Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are gracing the cover of the December/January edition of Muscle & Fitness Magazine which is out in stores today.
The two gym and fitness aficionados are looking in perfect physical condition, both dressed in black gym clothes showing off their bodies.
Sean Hyson, an embedded reporter and editor from the magazine was at the WWE Performance Center in September as part of the tryout and was put through the training for a feature as well. The appearance of HHH and Steph on the magazine is to promote the duo’s fitness DVDs which come out on December 2 from WWE and Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
The first match for the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view was announced during the Survivor Series last night.
Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt will go for round two on December 14 as the duo will fight in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. At their Survivor Series match – which Wyatt won via DQ – Ambrose attacked Wyatt with a chair, sent him through a table and then climbed a ladder.
TLC takes place at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, in three weeks time on pay-per-view and on the WWE Network.
WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin will hold a special edition of his podcast on the WWE Network next Monday, December 1, immediately following Monday Night Raw with Vince McMahon as his guest.
Steve Austin’s show Unleashed is one of the most popular on PodcastOne.com and McMahon is no doubt the biggest guest he has welcomed so far. Austin will fly to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to record the interview which will be held at the BOK Center, the site of Raw.
The move to get one of the most popular WWE Superstars ever to host a special on the Network on December 1 is to try and convert some of those subscribers who got the free month in November into paying customers. The free offer expires on November 30 and those who do not cancel by that day will be charged $9.99 come December 1.
After years of speculations and what ifs, it finally happened. Former WCW and TNA champion Sting showed up live and in person in a WWE ring yesterday at the Survivor Series.
The man known as The Icon appeared towards the end of the main event after Dolph Ziggler had the odds stacked against him with Jamie Noble, Joey Mercury, and Triple H all interfering to save Rollins. Eventually HHH’s favorite referee, Scott Armstrong, came in for the three count but the Stinger came out and took out Armstrong.
Triple H and Sting had a stare down and then Triple H threw the first punch but the former champ countered and eventually hit the Scorpion Death Drop on The Game, taking him out. He then helped put Dolph Ziggler on top of Seth Rollins as the referee counted to three.
Sting going to WWE has been a hot topic for several years, ever since WWE bought out WCW back in 2001. The possibilities of him appearing became closer to reality over the past few years during WrestleMania season but Sting never pulled the trigger and opted to stay with TNA when he was invited to jump ship.
That all changed this year when Sting was revealed to be part of the WWE 2K15 video game and the new Mattel action figures. WWE started selling his merchandise on WWEShop.com but a deal for him to be an on-screen character took a long, long time to be finalized.
Sting has said this year that if he has it his way, “it’s going to happen.” It might not have been the fantasy match against The Undertaker – which could still be happen – but one thing is for sure, Sting has finally landed in WWE and helped taking out The Authority.
Here are the results from last night’s Survivor Series 2014 pay-per-view which took place at the Scottrade Center in St Louis, Missouri.
Fandango defeated Justin Gabriel in the Kickoff match; Jack Swagger defeated Cesaro; The Miz and Damien Mizdow defeated Goldust and Stardust, Los Matadores, and The Usos in fatal 4 way to become the new WWE Tag Team champions; Alicia Fox, Natalya, Naomi and Emma defeated Paige, Layla, Summer Rae, and Cameron in a traditional elimination match; Bray Wyatt defeated Dean Ambrose via disqualification; Adam Rose and The Bunny defeated Titus O’Neil and Heath Slater; Nikki Bella defeated AJ Lee to become the new Divas champion; Team Cena defeated Team Authority when Dolph Ziggler pinned Seth Rollins.
The sequence of elimination was Big Show pinned Mark Henry, Rusev pinned Ryback, Rusev was counted out, Luke Harper pinned Erick Rowan, Seth Rollins pinned John Cena after Big Show turned on Cena, Show walked out and eliminated himself, Ziggler then pinned Kane, Luke Harper, and Seth Rollins, ending the match with the help of Sting.
Just over 500 seats remain for tonight’s Survivor Series pay-per-view as of this writing with the Scottrade Center getting close to a sell out by the time the show kicks off tonight.
There are several second and third row seats which are still available for sale on Ticketmaster.com, all priced between $350 and $500 each and four which are ringside. The majority of the empty seats are in the nosebleed section although there’s almost a full row of seats empty in the second row next to the aisle.
The late buzz of Sting showing up and home town hero Randy Orton appearing on the show might drive some additional sales today.
