Here's more wrestling news for October 2nd, 2022, and we're
starting off with wwe and since Triple H took over as head
of talent relations, several like superstars have returned,
hoping for a better chance to succeed with the game in charge.
Candace LaRay is the most recent name to return.
Defeating Nikki as H on this past draw,
but whose comeback nearly didn't happen.
According to a new report from Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling
Observer newsletter, there were a lot of people in AEW
who fought for Candace to join the Jacksonville promotion.
Despite wanting Candace to join, it's noted that
when Johnny Gargano returned to WWE on the August
22nd raw, Tony Kahn knew that LaRay wasn't coming.
As new parents, it makes sense that Gargano and LaRay
would want to stick together, but with the happy
couple on raw, we'll have to see what's next for them.
Now, far away from AEW.
Next month, we'll mark a decade since Seth Rowland's
debut on WWE'S main roster, and he's gone through
plenty of incarnations over the past 10 years.
From the architect of the Shield to the authorities
Golden Boy, the Beast Slayer to Monday Night.
Messiah Rawlins has had a lot of
names and not all of them are popular.
This year WWE changed Roland's name from
Seth Rawlins to Seth freaking Rawlins.
But in an interview with Ariel Hellani, the raw
superstar admitted he tried to get the name changed.
I'm not sure as of this interview, I'm not
exactly sure whether the name will be changed.
So even before Triple H took over, this was
weeks before I think, maybe months even.
I had gone to Vince specifically because I had watched
something back on raw and maybe it was like a highlight
on Twitter and they just said, Seth freaking Rawlins.
It had been a dozen times in 30 seconds because Vince was also very
big on not using pronouns so constantly he wanted the whole brand said
every single time I was referenced and I'm like, You gotta stop that.
You're gonna turn people off.
That's not what we want.
You.
So he was like, Okay, on the commentary
they can refer to you as Seth Rawlins.
I was like, All right, thank you.
So I don't know.
I don't know if freaking is staying or going.
I've had many, many names and it's all fine with me.
It's different.
No one's really working with a strong middle name right now.
There aren't any Brett, the Hitman hearts,
you know, whatever name Rawlins goes by.
He's proven to be a hit with fans over the past decade,
and that won't be stopped by having freaking in his name.
At WrestleMania, Drew McIntyre faced Happy Corbin
in a match that many fans didn't want to see.
Given that McIntyre had challenged for the WWE championship at
the prior to Wrestlemania's, many said that this was a serious
step down for the Scottish superstar who deserved much better.
Speaking to Dallas Morning News this week though McIntyre said he
had no issue with the match, but that both he and Corbin were well
aware of the fact that fans were less than excited for the collision.
McIntyre explained that he and Corbin planned to show everybody,
Hey, we're pretty good at this wrestling thing right here,
and did so in the 10 minutes they had before Drew got the win.
Drew was also very relieved that he didn't botch the big post-match
sword spot with the ring ropes saying he did mess up a few
times in rehearsal, but everything went to plan on the night.
The former WWE champion also became the first
person to kick out of Corbin's end of days.
And while it may not have been the match fans wanted, the
two still shined on the biggest stage at Clash of the Castle.
Drew McIntyre gave Roman reigns the fight of his life, but ultimately
came up short against the undisputed WWE Universal Champion.
McIntyre didn't win the title, but he did have a post-match moment
with Tyson Fury as the pair sang in the ring to send the crowd home.
Happy.
Speaking to my San Antonio McIntyre Recalled Fury seren him with Don
McClain's American Pie, but said the crowd were not digging it as it's
not a song typically heard in the uk believing they were off the air.
McIntyre said that's why he asked Fury to sing
some Sweet Caroline before encouraging the crowd to
sing along with Oasis is don't look back in anger.
Addressing the bizarre ending to the event.
McIntyre insisted that they thought they were off the air
and wanted to give the fans in card if a reason to smile
after he lost what Drew called the biggest match of his life.
Clash at the castle may not have been Drew's night, but
he still did have fun after his loss in one of the most
bizarre ends to a WWE premium live event we've seen in years.
