Once again Total Divas out-numbered Tough Enough in the ratings this week, with the new episode, titled Good Diva, Bad Diva, doing a total of 1,176,000 viewers and a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demo.
Episode 6 drew 164,000 viewers more than last week’s episode titled Tea Mode. (Ratings credit: TV By The Numbers)
In an interview with FoxSports.com, Roman Reigns hinted that we might see a surprise appearance from his cousin, The Rock, at SummerSlam.
Asked whether we’ll see The Rock at the pay-per-view in 10 days time, the former Shield member answered, “I wanna tell you, but I don’t want to give anything away.” The Rock was last seen on WWE television at WrestleMania 31 where he also made a surprise appearance to confront Triple H and Stephanie McMahon and introduced some backup in the form of Ronda Rousey.
The Barclays Center loves the people’s champion as the Brooklyn fans gave The Rock a massive ovation when he showed up unannounced on Raw to face off with Rusev and Lana in October of last year.
Former WWE CEO and Senate candidate for the Republican party Linda McMahon visited the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, yesterday, her first trip to the state-of-the-art facility.
“So cool to see WWE’s newest innovation, training the next generation of Divas and Superstars,” McMahon wrote on Twitter, adding several photos of the tour she received from her son-in-law Triple H.
McMahon, who is no longer involved with the WWE ever since she decided the enter the political arena, said that she is “incredibly proud” that the WWE performers of today and tomorrow have such a facility where to train.
Linda is rarely seen around WWE shows unless they’re in Connecticut or it is a big event like WrestleMania. She last worked for the company she owns with her husband in 2009 and made an appearance at the Hall of Fame last year to induct the Ultimate Warrior.
Episode 8 of Tough Enough did 1,025,000 viewers this week, up 169,000 viewers from the previous week. The show did a 0.4 rating in the 18-49 demo.
This week GiGi was the surprise elimination, with Sara Lee and Tanner escaping the public vote with Sara Lee the overwhelming favorite. Sara Lee and Amanda are now the two finalists for the females while next week the final two from the guys will be decided between Tanner, Josh, and another crowd favorite, ZZ. (Ratings credit: TV By The Numbers)
Former DX member Sean “X-Pac” Waltman wrote on Twitter that Chyna bumped into Triple H during the Roddy Piper funeral on Tuesday in an attempt to open dialogue.
“She bum rushed Hunter & said ‘Sorry for Everything,’” Waltman wrote on Twitter, adding that the move was pretty “pathetic.” He noted that Chyna was very close to being taken down by security although he is not sure if she knew it or not. He said that the whole confrontation lasted around 20 seconds.
In a previous tweet, Waltman alluded that Chyna “crashed” the funeral service although he then deleted that tweet and said she was actually invited and apologized for using that word. Chyna and X-Pac are not on best terms at the moment after she accused X-Pac of raping her in the past to film their sex tape. X-Pac, who was listening to the show Chyna was on when she made the remark, called live and confronted her on the air about labeling him as a rapist.
Roman Reigns commented about the incident from over the weekend where a fan threw a Money In The Bank replica briefcase and hit him in the head during the non-televised in Victoria, BC.
“I was confused at first. I thought Bray hit me in the head with the kendo stick. So immediately I was like, ‘Aww man. You’re about to get it, brother,’” Reigns told the Miami Herald. He then realized that it wasn’t Bray who hit him after he saw the briefcase in the ring.
Reigns had good stuff to say about the WWE security personnel who immediately pin pointed the person who threw the briefcase. “He was escorted out, briefly after, and luckily for me, [the briefcase] was plastic, so it didn’t hurt, but it’s scary. What if it was something that could have hurt me. Hit me in the eye,” Reigns said, adding that the 31 year old fan just made a bad choice.
“I’m a character and a sports entertainer and a wrestler, but I’m also a father and a husband and a provider. So for me that’s scary, because I’m just going out there to put on a good show and provide for my family and take care of my future, and if somebody takes that away from me… For what? For 10 seconds of Internet fame. That’s tough to deal with. That’s hard to process,” Reigns concluded.
The fan who threw the briefcase in the ring was banned from all future WWE shows although the company did not press charges against him.
The TNA vs GFW invasion angle starts on tonight’s Impact Wrestling and TNA is now shying away from promoting it on their website and social media properties.
