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Breaking News About Black Wednesday's WWE Releases
Why The WWE Superstars Feel Unsafe?
WWE’s Future Plans For LANA Revealed!
WWE Legal Counsel Responds To Former Wrestler’s Allegation About Saudi Arabia Trip
Booker T Shares A Breaking News About An EX WWE Champion’s In-Ring Return!
Did Vince McMahon Drop The Ball On Shayna Baszler!
Braun Strowman Pulled From WWE Backstage Appearance!
Leaked Facebook Post Reveals WWE Plans
Elias Reveals He Was Supposed To Work With The Undertaker And More!
We’re starting today by looking at WWE’s April releases as a huge number of
Superstars were let go, and WWE Producers were furloughed.
These releases came just days after WrestleMania 36, but according to an article
by ESPN’s Kevin Seifart, Vince McMahon had these releases planned for long
before the biggest show of the year. He writes:
“The WWE managed to resume content production…airing a fanless but well-
received WrestleMania 36 on April 4-5. McMahon was already working on plans
for a series of WWE layoffs, furloughs and other cost- cutting moves designed to
stabilize the company for an extended period of lower revenues. They were
announced April 15.”
WWE’s releases rocked every one, as veterans like Kurt Angle, Zack Ryder and
Heath Slater were let go, and though there’s the possibility talent could be re-
signed, Drake Maverick is the only confirmed rehiring thus far.
Clearly the ongoing global situation has changed a lot in WWE, and a recent
from a development Superstar has led to some interesting
developments behind the scenes.
Whilst WWE allowed fans to attend this week’s tapings, they reportedly weren’t
informed that their had been a , and only found out after the show,
and after they signed waivers that absolved WWE of any liability.
Now, it turns out that Superstars weren’t informed by the company either, and
only found out at the same time as everybody else, and Wrestle Talk is reporting
that this has led to some serious friction backstage, saying:
Some of the roster that we’ve spoken to are becoming increasingly frustrated with
the lack of communication from WWE during the pandemic, and some are
considering asking for time off as we’ve seen with Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn.
We’ll have to see whether WWE stars granting those leaves of absence, as
although the current situation isn’t taking every headline like it did in April, it
remains a very real threat for everyone in WWE, as well as those outside the company.
Speaking of the company’s handling of the ongoing situation, WWE surprised a lot
of people this week by allowing actual fans into the Performance Centre.
One things fans at home noticed, or should that be, didn’t notice though, was that
no-one in the crowd was wearing a protective , and according to Ringside
News, that’s because of Kevin Dunn.
According to their report, Dunn was pointing out fans in the crowd during the
tapings and flagged these fans to security, as well as telling them over the loud
speaker not to wear any s.
It was also noted that this no- policy might not have been 100% on Vince
McMahon, which seems to imply this was Dunn’s idea, instead of the Chairman’s.
The fact that WWE won’t allow fans attending to wear protective s is a big
deal, especially as the company is selling their own branded s on WWE Shop
which conform with all health guidelines.
In a statement later given, WWE spoke about how due to the attendance being
below 20% capacity, and social distancing guidelines of six-feet apart were being
followed, the company felt that face s were not required.
There’s always the possibility that WWE could change their mind on this, as they
could always give out their own s for some good PR, as well as some
additional product placement, but for now, don’t expect any s on Monday
Night RAW, unless a Superstar is wearing it.
Speaking of Superstars, one person who’s having a rough time is Lana, as Bobby
Lashley demanded a divorce on this week’s RAW.
Though IT Seems her days with the the Almighty are over, and she can’t go back to
Rusev, the WWE has teased her next alliance, this time with Natalya.
After the former Divas Champion and Liv Morgan lost to The IIconics, Natalya was
seen venting to Morgan, who walked away, and Natalya ended up bumping into Lana.
As Natalya says she understand’s Lana’s situation, it certainly looks like fans may
see the duo together on-screen more, and time will tell whether this leads to any
championship gold for either the Queen of Harts or the Ravishing Russian.
One show that both Natalya and Lana appeared on was last year’s Crown Jewel
show, which fans may remember for the nightmare travel sitation after the show.
According to a recent testimony from a now-released Superstar known in
documents as CW-2, the delay was down to a conflict between the company and
the Saudi Crown Prince, and that when Superstars tried to leave what has been
described as a hostage situation, WWE “abused their power” and “threatened careers.”
Now, WWE’s outside legal counsel Jerry McDevitt at K&L gates has commented on
the claims in a statement to Fox, and described these claims as false allegations
that were originally made in suits filed by two different law firms. He added:
“After the Court appointed a third firm to be lead counsel, WWE provided all three
law firms with specific detailed facts from the persons with actual knowledge of
the situation, including the phony allegation about the plane. The first two law
firms then dropped their lawsuits to avoid sanction motions, but the third firm
chose to ignore the specific facts they had been provided, and instead cited an
unnamed disgruntled former wrestler with no knowledge of the facts. WWE is
preparing its response to the lawsuit and will be moving to have it dismissed.”
It's unlikely we’ll ever see discover what the actual truth is, but what we do know
is that we wouldn’t want to mess with jerry McDevitt in the court room.
Back to the ring now, and this week, fans who were in attendance got to see
Christian return to the ring after years away.
After losing his Unsanctioned Match to Randy Orton, there’s been some
speculation on what the future holds for Captain Charisma inside the squared circle.
On his podcast, Hall of Famer Booker T addressed Christian’s return, and said he
feels that the former World Champion has one more match in him, adding:
“I think Christian will be at Extreme Rules in the ring. He has time to get ready for
it. Maybe now we can do the stories as far as watching the guy in the gym train,
getting himself ready. Going through the dieting process. Running the miles.”
