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2K announces Becky Lynch and Roman Reigns as cover Superstars for WWE 2K20

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Colin Vassallo
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2K today announced Becky Lynch and roman Reigns as the cover Superstars for WWE 2K20.

Lynch and Reigns will serve as ambassadors for WWE 2K20’s worldwide marketing campaign – “Step Inside” – which invites players to enter the world of WWE and face a variety of new and exciting challenges in the virtual ring.

WWE 2K20 is currently scheduled for worldwide release on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 for the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system and the Xbox One family of devices, including the Xbox One X and Windows PC. Players who purchase the WWE 2K20 Deluxe Edition or Collector’s Edition will receive in-game bonuses, including playable Superstars Chyna, Hulk Hogan, Mankind and The Rock, in addition to the Standard Edition game.

“My career has been about breaking barriers and doing what nobody else has done before. Being the first female Superstar on the cover of a WWE 2K video game is no exception,” said Becky Lynch.

“As a gamer myself, being on the cover of WWE 2K20 alongside ‘The Man’ Becky Lynch and joining the likes of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and John Cena is a huge career and personal milestone for me,” said Roman Reigns.

“Becky Lynch and Roman Reigns embody passion, determination and perseverance, and they’re both major game changers within the larger WWE landscape,” said Chris Snyder, Vice President of Marketing for 2K. “They are the spirit of WWE 2K20, which is going to introduce changes requested by our fans. They asked for female-driven MyCAREER and 2K Showcase offerings, and we’re giving them just that, as well as streamlined controls and our brand new WWE 2K20 Originals. We can’t wait to reveal more details soon.”

Vince McMahon steps in to pay final flight for Harley Race

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Colin Vassallo
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Former WWE Superstar Trevor Murdoch, who was very close to Hall of Famer Harley Race, wrote in a public post on Facebook that Vince McMahon and WWE helped Harley Race to the very end.

“I just wanted to put this out there. Harley needed to be transferred from Atlanta to St. Louis. He needed to take a Med flight because he was in rough shape. Medicare wouldn’t help him,” Murdoch wrote.

“A call was made to WWE and 10 mins later it was paid in full. Vince McMahon never blinked an eye. He wanted to make sure Harley was taken care of,” he continued.

Murdoch thanked Vince for allowing him spend two more days with Harley because without his payment for the flight, things would have ended sooner.

He ended the message with the hash tag #EveryoneShouldKnow about what McMahon did.

 

Hobbs & Shaw delivers estimates in box office to earn #1 spot on chart

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Colin Vassallo
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Hobbs & Shaw delivered the projected estimates, ending the weekend with $60.8 million in ticket revenue in the United States from 4,253 theaters and taking the #1 spot on the box office chart.

This was the second widest release in the Fast & Furious franchise but it’s only the sixth-best opening in the franchise’s history, beating out just the first three movies.

Industry experts were waiting for a $60 million weekend from the new Fast & Furious franchise, headed up by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham. The movie did not disappoint, even getting an A- CinemaScore from moviegoers and 90% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Hobbs & Shaw also came out in 63 international markets and amassed a total of $120 million in ticket sales, sending its worldwide total to $180.8 million. The movie had a $200 million production budget.

Awesome movie-like trailer for WWE 2K20 revealed

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Colin Vassallo
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A fantastic trailer for the WWE 2K20 video game was released by 2K Sports today suggesting that either Becky Lynch and Roman Reigns will be revealed as the cover Superstars tomorrow.

The trailer features several WWE Superstars attending a black tie event with Hulk Hogan, Braun Strowman, Shawn Michaels, Paul Heyman, Steve Austin, and Sheamus among others all seen enjoying themselves.

Then all of a sudden, glass breaks and Becky Lynch makes an entrance…through the ceiling ala an action movie. As Velveteen Dream gives her an eyeful, Becky takes a dessert from the waiter, and says “Sorry about your ceiling,” as she takes a small bite and drops the rest in Hulk Hogan’s drink.

