All the prices for the WrestleMania travel packages have been revealed.
The prices for the VIP package on a 3 night accommodation are $4,000 for one person, $3,450 each for a double, $3,300 each for three, or $3,250 each for four occupants.
The Platinum package goes for $2,400 for a single, $1850 each for two, $1,750 for three, or $1,650 for four people on three night accommodation.
The Gold package has $1,900 for one person, $1,350 each for two, $1,200 each for three, and $1,150 for four people, again, prices are for three night stay.
Three nights on the Silver package are $1,550 for a single, $1,050 each for two, $950 each for three, and $900 each for four in one room.
Prices for four night stays which would include a ticket to Monday Night Raw are obviously more expensive.
These packages go on sale on Monday, October 6 at WWE.COM.
Monday Night Raw this week saw an increase of 161,000 viewers over last week’s episode, getting around 4,040,000 viewers for the three hour broadcast.
Hour one had 4,015,000 viewers, followed by 4,222,000, in the second hour, and then down to 3,882,000 in the third and final hour. (Ratings credit: PWInsider.com)
Probably facing some backlash from fans, WWE issued an apology over an angle that aired on Raw this past Monday involving the Russian flag.
During the angle between Big Show and Rusev, Show ended up ripping the Russian flag which was hanging above the ring and throwing it down.
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“We at WWE would like to apologize to the Russian people for the incident on Monday Night Raw that could have been construed as disrespect for their nation’s flag.”
Disrespecting someone’s flag is not new in WWE and the company or its wrestlers did it before, most notably with the Canadian flag years ago during the Attitude Era.
WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin is involved in a hilarious commercial for Wendy’s along with Fresh Price of Bel Air star Alfonso Ribeiro and the man the world knows as the Karate Kid, Ralph Macchio.
The commercial is about “BBQ inaccessibility” across America and how Wendy’s is bring pulled pork for all the people. The one minute 40 second commercial is presented in a serious tone but obviously very funny and Austin is listed as “Professional Champion” while the other two are listed as “Trusted Celebrity” and “Martial Artist Of Sorts” respectively.
Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon was in attendance for the grand opening of Gini’s House, a new center for families in recovery which received a donation of $500,000 from the Vince and Linda McMahon Foundation to expand the property. The center is now also known as the Linda & Vince McMahon Center for Women and Children.
“This is not for me or about me, this is about all of you, I really appreciate this very much,” said Linda McMahon while at the center, located in Norwalk, Connecticut.
McMahon greeted many of the women and their children that are staying at the center and toured the the facility that provides long term residential substance abuse treatment for pregnant and parenting women according to WTNH.com which covered the story.
Vince McMahon was not in attendance for the opening due to his WWE duties.
The fourth episode of Total Divas season three, titled Divas Unchained, went down in viewers compared to the previous episode of last week.
The show did 999,000 viewers which is 189,000 viewers less than what episode three of the show did head to head with Night of Champions on pay-per-view. (Ratings credit: PWInsider.com)
2K today announced additional details for MyCareer in WWE 2K15. Making its debut as the first comprehensive, career-driven mode in WWE games history, MyCareer will take players through the life of a prospective WWE Superstar, allowing them to experience the journey of being a rookie and working toward the ultimate goal of winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Players will begin MyCareer by taking characters they create in WWE 2K15’s Creation Suite to the WWE Performance Center, competing at NXT, and then off to RAW, Smackdown, and pay-per-view events.
Successful players will make their way to SummerSlam and WrestleMania, where the WWE World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line as the top MyCareer prize.
The full press release is as follows:
NEW YORK, Sep 30, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) — 2K today announced additional details for MyCareer in WWE 2K15, the forthcoming release in the flagship WWE video game franchise. Making its debut as the first comprehensive, career-driven mode in WWE games history, MyCareer will take players through the life of a prospective WWE Superstar, allowing them to experience the journey of being a rookie and working toward the ultimate goal of winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Players will begin MyCareer by taking characters they create in WWE 2K15’s Creation Suite to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. While there, they will be trained by former WWE Superstar and WWE Performance Center head coach Bill DeMott, as they navigate a series of objectives. Successful completion of the objectives will lead players to compete at NXT, WWE’s developmental system for rising young talent, where they will continue with matches and new objectives. At NXT, they will encounter a roster of new and future WWE Superstars, including Rusev, Bo Dallas, Adrian Neville, Sami Zayn and Corey Graves, all of whom will also be available as playable characters.
