FIRST rumors of 2015! Upcoming returns, exits, and more!

At a recent Critics Television Press event, Alan Snyder announced that Tough Enough will be returning to FOX in off-season 2015. He says it will be "new, reinvented, and re innovative" for television. He says he will announce the cast after WrestleMania.

I've heard from several people backstage that WWE is in contract neogiations with Hayden Saxby...again. I wasn't told how long the contract will extend to, but if he does return, we don't expect him to be back for long at all.

I've also learned that this will be Batista's last season with WWE. For how long, is not known. He got a big World Title run as sort of a 'farewell' gift and his last match is reported to be at WrestleMania V. Batista has been on the road with WWE for a while, mostly working live events until Season IV where he became a regular TV figure again.

Speaking of veteran exits, there has also been speculation that this season is also Big Show's last season. But take this with a grain of salt, as it seems Big Show might be holding the WWE title all the way until SummerSlam later this year.

WWE has released an official plot overview for their upcoming game 'WWE Immortals'. The game will be released the Tuesday after WrestleMania V and will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, and Wii U. The plot is as follows:

"Taking place in a fictional, super powered alternate universe, WWE Immortals is a fighting game in the style of Mortal Kombat. The main storyline features a power hungry Alan Snyder in his quest to take over the world with his newly formed personal army (led by Triple H). His brother, Antonio, objects to Alan's evil ways. Antonio is almost killed by HHH's army but narrowly escapes. Later, he forms his own army, a group of renegades (led by Zack Poe). The Renegades and The Immortals go to war, but who will come out on top? The main story will be driven by character-specific chapters, and you will get to choose whether to save the world (as the Renegades) or destroy it (as The Immortals)."

 WWE plans to release the full roster of the game during the 7 Deadly Sins pre-show. 

 

Shawn Michaels teased a "huge announcement" on the RAW after 7 Deadly Sins, which will be the date he returns to the company. I haven't been told what the announcement exactly is, but expect it to have an impact on HBK's future. 

 Antonio Snyder, who is currently out of action due to filming commitments for the Snyder 3 film, will return next month. I've received word that he will be in the main event of Survivor Series, going one on one with the WWE Chamion, the Big Show. Whether this plan will remain is in the air. 

The reason for CM Punk's arupt IC Title end seems to be the end of an argument between Punk and some WWE executives, where Punk asked for a break. Doesn't seem that break will come to fruition though, because he seems to be having a match with Zack Poe going into the 7 Deadly Sins pay per view...

Bobby Lashley is expected to finish up his current contract with WWE on the RAW after WrestleMania V. Whether he will stay with the company or not is in the air as of now but he has expressed interest in a UFC run!

Ryback is expected to get a huge push soon if my sources are current. He is a pet project of CEO Alan Snyder and it's believed that Ryback can be a big star.

Alex Riley has recently returned from a career-threatning neck injury. I haven't been told what the current plans for him are but a feud with Aaron Snyder is likely. 

It seems as if Dolph Ziggler is gearing up for a huge feud with Eellis and Eellistopia.

Here are the live event results for January 18 in Las Vegas, NV:

• Big E defeated Adrian Neville (TV Title Match)
• The Miz defeated Alex Riley by countout 
• Sadie Heart defeated Mickie James
• Acting CEO Big Johnny comes out and says that Sheamus will face 3 guys of Big Show's choice in a gauntlet match. Sheamus comes out and objects to it. The two argue for a while before Sheamus brogue kicks Johnny to a huge pop. 
• Ashley Snyder defeated Harley by DQ after Harley lost it and beat down Ashley with a chair.
• Batista and Triple H defeated Randy Orton and Edge (who was there for a one-time return)
• Dolph Ziggler defeated Kurt Angle (after Nathen interferred), after the match, Ziggler layed out Nathen, Rush, and Swagger.
• Sheamus took on 10 other guys in a gauntlet match, after an upset Big Johnny upped the bar on Sheamus. Sheamus eliminated the first 9 guys but when the 10th guy was revealed as Big Show himself, Sheamus was defeated by a chokeslam through the announce table.

 The Rock has announced in an interview that he will be on tomorrow's RAW to compete in a match against Kurt Angle!

I've been told that Bray Wyatt's future is in the air. Creative is split on deciding whether to push him to the main event or keep him juggling in the mid-card. Their descision will show in the next couple of months, and there has been talk of him going against The Undertaker at WrestleMania.

There has been talk among creative of putting JBL in a manager role similar to Jonathan Crane. Names discussed have been either a stable, or a single superstar.

Alan Snyder interview, Jericho's future, Royal Rumble Winners & more

Batista is said to be carrying the World Heavyweight
Championship going into 2015. Ratings have gone up since he captured the title. 

