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WWE News Today – Eva Marie’s Replacement for Total Divas, Hulk Hogan Overseas Tour and WWE Return, Tommaso Ciampa Injury

WWE News and Rumors for May 19, 2017

  • An NXT live event in Highland Heights, KY featured a tag team match of DIY vs Sanity that resulting in a no contest. This result was because the match had to be stopped after Tommaso Ciampa injured his leg with a dive off the apron. Ciampa needed to be helped to the back and will likely miss the NXT TakeOver special this weekend.
  • Eva Marie being severed from WWE has caused the need to replace her on Total Divas. The front runners at this time are Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch.
  • Congratulations to Brie Bella and Daniel Bryan who have welcomed their first child into the world, daughter Birdie Joe.
  • John Cena on the Playback Podcast mentioned that Southpaw Regional Wrestling will return in some form after heavily praising the promotion. Cena plays the role of Lance Catermaran on the show, a role he plans to reprise and admitted it was inspired by Gordon Solie.
  • Legendary wrestling manager Jimmy Hart was recently a guest on Cerrito & 5 Starr, where he talked extensively about Hulk Hogan’s future. Hart used the cliché “never say never” style answer about if Hulk will ever return to the WWE and also revealed plans for a Hulk Hogan overseas tour based on the high demand from fans around the world.
  • The Smackdown intro video has been changed as both John Cena and Nikki Bella have been removed from the opening. Superstar Shakeup acquisitions have been added including Jonder Mahal, Charlotte Flair, Shinsuke Nakamura, Lana, Kevin Owens and The New Day.
  • Another Smackdown note about the preshow dark match saw Tye Dillenger defeat Aiden English. This match also be happening for the preshow of this Sunday’s Backlash PPV.

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Updated: BackLash Odds for UK Markets!

[clink id=”14″ target=”_blank”]Paddy Power[/clink] makes bets available only to The UK and Ireland. The odds can still be followed but anyone in the world.

The betting odds for this Sunday’s BackLash PPV have been posted by Paddy Power, a sports book available in Ireland and The UK. A possible title change is projected at this point but the lines often change. This becomes more dramatic when odds are offered to the global market later in the week.

Updated 5/19 by BetWrestling Staff

Added:
Tye Dillinger vs Aiden English
Dillinger is looking at a high favor to win 1/6  (85% chance) where English only has a 7/2 chance of winning.

Luke Harper vs Erick Rowan
Luke Harper is now favored 1/14 which is a 93.46% of winning. Erick Rowan 11/2
Luke Harper is currently favored in the early odds 4/7  63.69% probability he will win, with Erick Rowan 5/4, which is only a  44% probability he would win.

Sami Zayn vs Baron Corbin – No Changes
Baron Corbin is favored to win 4/7  63.69% Probability he will win, with Sami Zayn 5/4, which is only a  44% Probability he would win.

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Dolph Ziggler
The lines currently give Ziggler a slight chance in hell at winning this match as Nakamura is favored by nearly 97% to win at the current odds of 1/25 vs Ziggler at 17/2.
According to the lines that are out right now, Dolph Ziggler has a cold chance in hell of beating Nakamura who is favored 2/7 which is a whopping 77.52% probability he will win!

For the 6 Women Tag Match
Odds are 1/10 With Naomi, Charlotte, and Becky Lynch which is 90% chance they will win.
Paddy Power currently has Naomi, Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch 4/9 which is nearly 70% chance of them winning over Natalya, Carmella, and Tamina who have 13/8 which is 38% chance at a win, but odds could change as we get closer to Sunday.

In the US Championship
Odds have increased for AJ Styles to take the title, he is now at 1/7 or 87% likely to win!
we have the closest odds, which are currently favoring AJ Styles 8/11 (57%) over current champion Kevin Owens.

The SmackDown Tag Team Championship
Odds have also increased for the Uso’s 1/14 or a 93% chance of retaining their titles.
The Uso’s are favored 4/6 which is a nearly 60% chance of beating Breezango, who at 11/10 still have a great chance at taking the win.

