E! today announced that Total Divas will be returning for season nine on Wednesday, October 2 at 10PM ET.
The newest season also brings a new cast with Ronda Rousey, Natalya, Naomi, Nia Jax, Carmella, and Sonya Deville making up the main cast while Nikki and Brie Bella will make guest appearances.
Season nine of Total Divas will see Ronda Rousey enjoying her time in WWE and working on her ranch, Natalya mourning the death of her father Jim Neidhart and working towards the Royal Rumble, Nia’s troubles after winning the battle royal at Evolution, Sonya’s move to Tampa, Carmella recovering from her break-up and balancing friendships and new relationships, and Naomi traveling on the road with her friends.
The Bella Twins have scaled down their involvement with Total Divas due to their own show Total Bellas but the duo will still make occasional appearances throughout the season.
Total Divas is produced by WWE and Bunim/Murray Productions. Gil Goldschein, Russell Jay Staglik and Farnaz Farjam Chazan are Executive Producers for Bunim/Murray Productions. Kevin Dunn and Chris Kaiser serve as Executive Producers for WWE. Ronda Rousey and Nikki and Brie Bella also serve as Executive Producers.
Former WWE Women’s Tag Team champion Peyton Royce and current AEW star Shawn Spears got married yesterday.
The two had been dating for a while and were an item before Spears left WWE earlier this year. Spears wrestled as Tye Dillinger while for NXT and WWE. Both were in NXT at the same time.
The WWE website congratulated the new couple who gets added to the ever-growing list of husband-and-wife wrestlers, although this time, working for competing companies. NXT champion Adam Cole and AEW’s Britt Baker are also dating.
All Elite Wrestling will be holding its week six AEW on TNT television show in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 6.
The show will take place at the Bojangle’s Coliseum, an 8,600-seat multi-purpose arena. This will not be the first time that this arena hosted pro wrestling as NWA and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling both hosted events throughout the years. WCW’s Starrcade 93 and Slamboree 97 were also held in the same arena.
The announcement of Charlotte hosting AEW On TNT was made by none other than Tony Schiavone on the latest episode of Being The Elite. Schiavone has signed a deal with AEW and joining its broadcast team.
Tickets for the Charlotte AEW on TNT show go on sale on Friday, September 6 at Noon ET at AEWTix.com.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been named the highest-paid actor of 2019, earning a whopping $89.4 million between June 2018 and June 2019.
The former WWE champion will be collecting $23.5 million from his upcoming movie Jumanji: The Next Level, which is the most money he made from any movie so far. Not only that, Johnson will be taking up to 15% from box office revenue. His Ballers television show, which ends with season five on HBO, pays him $700,000 per episode.
In second place on the list was Chris Hemsworth, with a total of $76.4 million for the year and Robert Downey Jr. followed by $66 million in third place. Others on the list include Akshay Kumar, Jackie Chan, Bradley Cooper, Adam Sandler, Chris Evans, Paul Rudd, and Will Smith.
Not bad for a guy who started with just seven bucks in his pocket!
It was another chaotic day for the 24/7 title yesterday as it changed hands three times, with even FOX Sports host Rob Stone winning it for a few seconds!
It all started when Elias was performing at FOX Sports’ Founders Day event and he was rudely interrupted by Drake Maverick. With Elias distracted, R-Truth came from behind and rolled him up to win the title. Maverick then chased Truth throughout the place and it ended with Truth throwing Maverick inside a dunk tank.
But it was not all over yet! Truth then walked in the FOX Sports Studios and was greeted by the four hosts. But sensing trouble, Truth started to walk away and tripped, hitting his head. As they called for a doctor, Stone yelled, “We need a ref,” and covered Truth to win the title. As all FOX Sports hosts celebrated, Elias showed up and rolled up Stone for the pinfall to regain the title.
“NO! Elias,” screamed Stone. “Shut your mouth, Stone,” he replied! The FOX Sports host then vowed that this was not over as Elias grabbed his guitar, title, and exited the studio!
On Saturday night immediately following the conclusion of NXT Takeover UK: Cardiff, the WWE Network will air a special documentary titled Exotic: The story of Adrian Street and Miss Linda.
The 78-year-old Welsh former pro wrestler is considered a legend in the British wrestling scene. He made his debut in 1957 and wrestled as a heel throughout the world along with his valet and real-life wife Linda. Following their retirement from in-ring action, Street ran the Skull Crushers Wrestling School in Florida and the two also started creating wrestling gear. Perhaps their most famous creation is the Dude Love ring gear that Mick Foley wore during his feud with Steve Austin.
The synopsis for the documentary reads, “British sports-entertainment legend Adrian Street reflects on his life and career in and out of the ring. Join him as he relives his journey to becoming one of the most outlandish and polarizing Superstars in history, and witness his emotional experience coaching at the WWE Performance Center in the United Kingdom.”
