– The latest WWE Top 10 looks at the funniest falls in WWE history, as seen below. You’ll see some familiar, and not so familiar slips and slides, pretty funny.
Spoilers: WWE NXT TV Tapings For July
Thanks to Tara for the following WWE NXT spoilers from tonight’s tapings at Full Sail University:
7/3/2014 Episode:
– The NXT fans have been doing chants for the released WWE stars since the doors opened.
* Big Cass squashed Sylvester Lefort in under 2 minutes. Enzo Amore was at ringside. He and Cass were both over big time.
* Becky Lynch and Bayley vs. Sasha Banks and Charlotte is next. Charlotte got the pin on Becky after Bow Down to The Queen. After the match, Charlotte looked on from the stage while Sasha beat up Becky. Bayley came back and took Sasha out before checking on Becky.
* CJ Parker defeated an unknown wrestler. Parker cut a promo after the match and said he’s coming for Xavier Woods because of his poor performance on the main roster.
* Sami Zayn defeated Justin Gabriel with a Koji Clutch. Tyson Kidd was at ringside with Gabriel. After the match, Kidd and Gabriel beat down Zayn until Adrian Neville made the save.
7/10/2014 Episode:
* Summer Rae defeated Bayley to become the new #1 contender.
* Sin Cara defeated Wesley Blake with a splash from the top.
* CJ Parker comes out and calls Xavier Woods to the ring for an apology. Woods doesn’t accept the apology and goes to leave but Parker attacks him from behind.
* Bull Dempsey squashed Angelo Dawkins. Dempsey cut a promo after the match and said he’s coming for the NXT Title.
* Sami Zayn and Adrian Neville vs. Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel is next. Natalya is at ringside. Kidd gets the win with a roll-up on Zayn. Kidd accidentally knocked Natalya off the apron by pushing Zayn into her. Zayn was distracted by checking on Natalya when Kidd got the win.
7/17/2014 Episode:
* Aiden English and Simon Gotch vs. Enzo Amore and Big Cass is up next. This is Enzo’s in-ring return on NXT and they get another big pop. The Vaudevillians get the win after their music starts playing mid-match, allowing Gotch to roll-up a distracted Cass.
* CJ Parker defeated Xavier Woods with a roll-up.
* Sasha Banks defeated Alexa Bliss by submission.
* Adam Rose defeated Jason Jordan with the Party Foul. Rose and the Rosebuds were over big time as usual at the NXT Arena.
* Sami Zayn defeated Tyson Kidd with the Koji Clutch.
7/24/2014 Episode:
* The Ascension squashed two unknown wrestlers.
* Tyler Breeze squashed Mojo Rawley.
* Charlotte retained the NXT Women’s Title over Summer Rae in a solid Divas match. Charlotte hit Bow Down to the Queen for the win.
* Kalisto and Sin Cara defeated The Vaudevillians when Kalisto pinned Gotch.
* Adrian Neville vs. Rusev is up next. Lana is at ringside. Neville got the win by disqualification after interference from Tyler Breeze. After the match, Rusev attacked Neville and put him in The Accolade. Rusev then beat down Breeze and put him in the move also. Lana and Rusev leave. Neville gets up and hits Red Arrow on Breeze to end it.
WWE Could Renew CM Punk’s Contract Without His Permission
According to a new report in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there might be a way for WWE to renew CM Punk’s contract with, or without his permission.
There is a clause in each Superstar’s contract that states the WWE may be able to renew a deal if the wrestler has been injured for a period of time, and the company feels they owe them dates they were previously unable – or “unwilling” in Punk’s case – to work. As we reported earlier, there is precedent for the idea, as Vince McMahon recently renewed Rey Mysterio’s contract when it was set to expire, as Mysterio has missed most of the last year due to multiple injuries.
The plus side to this for WWE is that it keeps CM Punk from working for any other company while he is under contract to them. The downside is that they would have to continue to pay him during that period of time. It might be worth it from their end, but we should know one way or the other in July when his contract officially expires.
Spoilers: WWE Smackdown Results for 6/13/14
WWE Smackdown Results for airing 6/13/14
(Taped 6/10/14 from Green Bay, Wisconsin)
Partial credit to Ashley Bellin for the following spoilers/results.
– Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose open SmackDown and cut a promo similar to the one they did on RAW. Triple H appears on the big screen and announces Reigns vs. Bad News Barrett for right now.
* Bad News Barrett comes out for the match against Roman Reigns. Barrett takes a Superman punch, but 3MB comes out and jumps Reigns. Roman fights back and takes them all out.
– It’s announced that Bray Wyatt vs. Dean Ambrose in a Money In the Bank qualifier will take place later tonight.
* Erick Rowan defeated Jey Uso. It’s reported that Uso appeared to be hurt, but was likely just selling.
* Bo Dallas defeated R-Truth with the Bo-dog. The crowd was supposedly “really into the match”.