She then turns around and Reigns is there waiting for her with a glass of champagne. “Nice work, man,” Reigns says as he hands over her drink and the two have a toast.

Several shots of both Reigns and Lynch from the video game are then played and Becky says, “Step inside. Be the man,” which seems to be the tag line for this year’s game. The WWE 2K20 logo then is displayed with both Reigns and Becky back-to-back underneath.

You can check it out below.

Seth Rollins accused of sending nude photos of himself to former Diva Kaitlyn

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Colin Vassallo
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The Sun tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom is carrying a story about Kaitlyn’s ex-husband PJ Braun accusing Seth Rollins of sending nude photos of himself. The accusation was made during The Delray Misfits podcast.

Braun said that Rollins sent the photos to Kaitlyn when she was still married to him even though Rollins knew about their marriage. Kaitlyn, allegedly, would just dismiss the photos, joking that Rollins was just a flirty guy.

“I’ll tell you who I hate. I hate Seth Rollins. Seth Rollins was sending, while I was still married, I’ll call her my ex-wife, naked pictures of himself getting out of the shower and sh*t,” Braun said. “I saw it one day. It caused a huge fight between me and her. She was like, ‘That’s just who he is. He’s a flirty guy.'”

Kaitlyn’s ex vowed to “rip his fu**ing arms off” if he ever got hold of Rollins and called him “just a little pussy.”

Kaitlyn and PJ Braun were divorced in 2017 after three years of marriage.

Cody explains the science behind choosing D.C. as the first location for live TV show

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Colin Vassallo
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In an interview with Chad Dukes on 106.7 The Fan, All Elite Wrestling Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes explained the reasoning behind choosing Washington, D.C. as the location of the first-ever AEW show on TNT.

Cody said that they had professional people who were able to track a lot of data from the past few B/R Live broadcasts and pinpoint exactly where there was some sort of a strong presence within an area. Cody mentioned that Rafael Morffi, who worked with WWE before, helped in strategically placing them in the best market after all the science was analyzed.

“We’ve built a really great team around us, and short answer, I’m a huge fan of American history. I’m the American frickin’ nightmare. It makes perfect sense that we’re in Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital. So that’s the short answer,” Cody said. “The long answer is that we’ve got a lot of really wonderful professional people who said this is the spot you want to be for the first show.”

And picking Washington was a great choice as the show sold out in a matter of hours, proving the data correct.

The Bella family to take on MMA fighters in Celebrity Family Feud episode

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Colin Vassallo
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The Bella family will be teaming up to take on a team of MMA fighters in an upcoming episode of Celebrity Family Feud which will air on Sunday, August 18 on ABC at 8PM ET.

Nikki and Brie Bella will be joined by their brother JJ Garcia, mother Kathy Laurinaitis, and sister-in-law Lauren Jennifer Garcia as they take on Chuck Lidell, Randy Couture, Tyron Woodley, Ilima Lei Macfarlane, and Ryan Bader. The Bellas will be playing for The V Foundation and Connor’s Cure while the MMA fighters will play for the Andy Vargas Foundation.

The episode, hosted by Emmy Award winner Steve Harvey, was actually filmed back in February at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California.

Funeral service information for Harley Race

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Colin Vassallo
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The funeral service for WWE Hall of Famer Harley Race will be held on Wednesday, August 7 at 2:30PM at the Price Funeral Home in Maryville, Missouri. Visitation starts at Noon until the beginning of the funeral. He will be then laid to rest at Quitman Cemetery in Quitman, Missouri.

Race, a former eight-time NWA champion, passed away on Thursday, August 1 at the age of 76 after a battle with lung cancer. Many in the wrestling industry shared their experiences with Race on Twitter after he passed.

“Harley Race was literally the King of his profession for 25 years. Long live the King,” wrote WWE CEO and Chairman Vince McMahon. Triple H added that everything about Harley Race commanded respect. “Today our world mourns with all the RESPECT you deserve…One of my favorite people in the business and in life. See you down the road, my friend,” he wrote.