After mastering their skills in NXT, players will move up to WWE’s main roster, where General Manager Vickie Guerrero will set matches and keep her Superstars focused through ultimatums designed to gain bonus rewards. Players will develop alliances and rivalries while competing to win spots on WWE pay-per-view events and flagship shows like Monday Night Raw and SmackDown. They will also compete for the United States Championship and Intercontinental Championship. Successful players will make their way to SummerSlam and WrestleMania, where the WWE World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line as the top MyCareer prize.
Decisions made throughout the WWE developmental process, including alliances, rivalries and social media interactions, will impact player personality traits and crowd reactions. As players progress throughout the mode, they will also have opportunities in-game to upgrade their attributes, acquire new abilities, skills and moves, earn new clothing and unlock managers. These decisions, along with a player’s win/loss record, will lead to multiple branching storylines, surprises, twists and turns that offer significant replay value to explore different career paths.
“MyCareer is a mode beloved by our NBA 2K fans and is a perfect fit for WWE 2K15,” said Greg Thomas, President at Visual Concepts. “We are eager to deliver a comprehensive career mode experience for the first time and consider its inclusion a critical step forward for the franchise.”
Developed collaboratively by Yuke’s and Visual Concepts, a 2K studio, WWE 2K15is rated T for Teen by the ESRB. WWE 2K15 is scheduled for release on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft on October 28, 2014 in North America and October 31, 2014 internationally. In addition, releases for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, are currently scheduled for release on November 18, 2014 in North America and November 21, 2014 internationally. Fans who pre-order WWE 2K15 at any participating retailer will receive two playable Sting characters at no extra cost on launch day.
It’s bad news for those living in the United Kingdom as WWE announced that the launch of the WWE Network in the region will be delayed and not starting on October 1 as originally advertised.
“The launch of @WWENetwork in the U.K. will be delayed given discussions with potential partners. A launch date will be announced by November 1,” the Twitter for the WWE Network said.
The news is not only bad because of the delay but because of the “discussions with potential partners,” as now the U.K. might probably get a deal similar to Canada where the Network is only available on a traditional television channel.
Sky in the United Kingdom has the exclusive rights for all the WWE shows and pay-per-views, with the monthly specials available on Sky Box Office.
Just recently WWE and Sky extended their partnership with a new television deal however there was no mention of WWE Network in their deal and both Sky and WWE refused to comment on the subject when the deal was announced.
A few days ago, iTunes gave out the prices of the WWE Network on the UK store, with prices similar to the $9.99 per month deal in the United States and offered an in-app purchase with six months paid upfront.
Once again, Raw is in my favorite American city, Chicago! The home of “Da Bears” usually presents a lot of action, intrigue, and surprise; so will tonight continue that path?
Since I wrote two weeks ago, we have a bunch of new champions courtesy of Night Of Champions; Dolph Ziggler, A.J. Lee, and The Dust Brothers are all once-again title-holders. Who will step up next to challenge each?
Dean Ambrose made a big return and has been tormenting Seth Rollins; what will he do tonight to continue the aggravation? Or will Seth get one-up on Ambrose?
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman were missing in action last week; will either be in attendance tonight?
All this and much more, so read on!
Monday Night Raw Report TV Report for September 29th, 2014 – “The Last Laugh”
Introduction Segment: Video Promo
Recap of last week’s encounters involving Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose are shown.
Segment #2: Arena Promo
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon make their way to the ring. Immediately, C.M. Punk chants begin, to which Stephanie wonders why people cheer for “quitters.” She goes on a tirade about different types of people who quit, and steal, also referring to Dean Ambrose.
Before they can go further, the advocate for the WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar, Paul Heyman interrupts. He claims that both he and Lesnar feel “disrespected” after Seth Rollins tried to cash in his Money In The Bank contract at Night Of Champions. Lesnar sent Paul E. “to Chicago, of all places,” to find out what’s going on.
Seth Rollins now comes out to respond. He refutes the accusations that Heyman made about The Authority sending Rollins to cash in. Seth says he was “just trying to make the most of my opportunity at Night Of Champions.” Rollins backs the notion that “none of us wanted to see John Cena become WWE Champion.” Instead, Seth proclaims that he wants to face “the best,” and calls Lesnar “the best.” He apologies to Heyman if he was offended by the actions. “If it ever happens again, you won’t be dealing with Paul Heyman; you’ll be dealing with Brock Lesnar,” Paul E. retorts.
