Earlier today, WWE Hall of Famer and former Diva Tammy “Sunny” Sytch wrote on Twitter that she received some “not-so-good news” from her oncologist, asking her fans to pray for her.
During her stay in jail, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer and underwent a hysterectomy. After she was released, Sunny wrote that she is free both from prison and from cancer, calling both experiences a nightmare.
“I have only good things ahead in my life,” she wrote upon her release. While Sunny didn’t specify what the bad news is, it is easy to perhaps speculate that unfortunately the cancer might be back.
WWE Diva Nikki Bella has been chosen to be one of the finals judges of the Miss USA contest which will take place this Sunday, June 16, at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The twin Diva will be joined by Bob Harper, Christina Milian, Jessica Robertson, Larry Fitzgerald, Mo Rocca, Nene Leakes, and Wendie Malick as the finals judges.
The Miss USA contest – headed up by WWE fan and Hall of Famer Donald Trump – is live which means the Bella twin will have no part in this Sunday’s Payback pay-per-view.
WWE has announced the promotion of Brian Maddox from Director of National Sales to Vice President of Global Digital Sales, and will be reporting to the Global Head of Sales and Partnerships, Michael Pine.
In his new role, Maddox will be responsible for monetizing all of WWE’s digital, video, social, and mobile assets, including WWE.com, WWE’s Facebook pages, YouTube Channel, Twitter followers and mobile app. His primary focus will be working with WWE’s partners to maximize their digital budgets by leveraging all of WWE’s media assets, content and talent to develop engaging custom, cross-platform programs.
Prior to joining WWE, Maddox was the Director of Digital Ad Sales at MSG Media for MSG Interactive and Fuse.TV where he developed and implemented innovative digital opportunities for the company’s partners which included, American Express, T-Mobile, Anheuser Busch, Absolut and Coca-Cola.
Two new matches have been announced on RAW today for the Payback pay-per-view which is taking place this coming Sunday.
The tag team titles will be on the line as Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns of The Shield will defend their gold against the team of Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan while the other Shield member, Dean Ambrose, will wrestle Kane for the U.S. title.
The Intercontinental title match between Wade Barrett, The Miz, and Fandango has also been changed since Fandango is out with a concussion. Replacing Fandango will be Paul Heyman’s new guy, Curtis Axel.
Sheamus vs Damien Sandow has been announced as the pre-show match for this Sunday’s Payback pay-per-view which will take place in Chicago, Illinois.
The preview show, now titled Kickoff to Payback, will stream on WWE.com, the WWE App, YouTube, Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter, Samsung SMART TVs, Google+, Pinterest, Pheed and Xbox 360, starting at 7:30PM EST.
With just days to go for the show, only three matches have so far been announced for the pay-per-view card. These are John Cena vs Ryback in a 3 stages of hell match for the WWE title, Wade Barrett vs Fandango vs The Miz in a triple threat for the Intercontinental title, and CM Punk vs Chris Jericho.
WWE.COM is reporting that Fandango has suffered a concussion during the Smackdown tapings this past Tuesday night and was pulled out from all non-televised events.
While Fandango has passed the concussion impact test, WWE doctors have not cleared him to start wrestling again yet so his involvement in the triple threat match for the Intercontinental title at the Payback pay-per-view this Sunday could be effected.
If Fandango is pulled, it would mark the second time in a row that a wrestler was not medically cleared to wrestle on a pay-per-view due to a concussion. Dolph Ziggler had to be pulled from the ladder match at Extreme Rules after he was on the receiving end of a concussion as well. Ziggler has now been cleared to return.
Hulk Hogan posted a message on his Twitter account today teasing that he will be lacing up his wrestling boots one more time.
“Perfect timing to start serious training again,” Hogan wrote, adding that this would be his “last time around the block” and the intense training will lead to transformation.
The former WWE and WCW champion has hinted in the past that he would like another run and win the TNA title.
The Rock’s success in the box office charts continues as Fast & Furious 6 raced to the $500,000,000 mark in a record time for any Universal movie.
The movie did an additional $19,760,000 this weekend, dropping to the second place, sending it’s domestic total to $202,946,000 and $381,700,000 in overseas revenue for a total of $584,646,000 worldwide in just 17 days.
