The Big Mosh and "The Chairman of the Board" Todd Vincent
Airs every Monday at 6:00 P.M. (CT)
Show available at www.MondayNightMayhem.com.
His feelings on returning to TNA after an eleven-month absence: "Part of the reason was I don't know why I left. That was not my decision, and obviously they brought me back to bring the ratings back. Now I'm here, and we can go out there and prove that I'm still the best."
Why he believes Matt Morgan's collegiate and basketball backgrounds will not help him when "Big Poppa Pump" and "The Blueprint" square off soon: "I tired to look up his (Matt's) profile on the computer and saw Monmouth College somewhere in the cesspools of New Jersey. I never heard of that. And supposedly Chaminade, where they somehow made it to the NCAA Tournament, where he played a couple of minutes. Fans are going to be deeply disappointed when it comes down to athletic ability, because he says he's trying to follow in my footsteps. You can't follow in my footsteps. So he plays with little balls and puts them in the holes. That's not going to help his ass when he gets in the ring."
What fans can expect at CWI's "Brawl at the Bush II" event in Brantford, Ontario, Canada (headlined by his CWI Title defense vs. Kevin Nash and a special appearance by Hulk Hogan): "It's going to be a great event. There's going to be a lot of stars there. Of course I have to go against Kevin Nash, which will be a hard-fought match. Hulk Hogan's going to be there, so anybody who's a wrestling fan should enjoy the show.
Hosts: The Big Mosh and "The Chairman of the Board" Todd Vincent
Airs every Monday at 6:00 P.M. (CT)
Show available at www.MondayNightMayhem.com.
His feelings on returning to TNA after an eleven-month absence: "Part of the reason was I don't know why I left. That was not my decision, and obviously they brought me back to bring the ratings back. Now I'm here, and we can go out there and prove that I'm still the best."
Why he believes Matt Morgan's collegiate and basketball backgrounds will not help him when "Big Poppa Pump" and "The Blueprint" square off soon: "I tired to look up his (Matt's) profile on the computer and saw Monmouth College somewhere in the cesspools of New Jersey. I never heard of that. And supposedly Chaminade, where they somehow made it to the NCAA Tournament, where he played a couple of minutes. Fans are going to be deeply disappointed when it comes down to athletic ability, because he says he's trying to follow in my footsteps. You can't follow in my footsteps. So he plays with little balls and puts them in the holes. That's not going to help his ass when he gets in the ring."
What fans can expect at CWI's "Brawl at the Bush II" event in Brantford, Ontario, Canada (headlined by his CWI Title defense vs. Kevin Nash and a special appearance by Hulk Hogan): "It's going to be a great event. There's going to be a lot of stars there. Of course I have to go against Kevin Nash, which will be a hard-fought match. Hulk Hogan's going to be there, so anybody who's a wrestling fan should enjoy the show.
Stevie Richards Speaks Out - Leaving TNA + New Career
Transcript credit: WorldWrestlingInsanity.com
He's wrestled everywhere and become one of the most recognizable stars in the industry. Now, the blue doctor of censored dancing, Stevie Richards, joins ClubWWI.com for a rare 62 minute uncut shoot interview with James Guttman that any fan of the wrestling business can't miss!
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Whether he was being Big Stevie Cool in ECW, sparring with Raven in WCW, censoring content in WWE, or diagnosing stars in TNA, Stevie Richards is a true superstar in every sense of the word. Richards joins the Insanity to talk about it all from his wrestling career to his tech show on www.T4show.com (under his real name of Michael Manna). Stevie opens up about the origins of the "Stevie Richards" name, his "Stevie Night Heat" run as Heat's GM, the unaired plans and storyline for a Sunday Night Heat World Title, and tons more.
Stevie Richards has had the distinction of wrestling in every major wrestling company. WWE, WCW, TNA, and ECW have all been home to Richards and he's created memories wherever he's worked. His most recent run with TNA as Dr. Stevie just came to an end recently. Richards, who left with no hard feelings but rather decided to depart for business reasons. Initially, he was excited about working as a new character and the opportunities it presented.
