Here's your Wrestling News for September 22nd 2020 Retribution First PPV Match! Poor Storylines For Dominick Mysterio! Where Is Robert Roode? WWE News! 2 00:00:04,637 --> 00:00:06,673 And your headlines for today include
Retribution To Have Their First Pay Per View Match At Clash Of Champions; Opponents Revealed!
WWE Announced TWO New Matches At Clash Of Champions 2020!
New Details Emerge About Jeff Hardy’s WWE Contract!
Robert Roode Set To Make WWE Return Soon!
Cody Rhodes Denied “American Dream” Phrase!
Edge & Daniel Bryan’s WWE Writing Responsibilities Have Changed!
Joey Janela & Sonny Kiss Take Big Shot At Jim Cornette!
Shinsuke Nakamura’s “cancer” line was not meant to air on WWE Raw!
Is The New Storyline Involving Dominick Mysterio Derailing His Push?
AEW Confirmed Signing Of Former WWE Wrestler And More!
We’re kicking off with huge news from Retribution, as after months of destroying RAW, it was announced
that they’ve signed contracts with WWE. Now, if they destroy WWE property,
it won’t be as a group of radicals, but instead as contracted Superstars, and we even got names for the group
members. The tree male members were introduced as Mace, played by Dio
Maddin, T-Bar, aka Dominik Dijakovic, and Slapjack, who’s portrayed by Shane Thorne, whilst Mia Yim and
Mercedes Martinez had new masks, but weren’t identified.
Entering the Thunderdome through the virtal crowd to no music, Yim said that despite being official Superstars,
they wouldn’t be stopped while T-Bar said they were here to destroy WWE and rebuild in their own image.
This segment ended with the Hurt Business coming out, though they were taken out by secondary
Retribution members, and T-Bar and Mace laid out the US Champion Bobby Lashley with a double chokeslam.
Humberto Carrillo and Titus O’Neil felt Retribution’s wrath later in the show, though the Hurt Business took
out more secondary members in another segment. This culminated in a main event with
Mace, T-Bar and Slapjack facing Cedric Alexander, Shelton Benjamin and Lashley, which ended in a DQ
when T-Bar, who wasn’t the legal man, attacked Lashley. Post-match, the entirety of Retribution
attacked the Hurt Business, though Drew Mcntyre led to the RAW roster to make the save, but he was laid
about by his Clash of Champions opponent Randy Orton. Speaking of the Pay Per View, it’s
been reported by the Wrestling Observer that Retribution
Vs Busiiness match could main event Survivor Series,
More from RAW, and though it seemed like Murphy and Seth Rollins
were finished after last week’s attack, the two teamed together this week to face Andrade and Angel Garza and
Dominik Mysterio and Humberto Carillo. Unsurprisngly, Andrade and Garza
got the win, and will challenge the Street Profits for the RAW Tag Team titles for what feels like the 100th time,
and though it was believed that the duo would win the gold at Summerslam ,, WWE kept the Street Profits as
champions, though their reign may end this Sunday.
Outside of this though, what was interesting is that during this week’s triple-threat-tag, Seth Rollins
abandoned Murphy mid-match, adding to the rumours that the pair are through.
However, it’s also been reported that these acts of splitting are just to get Aalyah Mysterio on their side,
as Rollins doesn’t seem content enough to take Rey Mysterio’s eye, but now has plans to take Rey’s
daughter too. This wasn’t the only match added to this Sunday’s Pay Per View, as the
WWE held an #1 contenders match on this week’s RAW to see who will face Asuka.
After Mickie James’ controversial loss, and Zelina Vega confronting the RAW Women’s Champion afterwards
last week, Vega and James faced-off this week, a match that Vega won. It was later announced that this match
will take place on Sunday’s Kick-Off show, and we’ll have to see how Vega fares against Asuka
Over to SmackDown now, as Jeff Hardy revealed to BT Sport that he’s signed a new deal with WWE,
and though it was believed to be a 5-year contract, that isn’t the case. In the past, WWE have insisted on
talent having long-term deals, though Jeff’s case is an exception, as PW Insider reports that his new contract
is around 2-3 years in length. This deal also includes time from his previous contract where Jeff
didn’t compete, due to injury-related inactivity, as well as his hiatus due to his legal trouble.
