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Here's your News for August 22th 2020 WWE News! Cryptic Social Media Post Of John Cena! Renee Young To Settle In AEW! WWE Thunderdome News 3 00:00:03,453 --> 00:00:05,605 And your headlines for today include
First Impressions About WWE Thunderstorm
Reason Why WWE Added “ Loser Leaves WWE” Stipulation!
Is Renee Young Planning To Eventually Settle In AEW ?
Current WWE Wrestler Calls Her Return “ BullShit “
Shocking Details About Shane McMahon Taking Over WWE RAW!
John Cena’s Cryptic Social Media Post Created Speculation Among Fans!
Major Development In The Sasha Banks-Bayley Storyline On Smackdown Before Summerslam!
Major Update On Buff Bagwell’s Injuries! An Update On His Condition!
Smackdown Superstar Turning Heel And More!
We’re kicking off today with news from SmackDown, as fans got to experience the new Thunderdome
last week, and the reviews are in. The general consensus is that show felt like the most normal
WWE show we’ve seen in months, thanks to actual fans being in attendance, albeit virtually, and
using the Amway Center, which is a much larger venue that the Performance Center, gave the
show an upgraded, much bigger feel, complete with Pyro, compared to what we’ve had in 2020.
The only issue we really had is the barrage of screens that face the hard-cam, which can prove to be
an eyesore during the show, though the crowd sounded like normal.
With that in mind, the Thunderdome is definitely preferable than the Performance Center, and with
possible plans for a much bigger presentation, and with everything happening in the world right now,
that’s good enough for today.
More SmackDown news now, as whilst the blue brand continued the storylines into this Sunday’s ,
Summerslam Pay Per View, it’s being reported that the company plans to turn over a new leaf, as WrestleVotes
noted: Heard that throughout the weekend, WWE has things planned that are
“different but pretty cool”. They are treating this ThunderDome as a restart of sorts. Expect a return
or 2 along with some new storylines ideas. The company has been trying to
get out of their Performance Center for a while, and now that they’re in the Thunderdome with it’s fancy
LED boards, and with Triple H confirmed that a draft will happen later this year, it’ll be interesting to
to see how this restart of WWE’s current product goes. With this new venture, WWE is
putting a lot of trust in fans who have been selected to appear, and are ready to react to fans who aren’t
behaviour. According to Wrestling Inc, the WWE is well aware that fans may try to
push the limits, and if you do something that gets you pulled, that may be for good. They said:
It’s been said that if you are removed from the live feed, your name and email address would be added to a
blocked list. We’re not sure what the virtual equivalent of bringing a beach ball
is, but it’s been confirmed that fans will be kicked for wearing AEW merch, though some fans will
probably see being blocked as a badge of honour.
One thing fans won’t like is the FCC fine that they’ll have to pay for inappropriate behaviour on-screen,
and given that those fines aren’t cheap, hopefully this will keep any would-be-pranksters at bay.
This week’s SmackDown was also the go-home-show for Summerslam, with one match got a major
stipulation added. During a segment between Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose, Deville
proposed making this Sunday’s match a Loser Leaves WWE match, and it’s unclear whether
the Hair-Vs-Hair stipulation is still on for their match, which will also be a No-Disqualifications match.
It’s interesting that WWE would introduce this latest stip now, as Deville recently avoided a
napping, and this match-type would allow her to take some much-deserved time off from the
company to recuperate, and deal with legal proceedings. Whatever the WWE’s reason is,
reason is, it’s clear that the two former best friends are going to tear each other apart this Sunday,
in what will be the last match for one of them.
Though either Rose or Deville will be leaving us, one person who may be returning soon is Mars Solivan,
though that will be easier said than done. After over a year out, Solivan
posted videos recently of his impressive workout, and whilst these videos didn’t seem to be on
Triple H’s radar when he was recently asked, Ringside News are reporting that the Freak is coming
back, though its unclear when, and that’s not due to his injury. A writer close to the situation has
described Sullivan’s situation as “one fiasco after another,” with his controversial comments, injury and
fans discovering his past in advent films all adding to the fiascos.
Fans won’t be quick to forget about any of this, and with Sullivan’s history with minor illness, with the
source saying that his emotional state will always be a concern, we’ll have to see how WWE handles
the Sullivan situation.
More return news, as it’s confirmed that Talking Smack is back, albeit without Renee Young, and that the
show will be on Saturdays from now on. The first episode has already aired
today, featuring new hosts Kayla Braxton and Xavier Woods, and the show will be on the Free version of
the WWE Network. This combination of hosts could be a winning formula, and after three
years off the air, fans can look forward to Talking Smack, each and every week.
Speaking of Renee Young, she won’t be returning to Talking Smack as more information has come out
about the soon-to-be-former WWE broadcaster. In the Wrestling Observer Newsletter,
Dave Meltzer said one source described it as inevitable that Young will do something with AEW, though
there’s no deal at this time, and given the serious non-compete clause as part of Young’s WWE
contract, fans won’t be seeing her alongside her husband for quite some time.
There’s reportedly been tension between WWE and Young for a while now, dating back to her
going to public about fest, with Meltzer noting that it was several days after her diagrams
that a company official talked to her.
Though Meltzer is reporting that Young in AEW is inevitable, the announcer has a cookbook coming
out soon, as it’s clears she’s got opportunities outside of the wrestling world.
