Here's your wrestling news for October 11th, 2022, and
we're kicking off today with Monday Night Raw, which
saw Bobby Lashley have a very rough night indeed.
Before the show, it was advertised that Lashley would be defending the
United States Championship against Seth Rollins, but nobody predicted
the return of Brock Lesnar attacking Lashley Brock hit the F five and
Camaro lock on the Almighty, leaving him in no condition to compete.
Ever the opportunist Seth Rollins, who was still banged up from
last weekend's fight pit provoked lastly into a title defense, and
it wasn't long before Seth became the new United States champion.
It's clear that lastly versus Lessner is the direction WWE are
going with for Crown Jewel in what will be a huge rematch from
their one and only singles encounter from this year's Royal Rumble.
The match with Lesnar will be a spectacle regardless
of who will win, and it's worth noting that.
Lastly, beat Brock in January this year.
If Lesnar is to get his win back, it may also mean
that the peak of Bobby Lashley's push is over.
If it is, it has been an incredible run
between post Wressel mania 2020 to late 2022.
Undoubtedly the best run of his career.
After his epic return at Extreme Rules last weekend,
fans were eager to see Bray Wyatt make his presence
felt on this week's raw, but that didn't take place.
Instead, fans got another QR code, which
took them to a jigsaw of an upside down moth.
And the letters JNV over the design, Wyatt wasn't on this week's
raw, but fans won't have to wait long to see him as on WWE'S website.
The former Universal Champion is being advertised
for this Friday SmackDown in New Orleans.
It makes sense as the 10 14 22 number from the QR code.
Hinted at this, and while WWE has teased Wyatt before, this is an
outright advertisement, presumably done on purpose to draw viewers in.
Wyatts returned last weekend, has proven to
be a hit with fans, amassing millions of views
in days across various social media platforms.
No superstar in wrestling has been talked about as much.
This weekend is Wyatt and it is now on WWE to keep
that momentum going on this Friday smack down.
Wyatt will be set to appear on this Friday SmackDown
and many more shows after that, but only after AEW tried
to get their clause on the former universal champion.
As soon as Wyatt was released in July, 2021, there was talk about
him going to AEW and Tony Kahn made some effort to make that happen.
Sports Illustrated report that Wyatt had received feelers
from several companies including AEW Impact Wrestling
and AAA in Mexico during his 15 months away from wwe.
It was noted how Wyatt's High asking Price meant that
most promotions would never be able to afford him, but AEW
impact and AAA obviously felt he was worth the investment.
It was also reported that during negotiations to return
to wwe, Wyatt and Triple H talked long and hard about
booking and Bray requested a clause in his contract that
will allow him to weigh in on his storylines in booking.
After some back and forth, Wyatt and Triple H shook hands on the
deal, and we assume a title run will be in the works for Bray.
Ultimately Wyatt chose wwe, a decision that is paid off for
him so far and one that will no doubt see Brave become one of
the biggest names in the company once again, more from Ron.
Now as the bloodline opened up this week's season
premier and what an opening segment it was.
The tension in the group was palpable as Sammy
Zane hasn't just risen in the ranks of popularity,
but is now arguably overshadowing Roman reigns.
His telling off of Jay uso.
His challenge to riddle and the overall story of the
cracks in the bloodline has been brilliant since day one,
and the cracks within the group have continued to show.
In the opening segment, Rain's addressed comments by
Logan Paul who said that Jay USO was the real tribal
chief, and it was Sammy who tried to bring the peace.
This earned the Canadian a huge pop
from the crowd, and Zane added that.
Jay hasn't exactly been on his best behavior.
When Jay demanded that Rains put his literal family over a mere ally
of the bloodline, Sammy was once again stealing the show using a
'yeet dawg' line that had everyone struggling to stay in character.
As for the Riddle, Zane Match Roman Rain.
Specifically instructed Jay USO to make sure Zane won.
Playing up the issues between the two members.
Rein's attempt to unify the pair didn't work and
as Jay and Sammy clashed, Riddle took advantage
getting the win over the former NXT champion.
Signs of tension are showing, but WWE will likely drag
this out for the rest of the year and expect a pop
worthy of Daniel Bryan whenever Sammy turns on the group.
Well, what do you think?
Is Sammy Zane the best thing in
wrestling as so many people have claimed?
Let us know in the comments below.
Last night's show also saw celebration of the Mrs.
Birthday, but this was a party that didn't go to.
As you'd expect, Mrs.
Celebration was cut short by an appearance from Dexter Lumis, whose
head emerged from one of the gifts sending the Alister into a frenzy.
As the chaos ensued, the spot looked like Maurice was supposed
to go face first into the birthday cake, and while she did get
covered somewhat in cake, it was nowhere near what was intended.
