Mick Foley posted a statement on Facebook that he plans on making an announcement on Tuesday regarding his future. Below is what Foley wrote.
“After giving the matter much thought, I have come to an important decision regarding my future. I know that not everyone will agree with, or support the decision, but I do hope the decision will be respected. I will make the announcement on Tuesday afternoon.”
Total Divas returns for Season 3 on Sunday, September, 7 at 9pm E/8pm C on E!. Rosa Mendes will join the cast for season 3 which includes – Nikki & Brie Bella, Natalya, Cameron, Naomi, Eva Marie & Summer Rae.
Total Divas currently averages 798,000 viewers in the 18-49 demo, with a total of 1.3 million viewers on average. The series ranks as a cable top-five destination in it’s timeslot.
Nikki tells Natalya a shocking secret during Brie’s bachelorette party in Mexico.
Variety reports that WWE is finalizing a new TV deal with NBC Universal that will keep RAW & SmackDown on USA Network & Syfy.
With WWE’s new TV deal with NBC Universal expected to be announced soon, there is some speculation that SmackDown will go live on Tuesday nights. Jim Ross tweeted that he believes SmackDown will go live on Tuesdays.
Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that Hulk Hogan may appear on RAW from London even though he is not being advertised since he will already be in town for the next night’s SmackDown tapings in the same building.
Renee Young is now the permanent announcer for NXT.
Roman Reigns suffered an injury during a Steel Cage Match with Randy Orton at a WWE Live Event in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday. Reigns was busted open after knocking heads with Orton. There was some concern that he may have suffered a concussion but that fear has seemed to lessen. Reigns did required stitches above his right eye.
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On WWE Main Event last night it was announced that there will be an announcement concerning the status of the WWE World Heavyweight Title on this coming Monday’s RAW, which will be taped from London. Current Champion Daniel Bryan will be having neck surgery on Thursday. Bryan will probably be out for 6-8 weeks & could return at SummerSlam.
There is word from RAW that everything major for the Payback PPV was changing today & some of those changes have to do with Daniel Bryan.
WWE will officially release WrestleMania XXX on DVD & Blue-ray tomorrow.
On SmackDown, Bray Wyatt issued a message to John Cena, “where we’re going, nobody ever comes back.” What does Bray’s message mean?
On WWE Main Event, Adam Rose cost Zeb Colter’s Real American protege, Jack Swagger his match against Dolph Ziggler. Will Zeb continue to be a lemon?
What does Triple H have in store next for The Shield?
Will someone try to stop the dominate Rusev?
Will Daniel Bryan be ready if Kane strikes again?
Natalie Slater a close friend of CM Punk, in a editorial for Red Eye Chicago, a publication by the Chicago Tribune says that her friend (Punk) is famous & it sucks. She said Punk can’t go anywhere without being mobbed by people. In the column she refers to Punk as being recently retired & pretty much expresses what Punk is dealing with.
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Some disgruntled WWE performers believe their pay has been savagely cut by the McMahon family to finance the WWE Network, but looking at the books reveals that the venture is largely being paid for out of their rapidly dwindling cash reserves.
There is little evidence from WWE’s recent financial statements that backs up the hypothesis that WWE have purposefully cut performers pay to cover for some of the cost of their Network.
The reason for house show payoffs being down despite revenue from those events staying constant was due to increases in building rental, advertising & promotional expenses, which meant there was less money to pay wrestlers once those cost had been taken care of. Profits for the live events division was down 14%.
Source: Bleacher Report
