There is no new WWE Countdown or WrestleMania Rewind currently scheduled for this coming Tuesday night on the WWE Network. Instead, WWE will air a two-hour Beyond The Ring special on CM Punk at 9pm EST. This is the documentary portion of WWE’s DVD on Punk. The synopsis reads like this:
“A look inside the life and career of the most controversial star of this generation from his early success in ECW to the top of the WWE.”
F4WOnline reports that UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey won’t be appearing at WWE’s SummerSlam this year. Rousey wanted to get her whole ‘4 Horsewomen’ group on WWE TV but WWE only wanted her.
UFC President Dana White doesn’t want any UFC fighters appearing on WWE programming.
Source: Wrestling Inc & F4WOnline:
Hulk Hogan & Jimmy Hart were on hand to oversee the WWE signing of Japanese star KENTA earlier today in Osaka, Japan.
PWInsider reports that now that Santino Marella is no longer wrestling, Adam Rose will likely fill the undercard comedy role in WWE from here on out.
The Usos VS Heath Slater & Titus O’Neil:
AJ Lee VS Cameron:
Chris Jericho VS Randy Orton:
Goldust VS Ryback:
Bo Dallas VS Diego & El Torito:
Summer Rae VS Layla:
Adam Rose VS Fandango:
Rusev VS Roman Reigns:
NXT Women’s Championship #1 Contender Match: Summer Rae VS Bayley:
Sin Cara VS Wesley Blake:
Bull Demsey VS Angelo Dawkins:
Sami Zayn & Adrian Neville VS Tyson Kidd & Justin Gabriel:
WWE announced a fining system that didn’t go over well with the talents. WWE is enforcing a dress code that talents must dress professionally when anywhere in public. Failure to do so will result in a fine. They are also said to be issuing fines if the talents are even just one minute late to the arenas.
It’s reported that a lot of the talents are unhappy over money right now. WWE mailed out quarterly royalty checks for the video games this past week & the people who usually receive around $70,000 for the first quarter received around $11,700 for this years first quarter. The second quarter checks were just mailed out, some believed part of the difference would be made up but it wasn’t. Most of the top level guys got $1,555 in those checks.
Source: Wrestling Inc & Wrestling Observer Newsletter:
WWE stock was down 0.17% today, closing at $11.58 per share.
The Stamford Daily Voice reports that Linda McMahon recently gave a $1 million gift to the Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut through the Vince & Linda McMahon Family Foundation to purchase 3-D mammography machines that will help with early detection of breast cancer.
The Funkadactyls, Naomi & Cameron have officially spit up after their fight on RAW Monday night. No word on what WWE has planned for them.
Sting posted a pair of cryptic tweets today referencing 7.14.14, which is Monday. It might be referring to the announcement of his appearance in WWE 2K15 video game.
WWE released this video of Santino Marella announcing his retirement at a WWE live event in Toronto last night.
