WWE News, Rumors, Report for January 25, 2011
By Reporter / Wrestlesite.com- WWE has a VIP Experience package available for the May 2nd RAW event at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. For $125, you get VIP tickets in section 106-107 rows 14-15, a VIP party in Dewar's Club on the Suite Level, VIP parking, food & beverage, exclusive WWE event merchandise and a meet & greet with a WWE Superstar. - Jim Ross noted on Twitter that he is filming interviews related to Ted DiBiase Sr. and Gorgeous George this week plus the new WWE Roundtable segments. - WWE Divas Champion Natalya responded to comments made about her by Michael Cole on last night's RAW with the following on Twitter: "Michael Cole can call me "hefty" all he wants- but this diva is built in the front, stacked in the back and proud of every inch!!!" - Word coming out of WWE this weekend is that the creative team doesn't even have the Royal Rumble booked yet for this Sunday. - Former WWE referee Jimmy Korderas speculated on the Right After Wrestling podcast that the 40 an Royal Rumble match maylead to roster cuts. The Rumble may change may be WrestleMania's "Battle Royal payday" coming early because of all the economic challenges for WWE and low stock prices. - Look for Husky Harris & Michael McGillicutty vs. Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov for the WWE Tag Team Titles to be added to either the Royal Rumble pay-per-view or next week's RAW. The title match is more likely for RAW since the four Superstars are already in the 40 man Rumble match. - I was at Raw in Detroit tonight and thought you might like some notes on it. First off, my girlfriend and I went to get tickets at the box office around 4:30 this afternoon and found ourselves invited to that screening that the WWE was holding. It was just a screening of a trailer that they wanted people to watch and fill out surveys on, with compensation of twenty bucks each. Considering our tickets were only $18, that seemed like a pretty sweet deal. The trailer was for Triple H's The Chaperone and was a little different from the one that's turned up online. Just some expansion of a few parts, not drastically changed. They later showed the same trailer during a commercial break. The door opened at Joe Louis Arena at 7:20 and there was a decent crowd. Some upper sections away from the camera were tarped off with any empty seats on the side away from the camera. The rest of the arena was pretty much packed. In the dark match, Percy Watson defeated William Regal in three or four minutes. It was decent, nothing too special. For Superstars, Zack Ryder and Primo kicked things off against Yoshi Tatsu and David Hart Smith. Ryder and Primo cut a promo before the match demanding that the crowd give them the welcome they deserve and, when all they received in return were boos, Ryder said that, after the show, they would go find some girls that are DZP: down with Zack and Primo. The match was your standard Superstars tag match. The crowd was really behind Tatsu, not so much Smith. Ryder had some heat, but not Primo. The win by the heels was a bit surprising and the crowd responded accordingly. When R-Truth came out for the second match, the pop was huge. People love him - or his entrance at least. They were very into it. Tyson Kidd got a somewhat mixed response, but not as much as you'd think given the amount of Canadians usually in the audience at Detroit shows. Not too much 'bizarro land' behaviour for him. I didn't catch the entire match, ducking off the bathroom before Raw started, but did return in time to see Truth get the win and people pop for him once again. During the actual show, the biggest stand-out difference was, after the New Nexus came out for the tag match with Santino and Kozlov, they cut a promo where Mason Ryan spoke Welsh before David Otunga translated. That was a little confusing since it wasn't clear if he was speaking another language or just really, really bad on the mic. He basically put over Punk before Michael McGillicutty got on the mic and said we should all get on our knees for Punk. It was decent and filled the time. Before the main event CM Punk also cut a promo demanding silence, each time receiving bigger and bigger boos until he showed us a repeat of last week's Derek Bateman Mark Henry calogne bit with the promise it would make us all silent. Cricket chirps were added to the soundtrack. Overall, the crowd was into almost everything except the Nexus/Santino & Kozlov match. I'd say the biggest pops went to John Cena, Randy Orton, and R-Truth. The biggest heat was on Punk and the New Nexus, but only when they spoke. When they came out, it was a much more mixed reaction. Same with the Miz. People hated him when he spoke or did anything, but his entrance was greeted with a mix of boos and cheers. - WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura filed a lawsuit against the TSA yesterday. Ventura filed the lawsuit alleging that the security measures at the airport-specifically, "full-body scans and pat-downs"-violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Ventura has refused to fly due to the regulations since his hip sets off metal detectors and subjects him to more invasive searches. - Dragon Gate USA sent out the following today:
Dragon Gate USA is holding two ticket giveaways for this weekend. Here are the details: -DGUSA is giving away 1 pair of Golden Circle tickets and 1 pair of general admission tickets to this Saturday's event in Philadelphia at The Asylum Arena (former ECW Arena). To enter the drawing just send an email to Help@DGUSA.tv with "Philly Tix Contest" in the subject. Only one entry per person. The contest will end this Wednesday at 2pm EST. Both winners will be notified then. -DGUSA is giving away 1 pair of general admission tickets to this Sunday's event in Union City, NJ at The ACE Arena. The building is located just minutes from the Lincoln Tunnel with plenty of public transportation from Manhattan and all over New Jersey. To enter the drawing just send an email to Help@DGUSA.tv with "Union City Tix Contest" in the subject. Only one entry per person, but you can enter both this and the Philly drawing. The contest will end this Wednesday at 2pm EST. The winner will be notified then. For more information on both cards please check the www.DGUSA.tv Live Events section. Tickets are now available in the DGUSA.tv Store or by calling 267-519-9744. - Brian Fritz recently interviewed Hacksaw Jim Duggan. In the interview, Duggan discusses his career going full circle, how he is back working independent shows now at 57 years old, and that he will be in Boston "just incase then need him" for the Royal Rumble. This author has been living the wrestling dream covering all the latest news in the pro-wrestling world.
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