In a tweet earlier today, Hulk Hogan said he’s “aiming for WM32,” before correcting himself saying, “I will explain again I WAS aiming for 32.”
The former WWE and WCW champion was fired from WWE late last month after The National Enquirer uncovered audio of Hogan using a lot of racial slurs which are part of the sex tape lawsuit against Gawker.
“I am training like there is still something big ahead in my future,” Hogan added. Over the past year Hogan told fans and the media that he was training for a WrestleMania 32 match at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas, after Vince McMahon gave him his blessing as long as he passes all WWE medical tests.
Hogan has been erased from WWE, with no mention of him on the website including the removal from the Hall of Fame section.
We are less than two weeks away – 13 days to be precise – from the expanded four hour SummerSlam! The card is starting to shape up, with the main-event of Undertaker and Lesnar being built very well. What will be the next point in their saga tonight?
Also, Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Roman Reigns, and Dean Ambrose will clash in Tag-Team action at the pay-per-view. Will we see any singles bouts between the two sides tonight?
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins laid out the challenge to John Cena last week for a Title VS. Title Match at SummerSlam; Cena, due to injury, has yet to accept. Will he be in the house to do so? Or is he too injured, and a new #1 Contender emerges?
All this and much more, so read on!
Monday Night Raw TV Report for August 10th, 2015 – “A New Challenge”
Introduction Segment: Welcoming
The regular Raw video plays and the pyro goes off in the arena to kick off in Seattle. Michael Cole greets us and announces that Luke Harper will face Dean Ambrose later tonight.
Segment #2: Arena Promo
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins struts out with a smile on his face. He continues to take glee in breaking John Cena’s nose and says that Cena has not responded to the SummerSlam Title VS. Title proposal. Rollins wonders why and declares that he “destroyed John Cena’s WWE career just like I destroyed his face with my knee.” He begins to hear something and tells the crowd that Cena is here, live by satellite.
A picture of Cena’s head after the broken nose appears on the Titantron, and a mockery of Cena ensues. Rollins moves on to talking about defeating Adrian Neville last week in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Open Challenge, but Cesaro’s music overplays, and he walks out donned in a suit and sunglasses.
In short, Cesaro wants to take on Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tonight, but Seth denies him and says last week was a one shot gig. Kevin Owens’ now joins and stakes his claim for earning a WWE World Heavyweight Championship bout. He also takes a shot at both by reminding them he beat Cena while they haven’t, and even Rollins submitted to John.
Again, Rollins denies until Randy Orton interjects. “The Viper” wants his chance too, but Seth says no. to clear this picture up, C.O.O. Triple H walks out. He reveals that John is may or may not be at SummerSlam, so he books a Triple-Threat between Orton, Cesaro, and Owens; the man who wins will meet Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Title in tonight’s main-event!
Also tonight, home-state wrestler Daniel Bryan will be on Miz TV to update his injury status. Next up, Team B.A.D. is facing Team Bella!
Commercials.
Match #1: Six-Diva Tag-Team – Team Bella (Divas Champion Nikki, Brie, and Alicia Fox) VS. Team B.A.D. (Tamina, Naomi, and NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks)
(Note: Paige, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte are all on commentary.) Naomi and Alicia begin with a headlock takedown by Fox. Naomi hammers back with furious forearms but is caught with a sideslam and near-fall. Nikki is tagged in and works over Naomi’s left arm with a lock. Naomi counters in the corner then switches with Sasha, then quickly again back to Naomi. Nikki elbows out of the corner and another move off the turnbuckle.
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Sasha is now controlling Nikki with a face-stretch. Nikki backs her into the corner and kicks her off, then makes the hot-tag to Brie, who fires with a dropkick and repeated kicks to Banks. She hits the NXT Women’s Champ with a missile dropkick off the middle turnbuckle, but is clotheslined harshly by Tamina. She tries a superkick, but Brie ducks and rolls her up for the victory!
