WWE News: Backstage Video Of HHH From The Jimmy Fallon Show, Mickie James Interview, More
Posted by Larry Csonka on 08.16.2009
Sunday news…
- On Friday, during WWE Smackdown in Detroit, a commercial was shown promoting RAW's return to Detroit on August 31st. Tickets start at $15, and it was announced that Triple H and John Cena will face Legacy (Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes) in a 3 on 2 Handicap Match. [Credit: Pwinsider.com]
- NZPWI.co.nz has an audio interview up with Mickie James, discussing her training, the direction of women's wrestling in WWE and much more. You can check out the full interview here.
- NY DJ Peter Rosenberg has posted the following video from backstage at HHH's recent appearance on the Jimmy Fallon show:
Posted By: Polish Post (Guest) on August 16, 2009 at 04:17 PM
Nice interview with Mickie. She and about 6 other women in the WWE are pretty good wrestlers. With the product being PG it's forced even the crappy ones to work matches even though they could be valets. Yeah we've been fed the notion that as long as they're hot it doesn't matter how crap a match is. I'm pretty sure a botchfest between two hot chicks will still make the crowd shit all over it.
It's said that fans don't care about serious a Diva division, BUT that's because WWE aren't doing much to give fans a REASON to be interested. Aside from that "smart, sexy and powerful" crap we're fed there is very little else. Most of the women don't have individual personas except for Beth (Glamazon) and Maryse (arrogant French model) so it's sometimes hard to tell one from the next. Lita and Trish were seen as more than eye candy and were respected by many because they were given the ball and they rolled with it. If they can get over so can others.
Posted By: Code Red (Guest) on August 16, 2009 at 04:27 PM
The only way I want to see HHH back in WM main event is if The Roots play his theme as good as they did when he visted Jimmy Falon(e).
Posted By: Roots fan (Guest) on August 16, 2009 at 04:53 PM
Handicap Match!!!!
I've never seen one before, now I must go to the show!
Posted By: WMD (Guest) on August 16, 2009 at 05:03 PM
"It's said that fans don't care about serious a Diva division, BUT that's because WWE aren't doing much to give fans a REASON to be interested. Aside from that "smart, sexy and powerful" crap we're fed there is very little else. Most of the women don't have individual personas except for Beth (Glamazon) and Maryse (arrogant French model) so it's sometimes hard to tell one from the next. Lita and Trish were seen as more than eye candy and were respected by many because they were given the ball and they rolled with it. If they can get over so can others.
Posted By: Code Red (Guest) on August 16, 2009 at 04:27 PM"
OK, that's just lazy. Seriously:
Melina (target of papparazzi)
Maria (dimwitted babyface)
Tiffany (General Manager)
Jillian (annoying wannabe singer)
Layla (British stuck-up)
The Bellas (Hmm...can't tell them apart...wonder why....)
Gail Kim (should EASILY be distinguisable considering her athleticism and her ethnicity and previous prominence in TNA and WWE)
Michelle McCool (bitch)
Eve (firey Latina, associate of Cryme Tyme)
Kelly (happy-go-lucky babyface, female equivalent of Scotty 2 Hotty)
Mickie James (tomboy-ish 'spitfire')
Natalya (3rd generation star)
The only ones that really don't have much going for them are Katie Lea (evil by association) and the duo of Rosa and Alicia on Raw as they just play second fiddle to Beth Phoenix and Maryse respectively. To claim they're indistinguishable from each other is a pretty relaxed approach.
Posted By: His Bubbliness (Guest) on August 16, 2009 at 05:11 PM
Oh yeah Mickie, you're a RAW girl, aren't you? Yeah, you like it RAW.
*begins to drool*
Posted By: Guest#2578 (Guest) on August 16, 2009 at 05:37 PM
Nothing will change with the Divas until the fans start reacting based on good wrestling vs. bad wrestling instead of basing reactions on how much they like the particular Divas involved. Plenty of good Diva matches have had comatose crowds because the girls involved weren't/aren't over, and bad matches have had good reactions from the live audience because popular Divas were involved.
Posted By: Guest#5217 (Guest) on August 16, 2009 at 05:40 PM
"Michelle McCool (bitch)"
LOL
Posted By: Kane (Guest) on August 16, 2009 at 06:15 PM
OK, that's just lazy. Seriously:
Melina (target of papparazzi)
Maria (dimwitted babyface)
Tiffany (General Manager)
Jillian (annoying wannabe singer)
Layla (British stuck-up)
The Bellas (Hmm...can't tell them apart...wonder why....)
Gail Kim (should EASILY be distinguisable considering her athleticism and her ethnicity and previous prominence in TNA and WWE)
Michelle McCool (bitch)
Eve (firey Latina, associate of Cryme Tyme)
Kelly (happy-go-lucky babyface, female equivalent of Scotty 2 Hotty)
Mickie James (tomboy-ish 'spitfire')
Natalya (3rd generation star)
The only ones that really don't have much going for them are Katie Lea (evil by association) and the duo of Rosa and Alicia on Raw as they just play second fiddle to Beth Phoenix and Maryse respectively. To claim they're indistinguishable from each other is a pretty relaxed approach.
Posted By: His Bubbliness (Guest) on August 16, 2009 at 05:11 PM
Thats bullshit mate. Melina as the paparazi star was 3 years ago. Maria isnt given time to talk so you wouldnt know she is dimwitted. Jillian Hall hardly ever sings any more. A new viewer wouldnt have a clue about these character traits because theyre not mentioned with any regularity any more.
And what you said about Kelly is ridiculous.
Code Red was right in what he said. You werent.
Posted By: Carl Amari (Guest) on August 16, 2009 at 06:20 PM
women's wrestling is FILLER. it does not draw any real money in this industry.
mickie should be grateful because she is the MOST POPULAR FEMALE IN WWE TODAY.
gail kim will never be as over as her regardless of her ring skills so mickie can keep her spot as wwe's top female face until she retires.
Posted By: Guest#1848 (Guest) on August 16, 2009 at 06:33 PM
".....even though they could be valets."
Here's a better idea: Fire them.
Being a valet (a useful one, at least) still requries talent on the mic and at drawing heat, talent these same chicks who people want as managers have not shown.
Posted By: Guest#2545 (Guest) on August 16, 2009 at 06:42 PM
