The WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament is down to the final eight superstars after the conclusion of the WWE SmackDown tapings at Manchester, England. Alberto Del Rio, Kalisto and Neville all advanced to the quarterfinals that will be held next week on Monday Night Raw.
Seth Rollins injury that will keep him out for six to nine months have caught the WWE off guard and their plans for the next few months leading to WrestleMania have changed. According to reports, Roman Reigns was scheduled to win the WWE championship and defend it at WrestleMania 32 with John Cena and Brock Lesnar as possible opponents.
This week's WWE Monday Night Raw was held at Manchester, England and the 16-man tournament to crown the new WWE World Heavyweight champion started. Sheamus went up against Cesaro with Manchester United star forward Wayne Rooney in the stands getting involved by slapping King Barrett, who was accompanying "The Celtic Warrior."
WWE continues its European tour with its latest "Monday Night Raw" broadcast from Manchester, England. The show will not be live once it airs in the U.S. due to the time zone difference, but either way, fans are expecting news about Seth Rollins.
Roman Reigns was set to challenge Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight championship at Survivor Series, but an injury forced Rollins to vacate the title and Roman without an opponent. According to reports, Reigns was scheduled to win the WWE championship at Survivor Series.
WrestleMania 32 is still a few months away, but the WWE is planning ahead due to a number of injuries on the roster that changed their plans. According to reports, WWE plans to have John Cena face The Undertaker at the company's biggest event in 2016.
he Undertaker and Kane are scheduled to face Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Eric Rowan, and Braun Strowman of The Wyatt Family at Survivor Series in a possible four-on-two handicap match. According to a report, there is a chance that Sting is an option to be one of the partners of The Brothers of Destruction if the WWE decides to make it even.
WWE world heavyweight champion Seth Rollins will not be able to defend his title against Roman Reigns at Survivor Series after suffering a knee injury which is expected to take six to nine months of recovery. He vacated the title and a new champion will be crowned at the event via a tournament.
Former WWE Superstar and actor Batista, now known as Dave Bautista, was recently interviewed by Chris Van Vliet of WSVN-TV in Miami to promote his new movie "Spectre." They talked about his latest run with the WWE and if he would consider making a comeback inside the wrestling ring.
Former WWE World Heavyweight champion Daniel Bryan have been having issues with his neck and concussion-like symptoms for the past two years and WWE has not cleared him to get back into the ring. Bryan is rumored to be having a role for next year's WrestleMania 32 in Dallas, Texas.
Former WWE and ECW champion Rob Van Dam held a Q&A on his Periscope account and was asked if he was interested in returning to WWE. RVD said that he would like to return but not during WrestleMania season.
WWE Survivor Series 2015 is scheduled on Sunday, Nov. 22, at Phillips Arena in Atlanta Georgia. Only two matches have been announced, but here are the potential bouts that are rumored to be added in the pay-per-view and other news from the WWE Universe.
Former WWE Superstar and current UFC Fighter Phil "CM Punk" Brooks have so many critics including fellow MMA fighters and fans, who do not think he deserves to be inside the Octagon, as well as wrestling fans, who are still fuming because he left the sports entertainment industry. Roufusport teammate Ben Askren thinks that all of CM Punk's critics are just jealous of him.
UFC Women's Bantamweight champion "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey made headlines when she told the media that she wants to become a WWE Divas champion someday. In a recent interview with The Rolling Stones, Rousey said that she wants to be part of the on-going Divas Revolution of the WWE.
"WWE Monday Night Raw" airs from Denver, Colorado, as the company continues to re-push Roman Reigns into the main-event spotlight for the "Survivor Series" pay per view.
Former WWE World Champion Rey Mysterio was a guest recently on the "Gorilla Position Podcast," where he talked about his in-ring career, wrestling in Mexico at a young age and the possibility of returning to the WWE. He said that there is still a chance that he will return if they both agree on terms of a new deal.
Dean Ambrose has been very friendly with Roman Reigns this past few weeks, especially during their pep talk before Reigns' winning the No. 1 contender's match at this week's episode of Raw. Two singles wrestler being shown on TV as extra friendly is the traditional way of the wrestling business of setting up a heel turn angle.
Ronda Rousey is currently the UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion and will be defending her title against Holly Holm in UFC 193. In a recent media day, she said that she wants to become a boxing and WWE Divas champion one day.
Former U.S. champion John Cena is currently on a hiatus from the WWE and is set to return after Christmas. However, there could be a change on WWE plans as he might return earlier at the TLC pay-per-view on his hometown of Boston.
