Here's your wrestling news for November 3rd 2021
And your headlines for today include
Jon Moxley Enters Inpatient Alcohol Rehab Program!
WWE Throws Several Accusations Regarding Bray Wyatt! Shocking Details Have Emerged!
WWE Drops Hint For Brock Lesnar’s Next Opponent!
WWE Superstar Thanks Charlotte Flair, Bayley, And Others For Saving His Life!
New Twitter Update From AEW Talent Fuels Speculation Of Kevin Owens' WWE Exit!
Jim Ross Provides Update After Skin Cancer Diagnosis!
Wrestler Hospitalized For A Week After Brutal Explosion Match With Atsushi Onita! And More!
We’re starting today with Jon Moxley, who’s certainly had a unique life, one interesting enough to make into a memoir, but the latest
chapter will be a difficult one for the former World Champion. On social media, Tony Khan revealed to fans
that Moxley has entered himself into an inpatient rehab program for alcohol, and that Jon’s focus will be on recovery from his drinking problems f
for now. Khan added that Moxley is a beloved member of the AEW family, and that the company stands
with him, his wife Renee and their friends and family at this difficult time. Calling Moxley’s action to seek help a very brave
choice, the AEW President ended by leaving the Helpline for SAMHSA, the national Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Our thoughts are with Moxley at this time, and we hope he is able to get through this rough patch, as he has a world of support from his friends,
his employers and the countless fans he’s gathered over the years.
Ever since Bray Wyatt was released from WWE this Summer, there’s been widespread speculation about the reasons for his departure.
Recently, Ringside News had an exclusive from WWE sources saying the former Universal Champion deserved to be fired, and now new
information has emerged about the company’s reasoning. In an update, Fightful Select report that creative
differences led to tensions between Wyatt and the WWE team, and when Bray didn’t like the direction the company wanted to take his
character in, he was sure to tell them about it. Lacking creative control, it was ultimately Vince McMahon’s decision as to what Wyatt’s
character would do on-screen. Fightful adds: “Creative was also told about some major frustration around the “burned Fiend” angle
specifically the size, weight and movement of the suit. Though Wyatt hasn’t confirmed this himself, the creative team was told that he believed it was
too heavy, was going to look bad and it would be difficult to move inside it, so it was scrapped.” As a WWE Superstar, Wyatt needed to move freely
in the ring, and had told creative that the suit was too cumbersome and he wouldn’t be able to move well in it, and the idea was then thrown
out. Sean Ross Sapp notes that Bray wasn’t the only ne unhappy with his storyline and creative direction,
as Randy Orton and others backstage were reportedly unhappy with the overall storyline, and neither man was happy with the outcome
of their WrestleMania 37 match, which saw the finish changed just two days before the match occurred.
Despite Wyatt being one of the company’s most interesting stars, and being in a six-month storyline with Orton, Fightful confirmed that
there was “never a true creative endgame” for the angle between the two former World Champion and Alexa Bliss, in what would be Bray’s final
feud for WWE. Having no ending planned Is disconcerting at the best of times, but having no finish for a massive
angle, between two former World Champions, at the biggest show of the year is incredibly concerning for everyone involved
The finish of the match being changed resulted in Wyatt taking a hiatus from TV instead of Orton, who had initially planned on taking time off after
WrestleMania. Instead, Orton started an angle with Riddle, eventually forming RK Bro, which has at least
led to one of the more popular acts on RAW this year. Things may have worked out for Orton, but Sapp reports that multiple wrestlers approached by the
Viper and Wyatt at WrestleMania, expressing their own frustrations on the match being changed, and felt bad for the Superstars who had to put up with it.
As to why the finish go changed in the first place, sources within WWE told Sapp that Wyatt had been outspoken when he felt creative was bad
and this had only strained the relationship with Vince McMahon. The relationship was so strained that some believed
McMahon simply didn’t Wyatt at all anymore because of the Fiend’s comments about creative. Now, Wyatt doesn’t have to worry about WWE’s
creative, as the free agent has promised that when he breaks his silence, fans will get his side of the story, something wrestling fans are very anxious
to hear. Ringside News was told by a tenured source, close to the situation, that Wyatt was “difficult to
get along with,” but being “outspoken was never an issue.” Instead, this source says that Wyatt was
hard to find when needed,” and that when he had time off due to medical reasons, there was always an issue with his appointment, which led
to more friction. Bray Wyatt’s situation in WWE became one where “the problems grew larger and larger” and he was
eventually let go. At that time, talent was told that Bray’s release was yet another budget cut, but the roster didn’t
buy it, as Wyatt was a big money-maker for the company, selling a ton of merchandise, and the employees rightly believed there was much
more to his release than the budget. Wyatt was released in late July, and has since served his 90-day non compete clause, and
with the Bray Wyatt name owned by WWE, has rebranded himself as Windham. Windham Rotunda may one day tell-all in a shoo
interview, and let his side of the story out, and after months or reports, the entire pro-wrestling world is waiting to hear what the former
Universal Champion has to say.
