John Cena suffered a broken nose on RAW after taking a knee to the face from Rollins during their main event match. Cena continued to wrestle the rest of the match and defeated Rollins. A WWE doctor attended to Cena several times during the match.
Here is a photo that Joey Styles posted on twitter:
Here is a vine video of the incident that Jim Ross posted on Twitter:
WrestleZone reports that WWE Hall of Famer Bret “The Hitman” Hart meet with Vince McMahon on Friday about replacing Hulk Hogan as a judge on Tough Enough. It was previously rumored that Hall of Famer Ric Flair would replace Hogan on Tough Enough.
WWE is set to make an official announcement on Hogan’s replacement on Tough Enough on Tuesday.
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Source: WWE.com
Hulk Hogan issued a statement to PEOPLE Magazine about his racial comments, which led to him being fired by WWE, in a transcript that was published online by The National Enquirer.
Hogan’s statement:
“Eight years ago I used offensive language during a conversation. It was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language; there is no excuse for it; and I apologize for having done it. This is not who I am. I believe very strongly that every person in the world is important and should not be treated differently based on race, gender, orientation, religious beliefs or otherwise. I am disappointed with myself that I used language that is offensive and inconsistent with my own beliefs.”
Hogan’s lawyer David Houston told PEOPLE that Hogan decided to resign from WWE because he didn’t want to put them or his family through this. WWE, however, maintains that Hogan was fired.
Hogan told PEOPLE he will use the situation to “improve as a person” and that he takes the matter as an “important learning experience.”
Source: PEOPLE.com
Luca Franchini, who does WWE announcing for Sky Italia in Italy, announced on Facebook that WWE informed the network that this year’s SummerSlam will be 4 hours long, in order for them to prepare and make room for the extra hour.
Franchini noted that SummerSlam is now scheduled to begin at 7pm EST instead of 8pm EST, pushing the Kickoff Pre-show up to 6pm EST.
Hulk Hogan’s lawyer David Houston spoke with FOX 411 on Friday about Hogan’s racist comments that was made public by The National Enquirer, which led to Hogan being fired by WWE.
Hogan’s lawyer confirmed that the comments on the tape were made in 2006. The transcripts was in a sealed deposition that is part of Hogan’s $100 million lawsuit against Gawker Media for posting online a video of Hogan having sex with Heather Clem, the wife of Bubba the Love Sponge. The sex video is reportedly on the same recording as the racist comments.
Houston is suspicious of Gawker leaking the transcripts and is threatening legal action. Houston said, “I have my suspicions, as you can imagine. If I can find out it is Gawker who leaked the transcripts, we will bury them.”
Gawker President and Genaral Councel Heather Dietrick issued a statement to Fox 411 denying having anything to do with transcripts being leaked. “Hulk Hogan has only one person to blam for what he said and no one from Gawker had any role in leaking that information.”
Hogan’s lawyer said that Hogan asked him to tell his fans that he is devastated” by his past actions and that he “sincerely apologizes to his family, friends and fans.” Houston added, “He is not a racist. His history defines him as something different.”
Source: FOX 411 via WrestlingINC.com
Some of the top wrestling stars have commented on Twitter about WWE’s firing of Hulk Hogan over racist comments he made.
According to PWInsider, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair appears to be the front runner to replace Hulk Hogan as a judge on WWE Tough Enough.
Hogan was fired after WWE learned of news of Hogan’s racial tirade.
WWE issued the following statement on the Hulk Hogan situation:
“WWE terminated its contract with Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan). WWE is committed to embracing and celebrating individuals from all backgrounds as demonstrated by the diversity of our employees, performers and fans world wide.”
Hulk Hogan posted the following on Twitter early this morning:
WWE has removed Hulk Hogan as a judge on Tough Enough and is erasing almost all mentions of him from their website after learning of a interview were Hogan launched into a “racial tirade.” Hogan is no longer listed as a member of the WWE Hall of Fame, his Superstar bio and merchandise has been removed and all references to current WWE Superstar Curtis Axel’s “Axelmania” gimmick has been removed.
The National Enquirer has released portions of a transcript submitted to the Florida court overseeing Hogan’s $100 million defamation case against Gawker Media. Hogan made the comments to Heather Clem, the woman who was married to Bubba the Love Sponge, the woman who Hogan was secretly filmed having sex with in 2012. Hogan was reportedly mad at his daughter Brooke, who he accused of sleeping with a black guy.
Here is some of the released transcript:
“I guess we’re all a little racist, ” Hogan said on the tape.
“She is making some real bad decisions now,” Hogan said, sources tell Radar Online and The Enquirer. “My daughter Brooke jumped sides on me. I spent $ 2-3 million on her music career, I’ve done everything like a jackass for her.”
Hogan continued, “The one option Brooke had, Brooke’s career besides me, is to [to] sell beach records.”
Hogan also talked about how a “black billionaire guy” had offered to fund Brooke’s music career.
“I don’t know if Brooke was f*cking the black guys son,” Hulk said.
“I mean, I don’t have double standards. I mean, I am a racist, to a point, f*cking n***ers. But then when it comes to nice people and sh*t, and whatever.”
According to their sources, Hogan also said, “I mean, I’d rather if she was going to f*ck some n***er, I’d rather have her marry an 8-foot-tall n***er worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player! I guess we’re all a little racist. F*cking n***er.”
They also report that the transcripts have been filed in a Florida court, under seal, in a bid to prevent them from being publicly released. However, Radar, and The Enquirer’s extensive investigation reportedly uncovered five independent sources who provided the contents of the tape.
Sources: Rolling Stone and WrestlingINC.com