Alan has announced on his Twitter that he will have a sit down interview with Zack Poe in the second episode of the Poecast. The interview will be over 1 hour in length and will go over backstage stories, and more. Alan said he is open to any questions from fans during the interview.

The main event for Money in the Bank will be Batista and Alan putting both of their world titles on the line in a 3 stages of hell match. Other matches rumored are Roger Klint vs Chris Jericho, Christian vs Ryback and Eellis vs Drew McIntyre.

Delaney, the now body builder, was arrested on 4 rape charges and sexual violence. Many women stated he raped them and one has a broken cervix. Wow! Mighty Colin.

The Rock officially cancels his God of War (Movie he will be filming in) cast meetings/Other stuff for the movie set up during the weeks leading up to and after Survivor Series, making this blockbuster match official. Steve Austin took to Twitter, saying how he was shocked The Rock cares about a build up for once. Rock stated simply "Bring it"

Anthony Chandler returned to Seattle on his night off last week. He was surprised by many family members and friends. He greeted many fans as well. He also, donated 2 mill to charity. Lastly, he helped a young black kid get his cat out of a tree. What a good guy.  

 Chris Jericho's WWE contract expires the night after WrestleMania V. Whether he will be staying with the company or not is in the air right now. Jericho has been having a lot of problems backstage with the authority of the company but is said to be cool with Alan Snyder. Many plans have been discussed for Jericho, such as a heel turn, a World Title run, and more. 

 WWE CEO Alan Snyder is said to be high on Drew McIntyre after their match on the main event of RAW. 

 WWE Creative is said to be grooming up for a huge Ryan Nathen World Title run in 2015, and Nathen will be involved in a huge WrestleMania main event. 

 Despite the recent controversy that has come up, WWE will not change it's direction in extreme rules matches. People outside the WWE claim the number of injuries that happened this year is insane, and they should tone down their product. In a recent interview, Big Show spoke out, saying he gets injured in almost every pay per view match he's in yet he still does his job day in and day out. The only time off he had was after SummerSlam and that was a vacation he was granted by the WWE. 

 I've heard from sources that current plans call for CM Punk and Chris Coleman to lead the tag team division into 2015. 

 The Miz has been advertized for a World Heavyweight Championship match against an unnamed opponent at a WWE live event in May 2015 during the WWE off-season, according to the Times Union Center website. What's weird is that Miz isn't even in the World Heavyweight Title scene as of now. Again, this could be a big spoiler for things to come or it could be a mistake or misunderstanding on the Times Union's part. Miz is currently in the SmackDown Money in the Bank ladder match. 

 The 2015 Royal Rumble is scheduled to take place in Des Moines, Iowa. As of now, creative is going into 2015 unsure of who will win the Royal Rumble match. Names being discussed are Zack Poe, Ryan Nathen, Chris Coleman, Eellis, CM Punk, and more. Rumored matches include Alan Snyder vs Antonio Snyder, and Ryback vs Goldberg, the latter also being discussed as a WrestleMania match.

New WrestleMania matches rumored, CM Punk shoots down rumors, Zack Poe update & more

CM Punk, in a kayfabe (in-character) interview, has shot down the recent rumors of him leaving WWE for an Authority Figure position in Ring of Honor. Punk said the following:

"No..those rumors, those rumors just aren't true. I don't leave WWE until my quest is over. And my quest doesn't end until I'm sitting at the top, on a pedastool with my FOOT on Alan Snyder's back."

CM Punk is currently a top prospect in the company and is currently on the top of the plans to win the World Heavyweight Championship. 

 Current plans call for Bray Wyatt and Paul Star to have a series of matches going into 2015, possibly culminating at Money in the Bank 2014. This is not another 'one-off' feud for Bray Wyatt, as my sources tell me he'll be sticking around for a while. 

Word going around backstage is that The Undertaker may be coming back for one last run. I'm hearing that this is going to be a full time run that will end with an Undertaker retirement match at WrestleMania V. Possible opponents for Undertaker at WrestleMania include Bray Wyatt, Anthony Chandler, Ryan Nathen and even Dean Ambrose. 

WWE is expected to give an update on the future of Matthew Ehlert on this weeks SmackDown Thanksgiving Special, where WWE CEO Alan Snyder will sit down and have a personal chat with Ehlert.

Anthony Chandler has touted that his search for his cousin Hayden Saxby continues, and this time he took to the internet to ask for personal sightings of Hayden Saxby. Here are some of the responses. 

