Here's your Wrestling News for October 29th 2020 Ryback Called Out WWE! Maven's WWE Return! Thunder Rosa Teases Her Next Move! Wrestling News 2 00:00:04,471 --> 00:00:05,455 And your headlines for today include
Real Reason Why The Miz Won WWE Money In The Bank Briefcase Revealed?
WWE Website Includes More Interesting Roster Errors!
Rey Mysterio Feels ‘Separated’ From Daughter Aalyah Since Her Storyline With Murphy!
Pete Dunne Returns To WWE NXT During Halloween Havoc!
Thunder Rosa Teases Her Next Move In Pro Wrestling!
Ryback Calls Out WWE For Paying Publications To Spread False Information About Him!
Miro’s First AEW Singles Match & More Announced For Dynamite Next Week!
Booker T Clears The Air After Upsetting Sasha Banks Fans!
Braun Strowman Shows Off His Incredible Transformation!
Winner Of First-Ever Season Of WWE Tough Enough, Maven, Returning To WWE! And More.
We’re kicking off today with news from The Miz, and ever since he captured the Money in the Bank
contract at Hell in a Cell, there’s been plenty of speculation about why WWE took the briefcase away from Otis.
After all, Otis has reportedly been one of Vince McMahon’s favourite Superstars this year, but according
to a source within the company, the decision for him to lose was pretty much last minute.
They noted that the decision for the switch to the Miz is simply because WWE was looking for shock value,
which ironically is the very same reason why Otis won the briefcase in the first place.
The source added “it’s really as stupid and insane as impetuous as that,” as it seems Vince McMahon
wanted a big moment, so booked one to happen immediately. With that said, there reportedly
wasn’t any plans for Otis as Mr Money in the Bank anyway, and now The Miz has wasted no time in
teasing Cashing in on Randy Orton, just like he did a decade ago.
Speaking of Heavy Machinery, WWE’s website recently incorrectly placed Tucker on SmackDown
but he’s not the only Superstar to be given an impromptu brand switch. The WWE.com roster page also has
Mustafa Ali be listed as a blue brand Superstar, despite him being on RAW as the leader of Retribution.
Mickie James has also been put on the SmackDown roster on the site, despite the fact that she wasn’t
drafted by either brand earlier this month, and whilst it’s been rumoured she’s going to RAW, this could be a
sign she’s heading back to team blue. Mistakes like these probably weren’t helped by WWE recently cutting
employees across the board, putting more pressure on those who are left, and hopefully they’ll avoid these same
mistakes in the future.
One person definitely on team blue is Murphy, who was drafted earlier this month, and whilst the Australian is
having some sort of romantic angle with Aalyah Mysterio, it won’t go far if her brother and father have
anything to say about it. Whilst appearing on the Bump, Rey discussed his daughter’s current
storyline, saying they don’t communicate as well as they used to, adding:
“Things are still on the edge. They haven’t been completely clear. I don’t understand why she’s not opening
up to me and putting everything clear and on the table.” We’ll have to see where WWE goes
with Murphy and Aalyah Mysterio, as there’s rumours the company will offer her a deal when the time is right,
but for now, this storylines has certainly captured the interest of the WWE Universe.
We’ve got some sad news to report next, as Tracy Smothers has died at the age of 58.
A staple of promotions including WCW, ECW, Smoky Mountain and the WWF, Smothers helped influence
so many careers before his death yesterday after a long battle with scanner.
The pro wrestling community were quick to react online to this tragic passing, with Cowboy James Storm
referring to Smothers as one of the best. NWA Champion Nick Aldis described
Smothers as a real character, whether in the ring or out of it, whilst Bobby Fulton thanked him for the
years of friendship. Both WWE and AEW also posted their own tributes to Smothers on
social media, as he clearly had an impact on a lot of people.
Smothers battled cancer for over a year prior to his passing, and we at Slat Rock would like to send our
deepest condolences to Smothers’ family, friends and fans at this sad time.
