Today's News

SmackDown SPOILERS!!!:

• Cesaro & Tyson Kidd vs Los Matadores.
• Kane vs Ryback.
• Big Show vs Ryback.
• AJ Lee vs Brie Bella.
• Damien Mizdow & The Miz vs New Day.
• Jack Swagger vs Rusev.
• Bad News Barrett & Luke Harper vs Dean Ambrose & Dolph Ziggler.

WrestleMania 31:

Dolph Ziggler confirmed himself for the Intercontinental Championship ladder match on SmackDown, and WWE have, via their website, announced Dean Ambrose and Luke Harper for the same bout.

DeMott controversy:

Chris Jericho has jumped to the defense of Bill DeMott. Since the controversy of this past weekend the Twitter hash tag #FireDeMott has been trending, urging WWE to cut the former WCW man loose. Jericho does not like it, he tweeted his support to DeMott, and told those complaining to deal with it, or get out of the sport. This infuriated former trainees of DeMott, who angrily attacked him, most notably TNA star ECIII, who revealed an incident of his own, at the hands of DeMott...

"I love/sacrificed for pro wrestling. A Hart can stretch me any day. A know nothing dips--t slapping me when I'm concussed is different."

Dolph Ziggler's brother Briley has also accused WWE of lying. He is named in the E-Mail released over the weekend, but says, contrary to WWE claims, he has never been spoken too, or approached, about Judas Devlin's accusations.

ECIII has since been tweeting mocking parodies of the WWE statement, to promote his current TNA storyline...

''Apparently there have been some very SERIOUS and DAMNING allegations concerning “BULLYING” in wrestling. That the use of homophobic/racial slurs, unnecessary/detrimental physical abuse, and using positions of power to threaten jobs is real. I took these accusations made by @RockstarSpud very seriously. I PERSONALLY conducted a full investigation into the claims that I bullied him, assaulted him, verbally abused him, shaved his friends head,  spit on him, etc. but was unable to validate these claims. Regardless, I (as a Carter) continue to reinforce policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment for all of TNA’s talents.''

The controversy around DeMott intensified when another former NXT star released a letter he wrote, expressing his concerns. Brandon Traven wrote to a top official during his time there...

Mr. Canyon Ceman,

I'm writing this letter today due to concerns I've had with the training. I've contemplated writing this for some time now. After seeing Harley Race this past week, and talking with him about my concerns for not only my training but my physical well being, he himself encouraged me to write a letter and not only that. He informed me to have anyone in the office to call him if they have any questions about any of the information I will be writing about.

My overall biggest concern is about my safety. Before we took off for Holiday break I suffered a minor head injury. The thing about head injuries is you can't really tell how bad they are until you have proper time to rest. During the course of a practice, I got hit in the head during a drill. I felt very dizzy right away and stepped out of the ring. Practice was almost over that day and I told a few guys near me that I was dizzy. One suggested I might have just been dehydrated or in need of some food. I drank some water and ate a protein bar and I did feel a lot better as the day went. I decided to play the next day of training by ear and see how I felt. I stretched out and did a few rolls in the ring. After just a couple of rolls I felt very dizzy again and saw the trainer.

That day our usual trainer Brian Duncan was on the road. And a substitute trainer attended to me. As I was setting on the table, she examined my eyes and reaction time. Eventually Coach DeMott came in asking what happened. I told him the story of how everything happened, he then accused me of making things worse. Which is not uncommon as Coach DeMott gets angry and standoffish at any sign of injury. The main part of this story that angers me is that as he was leaving the trainers room, Coach DeMott slapped me on top of the head. This really angered me as I don't believe he has right to put hands on anyone especially like that. I was lucky that my head injury wasn't too serious. His negligence in this situation could have worsened my injury.

I have also grown very tired of how Coach DeMott has constantly bullied us. Whether by physically hitting us, or by calling us gay. He has on numerous occasions alluded to me being gay. His favorite phrase is "half a sissy" not to mention him calling me and others "f-ggots" Coach DeMott has also on several occasions grabbed the bottom rope while we are watching practice and pull it back to hit everyone in the face while they are paying attention to instruction. I personally don't understand his destructive and bullying nature.

While talking with Harley this week about countless unproductive or straight up dangerous drills he encouraged this letter and told me to include that all parties who read it should call him to talk further. Harley agreed that we should not be subjective to physical, or verbal abuse. He was very angry about hearing the information I shared and more than anything didn't understand why he has us doing unproductive drills to begin with, as opposed to having practice matches which we have only done on a few occasions.

In fact upon Harley hearing the story of Coach DeMott hitting me on the head after a head injury, Harley was very angered by this. In five years of training with Harley I never felt unsafe or in danger of suffering a career threatening injury much like I have here.

I have also witnessed Coach DeMott try to rip a t-shirt off Alexander Rusev, shortly after he had neck surgery.

He has on numerous occasions called Oliver Grey (Joel Pettyfer) Pedophile, smacked Enzo Amore (Eric Arndt) in the mouth. He has also told Enzo to kill himself on atleast one occassion that I heard with my own ears. Morale amongst us, is constantly low and is only getting worse. However on the flip side Steve Keirn, Ricky Steamboat, Terry Taylor and Billy Gunn have all been positive influences since joining this company.

The reason I haven't said anything until now, is fear of either losing my job or how Coach DeMott will treat me moving forward. As he already treats me and some others very badly. I decided to go ahead and write as I feel now, nothing will change if I don't speak up. And I hope I can count on your discretion on this matter.

Thank You,

Ryan Collins.

Stop the ''R'' word:

Natalya has led a number of NXT stars in a WWE supported campaign to have the word ''Retard, or retarded'' stopped from being used as a derogatory term.

WrestleMania 20 all over again:

WWE hope Brock Lesnar's contract disputes, and his seemingly impending departure, will cause the ''Smart'' internet fans to give him a similar hard time to the one he, and Goldberg, received at WrestleMania 20, and as a result, would cheer for Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 31.

WWE star on TV:

WWE announcer Renee Young was a guest host on VH1's morning show today.

He's still got it:

The Rock posted a video from his new movie today. In it he delivers his signature Rock Bottom finisher to actor Jason Statham.

WWE landmarks:

Nikki Bella is celebrating 100 days as Diva's Champion, and Daniel Bryan now has 2 million Twitter followers.

WWE official leaves:

Jane Geddes quietly left WWE in the past month. She has worked closely with Triple H in the talent relations department, and appeared a number of times on Total Diva's.

Health issue for legend:

Angelo Mosca has been diagnosed with Alzheimers Disease.

Signing confirmed:

Uhaa Nation has confirmed he is now a WWE man.