Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Update on Shelton Benjamin, Ted DiBiase Jr.

Ted DiBiase Jr. will be appearing at the WWE developmental show on Friday, February 19th at the Plant City Armory in Plant City, Florida.

Shelton Benjamin was shown on camera at the Iowa vs. University of Minnesota wrestling meet this past weekend.

Undertaker pulled from all Ads

The Undertaker has been pulled from all advertising for the upcoming WWE SmackDown tour of the UK. New main events are now Edge vs. Batista and Rey Mysterio & John Morrison vs. CM Punk & Luke Gallows.

Ecw Tapings

Tonight WWE will tape the final episode of ECW on SyFy and this week’s Friday Night SmackDown from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO. Confirmed for ECW is Christian vs. Ezekiel Jackson in an Extreme Rules Match for the ECW Title and Big Show & The Miz vs. Goldust & Yoshi Tatsu for the WWE Unified Tag Team Titles. Announced for this week’s SmackDown is Edge vs. Batista.

Mickie's Single Hits Radio

Mickie James first country music single “Are You With Me” hits the radio today. Fans can pre-order her album at countryshowcase.com for $25.00. The first 10,000 fans who pay this price receive an autographed copy of the CD and a limited edition t-shirt.

NXT on WWE's NXT

NXT Wrestling overseas posted the following on their website regarding WWE’s new show using the NXT name:
“WWE was proactive in working with us to come to mutually agreeable terms on the release of the NXT trademark once it learned of the potential conflict. The timing was right for us as we were planning on renaming the NXT brand to SWA:Source to be closer aligned with the SWA parent brand.

Bret Comments on Jim Ross

 Bret Hart wrote the following his Facebook on Sunday regarding Jim Ross:

“As far as the WWE goes, all I can say is where the heck is Jim Ross? With everything that has transpired in my three appearances on Raw, it’s too bad he hasn’t been there to call it. There’s nobody that calls it the way Jim Ross calls it and that’s the bottom line because I say so.”

What was Behind the scene on Raw

Before RAW:
- Dark Match: Jack Swagger squashed a jobber and got the win after his Gutwrench Powerbomb.
- For Superstars, they taped:
* Evan Bourne & Primo vs. Chavo Guerrero & Carlito
* Gail Kim vs. Katie Lea
After RAW:
- Sheamus got on the microphone after Raw went off of the air and said that if Cena wants his WWE Title match, he can have it right now.
- Dark Match Main Event: John Cena defeated WWE champion Sheamus by disqualification, so Sheamus retained. The referee disqualified Sheamus for shoving him.

New DVD, Jim Ross tweets on Rattle Snake, update on Fozzy

Jim Ross wrote the following on Twitter earlier today regarding Steve Austin: “Steve Austin just called. Doing great. Working out hard 4 nx movie. Getting ready to promote “Damage” n big way.”

Chris Jericho’s band Fozzy will be performing at Club Red in Tempe, Arizona on Friday, March 26th during WrestleMania weekend.

WWE will be releasing a “Best of PPV Matches” DVD set on May 18th, 2010. The DVD will feature pay-per-view matches from 2009

Inoki Confirmed, Batista on Raw, Guest Host of Raw

WWE confirmed Antonio Inoki as the second member of this year’s Hall of Fame class tonight on RAW.
- Batista will be live on next week’s RAW in person to further the storyline with John Cena.
- Next week’s RAW guest hosts will be the celebrity couple of singer Jewel and bull riding champion Ty Murray.

WWE Superstar 2/18

* Evan Bourne and Primo defeated Chavo Guerrero and Carlito in a good match. Bourne hit Air Bourne on Chavo for the win.
* Gail Kim beat Katie Lea Burchill in a good Divas match. Maryse came out afterwards and taunted Gail for their PPV match.

Possible Spoiler on a big change at Elimination Chamber

Edge vs. Batista for WWE’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view was announced on RAW tonight during the broadcast on The Score in Canada.
If this is correct, it should be announced at tomorrow night’s SmackDown tapings. Batista and Edge are scheduled to face each other in singles action on this Friday’s show.

Raw as on Feb 15

- Tonight’s WWE RAW kicks off with Justin Roberts introducing the Iowa National Guard, I believe it was. A young woman is introduced to sing the National Anthem in honor of President’s Day. We go to the opening RAW video.

- Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler welcome us to RAW from Des Moines. They plug Jerry Springer as host tonight and say that he will reveal secrets about WWE Superstars. Springer is also going to allow Bret Hart to address the WWE fans tonight. We see the parking lot outback as they await the arrival of Batista to address John Cena.

Sheamus vs. Randy Orton

We go right to the ring where the WWE Champion Sheamus makes his way to the ring for tonight’s opener.

