There are many within WWE that feel that former WWE and World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio will be leaving the company when his contract expires sometime this year.
He is apparently not pleased with how he is being utilized including being used as a filler match for Batista before Wrestlemania. If this is true then this could conceivably be the second superstar that the returning Batista has (possibly) caused to leave with CM Punk walking out last month.
Some feel Del Rio could return to Mexico, where he is one of the most popular stars ever, and be much happier. Del Rio may not be as big a name as Punk but if he did leave it is another talented performer that has to be replaced. Just another worry for WWE heading into WrestleMania 30.
The first Raw after CM Punk’s departure went about as well as the WWE could have expected. Sure there were plenty of Punk chants throughout the night and reports that Punk posters were being confiscated like at the NXT taping last week, but the show wasn’t a huge barreling train that headed off the rails and took a plane back to Chicago.
Piece of advice to live fans- if you want to keep up appearances that Daniel Bryan is your guy, you may not want to chant for Punk during his main event match with the WWE All-World Marine All-Star Champion. It just proves to the WWE that you are chanting to chant and actually don’t care about what you say you care about…like Fandango.
Unlike last week there were some really good matches including The Shield doing their Shield-y thing in a six-man tag against Dominic’s real father, the West African Jamaican and man boobs. I am glad the crowd made the fact that Roman Reigns and Big E. were in the ring together a big deal. Few things matter in the ring anymore so it is nice when two big hulking men go against each other and the crowd oohs and ahhs. Kind of like the daydreams that Vince rubs one out to.
Back to Punk, because I am like a dog with too many chew toys.
Word is that Vince and HHH are split on what to do with the tattooed one. Vince wants him back in a big way and HHH feels the opposite because Punk didn’t feel like their match at WrestleMania 30 was high profile enough for him so mutton chops is butthurt.
News Flash: It isn’t as high a profile match as HHH wants to believe it is. There is a hierarchy to Mania matches.
1. WWE Title matches
2. Undertaker vs. whoever.
3. Whatever else is on the show
4. 1&2 are swappable
Punk has always wanted to main event Mania and he felt he was wasting another showing with a match against HHH. Maybe he shouldn’t have left so soon, maybe he just couldn’t take anymore, who knows? I do know that I would love to see Punk on TV again but only if he wants to. No use watching someone half-ass their way through something. That would be like watching Total Divas.
With Punk hanging out with Chris Hardwick or something it seems like WWE has taken the easiest possible way out. By easiest way out I literally mean they took the script for Mania and went HHH vs. Punk Bryan. Kane interfered in the main event last night because…because. So now it looks like D.B. will be taking on Korporate Kane at Elimination Chamber before getting Punk’s Mania leftovers.
Yay?
You know who should be pissed about all of this going down is Sheamus. He was rumored to be turning heel against Bryan and have a Mania match with him but now that has changed and it looks like he will be calling 1-800-FELLA on Ryback.
Welcome back! Don’t get pink eye.
People backstage need to remind Cody Rhodes that if he is going to try and pull a Kurt Angle in the ring at least save it for a PPV. Paralysis should not be given away for free. At least get my $10 on the WWE Network before doing that again.
But I do thank him for the effort. The Rhodes Brothers basically played the role of every John Cena opponent for the last decade. They worked their asses off in the cage match and carried the Outlaws then had to take the loss. Looks more and more likely of a brother vs. brother match at Mania.
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Brock Lesnar was not at Raw last night so that meant that Batista had to have some mic work with Alberto Del Rio. Sad part about this? Del Rio actually outdid skinny jeans even with all of his Spanglish. It was a tougher sounding Del Rio and his sucker punch on Bootista was a surprise that made him look like an actual threat and not a chickenshit. Where was this Del Rio during his last title reign?
Did anyone else know that Titus O’Neil broke up with Darren Young? That’s what I get for not watching Smackdown…or caring about Titus O’Neil. I did like The Miz coming out during the match and asking why he was not in a match but the “guy who barks like a dog” and the “guy who made his own belt for the internet” did. People give Miz a lot of shit but I am still a fan. Hard to believe its been three years since this:
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Let’s see what the possible, reworked if Punk is not coming back, I am just guessing so don’t hold me to it WrestleMania 30 card looks like.