Winners via Pinfall: Team Bella (Divas Champion Nikki, Brie, and Alicia Fox)
Post-match, all nine divas brawl with Team Bella escaping to the aisle and Teams B.A.D. and P.C.B. staring at each other in the ring.
Commercials.
Match #2: Tag-Team – Los Matadores (Fernando and Diego) (with El Torito) VS. The New Day (Big E. and Kofi Kingston) (with Xavier Woods)
Kofi and a Matadore start out, but when Big E. is tagged in, The New Day dominate. Diego gets the hot-tag after sending Big into the ring post; Torito takes out Woods with help from Diego, but Fernando falls to New Day’s finisher and the 1 – 2 – 3!
Winners via Pinfall: The New Day (Big E. and Kofi Kingston) (with Xavier Woods)
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Segment #3: Backstage Promo
New Day are walking through the hallways celebrating when Rene Young walks up and informs them they will be facing The Primetime Players for the Tag-Team Championship at SummerSlam; also in that match will be The Lucha Dragons and Los Matadores!
Segment #4: Office Promo
Seth Rollins is talking with Triple H and complaining about his booking; Triple H reminds him to act like a champion and do it “night after night.”
Commercials.
Match #3: Triple-Threat #1 Contender’s to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Orton and Cesaro double-team Owens right away until Owens rolls out of the ring. Orton tries a quick roll-up on Cesaro then Cesaro slides to Kevin on the outside. They double-team him again, then Cesaro puts Orton against the barrier. He works over Owens in the corner, but Randy comes back in and gives Cesaro a T-Bone Suplex. He does the same to Owens.
On the outside, Cesaro is backdropped on the barrier as Owens is thrown into it too. Kevin then suplexes Cesaro on the barricade and Orton backdrops Owens on it. In the ring again, Owens has Orton and Cesaro in the corner, then repeatedly uppercuts Cesaro and chucks him to the floor. Orton gives Owens his side backbreaker, but is taken down with a crossbody from Cesaro for a two-count!
Cesaro hits some more uppercuts but is quickly clotheslined down. Randy attempts an R.K.O. but Cesaro counters and traps Orton in a Crossface. Orton crawls and drops off the apron to the floor, breaking the hold. Owens puts Cesaro to the floor too and follows up with an over-the-top-rope somersault splash!
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Owens and Cesaro are in the ring as Owens cannonballs Cesaro in the corner. He ascends the top turnbuckle but is crotched; both Randy and Cesaro double-suplex Owens off the top turnbuckle! Cesaro ties up Orton in the Sharpshooter but it is broken. Cesaro then props Owens on the top turnbuckle and attempts a gutwrench suplex, but Owens hammers him down. He rockets with a Swanton Bomb, but Cesaro gets his knees up! Owens whips Cesaro off the ropes but Cesaro hops over. Orton slides in and R.K.O.’s both Owens and Cesaro, then covers Cesaro to claim this one!
Winner via Pinfall and #1 Contender to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Randy Orton
Segment #5: Backstage Promo
Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns talk about being true brothers and knowing each other well, unlike Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper.
Segment #6: Video Promo
A special look at The Undertaker/Brock Lesnar feud airs, with comments from superstars like “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Triple H, The Big Show, etc…. Both will be on Raw next week!
Dean Ambrose makes his entrance and will be wrestling Luke Harper next!
Commercials.
Match #4: Single – Dean Ambrose (with Roman Reigns) VS. Luke Harper (with Bray Wyatt)
Harper uppercuts Ambrose, but Dean turns him around in the corner and punches away. He snapmares Luke and clotheslines him, then continues the fists to the gut. Harper catches him off the ropes with a spinning side slam for a near-fall! He scoop-slams Dean a couple times, but Ambrose manages to dump Harper to the outside, then follows with a running front dropkick and a running elbow off the apron!
