Monthly Archives: August 2020

WWE Apologizes to Fans In India for 1998 Segment with Kurt Angle

– WebIndia has an article with WWE International President Gerrit Meier apologizing for a segment in 1998 where Kurt Angle took the Indian flag and wiped his nose with it on WWE TV. Going into last week’s WWE live events in New Delhi, India, there were calls by Hindu group Aadvanshi Veer Sena and some […]

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Update on ZZ’s WWE Status After Training Injury

– I noted back in late November that WWE Tough Enough competitor Zamariah “ZZ” Loupe was out of action after suffering an injury while training in the ring at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. ZZ was signed in late October with other Tough Enough competitors and new recruits. As of earlier this week, ZZ […]

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WWE NXT Team Wins Dark Match, Eight-Man Match on Main Event, More

– Tonight’s “Off The Top Rope” segment on ESPN’s SportsCenter has been bumped to 10pm EST due to the Oklahoma vs. TCU basketball game. Jonathan Coachman indicated on Twitter that there will be no WWE guest this week and that the segment will only feature a RAW recap. – The dark match before tonight’s WWE […]

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Daily Pro Wrestling History (08/15): WWE SummerSlam 2010

1940  Kansas City, Kansas: – Orville Brown beat Bobby Bruns in 2 of 3 falls – Don McIntyre beat Andy Mexiner  – Jack Hader beat Leo Jensen  1942 Boston, Massachusetts: – Steve Casey defeated the French Angel for the AWA (Boston version) World Heavyweight Title  1961  Minneapolis, Minnesota: – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Hard […]

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The Rock Responds to Dolph Ziggler, RAW Twitter TV Ratings, WM 32

– Below is a new preview for WWE’s WrestleMania 32: – Monday’s RAW ranked #3 among non-sporting events for the night in Nielsen’s Twitter TV ratings, behind The Bachelor and CNN’s Iowa Democratic Town Hall. RAW had a unique audience of 1.824 million, which represents the number of Twitter accounts that commented on the show. […]

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Is “Belt” Still Banned In WWE?, Paul Heyman on Michael Cole, More

– It was speculated on Wrestling Observer Live that the word “belt” may no longer be a banned WWE term after Stephanie McMahon used the word on last night’s RAW when referring to the WWE World Heavyweight Title. However, it appears the term is still on the “ban list” as Vince McMahon said “belt” a […]

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Charlotte – Lana Video, Marcus Louis on His WWE NXT Release, More

– WWE posted this behind-the-scene footage of Lana and WWE Divas Champion Charlotte at their recent Super Bowl 50 photo shoot: – As noted, WWE NXT talents Sylvester Lefort, Marcus Louis, Bull Dempsey, Peter Howard and Oscar Vasquez were all released this past week. Louis tweeted the following on his departure: I met,learned from and […]

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WWE SmackDown Report – 2/11/16

We are in Portland, Oregon and your announcers are Mauro Ranallo, Jerry Lawler, and Byron Saxton. We see what happened on Raw during MizTV meets The Highlight Reel meets total confusion as AJ Styles, Chris Jericho, and Miz got involved. Chris Jericho welcomes everyone to Thursday Night Jericho. He says he is pumped and excited […]

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WWE SmackDown Commentary Change for This Week

– Commentary on this week’s WWE SmackDown will be done by Jerry Lawler, Michael Cole and Byron Saxton. According to correspondents at last night’s tapings, Mauro Ranallo was not there. A few re-tweets on Ranallo’s Twitter indicated that he expected to be there but we’re not sure if he is backstage or not. No confirmed […]

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Video: Rusev Makes His Announcement for WWE RAW

– As noted, Rusev was promising a big announcement for tonight’s WWE RAW in Nashville, where he lives with Lana. Speculation was that the announcement may have to do with the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32 and it sounds like he’s hosting a bodyslam challenge that could tie into the battle […]

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