- WWE will tape tonight’s episode of NXT and Friday’s SmackDown show from the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Arizona.
NXT will feature the first elimination of Season 4. SmackDown will see Alberto Del Rio vs. Rey Mysterio in a 2 of 3 Falls Match and Kane vs. Edge in a Last Man Standing Match for the World Heavyweight championship.
- A few readers have asked why SmackDown star Alberto Del Rio wrestled on Monday’s WWE RAW from Phoenix. Aside from the fact that Alberto is in the midst of a major push and WWE wants him to get as much exposure as possibe, the main reason is that WWE wants to give RAW fans a look at a top SmackDown star in hopes that they’ll watch SmackDown on SyFy. Expect to see more crossover among RAW and SmackDown stars in the coming months.
- The new backstage announcer we saw on RAW is Scott Stanford, who announces on WWE Superstars and is one of WWE’s “hype men” on the PPV preview shows that air before WWE’s PPVs go on the air.
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– WWE has announced that a new scoring system will be used on NXT as some of the Rookie Challenges will be worth more immunity points than others. WWE says the challenges will be selected randomly and surprise the rookies and viewers.
– WWE’s arcade-style video WWE All Stars will be released on Mar. 29, five days before WrestleMania XXVII.
– Melina, who posted a photo of herself with short hair over the weekend on Twitter, apologized to fans about not keeping the look going forward.
She wrote, “You guys r getting me all hyped up 4this new year! I’m feeling GREAT! I’m sorry about the hair! I truly do luv short hair though! One day!”
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– The Dec. 6 episode of Monday Night Rawdrew a 3.1 cable rating, drawing 4,800,000 viewers over the course of two hours. The show did hours of 3.0 and 3.29.
Last week’s King of the Ring themed show garnered a 3.4 cable rating during its regular time slot.
– Tonight’s NXT main event will feature Alberto Del Rio and Conor O’Brian vs. Daniel Bryan and Derrick Bateman.
– WWE developmental wrestler Seth Rollins (a/k/a Tyler Black) worked a dark match prior to tonight’s SmackDown taping in Dayton, Ohio. He lost to Cody Rhodes.
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– Recently released WWE developmental talent Dustin Starr (a/k/a Daniel Skyler), who appeared as a referee in FCW, commented on his departure from the organization during an interview with RasslinRiotOnline.com.
He said, “Nothing in particular led to my release. It’s just something that happens in this business and we have to learn to live with it. I’m not bitter. I’m not mad. I’m confident that I’ll be back, one day, in a different capacity than what I was in this time around.
“The release is the nature of the beast. I was told that my “passion was with performing and entertaining and not necessarily refereeing.” I couldn’t agree more. I’m a performer. That’s what I do. So, no hard feelings. I left on very good terms.”
– WWE officials are looking to hold a fifth season of NXT, which is why the company’s top developmental talent were held off the new season premiering tonight on WWE.com. Officials are hopeful that the program will find a home on U.S. television.
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As previously reported, NXT rookie Diva Aksana was the latest contestant to be eliminated from the competition.
Many WWE fans actually had the elimination spoiled by none other than Joey Styles. Styles this week’s NXT elimination on Twitter before it aired on WWE.com. Styles wrote early Tuesday evening:
“Oh the hell with this, this show was taped over three hours ago. Aksana was eliminated. Who cares?”
“I can’t watch this episode any more.”
Yes I spoiled the end of this awful episode. Tweet your complaints to me @joeystyles.
WWE’s official NXT Twitter account posted the following apology in response to Styles’ “unprofessional” actions:
“WWE apologizes for @JoeyStyles’ tweet spoiling tonight’s @WWENXT elimination. His actions were unprofessional & unacceptable.”
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The results of the latest NXT Poll were revealed on tonight’s episode of WWE NXT and it was disclosed that Aksana has been eliminated from the competition.
Immediately following the announcement, “The Billion Dollar Baby” pretended to faint. Aksana grabbed the mic from the floor and said, “Somebody make mistake.” She vowed to come back and said she will go to Vince McMahon’s office and write a letter. She then blew kisses to the crowd and walked up the ramp before being stopped by Goldust. He pulled out a piece of paper and said he wants a divorce. She screamed and stormed off.
It was announced that an elimination would occur on next week’s show. Three contestants remain—AJ, Kaitlyn and Naomi. The season finale takes place two weeks from now.
Posted by admin on November 17th, 2010 :: Filed under
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