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Vince McMahon Changed A Match Finish Hours Before WWE Backlash!
What Happened After WWE RAW Went Off Air!
Breaking News Regarding An NXT Superstar !
WWE Allegedly Threatened Superstars If They Refused Saudi Arabia Events
Former King Of The Ring Winner Rejects Offer From WWE and MORE!
We’re kicking off today with news from WWE Backlash, as Asuka retained her RAW Women’s
Championship against Nia Jax , due to a double count-out.
It’s now being reported that this match should’ve ended a much different way, as Bryan Alverez
of F4WOnline via Wrestling Newsco noted that Vince McMahon himself changed
the finish, mere hours before the show. He said:
The impression that I’ve been given — I believe the original finish was Asuka was gonna
pin Nia and for whatever reason, I guess on the day of the show to do a double count-out instead.
Given that the match ended in a double count out, it seems likely that the company is building to a
rematch between the Empress and the Irresistable Force down the line, possibly at next month’s
Extreme Rules Pay Per View.
Speaking of WWE Backlash, it was just as the show was starting that reports came out of Edge
suffering a torn tricep when taping the match with Randy Orton the week prior.
Now, WWE has confirmed that the rumours of Edge getting hurt, as they also revealed:
WWE Digital has confirmed that Edge suffered a torn triceps as a result of injuries sustained during
The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever. Edge has undergone successful surgery and is currently
rehabbing at home.
An injury like this means that Edge could be aout between 4-8 months, and considering everything
he’s been able to do since his return, the timing of this injury couldn’t be worse.
With that in mind though, it sounds like there’s already plans for him to be back, so fans will have to
wait and see what kind of Edge we get when he returns down the line.
Though Edge won’t be competing anytime soon, one person who did return to the ring on RAW is
Christian, who fought Orton in an unsanctioned match to close the chose.
After being immediately low-blowed by Ric Flair, Captain Charisma was easy prey for the Viper, who
punted and pinned the Canadian, and instructered medics to take Christian away to close
out the show.
Off-Air, it turns out Orton returned to the scene of destruction, and told Christian to get cleared and
come back for a rematch like Edge, and ended the Off-Air segment with an evil smile as medics took
the fallen former World Champion backstage.
If Christian does indeed follow Orton’s advice, it looks like Captain Charisma will be getting his one
more match after all, and will serve as a replacement for the injured Edge in the coming months.
Speaking of Backlash, Nia Jax and Asuka’s RAW Women’s title match ended in a double count-out, but
the two were allowed to once again clash on this week’s edition of the red brand.
After a competitive match, Jax decided to put her hands on the referee, who threatened to
disqualify her, which gave Asuka the advantage and rolled up Nia for a fast-count pin.
To remove any doubt about whether the fast count was intentional, Tom Phillips pointed
it out, as it seems Nia being unable to win the title in new and interesting ways, but not losing
cleanly is becoming the storyline.
Time will tell whether this leads to Jax actually regaining the title she last held in 2018, but for now,
fans can expect to see Nia be pretty unhappy about failing to win the gold, because of the ref.
Speaking of RAW, this week’s show had a real crowd in this week, as real fans received invitiations
from WWE to attend the latest tapings.
Now, more details have emerged on how this happened, as the WWE had the crowd sign waivers
before they entered the Performance Center, and one waiver said the company wasn’t
liable if fans got **** while in the building.
The form also informed fans of the risks they were taking, and those lucky enough to get to go also
received ******* checks in the form of surveys and their ******** was taken.
This week’s crowd was a mix of actual fans and NXT Superstars, and almost had their Poop-Smearing
fanatic Armando Montalvo, after Lacey Evans and Dana Brooke came out to invite him inside.
It’s not clear if Evans or Brooke knew of Montalvo’s past, but ****** reminded him that if he enters
WWE property, he’ll be arrested, which didn’t sit too well with the poop-smearer.
Hopefully, the act of having actual fans back will mean we get back to normalcy soon, and we’re
confident that the WWE won’t want Montalvo hanging around their live events and tapings
any longer.
Now, it’s clear that the WWE is trying to continue as normal despite the ongoing global situation,
but this week, a ***** ******was confirmed in the NXT roster.
The name of the individual who tested positive wasn’t mentioned in a statement, but WWE have
confirmed that the test was discovered on June 9th, and nobody else has shown
s*****s.
Their statement added that all staff on site, including talent, the production crew and employees
on site will be tested, as part of the company’s plan to proceed with it’s normal TV production schedule.
Whilst the company had hoped to proceed with it’s normal schedule, Ringside News is reporting that
today’s tapings have now been postponed until Wednesday, as the company is instead spending
today testing everyone in the vicinity.
This means that tomorrow will see next week’s editions of RAW and SmackDown, whilst NXT’s
taping status for Wednesday is unknown, though its hard to imagine they won’t tape
anything for the gold brand.
One source has described the environment backstage as “pure chaos and confusion”, and
added “no one really knows what’s going on.”
Hopefully, this will be the last positive test WWE finds, and if it is, it could really change a lot
as the company continues to try and go back to how things once were, though of course, the
health and wellbeing of everyone at the Performance Center comes first.
