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2016 WWE Money In The Bank Results – New WWE World Heavyweight Champion

(Kickoff) The Golden Truth vs Breezango – Winners: Golden Truth

(Kickoff) The Dudley Boyz vs Lucha Dragons – Winners: Lucha Dragons

WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP – Fatal 4-Way Match: (C) The New Day vs. The Club (Gallows & Anderson) vs. Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs. The Vaudevillains – Winners: The New Day

Dolph Ziggler vs. Baron Corbin – Winner: Baron Corbin

Charlotte & Dana Brooke vs. Natalya & Becky Lynch – Winners: Charotte & Dana Brooke – After the match, Natalya attacked Becky

Sheamus vs. Apollo Crews – Winner: Apollo Crews

AJ Styles vs. John Cena – Winner: AJ Styles – The Club interfered when the ref was knocked out, hitting Cena with Magic Killer and put Styles across Cena for the cover.

MONEY IN THE BANK LADDER MATCH: Sami Zayn vs. Cesaro vs. Chris Jericho vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens vs. Alberto Del Rio – Winner: Dean Ambrose

WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP: (C) Rusev w/Lana vs. Titus O’Neil – Winner: Rusev

WWE World Heavyweight Championship: (C) Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins – Winner & new WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins

Dean Ambose came out and hit Rollins from behind with the MITB briefcase and cashed it in.

WWE World Heavyweight Championship: (C) Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose – Winner & New WWE World Heavyweight Champion Dean Ambrose – Ambrose hit Rollins with Dirty Deeds for the win.

WWE Contacting Older Stars, Several Names Revealed

Source: WrestlingINC

F4WOnline noted, with the brand split coming up next month, WWE has apparently been contacting former stars about returning to the company. Dave Meltzer recently stated on Twitter last night that the company has ironically been “calling lots of 40+ year old guys to return for the new era.”

Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio last night that Carlito, MVP and Stevie Richards have all been contacted about returning. He didn’t want to mention any other names, but did say that “everyone that’s available is getting at least inquiries.”

One wrestler that was contacted said that they are making more money now working indys than they did working for WWE full time.

WWE Money In The Bank 6/19/16 Card

WWE World Heavyweight Championship: (C) Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins

AJ Styles vs. John Cena

MONEY IN THE BANK LADDER MATCH: Sami Zayn vs. Cesaro vs. Chris Jericho vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens vs. Alberto Del Rio

WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP – Fatal 4-Way Match: (C) The New Day vs. The Club (Gallows & Anderson) vs. Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs. The Vaudevillains

WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP: (C) Rusev w/Lana vs. Titus O’Neil

Natalya & Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte & Dana Brooke

Dolph Ziggler vs. Baron Corbin

Apollo Crews vs. Sheamus

(Kickoff) The Golden Truth vs. Breezango

(Kickoff) The Dudley Boyz vs. Lucha Dragons

WWE Announces First-Ever Signing Of Chinese Wrestler, New Partnership & Live Event In China

WWE issued the following:

WWE® and PPTV Announce Exclusive Multi-Year Partnership in China

WWE Live Event Returns to Shanghai in September; WWE Signs First-Ever Chinese Talent to Developmental Contract

WWE ushered in a new era in China today, announcing an exclusive multi-year content distribution agreement with PPTV; the return of a WWE live event to Shanghai on Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 7 pm; and Bin Wang as the first-ever Chinese talent signed to a developmental contract. The historic announcements were made today at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai by WWE Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer Michelle D. Wilson, WWE Superstar John Cena®, WWE Vice President & General Manager of Greater China Jay Li, WWE Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative Paul “Triple H®” Levesque, Vice President of PPTV, General Manager of PPTV Sports Stephen Zhang and CEO of Shanghai Expo Development Ltd. Ding Hao.

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“Today’s historic announcements further demonstrate WWE’s long-term commitment to China,” said WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon. “Partnerships with PPTV and Expo Group, as well as the signing of Bin Wang, will enable us to engage our fans in China like never before.”

PPTV

As part of WWE’s commitment to its fans in China, the company announced an exclusive multi-year agreement with PPTV to deliver its flagship shows Raw® and SmackDown® in Mandarin.

Starting June 28, for the first time ever, fans in China will be able to stream all three hours of Raw and two hours of SmackDown on demand exclusively on PPTV and PPTV Sports. Fans can download the PPTV App and watch Raw and SmackDown on Smart TV’s, set-top boxes, mobile devices and tablets, as well as on PPTV.com and Sports.PPTV.com. In addition, WWE short-form content will be available on PPTV’s digital platforms and PPTV will leverage popular digital and social platforms, including WeChat and Sina Weibo, to share WWE content with fans throughout China. PPTV will also launch and manage a new WWE website in China.

“There’s a long history between PPTV Sports and WWE in programming distribution. Now with the new exclusive partnership, these joint efforts will bring passion and family-friendly fun of WWE programing to millions of fans here in China just like in the U.S.,” said Stephen Zhang, General Manager of PPTV Sports.

WWE LIVE EVENT

WWE returns to China with its first live event in more than three years with WWE Live 2016 China on Saturday, September 10 at 7 pm at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Tickets for WWE Live 2016 China will go on sale this Saturday, June 18 at 12 pm and can be purchased online at gewara.com and wesai.com, or by calling the Gewara ticket hotline at 1010 1068. WWE Superstars scheduled to appear include current WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns, current WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte and WWE Superstars John Cena, Seth Rollins and Sasha Banks.

