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Continued success for Dwayne Johnson with San Andreas movie

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Colin Vassallo
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San Andreas, the disaster movie featuring Dwayne Johnson, currently sits as the 11th top grossing movie domestically in the United States of 2015, just $1.5 million behind 10th place Mad Max: Fury Road.

The movie has so far done $145.4 million domestically in box office receipts and another $299 million worldwide, for a total of $444.6 gross according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. This is by far The Rock’s most popular and successful movie when it comes to leading a movie on his own.

In the bigger picture, San Andreas is in 299th place in the all time domestic movies and in 175th place in all time worldwide in terms of gross revenue.

San Andreas became the highest-grossing movie for Warner Bros. of all time in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru while in China it registered the fourth highest.

The movie had a production budget of $110 million and it is expected to bring in mullions and millions of more dollars once the DVD, Blu-Ray, and digital downloads are made available.

Ric Flair joining WWE crew at Raw tomorrow in Chicago

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Colin Vassallo
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PWInsider.com is reporting that two-time WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair is booked for Chicago tomorrow, the site of Monday Night Raw, and is probably being brought in for the live Dusty Rhodes special that will air on the WWE Network immediately following Raw.

There’s no guarantee that the Nature Boy will be appearing on Monday Night Raw itself but WWE is taping the Rhodes special with WWE Legends on location so anyone appearing is being flown to the Windy City.

Flair recently noted on his podcast that he passed all medical tests required by WWE to get physical in the ring although the chances of that happening are slim to none.

Speaking of Raw from Chicago, Brock Lesnar is also scheduled to appear to respond to The Authority’s attack from two weeks ago.

Kurt Angle undergoing neck surgery next week

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Colin Vassallo
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Kurt Angle will be undergoing neck surgery next week to remove a tumor which is benign.

The former TNA champion will be out for around a month as he recovers but vows to come back better than ever before. Angle knew about the tumor for quite a while but it’s been bothering him lately which is why he’s undergoing surgery now.

Earlier this week Angle thanked his fans in a post on Facebook for their support and comments which kept his spirits high. Angle will miss the next set of Impact tapings which will be held later this month.

Seth Rollins to appear on Tough Enough next week

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Colin Vassallo
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Current WWE World Heavyweight champion Seth Rollins will be visiting the remaining Tough Enough hopefuls in the next episode to have a chat and offering some advice.

Rollins is the second special guest to appear on the show after Roman Reigns made a brief appearance during episode two. So far Tough Enough has not been a hit with the fans with just over 1 million viewers tuning in for the last episode, a decrease of 200,000 from the season debut.

Results from the WWE Network live event special in Tokyo

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Colin Vassallo
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Here are the results from the WWE Network special The Beast In The East from the Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Chris Jericho defeated Neville; Nikki Bella defeated Paige and Tamina in a triple threat to retain the Divas title; Brock Lesnar defeated Kofi Kingston and then proceeded to kill the rest of The New Day following the match; Finn Balor defeated Kevin Owens to win the NXT title; John Cena and Dolph Ziggler defeated Kane and King Barrett in the main event.

Michael Cole and Byron Saxton handled the live commentary from the WWE Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, while Jo Jo did all the ring announcing. Tamina replaced Naomi on the show who stayed home due to a passing in her family.

Finn Balor wins NXT title in Tokyo at The Beast In The East WWE Network special

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Colin Vassallo
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The live WWE event in Tokyo, Japan, crowned a new NXT champion as Finn Balor defeated the champion Kevin Owens clean via the Coup de Grace to get his first title under the WWE banner.

The man formerly known as Prince Devitt, came out in full demon make up and lots of streamers were deployed to the ring in celebration for his return as soon as the ring announcer introduced him. After the match, WWE Hall of Famer Tatsumi Fujinami entered the ring and raised Balor’s hand in victory. Fellow NXT talent Hideo Itami was at ringside for the match.

Balor, who spent eight years in Japan prior to joining WWE’s NXT, was making his first return to the country since last year. He became the number one contender for the NXT title when he defeated Tyler Breeze at NXT Takeover: Unstoppable this past May.

