Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Aug 22, 2013 14:53:51 GMT -6
PRO WRESTLING NEWS:
---WWE legend Jake “The Snake” Roberts recently revealed on his official Twitter account that he is undergoing an operation to get new hair. Roberts wrote, “Getting new hair today. Feeling good. Procedure started. Gonna look like Heidi Klum when done. #Neograft.”
Roberts posted photos of the operation, which you can check out on Twitter @jakesnakeddt.
---From WWE.com:
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – WWE and MilkPEP – the same organization that presented the highly influential “got milk?” series – have announced a new partnership centered on a brand-new campaign called Protein Fight Club. The partnership was launched at the world famous Gleason’s Gym underneath the Brooklyn Bridge where MilkPEP introduced Protein Fight Club alongside Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.
While the first rule of “Fight Club” is to not talk about “Fight Club,” the first rule of Protein Fight Club is to tell everybody about it.
“WWE partnering with milk is an incredible opportunity to spread the message about good nutrition and healthy living for kids,” Stephanie told WWE.com in an exclusive interview at the event. “It’s an important message for working parents. It’s incredibly important to have milk as an easy way to ensure that our kids get all of the protein and nutrients they need to get them through the day.”
Julia Kadison, MilkPEP’s vice president of marketing, began the presentation, noting that Protein Fight Club encourages drinking milk in a new, unique way. She reminded members of the media in attendance that while experts recommend including 20 to 30 grams of protein with each meal, most adults only consume 10 to 12 grams at breakfast. But milk, with its eight grams of protein in every eight-ounce serving, can easily solve that problem. Dave Grotto, a registered “Guy-a-tician” and author of this year’s book, “The Best Things You Can Eat,” echoed the importance of milk and unveiled the campaign’s hashtag: #MilkWins.
The action really got under way when Triple H became so fired up discussing milk, he needed to be calmed down by Stephanie. WWE’s COO explained to the attendees that he understands the importance of the protein milk can provide, and together, the husband and wife duo introduced a series of three vignettes. Each video featured milk battling a common morning food in the Protein Fight Club, but of course, in each one, #MilkWins. The Game even joked that the breakfast burrito looked a bit like The Undertaker once milk was through with it.
---FREE FWE IPPV No Limits-
---WWE Ric Flair 2k14 Video-
---Hulk Hogan to Arm-Wrestle Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
The "friendly" competition at Fan Expo Canada will kick-off a weekend of celebrity appearances including Alice Cooper, Stan Lee and Linda Hamilton.
TORONTO – No word on whether Rob Ford will bring a metal chair, but the embattled Toronto mayor is due to arm-wrestle Hulk Hogan on Friday at Fan Expo Canada.
The match between the mayor and the TV wrestling star, set for Friday morning at the Intercontinental Hotel in Toronto, is being called a "friendly competition" by exhibition organizers.
"Find out who will have reason to cheer: Hulkamaniacs or Ford Nation?" Fan Expo Canada said in a statement Thursday.
Fan Expo Canada will kick off Friday at the next-door Metro Toronto Convention Center, and go all weekend with appearances by stars like Stan Lee, Alice Cooper, David Hasselhoff, Carrie Fisher and Linda Hamilton.
The celebrity faceoff comes as Ford continues to face media scrutiny over allegations that he was captured in smartphone footage smoking crack cocaine.
The Toronto Star last weekend reported that police are probing attempts by business associates of the mayor to obtain the infamous crack cocaine video in the days after the U.S. gossip website Gawker first claimed to have viewed the infamous videotape.
Ford and his brother, city councilor Doug Ford, had no direct comment on the latest allegations against the mayor during their weekly radio show on Sunday afternoon.
---Zero One USA comes to Ransoul, IL on August 25
We are doing a fundraiser outdoor show for The American Legion in Rantoul August 24th at 4pm. Bear St. Pierre will get his rematch against Harker Dirge.
Top Zero1 USA Jr. Heavyweight Oliver Cain takes on New Zealander Travis Banks who is a fighting athlete who competes in Zero1 Japan.
