Author: Pastor Ed Boston

The resurrection of Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts

We have covered this story in the past, but this story includes several updates, including Jake’s recent relapse and how he is handling that issue.

The resurrection of Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts – Yahoo! Sports.

Backstage Fallout – It’s All About Diva Drama And “The King”

And here is a tweet from “The King” about that slap:

Tonight on RAW

From the WWE FivePoint Preview:

The Punk/Heyman/Lesnar saga.

Big Show returns.

Will Mark Henry be looking for The Shield?

Is Brad Maddox qualified to be GM of RAW?

Next target for the Wyatt’s?

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TNA Executive Producer Goes On Record

From: Wrestling Inc.com

Source: Monday Night Mayhem

TNA Executive Producer and the Co-Founder of Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment, Jason Hervey, was the featured guest on this past week’s edition of Monday Night Mayhem, hosted by The Big Mosh and “The Chairman of the Board” Todd Vincent. Here are some interview highlights courtesy of WrestlingDVDNews.com’s Aarnon Carnevale, MNM’s National Correspondent:

How his relationship with Eric Bischoff has evolved though the years: “I’ve known him since 1991, and while he was at Turner and I was at Mandalay, we worked on projects together. We were always good friends, and I got to tell you, I learn from him every day. He is an incredible strategist, a great business mind, extremely creative, and I think we’re just getting started.”

His inspiration for implementing a combination of real life meets behind the scenes to the backstage segments on iMAPCT Wrestling and how pleased he has been with the results thus far: “It is a team effort. That is where I spend most of my day when I’m there, but there is an incredible group of people helping out in the process. When I first got to TNA, there was an opportunity to focus more on what is real, and then we put the characters in those situations to bring out the true reality. I think a lot of the good reality comes from those characters, where we get their real reactions. This is real behind the scenes drama.”

Much more is contained in in the interview, including Hervey’s candid thoughts on the growth of Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment, the biggest changes in the television industry since he entered the business, why the world of reality television has continued to grow and more. You can download and listen to the interview at this link.

Punk, Paige, and WWE’s Big Convention Plans

Our friends over at WrestlingInc.com have been busy with numerous posts this weekend. Here at the highlights of just a few of the stories there. Take the time to go over and support Raj (a former guest on DTRT Wrestling Radio).

Jim Cornett on CM Punk‘s Pipebomb in 2011: “He went out there and he said a lot of things that a lot of fans knew to be true. Jerry Jarrett, who was a master booker, always said ‘tell the fans the truth as much as you can, for as long as you can because then when you work them, they’ll think well A was the truth, B was the truth and C was the truth, then maybe D is the truth too.’ Don’t give them a bunch of bulls–t from day one. Tell them the truth from day one and then when you wanna work them, then you can slide that little white one in there. That little white lie. And they’ll believe it because you haven’t bulls–tted them so far.

“So CM Punk, and I saw it, I’ve been clean and sober from WWE programming for quite some time now, but I did watch that. It was a tremendous performance and it was a tremendous delivery. He said things that a lot of people wanted to say and he made himself in that one night, the new Steve Austin. He did it at a perfect time because his contract was coming up and he didn’t really give a s–t because he’s careful with his money but at the same time he knew he could get over doing that and somehow he manipulated them into letting him do it and probably took a few liberties out there with a live microphone. Then they had to resign him. Two weeks later when he came out to Cult of Personality by Living Color, because one thing Vince despises is having to pay music rights, I knew that he had basically got everything he had wanted in his contract. Then he was poised to become the next Stone Cold Steve Austin, the hottest babyface in all of pro wrestling, but of course once they resigned him they still had to make the point that they’re gonna control everybody and knocked him back down.”

To hear the full chat where Jim talks Midnight Express, working with Vader, the Brawl for All, Kevin Steen and much more, head to facebook.com/theinsidenetwork.

Source: PWInsider

WWE has been planning their own weekend-long convention, styled after the popular San Diego Comic Con. The plan is for the convention to be held over four days in the same city as a major pay-per-view event. There is no timetable yet for the first event as WWE officials are still working on plans and reaching out to fans via surveys to gauge their interest.

The four-day event, likely from Thursday to Sunday, would be far more like a comic convention than WWE’s current Axxess events with many different attractions. Early plans are to have a VIP ticket in the $100-$150 area as well as a general admission ticket. These tickets would be separate from the pay-per-view ticket. Early markets under consideration for the first WWE convention are New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Miami, San Antonio, New Orleans and Orlando.

