Here's your wrestling news for March 17th 2021
And your headlines for today include Drew Mcintyre F Bomb! Reason For Andrade’s Downfall In WWE! Christian Cage Talks About WWE! WWE News
And your headlines for today include
Drew McIntyre Drops An F-Bomb And Attacks AEW Revolution Dud Explosion!
Asuka Provides Major Update On Her Health!
Jim Cornette Takes An All New Direction About Miro’s Comments!
Major Accusation On Goldberg’s Current Situation With WWE!
Bad Bunny Got Away With Saying Something VERY DIRTY On WWE RAW This Week!
Amanda Huber Answers Criticism About How AEW Is Using Brodie Lee Jr. On Television!
What Led To Christian Cage Singing With AEW ; Former World Heavyweight Champion Opens Up!
How CM Punk Came To The Rescue Of Triple H?
Why The Rock Is In Touch In Paul Heyman Is Revealed!
WWE Legend Reveals Andrade’s English Skills Held Him Back In WWE! And More!
We’re starting today with WWE, which has been a PG product, but as fans and Superstars know,
anything can happen on live television. That’s a lesson Drew McIntyre learned this week on RAW Talk,
as when speaking about this Sunday’s match at Fastlane against Sheamus, the former WWE Champion dropped
an F-Bomb. It’s a word WWE definitely didn’t want fans to hear, and fortunately someone
was ready with the censor button, and thanks to a seven-second delay, the word in question was
censored before it was heard by fans. Though the F-Bomb was censored, everyone on the panel sold the pronity
and McIntyre quickly apologised, saying he’s Scottish and sometimes gets carried away.
It’s unclear at this time if McIntyre will be fined or face any sort of punishment for this slip-up, as this is the kind of
language doesn’t want to hear from him ahead of WrestleMania, but it goes to show that RAW Talk is an unscripted
show.
McIntyre’s profanity wasn’t the only interesting thing he said this week, as on RAW, he took a shot at AEW.
During his promo, the Scotsman spoke about the guarantees MVP had made, saying that it’s
dangerous to do that in wrestling, as failing to deliver can get fans upset and sparks fly.
This is a reference to AEW’s recent seath match at Revolution, which disappointed fans with their
underwhelming explosion, though it’s possible that the line wasn’t directed at the opposition at all.
It’s just as likely that it was and fans cracked the code, and whilst AEW references WWE in far-less subtle
terms on a weekly basis, this time it was McMahon’s company who got to laugh.
This week’s RAW also saw the return of Asuka, after the RAW Women’s Champion suffered a concussion and
broken tooth whilst facing Shayna Baszler.
That concussion caused Asuka to miss a month of action, and she’s still not fully recovered from that kick.
In a message on NowVoice, the Empress revealed that she has temporary teeth in, and it’ll take her six
months to fully heal. Who Asuka faces WrestleMania has yet to be confirmed, as although
Charlotte Flair is the favourite, she’s also received challenges from Dana Brooke, Mandy Rose and Peyton
Royce, and whoever her opponent is, Asuka will have to be extra careful with her temporary teeth.
We know that there are plans for 45,000 fans to pack the Raymond James Stadium on each night of
WrestleMania to watch the show live, but getting tickers ready for sale is proving easier said than done.
That’s according to Fightful Select who are reporting that the ticket situation is “a mess,” and has been
since early March. Tickets for WrestleMania were supposed to have gone on sale this
week, before WWE confirmed that wouldn’t be happening, and the plan now is for tickets to be sold next week.
It’s also been reported that Vince McMahon has softened his stance on cardboard cutouts, and that if
45,000 seats on sold per night of WrestleMania, that leaves 20,000 seats to be filled with stand-ins.
WrestleMania will be the first time in over a year WWE has sold tickets to fans, and it’s clearly taking WWE a
while to relearn how to do just that.
Even with these issues, WrestleMania will be WWE’s biggest show of the year, but this year’s show will face
some competition. On April 10th, night one of WrestleMania, Impact Wrestling
will host Hardcore Justice on Impact Plus, and we’ll have to see how the show fares against WWE’s first event
in over a year with live fans.
