{"id":18487,"date":"2016-05-07T02:25:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T07:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=18487"},"modified":"2016-05-17T02:12:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T07:12:35","slug":"wwe-news-hits-cena-returning-today-show-maryse-renee-talk-total-divas-rusev-lana-nhl-playoffs-ross-blogs-ryback-rose-situations-payback-dvd-cover-batista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/07\/wwe-news-hits-cena-returning-today-show-maryse-renee-talk-total-divas-rusev-lana-nhl-playoffs-ross-blogs-ryback-rose-situations-payback-dvd-cover-batista\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE News Hits &#8211; Where is Lilian Garcia? U.K. Tour headliners, Maryse &#038; Renee talk Total Divas, Rusev &#038; Lana at NHL Playoffs, Ross blogs on Ryback &#038; Rose situations, Payback DVD cover, Batista, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1358180208\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>WWE Quick News Hits &#8211; Week of May 2, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pwtorch.com\/site\/tag\/wwe-roster-cuts\/\">&#8211; Full Coverage of WWE&#8217;s eight roster cuts announced Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; There was speculation over <strong>Lilian Garcia&#8217;s<\/strong> WWE standing after her absence from WWE TV this past week. Lilian addressed a &#8220;family emergency&#8221; via Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilianGarcia\/status\/728613198329339904<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>John Cena<\/strong> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/bwwtv\/article\/Scoop-TODAY-59-515-on-NBC-20160506#\" target=\"_blank\">returning to NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; show<\/a> on Monday morning (May 9). Cena is scheduled for his regular 9:00 a.m. EST timeslot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE announced the headliners and official info for the U.K. return tour in November and one-night event on September 7 in London. WWE noted that Raw and Smackdown will emanate from Glasgow, Scotland for the first time on November 7 and 8.<\/p>\n<p>The headliners are <strong>Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, A.J. Styles, Sheamus, <\/strong>and<strong> Sasha Banks<\/strong>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/worldwide\/article\/wwe-live-announces-november-uk-tour-one-night-only-event-september?sf25807757=1\" target=\"_blank\">Event\/Ticket Info<\/a>)<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-619966914\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; Former Oregon St. college football star\/current NXT trainee <strong>Sabby Piscitelli<\/strong> is returning to Oregon for the NXT card next Saturday, May 14 in Portlando. <a href=\"http:\/\/portlandtribune.com\/pt\/9-news\/305577-183600-is-wwes-next-big-thing-former-osu-beavers-football-star-sabby-piscitelli\" target=\"_blank\">The Portland Tribune<\/a> profiled Piscitelli&#8217;s post-football career now in the NXT system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE released a pre-Total Divas interview with <strong>Maryse<\/strong> talking about letting viewers into her life with <strong>The Miz<\/strong> on the next season of &#8220;Total Divas.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/videos\/maryse-talks-about-joining-cast-total-divas\" target=\"_blank\">Video Clip<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Earlier, WWE released an on-camera with <strong>Renee Young<\/strong> previewing her addition to &#8220;Total Divas.&#8221; Renee previewed cameras following her and <strong>Dean Ambrose<\/strong> around, which Renee joked made for a lot of yelling and screaming from Dean. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/playlist\/new-total-divas-season-6-cast-speaks-out\" target=\"_blank\">Video Interview<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, May 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Jim Ross<\/strong> published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrsbarbq.com\/blog\/49574\" target=\"_blank\">new blog at jrsbarbq.com<\/a> with his &#8220;executive thoughts&#8221; on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/tag\/ryback-dispute\/\">Ryback<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/05\/16947\/\">Adam Rose<\/a> situations\u00a0this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Rusev <\/strong>&amp;<strong> Lana<\/strong> were at the Nashville Predators&#8217;s NHL Playoffs game on Thursday night. The game went into three overtimes. No word on whether they stayed until the end.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Predators <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CRUSH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CRUSH<\/a>!!!!!! @RusevBUL <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsGoPreds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LetsGoPreds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PredsNHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PredsNHL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5iqXC28iOt\">pic.twitter.com\/5iqXC28iOt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CJ Perry (@TheCJPerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCJPerry\/status\/728400228542513152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The cover art has been released for WWE&#8217;s &#8220;Payback 2016&#8221; DVD. <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong> and <strong>A.J. 