WWE News and Notes

[Sawyer]

- Wie der Pro Wrestling Insider berichtet, ist die WWE Production Crew bereits gestern in Atlanta, Georgia angekommen und wird nun im Georgia Dome mit den Vorbereitungsarbeiten zu WrestleMania beginnen. Die restlichen Worker werden unmittelbar nach Monday Night RAW nach Atlanta fliegen.

- John Cena berichtete bekanntlich vor wenigen Tagen auf Twitter, dass er bei RAW eine Gehirnerschütterung erlitten hatte. Wie sich nun herausstellte, handelte es sich dabei nur um einen Work seitens WWE.

- Der amtierende FCW 15 und ehemalige ROH World Champion, Seth Rollins, sollte eigentlich bei der aktuellen fünften Staffel von NXT zum Einsatz kommen. Die Pläne wurden allerdings verworfen.

- Das ehemalige TNA Knockout Awesome Kong wird aller Voraussicht nach erst im April debütieren. So ist es derzeit vorgesehen, sie unmittelbar nach WrestleMania bei RAW debütieren zu lassen.

[Dashing-Miz-RKO-Punk-JoMo]

Hier ein ganz interessantes Interview mit Randy Orton:

Randy Orton participated in an interview with ESPN.com to promote THQ’s WWE All-Stars video game, which is hits stores next Tuesday on multiple gaming platforms. Highlights are as follows:

– His match at WrestleMania XXVII with CM Punk: “I think really the character that Punk has become and the promo that he’s able to cut about having faith and being the leader of the New Nexus and taking advantage of his followers and the way he preaches and talks down to the fans, all of that is Heel 101. That’s the stuff that makes fans not like you."

– If his goal is to “steal the show” at WrestleMania XXVII: “There is a lot of star power. Then there is the Triple H vs. Undertaker match with the 18-match streak on the line. There are a lot of things that are intriguing about WrestleMania 27, but I’m hoping when everything is over, people are talking about Randy Orton’s victory over C.M. Punk and the battle that we had.”

– The Undertaker vs. Triple H match at WrestleMania XXVII: “I hate to say the obvious, but I think Triple H vs. The “Undertaker is going to be very interesting. The only thing that they don’t have going for them is the amount of time both guys have been outside of the ring the last year.
But if there’s anyone who has been around and knows what they’re doing, nobody knows better than The Undertaker. And I think no matter what happens, this is going to be one of the most anticipated matches on the pay-per-view.”

– Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s return to WWE thus far and what people can expect when they face off this Monday on Raw: “I know them both and I know Cena a lot better than I know The Rock, obviously, but I’ve been in the ring with both cutting promos and wrestling. I have to say, though, talking about the whole ring rust thing, John Cena has had about 2,000 matches in the last seven years. The Rock? A big, fat zero. So when it comes to ring rust, I don’t care what type of athlete you are, and The Rock is obviously an athletic dude, but Cena has been in the ring. He’s been at every show and in every show and making appearances and he has been on the road with the WWE over 300 days a year for the last seven years. The Rock? Virtually nonexistent.

You see the interviews that The Rock does and he says that he doesn’t want to be known as a wrestler. He doesn’t want to be known as a sports entertainer or a performer with WWE or a WWE superstar. He wants to be known as an actor. Now all of a sudden he’s back in our world telling the fans what they want to hear. He’s telling them, “I promise that I will never go away again. I promise that I’m back for good and that I’m here to stay.” He said that, what, six or seven weeks ago? Have we even seen him live since then? No. Via satellite. I think Cena will own The Rock. I think Cena is wittier and can go off the cuff. Cena writes his own stuff, while The Rock has stuff written for him.

It just all comes down to who you are in the ring and what kind of performer you are in the ring, and I think Cena is 10 times the performer in the ring that The Rock is. This Monday in Chicago, he’ll prove it.”

[Dashing-Miz-RKO-Punk-JoMo]

Michael Cole posted a homophobic slur this afternoon on his recently launched Twitter account as he called fellow WWE announcer Josh Mathews a ‘faggot’. The tweet was in response to Mathews writing “Chicago!”, the host city of this Monday’s Raw taping.

The one word message was deleted approximately half an hour later and an apology was issued.

“I apologize to any and all who were offended by my tweet toward young Josh Mathews,” Cole wrote. “It was obviously not meant the way it was taken.”

He later added, “I was not ordered to apologize I said I am sorry because I am. Now can I get back to being a character again please?”

VINTAGE MICHAEL COLE!

[dimitrie1993]

Ich glaub, der ist Privat auch manchmal zimlich Aggro drauf

[Sawyer]

Folgt Michael Cole auf Twitter Leute. Der haut jeden Tag so nen Tweet raus.

[dimitrie1993]

Mach ich schon seit seinem ersten Tag!
Coleminer halt^^

[Sawyer]

Es ist nur ironisch, da WWE und die Organisation GLAAD seit kurzem zusammenarbeiten um sowas eben zu verhindern. Angefangen hat das ganze ja mit Cenas Promos vor ca. einem Monat bei RAW. Aber die sollen sich jetzt mal wegen dem Wort nicht so in die Hose machen...

Bin nur gespannt, ob das ganze für Cole evtl. Konsequenzen haben wird... aber er steht ja hoch im Kurs beim Boss.

[dimitrie1993]

Wo du es grade ansprichst..

"WWE has alerted GLAAD to the situation and spoken to Michael Cole about his post. He has removed it and apologized for using hateful language. Michael will be included in the training session being done by GLAAD. WWE takes this very seriously and is against discrimination of any kind based on sexual orientation, gender, race, religion or other."

[Sawyer]

Habs mir fast schon gedacht. ;)

[dimitrie1993]

"Michael will be included in the training session being done by GLAAD."

Das ist dann wohl auch seine Strafe.. Wie muss ich mir das vorstellen?

Ein Knigge-Seminar?^^

[undertaker18]

Auf wwe.com wurde gestern eine Liste der Top 10 Dream Matches mit Wrestlern aus der Vergangenheit und der Gegenwart die noch nie gegeneinander angetreten sind veröffentlicht:

10. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat vs. Kofi Kingston
09. Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. CM Punk
08. Rey Mysterio & Eddie Guerrero vs. Shawn Michaels & John Morrison (Tornado Tag Team Match)
07. The Miz vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
06. Sheamus vs. Ultimate Warrior (Steel Cage Match)
05. Edge vs. Bret "The Hit Man" Hart
04. Triple H vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage
03. Andre the Giant vs. The Big Show vs. Kane vs. The Undertaker
02. The Rock vs. Randy Orton
01. John Cena vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Hulk Hogan

[Sawyer]

Bei Nummer 2... na ja, One on One sind Orton und The Rock zwar noch nie gegeneinander angetreten, aber bei WrestleMania XX standen sie sich zumindest in einem Tag Team Match gegenüber: Evolution vs. Rock 'n' Sock Connection...

Ansonsten erinnert mich das stark an diese Aufeinandertreffen von WWE All Stars.

[Dashing-Miz-RKO-Punk-JoMo]

Es wundert mich sehr, dass sie nicht Cena vs. The Rock auf Platz 1 gesetzt haben, wo es doch gerade so gut passt!

Hogan und Dream Match #1 in einem Satz: "No Chance In Hell, Brother!" :pfeif: