WWE Hall of Famer Adam “Edge” Copeland will be playing the leading role in the upcoming WWE Studios and Lionsgate movie Interrogation. The news was announced by Edge himself in a video on YouTube which was posted on his Twitter account.
Edge revealed that he will be playing the role of Lucas Reed, an interrogator who has to interrogate a lead suspect in a planned Las Vegas bombing which is set to go off at one of the busiest times of the year.
“All I can say is that the movie is full of explosions, gun fights, interrogations, bar fights…it kinda got everything,” the retired Rated R Superstar said. This will be his first WWE Studios movie.
WWE Diva Lana yesterday also announced that she has a role in the film and said that she will be there to “save the day.”
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Monday Night Raw this week drew 3,825,000 viewers, which is down from the 4,122,000 the show did last week.
Hour one started with a very low 3,545,000 viewers, and then grew to 4,066,000 in the second hour, before dropping to 3,864,000 for hour three. (Ratings credit: PWInsider.com)
The lucha libre wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración – AAA – today unveiled Rey Mysterio as the newest member of the organization during a press conference which the company announced last week.
The former WWE champion was introduced with the artists formerly known as (original) Sin Cara and Alberto Del Rio also present in the ring. Mysterio’s move to AAA was widely expected and he even sent them a video which was played to fans at the end of the TripleMania show last year saying he was coming back home.
The news is pretty big for Lucha Libre fans and it was even carried by ESPN MX. Mysterio will be available to participate in the Rey de Reyes event which will be held at Plaza de Toros Nuevo Progreso in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on Sunday March 15.
Mysterio wrestled for AAA between 1992 and 1995.
You can see photos of Mysterio at today’s AAA event below.
Mick Foley launched his annual WrestleMania Dream Vacation raffle with proceeds benefitting RAINN – Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.
With $2 per raffle ticket, the grand prize receives pretty much the WrestleMania dream vacation which will include roundtrip air transport from anywhere in the world to WrestleMania 31, five nights lodging at a hotel for WrestleMania weekend through Tuesday, $1,000 spending money, a Rob Schamberger 20×32 painting of a wrestler of choice, two tickets to Foley’s luxury suite at the Levi’s Stadium including free food and drinks, two tickets to Foley’s Hardcore Legend Show during that week, two tickets to Raw, WrestleMania Axxess, and Hall of Fame ceremony. And to top it off, taxes on the wing prize – which amount to over $4,000 will be paid on behalf of the winner as well.
Deadline for the entry will be 10PM ET on Wednesday, March 18, with the drawing also on the same date. Last year over $112,000 were raised. To donate and participate go to https://www.netraffle.org/raffle/index.php?rid=868
In a post on Twitter, WWE Diva Lana announced that she will be starring in a new WWE Studios movie which will be produced with Lionsgate titled Interrogation.
WWE Studios acquired the rights for this movie back in June 2012, a suspense thriller by Adam Rodin. The plot revolves around an interrogator who is called in to question a prime suspect in a planned Las Vegas bombing before time runs out.
In the short video, Lana said her role will be “to save the day” just like she does every week on WWE TV!
“Interrogation is a white-knuckle ride, filled with unexpected twists and turns,” said WWE Studios President Michael Luisi back in 2012 when the company acquired the rights. “We are excited to begin work on Adam’s engaging screenplay.”
Jon Stewart’s appearance on WWE’s Monday Night Raw was very well received and his name was trending worldwide on Twitter well after the show was over. WWE got some free publicity as well as several media websites covered Stewart’s angle with Seth Rollins.
Entertainment Weekly, ABC, Fox Sports, Huffington Post, TMZ, Maxim, CBS, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, and many other major outlets all wrote a piece about Stewart and his Raw appearance.
Stewart cut a good promo on Rollins and even gave him a low blow to escape after Randy Orton distracted Rollins. While WWE had their fair share of celebrity guest hosts over the years, Stewart is truly a big WWE and wrestling fan and it was evident while delivering his promo, showing that he knew what he was saying rather than just delivering what he had on the script.