Former wrestler Dan Spivey jumps to WWE’s defense over lawsuits

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Colin Vassallo
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Several readers sent in word to point out a message written by Dan Spivey, the former WCW and WWE wrestler who worked as Waylon Mercy in the-then WWF, regarding the recent lawsuits being filed against WWE by former wrestlers.

Spivey wrote that he does not agree with everything that is going on and he’s thankful for WWE for all they did to him. He said that he got into wrestling because loved it and yes, he did get injured and he did work 7 days a week but he traveled the world and became a household name and he loved it.

He said he did have a drug and alcohol addiction but not because of professional wrestling, but because of him. He said it’s been 6 years clean and sober now and that’s all thanks to the WWE.

“The WWE has a program in place where former WWF/WWE Superstars can go to a rehab facility, all expenses paid, no questions asked, which I was able to take advantage of,” he wrote.

Spivey thanked WWE for allowing him to live his dream and save his life and has no regrets or ill feelings towards the company.

“There were a lot of good hands that never got a chance to work for the WWF/WWE, and part of the lawsuit is that they want to form a union. For every guy that would walk out, there would be 10 guys that would cross the picket line and work for free just to say that they worked for the WWE,” he concluded.

Spivey also published a letter he sent to Billy Jack Haynes, who is one of the several who is suing WWE. He noted that Vince paid him $500 a week while he recovered from an injury for six months and no one forced him to wrestle. He also told him that McMahon never asked him to take pain pills or steroids.

You can read the message he wrote to fans here and the letter he sent to Billy Jack Haynes here.

NXT Takeover moving to Brooklyn during SummerSlam weekend

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Colin Vassallo
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The upcoming NXT Takeover special will move away from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, for the first time this August as the show will be part of the SummerSlam weekend in New York.

NXT Takeover will take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on August 22, the night before SummerSlam. This will be the first time that WWE will run three live events in a row from the same facility as the Barclays Center will also host SummerSlam and Monday Night Raw the day after.

Tickets for NXT Takeover: Brooklyn go on sale on Saturday, July 18 at Noon EST on Ticketmaster.com. The show will also be broadcast live on the WWE Network.

The Beast In The East Network special from Tokyo live tomorrow morning

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Colin Vassallo
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WWE will present a live special from Tokyo, Japan, tomorrow on the WWE Network titled The Beast In The East, featuring the return of Brock Lesnar to the Land of the Rising Sun.

The show will take place at the famous Ryogoku Kokugikan where WWE already performed one show today. It will start airing on the WWE Network at 5:30AM EST. Seven matches are so far lined up for the card which will also wrap up the short tour in the Far East. The matches are:

The New Day vs The Lucha Dragons; Chris Jericho vs Neville; Cesaro vs Diego of Los Matadores; Brock Lesnar vs Kofi Kingston; Nikki Bella vs Tamina vs Paige for the Divas title; Finn Balor vs Kevin Owens for the NXT title; and John Cena and Dolph Ziggler vs King Barrett and Kane. Injured NXT star Hideo Itami is also scheduled to appear.

This will also be the first time that Finn Balor returns to Japan since last year when he signed up with the WWE. He spent 8 years working for New Japan Pro Wrestling and was part of the Bullet Club and pretty much became famous there using the Prince Devitt gimmick.

The only way to watch this show is through the WWE Network. It is currently free for the month of July for new subscribers.

WWE Network to air live Dusty Rhodes special after Raw on Monday

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Colin Vassallo
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WWE will be hosting a Dusty Rhodes special this Monday after Raw live from Chicago, Illinois.

Chicago’s Allstate Arena will play host to Monday Night Raw and the show will start at 11:06PM EST. It will run for one hour. The synopsis of the show reads, “Live from Chicago, WWE celebrates the life and career of Dusty Rhodes, as told by WWE Legends and Superstars.”

All the top WWE Superstars – including Brock Lesnar – will be in the arena. It’s not known if this will play out in front of the live crowd or if it will be filmed backstage. The Allstate Arena website lists a dark match main event of Cena, Ambrose and Reigns taking on Rollins, Wyatt, and Owens in a six man tag team match. With the Dusty special filming immediately afterwards the dark match will probably be canned.

