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WWE ‘This is Awesome’ series to premiere on Peacock this week

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A new WWE-focused series is coming to Peacock this week.

In a video that was uploaded by WWE today, it was revealed that a new series called “This is Awesome” will premiere on Peacock/WWE Network this Friday (July 29). The series will be hosted by video game personality Greg Miller of Kinda Funny Games.

The series will “take a special look at the @WWE moments that made your jaw drop and left you chanting ‘This is Awesome!'”

WWE wrote:

Celebrate WWE’s awesome history with host Greg Miller and WWE Superstars as they relive the moments that made you chant, ‘This is Awesome’ in an all-new series premiering this Friday exclusively on Peacock in the U.S. and WWE Network everywhere else.

Miller has had previous involvement with WWE, including appearing on Xavier Woods’ UpUpDownDown YouTube channel and hosting the WWE Superstar Gaming Series.

The trailer for “This is Awesome” is available to watch below:

Sami Zayn to appear on WWE’s Broken Skull Sessions

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Sami Zayn is joining “Stone Cold” Steve Austin on the next episode of Broken Skull Sessions.

It was announced today that a new episode of Broken Skull Sessions with Zayn appearing as Austin’s guest will premiere this Friday (July 22). The episode will be available on Peacock/WWE Network.

Earlier this year, it was confirmed that Zayn signed a new multi-year contract with WWE. He faced “Jackass” star Johnny Knoxville at WrestleMania 38 in April.

Zayn is currently involved in a storyline on SmackDown where he’s tried to align himself with The Bloodline (Roman Reigns and The Usos), calling himself the “Honorary Uce.”

The most recent Broken Skull Sessions episode prior to this featured Austin interviewing Jeff Jarrett.

The Undertaker, Goldberg, Kane, Big Show, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Mark Henry, Jerry Lawler, Kurt Angle, Drew McIntyre, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, The Godfather, Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, Bobby Lashley, Seth Rollins, Jeff Hardy, Diamond Dallas Page, Becky Lynch, Ron Simmons, Lita, Bubba Ray Dudley, and Cody Rhodes have also been past Broken Skull Sessions guests.

WWE NXT’s next streaming event planned for late August

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WWE NXT’s next major event looks to be taking place next month.

Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that NXT’s next Peacock/WWE Network special is tentatively being planned for late August. Meltzer mentioned that Saturday, August 20 and Saturday, August 27 are being looked at as possible dates for the show.

“They are tentatively planning a major NXT show for late August, with 8/20 and 8/27 being looked at as possible dates for the next ‘Don’t call it Takeover’ show,” Meltzer wrote.

This would be the first NXT streaming special since June’s In Your House event. A special episode of NXT (the Great American Bash) also aired on USA Network this Tuesday and featured four title matches.

August marks one year since the last NXT TakeOver event. NXT WarGames (December 2021), NXT Stand & Deliver (April 2022), and NXT In Your House (June 2022) have taken place since the NXT 2.0 rebrand.

AEW’s Samoa Joe nabs Sweet Tooth role in Peacock’s ‘Twisted Metal’

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Ring of Honor TV Champion and AEW roster member Samoa Joe will play the dual role of Sweet Tooth in Peacock’s upcoming show, Twisted Metal.

Deadline first reported the news Thursday.

Will Arnett will voice the character who “is described as a hilarious and terrifying hulk of a man, who is as emotional as he is cunning. A lover of chaos, this majestic rage-filled killer dons an ever-smiling clown mask and uses “Lost Vegas” as his own personal kill-ground, all while he drives his infamous doomsday ice cream truck.”

There is no date for when production is set to start, nor when the series is expected to launch. 

After losing in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament final last Sunday at Double or Nothing, Joe was jumped and his arm/shoulder re-injured by Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh in a backstage segment seen on Wednesday’s Dynamite.

Joe (Joe Seanoa) joins a star-studded cast that includes Arnett, Anthony Mackie (Marvel’s Falcon), Neve Campbell (Scream movies), Thomas Haden Church (Sandman in Spider-Man movies, Wings, Sideways), Stephanie Beatriz (Encanto) and more.

The series is a 30-minute action comedy about John Doe, played by Mackie, who “is offered a chance at a better life — but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland.” Joe’s character is one of several trying to prevent that from happening.