Randy Orton wrote on Twitter that he thought Stewart “was awesome” on the show. “I think he killed it… hope to have him back,” he wrote. Meanwhile WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley wrote that Stewart did a great job and that “the guy knows his WWE stuff.”
Total Divas’ latest episode, number 17 of season 3 titled Model Behavior, received 1,405,000 viewers this past Sunday, which makes it the second highest rated episode of season 3 so far just behind episode 11 which was the mid-season premiere.
The show got a nice 400,000 increase in viewership over last week’s episode. (Ratings credit: Zap2It/TVbythenumbers)
WWE and USA Network issued a press release announcing that a one-hour special highlighting the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony will air on Monday, March 30 at 11PM EST, immediately following Monday Night Raw.
This will be the ninth consecutive year that USA will be airing a version of the Hall of Fame. The WWE Network will be airing the ceremony live and in its full entirety on Saturday, March 28, from the SAP Center in San Jose, California.
WWE announced that 51 year old Debrah Miceli, the artist formerly known as Madusa and Alundra Blayze, will be the fifth inductee in the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2015.
Miceli’s wrestling career started in 1984 and in 1986 she made her debut in the AWA – American Wrestling Association – feuding with another WWE Hall of Famer, Sherri Martel. After a few years at the AWA, she moved to All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling and then in 1991 she made her WCW debut aligning with Paul Heyman and his Dangerous Alliance under the name of Madusa.
In 1993 she moved to WWE and the company revived the Women’s title which had been vacant for a couple of years. She won the title under the name of Alundra Blayze in December of that year and went on to feud with Bull Nakano and Bertha Faye before she was released from her contract in 1995.
That same month she was released, Madusa returned to WCW on Nitro and caused one of the biggest controversies of the Monday Night War. On the December 18, 1995, edition of Nitro, Madusa showed up on Nitro with the WWE title and threw the belt in a trash can. The whole deal was orchestrated by Eric Bischoff, who had to push Madusa to dump the title on live television, an act which she later said she regretted.
After spending two years away from the company, Madusa returned to the ring in 1999 as part of Macho Man’s Team Madness and a year later took on another job as an instructor at WCW’s Power Plant training up and coming women wrestlers.
When she retired from professional wrestling in the beginning of 2001, Miceli concentrated on her monster truck career, driving her own truck which is named Madusa. She is now an Executive Vice President of the Major League of Monster Trucks and still drives the trucks.
During her wrestling career, Miceli won the WWE Women’s title three times, and the WCW Cruiserweight title as well as well as the AWA Women’s title once and the IWA Women’s title at All Japan twice.
Miceli inducted the Fabulous Moolah in the WWE Hall of Fame back in 1995 and now she becomes the eighth female wrestler in the Hall of Fame joining Moolah, Sensational Sherri, Mae Young, Wendi Richter, Sunny, Trish Stratus, and Lita.
She will be going in under the name of Alundra Blayze as WWE does not hold the rights of the Madusa name.
Monday Night Raw TV Report for March 2nd, 2015 – “A Little Help From ‘Friends’?”
Introduction Segment: Welcoming
The regular Raw video plays and the pyrotechnic go kaboom in the arena! Michael Cole welcomes us to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey to continue the “Road To WrestleMania.”
Segment #2: Arena Promo & Video
“Mr. Money In The Bank” Seth Rollins, with J & J Security, walk to the ring. A video clip of Rollins appearing on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and getting into an altercation with the host is shown. Back live, Rollins announces that Jon is on his way and threatens that he will be a much better host. As he continue to put himself over, his former teammate and #1 Contender to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship interrupts. Roman Reigns walks through the fans and faces off in the squared circle.
Reigns wants him to keep going, so he can here the negative reactions from the crowd. Seth goes on about how great he is and why, then insists that Reigns cannot defeat WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, but he can. Roman disputes this, saying that he failed the last time at Royal Rumble. However, Roman also questions whether “Mr. Money In The Bank” is “man enough” to cash in his title shot and take them both on at WrestleMania. Rollins says he could do that, or whenever he wants, but Reigns hears enough and decimates Rollins, Noble, and Mercury!