Randy Orton vs. Batista
HHH vs. Daniel Bryan
Bray Wyatt vs. John Cena
Cody Rhodes vs. Goldust
Sheamus vs. Ryback
Triple-threat match with all three Shield members
Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar
On paper it looks good. Then again, so did WrestleMania 26 and that went down the crapper quickly.
I don’t believe we have ever been this close to WrestleMania where so much was up in the air. Now with Punk (maybe) gone for good I am sure the writers’ pants are quite full with the proverbial dookie.
Side note- Green Day’s “Dookie” is 20 years old now. Go fu** yourself time.
So even though Captain America: The Winter Soldier doesn’t open till April 4th can we just go ahead and agree that it has won the summer movie season?
And I haven’t even seen the movie yet.
The first trailer released last year focused on the political games going on in this sequel but this newest trailer goes for more straight up “Winter Soldier kicking ass, looking just like he leapt out of Brubaker’s mind, holy shit look at The Falcon, now see Black Widow (giggity), seriously how stupidly good does Winter Soldier look, MORRRRRE FALCON!” action.
Excuse me while I put this Trapper Keeper on my lap.
For you young people, that is an older way of saying I am hiding a boner.
Super Bowl weekend is routinely a bad weekend at the box office. Of course, if people knew what kind of boring game they were in store for last night they might have went to see a movie instead of buying lots of food and sitting through four hours of a bird raping a horse.
Ride Along won the top spot for the third week in a row with only $12.2 million. The rest of the top ten shook out like previous weeks with Forzen, The Nut Job and Lone Survivor trailing. That Awkward Moment finished in third with $9 million. Still, if you are Zac Efron you have to feel good about yourself that there are $9 million worth of people that want to see your naked ass.
Warner dropped a bombshell in casting news for Zack Snyder’s untitled Batman vs. Superman movie.
Jesse Eisenberg has been cast to play Superman’s nemesis Lex Luthor and Jeremy Irons will take over the role of Alfred.
First impressions of this massive news? I think Eisenberg will knock it out of the park. I am sure the trolls are already out crapping all over the news but this is a great choice. Why? Go watch The Social Network, for which Eisenberg was nominated for an Oscar.
That’s fu**ing Lex Luthor in his 30’s!!!
I think his Luthor will be similar to a Zuckerberg with a beyond genius I.Q.
The Jeremy Irons casting is just gravy. When you can go from Michael Caine in Nolan’s trilogy to Irons, you have made another winning decision.
The Man of Steel sequel releases on May 6, 2016. Read the official press release below.
Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Jesse Eisenberg has been set to star as Lex Luthor and Jeremy Irons will play Alfred in the upcoming Zack Snyder untitled Superman/Batman film. The dual announcement was made today by Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, and Sue Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.
Snyder stated, “Lex Luthor is often considered the most notorious of Superman’s rivals, his unsavory reputation preceding him since 1940. What’s great about Lex is that he exists beyond the confines of the stereotypical nefarious villain. He’s a complicated and sophisticated character whose intellect, wealth and prominence position him as one of the few mortals able to challenge the incredible might of Superman. Having Jesse in the role allows us to explore that interesting dynamic, and also take the character in some new and unexpected directions.”
The director added, “As everyone knows, Alfred is Bruce Wayne’s most trusted friend, ally and mentor, a noble guardian and father figure. He is an absolutely critical element in the intricate infrastructure that allows Bruce Wayne to transform himself into Batman. It is an honor to have such an amazingly seasoned and gifted actor as Jeremy taking on the important role of the man who mentors and guides the guarded and nearly impervious façade that encapsulates Bruce Wayne.”
Remember Felix Baumgartner? Well you should. He is the man that, in October 2012, jumped from 128,100 feet becoming the first free-falling human to break the sound barrier. If you watched the event live it should have reaffirmed your faith that humanity can do anything it sets its mind to.
Now, through the wonder of GoPro cameras, we can all see what Felix saw on his fall from the heavens. It is a sight to behold and got to me a little.
Hold it in…hold it.
On a side note- Damn. Those GoPro’s really do work fu**ing anywhere.
The poster blitz has begun for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Three new posters featuring Cap, Black Widow and Nick Fury have just been released. If we are going by the rule of three I would guess that Winter Soldier, Falcon and Robert Redford’s Alexander Pierce will be next up.
Let’s talk about my future ownership of the Black Widow poster…
