Here's your Wrestling News for October 27th 2020 Has WWE Changed Plans For Tucker? Where Does Drew Mcintyre Fit Now? MJF Is Humiliated? Wrestling News 2 00:00:04,821 --> 00:00:06,906 And your headlines for today include
WWE Did A Complete “ U” Turn With Tucker Now! What’s NEXT For Him?
Survivor Series Match Card Released; Where Does Drew Mcintyre Fit ?
Why MJF Got Death Threats; The AEW Star Reacts!
Backstage Reaction In WWE After Drew McIntyre Lost To Randy Orton At Hell In A Cell!
With The Miz's Loss On WWE RAW, Can We Buy Into Him As A Future WWE Champion?
Why Was Roman Reigns Threatened By Referee’s Son?
Why Retribution Lost Their Push In WWE?
WWE Engaged In Legal Battle With Kansas City Chiefs’ Chris Jones Over ‘Stone Cold’ Name?
WWE Makes Undertaker Last Ride Docuseries Available For Free
Police Detain Bus Of Indie Wrestlers & Find ‘Packages Of Cash’ In The Gas Tank And more.
We’re kicking off today with the fallout from Hell in a Cell 2020, as the show saw Tucker turn on Otis,
costing his former friend the Money in the Bank contract. In a post-match interview,
Tucker defended himself, saying that he turned on Otis because of all the times he’s had to stand on the side
whilst Otis got the spotlight, but now we know more about the real reasons behind this heel turn.
Ringside News is reporting that Tucker’s heel turn was decided a week ago, and it wasn’t something
that had been discussed during the draft earlier this month, or before Tucker’s emotional Talking Smack
promo when the pair had been split up. In the past Vince McMahon has
reportedly been high on Otis, though that optimism hasn’t been shared by others backstage, and now that
thecmaster of the caterpillar is now a former Mr Money in the Bank, McMahon’s support clearly wasn’t
enough to stop him from losing the briefcase to The Miz.
Now, Tucker’s heel turn at Hell in a Cell has made him one of WWE’s most discussed Superstars,
a surprising situation for someone who couldn’t get anyone to talk about him just one week ago.
Though it seemed like the two would be on opposite brands, and likely opposite teams at Survivor Series,
WWE.com has thrown everyone for a loop, as now Tucker is once again listed as a SmackDown Superstar.
Earlier this month, Tucker was drafted to RAW, and he cut an impassioned promo about Heavy
Machinery splitting up, and whilst it’s on WWE.com, this move back hasn’t been confirmed by the company yet.
Whilst some sources in WWE have said they’ve got no idea what’s going on with Tucker, one noted that if a
decision has been made to move him, it must have been made late in the afternoon.
Another source in WWE speculated that this might have been a website mix up, and that Tucker hasn’t
actually been moved to team blue, despite what the site says. The source added that there is a
quote “lack of organization, continuity, planning” within WWE, and it’s always entirely possible that Vince McMahon
has changed his mind on Tucker’s booking, as he has a tendency to do.
On Twitter, Tucker sent out a tweet saying “On My Time” after RAW went off the air, as he’s apparently
going to keep fans guessing as well. Moving Tucker back to SmackDown would allow a feud with Otis to extend
past next month’s Survivor Series Pay Per View, and now that he’s lost the contract, we expect Otis to
be hungry for revenge.
Speaking of Survivor Series, the show will take place on November 22nd, and this week’s RAW saw a lot of
build to the Pay Per View.
On the show, AJ Styles defeated Jeff Hardy to earn a spot on RAW’s men’s Survivor Series team, whilst Keith Lee
also earned a spot by defeating Elias, who was distracted during the match by Hardy, showing that their feud is
far from over. Sheamus earned the third spot in the team with a win over Matt Riddle,
and though it’s not been announced by WWE, Drew McIntyre will reportedly be RAW’s team captain.
This team will need one more member adding and face 5 currently unknown members of SmackDown,
whilst there’ll also be a five on five women’s match. RAW’s women’s team will be
Mandy Rose, Dana Brooke, Lana and the Women’s Tag Champions Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax, and they’ll face
five yet-to-be announce SmackDown Superstars. In a heel vs heel match, new WWE
Champion Randy Orton will face Universal Champion Roman Reigns, whilst RAW Women’s Champion
Asuka will face the new SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks.
