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September 25, 2013
September 18, 2013
Video: WWE COO Triple H sits down with Michael Cole to address the fast count at Night of Champions, Randy Orton, Dusty Rhodes and who will compete for the vacant WWE Title
September 17, 2013
Cody Rhodes & Goldust Comment on Raw, Goldust Promises the McMahon's Will "Fall"
In response to what happened on Raw Dusty Rhodes and Big Show, Cody Rhodes and Goldust posted the following on Twitter:
@CodyRhodesWWE
Cowards. #WatchThemAllFall
@DUSTIN_RHODES1
Talked to pop. He's gonna be ok. Sick to my stomach @wwe
September 16, 2013
September 13, 2013
WWE NXT news and notes from this week’s tapings
Tensai beat Jake Carter in a dark match prior to this week’s tapings.
Ricardo Rodriguez worked under his masked Luchador gimmick, El Local at this week’s tapings. He taped a match against Sami Zayn that will air on September 18, 2013.
The Triple H/McMahon family storyline continued over to NXT at this week’s tapings. Triple H “relieved” Dusty Rhodes of his duties as NXT General Manager and named JBL as the interim GM. Bradshaw appeared live as the transition will be highlighted on the September 18, 2013 episode.
Santino Marella worked this week’s tapings in a match with Emma to oppose Fandango and Summer Rae.
As we reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, Kassius Ohno made his return. He taped a match against Luke Harper of The Wyatt Family that will air on September 25, 2013.
Brooks Oglesby was in attendance and noted that Bo Dallas taped a match against Sami Zayn that is “absolutely” worth watching.
Rob Van Dam beat Aiden English in the Superstar Showdown match.
The next set of NXT tapings will take place on Thursday, October 10, 2013 and will feature Alberto Del Rio and Christian as the featured guests.
June 29, 2013
WWE NXT Executive Possibly Leaving The Company
It appears WWE NXT creative assistant Rob Naylor is leaving the company, or possibly getting a promotion. Dusty Rhodes tweeted this morning:
"NXT and all, me most will miss Naylor. Great working with him . Rob will b in charge of my new Blog , new web coming soon."
Naylor also tweeted:
"@wwedustyrhodes Thank you Dream for all you've done for me and for the 21 month life/wrestling education. #breadandwater #cuepurplerainmusic"
Naylor, a former Dragon Gate USA announcer, was hired by WWE in late 2011.
February 9, 2013
This Day In Wrestling History
Mars Bennett defeats Betty Hawkins in Tampa, Florida to win the NWA Florida Women's Title.
February 9, 1953
WWWF World Champion Pedro Morales defeats Fred Blassie in a steel cage match at the Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland by escaping over the top of the cage. The match had been promoted with the concept that Blassie had invented the cage match and was "unbeatable" in it.
February 9, 1972
The Midnight Rider (the suspended Dusty Rhodes under a mask) defeats Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in Tampa, Florida. However, after the match, NWA President Bob Geigel demanded that the Midnight Rider unmask. If Rhodes revealed it was him under the mask, he would have been banned for life, so he refused, and instead gave up the NWA Championship, which was returned to Flair.
February 9, 1982
WWF held a unique show at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. The entire show was made up of five tag team matches, followed by a tag team battle royale with all of the teams that had competed on the show. Here are the results from the event:
Jimmy Snuka & Blackjack Mulligan defeated Brutus Beefcake & Johnny Valiant.
Magnificent Muraco & Mr. Fuji defeated SD Jones & George Wells.
Hulk Hogan & Hillbilly Jim defeated Moondog Rex & Moondog Spot.
The Iron Shiek & Nikolai Volkoff defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo in a non-title match.
Roddy Piper & Cowboy Bob Orton defeated Jack & Jerry Brisco.
Hulk Hogan & Hillbilly Jim won a 10-team battle royale.
February 9, 1985
January 17, 2013
Rumor Mill - Backstage News on NXT Creative
Dusty Rhodes is no longer writing the WWE NXT TV episodes. Rhodes was the writer when NXT taped in Tampa but since moving the tapings to Full Sail University, Ryan Ward is the new head writer. Triple H has been working as the editor and people have raved about how smooth the tapings go.
December 6, 2012
Major Title Change At Tonight’s NXT Wrestling Tapings
Langston countered a second one into the Big End. The roster celebrated with Langston as Triple H and Dusty Rhodes came out and raised his hands up. We have photos below:
July 27, 2012
New NXT Champion, More from Last Night
The entire roster, including Hall of Famers in attendance, watched the match from the stage and a fan in the crowd noted that the whole presentation should come off great on TV.
Jim Ross commented on Twitter and said that Rollins had a "career night" at the tapings.
March 23, 2012
Full List of Inductors for 2012 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Though WWE has yet to announce who will be inducting the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame inductees, a strong source within the organization says the following plans are in place.
* Edge will be inducted by Christian
* Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson, Barry Windham, JJ Dillon, Ric Flair and Tully Blanchard) will be inducted by Dusty Rhodes
* Mike Tyson will be inducted by Shawn Michaels and Triple H
* Mil Mascaras will be inducted by Alberto Del Rio
* Ron Simmons will be inducted by John “Bradshaw” Layfield
* Yokozuna will be inducted by Jey & Jimmy Uso
Jerry “The King” Lawler will host the event.
source: wwe.com
January 22, 2012
Update on WWE Network's "Legends House"
In February, eight former World Wrestling Entertainment stars will be under one roof in a show similar to MTV's “Surreal Life” titled “WWE Legends House.”
The show will be shot in Rancho Mirage at the historic home of late comedian Harpo Marx at Tamarisk Country Club.
WWE Hall of Famer Eugene “Mean Gene” Okerlund, familiar to fans as a wrestling interviewer and announcer, has been confirmed for the show.
Other rumored cast members include Dusty Rhodes, Roddy Piper and The Iron Sheik.
The new show is to air when the new WWE Network channel launches later this year.
source: mydesert.com
March 22, 2011
November 10, 2009
Dusty Rhodes Comments on Making New Stars
Dusty Rhodes spoke with Phil Strum of pojoslam.blogspot.com about the need for new stars in the WWE:
"Yeah. I think OVW, before they closed down, I think the last big star, that's going to be an even bigger star that's come out of there, was Cody Rhodes. He came out of OVW. Then shortly after that was when they moved it all down here (FCW)."
"Since then, with Yoshi (Tatsu) and Sheamus and Tyler Reks and the list goes on and on and on. Drew McIntyre and all these kids. Savannah, the girls. It's great to see them and work with them in our studio where we do the promo studio, kind of like the actors studio, and work on conversations."
"So it's really cool, working with them. And then the TV shows and seeing them get there. That's their dream. We really need new blood. WWE needs new blood. I think we've started with Legacy and now you've seen Evan Bourne and you've seen Miz and you've seen (John) Morrison and CM Punk. It's a great thing to see this new rush of talent."
August 28, 2009
