Here's more wrestling news for October 21st, 2022, and we're starting
off with Bray Wyatt and the former universal champion was on the verge
of tears last week when cutting his emotional promo on SmackDown.
Wyatt's promo Fittingly headlined the October
14th edition of SmackDown, but the segment
ended with a masked figure on the Titan Tron.
Some fans in attendance were able to catch what happened after
the show went off the air as Wyatt was spotted, leaving the
ring and looking on with fans at the figure on the Titan.
Wyatt was also seen hastily leaving the arena through the crowd.
In a moment, that must have thrilled the fans who got to see him up
close As previously reported, Wyatt will be exclusively on SmackDown
moving forward and outside of the Roman reigns and the bloodline.
Expect the former Feend to be the best booked superstar on the card.
Since returning to WWE in late 2016, Bill Goldberg has had a handful
of matches, typically at Wrestlemania's or WWE's Saudi Arabia event.
Next month, we'll see WWE host their annual crown jewel show.
But right now it looks like the show will go ahead
without an appearance by the former universal
champion speaking on the Roman Atwood Podcast.
Goldberg discussed his WWE status and let everybody know that
he only has two more months left on his current contract.
The WWE Hall of Famer also relayed a fun story about
how he was once told by Stephanie McMahon that he
was no longer allowed to headbutt doors back Stage.
Stephanie came up to me backstage one night and
said, I heard you've been headbutting the doors.
I'm like, Yeah, that's how I got to be me.
She goes, I don't want you headbutting any more doors.
I wanted to make sure that I was following her orders.
They knock on my door, Wham.
I punched the door and broke my hand.
I never told them about it.
So then what am I gonna do?
Time out.
It's freaking live television.
So I punched the door, they're on the other side of the door.
They don't know what's going on.
I wear these gloves, right?
So fortunately I grabbed my glove and
pulled my hand back out so I can move it.
And I go, Okay, let's go to the ring.
So I went to the ring, I grabbed the rope and I fell.
And it was the night Steve Austin and
I met for the first time, I think.
And we did the beer bash.
With two more months left on his contract.
WWE hasn't got a lot of time to hash out a new deal, so we'll have
to see if Goldberg has any more matches or appearances down the line.
And if a new agreement is reached as WrestleMania 38
proved, there are a ton of fans who love seeing stone cold.
Steve Austin raised some hell even after nearly two
decades since retiring from full-time competition.
Last year, Peacock purchased the rights to
a cartoon, all about the Texas rattlesnake.
But that show hasn't hit screens just yet.
On bar stool's, kfc, radio comedian Don Soder, detailed
how he pitched the stone cold cartoon to Peacock,
and why the series is taking so long to come out.
We're going through some bullshit and right now, and
hopefully me saying it publicly will kind of push
it through or it'll just completely fuck the deal.
But at this point, I don't give a fuck.
During the pandemic, Dan St.
Germain, a fellow comedian and I wrote a show with Stone Cold
Steve Austin that was a cartoon and we sold it to Peacock.
But now the WWE and Peacock are bullshitting.
It's been 17 months on the sidelines, and I keep
calling these motherfuckers being like, This is gonna
be fucking funny, and Stone Cold is completely on board.
We developed the show with him, not the wwe.
I don't wanna give away too much because
that's what we're dealing with WWE right now.
We're kind of like, Don't take our fucking show and do
it yourself, because you're gonna make it fucking corny.
It's dark and weird.
That's why Stone Cold liked it.
He loves it.
And the WWE was like, Well, we want to be creatively involved.
And we are like, No, we wanna write the show.
And Peacock bought it because they liked
the show and it's just been in grid lock.
While Austin is fully on board with the show, WWE
have made things complicated, but that won't stop.
Soder fighting to see his creation.
Drink some beers and raise some hell on Peacock.
We've got some sad news now.
As AEW's lead video engineer, Brian Muster has died.
Muster had been with AEW since their very first
event back in 2019, and it produced some of the
best videos for the company before his passing.
There's no word on what caused Muster's death, but a
GoFundMe set up for his family has already surpassed
$70,000, including a $15,000 donation by AEW President.
Tony Khan Muster is survived by his fiance and two young
children, and we'd like to offer our deepest condolences
to everyone who knew Brian at this difficult time.
Next January, Monday Night Raw will reach their historic 30th
anniversary, far surpassing any other wrestling show on tv.
The Red brand has seen plenty of iconic and infamous moments over
the near three decades, and plans for the show are already in motion.
According to Wrestle Votes.
WWE has already began putting together plans for the show with
one idea floated around for Raw to be at the Manhattan Center.
The same venue as Raw episode one, like all WWE programming.
It'll be Triple H.
Who decides who and what makes it onto the 30th anniversary Raw
and the game has been part of plenty of iconic raw moments himself.
From Austin versus Tyson to the Festival of Friendship.
