Lana is undergoing wrist surgery today and is expected to be out of action for around 4 months.
“Hello. I’m getting my surgery on my wrist…yay,” Lana said in a video she posted on her Twitter and Facebook in a small girl voice from the hospital bed. “Wish me luck,” she then said, as she tried to wave with her broken wrist and acting all goofy afterward. “I’ll be back!”
Lana broke her wrist last weekend when she was training in the ring in Fairfax, Virginia. Lana has never wrestled on WWE television and was getting ready for the rumored mixed tag team match with Dolph Ziggler against Rusev and Lana. The program seems to be continuing with Rusev and Ziggler scheduled to wrestle each other again at Night of Champions.
WWE Diva Trinity Fatu, better known to wrestling fans as Naomi, wrote on Twitter that she has been once again replaced from the Total Divas show for season 5.
When a fan asked if Naomi and her husband can get their spin off show so they get more screen time, she replied, “Unfortunately we have been replaced for the 2nd time but I support my girls & wish for another successful season.”
Trinity was not featured in the second half of season 3 of the show but was brought back for the new season which is currently airing on E! Tough Enough finalist Amanda is rumored to have taken her place on the show for season 5 and she has been traveling with the cast for the past few weeks.
Former WWE champion Dave Bautista has landed two movies in the span of a week according to Deadline Hollywood.
The first movie is yet-to-be-named action thriller with Bruce Willis and Christopher Meloni and will be released through Lionsgate Premiere. Steven C. Miller will be directing on a script written by Michael Cody and Chris Sivertson. Production begins later this month in Ohio.
The plot revolves around an FBI agent who is on the trail of bank robbers who give the stolen loot to charity. As he delves further into the investigation, the lawman discovers the trail of secrets that the owner of a bank – played by Willis – has protected.
The second movie is also an action thriller titled Bushwick with Bautista starring opposite
Jane Levy. Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott will be directing and there’s no studio behind it yet as the company will be selling the rights at the Toronto Film Festival.
Bushwik is a movie following 20-year-old Lucy (Levy) and war veteran Stupe (Bautista) during a domestic crisis as Texas tries to secede from the U.S., with NYC being used as a negotiation tool.
Episode 10 of season 4 of Total Divas, titled Gone with the Wine, climbed to a season high of 1,143,000 viewers and a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
The show was up from last week’s 1.02 million viewers and is the highest rated episode of season 4 so far although still below the average of what season 3 did earlier this year. (Ratings credit: TV By The Numbers)
The “investigative work” of fans on WWE developmental talent spelled bad news for 20 year old WWE developmental talent Nhooph Al-Areebi.
The Canadian of Arab descent deleted her Twitter account after tweets from 2012 were brought up showing several racist slurs and remarks. Her Twitter username was @isntshelovely_4 and the account was deleted 24 hours after a story on Reddit’s SquaredCircle community pointed out to several tweets. Her Instagram account with the username isntshelovely416 is still active.
Al-Areebi was signed to a WWE deal in April as part of a new class of International athletes and made her NXT debut as part of Tyler Breeze’s entrance at the NXT Takeover: Unstoppable event.
Another WWE developmental talent, Zahra Schreiber, was fired after posts from her Instagram account of a couple of years back featured the Nazi symbol of the swastika and wrote that it’s “no big deal.” Schreiber has since apologized although it was a bit too late.
Monday Night Raw this week drew an average of 3,385,000 viewers, down over a whopping half a million viewers from last week’s show. Raw went head to head with college football on ESPN which did 10,585,000 viewers. With NFL season returning, WWE will face some tough competition every week and such numbers will probably become a weekly thing.
Hour one did 3,570,000 viewers, followed by 3,564,000 in the second hour, and then to a very low 3,021,000 in the third and final hour. (Ratings credit: TV By The Numbers)
Tough Enough finalist Amanda Saccomanno has been present at the last couple of television tapings and has reportedly signed a WWE developmental deal.
Amanda, who wrestled as Mandy Rose during the Tough Enough finale, came second to Sara Lee however that did not put an end to her WWE career and she made enough of an impression to have been given another opportunity.
She won the WBFF Diva Bikini Pro World Championship last year a year after entering her first fitness competition.
Following in the footsteps of former Superstars such as Chris Jericho, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, and others, former WWE and WCW champion Hulk Hogan will be traveling to the United Kingdom for a one night only show titled An Evening with Hulk Hogan.
