-The WWE house show at The Aud in Utica, New York has been moved from September 21st to September 29th.
- WWE sent out an e-mail to it's mailing list subscribers that contained this paragraph:
"THIS Sunday for the first time ever, only Champions compete to determine who is the best of the best. Can John Cena survive the challenge of four men and hold on to his gold? Will Randy Orton reach his destiny and win his first WWE Championship? Will Mick Foley's first match in nearly a year net him some gold? Will one of the two newcomers claim the keys to the Raw city right away? One Night - Eight Championships. Don't miss this historic event when all the gold is put on the line. THIS Sunday at VENGEANCE!"
Eight Championships, which means Deuce & Domino won't be defending the WWE Tag Team Championship at Vengeance.
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In what could not be considered a very shocking move by the upper management at World Wrestling Entertainment, the company has decided to part ways with ECW Diva Trinity.
Trinity, who really rose to the public's eye during her time with TNA, was brought up from the WWE developmental system to be part of the relaunch of ECW. She was assigned as the new manager for the Full Blooded Italians but she never receieved that much on screen time as neither Nunzio or Tony Mamaluke were ever on the show that often.
After Tony was released from the company, we saw Trinity less and less, with her only popping up for a halloween costume contest and the "Extreme Strip Poker" edition of the ECW TV show.
Here is the WWE's official statement regarding this matter:
WWE has come to terms on the release of ECW Diva Trinity. We wish her the best in all future endeavors.
It is unknown at this time whether Trinity will attempt to make a return to TNA or head towards the independant circut. We will keep you updated on this story as more information is released.
Credit: WWE.com
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- Recently it was in question if Johnny Knoxville will participate in this year’s SummerSlam event in the Jackass angle until now.
Johnny Knoxville has in fact agreed to appear at the Summerslam event this year as a wrestler. Only one match will take place at the event with the “Jackass†crew; not three, as previously reported. The match is looking to be a hardcore style match between the “Jackass†crew and an assortment of WWE wrestlers who aren’t doing anything.
- Daivari's move to RAW was a move made with no real consequence. There were no plans to give him a cruiserweight title push on SmackDown, so they just decided to move him to RAW.
- In an attempt to freshen up the women’s division on each brand, WWE decided to switch Jillian Hall and Victoria. While doing so, Jillian got her last name back as she is now being referred to as Jillian Hall again. The graphic on RAW referred to her as Jillian Hall recently.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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Randy Savage's name was brought up for the "McMahon Appreciation Show" on 6/11. Out of all the people suggested to appear on the show, he was the only person 100% nixed without even a discussion.
WWE.com's subsection for this Sunday's Vengeance pay-per-view is saying that WWE Tag Team champions Deuce & Domino will be defending their belts in an "open challenge." WWE sent out an e-mail this morning to its mailing list saying that only eight championship bouts would be taking place on the pay-per-view. Deuce & Domino's bout will now make nine.
The week before the "McMahon Appreciation Show," they wanted every perceived, real or storyline enemy of Vince McMahon, except Hulk Hogan (and Randy Savage if he's considered to be an enemy) to appear on the show. However, a lot more people than expected turned down appearing on the show, so it's possible that they reached out to Hogan at the last minute. In Mick Foley's promo during the show, he noted that Hogan turned down appearing on it.
Sources: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, PWInsider.com
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With the recent draft of Viscera to the ECW brand, don’t be surprised if you see him on television more now, as WWE has some big plans for this massively large wrestler.
WWE is going to drop his current gimmick of being “The World’s Largest Love Machine†and make him more of a One Man Gang character, which means he will be basically be a mean, bad, wrecking machine. The idea for this is to get him over as big and unstoppable in ECW, and then bring him back to RAW or SmackDown! as a monster heel that can headline main events. They recently did this with Snitsky who is scheduled to mow down undercarders for the rest of the year and feud with Cena in 2008.