The winner of the match between Hikaru Shida and Riho at the All Out pay-per-view will become the second #1 contender for the AEW Women’s title.
The first #1 contender will be decided during the Buy In pre-show where 21 women will be competing in the Casino Battle Royale. The winners of the two matches will then go one-on-one on the first AEW on TNT show on October 2 in Washington, D.C. to crown the inaugural AEW Women’s champion.
Riho has not yet signed an AEW deal while Hikaru Shida is a member of the AEW roster, a detail that might play in the outcome of the match.
So far, Nyla Rose, Britt Baker, Allie, Brandi Rhodes, Teal Piper, Ivelisse, Jazz, Big Swole, and Sadie Gibbs have been announced as entrants in the Casino Battle Royale.
Another major match at All Out is still not 100% on as Fenix, one half of the AAA Tag Team champions, suffered a leg injury at an indie event for Big Time Wrestling yesterday.
Initial reports that he broke his leg are false and the latest seems to be that he suffered a sprain. Taya Valkyrie posted on Twitter that she spoke to him today and said that “he is going to be ok” and there’s no break.
Fenix and Pentagon Jr took on Teddy Hart and Juventud Guerrera when the freak injury happened and he needed assistance to get to backstage. The match was wrapped up immediately with a new finish called on the fly.
The AAA Tag Team champions are set to take on The Young Bucks in a ladder match at All Out next week with the titles on the line.
All Elite Wrestling found a quick replacement for Jon Moxley at All Out and Kenny Omega will now be facing PAC at the pay-per-view.
Yesterday, Moxley announced that he will not be able to participate at All Out due to an elbow injury that requires surgery to treat. Moxley and Omega were supposed to go one-on-one as a continuation of what went down at Double or Nothing when Moxley debuted and attacked Omega.
Since then, Moxley was also allowed to wrestle for New Japan Pro Wrestling and participate in the G1 tournament and that’s where the injury happened.
Interesting enough, PAC was the original opponent for Kenny Omega all along but then negotiations between the two parties fell apart due to creative differences. PAC was supposed to take on Hangman Page at the Double or Nothing pay-per-view and he even appeared at their launch press event for a face-to-face with Page.
But that went out of the window after PAC refused the creative direction that AEW were going for and PAC vs Hangman took place on an indie show in the United Kingdom prior to Double or Nothing where PAC took out Page and said that since he beat him up here he doesn’t need to travel to Vegas for round two.
PAC, who is the former WWE Cruiserweight champion under the name of Neville, has not wrestled for any promotion in the U.S. since his departure from WWE in August 2018.
The first-ever NWA-TNA champion Ken Shamrock will be returning to the promotion for the first time in 15 long years when Impact tapes their television show in Las Vegas.
The former UFC champion, now 55 years old, signed with TNA back in May 2002 and on their inaugural pay-per-view, he won the vacant NWA title in a Gauntlet for the Gold match. Impact Wrestling recognizes Ken Shamrock as their first ever champion. He did not last long there but returned for another brief run two years later.
The seeds for a Shamrock return were planted on social media when Impact star Moose started ripping on Shamrock, telling him that he should have gotten some stem cells injected in his brain. After several more back and forth tweets, Moose said that Shamrock would not show up because he has no balls anyway.
Shamrock told Moose that he’ll see him in Vegas and it’s moose hunting season at the moment and the World’s Most Dangerous Man has his next victim set.
Impact will do TV tapings at Sam’s Town on September 5 and 6.
The streak of consecutively selling out arenas for AEW on TNT was broken as AEW failed to sell out tickets that went on sale today for live shows in Pittsburgh and Charleston.
While tickets for the Pittsburgh live show at the Petersen Events Center sold well, there’s still plenty of seats available at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center in Charleston. But both shows remain well available and not close to a sell out.
AEW sold out Washington, Boston, and Philadelphia on day one of ticket sales however thousands of tickets went back on the secondary market as ticket scalpers and bots had a field day scooping up tons of tickets for re-sale.
If you’re interested in purchasing tickets you can do so by going to AEWTix.com.
Jon Moxley’s first match under the All Elite Wrestling banner will have to wait as the former WWE champion will be undergoing elbow surgery which will keep him out of All Out.
Moxley was scheduled to take on Kenny Omega on the pay-per-view on August 31 but that match is now officially off. He apologized to his fans in a message on social media, adding that he is incredibly frustrated and pissed off. “I’ll have surgery this week to remove the bursa sac in my elbow and be done with it for good. Should be a quick recovery so I will be 100% for AEW Wednesday nights on TNT,” he said. Moxley added that this was a nightmare scenario as a serious case of MRSA returned in his elbow and even though the timing couldn’t be worse, the issue had to be tackled.