The event will take place on November 14 at the Steel Hall located inside the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield. This will be a sit-down discussion with the Hulkster moderated by his long-time friend Jimmy Hart followed by a live Q&A with the fans.
Ticket prices are £38.50, £49.50, £60.50 and £71.50. A limited number of VIP tickets are available for £235 and includes a seat in the first 4 rows of the floor seating in front of the stage, plus one autographed item and one photo with Hulk Hogan.
The event will start at 7:30PM and will run for 90 minutes as part of the Prestige Wrestling Fanfest. For more information go to http://www.sheffieldarena.co.uk.
WWE raised a total of $213,000 during the Answer the Call campaign in benefit of the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund during SummerSlam week.
The money came from 40 different once-in-a-lifetime auctions that WWE created in partnership with Charitybuzz.com where fans could bid for experiences with WWE Superstars and Divas, as well other sports and entertainment celebrities.
“We are honored that WWE chose to support ‘Answer the Call’ for the families of New York City’s fallen first responders,” said Mark Messier, Vice President of Community Affairs for the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund. “Through this partnership, we collectively raised more than $200,000, which will ensure that we continue to provide a network of support and financial assistance for those who have lost a loved one in the line of duty.”
Proceeds from this auction will provide assistance to the families of New York City Police Officers, Firefighters, Port Authority Police and EMS Personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty.
“We are thankful to the athletes, celebrities and fans, all of whom came together to support the families of New York’s Bravest and Finest – true heroes who selflessly serve the citizens of this great city,” said Stephanie McMahon, WWE Chief Brand Officer. “WWE has a rich history in New York, from WrestleMania 1 to WrestleMania 29 to this year’s SummerSlam, and it is especially meaningful for WWE to give back so close to home.”
During an appearance on Mark Madden’s radio show on 105.9 The X, TNA Hall of Famer and former champion Kurt Angle announced that he will not be signing a new TNA deal once his current contract expires in January 2016.
Angle said that he will be taking a break from professional wrestling and will not seek employment with WWE. Angle acknowledged in the past that he did reach out to WWE to return however they wanted him to return on a full-time schedule, something that he was not ready to do. He eventually signed for one more year with TNA.
Angle has not been on television in over two months and has undergone surgery to remove a being tumor in his neck. Just a week after surgery Angle was rushed to the hospital after complications from the same surgery and underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure from his spine.
The Olympic gold medalist said that he should be able to perform for the Bound For Glory pay-per-view next month.
Dwayne Johnson’s latest movie, San Andreas, finished its theatrical run in the United States earlier this month after a total of 97 days playing in theaters.
San Andreas has been a big success for Johnson and Warner Bros., grossing a total of $154,294,686 domestically. It was the first number one movie for The Rock where he served as the sole leading star. The film also did $315,300,000 in overseas box office receipts, sending its total to $469,594,686.
It’s currently ranked 19th in the top movies in the past year according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. San Andreas comes out on DVD, Blu-Ray, 3D, and Digital HD next month.
Tonight’s episode of Total Divas is titled Gone with the Wine and it’s episode 9 of season 4.
The synopsis for tonight’s episode reads, “Nikki takes a much needed trip to Napa, Trinity drags her family on an RV camping trip, and Eva must choose between her career and Jonathan.“
The Rock will be appearing on Total Divas tonight as Eva Marie was invited to go to the San Andreas Hollywood premiere. Believe it or not, the two share the same agent, Brad Slater.
TMZ.COM is reporting that WWE Divas Paige and Alicia Fox were involved in a bar fight on Sunday night after a drunk patron kept harassing them.
The fight happened at the Supano’s Prime Steakhouse, Seafood, and Pasta on Water Street in Baltimore, Maryland, the site of yesterday’s Monday Night Raw. A waiter on duty told TMZ that a female fan kept harassing the two by taking photos and videos of them until “all hell broke loose” and “drinks flew from both corners.”
Employees from the restaurant had to intervene and separate the three and all of them were ejected from the restaurant. Oops!
Another crazy fan breached security at last night’s Raw and managed to get himself on television and walk down the ramp with WWE World Heavyweight and United States champion Seth Rollins for the main event. WWE has hired more Event staff Security to keep this from happening in the future. As Rollins was limping down the aisle, the fan jumped over the security wall from the side and walked down the ramp next to Rollins. To his credit, Rollins kept calm and upon seeing the fan was unarmed kept walking down as if nothing happened. The cameras immediately switched angles on Cena who can be seen saying “Hey…hey,” when he realized what’s happening and then he extended his arm to block O’Neil and Young. The referee left the ring and held on to the fan until security took over.
