Sunday, August 17, 2014

Major star getting a depush? Another star leaving?, Cesaro debuts, and more

WWE has released three new posters for the third annual Riot Night. Here they are:

Zack Poe


Batista
Hayden Saxby

The former and longest reigning NXT Champion, Antonio Cesaro, finally made his main roster debut on SmackDown. He attacked the European Champion, Eellis, and a SummerSlam match was announced shortly after.

Regarding recent reports of Sheamus' future in WWE, I can confirm that Sheamus will continue to stay as one of the top superstars in the WWE. WWE feels he's drawn just as much heat as Big Show and Randy Orton did during their times as champion. WWE is looking to focus more on the UK Stable in the future, but as of now nothing major is planned for the stable.
Brucie's Opinion: It's a good idea to keep Sheamus up there. I didn't expect him to get so big, after all they did almost put him in a permanent tag team with Scott Steiner...


The backstage reaction to Mr. Kennedy's promo on SmackDown last week was said to be electric. People backstage felt it was his best promo yet. There is no heat between Alan Snyder and Mr. Kennedy, despite what the promo may have implied. This also marked the beginning of the new stable that was rumored back in January, 'The Avengers', which consist so far of Mr. Kennedy and The Miz. I'm getting word that a third guy would be introduced on RAW. I've been told it's either going to be Zarge or Joey Mercury. I've also learned that WWE is in talks with Jawez about a possible return so he can be in the stable.

WWE has purchased the rights for Total Divas from "E" Network and new episodes will begin filming and airing on the WWE Network this fall.

There are rumors floating around backstage that Anthony Chandler is possibly leaving WWE to pursue a career in Hollywood. After landing a string of successful roles, Chandler is possibly headed to Hollywood full-time. Chandler has said in past interviews that he's always wanted to be a wrestler and an actor, making this rumor more likely. My source tells me that if Chandler leaves WWE, it'd be more of a "break" than a permanent leave, considering Chandler is only 22 and still has decades left in the tank. Chandlers acting agent has declined to comment at all in this situation.

Brucie's Opinion: This is one of the more interesting things I've researched recently. But this does make a lot of sense. I mean, in an interview I posted here a month ago, Chandler said that he took the depush from WWE Champion to mid-carder for a lighter schedule and to "work with more people". It make sense that Chandler would take a lighter schedule and less work so he can balance both WWE and Hollywood at the same time. Where is Chandler right now? Busy filming TWO movies, the new "Justice League: Throne of Atlantis" animated film, and "Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2". So..I expect this to actually turn out to be true. How they will right off Chandler is a mystery to me, but will be interesting to see.

The Miz tweeted this photo of him as Kevin Frost on the set of "Snyder 2", and has confirmed that extra filming and post-production of the film has wrapped up. He also confirmed that the Blu-Ray edition of the film (that will release next year) will feature a special 20-minute "short movie" that will chronicle Kevin Frost in-between the events of Snyder 1 and 2.

Brock Lesnar is expected to get a push soon. There have been lots of talks about a possible WWE Title win for Lesnar this season.

WWE is expected to reveal the entire roster for WWE 2K15 at SummerSlam, along with more information on the game.

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