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WWE Worldwiiiiide Expect a lot of tired wrestlers for this week’s
episodes of Raw and Smackdown.
The rosters have had dates in Australia, New Zealand, China and Japan since last week’s
shows, with John Cena literally spending more time on planes than on the ground over the
last several days - being jetted into WWE’s first ever live event in Shenzhen last night.
Cena revealed in an interview promoting that show that he’ll be “in the air the entire
day Monday” while travelling back, meaning he’ll most definitely miss No Mercy’s
go-home episode of Raw.
Sadly, Cena’s super-human abilities don’t yet include the power of flight.
Over on the Smackdown side of things, the blue roster found themselves just a few hours
away from New Japan’s Destruction in Hiroshima show - prompting one of the coolest wrestling
dinners in recent times, with Bad Luck Fale and the Guerrillas of Destiny sitting alongside
Natalya and Tamina, Luke Harper next to Big E, and Sami Zayn sharing a table with Aiden
English, Juice Robinson and…
Kevin Owens.
You’re exposing the business, Japanese restaurant!
And because Bullet Club is for, for, for, for, for life, the faction reunited with their
old leader AJ Styles.
The underselling of feuds continued with Sami Zayn’s flippant tweet about a wrestling
fan’s dream match.
“I made pizza with some children in China today!
Oh, also, Zayn vs Styles vs Owens vs Nakamura 4-way match happened tonight (not pictured).”
We probably won’t see that match on WWE television anytime soon, but at least Smackdown
has a different mouthwatering bout in the works…
Hell In A Cell Tag Team Plans Following two fantastic Tag Team Championship
matches on the Summerslam pre-show and last week’s episode of Smackdown, WWE are reportedly
planning a hell of a stipulation for the New Day and The Usos - as Ryan Satin revealed
on Wrestling Sheet Radio: “From what I’ve heard, they’re going
to get a big opportunity at Hell in a Cell to add to that legacy of theirs...right now
there’s talk internally of doing a tag team Hell in a Cell match between The Usos and
The New Day.”
There are currently two matches officially booked for the 8th October Hell in a Cell
pay-per-view - Shinsuke Nakamura vs Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship and Kevin Owens
vs Shane McMahon inside the titular structure.
New Day member Kofi Kingston was helped to the back at a Smackdown house show last Thursday
with a possible leg injury, but he was thankfully cleared to wrestle from Saturday and worked
both the weekend’s live events.
Bobby Heenan Passes Away The wrestling world lost a legend last night,
with arguably the greatest manager ever Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan passing away aged 73.
He famously managed Nick Bockwinkel, the Brain Busters, Harley Race and Andre the Giant - who
he accompanied to the ring for his iconic Wrestlemania III match.
Heenan was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004.
His commentary pairing with Gorilla Monsoon was also one of wrestling’s best ever announcing
partnerships, leading Lance Storm to tweet: “#RIP Bobby Heenan quite probably the greatest
all around wrestling performer ever.”
Jim Ross posted: “The news of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan's passing today gutted me.
I loved our time together.
No one ever did it better than the Wease.”
While Corey Graves pointed out Heenan’s lasting impact on the business: “Without
him, there is no me.”
What major Wrestlemania 34 storyline did Vince McMahon drop from last week’s Smackdown?
And what was the real reason WWE fired Daniel Bryan in 2010?
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