This is the second time in as many weeks someone jumped the security wall. Two weeks ago a fan at Smackdown tried to attack Dean Ambrose who was walking to the back and was tackled by the security guard who was following Ambrose.
WWE officially announced the signing of Japanese female wrestler Kanako Urai, better known to fans as Kana, to NXT. Kana will be reporting to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, later this month to start her WWE journey.
“We are very excited to have Kana join the NXT roster,” said Triple H, WWE Executive Vice President of Talent, Creative and Live Events. “Her exciting in-ring style will make an immediate impact on the already impressive NXT women’s division.”
The news of the signing of the 33 year old came around two weeks ago following the NXT Takeover: Brooklyn, however it was never officially announced by WWE. She was sitting at ringside at the show and WWE acknowledged her on camera.
“I’ve signed a contract with WWE. Thank you for your support in advance! I’m looking forward to joining the WWE family,” Kana wrote on Twitter earlier today.
Edge and Christian were the guests on the Stone Cold Podcast last night after Monday Night Raw and the three of them went for an hour and seven minutes discussing everything about their careers.
Austin opened the show and said that he always called Edge either Adam or Edge but always called Christian, Christian, and not by his first name of Jay. He asked what’s the protocol and Jay said that he can call him Jay, Christian, or Captain.
The three of them were last together at WrestleMania 28 although Austin remarked that at WrestleMania 30 he and Jay got drunk together and did not remember a thing the day after.
Austin tells them they went from rockstars to responsible human beings and fathers. Adam said that they have daughters six weeks apart and recounted the story how he told Jay that they’re expecting a baby and after a long silence Jay said that they’re expecting a baby too. He said that they didn’t plan on getting their wives pregnant at the same time! Adam says he now lives in Asheville, North Carolina, while Jay lives in Tampa, Florida.
Adjusting to normal life after getting out of the business was a bit tough as Jay says the it was a bit of a culture shock not having the same routine and didn’t know what to do with himself for most of the time.
Adam said that he was ready to hang up the boots and retired at the age of 37. He still had a year left on his deal when he retired and was planning on leaving anyway but it came faster than he expected. The Haven television producers saw his retirement speech and got him the gig on the show. He flew to Halifax for one episode and one episode turned into forty.
Austin said he had a serious question for them and got out two kazoos and asked them to play his theme song. All three laughed and then Jay reached from underneath the desk and pulled a little cowboy hat and guitar and told Austin they would do it as long as he sings Kumbaya for them in a retake of the hilarious angle with Vince McMahon and Kurt Angle several years ago. Adam and Jay start playing Austin’s theme with the kazoo and then Austin started singing Kumbaya with both guests clapping along.
The discussion turned to tag teams and Austin said that with the Dudley Boys back it turned up a notch. “They went where they went but this is home,” Austin said. Adam noted that The New Day is on fire and enjoys watching tag team wrestling when done right and he’s excited again for the WWE tag team division.
Austin then explains the “don’t look at me” game that the three of them used to pull on each other and recounted how once during Raw when Edge and Christian were tying him to the Undertaker’s cross, Jay told Austin “don’t look at me” and Austin flipped for getting him during one of the most important segments.
Both Adam and Jay said that when growing up their favorite wrestler was Hulk Hogan. Austin played a little “newly weds” game and asked Jay what is Adam’s favorite arena to wrestle in. He said Rosemont Horizon in Chicago and Adam said it’s correct and it was Jay’s favorite one too. He then asked Adam what Jay’s favorite match was and he guessed the Christian vs Randy Orton match but he was wrong as Jay said that his favorite was vs Alberto Del Rio during his World title run. Adam said his favorite is against the Undertaker at WrestleMania. They both called themselves as professional wrestlers rather than sports entertainers.
Discussion turned into the most embarrassing moment of their wrestling career. Adam said that he took a bulldog from the top rope and almost “bacon stripped” his white tights on pay-per-view. Jay said his came during the Invasion pay-per-view where he was supposed to jump of Adam’s back and over the top rope and on to two guys but he slipped cause of the sweat on Adam’s back and completely missed his landing.