Voices hits as Randy Orton makes his way out. He and Sheamus stare each other down as Orton stalks to the ring. Orton gets a decent reaction from the fans. The bell rings and they lock up and take it to the corner. Sheamus taunts Orton. Orton comes back with a big uppercut and slithers away on the mat from Sheamus.

Sheamus drops Orton and gets a 2 count. Sheamus powerslams Orton and taunts him some more. Sheamus goes for the big running kick but Orton ducks. Orton goes for an RKO but Sheamus rolls out of the ring. We go to commercial.

Back from the break and Orton is stomping away on Sheamus. Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes come walking down the ramp as the crowd boo’s them and Orton looks on. Sheamus comes up from behind and puts a knee to Orton’s back and Orton goes down. Sheamus stomps on Orton now. Sheamus takes Orton to the corner now and works him over. Orton fights back now with right hands and an uppercut followed by a big dropkick.

Orton stomps some more on Sheamus. Orton counters a move and hits his backbreaker on Sheamus. Orton goes for an RKO again but Sheamus dodges it and rolls to the floor. Orton comes out but counters Sheamus and rams him into the ring post. Orton goes back in the ring and distracts the referee. Ted tries to hit Sheamus but Sheamus drops him. Cody comes over and hits Sheamus from behind, which the referee sees. The match is called for disqualification.

Winner by DQ: Sheamus

- After the match, Ted DiBiase comes in the ring and blames what happened on Cody. Orton is pissed. Cody comes in now and argues with Ted. Orton stares them both down. Orton nails the RKO on Cody and lays him out. Sheamus runs up and hits the big boot on Ted, sending him to the floor. Sheamus turns around to a huge RKO from Orton. Orton gets hype as his music hits and we go to replays.

- We see Bret Hart walking backstage, heading to the ring as we go to commercial break.

- Back from the break and we get a replay of last week where Bret Hart attacked Vince McMahon. The music hits and out comes Bret to the ring. The crowd pops as Bret takes the mic. He says it’s no real shock that Vince isn’t here tonight at RAW. Bret says he came here tonight to finish things once and for all with Vince. The crowd starts chanting Bret’s name. Bret goes on about returning to WWE and how Vince says he deserved to be screwed. Bret says Vince needs the holy hell beat out of him and the crowd pops again.

Bret says he really wanted to beat Vince at WrestleMania and have one more victory at WrestleMania. Bret says there is no match because Vince lied about that too. He says victory will last a lifetime but excellence will last forever. Bret thanks the WWE fans for having him back and thanks John Cena. Bret says the past few weeks, he’s got to live some special moments he won’t forget. Bret thanks the fans again and says goodbye. He drops the mic and walks out of the ring to the back. Bret stops on the ramp again and says goodbye to the fans as his music plays. We see Bret walk backstage and Kofi Kingston stops him and shakes his hand. He walks past Jack Swagger & Alicia Fox, who wish him good luck. Primo Colon walks up and also says goodbye to Bret. Gail Kim and Evan Bourne also say goodbye. Bret keeps on walking as we cut to Cole and Lawler, who play up how serious the situation is. We go backstage again where Bret is walking with John Cena talking. Cena is trying to talk him into staying but Bret isn’t having it. Bret hops into his limousine. Cena walks off but a car backs into Bret’s limousine door. A woman hops out and is saying she’s sorry. Cena has her move the car as Bret’s leg is pinned in the door. WWE stars and officials rush over to help Cena tend to Bret. A WWE trainer comes over and works on Bret’s leg. The ambulance backs up and they pull Bret out of the limo and put him on a stretcher. They load Bret into the ambulance and we see it take off before another commercial break.

- Back from the break and we get a replay of what just happened to Bret Hart.

The Miz and Big Show vs. MVP and Mark Henry

We go to the ring where WWE’s Unified Tag Team Champions The Miz and Big Show come out for this non-title match. Out next are their opponents, MVP and Mark Henry.

The bell rings and MVP unloads on Miz, sending him to the corner. MVP whips him back in the corner but runs into a big boot. MVP slams Miz on his face and hits the running kick, sending Miz to the floor. We go to commercial break.

Back from the break and Miz is in control of the match. He punches Mark Henry but gets dropped by MVP. Henry comes in on a tag and goes to work on Miz. Henry runs into a big boot but scoops Miz up and hits the World’s Strongest Slam for a 2 count. Big Show breaks the pin with a big leg drop. Show is tagged in now. He and Henry go at it in the corners. Henry hits a big splash. Henry tries to scoop Show off his feet but can’t. Show DDT’s Henry.

Show goes to the second rope for a Vader splash but Henry rolls out of the way. MVP is tagged in and ducks a punch from Show. MVP hits the knee to the face and a big running kick in the corner. Show hits a big kick to the face that drops MVP. Miz is tagged in and goes right or the pin. MVP rolls Miz up out of nowhere for the pinfall and the win, in this non-title match.