Now AEW is full of talented wrestlers, all of which are
hoping to appear each week, which has made things difficult
for Tony Kahn with a select few hours of programming.
Khan can't book everyone on the shows, but FTR
feel they've gone underused for far too long.
On Twitter, Jack's Harwood fired off a post reminding
Tony Kahn that he and Cash Wheeler still work for
them and told the AEW President book US Brother.
FTR hasn't competed as a TAG team since all out nearly a month
ago where they teamed with AEW TNT Champion wardlow against the
Motor City machine guns and Jay Lethal FTR recently announced
their intentions to challenge for the AEW World Tag Team titles.
But that can only happen if they get booked
something that simply isn't the case right now.
Now years after working for WWE and being part of the downfall of
WCW, Vince Russo joined TNA Wrestling and the effect was immediate.
As soon as Russo arrived, the number
of bizarre gimmick matches went up.
As fans saw everything from the electrified six
sides of steel cage match to a blindfold match
where the masks came off about 100,000 times.
One thing's fans saw much less of during the Russo
era of TNA was generation me and on his something to
wrestle with podcast Russ Pritchard explained that
Russo was no fan of the Real Life Brothers Tag team.
The young bucks when they were int Impact Wrestling came
to me and said, We can make more on the independence.
I knew that Vince Russo didn't have
anything for them and was not high on them.
They told me they could make more on the independence
and I said, Man, go make more on the independence.
They said, Can we have our release?
I said, Yes.
Right now you can have your release Generation Me would have
much greater success as the Young Bucks becoming some of the
biggest names on the Indies before co-creating AEW in 2019.
Right now the young bucks are suspended from AEW, but are
expected to return in two time where we'll, no doubt, see more
of the former generation, me, despite what Vince Russo may want.
For 763 days.
Roman Reigns has dominated WWE as world champion
destroying every opponent put in front of him.
John Cena, Brock, Lessner and Edge are just some of the names
to fall to the tribal chief, but we may know who's next in line.
At recent live events, AJ Styles has been headlining shows
against rains, and according to Cage side seats, there's a
belief that the two could be heading towards an on-screen feud.
In the past, WWE has used matches at live events to test the
waters of an on-screen feud, and that could be the case once more.
Rains and styles have feud in the past, as it was
mere months after AJ's 2016 debut that he took
on the big dog for the WWE World Championship.
But that was a much different Roman reigns.
Styles hasn't held a World Championship in nearly
four years with his last reign ending in November,
2018 to Daniel Bryan, What the phenomenal one hopes
to be, the one to de throne the head of the table.
Now, Andrade El Idolo joined AEW last year, but despite
coming in with a lot of buzz, he's yet to hold gold so far.
In recent weeks, the former NXT champion has even teased
leaving AEW liking tweets, suggesting that he's being
wasted and one tweet suggesting he'd do better Back in wwe.
Just a few days ago Andrade , began a free El Idolo hashtag
on Twitter and has now yet again, he's an exit on Twitter.
A post seemingly from on.
John's assistant, Jose thanked El Idolo for everything.
The Tweet even used on draw's real name Manuel and Jose said he
will stand with the former NXT champion in whatever choice you make.
Next on's next match will come on next week's rampage, where
he will face Preston 10 Vance in a career versus mask match
in what will be a monumental bout and perhaps on draw's.
Last in AEW.
And we're ending today with Mustafa Ali as it was only a
few months ago that it appeared his time with WWE was over.
Ali had publicly announced his desire to leave WWE, which was
refused by then CEO Vince McMohan, and at the time some feared
Ali would be spending the rest of his contract sat at home.
That didn't happen as Ali has since returned to tv, but
he's not stopping with his comments about the company.
On Twitter, Ali responded to a fan asking why
WWE doesn't go all in on the superstar and said
that he knows why and will knock that shit down.
Ali has been a lot more tougher on social media
as of late with his Biore that he'll call out ho
behavior, which in this case seems to be WWE'S booking.
So he did have a little push earlier this
year culminating in a US title opportunity.
It's been months since Ali did something significant on TV and
the former retribution leader is getting tired of waiting around.