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• McHenry golden, U.S. claims four men's freestyle medals at Cadet Worlds

  17-09-2016 21:36
  
  Gold medalist Kurt McHenry leads U.S. charge on first day of men's freestyle at Cadet Worlds
  
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• Drew Galloway Talks Being “the Guy” in TNA, How He Got His Start in TNA, John Cena Being the Standard Bearer, Kurt Angle’s Influence and More

  17-09-2016 20:21 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  TNA star Drew Galloway was the recent guest on Vince Russo’s “The Brand” and below are some interview highlights. You can listen to the entire interview at this link.On Getting Released in His Prime at Twenty-Nine:When I left initially, people hadn’t been aware of what I can do in the ring because they hadn’t seen me in the ring for a few years. It took a couple of guys speaking on my behalf, for example; Trent Barreta, Gabe Sapolsky, who
  
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• Hulk Hogan: ‘AJ Styles Is Going Through “Titan Training” In WWE – Video

  17-09-2016 20:09
  
  Eric Bischoff aired the third part of his interview with Hulk Hogan in the latest episode of Bischoff On Wrestling. In the interview, Hogan talks about guys like AJ Styles and Bobby Roode making the transition to WWE, which he calls “Titan Training.”
  When asked by Bischoff if he agrees that WWE is good at putting “that final polish” on a character, Hogan said, >b?“I do. We call it ‘Titan Training.’ The weirdest thing is it’s like when my daughte
  
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• WWE Reportedly Makes Bid to Purchase TNA, Latest on a Possible TNA Sale, How Much is TNA Worth?

  17-09-2016 19:39 via wrestlezone.com
  
  WWE Bids For TNA
  The New York Post posted an article on Billy Corgan trying to become the majority owner of TNA. Also mentioned in the article is WWE’s interest in buying the company. WWE and Sinclair Group have reportedly made bids for the company. Sinclair Group also owns Ring Of Honor. You can read the entire article here.
  Corgan was quoted in the article as saying the following regarding the possible purchase of TNA:“I would love nothing better than to stand up in front of every
  
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• NXT Takeover: Toronto Logo Revealed (Photo), The Miz Films A Segment For ‘Celebrities React’

  17-09-2016 19:38 via wrestlezone.com
  
  NXT Takeover: Toronto Logo
  The new logo for NXT Takeover: Toronto has been revealed. You can see the logo above. The event takes place on November 19th. 
  The Miz Films Segment
  The Miz filmed a segment for the show ‘Celebrities React’ You can see a photo of Miz filming the segment below: 
   
  Had a blast shooting w/ @finebros today for #CelebsReact Is it the best one they ever shot? Can Uncle Rico throw a football over a mountain? No doubt…No doubt in my mind. #In
  
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• Social Media Reactions to Ambrose and Cena on SD! (Video), How Old is Jim Cornette?, Cody Rhodes Featured In New ‘Arrow’ Trailer

  17-09-2016 19:37 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Social Media Reactions to Ambrose and Cena on SD!
  WWE has released the following video featuring Cathy Kelley looking at social media reactions to Dean Ambrose and John Cena’s interaction on Smackdown this week:Cody Rhodes Featured In New ‘Arrow’ Trailer
  The CW show Arrow is getting ready to premiere its fifth season. In an extended trailer of the show, Cody Rhodes can be seen. You can watch the trailer below:How Old is Jim Cornette?
  Le
  
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• Seth Rollins’ The Black & Brave Wrestling Academy Issues Statement

  17-09-2016 19:17
  
  Seth Rollins’ The Black and Brave Wrestling Academy has issued a statement on the death of student Jonah Snyder. Snyder passed away last week after becoming ill during training, going into cardiac arrest and being pronounced dead at Genesis Medical Center.
  The Academy’s Twitter account posted the following statement:
  Our statement on Jonah Snyder pic.twitter.com/5OjikHafNg
  — B & B Wrestling (@BlackandBrave) September 14, 2016
  100% DIRECT LINK (*PICS*): Pamela Anderson&rsquo
  
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• How Long AJ Styles Should Hold WWE Title, Booking His Future & Where He Ranks All-Time

