Raw Results 12/12/11

Kane Returns

Entering through hellfire and brimstone, The Big Red Monster made a shocking return under a mask and attacked Cena, driving him into the mat with a devastating chokeslam. The demon’s motives were unclear, but one thing was sure — hell has come home.

source: wwe.com

Triple H Returns to Raw

The Deadman may have won a Slammy Award for kicking out of Triple H’s Tombstone at WrestleMania, but it was The Game who showed up in the ring. Returning to Raw after being put in the hospital by his former friend Kevin Nash, The King of Kings vowed to bring an end to the dangerous Superstar this Sunday at WWE TLC.

source: wwe.com

Road Dogg Jesse James Appears At WWE Slammy Awards

Ex-WWE Tag Team Champion "Road Dogg" Jesse James made a surprise on-air appearance during tonight's WWE Slammy Awards. He presented CM Punk with the Slammy Award for "Pipe Bomb Moment of the Year"

Billy Gunn must be kicking himself right now.

Video: WWE "Control"

Lita Appears At WWE Slammy Awards

Ex-WWE Women's Champion Lita made a surprise appearance at tonight's WWE Slammy Awards. She presented the Slammy Award for "Divalicious Moment of the Year" to Kelly Kelly.

Triple H Celebrates Metallica

Triple H, who used Metallica's "For Whom The Bell Tolls" at Wrestlemania 27, cut a promo via video at Metallica's 30th Anniversary show Saturday night at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

Triple H was in full on "HHH mode", thanking Metallica for providing the soundtrack of his own 30 year career. The video was played on the bigscreen while the crew was clearing the stage after the opening band Death Angel performed.

The promo was well received by the crowd, and even got a few "Triple H" chants. He actually got a bigger pop than just about anybody in the promo montage, aside from Jimmy Page and Lemmy of Motorhead.

source: pwinsider.com

Talent Scheduled To Appear At ROH's Baltimore TV Taping

The following talents are listed for the upcoming Ring Of Honor television taping on January 7 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Davey Richards, Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin, Jay Lethal, Michael Elgin, The Briscoes, Roderick Strong, Eddie Edwards, The Young Bucks, T.J. Perkins, Kyle O'Reilly & Adam Cole, Cedric Alexander & Caprice Coleman, All Night Express, Tommaso Ciampa, Mike Bennett

Verizon Fios to Drop Sinclair Stations Carrying ROH

Ring of Honor issued the following message on Facebook today:

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FANS WITH VERIZON FiOS

If you are a Verizon FIOS subscriber who loves Ring of Honor, you need to take action NOW to make sure you will be able to continue to watch all of ROH's great wrestling action.

We believe that FIOS will stop carrying television stations carrying Ring of Honor after December 31st. Although we have tried very hard to get a deal done with Verizon, Verizon is refusing to pay what we believe is a fair rate for the right to carry our stations. Verizon FIOS apparently thinks that its subscribers won't care if they no longer carry our great programming - apparently they aren't wrestling fans! - and perhaps the only thing that will change their mind is hearing from their customers.

We know you are a wrestling fan and if you are also a FIOS subscriber we strongly encourage you to call them at 1-800-VERIZON (1-800-837-4966) to let them know you will cancel your subscription if they stop carrying our stations and Ring of Honor.

We also ask that you contact as many of your family and friends as possible and ask them to contact Verizon as well. By doing this you may influence Verizon to act more reasonably and continue to carry ROH plus all of our other great programming that we are sure you enjoy watching.

Thank you for your help.

TNA Announces 2012 Gut Check Workshop Dates

TNA Impact Wrestling has announced their latest 2012 Gut Check dates. Gut Check is a 90 minute workshop headed up by D’Lo Brown where they evaluate pro wrestling talent:

Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 – Plymouth, MA
Time: 2 p.m. to approx. 4
Memorial Hall
83 Court St.
Plymouth, MA 02360
DEADLINE: Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 12 p.m. Central

Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 – Concord, NC
Time: 2 p.m. to approx. 4
Cabarrus Arena
4751 NC Hwy 49 North
Concord, NC 28025
DEADLINE: Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 12 p.m. Central

Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 – Beckley, WV
Time: 2 p.m. to approx. 4
Beckley Convention Center
200 Armory Dr.
Beckley, WV 25801
DEADLINE: Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 12 p.m. Central

Click here to sign up.

Updates to Stephanie McMahon's Executive Bio

Stephanie's Executive Bio has been updated again:

Stephanie McMahon is the Executive Vice President, Creative. She is responsible for overseeing the creative development of all WWE television, pay-per-view programming, print, digital and social media content.

Stephanie began her career with WWE in 1998 as an Account Executive for the WWE sales office in New York City, while also developing her television personality on WWE programming. Stephanie's career growth and development spans over multiple business areas including directing and producing some of WWE's televised events. She has also managed WWE's Live Events business, Talent Relations and Talent Brand Management.

Stephanie is a member of the Board of Directors for the USO Metropolitan Washington. She has received Fairfield County Business Journal's 2010 "40 Under 40" award. In 2009 and 2011, Stephanie was recognized as one of the "Most Powerful Women in Cable" by CableFAX magazine.

Beefcake Next to Sue Hogan's Ex-Wife?

Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake (real name Ed Leslie) says he's preparing to sue Hulk Hogan's ex-wife, Linda Bollea, for defamation due to Bollea's claim that Hogan and Beefcake had a homosexual relationship. Beefcake told TMZ that his attorney is currently drafting a lawsuit that he claims he will file "in the very near future." This would follow Hogan's defamation suit against his ex-wife last week. "I've known (Linda Bollea) for almost 40 years ... but when she starts trying to ruin our careers, it just ain't fair," Beefcake said.