L.A. Knight is officially on his way back, so we’ll see what happened there.
We’ll also check out some scary rumors going around for Randy Orton, what Seth Rollins
recently did, and much more
Let’s start things off with this quick update for the MMM group
The Max Dupri character and MMM idea allegedly came from Vince McMahon
Although it might’ve been a good comedic sort of act with the right individuals, fans
weren’t thrilled to find out that Vince McMahon was completely tossing away the L.A.
Knight character and persona, only for him to take on this new character role of Max
Dupri instead
And this was a little reoccurring issue that fans were becoming a bit frustrated with
A superstar will spent several years in NXT building a fanbase and character, but as soon
as they get to the main roster, everything they accomplished in NXT was basically wiped
clean
Several superstars getting called up to the main roster lost their names, their characters,
their personas, and pretty much everything they they created for themselves during their
time in NXT
That’s why getting called up to the main roster became a bittersweet thing because
superstars were unsure if they would be allowed to keep their NXT personas or if they’ll
be forced to take on completely new characters that have nothing to do with what they did
in NXT
L.A. Knight was unfortunately a victim of this exact situation
When he got to Smackdown, he wasn’t trying out for the the main roster as his L.A. Knight
character, he was trying out as “Max Dupri”, owner of a male model agency
Something that was just out of left field when compared to the L.A. Knight character
in NXT
There was absolutely no correlation or connections between those two personas at all, literally
two completely different characters that had nothing to do with one another
So it started becoming an issue for L.A. Knight fans and other NXT fans because everyone was
scared that the superstar they like in NXT will be completely different and unrecognizable
when they get to the main roster
But one of the things Triple H teased since he took over was the return of L.A. Knight
Max Dupri used to be obsessed and be all about the modeling, but in recent weeks, his attention
has shifted to in-ring action and winning matches
He was absolutely fuming after those several losses for MMM
And then when they told him they were competing for a title, he got excited for a moment and
thought it was a match against the Usos, but they were actually talking about a world-record
for the longest pose
That was the final nail for Max’s time in MMM and his time as the actual Max Dupri character
altogether
Max finally quit the group due to them not being serious enough for him and once again
hinted at his L.A. Knight persona
So the slow burning story is completed.
Max was finally pushed over the edge by MMM and left
The group will now be led by Maxxine Dupri, so it’ll be interesting to see where she
can take it
MMM could work as a nice comedic group, the only big mistake made was of course sacrificing
the L.A. Knight character for the Max Dupri character, which obviously was a downgrade
But thankfully Triple H has fixed that situation and it’ll be interesting to see what L.A.
Knight’s role will be on Smackdown
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There’s some serious issues and rumors floating around right now regarding the health of Randy
Orton
Orton was last seen on WWE television back on May 20th, 2022
This was the big tag team match that saw RK-Bro lose their Raw tag team titles and saw The
Usos become unified tag team champions
There was a moment after the match that The Bloodline did in fact beatdown Randy Orton
Now at that time, we all assumed that it was just a little story angle and storyline hiatus
that would be paid off by Randy Orton returning to face Roman Reigns at Summerslam and challenging
him for the world titles
Roman was the reason why The Usos won that unified tag team title match, so it made perfect
sense for Randy Orton to return and come after him in time for Summerslam
And according to reports, that’s exactly what the early plans were for Summerslam,
Randy Orton versus Roman Reigns
That big Summerslam main event would’ve been the big pay-off for all of the Bloodline
and RK-Bro’s interactions over those last few months
But obviously that didn’t happen and Brock Lesnar had to be called in as a last second
replacement for Summerslam
Reason being that Randy Orton was actually legitimately hurt and was dealing with what
was reported to be a very serious back injury
In the few weeks that followed Orton’s disappearance from television, Riddle alluded to the idea
that Randy Orton was in fact suffering from a serious back injury and how back surgery
was in play to take place
The uncertainty and fear with Randy Orton is that reports have no idea if he already
had that back surgery done or if he’s still consulting with doctors about it
So right now, it’s not even worth to discuss a Randy Orton return any time soon because
he either didn’t get the surgery yet and is about to get it done, or he recently had
it done and is still towards the start of the recovery process
So that’s the biggest and trickiest part about Randy Orton’s status that reports
don’t seem to really be in the know about
Orton either got the surgery or is about to get it
And reports claim that everyone is fearful because it obviously would be a major procedure
that would keep him sidelined for an indefinite amount of time
So hopefully, some good news comes out about Randy Orton sometime soon, but for now, it’s
a big mystery
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Seth Rollins went trending this week after he created a new version of the shield for
one single night
during a six-man match at WWE’s Bismarck live event show, Seth Rollins did the iconic
shield pose with Austin Theory and The Miz
It was quite random and funny, even for a live event match, so the picture did go viral
amongst the community
The moment doesn’t really hold any significance, WWE live events are obviously house shows
that are just intended to be fun
There’s no storyline progression, long promos, or anything like we usually see on WWE television
And the most important thing is that they obviously aren’t so pressed for time since
they aren’t on live television
so everyone just has fun at these shows with their matches and with moments like that shield
pose
What is pretty interesting about this whole situation is that fans do want to see Roman
Reigns versus Seth Rollins one more time
Fans feel like Seth Rollins came so close to defeating Roman Reigns, he was definitely
one of Roman’s toughest opponent throughout the entire reign so far
He has history that goes back a long way with Roman and knew all these little tactics to
get under Roman’s skin
But unfortunately for everyone, that match ended in no contest and surprisingly, there
was no follow up to their story after that no contest out come
Roman went back to feuding with Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins went back to Raw
So if anyone does deserve another crack at Roman Reigns, a majority of fans wouldn’t
mind seeing Seth Rollins step up to that plate and continue their story from early 2022
Roman is still expected to carry his Universal Title into Wrestlemania 39 season, so there’s
still a lot of time to get that rematch between the both of them
And if WWE splits the world titles up, fans have been discussing for a while how Seth
Rollins would be the perfect choice to be WWE champion for Raw and lead the brand as
it’s world champion
So we’ll have to wait and see if we’ll ever see that Roman versus Seth rematch in
the near future
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