WrestleMania 27 Dark Match – Lumberjack Match

U.S. Championship
Dark Lumberjack Match
Sheamus (c) vs. Danyel Bryan

I don’t have a full list but the lumberjacks include William Regal, Chavo Guerrero, Primo, R-Truth and Chris Masters. Daniel Bryan, the challenger, comes out first followed by the WWE United States Champion Sheamus.

Bryan starts out in control, throwing Sheamus over to the lumberjacks but Sheamus is able to get back to the ring. Teddy Long comes out. He said because of outside lumberjack involvement to the match, the bout will now be an over-the-top battle royal. All performers are in the ring working.
Here are the competitors in addition to Daniel Bryan and WWE United States Champion Sheamus:

* R-Truth
* William Regal
* Ted DiBiase
* The Great Khali
* Primo
* Mark Henry
* The Usos
* Chris Masters
* Drew McIntyre
* Chavo Guerrero
* Tyson Kidd
* Evan Bourne
* Yoshi Tatsu
* JTG

The Great Khali won the match, eliminating Sheamus last. The U.S. Title belt was not on the line in the battle royal, so Sheamus is still the U.S. Champion.

Cody Rhodes Speaks Out - WrestleMania match, mask, more

HBK teases interference in ‘Taker-HHH match!

Things are really getting busy with WrestleMania XXVII nearly 24 hours away. Things will continue to be extremely busy tonight and tomorrow. Check back in as often as possible guys!!

At this morning’s WrestleMania Axxess Q&A session, Shawn Michaels teased involving himself in The Undertaker vs. Triple H match at WrestleMania XXVII tomorrow.

When asked about Triple H ending “The Streak,” Michaels said, “I’m not sure I can let him do what I couldn’t.”

He then commented on whether he plans to interfere in the match, saying, “I’ll do everything I can not to stick my nose in. Maybe.”

He added, “Do you ever find that you’re meanest to the people you love the most? If I ruined his chances of ending The Streak, I’m sure he’d beat the tar out of me at that moment, but I’m sure he’d forgive me eventually.”

Michaels’ role in the match has not been announced by WWE.

VIDEO: Incident At Axxess Changes WrestleMania Match?

Earlier at Axxess today, Vladimir Kozlov defeated Tyler Reks. Once the match was over, The Core came out and attacked him.

There have been rumors of Kofi Kingston replacing Kozlov in the 8-man tag team match at WrestleMania XXVII tomorrow, and now it looks like that will happen. Below you will find the video of the match and the post-match incident…

Cody Rhodes Speaks Out: Rey/’Mania, Father’s Ego, More

Cody Rhodes recently spoke with SLAM! Wrestling, here are the highlights…

On Facing Rey At WrestleMania: “I’m not one for false promises, exaggeration or hyperbole. In sports entertainment, you hear a lot of those. But I really believe this match has potential to steal the show. We’re stacked up against some beautiful matches and this is my hometown so that would be an added bonus. It’s our best superstars. I wouldn’t feel comfortable without having a quality story. I used to think I should be on Mania, but looking back, no, I shouldn’t have been. I wasn’t ready.”

On His Father’s Vide Of WrestleMania: “I was talking to my dad (Wednesday night) and he had some advice about the Super Bowl, Wrestlemania and other major sporting events … he said they were just another game. I don’t agree with that. It’s not just another game. If someone is whispering in your ear that this is the biggest event in sports entertainment history, you move faster, you jump higher. You’re trying to give fans something they’ll remember forever.”

On His Ability: “I was an awesome amateur wrestler, no pun intended for The Miz. I would do stand-up drills in the shower every morning. I did the stadiums, waking up at 5 in the morning. I was on a low-cal diet before I was 18. One of my least favorite things that’s accepted on the internet is the level of technical wrestling ability of some. I would tie Daniel Bryan up in knots in 15 minutes.”