Apart from his success in Fast & Furious 6, Dwayne Johnson has two other movies in the box office chart, G.I. Joe: Retaliation in number 17 and Pain & Gain in number 21. The G.I. Joe sequel has $365,484,000 in worldwide revenue while Pain & Gain is at $49,206,000 domestically since the movie isn’t set for an overseas release till August.
The new WWE Studios movie 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded was released in stores nationwide on both DVD and Blu-Ray this week.
The straight-to-disc movie features Randy Orton playing the role of paramedic Nick Malloy who just like John Cena’s character in the first 12 Rounds, gets involved in a game of cat and mouse fighting agains time to avoid a murder spree.
The original 12 Rounds was released in theaters on March 27, 2009 and did a total of $17,280,326 in worldwide box office revenue.
The WWE corporate website posted a new job for the upcoming WWE Performance Center which will be housed in Orlando, Florida.
The new state-of-the-art building will be the home of WWE developmental and the company is looking for a General Manager (not the one you see on TV, but a proper one) to oversee everyone who comes in to the building. He or she will be reporting to the Senior Vice President of Talent Relations and Development.
WWE is looking for someone who will run the day-to-day operations, co-ordinate programs, money management, media training, and wellness education. If you’re interested, go to corporate.wwe.com and click on the Careers link.
Twelve TNA Superstars will be battling out in the Bound For Glory Series competition with the winner going to face whoever the TNA champion is at the time at this year’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view.
The series consists of several matches with winners and losers getting points and at the end of the competition, whoever has scored the most points advances to the main event of the biggest TNA pay-per-view of the year.
The twelve competitors in this year’s Bound For Glory Series are AJ Styles, Austin Aries, Bobby Roode, Chris Daniels, Hernandez, Jay Bradley, Jeff Hardy, Joseph Park, Kazarian, Ken Anderson, Magnus, and Samoa Joe.
WWE Superstars Mark Henry and the Big Show will be at tonight’s Special Olympics Connecticut Summer Games ceremony which will start at 7:15PM.
“Excited to have @TheMarkHenry and @WWETheBigShow at the Special Olympics CT Summer Games Opening Ceremonies tonight,” tweeted the WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon earlier today.
The games kick off today and will go through this Sunday involving over 2,000 athletes with the competition taking place at the Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven and the Hamden Hall Athletic Field in Hamden.
WWE will be the official production partner of the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games, filming the opening ceremony as well as producing daily recaps of the games.
Dolph Ziggler will be returning to action tomorrow at the non-televised live event in Johnson City, Tennessee, exactly a month after he suffered a concussion at the hands of Jack Swagger during a taping of Smackdown.
The current champion will be going one on one against Alberto Del Rio in his first match back and will also be live on Monday Night RAW in three days time. Ziggler passed the concussion tests that he had to undergo to be cleared to return.
In an era where wrestling fans are too inquisitive for their own good, it’s often hard to find things in the WWE that everyone will agree just works. One of which is the criteria we use to judge what a heel wrestler is in today’s PG Era.
The rapid expansion of the internet wrestling community (IWC) and the ever-growing popularity of dirt sheets has made it cool to support the traditional ‘bad guys’ of wrestling. Guys like Damien Sandow, Cody Rhodes, and Dolph Ziggler are all supposed to represent your current crop of cocky heels, but instead of being greeted with jeers, are instead finding a certain level of support from the audience.
The Wyatt Family has had only two vignettes air on WWE programming and already we’re seeing an outcry of support from the IWC, boasting their excitement about the new (assumed) heel group. While it’s one thing to mark praise for young, talented wrestlers, it’s another to treat them like a fan favorite when they’re supposed to be despised.
While it will forever be an uphill battle for the WWE to get the IWC to boo their internet darlings and cheer Vince’s prototype superstars (pun intended), there are things that the world’s number one wrestling promotion are doing right.
What do Ryback, Alberto Del Rio, and The Miz all have in common?
Well, nothing. That is, at least, until you dig a little beneath the surface.
Ryback
When Ryback was first introduced and was pegged as the new version of John Cena, he saw overwhelming support from both fans and the IWC alike. While he most definitely had his flaws, they were often overlooked because fans were excited to see a new, fresh face enter the main event scene. The criticism about his wrestling ability and his mic work were dismissed…until he turned heel.
