Here's more wrestling news for September 28th,
2022, and we're kicking off with AEW who will
host their fourth ever Battle of the Belts event.
But the timing of the show has been very interesting.
The event had originally been scheduled to air on October
8th, the same night as WWE'S Extreme Rules Premium Live event.
Tony Khan recently spoke out against WWE saying the company was
wrong to put their World's Collide event on the same day as all out.
But now the AEW President is backing
down in an updated listing for tnt.
It's revealed that Battle of the Belts will now take
place on Friday, October 7th at 10:00 PM Eastern,
with Rampage being moved up an hour to 9:00 PM.
Traditionally, AEW has held their battle of the Belt specials on
Saturday evenings, but that won't be the case this time around.
As WWE and Extreme Rules will be the
only major show around on October 8th.
Right now, Hurricane Ian is set to sweep across Western Florida
with residents being warned of the devastation it could cause.
People in the Sunshine State have been advised to seek
immediate shelter and WWEtwo has been affected by the storm.
In the wake of Hurricane Ian baring down on
Florida, WWE has rescheduled two of its NXT
events that were scheduled for later this week.
The NXT shows affected are the September 30th show at
University Area Community Complex in Tampa, as well as
the October 1st event in Dad City's Armory for Dad City.
That show has been moved to November 11th while the Tampa
event has been moved nearly three months down to December 17th.
All tickets for both shows will be respected for the future events
and we hope everyone can stay safe as Hurricane Ian approaches.
The hurricane is approaching Florida where
many wrestlers choose to live, including wwe.
WWE's resident Queen of Heart's, Natalia taking to Twitter.
Natalia gave a ground zero update on the situation saying
that she and her home are in the direct path of the hurricane.
Thankfully Natalia said that she is safely away
from the coast and has been preparing as much as
possible and is taking the storm very seriously.
Natalia is by far not the only wrestler who calls
the Sunshine State home, and we can only hope that
everyone is okay from what's coming last year.
Sasha Banks start as Coasta Reeves in Disney Pluses.
Star Wars hit the Mandalorian in the boss's acting debut.
Bank's performance was received well and she's spoken in the past
about taking more roles on, and now she has a certain role in mind.
Speaking to the New York Post Banks discussed the next step in
her career outside WWE and how she's a huge fan of Korean movies.
I just finished watching the Squid Games and I'm a huge, huge
fan of Korean movies, so I would love to be in a show like that.
Just that thriller drama, really intense show
where you don't really know what's going to happen.
And to be in a Korean movie.
That's always been one of my dreams.
I would love to be in a movie one day.
It could be any genre.
I'm just excited to learn and do it all.
I have so much time.
Banks hasn't just been making her name in acting as
she recently walked the runway as part of New York
Fashion Week with her fellow suspended superstar, Naomi.
Neither banks nor Naomi have been seen on WWETV since
May when they walked out of raw, over a creative dispute.
And while the pair are expected, back banks is keeping her
eye out for work outside the ring in July, Vince McMahon's
four decades on top of the wrestling world and it would, He
retired from WWE due to the ongoing investigation into him.
McMohan is alleged to have paid millions of dollars
in non-disclosure agreements to staff he had affairs
with and is alleged to have forced one woman into sex.
Speaking on the KFC podcast, AEW's MJF was asked about
McMohan and discussed whether his legacy is tarnished.
Vince McMohan recently retired.
Amidst the slew of interesting sentiments from a couple
of different women is his legacy in full tarnished, maybe.
Did he put out some of the best professional
wrestling in the history of the business?
Absolutely.
MJF for as cocky as he can be.
Had a hard time dismissing McMahon's legacy, adding
that he had a great run before McMahon's retirement.
It had been noted that WWE had great interest in signing mjf,
and while that is still likely the case, the salt of the Earth
will never get the chance to work directly with Vince McMohann.
In the 1980s and early nineties, Jacque Rio was a staple
of WWEtv, first appearing as part of the fabulous Rugo
Brothers, and later as the Ty after decades in the ring.
Rugo officially retired in August, 2018,
but could now be lacing his boots up.
One more time, speaking on Ken's corner.
Rugo said that a lot of things are opening right
now and that he could be on AEW programming soon.
Rio explained how Jeremy Prophet is heading to AEW Toronto
and told Jacque that he wants to bring him in, is his manager.
Rugo, added that he's going one step further and is
planning a trip to the Nightmare Factory and he's to match
saying he may have to put on his wrestling boots and gear.
AEW is no stranger to bringing in stars from the past, and Rojo
is certainly a legend in his own right and the Quebecer could
get a huge ovation next month when AEW heads north of the border.
In June, 2021, Fond Dongo was released from
wwe ending his 15 years with the company.
The former NXT tag team Champion was first signed all the way
back in 2006, but now has something exciting in the works.
Speaking on the Cafe Day Renee podcast, Fond Dono, who's been
going by Dirty Dango since his release, said he's just signed
with a wrestling promotion and that the shows will be televised.
Fond Dongo didn't name which promotion it is, but by the sounds of it,
it isn't a company that already has a TV deal since his WWE release.
Fond Dongo has mostly appeared for the nwa, but has made the
odd appearance for Wrestl Pro and control your narrative.
But the former champions next move
appears to be something much bigger.
