Here's more wrestling news for August 2nd, 2022.
And we're kicking off this afternoon with the street profits.
As once again, the wheels are turning
for the popular tag team to split up.
Many have spoken in the past about the potential Montez Ford has
as a future single star and his singles performances such as last
September's clash with Roman reigns has only proved he's capable.
During this week's raw, Seth Rollins mocked the
street profits for their failure to beat the USOs and
flat out told them that they should just break up.
Rollins would go on to defeat Ford in a close singles match.
Once again, proving his potential.
As a singles competitor, WWE has been subtly hinting
at the profit splitting up and after six years and
reigns is raw smack down and NXT tag team champions.
There's very little more for Ford and Dawkins to do together.
The future looks bright for Ford, but things
don't seem as certain for Angelo Dawkins.
And we can only hope that the likely single success for Ford
doesn't come at his expense, Rollins defeated Ford in a singles
match on raw, but that's not all that was on his mind this week.
In addition to taking digs at the street profits, the former
universal champion also took aim riddle and Randy Orton and Cody
Rhodes was also mentioned during his segment with Ford and Dawkins.
Let's not forget.
Rollin's flat out, made it clear that he has his sights on
Roman reigns and the undisputed WWE universal championship.
Many feuds were teased for Rollins in just one segment.
And the fact that all of these feuds would make sense for the
architect shows why Rollin's is one of the best, most versatile
characters in all of wrestling today at WrestleMania 38, Rick
boogs suffered an injury during his in Shinsuke Nakamura's tag
match with the USOs, which has kept him out of action ever since.
At the time it was confirmed that boogs had suffered
a torn quadriceps injury, but his return to the
ring may be sooner than you'd think on Twitter.
Boogs shared a clip of himself back in his natural habitat, hitting
the gym with the weights and appears to be in phenomenal shape.
Boogs got injured when he tried to execute a
Fireman's carry and, tried to lift both Jimmy and
Jay USO, but lost his footing during the move.
A torn quadriceps usually takes around six months to fully heal.
But now just four months after the injury happened, fans may
not have to wait much longer to see Rick boogs back in the ring.
Last Sunday, Ric flair competed in his last ever match
teaming with Andrade El Idolo to get the win over Jay
lethal and Jeff Jarrett flare's final match came at the ripe
age of 63 and those involved weren't taking any chances.
The match saw flair take some scary bumps and even get
busted open during the bout and PW insider reports that
two doctors were waiting to check up on the nature.
Boy, as soon as he got to the back flair was said
to be dead tired after the outing, but also great.
And after being checked out, a famished flair said
he wanted to get something to eat the report ads that
flair did indeed go out for the night after his match.
Something that the nature boy was infamous
for during his heyday decades earlier.
The decision to wrestle one last time was risky,
but it seems to have paid off for flair who was
able to end his legendary career on his own terms.
Last weekend.
Now WWE's decade long deal with Saudi Arabia is still going on.
Despite the recent change in company leadership, which hasn't
stopped WWE from partnering with the middle Eastern kingdom.
According to PW insider, a number of WWE superstars
will be heading to Saudi Arabia next week, all
as part of the gamers season gamers aid event.
AJ styles is one of those names, which makes sense as he's
an avid gamer and Ray Mysterio will also be making the
trip with both men expected to miss out on some WWE events.
Due to the trip.
Gamers season has been praised as the biggest
event for electronic sports and games in the world.
According to Zaya, a middle east ran news outlet, and the
event will run from July 18th to September 8th in Riyad.
With WWE E two K 22 coming out just five months ago.
It's doubtful.
We'll hear anything about the next installment in the series, but
fans and Riyad will have an extra special time with styles and
Mysterio in attendance back to the us as this Friday, smacked out.
We'll see the first episode of the blue
brand since an explosive summer slam.
And there's a lot of interest in South Carolina.
WrestleTix has learned that out of the available 6,067 seats
configured for the show at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in
Greenville, South Carolina, that 5,038 have been distributed.
Roman reigns in the USOs have been advertised for the show, which
will have no doubt helped move seats and will have to see what
unfolds on the first SmackDown on the road to Clash at the Castle.
When Johnny Gargano left WWE last December, it
came after many had hoped he'd resigned with the
promotion, but that didn't happen since his release.
Many others have hoped that the former NXT champion
would find his way to AEW where several of his NXT
alum are now working, but that hasn't happened either.
Instead.
Gargano has focused on his growing family and
has kept his distance from the ring altogether.
And as he told those at star cast five, he's happy to
take a wait and see approach when deciding his next move.
This time period of my life has given me a unique opportunity
to sit back and survey the landscape of everything.
If I would've made a decision immediately, who knows what
would've happened, the fact that I told myself I was going to
sit back, watch what happens and make a decision based off that.
I love things where both places are going.
There are pros and cons.
Get it.
Cons Khans wordplay.
I love what both places are.
Gargano reportedly left WWE on extremely good terms last December.
And with triple H now, running things on the main roster,
it seems very likely that the game would want him back.
Ultimately only Gargano will know when he feels it's right
for him to return to the ring, but we'll have to wait and
see when exactly that is for the former NXT superstar.
We've got an update on the Jeff Hardy case.
Now, as the controversial former world
champion has now received his new court date.
P w insider has learned that Jeff's new pre-trial conference has been
moved to August 17th after initially being planned for July 27th.
Tony Khan has made it clear that this is Jeff's
last chance in AEW and that he has been suspended
without pay until he can prove his sobriety.
Jeff has pled not guilty to the charges against him, including the
DUI felony charge that could see him face up to five years in prison,
if convicted, and we'll keep following this case for further updates.
And we're ending today with news from Renee
Paquette who left WWE after summer slam 2020.
And despite initial rumors has yet to sign
with AEW the home of husband, John Moxley.
Her time away from wrestling.
Paquette has been busy with her podcast, the sessions, but has
now given an update on her stance with all elite wrestling.
During star cast, five Paquette was asked about possibly joining
AEW and said that she hasn't had any conversations with Tony Khan.
Paquette added that while she was a commentator on raw
before her departure that she doesn't love calling matches
and would be much more content as a backstage interviewer
while she hasn't joined the company yet Paquette isn't ready
to rule out joining AEW and said that maybe she will join.
With her years of experience in WWE her experience, working in
the media beforehand and her work since departing the sports
entertainment, juggernaut, Paquette would be a huge win for
AEW but don't expect her to be calling the in ring action.
Should she join?