Heyman goes to leave when “The Game” tells him that he “enjoyed our conversation.” Meanwhile, Seth wants to deal with Dean Ambrose, who stole his Money In The Bank briefcase. Rollins wants Ambrose to face them, and heavily threatens to do more harm.
Dean appears on the Titantron, informing Rollins to come get the briefcase. The Authority begin to walk up the ramp when John Cena’s music suddenly hits. He runs out and blasts Rollins, then goes to the ring as The Authority stands on the stage.
Commercials.
Segment #3: Office Promo
Stephanie, Rollins, and Triple H are discussing Dean Amrose and the M.IT.B. briefcase with agents (and former wrestlers) Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury. He orders both of them to get the briefcase back.
Match #1: Triple-Threat for the Intercontinental Championship – Cesaro (Challenger) VS. Dolph Ziggler (Champion) VS. The Miz (with Damien Mizdow) (Challenger)
Both Miz and Cesaro double-team Ziggler right off the bat, kicking him in the corner. Cesaro turns on Miz, gutwrench-suplexing him. Miz rolls up Dolph for a two-count, but Dolph comes back with a couple of chops. He shoves Miz into Cesaro, who gives Miz a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Dolph is hurled over the ropes while Miz and Cesaro go at it. Ziggler comes back in and nails a high-dropkick on Cesaro as “The King Of Swing” held Miz high.
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All three trade different roll-ups for near-falls, then Dolph hits a jumping-double-DDT on both! Damien distracts Dolph, allowing Miz to roll-up for another close call! Dolph leaps off the second rope, but Miz catches him and tries the Figure-4 but Dolph pushes off. Cesaro slugs Miz, but is caught by Dolph who slingshots Cesaro’s head into Miz’s crotch! (Unique!) Ziggler sweeps up Miz and locks on the Figure-4, but Cesaro breaks it up with a double-stomp on Dolph.
Cesaro uppercuts a jumping Miz, but Ziggler comes back in and hits a superkick on Cesaro. He covers Miz for the hard-earned victory and retains his championship!
Winner via Pinfall and STILL Intercontinental Champion: Dolph Ziggler
Segment #3: Backstage Promo
Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury are on the search for Dean Ambrose, asking Adam Rose and his Posse, Big E., and The Great Khali. They come up empty, and continue their quest.
Commercials.
Segment #4: Video Promo
A very creepy Wyatt Family video airs, focusing on how Bray found and “rebuilt” Luke Harper.
Segment #5: Office Promo
Stephanie orders Mercury and Noble to find the briefcase or they’re “fired!” Damien and Miz complain about not getting a fair match with Dolph for the I.C. Title; Triple H doesn’t want to hear any of it and books Sandow to take on Sheamus later tonight.
Match #2: Single – Layla (with Summer Rae) VS. Rosa Mendes (with Natalya and Tyson Kidd)
The main focus is the problems between Natalya and Tyson; during the actual match, Rosa’s hair extensions come apart, then she is finished off after a neckbreaker.
Winner via Pinfall: Layla (with Summer Rae)
Dean Ambrose is shown walking backstage with the briefcase.
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Segment #6: Arena Promo
Dean Ambrose now makes his way to the ring, pulling out a table from under the ring. He has the briefcase and large duffle bag with him too. He places the briefcase on the table, then announces that this will be a “Dean Ambrose Clearance Sale.” He pulls items out of the duffel bag, which are official WWE Merchandise. Joey and Jamie march to the ring but Ambrose outwits them to back off. He then just chucks all the merchandise to the fans until Seth Rollins, Mercury, and Noble approach. They bring security to take away Ambrose.
After making fun of the security team, Ambrose backs away and lets Seth go for the briefcase. Rollins opens the briefcase, which (predictably) sprays green goo all over him. Dean is up in the crowd and appears shocked. Rollins is irate while Ambrose smiles and laughs.
It is announced that Hulk Hogan will be appearing tonight, with a “message for the WWE Universe.”
Commercials.
Segment #7: Office Promo
Rollins is complaining to The Authority, so Triple H lets him off the hook. Despite objections from Randy Orton, “The Game” makes him and Kane to face Ambrose and Cena later tonight.