Austin showed some video footage from TLC matches and Adam said that at WrestleMania 16 they had a blank canvas and no restraints. Jay went through the process of building a TLC match rather than having a car crash and Adam said TLC matches are always like tornadoes in a trailer park. Jay said that they were always willing to take the risk for the reward as the TLC matches put them on the map and catapulted them, often stealing the show. Austin mentioned Bubba Ray, Devon, Matt and Jeff Hardy as the perfect opponents or them. Jay said that the next day after TLC matches it was awful as they were very sore.
The host then asked about the Sexton Hardcastle gimmick that Adam originally had and when he told him to describe who Edge was at the time, Adam said he had no idea and that was the hardest part of the gimmick. He said originally the character was pitched to recite poetry wearing leather pants and a shirt. He then mentioned that Gangrel came along and it was the best thing for them as part of the Brood.
Austin said it was good to have them back here and asked if they miss it. Adam said he doesn’t yearn for it, but it’s good in bursts and it’s always nice to go home to the baby.
Adam said that they are the only tag team champions to have become World champions as well. He was surprised when he got the call for the Hall of Fame as it was just a year after he retired but he was not going to turn it down. He said he got calls from Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels who both said he deserved it. When Austin asked Jay if he feels he should be in the Hall of Fame as well, he said he’d like to think so but it’s not his call. Both Austin and Adam said that Jay should be in the Hall of Fame.
Michael PS Hayes came up in the next segment as he was very instrumental in their tag team careers. Adam said he thinks Hayes saw a little “Freebirds” in them. They both put over Hayes as someone who helped them a lot and listened to anything they pitched and said that that is another guy who should be in the Hall of Fame.
Austin brought up the wrestlers court, something that both Adam and Jay had to go through at one point. Apparently there were rumors that both of them had dinner at a head writer’s house which came out looking at being brown-nosers. The wrestlers court occurs backstage when someone breaks etiquette and “charges” are brought against the offenders. The Undertaker is the judge and JBL acted as the prosecutor. Adam said they both had a good defense story and went in and told everyone they had a book deal, leaving everyone watching the spectacle with their mouths open. They took out a mock cover of the book which was titled “Edge and Christian: Ass kissing our road to the top.” The good thing about wrestlers court is that the judge could be bought and the two went out and bought Taker a bunch of stuff as their settlement. When he saw the items, Taker told both of them that, “there’s not gonna be a blemish on your record, boys!”
Adam recounted the call he got from Vince McMahon telling him that his career was done. He said he didn’t know it was bad to that extent and Vince told him it was one of the most difficult calls he had to make. Adam said he felt sorry for himself for a bit but then again a big weight was lifted off his shoulder. Adam said Vince wanted to make sure that he heard the news from him rather than anyone else.
Jay said that the biggest impact Vince left on him was his dedication to the company and the fact that this is his life and does not get much sleep. “His work ethic is infectious,” Jay said, adding that when he had no clue what he was going to do when he went into singles competition, Vince was there to pump him up and give him support.
The two talked about their exit strategy from the business. Adam said he didn’t have any but then Haven came along and Austin said that Jay went to make a cameo on Haven, the show that Adam had a part on, and the show got canceled!
Jay went on to discuss how the ‘What?’ chant started. Austin left a voice message to Christian as he had no reception where he was and there was a bunch of ‘What?’ after every sentence. He then was backstage once and he heard Austin saying it during an in-ring promo and the rest is history.
When asked if they have any regrets, Adam said that he has no regrets at all and he has nothing to complain about. Jay said his only regret was participating in this podcast which got a good laugh but then said that like Adam, he has no regrets about his wrestling career. Adam said he just wants to be remembered and if fans put him and Jay in the same category as the Hart Foundation, the British Bulldogs, etc, then it’s mission accomplished. Jay said that no matter how many people were in the stands they gave it their all and jokingly said that he wants to be remembered as being a better wrestler than Adam.
Austin then asked to join them for a five second pose to finish the show as the podcast wrapped up.
Monday Night Raw TV Report for September 7th, 2015 – “The Hunt Is On.”
Introduction Segment: Welcoming and Arena Promo
The regular Raw video starts off and we go live to 1st Mariner Arena! Michael Cole acknowledges us from Baltimore, Maryland, then the music of the WWE World Heavyweight and United States Champion Seth Rollins plays. He struts out to the ring and takes the microphone. He calls himself “really special” because he was the only one to cash in at WrestleMania and win the championship. He also states that he was the one to take John Cena’s top spot, and then get a statue to commemorate being both the WWE and U.S. Champ.