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Harper is back in control, slingshotting Dean between the ropes. He rolls him around in the Gator Lock and wears him down with a grounding rear chinlock. Ambrose is dropped onto the middle turnbuckle from Luke’s shoulder, then slammed to the canvas. Dean is whipped into the ropes but rams Harper’s head into the mat and boots him out of the corner. He follows with a Tornado DDT, then gives Luke fury punches and chops. He tries Dirty Deeds but it is stopped. He boots Harper in the corner and goes for a bulldog, but Harper shoves him off and tries a running boot himself, but Dean ducks and Luke tumbles to the floor.
On the outside, Dean throws Bray over the announce table and clotheslines Luke off the apron. Back in the ring, Dean rolls up Harper for two, then clotheslines him off the ropes. Wyatt goes to strike Ambrose back on the floor, but Dean ducks and Bray is met with a Superman Punch by Reigns, who continues to punch away. Harper makes the save, but is met with a suicide dive by Ambrose! In the ring, Harper crotches Dean on the turnbuckle then quickly hits the Discus Clothesline to finish this!
Winner via Pinfall: Luke Harper (with Bray Wyatt)
Commercials.
Segment #7: Arena Promo
The Miz in the ring and welcomes Daniel Bryan. They go back-and-forth verbally, taking shots at each other. Miz turns the topic into the Intercontinental Championship and wants Bryan’s opinion on Ryback’s injury. Miz thinks Ryback should surrender the Intercontinental Title and give it to him. The Big Show then walks out and makes fun of Miz, but before he can go for Bryan, Ryback returns! The I.C. Champ marches to the ring and stares down Big Show. Miz has hopped to the outside and watches on until Bryan throws him back in. both Ryback and Show dispose of Miz, then Ryback clotheslines Show and Miz separately. He celebrates his comeback with Daniel and “Yes!” poses.
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Segment #8: Video Promo
A feature on Charlotte is aired.
It is then announced that there will be a Triple-Team Elimination Match at SummerSlam, with P.C.B., Team B.A.D., and Team Bella.
Match #5: Single – Rusev (with Summer Rae) VS. Mark Henry
Henry controls this bout until Rae hops up on the apron. Lana, who was on commentary, pulls her down and another catfight ensues. Summer gets the best, even putting Lana in the Accolade Submission from the encouragement of Rusev.
Winner: No Contest due to Interference/Sudden Stoppage
Commercials.
Match #6: Single – King Barrett VS. Adrian Neville
Barrett dominates “The Man That Gravity Forgot” early, but Neville kicks him down quickly and follows with the Red Arrow Corkscrew Splash for the 1 – 2 – 3!
Winner via Pinfall: Adrian Neville
Post-match, Stardust enters and attacks Neville then verbally jaws with actor Stephen Amell at ringside. He shoves Amell in the face and walks away, but Stephen jumps the guardrail and into the ring to mount-punch Stardust until security slide in and hold him back (amid chants of “let them fight!”)
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Segment #9: Backstage Promo
Stephen and Triple H are going back and forth; HHH is disappointed that Amell is his guest, and did what he did. Amell wants revenge, and while it takes a bit, finally convinces the C.O.O. to grant him a match at SummerSlam, tagging with Neville to take on Stardust and Barrett.
Segment #10: Backstage Promo
Jojo interviews Sheamus, inquiring about the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match. Sheamus makes it all about him, and insinuates he may cash in his Money In The Bank briefcase on this match.
Commercials.
Match #7: Single for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Randy Orton (Challenger) VS. Seth Rollins (Champion)
They circle each other then Rollins hops out of the ring to play games and/or for a break. Rollins climbs back in the ring and kicks at Randy. He is almost caught with a quick R.K.O., but escapes to the outside.
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Seth is now wearing down Randy with a grounding chinlock. He brings him to the canvas with a neckbreaker, but eats a fist as he runs off the ropes. Orton follows with a clothesline, then rolls through Rollins with a small package for two! Rollins flips out of the side backdrop but is powerslammed as he ran off the ropes! 1 – 2 – Rollins kicks out!