The moment he switched sides, there was an outcry of how Ryback is limited in the ring and how his mic work is bland and robotic. Suddenly, the very same people that were clamoring for a fresh face in the main event mix hated and criticized Ryback for his shortcomings.
Fans were booing Ryback. The “Goldberg” chants started up again and, if you listen close, you can hear fans changing “Boring” or “You Suck” every time Ryback gets on the microphone.
So tell me – who’s more over as a heel right now? Is it Dolph Ziggler, who has fans chanting his name during Big E Langston matches? Or is it Ryback, who people are genuinely getting angry over seeing in the main event?
Alberto Del Rio
Does anyone remember back about 6 months ago when you absolutely couldn’t stand seeing Alberto Del Rio on television? He had a quick rise to the top in the WWE and was immediately pushed to the forefront of the World Heavyweight Title scene. Del Rio had countless battles with Sheamus that we all continued to criticize as boring, predictable, and exhausting.
While Del Rio’s in-ring style and mic-work haven’t changed much since then, our opinion of him most certainly has. And why is that?
Vince McMahon force-fed us an overused gimmick we’ve seen a million times before with Del Rio’s debut. He catapulted Del Rio into the main event, a place we thought he got too fast, and used Del Rio’s language barrier to annoy us.
Say what you want about Del Rio’s mic work and his lack of “true heel antics” – but Vince knew what he was doing. Fans generally couldn’t stand seeing Del Rio on television. And, as a result, Sheamus became a bigger star every time he defeated Del Rio. Each match, we hoped and prayed would be the final match – the one where Sheamus would snatch the title from Del Rio and the Mexican Aristocrat could be buried down at the bottom of the roster.
So if the point of a heel is be UNLIKED by the fans – was Del Rio really all that bad at what he was doing?
The Miz
Perhaps my favorite example of a perfect main event heel has got to be Mike “The Miz” Mizanin. The fact that The Miz waltzed into professional wrestling from the set of The Real World, with no independent wrestling background, drove the IWC absolutely nuts.
Heel. Succeeded.
Coupled with his arrogant attitude, The Miz marched up the ranks of WWE in relatively short time to become one of the best heels we’ve seen in the past 5 years. Not only was he hated by fans, but he was hated by just about everybody in the locker room.
I don’t think it was a coincidence that Vince McMahon decided to pit an obnoxious reality TV star against the WWE’s poster boy and have him win at Wrestlemania. Knowing how much people despised The Miz and how often he was criticized for being undeserving was McMahon’s skeleton key into creating a star.
And I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but The Miz was far more over than Cesaro, Sandow, and Kidd are now… combined!
So is the WWE Really Doing That Bad?
We’re in a huge transition period for the state of professional wrestling. The internet has given fans the opportunity to see new wrestlers and new styles from around the world, with ease – things only a select group of fans had access to before.
The old rules about professional wrestling have all been broken.
But if you ask me, the WWE aren’t doing nearly as bad as we make them out to be. They’re still creating heels and personas that we really can’t stand to see on television. All the guys that we sit here and criticize – THOSE are today’s heels.
Guys like Ryback, The Miz, and Del Rio didn’t get to the top of the WWE because they were green and had no personality. They got there because they were the best of the current crop of superstars. The issue isn’t that the WWE is putting over the wrong people, but rather that WE, the internet wrestling community, try to out-smart the people responsible for building the product we love.
At the end of the day, there’s a reason Vince McMahon is still the CEO of the only credible wrestling organization left. And that’s because he keeps us bitching about guys we think are undeserving!
Agree? Disagree? Yell at me on Twitter at @suggafnshane.
About the author: Shane Skwarek is a Technology Consultant in the Tri-State area and a long time, avid wrestling fan. He’s a mark for cocky heels and subtle wrestling references, and holds a special place in his heart for the Shawn Michaels/Bret Hart Iron Man Match at WrestleMania 12. You can follow Shane on Twitter at @suggafnshane.
The newest member of the TNA roster, Rampage Jackson, made his debut yesterday during the live IMPACT in Duluth, Georgia, in a five minute in-ring segment.
Jeremy Borash introduced the former UFC champion who said it’s an honor for him to be here and since he’s from Memphis he was always a wrestling fan. He said he wants to be the best in TNA and to do that, he eventually has to beat the best.
