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Here's your Wrestling News for November 7th 2020
And your headlines for today include
Spoiler On Roman Reigns’ Future On WWE SmackDown!
Special Moment Of Bliss Segment Announced For WWE RAW Next Week!
WWE Has Abandoned Brock Lesnar Trademark!
Bray Wyatt Hints At The Fiend Against The Undertaker!
Paige Reveals Alberto Del Rio Did Some ‘Crazy Things’ While Physically Abusing Her!
Why Mercedes Martinez Was Removed From WWE Retribution Stable Revealed?
Miro Joining FCF Football League! Why AEW Didn’t Book Miro At Full Gear?
Tony Khan Is Restricting AEW Stars From Working Indie Events!
Jake Roberts Hospitalized For COPD Complications!
Dana Brooke Reveals Why Things Didn’t Work Out With Dave Bautista!
Bret Hart Wishes Rumors About Relationship With Sunny Were True And More!
We’re kicking off today with Roman Reigns news, as the Universal Champion won’t be defending his
title at Survivor Series, but we have an idea who his next challenger will be.
Ringside News is reporting that Daniel Bryan will be back before the Pay Per View for a big angle with
Reigns, but it won’t be entirely the company’s choice to do so. They reported:
“[Reigns] scheduled to work with Daniel Bryan, out of necessity it seems, because Bryan wasn’t
positioned like a main event title contender at all when he returned.” Basically, there’s no-one
else on that main-event level in WWE who can reasonably work with the Tribal Chief at this time,
and as someone who also work’s on the blue brand’s writing team, Bryan has tried to help elevate other talent,
even over himself. The beatdown he suffered from Jey Uso is certainly a sign of that,
and now it looks like fans will be seeing Bryan Vs. Reigns down the line.
Speaking of the Blue brand, this week’s show saw three additions to the brand’s Survivor Series teams,
as both the men’s and women’s teams are taking shape. King Corbin was able to defeat Rey
Mysterio to qualify, thanks to the help of Seth Rollins, and Rollins himself qualified for the team later on,
by defeating Otis. Rollins and Corbin join Kevin Owens and Jey Uso, with one spot left for
the men’s team. Ruby Riott won a triple threat match over Zelina Vega and Natalya to
earn herself a spot, and she’ll join Bianca Belair and three other SmackDown Superstars to take
on Team TAW.
Speaking of the red brand, Alexa Bliss won’t be in this year’s women’s team, but she does have a special
Moment of Bliss segment confirmed for this coming Monday’s show. During SmackDown, it was confirmed
that Drew McIntyre will be her guest, though the commercial teased that The Fiend will be close during that
segment. Both McIntyre and the Fiend have their sights set on WWE Champion
Randy Orton, and time will tell what happens when the Scottish Superstars appears on a Moment of Bliss.
One person fans won’t be seeing on RAW is Brock Lesnar, as his WWE deal expired following his
WrestleMania 36 loss, and the Beast incarnate is yet to return. Now, it seems fans may be waiting a
while to see Lesnar again, as according to recent reports, WWE filed a trademark application on the
Brock Lesnar name in January, but this was denied by the USPTO, saying the company needed written
permission from Lesnar to do so, and were given a six month deadline.
This written permission never materialised, and WWE abandoned their Lesnar trademark in October,
just a couple of months after all his merchandise was pulled from the store in August.
Brock Lesnar and WWE had agreed on two deals, with one pertaining to in-ring competition, and the other for
merchandise, but given what’s happened recently, it looks like it could be a while before any new
deals are struck between Vince McMahon and the former Universal Champion.
We’re looking back at 2015, as that year saw multiple clashes between The Undertaker and Bray Wyatt,
and their feud may not be over yet. When WWE’s official Twitter hyped up Survivor Series, they put out a
montage video of the Deadman saying that from Drew McIntyre to Wyatt, the Undertaker has battled
them all. Wyatt was quick to respond saying “Not quite ALL,” implying that the
Fiend hasn’t had his turn against the Demon of Death Valley.