Orton clutches Seth on the ropes, but Rollins gets out and goes to the timekeeper’s area. He collects his championship, but Orton meets him fast with a clothesline. He backdrops Seth onto the announce table and rolls him into the ring. Rollins elbows back. He rolls up Orton for a near-fall, but is soon brought off the top with a superplex! Orton covers, 1 – 2 – Rollins kicks out!
Orton tries again for the slingshot DDT, but Rollins reverses into a back kick, then plants Orton with the slingshot DDT! Rollins then gears himself up like Orton and wits for Orton to get up. He sets up for the Pedigree, but the counter is botched. Rollins rockets off the top turnbuckle but is R.K.O.’ed! 1 – 2 – Sheamus pulls Orton out of the ring, causing a dq.
Winner via Disqualification: Randy Orton
Post-match, Sheamus beats down Orton and then Brogue Kicks Rollins. He hands over his briefcase to the referee, but is R.K.O.’ed before it is official. The show closes with Orton posing over a facedown Sheamus and Seth on the outside, still holding on to his WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
End Of Raw.
Reporter’s Rumblings – By Moe Tapp
This was a really good Raw and built SummerSlam even more, as the card was added to. Onto my analysis:
Excellence: Six-Diva, Triple-Threat, Dean/Harper, New Day/Matadores, and WWE World Heavyweight Championship were well-to-decently great bouts.
Absolutely loving the feud between all the Diva, and while I think I could see it coming at one point, glad they made it official for all of them to wrestle in a big match at SummerSlam.
I have never watched “Arrow” or know about Stephen Amell very well, but I think he perform excellent tonight, and judging from his work in the ring already, I think he will be just fine in the match at SummerSlam, so I’m cool with his involvement. Plus, you have three pros in their who wrestle awesome already, and one who has the lineage, so they can easily teach him what he needs to know in a short time (if they haven’t already!)
Greatly looking forward to another (probable) confrontation between ‘Taker and Lesnar next week. Undertaker looked in great shape with the brawl, so I think their match at SummerSlam could be their best yet, and definitely a hard-hitting one!
If Cena is not a go for SummerSlam, and they go with a Triple-Threat between Orton, Sheamus, and Rollins for the championship, I’m fine with that, as all three usually put on good contests (especially Orton/Rollins!), and it will be just a bit of a different feel in the main-event picture than the last while.
Bogus: I know Ziggler is out for a little longer, but they could’ve had another wrestler take his place to help out Lana. I think Swagger would’ve been suitable to reignite their feud and provide a little more interest, and a match for both at SummerSlam.
All-in-all, I quite enjoyed this Raw and am excited for the go-home show next week! Until then, Be Excellent Wrestling-Online Readers and Wrestling Fans!
Match #1: Tag-Team Battle Royal to determine the #1 Contender’s for the Tag-Team Championship later in the night – The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) VS. Curtis Axel and Damien Sandow VS. Heath Slater and Brad Maddox VS. The Ascension (Connor and Viktor) VS. The New Day (Xavier Woods and Big E.) (with Kofi Kingston)
Winners: The New Day via Kofi distracting with a chair and Big E. dumping out The Ascension and a Lucha Dragon
Match #2: Single – Zack Ryder VS. Stardust
Winner via Pinfall: Stardust after CrossRhodes
Match #3: The Miz VS. Jey Uso
Winner via Pinfall: The Miz with feet on the ropes
Post-match, The Miz antagonized The Big Show and Ryback; The Big Show walked out and chokeslammed Miz
Match #4: Tag-Team for the Tag-Team Championship – The New Day (Xavier Woods and Big E.) (with Kofi Kingston) (Challengers) VS. The Primetime Players (Darren Young and Titus O’Neil) (Champions)
Winners via Pinfall and STILL Tag-Team Champions: The Primetime Players (Darren Young and Titus O’Neil) after Titus gave a spinebuster to Woods
Intermission.
