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I’m Oli Davis.
Both the Raw and Smackdown rosters are currently on one of WWE’s most gruelling schedules
of the year: the European tour.
You’d think travelling between countries and staying in different hotels would hinder
a wrestler’s strict diet.
But not for ‘No Carbs’ Jinder Mahal, who has not only shared his European tour schedule
in text-form on Instagram, but also the actual road map route using the veins on his body.
Jinder is currently negative percent body fat.
Titus O’Neil might have put himself in hot water on Wednesday when he tweeted an image
of Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns hanging out together in Rome on the first day of the
European tour - the two men currently engaged in Raw’s top blood feud.
Titus wisely quickly deleted the photo, but Mojo Rawley is too hyped for that kind of
self-awareness!
On the Smackdown crew’s journey across the pond, Mojo shared a photo suggesting he’s
the last person you want to be sat next to on a nine hour flight.
“It's gonna be a loooooong flight keeping these 2 apart...but I don't mind!
I'm stuck between 2 hot #CHIX!!
@MsCharlotteWWE @NatbyNature” With a picture of himself between currently
feuding Smackdown wrestlers Natalya and Charlotte.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t the only unwanted picture of Charlotte posted to the Internet
yesterday.
Following the reported hacks of Paige, Summer Rae and former WWE wrestler Kaitlyn in March,
along with rumoured leaked photos of Alexa Bliss - which the Raw Women’s Champion has
denied on Twitter - Charlotte Flair has found herself as the latest victim of private images
being posted online without her permission.
Charlotte posted a brief statement on Twitter, confirmed the pictures are of her:
“Private photos of mine were stolen and shared publicly without my consent.
These images must be removed from the Internet immediately.”
The reason that quote is written out in text rather than how we usually have a screenshot
of the actual Twitter post is because Charlotte has since deleted that statement.
Talking of DELETING stuff - hot damn, that was a good segue - Matt Hardy’s wife Reby
Sky has responded on Twitter to last week’s reports that WWE had finalised a deal with
Impact Wrestling about acquiring the rights to the Broken gimmick:
“NO.
Absolutely none.
The fact that this is even a rumor is such a joke 🙄”
“99% sure it was "leaked" to stooge writers from Jarrett in an attempt to make TNA look
like it's in a position of power (LOL)” But it sure doesn’t help when you’ve got
Matt continuing to tease his BROKEN gimmick coming to WWE, tweeting from the European
tour: “Inside the most ICONIC Coliseum in the
world.
And we're both somewhat #BROKEN.”
With a picture of him in front of the old school version of wrestling, the ancient gladiatorial
games.
The Coliseum is pretty much the original Madison Square Garden.
And, quite fittingly, that’s the back of a Roman Reigns standing next to him.
The latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter has revealed a few more details about Matt & Jeff
Hardys’ WWE move, reporting that initially they also tried to get long-time TNA jack-of-all-trades
Jeremy Borash to make the jump with them, as he was such a big part of their Broken
gimmick - producing, directing and editing the segments from the Hardy Compound.
JB turned the idea down because of his role as Impact Wrestling’s lead announcer, and
his many other outside projects.
The brand new episode of WrestleRamble is up, where Luke Owen and I reveal what was
better - Raw or Smackdown?
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