Match #3: Single – “The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry VS. “The Inspirational” Bo Dallas
Prior to the bout, Henry apologies to the fans for his failed mission to conquer Rusev; Bo tries to give him an “inspirational” speech. This match is all Henry until he misses a corner-springboard splash. Dallas capitalizes with the Running Bo-Dog and the 1 – 2 – 3!
Winner via Pinfall: “The Inspirational” Bo Dallas
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Segment #8: Backstage Promo
Rene Young comes up to the latest victor, Bo Dallas, and he is ecstatic with his win. That is until Henry assaults him from behind, wheeling a large metal box into Bo.
Segment #9: Video Promo
Tag-Team Champion Stardust is staring into a globe. He is quite happy when Tag-Team Champion partner Goldust appears. He tells his brother that they “have attained the Cosmic Key,” citing the Tag-Team Championship.
Brie Bella makes her entrance for the next bout.
Commercials.
Nikki Bella appears on stage and berates her sister for all that has happened since Daniel Bryan got injured. She is please to announces that Brie will be in a Two-On-One match, and brings out her opponents.
Match #4: Two-On-One – Brie Bella VS. Cameron and Eva Marie
Eva Marie and Cameron control this bout, until Cameron accidently knocks Eva Marie off the apron. Brie takes advantage and rolls-up Cameron to take this one!
Winner via Pinfall: Brie Bella
Post-match, Brie celebrates with “yes chants” while Nikki storms off.
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Match #5: Tag-Team – Los Matadores (Fernando and Diego) (with El Torito) VS. Slater Gator (Heath Slater and Titus O’Neil) (with The Gator [Hornswoggle])
(Note: Adam Rose and his Posse are on commentary.) This pointless one is over after a Matadore is pulled off the top rope among many distractions by The Gator and El Torito. Slater comes out on top!
Winners via Pinfall: Slater-Gator (Heath Slater and Titus O’Neil) (with The Gator [Hornswoggle])
Post-match, Adam Rose and his Posse attack Slater-Gator, with The Bunny splashing Slater from the top rope.
Up next, Rusev will be out to respond to Big Show knocking him out on Smackdown!
Commercials.
Segment #10: Arena Promo
Justin Roberts welcomes “The Super Athlete” Rusev and “The Ravishing Russian” Lana. Russian is spoken first by Lana, then shows still-images of the match Rusev and Big Show had last week on Smackdown! She tries to play the empathy card, but Show interjects and walks out all smiles.
Show calls everything Lana and Rusev have been preaching “a bunch of crap.” He then displays video of their Smackdown! match. Rusev replies, threatening to “jam my fist down your throat.” Big’s had enough and wants to fight. He gets in the ring, but Rusev backs away. Show mocks doing something to the Russian Flag, then actually grabs a hold and yanks it off its rafter holder.
Segment #11: Backstage Promo
Rene Young welcomes John Cena; he is happy to be in Chi-town and teaming with Dean Ambrose. However, Cena insinuates that they both want Rollins and may go after each other to get to him. Ambrose walks in and declares dibs on Seth. “Nobody takes food off my plate, not even you.”
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Match #6: Single – Divas Champion A.J. Lee VS. Alicia Fox (with Paige) (Non-Title)
Alicia pushes A.J. down to begin, but Lee counters a whip with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors. Fox tumbles to the outside, where Paige checks on her. A.J. follows up with a dive off the turnbuckle to Alicia and Paige, but Paige distracts her, allowing Fox to pick up the W!
Winner via Pinfall: Alicia Fox (with Paige)
Post-match, both Paige and Alicia attack A.J., with Paige driving her down with the RamPaige (Guillotine DDT) and Alicia throwing Mountain Dew cans at her. Paige holds the Divas Title high and then drapes it over an unconscious A.J.
Segment #12: Video Promo
The same weird Wyatt Family video from earlier airs.
United States Champion Sheamus’ music plays. The big Irishman walks to the ring for his next contest.
Commercials.
Match #7: Single – United States Champion Sheamus VS. Damien Mizdow (with The Miz)
(Note: The Miz is on commentary.)
