Here's more wrestling News for January 24th 2022
And Your Headlines for this afternoon Include
Will AEW World Champion Hangman Page Enter The WWE Men’s Royal Rumble Match?!
“He Shows No Signs Of Slowing Down” Top Executive In WWE Predicts How Long Vince Mcmahon Will Stay In Charge !
WWE To Bring Back More WCW Events For NXT 2.0 !
Huge Announcement Coming For Ring Of Honor Very Soon !
Smackdown Superstar Apologises After Insensitive Tweet Following A Celebrity Death !
Mustafa Ali Takes Next Step In Getting His Requested Release From WWE !
The Rock Reveals Why He Nearly Quit WWE After Just One Year; What He Would’ve Done Instead !
AEW Star Challenges Logan And Jake Paul To A Match !
WWE Hall Of Famer Reunites With AEW Tag Team At Local Indie Event ! And More !
We’re kicking off with the Royal Rumble Premium Live Event, which will officially kickoff the road to WrestleMania 38.
After it was confirmed that Impact Knockouts Champion Mickie James will be in the Women’s
Rumble match, it was reported that WWE were trying to get another big name through the
Forbidden Door into the Men’s Rumble match.
There’s no word yet on if WWE have got someone big, but during an interview with Good Morning
Washington, AEW World Champion Adam Page teased being in the 30-man match.
While Page said it’s unlikely he’ll be in the match, he asked fans not to rule it out entirely, saying that
he always keeps Saturdays free, usually to spend time with his family.
As the reigning AEW World Champion, having Page enter the Men’s Rumble match would be an unbelievable score
for WWE, and while it does seem unlikely, you can’t rule out anything now WWE has opened the Forbidden Door.
At 76-years-old, Vince McMahon has being running WWE for decades, after taking the company over from his father, Vince Sr.
While McMahon has built a Sports Entertainment empire, and oversaw WWE at it’s most popular,
many now feel it’s time for the Chairman to move on, in favour of someone younger to take over
That won’t be happening according to Bruce Prichard, who this week said on his Something to
Wrestle With Podcast that we can expect the Chairman to remain in control for a long time:
I can’t imagine him not doing it and I am sure that he will continue to do it probably for the next 25-to-30 years.
His mom’s 101 and still going so, you know, he shows no signs of slowing down at all and he’s a freak of nature.
Whether fans love or loathe the WWE Chairman, professional wrestling would not be what it is today
without his influence, and while Nick Khan is expected to take over when McMahon
eventually can’t run the company, don’t expect that handover any time soon.
NXT news now, as WWE’s third brand has used plenty of ideas from WCW, having shows like War
Games, Great American Bash and Halloween Havoc.
Now, fans can expect to see more shows from yesteryear brought back, at least according to WWE’s latest trademark filings
In filings dated January 19th, WWE filed for ownership on the term ‘Superbrawl’ and ‘Uncensored’
both shows once run by the defunct promotion.
These were two of WCW’s biggest shows, with Superbrawl running from 1991 until 2001, and
serving as the penultimate WCW Pay Per View ever, while Uncensored ran from 1995-2000.
There’s no guarantee what WWE will do with these trademarks, but it’s likely that they’ll be used for
NXT 2.0, but whatever the case, these named won’t be used by any other promotions.
Last December, Ring of Honor closed its doors following their Final Battle Pay Per View, to undergo a
total restructuring of the company.
We know that ROH will return this April, as their Supercard for Honor 15 event is taking shape,
something big will be announced very soon.
On the official ROH website Kevin Eck has teased that a “major announcement” is going to be
revealed this week, one that’ll excite anyone who’s ever been an ROH fan.
Eck gave no clues as to what this will be about, and it remains to be seen if it will relate to Supercard
for Honor, or something else about the returning company.
So far, only one match has been announced for April, a unification match between ROH World
Champion Jonathan Greshem and Bandido, who was stripped of the title in July but still
claims to be champion, and now we know something big is coming for ROH this week.