At that point, Kurt Angle’s music kicked in and out walked the second inductee into the TNA Hall of Fame. Angle told him if he wants to beat the best, he doesn’t have to look any further cause he’s staring at him. Angle warned Jackson that he might be the best in the cage, but this is his ring, his world, and when he thinks he’s ready to go, he has to go through him.
The two then had a nose-to-nose stare down but then shook hands to end the segment. You can watch it in full below.
Impact begins with Bully Ray walking to the ring to brag about beating all of TNA’s heroes. Bully Ray defeated Sting at this past Sunday’s Slammiversary to retain the World Title.
Bully calls out Dixie Carter and demands to be inducted into the TNA Hall Of Fame. Hogan comes out instead, and Bully calls him “dad.” Hogan calls Bully a “son of a B” and reminds him that the Bound for Glory series is coming up. I really think he should have just said “bitch” and let them beep it. Censoring yourself always sounds lame to me. I also don’t get why Hogan thinks Bully should be worried about the BFG series, the winner won’t be crowned until October. What a silly son of a … “B”.
Hogan gets a couple cheap pops out of the Atlanta Georgia crowd before announcing the big news: Bully Ray will face Jeff Hardy tonight in a ladder match with a hammer hanging above the ring. Whoever gets the hammer first can use it.
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Match #1 Bound For Glory Series qualifying match: Chavo versus Hernandez.
Chavo gets behind Hernandez and puts on a cravat. Hernandez gets out and knock Chavo down with a shoulder block. Chavo gets behind Hernandez again, rolls over his back, and takes him down with an arm drag. Hernandez pushes Chavo into the corner; Chavo responds with a couple European uppercuts. Chavo lands a dropkick, Hernandez knocks Chavo to the mat.
Hernandez goes for a splash in the corner but misses. Chavo takes Hernandez downs and applies an armbar. Hernandez powers to his feet and places Chavo on the top rope. Chavo jumps off the top but Hernandez catches him and slams him to the mat. Hernandez hits Chavo with a clothesline and a double axe handle shot to the back.
Hernandez hits Chavo with a big splash in the corner. Hernandez slams Chavo to the mat again but then misses with a slingshot shoulder block. Chavo hits Hernandez with 2 vertical suplexes, but Hernandez blocks the third.
Chavo hits Hernandez with a dropkick and climbs to the top. Chavo goes for the frog splash but Hernandez gets his knees up. Hernandez picks Chavo up for the Border Toss but Chavo slips out. Chavo rolls Hernandez up, but Hernandez reverses it and stacks Chavo up for the win! Chavo looks bitter, but eventually they shake hands. Hernandez qualifies for the Bound for Glory Series.
Later tonight will be the debut of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Rampage exchanges pleasantries with Storm and Gunner in the back before making his debut.
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Devon makes his way to the ring to complain that Abyss “stole” his title at Slammiversary in an unsanctioned match, and demands he return that title right now. Joe Park comes out instead and confronts Devon. Park thinks Devon robbed him of the TV title at Slammiversary and he’s not going to take it.
Joe Park takes Devon to the mat with a double leg takedown. Park clotheslines Devon and knocks him down again. Devon finally manages to knock Joe down and pummels him. Devon knocks Joe to the floor, pummels him some more, and slams him into the steel post.
Devon gets a chair when suddenly Abyss’ music hits. Abyss doesn’t show, so Devon decides to go look for him. At ringside, Joe Park sees blood coming out of his mouth and looks enraged.
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Match #2: Robbie E versus Samoa Joe.
Robbie claims to be the BFG MVP last year because he beat Jeff Hardy, the man that eventually won it. That match was his only win of the series. Joe starts off with a big kick to the face, a lot of punches, and then stomps on him in the corner. Joe hits Robbie with a back splash in the corner and an enzuigiri.
Robbie lands a few punches and climbs to the top rope. Robbie flies but Joe just walks away and Robbie crashes. Joe hits Robbie with a running high knee, a round kick, a chop, and a knee drop. Joe puts Robbie up on the top rope and drops him with a muscle buster. Joe gets Robbie in the rear naked choke and Robbie taps. Joe goes on to the Bound for Glory Series.