In the Main Event WWE Championship Match
Randy’s odds of keeping his title have decreased to 60% as he is now at 3/10 and Jinder Mahal has increaded to 11/5 or a 30% chance of winning.
Randy Orton is 1/6 with an 85% chance of beating out Jinder Mahal 7/2 to retain his title.

BackLash Odds

Tye Dillinger 1/6 vs Aiden English 7/2

Luke Harper 4/7  vs  Erick Rowan 5/4

Sami Zayn 5/4  vs  Baron Corbin 4/7

Shinsuke Nakamura 1/25  vs  Dolph Ziggler 17/2

6 Woman Tag Match
Naomi(c), Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch 1/10  vs  Natalya, Carmella, and Tamina 5/1

United States Championship
AJ Styles 1/7  vs  Kevin Owens(c) 4/1

SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The Usos (c) 1/14  vs  Breezango 11/2

WWE Championship Match
Randy Orton(c) 3/10  vs  Jinder Mahal 11/5
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WWE News Today 5/10/17 – Braun Strowman Injury, Batista Return, R-Truth Hosts Game Show

WWE News and Rumors for May 10, 2017

  • New Details on Braun Strowman’s elbow surgery suggest he will miss the next two Raw PPVs. Strowman had been penciled in to face Roman Reigns in June at Extreme Rules and then Brock Lesnar in July at the Inaugural Great Balls of Fire PPV. Originally the timetable for return was 2 months, but now there is less clarity on a return date.
  • On Talk is Jericho, Batista revealed that he has contacted WWE several times about returning to face Triple H. He is only interested in this match, however WWE.com conducted a poll on who Batista’s opponent should be upon a potential return. Brock Lesnar is leading by a wide margin, with Triple H being the runner up.
  • After Smackdown and 205 Live, there was a dark match in the arena with Shinsuke Nakamura defeating Dolph Ziggler with the Kinshasha.
  • Jim Ross will be calling matches on episodes of the WWE UK Show on the WWE Network. He will be partnered with Nigel McGuinness
  • Jerry Lawler is offering franchise opportunities for his BBQ restaurant. Lawler has been in the restaurant business before, however the latest venture just opened up recently. This comes after the WWE ceased using Jerry as a full time commentator.
  • Emma has left the WWE European Tour with a shoulder injury of which the severity is at this time unknown. After a shaky return recently, Emma is finally gaining steam but this injury could sidetrack this momentum.
  • Due to an arm injury, Ember Moon is unable to challenge Asuka for the NXT Championship as planned for NXT Takeover: Chicago. Asuka will now defend in a Triple Threat Match against Nikki Cross and Ruby Riot.
  • Cody Rhodes will reprise his role on the next episode of Arrow. Cody, as Stardust, had a SummerSlam match and ongoing feud with the Stephen Amell when still under contract with WWE.
  • The WWE Network secretly filmed what will be the Network’s first game show, hosted by R-Truth. It is set to debut later this year.

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We Almost Saw the Bully Ray Character in WWE But There’s an Interesting Reason Why it was Nixed

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Bully Ray is on his own again as a singles wrestler since long-time tag team partner Devon Dudley is retired and working behind the scenes in WWE. But this is how Bully Ray prefers things and he revealed that his first WWE stint ended because he wanted to be a single wrestler. He almost got his wish on this recent stint because he was very close to splitting off and becoming Bully Ray in WWE.

In an interview with ESPN.com, he talked about how close WWE was to pulling the trigger on that character. He said;

“We were one day away from becoming Bully Ray in WWE.” He continued, “One of the problems with having Bully Ray in the WWE was the word bully. How could they have a guy named Bully when they had the ‘Be a STAR’ program? It was a little too risky for them.”

Although many WWE heels play bullies, the issue with the Bully Ray character is that the company felt that the entire character was centered around bullying people and that was too risky for Be a STAR.

He left WWE on good terms and eventually joined ROH. He said, “They were actually interested in bringing in both me and D-Von into Ring of Honor, which would’ve been insane. D-Von had made a life decision where he wanted to devote a little more time to his family and physically in the ring wanted to slow it down just a little bit. I still have gas in the tank. I think Ring of Honor was the perfect place for me to continue as Bully Ray.” He added that he had a huge offer to return to Impact Wrestling but he knew that it was not the right decision and he is in love the the passion of the ROH locker room and the fans.

