27-year-old Bayley finally made her main roster debut last night at the Battleground pay-per-view as Sasha Banks’ mystery partner.
Bayley was the last one to be introduced and received a massive pop from the Washington crowd as Banks stood in the ring with a big smile on her face as one of her best friends made her way out.
Bayley has been signed with the WWE since December 2012 and she’s been a major part of NXT over the past few years, winning the NXT Women’s title from Banks at the NXT Takeover: Brooklyn in one of the most highly-rated women’s wrestling matches ever. She lost the title to Asuka at the NXT Takeover: Dallas event in April.
She was expected to be part of the NXT 6 that were part of the WWE Draft last week but was not drafted to keep the surprise factor. She is one of the most popular WWE Superstars and connects big time with the kids with many comparing her to John Cena in terms of popularity with the younger audience.
It’s not known at this point if Bayley will permanently move to the main roster or if it was just a one-off appearance for now but she’s once again involved in the NXT Women’s title picture.
Here are the results from last night’s Battleground pay-per-view which took place from the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
Breezango defeated The Usos in the Kickoff match; Sasha Banks and mystery partner Bayley defeated Charlotte and Dana Brooke; The Wyatt Family defeated The New Day; Rusev defeated Zack Ryder to retain the United States title; Sami Zayn defeated Kevin Owens; Natalya defeated Becky Lynch; The Miz vs Darren Young for the Intercontinental title went to a double disqualification; John Cena, Enzo Amore and Big Cass defeated The Club; Dean Ambrose defeated Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns in a triple threat match to retain the WWE title.
The PPV also featured the return of Randy Orton who was a guest of Chris Jericho on The Highlight Reel. Orton hit the first RKO in 9 months on Y2J.
While the WWE App for iOS and Android is often given good reviews, one feature that most fans did not appreciate was notifications of winners of each match during pay-per-views. These notifications popped up on your mobile device and there was no way to get rid of them, until now.
The latest update of the WWE App features a new “show results” category in the notifications menu, giving users the ability to turn on or off updates on match results as soon as they’re over. Switching them off will prevent them from giving you spoilers if you’re not watching the show live.
Four different notification options are available in the WWE App and all of them can be turned on or off. These are Breaking News, WWE Network, Events, and Show Results. A green button will indicate that the notifications are on.
The new version you need to download is 3.12.1 and it’s now available on the Google Play Store and iTunes.
Dean Ambrose is the bookies’ favorite for tonight’s Battleground main event and is at 1/4 to retain the title while his two opponents, Rollins and Reigns, are both at 5/1 to win the big one and take the title to the Raw brand.
The Miz is also favorite to retain the Intercontinental title at 1/3 while Darren Young is at 9/4 to win his first singles title in the WWE. Rusev is also at 1/10 to retain the US title against Zack Ryder who is at 19/4.
In other matches, Natalya is favorite at 4/11 against Becky Lynch at 2/1; Cena, Amore and Big Cass are at 1/6 over The Club at 7/2; Sami Zayn is at 4/9 to win against his long-time arch rival Kevin Owens who is at 13/8; The Wyatt Family are the big favorites at 2/9 against The New Day at 3/1; And Sasha Banks and her mystery partner are favorites at 3/20 over Charlotte and Dana Brooke who are at 15/4.
WWE Superstar Randy Orton will make his first WWE televised appearance since the end of September 2015 tonight at the Battleground pay-per-view as a special guest on The Highlight Reel hosted by Chris Jericho.
The Viper had to undergo shoulder surgery which kept him out of action for 9 long months. The only time Orton appeared on a WWE broadcast was during the Hall of Fame ceremony and was interviewed as well during the red carpet arrivals broadcast. Apart from that, Orton, stayed away from the WWE spotlight as he continued his recovery.
In November he married Kim Marie Kessler and the two are now expecting their first child together. Earlier this month Orton was announced as facing Brock Lesnar at the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view.
