Top Names Set To Roast Booker T

The Roast of Booker T will take place on November 10th at Houston Improv in Houston, TX. The Dudley Boyz, Stevie Ray, Brother Love, MVP, Sharmell and others will be there to roast the WWE Hall of Famer. There will also be special video messages from The Undertaker, Chris Jericho, Rob Van Dam and Diamond Dallas Page.

The Brooklyn Brawler Talks Approaching Vince McMahon About John Cena, Turning Down WWE Lawsuit, More

Recently on Talk Is Jericho, the greatest WWE Intercontinental Champion of all time, Chris Jericho, welcomed the ironman of enhancement talents, Steve Lombardi, to the podcast. Lombardi, who also worked behind-the-scenes at WWE, talked about knowing John Cena was going to be a major star very early on. Also, Lombardi, better known as The Brooklyn Brawler, talked about his loyalty to Vince McMahon and the ongoing concussion class action lawsuit lodged against WWE. Finally, Lombardi discussed why WWE is so highly scripted now.

According to Lombardi, who produced the promotional spots for local markets and other videos for WWE, he knew Cena was going to be a star right away.

"I remember Cena came in the room and he didn't come in the room. He was standing around. He had a mohawk. He called himself The Prototype. And, I mean, he was just standing in the back and I said, 'why don't you come in here and cut a promo?. I hear you can talk.' And he starting doing this interview and then he did it in reverse. And then he, like, rewind, kind of deal." Lombardi added, "I went to Vince. I said, 'Vince, we have a ringer.' He goes, 'really?' And then, he [said], 'take him off the dark match and put him on SmackDown.'"

Also, he named MVP and Mr. Kennedy as two other performers he put over to WWE higher-ups.

"A couple of times [Vince has listened]. I put [Cena] over, I put MVP over, I put Kennedy over one time because Kennedy came in and he had some good talent, but he didn't work out, obviously."

Lombardi remains loyal to Vince McMahon despite parting ways with WWE this summer and stated that he would even take the witness stand for WWE in its defense of the continuing concussion litigation if need be.

"This investigator calls me up. He goes, 'apparently, you parted ways with WWE.' He says, 'would you like to join the class action lawsuit for concussions because we're really going after them?' I said, 'I'll join the lawsuit, but it's going to be on Vince's side because your lawsuit is so frivolous. It's stupidity!' He goes, 'why would you say that?' [Lombardi replied] 'Because you're asking me to join the lawsuit and you never asked me if I had a concussion.' I said, 'you're the dumbest man alive.' I said, 'have your attorney call me. I'd love to tell him he's a dumbass too.' Do you know what I mean? He goes, 'you should be bitter!' I said, 'I have no bitterness in me.'"

During the podcast, Lombardi revealed that Roddy Piper would ask him to get WWE brass to let him go off script, but he did not have that type of influence backstage. Lombardi suggested that WWE being so scripted today is due to performers taking liberties and McMahon not being able to trust them.

"It's almost like Vince couldn't trust the guys anymore because some of them took privileges that they shouldn't have [taken]. Do you know what I mean?"

UFC President Dana White fires up fans and pro wrestlers

UFC President Dana White, in responding to a tweet from a wrestling fan who wanted to watch UFC 190 and noted how WWE PPV events are only $9.99, stated that he understood and added, "but fake sh*t should be $9.99." The fan then told White to try out some time and still use the term fake to which White responded, "Not disrespecting what they do. All the WWE guys I have met are awesome people but yes it's fake."

This fired up a number of wrestling fans with the comments making the rounds, sending many tweets White's way including those within the wrestling industry.

Seth Rollins: "Guys, cut @danawhite some slack. I mean he's had a million matches, so his opinion is super valid and should be taken as gospel."

Taz: "What's fake & what's predetermined? @danawhite my body is busted up from that "fake shit" - u think u train less?"

Bully Ray: "Good thing you had "FAKE" @BrockLesnar in @ufc to be your biggest PPV draw of all time. .@danawhite Sir, "do the right thing" and apologize to THE industry that laid the groundwork for YOUR industry. Have a great show tonight."

MVP: "Money doesn't buy class Dana."

Jeremy Borash: "Legit cancelled my UFC buy for tonight. Instead sending $50 to @NikBali, a UK wrestler paralyzed during a fake wrestling match. @danaWhite."

Bull Dempsey: "Hey @danawhite, come to the @WWEPerformCtr & see what we do EVERYDAY & tell me it's fake. Send your "ultimate" fighters too. How dare you."

