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I’m Oli Davis, and I heard there was a secret chord, that David played and it pleased the
Lord, BUT THE DRIFTER DOESN’T CARE FOR MUSIC, DOES HE!?
Finn Balor Injured On Raw Finn Balor’s match with Elias Samson ended
in disqualification last night when The Drifter smashed a guitar over The Demon King’s head,
leading to a large gash on his skull.
Samson obviously meant to hit the much safer area of Balor’s shoulder, but accidentally
struck part of Finn’s head too.
Foreign object shots to the head used to be commonplace in professional wrestling, but
now the world knows more about the harmful effects of concussions, hardcore spots like
these have been phased out by WWE - meaning this was most definitely an accident.
Balor reportedly suffered a concussion back in April when Jinder Mahal delivered a stiff
elbow to his head.
So if the Maharaja's career trajectory is anything to go by, Samson is winning the Universal
Championship next month.
Hopefully Balor didn’t suffer a similar injury from the guitar shot, as he’s been
booked in a No DQ match against Samson for next Monday’s Raw.
Kurt Angle Reveals Texting Mystery Also on Monday night, we had Kurt Angle’s
big reveal of the texting scandal that could ruin his career - Smackdown wrestler Jason
Jordan is in fact his illegitimate son, who will be jumping brands to Raw.
HE LOOKS SO PROUD.
The story made so much sense, Renee Young interviewed Angle and Jordan immediately after
Raw for 30 minutes of exposition.
Jordan found out he was adopted, so he hired a private investigator to track down his biological
mother.
She then told him his father was Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle.
Jordan kept this quiet so he could succeed on his own merits.
But where does this leave Jordan’s American Alpha tag team partner Chad Gable?
He doesn’t seem to know either, tweeting: “Ummmmm.....
What?”
Luckily, Smackdown General Manager Daniel Bryan was around to fill him in:
“Don't worry, son, you'll find out who your REAL father is next week on #SmackdownLive...
oh wait, did I give it away by calling you son?”
Still zero, if you’re counting.
Kurt Angle WWE Status With Kurt revealing Jordan as his son, you
might be asking yourself: how does that play into Angle’s in-ring return?
Many thought the texting mystery was a way to book it, with the Wrestling Observer reporting
the backstage direction was to build an Angle vs Triple H match.
But The Dirty Sheets podcast says otherwise.
Apparently the actual creative plans had Angle returning for a match against Seth Rollins
at Survivor Series, to tie into the release of the WWE 2K18 video game - just like how
Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar built into 2K17’s release the previous year.
But despite 2K being very happy with the plan, “WWE has decided that they don’t want
Kurt Angle wrestling in the WWE anymore.
They’ve decided he is not an in-ring talent, he’s an onscreen talent.
He is not a wrestler.”
The report continues that there are currently no plans for Angle to wrestle another match
in WWE anytime soon, and he hasn’t undergone a medical.
The Seth Rollins Survivor Series match has been scrapped, and there are no plans for
Angle to wrestle at Royal Rumble or Wrestlemania either.
This runs contrary to Kurt’s own belief, saying at the 2K18 press conference earlier
this month “I think more and more likely it will happen.”
But WWE’s longheld concern over Angle’s physical health, which was reportedly why
they granted him an early release back in 2006, appears to still be in place.
Watch my review of Angle’s big Jason Jordan announcement!
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