Triple h accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge after he was challenged by Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Triple H then challenged “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan & Vince McMahon. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is used to raise money & help spread awareness in fighting ALS, which is aslo known as Lue Gehrig’s Disease.
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Women MMA Fighters To Appear On Total Divas
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Natalya was back training this week with women MMA fighters Jessamyn Duke, Shayna Baszler & Colleen Schneider. The footage filmed will apparently be on Total Divas.
WWE Officials Reportedly Has Given Up On Bo Dallas
Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that WWE officials have reportedly given up on the push of Bo Dallas. This would explain why a few weeks ago that his winning streak was ended by R-Truth. It is reported that Bo was one of the gimmicks that Vince McMahon has lost interest in.
Alberto Del Rio’s New Ring Name
At a press conference yesterday in Mexico with AAA President Joaquin Rolden, Alberto Del Rio said he would no longer be using the Del Rio name because it is owned by WWE. He revealed that his new ring name is El Patron. He acknowledged that he can’t wrestle for AAA for 90 days but his lawyers are working on finding a way that he could wrestle at AAA’s TripleMania XXII event this Sunday. He has challenged El Texano Jr. for the AAA Mega Heavyweight Title.
Update On Del Rio & WWE, How He Can Appear For AAA
F4WOnline reports that the situation between Alberto Del Rio & WWE is “very acrimonious” & that WWE is trying to tie Del Rio up in a lengthy non-compete clause, similar to the one that Jim Ross had that recently expired. Del Rio has been making appearances in Mexico under the Alberto Del Rio name that WWE owns, for Sunday’s AAA TripleMania XXII event.
DEl Rio will be appearing at Sunday’s AAA TripleMania XXII show as a special guest. WWE does not want him appearing for AAA shows on the El Rey Network, nor do they want him appearing for TNA.
Source: Wrestling Inc & F4WOnline
Santino Marella Wants To Make A Comeback
Santino Marella, who recently retired from in-ring action due to kneck issues, said in a interview with Canada’s Chill Magazine that he wants to make a comeback. Marella said he has multiple things wrong with his kneck & he is not cleared for physical contact due to the severity of his stenosis, but apparently with with a double fusion you can actually return to the ring with a 4 to 6 month recovery time. Marella said he is looking forward to getting surgery within the month & then have 4 to 6 months of recovery in which he will attempt to comeback & wrestle again & make one of the greatest, most memorable comebacks of all time. He said he hopes the surgery & rehab goes perfect & we will see him back in the ring sooner than later. Marella talked about SummerSlam & it being WWE’s second biggest show of the year after WrestleMania. Marella said he wont be at SummerSlam but he will be there next year. He said he wants to come back because of some unfinished business. He talked about wanting to capture the WWE championship & said it would require a miracle for him to do that. He said there is still some good wrestling in him.
Source: Wrestling Inc
Alberto Del Rio Announced His Return To AAA
Alberto Del confirmed that he is returning to Mexican promotion AAA this Sunday at TripleMania XXII. Here is a translation of what he said in the video above:
“Hello aficionados of Mexico and AAA, the boss is back. What better place to call home than AAA. Thanks for all the support and you guys know there is quality where ever the boss is and there is quality in AAA, there was no better place to go. See you soon and God bless you.”
Del Rio is returning to AAA, where he started his wrestling career in 2000. TripleMania is AAA’s biggest show of the year & it will also feature the debut of Myzteziz (the former Sin Cara from WWE). Jeff Jarrett is aslo scheduled to be in action at the show.
Source: Wrestling Inc
Ronda Rousey Accepted The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
UFC President Dana White took & then issued the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to Ronda Rousey. She accepted the challenge & issued the challenge to Sylvester Stallone, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson & Gina Carano. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has raised millions of dollars for the national ALS Association since July 29th.
Rey Mysterio To AAA?
Hugo Savinovich, a former WWE announcer, who mow works for Mexico’s AAA promotion, did an interview with kgb-wrestling.com & said Rey Mysterio will be coming to AAA once he solves his current contract dispute with WWE. Savinovich also confirmed that Alberto Del Rio will be appearing at AAA’s TripleMania event on Sunday.
Source: Wrestling Inc
WWE Already Dropped New Faction
Apparently WWE has already dropped the new faction of Xavier Woods, Big E & Kofi Kingston. In the dark match before last night’s WWE Main Event broadcast in Seattle, Big E got a babyface pop and came out by himself and defeated Fandango. Kofi worked last night’s Main Event and lost to Seth Rollins. There was no mention of the faction with Woods & Big E and Kofi was back to his normal gimmick. Adam Rose defeated Woods in the dark match before the SmackDown tapings began. Like Kofi & Big E, Woods was back to his normal gimmick. It was reported by F4WOnline that if the faction wasn’t mention on last night’s Main Event then it was to be considered officially dropped.
Source: Wrestling Inc
