The Undertaker on why he continues to wrestle.
Updated card for WWE Payback 2013
WWE Payback takes place on Sunday 16th June 2013 from Chicago, Illinois. Currently, there are two scheduled matches.
3 Stages Of Hell for the WWE Championship stage 1 - lumberjack match -- stage 2 - tables match -- stage 3 - ambulance match John Cena (champion) vs. Ryback
Singles Match CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho
A newly designed steel cage will debut tonight at Extreme Rules.
Updated card for Extreme Rules 2013
Taking place this Sunday. Here is the updated card...
Last Man Standing match for the WWE Championship John Cena (champion) vs. Ryback
I Quit match to determine the #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Championship Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger
Steel Cage Match Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar
Strap Match Sheamus vs. Mark Henry
Extreme Rules Match Randy Orton vs. The Big Show
Tornado Tag Match for the Tag Team Championships all four men will be in the ring at the same time Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins vs. Team Hell No (champions)
United States Championship Kofi Kingston (champion) vs. Dean Ambrose
Singles Match Chris Jericho vs. Fandango
Pre-show match airing on wwe.com and Youtube The Miz vs. Cody Rhodes
Updated card for Extreme Rules
Coming out of Raw last night, here is the updated card for Extreme Rules taking place on Sunday, May 19th 2013.
WWE Championship John Cena (champion) vs. Ryback
Ladder Match for the World Heavyweight Championship Dolph Ziggler (champion) vs. Jack Swagger vs. Alberto Del Rio
Steel Cage Match Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H
Did WWE plan to cancel the mixed tag match at WM29?
E! cameras, filming the new Divas reality show just happened to be there at WrestleMania 29 when The Bella Twins, Cameron and Naomi were informed that their six-person tag match with Brodus Clay, Tensai, Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow had been cancelled. This now has led to speculation that the match was never planned for the pay-per-view in the first place and that it was a work to get some good footage for the show.
Randy Orton competed in his first televised WWE match 11 years ago today. He defeated Hardcore Holly on SmackDown!
Undertaker match confirmed
WWE confirmed on last night’s episode of Main Event that The Undertaker vs. Dean Ambrose will indeed air on Friday’s episode of SmackDown.
Correction - matches on Smackdown this week
Correcting the earlier post (http://wwesource.tumblr.com/post/48716932801/matches-taped-for-smackdown-this-week), it now appears that Dean Ambrose vs. The Undertaker will also be televised on Smackdown this Friday night.
Matches taped for Smackdown this week
WWE taped the following matches today in London, England to air on this week’s SmackDown:
- Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger in a No DQ match
- Layla vs. Aksana
- Justin Gabriel vs. Fandango
- Big Show vs. Sheamus
- Wade Barrett vs. William Regal
- Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry
Limited roster at Raw tapings
The WWE Raw crew worked with a limited roster for this afternoon’s tapings from London, England as several top stars are working the SmackDown live event in Wales.
Fandango and The Shield who worked the Smackdown show were quickly transported to London for the Raw tapings.
Other guys like Sheamus, Randy Orton, Wade Barrett and The Big Show will not be on Raw.
Matches on Raw tonight
WWE taped the following matches today in London, England to air on tonight’s Raw.
- Brodus Clay vs. Damien Sandow
- Tensai vs. Cody Rhodes
- R-Truth vs. Antonio Cesaro
- Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler
- Zack Ryder vs. Big E Langston
- Fandango vs. William Regal
- Battle Royal to determine a new #1 contender to the Divas Title
- The Undertaker, Kane and Daniel Bryan vs. Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose
WWE ANNOUNCE NEW REALITY TV SHOW FEATURING THE DIVAS
article taken from wwe.com
The WWE Universe will get up-close and personal with the Divas like never before when E! launches a brand-new reality show highlighting the professional and personal lives of WWE’s leading ladies.
Set to debut this summer, “Total Divas” will feature an unprecedentedly in-depth look at what it means to be a WWE Diva in all senses of the word. With complete and utter access to the backstage workings of WWE, the show examines the preparation and fallout from matches, the romantic entanglements of a WWE locker room and, of course, the efforts of prospective new Divas to break through into the ranks.
The show will highlight the lives of five current WWE Divas — Natalya, The Bella Twins and The Funkadactyls.
WWE Executive Vice President of Television Production Kevin Dunn said. “There is no series on the air that can rival the charm, beauty, larger than life personalities, drama and glamour that this show will deliver.”
“Total Divas” represents an unprecedented partnership between E! and WWE, and will surely provide the WWE Universe with a no-holds-barred insight into both the lives of the Divas and WWE’s flagship event, WrestleMania 29.
John Cena vs. Ryback announced for WWE Extreme Rules in May.
Other matches - Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H Dolph Ziggler vs. Jack Swagger vs. Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Daniel Bryan on WWE
Former WWE producer sues The Big Show
Article taken in it's entirety from Courthouse News Service.
A producer sued World Wrestling Entertainment and its star "Big Show" (Paul Wight Jr.), claiming the wrestler choked him and hit him in the face during an interview for the WWE website. Andrew Green sued Paul D. Wight Jr. pka Big Show and World Wrestling Entertainment, in Maricopa County Court. Green claims that another WWE producer told him to get an interview with Wight after his Jan. 27 match at the (nonparty) US Airways Center in Phoenix. Green said his job was to do post-match interviews with wrestlers, which were posted to the WWE website or to YouTube. He claims Wight initially refused to do the interview, until Green told him that WWE senior vice president Eric Pankowski wanted the wrestler to do it. "In response, Big Show stated with the use of profanely indecent language that if Green wanted an interview then he would give him one, and to turn on the camera," the complaint states. It continues: "Big Show toward Green enraged, shouting obscenities, and waving his fist in Green's face. Big Show then grabbed Green by the collar and throat, striking Green in the face and backing him up against a trunk while declaring 'You son of a bitch ... Are you having fun right now ... Don't even come up to me again ... I don't give a shit who you are'." (Ellipses in complaint.) The attack was videotaped, Green says, and "Upon information and belief, Big Show was not feigning his emotional outburst at the time of the attack." Green claims the wrestler asked him to redo the interview, and "said that he would respond by just walking away." So, Green says, he reshot it like that. But then, Green claims, "Triple H," a wrestler and WWE official, was asked to watch the interviews, and told Green to shoot it a third time. "Triple H asked Big Show to muster the same emotional level for the third interview as he had with the original shoot, that being the attack. In response, Big Show said that he did not think he would be able to do that because his emotions in the original shoot had been real," the complaint states. Green claims they shot the third interview, but VP Pankowski found "it lacked the emotional impact of the original shoot" and decided to post the original shoot to the WWE website. The video remained on the website until Jan. 29, and got more than 100,000 page views, according to the complaint. Green claims he was unable to continue working after Jan. 29 because "he was uncomfortable working around Big Show and the other wrestlers, nervous, and had 'a ton of anxiety' as a result of the attack." Green claims that WWE "encouraged its wrestlers, including Big Show, to act in a violent and threatening manner both inside and outside of the wrestling ring relative to their appearances and participation in staged wrestling events as a means of entertainment." Green says in the complaint that WWE had previously "suspended or terminated Big Show's employment because of his behavior, including his engagement in violent and/or unlawful and/or improper activities outside of the wrestling venue." Green and his wife seek damages for assault and negligence.