* Paul Heyman comes out and talks about The Streak ending. Cesaro says he’s here to fight. Sheamus interrupts them for a non-title match that was described as an awesome physical match. Cesaro won with a small package.
* Adam Rose defeated Fandango with his finisher. Summer Rae was dressed up as one of the Rosebuds and attacked Layla, beating her up pretty bad.
* Big E defeated Jack Swagger. Lana and Rusev came out during the match to taunt and yell at Big E.
* Alicia Fox squashed Aksana.
* Bray Wyatt vs. Dean Ambrose in a Money In the Bank qualifying match is next. Bray controlled a good part of the match. This was described as a crazy physical match. Seth Rollins came out to screw Ambrose and Wyatt hit Sister Abigail for the win. Wyatt qualifies for Money In the Bank. This appears to be when SmackDown went off the air.
Two Active Names Moved to ‘Alumni’ Section of WWE.com
Both Brad Maddox and Brie Bella have been moved to the alumni section of WWE.com. Both stars were recently let go on WWE television – Brie after she quit to save Daniel Bryan, and Maddox after being fired by Stephanie McMahon – but there has yet to be an official announcement on either. Most assumed that, at the very least, Brie quitting the company was done as a work to further the WWE World Heavyweight Championship angle, but this may not be the case.
MVP Injured, Removed From PPV Main Event; MVP Comments
The following release was sent out by ImpactWrestling.com this morning, in regards to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship match scheduled for this Sunday’s Slammiversary PPV:
BREAKING NEWS: MVP OUT OF SLAMMIVERSARY
Just reported by Executive Vice President of Creative and Talent Relations John Gaburick, MVP has been declared medically unfit to compete. This obviously removes MVP from Sunday’s Slammiversary Pay-Per-View, where he was scheduled to compete against Eric Young inside of a steel cage for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
MVP, also the Director of Wrestling Operations at TNA Wrestling, is expected to announce a replacement opponent later today. Stay tuned to IMPACTWrestling.com for news as we get it.
This falls in line with what we have been reporting for the last several days. One of the names TNA has been talking about, as far as a replacement goes, is Bobby Lashley. However, Lashley is already scheduled to face Samoa Joe at the PPV, so the card may have to be re-worked to accommodate the injury.
On a side note, an extremely similar situation occurred just a few weeks ago at the UFC 173 PPV, as the show lost several of its main event fights with very little time to move things around. Raphael Assuncao was scheduled to face Renan Barao for the Bantamweight Championship, while two potential future contenders – TJ Dillashaw and Takeya Mizugaki – were booked on the undercard. Dillashaw was called up at the last minute, and ended up actually winning the title in the show’s main event.
MVP posted the following on Twitter this morning, after it was announced that he suffered an injury serious enough to be pulled from the TNA World Heavyweight Championship match at Slammiversary this Sunday.
My knee injury is legit. I’m very disappointed by the timing of this injury and the unfortunate repercussions that accompany it.
Now to “business”. I’m still the Director of Wrestling Operations for TNA. AND…. “the board of directors” want a FAIR main event match!
Mark Henry Responds To Hawkins Comment, Baretta Clarifies Kofi Comment
– As noted yesterday, former WWE Superstar Trent Baretta appeared to take a shot at Kofi Kingston when he tweeted the following about the WWE releases today:
“Shoulda been Kofi.”
Baretta later clarified his tweet stating that the stuff with Kofi “isn’t real.”
– JTG’s WWE release earlier today was trending on Facebook. JTG sent another tweet out this evening, writing, “Stay Tuned Everyone.”
– As noted earlier, Mark Henry turned 43 today and wrote on his Twitter, “Here we stand 18 years in August. Still here!!!”
Curt Hawkins, who was released earlier today, took offense to Henry’s tweet and wrote, “Your colleagues lose their jobs & you tweet that? You’re an idiot Mark.”
Henry replied to Hawkins tonight:
“First I don’t often explain my self to no one!But I had no idea anyone got let go,it’s sad.I was asked to post about bday. That’s what came out it was about my 18 year journey. I know where you live dude it’s a small world. An apology is due. If not well You know me I’ll handle our biz.”
Shane “Hurricane” Helms Gives Advice To Released Superstars
Former WWE Superstar Shane “Hurricane” Helms tweeted some advice to the released WWE talents today:
“To newly released talents, embrace your freedom. The Indy scene is on FIRE and is in fact home to the best wrestling in the world.”
“The WWE is the biggest “stage” for pro wrestling but the “best” wrestling I’ve seen in the last years has been on the Indy’s. Good luck!!”
“My point being, I know some of the guys might be a little scared and depressed but rest assured there’s life after WWE, I promise you.”
“And that’s NOT a knock on WWE at all. But WWE is just one wrestling company, there’s plenty of other great wrestling out there.”
“Don’t forget that WWE just had a stock market nightmare recently. These releases don’t necessarily reflect anyone’s level of talent.”