Jeff Jarrett is the new law around TNA after Bully Ray left the company almost immediately and the King of the Mountain champion is brining his Global Force Wrestling roster with him.
Three matches have been announced on ImpactWrestling.com for tonight’s show including Tigre Uno vs Sonjay Dutt, The Wolves vs Trevor Lee and Brian Myers, and Awesome Kong vs Lei’D Tapa. The King of the Mountain title will also be defended in the main event in a King of the Mountain match.
The invasion angle is being seen as a last-ditch effort to save TNA on Destination America while Jeff Jarrett is still shopping around for a network for his GFW project.
Men’s Journal has a very interest behind-the-scenes video look at the WWE Performance Center, WWE’s state of the art 26,000 square foot warehouse located in Orlando, Florida.
Those interviewed for the video include Enzo Amore, Colin Cassidy, Sasha Banks, Tyler Breeze, and head trainer Matt Bloom. The video shows how those under developmental deals train in the seven rings, cutting promos in front of a green screen, the sophisticated technology behind the whole warehouse that enables people in Stamford to see what’s going on 24/7, the rehab and medical room, and much more.
It’s probably the behind-the-scenes look on video that anyone has ever gotten of the WWE Performance Center so far and you can check it out below.
WWE.COM has confirmed that the WWE World Heavyweight title match at SummerSlam will indeed be Seth Rollins taking on John Cena.
Cena appeared on last night’s Tough Enough and apart from a black eye which was still a bit visible, the United States champion looked pretty good although he might have to wear some protective mask due to the recently-repaired broken nose.
The match at SummerSlam will be for both titles so the winner of the match will walk out with the WWE World Heavyweight title and the United States title, unless of course there’s a disqualification or a count out finish. If Cena wins, he will tie Ric Flair’s record of 16 world title reigns.
There are now seven matches on the card.
Monday Night Raw this week drew an average of 3,837,000 viewers, up from last week’s 3,702,000 number and the best rating since June 15.
Hour one started with 3,791,000 viewers and then went slightly down to 3,775,000 in the second hour, before bouncing back to 3,947,000 in the third and final hour. (Ratings credit: TV By The Numbers)
The August 11th edition of WWE’s Tough Enough had to be, without a shadow of a doubt, the best episode of the season (save for maybe the pre-show special). This week, we finally had the opportunity to see what we’ve all been waiting for all season long: actual wrestling!
All hands were on deck for this week’s episode as we were greeted by Chris Jericho back in the barracks, following last week’s live vote. Coming loaded with a couple pizza pies, Jericho wanted to take the opportunity to talk with the remaining contestants on a more personal level to see if he could spark a fire inside each of them as they approach their final few weeks.
It was a low-stress discussion about each of the competitors’ opinions on how they and their housemates were connecting with the audience, which ended with everyone sharing their favorite WWE matches. Surprisingly, nobody mentioned the slobberknocker between Melina and Alicia Fox from a 2010 episode of Monday Night Raw made famous by Ariane Andrews (Cameron).
The pow-wow concluded with Jericho rallying the drinkers of the house for what promised to be an all night affair. It was really cool to see how down to earth Jericho was, having no problem sleeping over with a group of relative strangers and just kicking back with a ton of hard alcohol.
Before heading off to the Performance Center for their first challenge, we find that apparently both Chris Jericho and Tanner each polished off a bottle of hard liquor themselves. How Tanner even had the stomach to get up and compete that day is baffling to me!
The theme of this week’s challenge in storytelling. After lecturing the group on the art of storytelling, they’re all paired off into groups and are given an hour to come up with a backstory and a match, which they’ll then perform later that day.
The three groups consisted of:
During the prep phase, the coaches made it a point to help each group out and give them pointers on what would work and what wouldn’t. After the hour was up, the competitors were introduced to their live audience – the entire NXT roster!
Each of the matches were surprisingly entertaining, despite basically following the same formula with a very minimal moveset. Having not seen any real wrestling from the cast over the last 8 weeks, I had anticipated that they’d look incredibly sloppy in the ring (a sentiment Chris Jericho would echo later in the live portion of the show).
The NXT roster also did a great job of popping for the competitors, booing and cheering when they were supposed to, which you could clearly seeing invigorated the people in the ring.
