Here's your wrestling news for August 27th, 2022.
And we're kicking off today with WWE SmackDown.
As for weeks drew MacIntyre has gotten
the better of Roman reigns this week.
That didn't happen though.
Things started off well for the Scottsman who
defeated Sammy Zane in the main event of the show
MacIntyre's celebration was short-lived as post-match.
He suffered a four on one beat down from
Zane, the USOs and Roman reigns himself.
The post match angle seemed to build MacIntyre up as
an underdog, possibly foreshadowing him winning the
undisputed universal championship at clash at the castle
2022 MacIntyre winning in the UK does make a lot of sense.
As it's clear that rains as title reign is ready to come to an
end for countless fans who have grown tired of his run on top.
Whether MacIntyre is the one to conquer the tribal chief, like
he did to Brock Leer at WrestleMania 36, that remains to be
seen, but WWE is doing all they can to keep the Scottish warrior
looking like the possible next universal champion SmackDown
also saw an incredible showdown between Intercontinental
champion, Gunther and Shamus all without the two coming to blow.
That's not to say there wasn't any violence during the segment
as Ludwig Kaiser brawled with Ridge Holland in Butch, but
Shamus and Gunther stood in the ring for an intense stare down.
Neither man threw a punch or even spoke against the other,
but neither Gunther nor Shamus had to do that to electrify
the crowd while Shamus isn't a fully fledged baby face.
He has assumed a face role for this feud with Gunther
all without having to drastically change his charact.
The effectiveness of this feud is its simplicity.
Shamus wants to win.
The one championship he has yet to capture.
And Gunther is the one standing in his way.
The power of silence is brilliant in pro wrestling and this
week's segment was a throwback to the rare and powerful
moments that can be created without a word on this.
Week's AEW dynamite.
John Moxley became the undisputed AEW world
champion flattening cm punk in mere minutes.
Not only was it a surprise to see the match on dynamite
rather than at all out, but Moxley, squashing of punk, the
heavy favorite going in was also a surprise to audiences in
the observer Meltzer reports that a lot of factors caused AEW
to change plans and said that Moxley hated being the interim
champion and the idea of their being to world champions.
Mounter also refuted the idea that the match was moved to
free TV solely for a ratings ploy, but admitted that it was
something AEW and Tony con had considered when making the
decision speaking about all out, it was noted that Moxley punk
two is the plan and some in AEW have made it clear that they
feel doing a pay view rematch just 11 days later is a bad idea.
Bad idea or not.
That is the plan Tony con is going with.
So we'll have to see if Moxley can keep his undisputed
AEW world championship when he steps in the ring with cm
punk next week, this week's dynamite also saw thunder.
Rosa announced that she is injured and will be unable to defend
the AEW women's world championship at all out in her place.
An interim, AEW women's world champion will be crowned next
weekend, but some are questioning just how injured Rosa really is.
With reports of backstage heat with some top AEW female
talent, it has been speculated that Rosa isn't injured at all.
And that this is just to keep her away from TV while things simmer
down in AEW while speaking on busted open radio thunder, Rosa
shared details regarding her injury to try and dispel this rumor
and said that she can't even walk due to the issues in her back.
Speaking about a recovery window.
Rosa said that she's not expecting to return for at
least a couple of months and claim that those suggesting
it's a work are trying to discredit her as an athlete.
And as a wrestler, ultimately, people will speculate
on thunder Rosa's injury for as long as she's out.
But the AEW women's world champion is sticking
to her story that this setback is not a.
Rosa reportedly has heat backstage with Brit baker, with
the claim being that the two have been mortal enemies
for years, as well as Jamie hater for the latter.
It said that hater has heat with Rosa after the
champ broke her nose at AEW battle of the belt three.
And it's reported that Rosa hid in a bathroom backstage for
fear of being attacked for real now, a new report from fan bite
is shedding light on the situation that played out backstage.
Following that match.
According to the report.
What actually happened was that Rosa sprinted
from the ring and was nowhere to be seen, but was
eventually found and told about hater's broken nose.
It said that Rosa was apologetic after hearing about the
injury before she went to a bathroom and locked herself
inside, possibly not out of fear of repercussions, but
because she was overwhelmed that she'd hurt her opponent.
Whatever the true story is thunder.
Rosa.
Isn't going to be defending her AEW women's world
championship anytime soon and may not be much more popular
in the locker room when she eventually returns back to WWE.
As in the summer of 2020 Renee young, finished with the promotion and
has gone on to host a successful podcast and become a mom with her
husband, John Moxley, living it up in AEW there's always been rumors
that young now, Renee Paquette could join him, working for Tony.
Yesterday, however Paquette was spotted at WWE's performance
center and judging by the video posted by makeup artist,
Lena Zuniga was ready to film something for the company.
It's unclear what exactly Paquette filmed for WWE or if
this is a one off appearance or a sign of a new agreement
between the Canadian broadcaster and her former employer.
When Vince McMahon confirmed his retirement, it was
reported shortly after that many X WWE superstars were
open to making returns with him gone, but it could be the
former raw commentator to be the next, to make a comeback.
Speaking of returns, Johnny Gargano returned to WWE during this
week's raw nine months after leaving the company last December,
when his NXT contract expired, there had been countless fans who
had hoped to see Gargano join AEW and tear it up with the likes of
Kenny omega in the young bucks, but that was never close to happen.
In the wrestling observer newsletter it's reported that.
Well, there were some in AEW who are interested in the former NXT
champion con and higher ups decided not to heavily pursue him.
It's interesting that AEW didn't even make an attempt to
sign him as Gargano had spoken openly about wanting to face
omega and said that AEW style seemed perfect to match his.
Perhaps if Khan had even pursued Gargano a little
bit, he may have been more hesitant about signing with
triple H, but AEW's loss has proven to be WWE's game.
And we're ending today with WWE as when the wall
street journal claimed that Vince McMohan had paid
millions of dollars to cover up affairs with female
employees, everything changed for the then WWE chairman.
Not only would the claims ultimately force McMohan to retire,
but not long after the initial article, it was announced
that Netflix had canceled a series about the billionaire
chairman at the time, a source within Netflix said that
that shit's out of here, but that isn't the case anymore.
The wrestling observer newsletter reports that WWE in
Netflix are still collaborating on a project centered
on the former chairman with Chris Smith as the direct.
There's no word yet on when this project will see the light
of day, but after everything that's happened over the past
two months, the series will likely need an extra episode or
two to document the end of McMahon's rule over wrestling.