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Austin Theory appeared as a guest on the IMPAULSIVE podcast for an in-depth interview covering all things WWE. The following are some of the highlights. On th...
He wanted out. There are all kinds of different WWE programs every week and not all of them involve actual wrestling. The company regularly features a variety of shows recapping recent action or focusing on interviews with wrestlers. Those shows have their own regular hosts, but a former one is now recalling a time when he was desperately trying to get off his own show. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Try Him: AEW Reportedly Planning Push For Popular Star Bryan Danielson appeared on Renee Paquette’s The Sessions podcast and discussed their time hosting Talking Smack in WWE. Danielson revealed that during some of his time on the show, he was actively trying to get fired. Danielson cited frustrations with not being medically cleared to wrestle and not wanting to be brought in for television for just Talking Smack. In efforts to get fired, Danielson would regularly bring up James Ellsworth having a “huge hog” despite being told not to by management. Eventually Danielson was cleared to return to ..
That’s not a good sign. While he might not be everyone’s favorite in the world of wrestling, there is no one in the industry as powerful or influential as Vince McMahon. A good or bad word from him can change a wrestler’s career trajectory and that has been the case countless times over the years. It seems to have been the case again as of late and not in a good way. Several WWE wrestlers have been released from their contracts with the company over the course of the year. Some of these have been a lot more surprising than others, including Peyton Royce, who had been a fairly big star during her time with Billie Kay in the IIconics. However, she was released on April 15, along with several other WWE names. Now we might know what caused the sudden release. During the latest episode of her Off Her Chops podcast with Kay, Royce talked about a meeting that she had with McMahon shortly after the IIconics were sent to different brands. Royce had an idea to present to McMahon, who brushed i..
Several NXT Superstars have made themselves known to the WWE Universe on RAW and SmackDown Live over the past few months. In fact, a number of these Superstars are expected to transition into full-time members of the main roster in the coming months. This includes Lars Sullivan. As some fans may recall, Sullivan has been promoted as coming to the main roster since Survivor Series last year. He’d reportedly been planned to have a reveal alongside the other competitors who were soon bundled with him the month after, but Vince McMahon had decided to air the packages a month earlier. Here is the package that fans would see: [This post contains video, click to play] Sullivan was expected to do bright things after finally making his debut. In fact, it has long been reported that Sullivan was intended to start a storyline with John Cena prior to the Royal Rumble that would’ve resulted in a WrestleMania bout between the two. That match has now obviously changed- with Cena likely having a ..
Several NXT Superstars have made themselves known to the WWE Universe on RAW and SmackDown Live over the past few months. In fact, a number of these Superstars are expected to transition into full-time members of the main roster in the coming months. This includes Lars Sullivan. As some fans may recall, Sullivan has been promoted as coming to the main roster since Survivor Series last year. He’d reportedly been planned to have a reveal alongside the other competitors who were soon bundled with him the month after, but Vince McMahon had decided to air the packages a month earlier. Here is the package that fans would see: [This post contains video, click to play] Sullivan was expected to do bright things after finally making his debut. In fact, it has long been reported that Sullivan was intended to start a storyline with John Cena prior to the Royal Rumble that would’ve resulted in a WrestleMania bout between the two. That match has now obviously changed- with Cena likely having a ..
Mick Foley recalls one of the most iconic "Hell In A Cell" matches in WWE history. On June 28th, 1998 inside of the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA, former three-time WWF Champion Mick Foley and "The Phenom" The Undertaker put on one of the most talked about and historic "Hell In A Cell" matches in the history of WWE. Clips from the brutal bout are constantly shown in WWE video packages and network specials. While on the road for his "20 Years Of Hell" tour in which he dives into stories in front of a live audience about his career in the pro wrestling industry, Mick Foley spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated and opened up about that historic night during the summer of 1998. “I told Mr. McMahon two of the biggest lies of my life that day,” said Foley. “I told him I had been on top of the cell earlier that afternoon, and I told him that I felt completely comfortable up there. Had I gone up there for a walk-through, there would be no twentieth anniversary because I would hav..
Road Warrior Animal gives his take on why today's group of wrestlers have such a hard time getting over. WWE Hall Of Famer and former three-time WWE Tag Team Champion Road Warrior Animal recently joined "The Ride With JMV" podcast to discuss his run in WWE alongside Road Warrior Hawk as 'The Road Warriors'. Throughout their years Animal and Hawk had the opportunity to work with some of the most well-known names in the sport of professional wrestling. One of the names who has been in many of headlines recently because of the documentary that is based on him is "The Eighth Wonder Of The World" Andre The Giant. Animal recalled the time when he, Hawk, and their then-manger Paul Ellering were in Japan and they got their first glance at the mythical-like man that was Andre The Giant. "No, I haven’t got a chance to watch it [The ‘Andre The Giant’ documentary]. You know its funny the first time I met Andre; we were in Tokyo, Japan and we go by that little club that…. There’s ..
