Some of Todays Wrestling News and Rumours (Possible spoilers) ***NO CHAT***

Butch Cassidy

Dare_2_defy wrote: »

Congrats to them:):)

Was he not married to a woman named Sara? What happened her? Did DDP get her! Does he still have the tattoo....

WWE officials are not happy with the Undertaker.

Presently out of action nursing an injury, the storyline on WWE programming is that the Undertaker is in a vegetative state and unable to compete - although he will likely return for WWE's SummerSlam pay-per-view next month.

Over the weekend, photos from the Undertaker's real-life wedding with Michelle McCool surfaced.

And WWE is said to be unhappy about it.

While World Wrestling Entertainment has nothing against the Undertaker marrying a WWE Diva, the executives are displeased with the release of photos, as they "distort" the storyline in place, say sources.

http://www.examiner.com/x-43265-WWE-Examiner~y2010m7d6-WWE-allegedly-furious-over-Undertakers-wedding-photo

jaykhunter

Eh, WWE giving out, what's new. If he wasn't getting married that weekend, Taker would've been in Las Vegas supporting Brock Lesnar, and WWE would've given out about that.

Taker won't listen to any rumours bitching about him. He's a made man. He could slap Vince in the face and not get fired! I doubt anyone in the company would dare give out to his face.

D2D

The current plan for Summerslam is to build the PPV around the returns of Triple H and The Undertaker. Triple H is slated to face Sheamus in a grudge match, while Undertaker is tentatively penciled in to face "brother" Kane, reports The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. As always, plans are subject to change.

D2D

I guess the SummerSlam poster (pic below) will have to be changed


Credit: F4WOnline.com

According to Dave Meltzer, HHH had surgery last week. The surgery performed on Triple H was to repair a torn muscle tendon in his arm. The word is that he suffered this injury during his time off. It's expected that he will be out of action for several months, which means he probably won't be able to make his scheduled return at Summerslam

Credit: F4WOnline.com

"Superstar" Billy Graham's health has greatly worsened as the transplanted liver he received in 2002 has begun to fail. The WWE Hall of Famer recently underwent a series of tests at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. Results showed an enlarged spleen and high blood pressure, particularly in the portal vein, which often stems from liver disease.

Additionally, Graham will be returning to the hospital to have the veins in his esophagus examined. When he nearly died in 2002, the veins in his esophagus ruptured (known as esophageal varices). He solely survived due to receiving a liver transplant.

D2D

Tommy Dreamer and the late Michael "Trent Acid" Verdi were inducted into the Hardcore Hall of Fame by the ECW Arena during the opening ceremonies of the "Acid-Fest" Memorial show in Philadelphia, PA.

Verdi was inducted by CZW owner DJ Hyde during a speech where Hyde spoke about Acid's love for the business and how much Acid appreciated all of the fans.

Verdi becomes the second CZW alumni inducted into the Hall, following CZW founder John Zandig.

D2D

Source: The Figure Four Weekly Newsletter

-- The approximate total for WWE's Over The Limit PPV in May was 198,000 buys worldwide with 115,000 taking place domestically in North America. While it was a jump from April's Extreme Rules PPV that was at a scary level of being only 3,000 buys from falling below 100,000, this is a drop from last year's Judgment Day PPV that did 228,000 buys worldwide.

-- There is no guarantee Undertaker will be healthy enough to return for SummerSlam despite that being the plan for months now. It's touch and go and the next set of tapings post-PPV will determine whether he's going to be back in time or not.

jaykhunter

Source : PileDriverWrestling.net

Latest figures on WWE Fatal 4 Way. The live UK broadcast on Sky Sports attracted only 111,000 viewers. The replay attracted 34,000 viewers. This is way down from viewing figures that we reported for Extreme Rules (162,000 & 75,000).

To put the viewing figures into perspective,

Last month's Extreme Rules UK viewership total = 237,000
This month's Fatal 4 Way UK viewership total = 145,000
RAW, 24 hours after Fatal 4 Way UK viewership total = 104,000 viewers

JP Liz V1

WWE Diva and former WWE Women's Champion Melina recently told the Between The Ropes pro wrestling radio show that she will be returning to the ring this Wednesday for the WWE developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).
Melina has been on the shelf since having surgery to repair a torn ACL she suffered several months ago.

waltersobchak

According to TVseriesfinale.com, ABC is pulling the plug on Chris Jericho's Downfall one week early. The series was to conclude its initial run on July 27th, but the July 20th episode will be the last one. The show premiered with 5.67 million viewers, but has settled down to average 2 million viewers a week. On the 27th, hour one of Wipeout will air in the timeslot, and then starting on August 3rd, Shaq Vs. returns to take over the timeslot. A second season is highly doubtful, and it is also doubtful that the final episode will even air.