Recently, Jim Cornette made headlines with his usual schtick of insulting female wrestlers, this time Penelope Ford, and
his comments didn’t sit well with miro. In response, Miro said he’d come like God’s wrath on the controversial
wrestling personality, a comment that Cornette addressed on his Drive- Thru podcast.
After discussing Miro’s remarks in detail, Cornette said the threat sounded vaguely sexual, and questioned if Miro
had been making quote “some of them Lars Sullivan videos.” Obviously, Cornette isn’t taking Miro
seriously, and isn’t sorry if he upset people with his comments, and really appreciated trending all night because of
the awful things he had to say about some on the AEW roster.
Back to WWE now, and Goldberg hasn’t appeared since his Royal Rumble loss to Drew McIntyre,
though we know he has at least one more match on his contact this year. One man who knows the former
Universal Champion one is Eric Bischoff, who was responsible for signing Goldberg to WCW, and
during Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Bischoff said the reason Goldberg is still around, isn’t for the love of the fans
He said: “Goldberg is doing it for the money, come on. This is not love of the
business or love to get out there and perform. In my opinion, sorry Bill you and I aren’t close friends but we are
friends. And if what I am saying Bill offends you then I apologise because I don’t mean it to but come on dude,
do you think he’s doing it for the fun or do you think he’s doing it for the money?
Bischoff added that this isn’t a bad mindset for Goldberg to have, saying:
If I had the ability at Bill’s age, and look the way Bill did and someone gave me a 7 figure cheque to work 5 minutes
come on! Lets be honest with ourselves and not bust anybody’s balls over this. Anyone would do it
We very much doubt that Goldberg will admit to only being in WWE for the money, as he’s spoken plenty of
times in recent years about how much the fans mean to him, but according to Bischoff, fans can still expect to see
the Hall of Famer as long as Vince McMahon’s checks continue to clear.
At this Sunday’s Fastlane Pay Per View, Randy Orton will face Alexa Bliss, in a rare integender match between two
very capable Superstars. Now, the two have continued their feud on social media, as Orton posted a photo
of him RKO’ing Bliss on RAW a few weeks ago, which Bliss responded toby sharing her own photo, which
sees her standing proud as Orton writes in pain on the mat, black ooze spewing from his mouth.
It’s expected that this Sunday will finally see the return of The Fiend, who’s rumoured to face Orton at
WrestleMania, and we’ll have to wait and see what happens with all thee Superstars.
We’ve already mentioned that Drew McIntyre used some very un-PG language this past Monday, but he
wasn’t the only one. During a segment between The Miz and Bad Bunny, the A-Lister took a
cheap shot at the Grammy award winning rapper, and as Bunny sold his pain on the mat, he cried out “
“Mamabichio” at the former WWE Champion.
As defined by Urban Dictionary, the term is from Puerto Rico, with mama meaning suck and Bicho meaning a
very private part of a man’s body. Given this, it’s amazing that Bunny got away with saying that to The
Miz, as whoever was on the censor button this week presumably didn’t have a clue what the former 24/7
champion had said.
Ever since Brodie Lee tragically passed last December, fans have got to see more of his son, Brodie
Lee Jr, who has become a member of the Dark Order. Negative-1 even has a contract with
AEW that’ll become valid once he turns 18, but there has been some people out there who’ve accused AEW of
taking advantage of him. This week, Amanda Huber, Brodie Jr’s mother, addressed those who have
said AEW is using them for their own gains, saying:
The use of the word emploitation. It’s disheartening.
Our world crumbled.
AEW has helped us pick up the pieces.
She added that although it’s easy to distrust a company, especially after a tragedy, AEW has been incredibly
kind to them both, and stressed that Brodie’s school-work comes first, and AEW is a privilege.
Speaking of school, Amanda praised he son, who got 10 A’s and 3 B’s on his report card, despite having the
worst few months of his life.
Whether Brodie Jr. becomes an AEW wrestler when he turns 18 remains to be seen, but clearly, both he and
Amanda are more than happy to work with AEW, despite what some may think.
