Here is your news for June 4th 2020 Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Returns To RAW! New Rules Set By WWE! Kairi Sane Takes Blame! WWE NEWS! 2 00:00:15,715 --> 00:00:17,350 And your headlines today include
Former Two Time World Heavy weight Champion Is Returning To RAW Next Week!
Drake Maverick Reacts To Receiving New WWE Contract!
Vince McMahon Announces New WWE **********Measures
Yet Another NXT Call up Debuting On The Main Roster
WWE Pulls Stars From Top Television Role Due To Lack Of Confidence In Them
Rumor Kairi Sane Reportedly Accepts Blame Backstage Injury Spot Match Nia Jax
Eric Bischoff Admits Why He Was Fired From WWE And MORE!
We’re kicking off today with news from Monday Night RAW, as a huge name has
been confirmed for next week’s show.
During this week’s WWE Back stage it was announced that Christian will be on the
show to host his Peep Show, with his best friend Edge serving as the special guest.
This will mark Captain Charisma’s first Peep Show on RAW since January 2018
where he hosted Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan, who were promptly interrupted by the Bar.
Christian’s appearance next week will help to build to the upcoming Edge Vs
Randy Orton match, dubbed the greatest wrestling match ever by WWE, so fans
can expect the Viper to make his presence known as well on next week’s RAW.
In addition to Christian, next week’s show will also feature a decathalon between
the Viking Raiders and the Street Profits, as fans will have plenty to tune in for on
next week’s go home-RAW for Backlash.
We’re looking at WWE NXT now, as though Drake Maverick didn’t capture the NXT
Cruiserweight Championship this week, he didn’t leave empty handed.
In the main event, El Hijo del Fantasma won the gold, but the emotions of
Maverick and the NXT crowd chanting for the British star caught the attention of
Triple H, who offered the released Superstar a contract on the spot.
In a post-match interview, the re-hired Maverick spoke about the mixed emotions
he had, as he didn’t win the title but did get a contract, and also spoke about
losing everything, and how much he needed this deal.
It’s been previously reported that WWE was offering some released Superstars
new contracts, though those new deals are reportedly worth less than the ones
they had and so far, Maverick is the only released Star to re-sign.
Even if that is the case, Drake certainly wasn’t unhappy with the deal he received,
as he will remain a part of WWE and NXT after his release this past April.
We’ve got news from behind the scenes now, as Vince McMahon has made some
big steps recently with a company-wide email to employees reaffirming the
company’s commitment to **********and tolerance.
According to the PW Insider, McMahon’s message included a direct email address
employees can use to bring attention to **********concerns, links to **********
training courses they had previously made available, and 24/7 mental health counselling.
This email follows the company participating in ****** Tuesday, and whilst
these measures are voluntary for Employees to use, hopefully this will help create
a more tolerant and accepting WWE.
Now we all know that wrestling fans haven’t been allowed to attend events due to
the ongoing global situation, but now it looks like there’s some good news
regarding wrestling shows in Florda.
The Tamp Bay Times reports that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that
phase two of a three-phase plan will start shortly, which will allow 50% capacity for
social gatherings, including sporting events such as wrestling.
DeSantis’ plan will go into place this Friday, but so far, neither AEW or WWE have
let fans into TV tapings, instead using others wrestlers play the live crowd.
Of course, social distancing will still need to be enforced, as the current situation
still poses a threat to everyone, but Florida is moving forward with plans to return
to some state of normalcy.
We’ve got news from Impact Wrestling next, as the company is building to their
annual Slammiversary Pay Per View in a very interesting way.
Recently, Impact ran an advertisement for the show, which featured several
former WWE Superstars, who were released on April 15th..
The commercial included quick clips of the OC, Drake Maverick, Mike and Maria
Kannellis, as well as former Impact World Champions Eric Young and EC3.
Whilst we now know that Maverick won’t be appearing, Rusev was also teased
during the commercial, but as he has never appeared in Impact before, the flag of
Bulgaria was shown instead, hinting at the former United States Champion.
Impact aren’t exactly hiding from what they’ve done either, as after a fan posted
pictures of some of the WWE stars shown by Impact, the company retweeted the
pictures for everybody to see.
