News & Notes: Lana Wrestling, Cena Return, Paige, WWE/Turkey, Miz/MTV

Lana Uses the Accolade

Lana wrestled at a recent NXT live event in Daytona Beach, FL and won the match against Danielle Kamela with Rusev’s “Accolade” finisher.

LANA CRUSH! #NXTDaytonaBeach

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John Cena’s Return

John Cena is being advertised for the July 4 SmackDown Live episode in Phoenix, AZ at the Talking Stick Resort Arena, so it looks like he might be back by then.

Paige Movie

Splash Report has a story about the Paige biopic, “Fighting With My Family,” and some notes on things that will be included in the movie.

WWE in Turkey

WWE announced that they’ve signed a deal to broadcast Raw and SmackDown in Turkey starting tomorrow, May 13.

WWE and Saran Media today announced a new multi-year agreement to televise WWE’s flagship programs, Raw and SmackDown, in Turkey on S-Sport beginning Saturday, May 13.

Every Saturday at midnight, S-Sport will televise a two-hour edition of Raw, followed by a one-hour edition of SmackDown at 2 a.m., with both programs in Turkish. Fans will be able to follow their favorite WWE Superstars, including Roman Reigns, AJ Styles, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair, Dean Ambrose and Shinsuke Nakamura, among many others. S-Sport subscribers can also watch episodes they missed through video on demand and S-Sport’s 7-Day Catch-Up feature.

“We are proud to work with Saran Media to televise WWE’s premier programs, Raw and SmackDown, to our passionate fans in Turkey,” said Ed Wells, WWE Executive Vice President, International. “This new, multi-year agreement shows the increasing global growth of WWE, while also giving us the opportunity to connect with local fans by delivering WWE content via a first-class platform.”

“Turks love sports in all forms, and WWE is a very popular brand in particular, especially for the Turkish youth,” said Selim Usta, General Manager of Saran Media. “WWE will be in good company with S-Sport’s other premier programming, including the English Premier League, NBA, Formula 1, ATP 500 and Moto GP.”

Miz on MTV

MTV posted that The Miz will host some show on MTV at some point or something. I don’t know.

MIKE ‘THE MIZ’ MIZANIN IS ABOUT TO INVADE THE CHALLENGE
THE TWO-TIME CHAMP IS RETURNING TO THE MTV SERIES!

The Real World: Back to New York alum (who last competed on Inferno 2 back in 2005) will serve as host of the Invasion of the Champions reunion, which will air next Tuesday (before the premiere of The Challenge: Champs Vs. Pros). Rehashing the most talked-about Thailand-based incidents probably beats keeping extremities on a block of ice on your 21st birthday (ahhh Battle of the Seasons) or inhaling a million scoops of ice cream (Gauntlet good times).

“It’s awesome to be back,” the Miz told MTV News at the recent taping. “This is where it all started for me. MTV gave me the opportunity to believe in myself and do anything I wanted, and now I get to be a WWE superstar, which was my childhood dream. And I guarantee I would not be where I was today if it wasn’t for MTV.”