"Here's Dr. Stevie with the promise of, 'If you work hard, get over, you establish yourself, and mesh into the locker room, then you'll be rewarded. We'll renegotiate your deal and all this stuff will happen.' Then (TNA) turned around and says, 'Oh. You're lucky to be getting what you're getting.' Then (they have me) never come to work, never get booked, sat at home, and it's all these things. Like I said, it comes right down to it being a business decision."
When the final day of his TNA run came about, Richards made sure to leave respectfully. He showed up in person to inform the office about his departure.
"I walked in on January 11th and a lot of people don't do this. They wait for that call in wrestling - whether it's to wait for that call to get a job or to wait for that call to lose a job. What I did was, I prayed about it, I thought about it, and I said to myself, 'You know what? Today I'm going to make something happen. I'm going to control my destiny rather than waiting for something to happen.' So I went in that day and I told (the office). Terry Taylor wasn't shocked because I talk to him all the time. But everybody else seemed shocked. And I said, 'Well, you guys booked me and then you sent me home for five months.' We don't get paid if we don't work, at the level I was at. So what am I supposed to do? In reality, with a business or a job, you don't go into Best Buy and they say, 'We don't have anything for you' every single day for five months. What are you gonna do? You find another job, right?"
Stevie spoke about his thoughts on TNA's product, direction, pros, and cons throughout his one hour interview. He also spoke about moments from his entire career. Perhaps one of his most memorable times in wrestling came during his stint as the tie-wearing Right To Censor leader. Richards reveals what he felt was behind the choice to keep the group dead and buried. As always, it's politics...
"What I hear, and what I kind of guessed, is that Jamie Mars used to write and he wrote a lot of material. He and Brian Gewirtz, who is still a head writer at WWE, I don't think they got along too well. And it wasn't Brian Gewirtz's project to write the promos or anything and it seemed like when Jamie Mars left, it spelled the end for Right To Censor."
Stevie continued throughout the interview to discuss everything in his wrestling career from Raven to apprehension about the debut of RTC to Stevie Night Heat. But he also urged ClubWWI.com members to check out his T4 Tech Show online. At T4show.com, Richards (under his real name of Michael Manna) looks at all the latest technology on the market and gives some expert views on what's worth purchasing.
"We cover everything in technology. I know there's a big gaming audience that you have here. We're big video game fans. We do a lot of recording, stream video games, and also review them. The brand new redesigned T4show.com has a lot of video game reviews with a three point rating system and I invite everyone to come look at it if you're a fan of fitness, if you're a fan of tech, Apple - especially Apple, we're big Apple Fanboys - and video games."
Remember Stevie's 62 minute shoot is just one of thousands of hours of audio featuring hundreds of wrestling stars available the moment you sign up to ClubWWI.com.
He's wrestled everywhere and become one of the most recognizable stars in the industry. Now, the blue doctor of censored dancing, Stevie Richards, joins ClubWWI.com for a rare 62 minute uncut shoot interview with James Guttman that any fan of the wrestling business can't miss!
- -
Whether he was being Big Stevie Cool in ECW, sparring with Raven in WCW, censoring content in WWE, or diagnosing stars in TNA, Stevie Richards is a true superstar in every sense of the word. Richards joins the Insanity to talk about it all from his wrestling career to his tech show on www.T4show.com (under his real name of Michael Manna). Stevie opens up about the origins of the "Stevie Richards" name, his "Stevie Night Heat" run as Heat's GM, the unaired plans and storyline for a Sunday Night Heat World Title, and tons more.
Stevie Richards has had the distinction of wrestling in every major wrestling company. WWE, WCW, TNA, and ECW have all been home to Richards and he's created memories wherever he's worked. His most recent run with TNA as Dr. Stevie just came to an end recently. Richards, who left with no hard feelings but rather decided to depart for business reasons. Initially, he was excited about working as a new character and the opportunities it presented.
"Here's Dr. Stevie with the promise of, 'If you work hard, get over, you establish yourself, and mesh into the locker room, then you'll be rewarded. We'll renegotiate your deal and all this stuff will happen.' Then (TNA) turned around and says, 'Oh. You're lucky to be getting what you're getting.' Then (they have me) never come to work, never get booked, sat at home, and it's all these things. Like I said, it comes right down to it being a business decision."