Live tonight from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri, and free on the WWE Network, WWE presents the 2014 Survivor Series. The full card is as follows:
Team Cena with John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, Erick Rowan, and Ryback vs Team Authority with Seth Rollins, Kane, Mark Henry, Rusev, and Luke Harper in a traditional Survivor Series match. If Team Cena wins, the Authority will be removed from power while if Team Authority wins, all of Team Cena except for Cena will be fired; Dean Ambrose vs Bray Wyatt; Goldust and Stardust vs The Usos vs Los Matadores vs The Miz and Damien Mizdow in a fatal 4-way for the WWE Tag Team titles; AJ Lee vs Nikki Bella for the WWE Divas title; and Alicia Fox, Emma, Naomi, and Natalya vs Paige, Cameron, Layla, and Summer Rae in a traditional Survivor Series match.
The betting odds for the Survivor Series are in favor of Team Cena winning the main event, with Paddy Power putting them 2/9 and Sky Bet at 1/3. A Team Authority win with PP is at 11/4 while Sky Bet is at 9/4.
Other odds have Dean Ambrose, Nikki Bella, The Miz and Damien Mizdow, and Team Alicia Fox as odds-on favorites to win their respective matches.
The early morning odds are most likely to change throughout the day especially in the final few hours before the event as heavy bets come in which give you an idea which way the matches will swing.
The Survivor Series tonight is live from St. Louis, Missouri, Randy Orton’s home town. So it’s only fitting that Orton somehow makes an appearance tonight to send the home crowd insane.
Apart from the debut of Sting, PWInsider.com is also confirming that Randy Orton is returning tonight after a few weeks out due to the filming of a WWE Studios movie, The Condemned 2.
Filming was being held in New Mexico and the former WWE World Heavyweight champion flew in yesterday to St. Louis to take part in what has become one of the most important shows of this year.
Orton was last seen being attacked by The Authority and was curb stomped by Seth Rollins on Raw so most likely The Viper will have some sort of interference in tonight’s main event.
The second stipulation to the Survivor Series main event was made more clear during Smackdown’s episode yesterday which was just a bit different from what it was reported earlier this week through eye witness reports.
Team Cena will not all be fired if they lose to The Authority, but only Dolph Ziggler, Ryback, Big Show, and Erick Rowan will get the pink slip while Cena will still be employed.
Originally it was reported that all five members of Team Cena would be fired which is not the case now.
The WWE Network will have a 30 minute special on The Usos this coming Monday following Raw starting at 11:06PM EST.
Titled ‘The Usos – 10 Hours To Houston,’ this Network-only special captures the compelling story of twins Josh and Jon Fatu from childhood to their WWE Tag Team Title reign.
Ever since joining the WWE, the duo have become one of the most popular tag teams in WWE, thanks in part to the added exposure Jon has gotten from the Total Divas program with his wife Trinity.
Last night, WWE Chairman and CEO tweeted, “This will be a #SurvivorSeries you’ll never forget.”
It’s one of the most over-hyped sentences used throughout WWE programming, especially on pay-per-views, but this time he might really mean it.
PWInsider.com has reported that former WCW and TNA champion Sting will be making his WWE debut this Sunday at the Survivor Series, making it the first time that he has appeared live in front of a TV audience at a WWE event.
In what capacity he will appear is still not revealed, and probably will remain a surprise until he comes out of the Gorilla position.
With WWE Network being free for the whole month of November, including the Survivor Series, this will be a great way to try and hook up fans to sign up for the over-the-top service in December.
When TNA finally signs off Spike for good come Christmas Eve, fans in Canada will be left without their Impact fix starting January 2015.
Currently, Impact airs on Spike as well in Canada but with the move to Destination America, things will change, leaving TNA without a home.
“A special message to our great fans in Canada. We’re negotiating with potential TV partners to bring @IMPACTWRESTLING to you! Stay tuned,” wrote TNA President Dixie Carter on Twitter today.
It’s likely that TNA will be off Canadian television for a while considering television deals aren’t usually drawn up in just a matter of weeks.
With Spike preempting TNA Impact Wrestling on Thanksgiving Eve next week, TNA will be airing the Thanksgiving Throwdown special on their official YouTube channel instead.
Thanksgiving Throwdown is hosted by Jeremy Borash and gives you the best Turkey Bowl matches in TNA history. The show will be uploaded to premiere on November 26 at 9PM EST.
One lucky fan who will be watching the show and who places an order at ShopTNA.COM during the broadcast will win a TNA World Heavyweight title replica. Exclusive offers for Black Friday will be revealed during the broadcast.
‘Best Of’ episodes of Impact will return on Spike on December 3.
Ric Flair will be visiting England and Scotland for a 7 event tour in May 2015 for an “Audience with Ric Flair,” the one-man show that Superstars such as Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Jim Ross, and Chris Jericho have been doing recently in the country.
