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Are you ready to get extreme? Then don't miss John Cena, Ryback, Alberto Del Rio, The Shield and all your favorite WWE Superstars in the one night a year when extreme times call for Extreme Rules. The action starts Sunday, May 19, at 8PM ET/5PM PT. For all the ways to watch this annual event, which features most of the scheduled bouts contested with a hardcore stipulation, check with WWE.com here. The show features HHH and Brock Lesnar will break the 1 - 1 tie of their epic series. The former UFC champ put the COO on the shelf at SummerSlam. The Game survived a war with his career on the line at WrestleMania 29. They'll settle their differences in a steel cage at the ScottTrade Center in St. Louis, MO. The co-main event It hasn't been smooth sailing for WWE Champion John Cena after finally vanquishing The Rock. Former ally Ryback is proving to be dangerous and hungry, and a bum ankle hardly allows the leader of the Cenation to stand on his own two feet. He'll need every ounce of hustle, loyalty and respect to come out of a last man standing match with a challenger who places by his own rules...#RybackRules. In other action The hottest faction to hit WWE is, well, forever gets their first shot at gold when Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins face tag team champions Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane) in a tornado tag match, while Dean Ambrose shoots for Kofi Kingston's United States championship. Big names and bigger bodies collide when Mark Henry and Sheamus duel in a strap match, and Randy Orton and The Big Show brawl under truly extreme rules. Even the build-up to Alberto Del Rio and Jack Swagger's spot on the card was extreme - it put World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger on the shelf with a concussion, and turned the latest face-off between these bitter rivals into an "I Quit" match for the #1 contendership. Plus, Chris Jericho and Fandango dance again. Cody Rhodes and Miz will try to outdo one another and get the WWE Universe ready to rumble on the free pre-show. In this StoryStream, we'll have previews of each and every match on the card. Stay tuned! Click the links on each match below for the preview, as they are published: HHH vs. Brock Lesnar John Cena vs. Ryback The Shield (Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) vs. Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane) Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger Dean Ambrose vs. Kofi Kingston Randy Orton vs. The Big Show Sheamus vs. Mark Henry Chris Jericho vs. Fandango Cody Rhodes vs. The Miz

Breaking down the entire "Extreme Rules" match card with complete previews for every advertised match on the card. The show will feature Ryback vs. John Cena, Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar, The Shield vs. Team Hell No and more! In this StoryStream, we'll have previews of each and every match on the card. Stay tuned! Click the links on each match below for the preview, as they are published: HHH vs. Brock Lesnar John Cena vs. Ryback The Shield (Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) vs. Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane) Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger Dean Ambrose vs. Kofi Kingston Randy Orton vs. The Big Show Sheamus vs. Mark Henry Chris Jericho vs. Fandango Cody Rhodes vs. The Miz

Preview Thursday's IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 8/7c as the road to the June "Slammiversary" event continues! Reminder: Beginning May 30, IMPACT moves back to its old time at 9/8c on SpikeTV! Thursdays at 8/7C until then! Thursday's IMPACT is LIVE on SpikeTV from Tampa, Florida, at the USF Sun Dome - CLICK HERE TO ORDER TICKETS AT TICKETMASTER - Has a TNA Original finally turned his back on the company and the fans? The Aces and Eights have announced that on Thursday's IMPACT from Tampa, they will hold a "Patching In" ceremony to officially welcome AJ Styles to the group! - How will TNA General Manager Hulk Hogan react to the news that AJ is joining the Aces? Hogan will be on IMPACT in Tampa to address the situation! -In a huge match Kurt Angle will take on Mr. Anderson from Aces and 8s renewing their rivalry. - The final countdown is on to Sting vs. Bully Ray for the World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary! Both champion and challenger will be in attendance on Thursday's IMPACT - will Bully Ray and The Aces attempt to eliminate Sting before their title match? -James Storm announced last week on IMPACT that he will be in the Tag Team Title Match at Slammiversary. Who will "The Cowboy" select to be his partner? Find out this Thursday on Impact! - The TNA Knockouts championship will be on the line on Thursday's huge broadcast as Velvet Sky will defend the gold against her friend (and former titleholder) Mickie James! - The GutCheck Tournament continues  on Thursday for a spot in the upcoming "Bound For Glory Series", as Sam Shaw battles Alex Silva - The mysterious masked X-Division superstar SUICIDE makes his return IMPACT WRESTLING on Thursday as well!

Obviously Wrestlemania 1 was a success, and thus Wrestlemania 30 for 30 continues with our review of Wrestlemania 2 – What The World Is Coming To… a show that took place from three different arenas on the same day with three different main events. It is also a show that was a great example of what NOT to do and a show where – many mistakes were made, and the WWF definitely learned their lesson. We’ll talk the matches, the celebs, and the build-up PLUS MORE! Right click to download The post Wrestlemania 30 for 30 – superfriendsuniverse.com discusses Wrestlemania 2 appeared first on Online World of Wrestling.

