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After announcing last week that AJ Styles would be the cover star for WWE2K19, it was
revealed on Raw last night that former World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio will be
the game’s pre-order bonus.
Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet - who correctly reported that Styles would be the cover star
- claimed that Ronda Rousey would be the game’s pre-order bonus, but it seems she will be
available to play for everyone.
Unless she’s DLC or in a Loot Box or some other deluxe edition nonsense.
Whatever happened to just buying a game and playing it?
Mysterio signing on as a pre-order bonus is interesting as that has often led to those
wrestlers signing some sort of deal with WWE.
Ultimate Warrior made his return to the company after WWE2K14, Sting made his WWE debut after
WWE2K15, Goldberg returned after WWE2K17 as did Kurt Angle after WWE2K18.
Still waiting on that Terminator debut, though.
A Mysterio WWE return has been reportedly on the cards since his surprise entrance in
the 2018 Royal Rumble, and he made an appearance for the company at the Greatest Royal Rumble
in Saudi Arabia.
Mysterio has also been working with New Japan Pro Wrestling, first at Strong Style Evolved
where an injury kept him off a card but he set up feuds with the likes of Marty Scurll
and Will Ospreay, and recently at Dominion where he teamed with Jushin “Thunder”
Liger and Hiroshi Tanahashi’s magnificent hair to take on Bullet Club.
Mysterio is also scheduled to be All In, and there are rumours he will be at TripleMania
and the G1 Special in San Francisco.
Speaking with Lucha Central last week in San Diego on June 19th - which is now officially
Rey Mysterio Day so mark that in your calendars - Mysterio said that he and WWE were negotiating
a 3-year deal for his return to the company.
Although Lucha Central notes that nothing has been signed yet, and speculate that the
deal hangs on WWE granting Mysterio’s request to work a part-time schedule.
If anything is close, perhaps we could see him at WWE’s Hell in a Cell from San Antonio
on September 16th.
Get ready boys and girls, as it’s time to grab your ‘card subject to change’ markers,
as a lo cal ABC affiliate has advertised a couple of matches for the PPV.
This of course doesn’t mean anything is set in stone, but the two matches announced
were Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns and AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe for the WWE Championship.
Let the rampant speculation begin!
Someone who you can almost guarantee won’t be at WWE’s Hell in a Cell, though, is Big
Cass.
The man who is seven foot tall, which is apparently hard to teach, was fired by WWE last week
just a few days after his loss to Daniel Bryan at Money in the Bank.
Since then there have been conflicting reports about why Cass was fired - particularly because
WWE did not wish Cass the best of luck in his future endeavours.
Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet reported that there was “a mix of multiple things”
that led to his departure, including an incident on a WWE tour bus where he broke the door
off the toilet, and Justin Barraso of Sports Illustrated also reported that Cass “was
drinking the majority of [WWE's] European tour and had attitude issues when drunk.”
Then on Friday it was reported by WrestlingNews.co’s Taylor Underwood that the reason Cass was
fired was because of a backstage incident with his former girlfriend and current Smackdown
Women’s Champion Carmella.
According to the report, Cass grabbed her by the arm backstage after “causing a scene”
and he had to be pulled away by The Usos and Erick Rowan.
However according to Rajah, this wasn’t the case at all and that report was false,
writing that, “his past relationship with Carmella had nothing to do with his departure
from WWE.”
It’s been reported that several independent wrestling companies have already shown an
interest in bringing in Enzo Amore and Big Cass as a tag team, but Cass will need to
complete his 90-day non-compete clause before we find out if that ever happens.
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