One of Race’s greatest rivals, Ric Flair, said that the world lost “the one and only real world champion.” Flair wrote that he tried his hardest every day to live up to his standards in the ring. “Without Harley Race, there was no Ric Flair.”

Another good friend of Race, Bret Hart, said that Harley was a true icon, a trailblazer and as tough as they come. “Harley was a great influence on me throughout my lifetime and I had the honor of wrestling him one time in 1980 in Billings, Montana. At the best of the times and the worst of times, he was there for me, my brothers, my father, and the rest of my family. Goodbye Harley. You were a true friend.”

A public memorial service will be held at his wrestling academy in Troy, Missouri on Sunday, August 11 starting at 3 PM. Family, friends, and fans can attend the memorial.

Bret Hart to appear at SummerSlam meet & greet event, tickets available now

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Colin Vassallo
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After refusing an invitation to appear at the Raw Reunion special, Bret “Hit Man” Hart was announced for the SummerSlam Meet & Greet event in Toronto.

Bret’s event will be on Sunday at 10AM inside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto and tickets to meet the WWE Hall of Famer start at $175 CAD plus fees.

Bret was a surprise addition to the AEW Double or Nothing pay-per-view where he unveiled the AEW World title.

Tickets for all four days of SummerSlam Meet & Greet are available on Ticketmaster.ca. This year, WWE will not be bringing Axxess to SummerSlam but instead are giving fans the opportunity to meet several of their favorite Superstars along with a huge WWE shop inside the convention center as well similar to the one at Axxess.

NXT’s Rachael Evers tears her ACL, out for up to nine months

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Colin Vassallo
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NXT star Rachael Evers tore her ACL at a recent non-televised live event in Florida and is expected to be out of action for up to nine months.

“I have surgery on Tuesday and Wednesday I begin my journey back to my home — the ring,” Evers wrote in a post on Instagram. “As a wise woman once said, ‘I am a goddess, a glorious female warrior.’ So now its time to prove it.”

She added that her heart “broke a little bit” when she found out that she tore her ACL. “Those three letters have caused me to feel so much pain, disappointment and fear,” she said.

Evers, who is 26 years old, is the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Paul Ellering. She signed with WWE this year and has already competed in two Mae Young Classic tournaments.

It hasn’t been a great week for NXT as Karen Q also broke her leg at a house show over the past few days.

Hobbs & Shaw with Dwayne Johnson on track for #1 spot and $60 million opening

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Colin Vassallo
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Dwayne Johnson’s Hobbs & Shaw movie dominated the box office chart yesterday with an estimated $23.7 million according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. Thursday previews of the movie did an additional $5.8 million.

Playing in 4,253 theaters nationwide, the latest Fast & Furious franchise headlined by Johnson and Jason Statham is expected to do around $60 million for the weekend plus an additional $120 million internationally. The movie opened in 53 countries worldwide and will be the #1 movie in the world this weekend.

What’s even better for the team at Universal Pictures is that Hobbs & Shaw received an A- CinemaScore from opening-day audiences. The past couple of Fast & Furious movies all did an A CinemaScore.

For those watching the movie in theaters, it’s suggested to stay until the end of the credits as there’s not one, not two, not three, but four scenes that play out throughout the credits!

Fandango returns to the ring 13 months after injury

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Colin Vassallo
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WWE Superstar Fandango wrestled at a non-televised live event this week, teaming up with his tag team partner Tyler Breeze, 13 months after suffering an injury.

In July of last year, Fandango tore his left labrum in his shoulder and required to undergo surgery. The expected time out of the ring was six to nine months but the 38-year-old took a full year to recover.

During this week’s NXT, Fandango made a surprise return saving Breeze while he was being attacked by The Forgotten Sons. Then on Thursday, during the NXT event in St. Petersburg, Florida, Fandango tag teamed with Breeze to defeat Riddick Moss and Dorian Mak.