On the post-Crown Jewel episode of SmackDown, Brock Lesnar went on a rampage, earning himself an indefinite suspension and $1,000,000 fine.
Gone from TV for the time being, it’s expected that Lesnar will be back for next year’s Royal Rumble, as he’s prominently featured in promotional material
and a rematch with Universal Champion Roman Reigns is expected for WrestleMania. The Tribal Chief isn’t the only possible name for
Lesnar however, and on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer said there was “significance” to last week’s open challenge by Drew
McIntyre, where he made Mustafa Ali submit to the Kimura Lock. The Kimura Lock is a move almost exclusively
used by Lesnar in WWE, and after last crossing paths at WrestleMania 36, where Drew dethroned the Beast to become WWE Champion
the long-awaited rematch may have finally been teased last Friday night
In 2016, Lince Dorado signed with WWE as part of that year’s Cruiserweight Classic, getting to the second round before being eliminated by Rich Swann.
Since then, Dorado has worked with plenty of people in the ring, but there’s two Superstars in particular that have had a profound impact
on the former 24/7 Champion. In a tweet, Dorado spoke about being unable to teach wrestling in 2014, and that he had to
make wrestling gear for others to help support his five-person family. Dorado added that two amazing people asked for
gear, which he said saved his life, and they turned out to be none other than Charlotte Flair and Bayley.
Thanking the pair, Dorado fired off a follow-up tweet, showing some of the equipment he used to make gear that supported his family in their
time of need. Dorado hasn’t had any wins, since July this year, and has reportedly requested his release, but the
high flyer hasn’t forgotten the two Superstars who requested gear from him when his family were struggling.
Dorado isn’t the only one eyeing WWE’s exit door, as Kevin Owens recently teased his impending departure on RAW.
It’s public knowledge that Owens’ contract ends at the end of January 2022, and many believe the former Universal Champion is heading to AEW.
On RAW, Owens said that he will keep fighting, no matter if it’s for 3 months or 3 years, and that three months reference does line up for when
his current deal will run out. In their latest Twitter bio change, the Young Bucks continued to tease a move, with their bio
now saying mrow, a reference to their old group the Mount Rushmore of Wrestling. That group included the Bucks
Owens and Adam Cole, and could reunite in AEW should the Prize fighter join next year. Mount Rushmore was also referenced on RAW
as WWE Champion Big E said there was only room for one top name on RAW, a line that certainly had fans talking.
Ultimately, we won’t know until much later down the line if Owens remains a WWE Superstar come next January, but until then, we expect
plenty more teases from the likes of the Bucks, who’d love to have the former Universal Champion on AEW’s roster.
Last month, Jim Ross broke the sad news that he has skin cancer, and will be undergoing treatment to ty and beat it.
Speaking on his Grilling JR podcast, the AEW commentator gave an update, saying he’ll have 22 radiation treatments, the first of which will
be starting soon. JR added that he doesn’t plan on missing any work for AEW, which his doctors are
in agreement with, and is pleased that there’ll be no chemotherapy as part of his treatment. Ross also spoke about his late wife Jan,
who would’ve been 60, and said that she would have spotted the little spot on his ankle earlier, and things would’ve been taken care of by now.
Despite this diagnosis, JR remains to be in good spirits, and we’re continuing to send our best wishes to the Oklahoma native at this time.
And we’re ending today with hardcore wrestling legend Matt Tremont, who had a Halloween to remember last week.
Facing off against Atsushi Onita, the pair had an incredibly violent exploding ring deathmatch, one far more impressive than what Kenny
Omega and Jon Moxley did earlier this year. The match between Tremont and Onita wasn’t a technical wrestling classic, but that was to
be expected, and after taking a monumental beating from the Japanese icon, Tremont will be hospitalised for up to a week, according to Mike Johnson of
PW Insider. Johnson explained that the severe burns to Tremont’s body will keep him hospitalised,
as Tremont was directly in line of several fiery explosions, as well as exploding light tubes, and a barbed wire covered landmine outside the ring.
The match finished with Onita dropping Tremont on a barbed wire-wrapped sheet of plywood, that was on fire and despite the burns to his body
and wounds from the wire, Tremont cut a post- match promo on Onita. Onita was once the promoter of FMW, the d
deathmatch-focused promotion who gained extreme popularity in Japan in the 1990s, and even at 64, Onita proved he could still show
Tremont a thing or two about deathmatch wrestling.