Fan favorite DaCobra will be there. Huge Tag Team Match between the Hooligans and Cali 31. Aug 10th show Cali 31 stole the titles after their loss to the Hooligans at Champaign-Urbana Days.
So the Hooligans will be out to beat them once again and take back their titles. Also Blake Steel, Jason V, Issan Hadeev and Shank Barzini will be in action. Come out and support a great cause, eat some great food and watch great Wrestling show 10 BUCKS, 5 AND UNDER FREE..
---I Believe in Wrestling returns to Orlando, FL, on August 25
I Believe in Wrestling will be at the Team Vision Dojo in Orlando, FL, on August 25.
Jesse Neal & Glacier vs. Jon Davis & Kenneth Cameron
Florida Cruiserweight Title
Chasyn Rance defends against Wayne Van Dyke
Plus Santana Garrett, C.J. O’Doyle, Tim Zbyszko, Larry Zbyszko, Chico Adams, Carlos Rivera, Gabriel Black, Josh Hess, and Rhett Giddins. Bell time is at 5:00 PM.
The Team Vision Dojo is a Pro Wrestling Training Center / Pro Wresting School in Orlando, FL. Scott Hall a.k.a. Razor Ramon and the "Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko oversee the training along with head trainer Chasyn Rance. All the trainers have worked for the WWE, Impact Wrestling, and have wrestled throughout the world. If you're looking for pro wrestling schools then this is one to check out. The Team Vision Dojo can help you live your dream of become a professional wrestler, manager, valet, referee, matchmaker, and/or promoter. Training is held on Monday and Wednesday nights 7-10pm at 6923 Narcoossee Rd #620, Orlando, FL 32822. For more information, e-mail floridaprowrestling@gmail.com or call 407-334-2200.
---Squared Circle Wrestling returns to Whitby, ON on August 25
Posted on 8/22/113 by Squared Circle Wrestling
SQUARED CIRCLE LIVE! PRESENTS…
VENDETTA
Sunday, August 25th 2013
at the CLASS ACT DINNER THEATRE
104 CONSUMERS DRIVE
Doors open at 5:30pm – Bell Time at 6pm
Tickets are only $10!!
Purchase tickets at www.squaredcirclewrestling.ca
NO HOLDS BARRED STREET FIGHT FOR THE PREMIER CHAMPIONSHIP
Premier Champion, Brent “Money” Banks w/James Korderas defends against “Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander
SPECIAL CHALLENGE MATCH
“Blue Print” Matt Morgan vs 2013 Adrenaline Cup Champion, John GREED
SINGLES MATCH
“Cyborg” Tyson Dux vs “Psycho” Mike Rollins
ROYAL TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
CheckMate w/Micky Knight defend against “Rocksteady” Alex Vega & Cody 45
GRUDGE MATCH
Alessandro del Bruno vs “Hacker” Scotty O’Shea
3-Way Dance
Black Serpent vs El Hijo del Bigote vs Marcus Marquez
*JUST ADDED TO VENDETTA*
VENDETTA gets a little bit more exciting with the announcement of a 3-Way Dance featuring El Hijo del Bigote vs Black Serpent vs "Limitless" Marcus Marquez
A lot more is at stake than it seems as the winner of the match will win a spot in a future SUICIDE SIX-PACK #1 Contendership match.
The only way to watch what will be a jaw dropping, high flying, 3-way is to be at the Class Act Dinner Theatre (104 Consumers Drive, Whitby, ON) All of the action starts at 6pm and tickets are ONLY $10!!!
You won't find another event loaded with talent for only $10 anywhere!!!
Purchase tickets online at www.squaredcirclewrestling.ca
---The Bellas will also be appearing on an episode of USA Network's Psych.
---ScarletReport.com reports that NFL prospect Morkeith Brown turned down an invitation to go to training camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to sign with WWE.
