Today's News

 

New champion:

Rusev beat Sheamus to win the US Title in a post show exclusive match taped for the WWE Network, after Raw went off air last night. It is his first WWE title reign.

The match was booked for the Survivor Series, but WWE decided during the show to add it after the card, meaning both men wrestled twice. Fans in attendance complained that the result was spoilt before the match, as WWE ring crew set up the Russian flag for his celebration.

McMahon returns:

Vince McMahon returned to WWE TV last night. He made the Survivor Series main event a retirement match, for the Authority, if their team lose, they will lose their power in WWE.

Randy Orton:

Randy Orton was written out last night, after a beat down by the Authority.

Survivor Series:

John Cena has selected Dolph Ziggler for his team at Survivor Series, The Authority have placed Seth Rollins and Kane on their team, 3 spots remain for each side.

WWE vs Sky:

Sky in the UK have rubbished reports that they are to blame for the WWE Network UK launch delay last night. They say they have no input, or interest in the project, and the decision, as far as they were aware, was made by WWE. WWE sources shot back that it is Sky delaying things, WWE want them to air the 4 major PPV events for free on the Network, but will allow them to charge £14.95 for all other PPV events on the box office channel, Sky are not happy with the terms, and are dragging their feet on committing, according to WWE.

WWE refunds:

WWE offered refunds for any fans that wanted to leave the arena in the first 20 minutes of Raw, due to John Cena not appearing as advertised.

Faction dropped:

WWE have repackaged Xavier Woods as a televangelist style preacher, alone. He is no longer affiliated with Kofi Kingston and Big E. as a group.

ROH tensions:

The Ring Of Honor roster are said to be split on the Michael Elgin situation, some have come out negatively, extremely critical of Elgin's behaviour, toward the company and the locker room, but others have hit out at the management of the promotion for the poor way they are treated.

Illness and injury:

Lilian Garcia worked Raw last night with a respiratory infection, and Cesaro needed staples after his match.

More flights issues for Diva's:

Renee Young and AJ Lee also had their bags lost by American Airlines. Like Emma, Renee has now got her belongings back, but AJ had to loan gear from the other diva's to get by, she did later tweet that her stuff arrived in time for her to go on the European tour.

Rey Mysterio:

Rey flew home to San Diego after Raw last night. No word of his meeting with Vince McMahon has been released as yet.

Steen's first match:

Kevin Owens will wrestle his first WWE televised match on December 11.

Christian:

WWE have asked Christian to fly out to be part of tonight's SmackDown.

Bella UK:

Brie and Nikki will be in Scotland later this week, for the MTV awards.

Brit to HOF:

Mick Foley has called on WWE to induct Davey Boy Smith into the HOF, although he said his preference would be for the British Bulldogs tag team to go in as a pair...

Hogan, on why Cena should stay face:

"When you look at the big picture you see ad buys, sponsorships and amount of revenue generated by merchandise, and the fact that he volunteers to go overseas to see the troops. When he's home he sees troops who were messed up in the war, and make-a-wish kids. I guess you can be a bad guy and still generate that type of revenue, which I did. Vince McMahon had a master plan for this guy, I think I know what should be done in wrestling and then I talk to Vince. He has a bigger vision than just making John Cena a bad guy, a bigger vision than what you see in the ring. Vince has a reason for not doing it. You and I would say that he should turn heel right now like I did, and the fans would cheer him more than ever probably".

Jericho, on why he does not get PT wrestler heat:

"There shouldn't be, because I can come back there and outwork any one of those guys on the roster. When I come back though, I come back to work as many shows as I can. I don't just come back for TV and pay-per-view. I work with everybody and have great matches. So I don't think anybody has any issues with Jericho coming back. I think they are actually looking forward to it. If I was coming back and couldn't do my job, then I would absolutely see why they don't want me there."

WWE score legal win:

WWE have been given the right to seize any merchandise sold by non WWE approved vendors, when sold within a certain proximity (Variable depending on the state they are in) of their shows. A court ruled that any vendor selling without express permission from WWE is likely a counterfeiter, and has no right to retain the goods they have for sale.