Match #5: Six-Women Tag-Team – Team P.C.B. (Paige, Charlotte, and Becky Lynch) VS. Team B.A.D. (Tamina, Naomi, and NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks)
Winners via Submission: Team P.C.B. (Paige, Charlotte, and Becky Lynch) after Paige forces Naomi to tap-out to the P.T.O.
Rusev and Summer Rae came out to cut a promo, dissing Lana and Vancouver, and I think the U.S. (some was inaudible); Lana berates them and wrestles with Summer; Dolph Ziggler charges out and beats down Rusev, finishing him with the Zig Zag then celebrating with Lana and fans.
Match #6: Single (Street fight Rules) Bray Wyatt VS. Roman Reigns
Winner via Pinfall: Roman Reigns after Spearing Wyatt following Bray’s head bouncing off a chair in the corner.
WWE today announced that it was joining forces with Hollywood celebrities and professional athletes through a global online auction on Charitybuzz.com, featuring unique, once-in-a-lifetime experiences in support of “Answer The Call,” the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund.
Fans can now visit www.Charitybuzz.com/WWE through Tuesday, August 25 at Noon EST to bid on exclusive experiences with John Cena, Stephanie McMahon, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Brock Lesnar, the WWE Divas, the Tough Enough cast, and more.
“We are thrilled to have WWE’s support as they ‘Answer the Call’ for the families of New York City’s fallen first responders,” said Mark Messier, Vice President of Community Affairs for the NY Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund. “Our partnership will ensure that we continue to provide a network of support and financial assistance for those who have lost a loved one in the line of duty.”
Tonight’s Raw will be very special for Hollywood actor Stephen Amell as the life-long WWE fan will step inside a WWE ring as a guest star tonight’s broadcast.
Amell, who plays Arrow on The CW’s superhero television series, has been campaigning for this for months and has been in Twitter war of words with both The Miz and Stardust. Amell and Stardust also had an encounter a few months ago when Amell was sitting at ringside and Stardust taunted him.
“Went to my first WWE event at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1988. More than a little excited about tonight,” Amell wrote on Twitter. The duo are rumored to work something for SummerSlam as well.
Also tonight we could see the return of Ryback, who has been cleared to return after a staph infection in his knee. The Intercontinental champion has been out of action for weeks and had his match at Battleground canceled due to his injury.
WWE has banned the fan that threw the Money In The Bank briefcase at Roman Reigns during Saturday’s live event in Victoria.
The Canadian Press reported that Reigns and WWE did not press charges after the fan apologized for his actions however WWE has banned the 31 year old from any future WWE shows.
Sgt. Bryan Edwards, spokesman for the Victoria police, said that no one was injured in the incident although Reigns had to stay on the floor for a couple of minutes after he was clocked in the back of the head with the replica briefcase.
Sgt. Edwards added that fans surrounding the guy who was carrying the briefcase were enticing him to throw the briefcase in the ring.
Dolph Ziggler made an unannounced appearance at last night’s WWE non-televised live event in Vancouver. Ziggler is currently there filming the WWE Studios movie 6:42 and decided to show up for the event and say hello to friends who he has not seen in a few weeks.
At the beginning of the show, Ziggler was being filmed sitting among the crowd and then walking back, before making his cameo during a segment involving Rusev, Summer Rae, and Lana.
Rusev and Summer were talking trash about Lana and Ziggler and Lana came out to fight Summer before Ziggler evened the odds and attacked Rusev in the ring, delivering a Zig Zag much to the enjoyment of the crowd. On her Twitter Lana posted a selfie of the two while she visited on set.
Ziggler has been off WWE television for over a month and is scheduled to return to WWE soon as filming is about to wrap up.
WWE has sold over 13,000 tickets for the upcoming NXT Takeover: Brooklyn event and the show is now officially sold out.
This will represent NXT’s largest ever crowd and the Barclays Center is set to be sold out three nights in a row with NXT, SummerSlam, and then Monday Night Raw.