- Bob Costas talked about his 2001 HBO interview with Vince McMahon in a new interview with Piers Morgan on CNN. In the video below, Costas reads a statement from McMahon 12 years later: - Former WWE star Derrick Bateman, who was cut on Friday, can be reached for bookings at MichaelHutter10@gmail.com. - Everything regarding CM Punk’s return to action is being kept quiet within WWE. A lot depends on how well his knee heals up but it will be interesting to see if he returns on Monday’s RAW from Canada because that was the most recent date officials wanted him back. Punk would need to return soon if he’s going to have a match on the June 16th Payback pay-per-view, as planned before. More Big News on Punk’s Return – Dropping Heyman?, Heat on Two WWE Stars, WWE Considering Huge Gimmick Match, More Scoops… Partial source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

- Below is video of Jake “The Snake” Roberts singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at an Atlanta Braves game on Friday night: - Below is video of WWE Superstar Primo Colon wrestling The Invader 1 at a recent WWC event in Puerto Rico: - Deadline reports that WWE Studios has appointed former Paramount and Miramax executive Julie Tustin as their new VP of Marketing. She will oversee all aspects of marketing, publicity and brand development for WWE Studios. Backstage Rumor on WrestleMania XXX, Possible Spoiler on Cena, More…

By James Cox WWE Superstars TV Report May 16th 2013 A show with some pedestrian but decent wrestling, a show that pushed Extreme Rules and a show that marked the in-ring return of Sin Cara. The show now has new music. ‘New Day Coming’ by CFO$ feat. Todd Clark. The chorus is about it being ‘the dawn of a new day’ and ‘getting back up’ when you’ve been knocked down. It’s harmless enough – the previous music had been used since the show debuted in 2009 so a change is fine. Interestingly, CFO$ are also providing the music to the new E! show, Total Divas. Sin Cara comes out to kick off the show. He’s injury free according to Tony Dawson and Sin Cara’s twitter feed and he’s moving well but looks a little heavier than before. Following him is Michael McGillicutty out for a second consecutive week on Superstars. Still sporting the Gregory Helms beanie hat from circa 2006 but Dawson tries to put him over as some kind of Chris Benoit figure, commenting on his ‘wild-eyed intensity’ and claiming that he cuts a ‘terrifying sight’! That’s a stretch, to say the least. Match 1 – Sin Cara v Michael McGillicutty Sin Cara pins Michael McGillicutty in 3:57. For the second week running, Striker tries to put over McGillicutty as ‘Big Country’. Never going to take off. Inexplicably, they’re still working under Sin Cara’s blue ring lighting. Sin Cara and McGillicutty aren’t really suited opponents from the word go here. Sin Cara tries a hurricanrana on McGillicutty who only responds to it late and so makes the move look sloppy. Sin Cara reacts with a fairly stiff drop kick and then they settle into a slightly better tempo. Matt Striker continues to push the moniker ‘Big Country’ saying that McGillicutty is a tough guy from Minnesota and “when you think of Minnesota, you think of Road Warriors, Bob Backland, Verne Gagne and Ric Flair”. Well maybe you do, but this man has very little in common with any of those Hall of Famers. Sin Cara puts together some beautiful high flying manoeuvres: a sprinboard armdrag, a handspring back elbow which sets up for his senton bomb for the pin. This was OK and Sin Cara looked fine as did his knee but he looks like his cardio will need some work. After the break it is Raw Rebound with Jericho and Fandango’s dance off and the ensuing brawl. Then through another break we get an Extreme Rules video package pushing the Lesnar and HHH cage match. They rehash the 6 man tag team elimination match between Cena, Hell No and The Shield. Alex Riley comes out next smiling like a geek and Cody Rhodes is his opponent. Striker tries to put over Riley since he’s an athlete, “a former walk-on at Boston College” but it’s been a while since he’s wrestled on internet TV let alone WWE programming proper. Match 2 – Alex Riley v Cody Rhodes Cody Rhodes pins Alex Riley in 8:23. This is the second consecutive week for Cody on Superstars which is certainly a worry if you’re Cody Rhodes but again he works a good match that brings some credibility to this show. Striker and Dawson discuss how Cody was at the top of the list of the WWE.com’s recent underrated superstars poll and I would agree – he’s under-used, a great worker and needs a push a singles star. As the match starts Riley goes for pin falls from a double-leg takedown with a bridge and a roll-up. Riley works over Cody’s left arm and gets a good babyface reaction from the crowd but Cody counters from a shoulder block and then keeps him down with headlocks. Riley gets some heat with a drop kick and then clotheslines Rhodes over the top rope. He uses the steps to launch a blow to the back of the head before rolling Cody back in to the ring. Riley then sets up for a vertical suplex back to the floor, but breaks at the referees count and the Cody kicks out his leg so that Riley’s head hits the apron. After the commercials Rhodes has Riley in a head scissors and uses a half-nelson submission to pin his shoulders to get a 2 cou