  17-09-2016 19:15 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  This second of four videos from CSR is all about AJ Styles and his WWE Championship victory. Here’s some highlights:Josh Isenberg:
  Everything you need to know about AJ Styles breaks down like this, the five best matches of 2016 have been because of AJ Styles. The phenomenal one. The man who brought New Japan, TNA and everything he did across the world to WWE. Where does AJ Styles go form here? Dean Ambrose and John Cena triple threat for the t
  
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• Buff Bagwell Doesn’t Get Why Joe Is A Draw

  17-09-2016 19:13
  
  Buff Bagwell appeared on the Pancakes and Powerslams Radio Show for a new interview. Some highlights are below:On not believing Samoa Joe is a big draw: “Samoa Joe, to me, I’ve never got that. I know he’s very popular. I know he’s very good in the ring, I think he’s a great wrestler, I like to watch him. But when you’ve got a chance to do a storyline, to the world of wrestling fans, who’s going to be Sting’s tag team partner, and the options are Le
  
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• WWE Live Event Results Louisville, Kentucky (9/17): New Day vs Shining Stars, Cesaro vs Karl Anderson, Kevin Owens vs Seth Rollins vs Sami Zayn

  17-09-2016 18:15 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE Raw Live Show Results
  September 16, 2016
  Louisville, Ky.
  (1) Bayley & Sasha Banks & Alicia Fox beat Raw Women’s champion Charlotte & Dana Brooke & Nia Jax in a six-woman tag match. Emma returned from injury as special referee.
  (2) Darren Young (w/Bob Backlund) beat Titus O’Neil. O’Neil tried to get heel heat by doing the Florida St. Seminoles chop the night before FSU plays at Louisville in a Top 10 match-up. Of
  
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• WWE NXT Live Event Results Cocoa Beach, Florida (9/17): Mandy Rose vs Liv Morgan, Cedric Alexander vs Cien Almas

  17-09-2016 18:07 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE NXT Live Results
  September 16, 2016
  Cocoa Beach, Fla.
  Tom Phillips hosted the show.
  (1) Kishan Raftaar submitted Patrick Clark in the opener.
  (2) Mandy Rose beat Liv Morgan.
  (3) Sawyer Fulton & Alexander Wolfe (w/Nikki Glencross) beat Tucker Knight & Niko B.
  (4) Oney Lorcan (Biff Busick) submitted Blake.
  [Intermission]
  (5) Authors of Pain beat Angelo Dawkins & Kenneth Crawford.
  “Mr. Clean” Dan Matha came out
  
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• WWE NXT Live Event Results Des Moines, Iowa (9/16): Hideo Itami vs Austin Aries, Shinsuke Nakamura & No Way Jose vs Bobby Roode & Samoa Joe

  17-09-2016 18:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE NXT Live Results
  September 16, 2016
  Des Moines, Iowa 
  Attendance was probably in the ballpark of 1,000.
  (1) Rich Swann beat Tino Sabatelli via pinfall. Short, fun opener. Swann definitely had some momentum after the Cruiserweight Classic and was quite over with the fans.
  (2) Daria Berenato beat Peyton Royce via pinfall.
  (3) Tye Dillinger beat Riddick Moss via pinfall. The people approved of the Perfect 10 in a big way.
  (4) Hideo Itami beat Austin Ari
  
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• WWE CWC Talents Work This Week’s NXT Tapings, Cedric Alexander Makes NXT Live Event Debut, John Laurinaitis Tweets Total Bellas Photo

  17-09-2016 17:55 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE CWC Talents Work This Week’s NXT Tapings
  WWE Cruiserweight Classic competitors Cedric Alexander and Lince Dorado worked this week’s WWE NXT TV tapings.
  Cedric Alexander Makes NXT Live Event Debut
  In related news, Cedric Alexander made his WWE NXT live event debut at Friday’s show in Cocoa, Florida and defeated Andrade “Cien” Almas in last night’s main event with a Lumbar Check.
  John Laurinaitis Tweets Total Bella
  
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• WWE Cruiserweight And NXT Star Got Married Yesterday, Posts Funny Lip Sync Video With Tag Partner Tomasso Ciampa (Photos & Video)

  17-09-2016 17:48 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Johnny Gargano’s Wedding
  Johnny Gargano married his wife Candace LeRae last night. The two will actually face each other in Gargano’s final match on the indie circuit. You can see photos and a video from the wedding below: Hello, Candice Wrestling. pic.twitter.com/IxMuaYazgQ
  — Johnny Gargano (@JohnnyGargano) September 16, 2016
  I got married. We had a lip sync battle..
  but first.. #GLORIOUSBOMB
  FULL VERSION: https://t.co/jOyEhAtpSF pic.twitter.com/6CTw0PavDO
  — Johnny
  
