Seth Rollins & Chris Jericho Trash Talk Each Other

The Shield member Seth Rollins and former (for now!) WWE star Chris Jericho recently had an exchange on Twitter. Here it is below…

Seth Rollins: #justicelives in our hearts. And we will not be held down another second. Believe in righteousness. Believe in hope. #believeintheshield

Chris Jericho: @WWERollins What the hell are you talking about junior? #flashinthepan

Seth Rollins: @IAmJericho Not just talking, but actualizing. Changing the game that left you in the dust, senior. #believeintheshield #justicelives

Chris Jericho: @WWERollins Learn how to cut a decent promo first, then come back and see me Henry.

Seth Rollins: @IAmJericho Ohhhh I'm the wannabe rock star now? I thought you had that role on lock Moongoose McCatchphrase.

Chris Jericho: @WWERollins Wannabe rock star…debatable. Actual 6 time WORLD Champion…undeniable. Wannabe NWO…@TheShieldWWE

**SPOILER** - Title Change On This Week's RAW

At Saturday night's TV tapings at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC for the New Year's Eve edition of RAW, Wade Barrett defeated Kofi Kingston via pin to win the Intercontinental championship. This is Barrett's second reign as IC champion. Following the title win, Josh Matthews interviewed Barrett and he "warned" the WWE locker room to watch out for the "Barrett Barrage" in 2013.

**SPOILERS** WWE RAW Results For This Monday

WWE RAW (Airing This Monday Night):
* The Miz kicks off RAW by announcing that Vickie Guerrero has declared that tonight's show will have a "Champions Choice" theme, with "all" titles on the line tonight (except for CM Punk's WWE title) and the champions getting to pick their opponents.

* The Miz hosts MizTV with his guest, John Cena. Cena starts talking about the holiday season but is interrupted by Team Rhodes Scholars, Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow. Cena points out that Washington Redskins quarterback RGIII, who was featured on WWE RAW several weeks ago,is in the crowd. It's announced that The Miz and Cena vs. Rhodes Scholars will be taking place next.

* John Cena and The Miz defeated Team Rhodes Scholars in a long match after Cena hit Sandow with the Attitude Adjustment and got the pin.

* United States Champion Antonio Cesaro comes out and cuts a standard anti-American promo. The opponent he decides to defend the US Championship against tonight is none other than: WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter.

* US Champion Antonio Cesaro defeats Sgt. Slaughter after hitting him with the Neutralizer. After the match, Cesaro hit Slaughter with a second Neutralizer to add insult to injury.

* It's announced that later in the show, there will be a special New Year's Eve toast between Dolph Ziggler and AJ Lee - with John Cena invited to join in on the celebration.

* Later tonight, The Shield will face Ryback in a 3-on-1 handicap match.

* Backstage, Team Hell No announced they will defend the WWE Tag titles against 3MB.

* Kane & Daniel Bryan defeated Heath Slater and Drew McIntyre. Jinder Mahal was at ringside for the match. After their win, Kane & Daniel Bryan mocked 3MB by doing "air guitar" in the ring, which the crowd popped big for.

* WWE Champion CM Punk comes down to the ring, along with Paul Heman and a doctor. The doctor verifies that CM Punk is indeed unable to compete due to injury and x-rays of CM Punk's surgically repaired knee are shown on the Titantron. Punk says that due to the condition of his knee, his doctor won't medically clear him to wrestle Ryback in a TLC match on the January 7th RAW, so the match is off. "No Chance" hits - and out comes WWE Chairman Vince McMahon. Vince says it doesn't matter what the doctor says - a TLC Match will take place on January 7th. Vince questions what CM Punk's relationship is with The Shield and Brad Maddox and says that if doctors determine that Punk isn't medically cleared to face Ryback in a TLC match on 1/7, then Paul Heyman will take his place.

* Sheamus defeats Dolph Ziggler by disqualification after The Shield runs down and attacks Sheamus. The Shield stand tall over Sheamus and then exit through the crowd.

* WWE Divas champion Eve Torres comes out and says she wants to defend against Mae Young, who is not there. Kaitlyn comes out and says she'll wrestle in place of Mae Young and winds up attacking Eve in the ring. Eve escapes and runs to the back without a match taking place.

* World Heavyweight champion Big Show defeats Ricardo Rodriguez by disqualification after Alberto Del Rio interfered and attacked Big Show. In a bit of comedy, Del Rio came down to the ring in a suit before the match and Ricardo came out driving a fancy sports car.