Later tonight, Paige will challenge Nikki Bella again for the Divas Championship, and up next, Dean Ambrose goes against Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett!
Commercials.
Segment #3: Backstage Promo
Rollins, Noble, and Mercury are walking through the hallways when Randy Orton walks up to them. “The Viper” backs Rollins and believes in him, telling Seth that he should have The Authority book a match for him against Reigns.
Match #1: Single – “The Lunatic Fringe” Dean Ambrose VS. Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett (Non-Title)
(Note: R-Truth is on commentary.) Ambrose starts out hot with punches and kicks, then chops him and runs with a flying forearm. He puts Barrett in an Indian Deathlock, but Wade gets out of it and takes control. He uses his knees to pummel Dean against the ropes, then gives him a big boot that sends Dean tumbling to the outside.
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Barrett is still dominating, having Ambrose in a rear chinlock then head-butting Dean to the outside. Barrett eyes Truth at the table, then shoves him into the chair. Dean takes advantage, suicide-diving onto Barrett, then clotheslining Barrett back to the floor. He follows with a running elbow from the apron, and Truth steals the I.C. Title from the corner of the ring.
Inside, Ambrose whales away with chops but is caught with the Winds Of Change spinning-slam for a two-count by Bad News. On the outside, Luke Harper appears suddenly and Truth gives him the I.C. Championship. Harper walks away with the belt, which distracts Bad News, and allows Ambrose to drive him down into the canvas with the Dirty Deeds DDT for the victory!
Winner via Pinfall: “The Lunatic Fringe” Dean Ambrose
Post-match, Truth and Ambrose argue about the Intercontinental Title.
Segment #4: Video and Backstage Promo
A clip of The Miz taking over Damien Mizdow’s commercial form Smackdown is shown, then Miz premieres it live backstage with a bunch of wrestlers and divas. Of course, the ad is by PhalloGauge for erectile dysfunction, with Miz featured bad and Damien featured good. Miz is furious as the other superstar and divas laugh, then rips on Mizdow. He slaps him hard, but Damien get into his face. Miz reminds Damien of where he came from and how he got there, threatening his job, so Damien apologies.
Commercials.
Segment #5: Arena Promo
The arena darkens and Bray Wyatt walks to the stage, where a wooden casket is placed. “Ooh, that wicked feeling is in the air again. Can you feel it? I wonder, what is truly left of ‘the mighty’ Undertaker? Is he still capable of striking the hearts of man? or have the hands of time finally ripped him apart? Come on, Undertaker! Come out, come out, wherever you are! WrestleMania approaches, and Undertaker, I think I’ve got something you’re going to like. (Pointing to the coffin.) I did this, I built this just for you, Undertaker. I hope you like it. But where are you? Instead of being out here in appreciation, you torture me, you mock me, with all this silence. And I understand your apprehension, but you must understand everything comes at a price. Oh, my, my, my. I’ve always had this fascination with the natural distinct of fire. Fire has no prejudices, it has no feelings. Fires just has this urge to destroy anything and everything that is in it’s path. Just me, just like me.”
Wyatt turns around and pours the gasoline onto the coffin. “:I would walk through the fires of hell just to see your face Undertaker. I don’t think you really know who it is you’re really dealing with, man. you can’t hid from me, no one can hid from me. Everything burns, and at WrestleMania, you’re going to burn too, ‘Deadman.’” He lights up the casket and yells, “find me, find me.”
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Match #2: Six-Person Mixed Tag-Team – Natalya and Tag-Team Champions Tyson Kidd and Cesaro VS. Naomi and The Usos (Jimmy and Jey) (Non-Title)
Jey and Tyson begin, with Tyson kicking on Jey. He is slapped back by The Uso, but is given a double-drop-toehold and elbow. Cesaro is in but is quickly Samoan-dropped. Jey flies outside, and Naomi and Natalya now wrestle. Natalya’s ankle appears to be hurt, so she quickly tags out. Tyson is back in and gets taken out; he then switches back with Natalya, and Naomi sneaks in and rolls her up for the 1 – 2 – 3!