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• Seth Rollins’ Black and Brave Academy Issues Statement Following Recent Student Death

  17-09-2016 17:38 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  As noted, 20 year old Jonah Snyder passed away last week after suffering a medical emergency at The Black & Brave Wrestling Academy in Moline, Illinois, which is owned by Seth Rollins. Snyder was training with others, when he suddenly went into cardiac arrest, and after paramedics arrived he was pronounced dead at Genesis Medical Center.
  The Quad-City Times is reporting they reached out to Seth Rollins for comment and he directed them to the academy’
  
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• Attendance Low At RAW Live Event (Photo), WWE Top 10: Nastiest Low Blows (Video)

  17-09-2016 17:38 via wrestlezone.com
  
  WWE Live Event Attendance Low
  On Monday attendance was low for the live event in Fairfax, Virgina. That trend continued last night. Pictures from the WWE live event crowd on social media shows a barely half full arena. You can see a photo of the crowd below: @TheJimCornette @Hustler2754Light crowd pic.twitter.com/84pxYdm9Nc
  — Joe Porters Brother (@joeportersbro) September 17, 2016
  WWE Top 10
  WWE has posted the following WWE Top 10 video featuring the nastiest low blows. You can watch
  
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• Heinselman, Bravo-Young, Diakomihalis, Wittlake, Steveson receive Cadet Worlds draw

  17-09-2016 14:49
  
  Men's freestyle draws released for final day of competition at the Cadet Worlds in Georgia
  
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• U.S. puts four in medal round on first day of men's freestyle at Cadet Worlds

  17-09-2016 13:29
  
  McHenry and Arujau go for gold, Carr and Warner for bronze at Cadet Worlds on Saturday
  
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• AAW Defining Moment Results & WZ Live Report (9/16): Chris Hero vs Fenix, Callihan the Mask-Hunter, Moose Does the ‘Carlton’ & More

  17-09-2016 13:28 via wrestlezone.com
  
  I had the privilege of attending last night’s AAW Defining Moment event at 115 Bourbon Street just outside of Chicago, along with WZ Daily contributor Ross Berman and several great Twitter friends and colleagues in the area.
  Doors opened at 6:30 and they still had General Admission tickets available at the door, as well as a handful of premium seats left. The show wasn’t a complete sell-out, as the opening night of Riot Fest (a massive music festival in Chicago) was happening over i
  
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• Ryback Reveals Why He Butted Heads With Vince McMahon, Beimg Buried On TV

  17-09-2016 05:11
  Ryback spoke with ESPN for a new interview and discussed his WWE release and more. Some highlights are below:On butting heads with Vince McMahon backstage: “Vince has that old school, tough guy persona. I have had many talks with him where he said, ‘Well, they don’t want to hear you talking about books.’ Well, why not? I can go out there and talk about whatever I want. But when that red light goes on and I’m out there fighting, you’re never going to question m
  
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• TJ Perkins Discuses Working The Cruiserweight Classic & Triple H

  17-09-2016 04:34
  WWE Cruiserweight Classic winner and WWE Cruiserweight Champion TJ Perkins recently spoke with Sporting News. Highlights are below.
  On Working With Triple H: Yeah. It’s been such a pleasant experience being here as a professional. I’ve had such great open and casual and professional interaction with all of the office and administration, all of my peers and everything. What I was stressing to a lot of the guys — and it’s weird because I’m young but I’m one of t
  
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• The Updated TNA Bound For Glory Pay-Per-View Card

  17-09-2016 03:48
  
  The Updated TNA Bound For Glory Pay-Per-View CardMoose vs. Mike Bennett* Knockouts Title Match: Champion Maria Kanellis vs. Gail Kim* TNA Grand Championship Tournament Finals: The winner of Aron Rex vs. Eli Drake vs. the winner of Eddie Edwards vs. Drew Galloway* TNA Tag Team Title GREAT WAR Match: Champions The Decay vs. Broken Matt Hardy and Brother Nero* TNA World Title Match: Champion Lashley vs. EC3
  The post The Updated TNA Bound For Glory Pay-Per-View Card appeared first on ProWrestling.c
  