Raw has hosted some of wrestling's most iconic moments, so
we'll have to see what makes it on the card next January.
Now, impact wrestling has seen a lot of
superstars come and go in recent years.
Thanks.
In part to the rise of AEW Impact has a ton of
alumni in the pro wrestling world, and now one
Ex WWE Superstar is heading back to the company.
PW Insider has learned that PJ Black, the former Justin Gabriel,
is returning to impact wrestling and will be at this weekend's
television tapings Black made several appearances for impact in 2015
when Jeff Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling tried to invade and is a
former GFW Next Gen Champion and tna King of the Mountain champion.
There's no word on what impact has planned for black, but the 41 year
old has a ton of talent in the ring, and his veteran mindset will
no doubt be useful to the current roster in the company over to AEW.
Now, as Paul White has been with the company for over a year,
but has only had four matches for the company, white's one and
only pay perview appearance for AEW is at AEW all out 2021.
But fans eager to see him back in the ring.
We'll be waiting for quite a.
During his most recent grilling JR podcast, Jim
Ross confirmed that white underwent hip surgery
recently and has had to use a walker to get around.
Ross added that while White is kind of beat up, he's
confident that the former WWE champion will have
more matches, but he's got to get healthy first.
White's part-timer schedule was a factor in his decision
to leave WWE and end his time as the big show, as
he felt he was being underutilized by the company.
His most recent match came on the April 4th, 2022 edition of AEW
Dark Elevation where he defeated Austin Green, and we are wishing
the giant to speedy recovery after this most recent surgery.
Now it's been many years since Darren Young parted Ways with WWE after
previously being part of the Nexus and later the primetime players.
Since then Young has worked under Real name Fred
Rosser and is the reigning New Japan strong open weight
champion, but hasn't forgotten where he came from with
his similar facial features to a certain X WWE champion.
Rosser has been jokingly called the Black John
Cena in the past and while on Insider's Edge said
he's thinking about dressing up his big match.
If he goes through with it, Rosser could don his finest
khakis and sneakers for new Japan's Halloween show,
which will take place in New York on October 27th.
The event titled The Night Before The Rumble will see some of
new Japan's Strong's best and brightest stars, but Rosser could
be the one who steals the show if he Dawn's Cena's attire.
Last November, WWE cut.
Frankie Monet from her contract and the former NXT Superstar has
since gone back to using the name Fanzo, her best for Taya Valery.
Recently WWE filed a very interesting trademark similar
to Taya's name as WWE now has the rights to use Lyra
Valkyr ia as WWE now has the right to use Lyra Valkyria,
leaving some to speculate that she could be back.
Sitting down with Wrestling Inc.
Valkyrie spoke about her time with WWE and said that coming back to
the company with Triple H running creative isn't out of the question.
At first, it was just shocking, and I was upset, and I was
mad because I never felt, I still don't feel like I got an
opportunity to shine, and there were a lot of things that were
completely out of my control, obviously, such as the Pandemic.
It really sucks because I didn't get that chance to work one
on one with Paul Triple H or Shawn Michaels on a regular basis.
I just wish that I'd gotten that opportunity as well.
So I definitely now would be like, never say never.
You never know, but everything, the universe always has a plan.
Speaking about whether WWE will want her back, Taya said how she
has faith in her work ethic and what she brings to the table.
Almost immediately after her WWE release, Taya returned
to AAA and has worked for Impact and MLW since then.
But with this trademark, we can't count out the former
Frankie Monet back in WWE before becoming arguably
the most popular female superstar of all time.
Becky Lynch made her name in NXT before her eventual call up in 2015.
Lynch never held the NXT Women's Championship, but
did become a very popular star of the brand and
is very impressed with what she's seeing today.
Speaking during New York City's advertising Week, Lynch spoke
about the current crop of female NXT talent, calling them the
future of WWE Lynch added that the athleticism shown in the
gold brand is skills that never in a million years I would
be capable of, and that the roster has engaging characters.
WWE'S main roster have plenty of success stories from NXT graduates
as stars, including Rhea Ripley Liv Morgan, and Raw Women's
Champion, Bianca Belair, all once called the Gold Brand Home.
As for the current roster, the likes of Cora Jade, Nikita Lyons,
Toxic Attraction and Roxanne Perez have shown a ton of promise,
and the future certainly looks bright as far as Lynch is.
And we're ending today with the butcher, who's been
with AEW since November, 2019, and like many other
roster has a good working relationship with Tony Khan.
During a panel at the Ohio fan Fest, Butcher spoke about
Khan and said that one of the best things the AEW President
does is allow people to fail explaining his point.
Butcher said, how failure isn't the opposite of success,
but just a part of success and as a stepping stone that
you need to cross in order to get towards your goal.
Butcher and Blade have yet to hold Gold in AEW and have become
best known as guns for higher, and no matter what the future