Winners via Pinfall: Naomi and The Usos (Jimmy and Jey)
Post-match, Natalya is upset with Tyson for his actions, but Kidd chooses to “hug it out” with his wife.
Rollins has successfully convinced The Authority to give him a bout with Roman Reigns later tonight, and up next, we may find out what John Cena’s WrestleMania plans are.
Commercials.
Segment #6: Arena Promo
John Cena is out, talking about the fans that are on his side and those who are not. He gives his usual passionate “never give up” speech, and warns Rusev that he will get his hands on him one day. In the meantime, Cena announces that he will be a part of the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
Stephanie McMahon interjects, refusing to let Cena compete and instead wants to see a Cena-less WrestleMania. She thinks he is disrespecting the late-great Andre, but Cena disputes her claims. She finally decides that he can have Rusev at WrestleMania, only if Rusev lets him. It is entirely up to the United States Champion.
Curtis Axel now comes out and declares that he is technically still in the Royal Rumble at over 35 days; he also sucks up to McMahon, which is going over quite well with the fans. She then sees the light in Axel’s eyes, and books him to take on Cena next.
Cena warns Curtis that this is not the time or place to face him, but Axel persists. They will square off next!
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Match #3: Single – John Cena VS. Curtis Axel
Cena is just staring down the crowd and Axel, who is encouraging the fans to chant “Axelmania!” Curtis continues to mimic Hulk Hogan’s signature poses until he gets clotheslined and punched down. John wastes no time, finishing Axel with the A.A. and STF!
Winner via Pinfall: John Cena
Post-match, United States Champion Rusev and Lana are out on stage. He gives Cena his answer, which after some stalling, is no.
Segment #7: Video Promo
Michael Cole interviewed Arn Anderson and Michael “P.S.” Hayes on WWE.com about the Sting VS. Triple H bout at WrestleMania. They both put over Sting.
Up next, Triple H will also talk about it live!
Commercials.
Segment #8: Arena Promo
“In 1995, I looked Vince McMahon in the eye and said ‘all I want is an opportunity.’ 20 years later, 13 World Titles, and the COO of the WWE; I think I made the most of that opportunity.” HHH says he then gave Sting that same opportunity, to turn him into a bigger icon than he already was, through merchandise and DVDs. However, instead, “The Game” says that Sting turned down that offer so he could compete at WrestleMania. Triple H does understand Sting’s desire, but unfortunately, Sting didn’t pick the right person to wrestle against.
He insinuates that everyone has a “theory” on why Sting didn’t join WWE, then invites Hall Of Famer and former World Champion Booker T. “The Game” wants to know from Booker, who knew Sting through WCW, why “The Icon” had not became a part of WWE. Booker speculates it was because Triple H used his influence to “block” Sting from joining. Booker says that no one, including Triple H, could or can “control” Sting, but he will have to “deal” with him at WrestleMania.
After expressing his opinions, Booker T. is matter-of-fact fired. He collects his things from the commentator’s table, but HHH stops him and says he was just “messing with ya.” He does appreciate what Booker does at ringside, saying that was an example of “control.” “I have been handed an opportunity on a silver platter. I have been handed an opportunity to end a legacy, to end an icon, to end the last vestige that is and was WCW And I will do what I do better than anyone on the face of God’s green Earth; I will take advantage of that opportunity and I will put an end to Sting.”
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Match #4: Single for the Divas Championship – Paige (Challenger) VS. Nikki Bella (Champion) (with Brie Bella)
After formal introductions, Paige is all over Nikki until Nikki grabs the ropes for a rest.
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Nikki is now in control, stretching Paige with a surfboard. Paige fights back with punches, but is given a spinebuster after a run. Both women run at each other with a double-clothesline and are downed to the mat. Paige catches Nikki with three short-arm clotheslines. She tries for the Paige-Tap-Out, but Brie hops the apron. Paige kicks her off and locks Nikki in the PTO, but Brie interferes causing the DQ.
Winner via Disqualification: Paige (No new champion)
Post-match, The Bellas beat up on Paige until the returning hometown-hero A.J. runs down the ramp to make the save! She and Paige clean house on Nikki and Brie, then look awkwardly at each other.