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• Here Is The Updated TNA Bound For Glory Pay-Per-View Card

  17-09-2016 03:48
  
  Here is the updated TNA Bound For Glory Pay-Per-View card, which takes place on October 2nd…
  * Moose vs. Mike Bennett* Knockouts Title Match: Champion Maria Kanellis vs. Gail Kim* TNA Grand Championship Tournament Finals: The winner of Aron Rex vs. Eli Drake vs. the winner of Eddie Edwards vs. Drew Galloway* TNA Tag Team Title GREAT WAR Match: Champions The Decay vs. Broken Matt Hardy and Brother Nero* TNA World Title Match: Champion Lashley vs. EC3
  The post Here Is The Updated TNA Bound
  
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• Daniel Bryan Confirms Miz Renegotiations, Linda Hosting New Series, Cena’s Opponents

  17-09-2016 02:56
  
  - As noted, WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz noted on Twitter that he and SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan have entered contract negotiations. Bryan tweeted an update to the storyline, noting that he’s looking to keep that title on the blue brand:
  It is important for the #ICTitle & its champion to remain on #SDLive. It is true, @mikethemiz and I have begun contract renegotiations.
  — Daniel Bryan (@WWEDanielBryan) September 16, 2016- The following was issued today on a
  
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• Lana On Her Wedding With Rusev, What Will Air On Total Divas, The Honeymoon, More

  17-09-2016 02:50
  
  - WWE Superstar Lana recently spoke with the WWE website to discuss a variety of topics including her recent traditional Bulgarian wedding ceremony and more. Here are the following highlights:
  WWE: For those who don’t know, what is the difference between this ceremony and the one you had at Malibu?
  LANA: It was completely different. Specifically starting with the ceremony alone, the Malibu ceremony was on the beach. My dad, who is also a minister, led the ceremony, but it was not a traditi
  
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• Injured WWE Star Works Tonight’s WWE Live Event As A Special Guest Referee In Louisville (Photos)

  17-09-2016 02:08 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Emma Works WWE Live Event
  Emma has been sidelined from WWE with a back injury after having back surgery. Tonight she appeared at the WWE Live Event in Louisville as a special guest referee. The live event is for Monday Night Raw and the match featured Sasha Banks, Bayley and Alicia Fox vs Nia Jax, Charlotte and Dana Brooke. You can see photos below: Emma is the special referee. #WWELouisville pic.twitter.com/qYNGfijHAy
  — Tennessee Revolver (@TNRevolver) September 16, 2016
  Bayley, Sas
  
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• Impact Wrestling Viewership, Pro Wrestling Tees Acquires Pro Wrestling Crate; Get 20% Off, MLB Player Walks Up To WWE Legends Themes

  17-09-2016 02:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Impact Wrestling Viewership Information
  According to ShowBuzz Daily, this week’s Impact Wrestling viewership information saw this week’s Impact bring in 366,000 viewers, which is up from the 337,000 viewers last week. 
  This week’s show, which was the #DELETEorDECAY follow up, dropped five spots on the cable top 150 list, but still made the list for the second week in a row. 
  Related: 9/16 Edition of Impa
  
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• What John Cena Told The Rock Following WrestleMania 29

  17-09-2016 01:56
  
  During a Q&A session at the Salt Lake Comic Con, John Cena revealed what he said to The Rock after their WrestleMania 29 match…
  “For two years, The Rock and I kind of made fun of each other a lot. It got pretty heated and it got pretty personal. I said some things that were less than nice. He said some things that were less than nice. And I can assure you, in our line of work, there is a grey area where imagination becomes very real and we were right in the sweet spot of that gr
  
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• ESPN’s Mark Schlereth Talks Being On The Set Of Ballers And The Rock Really Missing Football, Daniel Bryan Negotiating With The Miz

  17-09-2016 01:35 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  ESPN’s Mark Schlereth Talks Ballers
  ESPN’s Mark Schlereth was a guest on Greenville, North Carolina’s sports station 94.3 The Game’s Game Time. Schlereth talks about his appearance on Ballers and talks about being on the set. He also says that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson misses football. You can listen to the interview in the embedded player below: Daniel Bryan Responds To The Miz
  The Miz tw
  
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• Former WCW Tag Team Champion Buff Bagwell Talks CM Punk’s Fight At UFC 203, Bagwell’s Current Lawsuit With WWE, And More!

