So today we’ll be looking at a few different stories.
We’ll be checking out how Alexa Bliss recently broke character, how the protests and police
riots had an impact on Smackdown, and an update to WWE banning a specific move
Starting off with Alexa Bliss.
Alexa’s character has really changed a lot over the past year or so
Alexa used to be this stuck up heel that believed she was better than everyone.
Alexa even explained in multiple interviews that she loved her character so much because
it gave her a chance to play someone completely different than who she actually is in real
life
Real life Alexa Bliss is no where even close to her heel persona.
Heel Alexa Bliss is just filled with so much rage and revenge while the real Alexa just
spends her time being the biggest Disney fan out there and going to Disney world as much
as she can
So as you can see, there’s two completely different sides of Alexa Bliss
However, since turning babyface, Alexa Bliss has a little bit more freedom on television
to be herself and add some of her real personality to her character
So now we see Alexa being a bit more goofy on camera and having a fun time with Nikki
cross, but what Alexa didn’t seem coming was a situation on Smackdown that made her
break character
The “Moment of Bliss” segment was up next so the camera was filming Alexa Bliss and
Nikki Cross getting ready backstage.
The viewers at home can see that Big-E and Kofi were silently working their way down
the hall to Alexa and Nikki, but Alexa and Nikki had no clue they were coming up from
behind
Big-E goes to scare Alexa Bliss and actually broke her out of character because she legitimately
had no clue he was behind her
So if you thought they rehearsed that clip then it looks like you’re wrong, Big-E legitimately
scared Alexa Bliss
Alexa took to twitter to explain what happened:
“Fun fact...
I broke because Big-E actually scared me”
So it really was an unscripted moment and a big scare for Alexa Bliss
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Next up, we have a big story on how the recent protests and riots had a strange impact on
WWE Smackdown
According to Showbuzz Daily, SmackDown averaged 2.15 million viewers during the May 31st broadcast,
which was up from the previous week’s episode which only had 2.044 million in.
SmackDown was tied for second on the night among the 18-to 49-year-old demographic with
a 0.55 rating.
So to go from 2.0 million to 2.15 million may not seem like the biggest jump, but for
Smackdown’s ratings, that’s considered an amazing spike in ratings
But what changed this week?
What made these Smackdown ratings spike so much?
When the ratings first came out, reports said the spike in ratings must’ve been because
of the opening segment with Jeff Hardy’s arrest
Jeff Hardy’s arrest was something new and different, so was that that the reason that
so many fans tuned into the show?
Did that Jeff Hardy storyline pull in viewers?
That’s what everyone thought at first, but it’s looking like the ratings were up for
a reason that’s completely unrelated to WWE
As you likely heard about by now, there are currently a lot of protests and riots going
on across the country
That Friday night of May 31, 2020 was one of the biggest nights for the riots and protests
and it just took over the country
It was number trending on twitter and there was a lot emergency broadcasts about the protests
and riots
It’s being reported that Smackdown wasn’t even aired this week in a few states because
their local Fox station was on the scene live to cover the protests and riots in their area
Here’s were the tricky part comes in, so those Fox stations had their breaking news
coverage going on during the time-slot for Smackdown, so those extra viewers that were
coming in to see the breaking news coverage actually added viewership to Smackdown’s
rating
All of those ratings that came in for that news broadcast was actually accounted to “Smackdown”
since it was their time-slot, so that’s where the confusion comes into play when we
look at the spike in ratings
Was it truly a spike in Smackdown ratings or did the local news ratings really account
towards Smackdown?
It’s believed right now that the spike was due to local news coverage, so we’ll have
to see how Smackdown performs in the coming weeks without any breaking news coverage partially
helping them out
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Our last story is an update regarding the newly banned move in the WWE
It was reported earlier in the week that WWE has fully banned the move of throwing your
opponent into the turnbuckle
The reason for the ban is reportedly due to the events of the Nia Jax vs Kyrie Sane match
Most fans know what happened in this match and we covered the story before, but basically
there was a lot of miscommunication between Nia Jax and Kyrie during that raw match up
If you go back to that match, you can hear Kyrie say multiple times to Nia that she “wasn’t
set”, meaning that she really wasn’t prepared for the next move in the match
It looks like Nia wasn’t unaware of Kyrie’s warning and did the turnbuckle move anyway
which resulted in a horrible close-call for Kyrie Sane
Kyrie is now reportedly dealing with an injury and this pushed WWE to ban the move
The move does have a history of injuring superstars.
Seth Rollins has used the same turnbuckle move as a signature move over the years, but
everyone remembers what happened in 2015
During a 2015 title match with Sting, Seth Rollins threw sting into the turnbuckle which
really messed sting’s neck up and sting hasn’t wrestle a match since that night
several years ago
The same move also injured Finn one year later in 2016.
Finn’s universal title reign was cut short after he was injured from the same turn buckle
move
Seth Rollins received a lot of heat from fans at the time for usage of the move and even
though he didn’t it use that much after the injuries, it still wasn’t fully banned
There was a point in time that WWE banned Seth Rollins’ curb stomp because they thought
it was a bit dangerous, but they never stopped this turnbuckle move
Here we are all these years later and the move has finally been banned
Shane Helms, who also appeared in WWE as “The Hurricane”, recently commented on the ban
and seemed to be against it.
He doesn’t find those moves to be dangerous, it’s just all about the execution of the
move to him
He had this to say on twitter in response to the report:
“I did the Vertebreaker, arguably the most dangerous move in the business and never hurt
anyone.
It’s not the move, it’s the execution.”
So that’s another way of looking at it.
Is it really a scary move or is it just poor execution from the superstars using the move?
I guess that’s up for debate
But the move is now gone and likely won’t be seen again for a long time.
There’s still no official and confirmed word on why the move was banned, but the Nia
Kax and Kyrie Sane situation seems to make the most sense
That match took place recently and resulted in Kyrie being injured from that turnbuckle
move, so this most definitely looks like a direct response by WWE to the outcome of that
match up
You can still place your opponent onto the turnbuckle, but when it comes to picking them
up and throwing them into the corner, that is now strictly off limits
Some fans have mixed feelings about the ban, but it is the safe and right call by WWE
This move ended Sting’s WWE career that was just starting to pick up pace, it ended
Finn’s first ever universal title reign before it could even start, and now it injured
Kyrie Sane
Kyrie Sane has had it pretty rough over the last few months.
Remember in late 2019, Kyrie was actually concussed in the middle of the main event
match and was completely out of it
Charlotte wasn’t aware that Kyrie was concussed and continued to perform moves on her, which
obviously didn’t make the situation any better
It was Becky Lynch who was able to communicate with Kyrie in the middle of the match and
realize that she was hurt.
There was even that viral moment that was recorded by fans where Becky rolled Kyrie
under the ring the protect her from taking on any more harm
Kyrie missed a handful of weeks after that and WWE has been very careful with her because
if she gets concussed again, it will be a big deal
Getting multiple concussions within a few months is really dangerous for any competitor
in any sport
Multiple concussions in a short time span is also the reason that WWE was real close
to forcing Alexa Bliss into retirement at age 26, so everyone is really careful when
it comes to that
But with the move now being banned, hopefully everyone will just be better protected in
the future from this move
What are your thoughts on today’s stories of Alexa Bliss breaking character, how the
riots had an impact on Smackdown, and Nia Jax’s move being banned?
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