The Undertaker Vs. The Fiend sounds like a match a lot of fans would want to see, especially if they
go the cinematic route like at WrestleMana 36, but with November 22nd being a final farewell for the
Phenom, fans may not have a chance to see this match.
Paige news next, as the former Divas Champion recently asked fans about whether she should write a book,
and if she does, it may reveal some shocking information about her relationship with Alberto Del Rio.
During the GAW podcast, Paige revealed things she’d never done before, saying that her relationship
with Del Rio was not just poxic, but subsive as well. She said: “I’ve never spoken about it before,
whether podcasts or interviews, I always stayed away. But now it’s completely out there. I’m like, ‘
‘why am I shying away from this? Why am I not brave enough to talk about it?’
“In the beginning, you’re fighting back with this person. But in the end, it becomes a cycle. Eventually,
something is happening to you every day. You could be trapped in a room for 6-7 hours, getting your ass beat
every couple of minutes. And he’s doing all these crazy things to you. Later describing the former World
Champion as Voldermort, Paige noted that Del Rio needs whatever is happening to him, adding that
Karma is a real thing. This is referring to Del Rio’s current legal issues, as he’s facing charges
of second degree for septual salt
If found guilty at his January 25th trial, Del Rio could spend the rest of his days behind bars, but it’s
clear Paige isn’t going to lose too much sleep thinking about that possibility.
Back to the ring, and whilst the group of Retribution are hell-bent on destroying the main roster,
Mercedes Martinez was once part of their ranks, before she was removed.
Fightful is reporting that WWE has no plans to add another female member to Retribution, and that
Martinez specifically requested being taken out of the stable. They said: “The word among talent is that
Mercedes Martinez extended her desire to no longer be a part of the angle and was removed from the
group before they all signed new contracts.”
It’s very interesting that the NXT Superstars made it clear she didn’t want in the group, and we have to
wonder how she was feeling at the time she was in Retribution. Though there’s been other women
rumoured for the team, none of them have been used, and Mia Yim’s Reckoning remains the only female
member of the stable.
AEW now, as Miro has done big things as both a wrestler and a twitch streamer, and is now adding another
profession to his resume. The Best Man has revealed he’s joining the Football League ‘Fan
Control Football’, and could barely contain his excitement when revealing his news from his car.
FCF’s website promotes an interactivity with fans not seen in other leagues, as fans will get to
decide on things from the name and logo of the teams, to what players get drafted to even the style of football.
Taking place between two 7-person teams on a 50-yeard field, it’s pretty incredible of Tony Khan to allow
Miro this opportunity, and we’ll have to see how this league goes as Miro has said it’ll be starting soon.
We’re sticking with AEW, as although the company’s roster is allowed to continue working on the indies after
signing with the company, that’s a lot more difficult thanks to the current situation.
While speaking to Sports Illustrated, Tony Khan discussed tightening restrictions when it comes to stars
working indie events, as the company has been forced to enforce rules for people who haven’t taken things
seriously. He said: “I implemented a policy where people were only supposed to work indie
shows when certain conditions were met. There have been times when people did not take that seriously,
so I have tightened up the restrictions I’ll still allow it under certain conditions, but people need to look me in
the eye and say that the conditions are being met. Our talent and their opponent need to be tested before
the show, and there also needs to be a good reason why the match is important
I thought it was good for the talent to have the opportunity to earn, as well as great for the fans and the indies
as a whole. We also don’t run every night of the week, so it allows for talent to get extra reps, too.
I am not going to end it, but we are taking a closer look at it. “
Some AEW stars have been forced to pull themselves from Dynamite tapings due to exposure,
as the Collective saw wrestlers test positive recently as well, with names like Joey Janela, Jon Moxley and
others working those shows. Clearly, everyone needs to take the ongoing situation seriously
if we’re going to beat it, and it seems nobody in AEW will be above Tony Khan’s rules.