The series is based on Sony Playstation video games of the same name.

Jeff Jarrett to appear on WWE’s Broken Skull Sessions with Steve Austin

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A conversation between Steve Austin and Jeff Jarrett will be featured on the next episode of Broken Skull Sessions.

It was announced today that a new Broken Skull Sessions episode with Jarrett appearing as Austin’s guest will premiere on Friday, June 3. Broken Skull Sessions is available on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network everywhere else.

Austin and Jarrett have had issues in the past, with Austin refusing to work a program with Jarrett in the WWF in 1997. There was an incident when the two were working in the Memphis territory where Austin was looking at the low amount on his check and Jarrett walked up, slapped Austin on the back, and said something like, “Keep on staring at it, boy. It ain’t going to make it bigger.”

Last October, an episode of Jarrett’s “My World” podcast focused on the history between him and Austin.

Jarrett was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.

Jarrett returned to WWE in a behind-the-scenes role in 2019 but departed the company in 2021. He made a cameo appearance on an episode of SmackDown in Nashville this January.

Cody Rhodes was the guest on May’s episode of Broken Skull Sessions. The Undertaker, Goldberg, Kane, Big Show, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Mark Henry, Jerry Lawler, Kurt Angle, Drew McIntyre, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, The Godfather, Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, Bobby Lashley, Seth Rollins, Jeff Hardy, Diamond Dallas Page, Becky Lynch, Ron Simmons, Lita, and Bubba Ray Dudley have also appeared on the show previously.

New WWE Broken Skull Sessions episode to premiere this week

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A new episode of Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions is coming to Peacock/WWE Network this week.

The Broken Skull Sessions episode will premiere on Peacock/WWE Network this Friday (April 15). Bubba Ray Dudley will be Steve Austin’s guest on the show.

On March 2, Bubba Ray tweeted that he was interviewed by Austin for Broken Skull Sessions and the episode would be coming soon.

Last month’s Broken Skull Sessions episode featured Lita appearing as Austin’s guest. The Undertaker, Goldberg, Kane, Big Show, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Mark Henry, Jerry Lawler, Kurt Angle, Drew McIntyre, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, The Godfather, Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, Bobby Lashley, Seth Rollins, Jeff Hardy, Diamond Dallas Page, Becky Lynch, and Ron Simmons have also been guests on previous episodes of the show.

Austin appeared at both nights of WrestleMania 38 earlier this month, including having his first match in nearly two decades. He defeated Kevin Owens in a no holds barred match in the main event of night one of WrestleMania.

Lita appearing on next episode of WWE’s Broken Skull Sessions

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WWE Hall of Famer Lita will be Steve Austin’s next guest on Broken Skull Sessions.

A new Broken Skull Sessions episode with Austin interviewing Lita will premiere on Peacock/WWE Network on Friday, March 25. Lita recently made her return to the ring for a stint that began with the Royal Rumble and saw her challenge for the Raw Women’s Championship at Elimination Chamber.

After appearing as an entrant in this year’s women’s Royal Rumble match, Lita started a feud with Becky Lynch. Lynch retained the Raw Women’s title against Lita at Elimination Chamber in Saudi Arabia last month.

Lita was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2014.

Ron Simmons was Austin’s guest on last month’s Broken Skull Sessions episode. The Undertaker, Goldberg, Kane, Big Show, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Mark Henry, Jerry Lawler, Kurt Angle, Drew McIntyre, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, The Godfather, Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, Bobby Lashley, Seth Rollins, Jeff Hardy, Diamond Dallas Page, and Lynch have appeared on previous editions of the show.

Bully Ray also revealed earlier this month that he was interviewed for an upcoming Broken Skull Sessions episode.

‘WWE Evil’ docuseries coming to Peacock later this month

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A new WWE docuseries is coming to Peacock later this month.

“WWE Evil” will be available to stream on Peacock on Thursday, March 24. The eight-episode series will feature episodes on “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan, The Miz, Sasha Banks, The Brothers of Destruction (Undertaker & Kane), Randy Orton, Stephanie McMahon, Ric Flair, and Roman Reigns.

