Today's News

BattleGround:

Darren Young won the battle royal to earn a shot at The Miz and his IC title last night on Raw. It was his first ever solo win on Raw, in his 6 year WWE career.

Rusev vs Zack Ryder for the US is also booked, as is the New Day vs The Wyatt's.

Brand split:

Vince McMahon officially gave his two children a brand each on Raw last night. Stephanie will keep Raw, and Shane will run SmackDown, when it goes live later this month. Each will have to pick a GM to work under them. Speculation is Shane will pick Daniel Bryan for the SmackDown job.

UFC earn WWE money:

WWE's stock price spiked yesterday, in the wake of the UFC sale. Their stock price went up by 5% in a single day, raising the price of a single share by $8.

It seems some mistook WME, the new owners of UFC, for WWE.

WWE fan scores twice:

A fan complained to WWE that Daniel Bryan did not attend a show he went to earlier this year, and was given two front row tickets as a good will gesture. He has now complained that John Cena did not attend the show he went to with his free tickets, and has been given another two.

Randy return:

Randy Orton will be back on TV at BattleGround, but will not wrestle until SummerSlam.

Raw:

Dean Ambrose vs Seth Rollins for the WWE title will headline Raw next week.

New gimmick:

WWE have TM'ed 'Solid Gold' as a name for a new star.

Social media contest:

WWE and retailer Game Stop are sending two fans to WrestleMania 33. They have placed a cut out of Brock Lesnar in random Game Stop stores around the US, and they want fans to take a picture of themselves with the image, and then tweet it to them. They will then randomly pick the lucky winners.

Dusty inducted:

Dusty Rhodes will be enshrined into the NWA Hall Of Heroes this year.

Nattie:

Nattie Neidhart got ''Happy Birthday TJ'' to trend number 1 around the world last night. It was her husband Tyson Kidd's 36th birthday.

TNA vs WWE:

TNA stars, most notably Reby Sky, have attacked WWE and the Wyatt's for copying an angle they ran recently. She ranted on social media for a long time, eventually getting a response from Bray. He asked her to ''Calm down.''

Chris Jericho:

Y2J missed Raw this week as he is on vacation in Hawaii.

JBL:

JBL says he will announce a college sports game in Texas later this year.

Del Rio upsets Indians:

During his recent trip to India Alberto Del Rio refused to meet Great Khali, he explained why, without pulling any punches...

"I know who Khali is. We worked together in WWE. It is just we were never friends, and hence I have no interest in meeting or seeing him or even talk to him."

Bischoff is a gutless flip-flopper:

Eric Bischoff has changed his mind... again. He now says he will not be returning to WWE TV as a GM.

CWC:

WWE have listed five stars as alternates for the remaining rounds of the CWC. They will come into play if one of the remaining 16 fail to make the 205lb weight limit...

• Aaron Solow
• Jesus Yurnet
• Jessy Sorensen
• Vandal Ortagun
• Kai Katana.

WWE first:

WWE's first Chinese star Bin Wang has made the move to the US, and started work at the WWE PC.

Dave Taylor on WWE duty:

Dave Taylor is scouting Harley Race's school for WWE this week. He is subbing for Gerry Brisco.

Foxy back:

Alicia Fox has returned to the road with WWE this week.

End in sight:

John Cena says the end of his wrestling career is on the horizon...

"I'm going to do this as long as I physically can. There is a definitive end in sight. But man, I'm gonna milk it for all that it's worth. And not like, 'I'm gonna hang on to my spot man.' ... I just want to be involved, I want to be able to contribute because the noise and the appreciation, like that is such wonderful psychology to be able to manipulate."

Rich Rock:

The Rock has been named as the highest paid actor in the world, by Forbes.