Triple H brutally assaulted Roman Reigns at the end of RAW last night. Reigns was bloodied and battered:
Byron Saxton got busted handing Roman a blood capsule or something, maybe a blade. While the camera cut away, a fan who was in the front row appears to capture the exchange in a Facebook video:
Lemmy Kilmister, lead singer and bassist of heavy metal pioneers Motohead, died Monday at the age of 70. Motorhead was behind all of Triple H’s theme music and also did the theme music for Evolution. Motorhead performed Triple H’s theme music for his entrance live at WrestleMania 17 and 21. Motorhead recently provided their song “Ace of Spades” to use as the NXT TakeOver: London theme song.
Triple H & Chris Jericho remembered their friend on Twitter and Instagram:
WWE remembered Lemmy with this video tribute during RAW:
It’s Thursday which means we are halfway through the week., and that means we are just THREE days away from NXT TAKEOVER IN BROOKLYN. What better way to get hyped for such an historic event then by listening to the conference call about that very event
http://wrestlingnews.co/audio-paul-triple-h-levesque-nxt-takeover-brooklyn-conference-call/
You can do so by clicking the link above. In this conference call HHH discussed numerous things. One of the things that stood out to me and even came as a surprise is that at first HHH was hesitant to hold the upcoming takeover event at the Barclays center. He was hesitant because he knew the venue was bigger then any other venue NXT had ever hosted however he decided to just roll with the punches and let things fall into place.
To his delight all 13,000 tickets sold without any problems. That’s right folks, the Barcly center will be jammed packed with 13,000 devoted members of the WWE universe this Saturday.
One of my favorite parts of the conference call was when he discussed the divas of NXT and the divas in general. He even got chocked up at one point saying he feels like a proud father to see how much the women of NXT have accomplished. He went on to say that yes him and Stephanie have given the women the opportunity but what they’ve done with it has been all them. He also says that he truly believes that one day we will see the women in the WWE main event a Wrestlemania. He said that every day he makes sure the girls are aware of that and continues to push them.
He also discussed the concern that has been brought up of “what happens when all the stars of NXT are called up to the main roster”? He is confident that when the time comes there will be no need to worry because he will continue to bring in talented men and women from all over the world, whether they’re from the indies or not. He says what he looks for is talent.
He also noted that this is indeed the largest card NXT has put on however the special will remain two hours. Not all matches will be shown this Saturday but will be shown in the upcoming week.
The full card can be seen here
NXT Championship (Ladder Match)-Kevin Owens vs Finn Balor
NXT Tag Team Title Match-The Vaudevillians vs Blake and Murphy
NXT Women’s Title Match-Bayley vs Sasha Banks
-Jushin “Thunder” Liger vs Tyler Breeze
-Samoa Joe vs Baron Corbin
-Bull Dempsey vs Elias Samson
-Apollo Crews vs Tye Dillinger(Crews’ NXT Televised Debut)
-Eva Marie vs Carmella
-Enzo Amore, Big Cass & Hype Bros (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley) vs Jason Jordan, Chad Gable, Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson
-Charlotte vs Becky Lynch vs Emma vs Dana Brooke
If you haven’t heard this conference call it’s definitely worth 35 mins of your time, aside from the points I mentioned above there are some other really awesome points brought up.
Be sure to tune into NXT TAKEOVER BROOKLYN LIVE AND EXCLUSIVELY ON THE WWE NETWORK this Saturday beginning at 5pmPT/8pmET
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
Triple H posted the following video on Twitter from wrestling legend Jushin “thunder” Liger who will be facing Tyler Breeze at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn on August 22nd. Liger said:
“My name is Jushin “Thunder” Liger from New Japan Pro Wrestling. I will be taking part in WWE NXT Takeover on August 22nd and I will be facing Tyler Breeze. I am excited to enter the WWE ring as this is the first time for me. I would like to ask and thank the WWE Universe for their support.”
For those who are not familiar with Jushin “Thunder” Liger, below is a couple of video’s of him in action. One is Liger VS Rey Mysterio at WCW Starrcade in 1996 and the other is Liger VS Bryan Danielson (Daniel Bryan) in ROH
It was reported earlier on WrestlingInc.com that Triple H’s entrance for his match with Sting would feature footage from WWE Hall of Famer “Arnold Schwarzenegger’s” upcoming Teminator movie Genysis
Now WrestlingInc reports that word out of Santa Clara is that HHH will be getting a full blown Terminator theamed entrance and one could expect HHH to be wearing the infamous leather jacket Arnold wore in all the films.
Who’s excited? I know I am entrances are so much bigger at mania and HHH is a person that always delivers.
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
In this WWE Network Exclusive Interview with Randy Orton and Sting following RAW last night, Sting had a message for Triple H. Sting said he has waited 14 years to be in a WWE ring and it feels great. Sting said he is going to take down Triple H at WrestleMania.
It is being reported via wrestlinginc.com that word within WWE is that the direction of NXT has changed as of late. HHH loves the praise he gets on NXT and he’s looking to capitalize on that.
Originally NXT was meant for “rookies” to learn and eventually establish themselves as stars to be called up to the big leagues known as Raw and SmackDown. However that tune has changed as of late. Now what HHH wants to do is take well established indie wrestlers (more specifically the ones in ROH) wait till their contracts expire and then call them up to NXT. Right now the feeling is NXT is a brand within itself and if you have experimented wrestlers your bound to get great matches.
Now as far as well known faces of NXT there has been no talks of NXT champion Kevin Owens or former champion Sami Zayn being called up to the main roster just yet. There has been talks though of calling NXT women’s champion Sasha Banks up to the main roster along with Adrian Neville and possibly Charlotte. Word is that if these calls up happen it’ll be sometime after WrestleMania.
That doesn’t surprise me especially if one of those 3 debut on Raw the next night. The raw after mania is always a highly rated Raw and further more last year when Paige debuted is proof that there’s no better way to do it.
How do you guys feel about these reports? Does it make you excited and hopeful for the future? I know it does for me. Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
Last night on RAW, Sting had a message for Triple H. Sting he’s more than a vigilante, he’s the Face of Retribution and The Silencer of Injustice. Sting said Triple H needs to be taken down and at WrestleMania it’s game over.
There are rumors that Triple H has interest in giving Samoa Joe a WWE tryout for a potential run in NXT.
According to the report, Vince McMahon isn’t as interested in Joe as Triple H but there could be a push within WWE over the next few weeks to give Joe at least a tryout run.
There is no word yet if Joe is even interested in coming to WWE and working NXT.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
WWE COO, Triple H gives some insight into what to expect from tonight’s NXT TakeOver: Rival event on WWE Network, available free for new subscribers for the month of February.
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