WWE Evil was first announced as being in development by Peacock last May. John Cena is the creator of the show, along with serving as its narrator and being an executive producer.

“Each one-hour episode of this psychological exposé dives deep into a single infamous heel, unveiling rare behind-the-scenes details from some of the biggest names in the industry,” Peacock wrote. “These ‘evildoers’ undeniably shaped pop culture through the decades, making a tremendous nostalgic impact that bled into mainstream culture today.”

WWE Evil is Peacock’s first WWE original series. Peacock became the exclusive home of the WWE Network in the United States in 2021.

All eight episodes of WWE Evil will be available on March 24. The series is co-produced by WWE Studios and Bunim Murray Productions.

“As Peacock continues to expand its WWE programming, we are thrilled to bring the new original series ‘WWE Evil’ to platform, working with the one and only John Cena,” said Benny Reuven, Vice President of Entertainment Unscripted Content at NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “There is no one better to take viewers into the minds of WWE’s fiercest villains than Cena himself. We can’t wait for WWE fans to devour this series.”

The trailer for WWE Evil is available to watch below:

Teddy Hart documentary being developed by WWE & Blumhouse for Peacock

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This story was corrected at 2:30 PM Eastern.

WWE and Blumhouse Media are working on a documentary about controversial wrestler Teddy Hart.

Dave Meltzer reported the news in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, originally reporting that Peacock was producing it without WWE’s cooperation which he later corrected.

The documentary is tentatively scheduled for release this December.

“One person who was interviewed said they were going in depth into Hart’s past and there was a lot of questions about bad ex-relationships,” he wrote.

Hart wrestled two matches in WWE, one in October 2002 and another in May 2005.

The 42-year-old born Edward Annis has had legal issues going back as far as 2014 when he was wanted on sexual assault charges brought up by two women that were later dropped. 

He was arrested four times 2020 (three times in the first three months alone), the third coming after he was arrested in Virginia for strangulation resulting in bodily harm. In February that year, he was arrested for possession of a Schedule II controlled substance with intent to distribute and then was arrested several weeks later for violation of his house arrest.

In October 2020, he was arrested in Texas and charged with injuring a disabled person, evading arrest, and being in possession of a controlled substance. He was then arrested in February 2021 on the same charges, but in Virginia.

Hart hasn’t wrestled since a December 2020 indie show in Michigan.

VIDEO: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson opens Super Bowl LVI

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The Rock kicked off this year’s Super Bowl LVI event with a promo harkening back to his WWE days.

The video, which can be seen below, had The Rock opening the show by putting over both teams competing in this year’s Super Bowl: the AFC Champions, the Cincinnati Bengals, and the NFC Champions, the LA Rams. Rock used his WWE catchphrases during the promo, saying the Super Bowl has come back to Los Angeles.

Commercials for WWE on Peacock aired during the Super Bowl kickoff show, as well as during the first half of the game. The commercial featured footage from both the past and present, hyping WrestleMania season using a variety of words ending with “stupendous”, a word WWE has incorporated in their WrestleMania 38 advertising.

This year’s WrestleMania will be held on April 2 and 3 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Next year, the event will be held in the venue of tonight’s Super Bowl, SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Ron Simmons to appear on WWE’s Broken Skull Sessions

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WWE Hall of Famer Ron Simmons will be the next guest on Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions.

A new Broken Skull Sessions episode with Simmons as the guest will premiere on Peacock/WWE Network on Friday, February 18. That’s the day before this year’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.

The episode is premiering during Black History Month. Simmons made history in August 1992 by defeating Vader to become the first-ever Black WCW World Champion.

In 2012, Simmons was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Simmons is in the College Football Hall of Fame as well for his years playing at Florida State University.

Simmons will also be a guest on WWE’s The Bump this Wednesday morning.

The most recent Broken Skull Sessions episode prior to this premiered on the Friday before the Royal Rumble last month. It featured Becky Lynch appearing as Steve Austin’s guest.

The Undertaker, Goldberg, Kane, Big Show, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Mark Henry, Jerry Lawler, Kurt Angle, Drew McIntyre, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, The Godfather, Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, Bobby Lashley, Seth Rollins, Jeff Hardy, and Diamond Dallas Page have also been guests on the show previously.