---Grantland has a great interview with Triple H, which was conducted before last Sunday's pay-per-view. Here are just a few highlights: Who decides to put him in storylines: "Yeah, it can come out of creative, but the ultimate sign-off is Vince. Technically, creative reports to Steph, but Steph is kind of the aggregator. Her office does everything from the magazine to digital to the shows, so it's funny when people will say, 'Oh, Steph and the creatives.' She really doesn't have anything to do with the day-to-day. I mean, she'll weigh in on something if Vince asks or if the writers ask her what she thinks before they bring something to Vince." Being able to spot a star even if they don't know what they're doing in the ring: "Well, is Ryback the most skilled guy in the ring? He's doing pretty good, though. When we did the Nexus, obviously we already kind of saw Wade Barrett had it, but Ryback was the guy that stuck out. And it wasn't just because he was the biggest guy — that's what everybody thinks. But that physique is a blessing and a curse. If you look like him, when you walk out from behind that curtain, they go, 'Whoa, look at this guy, he'd better impress me. Because if you stink, I'm going to crap on you right away.' Then it's "The big guy can't move. The big guy is terrible." If top stars have input on storylines: "Depends on the guy. You know, Austin — I don't mean this in a disparaging way — Austin would look at something and go, 'That sucks, I ain't doing that. Come back when you get something better.' But I would go, 'Well, what are we trying to get out of this? What if we did this?' And then Vince would be like, 'That's a decent idea, but what if we took that, but did this?' I like that process. I think that was what worked with Vince." The Reddit guy posting WWE pay-per-view results: "The night we brought Lesnar in,30 the fans were chanting his name, and Vince said to me, 'How do they know we have Lesnar here?' They didn't! They'd heard rumors that Lesnar was a possibility. But if you watched that crowd, they were f-cking blown away when he walked out there. And that's the difference. People think they know, but they really don't know any of the inner mechanics of what we do. Every now and then there's something in there that will be right on, and I think that's because talent put it out there. Talent hear things and that's fine. We don't really put much thought into it, to be quite honest. We just dislike when people ruin stuff for fans. It's like telling kids Santa Claus is fake. Why do it? It doesn't benefit anybody other than the ego of the person who put it out there. I never understood that. Why would you tell people what's going on? Isn't that the whole point of what we do, to keep them on the edge of their seats? I mean, yeah, we see where the Internet is going. We're giving fans more access now and doing shows like Total Divas. But I laugh, like, when writers say 'Oh, CM Punk laid the pipe bomb and lifted the fourth wall in a promo.' So let me get this straight, you think we put him out on TV, he broke f-cking everything we were supposed to do, and then sat down Indian-style and started blistering everybody, and we didn't think 'Let's take him off the air?' If that would've been a shoot, it would've been off the air the second he started."
---The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that WWE is one of several companies investing in a $30 million interactive tour called The Marvel Experience featuring popular Marvel superheroes. The tour will kick off next spring and will travel to 20-24 cities. It will include a "4D motion ride," 3D animated features and many other attractions.
---Steve Austin with Ric Flair Podcast-
www.podcastone.com/program?action=viewProgram&programID=436
WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair is the featured guest on "The Steve Austin Show" podcast this week in what was billed as part one of more shows to come.
During the opening of the podcast, Austin addresses the controversy surrounding the WWE 2K14 panel last weekend where Flair had fun telling stories about his career. As reported on earlier, WWE officials were not pleased with how Flair came off during the panel and pulled him from another appearance that same weekend as a result. Flair notes on the podcast that Take-Two Interactive had no issues with what he said and that "corporate WWE" was upset with him. Flair added, "I'm dumbfounded by this."
---AJ Styles' contract with TNA is set to expire in September. According to the article, TNA hasn't made much of an effort to get a new deal signed. It's interesting because Styles has a significant role on tonight's episode of Impact Wrestling. Styles has been with the company since it was founded in 2002, and teamed with Jerry Lynn and Low Ki to face The Flying Elvises (Jorge Estrada, Sonny Siaki and Jimmy Yang) on TNA's first-ever pay-per-view. A week later, he became the company's first X Division Champion by defeating Lynn, Low Ki and Psicosis in a double elimination match, which you can watch above. The following was posted on Styles' official Facebook page this morning: "Where do fans want AJ Styles to be? TNA? WWE? ROH? Japan? Lots of options. Tough decisions."
