here's your wrestling news for november 25th 2021 and your headlines for today include
cm punk and mjf referenced john cena and triple h on dynamite tony khan was livid backstage
mjf deletes tweet after miz owns him in fan response
darby allen reveals he suffered brain hemorrhage due to in-ring accident
she conveniently irresponsibly left top superstar on becky lynch's pregnancy leave
my plan was to help finn balor seth rollins attacker provides an update on what happened on
raw wwe plays dewdrop in nia jax's spot on raw fan throws back cody rhode's weight belt rhodes teases
heel turn after dynamite eric bischoff gives health update on hulk hogan wwe doesn't know what
to do with new completed documentary and more we are starting today with aew who have been building
the feud between cm punk and mjf in recent weeks a story fans have been pining to see on this week's
dynamite the pair finally had a fiery promo session that was worth the wait cm punk tapped
into his wwe past as he called mjf a less famous miz evoking a huge reaction from the chicago crowd
the salt of the earth fired back calling the former superstar pg punk and said he wants to
know what happened to the punk he loved years ago not afraid to throw in some wwe references himself
mjf said punk might come out and preach hustle loyalty and respect a john cena reference that the
crowd lost their mind for not done with just one reference mjf made a king of kings reference in
obvious nod to triple h but punk also had a line about the 14-time wwe world champion
after saying that he was selling out madison square garden while mjf was marking out to rosie
o'donnell punk made a quip about tony kahn having a daughter that mjf will marry one day referring
to triple h's marriage to stephanie mcmahon this was certainly an amazing back and forth promo
between mjf and cm punk it was something special for the chicago crowd but those backstage weren't
as enthralled wade keller of pw torch reports that khan was livid backstage as the wwe references
weren't approved with the producers but that there was no altercation between himself and mjf or punk
this war of words was entertaining but upon reflection it's nothing fans haven't seen before
every week aew makes reference to wwe though usually more subtly than saying
an active superstar's name and this is something they should really stop doing
when punk joined the company it would have been interesting to hear what he had to say about wwe
a company he obviously still has bad blood with but given that he joined two years
into everyone else bashing wwe whatever he has to say gets lost in the shuffle
but what did you make of this segment and should aew dial back on bringing up the competition that
they claim they don't focus on let us know in the comments in just a few years mjf has established
himself as one of the best talkers in wrestling which made the comparison to the miz so apt
when ringside news asked fans on twitter who they think the better talker is the salt of the
earth didn't appreciate the question saying it was both dumb and legit dumb and told ringside news to
delete their account that tweet stayed up until ringside news responded by saying the miz was
winning the fan poll and afterwards mjf deleted his comment mjf may consider himself the better
talker but the numbers don't lie as even the salt of the earth has to respect the lengthy career
of the a-lister like mjf darby allen has quickly established himself as a big name in the company
including a reign as the tnt champion at full gear allen lost to mjf but bounced back by beating
billy gunn on the latest episode of rampage and it said he wants to face off against brian danielson
speaking to robbie fox of the my mom's basement podcast allen discussed his career so far and the
worst bump he's ever taken allen explained that during a match with joey janella he attempted
a suicide dive to the outside and when his feet caught janella his head landed on the unprotected
concrete floor he added my head bounced off the concrete and i just started feeling like
everything was swelling and then after the match because i finished the match afterwards
i went to the hospital and they're saying yo you're bleeding from the brain and i was like
so like yeah having to have a procedure to stop the bleeding alan said that he can't
remember just how long the procedure was but it had a major impact on his wrestling career
i couldn't wrestle for like two months it was like you can break my ankle you could break my
arm but you start messing with my brain oh that's the worst it's the worst i remember i got home and
i wasn't able to drive but i felt so on edge just sitting in my room thankfully allen made a full
recovery and is now considered a pillar of aew with many fans believing it's a matter of time
before he holds the aew world title last year shayna basler feuded with raw women's champion
becky lynch which culminated in a wrestlemania 36 match where the man retained her title this
match would ultimately be lynch's last match for over a year as she'd announced her pregnancy not
long after and fans would have to wait until summerslam 2021 to see her again this week the
queen of spades sat down with bt sport and when asked about the personal feud between
lynch and charlotte flair baezler said she didn't prefer either and took aim at her old opponent
i have some unfinished business with becky and i feel like she conveniently irresponsibly left
when she was champion if your champion you take measures to ensure like ronda at least wait until
she no longer had responsibility as the champion despite once being primed to win the raw women's
title basler is yet to hold singles gold on the main roster but we know who exactly she
wants to step back in the ring with should she and lynch ever end up on the same brand again
on raw this week seth rollins was attacked by a fan who wrongly believed that the former world
champion had scammed him out of both cash and gift cards 24 year old eliza spencer was subdued
with a facelock before security escorted him away and wwe has said they will prosecute him to the
fullest extent of the law in a statement to the daily news spencer realized the error of his ways
saying i apologize to the wwe for my actions i had a legitimate beef but as a grown man i
could have settled in a different way if i saw him today i wouldn't attack him i've moved on
though he claims it was legitimate beef it's worth remembering that spencer and rollins had
