Handicap match street fight announcement
Stephanie McMahon announces handicap street fight main event for the October 20th edition of Monday Night RAW. The match will feature Cena and Ambrose taking on Kane, Orton and Rollins.
Maybe we see if John Cena and Dean Ambrose can act as a team against the team of Kane, “The Viper” Randy Orton let’s put Seth Rollins in there as well.
Bella vs Bella announcement
WWE announces Bella vs Bella match for the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view. An added stipulation is that the loser of the match must become the winner’s personal assistant. Nikki comments:
I’m going to do more than prove who the better Bella is. Because the loser in our match? Is going to be the winner’s bitch for the next month. Oh, and Brie? For future reference – I prefer my lattes with almond milk.
WWE Network to air commercials
WWE sends out mass email to WWE Network subscribers to inform that the web based streaming service will begin airing commercials before and during programming.
Today WWE Network will begin to run limited video advertisements. Here is what you can expect: No commercial breaks during scheduled programming, Limited advertising between shows. Occasional advertising before our video-on-demand content
Royal Rumble 2015 location announcement
WWE announces to attendees of Friday Night Smackdown’s 15th Anniversary Show that the 2015 Royal Rumble event will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 25th, 2015.
Play Ball preview
The band previews Play Ball, from their new album, Rock or Bust, which is scheduled to be released on Dec 2, 2014. This is the first album from the band that will not include Malcolm Young. Stevie Young, Malcolm’s cousin, fills in for him due to his battle with dementia. Johnson:
Stevie, Malcolm’s nephew, was magnificent, but when you’re recording with this thing hanging over you and your work mate isn’t well, it’s difficult. But I’m sure [Malcolm] was rooting for us.
Cancer announcement
While on tour in Europe, Morrissey reveals he has gone through a series of cancer treatments.
They have scraped cancerous tissues four times already, but whatever. If I die, then I die. And if I don’t, then I don’t. Right now I feel good. I am aware that in some of my recent photos I look somewhat unhealthy, but that’s what illness can do. I’m not going to worry about that, I’ll rest when I’m dead.
Announces Malaysian TV deal
TNA announces SingTel mio Sports 1 will air IMPACT and Xplosion throughout Singapore and Malaysia. Dixie Carter comments:
We are delighted that wrestling fans in Malaysia and Singapore can now join those in Japan, Thailand and 120 other countries around the world in enjoying the very best in professional wrestling each and every week.
Documentary announcement
Deen announces the release of a documentary that will delve into the story behind the racist remark that cost her career with Food Network and the support of several sponsors. The documentary will air on Deen’s website The Paula Deen Network.
We hope to have it out the first of the year and tell everybody the true story of what really happened. It was a painful year for me. It was a hurtful year when I found myself being labeled for something I was not.
The Endless River release announcement
Pink Floyd announces it will release new album The Endless River on November 10. The album is a tribute to keyboard player Richard Wright who died of cancer in 2008. Artwork from the album is displayed in large cities around the world including New York, London and Paris. The album includes mostly instrumental tracks written and recorded by Pink Floyd members Wright, David Gilmour and Nick Mason while working on the 1993 album ‘Division Bell’. Gilmour:
We listened to over 20 hours of the three of us playing together and selected the music we wanted to work on for the new album. Over the last year we’ve added new parts, re-recorded others and generally harnessed studio technology to make a 21st century Pink Floyd album. With Rick gone, and with him the chance of ever doing it again, it feels right that these revisited and reworked tracks should be made available as part of our repertoire.
Mason:
The Endless River is a tribute to Rick. I think this record is a good way of recognising a lot of what he does and how his playing was at the heart of the Pink Floyd sound. Listening back to the sessions, it really brought home to me what a special player he was.
Movie to air Nov 15
The Lifetime Network continues on with the Aaliyah biopic, Aaliyah: Princess of R&B , with Shipp as Aaliyah. The official air date is November 15, 2014. Lifetime had originally planned to shoot over the summer and release this fall, until Disney star Zendaya Coleman backed out of the project citing poor production values and moral discord.
FOX Sports deal
WWE pens broadcasting deal with Fox Sports Latin America to bring programming to over 56 million homes. The deal takes effect October 6th. Fox representative comments.
No doubt this long-term partnership will give us the opportunity to continue to strengthen our content line-up, offering our fans in the region a strong and consistent weekly schedule of WWE programming through our portfolio of channels.
Stanford online course
Altman announces Y Combinator will hold an online course through a partnership with Stanford University, where the class will be called CS183B, or How to Start a Startup. This opens up access to people who don’t make it into the program, and anyone else, including people in other countries:
At Y Combinator we are limited by class size, and in the people we can fund
Video game release date pushed back
2K Sports and WWE push back WWE 2K15’s release date from October 28th to November 18th for the Playstation 4 and X-Box One systems. The game will still be available in Playstation 3 and X-Box 360 format on October 28th.
Surgery update
WWE posts update on Ric Flair undergoing surgery and missing an event.
WWE Legend Ric Flair is recovering from successful surgery and will miss tomorrow’s scheduled guest referee appearance at SmackDown. Ric is doing well and we look forward to him returning to WWE in the near future.
Tag team match announcement
WWE announces A.J Lee and Brie Bella will face Paige and Nikki Bella in tag team action on the evening’s edition of Monday Night Raw live from Lafayette, La.
Title Match announcement
Ring of Honor announces Jay Briscoe will defend his ROH championship against a surprise opponent at the Wheeling, WV show.
Additionally, we can confirm that new ROH World Champion JAY BRISCOE will defend his title in Wheeling! And his challenger will be determined that very night. On September 27th, the Honor Rumble returns! Whoever wins this rumble will be granted a title opportunity later in the night. means Briscoe’s first defense will be against an opponent he can’t prepare for – and someone completely unexpected might become champion!
Major match announcement
ROH announces A.J. Styles vs Matt Sydal for Reloaded Tour show in Wheeling, West Virginia. The company’s website releases statement.
Thanks to a video aired during ALL STAR EXTRAVAGANZA, we already know that MATT SYDAL finally makes his much anticipated ROH return on September 27! But now we know his very first opponent…AJ STYLES!
Cleared to wrestle in Mexico
Del Rio is reportedly cleared to wrestle by WWE in Mexico. Del Rio may now freely compete in other promotions outside of WWE.
NXT appearance announcement
WWE announces Ric Flair will appear at NXT Takeover II to introduce Kenta as the brand’s newest signee.
MMA appearance announcement
Ross is set to call Battleground MMA event in Oklahoma on October 3rd, 2014 alongside former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen.
I think that, quite frankly this may sound egocentric, but I think the transition from calling a pro wrestling match and calling MMA fights would be easy. I think it would just be getting more familiar with fighters, more familiar with techniques, nuances that I try to study with ample preparation. I’d say the same thing about broadcasting football.