Did His Father Inspire Him?: “With no disrespect to him, I speak to him on a regular basis, but I’ve always tried to get my inspiration from other sources. I’m not helping anybody by being Dusty Rhodes Jr. That would just be reminding people what they saw years ago. One of my biggest influences was Shawn Michaels. How does (my dad) take it? He’s doesn’t take it good-naturedly. He has an ego the size of the state he came from. He feels he should be listened to. A funny story: The night my dad went into the Hall of Fame, he was the last one to speak, and one of the production people said the show was short, then told my dad: ‘Dusty, you can talk as long as you want.’ My brother said, ‘Why are you up last? Who did you ever beat?’ My dad turned and said: ‘Everybody out on that stage, boy!’ When he has that WWE marquee, he turns it on.”

You can read the full interview at http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/

Ex-WWE Diva Chyna calls out Snooki – Details

As everyone knows by now, Jersey Shore star Snooki made her WWE debut on RAW when she got physical with LayCool and was booked for a match at WrestleMania 27.

According to TMZ.com, Chyna says that “Snooki” is making a mockery out of pro wrestling and wants to settle their beef in the ring.

Chyna told TMZ, “Snooki is trying to make a joke out of wrestling”. “I could take on Snooki AND The Situation in a tag match and have some fun doing it.”

Will The Rock be on RAW tonight?, Snooki-RAW issue?

Many previews on cable systems have the following preview for tonight’s RAW… “Guest star Snooki from the ‘Jersey Shore’; The Rock fires back at John Cena & The Miz.”

Jersey Shore star “Snooki” tweeted the following today. For those out of the loop, “Snooki” is tonight’s RAW guest host. Here is her tweet: “Am I really sick right now?! Hopefully my voice comes back for tonight! =X”

Report: WWE not happy with Hulk Hogan

WWE is reportedly not happy that Hulk Hogan tweeted about Jimmy Hart coming in as a manager for Jerry Lawler against Michael Cole at WrestleMania. A source within the company says they are so pissed off that they may show footage this coming week of both Triple H and The Undertaker beating Hogan. We shall see if things cool down by then.

A possible Rock-Cena match?, Cena trashes Miz + more!

Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer

Note from Joe: We are very happy that we have reached the 3,000 milestone from our visitors. Thanks again from all of you that made this possible and always for keeping this blog alive!

– John Cena tweeted the following last night following RAW: “CeNation. Handle bizz on sunday…check …let rock know im not a pushover…check…win tag titles…check…realize how much of a self centered egotistical rat bastard dowsh bag the miz is…..check. yer in my sights now kid. The world will soon know if u got it or u don’t. Other than that I had a blast tonight. Fresno was ON FIRE!”

– For those who have asked, there are no immediate plans for a Rock vs. Cena match despite their recent ‘war of words’. Of course, the door is always open for a ‘dream match’ between the two in the future but as of right now there are no plans to do so. However, The Rock is expected to be physically involved at WrestleMania in some capacity. We’ll keep you posted as we get more.

– California based independent wrestler “Big Nasty” Jason Watts is rumored to be a contestant for WWE Tough Enough.

The updated WWE WrestleMania 27 card inside!

Announced for the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2011 are: Hacksaw Jim Duggan (to be inducted by the Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase) and Shawn Michaels.

Here is the updated WWE WrestleMania 27 card:

Triple H vs. The Undertaker

World Title Match:
Edge © vs. Alberto Del Rio

WWE Title Match:
The Miz © vs. John Cena

The Rock will host the show

Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole

The updated card for tonight's WWE Elimination Chamber PPV

Here is the updated card for WWE’s Elimination Chamber PPV TONIGHT from Oakland, California.

WWE RAW Elimination Chamber – #1 Contendership for WWE Championship:
* John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison vs. Sheamus vs. R-Truth.

WWE SmackDown! Elimination Chamber – WWE World Heavyweight Championship:
* Edge (c) vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Wade Barrett vs. Drew McIntyre.

Note: Dolph Ziggler has been removed from the match after the “firing” angle on Smackdown.

WWE Championship:
* The Miz (c) vs. Jerry “The King” Lawler.