Back to the ring as NXT’s Halloween Havoc had a lot going on during it’s two-hours, and that includes the
return of Pete Dunne. Due to being stuck in the UK thanks to the ongoing situation, Dunne had
to forfeit his half of the tag titles back when he was champions with Matt Riddle in March, but now he’s back
in a major way. Not only did he return, but he aligned himself with Pat McAfee and the
current tag Champions Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch, as he attacked Kyle O’Reilly, and broke his fingers.
McAfee has quite the formidable stable now, and time will tell how the rest of the Undisputed Era react to
this attack on one of their own.
Now, Thunder Rosa recently dropped the NWA Women’s title to Serena Deeb, and whilst this loss must have
hit her hard, she’s now having fun with the rumours about what’s next.
In a recent video, Rosa asked the dirt sheets what’s next for her, implying that they know what’ll happen in her
career better than she does, and started to pull down her trunks, revealing AEW, WWE and NWA
written on her hip.
Rosa’s success in the NWA is well- documented, and has worked well with AEW during her appearances.
As for WWE, Rosa did have a tryout there, albeit as a referee, and even that was cancelled due to a hurricane,
but for now, now, the only person who knows what’s next for Thunder Rosa is the woman herself,
and it seems she’s not ready to tell the world of her plans just yet.
Back to WWE and Ryback’s issues with WWE are well-documented, as he’s had issues acquiring the Ryback
name and has even called Vince McMahon a pimp, and now he’s made another big accusation against
the company. On Twitter, the former WWE star said WWE has fed “false articles”
about him to online publications, and cited a Collider article about wrestlers who are LGBTQ+, which implied that
Ryback was in a say relationship with Paul Heyman. Of course there’s no actual proof that
WWE fed this line to Collider, and the image was more than likely chosen for clickbait reasons, but with the Big
Guy saying he’s added collider to a list with his attorney, it’s clear that Ryback is holding both the news site,
and the WWE, responsible.
AEW news next, as Brodie Lee entered the company as the Exalted One, with promos that seemed to
parody Vince McMahon, and now he’s opened up about these skits. During AEW Unrestricted, the former
TNT Champion explained how the promos proved to be detrimental to his career with the company, saying:
That’s all people talked about the first 3 to 4 weeks of my AEW career, and that became I think detrimental
to me… So I tried to get away from the stuff that they were saying so as opposed to a multi-colored suit,
I now went with a full tailored to me that I don’t think looks like a Vince McMahon or anybody else.
Lee added that he now has a bi- monthly routine of getting a suit made, which clearly will cost a lot
of money, though the former Champion clearly feels it’s worth every penny to stop the comparrisons
to the Chairman of WWE.
More from AEW, as Chris Jericho will face MJF at Full Gear next week, with a huge stipulation added to the match.
During this week’s Town Hall meeting, it was decided that if MJF wins, he’ll become the newest member of the
Inner Circle, and after whilst the other Inner Circle members may not want him in, they may not have a choice
come November 7th.
Speaking of Full Gear, the dream match between FTR and the Young Bucks will FINALLY happen on the
night, and now a stipulation has been added to this World Tag Title match.
On this week’s AEW, it was confirmed that if the Bucks win, they’ll be the new Tag Champions, but if they lose,
they can never challenge for the titles again.
This is a similar stipulation as what Cody Rhodes did with the AEW World Championship, and hopefully
the Bucks will avoid a similar fate as Rhodes, who will never become AEW Champion.
Before Full Gear, we’ve got one more episode of AEW Dynamite, which’ll see the in-ring singles debut for Miro.
On the show, Miro will face Trent, whilst Shawn Spears Vs. Scorpio Sky will also go down.
