Today's News

Hell In A Cell landmark:

Today marks the 15th anniversary of the infamous 1998 King Of The Ring Hell In A Cell Match between Mankind and The Undertaker, WWE have spoken with many of those involved who went on to share their memories of the night, and also include some never before released backstage photo's, including one of Vince admonishing Foley for the risks he took.

The Undertaker is not involved in the interview, so I have found a 2002 TV interview where he discusses the match...

And if you have never seen the match, (What is wrong with you???), here it is in full...

John Cena:

To mark the 11th anniversary of John Cena's WWE debut, WWE.Com have listed his 50 greatest matches.

Vince McMahon congratulated him...

"On the anniversary of his 11th year with @WWE, congratulations to @JohnCena. Lots of mileage, lots of injuries, but lots of fun."

WWE wedding:

More images of this weeks staged marriage between Tyson Kidd and Natalya have been released.

This was shot for the TV show Total Diva's, they were married a few months ago real world.

Big O makes TV debut:

On TNA's Gutcheck...

Main Event Mafia:

Samoa Joe is the third member of the new MEM.

CM Punk:

CM Punk has been awarded a 2 year restraining order against his Mother, although it is thought that the Judge rejected his request that She is also banned from all WWE events.

Day in the life of a WWE star:

Natalya has discussed the hectic schedule a WWE star faces...

"What we do inside the ring sometimes is only five or 10 minutes, but we spend a good eight to 15 hours a day outside the ring at work. Whether it's catching a flight, getting a rental car, getting to our hotel, dealing with family members, boyfriends, Diva conflicts, you've got to be able to survive the pre-ring stuff before you actually deal with the drama in the ring. It's a tough balance but I think all the Divas prove in very different ways that we can make it through."

Big E. Langston:

Big E. says the reason he became a wrestler was he was inspired by a meeting with Bill Goldberg when he was 10 years old, He said Goldberg was his favourite wrestler growing up.

Jake The Snake:

Diamond Dallas Page has posted a video of Jake The Snake Roberts apologizing to him for his recent relapse...

New WWE book:

WWE are already working a 50th birthday DVD, they have now commissioned a book telling the entire history of the company to accompany the documentary, and to mark the landmark.

Ric Flair snubs HOF:

Ric Flair has withdrawn from appearing at the Tragos / Thesz HOF ceremony this year, he has accepted a paid gig, which coincides with the event.

Performance Center:

Indy wrestler Ryan ''GQ Money'' Katz has been hired by WWE to work at the new NXT training center, he started today by taking delivery of and installing 33,000 lbs of weight training gear.

XPW:

XPW will return in October with a 12 man tournament to crown a new champion.

ROH stars dropped:

It seems that WWE have changed their minds on contract offers to ROH stars Adam Cole and Mike Bennett, they are not thought to be listed for the first wave of new signings coming in when the performance center opens on July 11.

Royal Rumble 2014:

In a creative leak from WWE, CM Punk is listed as the planned winner of the 2014 Royal Rumble match. This, if true, and if plans don't change in the next 7 months, would give him the chance to fulfill his dream of main eventing WrestleMania.

Not for me is wasn't:

George The Animal Steele says the WrestleMania 3 match between Macho Man Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat is not in his opinion the best match ever, because...

"You're talking to the wrong guy. I'll tell you why. I lived about 18 miles from the Silverdome. Do you think for one second that George "The Animal" Steele at that big event wanted to be standing in somebody's corner? No way, Jose. I wanted to be--I wanted to have a match. I didn't care with who. It could've been with Vince. I didn't care but I'd rather have been in a match than standing in a corner in my backyard. Does that make sense? So now when I watch the match. They had been talking this match for three weeks. I was sick of it. Because I don't talk matches. It was probably the greatest match of all time for the fans. The only thing I liked about the match I got to stand across the ring and look at Elizabeth. People are always asking me why I was so smitten over Elizabeth. Its very simple. I've been married to my wife for 58 years. She is a beauty and she's wonderful and she does not like to do windows. I was trying to get a window washer."

TNA stars no show event:

Velvet Sky and TNA World Champ Bully Ray no showed a live event last night.

Rich Rock:

The Rock has earned $46 Million Dollars this year.

WWE list 10 real backstage feuds:

10 - Chris Jericho vs Goldberg

Goldberg and Jericho had a taught relationship dating back to their WCW days when Y2J mocked his entrance, however it was in WWE when they came to blows, Goldberg trashed a match Jericho had been involved in, when news of this got back to Jericho's ears, he went to confront Goldberg, who grabbed Y2J by the throat, Jericho with a quick move scissored his legs and got him into a front facelock, forcing other stars to save the bigger, stronger man.