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(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com\/cover-artwork-revealed-wwe-payback-2016-dvd-blu-ray\/115045\/\" target=\"_blank\">WrestlingDVDNetwork.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Guardians of the Galaxy 2 starring <strong>Dave Bautista<\/strong> is scheduled for release this time next year. <a href=\"http:\/\/zap2it.com\/2016\/05\/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-chris-pratt-james-gunn-everything-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zap2it.com published<\/a> an overview of what&#8217;s to be expected from the sequel.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2833650854\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, May 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Former TNA Hvt. champion <strong>Eric Young<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/04\/video-eric-young-debuts-nxt-faces-nxt-champ-samoa-joe\/\">debuted on WWE NXT<\/a> confronting NXT champion <strong>Samoa Joe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Brian Stann<\/strong>, a retired UFC\u00a0fighter and former Navy SEAL, revealed in a radio interview that he was turned down for a role on Fox&#8217;s\u00a0military-themed &#8220;American Grit&#8221; show because he looks too much like host <strong>John Cena<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was actually at the last run of casting for &#8216;American Grit.&#8217;\u00a0I was very close to being on that show. Here&#8217;s the funny part &#8211; I obviously have a good relationship with Fox. It was Fox&#8217;s decision not to have me on the show at the very end,&#8221; Stann said on his podcast (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/ufc\/story\/ufc-brian-stann-john-cena-missed-out-on-reality-show-050416\" target=\"_blank\">transcribed by Fox Sports<\/a>).\u00a0&#8220;They decided that (he)\u00a0and John Cena look too alike and are too similar demographically and it won&#8217;t spread our fanbase enough. So I did not make it on the show because of my big jaw and I&#8217;m half the size of John Cena by the way. Didn&#8217;t make the cut, folks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Jim Ross<\/strong> reviewed Monday&#8217;s Raw and Sunday&#8217;s Payback, discussed <strong>Ryback<\/strong> walking out of Raw TV, and previewed his next set of boxing calls for CBS Sports Network in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrsbarbq.com\/blog\/49557\" target=\"_blank\">latest blog at jrsbarbq.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Stephanie McMahon<\/strong> teased involvement in a new show\u00a0on\u00a0WWE Network.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BehindTheScenes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BehindTheScenes<\/a> talking to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWENetwork<\/a> yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StayTuned?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StayTuned<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TpGqT2KVRm\">pic.twitter.com\/TpGqT2KVRm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephMcMahon\/status\/727970702779949056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Over at <strong>Shane McMahon&#8217;s<\/strong> day job, <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/news\/3178723-demand-parners-frequency-asia-joint-venture?source=email_rt_mc_readmore&amp;uprof=53#email_link\" target=\"_blank\">You On Demand announced a joint venture<\/a> with Los Angeles-based Frequency Networks to expand consumer video reach\u00a0in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/network.wwe.com\/shows\/collections\" target=\"_blank\">WWE officially announced<\/a> WWE Network &#8220;collections&#8221; for May grouping library content together. Themes include <strong>Chyna<\/strong>, Becoming <strong>The Rock<\/strong>, War Games Collection, and classic Smackdown episodes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, May 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/03\/52-raw-tv-ratings-post-payback-episode-fare\/\">Raw TV Ratings Report<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/03\/52-raw-twitter-tv-ratings-social-media-activity-post-ppv\/\">Raw Social Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/03\/wwe-advertising-shane-mcmahon-tell-interview\/\">WWE advertised<\/a> a <strong>Shane McMahon<\/strong> tell-all interview with <strong>Mick Foley<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/05\/update-steve-austins-shoulder-surgery-hes-not-hosting-next-wwe-network-podcast\/\">Why <strong>&#8220;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin<\/strong> is not hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The latest hearing was held in the case of WWE&#8217;s <strong>Dr. Chris Amann<\/strong> suing <strong>C.M. 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Garcia talked about their mission to &#8220;expand their entertainment empire&#8221; and she also went into detail on why they took an unconventional route of divorcing in order to be successful personally and professionally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, May 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/tag\/st-louis-raw\/\">St. Louis Raw News &amp; Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/02\/2016nxtdates\/\">Triple H announced a new NXT road trip in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Daniel Bryan<\/strong> began a new type of training recovering from the neck\/shoulder injuries that ended his WWE career. 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