Slammiversary will take place on July 18th, which is just a few days after the 90-day
non-compete clause for these Superstars expires, and it’ll be interesting to see
who, if any of them, make their presence known on Impact Wrestling’s biggest
show of the year.
We’re looking back at the very first episode of AEW Dynamite now, as Kevin Smith
and Jason Mewes were in attendance, but this appearance and their subsequent
skit nearly didn’t happen.
Whilst speaking to Wrestling Inc, Smith said he was warned by his publicist that
WWE night not be happy with him working with AEW, but Smith didn’t mind as he
has no real connection with WWE, but had worked with AEW’s Chris Jericho in the
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.
Smith’s publicist was right, as the morning after his Dynamite appearance, WWE
let him know that he and Mewes couldn’t come on their show anymore, and
whilst WWE wasn’t very happy about what the pair had done, Smith has made a
career out of doing his own thing.
Back to WWE now, and after Matt Riddle was moved to SmackDown and
Velveteen Dream and Dominik Dijakovic have been rumoured to move as well,
we’ve got another star who’s reportedly ready to be called up.
WrestleTalk is reporting that Chelsea Green has been discussed as a potential call-
up, which could happen in the next coming weeks.
Up until recently, Green had been working with Robert Stone, and the fact that
she cut ties with the manager may be a hint that she’s going to be moving brands very soon.
Green fired Stone after she and NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair defeated
Io Shirai and Rhea Ripley, and WrestleTalk noted that WWE had Green team with
Flair to help put the young star over, ahead of a future call-up.
This report came from Wrestle Talk’s Louis Dangoor, who was the first to cover
Dijakovic’s move which was later confirmed by the Wrestling Observer, and he
added that Green’s win with the Queen was part of the plan to build her up,
ahead of her promotion.
We’re not sure when Green will be called up, or if it’ll be RAW or SmackDown she
goes to, but there’s plenty of clues to suggest the Canadian will be making the big
move very soon.
Whilst WWE may be high on Chelsea Green, one pairing they’re not so keen on is
Indus Shera, who have done little on NXT.
Fightful is reporting that the tag team were brought in and managed by Malcom
Bivens to take on Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne, with the idea being how things
played out until the Bruiser weight can return from the UK due to the travel ban.
Ultimately though, there’s a reason why Indus Shera have done so little on the
gold brand, as Fightful stated:
When it became clear that Riddle would need to drop the NXT Tag Team Titles,
there wasn’t enough confidence in Indus Shera to be in that spot as of yet, and
they were temporarily removed from TV.
NXT’s Matt Bloom reportedly sees a lot of potential in Indus Shera, but all that
potential didn’t stop the company from switching them out for the established
Imperium, who now hold the NXT Tag Team Titles.
On this week’s NXT however, the pair appeared after a triple threat tag team
match to determine the number one contenders for the tag titles, so it doesn’t
seem like the company has given up on them just yet.
Back to RAW now and this week’s show saw Kairi Sane get hurt badly during her
match with Nia Jax, though due to the match being taped in advance, most of the
injury was edited out.
Now, fans are once again calling Jax a dangerous worker, but according to
Sportskeeda’s Tom Colohue, this really isn’t the fault of the irresistible force.
Speaking on Dropkick Diskussions, he said:
“The WWE aren't viewing this as anything but an accident. There are some people
upset in the locker room; however, the WWE management are still quite even
here. Kairi Sane accepted culpability, but to be honest, she has a history of
accepting blame, whether it's her fault or not. She is very humble. To my
knowledge, there were discussions backstage where Kairi Sane did say, 'No, it was me.'”
We doubt this will stop fans from blaming Jax for the injury that seemingly wasn’t
her fault, as one anonymous person backstage has called for the former RAW
Women’s Champion to be fired.
Jax is unfortunately known for injuring a lot of Superstars throughout her career,
which has attracted a lot of but it seems this time the Irresistable Force wasn’t to blame.
We’ve got news from AEW next, as Arn Anderson has officially signed a multi-year
deal with the company.
Arn, who first appeared at last August’s All Out event, explained his delight over
his new deal, saying:
“About a year ago, I didn’t want to be anywhere where I’m not wanted,” he said.