Live from the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., WWE presents Battleground on the WWE Network and pay-per-view tonight. Here’s the full card:
Dean Ambrose vs Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins in a triple threat for the WWE title; The Miz vs Darren Young for the WWE Intercontinental title; Rusev vs Zack Ryder for the WWE United States title; Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens; John Cena, Enzo Amore and Big Cass vs AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson; Becky Lynch vs Natalya; The New Day vs The Wyatt Family; Charlotte and Dana Brooke vs Sasha Banks and a mystery partner. The Kickoff match will be The Usos vs Breezango.
The show is free for first-time WWE Network subscribers, and subscribing today will also get you SummerSlam for free as it will fall within the 30-day free window. To subscribe go to http://w-o.it/wwentwrk.
WWE Hall of Famer and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump revealed that Vince McMahon called him after he made the spectacular entrance at the Republican National Convention on Monday, an entrance which was straight out of the WWE book.
Speaking with Chuck Todd on NBC News’ Meet The Press, Todd asked Trump about his entrance on Monday night, calling it “something else.” Trump said that he’s lucky and a few people had that idea and he went along with it. “And everything just worked right,” Trump said. He also revealed that they wanted him to repeat it on Thursday night when he accepted the nomination but Trump shot down the idea because it would have never worked that good again.
“I don’t think I’ve seen that even on WWE,” Todd told Trump. “Yeah, I know. Well, Vincent’s a good friend of mine. He called me, he said, ‘That was a very, very good entrance.’ But I didn’t want to do it a second time, because, you know, it never works out the second time,” Trump replied.
The full interview will air on Sunday morning on NBC News’ Meet The Press.
The New Day made history this week, going over 334 days as WWE Tag Team champions, beating the record of 333 days held by Brian Kendrick and Paul London back in 2006/7.
The three-member New Day won the titles from the Prime Time Players at SummerSlam last year, beating the champs, The Lucha Dragons, and Los Matadores in a fatal four-way match. Big E and Kofi Kingston wrestled in that particular match but The New Day uses the Freebird Rule so even Xavier Woods gets to share the accomplishment.
Rounding up the top 5 of the longest WWE tag team champs apart from The New Day and Kendrick and London are The Colóns at 275 days, The Miz and John Morrison at 247 Days, and Team Hell No at 245 Days.
At the WWE San Diego Comic Con panel, Becky Lynch voiced her displeasure at how the whole Women’s division is going and sort of made fun of how WWE pushed the “Divas Revolution” but still failed in a lot of aspects of it.
Lynch said that all the women need is an equal opportunity like the men get and said that all the females in the WWE can perform. “In NXT, it was not this big freakin’ Divas revolution,” she said, as AJ Styles nodded in agreement. “It was guerrilla warfare.” Lynch said that they did not get here from NXT by having a “bunch of random tag team matches” just for the sake of throwing the women on television and promote it as a revolution.
“We can do things that the lads do,” Lynch concluded. The New Day were also on the panel along with Lynch and Styles.
PWInsider.com is reporting that Amy Dumas, better known as Lita, will no longer be working as a producer/agent backstage at WWE and will transition to a permanent on-air role doing analyst work for the Kickoff shows.
The WWE Hall of Famer will be joining Booker T and Jerry Lawler as a panelist for Raw, Smackdown, and pay-per-view broadcasts. Lawler was recently demoted from his Smackdown commentary gig to the pre-shows after returning from a suspension following his domestic assault arrest.
Lita has been working full time for WWE since 2014, first as a Tough Enough trainer and then went on the road as a producer.
Roman Reigns made an appearance last night at the non-televised live event in Newark, Delaware and attacked Seth Rollins.
Rollins was in the ring holding Dean Ambrose’s WWE championship and telling fans that this will be the reality on Sunday when he reclaims the title. At that point, Reigns’ theme song kicked in and he walked down the aisle and then hit the Superman punch on Rollins and a big spear.
