Rumors and news from the wrestling world.....possible spoilers

[optimuslives]

News and Rumors from in and out of the WWE....spoilers

General Manager Storyline, Bischoff’s WWE Role, Stephanie, More
Published 07/22/2002 By John Banchansky
[Source: Figure Four Weekly]

The idea behind the General Managers storyline is to create a "wrestling war" between RAW and SmackDown, similar to the RAW/Nitro wrestling war of the late 90s. The current plan is for RAW to be the "heel show" with Eric Bischoff attempting to steal away talent from the babyface, Stephanie McMahon, whose gimmick is that she's no longer a slut.

Stephanie McMahon will remain as WWE head writer while being the SmackDown General Manager. Eric Bischoff was apparently signed strictly as an on-screen talent, and has absolutely no power backstage.
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Latest On D-X/RAW Tonight, Major Mistake During Vengeance Main Event

Published 07/22/2002 By Ryan Clark
Those on certain networks in Canada could not be too pleased with what happened during last night's Vengeance PPV. About ten minutes before the finish, the satellite apparently went dead and the PPV blanked out. This caused fans to miss the climax of the match, including the Rock pinning Angle to win the title. From what those who experienced the problem are saying, it came back on as The Rock was celebrating his title win. The latest update is that Rogers & Shaw cable are the ones who experienced the satellite error, so anyone who ordered on those networks missed the climax of the main event.

The latest feeling going around backstage is that HHH & HBK will be behaving on RAW with the spirit of the D-X. Right now, it is expected (but not confirmed) that they will harass Bischoff in several segments and be "rule-breakers". There is no confirmation that they will use the name D-X, although don't count the possibility out as WWE.com has even used the term to describe HHH & HBK. There are also some rumors that HHH may end up on Smackdown in the future, but that is yet to be confirmed.
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Rock Lands Yet Another Movie,

Published 07/22/2002 By Kevin Resendes
Universal Pictures have announced that they have won the right to make a movie franchise based on the acclaimed video game “Spy Hunter.” Plans are for The Rock to star as an ex-fighter pilot that turns into an intelligence agent

[czyznyck99]

Nothing against you Optimus, but I think a lot of people already suspected D-X and the GM story after watching Vengeance last night.

Stephanie should remain a "slut" (on-camera, I mean, not in real life). It makes her very entertaining, except for that voice.

As far as the Canada situation, it was probably a freak accident, but the nice thing to do would be to give the fans who paid for Vengeance a discount on Summerslam, or a free replay of last night, especially at that price.

Maybe the cable people thought that fans wouldn't care about the match, especially if everyone knew the Rock was going to win...

...That sure sounds dumb.

Oh well.

Later.

[BlackCat]

I'm glad that Stephanie is actually gonna be the face. She doesn't have the permed hair anymore, and thank you for using your normal voice!!! :)

[The Game]

I like the new GM angle. It was good for breathing life into the WWE. I'm curious to see if Steph can really get over as a face. It's been three years since she was one.

-The Game