Lex Luger has revealed that he would be honored by an induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. Luger was part of the Four Horsemen in the early 1990s, but will not be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year as part of the group. Only Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, JJ Dillon, Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham will have that honor.
Luger said (in a fan conference caught on YouTube): “It would just be a tremendous honor if someday I was inducted in the Hall of Fame, but really, we’re here to get down to glory to God now with our lives and serve others and use open vessels for him to bring people to Christ… It’s something that would also help to use as a platform to continue ministry as well. It would be wonderful, definitely.”
In 2006, Luger became a born-again Christian after the 2003 death of Miss Elizabeth. He and Elizabeth were both taking an excessive amount of drugs prior to her death and there has been speculation that many within WWE blame Luger for her death, hence him not being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
William Regal wants former protégé Daniel Bryan to grant him a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship.
He tweeted Sunday, "I've never asked Daniel Bryan for anything for my help and guidance over the years. So now perhaps it's time. I still want to be the first English World Champion. I would like Daniel Bryan to grant me a title shot. WWE pay attention."
Regal then stated in response to those who doubt his ability: "It seems as though a lot of people think the same. One thing though, I don't deserve a title shot, but I want one. Some people think I'm not up to it. People have been counting me out for years but I can still wrestle as good as ANYONE in the world."
Regal faced Bryan in his last WWE match, which took place at the November 8, 2011 WWE Superstars taping in Liverpool, England. Regal's last match on a top-tier show was also against Bryan, on the December 20, 2010 Raw.
Randy Orton, who has been sidelined since late December due to a back injury, returned to action at Sunday's WWE live event in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He faced Wade Barrett in his return match.
Orton attacked Barrett upon his entrance. Epico, JTG, Kofi Kingston, Primo and Santino Marella then came out to defuse the situation. Orton RKO'd Epico, JTG, Kingston and Primo after Barrett ran off. Marella also ran away to avoid the devastating maneuver.
Orton is advertised to return to television on this Friday's episode of SmackDown.
As noted earlier, The Ultimate Warrior claimed this weekend that he turned down a WWE Hall of Fame invite from Vince McMahon. A fan on Twitter asked WWE Champion CM Punk what he thought the chances were that Warrior would accept a Hall of Fame invite. Punk replied with the following message that was re-tweeted by Warrior:
"Zero. Why would he?"
Warrior later wrote the following regarding the Hall of Fame:
"Achievements worth honoring should not also be shit upon by the very people who desire bestowing honor. That is shit this Honoree won't eat."
In the new video below, Rey Mysterio updates fans on his injury and says he hopes to be back in time for WrestleMania. Mysterio has been out of action since August.
The following is a new video from the official YouTube channel of The Ultimate Warrior: |
WWE officials have apparently decided to drop the Money in the Bank pay-per-view this July and replace it with another concept - the TLC pay-per-view. As noted before, they have been planning to bring the Money in the Bank ladder match back at WrestleMania this year.
Unless the schedule changes again, Vengeance will be replacing TLC in December for this year.
Top FCW stars Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose have impressed WWE officials and reportedly have spots on the main roster but have not been called up yet because of a new decree from Triple H.
Triple H has said that he wants no new talents brought up from FCW unless the creative team has a solid storyline for them to debut with and a strong gimmick. Officials are very high on Ambrose and while they feel that Rollins has some areas to work on, he's considered right up there with Ambrose.