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Get ready for an action-packed showdown on “WWE Rivals” as A&e presents “Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Booker T,” airing at 8:00 Pm on Sunday, April 28, 2024.

In this thrilling episode, viewers will witness a legendary rivalry between WCW star Booker T and WWE’s biggest superstar, Stone Cold Steve Austin. Booker T, determined to carve out his place in wrestling history, goes head-to-head with the Texas Rattlesnake in an epic battle for supremacy in the ring.

To add to the excitement, comedian Gabriel Iglesias joins the fray, providing his unique insights into this unforgettable feud. Joined by wrestling icons Kofi Kingston, Natalya Neidhart, X-Pac, and John Bradshaw Layfield, Iglesias breaks down the highs, lows, and everything in between of this fierce rivalry.

Don’t miss “Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Booker T” on “WWE Rivals,” where the intensity is at its peak and the stakes are higher than ever. Tune...

Get ready for an epic showdown on “WWE Rivals” airing on A&e this Sunday at 8:00 Pm. In Season 3 Episode 6, titled “The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan,” viewers will witness the intense rivalry between two wrestling legends, The Miz and Daniel Bryan.

From the moment they crossed paths, The Miz and Daniel Bryan were destined to be adversaries, and their feud has become the stuff of wrestling legend. With insights from notable figures such as Freddie Prinze Jr., Kevin Owens, Johnny Gargano, and John Bradshaw Layfield, this episode promises to delve deep into the animosity and tension that defined their epic battles in the ring.

As fans gear up for this clash of titans, “WWE Rivals” offers a thrilling behind-the-scenes look at the rivalries that have captivated audiences worldwide. Whether you’re a die-hard wrestling fan or just love a good showdown, don’t miss “The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan” on...

Get ready for an electrifying showdown as “WWE Rivals” returns with Season 3 Episode 2: “John Cena vs. Randy Orton,” airing on A&e at 7:00 Pm on Sunday, March 17, 2024. This episode delves into the epic rivalry between two wrestling titans, John Cena and Randy Orton, who first crossed paths at WWE’s developmental training back in 2002.

Hosted by Freddie Prinze Jr., the show features expert analysis from wrestling legends Booker T, Natalya Neidhart, D-Von Dudley, and John Bradshaw Layfield as they break down the storied history and intense competition between Cena and Orton.

With insider insights and behind-the-scenes anecdotes, “WWE Rivals” provides viewers with a ringside seat to some of the most memorable clashes in wrestling history. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or a casual viewer, this episode promises to deliver action-packed entertainment and a deeper understanding of the dynamic world of professional wrestling. Don’t miss “John Cena vs.

This Sunday at 7:00 Pm on A&e, wrestling fans are in for a treat with “WWE Rivals: Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels.” The episode delves into the iconic two-decade-long rivalry between two wrestling legends, Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, who stood as cornerstones in the world of WWE. A roundtable of experts, featuring Freddie Prinze Jr., Kevin Nash, Cody Rhodes, Beth Phoenix, and John Bradshaw Layfield, gathers to shed light on the intense and storied battle that captivated audiences for years.

Viewers can expect an insightful discussion, as the panel of experts provides unique perspectives on the dynamics, history, and impact of this legendary rivalry. For fans of wrestling history and the epic clashes that define WWE, tuning in at 7:00 Pm is an opportunity to revisit the glory days of Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, exploring the moments that turned them into wrestling icons on A&e.

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Pat Patterson, the former WWF professional wrestler, commentator and WWE match producer, has died at 79. When someone as beloved as Patterson passes, it does not take long for the genuine and heartfelt tributes to begin rolling in.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson led the tributes, penning a message to his “father figure” on Instagram, and recounted how Patterson helped him land his first WWE wrestling match.

“He was also responsible for calling Vince McMahon when I was training to become a pro wrestler (my $7 bucks days) and said, ‘Vince you gotta see this kid work in the ring.’ Vince flew me to Raw a few weeks later and I had my first match Ever in Corpus Christie, Texas. The rest is history and years later, here I am writing this post,” Johnson wrote.

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Table For Three is back again, with a new episode on the WWE Network. I like this show but like I’ve said before, it’s not really long enough. This time we sit down with Jbl, Ron Simmons and Teddy Long, three guys who have a long friendship in wrestling.

We all know about the Simmons and Jbl history, with the two becoming The Acolytes and Apa back in the late 90s and 00s in WWE. A beer-drinking, brawling, ass-kicking tandem who were all about pounding-ass (remember that t-shirt?). Teddy Long would travel with the two of them between towns and a friendship blossomed between the three. You can see that here, with the three men all obviously comfortable around each other, joking about how cheap Long was during their time as touring WWE Superstars. We hear a lot about this, with Ron Simmons and John Layfield poking fun at the former SmackDown Gm.