* Wade Barrett defeated Kofi Kingston by pinfall to capture the Intercontinental championship for a second time. After the match, Josh Matthews interviewed the new champion. Barrett warned the WWE locker room to watch out for the Barrett Barrage in 2013.

* The Shield vs. Ryback in a 3-on-1 match never officially took place. As Ryback was making his entrance, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns attacked him on the ramp. Sheamus and Randy Orton ran out to make the save and The Shield escaped through the crowd. Ryback, Orton and Sheamus celebrated in the ring.

* Up next is the New Year's Eve toast. Dolph Ziggler came out first in a tuxedo, followed by AJ Lee in a dress and Big E Langston in his wrestling gear. The three of them toasted while showing clips on the Titantron of several moments from 2012 that John Cena would like to forget, including Brock Lesnar attacking him, Big Show delivering a knockout punch and more. Ziggler announces that Cena has been un-invited from the New Year's toast and orders Langston to guard the ring.
As Ziggler begins to make out with AJ, Cena interrupts. Cena admits that he had some tough times in 2012, but that's nothing compared to all the WWE superstars that AJ was romantically linked to this year. Cena talks about all the illegitimate children AJ has with various wrestlers and shows pictures on the Titantron of several babies with the faces of WWE superstars and legends Photoshopped onto the bodies.

Cena announces that he's officially entering himself into the Royal Rumble and promised to win the WWE Championship again in 2013. Cena toasts AJ & Ziggler as what appears to be human waste falls from the arena roof into the ring, covering the heels. AJ & Ziggler freak out as Cena's music hits and the show goes off the air. Quite a way to end the final RAW of 2012.

Zack Ryder Says 2012 'Sucked' On Latest Show

This week's edition of "Z! True Long Island Story" is titled "Best of Zack Ryder 2012," with his many of his lowlights highlighted in a somber video package; losing the United States Championship to Jack Swagger, Kane's numerous attacks including being chokeslammed through the RAW stage and wheeled off the stage, Eve making out in front of him with John Cena, Eve kicking him in the groin at WrestleMania XXVIII, suffering losses to The Miz, Damien Sandow, Alberto Del Rio, Daniel Bryan and Tensai, and getting beat down by 3MB.

Ryder admits 2012 "sucked," but vows that 2013 will be "the year of the Broski," not to mention "sick."

You can view the show below:

WWE RAW Draws Its Lowest Rating In Over 15 Years

Monday's Christmas-themed episode of RAW featuring John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight and a Santa Claus injury angle drew a 2.2 cable rating, which marks as the show's lowest rating of 2012 and in over 15 years. The last episode to draw a figure that low was the September 8, 1997 show, which featured Triple H vs. Savio Vega vs. The Patriot in the main event.

Who JBL Thinks Deserves A WWE Hall Of Fame Induction

JBL recently blogged on who he thinks deserves a WWE Hall of Fame induction. Here is what he wrote…

"Interesting viewpoints on WWE Hall of Fame for 2013. I do believe the NWO should eventually go in, I don't know if this year is the year-but they had the greatest story line in wrestling history and think they are deserving to go in as a faction.

The NWO wasn't together that long, but when you have the greatest impact in wrestling history I think it merits an induction. Many forget during that time WWE was losing the ratings battle and did so for almost a year, this ushered in the Attitude Era, which I still believe was wrestling's greatest era.

Owen Hart, Bruno Sammartino and Randy Savage are no brainers and feel they all will go in at some point.

Mick Foley is the other NY guy that is obviously worthy and hopefully goes in the hall in NY. Booker T is a Hall of Famer, but don't know if NY is the place for him to go in-would be great to see him go in when Wrestlemania is in Houston, Dallas or San Antonio-but don't know when that will be.

I believe Trish Stratus is a Hall of Famer and several from that era are as well-I think Sable and Torrie will one day go in, probably. Remember they were both at one time the highest selling Playboy issue on their respective covers. All of those divas from that era, including Stacey Kiebler transcended our business and became mainstream."

Road Dogg Tweets

The "Road Dogg" Jesse James tweeted the following after Thursday night's show at Madison Square Garden… "@RealBillyGunn and I just ignited a fire under NYC! It felt so good just to feel the electricity generated by Madison Square Garden! #OUDK It felt equally as good in The Garden to experience this! Awesome feeling at this stage of our career! #glorytoGod"

Jamie Noble Works WWE Live Event

Former WWE performer and current backstage WWE agent Jamie Noble wrestled at the Green Bay SmackDown show Thursday night, losing to a debuting "Fandango".

