CREATIVE CHANGES IN WWE

 WWE has changed the structure of their creative staff with a “home team” and “road team” initiative. Road teams will travel to each week’s television tapings while home teams will work at company headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut to develop future shows. WWE creative head Stephanie McMahon, a mother of three children, and Brian Gewirtz will reportedly stay at home to avoid going on the road on a weekly basis.

EDGE ADVERTISED FOR WWE HELL IN A CELL

The official website of the New Orleans Arena is advertising Edge for next month’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event taking place October 2: “Witness the Superstars of both Raw and Smackdown live under the same roof for a PPV extravaganza live event featuring: John Cena, Randy Orton, Alberto Del Rio, The Miz, Edge, Rey Mysterio, John Morrison, The Big Show and many more Superstars live!”

WWE paid tribute to the “Rated-R Superstar” following last night’s SmackDown taping in Toronto, Ontario with “Edge Appreciation Night.” He also hosted “The Cutting Edge” with World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton and Mark Henry during the taped show. He is also advertised for next Tuesday’s SmackDown taping in Dayton, Ohio.

PEOPLE'S EDITION CHOSEN FOR WWE '12

THQ was taking votes to release a special The People’s Edition or The Champ’s Edition of the upcoming WWE ’12 video game. Voting is now apparently over and The People’s Edition will be released. More details on special features in The Rock’s edition of WWE ’12 will be released in a few days.

The Rock commented on Twitter:

“It’s official! “The People’s Edition”. Team Bring It dominates CeNation. Again.”

TYLER REKS COMMENTS ON BEING NOT USED

Tyler Reks wrote the following this afternoon regarding he and Curt Hawkins not being used at this week’s WWE TV tapings:

“Anyone miss Reks & @TheCurtHawkins this week? After the ass whoopin we handed out I figured they’d be begging for more. #ReksAndHawkins #WeWantReks”

MONTE BARRETT GOING FOR WWE TRIAL

Pro boxer Monte Barrett told BoxingScene.com this week that he will begin training at WWE developmental in Florida at the end of October. He said:

“I gotta call [WWE senior director of talent relations] Ty Bailey this week and go through some of the particulars, but I know whatever it’s gonna be, it will be a lot of hard work. I told him I will commit 110% and put my best foot forward with everything that I do.”

Barrett will be in FCW for 2 weeks and then return for a two month training camp.

UPDATED CARD FOR NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS 2011

WWE Title Match
John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio

World Heavyweight Title Match
Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton

WWE Tag Team Title Match
The Miz & R-Truth vs. Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne

WWE Divas Title Match
Beth Phoenix vs. Kelly Kelly

WWE United States Title Match
Jack Swagger vs. Alex Riley vs. John Morrison vs. Dolph Ziggler

WWE Intercontinental Title Match
Ted DiBiase vs. Cody Rhodes

No DQ Match
CM Punk vs. Triple H
If Punk wins, Triple H must resign as COO.

ROCK VS JOHN CENA 200 DAYS TO GO

 WWE officials are reportedly trying very hard to get The Rock to wrestle at the Survivor Series pay-per-view.

The original idea was for him to appear and do an angle but not wrestle until the match with John Cena at WrestleMania 28 but now they want him to wrestle in November. As noted before, there has also been discussion of doing a best of 3 series between the two.

Whether or not The Rock should wrestle or not at Survivor Series was a controversial topic of discussion within WWE this past week.

TRIPLE H TALKS ABOUT SMACKDOWN, HIS FUTURE IN THE RING

The Miami Herald has published part two of an interview with Triple H. Here are some highlights:

His future inside and outside of the ring:
“In the ring, listen, it’s a young man’s business. I love being able to get in there occasionally and still perform. We [WWE] have the greatest fan base in the world, the most rabid fan base in the world. Anytime I can get out in front of them and perform, as long as they still want to see me, I’m excited to do it, but at the same point, I don’t want to be doing it everyday.


I enjoy the [TV] role I have right now, with being able to go out on the show, but to be quite frank, I enjoy the behind the scenes just as much. To me, it’s just as thrilling to help a young guy like a Sheamus or a Miz or somebody like that, help them with something and then see them go out there and do it and be successful, see it click for them. It’s just as exhilarating to me as being out there and doing it myself. So that part of it is a thrill for me to be behind the scenes and hopefully watching the business continue to thrive.”

Will we see more live SmackDowns on Tuesdays?
“I’m sure if you ask Syfy, they would say, ‘Yes.’ I think that’s certainly on the board. The beautiful thing about WWE is we truly are a fluid product, because we’re live, and we can do it from just about anywhere. We can moves things around and switch things around, and it’s what makes us such a valuable partner to people and networks like USA and Syfy. If USA or somebody needs a number to help them get over the hump in the ratings war, we can do a special and put them over the top. We can do a Tuesday live show and give somebody a kick. We can do all these different things, and that’s a very valuable commodity. I’m sure they’re looking, as well as everybody else is looking, to use that commodity in the best possible way they can.”