Wednesday, 7 December 2011

WWE Championship Triple Threat TLC Match

WWE Champion CM Punk, Alberto Del Rio and The Miz will square off in
a Triple Threat Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match with the WWE Title on the
line. Only one man can leave a winner when the current and two former WWE Champions meet in the first-ever Triple Threat TLC Match for the WWE Championship at WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, live on pay-per-view Sunday, Dec. 18.

Executive Vice President
of Talent Relations and Interim Raw General Manager John Laurinaitis announced
this high-octane match where the Superstars will use tables, ladders and chairs as weapons and as tools to reach the WWE Title, which will be suspended some 20 feet in the air over the ring. Dangerous, harrowing and thrilling, TLC matches push competitors to the limit physically and mentally as they battle at dizzying heights in their quest for squared circle immortality.

The Miz and Del Rio had to defeat two SmackDown Superstars - Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan, respectively - on Raw Supershow to earn their spots in the WWE TLC Match. While John Cena was named as another participant, he gave up his chance at the WWE Title to give his friend, Zack Ryder, an opportunity to earn a U.S. Title Match against Dolph Ziggler.


CM Punk celebrates his WWE Championship win over Alberto Del Rio with fans at Madison Square Garden.Since CM Punk won the WWE Championship from Alberto Del Rio
at Survivor Series (PHOTOS), The Mexican Aristocrat has been pining for an opportunity
to get the title back. Although he was unsuccessful in his first bid to recapture the WWE Championship, Del Rio
can look forward to another crack at The Second City Savior, along with another
dangerous former champion.


The Miz, the third competitor in the Triple Threat Match, is
flying solo after separating from tag team partner R-Truth. After The Rock and
John Cena defeated The “Awesome Truth” at Survivor Series, the Cenation leader
confronted The Miz and R-Truth. He played mind
games on the underhanded pair, culminating in them turning on each other and
Miz blasting Truth with a brutal Skull Crushing Finale on the steel entrance
ramp. (PHOTOS)


A loner again, The Awesome One looks to regain the WWE
Championship and then get revenge on Cena. Not one to be limited to one
rivalry, The Miz attacked CM Punk. Having to defend himself
from Del Rio and The Miz, Punk must feel like he’s being assailed on all sides;
and that includes certain WWE management.


The Miz is never at a loss for words as he again roves the WWE landscape as a loner.John Laurinaitis has been having difficulties with the title holder. “The Voice of the Voiceless” has already promised change and
overhaul as he continues his second reign as WWE Champion (PHOTOS). This does not
appear to sit very well with the Interim GM, who is unable to even say "CM Punk" and "WWE Champion" in the same sentence. Laurinaitis placing Punk in such a difficult and grueling match is certainly a questionable decision.


All bets are off when WWE Champion
CM Punk, Alberto Del Rio and The Miz
step into the ring for a Triple Threat Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match on Dec. 18. No matter which Superstar is victorious, the WWE Universe will see exciting, high-flying action.

Why ‘X-Pac’ Was Backstage At RAW Monday, Steve Austin/Jericho To Roast Zakk Wylde

The reason why Sean “X-Pac” Waltman was backstage at RAW Monday night was to do a two-hour interview for a new 15-episode WWE Network series that will be focusing on the Monday Night Wars. The series will reportedly have a VH1-esque feel to it with clips from the Monday Night Wars playing with various wrestlers commenting on their reactions to that particular moment in history.

Both WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and Chris Jericho will be participating in the roast of rock star Zakk Wylde on January 19 at the Grove in Anaheim, California. The show will be hosted by America’s Got Talent judge Sharon Osbourne. Austin will be joined with Ozzy Osbourne, Scott Ian, and Jim Norton as the roasters, according to Entertainment Weekly

What Happened After Last Night’s SmackDown, Jim Ross Teases Non-Wrestling Project

After last night’s SmackDown! tapings ended, Mark Henry vs The Big Show vs Randy Orton with Booker T as the special guest referee went to a no contest in a dark match. The match ended after Rhodes came out and once again attacked Booker T.

Taped for WWE Superstars last night in Jacksonville to air this Thursday on WWE.com is Justin Gabriel vs Tyson Kidd and Jack Swagger vs Trent Baretta.

Jim Ross, who’s still in Tampa evaluating the wrestlers in WWE’s developmental league FCW, wrote the following on Twitter last night, teasing a non-wrestling project: “Had a productive day in Tampa. A significant day on tap Wednesday in Florida. Great mtg tonight on an intriguing outside wrestling project.”

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Spoilers: Updated Card For WWE TLC – Six Matches Confirmed

At Tuesday’s SmackDown! taping from Jacksonville, Florida, it was announced that Randy Orton will wrestle Wade Barrett in a tables match at TLC. Booker T is also scheduled to face Cody Rhodes. Below is the updated card:

TLC Match For The WWE Championship

CM Punk vs. The Miz vs. Alberto Del Rio

WWE World Heavyweight Title Match

Mark Henry vs. Big Show

Tables Match

Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett

Ladder Match With Sledge Hammer Hanging Above The Ring

Triple H vs. Kevin Nash

Booker T vs Cody Rhodes

United States Championship Match

Dolph Ziggler vs. Zack Ryder

WWE: Tables, Ladders & Chairs takes place on Sunday, December 18th, 2011.

SmackDown Spoilers: Two TLC Matches Announced, Big Heel Turn

As rumored last week, WWE officially added Kaitlyn to Divas of Doom faction featuring Beth Phoenix and Natalya at tonight’s SmackDown! tapings in Jacksonville, Florida. Kaitlyn turned heel on her partner AJ during a tag team match against Natalya and Phoenix.