The Latest Names Being Considered For HOF

With next year's WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony taking place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the company plans to pay homage to the famous area.

Besides Mick Foley likely being enshrined, there is discussion of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, the Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) and Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) being inducted, according to several sources. Johnson made his debut at the famous arena in 1996, while Harlem Heat was a New York-based gimmick. In the case of The Nasty Boys, who hail from Allentown, Pennsylvania, the two were billed from "The Streets of New York City" during their time in World Championship Wrestling.

Company officials would also like to honor Owen Hart, who defeated Bret Hart in a memorable WrestleMania match at Madison Square Garden in 1994. Despite the push for Owen, the enshrinement is unlikely to materialize because his widow would not allow it. Hart's brother Smith revealed on Twitter earlier this year, "Because she blames the wrestling business in its entirety for his death. She is the sole owner of his estate. With Martha, there will never B a way, perhaps his kids may eventually make the choice. But thats at least 20 yrs in future."

Plus, Paul "Triple H" Levesque, WWE Executive Vice President of Talent and Live Events, is said to "desperately" want Bruno Sammartino enshrined, but it's considered a long shot for a multitude of reasons including Bruno's hatred for Vince McMahon.

As noted earlier, tonight sees the kick-off of WWE's Hall of Fame pre-sale event. The pre-sale runs from tonight through January 11th with the password being "officially" revealed tonight at the Madison Square Garden house show. Once the password has been revealed, the pre-sale takes place at Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are priced between $70 and $180 and we reported earlier that the pre-sale password is FAMOUS.

Sin Cara Update

Sin Cara is expected to return at this coming Saturday's WWE TV tapings at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Cara recently had arthroscopic knee surgery last week. The surgery was considered "minor" and he wasn't expected to miss much in-ring time.

Cage Match At TNA Live Events

TNA's upcoming January 4 house show in Salisbury, Maryland will feature a Steel Cage match of Jeff Hardy vs Austin Aries vs Bobby Roode. The cage will also be used at the January 5 show in Philadelphia.

Backstage Reaction To Chris Benoit In WWE Encyclopedia

Though WWE has attempted to distance themselves from Chris Benoit since his career and life ended in a murder–suicide on June 24, 2007, the recently released WWE Encyclopedia features a sizable entry on the late wrestler. According to a source, this move has many people in WWE "baffled," with his entry taking up more than half of a page.

The bio acknowledges Benoit emulating Dynamite Kid after seeing compete when he was 12-years-old, training in Stu Harts's famous Dungeon, wrestling all over the world, making a name for himself in WCW before jumping to WWE, and fulfilling his destiny when he captured the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XX in a Triple Threat Match versus Triple H and Shawn Michaels. There is no acknowledgment of the double murder/suicide, though he is addressed in the past tense.

R-Truth's Injury & Return

R-Truth is expected to return to action in early January. Truth is out of action following his match at TLC with Antonio Cesaro. During the match, Truth suffered an extremely nasty gash on his knee.

The New Age Outlaws Return Update

The New Age Outlaws were victorious against Team Rhodes Scholars at Wednesday night's WWE Holiday live event from Detroit, Michigan. The duo, who are working the holiday tour in place of Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio, were very over with the live crowd.

Antonio Cesaro's Next Feud

The Great Khali challenges Antonio Cesaro for the US Title in the featured match on next week's WWE Main Event.

Ezekiel Jackson's WWE Return?

Ezekiel Jackson told fans on Twitter that he will be back very soon. He has been out for months due to injury.

Loads Of CAWs for WWE 13 In Here!!!!!

Here is a list of some of our CAWs made for WWE 13 -


Batista - http://youtu.be/sMXUNfjcUmk

John Morrison - http://youtu.be/cZgjYvgoxl8

Benoit - http://youtu.be/Ai-5gnf2Zb8

MVP - http://youtu.be/1qgehXpihyI

Steve Blackman - http://youtu.be/GVkzDwuroy8

Hulk Hogan - http://youtu.be/1MOYM-yhZMo

Papa Shango - http://youtu.be/frwV8iUUr6E

Jeff Hardy - http://youtu.be/jqufKDBnZRI

Macho Man - http://youtu.be/z4PB4BLY7d0

There are many more on our Youtube Channel which can be found here - 

http://www.youtube.com/ScarecrowDeath81

Steve Austin Speaks Out - Bret Hart, John Cena, & More

While promoting WWE 13, Steve Austin spoke about how John Cena would have thrived in the Attitude Era and more. Here are the highlights…