The two, known as Breezango, had been tag teaming since 2016 and were part of the popular Fashion Files backstage segments on WWE television. Without Fandango, Breeze was out of the picture completely and then he decided to return to NXT where his partner seems to have followed.

Dwayne Johnson says he “quietly retired” from professional wrestling

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Colin Vassallo
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson told Maria Menounos on Live with Kelly and Ryan that he has “quietly retired” from professional wrestling although he loves and misses wrestling.

Johnson said that he was lucky enough to accomplish what he wanted to accomplish in the business and had a wonderful career in the ring but there’s nothing like a live crowd and a live mic.

The Rock credited his time in wrestling, especially his very first match at Madison Square Garden, for getting him where he is today as the “Rocky, Rocky” chants set him on a path in his career which ultimately led him to here.

You can watch the segment below.

Dwayne Johnson movies discounted to $4.99 on iTunes to celebrate Hobbs & Shaw release

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Colin Vassallo
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With today’s release of Hobbs & Shaw movie, iTunes have discounted a lot of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s movies to just $4.99.

The movies on sale include G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Baywatch, Pain & Gain, Southland Tales, Walking Tall, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Tooth Fairy, Snitch, Gridiron Gang, Empire State, and the WWE-produced documentary The Epic Journey of Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson. A G.I. Joe combo pack with both movies is also available for $19.98.

The Fast & Furious movies, including the ones that Johnson is in, are also on sale for $9.99 each.

Hobbs & Shaw delivered $5.8 million from Thursday night previews, down nearly 50% from The Fate of the Furious movie. Experts estimate that Hobbs & Shaw will make around $60 million for the weekend but it’s looking like a long shot although it will take the #1 spot in the box office chart.

Tickets for first AEW on TNT episode in Washington sold out

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Colin Vassallo
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Tickets for the premiere episode of AEW on TNT went on sale today at Noon ET on Ticketmaster.com and were quickly snapped by fans leading to a same-day sell-out.

Just minutes after they went on sale, the system got overloaded, leaving many fans disappointed with either long wait time or notification that none of the tickets selected were available. But as things calmed down and the system stabilized, tickets were easily available for purchase.

Ticketmaster had a few seats left in the bleachers and some other more expensive tickets around an hour after they went on sale. While this wasn’t a quick sell-out like their pay-per-views, the fact that the show is now sold out is a big win for the company.

“SOLD OUT! Thank you all so very much,” Cody wrote in a tweet. “Do not give up hope on being there live though, we should be lifting potential camera/production holds as we get closer to the event. Keep checking at AEWTIX.com.”

 

Cody addresses Vince McMahon’s “blood and guts” remarks

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Colin Vassallo
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In a video promoting today’s ticket sales for the first-ever AEW on TNT show, Cody Rhodes addressed Vince McMahon’s recent comments about AEW being all about “blood and guts.”

McMahon made the now famous “blood and guts” comment during the conference call with reporters when he said that WWE programming will be edgier now but will not go back to the Attitude Era-type of programming like their new potential competition are trying to do and said that WWE are better than that now.

“Recently there were some very public comments made about us where we were referred to as ‘blood and guts.’ Blood and guts. And it was said with such a braggart candor that you would think the person saying it felt that they were bullet proof,” Cody said in the video.

“But I wonder, before they said it, if they tasted their own words before they spit them out. Because the entirety of our business is built on blood and guts. Every man or woman who ever stepped foot in the ring, regardless of race, color, creed, political affiliation, sexual identity, has felt blood and guts and passion. Because if we don’t care, they don’t care. So if you say we’re blood and guts, I say you bet your ass we are blood and guts,” the AEW EVP continued.

You can see the video below.

Goldberg rumored for SummerSlam match against Dolph Ziggler

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Colin Vassallo
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Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer is reporting that Goldberg will be wrestling at the SummerSlam pay-per-view and will be taking on Dolph Ziggler.