When the final day of his TNA run came about, Richards made sure to leave respectfully. He showed up in person to inform the office about his departure.
"I walked in on January 11th and a lot of people don't do this. They wait for that call in wrestling - whether it's to wait for that call to get a job or to wait for that call to lose a job. What I did was, I prayed about it, I thought about it, and I said to myself, 'You know what? Today I'm going to make something happen. I'm going to control my destiny rather than waiting for something to happen.' So I went in that day and I told (the office). Terry Taylor wasn't shocked because I talk to him all the time. But everybody else seemed shocked. And I said, 'Well, you guys booked me and then you sent me home for five months.' We don't get paid if we don't work, at the level I was at. So what am I supposed to do? In reality, with a business or a job, you don't go into Best Buy and they say, 'We don't have anything for you' every single day for five months. What are you gonna do? You find another job, right?"
Stevie spoke about his thoughts on TNA's product, direction, pros, and cons throughout his one hour interview. He also spoke about moments from his entire career. Perhaps one of his most memorable times in wrestling came during his stint as the tie-wearing Right To Censor leader. Richards reveals what he felt was behind the choice to keep the group dead and buried. As always, it's politics...
"What I hear, and what I kind of guessed, is that Jamie Mars used to write and he wrote a lot of material. He and Brian Gewirtz, who is still a head writer at WWE, I don't think they got along too well. And it wasn't Brian Gewirtz's project to write the promos or anything and it seemed like when Jamie Mars left, it spelled the end for Right To Censor."
Stevie continued throughout the interview to discuss everything in his wrestling career from Raven to apprehension about the debut of RTC to Stevie Night Heat. But he also urged ClubWWI.com members to check out his T4 Tech Show online. At T4show.com, Richards (under his real name of Michael Manna) looks at all the latest technology on the market and gives some expert views on what's worth purchasing.
"We cover everything in technology. I know there's a big gaming audience that you have here. We're big video game fans. We do a lot of recording, stream video games, and also review them. The brand new redesigned T4show.com has a lot of video game reviews with a three point rating system and I invite everyone to come look at it if you're a fan of fitness, if you're a fan of tech, Apple - especially Apple, we're big Apple Fanboys - and video games."
Remember Stevie's 62 minute shoot is just one of thousands of hours of audio featuring hundreds of wrestling stars available the moment you sign up to ClubWWI.com.
Rima Fakih Claims She Broke Ribs During Tough Enough
We noted yesterday here on the website that Miss USA Rima Fakih recently did an interview with BuzzFocus.com and claims she was eliminated from WWE Tough Enough after fracturing three of her ribs during practice.
"Well, I was training with Bill one-on-one when I was already injured for about a week. And then he sat on me, on the side with the fractured ribs, and I screamed out loudly. He picks me up and is like "Rima, I'm a father with two daughters. I know when they're in pain so tell me what's going on." So I tell him how I fractured my ribs. I tell him that I was in the ring with Michelle, who claimed to have some wrestling experience but it turned out that she didn't. And it's dangerous to be in the ring with someone who doesn't have any experience. So she kept falling on top of me, and falling, and couldn't roll back properly and cracked my ribs."
"Well, I was training with Bill one-on-one when I was already injured for about a week. And then he sat on me, on the side with the fractured ribs, and I screamed out loudly. He picks me up and is like "Rima, I'm a father with two daughters. I know when they're in pain so tell me what's going on." So I tell him how I fractured my ribs. I tell him that I was in the ring with Michelle, who claimed to have some wrestling experience but it turned out that she didn't. And it's dangerous to be in the ring with someone who doesn't have any experience. So she kept falling on top of me, and falling, and couldn't roll back properly and cracked my ribs."
WWE Signs Former World Champion’s Son
Jesse White, who has wrestled in Japan, has just signed a WWE developmental deal.
White is the son of former WCW World Champion Big Van Vader. There have been talks of him signing after a tryout in Tampa, Florida.
For those interested, you can click here to view photos of Jesse White. He kind of looks like The Miz!
White is the son of former WCW World Champion Big Van Vader. There have been talks of him signing after a tryout in Tampa, Florida.
For those interested, you can click here to view photos of Jesse White. He kind of looks like The Miz!
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