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Segment #9: Backstage Promo
Rene Young asks A.J. about her return. She doesn’t get a first word in when Paige interrupts and wonders why she helped. Lee says she wants to “help give Divas a chance,” after seeing The Bellas run roughshod over the Divas. Both conclude they are friends for the benefit of the Divas Division and the Divas Championship.
Segment #10: Arena Promo
Seth Rollins, Joey Mercury, and Jamie Noble are in the ring, which is decorated in The Daily Show set. He mocks hosting the late-night comedy hour, until the real Jon Stewart walks out. He sits down with Rollins and makes fun of him, also insinuating that Rollins didn’t earn the Money In The Bank briefcase. Seth grabs Stewart, but Randy Orton’s music plays which diverts Rollins’ attention. Jon kicks Rollins below the belt and escapes while “The Viper” looks on.
Commercials.
Segment #11: Backstage Promo
Rene Young is with Jon Stewart, who nervously speculates on his future before running away in case Rollins and J & J chase after.
Match #5: Single – Luke Harper VS. Daniel Bryan
Luke completely dominates this contest, through commercial break, until Bryan reverses one crossface into another and forces Harper to tap to the Yes Lock.
Winner via Submission: Daniel Bryan
Post-match, Wade Barrett, Dean Ambrose, R-Truth, and Luke Harper all try to walk away with the I.C. Title, but it is “The Show-Off” who superkicks Harper and climbs the ladder with the championship.
Segment #12: Video Promo
The next inducted into the Hall Of Fame is announced, and she is Alundra Blaze. Career highlights and superstars talking about her is aired.
Segment #13: Backstage Promo
The Authority, minus Triple H and Stephanie, are gathered. They all back Seth Rollins tonight, including Randy Orton, but Show, Kane, and Noble, inform Randy that he is not needed.
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Segment #14: Arena Promo
“Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Paul Heyman.” He wants to talk about the stories going around, and puts an end to the them by pronouncing that Brock Lesnar will be at WrestleMania, and afterward, and will still be the WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Amid microphone problems, Heyman gets his point across that Roman Reigns will be “conquered” by Lesnar.
Reigns now makes his entrance, but Paul E. backs away up the ramp.
Commercials.
Match #6: Single – Roman Reigns VS. “Mr. Money In The Bank” Seth Rollins (with J & J Security [Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury] , The Big Show, and Kane)
They lock up and Reigns shove Rollins to the outside. They grapple again Roman shoves Seth to the mat then gives him an inverted atomic drop. Reigns continues to control for a while, but Seth gains an advantage. Both knock each other down, then Randy Orton proceeds to the ring. Rollins looks mad as Show and Kane wonder why Orton’s out here.
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Rollins is back in control, chopping down Reigns by the knee. He holds Roman in a side headlock until Reigns works his way out with a back drop. He clotheslines Seth a bunch of times in the corner, then plants him with a tilt-a-whirl slam. Reigns measures for the Superman Punch, but Joey gets involved. Roman tosses him, but then is hit with an ensiguiri kick by Rollins! 1 – 2 – Reigns kicks out! Seth is on the top and is tossed off by Reigns to the canvas. He clotheslines Noble off the apron, but turns into a superkick by Rollins for a near-fall!
Reigns chucks Rollins to the outside, then dives off the apron to Show! The referee is distracted by Rollins, allowing Kane to nail Roman with a steel chair. In the ring, Rollins covers but only gets two!
Winner via Pinfall: “Mr. Money In The Bank” Seth Rollins (with J & J Security
Post-match, Reigns is furious and totally destroys The Authority with Superman Punches and Spears, then squats over and stares them down to close the show.
End Of Raw.
Reporter’s Rumblings – By Moe Tapp
This was an okay Raw – it started out strong, was kind of “blah” in the middle, and finished decent. Onto the particulars:
Excellence: Loving the Intercontinental Championship situation; it creates high-interest on who will be the champion after WrestleMania, as I can easily see any of these guys having the belt.