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When we return, Mickie James is apologizing for standing and watching last week as Velvet Sky got attacked by Gail Kim. Mickie seems a little insincere to me, and I don’t think Velvet is buying it either, but she does accept the apology. Velvet also says she is healthy and wants that rematch. Mickie says she’d love to, but she already has a match tonight.
A video tribute to the legendary Kurt Angle is shown in honor of his Hall of Fame induction.
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When we return, Jeremy Borash introduces Rampage! Rampage says he came here to be the best, and he knows that in order to do that, he has to beat the best. Kurt Angle comes out and gets in Jackson’s face and says “you’re looking at the best.” The two men stare intensely and then shake hands…and then stare intensely again.
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Bully Ray and Ken Anderson are in the back talking. They laugh at D Lo and Ken lobbies for the VP job. Bully Ray changes the subject to his match tonight and Anderson asks if he’s going to want any help out there. Bully says that’s the kind of call the VP should make. Ken isn’t sure if this means he is the VP or not, and I’m not sure either.
Match #3: Kenny King, Austin Aries and Bobby Roode versus Chris Sabin (X champ) and Storm and Gunner (the tag champs)
King and Sabin start the match of and King quickly lands a kick and secures a hammerlock. Sabin reverses and takes King down with a deep armdrag. Sabin hits King with a hurricanrana and a chop, but then gets attacked by Roode and Aries.
Storm and Gunner run in to help and the heels get chased to the floor; Sabin dives out of the ring onto them. Sabin rolls King back in but is then tripped by Aries. King steps on Sabin and tags in Bobby Roode. Roode slams Sabin into the corner, hits him with a chop and a vertical suplex.
Roode hits Sabin with a knee drop. Sabin tags in Storm and Storm lands several punches, an arm drag, and an inverted atomic drop to Roode. Aries gets in a cheap eye rake and snaps Storm’s throat on the top rope. Roode tags Aries in and Aries lands a slingshot elbow and a couple of strikes before tagging Roode back in.
Roode lands a kick and tags in King. King bodyslams Storm and hits him with a springboard leg drop before tagging Aries back in. Aries lands a punch before Storm whips him head first into Roode’s nuts. Storm tags in Gunner and Gunner hits Roode with a clothesline and a headbutt. Gunner hits King with a slingshot suplex.
Roode hits Gunner with a suplex, and Storm hits Roode with a neckbreaker. Aries lands a missile dropkick, Storm lands an enzuigiri. Gunner tags in Sabin and Sabin hits King with a springboard DDT and then finishes him with the “Hail Sabin” driver for the win!
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When we return, Devon and Knux are still looking for Abyss, but haven’t found him yet. Brooke Hogan congratulates Taryn Tyrrell on a great “Last Knockouts Standing” match she had with Gail Kim at Bound for Glory. Taryn asks Brooke if she still has feelings for Bully Ray, but Brooke wants to keep the discussion on wrestling. Taryn says she’s sorry.
Match #4: Mickie James versus Taylor Hendrix.
Mickie starts off all smiles and handshakes, but I think she is evil now. The two knockouts lock up and separate, with Mickie giving a condescending ‘thumbs up’ sign to Taylor. They lock up again and Taylor gets behind Mickie and twists her arm. Mickie reverses but then Taylor takes her down with a fireman’s carry takedown.
Mickie gets Taylor in a headlock and squeezes for a while. Mickie knocks Taylor down with a shoulder block but then misses a clothesline as Taylor bends backwards in a “Matrix” like move. Mickie gets behind Taylor but Taylor gets out and lands a kick.
Taylor climbs to the top but Mickie pulls the ref in to complain about a knee injury. Taylor walks over to see what’s wrong and Mickie hits her with a cheap shot. Mickie hits Taylor with the Mick Kick for the win.
Devon and Knux are still looking for Abyss. In the shadows, we see Knux get destroyed by the monster Abyss. Abyss pummels Devon next and tells him he’s taking the TV title “to the Abyss.”
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Match #5: Bully Ray versus Jeff Hardy in a non title ladder/hammer match.
Hardy flies out at Ray before the match even begins. Hardy hits Ray with a hurricanrana, and then kicks him into the announce table. Hardy flies off the edge of the ring apron and hits Ray with a clothesline.
