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WWE HALL OF FAMERS AT TAKEOVER, WWE ACQUIRING ANOTHER TAPE LIBRARY?, SMACKDOWN PREVIEW AND MORE WWE NEWS

By Mike Johnson on 2016-06-08 09:00:00

Shawn Michaels and Kevin Nash were both at the WWE Performance Center yesterday, so expect them to make a cameo at Takeover tonight.  Speaking of Takeover, if anyone is attending live, we are seeking live reports.

Set for WWE Smackdown this Thursday:

*Chris Jericho vs. Dean Ambrose.
*Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson vs. Enzo Amore & Colin Cassasdy.
*Kevin Owens and Alberto Del Rio vs. Cesaro and Sami Zayn.
*Becky Lynch vs. Dana Brooke.
*Baron Corbin vs. Kalisto.
*Also appearing are WWE Tag Team champions The New Day, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, The Vaudevllains, Apollo Crews, Natalya, WWE Women's champion Charlotte and more.

 NWA President Bruce Tharpe was also at the WWE Performance Center yesterday and tweeted out a photo of himself meeting with Triple H.  We are told Tharpe was there to try and broker a deal with WWE in respect to the Paul Boesch Houston wrestling library.  Tharpe has the rights to the library and utilizes it on the NWA's streaming service.

WWE NXT will tape TV tomorrow at Full Sail University.

Mattel announced they were releasing an exclusive Shockmaster action figure at the San Diego Comic Con.  The packaging even features Shockmaster having fallen down to play off of his infamous WCW debut going wrong.  You can check that out at this link.

Brian Fritz at The Sporting News interviewed Austin Aries about Takeover, signing with WWE and more, which you can check out by clicking here.

Tim Wiese training at the WWE Performance Center was picked up by a number of outlets in Europe.

Damien Sandow was interviewed by Sports Illustrated about his WWE release.  You can read it by clicking here.

WWE's Eric Bischoff DVD and Blu-Ray was officially released yesterday and can be ordered by clicking here.

WWE will release Attitude Era: Volume 3 on  8/9 and The History of the Hardcore Championship: 24/7 on 9/6.

 

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