News - Miz now Triple Crown Champ, JBL on Rock at WM & more

- Backstage News on SummerSlam Match: Alberto Del Rio won a Fatal 4 Way against Kane, Daniel Bryan and Rey Mysterio on last night’s WWE SmackDown to become the new #1 contender to Sheamus‘ World Heavyweight Title. No match has been made official for SummerSlam yet but a multi-man match for the title has been rumored.- News on Rey Mysterio: Rey Mysterio was overseas doing promotional work for WWE and said that he wanted to team with Manny Pacquiao to face Alberto Del Rio and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Apparently Mysterio wasn’t just grandstanding as he took to Twitter and said the same thing. He wrote:

“Having a blast in Manila but still waiting for Pacquiao to accept my offer to join forces in WWE! C’mon Manny!! 619luv”

- Miz News: The Miz is now a triple crown champion after he captured the Intercontinental Championship on RAW 1000th Episode against Christian. The Miz has previously held the WWE Championship title and the Tag-Team Championship titles. Speaking of the Miz winning the Intercontinental Championship, Zack Ryder issued a challenge to The Miz on tout moments after his win.

- Antonio Cesaro Wanst Title Shot : Antonio Cesaro defeated WWE United States Champion Santino Marella in a non-title match on WWE SmackDown (27 July 2012). Cesaro wants a title shot now. He wrote on Twitter:

“After my victory over @milanmiracle on tonight’s #smackdown I demand to be named the #1 contender for the US Championship”.

- JBL comments on Rock at Wrestlemania : JBL posted on his twitter his thoughts on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and his role at Wrestlemania 29. “FYI I believe Rock will be at Mania, just saw an interesting news story and posted it at Layfieldreport.com. Hope you enjoy.” It was announced that The Rock will fight the WWE Champion at Royal Rumble in Arizona, which would almost guarantee he will be in a championship match at Wrestlemania 29 at Metlife Stadium.

- RVD Talks between WWE & TNA: Rob Van Dam sat down with The Phoenix New Times last week to discuss the differences between TNA and WWE. Van Dam stated the following:

“In Total Nonstop Action, individual wrestlers have a lot more freedom to artistically express themselves versus WWE,” Van Dam stated. “When we have our matches, they are known to be more athletic, more competitive in nature, and that’s what wrestling fans really appreciate. And the fact there’s more of a focus on wrestling in Total Nonstop Action over the other major company on TV. Whereas WWE has been known to feature more of the 400-pound giants that aren’t necessarily going to (perform) quite as impressively.

Van Dam has criticized WWE in the past, but returned a few years ago for a one shot return at Royal Rumble.

Source: WrestleZone & WrestlingInc