Here's more wrestling news for November 3rd 2021
And your headlines for Afternoon include
First WWE NXT 2.0 Takeover Event Reportedly Planned!
Jon Moxley "Profusely Apologized" To WWE Legend After Twitter Gaffe!
Vince McMahon repeatedly gave a three- word warning to Jon Moxley in WWE!
Westside Gunn Helps Pro Wrestler Pay Her Wrestling School Fees!
GCW Owner Opens Up Bray Wyatt Interest In Working For The Indies!
Bayley Puts Over AEW Wrestler In Huge Fashion!
Dark Order Set For Diaper Donation Meet And Greet!
Former WWE Champion Wasn’t Big On Going To Saudi Arabia For WWE Crown Jewel! And More!
We’re starting off today with NXT 2.0, and after the brand’s massive relaunch in September, the paint-splatter brand is getting ready for their
first TakeOver event. That’s according to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, who reports that the first
special event under the NXT 2.0 banner is scheduled for December 5th, but there’s no confirmation if they’ll still be called TakeOvers.
Whatever it’s called, the NXT 2.0 special will be the only major WWE event to air that month, as there’s no main-roster Pay-Per-Views
planned, as WWE will instead focus on their Day 1 event, which’ll air on January 1st 2022.
The last TakeOver saw Samoa Joe win the NXT Title from Karrion Kross, whilst Adam Cole faced Kyle O’Reilly in a 2-out-of-3 falls
match, and even though NXT has changed dramatically since then, it’ll be interesting to see what happens at the first NXT 2.0
TakeOver event.
This week, Jon Moxley’s new book ‘Mox’ was released, in which the former AEW World Champion discussed his lengthy run in WWE.
Prior to his main-roster call-up, the then-Dean Ambrose had something of a story with Mick Foley, in which the pair attempted to convince
the fans and the roster that there was legitimate beef between then. On one occasion, Foley warned Moxley to never
discuss his family, and it turned out, that this wasn’t part of the angle. Moxley writes that whilst in Europe, and believing
Mick’s warning to be part of their story, he tweeted about Foley’s family, which led to a massive problem when the future AEW star
got back to the U.S.: “My phone lit up with messages, among them several long texts from Mick asking me what
f*** my problem was. I was mortified. I would never have said anything intentionally disrespectful… “I cursed my sh***y phone for
blowing the biggest opportunity of my life. I profusely apologized, explained it was a misunderstanding, and we smoothed it over
quickly.” Ultimately, this feud didn’t lead to a match, as Foley had been long-retired by 2012, and
although it’s good that the pair smoothed things over, Moxley learned a hard lesson about knowing what’s real and what’s not in the
wrestling world.
The Hardcore legend isn’t the only big name Moxley discusses in his memoir, as he also recalled some wisdom he received from none
than Vince McMahon himself. In the book, Moxley spoke about losing an untelevised match to Ted DiBiase in December
2011, eleven months before he’d make his main -roster debut with the Shield. Post match, Moxley felt the match had gone wel
until he got a three word note from McMahon, which simply read “tone it down.” Having the same match the next night, Moxley
said he felt far more self-conscious about the match, and that he felt like he was wrestling with bowling shoes on to weigh him down.
The argument could be made that Moxley’s entire main-roster run in WWE was a toned down version of what his fans knew him
for prior to signing, and the former World Champion is now much happier in AEW, where he’s far more free to be himself
Not too long ago, Greg Hamilton threatened Hip- Hop star Westside Gunn, claiming that he’d unleash WWE lawyers on Gunn for using
Hamilton’s voice in a recent track. Now, Hamilton has been released by WWE, and Gunn is once again back in the news for a much
more wholesome story. It’s no secret that Gunn is a huge wrestling fan, and while online, he stumbled across a tweet
by aspiring wrestler Alexis Littlefoot, who said “only $500 left to pay off wrestling school.” In response, Gunn shared a photo of his
his CashApp payment, as he paid the entire $500, telling Littlefoot “pay that school off right now, we got work to do.”
An extremely grateful Littlefoot replied saying that she had quit pro wrestling for good, but donations from generous people have kept her
dream alive. These are definitely the kind of positive news stories we need to hear, as Littlefoot’s career
in the pro-wrestling industry is off to a great start thanks to Westside Gunn
Now, last week, Bray Wyatt’s non-compete clause with WWE finally came to an end, meaning the former Universal Champion can say
what he wants and appear where he wants, but he’s not looking to go just anywhere. Speaking to Wrestling Inc, GCW Owner Brett L
Lauderdale discussed Bray, and said the impression he has is that GCW isn’t very appealing to the former Superstar.
As arguably wrestling’s hottest free agent, Wyatt may skip appearing on the indies altogether, in favour of a bigger company like AEW or
New Japan, and although his talks with Impact fell apart, we’re interested to see where he goes next.
Bayley hasn’t been seen in quite some time either, as she’s dealing with a knee injury, but she remains active with fans thanks to social
media. This week, the former SmackDown Women’s Champion broke her heel persona to praise
SHIMMER, the women’ wrestling promotion that celebrated 16 years this week. Calling it an important step in her career, Bayley
also thanked Serena Deeb for helping her, saying it was an honour to have been a part of SHIMMER.
SHIMMER’s alumni is like a Hall of Fame, with Bayley, Becky Lynch, Paige, Dakota Kai, Deonna Purrazzo and the Bunny all once calling the
promotion home. Deeb, who now works in AEW, was Bayley’s mentor when they worked together there, and
that’s something the Role Model remains to be grateful for all these years later
Tonight, AEW Dynamite will air from the Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, Missouri, as the road to Full Gear 2021 continues.
Fans can expect to see the Dark Order on tonight’s show, but some lucky fans have been paying an interesting price to get a
before the show. On social media, Alex Reynolds announced that he and Preston Vance would be meeting
fans before the show, and all it costs is any size package of unopened diapers. This is all part of a partnership with the Happy
Bottoms diaper bank, who provide diapers to struggling parents who for one reason or another cannot afford to buy them.
With an estimated 26,000 children in Kansas City in need of diaper assistance, this meet and greet will do a lot of good to the area, and give fans
a chance to meet two of AEW’s popular stars.
And we’re ending today with Edge kicked off Crown Jewel 2021 in a major way, defeating Seth Rollins in an epic Hell in a Cell match.
This marked Edge’s first match in Saudi Arabia, and his first Hell in a Cell match in 13 years, but it wasn’t the barbaric stipulation that had the
Rated-R Superstar concerned. Speaking to The Kids on the Escalator Podcast, Edge discussed his reservations about travelling
to Saudi Arabia, and how it was SmackDown official Jessika Carr who changed his tune:
When they asked me about blowing off the story in Saudi Arabia, I wasn’t too keen on going, I’ll be honest, but as we talked and they said ‘we
need it there,’ I said, ‘Lets get Jess to ref there,’ not knowing if we’d be able to… She was right there for everything, not overwhelmed
by the moment, and stood up to the challenge. It was really cool to see.” Thankfully, the match went off without a hitch,
and Carr became the first woman to referee pro- wrestling in Saudi Arabian history, at what many consider WWE’s best Saudi show to date.