TNA executive departs after 13 years with company

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Colin Vassallo
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Andy Barton, who has served as Executive Vice President for TNA Wrestling, has left the company. The announcement came on TNA’s Facebook page.

“We wish TNA executive Andy Barton all the best as he pursues a new opportunity,” the small statement read, before pushing the new hiring of Chief Strategy Officer Eric Sherman.

Barton started working for TNA back in 2002 when Panda Energy took over the majority interest from the Jarrett family. Prior to that he served six years at Trifecta Entertainment as Vice President which was owned by Dixie Carter.

WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt comments on lawsuit filed against former wrestlers

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Colin Vassallo
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The news of WWE filing the lawsuit in Connecticut requesting the judge to block lawsuits filed by attorney Konstantine Kyros has been picked up by several major news outlets including Fox News, ABC News, USA Today, Associated Press, and lots of other websites who re-printed the Associated Press story.

“Before this guy started trolling around looking for people to sue, we didn’t have one person, none, claiming they had any kind of traumatic brain injuries, or dementia or ALS or any of the kind of stuff you seek associated with the NFL,” WWE’s leading attorney Jerry McDevitt told the Associated Press.

“It is unfortunate that some former performers have been improperly recruited under the guise of a big ‘pay day’, and we feel badly that these individuals are being misled and exploited,” a statement from WWE read.

Kyros, who is representing all the former WWE wrestlers, said that WWE’s motion to dismiss based on statute of limitations doesn’t apply when medical conditions pop up years after.

“What the WWE lawsuit is doing is trying to do is prevent some of the most storied performers in the history of the organization from having their day in court,” he said.

WWE Network free for the month of July for new subscribers

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Colin Vassallo
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Are you interested in getting the WWE Network but still have not taken the plunge yet? WWE is once again offering a free month for new subscribers, with July completely free including the Battleground pay-per-view and everything else that is on the Network.

Out of the seven months of 2015 so far, WWE has made the Network free for five of those, excluding January which had Royal Rumble and April because of WrestleMania. With SummerSlam on the horizon it’s probably safe to assume that August will not be part of a free promotion as the event is considered to be one of the so-called big 4.

To sign up for the WWE Network all you have to do is go to WWENetwork.com and if you do not plan to keep your subscription past July, all you have to do is go to your account and click on the billing information link and cancel your subscription.

TNA hires Eric Sherman as new Chief Strategy Officer

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Colin Vassallo
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TNA announced that it has hired Eric Sherman as the new Chief Strategy Officer with immediate effect. Sherman is an accomplished media and entertainment executive who served more than 20 years with MTV Networks overseeing VH1 Classic, VH1 Soul and Palladia, served as president of Fuse TV and most recently was CEO of Veria Living, a health and wellness network.

Sherman also has served as a talent manager for artists such as Steven Tyler, securing his deal to judge American Idol. In his role as Chief Strategy Officer, Sherman will develop, coordinate and oversee implementation of global strategic initiatives in advancement of TNA and its affiliated brands and properties.

“As we celebrate our 13 year anniversary, TNA, with the incredible support of our fans, has been cultivated into a robust diverse global business poised for significant growth,” said TNA President Dixie Carter. “Eric’s depth of experience in television, digital media and talent management undergirds his capacity to organize and lead teams in the development and implementation of vision-fulfilling strategies. We are delighted to have him join the TNA family.”

“I’m thrilled to be joining a company experiencing record international growth with content seen in more than 120 countries,” said Sherman. “There is a bright future for TNA on traditional and emerging platforms, and I’m excited to join Dixie’s executive team as head of strategy.”

Sherman, a resident of New York City, will split his time between his office there and the TNA Headquarters in Nashville.

WWE files lawsuit against 4 former Superstars including 2 Hall of Famers

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Colin Vassallo
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WWE has filed a lawsuit in Connecticut earlier this week against Thomas Billington (The Dynamite Kid), Robert Windham (Blackjack Mulligan), James Ware (Koko B. Ware) and Oreal Perras (Ivan Koloff) after the company received letters from attorney Konstantine Kyros threatening that he will file lawsuits against WWE over old injuries.

