WWE Officially Announced WrestleMania 32 At AT&T Stadium

WWE issued the following today on WWE.com:

WrestleMania 32 takes over AT&T Stadium in 2016 

AT&T Stadium in Texas’ Dallas-Arlington region will host WWE’s pop-culture extravaganza, WrestleMania 32, on Sunday, April 3, 2016, WWE officially confirmed at a Superstar-studded press conference today.

Arlington Mayor Robert N. Clark, Dallas Cowboys Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer Charlotte Jones Anderson, and Cowboys legend Ed “Too Tall” Jones joined WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon, WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon and WWE Executive Vice President of Special Events John P. Saboor in making the historic announcement.

Also on hand for the festivities were WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan, WWE Superstars John Cena, Mark Henry and Big Show, as well as Champion Nikki Bella and WWE Divas Brie Bella, Natalya and Alicia Fox.

You can read more about this announcement at WWE.com.

WWE sent out this tweet earlier:

 

The Ascension Gets Beat Down By Legends

 

In one of my favorite segments from last nights RAW Reunion show, The Ascension interrupted the NWO (Scott Hall, Kevin Nash & X-Pac). The Ascension continued their bad mouthing and disrespecting of legendary tag teams. This time however, The Ascension got put in their place and got beat down by the New Age Outlaws (“Road Dogg” Jesse James & Billy Gunn) along with APA (JBL & Ron Simmons) & NWO.

Sting Makes Shocking RAW Debut

 

Sting made his first ever appearance on RAW in a shocking fashion last night on the RAW Reunion show during the main event match. John Cena put his WWE World Heavyweight Title shot at Royal Rumble on the line for a chance to win back the jobs for Dolph Ziggler, Ryback and Erick Rowan. The Authority had the deck stacked against Cena, as Cena had to face Seth Rollins, Big Show and Kane in a 3-1 handicap match with Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and J & J security all at ringside. Sting appeared on the big screen, his music hit and Sting headed out toward entrance, Sting came out on the stage atop the ramp & pointed to the ring. Cena took advantage of the distraction and rolled up Rollins for the win. Cena won back the jobs for Ziggler, Ryback and Rowan. Triple H was irate at Sting for what happened.

Alberto “El Patron” Del Rio Signs With Lucha Underground

Lucha Underground announced January 17th that they have signed AAA World Heavyweight Champion Alberto El Patron (Del Rio)  and that has competed in his first match. Lucha Underground airs Wednesdays nights at 8/7c on El Rey Network and on Saturdays at 4pm in Spanish on UniMas.

2 Ex-WWE Wrestlers File Class-Action “Concussion Lawsuit” Against WWE

Former WWE Stars Vito Lograsso (Big Vito) and Evan Singleton (Adam Mercer in developmental) have file a class-action “concussion lawsuit” against WWE in the state of Pennsylvania. They are being represented by the same lawyer as former WWE star Billy Jack Haynes, who also has a lawsuit out against WWE.

Singleton’s complaint mentions wrestling WWE Superstar Erick Rowan in developmental as Singleton claims, “After approximately 15 matches, during which he sustained multiple traumas, he suffered a serious head injury during a match with Eric Rowan [sic]. The WWE cleared him to continue wrestling after inadequate rest time and downplayed his injury.”

Singleton was apparently out of action for five months after a match against Rowan. He then worked one more match and was released from his developmental deal. Singleton has suffered from a number of severe neurological symptoms and later found out that he had bleeding in the left hemisphere of his brain.

Lograsso noted that he “suffers from serious neurological damage, including severe headaches, memory loss, depression and anxiety, as well as deafness.”

Source: Bleacher Report 

RAW Preview – RAW Reunion: 1/19/15

RAW Reunion – a special night celebrating the rich history of WWE. Scheduled to appear are Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, X-Pac, Billy Gunn, Ron Simmons & Jimmy Hart.

Will Brock Lesnar exact vengeance against Seth Rollins?

Is Dean Ambrose his own worst enemy?

The “Yes!” Movement reborn!

Will Roman Reigns and Big Show clash once again before the Royal Rumble?

 

NJPW Debuts Tonight On AXS TV

New Japan Pro-Wrestling debuts tonight on AXS TV at 9/8c.

In the opener of this series highlighting action from the Japanese wrestling promotion NJPW will feature Hiroshi Tanahashi battling his rival “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada in the Tokyo Dome in 2013.

Commentary will be by Mauro Ranallo and former UFC Heavweight Champion Josh Barnett.

Assault Charges Against Heath Slater Dropped

Newsradio 106.7 in Atlanta reports that the simple assault charges against Heath Slater (real name Heath Miller) have been dropped because the statue of limitation had expired.

A misdemeanor arrest warrant was issued for Slater in early December for an alleged assault incident at a hotel following a WrestleMania after-party in 2011. Slater has not appeared on WWE TV since the warrant was issued.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Below is Slater’s last tweet on his Twitter account, which was on December 3, 2014, 9:50 PM