At the moment, Jeff is in his fifth reign as Intercontinental Champion, recently defeating AJ Styles in the Thunderdome,
but what are your predictions for Jeff’s future? Leave your views in the comments below.
Whilst fans will get to see plenty of the Charismatic Enigma, one person they haven’t seen in a while is Robert
Roode, though that could soon change. According to WrestleVotes, Roode is
expected to make a return to WWE TV within the next week or two, after he’s been absent since March,
with his last appearance being at the Elimination Chamber Pay Per View.
Given the ongoing global situation, travel between the U.S and Canada has been extremely limited, but fans
could be prepared to see one of the Great White North’s favourite sons make a comeback.
In June, Roode was traded to RAW alongside Dolph Ziggler, and though it’s unclear if the former NXT and US
Champion will be paired with Ziggler when he returns, this is great news for fans of the Glorious One.
Over to AEW now, and though Cody Rhodes has tried to trademark anything his legendary father was
part of, the nickname ‘The American Dream’ continues to allude him. After filing for a trademark back on
March 10th 2019, the US Patent and Trademark Office still believes that Cody hasn’t presented enough of a
case to warrant the trademark, marking the third refusal the former TNT Champion has had.
The most recent “Request for Reconsideration After Final Action” denial was submitted on August 20th,
as Heel-By-Nature reported: “The reason behind the rejection was due to Rhodes not providing
appropriate documentation showing the “The American Dream” used in entertainment services, specifically
live appearances and appearances by a professional wrestler.” The previous submission stated that
Cody was bewildered as why the filing keeps being rejected, and according to the court’s reports,
Cody’s latest attempt failed to present the following:
•Raise a new issue
•Resolve all the outstanding issue(s)
•Provide any new or compelling evidence with regard to the outstanding issue(s)
•Present analysis and arguments that were persuasive or shed new light on the outstanding issue(s)
Hopefully, Cody will figure out things soon, as he wants to secure as many properties associated with Dusty
Rhodes, and locking down ‘The American Dream’, would be a huge win for him at this point.
Back to WWE and this year has seen huge changes to the company’s writing teams.
Following Paul Heyman’s dismissal as RAW’s Executive Director, the two main roster writing teams were merged,
but it’s now these teams have reported been split once again. It’s worth noting that there are some
few exceptions of writers who work both shows, and that both shows remain under Bruce Prichard’s control.
Two men who’ve been affected by this split is Edge and Daniel Bryan, who’ve both been working on the
WWE’s writing team, and now Edge will work with RAW’s team, and Bryan with SmackDown
Of course, neither man has been attending WWE events lately, as Edge is recovering from his triceps
injury, whilst Bryan is spending time with his growing family, though both can attend meetings online.
2020 has truly been a strange year for WWE, as shows have had to happen without live-fans for months,
and if RAW and SmackDown seem more different to each other from now on, now you know why.
More from AEW next, and it’s no secret that Joey Janela isn’t a favourite of Jim Cornette, and the
Bad Boy isn’t afraid of rustling Cornette’s feathers either, something that was made quite evident this week.
Janela has revealed that their team name is The New New Midnight Express, a play on the team Cornette
managed, and that AEW have given them permission. The first Midnight Express was Dennis
Conrey and Randy Rose, with the second being Condrey, Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane, with Cornette as
manager. Now, the new new Midnight Express is Janela and Kiss, and though It
usually takes thought to put together a team name, Janela and Kiss were able to figure out the perfect name,
whilst also sticking it to someone who’s clearly not a fan. Speaking of tag teams, fans saw The
Street Profits defeated Andrade an Angel Garza on the September 7th RAW, but were also confronted by
SmackDown’s tag team champions Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura.