The coaches had mostly positive feedback for all of the contestants after their matches were complete, save for a few nit-picking items. Booker T, however, was extremely aggravated with Sara Lee and the fact that she wouldn’t wipe the smile off of her face. He had a minor flip out on her, which resulted in her getting “last” of the group.
The judges unanimously dubbed Josh as the best individual performer of the day. He looked comfortable, confident, and believable in the ring. Aside from just having a very good overall look, he seemed to really know how to add his personality into the match.
Before getting to the live voting, there was a brief segment where GiGi and Amanda were in the barracks talking about some of the nasty things people write on Twitter. They went so far as to read off some of their mean tweets to one another, in a nod to Jimmy Kimmel. It was both vulgar and hilarious!
The WWE Execs were definitely looking to boost the ratings on this week’s episode as the live show played host to WWE US Champion John Cena. After being introduced, he went on a rather long rant about how he loves the show and thinks it’s one of the best on TV. After his obligatory plug for SummerSlam and confirmation that he’d be in the match with Rollins, he gave a passionate speech to the competitors about believing in themselves. He compared the journey of a traditional NXT recruit to the Tough Enough competitors, saying that the NXT recruits can succeed and fail in private – a luxury the Tough Enough cast do not have.
Just before the nomination ceremony, the judges all give feedback to each of the competitors. They’re noticeably more tame than they have been in previous weeks, but nevertheless make it fairly obvious who they’re going to place in the bottom three. The official nominations were:
After the votes were tallied, Sara Lee once again ran away with the popular vote, which left GiGi the one being sent home. GiGi immediately burst out into tears and pleaded with Renee Young not to interview her right away.
As all the competitors did before her, she promised her journey wasn’t over.
That’s it for me this week! We only have two more weeks together before we wrap up this season of Tough Enough. I’d love to hear some of your picks for the winners on Twitter at @suggafnshane, using the hashtag #WrestlingOnline.
Until next time!
WWE will be returning to Saudi Arabia this year with three non-televised live events scheduled to take place at the King Abdullah Sports City Sports Hall in Jeddah. While WWE has visited Saudi before with shows in Riyadh, this will be the first time that the company will be performing in Jeddah.
The shows will happen on October 8, 9, and 10, and tickets went on sale yesterday on Ticketmaster.ae. Prices are 150AED, 295AED, 590AED, 980AED, 1470AED, and 2940AED, which are $40, $80, $160, $265, $400, and $800. Remember these prices are for a non-televised event and in comparison, in the United States an $800 ticket will get you a great seat at a WrestleMania.
Those advertised on the poster to appear are King Barrett, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, John Cena, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose among others. There will be no Divas on the tour due to strict religion rules and females are not allowed to attend the event.
TNA champion Ethan Carter III performed in front of a few dozen fans over the weekend at an Ace Anarchy independent show and ended up leaving the ring with a kiss from another male wrestler.
After winning his match against Ricky Reyes, Ace Anarchy’s Sonny Kiss came down to the ring and held a “twerk off” with the TNA champion. EC3 did not like that Kiss was out-twerking him and decided to give him a low blow…however the low blow did not work on Sonny. After realizing that the move was ineffective, EC3 started to back up however Sonny grabbed him and planted a long kiss on his lips much to the enjoyment of the fans.
You can see the video below.
Episode 6 of season 4 of Total Divas airs tonight on E! starting at 9PM EST. Tonight’s episode is titled Good Diva, Bad Diva.
The synopsis for this particular episode reads, “Nattie is caught in a web of lies when she invites her sister to move-in, Nikki thinks Brie isn’t taking Bryan’s health seriously enough and Trinity’s future hinges on her inner bad girl.”
Last week’s show drew 1.01 million viewers for the episode titled Tea Mode.
Hulk Hogan will be meeting fans for autographs and photos on August 22 at his Hogan’s Beach Shop outlet in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
The meet and greet will take place starting at Noon and will go on till 2PM. Ticket prices are $35 for children under 15, $75 for adults 16 and up, and $125 for a family of three including 2 adults and 1 child under 15. All prices include one autograph and one photograph and there’s an additional $50 for each extra photo or autograph.
Hogan will not be signing replica title belts for those prices. For more information and to purchase tickets go to http://www.shophulkhogan.com/category-s/1873.htm.
