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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, featuring Sheamus as Rocksteady and "Arrow" star Stephen Amell (who wrestled at Summerslam last year) as Casey Jones officially opens in theaters today. Sheamus received some really good reviews for his role in the film, which he did while also maintaining his WWE schedule.
Lana and Rusev are set to get married on 9/2. Given her inclusion in the new cast of "Total Divas", don't be surprised to see the wedding filmed for the E! reality series.
WWE released the following Charlotte promo after Smackdown went off the air last night:
Karl Anderson was interviewed by Amarillo.com to preview this weekend's live event in that market at this link. He noted that his dream opponent right now was Randy Orton. On transitioning from Japan to WWE, Anderson said, "It’s been unreal. This is where we wanted to be. To be able to come in and make an impact like we have in the WWE with two of my best friends (Luke Gallows and A.J. Styles) and working together like this has been cool. To do things with John Cena and when we worked with Romans Reigns has been surreal. It’s something we knew we could do and it’s been amazing.”
Tonight's live event in Odessa, Texas is slated to be headlined by WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles vs. Seth Rollins. If anyone is attending any of the live events this weekend, we are seeking live reports. Thanks!
There is an online pre-sale sale for the 8/3 Raw taping in Atlanta, GA. While this is post-split, currently John Cena, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns are all being used in the advertising for the taping. You can order now at Ticketmaster.com using code RAW2016.
This week marked the one year anniversary of Tyson Kidd being out of the ring with his neck injury.
WWE Hall of Famer Adam "Edge" Copeland has pushed the idea of portraying Cable in "Deadpool 2." He would actually be pretty awesome in that role.
WWE will be exhibiting the week of 6/21-6/23 in Las Vegas at the International Licensing Expo. Promotional material for their inclusion notes they will be promotion three brands - Raw, Smackdown and Total Divas.
WWE has released a new AJ Styles t-shirt.
Act III Licensing has signed a number of new licensees to celebrate the 30th anniversary of "The Princess Bride" obviously including the late Andre the Giant's character Fezzik in the products.
Paul Jordan sent the following....WWE Network News revealed the following content for the previously reported Dusty Rhodes WWE Network Collection that will drop this Monday:
AWA 10/06/1973 – Dusty Rhodes and Dick Murdoch (The Texas Outlaws) vs Don Muraco and Billy Robinson
Championship Wrestling from Florida 05/15/1974 – Dusty Rhodes and Pak Song vs Mike and Eddie Graham
MSG 10/24/1977 – Dusty Rhodes vs Superstar Billy Graham (Texas Death Match for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship)
NWA 06/21/1981 – Dusty Rhodes vs Harley Race (NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match)
Mid Atlantic Wrestling 10/29/1985 – Hard Times
Starrcade 1985 – Dusty Rhodes vs Ric Flair (NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match)
Mid Atlantic Wrestling 12/03/1985 – Pork and Beans
Great American Bash 1986 – Dusty Rhodes vs Ric Flair (NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match)
WWF 1989 – The American Dream Vignettes
SummerSlam 1989 – Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man
WrestleMania VI – Dusty Rhodes and Sapphire vs Macho King Randy Savage and Queen Sherri
ECW Living Dangerously 2000 – Dusty Rhodes vs Steve Corino (Texas Bullrope Match)
WCW Greed 2001 – Dusty Rhodes and Dustin Rhodes vs Ric Flair and Jeff Jarrett
WWE Hall of Fame 2007 – Dusty Rhodes
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