Newsweek is reporting that Mauro Ranallo, announcer for WWE Smackdown Live as well as boxing and Mma organizations, has left the company. Last seen on WWE television on March 7th, speculation has run high as to the reason why Mauro had been off the air. Some speculated it was due to his bi-polar disorder, which Mauro has been open about. Dave Meltzer from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, one of the preeminent wrestling news organizations in the country, has been adamant since the story broke that the reason for Mauro leaving was due to bullying from Jbl. Citing the March 13 episode of Bring It To The Table, starring Peter Rosenberg, he cites that Jbl's verbal jabs at Mauro for winning the Best Announcer Award from the Wrestling Observer were cause for Mauro to leave. Mauro had this to say to Newsweek about his departure.

WWE and I have mutually agreed to part ways.

In a move as inevitable as The Rock dropping a People’s Elbow on somebody at WrestleMania, WWE have released the third in their Attitude Era series, focusing this time on previously unreleased content. This gives this volume a slightly different feel to the previous two, but is a little hit and miss because of it.

What does work about this volume is drafting Corey Graves in to provide context and comment between each of the fifteen matches in the main feature. Graves brings an enthusiasm and knowledge to this role that others sometimes lack, namely John Bradshaw Layfield on the recent Us Championship release, and his comments are interesting and enlightening.

The choice of matches, too, is inspired with WWE digging deep to present several previously unreleased matches that are historically significant in the company’s history. The jewel in the crown of these has to be the first...

There were many backstage at WrestleMania 32 who believed The Undertaker had retired from ‘Mania following the conclusion of last night’s victory over Shane McMahon, according to PWInsider.

As has been noted, an interesting moment occurred after the match when The Undertaker took off his gloves and left them in the middle of the squared circle, which led many to believe it was a symbolic meaning over the Deadman’s future.

Although we probably shouldn’t look too much into it given ‘Mania took place in The Undertaker’s home state of Dallas, Taker noticeably had many of his friends and family in attendance for the show, which only fueled the fire of his apparent symbolic gesture.

Interestingly, John Bradshaw Layfield on commentary noted that we should expect The Undertaker back competing again at WrestleMania 33 in Orlando next year. In addition, The Undertaker is already scheduled to compete at the...

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The annual WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony never fails to entertain. With kayfabe being thrown out the window, you never know what you’re going to see.

The event offers an opportunity for professional wrestlers of both yesteryear and present to get together and celebrate the business we all know and love. Just seeing so many legends in one place is worth the price of admission on its own.

While the red carpet offers the glitz and glamour, it’s the speeches that most fans tune in to hear and see. Whether it’s touching tributes, hilarious stories or can’t-miss moments, the ceremony has become a WrestleMania weekend viewing staple.

This year’s Hall of Fame ceremony was no different. Comprised of diverse inductees, the Class of 2016’s speeches touched our hearts and made us cry with laughter.

These are just 13 of the incredible moments from...

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WWE have revealed that former wrestling manager Slick will be the man to induct The Big Boss Man into the WWE Hall Of Fame.

A memorable character from the 80s, Slick managed the Boss Man for his first couple of years in WWF. Nicknamed “The Doctor Of Style”, the storyline went that Slick brought the former corrections officer from Cobb County, Georgia to deliver hard times to the World Wrestling Federation.

After a successful run as a singles competitor, Slick would then pair Boss Man with Akeem to form the gigantic tag team, The Twin Towers. Their partnership would come to an end in 1990, when Slick attempted to sell the Boss Man’s services to The Million Dollar Man.

Also set to be inducted to the WWE Hall Of Fame Class Of 2016 this weekend are;

Sting – to be inducted By Ric Flair

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WWE have revealed that former WCW World Heavyweight Champion Vader will be the man to induct Stan Hansen into the WWE Hall Of Fame in Dallas next month.

The connection between the two grapplers is clear. Way back in February 1990, Vader fought Hansen at an Ajpw versus Njpw supercard show where Hansen inadvertently poked Vader’s eye out of its socket with his right thumb, after getting carried away during an exchange of stiff exchanges.

Incredibly, Vader would continue the contest after removing his own mask to push the eyeball back into its socket and holding it in place with his eyelid. The match would continue and eventually end in a no-contest, with Vader eating needing a metal place to be surgically placed under his eye.

Those old enough to remember it can remind themselves of the brutal match below…

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There’s an epidemic sweeping the world, and Titan Tower is afflicted as much as anywhere else. Over the last few months, it’s as if various wrestling personalities and affiliated staff have discovered for the first time a) what online trolling is, and b) how to block it.

