Showing posts with label SummerSlam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SummerSlam. Show all posts

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Backstage News: WWE Summerslam 75% Booked + New Divas Tag Team?

Partial Source: F4WOnline

- According to sources, WWE Creative has 75% of Summerslam booked. That includes matches, angles and finishes of the matches. 

- As noted earlier, Brock Lesnar will be making his WWE return this Monday night on Raw. 

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- After the storyline with Fandango ended, Layla and Summer Rae are now officially a tag team. They are seen as the second coming of LayCool, which was a tag team made up of Layla and Michelle McCool. 

The reason WWE is putting the two as a tag team is because TNA put The Beautiful People back together. 

Some people in WWE feel that they put the two together because WWE needed a Divas tag team in their company.

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Jim Ross Blogs On TNA Improving & Brock Lesnar Returning At Summerslam

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross updated his blog and he talked about TNA improving and Brock Lesnar returning at Summerslam:

On Impact improving: TNA Impact was a much better TV show this past Thursday night on Spike but many of the in ring talking segments could have been just as successful and impactful if they had been shorter. Why pro wrestling companies feel that succinct, soundbytes and cutting to the chase are out of style is beyond me. Plus, having a talent like MVP in MULTIPLE segments only waters down the talent. Overexposure used to be a viable concern of all bookers and upper mgmt types, IE Andre, Bruno, JYD, etc, on weekly TV shows, but it doesn't seem as if it is any longer which is fundamentally wrong.

Also read: ?Jim Ross Q&A - CM Punk/WWE Issues, Retirement, Alicia Fox, More

On Brock Lesnar headlining Summerslam: I'd book Lesnar to headline Summer Slam in Los Angeles and build the card around him. Yes, I'm prepared for the onset of knee jerkers who will say that Brock is part time and that part time talents are efficient. I don't concur and think that overexposure is running rampant in the wrestling biz and Lesnar certainly isn't over exposed. The WWE World Champion doesn't need to be on every TV or at every live event. That concept is antiquated. 

If some fans feel that this may be too predicable, then perhaps some are over thinking a pro wrestling storyline that makes sense. Making sense when executing a story line is much more important than doing the unpredictably stupid moves to just 'surprise' he audience. Don't get me wrong, I love a good pro wrestling surprise as much as the next fan but NOT at the expense of doing the right thing.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

WWE's Top 25 Best Intercontinental Champions + SummerSlam

-- Ringside Collectibles has new images available for the upcoming WWE SummerSlam Heritage action figure series from Mattel.

-- WWE.com is once again spotlighting their list of the 25 best Intercontinental champions of all time. Below are the top 10 from the list:

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10. Tito Santana 9. Randy Orton 8. Pedro Morales 7. Bret The Hitman Hart 6. Razor Ramon 5. The Honky Tonk Man 4. Mr. Perfect 3. Ultimate Warrior 2. Chris Jericho 1. Macho Man Randy Savage

Sunday, April 20, 2014

WWE's Reaction To Eric Young's Title Win, SummerSlam

Source: F4WOnline.com

- We noted before that WWE is now referring to their pay-per-view events as "special events." SummerSlam is still being billed as a "pay-per-view" so that's likely the plan for the bigger events.

- People within WWE are said to be "incredibly amused" by TNA putting their World Heavyweight Title on Eric Young in a knock-off of Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania XXX. Nobody has any problem with Eric Young as a worker or a person as much as they think the booking is ridiculous.

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Report: Batistas WWE SummerSlam Opponent?

Source: The Wrestling Observer NewsletterWWE is talking about three names to possibly face Batista at SummerSlam this year: John Cena, Daniel Bryan, and CM Punk.With CM Punk not likely to return to WWE, it looks like Batista will face either Cena or Daniel Bryan for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

WWE Stock Rises Again, SummerSlam Pre-Sale Pass...

-- The pre-sale password for WWE SummerSlam 2014 is WWEFAN. The pre-sale begins Tuesday at 10AM PST and runs until Friday at 10PM PST. The event will be held in Los Angeles at the STAPLES Center on August 17.-- WWE stock continues to rise as it's currently at $31.01. This is greater than its all time high from October 1999.-- Booker T has confirmed that on April 1, his promotion Reality of Wrestling will air on the "Soul of the South" network, which he says is available in over 40 millio...