Promos by Stephanie/Cena/Rusev, Bray Wyatt, Triple H, Curtis Axel, and of course, Paul Heyman. All were extremely well-spoken and with fervor. I was quite surprised by Axel’s and even though I know he’s not going anywhere after ‘Mania, I was pleased to hear some “umph” in his voice tonight and get the fans behind him.
Return of A.J. I predicted this a bit ago, saying Paige needed to win the Divas Champion and her and A.J. could have a great WrestleMania final match for their rivalry. Paige winning didn’t happened, but tonight has planted the seeds for the two to be involved in the Divas Championship bout at “The Granddaddy of them All.” Also, since Raw was Lee’s hometown, I was genuinely surprised to see her, as they usually wait and not have a person who is from that town make a comeback.
Also liking the Miz/Mizdow storyline, and the eventual (probable) ‘Mania match. This has been a great build, keeping me suspenseful as to when Damien will do the full-on turn and break away.
Wrestling-wise – Ambrose/Barrett, Nikki/Paige, and Rollins/Reigns.
I think the Stewart/Rollins angle has played off well, not only for publicity for ‘Mania, but Jon himself really held his own both on the mike and in the ring with Seth.
Bogus: Last week, it looked like that Natalya and Tyson were on the same page and Natalya would be a heel, which I would love. However, tonight it appears they are at odds again, which doesn’t make much sense, and I was looking forward to seeing a bad-girl Natalya again.
There were too many Authority segments with Rollins and company. They need to scale back, as less is more. As well, there were too many promos in general (even though most were good), the wrestling itself was cut short for more talking tonight.
Where were Goldust and Stardust, and the continuation of their feud? Also, after the Primetime Players reunion and win last week, why were they not featured in a match? I thought they’d be gunning for the tag-titles soon since they can get greatly over with the crowd.
All-in-all, the path towards ‘Mania is shaping pretty nicely, and most of the card is looking pretty good. Here’s hoping it continues this way for the next few weeks! Until next week, Be Excellent Wrestling-Online Readers and Wrestling Fans!
When WWE launched SuperstarsForHope.com in association with Indiegogo.com, expectations were pretty high however after 4 days since launch date, the company has only managed to raise $6,945 from fans, far short of their $200,000 goal.
While fans can donate any amount, special perks are available to those who donate big. So far the highest donation has been $2,500, with the donor getting a 2-day NXT experience, featuring a tour of the WWE Performance Center, meet and greet with NXT Superstars and Divas, a promo with Dusty Rhodes, and tickets for an NXT taping.
Other perks include backstage experiences, signed WWE titles, a pay-per-view VIP package and other items which go up to $20,000.
Today WWE added four more perks aimed towards those who are willing to donate a lot of money. A $10,000 donation will get you a WWE World title replica signed by Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, and Triple H; A $15,000 donation gets you a lunch with Triple H at the Performance Center, a tour of the facility, and tickets for an NXT taping; Another $15,000 will get you a backstage tour at a live event from Roman Reigns and four premium tickets to the event; And a $20,000 donation gets you a suite for 10 people to WrestleMania 31 at the Levi’s Stadium, a private lunch with a WWE Legend, backstage tour at WrestleMania with Superstars or Divas, and autographed WrestleMania merchandise.
WWE will be adding big perks every week leading up to WrestleMania.
This year, the Superstars for Hope campaign will be dedicated to raising funds for Special Olympics celebrating acceptance and inclusion, and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in support of finding a cure for pediatric cancer in honor of Connor’s Cure.
PWInsider.com is reporting that former Divas champion AJ Lee is backstage at Monday Night Raw today, one week after calling out Stephanie McMahon on Twitter.
Tonight’s Raw is live from New Jersey, which is AJ’s home state, so it sort of makes sense to have her there although the timing seems interesting considering the events that happened on Twitter last week. After McMahon congratulated Patricia Arquette for her women equality speech at the Oscars, AJ Lee fired back in a tweet to McMahon pointing out that WWE Divas get paid much less than their male counterparts.