Non-title Match:
* Alberto Del Rio vs. WWE Intercontinental Championship Kofi Kingston.

WWE Tag Team Championships:
* Santino and Vladimir Kozlov (c’s) vs. Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel.

We will provide FREE live stream coverage at 8:00 p.m. ET (7:00 CT) TONIGHT. You should bookmark this page for later tonight. Go to this page: http://wweunveiled.blogspot.com/p/watch-wwe-ppv-streams.html

Updated WWE Elimination Chamber Card

Here is the updated WWE Elimination Chamber PPV card:

* Kofi Kingston vs. Alberto Del Rio
* WWE Tag Team Title Match: Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov © vs. Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel
* WWE SmackDown! Elimination Chamber World Title Match: Edge © vs. Kane vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Wade Barrett vs. Rey Mysterio vs. ???
* WWE RAW Elimination Chamber #1 Contender’s Match: Randy Orton vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison vs. R-Truth vs. Sheamus vs. John Cena
* WWE Title Match: The Miz © vs. Jerry Lawler

JR Blogs: The Rock's future, Lawler's title match, Y2J

Jim Ross has posted his latest blog entry. Check out the highlights:

On attending the funeral of Jerry Lawler’s mother: “I enjoyed my short visit with Jerry Lawler, his family and friends in Memphis this week as Jerry’s 90 year old mother, Hazel, was laid to rest on Wednesday morning. Mrs. Lawler was a truly wonderful lady who was full of life and personality. I stayed at King’s house on Tuesday night and we sat outside and visited for hours until finally calling it a day about 2 a.m. Laughter was no stranger to the two of us even under the circumstances of the visit.”

On Jerry Lawler’s WWE Title Match at Elimination Chamber: “Jerry is genuinely excited about being in the main event of a WWE PPV which will be this Sunday in Oakland at the Elimination Chamber vs. the Miz for the WWE Title. I would not miss this PPV for the world because I believe that shocks and surprises from WWE will abound over the next few weeks leading into WM27 and no one can argue that Jerry Lawler upsetting Miz to win the WWE title wouldn’t be a HUGE shocker.”

On his upcoming appearances: “Confirmed this week that I will be appearing on Saturday May 7 at the Legends of the Ring function in Monroe, N.J. at the Crowne Plaza hotel.”
On the WWE All Stars game: “The new, THQ produced WWE All Star Video game is getting more and more play as the anticipation builds to it’s release the Tuesday of WM27 week. There will be a tie in with JR’s Family BBQ on this exciting new game so please watch for details.”

On whether we will see Rock wrestle at Wrestlemania 27: “Emailers…of which there have many many…Why is it that so many people think that it’s going to be Rock vs. Cena at WM27 in a wrestling match? Rock has said publically that his in ring wrestling days are history. End of story. It was made clear Monday night that Rock was going to HOST Wrestlemania. Is it possible to see some sort of physical interaction in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome between ‘the Great One’ and Cena? Of course, any thing is possible….except Rock wrestling in an official match but that doesn’t mean that the potential for physicality doesn’t exist.”

On Chris Jericho’s new autobiography and media appearances: “Chris Jericho is pounding the pavement promoting his new book ‘Undisputed’ which I finished last week and now my wife is reading. She’s enjoying it too and, as I mentioned last week, I STRONGLY urge you to buy Chris’ latest but only if you want a candid, honest look behind the scenes at the challenging, frustrating albeit rewarding and crazy life of a big time WWE star. Chris was really good on ‘Red Eye’ and on my wife’s favorite, The Wendy Williams Show this week.”

On his WWE Axxess schedule: “My WM27 Axxess appearances at this time are Friday night at the THQ function which, I think ,starts about 8 pm, Saturday morning from 10-noon with the King at the WWE HOF booth, and Sunday at noon for a Q&A.”

