Today's News

Tough Enough:

WWE have named the final 40 contestants on the Tough Enough show. The following stars have been invited to the WWE Performance Center for the beginning of the elimination trials, which will be recorded and aired as a pre series special on the WWE Network. 13 of the 40 will eventually be selected as the final line up, and will be moved into a house to live together for the duration of the shows run.

Here are the lucky 40 hopefuls that beat the 11,114 disappointed rejected applicants...

1. Adam Ohriner, Long Island, N.Y.
2. Alexander Frekey, Dallas
3. Alexander Galizia, Springfield, Mass.
4. Amanda Saccomanno, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
5. Ashley Urbanski, Oakland, Calif.
6. Ava Knight-Salicka, Las Vegas
7. Carly Marshall, Los Angeles
8. Chelsea Green, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
9. Danielle Kamela, Scottsdale, Ariz.
10. Daria Berenato, Los Angeles
11. David Michael Barnes, Mandan, N.J.
12. Dianna Dahlgren, Spokane, Wash.
13. Don Arner, Pittsburgh
14. Gabi Castrovinci, Southington, Conn.
15. Giorgia Piscina, Brisbane, Australia
16. Hank Avery Jr., Macon, Ga.
17. Jason Vazquez, Oak Lawn, Ill.
18. Jeremiah Kingdom, Los Angeles
19. Joshua Bredl, Thornton, Colo.
20. Kahlil Bell, San Jose, Calif.
21. Kevin Penczek, Belle, W.V.
22. Krishany San Jorge, Puerto Rico
23. LaRayia Gaston, Los Angeles
24. Lorenzo Davis II, Los Angeles
25. Mada Abdel Hamid, Los Angeles
26. Michael Mio, Staten Island, N.Y.
27. Mike Hayes, Louisville, Ken.
28. Nehemiah Kingdom, Los Angeles
29. Nicholas Cuffari, Lakewood, Ohio
30. Patrick Clark, Washington, D.C.
31. Philip Guilford, Atlantic City, N.J.
32. Samantha Sage, Los Angeles
33. Sara Bettencourt, San Jose, Calif.
34. Sara Lee, Hope, Mich.
35. Stephen Tezanos-Pinto, Sacramento, Calif.
36. Tanner Saraceno, Boiling Springs, S.C.
37. Tommaso Giannuzzi, Germany
38. Vinny Tortorella, Staten Island, N.Y.
39. Zach Boss, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
40. Zamariah “ZZ” Loupe, Bayou Bluff, La.

Triple H contacted all of the unsuccessful applicants via E-Mail to thank them for their video, and to request they try again in the future...

Here is one such E-Mail...

''Dear Frederick,

Thank you for your video submission for WWE Tough Enough. As you can imagine, we received thousands of entries, and the competition was fierce. Unfortunately, you were not selected as one of the finalists, but please consider once again submitting a video for future seasons of WWE Tough Enough.

We thank you for your passion and wish you much success in the future.

Sincerely,

Paul "Triple H" Levesque

WWE Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative''

Injury:

John Cena suffered a facial injury, potentially a broken nose, at a live on Sunday.

Money In The Bank:

Two title matches have been confirmed for MITB...

• Nikki Bella vs Paige (Diva's Championship)
• Ryback vs Big Show (Intercontinental Championship)

The pre show match will be King Barrett vs R-Truth.

Hall Of Famer entering rehab:

Scott Hall says he is checking himself into a detox facility, after his recent slip off the wagon.

Punk vs Hogan:

CM Punk has launched into a Twitter war with Hall Of Famer Hulk Hogan. Hogan recently added his support to an NHL team from Florida in their upcoming match against a team from Chicago, Punk's team, he did not take kindly to the Hulkster's opinions and attacked him as ''Garbage'' told him to ''Shut up and F*** off'' and chastised him for getting the names of the Chicago team wrong. He also said he would ''Wreck'' Hogan if he did not stop criticising his team.

Hogan did not heed the warning, tweeting...

''Like I said the Blackhawks are in a whole lot of trouble,they should take their puck"punk" and go home,CM can show them the way brother HH''

Dudley's vs Wyatt's:

Punk vs Hogan was not the only online feud to start last night, Bubba Dudley is furious that WWE allowed Harper & Rowan to use the 3D on Raw. He slammed WWE as cowards for not having the ''Balls'' to phone them if they wanted the move bringing back, as they are the only ones that can do it right.

Luke Harper responded that they would have no problem facing the iconic team, and Dudley retorted that he needs to get at the officials in the company to make it happen, again questioning their courage with the same jibe as above.

Battle of the Kevins:

Kevin Nash tweeted a jibe at Kevin Owens during Raw, questioning his claims that men want to be him, and women want to be with him, Owens in response tweeted that he could not respond directly, as the HOF'er had blocked him on the site. Nash later praised Owens ring work, and Owens thanked him.

Jericho supports ECW star:

Chris Jericho is donating money to the medical bills of ECW original Axl Rotten, and is urging fans to join in and help him get out of the wheelchair he is currently confined to.

Chyna... The Movie:

Chyna hs launched a kickstarter to fund a documentary where she will tell her side of her story. She says she wants to reclaim the name and identity of Chyna, as she was at the height of her WWE fame.

She wants $10,000 to fund the project.

Austin downplays Mania match:

Stone Cold says he was not trying to build up to a match vs Brock Lesnar at next years Mania, he said he and Brock would cross paths between now and the supershow in Texas, but he did not want to raise fans expectations, as he did not intend to try to twist WWE's arm into making the bout happen.

Marathon man:

Chris Hero wrestled 17 matches in three hours at a charity show this past weekend. He promised to wrestle for 30 minutes for every $500 raised, almost $3,500 was raised by Hero, and donated to ALS research.

Kazarian:

Kaz blames himself for not making it in WWE, he says he did not mature quickly enough, but also expressed his distaste in the upcoming Tough Enough auditions. He said he watched some of the applications and grew sick of hearing people saying they dream of getting into wrestling, and asked why they hadn't done so before this show came along.

Samoa Joe:

ROH say Samoa Joe will work for them on June 20, but refused to comment on whether his match will air on TV.

Cameron:

WWE star Cameron has started taking acting lessons, to improve her presentation.