Trish Stratus is making a brief WWE return, we’ll take a look at that story.
We’ll also take a look at the latest with Naomi, some original plans for Retribution
and more
Let’s start things off with the news about Trish Stratus’ WWE return
Trish will be appearing at some upcoming WWE live events, but at this moment in time, it
looks like all of those appearances may be just house shows
Trish was scheduled to make some appearances at some WWE live events in Canada last December,
but they were all cancelled and postponed till March
Now March is quickly approaching and Trish Stratus will take up the role that she was
supposed to have back in December
Trish will be serving as the special guest host for a handful of WWE live event shows
in late March
As far as local advertisements, it seems that Trish won’t be getting into the ring, but
will appearing throughout the night as the guest host for the entire live event show
Maybe like a role of being a special general manager for one night only
Of course the bigger thing that fans care about would be an actual television return
for Trish Stratus
Yes, Trish Stratus is technically retired, and actually entered and left retirement a
handful of times already, so fans are hoping to get Trish out of retirement one last time
for an official run, sort of like what we just saw Lita have, something along those
lines
Not a one night only appearance, not a cameo, but an actual meaningful storyline and program
The possibilities of opponents for Trish Stratus is endless, but if she does return, it feels
like we just have to see her do something with Sasha Banks first before she moves onto
anyone else
Trish actually responded to one fan who commented on her Instagram post about when she’s gonna
stop being scared and face sasha banks
Trish responded to the fan by saying, quote:
“Who ya calling scared?
I ain’t scared of nothing!
She not even on TV” end quote
So just some light jabs there by Trish Stratus.
Obviously, she doesn’t mean no harm, it’s not a diss, she’s just having fun with the
idea for that dream match and interacting with the fans
Trish’s comment there is also good because if of course gives us something new to talk
about for when it comes to this dream match
Sasha has been dreaming of that match her entire career and Trish has even expressed
on several occasions that working with Sasha is something that deeply interests her
So not much has changed, that’s still where we stand when it comes to the sasha banks
and Trish Stratus dream match
Sasha wants it to happen, Trish wants it to happen, but will WWE do everything they can
to make it happen?
That’s what we’re waiting on now
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When you think of the Retribution faction, you may laugh at the joke of what that group
turned out to be
But if you think back to early Retribution days, back when they were mysterious and first
getting introduced during the Performance Center era, it was actually quite interesting
at first to see and try to find out what was going on here
Well former Retribution member, Shane Throne (who played Slapjack in the group) recently
spoke with Two Man Power Trip podcast to discuss the rise and the very fast fall of Retribution
He had this to say while speaking on that podcast, quote:
“When they first started RETRIBUTION, these segments were awesome.
They were flipping cars, throwing Molotov cocktails, trashing the place.
I don’t know who did that, but that wasn’t us.
Then they were like, ‘we’re gonna have some people join RETRIBUTION.’
I’m like, ‘yeah.
I’m gonna smash people and do this stuff and be hooligans doing this pre-taped things.’
MACE did stuff on the backstage, he was one of the people launching people over boxes
and he was like, ‘this is cool.’
I’m like, ‘yeah, we’re gonna get in there and do that.’
We did not.”
End quote
Shane went onto discuss how WWE got a lot of their big stars back when the Thunderdome
was introduced and how Retribution members pitched for one of those main characters to
be revealed as the leader of the group, he had this to say, quote:
“My theory, I’ve never been told anything solid, but my theory was, we were running
out of the PC at the time with a skeleton crew, none of the big stars were coming every
week.
We moved to the ThunderDome, all the big stars came back, and Vince had his stars to play
with now.
That’s what happened.
When your TV show gets the main characters back, you’re going to use the main characters.
We pitched ideas to have a lot of different people as the leader like Shane McMahon, Edge,
or someone higher.
We pitched for Vince to be the leader as well.
We went as high as possible with who the leader would be.
We wanted to be attached with one of the main characters.”
End quote
So that was smart of Retribution to at least pitch for a leader like one of those big names
Ali was a great fit to be the leader, but like Shane said, they needed one of those
“main characters” to really propel the group and basically force WWE to give it the
proper care it needs
Had Vince McMahon, Edge, Roman Reigns, or someone else like that be revealed as the
overall leader of the group, then chances are they end up with a much better storyline
and treatment than what they ended up getting
So that could’ve been a real game changer for the future of Retribution
Shane also revealed that Bray Wyatt’s parter and creator of the Fiend’s mask, Jason Baker,
also created the masks for Retribution
He didn’t exactly design the concepts, but he did the best he could with the vision that
WWE gave him, according to Shane
Shane said that once he heard the new names that their characters were given, he knew
it wasn’t gonna end well, which it unfortunately didn’t
So it’s just weird how Retribution turned out.
If you look at their segments early on, it probably pulls you in and spikes your interest.
But watch everything after their unmasking, and you can see just how bad it really got
there towards the end
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Now for a brief update on everything regarding Naomi
Naomi’s Elimination Chamber tag team match basically told us that her storyline with
Sonya Deville isn’t quite over just yet
Naomi and Sonya didn’t pin each other at Elimination Chamber, which means they will
most likely have another match to really settle the score
Naomi won the first match, so does Sonya win the second match and then they have the big
rubber match where everything will be on the line?
That’s possible as well
Considering how long it’s been with this storyline, your climax for this story has
to be something huge that makes it worth all this time
Maybe it’s something like “job versus job” at Wrestlemania or something along
those lines, but whatever it is, it just has to be some major payoff for being this long
of a story
A picture also floated around of Naomi traveling on the private jet with Roman Reigns and The
Usos
Yes, Naomi is married to Jimmy Uso, that’s her husband, that’s her family, that’s
why she’s there, everyone understands that
But it’s still a pretty cool picture to see them all together in, especially when
you consider the popular fan theory of Naomi joining The Bloodline, this picture at least
provides some visuals on how that would look
The Bloodline are still very much heels and Naomi is still very much a massive babyface,
so unfortunately it’s just impossible to cross their stories at this given time
But would it be interesting to see that story of Naomi going to Roman and The Usos for some
help and guidance?
It most definitely would be quite the interesting story to see how Naomi would manage going
to them and how that would impact her character
Everyone knows that Naomi joining The Bloodline would easily bring big changes to her character
as well
Naomi won’t be able to have her big glow entrance if she turns heel and aligns with
The Bloodline, so that’s some things to take into consideration as well
That entire glow entrance and character would have to be changed if she ever aligns with
Roman Reigns, so that’s just something to think about as well
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