Here's your wrestling news for October 7th, 2022, and we're
kicking off today with AEW as the issues between Andrade
El Idolo and Sammy Guevara have only gotten worse.
In a recent interview, Andrade said that Guevara complained
about El Idolo hitting too hard and Guevara fired back
saying Andrade wouldn't be in AEW, if not for RicFlair,
and said, Go back to WWE like we all know you want.
There's now been an update on this situation as FightFul
Select reports that the two were involved in a backstage
altercation during last night's dynamite tapings.
It's noted that the pair had continued to take
verbal shots at each other, and when Guevara shoved
Andrade, the former NXT champion through a punch.
Though it's unclear if it connected fightful's report made it clear
that this wasn't part of some elaborate angle between the two,
and that the tensions between Andrade and Guevara are very real.
Not long after the fight, Andrade posted.
Respect me and I'll respect you on social media though it
looks like neither man is ready to show the other respect.
Andrade has teased leaving AEW over the past month
and with a backstage fight now under his belt.
The decision to leave may be made for him by Tony Kahn.
Andrade and Guevara s fight.
Fight backstage, had fans talking and
it's also affected plans for the show.
After the altercation fightful confirmed that Andrade had
been sent home by the company and won't be competing at this
Friday's Rampage El Idolo was supposed to be facing Preston
Vance of the dark order in a career versus mask match.
But in a tweet, Tony Khan said that the match had been canceled.
Khan didn't explain his decision for the change, but said
that instead, Vance and the Dark Order will challenge death
triangle for the AEW Trios titles this Friday instead.
As for Guevara , he will still compete this Friday in a
separate match, but there's no confirmation on who he'll face.
It's one thing for Andrade to express his displeasure on social
media, but his actions have now resulted in AEW having to cancel
matches something we imagine Tony Khan is not happy about.
Andrade won't be putting his career in AEW on the line this
Friday, but his days with the company may indeed be numbered.
Many people have weighed in on Andrade's comments
over the past few weeks, and now Tony Khan himself has
commented on the situation before the match was canceled.
Khan appeared on the My Mom's Basement podcast and said
that fans may not necessarily miss El Idolo in AEW.
Andrade is a terrible guy.
If Andrade loses this match, he would leave AEW forever.
And frankly, you know, the way things have gone with Andrade and
the way things have carried on, I think a lot of people might
not mind that, but it'll be an interesting situation to follow.
Khan rarely talks negative about his own talent,
which Andrade still is for the time being.
So this is either a very real situation or entirely for show.
Many believe that Andrade wants to return to WWE now that Triple H has
more control and that his actions as of later in pursuit of that goal.
But we can't imagine WWE will be eager to resign someone
who's making a name online for all the wrong reasons.
Speaking behind Fightfuls paywall, Sean Ross.
sapp reported that many in AEW don't appreciate the back
and forth the pair of had on social media, believing
it only paints a bad picture for the promotion.
A top talent at AEW was frustrated by the way things played
out, regardless of if it was a work or a shoot, because
they felt it painted a poor picture of AEW'S locker room.
We've heard that the locker room has been much more cohesive since
the brawl out situation that left numerous top stars suspend.
A turning point that several AEW talent pointed to
was Chris Jericho, Brian Danielson and John Mosley's
talent meeting that calmed many nerves and was said
to have helped get a lot of people on the right track.
Another AEW original had said that they viewed the
Andrade/Sammy Guevara situation as disrespectful to the work.
Those three put in, In making that happen, regardless
of the context of what follows specifically,
whether it was planned or spontaneous, or.
One of the points hammered home in recent weeks had been to keep dirty
laundry private in that regard, there were a couple of others that
we heard from who were steadfast in the, If it doesn't involve me,
I'm not going to pay attention to it or concern myself with at camp.
And also pointed to the more cohesive locker room as of late,
livid about having to cancel it, so it remains to be seen what he
will do with the former NXT champion and his growing bad reputation.
We've got some sad news to report as Sarah Lee.
The winner of 20 fifteens tough enough has died.
Facebook posts by Lee's family made on October 5th confirmed her
passing and she leaves behind three children, a five year old
daughter and three year old son, and another son born last year.
Lee died at the young age of 30,
though no cause of death has been made.
Public knowledge at this time in wrestling.
Lee was the female winner of tough enough season.
A series that also included future stars including
Velveteen Team Dream, NXT Women's Champion, Mandy Rose,
Sonya Deville, and Chelsea Green like the male winner.
Josh Brittle Lee did not go far after her victory,
competing in a series of NXT live events with her soul.
Singles win in WWE.
Coming over.
Current SmackDown Women's Champion Liv
Morgan before her release months later.
In a final Instagram post, one day before her passing,
Lee said that she was returning to the gym for the
first time after dealing with a bad sinus infection.
After her release in 2016, Lee would step away from
wrestling, but would go on to Mary former WWE superstar,
Wesley Blake, and we'd like to offer our condolences
to Blake and all those who knew Lee at this sad time.
