Ryback, who was spotted at a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game last night, posted the below video on YouTube today. Ryback says he’s been working injured for about 7 months with strained groins and hernias.
Ryback promises he’s coming back in a big way and everybody will know.
Thanks to Nate Da Gr8 and Eddie for the following TNA Impact Wrestling spoilers from tonight’s tapings in New York City.
* Angelina Love vs. Gail Kim in a Last Knockout Standing match is first. Velvet Sky is at ringside. Gail won to retain her title in what was called an outstanding Knockouts match. There was a loud “better than Divas” chant at one point.
* Tajiri came out to a nice pop and defeated Robbie E. Tajiri looked great.
* Kurt Angle cuts a promo from the balcony but is interrupted by MVP, Kenny King and Bobby Lashley in the ring. They get heat and MVP threatens to have the NYPD start handing out chokeholds, referencing the recent death of a man. Tommy Dreamer comes out to confront them and gets a big pop. Lashley vs. Dreamer in a NYC Street Fight is next.
* Lashley defeated Tommy Dreamer in a NYC Street Fight. This was described as a good hardcore match. MVP and Kenny King joined Lashley in the ring after the match.
* Manik, Homicide and DJ Zema Ion vs. Tigre Uno, Low Ki and Crazzy Steve is up next. Team Manik gets the win.
* Ethan Carter III defeated Rhino with help from Rockstar Spud.
* Kurt Angle comes to the ring for a promo. American flags are handed out to fans in the crowd. Team 3D are out next with Mr. Anderson. War hero Chris Melendez is out next, making his debut. He’s also from the Team 3D Academy. They did a really feel-good segment to introduce Melendez.
* The Hardys vs. Team 3D vs. The Wolves is next. Team 3D wins what was called a pay-per-view quality main event. This is the first of a series of matches between the team. The next will be a Tables Match.
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The status of WWE’s stable with Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods has been a hot topic among fans this week. The group has been used at recent WWE live events and in dark matches, both as heels and babyfaces.
According to PWInsider, the members of the group have been told that they will still be used together in the future. WWE officials are trying to figure out how the group will be presented and how they want to move forward with it.
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The original plan for Monday’s WWE RAW was for Big Show and Mark Henry to face Erick Rowan and Luke Harper, which was actually taped for SmackDown.
The plan was for Bray Wyatt to attack Big Show after the match and lay him out with Sister Abigail, as a way to show how dangerous Wyatt still is. The idea was to come out of RAW with momentum for Wyatt.
Plans changed some time Monday afternoon and they went with the six-man match that pretty much saw Cena run through The Wyatt Family.
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We’ve noted how Ryback tweeted that he was going away for a while. His tweet included a photo of his action figure standing over CM Punk’s action figure with a “sorry punk” commented.
WWE sources noted to PWInsider that back when Ryback feuded with Punk in 2012, there was a spot at an event where Ryback was supposed to drop Punk through a table. The spot was botched and Punk hit the floor, causing Punk to be hurt. Some of the wrestlers were under the impression this week that Ryback was just taking a shot and making fun of CM Punk.
Ryback is not expected to take any time off and the sources talking did not believe he was really injured. It’s worth noting that Curtis Axel has been working singles matches for about a week now and as noted, Adam Rose mentioned on Main Event last night that Ryback is injured.
Michael Cole stated on Main Event that Ryback would return “in a few weeks”.
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PWInsider reports that there has been talk within WWE for about 6-8 weeks that John Cena is still having problems with his shoulder but is now having more problems with his neck. These are longterm nagging issues that Cena has been dealing with.
It was also said that there are a lot of people within WWE keeping an eye on Cena to see where he will be going forward in regards to acting and not wrestling as much.
The website added that there are also people within WWE who say Cena appears to be in pain and they believe Cena has slowed down physically in the way he moves.
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We noted yesterday that there’s a lot of speculation within WWE that Batista may not be back as he’s experiencing major success with Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. One WWE source noted to PWInsider that the company ignored Batista being in Guardians of the Galaxy because he wasn’t on their TV as a performer.
Apparently the Guardians producers didn’t want to buy WWE advertising for the movie. One source in WWE speculated that Marvel didn’t want the movie to become a “wrestler movie.”
There’s also a feeling within WWE that the company downplayed Batista in Guardians because they feel he’s not coming back any time soon.
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– We noted before that Bad News Barrett is being advertised for WWE’s tour of Europe in November. Barrett has been told he will be cleared to wrestle in December, but they are hoping for November so he can wrestle on the tour.
– As was first reported by Marc Middleton earlier this week, Rob Van Dam officially wrapped up his current WWE run at last night’s tapings in Ontario. RVD’s last match will come against Seth Rollins on this week’s SmackDown. PWInsider noted that RVD’s WWE deal is set up for him to work 90-day intervals but he worked a little over this time.