From a departure to a return next, as Mickie James isn’t happy about her comeback match on this week’s RAW
after over a year away. Speaking to ‘Ring the Belle’, James described her countout loss to
Natalya as “Bullshot,” and added: “They broke the internet for all the wrong reasons. Nattie is badass.
I felt like we’re gonna have a great match… It’s just unfortunate that nobody saw it.”
The only woman to be Women’s, Divas and Impact Knockouts Champion, James added that she
hopes to remind fans why she considers herself a measuring stick, and though her return match didn’t
go as she wanted for more than one reason, it’s good to see James back in the ring and doing what she loves.
We’re sticking with RAW, and though we know that Bruce Prichard is running both main-roster shows
following Paul Heyman’s dismissal, there was recently a rumour that Shane McMahon would be taking
over the red brand. The reports indicated that Prichard was hoping to ease his workload,
but according to Bodyslam.net, that isn’t the case.
Their report indicated that Shane was only brought back to host RAW Underground segments and isn’t
gunning for a role in creative, adding: “I reached out to my sources about this report, and was told flat out by
somebody close to the situation that there is “No truth to the report of Bruce backing away from Raw
and Shane taking over.”
Shane certainly seems to be having fun as the host of the Underground, and for now, Prichard will remain in
charge of both RAW and SmackDown for the foreseeable future.
We’re going back in time to March 2020, as during an episode of the Bump, Jeff Hardy said that his ‘No
More Words’ theme was coming back. This theme has been requested
for fans for years, who remember it from Jeff’s main-event push in 2008-2009, and now we know .
when WWE will us it again. Jeff’s wife Beth has said that the theme is being reserved for when
live fans are brought back into the arenas.
We still don’t know when that’ll be, as the company has the Amway Center for at least two more
months, but with Jeff recently capturing the IC title, a win his brother Matt congratulated on
Twitter, and with WWE pushing Jeff reportedly to stop him from joining Matt in AEW, hopefully
fans will hear No More Words soon-enough.
We’ve got some John Cena news next, as the former World Champion’s tendency to post
random photos on his Instagram have got fans talking again.
For quite-some-time, Cena has posted people’s faces photoshopped onto Steve Austin’s body, but now,
he’s did so with a blurred-out face with a John Cena hat on, and mentioned Summerslam in the caption.
This has led to speculation that Cena could be appearing this Sunday, despite their being no reports
from sources suggesting this, though if fans remember that there was no announcement for Cena’s return at
WrestleMania 35, it’s possible that Big Match John has escaped the Firefly FunHouse, and will appear
this Sunday. Speaking of 16-time World Champions, Ric Flair was recently
written off WWE TV, but things didn’t go as the company originally planned.
On the August 10th edition of RAW, Flair was betrayed by his protégé Randy Orton, and was seemingly
punted after the two shared words in the ring. According to the Viper himself though,
who spoke this week to Inside the Ropes, Flair was meant to stay silent during the segment, which is
interesting, as the Nature Boy had plenty to say about the Legend Killer when he went off-script.
Given that that entire episode of RAW was filmed in advance, the WWE could have edited Flair’s
comments out, or even could’ve stopped to reshoot the segment, but obviously didn’t, though we doubt
that anyone other than the 16-time World Champion could have gotten away with disobeying a direct order
from WWE. Back to SmackDown, as the WWE once again teased splitting Sasha
Banks and Bayley. With both men set to defend their singles titles against Asuka this
Sunday, a beat-the-clock challenge determined that Bayley will defend her title first, against a fresh Empress,
something that Banks was visibly happy about.
It’ll be interesting if either, or both women lose their gold to Asuka this Sunday, and with the Golden Role
Models set to defend their tag titles at Payback, things may get more tense for the two from here.
We’ve got an update from Buff Bagwell next, as after being in a car accident, it’s being reported
that he suffered a broken hip, broken ribs, a broken left-eye socket, a torn groin and lots of bruising.
Miraculously though, Bagwell will not require surgery, according to UCW promoter Ron Gossett, after he lost
control of his 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe last Sunday, and after striking a metal fence, drove into oncoming
traffic, before colliding with a free-standing bathroom.
Post-crash, Bagwell was transported to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia, and investigators
believe that Bagwell’s driving was impaired by the use of prescription medication.
The most important thing right now is that the former WCW star and 5-time WCW Tag Champion is alive
and safe, though there will come a time when he’ll have to answer questions about why he drove so
erratically. Back to SmackDown and after failing to defeat Cesara and Shinsuke
Nakamura, WWE teased a heel-turn for Kalisto.
Post-match, Kalisto started shoving his partner Lince Dorado, and after the former U.S. Champion returned
to action last week, it’ll be interesting to see if WWE pull the trigger on this teased heel-turn.
Now , some Vince McMahon News as rumors were that WrestleMania 36 host Rob Gronkowski was a
little nervous to do the leap off a ten-foot balcony which helped him secure the 24/7 championship.
To calm the NFL All-Pros nerves, WWE’s Chairman & CEO Vincent Kennedy McMahon climbed over
the balcony and did the spot himself. This clip from an upcoming Network special, WWE 24: WrestleMania:
The Show Must Go On. Check this on the network and see how vinny mac jumps
And we’re ending today with Nia Jax news, as she’s set to appear on ABC’s ‘What Would You Do?’
On the show, which’ll air this Tuesday, Jax will speak about her experiences being pulled, and though she may be
a no-good bully on-screen, it’s good to see the former RAW Women’s Champion use her own experiences
being victimised to help others out.