The fans chant “we want Sting” repeatedly, and Rollins agrees, at it was “The Icon” who took away the moment of Seth receiving his statue two weeks ago. He complains about wrestling twice at Night Of Champions and defending both titles; during his promo, the crowd chants “boring,” but Seth shoots them down! He declares “Night Of Champions will be my night,” and retain his championships and reclaim his statue. “I am no longer ‘the future’ of WWE, but I am ‘the man.’”
A crow cries out and Sting appears on the Tron. Standing beside him is Rollins’ statue, which he challenges Seth to find him and take it. Sheamus now interrupts and joins Rollins in the ring. After some quick banter, “Mr. Money In The Bank” warns Rollins that he may facing him at Night Of Champions too.
Later tonight, Summer Rae will meet with Rusev to discuss her actions from last week with Dolph Ziggler. Up next, Paige will be wrestling!
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Segment #2: Office Promo
Rollins walks into The Authority’s office and only sees Stephanie. He wants some help from Triple H to figure out what to do about Night Of Champions. “The Game” walks in and calls him out on not wanting Stephanie to aid, and insinuates that Seth can take of everything on his own. He tells him that Sheamus is occupied with Randy Orton, and that Rollins himself will be wrestling twice to be ready for Night Of Champions. Up first is him taking on I.C. Champ Ryback, and then partnering with New Day to face PrimeTime Players and John Cena. Rollins hypes himself up then leaves.
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Match #1: Single – Paige (with Team P.C.B. partners Becky Lynch and Charlotte) VS. Sasha Banks (with Team B.A.D. partners Tamina and Naomi)
(Note: It is announced that Charlotte will challenge Nikki Bella for the Divas Championship at Night Of Champions; however Charlotte still wants to take her on prior to next Tuesday, so Nikki does not become the longest-reigning champion.)
Paige goes right after Sasha, grabbing her by the hair and chucking her around. Paige elbows Sasha multiple times in the corner, but Banks reverses it and gives her springboard double-knees to her gut!
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Sasha has Paige in a grounding rear chinlock, but Paige fights out of it and Lou Thesz Presses her. Banks counters again and chokes Paige in the corner with her boot. She tries a suplex, but Paige reverses into a small package for a near-fall, but Sasha gets control back. She props Paige up on the top turnbuckle then yanks her off for two! She misses a splash in the corner, which allows Paige to knee her and then kick her hard!
Banks goes for a crossbody, but Paige catches her and tries a Ram-Paige DDT. Sasha punches out and goes to the outside for protection with Naomi and Tamina. Paige follows and runs at Tamina from the apron! In the ring, Sasha tries another move which Paige reverses into backdrop. She starts to tie-up Sasha for the P.T.O., but Naomi slides in and distracts the referee. This allows Sasha to counter and roll-up Paige to get the victory!
Winner via Pinfall: Sasha Banks (with Team B.A.D. partners Tamina and Naomi)
Up next, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns will be wrestling!
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Match #2: Tag-Team – The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) VS. Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose
(Note: As Roman and Dean are making their entrance, a video from Smackdown is shown of The Wyatt Family accepting Dean/Roman’s challenge for Night Of Champions; they will square off in Six-Man Tag, with a third partner to be revealed on Reigns/Ambrose’s side.)
Konnor and Viktor take control early until Dean dives on Konnor on the outside and Reigns hits the Drive By front-dropkick on Viktor. He gives Viktor many clotheslines, then The Superman Punch. Ambrose and Reigns double-team Viktor, then Roman Spears Konnor. Ambrose finishes this with Dirty Deeds on Viktor!
Winners via Pinfall: Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose
Post-match, The Wyatt Family appears on the Titantron. “It’s okay to be afraid,” says Braun Strowman. Bray says “The Apocalypse awaits at Night Of Champions,” while Luke tells them to “run.
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Segment #3: Backstage Promo
Rene Young is with Intercontinental Champion Ryback. “The Big Guy” differentiates himself from Seth Rollins by saying that he is an actual “fighting champion.” He commends Rollins for being “The Architect,” but demonstrates that he will take care of Seth with a Meathook Clothesline and Shellshock. Kevin Owens walks in and wishes Ryback luck, but also tells him to “not bite off more than you can chew.”
Segment #4: Video Promo
A gossip-like montage of the saga between Dolph/Lana/Rusev/Summer airs.
Intercontinental Champion Ryback enters the arena and will be meeting WWE World Heavyweight Champion and Untied States Champion Seth Rollins!