White then wrote the following early Sunday morning to a fan.

"I pissed off wrestling fans? I respect wrestling and the people who do it. I was just responding to an idiot. It was a joke."

The comments didn't seem to phase WWE's Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon as she tweeted out a photo with Triple H and trainer Joe DeFranco wearing Ronda Rousey t-shirts, a tweet that Dana White later retweeted following Rousey's knockout win on Saturday night.

#andSTILL #Reppin4Ronda #UFC190 @DeFrancosGym @TripleH @RondaRousey pic.twitter.com/qKP3z1BWtj

— Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) August 1, 2015

Pro Wrestling Is Fake, but Its Race Problem Isn't

Blast From The Past: Jesse Ventura & Mr. McMahon return to commentary to call the revolutionary Breakthrough Battle Royal

MVP Comments On What He Would Like To Do If He Returned To WWE

MVP said he hasn't ruled out a return to WWE. "I’ve never had the opportunity to work with Daniel Bryan, who is one of my favorites," he said. On the indies I loved the American Dragon. I thought he was an incredible talent. Randy Orton and I almost had a feud when I came over to Raw, and for whatever reason, they put the brakes on it. I’d like to work a program with Randy. The one match Randy and I had was awesome. We just went out there and worked. He praised me afterward.

“Some people say Randy can be a hard guy to get along with. I get along great with Randy. The one time we actually got to work on Monday Night Raw, we had a great match, and I had an awesome time. I can’t forget CM Punk, my boy from FIP [Full Impact Pro Wrestling]. He is at the top of his game now. We had the opportunity to work once on the indies, and we had one match in [WWE’s] ECW.

"I would love to work a program with him. That would be great. If I did come back, I think I would want to be exclusive to SmackDown. I think I would want to go back there and help that brand and some of the younger guys...More?

source: miamihreald.com

MVP Wins New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Intercontinental Championship

Former WWE United States Champion MVP became the first ever IWGP Intercontinental Champion by defeating Toru Yano in the tournament final of New Japan Pro Wrestling's "Attack the East Coast" Tour. Montel Vontavius Porter completed the three-day tournament that played out during NJPW's American tour. Click here for photos.

MVP & Other American Wrestlers Caught in Massive 8.9 Earthquake in Japan

MVP and American wrestlers Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson were among the people caught in a major 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan on Friday.

MVP, Bernard, and Anderson posted messages on Twitter about the massive quake, which CNN reports was 231 miles away from the capital city of Tokyo and triggered tsunamis around the Japanese islands.

"Just felt the biggest Earthquake I've ever felt in my life. That is some scary s---," said IWGP tag champion Karl "Machine Gun" Anderson shortly after the earthquake struck.

"Seven years in Japan and this one's the worst," said IWGP tag champion Giant Bernard (a/k/a A-Train in WWE). Bernard also commented on the gym where he was working out being evacuated and people ducking & covering under yoga mats.

source: pwtorch.com

MVP Leaves WWE

Just a short time after mass layoffs cut the WWE roster by a significant number of employees, another Superstar has left the company.

MVP (Montel Vontavious Porter) was announced by WWE.com today as having been released by the company. Around the same time that WWE posted the news, Porter explained via his Twitter account (@The205MVP) that the termination was at his request.

"No need for alarm. I did not get fired," Porter said. "I asked for & received my release. I felt it was time to go international & freshen things up.

source: slam wrestling

Another WWE Release

Standard line from wwe.com:

World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar MVP as of December 2, 2010. WWE wishes MVP the best in all future endeavors.

Before They Were Stars

WWE Stars List Beatles Favorites

WrestleMania goes head-to-head with Beatlemania tonight in Glendale, with the legendary Paul McCartney blowing the dust off any number of his favorite moments with the act you've known for all these years at Jobing.com Arena, while across the way, large men in tights will engage in heated battle scenes.

To mark this coincidence, the WWE Superstars told us their favorite Beatles songs. Here's what they had to say:

Chris Jericho: "The Beatles are my favorite band of all time. I will be going to the McCartney show after WrestleMania!" Favorite song: "I Want You (She's so Heavy)."

John Cena: "Come Together."

Shawn Michaels: "Let It Be."

Randy Orton: "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds."

Edge: "A Day in the Life." "To me," he says, "they're singing a movie, and it's a point/counterpoint between Lennon and McCartney. They both have a character in the song."