Ziggler already has an announced match against The Miz on the show but Meltzer says that the plan will change. Ziggler in fact name-dropped Goldberg during a backstage interview this week on WWE television asking people if they saw his last match. This is part of an angle where Ziggler continues to run down former stars after superkicking Shawn Michaels last week.

Goldberg last wrestled at the Super ShowDown event in Saudi Arabia against The Undertaker, a main event match which was a disaster due to Goldberg knocking himself out during the match. “Knocked myself out and thought I could finish…. love my fans…..but let u down. Everyone else that found ‘pleasure’ ….. hope ur happy,” the former champion tweeted afterward.

The match was universally panned and for good reason. The Undertaker has since returned and teamed up with Roman Reigns to take on Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre at Extreme Rules and showed the world that he could still hang in there.

AEW to crown first women’s champion on October 2 TNT premiere episode

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Colin Vassallo
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AEW will crown its first women’s champion on the premiere episode of AEW on TNT on October 2.

The show, still without an official name, already had two matches confirmed and an appearance from Jon Moxley. It wasn’t revealed what path AEW will take to crown its first women’s champion.

“For many female wrestlers, the opportunity to fight for the title represents the crowning achievement of their careers,” Brandi Rhodes told Sports Illustrated in an exclusive. “The AEW women’s championship will be the cornerstone of the women’s division. The championship will be treated with the utmost respect and prestige. We hope to inspire future female wrestlers to dream of holding such a meaningful title.”

Rhodes also said that more details about the AEW Women’s title and those competing for it will be announced during the Road to All Out YouTube series.

The first AEW on TNT show airs from the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at Noon ET at Ticketmaster.com.

Drake Maverick ready to pin pregnant Maria Kanellis to regain his 24/7 title!

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Colin Vassallo
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Drake Maverick and his wife Michelle have continued to provide the comedy in this 24/7 title saga, becoming two of the most prominent individuals in the picture for the title along with R-Truth and his sidekick Carmella.

Maverick, who came from Impact Wrestling, has pretty much found his footing lately and the addition of his wife Renee Michelle has been a big positive to the never-ending 24/7 title chase.

Maria Kanellis, who on Raw became the first-ever pregnant champion, invited anyone to go to her OBGYN appointment if they want to take a shot at pinning her while she has her legs up and open. Maverick, in a tweet, wrote that he has no shame, no remorse, and no fear, but he will pin a pregnant woman to become the WWE 24/7 champion again.

The running storyline is that Maverick and his wife have not consummated their marriage yet because he’s so obsessed about regaining the title. “Oh! So you’ll get on top of a pregnant woman for 3 seconds – BUT NOT YOUR WIFE??” she replied in a tweet of her own.

While the angles and storyline have been somewhat ridiculous, the chase for the 24/7 title has been one of the most hilarious thing on WWE television lately and the numbers on YouTube don’t lie either. WWE video clips involving the 24/7 title have been the most-watched on WWE’s YouTube channel apart from the major storyline angles.

Harley Race passes away at age 76

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Colin Vassallo
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One of professional wrestling’s all-time greats, Harley Race, passed away today at the age of 76. Earlier this year, Race was diagnosed with lung cancer.

Considered to be one of the most legit tough guys to ever step foot in the ring, Race had a wrestling career that spanned three decades, starting in 1960. In 1965, he moved to the American Wrestling Association, teaming up with several partners including Larry Hennig.

In 1970, Race joined the NWA where he spent 16 years with the promotion, winning the prestigious title for a total of 8 times.

Race eventually jumped ship and joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1986 and was aligned with Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, winning the King of the Ring tournament and changing the name to King Harley Race. His WWE run only last three years and then went to join WCW in 1990. He transitioned to a manager while in WCW and assembled his own stable of wrestlers.

He was inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame in 1994 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004 and won countless titles during his impressive wrestling career. Race feuded with the top stars of the business during his 30 years in pro wrestling, an amazing accomplishment to say the very least.

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