The Empire State Building in New York City will light up with red colors later today to celebrate 25 years of WWE RAW. As seen below, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and WWE Ambassador Dana Warrior were with Make-A-Wish President David Williams and Wish Kid Abel at the Empire State Building earlier today:
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Jimmy and The New Day square off against Stephanie McMahon and Triple H in a WWE tag team-style lip sync-off to Boyz II Men’s “Motownphilly,” and “How Far I’ll Go” from Disney’s Moana. Jimmy agreed to appear at RAW 25th Anniversary if he and New Day lost to Triple H and Stephanie.
A secret dinner session between Ronda Rousey, her agent and Triple H reportedly went down last night in Los Angeles … adding further speculation to a women’s Royal Rumble appearance.
TMZ published video which claims to show Triple H sneaking out of Republique around 8:30 pm. Ronda and her agent were next to leave, but neither were looking to reveal much.
When asked about Ronda’s future in WWE, however, the agent gave one big shoulder shrug.
As we previously reported, Rousey is scheduled to be filming a Mark Wahlberg movie in Colombia while the Rumble is taking place. However, our report noted that a deal being worked out at the last minute was possible and a meeting during SmackDown Live on the other side of the country would seem to indicate that they’re at least trying to book her for something.
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Triple H dialed back talk of Ronda Rousey signing with WWE. USA Today reported earlier this month that two sources close to Rousey said that Rousey was finalizing a deal with WWE.
“It’s funny because every now and then I wake up and I look at either social media or the news and I see a report and it’s like, well, that’s news to me because I’m the one who would be having that conversation,” Triple H said on CBS Sports’ In This Corner Podcast. “So it’s interesting with ‘sources say.'”
Rousey made her first WWE appearance at WrestleMania 31 in 2015, helping The Rock battle off Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. Since that appearance, she had often mentioned that she was interested in doing more with WWE.
“Everybody is very busy and I know that from Ronda’s side and her team, they are looking for an opportunity,” Triple H said. “I have made it very clear that an opportunity exists and it’s just a matter of us getting together and having conversations.
“I wish I had something more to tell you than that but we are just kind of talking and feeling where it goes and she is making movies and doing other things. But it’s exciting and there are a lot of interest on both sides so let’s see where it goes.”
The former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion hasn’t fought since suffering a first-round knockout to Amanda Nunes in December of 2016. She appeared at the May Young Classic earlier this year, and teased a possible WWE run this past October in an interview with TMZ.
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On last night’s WWE RAW there was an injury angle during Jason Jordan’s win over Bray Wyatt, used to write Jordan off the WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view card for Sunday. Wyatt injured the knee of Jordan during the match and later furthered the injury in a post-match attack. RAW Team Captain and General Manager Kurt Angle later removed Jordan from the match and was about to name a replacement when he was interrupted by Jordan, who pleaded with Angle not to replace him. Stephanie McMahon came out onto the stage and told Angle to make the announcement and then Triple H, came out and named himself as the fifth member of Team RAW. Triple H then hit Jordan with a Pedigree.
It might not make much sense, but Triple H joined The Shield on Wednesday at a live event — and Dean Ambrose/Seth Rollins were stoked about it for some reason.
Roman Reigns won’t be cleared until shortly before Survivor Series. This means The Big Dog was unable appear on the UK tour, which had promoted a Shield appearance.
Then, in an effort to add star power to the events, Triple H was added to the tour.
Fast forward to tonight’s event in Glasgow when Seth Rollins got on the microphone before the match and said “desperate times call for desperate measures” … so he went with Plan B. Hunter then walked to the ring and was given an honorary vest.
The trio ultimately defeated Cesaro, Sheamus and Bray Wyatt — who made his return to action after an illness — then fist bumped in the ring.
Wondering why Triple H would team with two guys who supposedly hate his guts on TV? Or why Dean and Seth would be excited about it? We don’t have the answers.
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WWE is heading to the UK next month and Triple H has announced that he’ll be stepping into the squared circle during some of the shows.
The WWE exec tweeted, “U.K., be ready. I’ll be there. In the middle of the ring. Glasgow 11/1, Brighton 11/2, London 11/3, Minehead 11/4, Cardiff 11/5 #WWEUKTour.”
Superstars from Raw and Smackdown will be heading out on a nine-day, 10-event tour that stops in England, Scotland and Wales starting next week.
No word yet as to who he’ll be wrestling, but Triple H did face-off against Rusev at a live event in Chile over the weekend — so maybe RuRu will get a rematch.
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WWE issued the following:
As part of WWE’s SummerSlam Week, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon will appear at a special Meet & Greet with the WWE Universe, with proceeds benefitting Connor’s Cure.
Don’t miss your opportunity to meet The Authority when The Game and the Commissioner of RAW journey to the 40/40 Club at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Friday, Aug. 18, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. local time.
Tickets can be purchased starting this Saturday, July 29 at 10 a.m. ET at ticketmaster.com. The price for this event is $200 and will help raise funds to support pediatric cancer research. Each ticketholder will receive an autograph from Triple H & Stephanie, a picture with WWE’s No. 1 power couple taken by a professional photographer, and an 8×10 glossy photo.
This event is the latest addition to the previously announced SummerSlam Superstar Meet & Greets, which give the WWE Universe the opportunity to meet many of their favorite Superstars prior to The Biggest Party of the Summer.
According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio (via wrestlinginc.com), WWE officials are planning a Kurt Angle vs. Triple H match. There is no timeline on when it will happen, but the feeling is that it will be linked with the storyline WWE has been doing with Angle and Corey Graves. Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon is expected back soon, which could also be part of the build to the match.
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We reported on Thursday night that Tommaso Ciampa of DIY was injured at that evening’s NXT live event in Highland Heights, KY. Early during a match pitting DIY against Sanity, Ciampa dived off the ring apron onto Sanity and hurt his left leg. The match was quickly stopped and ruled a no-contest. An upset Ciampa hopped to the back yelling, “get me the f–k out of here.”
Ciampa and Johnny Gargano were scheduled to face NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain for the titles at NXT: Takeover this Saturday. Triple H took part in a media conference call this morning to promote the event. During the call, I asked Triple H about Ciampa’s injury and his status for this Saturday.
“He turned his ankle somewhere [during the match],” Triple H said. “As a precaution everything shut down, it stopped, he got out of there. He went for an X-ray last night, and there’s no break or fracture. He’s got an ankle sprain. When I texted with him this morning, he was feeling better and was up moving around and felt like he was not going to have an issue with it. It was not really bothering him, it was not really as bad as they thought it was.”
Triple H noted that Ciampa was up and moving around, and their medical team will decide if he can work Saturday’s show. He said that as of right now, Ciampa is in “but we’ll see how that goes.” He added that Gargano and Ciampa were very excited to work in Chicago, which is somewhat of their homebase, and he would hate to see that ruined because it’s a moment for them.
Asked if there was a backup plan in place in case Ciampa is not able to work the match. Triple H said that if Ciampa’s condition worsens today, then he will try to figure out other plans.
“Right now I’m going to keep a positive frame of mind that he will be there tomorrow,” Triple H said
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