So today we’ll be getting into some stories regarding John Cena, the Smackdown women’s
division, and some reports surrounding WWE extreme rules
Let’s start things off with this news from John Cena
John Cena put an end to his very long WWE hiatus when he returned to WWE this past summer
John Cena was back on a near full time schedule for WWE
He appeared on most Smackdown episodes following his money in the bank return and even went
on the road with WWE to wrestle at several live event house shows
All of those live events featuring John Cena allegedly did very well for WWE when it came
to selling tickets, so that’s always a great thing for them
But despite wrestling all of those live event matches, John Cena didn’t compete on Smackdown
at all during his latest run and only wrestled that one match at Summerslam before saying
his goodbye
Cena did briefly make a return at WWE’s MSG show, but it was for a dark match after
Smackdown was pretty much just a one-off special appearance for the Madison Square Garden show
Now we talked about how Finn Balor already had his eyes set on John Cena for Wrestlemania
So that will be an interesting return story for Cena as well, Finn Balor still wants his
revenge for that moment so that will be a possibility for when Cena does return to WWE
television
But John Cena was recently at the Florida Supercon for a panel and was asked a lot of
interesting questions from the fans
one of these questions the fans asked was if there’s a chance John Cena would ever
wrestle outside of the WWE
Cena had this to say in response to that question:
"There’s a whole like ‘never say never’ philosophy and I’m also that way in life
because you never know what life will bring you.
But, I can with certainty say no.”
So even though Cena says “never says never” for most things in life, this is the one thing
that he can most definitely say will never happen
John Cena says that he will never wrestle outside of the WWE at all for anywhere else
And you can sort of understand that.
WWE has been John Cena’s one and only home for nearly 20 years now
Even with him quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest actors, he stills tries his best to
make time for WWE because he still holds WWE very close to his heart
And with this theme we’ve been seeing lately of these once loyal WWE stars jumping over
to AEW, like your Big Shows, Mark Henrys, and Daniel Bryans of the world, it looks like
that’s what inspired the fan to ask John Cena if there’s a possibly we may ever see
him wrestle somewhere outside of the WWE
But like we went over right there with his response, he’s slamming the door shut and
saying there’s no chance that he’ll ever wrestle anywhere else
So we can look forward to more WWE returns from John Cena in the future ,but as far as
him wrestling in other locations, doesn’t sound like that’s happening at all
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Let’s jump back into the Smackdown women’s division and check back in on some of the
issues there that we’ve been discussing, plus the missing star that just broke her
silence
The title picture right now still consists of Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair
And that’s been a lot of fun so far, especially from Becky’s point of view as well.
Becky is coming out in fresh looks, different attires, really coming out with new looks
that we’ve never really seen her wear before
A lot of fans are are comparing Becky’s new wardrobe to her husband’s wardrobe
Seth Rollins is known for making big fashion statements ever week with his crazy suits
and Becky is starting to make some fashion statements herself every week
Not only that, but her character and new persona as well.
It feels like we truly haven’t unwrapped Becky’s entire new heel persona quite yet.
We’re still learning about the new Becky, how she operates, how she functions compared
to the older versions of Becky’s character
So it’s been great to get bits and pieces of Becky’s new persona every week and it’ll
probably take some time before we see the full blown heel Becky
Bianca Belair is still doing her thing as well.
A lot of superstars and fans didn’t like want WWE did to Bianca Belair at Summerslam,
but that moment did help to get even more fans behind Bianca
Fans are still furious about that moment and really want her to get that title back
In other Smackdown women’s division news, Liv Morgan and Toni Storm teamed up to take
on Carmella and Zelina Vega
It really wasn’t much of a match though because Carmella would fake a nose injury
and get counted out, but it did set up an extreme rules Match between Liv and Carmella,
so at least there’s some non-title feuds going on again
But for Toni Storm, that was her second ever match on Smackdown, you have to go way back
to her debut on July 23rd to find her last Smackdown match
So that is a bit concerning for her usage.
They bring her in, debut her on July 23rd, and never use her until 2 months later, so
that is a bit worrisome
Speaking of missing stars, that brings us to Mia Yim
No one knows, what’s going on with Mia Yim
Mia made her debut on Raw as a part of Retribution
But the group was horribly mishandled, they split up, and all the members were sent to
different brands
Mia went to Smackdown in the spring, reports claim that WWE was prepared to have Mia vs
Carmella one day on Smackdown, but it was cut for time
However, WWE never revisited that match or Mia’s Smackdown debut all these months later
Which led fans to wonder what’s going on with her?
Is she hurt?
Sick?
Or dealing with any other issues like that?
Well Mia took to twitter to break her silence and say that she’s not injured
So it does clear up her WWE status a bit, she’s saying that her long absence is not
injury related
Which leaves us really with one other option and that’s the fact that it must be creative
related
Smackdown is a shorter show and the women’s division doesn’t really get that much time
outside of the title picture, so these are all reasons and key factors that are probably
keeping Mia yim away from Smackdown
So we’ll have to see how that continues to unfold there and if we’ll ever see Mia’s
Smackdown debut anytime soon
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Extreme Rules is looking like a loaded card, but could it also be loaded with some surprise
appearances?
There’s some rumors and fan theories going around right now that build the case for some
superstars to either return or make a surprise appearances at extreme Rules
Starting off with Sasha Banks
The Sasha situation still has a tight lid on it, but that’s most likely being done
to keep her return a surprise as well
A title change isn’t expected and doesn’t really make much sense to happen at extreme
rules for the Smackdown women’s division
But what’s still possible is a return from Sasha Banks
With how a title opportunity was robbed from Sasha Banks for whatever storyline reason
they wanna go with, it makes sense for Sasha to return very furious and target Becky and
Bianca
Could she target Bainca?
Sure, she can, but if her goal is the Smackdown women’s title, maybe it makes sense for
Sasha to go after Becky as well, so that’s a possibility
WWE has also flirted with the idea of Brock Lesnar making his presence felt at Extreme
Rules
We saw Roman Reigns ask that question to Paul Heyman aloud and Heyman seemed a bit unsure
about the answer
So it seems that WWE at least wants the audience to consider that a Brock Lesnar appearance
at Extreme Rules could be a possibility and is something that is in the back of Roman’s
head
The more bigger return that’s quickly gaining momentum is Keith Lee
Reports claim that WWE’s big plans for Keith Lee was to turn him heel with Adam cole as
his manager
We know how that turned out, Adam Cole didn’t seemed to be pleased with that idea and departed
from the company for AEW
But could WWE still stick with their heel plans for Keith Lee and have him make a big
return to face someone like Big E?
It all seems like great possibilities, so we’ll have to see
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