On Working With Bret Hart: Man, working with Bret Hart was some of the most fun matches I've ever had in my life. There was Chicago and WrestleMania 13, over in South Africa, in Germany — and Bret had a pretty good stronghold over in Germany. Man, I loved working with Bret. I've got a lot of respect for Bret as a person, and everything he did as a pro wrestler. Hell, I remember one time we were working a show somewhere and Bret was in the main event. [Bret] got a flat tire on his Lincoln Towncar, and I changed his tire while he was in the ring working. Every day you work with Bret, you could learn something. We had 100 percent trust in each other, and 100 percent respect for each other. He's a badass guy, and I just — every night was a good night with Hart. That's the damn truth.

On John Cena Thriving in the Attitude Era: John Cena in The Attitude Era. Man, that's a good question. Yeah, had he been placed in it, and been dealt with accordingly, the John Cena you see now — the face of the franchise, the leader of the pack? Not so much. But I guarantee if you'd have gotten him face to face with "Stone Cold" in an interview, and you know John cuts a good interview himself, if I slapped the s*** out of that son of a b****, I think we're off and running to make a lot of money. All he needs is to be poked and prodded in the right way. I think John Cena has a hell of a lot of fire and he needs to be in the ring with the right opponent, or the right cat, to bring that out. So in the current environment, you really don't see that in him. Place [Cena] back 10 years in the ring with "Stone Cold"? You'd have rung the cash register, big time.

On Superstar Billy Graham: Oh man, it's like the DVD they made of "Superstar" — "20 Years Too Soon." He was. Man, that guy was just the perfect guy. He could have lived in The Attitude Era rather than "Stone Cold," had he been around a little bit later. I just think everything that guy did was so entertaining back in the day — the promos he cut, the outfits he wore. His work style was a little bit different than mine, obviously, but he had such a great look. You just thought he was a badass, and he was just a highly entertaining guy. Had they known, they could have done with Billy what they did with me, had they had the wherewithal or the chance to do it back then, but they didn't think of it back then.

JR At WrestleMania 29?

Jim Ross published a new blog on his website reflecting on the past Christmas Day wrestling shows he took part in. Ross also said he hopes to call at least one big match at Wrestlemania 29 this coming April.

The 2013 WWE Hall Of Fame

WWE will have a pre-sale for the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony at Madison Square Garden on April 6, 2013 after Thursday's WWE RAW house show at Madison Square Garden in NYC. WWE is also expected to make an announcement regarding the HOF during the RAW show as well. The pre-sale will begin on Ticketmaster.com at 10:30PM ET on Thursday night. This follows the conclusion of the RAW show. Tickets will then go on-sale to the general public starting Saturday, January 12, 2013.

Update On The Rock's WWE Return Inside Here

The Rock is now being advertised for the January 22 SmackDown tapings in Sacramento, California. Here is his updated WWE schedule for January and February…

* Jan. 7: RAW TV in Tampa, Fla.
* Jan. 8: SmackDown TV taping in Miami, Fla.
* Jan. 21: RAW TV in San Jose, Calif. (reported, but not yet official)
* Jan. 22: SmackDown TV in Sacramento, Calif.
* Jan. 27: Royal Rumble PPV in Phoenix, Ariz.
* Jan. 28: RAW TV in Las Vegas, Nev.
* Feb. 17: Elimination Chamber PPV in New Orleans, La.
* Feb. 18: RAW TV in Lafayette, La. at the Cajundome.

WWE Denies Looking For Investors For New Network

Last week it was reported that WWE might potentially partner with an investment company to get the WWE Network launched, due to the fact that they have invested a ton of capitol over the last three years on the project.

According to a source in WWE, those reports are false and WWE is still looking to launch the project on their own.

CM Punk's Title Reign

CM Punk's WWE Title reign has now hit 400 days.

Backstage Update - Randy Orton's Shoulder Injury

As previously reported, Randy Orton suffered a dislocated shoulder at the WWE Tribute to the Troops tapings.

Orton suffers from a condition called hypermobile shoulders, which allows his shoulders to stretch back in a much greater range of motion than the average person. The downside to the condition is that he's more prone to dislocating his shoulders and his shoulder joints will wear down much faster than the average person. This could also lead to more health issues as he gets older.