RAW Tag Champions the New Day will face SmackDown Tag Team Champions the Street Profits,
whilst U.S. Champ Bobby Lashley will face the blue brand’s Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn.
Whilst this’ll be a stacked show, there’s been no word yet if NXT will be involved like last year and we’ll
have to see if the gold brand has another invasion of the main roster in the coming weeks.
AEW news next, and MJF is one of the company’s most natural and charismatic heels, but there’s some
so-called fans who don’t like him for an entirely different reason. Though it’s not discussed on Dyamite,
MJF is Jewish, and during an episode of AEW Dark, was interviewed about the antivirus he has endured,
referencing a time in his youth playing football. He said: “The other kids didn’t exactly love
the fact that there was a sewish kid taking their spot… I remember the next week [Censored] and a band
of douchebags walked up to me and they said, ‘Hey Jew boy’ and they threw rolls of quarters at me and they
told me to pick it up… it messed me up pretty bad.” MJF continued, saying that he used
their antisemitism to motivate himself to be better, and said that the person who did this to him is now a shrug
saddict and dropped out of college, whilst MJF is a very-wealthy, very-successful individual.
Though that interview was in 2019, these hurtful comments haven’t stopped, as MJF recently tweeted
out that he continues to receive anti- semitic posts and seath treats. At this time, MJF is in an interesting
storyline that may see him join the Inner Circle, and thankfully, the group will be judging the cocky heel solely
on his actions in the ring, and his faith won’t be a factor.
Back to WWE and Hell in a Cell 2020 also saw Randy Orton win his 14th WWE World Championship, defeating
Drew McIntyre inside the barbaric structure, which was a huge surprise for many.
Not only was McIntyre the betting favourite going into the match, but he was actually booked to win, but WWE
changed plans from the original finish.
Fightful Select is reporting that the Superstars backstage were also confused by the titme change, adding:
“Most of the wrestlers that we spoke to were also confused about the timing of the move considering
he was heavily protected from WrestleMania to Summerslam, and then beaten several times since.”
Now, it’ll be Orton who represents RAW against Roman Reigns at Survivor Series instead of McIntyre,
and with the Orton-Reigns match being a heel vs heel dynamic, we’re wondering why WWE took the title
off their top babyface, just weeks away from facing their top heel.
Indie wrestling now, as a bus full of stars was recently detained by police under suspicious reasons.
The incident was filmed by Lord. adrean of New Wrestling Entertainment, who’s claiming that
police stopped their bus and broke it, before letting them continue.
When a mechanic fixed the vehicle, they were later stopped by police again, who searched the vehicle
and found packages of money in the gas tank. Adrean is also claiming that police
were trying to force him to admit he owned the bus so they could arrest him, when he said that the bus was
rented. When one officer said that the bus ws being used as a front to shuggle
items across the border, Adrean explained that the vehicle wasn’t even going to Mexico, and we’ll have
more on this story as more details come to light.
Speaking of RAW, The Miz won big at Hell in a Cell, capturing his second Money in the Bank briefcase,
but his winning ways didn’t continue on RAW. Losing to Drew McIntyre, there’s an
argument to be made that Miz really should’ve won his first match after capturing the briefcase, especially
as the issue with Otis was that fans didn’t take him seriously as a World title contender.
We may have been able to forgive WWE if Drew had beaten Miz clean, as McIntyre is one of the company’s
top stars, but the odds were stacked against the Scotsman, who’d been through a table the night before and
the fact he wasn’t 100% was even brought up by the company. This November will mark ten years
since The Miz cashed in Money in the Bank on Randy Orton to become WWE Champion, and whilst the story
at the time was that the sneaky Miz cashed in on a hurt Viper because he wasn’t on Orton’s level, it’s worrying
that ten years later, the A-Lister still isn’t close to the Legend Killer’s heights.