Cody Rhodes: "Back in the U.S.S.R."

Sheamus: "Hey Jude." "It's been my favorite song since I was a kid," he says...More?

MVP Profiled on CBS News with Katie Couric

WWE wrestler MVP was profiled on CBS's "Evening News with Katie Couric" tonight for a segment capturing the "American Spirit." The text of the news segment on MVP can be read on the CBS News website.

The story centered on MVP recently attending a conference in Washington, D.C. focused high-school drop-outs and how to help troubled teenagers. MVP talked about his own personal experiences with illegal activity before turning his life around.

"Crime does pay, it pays well, but what they don't tell you is you have to pay it all back with interest," MVP told CBS News. "Sometimes that's all kids need, just one person to look at them and say, 'man he's just like me. If he can do it, I can do it.' And that means a lot to me."

The CBS news story ran at the end of the broadcast tonight with a WWE logo featured in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen throughout the news piece.

The story included WWE footage and earlier wrestling footage from MVP's career, which included a plug for the Florida-based FIP promotion's website.

CBS News also posted video of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. talking about wrestling, MVP in the ring, and watching Raw when other NASCAR drivers guest-hosted the show.

source: pwtorch.com

Money in the Bank Ladder Match

With his victory over Carlito on the Feb. 22 edition of Raw, new Raw Superstar Christian became the first man to qualify for this year's Money in the Bank Ladder Match.

On the Feb. 26 edition of SmackDown, Dolph Ziggler, Kane and Shelton Benjamin all qualified to join Christian on The Grandest Stage of Them All.

On the Mar. 1 edition of Raw, Jack Swagger and MVP qualified for the bout.

Matt Hardy will return to WrestleMania’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match for the third time, thanks to his qualification on the Mar. 5 edition of SmackDown.

Earning the eighth spot, Evan Bourne defeated William Regal on the Mar. 8 edition of Raw.

On the Mar. 12 edition of SmackDown, McIntyre finally qualified for The Grandest Stage of Them All by defeating a local athlete, who The Chairman himself hand-picked.

Lastly, just six days before WrestleMania XXVI, Kofi Kingston won a hard-fought battle against Vladimir Kozlov to earn the tenth and final spot in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match...More?

source: wwe.com

WrestleMania Axxess Info

Special Appearances:

Thursday, March 25 at 6 p.m. MST features John Cena and Bret Hart
Friday, March 26 at 6 p.m. MST features The Undertaker and Edge
Saturday, March 27 at 8 a.m. MST features Big Show
Saturday, March 27 at 1 p.m. MST features Randy Orton and CM Punk
Saturday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. MST features Kane and MVP
Sunday, March 28 at 8 a.m. MST features Rey Mysterio

Schedule and Attractions

Another Raw Guest Host Revealed

The cast of the MacGruber movie will host the April 19th edition of Monday Night Raw. Chris Jericho, The Great Khali, Mark Henry and MVP co-star in the movie.

MVP to Address High School Dropout Crisis on Capitol Hill

WWE Changes A Mentor For NXT

WWE has removed MVP from the list of pros mentoring for the NXT show and has been replaced by William Regal. Regal will now serve as the mentor for Skip Sheffield.

MVP: 'Wrestling Saved My Life'

Being in Iraq earlier this month as part of WWE’s Tribute to the Troops was something wrestling superstar MVP says he’ll never forget. It was a humbling experience, he says, to have been in the midst of heroes who risk their lives each and every day to secure our freedom.

But, as he stood with a group of Marines in a war zone, he gazed at the fences topped with razor wire and the towers that dotted the landscape. The memory gave him chills.

“You guys would be surprised at how much I can relate to what you’re going through,” he told the soldiers. “The uniforms, the housing barracks, being told what to do, the razor wire. I can relate to that. But I didn’t have to worry about anybody trying to blow me up.”...More?

source: postandcourier.com

Q&A with Montel Vontavious Porter

So what's the deal with you and Sherri? Is this relationship serious?

It amazes me how everybody can jump to a wedding. We were on the red carpet and a number of people were asking, "When is the wedding?" Sherri and I are exceptionally good friends and, as a matter of fact, the BET Awards was our third public outing, and people are already talking about a wedding and a marriage. There was one reporter who Sherri expressed her opinion to who then asked me, "Is she like this at home?" She's a wonderful person, and I'm very fortunate to have met her. We're very good friends....More?

source: bvbuzz.com