'Can ya fight?' Superstars dish on their unique training styles

The first rule of Superstar Fight Club is you don’t talk about Superstar Fight Club. But if you have to talk about it, don’t sell yourself short. The sports-entertainment world is ripe with big personalities and bigger muscles and in order to survive, you need to be more than a little tough. So it’s probably a good thing for WWE Superstars that they didn’t just waltz into a wrestling ring without some true hardscrabble fighting under their belts. Riding a wave of uncommon bravery we haven’t felt before or since, WWE stepped into the locker room and sought out a handful of these individuals for their training, their tips, who they wouldn’t want to fight and which among them channeled Triple H on the amateur mat. (Hint: It’s not who you’d expect.)

WWE World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match 2014

If WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton thought his Road to WrestleMania would be without peril, The Face of WWE found out on the Jan. 27 edition of Raw that cruise control will not be an option.  On Sunday, Feb. 23, Orton will put the title on the line against five other Superstars — including Daniel Bryan, John Cena and Sheamus — in an Elimination Chamber Match, live on pay-per-view. The three fan favorites qualified for the contest after the interfering Wyatt Family cost The Shield in a Six-Man Tag Team Match on Raw Jan. 27.

Although the methodical WWE World Heavyweight Champion has competed in five previous Elimination Chamber contests, he has never won inside the steel combat zone, making the outcome of Feb. 23’s high-stakes bout all the more intriguing.  The Cenation leader, on the other hand, has won three of the four Elimination Chamber Matches in which he competed. Daniel Bryan has also tasted victory inside the inhospitable cage, winning one of his two journeys inside the Chamber.  Sheamus, who returned to action at Royal Rumble after several months on the disabled list, will be entering the Elimination Chamber for the third time in his WWE career on Feb. 23. He has never prevailed inside the structure.  Which Superstar —  Orton, Bryan, Sheamus, Cena or a participant still to be named — will leave Minneapolis’ Target Center with sports-entertainment’s biggest prize? To find out, watch all the action of WWE Elimination Chamber when it airs live on pay-per-view Sunday

Kofi Kingston’s leap of faith

First it was the hand-walk of 2012, then it was his chair hop of 2013.  This year, Kofi Kingston thrilled the WWE Universe by jumping from the barricade — located quite a ways up the ramp — and vaulting himself onto the ring apron in a stunning leap of faith to stay in the melee a while longer. Then, later in the bout, Kofi once again hung on — literally by his shoelaces — to avoid elimination.  Sure, he was launched clear over the top rope by Roman Reigns, but The Wildcat once again left an indelible mark on the Royal Rumble Match.

WWE fines Brock Lesnar

Following his actions toward the referee at Sunday’s Royal Rumble event, WWE has fined Brock Lesnar $10,000. The ruling came down less than 48 hours after The Anomaly delivered an onslaught to Big Show at the pay-per-view in Pittsburgh. His tirade continued the next night on Raw when a furious Lesnar attacked former WWE Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Goldust.

WWE ROYAL RUMBLE RETURNS 2014

The first Royal Rumble shocker came at No. 14 when the massive Kevin Nash returned to WWE and immediately eliminated Jack Swagger before going after both Rollins and Dean Ambrose at the same time. Big Sexy didn’t last long, though, as the No. 15 entrant — Roman Reigns — tossed Nash, Kofi and Dolph Ziggler in short order. It was just the beginning of what would become a legendary Rumble Match performance for the muscle of The Shield.

The surprises continued from there as Goldust eliminated his brother, Cody, and Reigns eliminated Goldust, leaving Punk alone in the ring with all three members of The Shield. Just when it looked like a public mugging was about to transpire, the clock struck zero and Sheamus made his return as the 17th entrant. Clearly not intimidated by The Hounds of Justice, the fiery Irishman went right for the trio with wild haymakers like he was in the middle of a Dublin pub brawl.  The smallest Rumbler entered at No. 20 as El Torito charged into the squared circle and picked a fight with Punk. The Straight Edge Superstar may have dismissed the little bull, but that was before he had been nearly flipped out of his boots by a hurricanrana. The luchador even scored an elimination when he launched Fandango over the rope with a flying headscissors, but he was then nearly hurled into the mezzanine by Reigns.

The mayhem continued from there as JBL left the commentary table at No. 24, and entered the ring in a shirt and tie. Yet by the time he handed off his coat to Michael Cole, he was sacked by the domineering Reigns. Despite his limited appearance, JBL still inspired chants of “You still got it!” from the WWE Universe.

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Batista won the 30-Man Royal Rumble Match

In his first match back after a nearly four-year absence from WWE, Batista proved he hadn’t lost any of his killer instinct as he eliminated Roman Reigns to win the 2014 Royal Rumble Match. With his epic victory — his second in the 27-year history of the over-the-top-rope melee — Batista began his deliberate march toward WrestleMania XXX, where he will attempt to achieve the one goal that led to his return: win the WWE World Heavyweight Title.