The tour will start on May 24 at the Tynecastle Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. Then it’s off to England with shows on May 25 at Kingston Park in Newcastle Upon Tyne, on May 26 at Headingley Carnegie cricket ground in Leeds, on May 27 at the IPRO Stadium in Derby, on May 28 at King Power Stadium in Leicester, on May 29 at Portsmouth Pyramids in Portsmouth, and then at the Emirates stadium in London.
Prices are £105 for a Platinum ticket and £40 for a Gold ticket.
Platinum tickets include entry into the event, 1 picture with Ric Flair, 1 signed item of your choosing, 1 9×6 photo of Flair, 1 food voucher to be used on the evening, front section reserved seats for the interview and Q&A, and a chance to ask Flair a question.
The events are promoted by MDA Promotions and more information can be found at mdapromotions.co.uk.
The first promo for Kevin Steen, who will now be using the name of Kevin Owens, is set to air on tonight’s NXT episode on the WWE Network.
The promo was leaked on video sharing websites YouTube and Daily Motion today which showed the date of 12/11/2014 as his debut. That date is the next NXT Takeover special on the WWE Network which will be titled Our Evolution. In the video, Owens says, “I will fight anyone and everyone. Bet against me if you want, but it’s my turn now. I am the future.” The leaked promos were taken down after WWE filed copyright complaints to both YouTube and Daily Motion.
Owens signed a WWE deal earlier this year and joins Sami Zayn, Adrian Neville, Finn Balor, and Hideo Itami as the brightest stars of WWE’s developmental. His name was changed to Kevin Owens as a tribute to his son who is named Owen.
Tickets for this year’s Tribute to the Troops show will be available to active-duty soldiers at Fort Benning, Georgia, starting next week according to Fort Benning’s Facebook page.
The show will be taking place at the Columbus Civic Center on December 9 and tickets can be picked up by soldiers, spouses or adult dependents (with proper military ID) at two locations beginning November 24 at 9AM: the Fort Benning MWR Marketing Headquarters, Building 117 on Muir Street, or Tickets & Travel in the Commissary Mall Exchange Mall on Marne Road.
As of now, retired service members and their families are not eligible for tickets but if there are tickets left over they will be distributed to retired soldiers.
The Tribute to the Troops show this year will be taped along with an episode of Smackdown so those attending will be sitting for two shows.
The show will air on December 17 on USA Network as part of WWE Week. NBC will air a one hour version of the show on December 27.
John Cena, Alicia Fox, Dean Ambrose, Mark Henry, Sheamus, and Eva Marie are being used in the promotional poster.
WWE Hall of Famer Tammy “Sunny” Sytch is resuming her part-time job – Skype “dates” with paying customers.
The former WWE Diva, who at the peak of her career was the most downloaded woman on the Internet, is charging $10 for 4 minutes of chat, $50 for 10 minutes to show some skin, and $100 for a full nude chat.
According to someone who paid to hm, erm, talk with Sunny, he was told that he can do “anything” on the webcam as she likes to watch too.
You can get her e-mail from her Twitter at @wwehofersunny if you’re interested in a session!
The last first-run Impact show on Spike aired yesterday, nine years and one month after the first episode on the network aired on October 1, 2005.
TNA moved to Spike after WWE moved back to USA Network, freeing up a wrestling time slot on the growing network. TNA had no television deal since June of that year after they were dumped from Fox Sports Net but Spike quickly came to the rescue.
Two years after their Spike debut, Impact expanded to a two hour show, with Spike showing big confidence in the company after a good ratings run.
An ill-fated move to Monday nights in March 2010, head to head with WWE’s Raw, quickly backfired two months after the move from Thursdays and TNA announced that Impact was moving back to its original day and time slot in May.
The show remained on Thursdays until August of this year when it was moved to Wednesday night due to increased competition from other sports shows that night.
To sign off their original episodes run from Spike, TNA crowned two new champions last night with Low Ki winning the X Division title and Taryn Terrell winning the Knockouts title.
After TNA announced its new partnership with Discovery Communications for Impact Wrestling on Destination America, Spike TV President Kevin Kay issued a statement which was originally published by PWInsider.com.
“Our partnership with TNA Wrestling will officially come to an end with our last telecast on December 24,” Kay wrote, confirming that Spike will still run the ‘Best Of’ episodes that TNA has lined up.
“Dixie Carter and her team have been incredible partners to work with over the past 9 years, delivering high-action entertainment and strong ratings. As Spike continues to evolve into a network reaching a broader audience, we continue to look across our schedule to find opportunities to add original scripted and non-scripted programming that appeals to a wider demographic,” Kay added.
Ending the relationship on a high note, Kay finished, “On behalf of everyone at Spike, we would like to wish Dixie and TNA all the best and continued success.”
TNA President Dixie Carter also tweeted her thanks to Kay and the team at Spike for giving them “an amazing platform” for the past 9-plus years. “Very grateful!!!” Carter wrote.