TNA IMPACT Wrestling Wrestlers of the Week 5.16.13 By Neil Borenstein Each week here at 1wrestling.com, I will select three of the top wrestlers from TNA’s IMPACT Wrestling and present them to you in inverse order as the show’s Wrestlers of the Week. In choosing the show’s top three superstars, performances from that week’s IMPACT Wrestling and any relevant preceding programming – such as Pay-Per-Views – will be taken into consideration. TNA IMPACT Wrestling Wrestlers of the Week for May 16, 2013 3. Jay Bradley – for earning a chance to fight for a spot in the Bound for Glory Series at Slammiversary by defeating Christian York: The Bound for Glory Series is one of the most opportunistic endeavors TNA affords its talent. The winner is provided an automatic shot at the World Heavyweight Championship during the company’s flagship pay-per-view, Bound For Glory. Spots are generally reserved for already established talent, but this year brings a new twist: one slot is being left open for a previous Gut Check challenge winner. There will be a match at Slammiversary to determine who earns that spot, and the process of filling up that match started this Thursday on IMPACT Wrestling. Jay Bradley and Christian York squared off, with the winner moving on the bout in Boston on June 2. York is the older and quicker of the two, and he has also been given more high-profile matches in TNA since winning his Gut Check challenge. Bradley, on the other hand, offers more in terms of power, has greater size and comes across as the more dangerous competitor between them. Both men tried to hit their finishers to no avail, including a Mood Swing try from York that Bradley simply slid out of. Like Bradley did to him after just missing the Boom Stick, York motioned to him that he was “that close” to closing things out. Bradley went at him with a right hand and the two proceeded to trade shots. York won the exchange and whipped Bradley, who reversed York into the ropes. York slid under Bradley and drilled him with a kick to the gut and then to the face to send Bradley stumbling into the corner. York ran at him for a monkey flip, but Bradley caught him and seated him on the top turnbuckle. Bradley went for a right hand, but York blocked it and then leapt off the middle rope. Bradley moved out the way and hit the ropes, catching York as he turned around with the Boomstick. The closeline put York on the mat for a three-count, advancing Bradley to Slammiversary for a chance to compete for that Bound for Glory Series opening. Bradley’s confidence is at a peak right now, as he proclaimed to Christy Hemme after the match that being one step closer to the Bound for Glory Series means he’s one step closer to being the World Heavyweight Champion. There’s still a bit of time to see how well that plan pans out. He’s off to a good start, though. 2. Kenny King – for retaining the X-Division Championship against two veterans, Chris Sabin and Petey Williams: Kenny King has a knack for getting under the skin of everybody else in the X-Division. Chris Sabin didn’t appreciate the arrogance of the X-Division Champion last week, and Petey Williams is not endeared to King’s strategy of stealing pins. King doesn’t care, however. He just wants to win and remain champion, which has worked out so far. This week, he put the title on the line against those two previously mentioned challengers. This would be King’s toughest challenge since the move that made all X-Division bouts three-way matches, as both Sabin and Williams are two of the most talented wrestlers to come through the division and have held the championship multiple times each. As with any match of this variety, the action was fast and furious with each competitor getting a good run for his money. But the trend that Williams spoke about earlier regarding King’s ability to sneak in at the end came about yet again. King was temporarily taken out the equation by Sabin, who placed him in a tree of woe against the turnbuckle

- A fan on Twitter asked former WCW and WWE star Bill Goldberg if he could spear anyone in WWE, who would it be? Goldberg replied and said Triple H: “Hunter…..hands down…..RT” The fan replied with the following tweet and Goldberg said his observation was “spot on”: “any particular reason or just the overall doucheness and politicking he exhibits?” Another fan asked Goldberg when he would be coming back to WWE. He replied, “When they learn how to run a business.” Finally, a fan asked Goldberg if he would come back to WWE and feud with Ryback. The former World Heavyweight Champion replied, “…..if they knew how to do business I’d consider it…..” Backstage News on a Future WWE Hall of Famer Returning to RAW, Big Plans for 2 RAW Mid-carders This Summer, More…

"Oh, You're a very bad wrestler!" "Oh, no my dear. I'm a very good wrestler. I'm just a very bad wizard." When most pro wrestling fans think of Kevin Nash in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), they think of the New World Order (NWO), as Nash joined Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall as one of the founding members in what is widely considered the greatest faction of all time. But just a couple of years earlier, before he would do his thing as "Diesel" in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Nash would become "Oz." Yes, named after the guy in The Wizard of Oz. He was even accompanied to the ring by "The Wizard" in what has to be the worst entrance music in the history of THIS BUSINESS. It sounds like the first MIDI tune I ever played on my old 486. See the video in HD here. Nash was seven feet tall and built like a brick shithouse and the best they could come up with was Will Ferrell in Elf. It didn't help that Wizzy and Ozzy were forced to don those goofy masks and emerge from a giant paper mache fortress that looked more like Castle Grayskull than it did Emerald City. Unless, of course, you count that sickly green glow that bathed a shocked and confused audience. Forget the Scarecrow, it was WCW that didn't have a brain.