After grabbing the WWE championship himself, Dean Ambrose got back in the ring and then Reigns handed over the title to him and walked to the back. Reigns received a mix reaction for his return.
Reigns was suspended last month for failing his first WWE Wellness Program test and was out for 30 days.
Raw and Smackdown General Managers Mick Foley and Daniel Bryan revealed the two new logos for their respective shows on their Twitter accounts.
The new Raw logo features the red color with Raw written in all caps and the words connected from the bottom and a line block at the bottom. The Smackdown logo is white and blue with a line coming out of the letter K stretching to underline the word Down while the D has a line that goes backwards. The Smackdown logo also incorporates the word Live.
Fans had no problem finding Impact on a different night and an hour earlier as the first Impact on POP on Thursday night did a total of 362,000 viewers, up 4,000 viewers from the previous week. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
WWE Superstar Eva Marie will be one of the judges at the 2016 Miss Teen USA competition which will be held on July 30 at The Venetian in Las Vegas. The Total Divas star is not the only WWE tie-in in this competition as the Tapout clothing line, which WWE co-owns with Authentic Brands Group, will be the official brand for athletic wear for the event.
The show will be streamed live on MissTeenUSA.com and on the Miss U App starting at 8PM EST. The Miss Teen USA Preliminary Show will be held at The Venetian on Friday, July 29 at 11PM EST.
Bobby Lashley made TNA history last night on Impact becoming the first to hold two singles titles after defeating Eddie Edwards to become the new X Division champion and in the process retaining the TNA World title.
The match was contested inside the Six Sides of Steel and the only way for the match to finish was via a pinfall or submission. The ending came when Lashley delivered a superplex from the top of the cage and then hit two spears for the pin. After the match, Lashley hits another spear on Edwards and Ethan Carter III came out for the save, followed by several other TNA stars who brawled with each other as the show faded to black.
Lashley is on his third title reign as heavyweight champion and the X Division title is his first championship in TNA which is not the World one.
In the midst of the return of the brand extension and this past week’s draft, its quite possible that you’ll be surprised by the news that WWE has a pay-per-view this coming Sunday.
WWE Battleground has the distinction of being the last pay-per-view before things split off into the world of brand-specific pay-per-views, with the rosters reuniting for the “big four” shows. Such as next month’s SummerSlam…
WWE Championship: Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns
The Verizon Center in Washington DC will play host to Roman’s first televised appearance since returning from a 30-day wellness suspension. This match has some more intrigue added to it, given that we’ve got a massive question mark over what’s going to happen to the WWE titles.
On the surface, you’d fully expect Seth (or perhaps, Roman) to regain the title. But they’d need to do a disputed finish in order to give a reason for a second World’s title (unless they really do want to go down the Triple H route of just creating a new belt out of thin air). A lot of the matches here are pick ‘ems, but given how much they’ve steered Raw towards being the A show, I can’t see Dean keeping the WWE title for Smackdown. So I’ll toss a coin for my prediction: Seth Rollins
Intercontinental Championship: The Miz (c) vs. Darren Young
A Smackdown vs. Raw match here, as much as they’ve spent time building up Darren Young, I have a feeling that the draft has disrupted their plans here. Miz has held the belt for over 100 days, and if Young wins the belt, then Rusev will have to drop the US title to ensure there’s no imbalance. Sorry Darren, but Bob Backlund hasn’t yet made you great again… Prediction: The Miz.
United States Championship: Rusev (c) vs. Zack Ryder
As before, they’re either going to swap both secondary titles or none of them. Rusev has been on a tear on Raw, whilst Ryder has Mojo Rawley and a Hype Bros revival waiting for him on Smackdown. It’s sad to see how quickly Ryder’s fallen since his WrestleMania moment, but it’s not a surprise given how he’s been treated historically… Prediction: Rusev.
Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens
This was billed as a match to end their never-ending feud, and had they been drafted to opposing brands, you could have bought it. But they’re both on Raw, so I’m having a hard time believing that they’ll never face each other in any way for a while. If this really is the end of the feud, I would have to go with Kevin Owens getting a win, but that opens up the question of “what next?”… so I’m going to go with Sami Zayn, with one eye on a future US title feud. And regardless of what they’re saying, these guys will be fighting forever… Prediction: Sami Zayn.
Becky Lynch vs. Natalya
Another feud which could feasibly continue after they landed on Smackdown, this match between former friends could well determine either the next contender for Charlotte, or the Smackdown women’s champion, depending on where they decide to go with the women’s division. Like a lot of things right now, things are up in the air because of the brand split, but Becky being the first woman drafted on Smackdown signifies that (at least as on July 19) they had plans for her. As opposed to, say, Natalya, who came a little lower down the pecking order. If they continue with the storyline, then Natalya’s winning, but this really depends on what’s going on with the women’s titles. I’ll toss a coin for this… Prediction: Becky Lynch.
Charlotte & Dana Brooke vs. Sasha Banks and ?
How the mighty have fallen – Dana Brooke was one of the last to be drafted, far below Charlotte and Sasha, as all three went onto Raw. The storyline here is that Sasha’s got to beat Charlotte and Dana to get a title shot because… reasons. Sasha’s got a mystery partner, and everyone’s tagging this as being Bayley, especially because she wasn’t picked from NXT in the draft. However, I’ve got a nagging feeling that they’re going to keep this as a Raw match, which means that by elimination, it’s probably going to be the debuting Nia Jax. Yes, I’d prefer it be Bayley too… but regardless of her partner, Sasha’s winning this. Prediction: Sasha Banks and ?
John Cena, Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs. The Club (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson)
As luck would have it, the draft ensured that this match can easily spin off into two separate feuds, with AJ Styles and John Cena likely to have an on-off, TV-only feud on SmackDown, whilst Enzo and Cass can go up against the remnants of the Club on Raw. That being said, this match has been somewhat one-sided, with the Club making light work of John Cena on numerous occasions. If Cena weren’t winding down his schedule, I’d have said that he’s getting his win back, but I can see the Club taking the win here before everyone goes their separate ways. Prediction: The Club
The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) vs. The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Braun Strowman)
Well, the brand split sure messed up this storyline, didn’t it? This was looking promising before the draft came in to split up the Wyatts, and no, the tag titles aren’t going to be on the line. Bray will be reinventing himself as a singles competitor on the blue brand after Sunday, whilst Messrs Rowan and Strowman will be repackaged as standalone acts. Hey, it means the wine-maker Rowan returns, right? With that in mind, I cannot see the Wyatts getting a win before their leader breaks free… Prediction: The New Day.
The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso) vs. Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango)
This has been added to the pre-show, and I fully expect at least one more match to join them. The Usos have really been hurt by their association with Roman Reigns, and have been kept well away from TV since Roman Reigns’ suspension. Both teams were drafted to SmackDown, so this could be a potential feud in the future, but they really need to rebuild the Usos… and I have a feeling this will be where that rebuilding starts. Prediction: The Usos.
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If you don’t have the WWE Network, this weekend is the best time to subscribe and get to watch not just one, but two WWE pay-per-views for free!
Since the first month of your WWE Network subscription is free, subscribing now will get you Battleground this Sunday and then your free trial will also cover SummerSlam on August 21 as well!
The WWE Network has over 5,000 hours of on-demand programming from WWE, WCW, ECW, and more including all pay-per-views, and programs such as the Cruiserweight Classic, Total Divas, Stone Cold Podcast, Breaking Ground, WWE 24, The Edge & Christian Show, Camp WWE, The Monday Night War, Swerved, Table for 3, and many others.
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At the San Diego Comic Con yesterday, the New Day revealed that the Booty O’s cereal is really coming although at this point it will be exclusive to FYE.