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Match #3: Single – Intercontinental Champion Ryback VS. WWE World Heavyweight and United States Champion Seth Rollins (Non-Title)
Seth bails immediately to the outside, but decides to get back in. They lockup and Ryback shoves Rollins to the mat. Ryback is dominating early, much to Rollins’ frustrations who keeps escaping to ringside for breaks.
Seth re-enters and is controlled by the I.C. Champ. He is Thesz-Pressed then chopped down hard. Ryback gives him a stalling-suplex for two, but is dropped with a jawbreaker. Quickly, Ryback slams Rollins with a Gorilla Press, but chases Seth around the ring and is run into the steel steps.
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Seth is now in control, wearing Ryback down with a grounding sleeper. Ryback battles out of it with a punch, but Rollins uses the ropes against “The Big Guy.” He soars off the top turnbuckle with a knee-to-the-face, but only gets a two-count! Seth runs at him in the corner with a clothesline, then measures up and hits a running forearm. He runs again but is given a backdrop! Ryback tries something, but Rollins slides under. He sets up for The Pedigree, but Ryback backdrops him.
He goes for a Powerbomb-like maneuver, but Seth lands on his feet and kicks Ryback. He also rolls out of top-rope splash attempt by the I.C. titlist, then runs through the ropes twice on him. He goes for a third, but Ryback counters with a spinebuster! He winds up for the Meathook Clothesline and hits it! Ryback almost gets The Shellshock, but Rollins wiggles out of it and enziguris him.
The crow sounds again; Sting is on the ‘Tron with the statue to distract the Double-Champion, giving Ryback the opportunity to catch Rollins in a small package for the 1 – 2 – 3!
Winner via Pinfall: Intercontinental Champion Ryback
Post-match, Sting appears again and plays more games with Rollins. He puts a Sting mask on the statue, which irritates Rollins.
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Segment #5: Backstage Promo
Rollins is looking for Sting when his Tag-Team partners, Tag-Team Champions The New Day, surround him. They try to cheer him up, but he is still not in the mood. New Day point to off camera, which turns to see Edge and Christian! Edge and Rollins face off, and “The Rated R Superstar” reminds him of the attack he took last year due to the WWE World Heavyweight and United States Champion. Christian and Edge then make fun of New Day, playing “New…Day sucks” on kazoos. Big E. takes the kazoo and tries to eat it. The Dudleys now join, eyeing Edge/Christian and mocking New Day, who then walk off. Edge/Christian/Dudleys stay together in a cool moment from “awesomeness” past!
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Segment #6: Arena Promo
Summer wants to tell Rusev she’s sorry, because she says he has been “the true victim” in the drama between her, Lana, and Dolph Ziggler; Rusev answers her plea. She puts him over for giving her “courage,” becoming who she has physically been lately. She blames herself, and Rusev sides with her. He puts the responsibility on Dolph and Lana, but does day that he wouldn’t have done anything to Lana like Ziggler has.
“The Show Off” now charges out to answer. He take a couple jousts at Rusev, then delivers a superkick and beats him down. Rusev and Summer exit up the aisle.
Randy Orton is chatting with Reigns and Ambrose, then will be out to see Sheamus next!
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Match #4: Single – Randy Orton VS. Sheamus
An elbow/collar tie-up begins, then they trade holds and take-downs. Orton hits a couple shoulder blocks, and Sheamus rolls to the floor. He gets angry with the fans who yell “you look stupid,” but this gives Randy the time to capitalize. He punches away in the corner, but is inverted-atomic-dropped. “The Viper” hits a dropkick, but receives an Irish Curse Backbreaker on the outside.
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Sheamus is governing well, rolling over with a senton. Orton begins a comeback with uppercuts and clotheslines, then snap-powerslams him! Randy suplexes Sheamus over, but only gets two! He sets up Sheamus for the middle rope DDT, but Sheamus counters and slugs away against his chest. Sheamus jawbreaks Orton with the top rope and rockets off the top turnbuckle with a shoulder-block. Sheamus locks Randy in a modified Sharpshooter/Edge-ucator hold, but Orton manages to grab the bottom rope for the break.
Sheamus is tossed to the ring apron and his head rammed off the turnbuckle three times. Orton climbs and suplexes Sheamus back into the ring. He crawls over, but Sheamus kicks out before three! Randy now drives Sheamus to the canvas with the middle rope DDT and signals for the R.K.O! Sheamus shoves him off and slams Randy with White Noise. 1 – 2 – Orton gets his shoulder up! Sheamus aims for the Brogue Kick but Randy side-ducks. He is quickly rolled up but kicks out, then catches Sheamus with an R.K.O. to finish this one!