D2D

waltersobchak wrote: »

According to TVseriesfinale.com, ABC is pulling the plug on Chris Jericho's Downfall one week early. The series was to conclude its initial run on July 27th, but the July 20th episode will be the last one. The show premiered with 5.67 million viewers, but has settled down to average 2 million viewers a week. On the 27th, hour one of Wipeout will air in the timeslot, and then starting on August 3rd, Shaq Vs. returns to take over the timeslot. A second season is highly doubtful, and it is also doubtful that the final episode will even air.

Chris Jericho commented on the sixth episode of Downfall not airing (and the subsequent rumors of cancellation) via his twitter account, writing:

"FYI-Downfall wasn't pulled or canceled. Due to a faster paced edited show, we simply ran out of contestants after the fifth show and didn't have enough material for a sixth show. We re gonna film more episodes in the fall. Sorry haters.."

Thank God it's not cancelled

starviewadams

waltersobchak wrote: »

According to TVseriesfinale.com, ABC is pulling the plug on Chris Jericho's Downfall one week early. The series was to conclude its initial run on July 27th, but the July 20th episode will be the last one. The show premiered with 5.67 million viewers, but has settled down to average 2 million viewers a week. On the 27th, hour one of Wipeout will air in the timeslot, and then starting on August 3rd, Shaq Vs. returns to take over the timeslot. A second season is highly doubtful, and it is also doubtful that the final episode will even air.

Jericho's response on twitter:

FYI-Downfall wasn't pulled or cancelled. Due to a faster paced edited
show, we simply ran out of contestants after the fifth show and didn have enough matrial for a sixth show. We re gonna film more episodes in the fall.Sorry haters...

JP Liz V1

http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/article/exclusive-wwe-branding-the-miz-backstage-politics-involved-107281

According to several sources within WWE, Michael Cole's PPV commentary tonight about The Miz being "the future of Raw" was a directed line from Vince McMahon, and was a specific line the company will be building on.
The Miz is seen by McMahon as a reliable workhorse, and is making the most of his push by doing as many media days and corporate appearances as possible. Miz has campaigned to be recognized as a "go-to" guy by McMahon, and is now starting to get the rewards of his appearances, media talks, and willingness to devote so much of his time to the company. One person I spoke with said it's the very same way John Cena got over with Vince McMahon, and the similarities are uncanny. "McMahon didn't like Cena at first, but Cena just worked harder than anyone else and won him over with a tireless work ethic," I was told. "The Miz is doing the exact same thing."

D2D

-- Triple H's injury has been identified as a torn biceps. The backstage word going around is that he'll be out until at least late October or could be out as late as December, reports The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

-- Mark Henry was injured during this past Monday night's WWE Raw when taking Wade Barrett's finisher reports The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Anyone who saw the finish knew it didn't end good (and could have ended even worse by blowing out Barrett's back as well). Henry landed bad on both his shoulder and back Monday night and it was serious enough that he didn't appear at the WWE NXT TV taping the following night. They did saw on the show that he wasn't there because of an injury, but didn't play it up or refer to Barrett as the reason.

-- Commercials sent to cable and satellite providers are listing TNA's next PPV on August 8 as "Hard Justice: One Last Stand" reports The Figure Four Weekly Newsletter. At one point during the commercial you can also hear fans chant "ECW!" A quick look at the InDemand and DirecTV websites currently do not display this commercial at the moment. As for TNA using any kind of an ECW reference, WWE was very strict back in 2005 when Shane Douglas ran his "Hardcore Homecoming" event and demanded they edit out any time fans chanted "ECW" (keep in mind this wasn't even a PPV event and was only available on DVD).

-- F4WOnline.com is reporting that the John Morrison vs Ted DiBiase feud is expected to be lengthy program, as early WWE creative plans call for the two superstars to face each other at the Night of Champions PPV. Obviously if they are facing at Night of Champions, a title must be involved which is neither going to be the U.S. Title or DiBiase's Million Dollar Title.

