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.
Azir release
The Emperor of the Sands is released in patch version 4.16 along with the Galactic Azir skin. Designer:
Arise! creates a sand soldier at a target location, from which the soldier projects threat in a circle–so far, so Heimerdinger. However, soldiers require an active input. Azir must right-click and go through a basic attack animation for soldiers to do anything. This makes both Azir and his enemy understand that a conscious command was given to the soldier. This also means that if Azir is stunned or running away, soldiers cease to be a threat. All of a sudden, Azir’s opponent can comfortably aggress.
Conquering Sands orders all soldiers to charge toward a target location, damaging and slowing enemies they pass through. This forces Azir to think carefully about when and where to send soldiers. Can Azir afford to use the spell for damage and slow or (Counterplay incoming!) will this allow the enemy to engage on Azir while his soldiers are temporarily unable to move?
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.
Springer- Appearance press release
WWE publishes press release regarding Sringer’s RAW appearance on Monday.
Springer will bring more than 20 years of experience in moderating family feuds to bear when he steps in the ring this Monday night. Springer has been the host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991, and last appeared on Monday Night Raw in February, 2010.
Teams with Abbvie and Calico
Google teams with Abbvie and Calico in order to develop new treatments for diseases prevalent among the elderly. Arthur Levinson:
Our relationship with AbbVie is a pivotal event for Calico, whose mission is to develop life-enhancing therapies for people with age-related diseases. It will greatly accelerate our efforts to understand the science of aging, advance our clinical work, and help bring important new therapies to patients everywhere.
Google Now
Google provides the option to speak with your smartphone. The feature to chat with your phone is called Google Now and is available for download in the app store for both Android and Apple devices.
Once you sign up and register, Google guesstimates your interests with Google Now “cards” that show up in the Google app, spotlighting everything from weather, local movie showtimes, articles Google thinks you’ll be interested and upcoming concert info.
TNA online waging game announcement
MX Digital announces agreement with William Hunt to produce six online waging games including one based on TNA Impact Wrestling.
Placing six of our branded games with William Hill represents the most significant distribution agreement for our company and a major step forward in establishing MX Digital in the marketplace.
DC film role announcement
Johnson announces via Titter that he will play Black Adam in an upcoming DC film based on the Captain Marvel comic book series.
"Kneel at his feet or get crushed by his boot." My honor to become.. #BlackAdam #TheAntiHero #DCComics pic.twitter.com/Qk55eNf3R7
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 3, 2014
First Manhattan store
Neiman Marcus is opening its first store in Manhattan in 2018. The 250,000-square-foot store will anchor the new retail complex Hudson Yards on the Far West Side. Neiman Marcus CEO Karen Katz:
We needed to make sure that if we were taking this big, big step of coming to Manhattan, that we had a store that was going to be very impressive.
Moto 360 smartwatch
Motorola Moto 360 smartwatches are set to hit the market. Smartwatches so far have had rectangular faces, a shape that has turned off many consumers. This watch is circular, like other watches. The watches will use Google’s Android Wear operating system, which includes voice control features for basic functions. It has not been confirmed how many apps will be available, but at least thousands of the more than 1 million Google store programs, have been updated to support Wear. The price for the watch starts at $250.
Night of Champions title match announcement
WWE announces that WWE Intercontinental champion, Dolph Ziggler will face The Miz in a rematch for the championship at Night of Champions on September 21st.
Appearance announcement
Jericho announces via Twitter that WWE COO, Triple H will appear on next week’s edition of Talk is Jericho.
This week on @TalkIsJericho on Wed & Fri… @TRIPLEH!!!@wwe #timetoplaythegame #biggestguestinpodcasthistory
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) September 1, 2014
TV show announcement
The El Rey Network announces they will team with AAA wrestling to create a new professional wrestling promotion and series titled Lucha Underground the show is set to feature the top talent in lucha libre wrestling and will bring that style to mainstream American audiences. The Network’s statement reads:
The ‘Lucha Underground’ franchise is perfect for El Rey Network. It features good versus evil, intense action, humor, drama, great characters and most important great stories from two of the best storytellers in the business- Mark Burnett and Robert Rodriguez. It’s the perfect time and they are the perfect team to bring lucha to America.
WWE SuperCard press release
2K Sports issues press release on WWE SuperCard game. The game boasts over 1.5 million downloads in the first week with an average rating of 4.5/5 stars.
In less than one week, WWE SuperCard broke 2K’s records and became one of the company’s most popular free-to-play games to date.
Legends to appear on RAW
WWE announces Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan will all appear on Monday Night RAW in Anaheim, California.
The WWE Universe is still buzzing about the brutal beating John Cena suffered at the hands of Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam. To kick off Raw, WWE Hall of Famers Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair will be in the house to weigh in on the upcoming Lesnar-Cena at Night of Champions.