Sheamus goes to wrestle Damien a few times, but Mizdow blocks and does not want his “money-maker” to be hit. Sheamus tries for 10 Beats Of The Bowron, but Mizdow counters into a jawbreaker using the ropes. Sheamus fires back and hurls Damien across the ring a couple of times. Mizdow kicks at Sheamus’ knee then plants him with a DDT. He clamps on a rear grounding chinlock, then gives him a knee-to-the-gut. Damien repeatedly kicks and knees Sheamus in the corner. He measures Sheamus in the corner, but the U.S. Champ meets him halfway with an axe-handle slug! Sheamus now manages to hammer away with 10 Beats Of The Bowron, then chucks Damien into Miz. In the ring, Sheamus finishes this one after a Brogue Kick!
Up next, “The Hulkster” makes his return!
Segment #13: Arena Promo
Justin Roberts welcomes Hulk Hogan, who comes out and tells us about WWE’s tag-team (yes, pun-intended) with the Susan G. Komen Foundation for a cure for breast cancer. Hogan puts over the survivors of breast cancer, calling them real heroes.
Segment #14: Office Promo
Both Kane and Orton are grumbling about having to deal with Seth Rollins’ issues, and neither could care about the briefcase. Stephanie walks in and tries to fire them up, but Kane wonders if it is only her that thinks they can’t get the job done.
Up next, Ambrose and Cena take on Orton and Kane!
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It is announced that Roman Reigns will be interviewed to give an update on his health issues, which will keep him out of action for months. Also, The Big Show VS. Rusev will take place!
Match #8: Tag-Team – Dean Ambrose and John Cena VS. Kane and “The Viper” Randy Orton
Cena and Orton start out among loud “let’s go Cena/Cena sucks” chants. Orton punches and kicks away in the corner, but Cena reverses an Irish Whip into a facecrusher. Kane now in, and falls on Cena as John tried for an A.A.
Commercials.
Orton is back in control, methodically taking apart Cena. Kane gets tagged and hits a running boot for two. Cena powers out of a wrist lock, but is planted with a sidewalk slam. Both heels continue to work over Cena for a while. Orton tries the slingshot DDT, but John reverses and tosses “The Viper” over the ropes! Cena makes his way and gets the hot-tag to Dean!
Ambrose takes out both Kane and Orton, flying over the ropes on Kane and diving through on Orton! He drives Orton down with Dirty Deeds, but as he covers, Seth Rollins runs in and causes the dq!
Winners via Disqualification: Dean Ambrose and John Cena
Post-match,, Ambrose continues to attack all three. Cena comes back in and hammers away on Rollins until Ambrose splashes both Rollins and Cena. He is pulled off Rollins by Cena, then Dean does the same to John! Ambrose picks up the briefcase, but turns around into an R.K.O.! Kane chokeslams Dean, then Orton and Kane hold Ambrose over the briefcase as Rollins Curb-Stomps him into it. Cena tries to make another comeback, but is quickly R.K.O’ed. Rollins hits another Curb-Stomp on Cena, yelling “you want to mess with us, that’s how you end up!”
The Authority stands tall amid chants of “thank you Rollins!” to close the show.
End of Raw.
Reporter’s Rumblings – By Moe Tapp
I thought this was on ok Raw; it had some pretty good matches and a few good promos, but I must admit I was expecting more/something special since it was in Chicago, and usually one of those two things take place in the Second City. Onto the analysis:
Excellence: Opening promo; everyone involved was great, particularly Heyman (as usual) and Rollins. Triple-Threat for the I.C. Championship; very well-wrestled match and these three (four if you include Damien Mizdow) have great chemistry. Am happy that Dolph has the title again and he deserves a long run.
Dean Ambrose is the man right now with all he does; both in-ring wrestling ability/expressions/story-telling, and promos. Truly has a lot of charisma and it shines through even more each week.
Very intriguing (and eerie) Wyatt Family videos; I wonder if they are repackaging them a bit with a new look. It was interesting that it was only about Luke Harper and no mention of Erik Rowan, although he did appear in the montage.
Loving the feud between Big Show and Rusev; nice to see Show back on the angry, yet funny, side and being a butt-kicking giant again! As well, same with Mark Henry and Bo Dallas!
As always, great that WWE is paring up with Susan G. Komen Foundation for a worthy cause! Way-to-go, and here’s hoping they create lots of awareness!
Bogus: There were way too many promos for The Authority tonight; they could’ve done without a couple of them.
