Here's your Wrestling News for September 30th 2020 Roman Reigns Declares That He Is Not A Paul Heyman Guy! Roman Reigns Defames CM Punk! AEW! WWE News!
And your headlines for today include
Roman Reigns Declared That He Is Not A Paul Heyman Guy; Reveals The Character’s Name Who Inspired
Him To Turn Heel!
Spoiler - WWE Hell In A Cell Main Event Revealed!
Miro Says He’s ‘A Guest’ In AEW! Shocking Details About What WWE Told Lana & Bobby Lashley During
Their Kissing Segment!
AEW Star Compares Himself To The Undertaker & Brock Lesnar!
T-Bar Rips Into Fans Who Said It’s Good That Retribution Had To Paurpine!
WWE Superstar Pulls Down Pants In Front Of Vince McMahon!
WWE Spotlights Mandy Rose’s Tribute To Trish Stratus On RAW!
Why Roman Reigns Said “ I Don’t Like The Guy, He Needs To Be Slapped Around A Few Times “
About CM Punk? And MORE!
We’re kicking off with SmackDown news today, and Roman Reigns has been on fire since rechristening
himself the Tribal Chief, capturing the Universal title at Payback, and aligning himself with Paul Heyman.
Heyman’s alignment with the Big Dog was a welcome surprise for fans, who have seen the ECW magnate work
with Brock Lesnar for years, but on the Complex Load Management podcast, Reigns revealed that he
doesn’t consider himself a Paul Heyman guy. He said: I'm not a Paul Heyman guy.
He's a Roman Reigns guy. It feels good to switch it up and add a few different layers. For 4 or 5 years,
I've been running consistent with the character that I had. I fell into a good groove. It got real easy.
Anytime you do something over and over, you get good at it, and you get conditioned. I got to the point I could
run into that baby face mode in my sleep, especially with an energized crowd.
The Big Dog added that he yearned for the challenge that his new heel persona has given him,
he’s having to do things far differently than he’s been acting for the past 5 years.
That wasn’t all Reigns had to say about his change in attitude, as he also revealed the inspiration for the
character, saying he was motiviated to craft a character like ‘The Butcher’, played by Daniel Day-Lewis in Martin
Scorces’s Gangs of New York: In his mind, there is a bad element to him. but he’s the native, he’s the one
that’s from America. I like those type of characters to where there’s a justification, in their own mind at least,
to what they’re doing.” Roman’s new heel persona was on full force at Clash of Champions
where he dominated Jey Uso, and with reports of a lengthy title reign for him, fans can expect the Tribal Chief
to rule his island for a long time to come.
Fans can expect to see Reigns compete at next month’s Hell in a Cell Pay Per View, but it seems he
won’t be main eventing the show. Wrestle Votes are reporting that the show’s main event has already been
decided, and it’ll be Sasha Banks Vs. Bayley inside the Barbaric structure, presumably for the Role Model’s
SmackDown Women’s title. Though it’s been described as the main event, it was noted if it’d go
on last, as Randy Orton vs Drew McIntyre is also likely to take place inside Hell In A Cell, with the Viper
using the term hell on this week’s RAW If the former best friends do compete,
this’ll mark Banks third Cell match, having competed in both female Cell matches so far, as well as Bayley’s
first, and we’ll have to see how the pair do in a match fans have been expecting for a very long time.
Over to AEW now, and tonight’s edition of Dynamite will see AEW World Champion Jon Moxley in action.
Though the match has been confirmed, we don’t know who Moxley will face, as his opponent will be decided by
Eddie Kingston. Given that Kingston has paired up with the Lucha Bros and the Butcher
and the Blade, it’s likely that Kingston will choose one of them, and any of those picks will result in a hard hitting
non-title match for the AEW World Champion.
One person who probably won’t be facing Moxley tonight is Matt Cardona, who’s been conspicuous by his
absence recently. The former Broski’s debut was a huge win for the company, but while
speaking on the Pro Wrestling Junkies Podcast this week, Cardona revealed that his AEW
contract expired at All Out. Despite this Cardona said he’s hopeful that his time with AEW lasts
longer than getting three t-shirts, and made it clear that he hopes to hold Championship gold in the company.