We’re focussing on WWE’s relationship with Saudi Arabia next, as after last year’s
Crown Jewel, which saw Superstars stuck an extra day, some Superstars didn’t want
to go back, but weren’t given a choice,
During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer spoke about the ongoing lawsuit between WWE’s
investors and the company, alleging that the company hid some very important facts
about their relationship with the Saudis, and the new witnesses
in the story could be a smoking gun.
Speaking about one witness who is an unnamed Superstar, WWE did everything they could to deny
this story, including denying that wrestlers had spoken to journalists.
According to the source, once WWE Superstars got back from Saudi Arabia and said they didn’t
want to go back to talent relations, WWE alledgedly abused their power, and *********** the future
trajectory of anyone if they refused to go back to the Middle East.
This is certainly a big deal as whilst there’d been rumours of what happened, WWE dismissed
any stories about issues in Saudi Arabia as conspiracy theories, butit now looks like the fans who
believed these conspiracies were right all along.
Now, we all know that WWE likes using big names, and have called back several big
names in the past, but not everyone is eager to make a comeback.
A few weeks ago, Darren Young confirmed there were plans for the Nexus
to appear at WrestleMania, though this didn’t happen because of the changes
made to the show, and whilst Young was keen on it,
the Nexus’ leader Wade Barrett wasn’t a fan.
Speaking to Wrestling Inc, the British Brawler explained being offered a moment at Mania to
celebrate ten years of the Nexus, and He added:
“I actually turned it down as I didn’t like the offer or the plan. I saw Darren just after that and
he said he was gonna go and do something with them.
But I wasn’t going to be involved in whatever it was.”
“In all honestly, if it had been something more significant, I would have paid it more
attention. But it was something, to me, that I wasn’t interested in doing.There was no benefit
at all, for me, in doing it and I wasn’t excited about it, so I turned the offer down.”
It would’ve been cool to see a full Nexus reunion, but that was never going to happen, as the
show instead took place with as few people present as possible, with zero live fans in attendance.
That being said, at least Barrett had already told WWE no, so he avoided an unnecessary trip to
Tampa, for a segment that was never going to take place.
We’re looking ahead to next week’s RAW, as two title matches have been confirmed
for the three-hour show.
The RAW Tag Team titles will be on the line when the Street Profits defend against the Viking
Raiders, whilst The IIconics will get another shot at the WWE Women’s Tag Titles, currently
held by Bayley and Sasha Banks, though the champs will defend against NXT’s Tegan Nox and
Shotzi Blackhart this week.
Rey Mysterio will also return to continue his angle with Seth Rollins, as fans will have plenty
to tune in for on next week’s show.
From one return to another now, as fans haven’t seen Bray Wyatt in quite some time,
but that will all change this week.
During RAW, it was confirmed that the former Universal Champion will return on this week’s SmackDown,
as Wyatt has been off TV for weeks, and during that time,
has celebrated the birth of his daughter with Jojo.
It’s also been reported that the WWE is planning on having the Fiend face Universal Champion
Braun Strowman prior to Summerslam, so it makes sense that he returns now to lead to
another confrontation between the two, this time at next month’s Extreme Rules.
Also on SmackDown, fans will see a special Intercontinental title Presentation for AJ Styles
and Mandy Rose guest appear on Miz TV, as the fallout from a
huge Backlash Pay per View continues to be felt.
Back to RAW now and though his client Bobby Lashley failed to capture the WWE Championship
at Backlash, that hasn’t stopped MVP from trying to recruit more Superstars.
On this week’s RAW, US Champion Apollo Crews declined MVP’s services, but went on to defeat
Shelton Benjamin in non-title action, interestingly using the
heel tactics of using the ropes for leverage.
After it was reported of there being talks of Benjamin being added to MVP’s clientele,
WWE uploaded a digital exclusive that showed MVP promising the Gold standard another match
against Crews, but this time for the United States Championship.
Though Paul Heyman has been replaced as Raw’s executive director by Bruce Prichard,
reports are stating that the plans for MVP’s stable and a Crews heel turn are still in place,
and it looks like these plans are getting closer to happening, based on what happened on
this week’s edition of Monday Night RAW.
And we’re ending today with news from The Forgotten Sons, as the trio of recent NXT call-ups on
SmackDown seem to have disappeared in recent weeks.
Despite a decent focus after their post-WrestleMania arrival on the blue brand, some controversial
comments from Jaxson Ryker have seem to cost the group, including praise for President
Trump, describing the Black Lives Matter movement as garbage, and a photo of
himself with a fake dark complexion, where he refers to himself as a soul man.
With Backstage heat in the SmackDown locker room, Fightful is reporting that the entire trio
have lost their push due to this situation, though this wasn’t always the case.
The same report also noted that Superstars said Ryker was “Well liked” before his controversial
comments came to light, but now his tag team partners have also distanced themselves from him
According to the report Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler went into a meeting with Mark Carrano as
well as other wrestlers, and it sounds like this meeting took place without Ryker present
With no new video packages for the group and the fact that they weren’t at the latest TV tapings,
it seems that any programme with the New Day is off the table, and whilst WWE could
always come back around once the controversy calms down,
the Forgotten Sons will remain forgotten for now.