Like enthusiastic evangelists, fervent anti-bullying campaigners like John Layfield and Taz are spreading the word about these toxic creatures called ‘trolls’ and the amazing invention of the ‘block’ button. No longer does Joey Styles have to sit and suffer the slings and arrows of sarcastic wrestling fans telling him that WWE online polls are worked, when he can simply fire off a sarcastic tweet and shout Blocked! into the aether. Mauro Ranallo, the new Smackdown announcer, has taken to using the hashtag #BLOCKParty, which is actually quite funny.

Of course, some of us are just innocent victims of the anti-troll crusades.

WhatCulture.com has learned that a source high-up inside WWE recently let slip the names of five candidates who have been discussed for this year’s Hall of Fame.

While these can only be treated as rumour until confirmed by WWE – and with anything in wrestling able to change at any time – our understanding is that all of the names below are virtually a lock for a spot to join the already announced Sting in this year’s class.

A couple are a surprise, while others were expected and long overdue. Some are relevant to the state of Texas – the host state of WrestleMania – be it for their history competing in the area or having been raised there.

But it is our understanding the following names will be inducted this year…

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According to some posts that surfaced on social media, several WWE talents made a surprise trip to Afghanistan on Thursday to visit with United States military personnel during the holiday season.

A post by Mike Gilbert, a Bee with the U.S. Air Force according to his Twitter page, shows a few of America’s finest alongside Vince McMahon, The Big Show, Alicia Fox, and R-Truth.

Check me out with @VinceMcMahon and the #WWE wrestlers in Afghan last night @JoeyStyles @TripleH @StephMcMahon pic.twitter.com/IY3Tlo7ETc

— Mike Gilbert (@GetUpMike) December 19, 2015

The visit was completely unannounced, though likely taped by a production crew for inclusion in next week’s Tribute To The Troops show, which airs on Wednesday, December 23rd.

Not to be outdone, Vince McMahon himself also showed off his trip to Afghanistan with a post on his official Twitter page.

Thumbs up for our troops :) pic.

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The legit tough guys in WWE have always been able to command respect, and were traditionally the most powerful people in any wrestling locker room. It goes back to the early twentieth century, when top-tier wrestlers needed to “shoot” in addition to “working” matches.

That need for shoot ability in the early days of pro wrestling was down to the real dangers of the sport. Fans thought pro wrestling was real, and tensions often boiled over. A heel needed to be prepared to fight back any attack that could come from the crowd. The wrestlers also needed to be legit tough in case their opponent tried to screw or shoot with them.

By the late twentieth century, legit toughness was on the way out. Guys like Hulk Hogan had turned wrestling into a circus show, and fans knew it was all pre-determined entertainment.

But internally, the respect for legit tough guys remained.

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Kevin Owens’ Package Piledriver Is In WWE 2K16!

A new video released by 2K Dev shows a triple threat match between Neville, Kevin Owens and Sheamus at WrestleMania Xxxi.

The clip is pretty revealing and shows a number of new details 2K have been working on in action. For example, how cool is it to see that Sheamus clothesline at 35 seconds send Kevin Owens over the top rope rather than not recognising the ropes are even there?

The other main details are that Owens’ package piledriver, seen being hit on The Celtic Warrior at 44 seconds, is included in the game and the rather confusing absence of John Bradshaw Layfield from commentary.

The piledriver, which Owens used as his finisher before he arrived in WWE, is a move that is banned by the powers that be because it is considered to be too dangerous, although the virtual versions of our...

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WWE has made more changes to their commentary teams on both Raw and Smackdown following the end of Tough Enough. The new permanent team on Raw will be Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield and Byron Saxton. The Smackdown team will be Rich Brennan, Jerry Lawler and Booker T.

One of the notable moves is Saxton replacing Booker full time on Raw. It’s an interesting choice because Booker was in the seat for most of the year and then he was a coach on Tough Enough for a few months. It was expected that Booker would get his spot back, but WWE decided to keep Saxton there full time. Saxton was on Smackdown before that, so Booker switched with him.

The announce team for pay-per-view events will likely remain Cole, Lawler and Jbl.

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Brennan replaces Tom Phillips as the main play by play guy on Smackdown.

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SummerSlam is WWE’s mini-WrestleMania, traditionally being the second biggest wrestling show of the year. The company are looking to reaffirm that status in 2015, making this year’s event a four hour show with a whole weekend of activities around it. It will be “WrestleMania in August” according to WWE CFO George Barrios in the recent company conference call.

But who would SummerSlam’s equivalent of a Mr WrestleMania be?

In the twenty-seven year history of the August spectacle, there have been some performers who came to define the show more than others. Some of these men are so legendary that they are still active and working this year’s event!