More from AEW, as Christian Cage debuted for the company at Revolution, despite rumours he’d signed a new
deal with WWE. It turned out that the deal Christian signed was with FOX, but while
speaking to Sports Illustrated, the former Superstar said there were some talks between him and WWE
following his Royal Rumble appearance:
“There were some cordial talks, and I can’t really elaborate beyond that. I’m not sure where their heads were at
creatively.” “When I left in 2005, I was kind of pigeonholed into a certain spot,
and that wasn’t going to change unless I changed it myself. So I bet on myself. I knew that I had the
talent and I was confident in my ability. I wasn’t content with where I was at, and I knew I had more to give.”
Christian is looking to prove how much more he has with a promise to outwork everyone, and given that
he’s already set his sights on the AEW World Championship, it seems the jump to AEW was the right call.
In 2010 and 2011, CM Punk and Triple H had a handful of interactions on TV, and they didn’t all go swimmingly for the
King of Kings. That’s according to Doc Gallows, who was part of Punk’s straight-edge
society in 2010,and spoke during Talk’n’Shop about a time when the Game forgot his lines.
The story goes that when Punk and Triple H were going back and forth, the latter had to ask Punk what his line was
and Gallows said that even the top guys have a hard time remembering all their lines.
Thankfully, Punk was able to help Triple H out and feed him his line, and being able to remember lines, even those that
aren’t yours, probably helps Punk in a big way on the set during his acting gigs.
More AEW news, as plenty of WWE names have joined the company, but Booker T isn’t one of them.
On his Hall of Fame podcast, the two- time Hall of Famer discussed AEW Dynamite, and said that the company is
being too much like WCW, signing big names from other companies to lucrative contracts.
It’s hard to argue with that, as AEW has signed legends like Sting, Paul Wight and Christian to multi-year
contracts, with Christian already looking to challenge for the AEW World Championship.
This all does seem very similar to WCW’s tactics, as they signed everyone they could from WWF
during the Monday Night Wars, and hopefully AEW listen’s to Booker’s advice to stick to focusing on younger
talent.
Booker’s criticisms of AEW doesn’t mean WWE is faultless when it comes to booking though, as Andrade has
struggled on the main roster ever since Paul Heyman was removed as RAW’s Executive Director.
Last week, the former NXT Champion was denied his requested release, and on his show, Booker discussed what’s
missing from El Idolo’s repertoire. He said: He is special, he is extraordinary.
If he worked on his English as much as he worked on his work in the ring, he’d be a star right now.
Booker added that Andrade’s English skills are the one thing that holds him back, and whilst the former Champion
has tried to improve his speaking skills in WWE, it seems that the former NXT Champion has given up waiting for
anything bigger in Vince McMahon’s company.
One man who has no problem being the focus of WWE is Roman Reigns, who is currently scheduled to face
Edge at WrestleMania, but now a long- awaited dream match may be happening soon.
Ever since the Tribal Chief turned heel last August, there’s been speculation about a possible match against The Rock,
especially since so much of Reigns’ heel turn has been about family. While speaking to Give Me Sport
Reigns’ Special Counsel Paul Heyman said that there’s a long list of people who want to face the Universal Champion,
and he’s even spoken to The Rock about it: “Crossover celebrities in their prime
would love to step into a WrestleMania ring with Roman Reigns. It’s not just Dwayne Johnson. The Rock is just
one of many.” With Daniel Bryan on his schedule for this Sunday and Edge at WrestleMania
Roman Reigns is used to facing top- names in WWE, and now we know that the Brahma Bull has at least
considered stepping in the ring with the head of the table.
And we’re ending with tonight’s St. Patrick’s Day Slam edition of AEW Dynamite, which has received some
major hype. According to Dave Meltzer, the Britt Baker Vs. Thunder Rosa Lights
Out match apparently stole the show, and it’ll apparently end with an insane spot as well.
Reports are even stating that Baker is “unrecognisable” after the match, and we’ll have to see how good this math
really is tonight.