Eve Torres Talks About Kissing John Cena On Raw, Backlash On Twitter
February 16, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
WWE.com has published a pseudo-shoot interview with Eve regarding her abrupt kissing session with John Cena in front of Zack Ryder on Monday’s Raw SuperShow as well as the backlash on Twitter.
“I never intended for anything bad to happen to Zack,” Torres said. “How this turned out is not how I intended. I acted in the moment – we all make mistakes. I can’t really say I’m sorry, but isn’t it better to be honest than to lead Zack on?”
Torres received an avalanche of angry messages on Twitter, many of which are “not suitable for publishing on WWE.com.”
“It’s been a hard adjustment for me, reading my Twitter timeline,” she said. “But, people need to realize that there’s more than one side to people. I always try to put my best foot forward both inside and outside the ring. But I have emotions, and that goes for anyone – sometimes emotions just take over.”
Torres also stresses that she’s “only human.”
The full article is available here.
WWE Champions Absent At Press Conference, Update On Legends’ House, More
February 16, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
– WWE Champion CM Punk nor World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan were on hand for Thursday’s press conference at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium to announce that the venue will host WrestleMania XXIX on Sunday, April 7, 2013.
– Regarding rumors that WWE Legends’ House will premiere on Syfy rather than the WWE Network, nothing has been stated internally about that nor is it listed on Syfy’s programming schedule for April.
– Former WWE Diva Shelly Martinez attended P Diddy’s Grammy Party at the Playboy Mansion over the weekend. Video of her night out is available here.
– The commercial Sheamus shot last month in Los Angeles, California was for Kmart. Independent women’s wrestlers Bugga Nova and Lizzy Valentine were on hand for the shoot.
source: PWInsider.com
The Rock Starting Angle After ‘Mania?, Styles Confirms Renovations, DiBiase
February 16, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
- WWE has officially released their new “DiBiase Posse” t-shirt for Ted DiBiase.
- It was reported months back that WWE was in the process of re-doing some of their office space and grouping different departments with each other. Joey Styles, head of WWE’s website, recently confirmed those reports when a fan asked him on Twitter if he works from home. Styles replied:
“I work in the newly renovated office space for TV Creative, Magazine and .com at WWE HQ.”
- As noted before, The Rock is scheduled for the April 2nd RAW Supershow – the day after WrestleMania 28. This isn’t confirmed but it’s believed that Rock will start a build for SummerSlam that night, schedule permitting. The idea all along has been for The Rock to do more than one big pay-per-view in 2012.
Partial source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
New Details on Chyna’s WWE Parody Film, Foley’s WM Raffle, WWE In Brazil, Rock
February 16, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
- “Mick Foley’s WrestleMania Weekend Raffle” has officially launched at this link. The raffle ends at 11am EST. Fans can buy raffle tickets for $2 each and there is a 5-ticket minimum. Proceeds from the raffle go to the RAINN organization. The winner and a guest will receive the following:
* 2 tickets to the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony
- The Rock announced on Twitter that Journey 2 is officially Warner Bros.’ 2nd biggest opening of all-time in China.
- United States Champion Jack Swagger noted on Twitter that WWE will be coming to Brazil this coming May with shows in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
- We noted a few weeks back that Chyna was working on a new adult film that would parody WWE. TMZ has new details on Chyna’s Royal Rumble-inspired movie that just finished filming. Chyna will perform with 9 males that all look like famous wrestlers including The Iron Sheik, John Cena, Steve Austin, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, her ex-boyfriend Triple H and others. The Cena impersonator actually appears with one of the old school replica WWF title belts. TMZ contacted WWE for comments but they did not return the calls.
Morrison’s Comedy Career, WrestleMania 29 Logo, More from Cena & The Rock
February 16, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
- WWE has released the official logo for WrestleMania 29, which features the Empire State Building:
- Former WWE Superstar John Morrison will be doing an improv comedy performance at the “Saturday Night’s Main Event” comedy show on February 25th from Second City in Hollywood, California. Morrison recently spoke with the Curtain Jerks podcast about getting into improv.
- After The Rock wished John Cena a Happy Valentine’s Day on Tuesday, Cena responded on Wednesday night and hyped up today’s WrestleMania 29 press conference. Rock wrote on Tuesday:
“@WWE @JohnCena Happy Valentines Day John. You may not be my girl, but I do consider you my bitch. #BootsToCenasPinkParts”
Cena replied:
“For those that didn’t get the “pink part” thing he once again is re referencing my mangina. So I propose this… Cena tampons. “That time of the month got u feeling bad, just put a lil Cena inside ya 
he’ll make ya feel fine” #champax”
“Or Cena feminine wash. “Tough day south of the equator? Lather some Cena on there and they can’t smell you!” #massCENAgil ”
“that’s the late nite act kiddos. Be back for the morning show at Metlife Stadium tomorrow. See u then movie star.”
News on Randy Orton’s Injury, Shawn Michaels & the Boston RAW, Today’s Superstars
February 16, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
- Matches for today’s WWE Superstars include Aksana vs. Maxine, WWE Tag Team Champions Epico & Primo vs. Santino Marella & Alex Riley plus Mason Ryan vs. WWE United States Champion Jack Swagger.