Reason behind Viscera’s push is because of his massive size and unlike some of the wrestlers backstage, he doesn’t have many problems. Dave Lagana didn’t want him on the brand if he wasn’t revamped with new image because he felt the “Love Machine’ gimmick would never get over as a headliner for the company. Furthermore, Vince McMahon liked the idea of Viscera being pushed like the One Man Gang in the 80's. Plus, it's easy to convince Vince to push a monster, even it's failed a few times before, as opposed to a smaller person, even if the person has a history of past success.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- WWE sent out an e-mail to it's mailing list subscribers that contained this paragraph:
"THIS Sunday for the first time ever, only Champions compete to determine who is the best of the best. Can John Cena survive the challenge of four men and hold on to his gold? Will Randy Orton reach his destiny and win his first WWE Championship? Will Mick Foley's first match in nearly a year net him some gold? Will one of the two newcomers claim the keys to the Raw city right away? One Night - Eight Championships. Don't miss this historic event when all the gold is put on the line. THIS Sunday at VENGEANCE!"
Eight Championships, which means Deuce & Domino won't be defending the WWE Tag Team Championship at Vengeance.
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In what could not be considered a very shocking move by the upper management at World Wrestling Entertainment, the company has decided to part ways with ECW Diva Trinity.
Trinity, who really rose to the public's eye during her time with TNA, was brought up from the WWE developmental system to be part of the relaunch of ECW. She was assigned as the new manager for the Full Blooded Italians but she never receieved that much on screen time as neither Nunzio or Tony Mamaluke were ever on the show that often.
After Tony was released from the company, we saw Trinity less and less, with her only popping up for a halloween costume contest and the "Extreme Strip Poker" edition of the ECW TV show.
Here is the WWE's official statement regarding this matter:
WWE has come to terms on the release of ECW Diva Trinity. We wish her the best in all future endeavors.
It is unknown at this time whether Trinity will attempt to make a return to TNA or head towards the independant circut. We will keep you updated on this story as more information is released.
Credit: WWE.com
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- Recently it was in question if Johnny Knoxville will participate in this year’s SummerSlam event in the Jackass angle until now.
Johnny Knoxville has in fact agreed to appear at the Summerslam event this year as a wrestler. Only one match will take place at the event with the “Jackass†crew; not three, as previously reported. The match is looking to be a hardcore style match between the “Jackass†crew and an assortment of WWE wrestlers who aren’t doing anything.
- Daivari's move to RAW was a move made with no real consequence. There were no plans to give him a cruiserweight title push on SmackDown, so they just decided to move him to RAW.
- In an attempt to freshen up the women’s division on each brand, WWE decided to switch Jillian Hall and Victoria. While doing so, Jillian got her last name back as she is now being referred to as Jillian Hall again. The graphic on RAW referred to her as Jillian Hall recently.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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Randy Savage's name was brought up for the "McMahon Appreciation Show" on 6/11. Out of all the people suggested to appear on the show, he was the only person 100% nixed without even a discussion.
WWE.com's subsection for this Sunday's Vengeance pay-per-view is saying that WWE Tag Team champions Deuce & Domino will be defending their belts in an "open challenge." WWE sent out an e-mail this morning to its mailing list saying that only eight championship bouts would be taking place on the pay-per-view. Deuce & Domino's bout will now make nine.
The week before the "McMahon Appreciation Show," they wanted every perceived, real or storyline enemy of Vince McMahon, except Hulk Hogan (and Randy Savage if he's considered to be an enemy) to appear on the show. However, a lot more people than expected turned down appearing on the show, so it's possible that they reached out to Hogan at the last minute. In Mick Foley's promo during the show, he noted that Hogan turned down appearing on it.
Sources: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, PWInsider.com
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With the recent draft of Viscera to the ECW brand, don’t be surprised if you see him on television more now, as WWE has some big plans for this massively large wrestler.
WWE is going to drop his current gimmick of being “The World’s Largest Love Machine†and make him more of a One Man Gang character, which means he will be basically be a mean, bad, wrecking machine. The idea for this is to get him over as big and unstoppable in ECW, and then bring him back to RAW or SmackDown! as a monster heel that can headline main events. They recently did this with Snitsky who is scheduled to mow down undercarders for the rest of the year and feud with Cena in 2008.
Reason behind Viscera’s push is because of his massive size and unlike some of the wrestlers backstage, he doesn’t have many problems. Dave Lagana didn’t want him on the brand if he wasn’t revamped with new image because he felt the “Love Machine’ gimmick would never get over as a headliner for the company. Furthermore, Vince McMahon liked the idea of Viscera being pushed like the One Man Gang in the 80's. Plus, it's easy to convince Vince to push a monster, even it's failed a few times before, as opposed to a smaller person, even if the person has a history of past success.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