9 - Batista vs Booker T

At a SummerSlam photo shoot in 2006, Batista refused to acknowledge Booker T when he arrived, Booker T decided he needed to teach the arrogant monster a lesson in respect, so took him into a room locked the door and beat him for 5 solid minutes, it was a brutal bloody affair, and apart from a cheap shot (Batista hit him from behind while he was locking the door) Booker is said to have dominated the brawl.

8 - Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Vince McMahon

The legendary feud between SCSA and the Boss that defined the Attitude Era became real in 2002. Austin was very disappointed by the way he was booked at WrestleMania 18, and walked out of the company later that summer, leading to Vince McMahon on Raw demanding Austin return to apologize to every WWE fan for abandoning the company.

Austin called the segment a smear against him.

The incident was resolved when Jim Ross arranged clear the air talks, and SCSA eventually returned.

7 - John Cena vs The Rock

This was never a physical fight, but the two men retracted their claws and savaged each other in the press and via social media in the build up to their first match at WrestleMania 28, Cena questioning Rock's reasons for returning and Rocky accusing Cena of not making the effort to be a wrestler, and that he only wanted the paycheck.

6 - Paul Orndorff vs Vader

This brawl happened when Vader turned up late for a WCW show, he didn't take kindly to the older star admonishing him and struck out, Orndorff responded with a flurry of punches and kicks and got the better of the younger bigger man, although Vader claims he let up because he was worried about losing his job.

As a result Vader was pulled from a PPV match, and eventually dropped by WCW, he went to WWE, debuting at the '96 Royal Rumble.

5 - Edge vs Matt Hardy:

The former best friends relationship broke down after an injury to Matt Hardy caused him to be taken off the road. Lita (At the time in a long term relationship with Hardy) began to travel with Edge (Who was married). The two became romantically involved, causing a major breakdown in their friendships. During this time Matt Hardy was released by WWE, which caused even greater hurt to Hardy, feeling he was being punished for the crimes of others. He eventually returned to WWE and the real world feud became a TV feud. Many criticized WWE at the time for exploiting the situation.

4 - Eric Bischoff vs Ric Flair

Flair says Bischoff took great joy in demeaning him, and that he felt used by the WCW boss. Eric had Flair use his ties to WWE to get many names to leave Stamford to go to Atlanta, but the more new stars joined the less respect Flair got from the office. This led to a court case when Flair missed a TV taping due to a family event, and WCW launched a lawsuit against their biggest star.

Flair took his feud with Bischoff to TV, and aired a lot of the dirty laundry between the two men.

3 - Dynamite Kid vs Jacques Rougeau

This one is one of the most famous feuds in WWE, and caused the end of the Bulldog's WWE run as a team.

Jacques Rougeau returned to the locker room to find his clothes had been damaged, deciding that famous pranksters the British Bulldogs were probably the culprits he went to talk to them, firstly seeing Dynamite he confronted him with his suspicions, but Kid denied knowledge of what happened, and becoming offended by the accusations he struck out at Rougeau whilst he was distracted playing cards.

Rougeau seethed at the cheap shot and bided his time waiting for revenge, he rolled a sock full of coins into his fist and hit Dynamite with a sucker punch of his own, knocking out four teeth, leading to a brawl, the incident was broken up by Bad News Brown.

2 - ECW vs XPW

XPW, a rip off version of ECW in the California area decided to try to increase their exposure by turning up at an ECW show, things didn't go well, fans were not happy about the XPW stars sitting in the crowd drawing attention to themselves and eventually stars decided that the dis-respect they felt needed to be dealt with and the locker room evacuated and ejected the invaders personally.

1 - Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels

In 1997 Shawn Michaels made a thinly veiled accusation on Raw that Bret Hart had begun an affair with WWE Hall Of Famer Sunny, Bret was furious with the segment and despite recovering from knee surgery (Which caused him to withdraw from a match vs Shawn at King Of The Ring that year) returned to Raw and got into a fist fight with HBK in the back. Bret says he went to talk to Shawn, but he saw red when Shawn said ''Is there something you want to say to me?'' then swung a punch (Which missed), Bret swung back and connected, before friends of the two men stepped in between them.

The bad blood lasted for years, but they are on better terms now.

Matt Bourne:

There are reports flying around that WWE Alum (The Original Doink The Clown) Matt Bourne has been found dead at home, I am looking into this story and will keep you updated.

Doink The Clown's death has now been confirmed by WWE.

WWE stars punished:

Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton have both been fined for the tope into a chair on Raw this week, the amount was not disclosed.