- WWE’s story on Randy Orton’s concussion from Monday’s RAW is that he suffered a concussion when Daniel Bryan hit him with the World Heavyweight Title but this is likely just a storyline reason. During the match against Big Show when the injury occurred, Orton can be seen getting up and his legs weren’t steady, after delivering the RKO to Big Show. Orton got up from the RKO slowly and immediately grabbed his head.
Backstage at RAW on Monday, nobody knew Orton was injured or at least they weren’t talking about it.
- When promoting Triple H vs. The Undertaker, a local ad for the March 5th RAW Supershow from Boston asks how will Shawn Michaels respond but doesn’t say what he will be responding to. It’s been speculated that Shawn will be the special referee for Taker and Triple H’s WrestleMania 28 match.
Partial source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
John Cena’s Car Collection, Report on Atmosphere Backstage in WWE, Linda McMahon
February 16, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
- New political polls for the Connecticut Senate race show Linda McMahon trailing Democratic candidate Chris Murphy by 9 points.
- There is a feeling among WWE officials that there are very few Superstars these days who act like and are main event talents, but the atmosphere is different than what it was a decade ago.
Back then, WWE had it’s top main event Superstars but then had guys like The Hardys, Edge, Eddie Guerrero and many others who weren’t booked at the top but were working hard and motivated to get to the top. It’s said that these days, the motivation level to move to the top isn’t there.
- It’s no secret that John Cena is a big car collector. Cena’s collection currently consists of a 1966 Dodge Hemi Charger, a 1969 AMC AMX, a 1970 Plymouth Superbird, a 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge, a 1970 Buick GSX, a 1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator, a 1970 Ford Torino GT, a 1971 AMC SC Hornet 360, a 2006 Dodge Ram SRT 10, a 2006 Ford GT, a 2007 Dodge Charger SR8 Super Bee and a 2007 Ford Saleen Parnelli Jones Edition Mustang.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Several Notable WWE Office Departures, Mark Henry’s Chamber Return Nixed
February 16, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
- Mark Henry was brought to Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings in Fresno, California to be named as Randy Orton’s Elimination Chamber replacement. Later in the day, likely because officials realized Henry wasn’t physically ready, the decision was made to have Santino Marella replace Orton.
- WWE made several office cuts on February 10th that were considered “major and shocking.” Jim Connelly, one of WWE’s top executives, was released along with Florence DiGiorgio and Dean Miller.
Connelly, hired in 1999 and considered to be a major pick-up, worked as Senior Vice President of Consumer Products. Dean Miller worked under Connelly as the Senior Manager of Home Entertainment and Florence DiGiorgio, hired back in the 90′s, worked as WWE’s Senior Director of Global Licensing.
WWE’s official word on the departures is that they are re-organizing that department but the feeling was that Vince McMahon made the moves at the worst time – right before the big New York Toy Fair last week. At the Toy Fair, people from WWE’s Consumer Products division were awkwardly dancing around questions on who to contact within WWE for potential licensing deals. Within WWE, people have been surprised at the timing of gutting that department.
Punk Nominated for Golden God Award, JR Comments on a Texas ‘Mania, Pearce-WWE
February 16, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion Adam Pearce, who had neck surgery over a year ago, told Brian Fritz of BetweenTheRopes.com that he expected to be in WWE’s FCW developmental territory before getting injured and says if it weren’t for his age, he thinks he would be there. The 33 year-old Pearce says he doesn’t see himself wrestling past this year.
- Jim Ross reminded fans on Twitter why WrestleMania won’t be held at Cowboys Stadium in Texas for at least the next two years – the NCAA basketball tournament. JR wrote:
“fans clamoring for Wrestlemania to be in Cowboys Stadium are apparently unaware that do to NCAA basketball it’s not available nx 2 years.”
- Chris Jericho was in attendance for yesterday’s 2012 Golden Gods Awards press conference in Los Angeles with Alice Cooper, Zakk Wylde and others. Jericho hosted last year’s awards show but no word yet if he will be involved this year. This year’s show takes place on April 11th at Club Nokia in LA.
Jericho rival CM Punk is up for the Most Metal Athlete award this year. Punk goes up against MMA star Gina Carano, motorcross racer Brian Deegan, MLB star Evan Longoria, NBA player Dirk Nowitzki and NFL star Mitch Petrus.
Big Success for WWE in Abu Dhabi, WWFX Correction, The Rock, ECW, Gangrel
February 16, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
- Former WWE Superstar Gangrel turns 43 years old today.
- On this day back in 2010, the final episode of ECW on SyFy aired. The main event of the show saw Ezekiel Jackson defeat Christian in an Extreme Rules match to become the final ECW Champion.
- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is the Executive Producer of a new NASCAR documentary that airs on PBS February 23rd at 9pm. “Racing Dreams” won Best Documentary Awards at several film festivals and has been optioned as a potential action movie.
- In a correction from last week, the February 4th WWFX show from the Philippines that saw John Morrison capture their Heavyweight Title actually drew 5,080 fans – not 1,200.
- All three of WWE’s RAW live events in Abu Dhabi last week drew crowds between 5,000 and 6,000 in a 6,000-seat arena. The three-day tour grossed around $2 million. Because WWE was in a richer region, ticket prices were higher than normal – a more than $100 per ticket average.
The WWE crews were informed about what to do and what not to do, to keep everything low key and not party too much or get out of control. Due to the culture, WWE did not bring their pyro or fireworks, the Titantron or the Divas.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