Winners: MVP and Mark Henry

- Cole and Lawler hype Jerry Springer’s appearance, which is next. Back to commercial.

- Back from the break and out comes Jerry Springer, tonight’s host, with two of his security guards from the show. The Springer graphic from his show is also on the screen. Tonight he’s going to reveal intimate relationships of WWE stars tonight in this special episode of the Springer Show. His first guest out to the ring is Kelly Kelly.

Springer asks Kelly why she hasn’t wrestled lately. She announces she’s pregnant. He asks who the father is. She says she doesn’t know because she’s been in a bunch of different relationships. Wow. She now says she thinks she might know who it is and brings out Santino Marella. Santino comes out and they hug. Santino says it’s true and calls Springer, Maury Povich. Santino says he was at a hotel bar with Kelly and after a few drinks, things got crazy and now he’s the father. Kely says when Santino was sleeping, she needed someone to finish the job – someone with more experience and stamina. They try to argue and be funny. Michael Cole stands up and says that was his and Kelly’s secret. Lawler stands up and apparently he’s been with her also. The crowd chants for Lawler and he gets in the ring. This is getting ridiculous. Out comes The Bella Twins.

Nikki says that her sister is a man. Brie slaps Nikki and they fight at it. We get “Jerry” chants as the security break them up. They go to say who was in the room with Kelly when Chris Masters makes his way out. Masters enters the ring when Eve Torres comes marching out to the ring. She asks Kelly why she’s messing with her man Masters. Kelly and Eve catfight. More Jerry chants as security breaks them up. Eve asks Masters how he could do this. He says Eve wasn’t getting the job done. Eve says she’s been cheating on Masters also. Masters says bring the man out who she’s been with. Out comes The Great Khali and Ranjin Singh.

Khali picks Eve up and hugs her. Masters tries to attack but security gets involved. Santino interrupts and asks who the father is. Springer says he has the results of Kelly’s paternity test. The father is Hornswoggle. His music hits and out he comes running to Kelly. Springer says this is all crazy, crazier than his own show. Springer says he’s out of here and leaves the ring while the WWE stars and Divas argue in the ring. Lawler takes the mic and climbs to the second rope. He asks Springer to stop. Lawler says the WWE stars got together tonight and put this show together to freak Springer out. He says Kelly isn’t pregnant, Brie isn’t a man and there hasn’t been any secret rendezvous. Ranjin says Khali thinks, like the fans, that this is all a waste of time. Lawler says no, it isn’t. He has a relationship to reveal and it’s Jerry Springer. Lawler says some men like their women big, some skinny and some old. But Springer likes his women Young… as in Mae Young. Her music hits and Mae Young comes to the ramp, loving all over Springer. The WWE stars and Divas chant for Jerry in the ring and finally, this segment ends.

- We go to the parking lot where we are still awaiting the arrival of Batista. Back to commercial.

- Back from the break and Cole leads us into a video showing what happened to Bret Hart earlier. Cole shows us security camera footage from earlier showing a different angle of the car backing into Bret’s door of the limo. Lawler says they haven’t heard an update on Bret but speculates his leg is probably broken. We go to an Elimination Chamber promo.

- We go to a pre-recorded video of Jerry Springer, with his familiar brick background. Jerry does his “Final Thought” speech and talks about the Elimination Chamber and Road to WrestleMania. Mae Young walks up, they hug and leave together. We see John Cena heading the ring before taking another commercial break.

- Back from commercial and we see a replay from SmackDown where Batista wouldn’t speak to the crowd, kicked the microphone and got tons of heat. We go to the ring where John Cena comes out to a big pop. We see replays of where Batista attacked Cena a few weeks ago. Cena wishes Bret Hart well and says he’s pulling for him. Cena says he did nothing to provoke the attack from Batista a few weeks ago. Cena said Batista is coming to RAW to respond to his threats so here he is, to welcome Batista to RAW. Cena calls Batista out.

Batista appears on the big screen and waves at Cena. Cena rips on Batista’s shirt. Cena turns his back and tells Batista to come on down and attack him. Batista says he’s doing Cena a big favor by not being there tonight. Batista says Cena he doesn’t want any. Batista says if they are ever in the same ring again, Cena will wish it was a bad dream. Cena says those are the words of a tough guy but he saw Batista’s hands shaking. Cena says Batista doesn’t want any of him. Cena tells Batista to come out and fight. Batista says this is all funny to him because Cena is running his mouth while he’s not there. Batista says next week, he will be live in person at RAW. Batista says then, he will give answers to Cena. Batista wishes Cena luck in the Chamber this Sunday. Cena says he will be waiting on RAW for Cena. Batista gets up from the camera view and walks off.

John Cena vs. Triple H
Triple H’s music hits as he comes out to a big pop. Triple H does his entrance as we go to commercial.

