How will The Authority maintain order this week?
Who is the grater threat to Team Bella?
Will Cesaro get his hands on Kevin Owens?
What Wyatt mind games await Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns?
Is John Cena right about Seth Rollins?
Source: WWE.com
ROH Announced PPV For September
Ring of Honor announced that they will return to pay-per-view on September 18th with All Star Extravaganza VII from the Shrine Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas.
ROH Stars signed to appear:
ROH World & World TV Champion Jay Lethal w/Truth Martini
ROH World Tag Team Champions The Addiction
AJ Styles
The Young Bucks
Matt Sydal
Roderick Strong
reDRagon
Adam Cole
The Kingdom w/Maria Kanellis
Moose
Michael Elgin
Hulk Hogan Issued Statement – Apologizes For Racial Comments
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
Photos & Videos From First Set Of GFW Amped TV Tapings
Below are some photos and videos from the first set of GFW Amped TV tapings from The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas that Global Force Wrestling posted on Twitter:
The next set of GFW Amped TV tapings will be on August 21st at The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Tickets are available now at this link: http://globalforcewrestling.com/las-vegas-nv-2/
This Year’s Summerslam To Be 4 Hours
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.
ROH Death Before Dishonor XIII Results: 7/24/14
Donovan Dijak w/Truth Martini def. Takaaki Watanabe
Silas Young def. Will Ferrara
Grudge Match: Cedric Alexander w/Veda Scott def. Moose w/Stokely Hathaway
The Briscoes def. RPG Vice
Adam Cole def. Dalton Castle w/The Boys
No DQ Match: Adam Page def. ACH
ROH World Tag Team Championship: (C) The Addiction def. reDRagon, War Machine and the Kingdom w/Maria Kanellis
ROH World Championship: (C) Jay Lethal w/House of Truth VS Roderick Strong – 60-minute time limit draw
Hulk Hogan’s Lawyer Threatens Legal Action Over Leak
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
ROH Death Before Dishonor XIII iPPV Card 7/24/15
ROH World Championship: (C) Jay Lethal w/Truth Martini VS Roderick Strong
ROH Tag Team Championship: (C) The Addiction VS War Machine VS reDRagon VS The Kingdom w/Maria Kanellis
NO DQ: ACH VS Adam Page
The Briscoes VS RPG Vice (Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta)
Grudge Match: Moose w/Stokely Hathaway VS Cedric Alexander w/Veda Scott
Donovan Dijak VS Watanabe
Adam Cole VS Dalton Castle w/The Boys
Will Ferrara VS Silas Young
Bully Ray Done With TNA
PWInsider reports that Bully Ray, who just returned to TNA as it’s authority figure, is already gone from the company.
PWInsider says that Bully told TNA he was finished and wanted to distance himself from the brand. Bull supposedly wasn’t happy with the current state of affairs in TNA. Bully had been working on a per-appearance deal.
UPDATE:
A TNA source told PWInsider that Bully couldn’t have quit, because he was never under a contract. The deal to have him as an authority figure was never a long-term idea, and that the angle had already been shot and wrapped.
Some Wrestling Stars React To the Hulk Hogan News
Some of the top wrestling stars have commented on Twitter about WWE’s firing of Hulk Hogan over racist comments he made.