never communicated at all and that the account that scammed spencer was a fake
it's hard to say if spencer even realizes that he had been communicating with a fake account
or if he's realized that he was catfished whatever the case wwe still plans on prosecuting spencer as
just because he says he wouldn't attack from now on an act of kindness that puts him on
par with literally millions of fans he still needs to face consequences for his actions
since raw spencer has insisted that he attacked rollins because of a supposed business deal they
had that went wrong but that's not the only reason he jumped to the barricade in that same interview
with the daily news spencer explained that he attacked rollins in support of finn balor who
had been attacked in storyline of course by the former wwe champion earlier in the show my plan
was to help finn balor i'm a fan i like his aura his attitude i like everything about his charisma
i like everything about him i jumped from where i was sitting at i ran and speared seth rollins i
busted his lip open and he caught me in a headlock i broke the headlock and i was trying to get him
then the referees and the security guards broke us apart we're not sure if spencer is aware but
wrestling isn't real and if the attack by rollins on balor was real security would have interjected
just like how they did during his real attack on seth now earlier this month nia jax was cut from
wwe in one of the most surprising releases to date as many believe the former raw women's champion
would be a wwe lifer jax's release came during a hiatus from the ring in which she worked through
her mental health but now we know what the wwe had planned on wrestling observer radio dave meltzer
reported that wwe wanted naya back from her break by mid-november at the very latest and when they
saw that wasn't going to happen put dewdrop in the spot reserved for the irresistible force that
explains dewdrop's sudden heel turn especially after wwe spent months establishing her as a face
in her feud with eva marie jacks was reportedly set to return on november 15th but asked for an
extension on her hiatus and wwe responded by releasing her on the 18th as for dewdrop
she continues to be featured prominently on raw and as the replacement for one of the company's
most featured female stars in recent years the future looks bright for the scottish powerhouse
more from aew as last night's dynamite saw cody rhodes team with pak and the lucha brothers
to face malachi black andrade el idolo and ftr a huge eight-man tag main event rhodes did his usual
weight belt toss out to the chicago crowd but it ended up coming back to the ring seconds later
this defiance drew a big pop from the audience who were clearly not on board with the former tnt
champion thinking on his feet andrade grabbed the belt and threw it under the ring to get the focus
back on the match but at some point the weight belt found its way back to roads once more rhodes
put it around his waist and took it off to throw it into the crowd and while we don't know exactly
where it landed this time it didn't come back as for the match andrade pinned pack to get the win
for his team in an epic main event to close the show once off the air rhodes he's going through
the left tunnel on the ramp which is for the heels as it seems a heel turn could be in the works for
cody who infamously said he'd never turn heel in aew it should be noted that earlier this month
tony kahn discussed the reaction rhodes gets and compared it to john cena who after throwing his
shirt to the crowd at ecw one night stand 2006 had it thrown back in the ring several times
it's been a long time since it was the opposite of the intended reaction
i've known what the reaction is for a long time and i think it's very polarizing it's not all one
side i think it's a mix of the crowd and it's very similar to john in terms of how you hear a split
and there's a ton of women and kids that are huge fans and some of the guys booing
but people are still really buying cody and in the right moments they do cheer him and we saw that
when he saved pack from malachi and andrade there was a huge cody chant and in that context people
were really excited to see him and the truth is i do really think the people really like cody when
john cena was a full-time wrestler he's one of the all-time great wrestling stars and people really
like to see him too and of course that reaction in time became generally more positive but still
obviously people only have grown to care more and more about john cena so i do think people are very
emotionally invested in cody one way or another which is a very good thing much like cena rhodes
consistently gets a loud response from the crowd even though it's often a loud negative response
and ultimately tony kahn will have to decide whether to pull the trigger on a rhodes heel turn
something wwe missed out on when they had the chance with big match jon arguably the biggest
face-to-heel turn in wrestling came at bash at the beach 1996 when hulk hogan joined the nwo
as their third member in wcw hogan worked closely with eric bischoff who had also joined the nwo
and during his 83 weeks podcast bischoff gave an update about the hulkster's health
bischoff said that hogan who has reportedly been dealing with several health issues lately
is back to training and is also doing a couple of hours of physical therapy four or five days a week
recently ric flair said the hulkster was dealing with quote some really bad health issues but it's
good to hear that hogan is doing better thanks to a mix of exercise eating right and keeping active
and we're ending with wwe who in april this year released a trailer for a new documentary
all about the life of vladimir the superfan vladimir is arguably wrestling's most devoted fan
having attended countless events over the past three decades but despite the trailer earning
over 132 000 views on wwe's youtube channel we are no closer to seeing the full doc like johnson
a pw insider reports that despite the documentary being 100 post-produced and completed wwe has yet
to confirm a release date and like many projects it's sitting in wwe's offices going unused johnson
added that wwe had hoped to try and sell their documentaries to third parties such as a and e but
that hasn't worked out and that there's been no communication between wwe and vladimir for months
from wrestlemania 12 to ecw one night stand 2005 vladimir is a huge unsung part of wrestling
history but don't expect the documentary about his incredible journey anytime soon