Jim Ross on why he wrote that Paige wasn’t ready for the next level: “Amazing how when people ask an opinion of a NXT talent and I provide it, then it becomes a manure storm on Twitter because I merely expressed how I felt per their question. Amazing times that we live in, right? I was asked if NXT’s Paige was ready for the next level and I simply said ‘No’ because she was only 20 years old and needed more time in development before being elevated to the main roster. One can’t even rent a car in the USA until they are 25 and, no, I’m not suggesting that the talented Paige will be in development for that length of time. Point is, I am of the belief that 20 year olds don’t belong on the main roster unless it’s a rare exception.”

WWE.com – Decoding Bray Wyatt?

Reading between the lines: Bray Wyatt’s hidden message uncovered?

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Hmmmm, I wonder what this is leading up to? Will there be someone (other than Daniel Bryan) to come to the aid of Kane sometime in the near future or is Kane just a Dead Man, when it comes to the Wyatt Family?

 

Source: WWE.com

It was R-Truth who suffered a beating at the hands of The Wyatt Family Monday night on Raw, but it was clear Bray Wyatt’s attention was devoted to another Superstar: Kane.

The giveaway came after Wyatt viciously downed Truth and instructed Kane to “follow the buzzards” — a recurring command uttered by the menacing newcomer. (Wyatt indeed repeated the message two nights later on WWE Main Event.)

Yet, a closer examination of Wyatt’s words Monday night — even before he called out The Big Red Machine by name — suggests the entire sermon may have been directed at the Superstar who Wyatt Family members Erick Rowan and Luke Harper brutally attacked one week earlier. Since he and his two disciples began appearing in vignettes last month, Wyatt has spellbound and confounded the WWE Universe in equal measure with his inscrutable rants.

A line-by-line breakdown of his speech on Raw may help decode the riddle and give clues as to what Wyatt is trying to accomplish in targeting The Devil’s Favorite Demon.

Take a look and decide for yourself:

“They’ve been lying to you, man. There ain’t no such thing as a hero, not anymore. But you … have become addicted to the illusion of what a hero is. … You think you need someone to pat you on the back.”

By dismissing heroism off the bat, could Wyatt have been zeroing in on Kane’s apparent interest in maintaining a fan-friendly image of late? The “pat on the back,” meanwhile, could refer to Kane seeking approval from either his peers (e.g., Bryan) or the WWE Universe more broadly.

“What if I was to tell you that the man who made you is a liar?”

This line might be a callous — albeit not wholly inaccurate — allusion to Kane’s father, the late Paul Bearer. The legendary manager, who passed away March 5, is a beloved figure in WWE lore. Still, there’s no denying Bearer played his share of head games while in WWE, even waging some of those psychological battles against his very own son. A more ominous interpretation suggests Wyatt was simply undermining all that Bearer taught Kane.

“What if I was to tell you that your own flesh and blood turned his back on you?”

Any reference to Kane’s “flesh and blood” immediately brings to mind one name: The Undertaker. The Phenom and his half-brother have fought each other in some of the most hellish battles ever witnessed in WWE, but last we saw of The Undertaker, he was firmly on Kane’s side. Then again, following an ambush by The Hounds of Justice in April, The Undertaker has gone MIA. Perhaps Wyatt is wise to something that remains hidden from the rest of us.

“I will never turn my back on you, and maybe, maybe the answers you seek have been slapping you right in the face.Maybe, just maybe, I — Bray Wyatt, the eater of worlds — have been the answer all along.”

Considering what transpired between Kane and The Wyatt Family on the July 8 edition of Raw, this comment — coupled with Wyatt’s admission that R-Truth was “not the truth we seek” — only fuels speculation that Wyatt was speaking to The Big Red Machine all along. By telling Kane to “follow the buzzards,” was the lantern-carrying enigma offering Kane salvation, or a future of decay?

One thing seems for certain: There’s way more to Bray Wyatt than meets the eye.

Destination X Segment of the Week

With the Destination X theme for the night, segment of the week had to be the 3 X Division qualifier matches (and besides, we covered Chris Sabin’s win elsewhere).

Here are the links: http://youtu.be/BurCM2wijEE

Destination X Segment of the Week

With the Destination X theme for the night, segment of the week had to be the 3 X Division qualifier matches (and besides, we covered Chris Sabin’s win elsewhere).

Here are the links: http://youtu.be/BurCM2wijEE