Winner via Pinfall: Randy Orton
Post-match, The Wyatt Family appears and demolishes Orton; Strowman does most of the damage, ten they pose over a prone Randy in the ring.
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Match #5: Tag-Team – The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) VS. Los Matadores (Fernando and Diego) (with El Torito)
In short, the brothers take this after 3-Ding a Matadore, who was berating El Torito.
Winners via Pinfall: The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von)
Post-match, the other Matadore has a conversation with Torito to figure out what happened; he then attacks Torito until Bubba and D-Von make the save. They powerbomb the Matadore through a table.
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Cole announces that Ziggler will wrestle Rusev at Night Of Champions.
Match #6: Single – Cesaro VS. The Miz
The bell rings but Miz is not ready. He tells the referee to get Cesaro to back off so he can remove his sunglasses. As soon as he does, Cesaro waistlock-slams Miz and dominates with a gutwrench suplex and uppercuts. Wearing J.B.L.’s hat, Cesaro hits Miz against the corner of the barricade, but is taken over by Miz in the ring.
Miz punishes Cesaro for a while, until Cesaro tumbles over the ropes and boots Miz from the apron. He climbs the turnbuckle, but Miz trips him up and Cesaro lands on the turnbuckle gut-first. Miz takes advantage and throws Cesaro into the barriers, but backs off as The Big Show walks down. The referee is counting as Show chases; this ends in a draw.
Winner: None due to Double Count-Out
Post-match, Big Knockout Punches Cesaro on the way up the ramp!
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Segment #7: Arena Promo
Team Bella parades to the squared circle. Alicia and Brie introduce Divas Champ Nikki, who talks about her title length. She shows The Bella Tron on screen, which is now at seven days, one hour, and counting until she breaks the record. Charlotte, her challenger, along with Paige and Becky, interject.
Charlotte announces that The Authority has booked her request; she will face Nikki next week on Raw for the Divas Championship! The two teams brawl, with Charlotte clamping on the Figure 8 to Nikki!
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Match #7: Six-Man Tag-Team – John Cena and The PrimeTime Players (Titus O’Neil and Darren Young) VS. Tag-Team Champions The New Day (Big E. and Kofi Kingston) (with Xavier Woods) and WWE World Heavyweight and United States Champion Seth Rollins
Big E. and John begin with an elbow/collar tie-up. They go again in that position with a test-of-strength, then Big gives Cena a shoulder block and power-slams him down. New Day and Rollins triple-team John in the corner.
Commercials.
Kofi crossbodies Cena as we come back, then works him over with a chin and armlock. He almost takes this with the S.O.S. roll-up, then switches with Big E., who is dumped to the outside. Rollins is tagged in and knees Cena in the head from the top rope. He stomps away on John, then Big E. side-slams him. E. holds Cena up in a stalling-suplex, but still only gets two! Big runs the ropes, but misses a splash as Cena moved! Cena leaps for the hot-tag to O’Neil, who cleans house! He boots Big E., and Young backdrops Rollins on the apron.
Titus sprints at Big in the corner with a clothesline, while Darren gives Woods The Gut-check on the outside. Cena traps Rollins in the STF, but Kofi tags in. He is quickly given the Attitude Adjustment, and covered for the victory!
Winners via Pinfall: John Cena and The PrimeTime Players (Titus O’Neil and Darren Young)
Post-match, Cena jigs with The PrimeTime Players while an angry Rollins looks on. The WWE World Heavyweight and United States Champion gets back in the ring. Sting is on screen, taunting Seth. He asks for the lights to be turned on, which show him in the parking lot, in front of a trash compactor. He pushes the statue into the machine, and it is crushed! Rollins goes ballistic back in the ring, grabs his championships, and poses on the announce table to close the show.
End Of Raw.
Reporter’s Rumblings
This was a pretty good show, both verbal and action-wise. It definitely continued to build Night Of Champions very well!
Excellence: matches between Banks/Paige, Sheamus/Orton (even though they’ve gone at it already and I was getting tired, tonight’s bout was really well put-together), Miz/Cesaro (despite the finish), and Ryback/Rollins (for most of it).
Glad the Summer/Rusev/Dolph interaction was short; I’m still not liking this “feud” and want it to end soon, so was happy that it wasn’t drawn out.