More from Miro next, as despite his current partnership with Kip Sabian and feud against the Best Friends,
the former Rusev isn’t booked for Full Gear.
After Miro’s victory over Trent this week in the former’s singles debut, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter
explained that AEW wants Miro and Sabian’s rivalry with the Best friends to last even longer, and that’s why
they aren’t on Full Gear. We’ll have to see when this feud does end, as the Best Man and Superbad
want revenge over that broken arcade machine, but clearly tonight’s show was too early to wrap things up.
Now, Jake Roberts has done a lot in his life, both in and out of the ring, but this year has been particularly
difficult for the Hall of Famer. On the Nothing Beats Experience show, Roberts revealed he is battling
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which he’s argued is worse than what’s happening at the moment.
Roberts also revealed how he COPD landed him in hospital for a brief stint, and that him being a smoker doesn’t
help, and we certainly hope things improve for the Snake.
Back to the ring, and Roman Reigns recently retained his Universal title inside Hell in a Cell, but the match
fans saw wasn’t the original plan. Though Reigns retained the title by choking Jimmy Uso until Jey said
I quit, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that the match was going to originally be a fatal
four-way. This match would’ve seen Reigns defend against Bray Wyatt,
Braun Strowman and a fourth person, though they didn’t specify who. Ringside News is reporting that this
fourth person was never decided on, as though Vince McMahon wanted a fatal four-way match, even if the
company didn’t have an idea who the fourth man would be.
It would have made sense for Wyatt and Strowman, who’ve both been Universal Champion this year to be
in the match, but we’re not sure who else could have been inserted in the feud.
Despite Alexa Bliss’ stare at Roman, indicating that the Fiend wasn’t finished with the Tribal Chief,
their storyline was never fully developed, as both the Fiend and Strowman are now on RAW.
Now, Reigns has a match with RAW’s WWE Champion Randy Orton booked for Survivor Series, and though he
survived Hell against his cousin, we’re curious what this fatal four-way would’ve looked like.
From the top stars of WWE to fresh faces, as the company recently had a tryout with some notable names.
One name at the tryout was Elayna Black, who fans have seen on AEW Dark and Warrior Wrestling, whilst
Lacey Ryan, who’s appeared in Impact Wrestling in recent memory was also there.
We’ll have to see what’s next for those two, but even making it to a WWE tryout is a big deal.
Now, around a year ago, Dana Brooke and Batista teased a relationship that didn’t pan out,
and now Brooke has spoken on the matter. Speaking to Forbes, Brooke spoke
about the common interests between the two, but said that she broke things off, partly because both have
seriously busy schedule. Not only is Brooke now dating Uly Diaz, but she’s getting more of a
spotlight on RAW thanks to her teaming with Mandy Rose, but it seems Brooketista was never
meant to be.
Speaking of relationships, one rumoured relationship that is still talked about today is the alleged
affair between Bret Hart and Sunny, which began after Shawn Michaels commented on the Hitman enjoying
‘Sunny Days’ during a feud. During his Confessions with The Hitman series, Bret once again
denied the rumours that he was with Sunny, but said he kinda wishes those rumors were true.
Neither Sunny nor Bret have ever admitted to the relationship, and with Sunny currently incarcerated,
possibly for a very long time, we doubt the two will be enjoying a romantic dinner together,
even if Bret wishes the rumours were true.
And we’re ending with Big E news now, as he’s now a singles star on SmackDown, but according to the
Wrestling Observer Newsletter, not everything is certain for him. They’re reporting that WWE simply
didn’t have any kind of plans for Big E last week, and it’s uncertain what, if anything is in the works for him.
Though they noted that Big E could be given a squash match to build up some momentum, it doesn’t look like
that’s going to happen, at least at the time being. Despite this lack of direction,
Big E remains one of the names thrown around when there’s rumours and speculation about who
Roman Reigns’ next opponent will be, and we’ll have to wait and see if he does get this push, or if the company
has dropped the ball with the former New Day star.