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John Cena's reality series "American Grit" finished it's first season last night on FOX. John Cena tweeted the following last night:
This has been an amazing experience. Thank you for watching, I hope you enjoyed the 1st season of @AmericanGritFox. pic.twitter.com/ehVQ7gYlTQ
— John Cena (@JohnCena) June 10, 2016
If you didn't check out the series, it's worth watching via VOD. I thought the reality competition was a really fun series and the "Circus" final competition was always pretty captivating. The series didn't do extremely well in the ratings, so it's still up in the air as to whether it returns, but the quality of the show was very good.
There are no current creative plans for Teddy Long after his appearance this past Monday.
Sports Video Group News featured a piece this week on a number of WWE production upgrades that the company has made in recent weeks. Most notable to most fans is that for the first time, WWE will no longer be shooting on tape and will be shooting and editing completely digital. The article goes into great, exquisite detail on the three new production trucks the company has acquired and what this means for the company's production and editing going forward. To read the complete article, click here. Thanks to Dave Shichman for passing that along.
Mick Foley, Rob Van Dam and Raven will all be appearing in host segments for the forthcoming WWE Hardcore championship DVD.
In regard to the "who are you? chant" during NXT Takeover, we've heard from a few readers in the building that night that it was actually directed at The Authors of Pain, not Paul Ellering.
The former Biff Busick, Chris Girard, has been officially named Oney Lorcan in WWE NXT. The former Athena has been christened Ember Moon.
Luke Gallows was interviewed in advance of Raw returning to New Orleans this Monday at this link. On the name, The Club being used instead of Bullet Club he noted, "We were being edgy in Japan (with the name), and there’s a bit of a language barrier. The WWE is all about family friendly entertainment. My son and I watch the WWE Network at home all the time. Going with The Club was the way we needed to go to come here and be in this environment, where your kids are watching." Obviously, New Japan owning the name had a little bit to do with it too!
Former WWE star Zach Gowen will be competing this Monday on NBC's "American Ninja Warrior." Gowen was interviewed by Channel Guide Magazine's Scott Fishman about the appearance and more, which you can check out by clicking here.
Former WWE star Cameron noted on Twitter that she has signed with The Daniel Hoff Agency to be represented theatrically.
"Tough Enough" competitor Chelsea Green was backstage at NXT this week.
Dave Whitaker sent the following....WWE SummerSlam Heatwave Tour comes to the Augusta Entertainment Center in Augusta, GA July 31 at 7 pm. Advertised, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, AJ Styles, The New Day, Charlotte, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, and more.
WWE released a Golden Truth t-shirt.
WWE released the following video following Smackdown:
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