Celebrities, Promotion, and the WWE

On this past Monday’s RAW, Todd Chrisley of Chrisley Knows Best fame and NeNe Leakes, famous for her role on The Real Housewives of Atlanta were guests, promoting their shows respectively. With such instances as Leakes getting into a backstage confrontation with WWE Diva Cameron, it’s not uncommon for WWE superstars and divas to get involved with talent personalities.

From Donald Trump to Floyd Mayweather, the WWE serves as an excellent avenue for celebrities to promote their latest TV show, movie, album, book, etc., while (for ones that are fans) being able to fulfill a life long or childhood dream of being on WWE television and perhaps even competing in a WWE ring.

While some fans may argue that celebrities are on there just for promotion, it is hard to argue that none of them are having an enjoyable time. The bigger the WWE fan, such as NFL football players who sit in the front row or TV personality Maria Menudos who has actually gotten in on the action, the more passion and energy the celebrity can display and the more enthusiasm the fans can give back. If the fans can buy into your excitement and relate to your passion, it’s a positive experience.

Whether it’s The Miz guest hosting on TMZ, John Cena being interviewed by Jimmy Fallon, Jerry Springer holding an intervention between the Bella Twins, or Kevin Hart celebrating in the ring with Adam Rose and his Rosebuds, the wrestlers get exposure on mainstream television and the celebrity is either introduced to or finally gets to be involved in the world of sports entertainment.

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Ronda Rousey Says She Would Rather Die Than Lose

Ronda Rousey appeared on “Jim Rome on Showtime” recently. Rousey discussed why she would never submit during a fight.

Rousey said: “There have been times during a fight when I thought I was going to die. I thought to myself, I would rather break my neck than lose a fight. I will never tap out of a fight because I know the feeling of losing. I know that I would rather die than lose a fight. It’s not that I’ve never lost, it’s that I’ve lost at the worst times, so I know what a loss is. That’s why I want to win so much more than these other girls.”

Since Rousey moved from Judo, where she won a Olympic bronze medal, to MMA, she has won all 10 of her pro fights.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

TNA Impact Preview: 10/15/14

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TNA World Heavyweight Championship 4-Way #1 Contender Match: Bobby Roode VS Eric Young VS Jeff Hardy VS Austin Aries:

TNA Knockouts Championship: (C) HAVOK VS Madison Rayne:

Find out who is EC3’s new employee.

The Menagerie (Knux, Crazzy Steve & Rebel) VS Jessie Godderz, DJ Z & Angelina Love:

What happened at Bound For Glory?

Team 3D Calls Out NJPW’s The Bullet Club, Mike Tenay’s TNA Contract Expiring Soon

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Team 3D cut 2 promos at TNA’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view Sunday in Tokyo, Japan in which they called out New Japan Pro Wrestling’s The Bullet Club. TNA edited the promos out of the BFG broadcast.

TNA announcer Mike Tenay’s TNA contract reportedly expires before early January 2015. It has been noted that a lot of TNA contracts are up in the air until a new TV deal is signed.

Source: PWInsider via WrestlingINC.com

Royal Rumble Return Not Likely For Daniel Bryan

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Dave Meltzer noted on last night’s edition of Wrestling Observer Radio that Daniel Bryan is still not regaining strength in his arm & word is that once again that he will likely need to have surgery. Meltzer also stated that while it looks like Bryan won’t be back for the 2015 Royal Rumble he might be back in time for WrestleMania 31.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

 

WWE Released Ring Announcer Justin Roberts

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WWE has chosen to not exercise its option to renew ring announcer Justin Roberts contract. Roberts who worked RAW last night was informed by WWE after RAW went off the air.

Jeff Jarrett Crashes NJPW Press Conference, AJ Styles Loses IWGP Championship

Global Force Wrestling Founder & CEO Jeff Jarrett crashed New Japan Pro Wrestling press conference & says he is the Chairman of the Bullet Club.

Last night Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated AJ Styles for the IWGP championship. Tanahashi will defend his newly won title against Kazuchika Okada at the Wrestle Kingdom show on January 4th at the Tokyo Dome.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

RAW Preview: 10/13/14

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“Real Housewives of Atlanta” star NeNe Leakes & “Chrisley Knows Best” star Todd Chrisley will appear.

It was announced on SmackDown that the John Cena VS Dean Ambrose at Hell In A Cell for the right to face Seth Rollins later that night in Hell In A Cell will be a No Holds Barred Contract on a Poll match. Will Cena & Ambrose continue their game of one-upmanship?

Big Show VS Rusev:

Expect Paige & Alicia Fox to get payback On AJ Lee for what happened on SmackDown.

Bray Wyatt says he has fixed & set free Luke Harper & Erick Rowan. Whatever it all means, we should be very afraid.

TNA Bound For Glory Results

TNA Bound For Glory - Japan - 2014

Minoru Tanaka def. Manik:

EC3 def. Ryota Hama:

MVP def. Kazma Sakamoto:

TNA X-Division Championship: (C) Samoa Joe def. Low Ki & Kaz Hayashi:

Jiro Kuroshio & Yusuke Kodama def. Andy Wu & El Hijo Del Pantera:

Team 3D def. Abyss & Tommy Dreamer:

TNA Knockouts Championship: (C) HAVOK def. Velvet Sky:

The Great Muta & Tajiri def. James Storm & The Great Sanada:

For Full detailed results check out WrestlingINC.com