Diamond Dallas Page to appear on WWE’s Broken Skull Sessions

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A former WCW World Champion will be the guest on this month’s episode of Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions.

Peacock has announced that a new Broken Skull Sessions episode with Diamond Dallas Page appearing as Steve Austin’s guest will premiere later this month. It will debut on Peacock/WWE Network on Sunday, December 19.

DDP was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2017. He last wrestled in January 2020, teaming with Dustin Rhodes & QT Marshall in a loss to MJF, The Butcher & The Blade at AEW Dynamite Bash at the Beach.

The most recent Broken Skull Sessions episode prior to this premiered on Thanksgiving and featured Austin interviewing Jeff Hardy. The Undertaker, Goldberg, Kane, Big Show, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Mark Henry, Jerry Lawler, Kurt Angle, Drew McIntyre, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, The Godfather, Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, Bobby Lashley, and Seth Rollins have also appeared on the show previously.

Jeff Hardy to appear on WWE’s Broken Skull Sessions

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A new episode of Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions will be premiering this Thanksgiving.

On WWE’s The Bump this morning, it was announced that Jeff Hardy will be Steve Austin’s guest on this month’s edition of Broken Skull Sessions. The episode will be uploaded to Peacock/WWE Network on Thursday, November 25.

Hardy changed brands in the WWE Draft last month, joining the SmackDown roster. He was involved in a feud with Austin Theory on Raw before officially moving to SmackDown.

Seth Rollins was interviewed by Austin on the most recent Broken Skull Sessions episode prior to this. The Undertaker, Goldberg, Kane, Big Show, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Mark Henry, Jerry Lawler, Kurt Angle, Drew McIntyre, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, The Godfather, Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, and Bobby Lashley have also appeared on the show previously.

Peacock also lists that WWE’s Ruthless Aggression docuseries will return with new episodes on Sunday, November 21 and Monday, November 22. That has yet to be officially announced by WWE. The first season of the docuseries debuted in 2020.

‘Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11’ doc to premiere this Friday

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A documentary focused on the post-9/11 episode of SmackDown will premiere this week.

WWE has announced that “Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11” will premiere this Friday, one day before the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The documentary will be available on Peacock/WWE Network, WWE’s YouTube channel, and WWE’s Facebook page.

“WWE commemorates the 20-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, with an all-new documentary, Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11,” WWE wrote. “Hear from Superstars like ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Edge and many more as they remember being involved in one of the most emotional and patriotic SmackDown episodes in WWE history just two days after the attacks.”

Vince McMahon was also interviewed for the documentary.

The post-9/11 SmackDown was held at the Compaq Center in Houston, Texas on September 13, 2001. Stephanie McMahon has received criticism for comments she made on the episode where she compared how the U.S. became more united after the attacks to how Vince McMahon’s steroid trial made her family stronger.

WWE will be in New York City as this Friday’s SmackDown takes place at Madison Square Garden. The show will feature an appearance by Brock Lesnar, Edge vs. Seth Rollins, and a contract signing for Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair’s SmackDown Women’s Championship match at Extreme Rules.

The trailer for the documentary is available to watch below:

John Cena to appear on WWE’s Broken Skull Sessions

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Steve Austin will interview John Cena on the next episode of Broken Skull Sessions.

A new Broken Skull Sessions episode with Cena appearing as Austin’s guest is listed among Peacock’s additions for September. The episode is scheduled to premiere on Sunday, September 26. It will be available on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network everywhere else.

This will be Cena’s first Broken Skull Sessions appearance. The Undertaker, Goldberg, Kane, Big Show, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Mark Henry, Jerry Lawler, Kurt Angle, Drew McIntyre, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, The Godfather, Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, and Bobby Lashley have previously been guests on the show.

Cena was involved in the main event of SummerSlam last Saturday, unsuccessfully challenging for Roman Reigns’ Universal Championship.

Following SummerSlam, Cena posted a tweet thanking the WWE fans for allowing him to return and perform this summer. Cena said his journey takes him away from WWE for now, but he’ll be seeing them soon.

Cena is set to appear when SmackDown comes to Madison Square Garden on Friday, September 10. Whether he’ll be appearing on TV or just for the live crowd remains to be seen.