In this WrestleTalk News, rumour killers on a Bray Wyatt WWE return, Money in the Bank
was more choatic than usual backstage, a different Summerslam return is possible and more.
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Last night’s Money in the Bank might have seen Liv Morgan win the ladder match then
cash in to win the SmackDown Women’s Championship, Bobby Lashley beat Theory for the United States
Championship, and Theory go on to win a Money in the Bank match he wasn’t even supposed
to be a part of, but the biggest trending topic to come out of the show was the name
Bray Wyatt.
During the show, a spooky vignette played that didn’t specify who it was for, and
the commentators didn’t know what to make of it.
And the reason Wyatt’s name began trending was because the way the vignette was put together,
was similar to the way Bray’s old Wyatt Family promos were filmed and edited.
It also comes off the back of Wyatt posting a series of tweets last month that hinted
he was returning to the world of wrestling - which he hasn’t been a part of since he
was released from WWE in July last year.
However, we are here to perform the Rumor Killer on this bit of fan speculation, as
Sean Ross Sapp over at Fightful Select is reporting that the video promo was to build
to the return of Edge.
Now in fairness, this is clear from the video itself, as it shows relics that point towards
previous Edge feuds - like Kurt Angle’s gold medals, The Dudley Boyz’s glasses,
Eddie Gurerro’s Lowrider license plate, and more.
Edge hasn’t been seen since he was kicked out of his own Judgement Day group, a decision
I’m sure they don’t regret as they’ve also not been on TV since they kicked Edge
out the group.
There’s no timeline on Edge’s return, Perhaps we’ll see him in a match at Summerslam.
Which would join Pat McAfee vs. Baron Corbin, which was furthered following Money in the
Bank going off the air when Corbin attacked Pat at the commentary desk.
Pat even sold this attack by appearing at the UFC show in Vegas after Money in the Bank
wearing a neckbrace.
Like a true pro.
And Corbin vs. McAfee could also join Mr. Money in the Bank vs. John Cena, who was on
Raw this past Monday celebrating his 20th year on the main roster.
Cena and Theory had a backstage altercation on the show, but Big Match John made it clear
in his promo that he doesn’t know when his next match will be, and no further angle was
shot on that episode.
Following Money in the Bank, Theory cut a promo calling out Cena again, further hinting
a match between them will happen at Summerslam.
Or will it?
Dave Meltzer noted in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter on Friday that Cena is not currently
planned to be on Summerslam this year, and even speculates that it could be delayed until
WrestleMania next year.
But someone else may be making their return at Summerslam.
Sean Ross Sapp over at Fightful Select is reporting that Bayley is currently preparing
for an in-ring return.
He notes that Bayley had hinted as such on her social media this past week, and his sources
have confirmed that she’s been in the ring looking to return to action.
When that is, he doesn’t specify, but theoried on his Money in the Bank review show with
Denise Salcedo that it could be as soon as Summerslam to pick up on the Bianca Belair
program that she didn’t finish when she got injured last year.
Bayley was set to face Belair at last year’s Money in the Bank before she picked up her
ACL injury, which has put her on the shelf since.
Bayley’s last match in WWE was on June 25th last year, and her last match in front of
a live audience was the 6th of March 2020 where she teamed with Sasha Banks to face
Lacey Evans and Naomi.
Man, some things have really changed since the last time Bayley wrestled in front of
fans.
Like the fact that Stephanie McMahon is the interim CEO of the company.
Bunny ears.
I may be making jokes, but according to WrestleVotes, Steph led a company wide meeting ahead of
Money in the Bank yesterday to “address a multitude of topics” and it was said to
go down well.
SRS over at Fightful Select adds that he doesn’t know what topics were discussed, but backs
up WrestleVotes report by saying “the vibe was positive [QUOTE]”.
And that might because Steph is apparently well liked by talent.
Both SRS and Denise Salcedo on the Fightful Money in the Bank review noted the talent
they interviewed ahead of the show all had nothing but positive things to say about the
Billion Dollar Princess, and all seemed to be excited about the future of the company
with her as interim CEO.
Bunny ears.
Though not everything may be coming up Millhouse.
As Mike Johnson of PWInsider was reporting ahead of Money in the Bank, the scene backstage
in WWE was “a little more chaotic than usual [QUOTE]”.
Johnson notes that there wasn’t even a production meeting earlier in the day, with some of the
matches still being worked on less than two hours before the show actually started.
So when Pat McAfee said that Liv Morgan woke up on Saturday not knowing that she would
end the day as SmackDown Women’s Champion, he was probably correct.
Sean Ross Sapp over at Fightful Select also backs up this report, saying that none of
the finishes to any of the matches had been relayed to the talent ahead of the show.
Which sounds like a normal day in the WWE office, doesn’t it?
Johnson hilariously also notes that Brock Lesnar had been spotted in Las Vegas, which
was the city hosting Money in the Bank.
However, he wasn’t going to be at Money in the Bank as he was visiting the UFC show
down the road.
Because why would Brock show up for a WWE show?
It’s not like he’s in the main event of the next PPV or anything.
Moving away from Money in the Bank and WWE, and it was announced yesterday that The Bastard
Pac will make his first defence of his new AEW All Atlantic Championship - not on Dynamite
or Rampage - but here in the UK in Sheffield for RevPro against Shota Umino.
The match will take place next Sunday on July 10th.
RevPro have a working relationship with New Japan - with several New Japan talent appearing
regularly on their shows like Minoru Suzuki, Tomorohiro Ishii, Zack Sabre Jr and Will Ospreay
(the latter of which is their current champion) - but this is the first signs of a new working
relationship between RevPro and All Elite Wrestling.
Pac won the All Atlantic Championship at AEW and New Japan’s Forbidden Door last weekend,
while Umino was on the losing side of a six-man tag where he teamed with Eddie Kingston and
Wheeler Yuta against Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevera and Minoru Suzuki.
Someone who is defending their title this coming Wednesday is Scorpio Sky who takes
on Wardlow for the TNT Championship.
However it would appear that Sky is not a fan of Wardlow’s former employer MJF, who
hasn’t been seen in an AEW ring since his pipebomb promo following Double or Nothing.
Now I don’t know a lot of the context here, and I don’t want it to be explained in the
comments either, but there’s a guy called Kevin Durant and there’s a thing called
the NBA.
And they’re doing something.
Or he’s being traded or something.
Anyhoo, AEW put out a tweet joking that Durant called be All Elite, and Sky posted a joke
reply saying the going AEW trading price is Kenny Omega, Evil Uno and 3 Future Firsts.
Touchdown.
When a fan said that they should trade MJF for Durant, Sky replied: “Why would Brooklyn
trade 1 backstage headache for another?”
Sky is the next name in a long line of AEW stars who have called out MJF online or in
interviews about his behavior backstage, and there’s still that hanging question of just
how much of this is shoot and how much is work.
And who bought the plane ticket?!
And it’s not just Wardlow that could be a new champion this week, as we crowned a
new Jam That Jampion last night.
And
because Theory was not supposed to be an entrant in the Money in the Bank ladder match, and
therefore he had no WrestleTalk avatar, the decision was made to defer to the Women’s
Match picks.
And guess who had Liv Morgan?
That’s right, the now 2x Jam in the Jar holder.
Enjoy that title while you can Tempest, because I’m feeling a Summer of D.A.D coming on.