From tvign.com:
"This afternoon, with yours truly present, CM Punk crashed the the joint Mattel/WWE panel – WWE: Past, Present and Future – at San Diego Comic-Con, featuring WWE superstars Triple H, Rey Mysterio and the legendary Bret Hart.
Punk announced himself via bullhorn and then, with WWE Title in hand, took to the designated question-asking mic and began to awesomely speechify! Punk took exception to the fact that they were trying to crown a new champ on RAW and then challenged Rey, or anyone else who wanted to be champ, to head out to Chicago to take him on.
Punk then also asked Triple H and RAW writer Brain Gewirtz why Zack Ryder wasn't on TV. Triple H, in what seemed to be a part of a storyline, told Punk that things had changed on RAW and that there was a new regime. He told Punk to give him a call. Punk responded by telling Hunter that he was sure Stephanie had his number."
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July 21, 2011
Comic-Con: CM Punk Crashes WWE Panel, Confronts Triple H
Analysis: A look At WWE Sans Vince McMahon
Despite what some might think, Vince McMahon is not going to live forever.
While the angle on Monday Night Raw was not exactly the truth, Triple H will be taking over many day-to-day operations from his father-in-law, the chairman and CEO of WWE, at some point in the near future. Sooner rather than later. What does this mean for all parties involved? Why don’t we take a look?
VINCE MCMAHON — The man who never sleeps will scale back his workload in the next few years, without a doubt. Then again, this is a guy that works about 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so his “scaled-back” job would probably make most normal human beings gasp. In the near future, he will be a great resource for WWE since he is the one man who has literally seen everything in both his own company and the industry over time. He has been at the helm at WWE’s greatest successes and its greatest failures. He will be a vital component to getting the deal done to launch the WWE Network, and when the time comes, to seal a deal for the physical WWE Hall of Fame. He will be important in dealing with familiar networks, sponsors and partners. Vince McMahon has a lifetime of experience in the wrestling industry, so it would be foolish (not to mention plausibly impossible) for WWE to just “move on.” Aside from all of this, he is simply never going to retire as long as he is healthy.
PAUL “TRIPLE H” LEVESQUE — Once Shane McMahon left WWE, it became apparent that Vince’s son-in-law would become the heir apparent. In my view, Triple H is a good person to take over the day-to-day operations of WWE. He is a longtime fan of the industry and has worked in the company since the mid-1990s. Since marrying Stephanie McMahon in 2003, Triple H has become more involved in all aspects of the company and is presently heading up the talent development department. As for immediate changes, I wouldn’t expect much drastic change, but with a different person at the helm comes a different philosophy. There could be a much different style in terms of talent recruitment and who gets pushed.
UFC President Dana White Praises Vince McMahon
In an interview with USA Today, UFC President Dana White was promoting UFC 133 and while doing so noted he was at the WWE headquarters recently.
He complimented Vince McMahon and his business model and said that he was "the guy that basically created the pay-per-view market."
Vince McMahon in XXL Magazine
XXL Presents… The Swag 100. XXL lists the top 100 most swagged out people in the worlds of entertainment, business and politics:
#83 Vince McMahon
Swagga Like - He runs sh*t.
www.xxlmag.com
Rumor Mill - Backstage News on John Laurinaitis
WWE is looking to hire someone with a sports background to groom for working in talent relations. There is lots of talk within WWE about John Laurinaitis and his long-term future with the company. It's no secret that Triple H isn't a fan of Laurinaitis and Laurinaitis has always been compared in a negative way to Jim Ross when it comes to talent relations. It was discussed after Money in the Bank that Laurinaitis may be established as a new TV character, similar to how Patterson and Brisco were to Vince McMahon years ago.
source: wrestling observer newsletter
July 20, 2011
Sin Cara Says He Doesn't Know What Made Him Fail the WWE Wellness Test
In an interview with Mexican newspaper The Record suspended WWE talent Sin Cara noted that he was told by WWE management that he failed a Wellness Policy test for steroids, but that he wanted clarification of why exactly he failed.
Cara told the newspaper that many medications contain steroids and that he believes an injection he was given by a doctor for pain management may have caused the positive test.
You can listen to the interview (in Spanish) and read the accompanying text at this link.
To read a translated version of the article, click here.
source: pwinsider.com
Rumor Mill - Vince McMahon & Triple H's WWE Futures
F4WOnline.com is reporting that at this point the backstage plan in WWE calls for Vince McMahon to remain in his current role until WrestleMania 28, at which time Triple H will begin to slowly take over some of McMahon's top duties in the company. It's being said, however, that while Triple H is eventually set to take over for Vince, it won't be a complete transfer of power, as McMahon is expected to continue to oversee the corporate structure of WWE as well as have a hand in the company's creative direction.
UFC President Dana White Visits WWE HQ
UFC President Dana White revealed via Twitter in a response to a fan that he had visited WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut a few weeks ago. White didn't address specifically what the visit was about.
White's tweet was: "I was there a couple weeks ago and checked out WWE hq's. It was cool."
source: wrestleview.com
X-Pac Clarifies Triple H/Vince Tweet
Earlier, Sean "X-Pac" Waltman posted on his Twitter page that the Triple H/Vince angle on Raw was the "real deal." Waltman clarified what he meant by posting the following on Twitter yesterday:
"To clarify my tweet last night. Raw last night was real on a symbolic level."
July 19, 2011