  17-09-2016 00:57 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Photo Credit: Chris McGrath/ALLSPORTBuff Bagwell Interview
  Former WCW Tag Team Champion Buff Bagwell was a guest on Pancakes and Powerslams. He talks about CM Punk’s UFC 203 and his current lawsuit with the WWE. You can read the transcript of the interview below and you can listen to the interview here.
   
  On not believing Samoa Joe is a big draw: 
  “Samoa Joe, to me, I’ve never got that,” Bagwell expressed. “I know he’s very popular. I know he’
  
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• Buff Bagwell Explains Why He is Suing WWE, Talks CM Punk Loss at UFC 203, Rips Samoa Joe

  17-09-2016 00:57 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Photo Credit: Chris McGrath/ALLSPORTBuff Bagwell Interview
  Former WCW Tag Team Champion Buff Bagwell was a guest on Pancakes and Powerslams. He talks about CM Punk’s UFC 203 and his current lawsuit with the WWE. You can read the transcript of the interview below and you can listen to the interview here.
   
  On not believing Samoa Joe is a big draw: 
  “Samoa Joe, to me, I’ve never got that,” Bagwell expressed. “I know he’s very popular. I know he’
  
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• Noam Dar On The WWE Performance Center, His WWE Cruiserweight Classic Debut, More

  17-09-2016 00:49
  
  - WWE Cruiserweight Classic competitor and new RAW Superstar Noam Dar recently spoke with TheTagRope.com about a wide variety of topics. Here are the following highlights:
  On training at the WWE Performance Center:
  “I love everything about it there. I enjoy the mission objective that the Performance Center has, you can really feel it from the second you step through the doors. The coaches, there’s such a variety, it’s so refreshing to have. I’m really happy to be there at
  
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• The Miz & Daniel Bryan Storyline Update, Dean Ambrose And John Cena Video, WWE Stock

  17-09-2016 00:41
  
  - Seen in the video below, this week’s SmackDown episode, WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz told SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan that he wanted to renegotiate his contract. Earlier today The Miz tweeted the following storyline update, noting that he’s entered negotiation with Bryan:
  I am happy…I am ecstatic to announce that YOUR #ICTitle Champion has entered long overdue renegotiations with #SDLive GM @WWEDanielBryan.
  — The Miz (@mikethemiz) September 16, 2016
  
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• Hulk Hogan Talks To Eric Bischoff About The “Titan Training” AJ Styles Is Currently Going Through In WWE

  17-09-2016 00:34 via wrestlezone.com
  
  This week’s episode of Bischoff On Wrestling features CM Punk’s UFC 203 opponent Mickey Gall as well as part three of Eric’s three part interview with Hulk Hogan.
  You can find some of Hulk’s comments transcribed below. We will be releasing more transcribed comments from Eric’s two big interviews throughout the week.
  Subscribe to Bischoff On Wrestling on iTunes
  On WWE’s ability to create Superstars:EB: One thing WWE does really, r
  
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• WWE Announces Six Cruiserweights That Will Be Joining TJ Perkins On Monday Night Raw, The Miz Posts Storyline Update

  17-09-2016 00:29 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Six Cruiserweights Announced For RAW
  Crowned the new WWE Cruiserweight Champion, TJ Perkins is a lock to be on Monday Night Raw. Other names haven’t been confirmed to join the show until now. WWE has announced that six cruiserweights will join the division along with Perkins, you can see the names below: 
  Brian Kendrick
  Rich Swann
  Gran Metalik
  Cedric Alexander
  Lince Dorado
  Noam Dar
  It is not known whether or not more cruiserweights will join the show. 
  Storyline Update
  The Miz h
  
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• Ryback On Metting With Vince McMahon Backstage, WWE Trying To Bury Him, More

  17-09-2016 00:27
  
  - ESPN published an interview with former WWE Superstar Ryback up on their website where he spoke about a variety of topics. Here are the following highlights:
  On speaking with Vince McMahon backstage:
  “Vince has that old school, tough guy persona,” Reeves said. “I have had many talks with him where he said, ‘Well, they don’t want to hear you talking about books.’ Well, why not? I can go out there and talk about whatever I want. But when that red light goes on
  
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