Jim Ross appeared as a guest on the ESPN show Highly Questionable. One of the stories he shared involved Jerry “The King ” Lawler & wearing white wrestling tights when asked what was the grossest thing he has ever seen in a wrestling ring.
Month: March 2014
RAW Recap
RAW from Chicago:
CM Punk’s music played & Paul Heyman came out. Fans chanted CM Punk! Heyman said he believes Punk deserves louder than that & fans chanted Punk’s name again. Heyman sat down in the middle of the ring like Punk. He said he came here to tell a story about a Paul Heyman guy who was never wanted in the WWE & was told he was too small to main event WrestleMania, a guy who would rebel against the system & the first family to where they don’t want him here in the WWE. Fans chanted CM Punk again. Heyman said he came to tell a story of a Heyman guy who had the balls to say what nobody else who had the balls to say. Heyman mentioned that this guy is from Chicago. Heyman said this is his pipe bomb about CM Punk who is not here. Fans chant CM Punk again. Heyman said there is no one more upset than him that Punk isn’t here & if Punk was here he would be proving his detractors wrong & showing that he is the best in the world. Heyman said he blames the fans for Punk not being here. Heyman talked about Punk’s success with him until the fans took Punk away from him. He said the fans took Punk away from him & themselves. Heyman said he also blames The Undertaker because of him & Punk no beating The Streak last year. Heyman said he wants revenge & there is only one man who can end & conquer The Streak & that man is his best friend, The Conqueror, the Beast Incarnate, Brock Lesnar. Lesnar came to the ring. Heyman showed the video of what Taker did Lesnar last week. Lesnar said he doesn’t make claims that he can’t back up. Lesnar said The Undertaker attacked him last week because Taker is afraid of him. Lesnar talked about many failing to beat Taker at WrestleMania & mention a few of them. Lesnar said they are failures. Lesnar said he will conquer The Streak.
As Lesnar & Heyman was leaving, Mark Henry came out & went after Lesnar. Lesnar tossed Henry into the steel steps & picked the steps up & hit Henry in the head. Lesnar tore apart the announce table, tossed monitors. Lesnar put Henry through the announce table with a F5.
WWE Tag Team Championship Match: WWE Tag Champs New Age Outlaws VS The Usos: Usos got the win to become the new WWE Tag Team Champions.
Clip was shown from the movie Need For Speed.
The Bella Twins, Natalya, Aksana & Alicia Fox was in the back watching the movie clip. Brie said she heard Aaron Paul was on his way & he has a need for speed. Natalya said Nikki has a need for speed. Nikki said Aaron Paul is cute & is giving Dolph Ziggler a ride later. Aksana said she would like a ride. Alicia asked what she meant by that. Aksana said she likes fast cars.
Big E VS Cesaro: Cesaro delivered the Cesaro Swing to Big E & then Jack Swagger came in & attacked Big E causing a DQ. Big E won by DQ. After the match, Cesaro, Swagger & Zeb Colter argued. Big E hit Cesaro with the Big Ending.
The Shield VS The Wyatt Family: Dean Ambrose crawled to the corner to make a tag but Seth Rollins dropped of the apron & walked away. Roman Reigns questioned Rollins what he was doing. Rollins said he is tired of being the glue keeping them together & for Reigns & Ambrose to work things out. Rollins watched from the ramp. Bray hit Ambrose with Sister Abigail. The Wyatt’s got the win.
Renee Young in the back with Batista, he said the YES Movement is dumb & it’s amazing who is passing as WWE Superstars these days. Batista said it’s fantasy for the fans to think a average guy like Daniel Bryan can turn into a Superhero. Batista said guys like Bryan will never beat guys like him.
Fandango & Summer Rae VS Santino & Emma: Santino & Emma got the win by submission with Emma’s Emma Lock on Summer.
Christian VS Sheamus: Sheamus got the win.
Renee Young in the back with Sheamus. Christian attacked Sheamus. Refs pulled Christian off of Sheamus.