---As noted earlier this week, the official Facebook page for the Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA is advertising Rey Mysterio for tomorrow's live event at the arena. Mysterio has also been added to the rest of this weekend's shows in California with Saturday's live event in San Diego, CA and Sunday's live event in Ontario, CA. - Mysterio will also be appearing at the Sports Arena Home Depot located at 3555 Sports Arena Blvd. in San Diego this Saturday from 1-3 p.m. The first 300 fans will receive a custom mask and autograph in addition to meeting Mysterio.
---Ring of Honor just announced that the IWGP jr. tag team titles will be defended on its next major show, Death Before Dishonor, on 9/20 in Philadelphia.
Champions The Forever Hooligans, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov, will defend the titles against the American Wollves, Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards.
The show is highlighted by the semifinals and finals of the ROH title tournament.
The show will be taped for a next day airing on Video-on-Demand.
---WWE star Daniel Bryan spoke with Sam Roberts of Sirius/XM satellite radio and said he didn't set out to become famous. "Not only did I never aspire to be famous, I didn't want to be famous. When I started wrestling, I said you know what I'm going to do, I'm going to wrestle in Japan for most of my career and that way I can go over there and if I'm famous over there that's fine, then I can come home and be here. But here's the key. When I'm done with all of this, I shave all this (beard) off, I shave all this (hair) off, nobody knows who I cam, and I can just go back to being a farmer." View the interview at www.Youtube.com/watch?v=CUl-vTn6cWg
PRO WRESTLING EVENTS FOR FRIDAY AUGUST 23,2013:
In the United States:
WWE @ California State University (Save Mart Center) in Fresno, California
3XW @ Forte Banquet & Conference Center in Des Moines, Iowa
AAW @ Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois
APW @ APW Arena in Chester, South Carolina
APW @ Cherry Street Gym in Royston, Georgia
AWA @ Skybox Sports Grill in San Diego, California
BBW @ Snyder Coliseum in Snyder, Texas
BCW @ Knights Of Columbus Hall in West Allis, Wisconsin
ECPW @ Boys & Girls Club in Passaic, New Jersey
EPWE @ St. Nick's Event Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania
FC @ Bang TV Soundstage in Ocala, Florida
GIWA @ National Guard Armory in Milledgeville, Georgia
IWL @ Santino Brothers Academy in Bell Gardens, California
MALL @ White Cross Society Building in San Antonio, Texas
MCW @ MCW Arena in Osceola, Arkansas
MEW @ Veterans Of Foreign Wars Hall in Gallatin, Tennessee
PWX @ PWX Wrestleplex in McKeesport, Pennsylvania
SAW @ SAW Mill Arena in Millersville, Tennessee
SAWE @ JC Arena in Hanceville, Alabama
Shine @ The Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida
SWF @ SWF Arena in Tullahoma, Tennessee
USACW @ Jaycees Building in Selmer, Tennessee
WCW @ Veterans Of Foreign Wars Building in Fairhaven, Massachusetts
WCWO @ Outlaw Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana
WR @ Cine El Rey Theatre in McAllen, Texas
Internationally:
CCW @ Ohsweken Fairgrounds in Ohsweken, Ontario
CWE @ Holy Cross Gymnasium in Winnipeg, Manitoba
ECCW @ Sullivan Community Hall in Surrey, British Columbia
HIW @ Hungarian Cultural & Social Club in Regina, Saskatchewan
ICW @ ICW Centre in Montreal, Quebec
CMLL @ Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico
DGPW @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
IRW @ Warabi Dojo in Saitama, Japan
Osaka Pro @ Umeda Nasci Hall in Osaka, Japan
PW4U @ Silverdale Working Men's Club in Stoke-On-Trent, England
PWL @ Saddlers Club in Walsall, England
WTW @ Rainbow Hill Club in Worcester, England
SWA @ Pearce Institute in Glasgow, Scotland
NHPW @ Gosnells Police & Citizens Youth Club in Maddington, Australia
SPW @ Snakepit Arena in Salisbury, Australia
WC @ 1000 £ Bend Cafe in Melbourne, Australia
---WWE legend Jake “The Snake” Roberts recently revealed on his official Twitter account that he is undergoing an operation to get new hair. Roberts wrote, “Getting new hair today. Feeling good. Procedure started. Gonna look like Heidi Klum when done. #Neograft.”
