Category: WWE

WWE Stars That Have Not Been Assigned To A Brand

Source: WrestlingINC

Coming out of the WWE Draft, below are WWE Superstars that are still without a brand, according to WWE’s website:

* Brie Bella (“unofficially” retired)

* The Rock

* Emma (out with injury)

* Heath Slater (“forgotten in the Draft” storyline)

* Luke Harper (out with injury)

* Nikki Bella (out with injury)

* Paul Heyman (not drafted with Brock Lesnar, contract has reportedly expired)

* Rosa Mendes (still out after giving birth earlier this year)

* Ryback (at home due to a contract dispute, expiring this fall)

* Tamina Snuka (out with injury)

* Triple H

* Tyson Kidd (out with injury)

* The Undertaker

Paul Heyman Expected To Appear At SummerSlam, Despite Contract Holdup

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Paul Heyman is currently negotiating a new deal with WWE after his contract expired in May but, it shouldn’t keep him from appearing at SummerSlam.

The Wrestling Observer first reported Heyman’s contract status this week, and now multiple sources tell us the holdup is over both sides trying to settle on the extent of Paul’s outside projects.

Back in March, Brock Lesnar’s advocate signed a distribution deal with Yahoo Sports to produce exclusive content for their site. He also announced this year that he’d be doing a reality show.

Despite the delay, we’re told the two sides are expected to hammer everything out before SummerSlam so that he can accompany Brock Lesnar to the ring for his match against Randy Orton.

Bayley On Her WWE Future & If Main Roster Appearance Was A One-Off

In the video below, Sasha Banks and her WWE Battleground mystery partner Bayley talk to Andrea D’Marco after their win over WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte and Dana Brooke. Bayley says it was a huge honor and calls it a special night. She also called it a one-time thing, mentioning she’s still focused on the WWE NXT Women’s Title but anything can happen in WWE.

2016 WWE Battleground Results

(Kickoff) – The Usos vs Breezango – Winners: Breezango

WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte & Dana Brooke vs Sasha Banks & Bayley – Winners: Sasha Banks & Bayley

WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day vs The Wyatt Family – Winners: The Wyatt Family

WWE United States Championship: (C) Rusev w/Lana vs Zack Ryder – Winner: Rusev – After the match, Rusev continued to attack Ryder. Mojo Rawley came out to make the save.

Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens – Winner: Sami Zayn

Becky Lynch vs Natalya – Winner: Natalya

WWE Intercontinental Championship: (C) The Miz w/Maryse vs Darren Young w/Bob Backlund – Winner by DQ: The Miz

John Cena, Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs The Club (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) – Winners: John Cena, Enzo & Big Cass

Chris Jericho’s “Highlight Reel” with guest Randy Orton – They talked about Orton’s upcomoing match at Summerslam against Brock Lesnar. Orton ended up nailing Jericho with a RKO.

WWE Championship – Triple Threat Match: (C) Dean Ambrose vs Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns – Winner: Dean Ambrose

WWE Reaches Out To More Former Talent About Returning To The Company

Source: WrestlingNewsCo.com

WWE continues to reach out to former talent about returning to help fill out the rosters. As first reported earlier by Pro Wrestling Sheet, Jinder Mahal was one of the names that WWE has talked with. Multiple sources told us that MVP and Shelton Benjamin have agreed to a deal. We were also told that WWE has shown interest in Melina but, as of last word, no deal has been reached yet with her.

For those that have asked about Kurt Angle, he is not taking additional independent bookings this year. He is taking time to heal up from his knee issues and the feeling from his management is that he still expects for something to pan out with WWE next year.

In regards to the stories going around about Jeff Hardy, he is open to a return to WWE but he is still on the last year of his TNA contract. His contract expires on February 28, 2017 so that would, in theory, be perfect timing for a return during WrestleMania season.

One story making the rounds within WWE is that some of the names that they have reached out to have turned down WWE because they were offering low-level deals to some names. That’s the reason why Carlito turned down their initial offer to return last year.

All signings are not official until the standard medical exams are completed in Pittsburgh and the talent is being told to keep things quiet.

The New Day Reaches Milestone

Source: WrestlingINC

Wednesday, The New Day became the longest reigning WWE tag team champions in history by breaking the 331 title reign set by Paul London and Brian Kendrick. If you combine title reigns, The New Day are way ahead at 382 days and counting, while London & Kendrick are at second with 331 days for their only run with the titles.

It should be noted that the record is for the WWE Tag Team Championship, which was established for the SmackDown! brand in 2002 before being unified with the World Tag Team Championship in 2009. The World Tag Team Championship dates back to 1971 and the record that title sits at 698 combined days for Demolition’s three reigns.

WWE Releases Booty-Os Cereal For The New Day

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day revealed at Comic Con in San Diego today that Booty-O’s cereal are a real thing.

Boxes of the cereal are now available at FYE stores as the pre-sale began today, according to IGN. Big E told fans during a Q&A panel that the cereal actually tastes phenomenal. He said:

“Boxes are available at FYE.com and the pre-sale launches today. It’s a very real thing. The cereal actually tastes phenomenal. It really does. We just tried it a couple days ago. It’s real.”

The cereal will be available across the country on August 5th at $12 per box. Kofi tweeted this photo of the cereal and new New Day POP Vinyls:

WWE Battleground 7/24/16 Card

WWE Championship – Triple Threat Match: (C) Dean Ambrose vs Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns

John Cena, Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs The Club (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows)

WWE Intercontinental Championship: (C) The Miz w/Maryse vs Darren Young w/Bob Backlund

WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte & Dana Brooke vs Sasha Banks & Mystery Partner

WWE United States Championship: (C) Rusev w/Lana vs Zack Ryder

WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day vs The Wyatt Family

Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens

Becky Lynch vs Natalya

Chris Jericho’s “Highlight Reel” with guest Randy Orton

 

WWE PPV Vs. TNA PPV In September

Source: WrestlingINC

The 2016 WWE Backlash pay-per-view will take place on September 11th from the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA. Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster pre-sale on Wednesday, July 27th. This is the same day TNA has their Bound For Glory pay-per-view scheduled.

Two Former WWE Superstars Returning To The Main Roster Soon

Source: WrestlingINC

Two names returning to the main WWE roster soon are Rhyno and Curt Hawkins.

No word yet on when they will be returning but PWInsider reports that their returns have been confirmed. The current plan is for them to work the SmackDown brand.

Rhyno has made several appearances for WWE NXT in the past year and since being released from WWE in 2014, Hawkins has continued to work the indies under his real name, Brian Myers.