Though the match was to set up a Champions-Vs-Champions match the next week, Nakamura used some
interesting verbiage, saying “if they want smoke, they will get cancer.” Using the term cancer on WWE TV
doesn’t seem to fly, and though Nakamura can’t be blamed for a pre-written promo, sources have
revealed that it wasn’t the original line. The report pointed out that almost
immediately after, Michael Cole said “Cesaro and Shin saying if they want smoke, they’re gonna get some here
tonight,” fixing what had happened. Many have been wondering how Nakamura got the wrong line, and
sources have revealed that someone forgot to alter their version of the script that was handed to the King of
Strong-Style. The report revealed: “We were told that the cancer line was not supposed to make it onto the
show but with so much happening behind the scenes someone simply forgot to use a different version of
Nakamura’s promo.” Thanfully, there was no mention of backstage heat on Nakamura, and it
was chalked up to so much happening backstage that nobody double-checked.
This chaotic atmosphere backstage has become the new normal, with reports of Vince McMahon re-writing
entire RAWs himself without much time left, now that Paul Heyman was relieved as Executive Director after
nearly a year. Normally, scripts pass through a filter, though that didn’t happen this time,
and whilst Nakamura didn’t get in trouble, WWE will no-doubt be watching his scripts more closely from
now on. We’ve got Edge news next, as older fans will remember the Rated-R
Spinner championship of 2006, though it could’ve looked much different.
During Edge and John Cena’s WWE Untold on the Network, the Rated-R Superstar admitted that he hated the
idea of the spinner belt, and spoke about receiving his own custom title, saying:
When they approached me and said, ‘We’re going to do a Rated R Championship belt’, I was like, ‘Right,
let me get to work! I got home and drew up this beautiful championship belt. This thing was badass.”
The design Edge came up with is certainly far different to the Spinner belt, with the centre plate more akin
to the Intercontinental title design that was retired last November, but the Hall of Famer explained how his design
was rejected, saying: “When I got back, they were like, ‘Well, no; we’re just going to put your logo in
it.’ Like, that’s it? Edge wouldn’t want a spinner belt. That, to me, is the one championship that needs to look like a
championship and not somebody’s hub caps.” Edge’s Rated-R Spinner was retired at
Unforgiven 2006, and whilst the Rated-R spinner has gone on to be sold as a replica by WWE, perhaps
one day the Ultimate Opportunist will get to see the title he truly wanted become a reality.
More from RAW next, as this week’s show has what’s being described as one of the weakest, most
cringe-inducing segments of the year. The segment in question saw Seth Rollins appear on the show with what
looked like a fake DNA test, and after running down Rey’s relationship with Dominik, revealed that Rey isn’t
Dominik’s biological father.
This isn’t news to older fans, as Rey explained he went through this quote “BS” with Eddie Guerrero in 2005,
but then Rollins twisted things around, suggesting that Aalyah isn’t Rey’s daughter either, upsetting her greatly.
Rollins explained himself by saying that he was looking over Mysterio family photos on WWE.com, when he
was inspired to investigate her family ties. The Architect also brought up that she
went to Murphy in concern last week, though we’re not sure what the implication is.
After a few segments on RAW, the Mysterios were seen backstage and a visibly-upset Aalyah sad that
she was only there to support Dominik, who sat there silently. Sitting there silently isn’t exactly the
best way for Dominik to act, especially after his Summerslam debut and subsequent matches received rave
reviews by fans, and we can’t help but feel that this new angle with his sister is derailing his push.
The tension between the Mysterios wasn’t helped by the fact that Rey described Aalyah as a “naïve
19-year-old,” which caused her to storm out, and fans even saw Murphy apologise to her for hurting her in any
way. It’s been rumoured that there are plans for Aalyah to align with Murphy
and Rollins, which will continue the current storyline as Dominik and Rey will fight to get her back, but for now,
fans can expect to see a lot more of the Mysterios on-screen, and hopefully, Dominik will be allowed to speak.
And we’re ending with news from AEW, despite losing to Thunder Rosa a few weeks ago, Serena Deeb
got a lot of attention on Dynamite, and it won’t be the last time we see her.
After Chris Jericho said it’s likely that the veteran would be signed, the company revealed that she has indeed
inked a contract, and is now part of AEW. Time will tell how the former
Straight-Edge-Society member fares in AEW, as she’s got a ton of abilities, and after working as a trainer in
WWE’s Performance Center until earlier this year, her versatile resume will be very useful in AEW.