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Steve Austin Reveals Why He Doesn’t Want a Full-Time WWE Job

While appearing on Lilian Garcia’s Making Their Way to the Ring podcast, Steve Austin talked about how he wouldn’t want a full time gig with WWE because he doesn’t like to travel.

“I don’t like to travel anymore Lilian. It’s like when I was still in the WWE and my days before that because I give or take have been in the business thirteen or fourteen years until my neck crapped out and I got out of the business, I loved being on the road back in the day you know you’re a road warrior, you’re addicted to the road, then all of a sudden you’re out there and you’ve been on the road for ten, fourteen whatever more days and you’re thinking God dang man I really want to go home, and then you get home and you’re there for about a day and a half you’re like man I’m ready to get back on the road, so I mean it’s in your blood. But once you get out of the business—and it took me three years to get over getting out of the business, and I won’t tell that story because I told that story so many times, but my point is, you know when you’re in the business of being on the road with the WWE you’re a road warrior and that’s what you do, that’s your life, and you love it, and I’m very passionate about the business, it’s what I wanted to do with my life, it’s the only thing I wanted to do. I didn’t want to come out here and get into acting, I did it because I had to get out of the business of pro-wrestling but my point is when you turn back into what I call civilian mode, you know, you kind of lose all that interest in traveling.”

You can listen to the podcast embedded in the video below:

Randy Orton Issues Sarcastic Apology to Indy Marks & Indy Guys

Randy Orton took to his Twitter account and issued an apology to fans that were offended after he re-tweeted comments made by Rip Rogers. For those not aware, Rogers was very vocal about how independent wrestlers perform in today’s wrestling and focused on how too many of their matches consist of flips and dives.

Orton wrote, “Sorry to the Indy marks, Indy guys and old timers who do DIVES took offense….. just having a good time over a few drinks in Denmark closing the Smackdown Live tour….while beating Raw in making over 5 million dollars in the last 11 shows. Now I know to some that doesn’t equate to a standing room only crowd of 150 people paying $8 at an armory somewhere…. but in the big boy world that’s called putting asses in seats. So enjoy your flips, dives, and 20 superkicks per match. To each their own. I will go “dive” back into my 13th title run and get ready to “flip” when my bank statement comes this month…………headlock”

Prior to that, he posted the following:

Former WWE Diva Cameron Say She Doesn’t Date Black Guys

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Paige’s Ring Stolen from Hotel Room

Paige mentioned Instagram that the ring she received from Alberto El Patron was stolen from her hotel room. She wrote:

“Also he just keeps killing it with these rings. Unfortunately mine got stolen from our hotel room so he knew how heart broken I was and went and got a brand new one! This one is obviously different but it’s even more beautiful. He had me crying on the plane. This is my hubby ladies and gentleman, isn’t he just perfect?!?!?! After over a year and still have butterflies for my man. Always have and always will…”

Also he just keeps killing it with these rings. Unfortunately mine got stolen from our hotel room so he knew how heart broken I was and went and got a brand new one! This one is obviously different but it’s even more beautiful. He had me crying on the plane. This is my hubby ladies and gentleman, isn’t he just perfect?!?!?! After over a year and still have butterflies for my man. Always have and always will… ???

A post shared by Paige WWE (@realpaigewwe) on May 11, 2017 at 11:59am PDT

Darren Young’s Injury Rehab Progress

Darren Young indicated on Instagram that he is closing to returning to the ring after undergoing elbow surgery back in February. He wrote the following:

“I just wanted to share with world how far I’ve come since major elbow surgery and I hope it can inspire you to achieve your own personal fitness goals. I’m not finished yet. Ladies and gentlemen, we’re picking up the pace now. #standby #thedoubtersmademedoit #blockthehate #whyhidehardwork”

I just wanted to share with world how far I’ve come since major elbow surgery and I hope it can inspire you to achieve your own personal fitness goals. I’m not finished yet. Ladies and gentlemen, we’re picking up the pace now. ? #standby #thedoubtersmademedoit #blockthehate #whyhidehardwork

A post shared by Darren Young aka Freddie (@fredarren) on May 10, 2017 at 3:02pm PDT

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Steve is the Founder of RingsideNews, AllWrestlingNews, and Wrestling dot News. He has been writing about professional wrestling since 1996. He first got into website development at the time and has been focusing on bringing his readers the best professional wrestling news at it’s highest quality.

CM Punk & AJ Lee Appearances, WWE Backlash & NXT Takeover Pre-Shows, More

– There will be a thirty-minute pre-show for WWE NXT “Takeover: Chicago” will air at 7:30pm EST on Saturday.

– Speaking of pre-shows, Renee Young, Peter Rosenberg and Booker T will be on the WWE Backlash Kickoff pre-show next Sunday from Chicago.

– The RAW brand wrapped their part of the two-week European tour on Saturday with a WWE Live Event in The Netherlands. The SmackDown brand has a show today in Copenhagen but will be headed back afterwards.

– Former WWE Superstar AJ Lee will be making an appearance on NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly” this coming Tuesday at 1:35am EST to plug her “Crazy Is My Superpower” book.

– Former WWE Superstar CM Punk will be making his first appearance in the New York City area since leaving WWE on July 1st and July 2nd at the Eternal Con. This event talkes place at the Nassau Coliseum.

Vince McMahon Biopic Not Coming Out?

While speaking to GV Wire, Linda McMahon was quoted as saying she doubts the recently announced Vince McMahon biopic “will ever see the light of day” when asked about it. She refers to the movie as “rumors.”

Here is footage of Linda’s comments at the 1:40 mark:

Premiere Date Revealed for WWE UK TV Show

The premiere date has been set for the WWE UK show that was taped last weekend in Norwich, England. The show will premiere on the WWE Network this upcoming Thursday and is scheduled to run for 1.5 hours starting at 8PM ET.

The synopsis for the show reads, “The Superstars of the WWE UK Championship Tournament and 205 Live descend upon Norwich, England for an unforgettable special event!”

As previously noted, WWE plans on having weekly shows of the UK. That means they are expected to head back overseas and film more material soon.

It’s also worth noting that the show will be going head-to-head with Impact Wrestling.

Original Plans Revealed for SAnitY

While speaking on the Pancakes and Powerslams podcast, former NXT Superstar Marcus Louis revealed that he was originally planned to take the leadership role in the SAnitY faction.

“Initially, SAniTy was supposed to be Sami Callahan, myself, and Sawyer Fulton. [We] were the the three people who were supposed to be SAniTy at first. I was told about this idea in late 2015. It was September 2015, I think, I was told by Triple H himself. He came [and said], ‘I have this great idea for you guys. We’re gonna bring you in as a trio of sort of like punk-looking people, sort of like Mad Max.’ And then it was supposed to be Crowe, myself, and Fulton. But he was like long-term, and it was a long shot already. So Callahan left NXT, and then there was a different talk. They were talking about bringing in somebody new to be the leader of this faction.”

You can check out the full interview here.