Lee's young passing is tragic and several wrestlers
have shared their tributes to the tough enough winner.
Mick Foley said how this is just awful news, and shared his
best wishes to her friends and family while wwe, Sonya Deville
said that her fellow tough enough, 2015 contestant was awesome.
Natalia said that she was keeping Sarah's children and
husband in her prayers while Dana Brooks called the deceased
wrestler, a pure soul, great woman, and even a better mother.
Alexa Bliss shared an image from her wedding, which featured
Weston Blake and Sarah and said her death has been heartbreaking.
AEW Sera, who was a judge on the 2015 tough enough, also gave
tribute with some photos alongside Lee, as did fellow contestant.
Chelsea Green, not long after her death was announced.
Fellow WWE Alum Bull James, AKA Bull Dempsey, set up a
GoFundMe for her family, which is done incredibly well.
The goal of the fundraiser is to raise $20,000 to help
out Weston Blake and her family, but in just a few
hours of going live, the page has raised over $11,000.
This GoFundMe was shared by several prominent names, including Alexa
Bliss, Sasha Banks, and Ava Rain, and we hope that Sarah's family
are able to find some form of comfort at this incredibly sad time.
punk Steel and the elite weren't the only names suspended
from AEW as anyone involved with the fight were taken off tv.
That included people who had been trying to break up
the fight, but their suspensions ended last month.
One name who was suspended is Brandon Cutler.
And not only has his suspension been
lifted, but he's now back in the ring.
During the most recent tapings for AEW dark elevation,
Cutler had his first match in almost three months for
AEW defeating Serpentico in the main event of the show.
Cutler and others, including Michael Nakazawa and Christopher
Daniels were only suspended as a cautionary measure during the
third party investigation and with Cutler back in the ring.
We'll have to keep waiting for an official result of the
investigation regarding those talents still suspended now.
It's been over four months since Charlotte Flair last
appeared in a WWE ring where she lost the SmackDown
Women's title to Rhonda Rousey at WrestleMania Backlash.
WWE has not given any clues as to when Flair will be back,
but at least now we know exactly what is keeping her away.
For a time it was reported that Flair may have been
dealing with an injury, but that isn't the case.
In his interview with Moss Lucha the same
in which he lashed out at Sammy Guevara.
Andrade spoke about his wife saying she's away
for what were described as personal reasons.
Andrade didn't give any update as to what these personal
reasons are, but they must be something pretty big to have kept
the multiple time former women's champion away for this long.
El Idolo also addressed the rumors of his return to wwe.
Adding that while he can't speak directly to WWE
about a deal, he can pass messages along through
his wife who remains in contact with the company.
Despite her hiatus flair has shown no hints of returning
anytime soon, but whenever she does come back, fans can expect
the queen of all eras to add even more titles to her already.
Record breaking collection.
Speaking of WWE'S Women's Championships live, Morgan
will look to go extreme this weekend when she defends
the SmackDown women's title against Rhonda Rousey.
Over the past month, WWE has done what they can to make Morgan
seem more credible against Rousey, but things nearly went too far.
Uh, the September 23rd smack down, Morgan showed how extreme she could
go by taking a dangerous dive that put Lacey Evans through a table.
Speaking to the Metro newspaper, Morgan explained that the dive
didn't go perfect and if she'd jumped a little bit harder then
she could have easily landed awkwardly and broke her ankle.
Thankfully, for Morgan and WWE's plans, she narrowly
avoided what could have been a very serious injury.
But after two controversial win over Rhonda Rousey
will have to see if the clock strikes midnight
on Liv's Cinderella's story of a title reign.
Speaking of possible injuries.
Montez Ford appeared in a walking boot on this week's
raw and it was reported offscreen that he is hurt.
No explanation has been given as to what injury Ford
is dealing with or when it occurred, and it turns out
that this may not be as legitimate as first believed.
According to fightful select, it wasn't WWE'S medical
team who provided Ford with the boot but rather their prop
department that was tasked with sourcing the item in question.
Fightful added that it is unclear, even backstage if Ford's injury
is real or just part of a storyline that hasn't been made clear yet.
All we know for certain is that Montez Ford won't be wrestling for
the immediate future, but reports of his injury may have been greatly
exaggerated and we're ending today with AEW as this week's dynamite.
Mark the shows third anniversary.
In the main event, Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara
defeated Daniel Garcia and Brian Danielson, but the
show didn't stop there for the fans in Washington, DC.
After the show, Danielson and Garcia shook hands
confirming that the ROH peer champion is no longer
affiliated with the Jericho Appreciation Society.
Speaking of the JAS the group appeared on the
ramp with Guevara sharing a kiss with Tay Melo,
which earned booze and loud El Idolo Chance.
After the group went backstage, Tony Khan reintroduced
Jericho, who spoke candidly about the importance of
AEW to him and his career, saying that if the company
wasn't around then he'd probably have retired by now.
The post show celebration ended with Jericho having a
crowd sing along of Judas in what was an extra special
post show for a historic episode of AEW Dynamite.