Roberts posted photos of the operation, which you can check out on Twitter @jakesnakeddt.
---From WWE.com:
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – WWE and MilkPEP – the same organization that presented the highly influential “got milk?” series – have announced a new partnership centered on a brand-new campaign called Protein Fight Club. The partnership was launched at the world famous Gleason’s Gym underneath the Brooklyn Bridge where MilkPEP introduced Protein Fight Club alongside Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.
While the first rule of “Fight Club” is to not talk about “Fight Club,” the first rule of Protein Fight Club is to tell everybody about it.
“WWE partnering with milk is an incredible opportunity to spread the message about good nutrition and healthy living for kids,” Stephanie told WWE.com in an exclusive interview at the event. “It’s an important message for working parents. It’s incredibly important to have milk as an easy way to ensure that our kids get all of the protein and nutrients they need to get them through the day.”
Julia Kadison, MilkPEP’s vice president of marketing, began the presentation, noting that Protein Fight Club encourages drinking milk in a new, unique way. She reminded members of the media in attendance that while experts recommend including 20 to 30 grams of protein with each meal, most adults only consume 10 to 12 grams at breakfast. But milk, with its eight grams of protein in every eight-ounce serving, can easily solve that problem. Dave Grotto, a registered “Guy-a-tician” and author of this year’s book, “The Best Things You Can Eat,” echoed the importance of milk and unveiled the campaign’s hashtag: #MilkWins.
The action really got under way when Triple H became so fired up discussing milk, he needed to be calmed down by Stephanie. WWE’s COO explained to the attendees that he understands the importance of the protein milk can provide, and together, the husband and wife duo introduced a series of three vignettes. Each video featured milk battling a common morning food in the Protein Fight Club, but of course, in each one, #MilkWins. The Game even joked that the breakfast burrito looked a bit like The Undertaker once milk was through with it.
---FREE FWE IPPV No Limits-
---WWE Ric Flair 2k14 Video-
---Hulk Hogan to Arm-Wrestle Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
The "friendly" competition at Fan Expo Canada will kick-off a weekend of celebrity appearances including Alice Cooper, Stan Lee and Linda Hamilton.
TORONTO – No word on whether Rob Ford will bring a metal chair, but the embattled Toronto mayor is due to arm-wrestle Hulk Hogan on Friday at Fan Expo Canada.
The match between the mayor and the TV wrestling star, set for Friday morning at the Intercontinental Hotel in Toronto, is being called a "friendly competition" by exhibition organizers.
"Find out who will have reason to cheer: Hulkamaniacs or Ford Nation?" Fan Expo Canada said in a statement Thursday.
Fan Expo Canada will kick off Friday at the next-door Metro Toronto Convention Center, and go all weekend with appearances by stars like Stan Lee, Alice Cooper, David Hasselhoff, Carrie Fisher and Linda Hamilton.
The celebrity faceoff comes as Ford continues to face media scrutiny over allegations that he was captured in smartphone footage smoking crack cocaine.
The Toronto Star last weekend reported that police are probing attempts by business associates of the mayor to obtain the infamous crack cocaine video in the days after the U.S. gossip website Gawker first claimed to have viewed the infamous videotape.
Ford and his brother, city councilor Doug Ford, had no direct comment on the latest allegations against the mayor during their weekly radio show on Sunday afternoon.
---Zero One USA comes to Ransoul, IL on August 25
We are doing a fundraiser outdoor show for The American Legion in Rantoul August 24th at 4pm. Bear St. Pierre will get his rematch against Harker Dirge.
Top Zero1 USA Jr. Heavyweight Oliver Cain takes on New Zealander Travis Banks who is a fighting athlete who competes in Zero1 Japan.