It was a commanding performance from The Animal, who entered the fray at No. 28 and eliminated four Superstars to stand tall. Long before that, however, it was CM Punk who kicked things off, entering at No. 1 for the second time in his career before displaying the kind of marathon man endurance that made Royal Rumble Match icons out of WWE Hall of Famers like Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels. First squaring off with No. 2 entrant Seth Rollins, Punk scored the bout’s first eliminations by dumping Damien Sandow and Kane, who entered the match in slacks and dress shoes.  WWE NXT standout Alexander Rusev — a Bulgarian powerlifter with scary agility — made a shocking entrance in the No. 6 spot, and manhandled Punk, Rollins and Cody Rhodes with the clout of a ring veteran. For a brief period of time, the rookie became an unexpected favorite until the combined efforts of four Superstars took the brute out of the match.

Before the big man left the ringside area, however, Punk tossed Kofi Kingston, who landed in Rusev’s arms. The Bulgarian strongman planted Kingston on the barricade, but the high-flyer’s feet never touched the floor. As he did in his last two Royal Rumble Matches, Kofi found a way to survive as he balanced himself atop the thin railing, took a running start and miraculously jumped back onto the ring apron.

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WWE SMACKDOWN 24/1/14 Big Show & Rey Mysterio def. The Real Americans

Big Show & Rey Mysterio kicked off SmackDown, battling The Real Americans with an awesome display of speed and power. Though Antonio Cesaro is known for his incredible acts of strength, in the end, it was The World’s Largest Athlete who hurled both his opponents to the canvas at the same time. This set up the giant’s KO Punch on Cesaro


However, as big a statement as their tag team triumph made, the final word on the matter came from the emerging Paul Heyman, who informed Big Show that he would “suffer” and be “subjugated” at the hands of Brock Lesnar this Sunday at the Royal Rumble event.

Batista returned to confront WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton

Randy Orton has riled up his enemy, he’s alienated his handlers, and before the first ten minutes of Raw had gone by, he’d found himself inside the pit of danger when an old friend came back to say hello. Indeed, the Champion of Champions’ first moments on the final Raw before the Royal Rumble were hardly his finest: not only did his petulant attitude rub The Authority the wrong way but WWE COO Triple H all but vowed to throw Orton to the wolves once John Cena – likely spoiling for a fight after Orton attacked his father last week – arrived, but Batista’s return added another bullseye to The Viper’s back.

Despite Orton’s attempts to play nice when The Animal did make his return, the former WWE Champion made his intentions clear: to take the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, no matter who held it, and headline WrestleMania 30. And on top of everything else, Orton was given a match with noted Viper-killer Kofi Kingston later in the evening to help him "make it right." After a meeting like that, it's likely he could use the opportunity.

Royal Rumble 2014 predictions

Royal Rumble is rightfully held in high regard as one of WWE’s most thrilling pay-per-views of the year, and the 2014 edition is no exception. Featuring a WWE World Heavyweight Title showdown between longtime rivals Randy Orton and John Cena, Brock Lesnar’s first match since last August, Batista’s return after a nearly four-year absence and the incomparable Royal Rumble Match, and Sunday’s big event feels positively monumental.

But who will win and who will lose? Which Superstar will withstand the 30-Superstar over-the-top melee to main-event a WWE World Heavyweight Title Match at WrestleMania XXX? These were the debates happening on the WWE floor this week. Check out who we predict will come out on top this Sunday!
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Big Show vs. Brock Lesnar Royal Rumble 2014

On Jan. 26 at Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar returns to a WWE ring for a fight, though his opposition will not be any ordinary Superstar but rather a true giant in the form of the 7-foot, 425-pound Big Show. Lesnar’s advocate, Paul Heyman, accepted a challenge issued by The World’s Largest Athlete on SmackDown, clearing the path for a colossal fight between arguably WWE’s two most intimidating warriors.  The turbulent Lesnar surprisingly reappeared on the last Raw of 2013 to not only name himself the No. 1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, but to also brutalize Mark Henry — a punishing act he repeated the following week, fracturing Henry’s arm and dislocating his elbow with the Kimura Lock. Moments later, Big Show stormed the ring and made The Beast Incarnate look uncharacteristically human, tossing the former mixed martial artist’s nearly 300-pound frame across the ring.

Big Show has since dispelled the notion he was trying to be heroic, instead stating simply that he has disliked Lesnar since The Beast Incarnate’s initial stint in WWE a decade ago. Even though the two juggernauts collided back then, both Superstars are different, more evolved, combatants now: Lesnar’s fighting game in 2014 is informed by his experience dominating the Octagon, while Show has added the lethal KO Punch to his already XXL-sized arsenal.  Even if the 30-man Royal Rumble Match wasn’t taking place on Jan. 26, the ring would still have to be reinforced to accommodate this monstrous matchup. As the WWE Universe remembers well, a June 2003 altercation between The World’s Largest Athlete and the Superstar then dubbed The Next Big Thing was so massive and so intense that it literally broke a WWE ring in a moment that lives on forever in WWE highlight reels.