FYE already updated their website listing the Booty O’s cereal coming on August 5 for a price of $12.99 per box. The description reads, “Get your recommended daily value of Positivity, Unicorn Magic, and Trombone music! All part of a balanced New Day Breakfast! This delicious and nutritious New Day cereal comes with marshmallow shaped booty crowns, unicorn horns and rainbow hearts. Just add milk and feel the power!“
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June 19th 2016 at the T-Mobile Arena in the fighting capital of the world, Las Vegas, Nevada was a historic night for the world of sports entertainment. For the briefest of moments all three former members of the iconic group the Shield held the WWE Championship.
‘The Guy’ Roman Reigns headed into the event as the reigning three time Champion defending against former Champion Seth Rollins. Rollins, the Architect, won his first WWE Championship at WrestleMania 31 in Santa Clara, California. Rollins shocked the world as he wasn’t even supposed to be in the match and therefore wasn’t listed when betting on WWE WrestleMania fights. Rollins was almost eight months into his first title reign when a freak injury forced him to vacate the title. He tore his ACL, MCL and medical meniscus while on the WWE European tour in Dublin, Ireland. After a grueling period of surgery a rehab, Rollins returned in May and was granted a match against Reigns for the championship he never lost.
Money In The Bank was Rollins’ first match in over seven months but he looked like he’d barely been absent for seven minutes as he batted the Samoan Reigns for 26 minutes and eventually defeated him with his finishing move, the Pedigree, and won his second WWE Championship. However, his celebration was short lived when once friend, recent long-time enemy, the Lunatic Fringe, Dean Ambrose blind-sided the Architect.
Ambrose had won the Money in the Bank ladder match which gave him a contract that he could cash in anytime he liked for a match for the WWE Championship. Barely a minute after Rollins had beat Reigns, Ambrose chose his moment to challenge Rollins and won the Championship in 9 seconds, his first.
The following night on Raw, Seth Rollins faced Roman Reigns to decide who would get the next title shot against Ambrose. The match ended in a count-out meaning there was no clear winner. Ambrose said he’d be happy to face both men so a triple-threat match was arranged for Battleground, the next WWE Network event. Roman Reigns was then suspended for 30 days following a failed drugs test, this is his first violation of the WWE’s Wellness Policy and after his 30 days are served he will return just before Battleground on July 24th.
The WWE horizon was shaken up dramatically following the WWE draft on the first ever edition of Smackdown Live on Tuesday 19th July. Seth Rollins was the number 1 draft pick by Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon and Raw General Manager Mick Foley for the red brand while reining WWE Champion Dean Ambrose was picked by Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan, Smackdown’s respective Commissioner and General Manager. Roman Reigns was also drafted to Raw as their fourth pick, so while Rollins and Reigns may continue their feud for the next coming months, Battleground will be the last time that all three former Shield members will be in the same ring at the same time.
This means that Raw has a 2/3 chance of making the WWE Championship their exclusive property while the Lunatic Fringe will have a lot of pressure on his shoulders as Shane and Bryan hope to keep the belt exclusively on the blue brand. WWE fans can pick their own fantasy draft now and see how their picks compare to Tuesday nights outcome.
Former WWE champion Roman Reigns is now officially off his 30 day suspension which kicked in on June 21.
This was Reigns’ first Wellness Program suspension and he was suspended two days after losing the WWE title at the Money In The Bank pay-per-view.
The rumors were that WWE found out about his violation prior to the pay-per-view and changed the script to take the belt off of him. Despite this, Reigns still appeared on Raw the next day and was inserted in a triple threat main event for this Sunday’s Battleground PPV.
His suspension was acknowledged on WWE television and Seth Rollins made fun of Reigns on TV to play up the feud. Reigns played no part in the lead-up to this match which will see the three former members of The Shield facing each other for the first time.
Reigns apologized for his mistake on Twitter but has not tweeted anything ever since.
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