And your headlines for today include
Scott Hall On Life Support After Suffering Multiple Heart Attacks; Wrestling World Sends Its Tributes To Scott Hall
AEW EVP Beaks Silence On Cody Rhodes Immediate Wrestling Future
Why WWE Changed Plans For Kevin Owens On Smackdown
Big E’s Broken Neck Could Be A Career Ending Injury
Xavier Woods Returns To Action At WWE House Show
Former WWE Champion Returns To Action At WWE Live Event
Carmella Suffers Major Injury During WWE Live Event
First Look At Unified WWE Title Belt Possibly Revealed
Dax Harwood Isn’t Satisfied With FTR’s Time In AEW So Far! And More!
We’re starting today with some awful news about Scott Hall, as the two-time WWE Hall of Famer is suffering from some serious health issues
Earlier this month, it was reported that Hall had injured his hip from a fall, and things have taken a turn for the worse.
Wade Keller of PW Torch reports that there were complications during Hall’s hip surgery when a blood clot got loose, causing the former Razor
Ramon to suffer three heart attacks. Hall is now on life support and is unlikely to attend WrestleCon as previously announced
which will take place in Dallas, Texas during WrestleMania weekend.
For now, Hall’s only role is to keep fighting for his life, and we would like to wish him the very best after such an awful setback
A veteran of the wrestling world, it should come as no surprise that Hall has a ton of support in this latest fight from both fans and those within the
wrestling industry. On social media, plenty of wrestlers have sent their best wishes to the Bad Guy, with Ric Flair
saying he’s hoping for a speedy recovery for his friend.
Eric Bischoff offered his prayers for the man he signed to WCW in 1996, while The Rock encouraged Hall to stay strong.
Other colleagues of hall including DDP and Marc Mero also shared their respect for Hall and hope he gets better, as did more contemporary
performers with Paige sending love thoughts and prayers to the Hall of Famer. AEW’s Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian
also sent their best wishes, and these messages were echoed by the likes of Gail Kim, Mickie James, Dave Meltzer and countless more
Clearly, the wrestling world has united in their hopes to see Hall make a full and speedy recovery, and we can only hope for the best for the former
Razor Ramon at this truly horrible time.
Its been close to a month since Cody and Brandi Rhodes left AEW, in a move that shocked the entire wrestling world.
Almost immediately after leaving, it was reported that WWE were looking to re-sign Cody, but conflicting reports have come out about just
how likely that is. While it was at one point considered by many to be a done-deal, plans have changed for Cody,
though there’s plenty who still believe the former Intertcontinental Champion is heading home
Fightful Select reports that at least one executive Vice President of AEW believes Cody is once more working for Vince McMahon, noting:
“At least one EVP in All Elite Wrestling as of last weekend fully believed that Cody Rhodes was signed or was signing with WWE and would face
Seth Rollins at WrestleMania. Again, we haven’t confirmed that as of yet.”
Fightful also noted that WWE officials haven’t been briefed on the Cody situation, so whatever Vince McMahon has, he’s keeping It a close secret.
Tonight’s RAW is being considered a ‘make or break’ show, as WWE needs to figure out who Seth Rollins will face at WrestleMania, with reports
suggesting that WWE hopes for Cody to face the former Universal Champion at next month’s event.
That remains to be seen, but whether he faces Rollins or not, there’s at least one big name expecting to see Cody Rhodes in WWE again.
We know that Rollins’ tag-team partner Kevin Owens will be part of WrestleMania as he’ll host a special edition of the KO Show with ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin
as his guest. Austin and Owens are expected to get physical according to plans for the show, but more recent
plans for the former Universal Champion had to be changed.
According to Fightful, Owens was listed for an in- ring promo on the original run sheet for the show, in a segment that had been produced by Jason Jordan.
That segment didn’t happen and there’s no explanation as to why Owens’ latest promo didn’t make it to TV.
Owens has had plenty to say as of late about Texas and Stone Cold Steve Austin, and we imagine he will have had even more insults for the Rattlesnake
and his home state, but fans at last week’s SmackDown didn’t get a chance to hear from the Prizefighter.
During last week’s SmackDown, Big E suffered a broken neck when he took a suplex outside of the ring, and had to be stretchered away much to the
horror of fans.