While it was nice to see the Divas get more airtime, their matches were way too short and somewhat pointless. As much as I love them both, Paige/A.J. needs to end and both move on to different feuds. Same with Brie/Nikki – Nikki’s promo, while fiery, was nothing that wasn’t said already.
Was hoping that a new team (either on the current roster or brought up from NXT) would be introduced tonight to be new challengers for the Tag-Team Championship; but instead we got a promo from The Dust Brothers (which was good in its own right), so I was disappointed with that.
It really sucks that Roman Reigns will be gone for a few months since he was building extreme momentum to be a main-event player for a long while; here’s wishing him a speedy recovery.
The main-event (other than Ambrose) was nothing new, and I’m really tired of Cena and Orton mixing it up.
All-in-all, Raw seemed average-to-low average tonight, so here’s hoping they step it up next week! Until then, as always, Be Excellent Wrestling-Online Readers and Wrestling Fans!
WWE’s Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon was on the WGN morning news in Chicago today to promote tonight’s WWE Raw.
The majority of the interview was related to the launch of the WWE and Susan G. Komen campaign which this year is titled ‘Courage Conquer Cure.’
McMahon talked about how WWE is going to utilize all their marketing efforts to promote the campaign, all of which are listed in the press release issued earlier today.
The billion dollar princess also touched different subjects such as growing up with the wrestlers, her upcoming fitness series with Triple H, being a working mom, her father, and since she was in Chicago, CM Punk.
“Are you hopeful for a reconciliation,” the host asked?
“CM Punk is an incredible character and we had a lot of fun with him. And who knows what the future holds,” McMahon said.
Monday Night RAW tonight is from one of the hottest wrestling cities in the world, Chicago, Illinois.
WWE Hall of Famer and former WWE and WCW champion Hulk Hogan will be on the show tonight although WWE has not promoted his appearance yet. Hogan noted on Twitter early this morning that he was flying there for the show. “WWE RAW here comes the MANIA brother,” he wrote.
If it was meant to be a surprise, well, Hogan let the cat out of the bag.
The WrestleMania 31 California Dreamin’ travel package officially went on sale today on WWE.COM and you better have a credit card with a decent limit on it!
The package contains a ringside seat at WrestleMania 31, the collectible chair, Axxess tickets for Premium and VIP sessions, reception with WWE Superstars prior to the Hall of Fame, floor ticket to the Hall of Fame ceremony, ringside ticket to Raw, wine tasting tour with WWE Legends, round-trip rail transport to WrestleMania, a dine-around card worth $50, and four nights accommodation at a San Jose area hotel.
A ticket for one person will cost $6,250, $5,750 each for two people, $5,600 each for three people, and $5,500 each for four people.
During an interview with AlternativeNation.com, TNA Hall of Famer Kurt Angle again refused to say where he’s going next, only saying he’s going to sign for one year as he thinks he’s done wrestling-wise after that.
Angle said that he won’t be at Bound For Glory due to contractual disputes although he’ll be on TNA television for the next few weeks since he recorded all the episodes already.
Asked when he will start at his new work place, Angle said, “Yeah, I don’t plan on doing anything until January, so pretty much my contract will expire, and the next one will start in January. My knee has a lot to do with it, with my rehabilitation I won’t be cleared to wrestle until January.”
The former TNA and WWE champion added that he wouldn’t be working more than 40 dates in a year with his new contract and said that he signed with this company which really wanted to take care of him, both from a wrestling standpoint and a financial standpoint and he’s very happy with it.
WWE will once again be turning pink in October in support of their partnership with Susan G. Komen for the third annual breast cancer awareness campaign.
Raw tonight will go pink a couple of days before the start of National Breast Cancer Awareness month and WWE Superstars and Divas will be wearing co-branded Susan G. Komen and WWE apparel and WWE platforms.
WWE will also be donating 20% percent of the retail sales price of all co-branded merchandise sold on WWEShop.com and at WWE live events, as well as 5 percent of all other WWE merchandise sold on WWEShop.com to the Susan G. Komen foundation. For the first time, fans will have the option of donating $1, $5 or $10 upon checkout from WWEShop.com with all proceeds benefiting Komen.
WWE and Komen will also feature special “Keep Calm and Never Give Up” t-shirts inspired by John Cena, “Support the Twins” t-shirts and pink Hulk Hogan “Hulkamania” t-shirts.