The Bella Twins VS Aksana & Alicia Fox: Bella’s got the win.
Daniel Bryan came to the ring. He said the people have a voice & tonight they will hijack RAW. Bryan said he isn’t leaving this ring until Batista came down to fight or Triple H answers his challenge for WrestleMania. The Authority came down. Stephanie mention some of Bryan’s recent losses & said she would be embarrassed instead of trying to hijack the show. Bryan said he is unbroken with these people behind him & is stronger than ever. He again challenged Triple H for WrestleMania. Triple H said it isn’t going to happen & asked why Bryan can’t accept his failures. Triple H said the Superstars of this era make excuses & thy failed here because they weren’t good enough. Triple H called Bryan a B+ player & said it’s going to take more than a B+ player to get him to wrestle at WrestleMania. Bryan said these people see through Triple H’s lies, that’s why they chant. Bryan said Triple H doesn’t listen to the YEs Movement. Bryan said the only way Triple H will ever see that is if he beats the crap out of Triple H at WrestleMania. Stephanie said why would we listen to these people, they will turn on you on a dime but her & Triple H wont. Stephanie said without her family Bryan would be nothing. She said they made Bryan. Bryan said for Stephanie to put on Triple H’s trunks & Triple H to put on her skirt & he will fight Stephanie instead. Triple H said he is sure she would whip Bryan. Triple H said he wont wrestle Bryan at WrestleMania because Bryan doesn’t measure up. Triple H told Bryan to get out of their ring. Bryan said it’s the people’s ring. Triple H said everything belongs to them including Bryan & the people. Triple H again told Bryan to get out of the ring. Stephanie called for Kane. Kane came out & Bryan went after Kane. Stephanie called for security & they backed Bryan up the ramp.
WWE Network panel of Josh Mathews, Booker T, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan & Alex Riley talked about the show.
Alberto Del Rio VS Dolph Ziggler: Aaron Paul drove Ziggler out into the arena in a car from the movie Need For Speed. Aaron Paul joined JBL, Cole & Lawler at the announce table. Aaron Paul climbed up on the announce table & distracted Del Rio. Ziggler got the win.
Paul Bearer was announced as a 2014 WWE Hall of Fame inductee.
Big E VS Jack Swagger: Cesaro came in & attacked Big E as soon as the bell rang to start the match. Big E won by DQ. After the match, Swagger & Cesaro argued. Swagger shoved Cesaro & Cesaro took down Swagger & got ready for the Cesaro Swing. Zeb Colter talked Cesaro into letting him go. Zeb made them hug it out. “We the people.’
John Cena came to the ring limping & his left knee taped up. Cena talked about The Wyatt Family injuring him & not being able to compete tonight. Fans chanted CM Punk. Cena talked about his past moments in Chicago. Cena said he respects Chicago even if they boo him. Cena said WWE Universe wants change & change will have to go through him. Cena said Bray Wyatt isn’t in the drivers seat. Cena said he is standing tall. The lights went out & The Wyatt Family appeared on the big screen. Bray talked about Cena building an empire & something about Cena reminding him of a race horse & now the horse is sitting in the back of the barn on a slab. Bray asked how long does Cena think he can defend them off. Bray said mercy is calling Cena by name. Bray said he is the reaper & he is going to put Cena down. Bray said he knows why Cena is really afraid of, the loneliest man on earth is the man who sits alone at the top of his empty castle. Bray asked who will be left for Cena when he takes it all away. “Follow the buzzards.”
Batista was heading to the ring. Randy Orton came up & wished Batista luck.
Lana came out & introduced Alexander Rusev. Rusev cut a promo speaking in Bulgarian.
