DREW McINTYRE AND TIFFANY GOT MARRIED, DREW MCINTYRE FIRED?? CHRISTIAN VS KOFI FOR INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE

Drew McIntyre and WWE Diva Tiffany (real name Taryn Terrell) were recently married in Las Vegas. They have been engaged for the past several months.

In an interesting note, McIntyre was "fired" from TV at tonight's Smackdown taping and stripped of the WWE Intercontinental Championship. A four-man tournament was setup to crown a new champion as Kofi Kingston and Christian both advanced. The winner will be determined on next week's edition of Smackdown.

Primo vs. Carlito, Chavo Guerrero vs. Chris Masters, Shad vs. JTG and Rosa Mendes vs. Beth Phoenix were taped for this week’s WWE Superstars on WGN America.

NXT ELIMINATION ROUND STARTS FROM NEXT WEEK

The first Rookie elimination will take place on next week’s WWE NXT on SyFy. Justin Gabriel won last night’s Rookie Challenge and will not be eligible for elimination on next week’s show.

CURT HAWKINS AND VANCE ARCHER DEBUTED ON SMACKDOWN

Curt Hawkins and Vance Archer debuted their new tag team last night before the SmackDown tapings, defeating local wrestlers JT Talent and Chasyn Rance, of VH1 reality TV fame. The end came when Archer hit a reverse DDT finisher and Hawkins hit a flying elbow.

NEW PROMOTIONAL POSTER OF FATAL 4 WAY PPV WITH RANDY ORTON

The new promotional poster for WWE’s Fatal 4 Way pay-per-view. The previous poster featured Christian on it. Here also is the synopsis for the pay-per-view, in case you missed it before. WWE’s first-ever Fatal 4 Way pay-per-view takes place on June 20th at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, NY.

Get ready for WWE’s most unpredictable event as eight WWE Superstars face off in two separate Fatal 4 Way championship matches! Watch Randy Orton, John Cena, Triple H, Rey Mysterio, and all your favorite Superstars in “WWE: Fatal 4 Way” live on Sunday, June 20, 2010 on pay-per-view!

NXT AS ON MAY 4

Dark Match:
* Vance Archer & Curt Hawkins b. Two local workers named Jason & John.
WWE NXT (Airing tonight at 10 PM on SyFy):
* The show opens will all eight Rookies in the ring with Matt Striker. Striker tells them there will be the first elimination next week. Striker says David Otunga will face his own Pro in R-Truth on tonight’s show. He also says there will be an obstacle course challenge.
* Daniel Bryan is up in the challenge first. It looks like a playground. They even have a water drinking challenge at the concession stand. Daniel Bryan finished in 2:34.4. The Miz comes out and tells Bryan he’s facing Michael Tarver, winless vs. winless, right now.
* Michael Tarver b. Daniel Bryan clean. After the match, Carlito gave Bryan a backstabber and The Miz made fun of him.
* Backstage, Darren Young is with the Straight Edge Society. Punk asks Young if he is serious about a match versus him.
* Heath Slater is next in the obstacle course. He finishes in 1:36.9. Darren Young is next and finishes at 2:07.8. Justin Gabriel runs the course at 1:29.0. Otunga finishes at 1:35.0 but has to go directly to his match against R-Truth.
* R-Truth b. David Otunga
* Wade Barrett is disqualified from the obstacle course competition when he falls off the monkey bars. Skip Sheffield finished at 1:31.2. The winner of this challenge is immune from being eliminated from the show next week.

SMACKDOWN SPOILER 5/7

Dark Match:
* Vance Archer & Curt Hawkins b. Two local workers named Jason & John.
WWE SmackDown, Airing Friday:
* The show opens with a recap of Big Show’s feud with World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger. Swagger will take on Kane later tonight.
* Matt Hardy comes out with a mic. He cuts a promo on WWE Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre. McIntyre hits the ring and things get physical. Referees and security break it up as Teddy Long comes out. Long orders Drew to stop. He doesn’t and Long suspends him but that doesn’t stop him. Long strips him of the Intercontinental Championship but that doesn’t stop him either. Long tells Drew he’s fired which prompts McIntyre to get in his face. McIntyre is escorted out of the building by referees.
* Backstage, Teddy Long is interviewed by Josh Mathews. Long says he doesn’t know Matt Hardy’s status, what to say about Drew McIntyre or what to do about the Intercontinental Championship.
* MVP b. Luke Gallows w/CM Punk & Serena. Rey Mysterio came out of the crowd during the bout and distracted Gallows which allowed MVP to hit the Complete Shot and get the pinfall win.
* CM Punk cuts a promo on Rey Mysterio. Mysterio asks Punk where the hooded attacker is but Punk acts like he knows nothing about it. Mysterio still wants to shave Punk’s head. Mysterio suggests one more match, if he loses he’ll join the Straight Edge Society. If Punk loses, Mysterio gets to shave his head bald. Mysterio says he’ll join the Straight Edge Society tonight if Punk saves his head tonight. Punk won’t agree to it despite a chant from the crowd. Punk puts over his hair as a symbol of purity. The segment concludes with Mysterio promising to put an end to the Straight Edge Society.
* Layla & Michelle McCool w/Vickie Guerrero b. Tiffany & Kelly Kelly when Layla got the pin.
* Teddy Long announces a tournament for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. It begins tonight and there are two matches from it tonight. Christian vs. Cody Rhodes and Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler. The winners will face off next week for the title.
* Kofi Kingston b. Dolph Ziggler to advance to the finals of the WWE Intercontinental Championship tournament that will take place next week.
* Christian w/Heath Slater b. Cody Rhodes to advance to the finals of the finals of the WWE Intercontinental Championship tournament that will take place next week.
* Kofi Kingston will face Christian next week for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
* World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger comes out with a mic. He puts himself over, delivering more facts about himself. He talks down Big Show before Kane comes out for their match. Big Show comes out and goes to the announce table for commentary. Kane b. World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger when Swagger was disqualified for throwing Kane into the unprotected turnbuckle. After the match, Swagger attacks Kane before Big Show gets involved. Kane ends up taking out Swagger and Show chokeslams him through the announce table. Show poses with the World Heavyweight Championship belt to end the show.