AJ has been sidelined since December with her match against Nikki Bella at the TLC pay-per-view being her last one. She was given time off to heal a few injuries she was suffering from.
The second episode of the behind-the-scenes WWE 24 WWE Network series debuts tonight featuring WWE Hall of Famer Booker T in an episode titled, “Booker T: Sentenced To Greatness.”
The 30 minute program starts right after Monday Night Raw and will take a look at Booker T’s younger days when he was in prison and then his road to becoming a professional wrestler and ultimately a Hall of Famer.
The first episode of WWE 24 which was all about WrestleMania XXX was highly praised for its production and judging by the preview WWE released this will be another home run.
TMZ.COM is reporting that WWE Superstar and US champion Rusev and his manager and real life girlfriend Lana have purchased a property in Nashville, Tennessee.
The couple have been dating for less than two years but they have signed the papers for the 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom 11.56 acres home for $644,000.
The property also includes a pond, hot tub, and a basketball court, but there’s no Red Square!
You can check out 12 photos of the beautiful property below.
Chris Jericho’s two-month deal with WWE ended yesterday which saw him participating in fifteen non-televised live events.
His short extension did not include any television or pay-per-view appearances and was strictly limited to house shows only.
Starting on March 4, Jericho joins his band Fozzy for a European tour playing every single day up until March 21. He will be visiting Ireland, Scotland, England, Paris, Switzerland, and Germany.
After the tour he only has one date for the following month on April 25. It’s not known if he will resume his live event deals once his tour wraps up.
Total Divas returns on E! tonight with episode 18 of season 3 which is titled Model Behavior. There are two more episodes left after this one which will wrap season 3.
The synopsis for the show reads, “Ariane is embarrassed for her father to meet Vinnie’s family; Nattie struggles with supporting TJ’s new career choice when he strips down with some hot models, and Paige rebels when WWE tells her not to get a tattoo.
The next WWE Hall of Fame inductee of 2015 will be a former Diva according to a post on WWE.COM and her name will be announced tomorrow.
According to several rumors, this former Diva will be Debrah Miceli, who wrestled for WCW as Madusa and for the WWE under the name of Alundra Blayze.
The 51 year old now drives monster trucks as a living and she would be the fifth to be inducted in this year’s ceremony with Macho Man, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rikishi, and the Bushwhackers.
Rey Mysterio will be a busy man at WrestleMania weekend as it was just announced that on Thursday, March 26, he will be hosting a pre-WrestleMania party along with a question and answer session at the Taste Night Club in San Jose.
The event is billed a MLW’s WaleMania with Grammy-nominated artist Wale hosting the party. The party starts at 6:30PM with a one hour VIP cocktail party and then at 8PM there will be an MLW Radio live podcast with Mysterio, Konnan and former WWE creative writer Court Bauer. At 10PM then the after party kicks on with a special live performance by Wale performing songs from his new album.
VIP Ticket holders attend the pre-show event with Rey Mysterio, and are guaranteed seats for MLW Radio live and access to the after party. General Admission ticket holders have access to the MLW Radio LIVE podcast as well as the after party.
WWE World Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar was cage side at the UFC 184 pay-per-view yesterday in Los Angeles, California, putting more fuel to the fire that he is going to the UFC following WrestleMania.
“Brock was in town, he was here to talking to some people and apparently he’s a fan of the UFC and he wanted to come watch some fights,” White told Ariel Helwani in an interview on Fox Sports 1 following the pay-per-view.
When asked point blank if he’s coming back, White said, “I don’t know. He’s under contract with the WWE right now, when his contract runs out, I’m sure he’ll call me!”
Helwani then brought up the subject of Mir, who called Lesnar out again for their third fight. White laughed and said that Lesnar asked him, “Did Frank Mir say he wants to fight me?” Lesnar and Mir have a bad history together and their fight at UFC 100 is the highest grossing fight in UFC history. Their first fight was won by Mir but Lesnar got his revenge in his second.
UFC’s Vice President of Public Relations, Dave Sholler, tweeted a photo of Lesnar talking to White with the words “BROCK has arrived at #UFC184.”
The WWE champ walked out of Raw earlier this week.
