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actually being renamed as the WrestleTalk ALL THE NEWS EVER BECAUSE IT’S THE ONE TIME
A YEAR WHEN WWE THROW OUT ALL PLANS BEFORE SURVIVOR SERIES IN HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPETITION
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THAN DANIEL BRYAN’S HEEL TURN after this video goes live - where we can all try to
figure out if existence is just a simulation booked by Road Dogg.
All of the crazy WWE plans that unfolded on last night’s SmackDown - mainly Daniel Bryan
beating AJ Styles to become the new WWE Champion and turning heel in the process - seems like
it can be traced back to the unfortunate incident of blood Becky Lynch in the closing segment
of this week’s Raw. News that Becky’s injury was worse than
originally thought was first reported by Fightful on Tuesday afternoon, where they revealed
Lynch suffered a concussion and a broken nose during the go-home angle. This was later corroborated
by WrestleVotes and the Wrestling Observer, and finally confirmed by Tom Phillips on that
evening’s episode of SmackDown, but with the reported kayfabe claim Becky had a ‘broken
face’ instead, presumably because ‘broken nose’ doesn’t sound as ridiculous.
Despite the concussion, Lynch had the pro wrestling wherewithal to make the most of
the injury, calling her bloodied nose “Irish war paint” on Twitter, and continued to
build her Survivor Series match with Ronda Rousey:
“When you’re babbling on about avocados, I’m main-eventing my show AND your show.
Did you hear that last night, Ronda? That’s the sound they make when The Man comes around.”
- with more screenshots of her bloodied face. Following Raw’s main event, though, Becky
did not immediately travel with the rest of the invading Team SmackDown from Raw in Kansas
City to their blue brand’s show in St Louis for the following night, as she was checked
out by doctors - which revealed she had suffered a concussion.
PWInsider have claimed WWE were considering multiple scenarios over how to deal with Lynch’s
injury - with one being having her vacate her SmackDown women’s championship.
Thankfully, they decided arguably the hottest star in the company would instead choose her
replacement from the rest of the SmackDown women’s roster on last night’s episode
- which went to her former best friend, then arch-enemy, and now best friend again Charlotte;
leading speculation this could all be building to the long-rumoured MMA Four Horsewomen of
Ronda Rousey, Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir vs the WWE Four Horsewomen
of Lynch, Charlotte, Bayley and Sasha Banks.
It turns out Becky’s concussion came from a horribly stiff punch from Nia Jax during
the Raw vs SmackDown pull apart brawl, which was missed by the TV broadcast, but captured
on this fan footage, where Nia can be seen flooring Becky with the strike.
Jax hasn’t just been condemned on the internet for the botch, either, with Fightful adding,
“It was originally reported that there was no heat on Jax for the incident, but with
the new information, the sentiment has changed.” Sean Ross Sapp followed this up with: “I
also had one wrestler tell me, ‘yeah, there’s heat on Nia, but who would say anything to
her?’ Not that they’re afraid that she’ll beat them up or anything, it’s just afraid
of the long lasting ramifications of saying something like that.”
This is just the latest in a string of accidental injuries from spots involving Jax - including
Zelina Vega, who was recently cleared to return from suffering a concussion after being thrown
out the ring by Nia at last month’s Evolution pay-per-view, and Alexa Bliss back in May,
where WWE reported she suffered a shoulder injury in losing her Raw Women’s Championship
match against Jax at Backlash. Find out what happened with Daniel Bryan’s
shocking WWE title win by clicking our SmackDown review in the top left! And relive 20 wrestler
mugshots and why they were arrested by clicking the WrestleTalk.com link onscreen now! I’ve
been Oli Davis, and that was wrestling.