Today's News

New book:

The WWE Rulebook (And How To Break Them) will be released on January 17 2017, and is priced at $15.99 on Amazon pre-order.

NXT Takeover:

Austin Aries vs Shinsuke Nakamura is official for the next NXT special. The show has been named ''Revenge.''

Asuka will not now defend her title against former holder Bayley, NXT are currently running an injury angle with her, so Nia Jax will get the shot at the Japanese lady instead.

La Sombre named:

Manny Andrade will be named ''Andrade Cien Almas'' for WWE.

Restaurant scores KO:

Kevin Owens complained about a restaurant on Twitter yesterday, he waited for an hour, without being able to order, before leaving. The Montreal restaurant responded that they were John Cena fans, and didn't want his business.

Landmark for Owens:

Kevin Owens is about to make personal history. He will be only the second man in WWE to compete on all 12 PPV events, consecutively, in their first year on the main roster.

Two hour Raw's return:

SyFy will start to host a two hour version of Raw starting next Friday.

Paul London talks backstage WWE feuds:

Billy Kidman...

"I remember we were working I think Matt Hardy and Shannon Moore in New York, and I decided that we could start doing something where Brian (Kendrick) is on all fours, and I run, jump off his back, and do a Shooting Star off his back. So I started doing that in the matches, and it was getting really good reactions, how we were using them. And I remember Billy Kidman coming up to me, and he said, 'Hey man! You're gonna steal my move every night?! You're gonna keep stealing my move every night?!' I just looked at him and said, 'Do you do a running Shooting Star off the back?' He goes, 'uh... well no, but...' I go, 'Well... yeah.' Brian came up to me and was like, 'Man, what is wrong with you?! You don't talk to somebody like that! If I was him, I would've slapped you!' Well, it was kind of a d**khead thing to do to come to me and act like he owns every variation of the move when he can't even do it that well himself."

Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase...

"Ted DiBiase, Sr. pretty much lost all of our respect in a matter of seconds. We were sitting in the catering section, everyone had pretty much finished up eating and we were wrapping up eating as well. Million Dollar Man walks in there, and he pulls us aside, well he pulls them aside really, MNM, because I think we were wrestling again the night as a build-up match for the inevitable pay per view championship match. So we were kinda throwing around some ideas for that night, and Teddy walks in there, pulls them aside and says 'I just want to clarify the decision to switch the titles is because Joey has this issue. It's not because of these guys; definitely not because of anything that these guys have done.' He kinda just threw that at us, in our face. It was a really backhanded thing to do. It was just flat out rude. Brian got up, and I think he was about to give The Million Dollar Man Sliced Bread #3, and I had to intercept and walk him outside."

He also attacked WWE...

"When you work there, you eat so much crap. It's like middle school all over again when you work there, on any level that you're at. I don't care if you're the megastar or the opening guy, corporate office guy, whatever. At some point in your tenure there, you're gonna be treated like garbage, absolute garbage. And like less of a human being, like the stuff you wipe off of your shoe that you stepped in by accident. And you're gonna be treated like that constantly. It's a constant mental hazing. It's disgusting. It's a horrible, horrible place to work, absolutely awful place to work. So, it's not good for human beings of any nature. It was just things that would numb you to life working there."

Jericho burns fan:

Chris Jericho was asked on Twitter why steel cages have doors, if the talent climb out to win their matches, he replied...

''How about to get into the cage, you dumb idiot!.''

Sheamus:

Sheamus is doing the media rounds for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 today.

McMahon awarded:

Stephanie McMahon has been awarded by the Eisenhower Fellowship.

CM Punk:

The CM Punk written comic 'Drax' is in shops today.

Netflix to GLOW:

Women's wrestling promotion GLOW is coming to Netflix. The owner says she signed a deal this week.

State want WWE back:

Kentucky say they hope to get WWE back into their area. WWE have not run shows in Kentucky for a long while, due to the strict regulations placed on combat sports.

"We have to evaluate the current policies and regulations in place and make a fair decision. I can tell you my goal is to generate as much revenue for the Commonwealth of Kentucky as I can. If you say the WWE, UFC and Impact Wrestling are not a part of that, you're fooling yourself. I had an opportunity last night to speak with four local promoters after our meeting. I asked them "If I could change one thing for you as a wrestling promoter, what would you want it to be?" I had a very long and lengthy conversation with one gentleman and he said "I want Wrestlemania here." That's a big step for us, I'm not saying I'll be able to get it done tomorrow, but it's a goal that we're striving for. We have world class venues. If you look at Rupp Arena, the Yum! Center, Pikeville has a phenomenal setup for a live television show, the Corbin Arena, the Northern Kentucky Civic Center, you've got Western Kentucky in Bowling Green, Paducah has venues, Richmond has Eastern Kentucky University, there's so many great venues. We would love to have the WWE come in here and host them, but also we want our local promoters to reach that level as well. We want to start by bringing in those bigger tickets. It rejuvenates the sport. That is our ultimate goal. We want to have something home-grown, but we also want to show our state off to the world."