Fan favorite DaCobra will be there. Huge Tag Team Match between the Hooligans and Cali 31. Aug 10th show Cali 31 stole the titles after their loss to the Hooligans at Champaign-Urbana Days.
So the Hooligans will be out to beat them once again and take back their titles. Also Blake Steel, Jason V, Issan Hadeev and Shank Barzini will be in action. Come out and support a great cause, eat some great food and watch great Wrestling show 10 BUCKS, 5 AND UNDER FREE..
---I Believe in Wrestling returns to Orlando, FL, on August 25
I Believe in Wrestling will be at the Team Vision Dojo in Orlando, FL, on August 25.
Jesse Neal & Glacier vs. Jon Davis & Kenneth Cameron
Florida Cruiserweight Title
Chasyn Rance defends against Wayne Van Dyke
Plus Santana Garrett, C.J. O’Doyle, Tim Zbyszko, Larry Zbyszko, Chico Adams, Carlos Rivera, Gabriel Black, Josh Hess, and Rhett Giddins. Bell time is at 5:00 PM.
The Team Vision Dojo is a Pro Wrestling Training Center / Pro Wresting School in Orlando, FL. Scott Hall a.k.a. Razor Ramon and the "Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko oversee the training along with head trainer Chasyn Rance. All the trainers have worked for the WWE, Impact Wrestling, and have wrestled throughout the world. If you're looking for pro wrestling schools then this is one to check out. The Team Vision Dojo can help you live your dream of become a professional wrestler, manager, valet, referee, matchmaker, and/or promoter. Training is held on Monday and Wednesday nights 7-10pm at 6923 Narcoossee Rd #620, Orlando, FL 32822. For more information, e-mail floridaprowrestling@gmail.com or call 407-334-2200.
---Squared Circle Wrestling returns to Whitby, ON on August 25
Posted on 8/22/113 by Squared Circle Wrestling
SQUARED CIRCLE LIVE! PRESENTS…
VENDETTA
Sunday, August 25th 2013
at the CLASS ACT DINNER THEATRE
104 CONSUMERS DRIVE
Doors open at 5:30pm – Bell Time at 6pm
Tickets are only $10!!
Purchase tickets at www.squaredcirclewrestling.ca
NO HOLDS BARRED STREET FIGHT FOR THE PREMIER CHAMPIONSHIP
Premier Champion, Brent “Money” Banks w/James Korderas defends against “Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander
SPECIAL CHALLENGE MATCH
“Blue Print” Matt Morgan vs 2013 Adrenaline Cup Champion, John GREED
SINGLES MATCH
“Cyborg” Tyson Dux vs “Psycho” Mike Rollins
ROYAL TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
CheckMate w/Micky Knight defend against “Rocksteady” Alex Vega & Cody 45
GRUDGE MATCH
Alessandro del Bruno vs “Hacker” Scotty O’Shea
3-Way Dance
Black Serpent vs El Hijo del Bigote vs Marcus Marquez
*JUST ADDED TO VENDETTA*
VENDETTA gets a little bit more exciting with the announcement of a 3-Way Dance featuring El Hijo del Bigote vs Black Serpent vs "Limitless" Marcus Marquez
A lot more is at stake than it seems as the winner of the match will win a spot in a future SUICIDE SIX-PACK #1 Contendership match.
The only way to watch what will be a jaw dropping, high flying, 3-way is to be at the Class Act Dinner Theatre (104 Consumers Drive, Whitby, ON) All of the action starts at 6pm and tickets are ONLY $10!!!
You won't find another event loaded with talent for only $10 anywhere!!!
Purchase tickets online at www.squaredcirclewrestling.ca
---The Bellas will also be appearing on an episode of USA Network's Psych.
---ScarletReport.com reports that NFL prospect Morkeith Brown turned down an invitation to go to training camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to sign with WWE.