Back from the break and the bell rings to start the match. They lock up and Cena goes to a headlock and then to the mat. Cena runs the ropes and hits a shoulder block before taking Triple H back down with a side headlock. Triple H fights back and takes Cena to the corner with shoulder thrusts. Triple H whips Cena into the opposite corner. Cena hits a suplex on Triple H for a 2 count.

Cena goes for the bulldog but Triple H blocks it. Triple H goes for the knee to the face but Cena blocks that. Cena knocks Triple H over the top and to the floor. Cena runs off the apron and tries to leap on Triple H but he moves. Cena lands on the fan barrier. Triple H goes for a Pedigree on the floor but Cena counters and backdrops Triple H. We go to commercial.

Back from the break and Triple H has Cena fading in a sleeper hold. Cena eventually fights back and hits shoulder blocks and the back drop. Cena hits the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Triple H counters the Attitude Adjustment and clotheslines Cena for a 2 count. Triple H takes Cena to the top rope and goes for the superplex. Cena fights him off and back to the mat. Triple H rushes the corner and knocks Cena’s feet out from under him on the top. Triple H goes for the superplex again but Cena headbutts him back to the mat. Cena hits the double leg drop from the top but only gets 2.

Cena tries for the STF but Triple H counters it. Triple H turns it into a half-crab as the ref checks on Cena. Cena counters the hold and locks on the STF. Triple H reaches the ropes to break the hold. Cena goes for the Attitude Adjustment again but Triple H grabs the ropes and holds on. Cena runs the ropes but Triple H drops him with a right. Triple H with the knee to the jaw and a spinebuster. Triple H goes for the Pedigree when Sheamus throws his WWE Title belt in the ring, slides in and hits the big boot to the face on Triple H, laying him out. Sheamus goes for the kick on Cena but he ducks it. Cena goes for the Attitude Adjustment but Cena counters it. Sheamus rakes Cena’s eyes and lays Cena out with the big boot to the face. Triple H tries to get up but Sheamus grabs him and hits the Celtic toss move. RAW goes off the air with the crowd telling Sheamus he sucks as he holds his WWE Title belt in the air.

Update on Wrestlemania Set and Stage

* The dome in the University of Phoenix Stadium will be open, like WrestleMania 24, making it an open-air event.

* Over 1,500 miles of cables and wire will be ran through the stadium to light the ring, stage and entrance way.

* Close to 400,000 pieces of pyro will be used and shot over 200 feet into the air above Phoenix.

* The 110 foot tall above-ring structure will hold 30 tons of light, sound and video equipment and look similar to the one at WrestleMania 24.

* A $250,000 four-sided LED big screen with 150 speakers will hang under the ring structure ensuring a great view for everyone.

* Before heading to the ring, WWE Superstars will first walk onto a 120 foot-wide stage that stands 8 feet above the floor. As of now, they will then head down a ramp to the ring that will be surrounded by cauldrons of fire. These fire cauldrons will be placed all around the WrestleMania set and will burn high or low, depending on what the action in the ring calls for. Each cauldron burns at about 1,000F degrees.

Teddy Hart Suspended in Mexico

Teddy Hart was recently suspended by the AAA promotion in Mexico and it’s possible that he won’t be brought back. It’s said that among other things happening against him, people were tired of hearing Teddy always talk about his uncle Bret Hart was bringing him to WWE as a member of the Hart Dynasty.

Raw Matches set for tonight

Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa with Jerry Springer as the guest host. Tonight’s matches will see Elimination Chamber participants face off with Kofi Kingston vs. Ted DiBiase, Sheamus vs. Randy Orton and Triple H vs. John Cena.

Kim and Masters Appearing, Cryme tyme on Porn Award, Serena Added to Smackdown

Gail Kim and Chris Masters will be appearing at Forland Automotive in Lakewood, Colorado on Friday, March 12th from 4-6pm.
- WWE’s Cryme Tyme attended the XBIZ Porn Awards this past Wednesday. They were spotted hanging out with Ron Jeremy and other adult film stars.
- WWE has added Serena to the SmackDown and Divas roster.

Tiffany posing for Playboy

WWE Diva Tiffany, under her real name Taryn Terrell, appears in the February/March 2010 issue of Playboy’s Book of Lingerie. The caption under Tiffany’s front photos reads like this:
“Since you last saw me: I competed for a spot as a WWE Diva and ended up signing a developmental contract with them. I am now with Extreme Championship Wrestling, a division of the WWE, where I’m the general manager. I’m passionate about: Raising money for abused and abandoned children. Fun fact: I’m a vegan and choose not to eat anything with a face.”
It’s interesting that there was no mention from either Tiffany or WWE on this shoot. By the looks of the photos and the description under them about her being ECW General Manager, it appears they are new. It’s no secret that Tiffany has posed for the magazine many times before being signed by WWE.