Also at tonight’s tapings, it was officially announced that Booker T will be making his in-ring return against Cody Rhodes for the Intercontinental Championship at the TLC pay-per-view on Dec. 18. Booker T last competed in a match on WWE TV on the RAW episode June 6 against Jack Swagger, which Booker T won via countout. Other than that match, he has not competed in a singles match on WWE TV since 2007.

UPDATE: Randy Orton also defeated Dolph Ziggler in the main event of the tapings in a beat the clock match and earned the right to determine his opponent at TLC. He decided to face Wade Barrett in a Tables Match.

You can view the complete spoilers for Friday’s show here.

WWE SmackDown Spoilers For This Friday (12/9/11)

Mikel is at tonight’s WWE SmackDown! tapings from Jacksonville, Florida, which airs this Friday on SyFy, and has sent along the following notes and results from the show:

Tables, ladders and chairs are set up around the ring to promote next weekend’s TLC pay-per-view. Out first is Lilian Garcia, who is making her return to the company as the permanent SmackDown! ring announcer, as noted previously.

The announcers come down but Booker T is attacked from behind by Cody Rhodes. Lilian speaks to the crowd about her return but Cody interrupts her and says he will be the announcer tonight. It is announced that tonight’s show will have a series of Beat The Clock Matches.

(1) Wade Barrett defeated Ezekiel Jackson.

(2) In Divas action, the team of Beth Phoenix and Natlaya defeat Kaitlyn and AJ. After the match-up, Kaityln ended up turning on AJ and joined Natalya & Beth’s Divas of Doom faction.

Backstage, Money in the Bank winner Daniel Bryan is interviewed by Josh Matthews about losing to Mark Henry inside a Steel Cage Match last week and not winning World Title. Bryan called out Michael Cole and went to confront him, but Cody Rhodes ended up stopping and attacking him.

(3) Ted DiBiase defeated Jinder Mahal. The match was said to not have gone over well with the crowd.

In an in-ring segment, Big Show and Mark Henry trash talk each other. However, Henry offers Big Show a handshake. Henry then insists that Show isn’t the monster that we used to know him as. This causes Big Show to get offended by the comments and assaulting Henry with a steel chair.

(4) Sheamus defeated David Otunga in a quick bout.

The company then aired the “It Begins” ad that we saw last night on RAW featuring the words “Look within.” After the ad played in front of the audience, the Jacksonville crowd started a huge “Y2J” chant.

(5) Zack Ryder defeated Heath Slater. Ryder was over with the crowd. He reportedly earned one of the top babyface reactions of the night by far.

(6) Cody Rhodes defeated Daniel Bryan via disqualification after Booker T got into the ring and attacked Rhodes.

Backstage, Teddy Long and Aksana are having another segment together when Cody Rhodes barges in and demands a match against Booker T. Long agrees and makes the match for the TLC pay-per-view for the Intercontinental Championship.

(7) Randy Orton defeated Dolph Ziggler with 2 seconds left on the clock to beat the clock. He decided that he would have a tables match against Wade Barrett at TLC.

John Cena Explains Recent Japan Outfit, The Rock Set For Michael Bay Film

In a website, John Cena explains why he the Ribera Steakhouse jacket and the Zubaz pants at the last night of the two-night tour of Japan last week. “The tour was exhausting, I wanted to do it to pick up morale and give everyone something to talk about,” Cena said. WWE Champion CM Punk also weighed in on the significance of the jacket, “If you knew a guy that had a Ribera coat, that meant he did a tour of Japan. It’s a coveted thing.”

The Rock confirmed on Twitter today that he will be taking part in the Michael Bay film Pain and Gain, which is a bodybuilding comedy movie that will begin production in April 2012. According to a Variety report, Rock will appear in the film along with Mark Wahlberg. In a tweet on Tuesday, Rock said, “Fired up to make a movie w/ my bud Michael Bay.”

Photos: Batista Promotes ‘The Scorpion King 3′ Sporting New Look

Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Dave Batista was recently in Los Angeles promoting his new film The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, which is the third installment in Universal Studios’ The Scoropion King series. The Scorpion King is the same movie franchise that gave The Rock his big movie industry break in 2002. Batista will be appearing in the movie as Agromael.

Batista seems to have lost significant weight since he left WWE in May of 2010 and is now sporting a mohawk, but seems to have bulked up since his recent photos of him have emerged looking even smaller than he appears in the photo below.

You can view another photo of Batista promoting his new film on the below page…

WWE Confirms Debut Of ‘WWE Legend’s House’ For The WWE Network

It was revealed on tonight’s RAW broadcast that the series WWE Legend’s House is going forward. The idea was tossed around a month or so ago but considering they mentioned it by name on tonight’s telecast, the series is going to happen on the WWE Network. No confirmed legend’s have been announced yet.

The preview WWE sent out about the series is as follows:

“A reality series featuring many of your favorite WWE Legends, all forced to live under one roof. See what happens when the most colorful and combustive personalities in WWE history shack up, break bread, and bruise egos.”

Beth Phoenix Calls Out Maria Menounos, SmackDown Rerun Rating

Beth Phoenix wrote the following on Twitter today to Access Hollywood correspondent Maria Menounos about her upcoming in-ring return to WWE: “@mariamenounos are you challenging me? Do u remember what happened last time? Dont forget waterproof mascara ;) #crybabycry.”

Friday’s SmackDown! on SyFy, which was a rerun of the live Tuesday special, drew a 1.39 cable rating on Friday night with 1.94 million viewers. Combing both audiences, that gave the broadcast 4.99 million viewers overall with a 3.39 rating.