---Grantland has a great interview with Triple H, which was conducted before last Sunday's pay-per-view. Here are just a few highlights: Who decides to put him in storylines: "Yeah, it can come out of creative, but the ultimate sign-off is Vince. Technically, creative reports to Steph, but Steph is kind of the aggregator. Her office does everything from the magazine to digital to the shows, so it's funny when people will say, 'Oh, Steph and the creatives.' She really doesn't have anything to do with the day-to-day. I mean, she'll weigh in on something if Vince asks or if the writers ask her what she thinks before they bring something to Vince." Being able to spot a star even if they don't know what they're doing in the ring: "Well, is Ryback the most skilled guy in the ring? He's doing pretty good, though. When we did the Nexus, obviously we already kind of saw Wade Barrett had it, but Ryback was the guy that stuck out. And it wasn't just because he was the biggest guy — that's what everybody thinks. But that physique is a blessing and a curse. If you look like him, when you walk out from behind that curtain, they go, 'Whoa, look at this guy, he'd better impress me. Because if you stink, I'm going to crap on you right away.' Then it's "The big guy can't move. The big guy is terrible." If top stars have input on storylines: "Depends on the guy. You know, Austin — I don't mean this in a disparaging way — Austin would look at something and go, 'That sucks, I ain't doing that. Come back when you get something better.' But I would go, 'Well, what are we trying to get out of this? What if we did this?' And then Vince would be like, 'That's a decent idea, but what if we took that, but did this?' I like that process. I think that was what worked with Vince." The Reddit guy posting WWE pay-per-view results: "The night we brought Lesnar in,30 the fans were chanting his name, and Vince said to me, 'How do they know we have Lesnar here?' They didn't! They'd heard rumors that Lesnar was a possibility. But if you watched that crowd, they were f-cking blown away when he walked out there. And that's the difference. People think they know, but they really don't know any of the inner mechanics of what we do. Every now and then there's something in there that will be right on, and I think that's because talent put it out there. Talent hear things and that's fine. We don't really put much thought into it, to be quite honest. We just dislike when people ruin stuff for fans. It's like telling kids Santa Claus is fake. Why do it? It doesn't benefit anybody other than the ego of the person who put it out there. I never understood that. Why would you tell people what's going on? Isn't that the whole point of what we do, to keep them on the edge of their seats? I mean, yeah, we see where the Internet is going. We're giving fans more access now and doing shows like Total Divas. But I laugh, like, when writers say 'Oh, CM Punk laid the pipe bomb and lifted the fourth wall in a promo.' So let me get this straight, you think we put him out on TV, he broke f-cking everything we were supposed to do, and then sat down Indian-style and started blistering everybody, and we didn't think 'Let's take him off the air?' If that would've been a shoot, it would've been off the air the second he started."
---The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that WWE is one of several companies investing in a $30 million interactive tour called The Marvel Experience featuring popular Marvel superheroes. The tour will kick off next spring and will travel to 20-24 cities. It will include a "4D motion ride," 3D animated features and many other attractions.
---Steve Austin with Ric Flair Podcast-
www.podcastone.com/program?action=viewProgram&programID=436
WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair is the featured guest on "The Steve Austin Show" podcast this week in what was billed as part one of more shows to come.
During the opening of the podcast, Austin addresses the controversy surrounding the WWE 2K14 panel last weekend where Flair had fun telling stories about his career. As reported on earlier, WWE officials were not pleased with how Flair came off during the panel and pulled him from another appearance that same weekend as a result. Flair notes on the podcast that Take-Two Interactive had no issues with what he said and that "corporate WWE" was upset with him. Flair added, "I'm dumbfounded by this."
---AJ Styles' contract with TNA is set to expire in September. According to the article, TNA hasn't made much of an effort to get a new deal signed. It's interesting because Styles has a significant role on tonight's episode of Impact Wrestling. Styles has been with the company since it was founded in 2002, and teamed with Jerry Lynn and Low Ki to face The Flying Elvises (Jorge Estrada, Sonny Siaki and Jimmy Yang) on TNA's first-ever pay-per-view. A week later, he became the company's first X Division Champion by defeating Lynn, Low Ki and Psicosis in a double elimination match, which you can watch above. The following was posted on Styles' official Facebook page this morning: "Where do fans want AJ Styles to be? TNA? WWE? ROH? Japan? Lots of options. Tough decisions."