With Edge on the shelf, presumably for the remainder of the year, due to a torn
tricep, slotting Christian in his place could certainly be a possibility, and given that
the Viper told him to get cleared on a post-RAW segment, it certainly looks like a
match between the two is in the works.
From two veterans to a fresh face in the company, as one Superstar is reportedly
standing out to Vince McMahon.
According to Alex McCarthy of Talk Sport, Angel Garza is the latest star to become
a favourite of the Boss, and it’s being reported that the Chairman of the board is
even referring to the 27-year- old as a younger version of the legendary Eddie Guerrero.
Garza has worked with Zelina Vega and Andrade since his call up to the main
roster, though the WWE has been teasing a possible split between Garza and
Andrade, especially after the young prodigy lost to Kevin Owens on this week’s RAW.
If you needed any more proof of the company’s faith in Garza, then you can find it
on WWE.com, as Garza has replaced Becky Lynch on the website’s RAW banner,
and it may not be too long before the young Superstar finds himself with
championship gold around his waist.
From a favourite of Vince to someone who clearly isn’t, as Shayna Baszler joined
RAW with a whirlwind of momentum, but has since disappeared from the red brand.
After failing to capture the RAW Women’s title at WrestleMania and the Money in
the Bank briefcase, Baszler has vanished, and on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave
Meltzer explained why, saying:
“Well, the idea was that they’re trying to protect Nia for whatever reason. I think
that maybe she’s gonna be the only heel because Shayna has disappeared.”
It should also be noted that the Queen of Spades was a huge Paul Heyman project,
as the ECW Magnate was behind the former MMA fighter, and given rumours that
McMahon wants to bury Heyman’s picks, and that he’s cooled off her recently,
this may also explain her disappearance.
Despite a huge presence this year, Baszler’s plans to win the Royal Rumble and
Money in the Bank were both changed by McMahon, and now it seems the Boss
doesn’t want anything to do with her, now that Nia Jax is back.
From RAW to SmackDown now, as Braun Strowman was supposed to be on this
week’s WWE Backstage, but not anymore.
WWE on Fox’s Twitter confirmed that the Universal Champion has been pulled,
though neither an explanation nor a replacement was announced.
They did say that the Monster Among Men is welcome back at a later date, and as
there’s a lot going on in WWE, we can only speculate that the company needed
him for something else.
Now, we all know that WWE has a friendly relationship with Independent
promotion Evolve, but following reports that the company’s struggling in the
current climate, things aren’t looking good for the company.
PW Torch has leaked a private facebook message from a source in Evolve, as Gabe
Sapolsky stated that he’s closing the private Facebook group, as there’s no plans
to run any more Evolve shows.
This is a real shame as Evolve helped produce plenty of WWE’s current stars,
including Matt Riddle, Keith Lee and Johnny Gargano, and WWE has even sent
some of their Superstars to help the indie promotion out in the past, and there’s
even been rumours of WWE buying Evolve’s video library for the Network.
PW Torch also noted that despite rumours, there’s no plans for WWE to buy out
Evolve’s Parent Company WWN, and whilst WWN will continue to operate, there
won’t be any more Evolve shows for a while.
Sapolsky also encouraged wrestlers to stay in touch, describing the situation as a
fork in the road, so hopefully the company will be able to host shows in the near future.
We’re looking at Impact Wrestling now, as more evidence has suggested that EC3
could be returning to the company.
Immediately after Moose celeberated his TNA World Heavyweight Championship
match against Hernandez, EC3’s Impact theme played, and on commentary, Josh
Matthews noted this, proving it wasn’t a botch.
After a highly successful run in Impact, EC3 struggled to accomplish anything on
WWE’s main roster before his release in April, and given that he the former 24/7
Champion has also teased returning, it looks like fans can expect him back at
Slammiversary on July 18th.
Back to WWE now, and the latest episode of Undertaker’s Last Ride has given yet
another glimpse into his legendary career.
On the most recent episode, fans saw the Deadman’s post-WrestleMania 35
appearance where he attacked Elias, and on Twitter, the former 24/7 Champion
revealed that this was suppose to build to a match between the two in Saudi Arabia.
Unfortunately, that match never took place, as the Undertaker faced Goldberg
instead but that didn’t stop Elias from describing the Phenom as one of the
greatest ever, so perhaps fans will get to see the two collide at some point down the line.
We’ve got news from AEW next, as FTR is finally doing big things in the company,
an after Dax Harwood reflected on his success on Twitter, he received a tweet of
appreciation from Karl Anderson.
In response, Hardwood said he’d be seeing Gallows and Anderson real soon, and
given that the Good Brothers Old Bullet Club friends are running the company,
they’d feel right at home in AEW, id they decided to sign with them.
And finally today we’re looking at the Most Electrifying Man in Sports
Entertainment, as the Rock’s story into wrestling will finally be told.
After the show ‘Young Rock’, was ordered in January, a lot of fans got excited, and
though things have happened to derail those plans, NBC has announced that
Young Rock is coming mid- season in 2020, according to TV Line.
Whilst details about the show are currently scarce, we do know that is written by
Fresh off the Boat’s Nahnatchka Khan and Jeff Chaing, and that the Rock’s own
Seven Bucks Productions studio will produce the show.
Fans will have to wait a bit longer to see just how exactly the show goes, but for
fans of the Brahma Bull, it won’t be too long until they get to see the Brahma Calf.