Throughout the month, the WWE announcer table, entrance ramp and ring skirts will be co-branded and the middle ring rope turned pink to promote the fight against breast cancer. In addition, a co-branded WWE and Susan G. Komen flag will be flown outside of WWE’s corporate headquarters.
“WWE has made a tremendous commitment to women and men facing breast cancer, not only in October during National Breast Cancer Awareness month but all year round,” said Komen President and CEO Judith A. Salerno, M.D., M.S. “WWE’s partnership has raised funds for Komen’s research and health programs, and helped us reach millions of people with potentially life-saving information about their risk for breast cancer. We’re deeply grateful to our friends at WWE and their fans worldwide for their commitment to our mission to end breast cancer forever.”
“Susan G. Komen has truly transformed the world’s support for breast cancer research and awareness,” said WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon. “WWE is exceptionally proud to continue our partnership with Komen and be at the forefront of this movement, as we continue to utilize our global platforms to raise awareness and funds for a disease that affects so many people.”
The partnership launched in 2012 with the successful “Rise Above Cancer” campaign and has generated more than $1.2 million for Komen to date.
Tonight’s fourth episode of season three of Total Divas is titled Divas Unchained and will air on E! starting at 8PM EST.
The synopsis for the show reads, “Rosa tries to comfort Nattie while she is taking a break from TJ. Jon is frustrated with Trinity for lack of intimacy in their relationship. Bryan and Nikki stage an intervention for Brie.”
WWE released the preliminary numbers for the SummerSlam pay-per-view which was headlined by John Cena and Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight title.
The show on pay-per-view did in the 145,000 to 150,000 range, down pretty much 50% from last year’s SummerSlam but last year there was no WWE Network.
From that number, approximately 60,000 are domestic buys, which means that amount of people preferred to pay $54.95 for the show on traditional pay-per-view rather than paying $59.94 for six months of WWE Network which includes six pay-per-views as well. The mind boggles!
The previous pay-per-view, Battleground, did only 31,000 domestic PPV buys and a total of almost 100,000 buys worldwide.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson confirmed on his Twitter today that he will be starring in the movie titled The Janson Directive, written by Robert Ludlow, the man behind the books of The Bourne Identity series.
Academy Award winning Akiva Goldsman will write the script based on the novel which was the last one that Ludlow wrote before his passing. Universal Pictures have the rights for the movie.
The story is about a terrorist kidnapping a billionaire philanthropist and the job to save him is given to Paul Janson – played by The Rock – who in the novel is a notorious U.S. covert operative. The rescue however goes south and the main star is marked for death by his own government.
The WWE App on the UK iTunes Store shows an in-app purchase of a six month auto-renewable subscription for the WWE Network for £39.99, which when worked out per month comes out just a few more extra cents than the $9.99 price point in the United States and everywhere else in the world.
There have been a lot of speculation over the past few months whether the United Kingdom will get the normal over-the-top version of the WWE Network like the rest of the world or if they will get a deal similar to Canada on Sky.
With iTunes already showing the £39.99 in-app purchase it pretty much confirms that UK fans will get the over-the-top version of the Network and not a traditional television channel, which is obviously the better deal in this case.
In Ireland it will cost €54.99 for six months which again is a dollar or so more expensive than the $9.99 a month equivalent.
The WWE Network rolls out in the United Kingdom on October 1.
WWE Hall of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts finally had some good news about his health as doctors told him the mass the has in his brain is benign and not a cancerous tumor.
“Benign great to hear that. Thanx for the prayers.. Still have brain issues that must b investigated but I still call it a win,” Roberts wrote on Twitter yesterday.
Roberts had a tough year this year, finding out he has skin cancer just weeks before being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, then being admitted to hospital with a double pneumonia, finding out that he has cancer in his chest and then the discovery of a mass in his brain.
Yesterday evening on Twitter, TNA Wrestling announced the first two matches for the upcoming Bound For Glory pay-per-view which will take place from Tokyo, Japan.
The first match announced was The Great Muta and Tajiri teaming up to take on Sanada and James Storm while the second one was Samoa Joe vs Low Ki vs Kaz Hayashi for the X Division title.
The Korakuen Hall will be hosting Bound For Glory on October 12, becoming the first International arena to host a TNA pay-per-view.
