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WWE marrieds The Miz and Maryse talk pairing up at work and at home

The Miz is the first to admit that his wife and fellow WWE superstar Maryse is his good luck charm. This is hard to argue, considering the French-Canadian bombshell returned to the company the same night Miz won the Intercontinental championship. Since then, the two have been inseparable on the road. “It’s great,” Maryse said,  holding her husband’s hand during a recent red carpet of a “WWE 2K17” event in New York City. “I just wish he wouldn’t listen to Howard Stern on the rides at night. Besides that, it’s great. I get to see my husband, who is the best […]

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Carmella Talks: How the “Princess of Staten Island” Plans to Reign on WWE SmackDown Live

If you ask WWE superstar Carmella, it has been an absolutely F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S few weeks. That’s because the “Princess of Staten Island” was called up from the NXT ranks to the SmackDown Live brand. She watched with everyone at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando when the announcement was made during the draft and her life changed forever. “I was so overwhelmed,” Carmella said, looking back. “I was the very last pick. Of course, I wanted it to happen. I was hoping it would happen. But by that point I was thinking, ‘This is not going to happen for me.’ So when […]

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Eve Torres on working with Jackie Chan in “Skiptrace” and moving on from WWE

Whether it was working for WWE or teaching women empowerment at the Gracie Academy, needless to say Eve Torres is no stranger to physicality. Her athletic background would come in handy squaring off with Jackie Chan in the movie Skiptrace, in select theaters and On Demand Sept. 2. The film is already a hit in China, opening at number one with a $60 million opening earlier in the summer. Torres shot her scenes in Beijing and Hong Kong. She found working with the iconic figure unreal. “It was a dream come true for me,” Torres said. “I was a huge […]

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Samoa Joe reflects on WWE journey ahead of NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II

Before Samoa Joe arrived in NXT there was some worry whether WWE would try to mold him into their vision. Those concerns quickly dissolved shortly after his debut in 2015. And in the months that followed it became clear the company would build on Joe’s established history and respected reputation rather than try to reinvent. The move paid off with the imposing veteran reaching new heights. So much in fact Joe reached the top o the NXT mountain by dethroning Finn Bálor and ending his historic title reign. “It’s definitely an honor,” Joe said, on winning the gold. “NXT has kind […]

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Kofi Kingston talks Scooby-Doo, Booty-Os and his WWE longevity

Thanks to his voice work in Scooby-Doo and the Curse of the Speed Demon, Kofi Kingston checked another accomplishment off his bucket list. “I was a huge fan of Scooby-Doo,” Kingston said. “It was one of the staple cartoons that we grew up with as ’80s babies. To be in a movie with Scooby-Doo is right up there with becoming a WWE superstar, having my own toy and action figure and being in video games. Being in a cartoon, especially with a character I grew up watching, is really cool.” Of course, the New Day member isn’t alone. Vince McMahon, Stephanie […]

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TCA: USA’s Falling Water had unusual inception

How did Brotherhood creator Blake Masters and the late Homeland writer-producer Henry Bromell come up with the concept of USA Network’s upcoming spinetingler Falling Water, about the power — and danger — of dreams? They got schnockered. At the show’s Television Critics Association summer tour panel, Masters teared up remembering how he and Bromell got drunk at a bachelor dinner in 2006 and came up with the idea of three strangers who come to the realization that they’re all dreaming parts of the same dream.In other words — what would happen if someone could wander out of their own dream and into […]