Batista VS Daniel Bryan: Randy Orton was sitting at ringside. The Authority(Triple H, Stephanie & Kane) came out. Batista tossed Bryan into Orton. Orton came in & hit Bryan. Orton went for an RKO on Batista but Batista shoved Orton away. Bryan hit Orton with a running knee. Bryan dropkicked Batista in the corner. Kane got on the ring apron & Bryan kicked Kane off onto Triple H. Batista speared Bryan. Triple H & Kane came in the ring. Triple H kept Kane from attacking Bryan. Triple H grabbed Bryan by the hair & told him that he is getting tired of his little fantasy crap. Bryan kicked Triple H in the head. Batista took out Bryan with a Batista Bomb. Triple H then hit Bryan with a Pedigree. The Authority stood over Bryan. Stephanie mocked Bryan with a Yes chant.
Update On Toby Keith’s Announcement
Toby Keith’s big announcement today had nothing to do with Jeff Jarrett’s new promotion. He announced the dates and locations for his “Shut Up & Hold On” tour this summer.
Raw Preview For 3-3-14
With the road to Wrestlemania speeding up we enter the city of Chicago tonight. While the WWE’s storyline-driven five point preview works to build up matches for mania the rest of the world is looking to see if in fact the controversial CM Punk will appear on tonight’s broadcast from his hometown. Love him or hate him he is the talk of the universe right now.
John Cena tweeted the following about tonight’s RAW in Chicago:
“Wanna pre thank the Chicago @WWEUniverse tonight for what I think will be a CANT miss #RAW there’ll b plenty of audience participation!!”
Zeb Colter also hyping “Surprises as well in this tweet
– Zeb Colter tweeted the following teaser for tonight’s RAW:
“Tomorrow night…going to be interesting in #WWEChicago…#RAW…chatter is that there’s a few surprises in store. @WWE”
This comes after reports that CM Punk wouldn’t be at Raw and WWE officials were quoted as saying that they were preparing to prevent CM Punk fans disrupting the show by “planning accordingly”, which was then followed by conflicting reports that CM Punk would be at Raw according to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer who says his source (a top WWE talent) says Punk will 100% be there.
There have been rumors going around online for many weeks that the hometown crowd would hijack the show if CM Punk did not appear. A reader on our site had an interesting comment regarding tonight’s Raw.
“what if they make the crowd go crazy by playing his theme song, bring out Bad News Barrett and say “I’m afraid I got some bad news!!!,”. That would be classic.”
One thing is for sure, tonight’s Raw will be all about Punk either way at least on social media. And obviously the WWE is planning something to keep fans happy er…. distracted if Punk doesn’t appear.
Paige Tops WWE Poll After Last Weeks Match
WWE.com has a poll asking fans which NXT Diva they are most excited to see on the WWE Network. Paige is currently leading the poll with 50% of the vote. On a related note Emma celebrated her 25th birthday this past Saturday.
Country Music Star Toby Keith Teases Major Announcement Today
Toby Keith posted a teaser to his twitter account this weekend saying that he would be making some sort of announcement. Many believe that it could be his rumored partnership with Jeff Jarrett for a new wrestling promotion. Here is the tweet:
Also, a new video featuring Karen Jarrett was recently released promoting the reveal of Jeff’s new project.
Ed’s Perspective: Here We Go Again – Another Punk Pipebomb
Trevor has been all over the breaking news that it CM Punk will be in his hometown of Chicago tomorrow night for RAW. Here is the news: Breaking News: Respected News Source Reporting That CM Punk Will Be At RAW Tomorrow Night and here is Trevor’s prediction: CM Punk Return: Prepare For The Pipebomb.
This last second change comes after he earlier reported based on industry experts: CM Punk Not Expected At Monday’s Raw In His Hometown of Chicago and WWE Aware of Crowd Plans To Hijack This Monday’s Raw.
Each of those links comes from right here on DTRT Wrestling.com and I want to commend Trevor on the thoroughness of his coverage on this topic.
Now my perspective. I SMELL A GOOD OLD FASHIONED WORK has been cookin’ – and I for one am not a bit happy about it.
