Smark Out Moment

The biggest story in the wrestling world right now is the reaction the WWE Universe had at last night's 2015 Royal Rumble event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Wells Fargo Center.

But before the crowd was chanting "we want refunds" and "this is awful", what were on the minds of the members of the audience?

Any time Smark Out Moment represents at a live event, we make sure to extend a hand through the Internet Wrestling Community Outreach concept and talk to some people while we hang out before the show. As such, we present to you the latest installment of SMARK MY WORDS. Enjoy!

Big thanks to everyone who participated. Remember that you can always show your support for Smark Out Moment with the Sign Me Up initiative by bringing a sign to an event, voice your opinions by leaving comments below or on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube, and calling into the Monday Night Raw Post Show.

What's been going on this week in the world of professional wrestling? It's time to break it down in the latest edition of SMACK TALK, my wrestling podcast and the quick notes below. Make sure to subscribe, comment on the videos and this post, and let us know your thoughts.

Watch each part below:
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

• This week was a special LIVE edition of Smack Talk where you guys had a chance to call in!
• TNA's August 1 tease ended up being Tito Ortiz, which fell flat on the internet and has opened TNA up to nothing but ridicule. Ouch, Dixie. Ouch.
• Kurt Angle was arrested yet again with a DWI violation after Impact Wrestling's taping. He is now going to rehab. Hopefully, this doesn't happen again and Angle can get his life back on track.
• Justin Gabriel could possibly turn heel as there are rumors that WWE wants to make him out to be a bad guy taking advantage of Jo-Jo Offerman's naivety due to their age gap in their relationship. I think this is a bad idea and I'd rather have Justin Gabriel in a tag team with Evan Bourne.
• Maxine won a poll on WWE.com asking which Diva people would like to see return. I can't imagine this being filled with serious votes from the fans rather than "lol let's vote for Maxine".
• WWE Battleground will replace Over the Limit as the new pay-per-view in October!
• Randy Orton was attacked in Cape Town, South Africa by Tshepo Sekhabi, an aspiring wrestler, who low-blowed him and was subsequently arrested.
• We could see an episode of Raw in the future where the three hours are broken up as SmackDown, Main Event and Raw. Why?

The following are the Bleacher Report articles I have written for the week:

1) WWE Raw Results: Top OMG and WTF Moments from Jul 29

WWE SUMMERSLAM 2013 SPOILERS & PPV PREDICTIONS WWE SUMMERSLAM 2013 RESULTS & REVIEW COVERAGE

It's official. Smark Out Moment will have a presence at WrestleMania this year. I'll be going along with some friends of mine, so look out for some Smark Out Moment signs!

If you're going to WrestleMania in Easter Rutherford, NJ, let me know! I'll be trying to do Axxess and while we're waiting in line before the event, as well as AFTER the event, I'm going to try to interview people around me. Anybody who wants to be a part of this, you're more than welcome to. And if you bring a Smark Out Moment sign, I'll personally go out of my way to get you on camera and thank you (and maybe I'll even have some gifts for you guys...merchandise or something).

Here is the video of the Internet Wrestling Community Outreach interviews, also known as "I Smarked Out":

What's been going on this week in the world of professional wrestling? It's time to break it down in the latest edition of SMACK TALK, my wrestling podcast and the quick notes below. Make sure to subscribe, comment on the videos and this post, and let us know your thoughts.

Watch each part of EPISODE 9 below:
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Special Interview with Fans at TLC

• The fan interviews from TLC are up here on YouTube. Check them out!
• Alberto Del Rio suffered a groin injury during the six man tag team match on Raw. It doesn't appear to be as serious as Mark Henry's.
• TNA's new promotion in India, called Ring Ka King (which apparently means King of the Ring...wonder where they thought of that one) has crowned their world champion, Matt Morgan, and their tag team champions, Chavo Guerrero and David Hart Smith.
• Eden Stiles has left WWE, apparently on her own volition. This explains why Lilian Garcia came back so randomly, as Eden requested her release 3 weeks ago. She also confirmed that she's dating Cody Rhodes. 
• Goldust is blocking people on Twitter if they disagree with his religious views. Wow. He's since apologized, but I'd imagine that was from WWE telling him to. There goes your WrestleMania match against Cody Rhodes.
• Possible heel turn for Big Show and/or Daniel Bryan? Makes more sense to turn Big Show heel, particularly if he does in fact have a match against Shaquille O'Neal at WrestleMania.
• WWE's running a "bring it back" campaign for King of the Ring to have its own PPV again. While I think it potentially works better as a 3-hour Raw episode, unless they were to have the pay-per-view follow the same format where it's not just the main eventers in the tournament, I'd still like to see it happen. I just don't want a PPV KOTR where the 8 participants are John Cena, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, The Miz, Alberto Del Rio, Kane, CM Punk, and Big Show. I want them to continue to use the people that could actually benefit from it. 
• Sean Waltman, aka X-Pac, has been arrested on drug possession charges. Disappointed.