ARTIST SUED MAYWEATHER AND WWE FOR USING THEME AT WRESTLEMANIA

Anthony Dash has filed a lawsuit in South Carolina against WWE and Floyd Mayweather, saying that Mayweather’s WrestleMania theme music used a few years back was a version of material he already had copyrighted. The lawsuit says that Dash’s 2005 song Tony Gunz Beat was the same song Mayweather used at WrestleMania. The suit claims Mayweather just added his own “explicit lyrics” to the track. Dash is asking for $150,000 per copyrighted work that has been infringed on as well as preliminary & permanent injunctive relief to stop the Defendant’s “ongoing infringement of Plaintiff’s copyright.” The lawsuit also asks for all copies of the Plaintiff’s works be destroyed “or otherwise appropriately disposed of.”

INDIAN FAN CLAIMS THAT KHALI SLAPPED HIM

NVOnews.com out of India has an article on The Great Khali’s return to India this week. A fan, who reportedly was admitted to a hospital, claims that Khali slapped him at the Delhi Airport on Saturday night. Khali told NVOnews.com that he did not slap the fan and was simply pushing the huge crowd away from him.

UPDATE ON TONIGHTS SMACKDOWN AND NXT TAPINGS

WWE will tape tonight’s NXT and this week’s Friday Night SmackDown tonight from the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. R-Truth vs. his Rookie David Otunga has been announced for NXT and nothing has been confirmed for SmackDown yet.

BRET HARTS FINAL DATE WITH WWE

Bret Hart told the Right After Wrestling Sirius radio show last night that his last scheduled date with WWE is the May 17th commercial-free Monday Night RAW from Toronto, Canada. As noted before, this show is being built around Bret’s WWE return to Canada and it looks like it will be his farewell, unless they come up with something to keep him around.

ELDERLY FAN SLAPPED CM PUNK

An elderly female fan was escorted out of the WWE SmackDown live event in Knoxville, TN this weekend after slapping CM Punk. The woman walked up to Punk, told him he wasn’t Jesus and smacked him hard, according to a fan in attendance. Punk smiled at her, told her he forgave her and dropped to one knee while security took her away.

WWE FAN ARRESTED AFTER THREATNING WWE HEAD QUARTERS TO BLOW UP

The Connecticut Post reports that WWE fan Zavr Peygumbari, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested last week after he called WWE headquarters over twenty times with threats to blow up the company’s office and harm staff members. Zavr was upset that WWE released former Women’s Champion Mickie James.

Zavr was arrested last Friday and arraigned yesterday at state Superior Court in Stamford, CT. Zavr’s next court date will be on May 25th. He was originally held over the weekend in Stamford on a $250,000 bond but released on a $5,000 bond Monday. His lawyer describes him as a “fervent wrestling fan” who did not intend to follow through on his threats. Court records show that New York City police know Zavr as being emotionally disturbed.

During his arraignment on Monday, the angry WWE fan apologized for the phone calls and called them foolish & childish. Zavr allegedly threatened to blow up WWE’s offices and said he would visit the building with a machete and a machine gun. The phone calls began on April 24th and continued through April 27th. Nineteen calls were made by Zavr on April 24th with a handful of calls made over the next few days. During one call, Zavr threatened to kill an un-named WWE employee and his family. The phone calls were traced back to a cell phone that Zavr had.

Zavr has been charged with four counts of fourth-degree threatening, one count of second-degree harassment and two counts of second-degree threatening.

The judge told Zavr on Monday that he could not contact WWE employees, go near it’s offices in Stamford or attend any events. Zavr’s actual response to this in front of the courtroom: “I’m not allowed to go to wrestling shows?”