The following are the twelve wrestlers who worked the most SummerSlam matches.

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The wrestling world is dealing with another sad death this year as WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper (real name Roderick Toombs) has died of a cardiac arrest, aged 61.

TMZ broke the news saying that he died in his sleep on Thursday night and was discovered on Friday.

Piper had cancer in 2006, but he noted in November that he was cancer free and a family member told TMZ that he was all clear at the time of his death.

A family member issued this statement: “Our family is saddened by the sudden passing of our father and beloved husband, Roderick Toombs aka Rowdy Roddy Piper.”

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Piper will be remembered by wrestling fans as one of the best talkers in the history of the business as well as one of the best heels. His villainous role at WrestleMania 1 was huge, acting as a perfect anthesis...

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When Ultimate Fighting Championship held their first event in November 1993, several WWE superstars took notice. It was a bold new entry on to the sports entertainment pay per view landscape, promising real fights and brutal expressions of mixed martial arts.

The tough guys in the then WWF locker room were instantly hooked. It was great entertainment, familiar in its pro wrestling style presentation, but uniquely captivating in its genuine competition. Shooters and tough guys have always been idolised in pro wrestling circles, so it was only natural that WWF and WCW wrestlers started to take an interest in the world of Mma.

Inevitably, it ended up with pro wrestlers talking a whole lot of talk and displaying tough guy bravado about how they’d fare in the Ufc. John Bradshaw Layfield was one such guy, fancying himself as a bit of hard man. That’s what inspired him...

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John Bradshaw Layfield has been employed by the WWE for almost twenty years. It is a career that has seen him go from a cowboy/mountain man, to a barroom brawler, to a Stan Hansen wannabe, back to a barroom brawler and then, finally, to his most successful incarnation: the Jbl character.

It took Jbl a long time to make it to the top. For the first nine years of his WWE career, he was primarily a tag teamer or an undercard singles wrestler. However, having cultivated friendships with WWE power players like The Undertaker, Triple H and Vince McMahon, he was selected for main event stardom in 2004.

Although he was a midcard guy on-screen, off-screen Bradshaw had a very important, self-appointed role in the WWE locker room. Throughout the years there have been plentiful stories of Jbl’s backstage behaviour, including allegations of bullying, hazing and racism/xenophobia.

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More often than not, people involved in the pro wrestling industry tend to get a false sense of toughness. Now, backing up just a little, there’s an argument to be made that simply being involved in such a legitimately arduous business requires at least some degree of mental and physical strength, but the fact that wrestling is far more exciting when performers co-operate (as opposed to going into business for themselves) cannot be ignored.

John Bradshaw Layfield – once considered one of the WWF/WWE’s roughest and toughest – had his reputation taken down a notch or two by an extremely unlikely source. Throwing his weight around, Layfield was knocked on his ass by the diminutive announcer, Joey Styles, during a backstage confrontation several years ago, putting paid to his supposed toughness.

Contrast that with the guts and pain tolerance that Triple H showed in 2001, managing to finish...

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There were heavy hearts for WWE fans heading into the 2006 Royal Rumble because of the death of beloved former WWE Champion Eddie Guerrero, who tragically died of a heart attack two months earlier.

Even though Eddie was no longer with us, his name was uttered endlessly in the build up to the match mostly because of his good friend Rey Mysterio was a favorite in the match. Eddie had a long feud with Rey in 2005, but after Eddie’s death WWE had no problem in saying that Rey was one of his closest friends. While everybody else was also mourning Eddie’s death, Rey was wearing “Eg” armbands in tribute to his fallen friend.

This was a period in WWE where they were in a bit of a funk. There aren’t too many Royal Rumble matches where the Rumble match isn’t on last, but this is one of them.

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It was a new era in WWE as they headed to the Royal Rumble in 2005. Two years earlier, Brock Lesnar won the Rumble match and was being groomed to be the biggest star in the business for the next decade. Unfortunately, Brock left the company following WrestleMania 20 in 2004, so they had to restart their search to see who would replace Steve Austin and The Rock as the flagbearers of WWE.

Two of the men that were penciled in to step up to the plate were Batista and John Cena. At the time, Batista was still a bit of a heel because he was with Evolution for a couple of years, but the fans knew he was turning against Triple H and Ric Flair by that point. Cena had become one of the biggest babyfaces on the Smackdown brand for about a year, so he was definitely ready to step up.

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Tonight’s WWE Raw show is scheduled to be a ‘Raw Reunion’, with several major returns planned. The show will be from Dallas, Texas, and major names appearing will be Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels.