WWE is trying to get a federal judge to block the lawsuits from these individuals who claim they have suffered long-term health problems from concussions they received in the ring. The company claims that the allegations are fraudulent and barred because of a three-year statute of limitations on such claims in Connecticut.

The same attorney is representing Billy Jack Haynes, Vito LoGrasso, Nelson Frazier Jr, and others who have filed identical lawsuits against WWE. Kyros started shopping for clients on the Internet last year through the website wweconcussionlawsuit.com.

“Our Law Firm wants to speak to former/retired WWF/WWE Wrestlers interested in joining the lawsuits being brought against the WWE for ignoring the health and safety of its athletes. We may be able to help you and your family recover medical expenses, obtain long term care and prevent this from happening to future athletes,” the website reads.

Interesting to note is that two of the names being sued – Windham and Ware – are WWE Hall of Famers.

WWE is obviously denying any wrongdoing and will be fighting any lawsuit of this nature.

You can read the full lawsuit in this PDF.

 

Tough Enough rating for episode 2

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Colin Vassallo
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The second episode of Tough Enough drew even less viewers than the first show, getting only 1,047,000 viewers, losing around 200,000 from last week’s premiere.

Hoping to add some more eyeballs to Tough Enough, USA Network added a two hour edited replay of Monday Night Raw starting at 6PM to serve as the lead in however that experiment failed. (Ratings credit: TV By The Numbers)

Ethan Carter III becomes the new TNA World Heavyweight champion

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Colin Vassallo
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Ethan Carter III  has become the new TNA World Heavyweight champion after last night he defeated Kurt Angle during an episode of Impact Wrestling.

The 32 year old Ohio native has become the 17th different TNA champion two years after making his TNA debut. He appeared first on TNA television during Bound For Glory in 2013 and was billed as Dixie Carter’s nephew. He defeated Mr. Anderson to get the number one contender spot and then defeated Angle during the June 25 Impact tapings which aired yesterday. This was the first title in TNA for him.

Carter worked for WWE before joining TNA, spending over a year at Ohio Valley Wrestling, then moving to Florida Championship Wrestling in 2009 and appeared on the fourth season of NXT under the name of Derrick Bateman. He was released from his WWE deal in May 2013.

You can see the video of his win below.

Raw rating for 06/29/2015

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Colin Vassallo
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Monday Night Raw had a bad week in terms of viewership as the show did an average of just 3,462,000 viewers, down over 200,000 viewers from last week. The show so far is the lowest rated of 2015 and the second lowest non-holiday show since 1997. Ouch!

Hour one did 3,362,000 viewers, followed by 3,544,000 in the second hour, and then down to 3,482,000 in the third and final hour. (Ratings credit: TV By The Numbers)

Jeff Jarrett to discuss relationship with TNA in sit-down interview

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Colin Vassallo
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Jeff Jarrett will be addressing his future with TNA and the partnership with Global Force Wrestling in a sit down interview with Mike Tenay that will air on Impact.

Jarrett announced this on his Twitter yesterday, first making a mistake saying “tonight” and then changing it to “tomorrow.”

TNA and Jarrett will be working together with some talent exchanges, especially those who were released from their TNA contract lately. GFW will be making use of these wrestlers for their television tapings however they will be still be able to appear on Impact whenever necessary.

Kurt Angle vs EC3 for TNA title headlines tonight’s Impact Wrestling

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Colin Vassallo
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Tonight on Impact, the TNA World title will be on the line with Ethan Carter III going for gold against Kurt Angle. Angel was not involved in a match at Slammiversary and timings of this match, which was taped before Slammiversary, didn’t help.

Angle is expected to take a few weeks off to undergo surgery to remove a tumor from his neck although it’s not being classified as a major surgery and Angle is hoping to be able to be back for the next set of tapings. The show will also feature a 30 minute Ironman Match between Dirty Heels vs The Wolves.

Impact airs at 8PM EST on Destination America.

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