The Alpha Academy is making some big waves so we’ll see what’s new with
them. We’ll also see what WWE is up to with Ice Spice, Mandy Rose, and much more
Starting things off with Wargames
So over the last few months, Sami Zayn,
Cody Rhodes, And Jey Uso have been at constant war with The Judgment Day
It has been a never ending feud that has been going on for a majority of
the year and it looks like it’ll finally conclude with War Games at Survivor Series
After Monday Night Raw ended in it’s usual fashion with a
battle between The Judgment Day and Cody, Jey,
Seth, and Sami… Adam Pearce took to the ring to announce the 2023 Survivor Series Wargames match
Wargames will include Sami Zayn, Seth Rollins, Cody Rhodes, and Jey Uso taking on Finn Balor,
Dominik Mysterio, Damian Priest, and JD McDonagh of The Judgment Day
Now here’s where the interesting part and more fan theories come into play
WarGames matches are traditionally five on five matches, which is currently leading
fans to believe that the build for Survivor Series is only just beginning and that we
should see something go on there where two more individuals will be added to this match
One on the side of the babyfaces, and one on the side of the Judgment Day
That’s what everyone expects to happen here and that’ll complete
it as traditional five-on-five Wargames match
So who are some potential names to fill up these final two spots in the Wargames match?
Well fans got some very interesting ideas and theories going that would make sense
For the one remaining spot on the side of The Judgment Day,
fans have been heavily discussing the idea of Drew McIntyre taking that spot
Drew McIntyre has been on a slow burning journey
to turning heel over the last weeks and truly struggling between right and wrong
He was previously offered a sweet deal from Rhea Ripley that if he joined the Judgment Day,
they would assure him that he’ll walk out of Crown Jewel as world heavyweight champion
Drew didn’t take that offer, lost the match,
and then had Rhea Ripley shrug in his face after that Crown Jewel match
So a lot of fans are still wondering if this slow burning heel turn could conclude with
Drew McIntyre fully giving in and aligning himself with The Judgment Day for Wargames
Maybe he doesn’t even join as a full member of the judgment day,
but at least joins their Wargames team to officially mark the beginning of his heel turn
Drew McIntyre basically has problems with everyone on the babyface team so it would make sense
Drew McIntyre can’t stand Jey Uso because of their Bloodline history with each other,
he’s not really a fan of Cody Rhodes because Cody was the one to being Jey to raw, he was
just arguing with Sami Zayn a few weeks back, and obviously just lost to Seth Rollins at Crown Jewel
So if the judgment day needs someone that has big issues with all four
of the babyfaces on that Wargames team, Drew McIntyre appears to be a perfect fit
And for the fifth and final spot for the babyface team,
a lot of fans are looking at Kevin Owens to possibly take that spot
Technically Kevin Owens is a Smackdown superstar
now and is probably putting the judgment day matters behind him
But you still can’t ignore the fact that Kevin Owens would be
the perfect fifth man for the babyface team
He has all the bad history in the world against The Judgment Day and this match
would also give Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens one last proper farewell with each other
Kevin Owens was abruptly traded to Smackdown as a part of the Jey
Uso trade and he didn’t really get to have a proper goodbye with Sami Zayn,
so the Wargames would give them that opportunity if Kevin Owens was to join the babyface team
Another missing part of the Wargames match so far this year is stakes,
we’ll have to see what added stakes they throw into the match
In 2022, the stakes were all about Sami Zayn proving his
loyalty to Roman Reigns and The Bloodline
Roman was suspicious that Sami was just faking everything and quietly working
with Kevin Owens behind his back, so last year’s Wargames match had
that extra narrative and stakes to the match that did make it more intriguing
So hopefully we do get some extra added stakes to the match to make it even more meaningful,
but even if we don’t, it’s still a Wargames match so it should still
be interesting and fun to see even if something extra isn’t on the line
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Mandy Rose’s career took a shocking turn just one year ago
Back in 2022, Mandy was re-establishing herself in NXT as an undeniable top star in WWE
She was NXT women’s champion for over 400 days,
she improved her character work, her ring-work, and everyone was excited to
see how this new version of Mandy Rose would perform on the WWE main roster
But we never got to see that take place because Mandy abruptly lost her title with
no real build up or storyline, and then was basically fired and released that same night
Mandy has stated several times that she was never given a proper answer
for why she was released, but Mandy and a majority of fans believe it was due to
her exclusive content that she was creating online while being in WWE
So once she was fired from WWE, Mandy Rose went full-time with
her content creation and she has said that it’s been a big success ever since
But Mandy recently hosted a question and answer
session on Instagram and answered a few wrestling related questions
Mandy Rose had this to say in response to if she’ll ever wrestle again, quote:
“I don’t know when I’ll be returning to the ring. Not really sure if I’ll be returning
to the ring. Not really sure if I’m not going to be returning to the ring. It’s really up in the
air. I know it’s not the best answer, but it’s all I can say right now. I am enjoying my life,
my freedom, my time. When you’re wrestling and on the road, it takes a toll on you,
and I have to be committed to that if I want to get back into it,
so we’ll see. I was on the road for like eight years and it was a blessing.” End quote
Then one fan asked if she would ever consider a return to the
wrestling ring but with AEW instead of WWE, she had this to say, quote:
“I don’t know. If the right phone calls comes around, maybe.” End quote
Mandy Rose has been out of the ring for almost one full year now,
but it looks like she’s not fully ruling out a return to wrestling, even if it’s with AEW
So we’ll have to see what the future holds for Mandy Rose
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The Alpha Academy has been really picking up steam in recent weeks
What started off as just a tag team between Chad
Gable and Otis has now evolved to include Maxxine Dupri and Tozawa
The faction continues to grow in members and grow in popularity with the fans
But the Alpha Academy went viral this week for a
reason that has nothing to do with the wrestling ring
WWE posted a clip of the entire Alpha Academy taking part in the social media dancing challenge
with Ice Spice’s Deli instrumental and it was one of WWE’s most viral clips of the week,
picking up over 5 million views on across Instagram and Tiktok
That one single clip of the Ice Spice challenge
got more views for WWE than some of the biggest highlights from Raw
So it was definitely something to take note of
As far as what’s next for the Alpha Academy, big things still appear to be ahead for them
Chad Gable is just coming off some great matches and a great feud with
Gunther that really helped to establish Chad Gable as a star
Otis is continuing to be himself and climbing
back to that popularity that he had right around 2019 and 2020
Maxxine Dupri has also been flying up the popularity charts since joining Alpha Academy
Tozawa is still pretty new to the group but already appears to be
another perfect addition to the group that will really make them even more entertaining
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