What will happen with the behemoths tie up again on pay-per-view? Will Big Show back up his words and prove that Lesnar is not unstoppable? Or will The Beast, intent on pushing his way into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship picture, be victorious against the giant who packs dynamite in his fist? With both Superstars fueled by disdain, the one safe bet is that Big Show vs. Brock Lesnar is less likely to look like a sanctioned wrestling bout than a knock-down, drag-out fight between the two biggest dogs in the yard.  Find out which bruiser prevails when this hellish maelstrom takes center stage at Royal Rumble on Sunday, Jan. 26.

SmackDown Results: 'Justice' prevails over Outlaws; The Viper strikes down Langston

PHILADELPHIA – Amidst continued allegations of dissention in their ranks, The Shield stood strong – and united – as they dropped CM Punk & The New Age Outlaws in a decades-spanning SmackDown main event. And in an epic showdown, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton emerged victorious over Intercontinental Champion Big E Langston.

The Usos vs. Luke Harper & Erick Rowan ended in a Double Count-Out

Bray Wyatt may have informed Daniel Bryan that they will team together next week on Raw to take on The Usos, but in the meantime, disciples Erick Rowan & Luke Harper faced the always-amped-up Samoans on SmackDown.

With Wyatt and Bryan conspicuously absent from ringside, Harper & Rowan engaged The Usos both inside and outside the ring. When all order in the bout deteriorated into chaos and the action spilled to the outside, the referee was forced to call for the Double Count-Out.

As the Wyatts continued their assault after the bell, Jimmy & Jey slipped through the ropes and headed up the ramp. But the danger was far from over for the brothers, as the lights went out and Bray Wyatt and Daniel Bryan appeared to incite a 4-on-2 beat down.

Will Jimmy & Jey be at their best when they face Wyatt & Bryan Monday night?

WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton vs. John Cena Royal Rumble

In what is being called the biggest championship rematch in history, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton will defend his title against John Cena at the 2014 Royal Rumble. This time, however, there will be no tables, ladders or chairs involved in the outcome. This epic rematch will be a true test of both Superstars’ skill inside the squared circle. After announcing the monumental bout, Stephanie McMahon declared that there will be no stipulations, no interference and no excuses in the championship clash. It will be one fall to a finish and will end by pinfall or submission. The battle scars are still fresh on both competitors from a brutal Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match at WWE TLC 2013. Though he was handcuffed to the turnbuckle at one point, Cena battled free from his shackles and nearly became the Champion of Champions. The cunning Viper, however, shoved the Cenation leader off a ladder, sending him crashing into a table propped up in the corner. That gave Orton the opening to grab both titles from their golden perch high above the ring, unifying sports-entertainment’s top two prizes into one ultimate championship. Cena wasn’t going to go quietly into the sunset after coming up short at WWE TLC. The next night, Cena crashed Orton’s celebration and urged The Viper to give Daniel Bryan an opportunity at the WWE World Heavyweight Title. The Apex Predator did clash with Bryan in non-title action later that night, but when it looked like the bearded wonder’s resilience would bring him a huge win, Orton put a stop to it with a blatant low blow. And when Cena rushed to Bryan’s aid, he got a ring-rocking RKO for his troubles. There won’t be any room for shenanigans on Jan. 26, 2014, when Cena and Orton write another chapter in their storied history that dates back to their time in WWE’s developmental system. Though the vicious temptations of the TLC Match won’t be looming nearby, there’s still no doubt that they’ll throw everything they physically have at each other to walk out of Pittsburgh’s CONSOL Energy Center and onto The Road to WrestleMania XXX with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in their possession. Can Cena dethrone The Viper, or will Orton finally get rid of the huge thorn in his side? Find out at the 2014 Royal Rumble, live on pay-per-view Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

SmackDown Results: Cracks apparent in The Shield as Punk & The Usos prevailed

The Shield denied rumors of dissention; The Usos def. Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns by Disqualification WASHINGTON, DC – In the first SmackDown of 2014, The Best in the World CM Punk and the high-octane Usos reigned supreme over a Shield trio who couldn’t seem to get on the same page. Plus, WWE Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Goldust withstood the formidable challenge of The Wyatt Family and Bray Wyatt himself delivered a creepy message about Daniel Bryan joining the fold. At the opening of SmackDown, United States Champion Dean Ambrose addressed recent speculation about possible dissention in the ranks of The Hounds of Justice – informing CM Punk, in particular, that he couldn’t divide and conquer them. Roman Reigns added that there was no weak link to divide and Seth Rollins said that any setbacks they had were temporary, since in the end, they would do what they do best – come together and dominate. Ambrose then joined the SmackDown announce team as his cohorts battled The Usos. However, when it looked as if Jimmy & Jey might close the door on their black-clad adversaries, Ambrose intervened – bringing an abrupt end to the match by disqualification. The Shield’s post-match attack would be thwarted when The Straight Edge Superstar emerged to even the odds and helped to send the Hounds packing. SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero would then create a huge SmackDown main event showdown on the WWE App: Ambrose, Reigns & Rollins vs. Punk & the Samoan warriors!