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:
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.
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.
Florida independent wrestler Wayne Van Dyke was hospitalized and died after suffering a heart attack during a match for Ronin Pro Wrestling. He was only 29 years old.
Van Dyke told his partner during the match that he was not feeling well. He suffered a heart attack when he tagged out. CPR was administered and he was rushed to the hospital, where he suffered two more heart attacks before being put into a medically induced coma.
While administering CPR, he suffered a punctured lung and broke a rib. The news of his passing was confirmed by his family on Facebook.
We send our condolences to his family and friends.
During a Q&A session on his Facebook account, Kurt angle was asked which mid-card WWE Superstar he thinks can be a main eventer in WWE. Angle said that Neville could be a top star and compared him to former WWE Superstar Rey Mysterio.
“I really like Neville. He has the ability to cross over from the 205 division to the HWT division. He’s so talented as a wrestler, and his character is strong. He can speak very well, and his style will mesh well with the heavyweights. Almost like Rey Mysterio was able to mesh with the big boys. Neville is very talented.”
WWE has announced Brock Lesnar for the following date:
* June 12th in Lafayette, LA
* June 26th in Los Angeles, CA
* July 3rd in Phoenix, AZ
* July 10th in Houston, TX
As noted, Brock will defend his WWE Universal Title at the Great Balls of Fire event on July 9th in Dallas, Texas.
At Friday’s Ring of Honor “War of the Worlds” event, Adam Cole was kicked out …
Dave Meltzer indicated in the latest installment of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Jim Ross may be one of the play-by-play announcers for the upcoming Women’s Tournament that will be taped on July 13th and July 14th at Full Sail University.
Ross is expected to work various WWE projects under his new deal with WWE and this could be one of them. Ross will also be calling the action on the new weekly WWE UK show that will also be on the WWE Network.