Tonight's confirmed SD! matches

– Here are tonight’s confirmed WWE SmackDown!:

* Drew McIntyre, Wade Barrett, CM Punk, Kane, Dolph Ziggler and Sheamus vs. John Cena, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Edge, R-Truth and John Morrison
* Eve and Beth Phoenix vs. Layla and Maryse
* Non-Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz
* WWE Tag Team Title Match: Santino and Kozlov © vs. Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater

New Elimination Chamber match

– WWE.com announced today that Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston will face Alberto Del Rio this Sunday at Elimination Chamber. The bout is a non-title re-match from last Friday’s episode of SmackDown!, which saw Del Rio defeat Kingston via submission.

The announced card is as follows:

WWE Championship Match
The Miz (c) vs. Jerry Lawler

Raw Elimination Chamber Match
John Cena vs. John Morrison vs. R-Truth vs. Randy Orton vs. Sheamus vs. CM Punk

SmackDown Elimination Chamber Match
Edge vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Kane vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Wade Barrett

Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Alberto Del Rio

4 matches revealed for RAW tonight

The following three matches were announced this afternoon by WWE for tonight’s RAW:

* John Cena vs. CM Punk where there “must be a winner”

* Randy Orton vs. Sheamus

* John Morrison vs. R-Truth

Also announced was Eve vs. Natalya for the Divas Championship and the introduction of the host for WrestleMania XXVII. Vince McMahon will appear live to announce that.

Huge SD! main event for next week!

Next week’s episode of WWE SmackDown!, which is being billed as the 600th, will feature a 12-Man Tag Team Match pitting the competitors of both Elimination Chamber Matches at Elimination Chamber.

World Heavyweight Champion Edge, John Cena, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, John Morrison and R-Truth will take on Dolph Ziggler, CM Punk, King Sheamus, Wade Barrett, Drew McIntyre and Kane.

Booker T to coach Tough Enough and 6 SD! matches

Partial Source: Pwinsider

– According to sources, Booker T is the first trainer announced for the revival of Tough Enough.

– Here are tonight’s confirmed WWE SmackDown!:

* Non-Title Match: Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov © vs. Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel
* Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Drew McIntyre vs. Kofi Kingston
* Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Rey Mysterio vs. Jack Swagger
* Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Chavo Guerrero vs. Kane
* Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: The Big Show vs. Wade Barrett
* World Title Match: Edge © and Kelly Kelly vs. Dolph Ziggler and Lay Cool

Alberto Del Rio nearly quit the WWE! details inside...

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Alberto Del Rio’s meteoric rise to a World Title Match at WrestleMania XXVII is a story that almost didn’t happen.

According to sources within Florida Championship Wrestling, he indicated to WWE officials approximately a year ago that he was not pleased with being situated in the developmental promotion (which had reached several months by that point) and would be quitting the promotion to return to Mexico where he could earn a higher salary. When he signed a contract with WWE in June 2009, he was assured that he wouldn’t stay in developmental for long. Officials tried to pacify him by allowing him to work live events with the main roster, and in part due to discussions at the time of his uncle, Mil Mascaras, being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. His performances caught the eye of top officials and he was ultimately called up to the main roster in June.

Similarly, Colt Cabana said during a recent Art of Wrestling podcast that when he was training in WWE’s developmental system a few years ago with The Bella Twins, Nikki and Brie threatened to quit WWE if they weren’t immediately brought on the road with the main roster.

Cabana stated, “They called up the office and said: ‘Hey, if we don’t go on the road we’re quitting’. And the next day, they’re on the road.”

He added that he probably would have been fired if he made the same demand.
“I don’t wanna do that,” Cabana said. “If I call up and say, ‘Put me on the road or I’m quitting’, I’m gone.”

The Bella Twins were promotional models John Laurinaitis offered developmental contracts to a year after their participation in the 2006 Diva Search. They have stated in interviews that they weren’t wrestling fans growing up, with Brie once remarking “that she was hired to do this diva thing.” Upon their contract agreement with WWE, they botched the organization’s name, referring to it as ‘Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment’ on their MySpace page.

Royal Rumble is live now!

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