The show will be built around nostalgia and it could feature an nWo and D Generation X face off. All the major talent from the two factions will be there, leading the internet wrestling community to speculate on an nWo vs Dx angle being established. Perhaps it could even lead to a match at WrestleMania 31, as Hulk Hogan continues to talk about competing this year. The nWo vs Dx would certainly be a big money draw.

In all likelihood, any returns on tonight’s Raw will be for one night only. There does seem a very good chance of the nWo reuniting, but it will be limited to this Raw and no further dates.

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Last week, WWE announced a reshuffle in their annouce teams ahead of SmackDown’s move to SyFy on Thursday.

Michael Cole, Booker T and John Bradshaw Layfield will commentate on Raw while Cole, Byron Saxton and the returning Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler will handle SmackDown duties. The King, Cole, and Jbl will take the reigns for pay per view events.

The King has been missing from our television screens so far this year after being admitted to hospital with a bout of diverticulitis.

The transfer sees Lawler leave Raw after over 20 years of service. Spending most of his time behind the mic with Good Ol’ Jim Ross, Jerry colour-commentated his way into the hearts of a generation of WWE fans as his comedic utterances and over the top mannerisms took areas of Raw, especially the Diva’s segments, to a whole new stratosphere.

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The move of Smackdown to Thursday nights starting on January 15th means some changes to WWE’s broadcast teams. It was announced on WWE.com that both the Raw and Smackdown teams will be changing.

The new Raw announce team will be Michael Cole as the lead play by play guy with John Bradshaw Layfield and WWE Hall of Famer Booker T as the analysts. This past week, Booker filled in for Jerry Lawler and apparently management liked what they heard because they have made them the permanent team. It’s a promotion for Booker, who was doing commentary on the pre-show although he was a commentator on Smackdown a few years ago. Cole and Jbl are in the same positions they were in before.

Smackdown’s announce team will be Michael Cole, Byron Saxton and WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler. It’s a promotion for Saxton,...

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The most recent wrestling personality to appear on Chris Jericho’s Podcast One show was former WWE Champion and current announcer John Layfield, better known to fans as Jbl. The man formerly known as Bradshaw has had a lengthy career with WWE, dating back to late 1995 when he signed his contract, debuting the following January as Justin “Hawk” Bradshaw, a Texan roughneck heavily inspired by Stan Hansen.

He had a respectable career as a tag team wrestler, most notably as one half of the Apa (Acolyte Protection Agency) with Ron Simmons before a sudden dearth of name talent forced WWE to repackage him as John Bradshaw Layfiend–Jbl, for short–and shove him into the main event scene.

While his matches may not have been lighting the world on fire, he was doing his job in the ring and getting tremendous heat through his promos. The character was great at infuriating the audience,...

To celebrate the release of the annual WWE summer tradition that is SummerSlam on Monday 27th October, we have a Blu-ray copy of SummerSlam 2014 to give away Plus 3 other randomly selected WWE DVD and/or Blu-Ray titles!

This year the event proved to be very noteworthy with occurrences changing the landscape of the WWE in ways not thought possible!

The historic event features John Cena defending the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against the man who ended the Undertaker’s legendary Wrestlemania win streak, Brock Lesnar.

Also Stephanie McMahon competes in her first match in over a decade to take on Daniel Bryan’s wife, Brie Bella. Former Shield members collide as Dean Ambrose faces Seth Rollins in the wildest Lumberjack match you’ll ever see!

Available to order today from http://Wwedvd.co.uk – the official distributor of WWE DVD/Blu-ray titles in the UK.

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It was announced on Wednesday by Canadian broadcaster Arda Ocal that he has been hired by WWE as a broadcaster that will be using the name Kyle Edwards. As we all know, WWE loves to rename their on-air talent when they hire them, so it’s no surprise that they would give Ocal a new name. We’re not sure where the name came from, but perhaps it was a combination of Nascar drivers Kyle Petty and Carl Edwards although it could be totally random.

The news was broken by Ocal in a tweet he sent out on Wednesday where he said: “To quote @TheRock, “Finally….” I’m beyond thrilled to join @WWE as a broadcaster. Dreams do come true… ”

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John “Bradshaw” Layfield has been a WWE employee for nearly 20 years. He’s been retired from in-ring competition since 2009 and is probably going to be in WWE’s Hall of Fame in the very near future. These day fans know Jbl as one of the main voices of WWE since he’s been a regular commentator since the summer of 2012. He’s also a one time WWE Champion that is best known for his pompous rich persona known simply as Jbl.

It’s time to take a look at some of the things that WWE wants you to forget about Jbl’s career. These are things that aren’t mentioned when talking about the best moments of his career. Some are storyline related. Other things are behind the scenes stuff.

