Prince Devitt's New WWE Ring Name Revealed

>br>Prince Devitt will be using the name Finn Balor in WWE NXT. There was talk of letting him use his real name, Fergal Devitt, but that is not the case. Devitt may be in action at tonight's NXT tapings from Full Sail University.

Rumor Mill - Backstage Talk on a Power Struggle Involving Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Other Execs

There's talk within WWE of a power struggle involving Stephanie McMahon and Triple H on one side, and Chief Strategy & Financial Officer George Barrios and Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer Michelle Wilson on the other side.

Barrios and Wilson were the ones in charge of the WWE Network launch and WWE's new TV contract. Both deals were nowhere near as successful as the company hoped for.

Happy Birthday Stephanie

Stephanie McMahon Levesque
September 24, 1976

This Day in Wrestling History

Greg Valentine defeated Tito Santana for the WWWF(WWE) Intercontinental title.
September 24, 1984

Shawn Michaels & Diesel defeated Owen Hart & Yokozuna for the WWF(E) Tag Team title.
September 24, 1995

At the conclusion of TNA's No Surrender Pay-per-view, a video package announces that former WWF World Champion and Olympic Gold Medallist Kurt Angle would be coming to the company. TNA issued a press release, announcing the signing of Angle and the fact that SpikeTV had decided to give the company a prime time slot on Thursday nights.
September 24, 2006

WWE Wins Media Awards for WWE Network

WWE announced today that the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA) has awarded the company with four W3 Gold Awards and 13 Silver Awards for the WWE Network, WWE.com and several other endeavors. The WWE Network took a Gold Award in Media Streaming, and several Silver Awards for entertainment, sports websites, and visual appeal.

The Slam City website was recognized for children’s programming, WrestleMania 29 was recognized for its dedicated website, and several WWE video packages including Daniel Bryan winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship were also awarded.

Triple H to Host the Mr. Olympia Competition

Triple H, who has been a fan of bodybuilding for a long time, will provide commentary with Shawn Perine for this year’s Mr. Olympia event. It happened over the weekend in Las Vegas and will air on NBC Sports on October 18 and 25.

Special Edition of WWE SmackDown Coming Up

WWE announced that the October 10th episode of Friday Night SmackDown will be a special 15th anniversary episode. That show will be taped on October 7th from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA.

Total Divas Recap 9/21/14

This Day In Wrestling History

Happy Birthday to Ricky Morton of the Rock 'n Roll Express.
September 21, 1956

Fred Blassie and Bobo Brazil took their famous feud to Madison Square Garden in New York City, where the two battled to a draw. In the main event, WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Waldo Von Erich via countout.
September 21, 1964

During a SmackDown taping in Dallas, Texas, Triple H wrestles five times in order to earn a spot in the Six-Pack Challenge at Unforgiven. He loses to Big Show in a Chokeslam match, defeats Kane in an Inferno match, loses to Mideon & Viscera in a Casket Match, defeats Mankind in a Boiler Room Brawl, and defeats the Rock in a Brahma Bullrope Match.
September 21, 1999

Bill Goldberg defeated Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship at Unforgiven.
September 21, 2003

Roman Reigns undergoes emergency surgery

WWE.com has learned that Roman Reigns has undergone emergency surgery for an incarcerated hernia. Reigns had been in Nashville to promote tomorrow's Night of Champions pay-per-view, and will now be unable to compete against Seth Rollins at the event.

WWE.com has spoken with WWE physican Dr. Chris Amann to get the latest.

"I was in contact with both Roman and the surgeon who performed the operation in Nashville today. Roman had developed acute abdominal pain in his hotel room last night after his match," Dr. Amann told WWE.com. "This wasn't related to a specific injury that occurred in the ring. Roman has had a pre-existing hernia for some time, which unfortunately had become acutely painful, which led to him going to the emergency room in Nashville. He was found to have a large hernia that was unable to be reduced, which means pushed back into the abdominal cavity. As a result, it was necessary to perform an emergent operation to open up the hernia sac and try and push it back into the abdominal cavity."

"At the time of the surgery, surgeons found a loop of small intestine was caught in the hernia sac, which would account for the pain and discomfort that Roman was having earlier in the evening," Dr. Amann explained. "The surgeons released the hernia sac so the intestine could be pushed back into the abdominal cavity. Once they were satisfied blood supply had returned to the intestine after releasing the hernia, they went ahead and completed the procedure. A mesh was placed over where the hernia had occurred to prevent future occurrences."

Now that the surgery has gone well, the clear next thought was when will the WWE Universe be able to see the powerhouse back in action.

"Roman has been transferred to the recovery room and is doing quite well. The plan is to keep him overnight, give him IV antibiotics to prevent infection and make sure the intestinal function returns to normal before discharging him from the hospital. If everything goes well, that should be tomorrow," Dr. Amann said. "Most of the time, the recovery time for something like this in terms of returning to physical activity is between four and six weeks. This was a pretty significant hernia, so it will probably be closer to six weeks."

WWE.com also asked Dr. Amann to elaborate on how this hernia differs from sports hernias, which sports fans know often lands top athletes on the injured list.

"This is a completely different type of hernia than sports hernia," Dr. Amann said. "A sports hernia usually refers to a tear in the lower abdominal wall that attaches to the ligaments. That type of tear is typically occurs from repeated activity or sports. Roman had what’s called an inguinal hernia. It can sometimes come from sports, but sometimes people are born with these. It is treated differently than a sports hernia."

This Day In Wrestling History

Happy Birthday to Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
September 20, 1951

Happy Birthday to Arn Anderson (Martin Anthony Lunde)
September 20, 1958

Shawn Michaels became the first ever "grand slam" winner in the history of the WWF(E) (Heavyweight, I.C., European, Tag)
September 20, 1997

Shawn Michaels, Triple H and Chyna form D-Generation X.
September 20, 1997

Vince McMahon gave up the WWF(E) Heavyweight title and declared it vacant.
September 20, 1999

Most-Watched WWE Network Content

WWE listed The Monday Night War, WCW Monday Nitro and NXT Takeover as most-watched WWE Network content in a new Night of Champions reminder e-mail.