<p>While appearing on <a href="https://art19.com/shows/ecs-pod-of-awesomeness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edge & Christian’s podcast</a>, <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/aj-styles" title="AJ Styles">AJ Styles</a></strong> revealed that it was actually <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/vince-mcmahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a></strong>’s idea for <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/Kevin-Owens" title="Kevin Owens">Kevin Owens</a></strong> to drop the United States Championship title to him at the Madison Square Garden event a few weeks back.</p><p><em>“To me, it’s smart. It’s something that hasn’t been done in a long time and to do it at Madison Square Garden and everybody with WWE knows that’s a big deal. I think it was awesome. I think it was very clever and I loved it.”</em></p><p>Styles recalled, <em>“there was a pop, ‘he won! Yes!’ but, ‘well, who’s going to walk out there?’ and then, there was another pop because nobody walked out there. It was really cool, but it was smart to not do that every year, but every couple of years to do something like that. I think it just came down to doing something different and it was Vince’s call and no one else’s. And yeah, it was great.”</em></p><p>Styles went on to explain how he wouldn’t be surprised to see the WWE Championship change hands at a SmackDown Live live event.</p><p><em>“You never know. And who knows? When the guys wrestling, whoever it may be wrestling Jinder Mahal, they may switch it. If you’ve got John Cena working Jinder Mahal on the main event or whatever, it could possibly happen. That’s a good idea. That’s a business move to some extent.”</em></p>
<p>Jericho welcomes <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a></strong> & <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/cesaro" title="Cesaro">Cesaro</a></strong> to the show.</p><p>Jericho asks how their Best-of-7 series came to be. Sheamus says that prior to the WWE Draft, he was World Champion as part of the League of Nations and Cesaro had returned from an injury on absolute fire. Somewhere along the way they both lost some momentum, and at the Draft they were selected second last and last.</p><p></p><p>Cesaro says that he was quite angry that evening and Sheamus agrees. They felt that they should have been drafted higher, and they were both very motivated to prove doubters wrong. The company decided to pair them up for a couple of matches, and after that <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/mick-foley" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a></strong> told them they’d be doing a best of 7 series.</p><p>Sheamus says that they kicked the shi* out of each other in every one of those matches, and he recalls one uppercut in particular from Cesaro when he actually felt his jaw move. Jericho says that as the series progressed every match got better and better, and Sheamus agrees. They capped off the series with a double count-out in the 7th match.</p>
<p>Ryback is joined on today’s show by his co-host Pat Buck.</p><p>Ryback recalls one night during his program against The Authority, when after RAW went off air he was being attacked by everyone in the ring. This was the one time during his WWE run when he thought an opponent was going to take off his weightlifting belt and strap him with it, and he was terrified. Jamie Noble told him after the fact that they considered it but then changed their minds.</p><p>Ryback mentions that WWE teased an angle with him versus <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/triple-h" title="Triple H">Triple H</a></strong> for a couple weeks, but eventually they dropped it. Triple H came up and later told him that there was never a plan for them to work with each other, which Ryback appreciated. However, he jokes that he would have liked to work with Triple H to <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/prove/" title="prove">prove</a></strong> to him that he could actually wrestle.</p><p></p><p>Ryback says that WWE talents don’t get paid to film Table for 3, and they’d often be told that they had to shoot an episode before a live television taping when they’re tired and busy. For this reason, nobody ever really wants to do it, but they suck it up and try to have a good time with each other.</p><p>Buck says he’d love to see a Table for 3 featuring Ryback, Triple H and CM Punk. Ryback says he’d love to do an episode with Daniel Bryan and <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/vince-mcmahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a></strong>, because Bryan would be able to keep things civil if things got out of hand between him and McMahon.</p>
<p>Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host Jeff Lane and Glenn Gilbertti (Disco Inferno).</p><p>Russo comments on the dynamic at the top of WWE between <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/vince-mcmahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/stephanie-mcmahon" title="Stephanie McMahon">Stephanie McMahon</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/triple-h" title="Triple H">Triple H</a></strong>. Russo says a fan wrote him a letter this past week suggesting that Triple H is ‘working’ his father-in-law, Vince McMahon, in an attempt to ascend to the top of the mountain that is WWE.</p><p></p><p>Russo truly believes that Triple H is working Vince McMahon, and although he had a lot of pleasurable experiences with Triple H in the past, he also remembers times when he wasn’t as easy to deal with. He recalls one time when Triple H refused to do the job for D-Lo Brown, who had put Triple H over for months upon months. This really aggravated Russo because the creative team wanted to keep D-Lo Brown strong and the one time they asked Triple H to return the favour, he refused to do so.</p><p>The fan who wrote Russo suggested that Triple H has convinced McMahon that social media is WWE’s most important statistic at this point, ahead of television ratings and things of the sort. Since social media is compiled mostly of hardcore fans, WWE’s product has skewed towards a niche fanbase in an attempt to get positive reinforcement from their social media target base.</p>