Holiday Weekend Recap: Batista Slams Post-'Mania Creative, CM Punk Upset, NXT Injury, RVD, More
With the Labor Day holiday weekend ending here in the U.S., we know that a lot of you are just getting back into the swing of things and catching up on your wrestling news. Here are some items posted over the holiday weekend that you might have missed:
- Rob Van Dam commented on his WWE run in a "Tweet Secret" from the SmackDown tapings this past Tuesday, which marked the final night of RVD's current WWE deal. RVD noted that he fulfilled his contract, just like he did with his last WWE stint that ended last October. He also commented on if this past run was a good one, you can read more here.
- Batista was not happy with the WrestleMania XXX aftermath. Batista told Chris Jericho on the Talk Is Jericho podcast that he loved the WrestleMania XXX main event match with Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan, but that it drove him nuts that WWE didn't have Daniel Bryan sell the beatdown from the match the next night on RAW.
"The next night we came back and they didn't want him selling," Batista said. "It wasn't his fault. You know, Daniel is an incredible worker man, and knows what he's doing. But they didn't want him to come back selling. Which drove me nuts man, because we beat the hell out of the guy, the guy's being pulled off in a stretcher. He gets off the stretcher and comes back and wins, but somehow mysteriously he's all healed up the next night. That kind of stuff irks me to no end, man."
You can read more from the interview here, or listen to the full interview at PodcastOne.com at this link.
- CM Punk lashed out over a leaked photo from his wedding. Add Punk to the list of celebrities with leaked photos appearing online, although his were not nearly as bad as some of the others. A photo from Punk and AJ Lee's wedding this past summer leaked online, and Punk took to his Twitter to vent.
"Tweet that pic and I block you. Simple," Punk tweeted (which was later deleted). "And I block you because I can't punch you in your disrespectful f—ing face. Pigs."
- TNA re-signed TJ "Manik" Perkins.
- Before returning on RAW last night, Naomi revealed why she's been out of action. She tweeted, "I had to have a minor procedure done to correct a problem from the orbital fracture, I'll be back with a whole new feel #SLAYOMI"
- Solomon Crowe suffered an injury at Saturday's WWE NXT live event in Palatka, Florida. During a match where Crowe and Kalisto took on The Ascension, Crowe hit a flying head scissors on Victor and then hit the mat and didn't move. He seemed to be in a lot of pain and clutched his leg. The match was stopped abruptly and he was helped to the back by trainers. More on the story here, plus Crowe's comments on being hospitalized in Florida.
- Real life couple Lana and Rusev were vacationing in Hawaii this week, and they hung out with legendary singer Willie Nelson, actor Woody Harrelson and actor Kris Kristofferson, whose son was recently released from NXT. You can check out a photo here.
- More photos of a bikini-clad Lana and Rusev vacationing in Maui are below: