Here is your news for May 27th 2020 Rey Mysterio Retirement Spoiler! WWE Brings Back WCW! Nia Jax Injured Kairi Sane! Wrestling News!
And your headlines today include
Nia Jax Causes ****** Injury For Kairi Sane During WWE Television Tapings
Released WWE Superstar Joins Impact Wrestling
Spoiler For Rey Mysterio’s Retirement Ceremony
Top NXT Star Might Leave WWE
Samoa Joes Current Injury Status And His Future
WWE Seems To Have Big Plans For WCW
Vince McMahon Responds To Report That He Is Buying XFL Out Of Bankruptcy
Why Bret Hart Refused To Be Part Of Owen Hart Vice Documentary
We’re kicking off today with news from RAW, as an unfortunate injury recently
took place at one of the red brand’s tapings.
Fightful is reporting that there was a quote “rough situation” during the TV tapings
concerning Nia Jax and Kairi Sane’s match, saying:
The spot occurred outside near the stairs when Kairi was thrown and her head hit
the corner of the stairs, opening her up. The match was paused and medical came
out to take care of Kairi Sane, sealing the wound and bandaging her up. We were
told that Kairi indicated that she was fine, and insisted on finishing up the match.
This is the second time in recent memory that the Irresistible force has roughed up
the former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion, and it’ll be interesting to see
whether the company takes any action against Nia Jax, who’ll challenge Sane’s tag
partner Asuka at Backlash.
We’ve got news from Impact Wrestling next, as following her WWE release
following months of inactivity but asking for so much more, Deonna Purrazzo has
officially joined the company.
It was confirmed last night that the 25-year-old has signed with Impact, and whilst
other details of her signing are unknown, the company did release a short video
about the Virtuosa on social media.
Purrazzo, who was part of the April15th releases, was let go from an NXT Contract,
meaning she only had a 30-day non compete clause, and she certainly didn’t
waste any time finding a new wrestling home as part of Impact Wrestling’s
Knockouts Division.
We’re next looking ahead to next week’s edition of Monday Night Raw now, as
the show may see the return of Dominic Mysterio.
There’s plenty of reasons to believe next week’s show will see Dominic return, as
he was specifically name- dropped by Seth Rollins on RAW, and it’ll be the Monday
Night Messiah who hosts the retirement ceremony for Dominic’s father Rey on
next week’s show.
In addition to this, it’s been reported that Dominik has quietly deleted his private
Facebook account in recent weeks, which would make sense if he wanted to avoid
being accosted by fans online.
Dominik’s friends have also been kept in the dark about his wrestling career lately,
which has also been interpreted as a sign of the 23 year old’s return, as the last
thing either he, Rey or WWE needs is his friends leaking any details.
It’s been reported that Rey’s deal with WWE will expire in a couple of months, and
whilst it was already likely he’ll re-sign, having his son join the roster next week
would surely seal the deal.
There’s also been rumours of Dominik even turning heel to join Seth Rollins’ new
stable, and though time will tell whether that actually happens, it would certainly
make for an interesting feud for the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
Speaking of RAW, this week’s show marked the return of a crowd atmosphere, as
NXT stars were used in the audience, but fans are wondering just how long it’ll be
before the show is taken on the road again.
WrestleVotes is reporting that WWE is looking at ideas that would allow them to
do live events once again, and said that the current plexiglass barricades are likely
to stay when that happens.
The report also said that whilst the company’s live event schedule is being rebuilt,
fans shouldn’t expect any live wrestling before July, and although the company is
discussing talking ticket sales again, they still know the importance of sticking to
social distancing guidelines.
Time will tell how WWE will fair in the world after the current situation, and as
Vince McMahon has stated that the company might not even be in the live event
business once things go back to normal, hopefully the company’s schedule will
give us some answers.
Over to NXT now, and whilst he may be the reigning champion of the Gold brand,
Adam Cole may soon find himself out of the company.
Wrestling News is reporting that Cole’s NXT Contract is up this Summer, and if he
doesn’t resign, he could be out of WWE by August or September.
With Cole’s talent, it wouldn’t be too hard for him to find a new wrestling home,
especially as his girlfriend Britt Baker has expressed her desire to see Cole face the
Elite and join her in AEW.
If Cole does allow his NXT contract to run out, then he’ll have no non-compete
clause, which is a similar situation which happened with AEW’s Jon Moxley and Matt Hardy.
There’s been speculation that Cole could be AEW bound as he was at the
company’s recent Memorial Day party with Baker, which also saw the Young
Bucks, SCU and others attend, and he’s also been to a few AEW social situations in the past.
If his contract expired in August or early September, then that’d give the
Undisputed Era leader time to debut at All Out, though this speculation and
rumours should be taken with a grain of salt, considering that Cole is the reigning
NXT Champion, and seems to be very happy with his position.
We’re taking a break from the ring now, as we’ve got an update regarding Jim
Cornette’s comments about Becky Lynch.
After expressing his anger at The Man taking time off to become a mother,
Cornette’s comments drew the ire of Seth Rollins, Lynch’s fiancée who said those
remarks hurt his feelings, as they came from a man he once respected.
On a recent episode of his Drive-Thru show, Cornette said he didn’t understand
how he hurt Rollins, saying:
“The bone of contention where I hurt his feelings is that I said bad things about
[Becky Lynch] obviously that would hurt someone’s feelings, but let’s go back and
see did I say anything bad about Becky Lynch as a talent or a person? I said she
was the biggest female wrestling star and maybe the biggest wrestling star in the
world because there ain’t a lot of male stars these days.”
Cornette also claimed that describing Lynch as a female Stone Cold is quite high
praise, and added that although he paints a less than attractive picture of the
physical effects of pregnancy, he finds Lynch to be an attractive young lady.
Whilst Cornette may be claiming ignorance, it should be noted that he did say a
pregnant Lynch would be a quote “raging b***h”, which got under the skin or
more than just Seth Rollins.
Clearly Cornette doesn’t see what the big deal is, and whilst Lynch will be back
with WWE eventually, we’re not sure we can say the same for Cornette after this
latest round of controversial comments.
We’re heading back to Monday Night RAW, and though Angel Garza is yet to hold
gold on the red brand, that doesn’t mean the company doesn’t believe in him.
As seen on this week’s show, Garza got a clean victory over Kevin Owens, and on
Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer said how this may be the first of many for
the 27 year old Superstar. He said:
“He lost to McIntyre a couple of weeks ago and I think they see something in the
guy. I know they should. You gotta beat established guys to go anywhere. If you
don’t then you won’t get anywhere. I just hope that they don’t 50/50 it next week,
but it was the right thing to do.”
Knowing WWE’s use of 50/50 booking, it’s entirely possible Owens will get his win
back next Monday, but for now, nothing can take away from Garza’s huge win this week.
With his natural charisma and talent in the ring, as well as his clean win over the
former Universal Champion, the future certainly seems bright for Angel Garza.
From the ring to the announcers table next, as Samoa Joe is doing big things as
part of the red brand’s commentary team, but fans have been left wondering
what his status is in the ring.
During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that the former United
States Champion is still being waited to be cleared, after suffering a concussion
during RAW’s ‘It Must Be Monday’ commercial.
The table bump that caused the concussion still made it into the commercial, and
it was also noted that Joe’s rapidly growing list of injuries isn’t a good thing for the
Samoan Submission Machine.
Meltzer also noted that Joe is quote “far too valuable as a wrestler” to become a
full-time announcer, as it’s clear that the company’s roster depth has a need for
someone like Samoa Joe.
With that in mind though, WWE has a very strict concussion policy, especially
given the Chris Benoit tragedy and Daniel Bryan’s retirement, so fans shouldn’t
expect to see Joe returning to the ring, until the company decides he’s ready.
We’re going back In time to 2001 now, as after the WWF purchased WCW and had
a very disappointing invasion,the company did away with the WCW name, at least until now.
It’s now being reported that the company filed for a trademark on the WCW name
on May 18th, with the majority of the possible applications having to do with merchandising.
Fans can expect plenty of WCW merchandise to be coming their way soon, so
whether you’re a follower of Goldberg, or N-W-O for life, there’s bound to be
something for fans who want some nostalgia of the defunct company, and are
willing to pay WWE for it.
Speaking of trademarks, we’ve got some news from outside WWE now, as Matt
Cardona, formerly known as Zack Ryder may have locked down a name that could
become his new nickname.
After being released from WWE on April 15th, Cardona left the Broski moniker
behind, but did file a trademark for the term “Internet Champion” and “Thousand
Dollar Broski”, the latter being his nickname on the Major Wrestling figure
podcast, as he’s spent plenty on his pursuit of classic toys.
On May 21st, Cardona also filed a trademark for “Major Player”, which both plays
off the Major Wrestling Figure podcast he hosts with Bryan Myers, aka Curt
Hawkins, as well as their WWE debut as the Major brothers.
We’ll have to see what Cardona does with the Major Player copyright, and whilst
there’s no guarantee he and Myers will work together on the indies, the pairs
collection of wrestling figures continues to grow.
One person who won’t be leaving WWE anytime soon is Matt Riddle, who will
soon be called up to Friday Night SmackDown this week.
According to PW Insider, there have been plans for Riddle to be called up not too
long ago, as they reported:
There have been plans to move Riddle to the blue brand since before Wrestlemania
36 but they had been on pause coming out of that PPV. Talk of the plans finally
going into effect started making the rounds several weeks ago.
Tonight’s edition of NXT will see Riddle face Timothy Thatcher in a cage fight
where the only way to win is via Knockout or Submission, and this certainly seems
like a fitting final NXT match for the former UFC fighter.
We’ve got news from the XFL next, as whilst the league may be finished, there
have been reports that Vince McMahon himself is trying to revive it, by buying the
company out of bankruptcy.
According to the chairman of the board himself though, that isn’t happening, as
the boss reportedly said at a filing today that he won’t be a bidder for the XFL,
according to ESPN’s Kevin Seifert.
It was suspected that McMahon was trying to wait out the current global situation
so that he could buy back the league for a lower price, which would also mean he
wouldn’t have to pay a penny to any people he owed money to, though this
seemingly won’t be happening.
Given that McMahon is already engaged in a wrongful termination lawsuit with
former XFL commissioner Oliver Luck, and that that lawsuit seems to be a long
way from finishing, it looks like the last thing the WWE CEO wants at this moment
is to return back to the Gridiron.
Back to wrestling now, and Vice’s recent Dark Side of the Ring season finale that
covered the ***** of Owen Hart had a lot of people involved, but one person fans
didn’t see was Owen’s brother Bret.
On Saturday Night’s Main Event, Dave Meltzer stated that the Hitman was asked,
but never got back to Vice, though Meltzer also explained how the Vice would
have struggled to get anyone close to WWE.
With or without Bret, the Owen episode had some valuable interviews, and also
broke a viewership record for Vice, as even 21 years later, fans continue to mourn
the loss of the Rocket.