---As noted earlier this week, the official Facebook page for the Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA is advertising Rey Mysterio for tomorrow's live event at the arena. Mysterio has also been added to the rest of this weekend's shows in California with Saturday's live event in San Diego, CA and Sunday's live event in Ontario, CA. - Mysterio will also be appearing at the Sports Arena Home Depot located at 3555 Sports Arena Blvd. in San Diego this Saturday from 1-3 p.m. The first 300 fans will receive a custom mask and autograph in addition to meeting Mysterio.
---Ring of Honor just announced that the IWGP jr. tag team titles will be defended on its next major show, Death Before Dishonor, on 9/20 in Philadelphia.
Champions The Forever Hooligans, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov, will defend the titles against the American Wollves, Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards.
The show is highlighted by the semifinals and finals of the ROH title tournament.
The show will be taped for a next day airing on Video-on-Demand.
---WWE star Daniel Bryan spoke with Sam Roberts of Sirius/XM satellite radio and said he didn't set out to become famous. "Not only did I never aspire to be famous, I didn't want to be famous. When I started wrestling, I said you know what I'm going to do, I'm going to wrestle in Japan for most of my career and that way I can go over there and if I'm famous over there that's fine, then I can come home and be here. But here's the key. When I'm done with all of this, I shave all this (beard) off, I shave all this (hair) off, nobody knows who I cam, and I can just go back to being a farmer." View the interview at www.Youtube.com/watch?v=CUl-vTn6cWg
PRO WRESTLING EVENTS FOR FRIDAY AUGUST 23,2013:
In the United States:
WWE @ California State University (Save Mart Center) in Fresno, California
3XW @ Forte Banquet & Conference Center in Des Moines, Iowa
AAW @ Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois
APW @ APW Arena in Chester, South Carolina
APW @ Cherry Street Gym in Royston, Georgia
AWA @ Skybox Sports Grill in San Diego, California
BBW @ Snyder Coliseum in Snyder, Texas
BCW @ Knights Of Columbus Hall in West Allis, Wisconsin
ECPW @ Boys & Girls Club in Passaic, New Jersey
EPWE @ St. Nick's Event Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania
FC @ Bang TV Soundstage in Ocala, Florida
GIWA @ National Guard Armory in Milledgeville, Georgia
IWL @ Santino Brothers Academy in Bell Gardens, California
MALL @ White Cross Society Building in San Antonio, Texas
MCW @ MCW Arena in Osceola, Arkansas
MEW @ Veterans Of Foreign Wars Hall in Gallatin, Tennessee
PWX @ PWX Wrestleplex in McKeesport, Pennsylvania
SAW @ SAW Mill Arena in Millersville, Tennessee
SAWE @ JC Arena in Hanceville, Alabama
Shine @ The Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida
SWF @ SWF Arena in Tullahoma, Tennessee
USACW @ Jaycees Building in Selmer, Tennessee
WCW @ Veterans Of Foreign Wars Building in Fairhaven, Massachusetts
WCWO @ Outlaw Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana
WR @ Cine El Rey Theatre in McAllen, Texas
Internationally:
CCW @ Ohsweken Fairgrounds in Ohsweken, Ontario
CWE @ Holy Cross Gymnasium in Winnipeg, Manitoba
ECCW @ Sullivan Community Hall in Surrey, British Columbia
HIW @ Hungarian Cultural & Social Club in Regina, Saskatchewan
ICW @ ICW Centre in Montreal, Quebec
CMLL @ Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico
DGPW @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
IRW @ Warabi Dojo in Saitama, Japan
Osaka Pro @ Umeda Nasci Hall in Osaka, Japan
PW4U @ Silverdale Working Men's Club in Stoke-On-Trent, England
PWL @ Saddlers Club in Walsall, England
WTW @ Rainbow Hill Club in Worcester, England
SWA @ Pearce Institute in Glasgow, Scotland
NHPW @ Gosnells Police & Citizens Youth Club in Maddington, Australia
SPW @ Snakepit Arena in Salisbury, Australia
WC @ 1000 £ Bend Cafe in Melbourne, Australia