Backstage, the Maz would confront members of DX
who announced that if he can beat Loomis in a
match next week, then Loomis will be gone from wwe.
But if Loomis wins, then he will earn a contract with raw.
Given that WWE brought Loomis back just a few months
ago, the result seems pretty obvious and a subtle
sign that the payoff in this feud is finally coming.
This will Mark Loomis's first match since being rehired by wwe
and while there's still no explanation for why he's targeting
the mi, Dexter Loomis has a golden opportunity next week.
This week's raw.
Also saw a site that fans haven't seen in a very long time.
Ray Mysterio actually winning a match in wwe.
Mysterio got his first singles win and over six months on last
night's raw, but his celebration was short, lived as Dominic, a
true heat magnet, and the rest of the judgment day took him out.
When Finn Ballor called AJ Styles out, the
phenomenal one did is instructed and while he teased
joining the Judgment Day that wasn't meant to be.
Instead, Styles brought out the rehired.
Luke Gallos and Carl Anderson, an obvious sign
of who the Judgment Days next feud will be.
Sources within WWE have revealed that the Good Brothers
have signed a two year deal with WWE, and are just the
latest big names to be brought back under the Triple H era.
With the club back around Judgment Day are in serious trouble,
and it'll be interesting to see how Ballard's own history
with styles Gallos and Anderson plays into this story.
Not everything on this week's raw was a home run as the
seasoned premier of the red brand ended on something of a dud.
Sure, it's always fun to see dx, but despite what fans
had hoped, there was no interaction between the iconic
faction and the bloodline, or even with the judgment.
Instead, what we saw was a generic
reunion, which lasted a few minutes.
It got a pop and was quickly over with.
It was an underwhelming ending to an otherwise
epic episode of RAW this week, and showed that
sometimes nostalgia isn't needed on a wrestling show.
The infamous group of DX had some fun during the show,
but things didn't end once the cameras stopped rolling.
After raw Triple H and Sean Michael shared a sweet moment
after Raw went off the air inside the Barclay Center.
As the real life best friend shared a
warm hug and celebrated with the crowd.
This marks triple H's, second straight WWE TV appearance
after also being on last Friday SmackDown and with
reports that WWE is considering an on-screen role.
We may be seeing much more of the game from here on.
DX was all over this week's raw, appearing both in ring and
backstage, but not every member of the group could appear.
In 2016, the wrestling world lost Chyna, a founding member of the
group who up until very recently, WWE and Triple H have gone out of
their way to not bring up, Well, Triple H would explain in the past
that WW E didn't want to bring Chyna up due to her adult film career.
This excuse felt hollow as other controversial people,
including convicted felon, Mike Tyson have been brought.
During the latest episode of The Wrestling Outlaws before Raw, Vince
Russo hit out at Triple H for avoiding mentioning his ex-girlfriend
who he reportedly cheated on when he began seeing Stephanie.
If Triple H goes out there and acknowledges Chyna, I will be the
first one to apologize because he has said nothing since or passing.
If he goes out there and says something heartfelt,
I'll be the first to say, I apologize, bro.
But we know their track record and we know what they
do, and the odds of that happening are a million to one.
Russo is now eating those comments somewhat as DX did
acknowledge Chyna, but it was X pac who gave her a shout out.
Thankfully, WWE DX, and Triple H are now open to addressing Chyna.
But for many, this change of heart about
the deceased wrestler has come far too late.
In more raw news, Bailey took on Candice LeRae on the show and
took a surprising loss to the former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion.
Well, Bailey dominated the start of the match.
It was LeRae who got the win with a Step up, sent on and a roll
up, giving the role model her first loss on raw in over two years.
Bailey's last loss on the Red brand was all the way back on the
August 24th, 2020 episode where she lost to Shayna Basler via dq.
Candace wouldn't have long to relish in her win as she
was attacked by IYO SKY and Dakota Kai after the match
and Damage Control also took out Raw Women's Champion.
Bianca Belair.
Hitting Belair with a knee off the top rope.
Bailey has made it clear that their feud is far from over, so there's
still a chance that damage control add more gold to their collection.
And we're ending today with last week's SmackDown as a vignette
was aired on the show highlighting the return of Sarah Logan.
While Logan's face wasn't featured in the video, the
Valla awaits promo clearly featured her from behind.
Though WWE are keeping quiet about her return.
There's no word on when Logan will be back on
tv, but we do know what the company has in store.
According to PW Insider, Logan will be connected on camera to the
Viking Raiders, which makes sense given that she's married to Eric.
We'll have to see what Logan in the Raiders do when she does
make her fully fledged return to WWE programming, but expect
to see much more of the Riot Squad member in the coming weeks.