Time will tell whether Cardona makes it back to AEW or indeed wins titles, but for now, the former Zack Ryder is
no longer part of the All-Elite promotion. Speaking of AEW, Miro made his
in-ring debut for the company last week, though things didn’t go to plan. Tweaking his ankle in a match which
was reportedly called a disaster backstage, Miro was asked during a Twitch stream when he’ll wrestle
next, and he made it clear he doesn’t know. The former US Champion said that
when he wrestles isn’t his call, and that he’s AEW’s guest, not their pest.
Early AEW contract talks didn’t go as smoothly as some thought, as he’s had other opportunities, and whilst
he’s allowed to work with New Japan while under AEW contract, it may be quite some time before we see
Miro in a New Japan, or AEW ring.
While it’s unclear when Miro will wrestle next, we know he’s still part of AEW, and is much happier than
in his last WWE angle, which was the romance storyline between his wife and Bobby Lashley.
Although Lana and Lashley are now divorced in WWE’s storyline, and have moved on to other angles,
Miro had plenty to say about their angle while speaking to Chris Van Vliet.
In the interview, the Best Man was asked about what he thought of the angle, and revealed:
That’s a question that you need to ask her and him because I wasn’t kissing him. It’s their choice. Well,
it’s not their choice that’s what they were told. To use real aggressive kissing. Was it good to watch? No
I never watched it. But at the same time I understand it’s a work. We’re actors.
On TV, Lana is now in a tag-team with Natalya, who she’s calling the Best of All Time, or BOAT for short,
whilst Lashley is doing much better in the Hurt Business and as United States Champion.
Miro has made it clear he doesn’t watch WWE except for his wife’s segments, but odds are that he
won’t be going back on the Network to watch this sadult angle, or the aggressive kissing.
More from AEW now as Lance Archer has proven he’s a force to be reckoned with, thanks to his
menacing presence and ability to make sure that everybody dies in the ring.
Archer isn’t the first star in wrestling to be this dominating, as names like Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker
have been imposing even through losses throughout their career, and the surderhawk Monster seems to
think he’s on that level. Speaking to Wrestling Inc, Archer said how he’s alright taking the
the odd loss or two, comparing his losses to the Undertaker’s defeats at WrestleMania, results that fans
believed would never happen. The comparisons didn’t end there, as Archer also compared himself to the
Beast Incarnate, saying: Brock Lesnar, the baddest man in the business, he’s lost to some of the
most interesting people in the world. So to lose a match doesn’t mean the end of the world in professional
wrestling… it just focused me more to push forward, push harder and become even bigger, stronger,
meaner badder and kick more ass than I ever had before.” Archer’s next big match will happen
when he faces Jon Moxley for the AEW World title on October 14th, and he could certainly galvanise
these comparisons to two former World Champions if he can get the job done in two weeks time.
Back to WWE now, and this week’s Monday Night RAW didn’t have Retribution appear in person,
though the lights were flickered and their logo appeared on the Thunderdome screen.
The reason for the group’s absence is down to the ongoing global situation, as the group was potentially exposed
and though none of the five reportedly pested sositive, they were forced to miss RAW as a
precautionary measure. When some fans said it was good that the group missed RW after
being potentially exposed, T-Bar spoke his mind online, saying that if you read about someone being
exposed to something that just killed its millionth victim worldwide, and your response is “good” then you
should probably reassess your morals as a human being. It’s never a good thing for anyone to
miss work because they may have been exposed, and T-Bar wanted to make that very clear, and whilst the
Retribution storyline may not have won fans over in recent weeks, we’re pleased that nobody in the stable
reportedly pested sositive, even if WWE keeps their results top-secret.
Moving on to some daring and also a silly act by a WWE wrestler
Kurt Angle was a guest on the latest edition of Stone Cold Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions, and the
former WWE Champion revealed an incredible incident from the time he left the company in 2006.