Machismo Fan

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_42649.shtml

Austin Watson (Consequences Creed in TNA and Austin Creed on the independent scene) has reportedly signed a developmental contract with WWE.

Why are they putting Creed in development? He's TV ready.

gimmick

^ "WWE Style" he aint presumably.

GTR63

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/article/exclusive-wwe-branding-the-miz-backstage-politics-involved-107281

Kinda takes the Shine off it for Miz fans.
Maybe now he can go to AC-DC concerts with Vince and John Cena.

JP Liz V1

Machismo Fan wrote: »

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_42649.shtml


Why are they putting Creed in development? He's TV ready.

Nxt Season 3 rookie perhaps :rolleyes:

D2D

Credit: F4WOnline.com

It seems there might be some tension right now between WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and former WWE superstar Shawn Michaels. According to Dave Meltzer, McMahon recently made the call to have the announcers no longer mention Michaels on air and for there to be no footage of him shown on WWE television. Reports are circulating that the reasoning behind this was that Michaels was very unhappy about the Bryan Danielson situation. It's also believed that McMahon is upset that HBK decided to call time on his wrestling career, as McMahon felt there was still more years left in the tank. Michaels is said to be very distanced from having any involvement with wrestling at this point.

-- In an interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune, former wrestling champion Bill Goldberg said he wants one final wrestling match because he wants his family to see him wrestle live.

"If the money was right, I'd go out there and do it in two seconds," Goldberg said. "I'd have to be totally prepared for it, because I wouldn't want to tarnish my image, but I'd like to be in the ring one more time so that my wife and my son can see me wrestle live."

He also discussed his love/hate relationship with the wrestling industry in the interview.

"I don't ever want to say that I miss anything about the wrestling business," Goldberg said. "I miss the ability to put a smile on a kid’s face, more than one at a time. That was a true charge for me."

flahavaj

Machismo Fan wrote: »

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_42649.shtml


Why are they putting Creed in development? He's TV ready.

If they put Danielson in developmental then everyone else in the world has to by very definition.:pac:

Degag

Surely if Goldberg wanted to wrestle one last match so his family could see him, money shouldn't be a problem?

davrho

WWE are doing their first ever live show in China. 22nd August in the Expo cultural centre, Shanghai.

thelurcher77

Goldberg doesnt care about anything else but money

The Volt

Consequences Creed coming to the 'E.

According to a statement issued by Platinum Championship Wrestling, Austin Watson, better known as Consequences Creed from his days in TNA, has signed a developmental contract with WWE.

I think this is a pretty good signing for the WWE. Creed is very young and already has experience working in front of a camera. He's got potential and could be a hot young star if the WWE uses him right. If there turns out to be a third season of NXT, don't be surprised to see him there

D2D

- The upcoming 900th episode of WWE Raw will be a tri-branded supershow featuring superstars from all three WWE brands; Raw, SD! and NXT according to The Wrestling Observer.

cena

i read that Danielson was fired for choking the ring announcer with his tie when nxees first invaded. don't know how true it is.

chordtype

cena wrote: »

i read that Danielson was fired for choking the ring announcer with his tie when nxees first invaded. don't know how true it is.

It's very true.

cena

well they get him back

waltersobchak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrEdFt7qa9Q

Go to 2 minutes for an awesome little promo from the Macho Man, its very very surreal to hear him talk about WWE in anyway, and even wierder to see him promote something WWE related..

D2D

- WWE is seeking new Divas. According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE has sent requests to agents of aspiring actresses and they will interview and cast in October.

- Kaval has been working with a shoulder injury.

- The Usos are receiving backstage praise from the wrestlers as far as their working ability with so little experience.

- WWE has signed Brian Button, 26, to a developmental deal for the third time. He has worked as Kris Logan and Brian Cage in the past. He was last under contract to WWE in September 2008.

credit: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

D2D

WWE have released their PPV schedule for the first 8 months of 2011.

January 30th – Royal Rumble
February 27th – Elimination Chamber
April 3rd – WrestleMania 27
May 1st – Extreme Rules
May 22nd – Over the Limit
June 19th – Fatal 4 Way
July 17th – Money in the Bank
August 14th – SummerSlam

It should be noted that Jeff Jarrett said that he wanted to do a TNA PPV on June 19th in celebration of TNA's 10th anniversary