So far four matches have been announced for the WWE Network special and these are Finn Balor vs Kevin Owens for the NXT title in a ladder match; Jushin “Thunder” Liger vs Tyler Breeze; Blake and Murphy vs The Vaudevillians for the NXT Tag Team titles; and Sasha Banks vs Bayley for the NXT Women’s title.
Apollo Crews, the man formerly known as Uhaa Nation, is also set to debut during the show.
Money In The Bank winner Sheamus was supposed to be on the Australia tour that just wrapped up yesterday however Sheamus was never on the plane when it departed the United States.
Sheamus was expected to take on Randy Orton during the three legs of the tour but was replaced by King Barrett. WWE gave no explanation why Sheamus was pulled from the tour although now rumors are that he is suffering from a concussion he received during the main event of Raw.
On Twitter, Sheamus sort of addressed his absence from the tour writing, “If anyone’s looking for me, I’m #UpOver.” The Up Over comment is obviously a joke since they refer to Australia as Down Under. He then used the hashtag #LickingMeWounds suggesting he is indeed suffering from some sort of an injury.
WWE Superstar Roman Reigns was struck in the head with a Money In The Bank replica briefcase which a fan threw from ringside during yesterday’s live event in Victoria, British Columbia.
Reigns was hit hard and then moved to the corner of the ring where he laid down for a few minutes as security rushed to grab the person involved in throwing the object. Reigns’ opponent, Bray Wyatt, looked on and then went on to check on Reigns in the corner before the referee, who at that point was helping security, stepped back in to resume the match.
The Twitter account for @ScanBC, an online radio scanning community, said that Victoria Police responded to a call at the Save On Foods Memorial Centre after a person assaulted a WWE wrestler.
The fans inside the arena chanted “kick him out” after security personnel apparently identified who threw the briefcase and ejected him from the area. A fan who was sitting ringside recorded the incident on his cell phone and you can see the video below.
Several years ago, WWE enjoyed a very good relationship with Playboy Magazine, where several Divas graced the cover of the popular magazine in their birthday suits. However since WWE opted to go PG, one of the business agreements that had to make way was the one with Playboy.
This weekend, Playboy.com took a look at one of the Divas who just made it to the main roster, the daughter of the Nature Boy, Charlotte.
”Charlotte is one of the most popular Divas in the WWE and it doesn’t hurt that the Nature Boy’s daughter is smoking hot as well,” said the the write up. While obviously there are no nudes of Charlotte, Playboy.com decided to have one of the staff members comb through the sexy Instagram selfies of the former NXT Divas champion and put them all in one place.
W-O reader Geoffrey McGee attended the live WWE event in Sydney, Australia, yesterday and sent in the following results from the sold out show.
Finn Balor defeated Neville to retain the NXT title; Luke Harper defeated R-Truth; Fandango defeated Adam Rose; Randy Orton defeated Bad News Barrett; Natalia and Emma defeated The Bella Twins; Cesaro defeated Kevin Owens; Seth Rollins defeated Dean Ambrose to retain the WWE title in a steel cage match.
During the show, Bo Dallas came out and started talking trash about Shawn Michaels, who was serving as the general manager of the tour replacing Hulk Hogan. HBK replied to Dallas’ comments by delivering the Sweet Chin Music.
On Monday night right after Raw ends, the WWE Network will air an original special titled Undertaker vs Lesnar: One on One, a show that will run for 30 minutes.
The preview on the Network page reads, “Will Undertaker have vengeance or will Brock Lesnar dominate? Watch WWE Superstars break down the highly anticipated SummerSlam matchup!”
Meanwhile, the Undertaker has been added to the final Raw before SummerSlam at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 17. Brock Lesnar, who is from Minneapolis, was already scheduled to be on the show.
WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin had his say on the Dana White controversy on Twitter when he called wrestling fake, sparking a controversy among wrestling personalities and fans.