Kurt Angle was really frustrated in the WWE, and he was hell-bent on getting released. To get his point
across to Vince McMahon, Angle decided to crash a WWE production meeting.
The former World Champion took it to a whole different level by pulling his pants down in front of Vince
McMahon, showing the wounds he had sustained in his groin area. Angle was scheduled for a Triple
Threat match on RAW, but he wanted to push his way out of the company as he was really unhappy
at that time. Vince McMahon paid heed to Angle's demands, and they had a talk in the
boss' office in Stamford, after which, he was officially released from WWE the very next day.
Here's what Angle revealed about the incident:
"The day before I quit, I went into a production meeting. I walked up to the front where Vince and the people
were. I pulled my pants down my knees. B**ls are showing. Big black and blue marks, all across my groin
area, all the way down my hamstring, up to the groin and my stomach. I tore three muscles the night before,
at a house show. That night, for RAW, I was supposed to do a Triple Threat Ladder match. I just walked in and
wanted Vince to see what's going on, and why I'm so unhappy. He's like, "Woah! I guess you wanna talk?" I was
like, "Yeah!" He said, "Come to my office, not here. I need to talk to you at Stamford."
Moving on
More from this week’s RAW next, Whilst the show was chaotic backstage to say the least,
one person who made it on TV was Mandy Rose, who returned to the red brand with some very interesting attire.
During her return, Rose wore an attire near-identical to the one once worn by Trish Stratus, and after fans
pointed this out online, WWE paid homage to Rose and Stratus’ shared look on social media.
Given that Trish once mistook a picture of Rose for herself, the similarities aren’t hard to notice,
as they also came from fitness and modelling backgrounds. After fans noticed the Golden
Goddess’ tribute to Trish online, Stratus said that she loves that fans can even remember her gear after,
so many years, and it’s clear that the Hall of Famer is fondly remembered as one of WWE’s greatest ever
female Superstars. Over to SmackDown and Roman Reigns isn’t making many friends as
Universal Champion, and now fans can add CM Punk to the Tribal Chief’s list of enemies.
Speaking to the Loaded Management Podcast this week, Reigns was asked about a possible match between
himself and the Best in the World , and was blunt in his response. He said:
I don’t like the guy. I don’t know many people who do. I just don’t know many who do, but I’m willing to put
business first and make really good content if that’s the case. He’d probably have to be slapped around
a few times in order to get his mind right Ever since his controversial departure
in 2014, Punk has given no indication of an in-ring return, and we doubt that’ll change with Roman’s comments,
and though the 2014 Royal Rumble match is almost certainly the last time fans will see these two World
Champions share the ring, it’s still interesting to hear the Tribal Chief speak on the matter.
Now, it’s no secret that WWE likes to trademark as much as they can, and now two more names have become
company property. On September 24th, the company filed trademarks for Chelsea Green
and Dominik Mysterio, and though this is Green’s real name, this isn’t Dominik’s as his real name is Dominik
Gutierrez. The fact that WWE has trademarked Green’s name could be a sign that
the company will use her soon, as she was called up in December, before being moved back down to
NXT. Working with the Robert Stone brand, Green fired him, which many believed
would start her second main-roster call-up, though that hasn’t happened yet.
As for Dominik, he’s quickly becoming one of WWE’s hottest commodoties on RAW, and with his father also
filing a trademark for Prince Mysterio, as Rey is Spanish for King, it seems there’s no shortage of plans for the
up-and-comer. And we’re ending with news from RAW, and this week’s show saw an
unfamiliar face on the red brand, as SmackDown’s Jessika Carr officiated some of the matches.
Wrestling Inc are reporting that the SmackDown referee was called in because two RAW refs were forced
into quarrantine, though it wasn’t noted whether either ref who missed the show has pested sositive.
This is due to WWE not allowing anyone in the company to disclose the results of their tests, and we
certainly hope that these quarrel were just a precaution, and not because somebody pested sositive.