His WWE career had a few chapters. He started out as a midcard wrestler that was doing a tough cowboy type of gimmick.

Pro Wrestling and the internet have gone hand in hand for nearly two decades now, ever since Dave Meltzer first popularised the web as a place to get the dirt on what was really going down in the WWF.

From the moment that Meltzer unleashed the True story of the Montreal Screwjob online in 1997 we’ve been hooked. It’s almost as interesting to follow WWE these days for the backstage drama that leaks out online, often vastly more enthralling than the scripted drama taking place on television.

In 2014 however a new wrestling internet sensation is taking place, interacting with our WWE heroes on Twitter! There are several WWE superstars who will tweet you back and retweet your support. Others in the locker room come out with hilarious jokes, while some post insider comments and pull the kayfabe curtain back somewhat. Following WWE superstars has became an absolute must for fans.

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The Wrestling Observer reports on a worsening of relations between Vince McMahon and Jim Ross.

The legendary WWE announcer recently told an embarrassing Vince McMahon story on the Anthony and Opie Show, referencing that the chairman once went on TV after “sharting” his trousers. The incident was over a decade ago, Vince was in the gorilla position with Gerald Brisco, and as a rib he bent down to fart in Brisco’s face. Unfortunately Vince followed through and even more unfortunately he was immediately due out in the ring for a Mr. McMahon segment. He had no choice but to go to the ring with a brown stain in his khaki trousers, which none of the production team dared to show.

This week on Raw we witnessed what was probably a Vince inspired response to Ross telling this story. John Bradshaw Layfield on commentary started talking about how much...

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Nelson Frazier Jr, also known as Viscera and King Mabel in many of his WWE incarnations, has passed away after suffering a heart attack in his hometown of Memphis, Tennesse.

He had just celebrated his 43rd birthday this past Friday on Valentine’s day.

Wrestling agent Eric Simms first broke this news on his Facebook page…

Others then followed suit and paid their condolences.

I am shocked & so sad. Mabel, Viscera, Big Daddy V (Nelson Frazier) passed away. He was a good friend. He just celebrated his 43Bday

— Tommy Dreamer (@Thetommydreamer) February 19, 2014

Nelson Frazier/Big V has died.This really hurts!He was one of the good guys, and was always a great mentor and supportive. I Love U BigV Rip

— Chris Masters (@ChrisMasters310) February 19, 2014

First joining the WWF way back in 1993, Frazier was one of the...

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A short video has surfaced online from the live feed of last night’s WWE Raw show from Los Angeles that gives a brief but interesting glimpse as to the Cm Punk saga within WWE.

In the video below, you can see that the crowd isn’t full yet, but that Raw was nearly ready to begin. There was a “Cm Punk” chant in the building for the WWE Superstar that left the company a few weeks ago.

When the Punk chants start, WWE announcer Michael Cole commented saying “oh there ya go, that’ll drown out soon.” Then he followed it up with: “How about go away.” Should the fans go away or Cm Punk? Please clarify for us, Michael.

The other WWE announcers Jerry Lawler and John Bradshaw Layfield also commented on the crowd reaction with Lawler saying “it doesn’t last long,...

It’s a sad day in the world of wrestling. On Jan. 14, women’s wrestling pioneer Mae Young passed away at the age of 90. Now celebrities who were touched by her through their lives are speaking out and remembering the legend.

From Dwyane Johnson (Aka “The Rock”) to Triple H, some of the biggest names in wrestling have taken to Twitter to share what they loved about Mae Young, who professionally wrestled from the 1940s until 2013.

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“She’s a wrestling pioneer. I truly had deep affection & respect for “Aunty Mae” Young. Rip. #IMissUMae,” Dwayne wrote on Twitter, sharing an adorable photo (above).

The other big stars of WWE paid their respects with tweets:

#RIPTheOneandOnlyGreatMaeYoung Thank you for your example to my girls on how to get all you want out of life! #pioneer #legend #whatarun

— Triple H (@TripleH) January 15, 2014

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Nxt begins with the Raw General Manager, Brad Maddox, talking with Cj Parker and Tyler Breeze, he pairs them up to team together later in the night.

We head to the ring for a tag-team turmoil match to determine the number one contenders to the Nxt Tag Team Championships. Enzo and Colin Cassidy make their way to the ring, Enzo is a riot on the microphone and the “S.A.W.F.T…Sawft” line is over. Very over. The first team out to face “Big Caz” and Enzo are Breeze and Parker, the hippy and the selfie. We get a “Breeze is Gorgeous” chant. Parker and Enzo have a nice few moments before Cassidy tags in and nails Parker for the three-count. The next team out are Rusev and Dawson, along with their manager and friend, Sylvester Lafort. The team is now named “The Fighting Legionnaires” Some solid power stuff from Cassidy and Rusev.