In an update, Big E has said that he will not require neck surgery, but added that the C1 and C6 veterbrae have been fractured, but not displaced.
Many fans feared that Big E’s career was over after the accident, and breathed a collective sigh of relief when he said he wouldn’t need surgery.
According to former WWE physician Dr. David Cho however, Big E’s career may sadly be over, as he’s explained:
The C1 fracture is most dangerous as the top c ervical vertebrae is a ring and is commonly associated with immediate death or complete
paralysis. Thankfully the fracture was not displaced and he will not need surgery. However, this type of fracture often heals incompletely and it may
mean the end of his wrestling career. Cho was more optimistic about the C6, saying that this part of the body will take a minimum three
months to recover, but unlike the C1, is expected to make a full recovery
These are still early days for Big E, and there’s a lot we still don’t know about the nature of the accident or his condition, but we’re continuing to
wish the absolute best for the former WWE Champion.
On last week’s RAW, Becky Lynch didn’t make an appearance on the show, citing a voice box injury which she blamed on Bianca Belair.
The RAW Women’s Champion being injured mere weeks before WrestleMania is the definition of a worst-case scenario for WWE, but the two-night
event will go ahead with Big Time Becks. During a live event this past weekend in Colombus, Georgia, Lynch returned to action,
and teamed with Carmella, Queen Zelina and Doudrop in a losing effort to Belair, Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan.
Reports noted that Lynch was “protected” in the match, meaning she didn’t do too much in the ring as WWE doesn’t want to risk another injury now
that we’re even closer to WrestleMania. Lynch isn’t the only Superstar back in the ring, as Xavier Woods also returned to the ring during the
weekend, taking with Kofi Kingston in triple-threat tag action against the Usos and Sheamus and Ridge Holland.
The King of the Ring had been out since suffering a calf injury during the January 7th SmackDown, and had been expected to miss 4-6 weeks of action.
Now that he’s wrestling again, it won’t be long before he’s back on TV, and after losing Big E, WWE will be pleased to get the New Day, even if its just
two-thirds of the group, back on our screens
Both Becky Lynch and Xavier Woods made their returns during these live events, but this past weekend wasn’t as kind to Carmella.
We mentioned how the Staten Island Princess was a part of a four on three handicap match and despite the extra-woman advantage, Carmella suffered
suffered a rather gruesome injury during the bout
Taking to Twitter, Carmella showed off the would that she suffered to her head, and joked about how people told her it’d be fun to become a wrestler.
Fortunately, it doesn’t seem like any of WWE’s plans for Carmella have had to be postponed or cancelled, but this isn’t exactly what the self-professed
most beautiful woman in the world wanted to happen this past weekend.
At WrestleMania: Sunday, WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and Universal Champion Roman Reigns will face off in arguably the biggest main event in
WrestleMania history. Not only will the two face off in a Winner takes All match, but the WWE and Universal
championships will be unified, and we may have had our first glimpse of the new title design
On Twitter, a fan in Texas shared a photo of one of the props WWE has for WrestleMania 38, including a title design with one major difference.
While the championship resembles the current WWE title, the design now has a blue slash on the bottom instead of the red slash which has
been present ever since the Attitude Era
The blue obviously represents the blue design of the Universal Championship, but the rest of the title is identical to the current WWE title held by
Brock Lesnar. We’ll only know for certain whether this is the new design when WWE publicly reveals the new title,
either at WrestleMania or before, but fans may already know what title either Roman Reigns or Brock Lesnar is holding this time next month
And we’re ending today with Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood, who joined AEW after a successful run as part of WWE.
Many consider FTR to be one of the best tag teams right now, and the duo are the only team to be former RAW, SmackDown, NXT and AEW World Tag Team
Champions, but it seems something is missing for Dax and Cash.
During a Q&A on Twitter, Dax Harwood was asked if he’s satisfied with his AEW career so far, and made it clear that he is not.
Dax didn’t explain what exactly is missing from his AEW run, just that he’s not where he had hoped to be.
On last week’s Dynamite, FTR fired Tully Blanchard and have teased bringing Bret the Hitman Hart in as their manager, and perhaps
bringing in the Canadian legend will put Dax in a better mood