• juancenaisdabest96: i saw him..down in a salvage yard..in england.. selling tacos.. 
• TheEqualizer: I saw 'em at a One Direction concert. He says he's some kind of..vigilante now. 
• NotENOUGHCooks: he appears in the too many cooks video at 5:41
• Howmanydrinks?: I speculate he's out, ENJOYING HIS OWN DAMN LIFE. You WWE marks need to get off his ass. How would you feel being constantly stalked after leaving a company on YOUR OWN TERMS? Chandler, you're just as senile. I don't give a fuck if he's your cousin, you're doing this because that SON OF A FUCKING CROOK Alan Snyder put YOU up to it! LEAVE HAYDEN ALONE! NOW! OR I'LL CALL THE POLICE ON ALL YOUR ASSES! 
• BruceRain: hes kanye west manager now o.o not even joking, look it up.. 
• HAYDENSAXBYISTHEBEST: hayden hayden hayden WE NEED U IN THIS COMPANY PLEASE I CANT STAND THE GUYS THEY HAVE NOW THEY DONT EVEN DO REAL MOVES NOT LIKE YOUR MOVES AND THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO BE COOL AND ROCK A GOATTEE AT THE SAME TIME DO U KNOW WHAT I MEAN ZACK POE IS TRASH PAUL START IS TRASH CM PUCK IS TRASH THE KIZ IS TRASH AND BORKC LASNUAR IS EVEN MORE TRASH HAYDEN HAYDEN HAYDEN WE COUNT ON U COME BACK SAVE WWE AND MAYBE FORM TAG TEAM WITH CHRIS JERICHO AGAIN WE LOVED THAT I RMEMBER LOL I WATCHED THAT MATCH 100 TIME 

 The future is not looking bright for Zack Poe. Various outburst in the back to same of the guys. Running down the CEO Alan Snyder. There has been questioned that these actions may result in immediate termination. There will be more updates on this news as time goes on. WWE is has not booked Zack for any live events in 2015 thus far and has pulled a few RAW appearances as well. What exactly is going on here is yet to be determined. 

There has been talks amongst the creative team of having Shawn Michaels return to WrestleMania for the first time since WrestleMania I in New Jersey. Two of the most talked about opponents for Mr. WrestleMania are Sheamus and C.M Punk. 

The idea of the recently renewed Damien Sandow push was a direct request by Alan Snyder himself. During the RAW Aftershow on the WWE Network, we saw Sandow eliminate Snyder in a battle royal to win a free Cruiseweight Title match any time, anywhere. Now the Cruiseweight Champion, it's expected that Sandow will become a prominent wrestler on TV in the months to come, with talks of expanding his feud with Snyder and a potential feud with his former tag team partner Tyson Kidd. 

WWE has announced that on this Thursdays SmackDown Thanksgiving Special, CM Punk will take on Kurt Angle for the first time ever in the semi-finals of the Best in The World tournament. The winner of the match will go on to the Best in The World pay per view to face either Eellis or The Miz.

WWE is now beginning to recognize Eellis as a main eventer, as future house show and live event cards have him on higher spots and even main eventing some.

Alan Snyder gives HUGE update on TNA Impact, Roster Revealed, 3 new wrestling games announced and MORE!

Alan Snyder has posted a mega update on WWE.COM about the future of Impact Wrestling, the rebranding, the new roster, the first set of shows and 4 new Impact/WWE related games.

Snyder announced that Impact will retain the usual stage set they had before going bankrupt, with 'WWE' logos now being placed around the arena. Impact shows will no longer be taped and will be broadcast live. The roster will be retained as Alan has spent the past month signing new deals for wrestlers and personnel. Snyder also announced some highlights for the new episode, which will be titled "Rebirth". 

• Impact Wrestling is back in it's new home with the WWE! 
• Alan Snyder will open the first Impact Wrestling show, announcing a new Impact General Manager. Who will it be? 
• James Storm takes on Tag Team Champion Davey Richards, who will come out on top?
• WWE superstars visit the Impact Zone as Cruiseweight Champion Seth Rollins takes on X Division champion Suicide in a Impact vs WWE exclusive! 
• Much more exciting Impact action!
• In the main event, for the first time ever, WWE's World Heavyweight Champion Batista takes teams with Impact World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode to take on Dean Ambrose and Samuel Shaw in a blockbuster tag team match! 

 Along with that, Snyder also gave us the first official look at the new Impact Wrestling game, with the WWE logo present and featuring Bobby Roode. The game is set to be released in the summer of 2015 during WWE's off-season. Snyder said he will announce more details in early 2015.