It all used to be so simple. What worked for the territories would work for the WWF: crown your biggest draw the champ and feed him a succession of supporting players from further down the card. Don’t worry if the challenger isn’t particularly over; the rub from the champ will make him look like a star for the couple of months he spends above his regular place further down the card. It’s a model that made Hulk Hogan the biggest thing the sport had ever seen. But that was back in the day of television squash matches and only a handful of Pay-Per-Views a year.

Come the turn of the millennium, an increased production schedule necessitated the building of an extension on the VIP lounge, and it became standard practice to maintain a top-tier line-up of multiple workers, all potential custodians of the big gold belt. The Rock,...

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has announced on his personal blog that he will join former announce-partner Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler this Saturday to deliver an announcement regarding WWE’s latest video game, WWE 2K14.

‘Speaking of 2K Sports, we have big news coming from them next Saturday afternoon at Axxess that I will partner with The King to deliver. Big news indeed regarding WWE’s newest video game.’

WhatCulture.com can actually confirm this announcement as we will be attending the reveal.

WWE 2K14 will be the first of WWE’s video-game series to appear under the 2K Sports banner. The series was previously published by Thq from 2000 until their bankruptcy earlier this year. Although J.R. hasn’t specifically stated what the announcement will relate to, we can assume that it will be to confirm the game’s full roster. J.R. joined The King and Lilian Garcia...

On this week’s (4/8/2013) edition of WWE’s Monday Night Raw, the WWE received a huge wake-up call. The East Rutherford, New Jersey crowd packed into the Izod Center (15 minutes from my hometown of Jersey City) and blew the roof off of the place. For every and any thing. While Vince McMahon will not figure out why for another few weeks, let us examine the reactions garnered through the night.

In the shadow of possibly the worst Wrestlemania of all-time, 29, New Jersey was fed-up. Done with the Cena-Rock “Once in a Lifetime” rematch, the “No one cares, Triple H, just go away forever” almost-retirement match and the “Please Let Cm Punk beat Undertaker So It Doesn’t Wind Up Being Cena or Hhh” match, as well as other lackluster matches, New Jersey decided it was going to voice its opinion.

New Jersey is one of those places where you always get honest reactions,...

Vince McMahon loves the Fandango gimmick so it was no surprise to see him win his debut match against Chris Jericho. What was surprising though was just how poor the match actually was. Jericho is usually the go to guy when Vince wants to make someone look better than they could ever make themselves look but tonight just wasn’t his night. That’s not to say Y2J wasn’t fine in the ring it was more that the two men just didn’t mesh well together and in fact delivered a match that would have looked equally poor on an episode of Raw or Smackdown.

John Bradshaw Layfield’s commentary was the highlight of this match as he lambasted Fandango for being so poor but still played up how impressive Curtis’ win was considering Jericho is a former six time World Champion. If only Curtis had managed to...

I wonder if I can convince Virgin Media to refund me my £14.95 after last night’s Royal Rumble proved to be a monumental waste of money?

After what can only be described as a weak build up, the Royal Rumble finally hit out screens last night, leaving many WWE fans lost for words – and not in a good way. The show opened with the World Heavyweight Title match between Alberto Del Rio and The Big Show. This was nowhere near their previous match in terms of excitement and urgency, and would have been a much better fit for an episode of Smackdown, or better yet, a house show. After a sloppy back and forth, the match ended when Del Rio’s Bff Ricardo Rodriguez taped Show’s feet to the ropes preventing him from standing before the 10 count. Oh, and Bret Hart appeared and called Del Rio the Mexican Hitman.

Last night’s WWE Super SmackDown results live from Pittsburgh. Josh Matthews, Michael Cole and John Bradshaw Layfield are on commentary.

The show opens with MizTV and his guests Dolph Ziggler and Aj Lee. They come out together with Big E Langston. They stop and kiss before heading to the ring.

Miz asks why Aj screwed John Cena and she asks why did Cena play with her heart. She thought their kiss was the start of something beautiful together but she was wrong. She says Cena was just messing with her heart and emotions. The crowd chants “Aj’s crazy” and she gets upset. Aj says Cena wanted to keep her hidden away like his dirty little secret. Aj says in the end he was no different to Cm Punk and Daniel Bryan, others who broke her heart. Miz asks Ziggler if he’s aboard the crazy train and Langston steps in between them.

Last night’s WWE Raw results from Philadelphia. It’s the Slammy Awards show and Michael Cole welcomes us to the show, alongside Jerry “The King” Lawler and John Bradshaw Layfield.

