Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
– The Wrestling Observer noted that while it’s becoming somewhat of a regular thing, WWE officials have been very upset with Roddy Piper lately. The heat may come from Piper’s recent comments about Pat Patterson on a Kayfabe Commentaries DVD or could be from some of the negative comments he’s made about Legends House on social media and while doing promotion for the show. For those curious in regards to the Kayfabe Commentaries DVD, Roddy Piper was doing the Timeline for 1984 WWF and somehow got to talking about his time in the California territories during the early part of his career. Pat Patterson’s name came up and Piper made some rather negative allusions and seemed rather disturbed when talking about it in regards to Patterson taking advantage of young guys in the business.
– We noted before that WWE will be re-packaging Tyson Kidd under a mask soon. We know that they have already had a mask done by a Lucha Libre mask maker. There’s no word yet if this means they will be pushing Kidd’s new character as a Mexican star but the mask that was made is indeed a Lucha style mask.
– Mick Foley did a comedy show in Jacksonville, Florida last week and received boos from the crowd when he brought up The Undertaker losing at WrestleMania XXX. Foley said Brock Lesnar was the perfect guy to end The Streak because whoever did end it was going to get a lot of heat on them but that wouldn’t bother Lesnar. Foley said nobody cares less about what people in or out of the business think of him than Lesnar.
– There are a lot of people within WWE that expect Bray Wyatt to be a full-on babyface some time before the end of this year.
– WWE Hall of Famer Bob Orton Jr. wrestled in front of 10 fans on May 24th at a local independent wrestling show. Randy Orton’s dad ended up taking more photos with wrestlers than with fans. The promoter, who did pay Orton, came out and cut a heel promo saying that there are too many indie promotions. His promo contained adult language when there was a few kids in attendance among the 10.
– Emma will be going to Australia this June to do promotional work for WWE’s events in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne this August. WWEDVD.com.au is giving fans in each city the chance to meet Emma in June.. In 25 words or less, fans can explain what they would call themselves and why if they could be the next Aussie WWE Superstar. E-mail your answer, city, name, age and phone number to comps@shock.com.au with the subject, “MEET EMMA COMP.” The deadline is midnight on June 3rd.
– Former WWE Superstar Manu, real name Afa Anoa’i Jr., recently landed a role on a new MTV series that began filming this week.