Tonight’s episode of Tough Enough is titled There’s No ‘I’ in Team and will feature an appearance from the United States champion John Cena and the stars of NXT.
This will be episode 8 and only two more episodes will remain following tonight’s broadcast. Last week’s episode which saw the elimination of Chelsea had the lowest rating of the series so far with just 850,000 fans tuning in on USA Network.
Tough Talk with Byron Saxton will follow on the WWE Network at 9PM EST.
Stephen Amell, star of The CW’s Arrow television series, described last night as his best night ever following his involvement on Monday Night Raw.
Amell was sitting at ringside and was shoved by Stardust after the Neville vs King Barrett match. This time, Amell responded, jumped the security wall, hopped over the top rope and speared Stardust before following with some ground and pound. WWE security then came over and held Amell back as fans chanted “let them fight.”
On Twitter, Amell told former WWE champion Edge that he hoped he didn’t mind that he borrowed his move. “If anyone needs me I’ll be trying to figure out a way for this day to never end,” he added.
The 34 year old life-long WWE fan then had a backstage segment with Triple H, delivering his lines like a true superstar and asking for a tag team match at SummerSlam, a match which he got. Amell had been campaigning for a spot on WWE television for months.
Several mainstream media websites covered Amell’s involvement on Raw including Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Comicbook.com, Yahoo! News, and more. You can watch the full segment below.
Three more matches were added to the SummerSlam pay-per-view card last night on Monday Night Raw including one involving Hollywood celebrity Stephen Amell.
Amell will be teaming up with Neville as the two take on the team of Stardust and King Barrett. The Divas will also be showcased in a three team elimination as Team Bella – with Brie, Nikki, and Alicia Fox – take on Team P.C.B. – Paige, Charlotte, and Becky Lynch – and Team B.A.D. – Sasha Banks, Tamina, and Naomi.
The WWE Tag Team titles will be on the line as the champions Prime Time Players defend their titles against Los Matadors, The Lucha Dragons, and The New Day in a fatal 4 way.
The only thing better than watching UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) matches is betting on them. Betting raises the excitement level and adds a new dimension to the sport. The UFC is the largest mixed martial arts (MMA) division, and it features the best and highest-ranked competitors in the sport. MMA is a type of unrestrained wresting that borrows assorted techniques from a range of other combat sports and martial arts. Although the UFC is a US-based organisation, the UK has its share of contenders – spread across the nine weight divisions – and their participation makes the matches even more attractive to UK bettors. The sport has seen ever-increasing popularity over the years, to the point that it is now considered a formidable rival for the attention of boxing and wrestling fans.
Perhaps the most well-known UK-born UFC competitor is the incomparable Brad Pickett, who seems to be improving with age. Pickett first competed in the bantamweight division but he is now training to take on flyweight opponents. Other British up-and-comers who are aiming for the UFC are Welshman Brett Johns (with an MMA record of 12-0) and Englishmen Mike Wooten. The two are looking to make the move from MMA to UFC in the near future, and the upgrade is looking more and more likely as they improve and work their way up through the ranks.
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August is an exciting month for UFC fans, as Fight Night on the 23rd (early-morning hours of the 24th in the UK) presents some mighty match-ups. The five-round featherweight bout between the American, Max “Blessed” Holloway (13-3-0), and Brazilian Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira (20-4-0) heads up what is sure to be an amazing night. Other featured matches are between Canada’s Patrick “The Predator” Cote and Josh “The People’s Warrior” Burkman of the United States, and an all-female meeting between Ukraine’s Maryna “Iron Lady” Moro and Valerie “Trouble” Letourneau of Canada.
During an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, UFC Women’s Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey repeated her desire to do more professional wrestling following her cameo at WrestleMania 31 with The Rock.
When asked about if she’d consider doing WWE after she retires from the Octagon, Rousey replied, “Definitely. I loved being in WrestleMania and will find a way to get back in the squared circle I just have no clue when.” Rousey then added, ”And any real wrestling fan would want to be surprised anyway.”
When someone else decided to have some fun with Rousey and ask her how big “Batista’s dick” is, Rousey had the prefect answer! “I don’t know but I’d imagine that Bluetista has a lot of patience,” she replied, adding a smiley at the end! The Bluetista name was given to Batista after he showed up at the 2014 Payback pay-per-view wearing all-blue wrestling gear.