MJF will team with Wardlow to face the Inner Circle’s Santana and Ortiz, and Cody and the Gunn Club will
face Preston Vance, Colt Cabana and John Silver. Eddie Kingston and Jon Moxley will
have some time to go face-to-face, as it’s gonna be a stacked go-home edition of Dynamite before Full Gear.
Now, it’s no secret that wrestling feuds, both real and kayfabe, can happen on social media, and now
this has led to the Road Dogg giving up Twitter. After agreeing with a fan posting
santi-mask rhetoric, the WWE producer was confronted by Shane Helms, who gave a comparison to
comments about not wearing masks, saying that even though people die wearing seatbelts, they still increase
your odds of not dying. Road Dogg didn’t exactly help matters, saying that they should
agree to disagree, the former Hurricane fired back, saying he’ll agree that James doesn’t understand
statistics, and disagree that the Road Dogg is using common sense. This proved to be the end for the
D-O-Double-G, who said he’s leaving Twitter, though his account hasn’t been deactivated.
It’s interesting that Road Dogg is agreeing with anti-mask rhetoric, especially after reports that NXT
Superstars were getting frustrated with so-called ‘truthers’ backstage, and it certainly seems like the former
Tag Champion is one of them.
Back to WWE, as Sasha Banks captured her first SmackDown Women’s Championship at Hell In a
Cell, but Booker T was betting on Bayley. On the Hell in a Cell kickoff show,
the two-time Hall of Famer was surprisingly blunt, saying he doesn’t like Sasha Banks, and after a barrage
of noticiations from fans of the Boss, Booker cleared things up on his Hall of Fame radio show. He said:
“I really appreciate what Sasha brings to the table.
She’s a special talent and better than a majority of the women [on the roster]. In our business, you have to
be able to go out and make people feel a certain way, and Sasha has the ability to do exactly that.”
This is a nice sentiment, though doesn’t explain why he said he didn’t like her on the kickoff show,
but whatever the case is, Banks now has a marquee match at Survivor Series booked, as she’ll face
RAW Women’s Champion Asuka.
We’ll have to see what Bayley has to say this Friday about her title loss, but for now, the SmackDown
Women’s division is led by the Boss.
From one SmackDown star to another now, as Dominik Mysterio has impressed since his Summerslam
debut, but hasn’t held a championship yet in WWE That could soon change as during this
week’s edition of The Bump, Rey Mysterio teased that he and Dominik could soon be challenging for the
SmackDown Tag Team titles. Mysterio added that he never thought he’d be able to win gold with his son,
but described the notion of becoming champions as “literally right around the corner,” now that they’re both
WWE Superstars. With that said, the Street Profits have been a dominant team of 2020,
holding the RAW Tag Titles for months before their switch to the Blue brand, and if the Mysterios do want to
be champions, we doubt Ford and Dawkins will make it easy for them.
One man who knows about being a tag champion, albeit briefly, is Braun Strowman, who has taken the time
this week to show off his impressive physique. On Instagram, Strowman posted a
comparison voter, highlighting the differences between how he looked during his 2015 main roster debut
and now. In the most recent video, Strowman is unquestionably shredded,
which is a far cry from the 2015 photo, where he’s much heavier. The former Universal Champion
added that he’s also 30 pounds lighter in the 2020 photo, and said that he falls in love with the gym
more and more each day. The number 6 pick to RAW during the second night of the WWE draft,
it seems like Strowman has entered a feud with Keith Lee, and whilst we’re not sure where this angle is going,
we know that Strowman will be in great shape for it.
And we’re ending today with news from The Bump, as next week’s episode will have a very special guest.
Next week, Maven Huffman, the male winner of the first series of Tough Enough, will make a rare WWE
appearance on the show, and he’s been announced alongside Elias, who’ll be promoting his new
Universal Truth album. Maven won the first Tough Enough season alongside Nidia, and is
perhaps best remembered for eliminating The Undertaker in the 2002 Royal Rumble, and it’ll be
interesting to hear what he has to say about modern-day WWE.