Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch are officially engaged to be married.
Becky made the announcement on Thursday via social media with a photo of her and Rollins on the beach showing a ring on her finger.
“Happiest day of my life. For the rest of my life,” she captioned the picture.
The relationship between Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins was first made public back in April when the two attended a concert together. It was then brought to TV recently and the two WWE stars wrestled in a mixed tag team match at Extreme Rules.
WWE is planning to launch their own podcast network, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The new network is expected to produce multiple podcast series with WWE Superstars. Full details on the podcast line-up will be announced at a later date.
WWE is partnering with Endeavor Audio for the new project. WWE currently works with Endeavor Streaming to power the WWE Network. Endeavor Audio already works with The Bella Twins on their Bellas Podcast.
“Storytelling is at WWE’s core and we are eager to add the audio genre to our portfolio,” said WWE Advanced Media Executive Vice President Jayar Donlan. “Partnering with Endeavor Audio, an expert in podcasting, will enable us to provide our fans with unique content and reach new audiences across the platform.”
Endeavor Audio Senior Vice President Moses Soyoola added, “We’re always looking to pair dynamic content with the best formats for listeners. Through our new partnership with WWE, we’re looking forward to tapping into their iconic event portfolio and talent base to create compelling audio content for their fans.”
Jon Moxley is currently dealing with some sort of elbow injury, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
There’s no word yet on injury specifics, but it may be an infection that Moxley picked up while working in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling this summer.
Moxley worked Northeast Wrestling indie events this past weekend and his singles matches were switched to tag matches, except for the match with Pentagon Jr. Moxley insisted on doing that singles match but was very careful not to bump on the elbow.
Moxley is scheduled to face Kenny Omega at AEW’s All Out pay-per-view next Saturday, August 31.
An agency representing both CM Punk and WWE recently reached out to Fox officials about Punk possibly doing work with WWE once again.
Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which represents WWE and Punk, recently had an agent reach out to Fox higher-ups about having Punk serve as one of the co-hosts of the upcoming WWE in-studio talk show on FS1, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Punk would be working for Fox, not WWE, if a deal was to be reached. The Observer speculated that WWE would hate the idea. Word is that there have been zero negotiations regarding Punk possibly taking the gig. It was also noted by the Observer that this is only something Punk’s agent brought up, and not anything that Punk clearly wanted. Sources in WWE reportedly indicate that there’s nothing to the speculation.
The WWE FS1 in-studio show is set to air on Tuesday nights later this year. It’s been reported that Renee Young will be the main host, but plans may have changed since that was first reported earlier in the summer.
It looks like eSports host/announcer Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez has signed with All Elite Wrestling.
Mendez took to Twitter this week and posted a GIF that said “it’s official” and included a contract. AEW’s Alex Marvez responded and wrote, “Welcome aboard!!!”
Goldenboy did AEWFyter Fest commentary with Excalibur and WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross back in July due to the partnership between AEW and CEO Gaming, who helped put the event on. Goldenboy made his name doing eSports commentary and also did commentary work for The Rock’s Titan Games on NBC.
XFL revealed the team names and logos of their 8 teams. The announcement was simulcasted live on XFL.com, ESPN.com and various ESPN, FOX Sports and XFL social media platforms. XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck hosted the presentation along with ESPN host Laura Rutledge and FOX Sports host Colin Cowherd.
Below is new video of Triple H talking about WWE NXT moving to the USA Network.
As noted, the brand will premiere on USA on Wednesday, September 18 and will air live each week from 8-10pm ET, at Full Sail Live. WWE is reportedly making around $1 million per episode for NXT on the USA Network. The show will still air on the WWE Network, on Thursdays at 8pm ET, and Takeover specials will remain exclusive to the WWE Network.
Triple H was asked to describe the last 7 years and what it took to get to this point. He talked about how NXT went from needing main roster Superstars to create a show each week, to the brand becoming white hot on its own, selling out arenas and tours across the world. Triple H ended the interview by saying this is just the start for NXT, and the show will only get better with the move to the USA Network.
“Yeah, I mean it’s been a crazy journey, something that I don’t think most people thought would ever happen,” he said. “But this was kind of the vision of it. You know, from starting out with a partnership with Full Sail University and having to bring in main roster stars to get us to be able to have enough people to put the show on each week, to where they got to the point where they didn’t want to see those main roster stars anymore, to where we stopped calling it the main roster because NXT was just becoming white hot when we didn’t even have a distribution home for it. It was seen internationally but here in the US it was just clips.
“We were the first live show on the WWE Network. NXT Arrival was the very first sort of Takeover that we did. … So, the very first live product seen on the WWE Network. A year after that we were selling out, not just Full Sail University, but selling out the Barclays Center for Takeovers. Over that journey, selling out all over the globe, selling out live events all over the globe, Takeover after Takeover after Takeover, and now the opportunity to go on the #1 network in television, the USA Network, our partners, and I couldn’t be happier, I couldn’t be more proud.”
He continued, “I said it in the beginning, this was going to be their brand [the fans], that’s why we hashtag ‘#WeAreNXT’. As good as NXT is now, it’s only going to get better. This is going to expose a new side of NXT that people haven’t been able to see yet. I can tell you this about it – as excited as everybody is about this moment, this is the start. This isn’t the destination, this is the start. This brand is just getting started. So, I look forward to that day, I look forward to going live, and I look forward to showing the world that we are NXT.”
Ronda Rousey suffered a nasty injury on the set of Fox’s 9-1-1 series, according to TMZ.
Rousey reportedly broke two of her fingers (middle and ring fingers) while filming scenes in Mexico last week. The incident happened when Rousey was supposed to slam a door during a dramatic action moment.
“She was a little over-exuberant and slammed the door on her finger,” TMZ was told.
The middle finger suffered the worst of the injury as the tendon was nearly severed. She also fractured the tip of her ring finger. Rousey was taken by ambulance to a San Diego hospital for treatment. Her middle finger was reportedly repaired with a bolt and screws.
Rousey reportedly never broke character during the incident and returned to work the next day.
As noted last week, Rousey has signed on for a new role in the hit first responders drama from Fox. She stars as firefighter Lena Bosko, a character that was described as a stoic and fearless member of the Los Angeles Fire Department Station #136, who leaps into action to save lives when a disaster hits. The third season of 9-1-1 will premiere on Monday, September 23 at 8pm ET on Fox.
Rousey, who remains signed to WWE and a member of the RAW roster, is currently taking time away from the company. She left after WrestleMania 35 and has said she was taking time off to expand her family with husband Travis Browne.
Courtesy of TMZ, click HERE to see the graphic photo of the injury.