“A year later, it seems I am wanted somewhere, and I'm very happy to say today I
signed a multi-year contract with AEW. I am absolutely thrilled to be here with all
this young talent and watch this company blossom into being the platinum of all of
our industry."
Prior to AEW, Anderson had been working as a WWE producer since 2001, but
was released in February 2019, reportedly for letting an intoxicated Alicia Fox
wrestle a house show match.
The Legendary Horseman certainly seems happier at AEW, as he’ll continue to
work with the company for many years to come.
Back to WWE and fans will remember Eric Bischoff being appointed the Executive
Director of SmackDown as they moved to FOX, but he didn’t last long.
While speaking to Talk Sport, Bischoff explained that he underestimated just how
difficult it’d be adapting to the blue brand, and also said he didn’t manage his time
well. He added:
My lack of performance, if you will, in terms of not fulfilling the role in the way that
Vince McMahon saw it, that was on me. That wasn’t on WWE. It wasn’t because
of any one person or group of people. It was on me and my failure to adapt. I just
didn’t work out. It was a bad fit and more of a chemistry issue, really, than anything else
Shortly after Bischoff’s removal from the role, he was replaced by Bruce Prichard
who remains the Executive Director, but it’s good to see that Bischoff can now
look back with more clarity, and seemingly doesn’t hold any hard feelings towards WWE.
More AEW news now as DDP has given plenty for the company, and now he has
even passed on his finishing move to someone else.
On Social Media, QT Marshall explained that the former WCW World Champion
has bestowed the Diamond Cutter to him, and wrote about the similarities
between the two, as well as their friendship.
In his statement, Marshall said he’s surpassed where he told DDP where he
wanted to be, as this has clearly been a huge journey for Marshall, which DDP
believed in him enough to give him his finisher.
Marshall’s comments on the matter certainly make for an interesting read, which
concluded with Page’s comments on belieiving in others, and fans can expect to
see Marshall be levelling plenty of opponents with Diamond Cutters in the near future.
Speaking of AEW we’ve got some big news regarding next week’s show, as FTR will
face the ******and the ****** in what’ll be the former Revival’s first match in the company.
FTR’s in-ring debut won’t be the only big match as the Best Friends and Orange
Cassidy will take on the Inner Circle’s Proud ‘n Powerful and Jake Hager in six-man
tag action, whilst Colt Cabana will face Sammy Guevara.
Marq Quen will be Cody Rhode’s next challenger for the AEW TNT Title, and whilst
we don’t know who Jon Moxley will be facing next week, we know that the AEW
World Champion will be in action on a truly stacked edition of Dynamite.
Back to WWE now and, we’ve got an update on the kayfabe status of Elias, as he
was the one run down, alledgedly by Jeff Hardy, on last week’s SmackDown.
On The Bump, it was revealed that Elias had been released from hospital, after
suffering broken ribs and a torn pectoral muscle.
Interestingly, WWE polled fans over who they think is responsible for Elias’
injuries, with the majorities of fans pinning King Corbin as the Prime Suspect, with
44% of the vote.
Sheamus, who has recently been feuding with Hardy, took second with 34%,
whilst AJ Styles is the third most popular culprit, with 9% of the vote.
With 14% of the vote going to the rest of the roster, there’s plenty of theories of
who the mysterious person is, as the SmackDown hacker isn’t the only one hiding
their identity.
From SmackDown to NXT, and given that this Sunday will see NXT TakeOver: In
Your House, last-night’s go home episode saw another big match added to the card.
During the two-hour show, it was revealed that Tegan Nox, Shotzi Blackheart and
Mia Yim will face Candice LeRaw, Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez.
The show will also see the NXT, North American, and NXT Women’s titles on the
line, as well as some other huge matches, as fans can prepare to see the return of
In Your House, over 20 years since the last event under that name.
And we’re ending today with news from NXT, as this week’s show saw Breezango
finally reunite in a major way.
In the first match together since last December, the fashionable duo arrived
dressed as astronauts, as the third time in triple threat tag action which include
Bobby Fish and Roderick Strong of the Undisputed Era, as well as Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch.
As if there entrance wasn’t epic enough, Breezango got the win to become the
new number one contenders for the Tag Team Titles, meaning that they’ll be
facing the always-serious Imperium at some point down the line.