Meanwhile, Cody Rhodes said that this was very heartbreaking news but his health and safety is the most important thing. “We will actively try and reschedule this match down the road. A replacement match for All Out will be announced soon. Our thoughts are with Jon,” Cody wrote.
Moxley vs Omega was one of the marquee matches at All Out and despite not participating, Moxley said that he expects All Out to be an amazing pay-per-view and hopes that fans looking for an alternative will tune in regardless. “You will be blown away by AEW and be excited to be a wrestling fan. I’m looking forward to watching as a fan myself.”
A ripped John Cena is gracing the cover of the September edition of Muscle & Fitness magazine and shares his routine for magazine readers.
“WWE Legend John Cena rebooted: 20lbs leaner and stronger than ever!” reads the headline of the magazine, along with a photo of Cena sporting an eight-pack and looking absolutely jacked!
The magazine features a six-page spread on Cena, including his training tips and a long interview along with photos shot exclusively for this issue.
The September edition also has a two-page interview with WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin as he talks about his new show Straight Up With Steve Austin on USA Network.
The WWE and many of its smaller circuit professional wrestling brethren can really put on a show. From the music blaring from through the loudspeakers to the pyro techniques exploding at every star entrance, you are treated to the kind of sensory overload that few in this world every get to experience all at once. For the wrestlers themselves, they are the actors in the giant party. They risk arm and limb and countless injuries to satisfy the needs of the adoring fans.
While all the glitz and glamour of being a superstar wrestling included with all the lights and explosions, you would have to agree that wrestlers would be interested in a little downtime to enjoy a few puffs of their vape mod. In fact, quite a few high profile wrestling superstars have added vape into their daily routines. Here we take a look at some of them.
One of the most notable wrestlers that vapes is known as “The Big Show.” Standing at 7 feet tall and close to 400 pounds, Paul Randall Wight Jr is a man that you just cannot miss. Over the years, he has claimed many WWE titles and is still a fixture around the wrestling circuit. For all those titles and strain on his body, he likes to indulge in e-cig vaping. There are many occasions that he has been spotted taking a few puffs of vape juice like space jam juice.
Another well known wrestler that is heavily into the vape scene is Oscar Guitierrez. If you don’t know the name, perhaps his ring name is more noticeable. Rey Mysterio is a one of the more famous lucha libre wrestlers to come out of Mexico. He is of a shorter stature, but make no mistake some of the tricks that he can do are quite mesmerizing. He has won quite a few titles in his day as well. His career has spanned over 25 years. He has recently got into vaping and has put some images of himself and his vape collection on display on Instagram. Mysterio preference is dripping because he can make sure that he gets full flavored puffs every time he needs it.
Lastly, Glenn Jacobs is a big proponent of vaping. Otherwise known as World Wrestling Entertainment Superstar Kane, he is also the Co-Founder of the Tennessee Liberty Alliance. In a landscape where vape is being constantly put down and being pressed as the root cause of nicotine addiction amongst kids, Jacobs is speaking out against the FDA in favor of vape. “Vaping is a healthy alternative to a far deadlier habit, but the FDA could be putting it in danger by not performing a proper nicotine test on their players.” These are the words of Glenn Jacobs in his op-ed contribution piece in the Tennessean.com. For more on his article, you can read it here.
While there are surely more wrestlers who vape or are in favor of vape, these are some of the more prominent ones that have taken to vaping or have spoken out against the ban of vaping.
WWE is teaming up with Chinese mobile content platform Qutoutiao to feature weekly digital content including news, highlights, and more. This will be a multi-year content cooperation deal.
“The number of WWE fans in China are growing year by year,” said the co-founder and COO of Qutoutiao, Sihui Chen. “In addition to audiences in first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, there are hundreds of millions of people in second and third-tier cities such as Shandong and Shaanxi who know of this top international wrestling brand. We feel honored to cooperate with WWE, and through this cooperation more than 300 million users will be able to watch its amazing video content through the Qutoutiao platform, making WWE accessible to many more people in the Chinese market.”
Qutoutiao had 110 million active monthly users for the first quarter of 2019, an increase of nearly 300% compared to the same period last year.
“Delivering our content to Qutoutiao’s key user base will be a major driving force for the continued development of the China market,” said Jay Li, Vice President and General Manager in Greater China of WWE, who emphasized the role Qutoutiao will play for WWE’s growth across China. “It’s a win-win cooperation for both Qutoutiao and WWE.”
The Ballers HBO television series starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is wrapping up with a final season that starts this Sunday. Eight episodes have been filmed for season five and it all ends on October 13.