First of all, look at the Pipebomb of 2011 from Punk:
Now please, don’t get me wrong, I enjoy when a superstar gets the opportunity to blast on things that are on his mind. Hell, even Fox News covered that pipebomb in 2011. Punk said things that you or I might have been saying, but he had a nationally televised platform.
So why am I upset that we can expect another one tomorrow? Well, to me it appears to make Punk seem to be a cry baby and I don’t believe that he is. It appears that every time Punk doesn’t get his way, he walks out – Vince begs him to come back or stay and gives him an open mic as his reward.
Pipebomb 2011 had a purpose.
Pipebomb 2014 smells rotten to me. All the coverage over the last several weeks, and here it’s all going to be resolved just in time for Punk to make his triumphant return in of all places – his hometown of Chicago and shortly before Wrestlemania.
I know that works are a big part of this business, but I hate being made feel like I’m a big sucker – and if this really is a work then I think the WWE has disrespected us fans, manipulated all those people who paid good money for shows and missed seeing Punk for the last several weeks, and tried to make us look like stupid sheep.
And that’s the bottom line – cause …………
Ed’s Perspective: Future of Diva’s Division Looks Bright
This past Thursday night, I totally enjoyed my first night of doing live updates on Wrestling Inc.com of TNA’s Impact. There was one major drawback though. I missed seeing live the amazing match on the WWE Network between Diva’s Paige, the NXT Women’s Champion, and Emma. I did however get to watch later – one of the awesome features of having subscribed to the WWE Network.
If this match was any indication, the future of the Diva’s Division looks so bright that we are all gonna need shades (ok that really is a corny music reference, but I couldn’t resist).
Watch the entire match
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1dtr5q_paige-vs-emma-nxt-womens-championship_sport
Both ladies show awesome in ring skills, and their athletic abilities are outstanding. I’m sure some might say they still need a little work, but let’s keep things in perspective. This match, which was of RAW or Smackdown quality, happened in a developmental promotion.
Do a little research, and you will find this about Paige:
Determined to redefine the Divas division in WWE, this fan favorite from England isn’t your “typical” female competitor. This 20-year-old, who hails from a family of professional wrestlers, has already been competing in the ring for seven years!
Here is a little more about her wrestling heritage when asked about what it was like growing up in a wrestling family, “It was amazing. What better way to learn an amazing craft than from people you love and trust completely? My family had a strong following so I was always in their shadow, which is understandable. But I wanted to make a path of my own and make my family proud in the process!”
Now about Emma.
We have gotten used to seeing Emma’s pretty face on WWE broadcasts and recently saw her in a match with Summer Rae. You’ve got to see the amazing submission maneuver that she used to get Summer Rae to tap out with. If you don’t want to watch the entire video (you should) you can got to the 1:50 mark and see an just how great the move was.
Between the match with Paige and this finisher on Summer Rae it looks to me that the sky is the limit for this Austrailian born superstar.
As her profile on WWE.com ends, “While it remains to be seen what the future holds for Emma, one thing’s for sure: The #EMMAlution has begun.”
Add to that, the surely eminent call up for Paige based on the release of her own T-shirt on WWE.com, plus the remarks of Stephanie McMahon and fans of women’s wrestling (notice I didn’t say Divas) have a lot to look forward to in the WWE.
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CM Punk Return: Prepare For The Pipebomb
With the reports of CM Punk returning to WWE TV becoming even more creditable you can almost be certain that he will be allowed to vent some of his frustrations in the form of another infamous pipebomb promo. While like in 2011 will be WWE approved CM Punk will most likely have some range and ability to yet again break down that fourth wall to some extent. What makes this even more a possibility is the fact that he is going to be in his hometown of Chicago.
While no reports have confirmed this you have to assume that the magic of Vince McMahon played the main role in getting Punk to return if nothing else to at least finish his contract which ends in July and of course as we would like to believe to also prevent a mass riot or hijacking of the show by the hometown crowd.
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