Over to RAW now, which this week saw an appearance from Seth
Rowlands, who fans will remember who won his first WWE World
Championship back at WrestleMania 31, cashing in money in the
bank during the main event between Roman Reigns and Brock Lester.
Seth's actions were deemed the heist of the
century, but that wasn't the term used on raw.
During set entrance, the former world champion's name
and accomplishments were shown on screen with Rollin's
2015 cash in being called the height of the century.
Glide fans were quick to spot the mistake
and poked fun at the botch over social media.
Standing six foot one.
Rollins is hardly the biggest person
in wwe but his height of the century.
Cashin had him standing tall back in 2015.
Earlier this month, MJF got engaged to his fiance, Naomi,
sharing some photos on social media of the happy couple.
Given how selfish MJF is on screen, it's hard to
imagine him spending his life with anyone else.
But the relationship may not have existed
without Brian Piman Jr appearing recently on KFC
Radio, The biggest heel of Tony K's promotion.
Spoke about how he met his fiance and how Piman played a role.
So this is also a funny story.
Naomi was good friends with somebody that was dating another wrestler.
The guy's name is Brian Piman Jr.
He's a good guy.
He's a great guy.
Okay.
He's a great guy.
Love.
Young, hot up start Blue chipper and
he was dating this chick at the time.
MJF hated that.
After getting Naomi's number from Piman, he wasn't
exactly subtle with his interest and his future fiance.
I don't text, I don't call.
I FaceTime this chick.
She was at work, so she walks out of her job.
She goes, Hello?
I go, My name's Max.
I'm taking you out on Saturday this week.
She paused.
She went, Okay.
Then she hung up and then we went out.
That's how it went.
MJF strategy was bold, but it paid off, and now
Naomi can expect a lifetime of happiness with the
AEW star if she can put up with his personality.
Paige was forced to retire from in ring competition in 2017
after she was kicked from behind during a WWE house show.
However, she remained relevant in other roles for years
afterwards, but her in ring return never happened,
and in July of 2022, she departed the company.
Amidst all the speculations, Paige made her debut
during AEW Grand Slam and blew the roof off the place.
While speaking on the Jim Cornett experience, Jim Cornett
made it clear that he couldn't believe WWE let AEW sign Sera.
He said, as soon as the word aria came up
on the screen, the place went ballistic.
I don't even know if they would've cheered if that had
happened in a WWE building, because none of the WWE
fans would've known probably what Paige's real name was.
Well, maybe the most devoted.
But these fans, they're the smart ones, and they knew
it was Paige and boy, the place comes apart and all
the heels bail out of the ring and the fans go crazy.
Paige walks into the ring, smiles at the people, and that was it.
If she's been cleared to wrestle,
then why did the WWE let her get away?
She's not with Alberto del maniac anymore.
She's not having public meltdowns.
So if she was cleared to wrestle and could
wrestle, how did the WWE letter get away?
You would have to be a complete lunatic to sign a wrestler under those
circumstances without having them check to see if they can wrestle.
So what's going on here?
I'll tell you another thing.
If Paige was paying close attention to that match, she's
gotta be thinking, Holy fuck, this is worse than a shoot.
I don't wanna get involved with these people.
Would you agree with Jim?
Sound off in the comments below.
Jay Roberts and Jerry Lawler were in a heated feud in 1996, which was
the year that the former had returned to WWE after a four year gap.
In the angle, Lawler mocked and ridiculed
Robert's real life issues with alcoholism.
In a recent addition of the DDP Snake Pit podcast,
Robert stated that he was not in favor of doing the angle
in 1996 where his real life issues were made fun of.
He also did not like having whiskey port on his face, which Lawler
reportedly claimed he was ordered to do so by Vince McMohan.
Absolutely was in horrible taste.
They were making fun of me being an alcoholic.
He went out and poured a bottle of real whiskey on
my face, burnt the shit outta my eyes, asked Jerry
Lawler and he'll tell you the same damn thing.
Because when it came time for me to pour it
on him, he goes, You can't pour that on me.
I said, What do you mean you poured it on me?
He goes, Vince wanted to pour on you that motherfucker.
The legend said that he didn't know at the time that Jerry the
King Lawler was also not keen on taking part in the angle and
that he had some harsh feelings for the former WWE commentator.
Roberts though clarified that he and Lawler are
on good terms after they talked about the angle.
Roberts eventually left the company in 1997 with
his return to the company lasting just a year.
What do you think of such booking from Vince?
Sound off in the comments below.
And we're ending today with AJ Styles who has had
issues as of late with the Judgment Day on raw styles.
Faced off with Sammy Zane and would come up short against the
honorary Os thanks to Finn Ball's Group post-match styles once again,
turned the judgment day down and took a beat down for his troubles,
which didn't sit right with Vince Russo on his Legion of Raw Show.
Russo explained his problem with the
segment, which saw the Judgment Day.
Place a chair around Style's neck.
This is what I can't stand.
He's lying there at the end with a chair around his neck.
Shouldn't a J be trying to get the chair off his neck?
I mean, come on bro.
You know what a great visual that would be with him trying
to get it off and them keeping it on that would look real.
Russo believes the angle will have been more believable if AJ had
tried to get rid of the chair, but that didn't happen, and it remains
to be seen whether the phenomenal one will relent and join the group.