Hardy slams Bully into the steel steps. Hardy grabs a ladder and brings it into the ring. Ray trips Hardy up, pulls him back to the floor, and then slams his leg into the edge of the ring.
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Ray hits Hardy with a couple headbutts to the chest. Ray slams Hardy into the corner and then pounds on his leg some more. Jeff lands a punch and Bully responds with a backdrop. Bully grabs the ladder, but then attacks Hardy again. Ray hits Hardy with a big boot to the face and then does the whole Hogan posing routine.
After mocking the Hulkster, Bully looks at the camera and says “hi dad!” Bully tries to get Hardy in a full nelson but Hardy slips out and hits ray with a DDT. The two men exchange a long series of punches and eventually Hardy gets the edge.
Hardy knocks Ray down and then hits him with a double leg drop. Hardy hits Ray with a dropkick and then sets the ladder up again. Hardy starts to climb but Bully pushes the ladder over. Hardy hits Ray with a mule kick and then slams the ladder into Ray’s nuts. Tazz says Bully Ray does NOT wear a cup; now he doesn’t need a cup because his testicles just got destroyed.
Hardy hits Ray with a jawbreaker and a running forearm. Hardy starts to climb but Ray pushes the ladder over again and Hardy falls hard. Ray climbs and gets the hammer but wastes too much time. Hardy hits Ray with a kick and a twist of fate. Hardy grabs the hammer and Bully Ray begs him off. Hardy swings at Ray but Ray runs away.
After the match Bully Ray is still running and also searching for his belt. Hogan sneaks up behind Bully Ray and gets ready to hit him in the back of the head with a hammer. Brooke Hogan comes out and saves her hubby. All three of them stare at each other until Bully walks away as Impact goes off the air.
In an interview with the VOC Nation Radio Network, TNA Hall of Famer and former champion Sting expressed his wish to wrestle the Undertaker, saying that everyone wants to work WrestleMania, even himself.
Sting questioned TNA’s intentions when they inducted him in the Hall of Fame, thinking that they sort of want him to retire even though he was assured by Dixie Carter that it wasn’t the case.
When talking about losing to Bully Ray and not getting another shot at the title, he said he doesn’t know what the booking team is up to and all the stuff that is happening makes him wonder.
Sting said that he’s on a one year contract and he was very close to signing with WWE before deciding to give TNA a try. He did acknowledge once again of talks between him and WWE in 2007 but said there was nothing official.
A new trailer to promote the Total Divas reality show on E! has been released, with the main focus on the Bella Twins.
The one minute fifty second trailer looks at the behind the scenes training, traveling, drama, romance, and everything else in between featuring Nikki, Brie, Cameron, Naomi, Natalya, and newcomers Jo Jo and Eva Marie.
The Total Divas show, originally set for the WWE Network, will premiere in July on E! Television.
WWE has announced that the company will be returning to China for a live show on Friday, August 2, in Shanghai at the Oriental Sports Center.
“We are extremely delighted to be back in Shanghai and offer the ‘WWE LIVE’ experience to Chinese fans for the first time,” said Sweesin Wu, WWE’s Vice President & General Manager, Asia Pacific. “We look forward to showcasing our unique brand of family-friendly entertainment that only WWE can deliver.”
The tour is being branded the “first time” as it is under the ‘WWE LIVE’ banner instead of RAW or Smackdown brands.
This is the third trip for WWE to China after making their initial debut in 2010 at the Shanghai Expo at the Mercedes Benz Arena, a free show available to anyone who attended the expo. In 2012, the Smackdown brand returned for a show at the Oriental Sports Center.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will make his first TNA appearance tomorrow night live on IMPACT Wrestling which is being held in Duluth, Georgia at The Arena at Gwinnett Center.
Spike, TNA, and Bellator held a press conference today to announce more details of the deal between all parties which includes Rampage getting his own TV show on Spike.
“We are looking for Rampage to dominate IMPACT like he dominated MMA. I want to be very clear, he is very serious about his deal with TNA,” TNA President Dixie Carter said.
Rampage said that the wrestling audience “gets it” and he always wanted to be a professional wrestler. “I was doing powerbombs in high school.”
TNA and Bellator share another MMA fighter between the two – King Mo – who signed a similar deal like Jackson, minus his own TV show.