SmackDown news now, as Roman Reigns demolished everyone last Sunday to retain his Universal title,
and even referee Bryan Nguyen felt the Tribal Chief’s wrath. When Nguyen tried to stop the I-Quit
match on Jey Uso’s behalf, Reigns tossed the official from the ring, drawing the ire of Brian’s young son
River. In a promo online, the youngster wore a hoodie with his dad’s face on it,
and told the Universal Champion that he’s coming for him. River’s mother posted this video
which caught the attention of Adam Pearce online, and whilst Roman Reigns claims to be all about family
right now, we all know that his quest to remain Universal Champion is his number one priority.
Retribution news next, and it’s no secret that the group have lost steam lately, and now we know why.
According to a source from WWE creative, the group’s slump is not a new reason at all, as it turns out
Vince McMahon and Bruce Prichard simply lost interest in the group.
Despite claiming to be a dominant force that’ll destroy WWE, Retribution are yet to get a single legitimate win
since their debut, and we can’t help but wonder if the fact that the group consists of Paul Heyman Guys and
Girls is a factor behind their lost momentum. Either way, it seems like Retribution
are officially finished, and nothing short of a miracle will save the group at this stage.
We’re moving to the grid-iron next, as NFL player Chris Jones is causing some real issues off the field for WWE.
The owner of Stone Cold LLC, the Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle also released a drink called ‘Stone
Cold Jones soda’, which has led WWE filed a complaint on September 14th, which opposes Jones’
trademark filing. The obvious dispute is that WWE feel that the ‘Stone Cold’ term is
synonymous with their brand and Steve Austin, though Stone Cold LLC responded on October 23rd, saying
that the name is recognised by NFL fans as belonging to Chris Jones, and argued that there’s no confusion
between Stone Cold Jones and Stone Cold Steve Austin. It’s also worth noting that Stone Cold
LLC is also facing opposition from Jones Soda company, and Stone Cold Brewery, and although the
company hasn’t responded to those complaints, this name is proving to be a growing issue for Chris Jones.
Back to Hell in a Cell, and before the show got underway, the kick-off show saw Elias appear, saying somethings
that riled up Jeff Jarrett. On The kick-off show, Jarrett sang a song about the name Jeff, citing both
Jarrett and Jeff Hardy’s very real past issues with substance abuse. Though Elias called double-J a junkie,
that couldn’t be further from the truth, as his appearance on the Hell in a Cell kickoff show was the same day
that Jarrett celebrated three years of sobriety. Ironically, Elias’ real name is Jeffrey
Sciullo, and though it’s unclear whether WWE were aware of Jarrett’s accolade when deciding what Elias
would call him, we’d like to send our congratulations to the Hall of Famer for this huge milestone.
We’re entering the Thunderdome next, as whilst the WWE has tried ways to leave the virtual fan venue behind,
now the Amway Center may kick them from the building. Recently, Jon Alba was able to obtain
a copy of WWE’s lease with the City or Orlando, which reveals that the company’s contract with the Amway
Center runs out on November 24th, just two days after the Survivor Series Pay Per View.
Right now, WWE is surveying other venues with they could use for their new home, and it makes sense that
they’ll have to leave the Amway Center soon, given that the Orlando Kings’ new season will start in late
December. We’ll have to see where WWE ends up, as it looks like they won’t be
having a full live crowd just yet, but whatever happens, their days in the Amway Center are officially numbered.
Now, Sin Cara was released from WWE last December, but the company is making sure that the
name stays with them. On October 21st, the company filed two separate trademarks on Sin Cara,
in addition to the one they currently have for merchandising. After his release, Cara used the name
at a Triple-A event, which didn’t sit well with the company, and whilst he’s still struggling with his new
name Cinta de Oro, as a woman named Maria Zarate has claimed to own that name since 2016, we know
that the Sin Cara brand will be staying with WWE.
And we’re ending with the Undertaker today, as the WWE is celebrating 30 years of the Deadman, and is doing
everything they can to promote the Phenom. As part of their celebration,
the company has made the Last Ride docuseries free to watch on the Network, and now more people will
get to experience the Deadman’s incredible career before Survivor Series, which’ll be themed all around
the Phenom.