In his latest podcast which featured Daniel Cormier, a big WWE fan who is also the UFC Light Heavyweight champion, Austin sort of defended Dana White saying that maybe he was trying to say that wrestling is a work. He said he doesn’t think White meant any disrespect towards the wrestling industry.
Turning to Cormier, Austin said he would take him and anyone on the UFC roster for a whole year on the road with WWE and they would never say that this business is fake but instead they would say that it’s tough.
“Fake, Dana? Not so much, a work? Yes,” Austin said, adding that he has no problems with Dana White and he loves the UFC. “But I think he does respect the business and hell, one of his biggest draws came from the world of pro wrestling,” Austin added, referring to Brock Lesnar.
The Submission Sorority name that WWE chose for Paige, Charlotte and Becky Lynch has been changed by WWE since there’s a big association with the porn industry for that name.
The new name chosen is PCB, the three simple initials for Paige, Charlotte, and Becky. At least this time Google returns mostly printed circuit boards results rather than porn videos by BangBros. With the news of WWE choosing the Submission Sorority name, it has actually pushed back the porn videos in search results with most of the first pages showing WWE related news.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was chosen to be the first Hollywood actor to launch his Facebook Live streaming feature.
The former WWE champ posted a photo along with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on Instagram announcing the news, adding that with his 23 million fans on Instagram and 50 million on Facebook, it’s very important to continue to evolve the way to connect to fans worldwide.
“I’ve said it before many times and it’s true, connecting with fans will always be the best part of my job,” Johnson said. “And eating sushi with Zuckerberg in Japan ain’t too bad either!”
Johnson posted a 32 minute video on Facebook Live while he was in the gym showing everyone how he works out. He also answered questions from fans who was posting live. You can see the video – which contains quite a few F bombs – below.
Two more matches have been added to the SummerSlam card and with just two weeks away there are only three official matches on the card.
The Intercontinental title will be defended as Ryback returns from a staph infection to take on Big Show and The Miz in a triple threat match. This match was supposed to take place at Battleground but it was canceled due to Ryback’s injury.
The second match sees Luke Harper and Bray Wyatt taking on Roman Reigns and Deam Ambrose in a tag team match. Sting was rumored to be part of this particular match but now it seems that the Stinger will only be taking part in the SummerSlam meet and greet sessions and not lacing up his boots for the squared circle.
WWE Hall of Famer and former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura wrote that he has felt the loss of Rowdy Roddy Piper the whole week.
“I’ve felt the loss this whole week. I’ve got a bit of heartache, and Roddy is three years younger than me. He had a lot more to give the world to be taken from us at age 61,” Ventura wrote.
He said Piper is one of the greatest of all time and a great asset to the world of professional wrestling. “He loved the business and everything about it. There was no other job on the planet that Roddy Piper could have been better for,” Ventura said about his former colleague.
“I’ll remember Roddy as a guy who was willing to take a chance and put himself out there. When you took the handcuffs off Roddy, believe me, the handcuffs came off. We’re of the same vein: tell it like it is and stand up for yourself. People will come to see him as a cornerstone of the world of professional wrestling. He’s a legend and he always will be,” the man formerly known as “The Body” concluded.
WWE Diva Rosa Mendes announced on WWE.COM that she is expecting her first child, a girl that she plans on naming Jordan Elizabeth.
Rosa, who is three months pregnant now, revealed that nobody in the WWE locker room knows about the news and they will be getting the news from the interview posted on the WWE.COM page.
The WWE Diva said that it’s been hard adjusting being away from the ring but she’s been watching the girls on television and said she’s very proud of the Divas division and the new Divas who came up from NXT.
Rosa added that carrying a baby has really motivated and inspired her. “I look at powerful moms like Stephanie McMahon. She’s a mother of three and she does it all, and her kids are bright and intelligent. So, this has truly motivated me. And, I look at my accomplishments — I’m a WWE Diva, I’m an entrepreneur and now I’m going to have the most important job in the world, being a mother and giving this baby an amazing life.”