“WWE’s China debut rocked Shanghai Expo in 2010, and now we are excited that deafening cheers from WWE fans will be heard again in 2016 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena,” said Ding Hao, CEO of Expo Group.

BIN WANG

WWE made history today by signing Bin Wang to a developmental contract, giving him the opportunity to train to become the first-ever Chinese Superstar in WWE history. At 6-foot-3, 220 pounds, the 22-year-old from Anhui has been training for the past two years in Japan at Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), a wrestling and MMA promotion founded by WWE Hall of Famer Antonio Inoki.

Wang will relocate to Orlando, Florida this Sunday, June 19, where he will begin training out of the state-of-the-art WWE Performance Center. With seven training rings, a world-class strength and conditioning program and cutting-edge edit and production facilities, the Performance Center will allow Wang to develop his skills through a comprehensive program that includes in-ring training, physical preparedness and character development.

“It is an honor to be the first-ever Chinese talent in WWE history,” said Bin Wang. “There are no fans in the world that show the same passion as the WWE Universe, and I look forward to training and developing my skills so I can perform for them in the future.”

Chris Warren, Singer Of D-Generation X Theme, Dead At 49

Source: WrestlingINC

Unfortunate news hits the wrestling world, as news has emerged that Chris Warren, the lead singer of the “DX Band” has died at age 49.

Few details are known at this time, but Warren passed away on Sunday. A funeral service will be held this weekend.

Warren contributed vocals to several WWE themes, including the iconic D-Generation X “Break it Down” song. Warren also was featured in X-Pac’s theme, as well as the intro do the late 1990’s edition of WWF Superstars. Triple H’s “My Time” was also performed by Warren.

Warren performed at WrestleMania 14, with a controversial rendition of America The Beautiful, in addition to playing Shawn Michaels to the ring for the main event. Warren would go on to lead the band Bro-Kin, and contribute several songs to TNA Wrestling events.

His obituary reads as follows:

Christopher P. Warren of Valley Cottage, NY, passed away suddenly on Sunday, June 12, 2016 at the age 49. Christopher was born in Huntington, Long Island, NY on May 27, 1967 to Christopher J. and Barbara Warren.He was employed by Local 638 NYC as a Steam Fitter for many years. Music was his passion. He was very artistic and was a singer for the band Bro-kin.

Christopher is survived by his mother, Barbara Spector, his three brothers, Steven (Lena) Spector, Andrew (Jill) Spector and Danny (Margit) Spector and his sister, Laura Spector. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.

“Christopher was very well liked and will be greatly missed by all that knew him”.

He was predeceased by his father, Christopher J. Warren and step father, Paul Spector.

Visiting hours will be Friday, June 17 from 2 to 4 pm & 6 to 9 pm at the Joseph W. Sorce F.H. Inc.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, June 18 in St. Ann’s Church, 16 Jefferson Ave., Nyack, NY. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY.

Joseph W. Sorce F. H. Inc.

 

Triple H, Shawn Michaels & “X-Pac” Sean Waltman commented on Warren’s passing:

 

More On WWE Possibly Holding More PPV Events

Source: WrestlingINC

We noted yesterday via a Prowrestling.net reader that WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler told fans at a weekend convention that the company is planning on holding monthly pay-per-view events for RAW and SmackDown when the Brand Extension kicks off next month, with the exception of WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, SummerSlam and Survivor Series. In an update, PWInsider says that when the original Brand Extension announcement was made, there were people under the impression that the company would be doing more WWE Network specials and/or pay-per-view events to accommodate the roster changes.

WWE Trademarks Legendary Tag Team Name

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE has registered to trademark the term “Legion of Doom.” It looks like WWE Hall of Famer Paul Ellering, former manager to Road Warrior Hawk and Animal, may be bringing back the name for “Authors of Pain” Sunny Dhinsa and Gzim Selmani in WWE NXT.

WWE Honors Orlando Shooting Victims On RAW

WWE honored the victims of the terror attack at Pulse nightclub in Orlando at the opening of RAW last night with the entire WWE roster out on the stage for a moment of silence.

WWE Planning Two Monthly Pay-Per-View Events For The Upcoming Brand Extension?

Source: WrestlingINC

A ProWrestling.net reader who attended the 38th annual Superman Celebration in Metropolis, Illinois this weekend reports that Jerry Lawler said there will be two monthly pay-per-views for the Brand Extension – one for RAW and one for SmackDown, except for the top four events – the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam and the Survivor Series.

The same reader was told by Lawler at the 2015 Superman event about SmackDown going live on Tuesday nights for the USA Network and that is obviously happening now.

Backstage Talk On WWE NXT And The WWE Brand Extension, WWE PPV Events Running Longer?

Source: WrestlingINC

While Triple H indicated in this week’s media call that he’s not sure how the upcoming WWE Draft and Brand Extension will change WWE NXT,  Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that people involved have been told that “NXT is being raided for the Draft big time.” More details are expected to be revealed soon.

It appears future WWE pay-per-view events will be going past 11pm and not just WrestleMania. WWE has told Sky Italia to start reserving extra time for pay-per-view events as the duration of those shows will vary.