Absolutely loved the backstage segment with Rollins, The New Day, Dudleys, and Edge/Christian. That was my favorite of the night and just plain entertaining. All of them have charisma, and deserve to be where they are today (I’m speaking mainly of Rollins/New Day/Dudleys, as Edge/Christian are retired), and should be getting even more pushes later.
Rollins on the mike is still gold; Charlotte did very well too with speaking, as she has not done much since re-debuting on Raw. Glad they went with her taking on Nikki next week, for suspense to see if Nikki’s reign will last or not.
Sting still has it as far as personality/appeal. He is holding up his end of the bargain in this feud and matching/antagonizing Rollins very well. Greatly looking forward to their match at Night Of Champions!
Bogus: didn’t like the finish between Cesaro/Miz; thought it should’ve been decisive on one side. The main event was nothing thrilling, despite the star power. I felt they had Cena be controlled way too long and it should’ve been a little more even, particularly at the start.
Really could’ve done without The Matadores and Ascension again. Both those matches should’ve been replaced by proms from Dudleys and Roman/Ambrose, respectively, to further along their storylines. Hopefully, this is also the end of Los Matadores, as they never have gone as far as they wanted and resonated with the fans.
I will be away at the end of the week for a vacation, so I won’t be reporting Smackdown! this week. Until Raw next week, where we will be less than a week away from Night Of Champions, Be Excellent Wrestling-Online Readers and Fans!
Zahra Schreiber, the girlfriend of Seth Rollins who was released from her WWE developmental deal last week, spoke about her release for the first time in a post on Instagram.
Schreiber, who actually made her debut just days before at an NXT non-televised live event, said it was her dream job and she’s grateful and fortunate to have had her time with WWE.
“Last week WWE made a decision to release me from my contract due to posts I made on social media years ago, long before I was ever employed by them. I understand why that decision was made, but it broke my heart and my spirit,” she wrote. She added that she doesn’t want her mistakes to reflect WWE as a company and the responsibility was just her own.
She apologized to everyone who she might have offended by her posts and said that she is in, “no way, shape or form an anti-Semite, nor do I condone anti-Semitism.” She said the photos displayed in her room were nothing more than a story although she understands how it was insensitive and in poor taste.
Schreiber said that the media did not pick up her previous photos where she was at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany and how she she noted how disturbed she was by the entire place. “Unfortunately, social media rarely notices positivity, and can be an evil place where opinion is easily manipulated to fit the circumstance.”
She hoped that those who she has offended can forgive her and all she can do now is learn and move forward trying to be better every day. “Everything I’ve worked for and dreamt of is gone. In an instant, I lost it all. But I can’t let this define my life. I know who I am as a person. I’m as human as anyone else.”
Since Lana made her debut she has been limited at doing valet/manager duties and has not wrestled one single match so far on WWE television. The injury she sustained yesterday was part of her training to become an in-ring performer.
“Every since I have debuted in @wwe I have continued to go to @wwenxt & come hours early before live events to train & learn how to fight,” Lana wrote on a post on Instagram. “I wanted my first match to make the #WWE Universe proud.”
Lana posted a photo of her arm in a sling, holding her wrist after she suffered the Colles’ fracture. “My wrist fracture is proof that WWE & professional wrestling is not fake but very real. This is a bump in the road & can be discouraging but for every person that has believed in me and has ever chanted #WeWantLana I will keep going.”
The popular WWE Diva thanked her fans for chanting “We Want Lana” and promised to share every part of her journey to her first WWE match. “You all give me the strength to be brave. I will continue to give everything I have to becoming one of the greatest women in WWE & entertainment.”
WWE Diva Lana suffered a wrist injury while working out in the ring before a WWE Live Event in Fairfax, Virginia, this past weekend according to a story on WWE.com.
“During a training session [Sunday] afternoon, Lana had sustained an injury in the ring. We attended to her and noticed that she had a deformity of her wrist,” said Dr. Scott Amann. “We obtained X-rays which showed a Colles’ fracture and [we put her] in a splint. Most of these Colles’ fractures do better surgically than non-surgically, especially in younger patients. Most likely this will require an operation, which will take her out of active competition for approximately four months.”
Lana is currently involved in an angle with Dolph Ziggler, Rusev, and Summer Rae and the plan was to take this to a mixed tag team match between all four. Lana is currently one of the most popular WWE Divas on the roster.
