Mercedes Mone is back in the headlines for the latest on her 2024 return to the ring, so we’ll
see what’s new there. We’ll also check out what’s going on with Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, and more
Starting things off with Mercedes Monay
It’s been a very exhausting few weeks of trying to keep up with
every single teaser and report about Mercedes Monay’s future in the ring
Lots of mystery, teasers, and hints about where she will land in 2024
All of the teasers from Mercedes herself appeared
to be all heavily hinting and leaning in the direction of returning to WWE
Just so many WWE related teasers coming from Mercedes over the last few weeks alone
But like we covered a few days ago, the latest big report and belief was that
AEW was looking more and more like the favorite to land Mercedes Monay
Well there’s once again been a small update to that entire report
Although the biggest belief is that Mercedes is AEW bound,
new reports claim that there’s still some individuals that believe WWE
could still end up landing Mercedes and how it could turn out to be another CM Punk situation
So it seems like reporters are basically covering both ends this time around,
saying that she may be AEW bound, but that WWE isn’t completely out of the realm of possibility
So once reporters play both sides and provide conflicting reports,
it’s hard to really determine what’s true or not true, but that’s what they’re going with right now
Considering the season we’re in right now,
a lot of fans think a Royal Rumble return could be an option
With Royal Rumble so close,
if WWE did land someone like Mercedes or someone of that same caliber,
it doesn’t really make sense to bring them back to television a few weeks before Royal Rumble.
Might as well just save the return for the Royal Rumble match itself to create another
one of those magical return moments like we saw with Edge’s return from a few years back
There’s also been more smaller things that fans have noticed and pointed out
Such as Sasha Banks’ WWE profile page getting a recent fresh update
Some people believe this is a potential clue if her WWE page is getting refreshed
CM Punk’s page also received a fresh update prior to his Survivor Series return
But some fans argue that these recent fresh updates to the WWE
profiles pages don’t really come from WWE themselves, it actually comes from
google and doesn’t have significant meaning towards anyone’s return at all
Fans also noticed that Mercedes Monay’s official theme song that
had been on Spotify for a majority of 2023 has now disappeared from
the streaming platform over the last few days for whatever that is worth
Obviously no one knows what that means,
but it is something that fans noticed and it’s worth pointing out
So regardless if Mercedes picks WWE or AEW,
it seems like they’ll be very interesting paths and stories for her in either promotion
If she goes to AEW, Saraya has already said that she wants to be one of Mercedes’ first
few opponents in the company because of their history with each other
Saraya nearly had her career ended in 2017 during a match with Mercedes at a WWE live event, so to
circle back all these years later and actually be standing in the ring with each other, when a lot
of fans thought Saraya would never wrestle again after that injury, would be another magical moment
And if Mercedes finds herself back in WWE, a bunch of story possibilities are there as well
A lot of fans feel like Damage Control is right on the verge
of being fed up with Bayley and kicking her out
So if we can see Sasha Banks return to be right there for Bayley and
come to her aid against Damage Control, that’ll be very exciting
And also with the news that Naomi is expected to wrap up with Impact Wrestling and head back to
WWE, can’t help but wonder if a Sasha and Naomi reunion in WWE could even be in play as well
Talk about something fans thought we’ll never ever see again, how insane and unbelievable
would it be to see Sasha and Naomi back as a tag team in the WWE women’s division
Maybe under Triple H’s management and creative control, maybe this tag team run for
Sasha and Naomi could turn out to be the dream run they thought they would have back in 2022
So no matter what direction she goes in for her 2024 return to the ring,
it appears to be great possibilities either way
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Day one edition of Raw featured what many fans felt like was a ‘last chance’ sort of
match for Drew McIntyre for when it came to the world heavyweight title
Drew got a shot a few months for the world title and got another
shot here to open up the year, but was unsuccessful in both attempts
The Day one title match almost saw Drew McIntyre overcome all
odds to win the world heavyweight title
Drew took out the judgment day who was trying to help Damian Priest cash in his
contract and was able to get back in the ring to claymore Seth Rollins,
but Drew accidentally rolled Seth’s legs onto the ropes during the pin causing the pin to breakup
Drew McIntyre posted a video onto his socials in where he said that
he simply didn’t know what was next for him following that big world title match loss
Despite coming up short in several world title matches,
Drew McIntyre has been getting a lot of time, focus, and character development in recent months
Some are labeling it as Drew turning heel, but Drew pointed out on Twitter that he
never really turned heel, he never dissed the fans, never did anything like that,
his character is just doing what he feels is right for himself, and that’s a good argument as well
Drew McIntyre didn’t turn heel for the sake of just being evil for no reason,
he does have lots of good reasons for his recent actions because he has face a lot
of misfortune. From the bloodline getting involved in his world title match in 2022,
to the judgment day getting involved in his title matches in current day,
so in that sense, Drew does have a right to feel the way he does right now
The other big mystery hanging over Drew McIntyre’s head is of course his WWE contract status
It’s been reported ever since last year that Drew’s current
deal is allegedly up sometime in mid 2024
WWE has been signing lots of superstars to big extensions in recent weeks but
no news regarding an extension for Drew has been released yet
So fans are still trying to figure out if Drew quietly signed an extension over the
last few months, or if he’s still set to expire in the coming months of 2024
So that itself is a whole other situation to keep an eye on there with Drew McIntyre
If there’s no extension signed then obviously you can’t expect him to
take part in bigger long term stories, so we’ll have to see what news comes out there
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With a lot of fans and reports thinking that The Rock versus Roman Reigns may take place now
at Wrestlemania 40, that has a lot of wondering what would happen to Cody Rhodes in that scenario
And some fans have already come up with a pretty interesting backup Wrestlemania
feud for Cody Rhodes if Roman Reigns isn’t available, and that back up is Randy Orton
Randy Orton has so much history with Cody Rhodes dating back to their days in the legacy faction
Randy Orton was the teacher back then during their time in the faction,
while Cody Rhodes was the student
So to see the both of them come together and collide all these years later to where Cody
Rhodes is on that same level as someone who was once his teacher would be pretty cool to see
It’s a big feud for both Cody and Randy
And if Roman is occupied and there’s nothing bigger for Randy Orton to do at Wrestlemania,
Cody Rhodes versus Randy Orton could be a solid backup plan
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