So for today’s wrestling news, we’ll be taking a look at a handful of topics involving
Nia Jax’s cryptic message, Stephanie McMahon being leaked, and Brock Lesnar’s appearance
For today’s question of the day: if you were in charge of Brock Lesnar’s destination
during his WWE return, where would you put him at?
Raw or Smackdown?
Brock has a case to face Lashley or Roman, so there is no wrong answer here at all
But let’s start things off with Nia Jax
Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler have spent the last or so on top of the women’s division
as tag team champions
Their direction has been a little unclear since losing their titles
Alexa Bliss came after their trio of Reginald, Shayna, and Nia, but not much progression
has been going on there with that story, so Nia and Shayna will likely move onto something
else
But there was a huge scare this week that was created by Nia Jax herself
She took to twitter Thursday morning to tweet out this message: “Thank You All”.
Those words were followed by the praying hands emoji and a heart emoji
No other context or other messages besides that
So in today’s climate, where WWE is releasing big name superstars very so often left and
right, everyone automatically assumed the worst.
They thought Nia Jax was basically confirming her own WWE release and thanking all of the
fans
Dirtsheets, fans, and everyone else couldn’t stop talking about this three worded tweet
from Nia Jax because of how cryptic it was and how had them wondering if Nia was done
and released from WWE
Nia Jax returned hours later to respond to one heavily concerned fan that was curious
on what the tweet meant
Nia Jax replied to the fan and cleared the air up by saying this on twitter:
“Oh no!
Just PURE GRATITUDE to everyone!
Never taking anything for granted in life.
Love you all so much!”
So Nia was just trying to show gratitude to everyone, but wrestling fans are just so traumatized
by seeing those “thank you all” messages from release superstars that they just automatically
thought the worst
But Nia Jax isn’t going anywhere, it was just a message that got a little twisted up
by the fans
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So let’s get into this whole situation with Stephanie McMahon getting leaked
This weekend and this summer is pretty much going to be a big deal for WWE
They’re starting and launching into a whole new era for WWE
The performance center era, the thunderdome era, and the entire pandemic era in WWE is
now over with and WWE has a chance start over with a new chapter and clean slate
There’s new stages coming this week, the fans are back, so it’s a good start to this
new era so far
But like a lot of fans pointed out, the live crowd returning isn’t exactly going to automatically
fix the product and turn it into a 5 star show
The fans will do their part being at the shows, but WWE will have to do their part as well
and willing to put out their best work for this new era
That brings us to Stephanie McMahon.
Stephanie has been all over the press lately talking about this relaunch for WWE this summer
and even Stephanie’s email to the talent, hyping them up for this summer has also leaked,
so let’s go over that and take a look at what she had to say to the talent:
“For over a year and a half, WWE has been missing the lifeblood of our shows, our fans.
No matter how hard we tried, never going off the air and continuing to produce our live
content; investing in new technologies and bringing nearly one million people around
the world into our shows virtually, it just wasn’t the same.”
“We were missing our soundtrack, missing the shared experience, missing the visceral
and emotional reaction that makes every bump and bruise worth it.
That all changes tomorrow night.
Please watch this tribute video as shared by our Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon on Twitter
this morning, and join us in opening our doors and our arms to welcome our fans back home,
where we all belong.”
“Thank you to our friends, partners, employees, Superstars, and of course, our fans, for hanging
in there all this time.
The wait is officially over.
See you tomorrow!”
-Steph”
So it’s a real exciting time right now just to have a capacity crowd back at the shows
Even the advertisement for this week’s raw was solely focused on the fans being back,
so they’re even using the fans being back as a way to pull people in and advertise the
show
But everyone seems to be excited, the fans are thrilled that the dreaded empty arena
shows are over and done with.
While WWE staff and employees seem to be thrilled to welcome fans back to the shows as well
Stephanie’s leaked email wasn’t the only thing she was involved with this week, she
also spoke with Forbes to discuss the new stage sets, presentation, and everything they
learned from the thunderdome, she had this to say:
“In the ThunderDome, we were able to experiment with different types of technology.
And we needed to over-deliver for our partners and our fans watching at home.
But now we have the ability to apply all of those learnings to the live event experience
with our fans.
So from a production and storytelling standpoint, it will look and feel different”
“We’re going to have a new set design, a new presentation of our talents, different
locations, and arena setups, We’re going to be utilizing augmented reality in a way
that we never have before.
We experimented with it a lot during Thunderdome, but it is now going to be incorporated into
our talent entrances.
There’s also going to be animated graphics.
It’s going to be so exciting and so different than anything we’ve done before”
So even more things to look forward to from the new era that’s starting up here this
weekend
Not only are the fans back, but they’ll be implementing new technology, animations,
and a new whole new presentation, so you can look forward to that as well
Most importantly, let’s hope they’re bringing their best efforts from a writing and booking
standpoint as well because you can add the fans and this new presentation, but it’s
still going to come down to the quality of the product, so hopefully that’s going on
the right direction as well
But what are your thoughts on Stephanie’s leaked message?
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Brock Lesnar went viral this week after he made his first official public appearance
in a long time during a video collaboration with The Bearded Butchers
Anyone that knows Brock Lesnar knows that obviously he’s not big on public appearances,
he’s very to himself, and you rarely see him
So every time something like this collaboration happens, it always goes viral
Brock Lesnar visited the butcher shop in Ohio for the day and was given a full tour by the
staff
They even posted a video with Brock where he talks about his decision to come out to
the shop, he had this to say:
“For me this was about getting together with like-minded, salt-of-the-earth people
and fitting in, and these guys welcomed me into their butcher shop, welcomed me into
their homes,” What an honor it was, guys.
I greatly appreciate it.
It’s been awesome, thanks guys.
Thank you very much”
Fans also couldn’t stop talking about Brock’s new ponytail look for his hair
Fans are really digging the new look and some think that the new look would be perfect for
his return and even add more to his return.
He’ll have this fresh new look going on and what not, so it can really be like this
new era and New chapter for Brock Lesnar’s WWE character
Rumors of Brock’s return are still going around but of course there’s nothing confirmed
Some Fans still want to see Lashley vs Lesnar or Reigns vs Lesnar, so Brock would have a
big return match no matter what brand he may return to
Fans would be really excited for Brock Lesnar’s return, especially if it happens this summer,
the only thing fans don’t really enjoy is when he wins the world title and vanishes
for 6 months
So even if he comes back to lose to Bobby Lashley or Roman, it would still be a big
return match and great story, so we’ll have to keep waiting on that
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories?
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