The CEO then announced that a new 'SmackDown vs RAW' game was in the works, and that it will be completely separate from "WWE 2K16". He said that the game will serve as more of a throwback for classic WWE fans, featuring an all star roster of people from the Attitude and Ruthless Aggression eras, with arenas spanning from 1999 all the way to 2008. Snyder described that the main storyline of the game will be long, and will feature three sections. The Attitude Era, which starts on the first episode of SmackDown in 1999 where Triple H takes on The Rock, and go all the way to March 2002 when the Brand Extension occurred. It will NOT be a historical mode, as wins and losses branch out different story modes and outcomes. You will be able to play as an Attitude Era superstar of your choice. After you complete that section, Snyder says you will unlock the Ruthless Aggression Era (also referred to as the Brand Extension), which starts in March 2002 with the first WWE draft taking place. Again, different storylines than what happened in real life will play out, and the champions that you ended the Attitude Era section with will carry over. This mode goes all the way to 2008, and once it is completed you will unlock the final mode. The final mode, World War WWE, will take place in the year 2008 and feature the Attitude Era's best (Team SmackDown!), lead by the wrestler you played as in the Attitude Era section, coming back to take on the best of the Ruthless Aggression wrestlers (Team RAW), who will be lead by the wrestler you played as in the Ruthless Aggression section. Snyder said that the game has a targeted release of 2015, but he has no specific date as of now. He also confirmed a few playable characters, those being The Rock, The Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, and Goldberg. Alan said he is trying to get the developers to reach a roster of over 200 wrestlers. Snyder announced a General Manager mode will be present, and said he will have more details and more mode announcements soon.

Alan said that WWE 2K16 is in the works, and announced that MyCareer will be returning, and said that you have the ability to play as official WWE superstars in the mode. He also teased more story modes and a 2015 release date.

Matthew Ehlert return rumors are speculating, and it's said that he might be out longer than expected. Matthew had to go for yet another surgery, this time on a disc in his neck. It's believed that he may be out for 6 months to a year. Matthew has been training hard and hopes to be back in time for the Royal Rumble event. 

Next Monday on RAW, the Best in The World tournament continues as Chris Jericho takes on Kurt Angle to wrap up Round 1, while The Miz takes on CM Punk, with Eellis teasing that he will be at commentary. 

NXT General Manager MVP took to Twitter to call out United States Champion Dolph Ziggler. MVP previously held the longest US Title reign under the WWE banner. This fuels the rumors of a future MVP and Dolph Ziggler feud. 

When asked when he will return to in-ring action, all Jon The Cat Hardy replied with was "Soon.."

The Rock is being advertized for RAW next week, and I have gotten word that he will respond to Stone Cold's promo and call out Austin along with Randy Orton.

Here are the WWE live event results for 11/21:

1. The show opens with HBK cutting a promo in the ring. Big Z comes out to confront him to a huge pop and tells HBK off. HBK gets pissed and challenges Z to a match. 
2. Big Z and Shawn Michaels fight to a no contest after Ted Jr and Riley Young attacked them. Triple H and Kenchi came out to make the save. 
3. Dolph Ziggler defeated Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins in a Triple Threat Match. 
4. Ryan Nathen and Rush came out to cut a promo. They were once again interrupted by Swagger who this time came out with Zeb. Zeb ripped into Ryan and called him a phoney and more. JC stepped in and had a war of words with Zeb. It eventually ended with Rush and Ryan attempting to jump Swagger but Swagger overpowering them and laying them out to close the segment. 
5. The Miz and Christian defeated Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins. Miz and Christian got an insane pop. 
6. Drew McIntyre and Batista defeated Sheamus and Dean Ambrose after Ambrose went crazy and had to be escorted out, leaving Sheamus alone. 
7. Alan Snyder, Chris Jericho, Ric Flair and The Big Show defeated Eellistopia (E, Henry, Lashley) and CM Punk in the main event to send the crowd home happy.

WWERP RUMORS 11-18-14

1. Alan Snyder reveals that there will be a TNA Video Game coming out in 2015

2. Zack Poe is said to have a gimmick Change and have a 2nd feud with Hulk Hogan

3.  Austin Aries said to get a minor push. what kind of push is yet to be announced

4. The Undertaker has been seen in the gym with Scott Hall as of late could there be 1 last run for the deadman

5. Snyder to be a villain in the Batman Comics More info on this as time goes on

6. There is a rumor that JBL has contacted a special tag team partner to challenge Rush and Eellis.

7. Vile is slated to return at Next weeks raw. This would make his first appearance back since his match with Aaron Snyder on ECW.

8 . Bobby Roode is rumored to make his Smackdown debut

9. Josh Knight will make his debut after Best In the World. What could this new superstar bring to the table

10 . Sting is rumored to get a push this season what kind of push is yet to be seen