Last week, singer Meat Loaf sadly passed away, and social media was filled with tributes to the Bat Out of Hell star.
Shotzi Blackheart also shared her thoughts on Meat Loaf’s passing, saying she’d just been eating Meat Loaf, and after
fans responded negatively, finding her comment to be widlly insensitive, the SmackDown Superstar deleted her tweet.
Now, Shotzi has posted another tweet, this time apologising for the first, saying that she really had
just eaten meat loaf and after being shocked by the coincidence “impulsively posted” about it
Shotzi’s apology seems to have been accepted by those online, and the young Superstar admits to being a huge fan
of Meat Loaf herself, and we’re sure she’ll take a moment to think the next time she tweets about a celebrity’s passing.
Earlier this month, Mustafa Ali publicly requested his release from WWE, a request that was denied by the company.
Despite not using the SmackDown Superstar for months, the discussions between Ali and WWE had the word
“value” uttered on multiple occasions, but now Ali has taken a public step to get out of the company.
On Twitter, Ali posted to let fans know he’s blocked the WWE on FOX Twitter account, but only after the WWE
on FOX account blocked a fan who’d consistently tweeted them saying WWE should free Ali.
The hashtag ‘Free Ali’ has been trending for the past few days, as fans believe Ali will do bigger and better things
outside the company, but for now, the former Retribution leader remains trapped in a WWE contract.
Before he was a leading man in Hollywood, Dwayne Johnson captivated Millions (and millions) of
fans as The Rock, having a career most wrestlers could only dream of.
In 1998, The Rock became the youngest WWE Champion ever at that time, but that win, and all
subsequent Rock wins nearly didn’t happen.
When Sports Center said that The Rock was never interested in joining UFC, the Brahma Bull
corrected them, saying there was a point when he considered a career in MMA.
He explained that in 1997, when he was still being pushed as the bland babyface Rock Maivia, that he had a plan
to leave the WWF and train in Japan before entering the Octagon, adding that his wrestling career was “failing miserably.”
Ultimately, Rocky Maivia’s career turned around when he turned heel and became The Rock as part
of the Nation of Domination, but we can only wonder how he would’ve done had The Rock entered
the Octagon instead of sticking to the Squared Circle.
AEW news now, as Britt Baker is a bonafide star of the All Elite company, and is the reigning Women’s World Champion,
but she also has her sights set on possible opponents outside the company.
When TMZ Sports caught Baker and her boyfriend Adam Cole leaving an airport, Baker was asked if
she would be willing to wrestle either Logan or Jake Paul, the two YouTubers who are now making a
name for themselves in the world of combat sports. She responded:
“If Logan Paul wants a taste of the D.M.D., tell him to come my way. Same with Jake Paul. I’ll fight
you for that one-million-dollar Charizard card.”
The latter part of her message is in reference to Logan Paul’s statement last Summer, where he
claimed to own a pristine condition Charizard Pokemon card, calling it the most expensive card ever.
Logan Paul does have some experience in the wrestling world, as he was part of the Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens storyline
in the run-up to WrestleMania 37, which ultimately saw him take a stunner on the grandest stage of them all.
If AEW wants the Paul brothers, then money shouldn’t be a problem, as Tony Khan will have enough to afford them,
but with Logan not exactly getting a warm welcome during his WWE run, Khan may
steer clear from the YouTubers, despite this challenge by the DMD.
And we’re ending today with Big Time Wrestling, which had a big time match last weekend when
FTR faced the Rock N Roll Express, as part of the legendary tag team’s retirement tour
This match saw FTR get the win, much to the delight of Edge, who was in the audience and tweeted about the match.
Saying he was there to “catch up with some old friends,” the WWE Hall of Famer clearly had a blast
at Big Time Wrestling, ahead of his own tag match this Saturday at the Royal Rumble.