So unfortunately we had another big talked about moment from raw this week regarding
Mandy Rose and Nia Jax
We know what Nia Jax’s storyline is right now.
There seems to be some tension growing with her partner Shayna Baszler and her other storyline
seems to include throwing Lana through the commentary table every week on raw
But Lana going through the table wasn’t the biggest talked about moment regarding
Nia Jax this week at all
The most talked about moment was something else that happened within that same segment
with Nia Jax and Mandy Rose
Nia Jax took Mandy Rose and very forcefully tossed her out of the ring.
Now when you watch it in real time, you may not notice much of the horrible impact, but
if you watch it back in slow motion, you can see just how much of a bad spill it really
was
The discussion amongst the fans seems to be split.
Some fans are thinking that you can’t really put this one on Nia Jax, it was more of mistake
from Mandy’s end, she missed the middle rope and mistimed everything, leading to an
awful fall directly on her shoulder
While others fans are saying that Mandy Rose didn’t have time to get prepared and time
it perfectly because she wasn’t expecting to be tossed so hard by Nia Jax in the first
place
So the discussion amongst the fans seems to be fifty fifty.
Some put the blame on Nia Jax and others claim it was Mandy’s fault by herself
Now of course it’s not to say it was necessarily Nia’s fault here, but you can’t help but
look at the track record
Superstars such as Kyrie Sane, Ember Moon, Charlotte Flair, Bayley, Becky Lynch and many
others have all been injured during brief encounters with Nia Jax
So that history often gets brought during moments like these
But we’ll have to see how severe this Mandy Rose injury really is.
Reports claim that it was legitimate because Mandy was still in pain backstage and was
being checked out to see what the issue was
Of course there’s no official word on what type of injury this is, but just telling by
the fall on Raw, it has to be shoulder and arm related because that’s where she fell
the hardest on
So we’ll to wait it out.
Survivor Series should paint us a picture on just how bad it is.
Is it something that Mandy Rose can work through or is this something that will keep her on
the sidelines and possibly lose that Survivor Series spot on team raw?
We’ll have to see how things play out, because it looked very serious for Mandy, but hopefully
Mandy Rose is okay
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For today’s first bonus story, we’ll be taking a look at the massive backlash that
raw commentator, Byron Saxton, received for his comments live on Raw
So the WWE commentators do have some wiggle room to say whatever they like, but they often
do have scripts themselves with certain key things that they have to mention during a
particular match
Byron Saxton had one of those big scripted lines this week that got a lot of mixed reactions
from fans
During the Aus-ka vs Nia Jax match, Saxton referred to the matchup between the two of
them as “Wrestlemania worthy”
The community was very split on that line by Byron Saxton.
A majority of fans thought that was actually a horrible line because a lot of fan s don’t
see that as a huge Wrestlemania dream match at all
So everyone started coming after Bryon Saxton for that outrageous claim, but reports claim
that it wasn’t Bryon’s call at all
That was one of the big scripted lines that was planted and he was forced to mention
That line at least gives us an idea of what WWE is thinking, it seems that they see Aus-ka
vs Nia Jax as this huge Wrestlemania dream match
But if they were to look around from the reactions of their fanbase, they’ll see that a majority
of their fans don’t really agree with that idea
Could it be a very early hint for next year’s Wrestlemania?
I seriously doubt it, it’s way to early, plus you have Becky Lynch, Charlotte, and
possibly others coming back for Wrestlemania
So the Raw women’s title match at Wrestlemania is more likely to be involved with some of
those big returning names
I can’t really see Aus-ka vs Nia Jax being the huge Wrestlemania women’s match when
you have all those other returning women, so don’t freak out about that matchup just
yet
We do have to hope that WWE finds some direction for Aus-ka soon.
She’s the current Raw women’s champion, but it still feels like WWE has no clue for
what direction they should take her in.
She still doesn’t even have anyone to challenge her for the title as well
We’re used to seeing WWE not knowing what to do with some of their women, but for them
to have no clue what they’re doing with the raw women’s champion is quite surprising
It’s unfortunate and I hope it’s not the case, but it feels like Aus-ka is just a place
holder for the title until Charlotte or Becky comes back
It’s just so unbelievable to see a women’s champion that’s involved with no feuds and
no storylines, so hopefully Aus-ka gets back on track soon
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WWE Superstars want WWE Backstage to return?
WWE Backstage was a great concept, but it just got off to a rocky start in terms of
ratings and execution
Renee Young has even claimed that the show felt like another “kick-off” sort of show
It had it’s big moments like when CM Punk debuted on the show, but after the pandemic
hit and the show was already pulling in bad ratings, Fox sports decided to cut the show
Now WWE superstars want it back because there’s so much to discuss
Renee Young tweeted out “Justice for Lana” after Lana was put through the table for the
8th time this week
Paige responses to the tweet and said “I wish WWE Backstage was still a thing.
So much to talk about”
CM Punk was also in the comments for Paige’s tweet, implying that the show really was done
Honestly, it would be a great idea to possibly make the show be a big monthly event
So we won’t be getting too much of it and get burnt out with a new episode every week,
but if they turn it to a “once a month” sort of thing, I think that could be good
start
There’s just so much going on right now like the Lana table situation, Alexa Bliss
Bray Wyatt, Retribution, Roman Reigns, and so much more that I feel like it really would
be interesting to see what the backstage cast is thinking of these storylines
Especially since all the WWE Backstage cast members aren’t on WWE TV at all right now,
I feel like we really could get a more raw opinion from them about the current product
So that’s just an idea, but it looks like Paige and others really want to see the show
make it’s return to television
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Lastly, there seems to be something developing on Raw
This week’s raw was supposed to be the jump start to The Fiend vs Drew McIntyre, but those
plans were flipped around
Bray Wyatt still had his puppets watching Drew McIntyre backstage, so that’s confirmation
that he’s still coming for Drew McIntyre
But Drew McIntyre vs Randy Orton for the WWE title will take place next week on Raw right
before Survivor Series
We’ve seen this sort of thing before where WWE changes to Survivor Series card at the
last second by the WWE title changing hands on the show before the pay per view
So could that be what’s going on here?
As of right now we have Randy Orton vs Roman Reigns at Survivor Series, but if Drew McIntyre
was wins back the title, that will change the matchup to “Drew McIntyre vs Roman Reigns”
I think both matches are going to be amazing, so it really doesn’t matter who faces Roman
Reigns, but the direction for the WWE title is important here
With Bray Wyatt already having his eyes on Drew McIntyre, does Drew win the title and
get greeted by The Fiend immediately after?
That’s another possibility
Maybe The Fiend will confront either Orton or McIntyre, whoever wins the WWE title will
have to deal with Roman Reigns and then The Fiend
So that WWE title match happening right before Survivor Series and this big switch up to
the Raw script is very interesting, could a big change up be taking place soon?
It’s definitely looking like a realistic possibility, so we have to keep an eye on
this one
But what are your thoughts on today’s wrestling news?
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