1) Rey Mysterio defeated Damien Sandow with the 619 and the splash from the top for the victory. Cody Rhodes and Sin Cara were at ringside.

Booker T comes out to award the first Slammy Award – “Tell Me I Just Did Not See That”. The nominees are Brad Maddox screwing Ryback, Daniel Bryan losing the World Title in 18 seconds to Sheamus at WrestleMania, Kofi Kingston walking on his hands at the Royal Rumble and Cm Punk hitting the Gts on The Rock at Raw 1000. Booker goes to name the winner but instead out comes The Boogeyman! making his WWE return. He smashes an alarm clock over his head, dances around and pulls out the worms.

After the commercial, Booker still can...

Last night’s WWE TLC pay-per-view results from the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Matt Striker and Scott Stanford kick off the pre-show for the pay-per-view and talks about the online Slammys. Brodus Clay won “Best Dancer of the Year”. Charlie Sheen took home “Social Media Ambassador of the Year” Slammy. Jerry Lawler returning home at the airport after his heart attack is WWE.com’s Exclusive Video of the Year. The Slammy for the “Crowd Chant of the Year” is Ryback’s “Feed Me More”. The Slammy for the “Upset of the Year” went to Daniel Bryan for defeating Mark Henry and Big Show at Royal Rumble. And finally, Aj Lee won the Slammy for “Diva of the Year”.

Pre-Show Match: Naomi defeated Alicia Fox, Aksana, Cameron, Tamina Snuka, Kaitlyn, Layla, Natalya and Rosa Mendes in a Santa’s Little Helpers Match to become the new Number...

Last night’s WWE Survivor Series 2012 pay-per-view results from the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Pre-show results;

Dolph Ziggler brings out David Otunga backstage as the new team member of Team Ziggler to replace the injured Cody Rhodes. The rest of the team groans but Ziggler hypes him up and Alberto Del Rio agrees that he should command respect… though they all know he will be eliminated early. They argue as Ziggler tries to hype Otunga.

- We go backstage with Dolph Ziggler, Wade Barrett, Damien Sandow, Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez. Ziggler has found a replacement for Cody and in comes David Otunga. Everyone groans but Ziggler tries to hype them up. Del Rio agrees everyone should respect Dolph but says everyone knows he will be eliminated early. Del Rio says then everyone will follow him. They start arguing. Ziggler tries to get them hype again but has no luck.

Last night’s WWE Super SmackDown results from Birmingham, England.

Josh Matthews and John Bradshaw Layfield are on commentary.

Michael Cole brings out Sheamus to start the show, who appears angry and says he and William Regal had been to a pub in Birmingham and Big Show going Berzerker on them both. Sheamus says he respects Big Show but he went too far in attacking Regal.

Big Show appears on the TitanTron and calls Sheamus an ungrateful ginger. They hype Survivor Series. Sheamus challenges Show but he refuses. Wade Barrett’s music plays and he questions Sheamus’ sanity in wanting to fight Big Show as he already has a match scheduled against Barrett on Main Event.

After the break, we cut to the back with Booker T saying he talked William Regal into agreeing to a match tonight. It will be Regal & Sheamus vs Wade Barrett and Big Show.

1) WWE...

WWE Hell in a Cell 2012 results from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

The YouTube pre-show kicks off with Michael Cole and John Cena in the ring talking about the Aj Lee controversy and Vickie Guerrero promising to bring evidence to Raw. In a boring and pointless segment, Cena answers the fans social media questions including Cena passing the torch to Ryback, his advice to Ryback for the match, if Cena thinks he can beat Ryback (he puts his name in the hat to be the first challenger if he wins) and says he wants another shot at The Rock.

Final tout message comes from Dolph Ziggler who wants to know the truth about what is going on. Cena asks him to come to the ring, so he does. Ziggler attempts to attack Cena but Cena sends him right back to the floor with a clothesline.

WWE Hell in a Cell...

Last night’s WWE SmackDown spoilers from Tuesday’s tapings in San Jose, California. The following will air on Friday night on SyFy (Us) and on Sky Sports (UK).

John Bradshaw Layfield and Josh Matthews are on commentary. No Michael Cole tonight.

The show opens with a Brogue Kick vs Wmd challenge between Big Show and World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus. There is a punching bag setup on stage and whoever hits it the hardest will win. Show wins and then Tensai comes out and attacks Sheamus from behind and a match is announced, next…

1) World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus defeated Tensai with the White Noise and a Brogue Kick in a quick match.

2) Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal (with Drew McIntyre) defeated Santino Marella and Zack Ryder.

3) Kane defeated Dolph Ziggler by Dq when Ziggler used his Money in the Bank briefcase. After the match they brawled and out came Daniel Bryan...