He still has a lot left in the tank so it doesn’t look like retirement is in his immediate future but when the day comes then he could end up taking on a role behind-the-scenes. He added, “I have been asked in the past by the higher-ups in WWE if I’d be interested in being a producer, and when the time is right hopefully that position is still available.”

I’d say that things are going well for him and the move to ROH was a wise one. He hasn’t been with ROH for too long and he is already a 6-man Tag Team Champion alongside The Briscoe Brothers.

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Vince Russo Shoots on Podcasters and WWE Superstars

Vince Russo recently had some scathing words for rival podcasters calling them “marks” a derogatory term for wrestling fans. Is this simply attention seeking behavior to increase the Vince Russo Brand? Possibly, but it appears there are Russo’s true feelings and that he believes every word he says. Vince is aggressively targeting rival podcasters as he would be more successful if he discredits his competition. More on Vince Russo can be found at Russo’s Brand.

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You Can’t Work a Worker 003 – Explicit Content, Sullen Bayley, Vince Russo Burial, Philly Phil vs Victor Giovanni

Warning this podcast contains some explicit language that some will find offensive. Listen at your own risk.

Billy Reil and Philly Phil do another podcast, which due to the spontaneous format became explicit at times. Bayley vs Alexa Bliss is discussed for probably too long, followed by critique on recent programming. Then the duo are joined by newcomer Victor Giovanni who immediately delivers a well furious excoriation of rival podcaster Vince Russo. Victor moves on to target the WWE’s current product and specifically Kevin Dunn. At this point, Philly Phil’s laid back mood is disrupted, him being a longtime WWE apologist and loyalist. While the debate became heated to the point Billy Reil needed to diffuse the argument, there were no ad hominem fallacies. Once again, Reil and Giavonni use colorful language, however Phil keeps it clean throughout the show’s entirety.

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WWE News Today – Undertaker Spotted in NY, Goldburger, Brock Lesnar Return

WWE News and Rumors May 4, 2017

  • Monday after Raw went off the air, the live audience witnessed Finn Balor, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins playfully goad The Miz into delivering his famous catch phrase “I’m the Miz and I am Awesome”. The Miz was willing to do this, however Dean, Finn and Seth decided to give him their finishers. At one point in the post dark segment, Bray Wyatt, who was still under the ring, scurried to the locker room, which caused the audience to burst into joyful laughter.
  • On Smackdown Tuesday, before the show went to live broadcast, there was a dark match seeing Luke Harper defeat Viktor of the Ascension.
  • WWE has changed the name of a PPV that was to be called Bad Blood, a returning name that was used years ago, to Great Balls of Fire. While this has been met with a magnitude of criticism, this event will also feature the return of WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar. The event will take place July 9 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas and will air live on the WWE Network.
  • While Brock Lesnar’s first challenger is unknown, the rumors currently three possible opponents. Finn Balor, the first Universal Champion is one of these possiblities. The other two ideas would be Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman.
  • The first ever WWE Cruiserweight Champion TJ Perkins has now abbreviated his ring name to simply TJP.
  • Adam Cole’s ROH contract has expired and while he will continue to wrestle there for now, he is more in demand now than at any point in his career. Both NJPW and WWE are interested and chances are good he will reach an agreement with WWE as it is the most sensible progression for him.
  • The Undertaker and wife Michele McCool were spotted and photographed in Manhattan yesterday entering a hospital. We know Taker was planning to undergo much needed hip surgery that has been delayed so he can continue to wrestle. While the surgery has not been confirmed it is the most likely explanation.
  • Goldberg is doing a “meet, greet and eat” at the Sugar Factor in Las Vegas May 20. This will include a limited edition “Gold-Burger”, which is as massive as it is extravagant.
  • Shawn Michaels will co-star in “Pure Country: Pure Heart” with legendary country music singer Willie Neslon. Like Shawn’s last smash hit, “The Resurrection of Gavin Stone” this is being produced by WWE Studios. This is a music driven story and will be released August 1, 2017 on DVD, Blue Ray and On Demand.

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