“Cheers to our FINAL SEASON of @HBO’s BALLERS. My heart is full of gratitude to all of you for rockin’ with us every season. You made us HBO’s highest rated comedy for years and most importantly, you helped create and sustain a platform for other actors to have the OPPORTUNITY to work hard, grow and become household names. To me, the opportunity Ballers created for so many others, is the real gold of our show,” Johnson said in an Instagram post. “I love you, I thank you and enjoy our final season of BALLERS.”
Ballers did extremely well for HBO but viewership greatly decreased in season four. Season three did an average of 1.8 million viewers while season four did an average of 830,000 viewers.
Johnson played the role of financial manager Spencer Strasmore and the cast also included Rob Corddry, John David Washington, Omar Miller, Donovan W. Carter, Troy Garity, London Brown, and Jazmyn Simon, among others.
Cricket is an international sport that attracts thousands of people all around the world. If you are a cricket lover, you know how important it is to stay updated and informed. In this article, you will find the latest news and cricket score stats.
One of the most recent news that got everyone’s attention in the cricket world is connected with the top two batsmen in the world as of today: Virat Kohli and Steve Smith.
The former, who is an Indian batsman and the captain for Indian national cricket team has been the leader in ICC Test Rankings for several years now. According to the latest cricket news and stats on https://www.stumped.app/scores-fixtures, his score is more than impressive: 922 point. Nevertheless, there is a possibility that the cricketer will no longer maintain leadership. Steve Smith, who is an Australian batsman, is coming very close to Virat. According to the Test Rankings, he is right now on the second place with 913 points. There is no guarantee that Steve will beat Virat and become the number one, but the battle between these two greatest sportsmen in the history of cricket will be interesting to watch.
Why is Steve Smith out of the Third Test?
Another news that shocked the cricket community also has to do with the Australian batsman Steve Smith. It is reported that he was ruled out of the third Ashes Test due to a concussion. As it was reported before, on the fourth day of the second test Steve was hit by Jofra Archer, bowling all-rounder for an English team. At the time of the incident, Steve continued with the play as there were no signs of concussion.
However, on the next day, he was hit directly at the head again and it was decided that he should skip the third Ashes Test. Nevertheless, the Australian coach Justin Langer said that they will not initiate any feud between Australian and English teams. The coach states that although Steve Smith is an excellent cricketer, and it will be very difficult to replace him for the third Ashes Test, they still plan on winning and beating the English Cricket team.
Even though the Australian team and fans were quite down, they still managed to maintain the winning position. According to Scoreland, the scores are the following: 258 England (77.1 overs) vs. Australia’s 250 (94.3 overs). The fans all over the world are looking forward to seeing how the next Ashes tests will go and what the results will be.
In the light of the recent incident with Steve Smith who was forced to miss the Third Ashes test due to the concussion, the ICC allowed the substitutes to take place of the player in the cases of a concussion. In addition to this, BCCI decided to step in to prevent such a situation from happening again.
The board of Control for Cricket in India initiated a conversation with the players about the importance of wearing anti-concussion helmets. Nevertheless, the use of neck guards was left as an option and a decision of the player. There were a lot of experts who strongly argued that neck guards should be mandatory for each player to prevent such serious injuries from happening again.
We are looking forward to seeing how things turn out with the Ashes Tests. This championship is a sports event of international importance and we are sure that the Australian and English team will present us with excellent future matches. Stay with us to be informed and see more interesting cricket news.
Episode 18 of season one of Miz & Mrs did 997,000 viewers this week, just a decrease of 12,000 viewers from last week’s episode. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
WWE Universal champion Seth Rollins and Raw Women’s champion Becky Lynch announced their engagement yesterday.
Lynch posted a photo of the two by the sea with Becky flashing her ring writing, “Happiest day of my life. For the rest of my life.”
Seth and Becky came out publicly with their relationship in May of this year but the two had been dating for a while, often appearing together at WWE events which led to many speculating if the two are actually an item.
This will be the first marriage for both Rollins, 33, and Lynch, 32. Congratulations to both!
Arash Markazi of the LA Times is reporting today that Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. confirmed that the city is a finalist to host WrestleMania 37 in 2021.
A few months ago in April, President of the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission Kathy Schloessman admitted that WrestleMania is at the top of their list of events that they want to bring to the city, citing the power of the WWE brand.
If the city gets to host the event, the Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park would be the one welcoming WrestleMania. Planned to open in 2020, the stadium will be the home to the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers of the NFL and it is also scheduled to host Super Bowl LVI in February 2022 and the College Football Playoff National Championship in January 2023. Considering WWE’s “obsession” of hosting WrestleManias at new stadiums before Super Bowl events, the LA Stadium is one great option. The massive stadium will seat 70,240 fans and will be expandable to 100,240 for special events like WrestleMania.
The last time WWE hosted WrestleMania in Los Angeles was in 2005 for WrestleMania 21 at the STAPLES Center.
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