Hello and welcome to the WrestleTalk News - I am El Fakidor Laurie Blake.
And old Pete has done 500 days as WWE UK Champion. Here’s the insta post to prove it.
Yes really, it’s been a year and a half since Pete Dunne defeated Tyler Bate at NXT
TakeOver Chicago and became the second ever UK Champion.
In the 500 days since he’s worked at a greeting card company, dated Zooey Deschanel on and
off, got massively friendzoned ... wait those are someone else’s 500 days.
Pete’s just been having fantastic matches both within WWE and on the indie scene, we
saw a stonking one against Ily Dragunov at Progress’ Hello Wembley just this weekend.
He’s also technically been champ for 503 days and with no challenger lined up before
this time next week, the NXT match with Adam Cole Bay Bay and Ricochet is just for the
North American Championship, it looks like he’ll be breaking Asuka’s 510 day record
for longest title reign in brand history.
Speaking of not having many matches on the calendar, WWE’s all-women Evolution pay
per view is under a month away and there are only four matches on the card so far.
Alexa Bliss vs Trish Stratus, the finals of the Mae Young Classic II tournament, Kairi
Sane vs Shayna Bayzler and Mickie James vs Lita.
Lita vs Mickie will be a throwback to the longtime rivalry between the two and sees
Lita return to a WWE ring for the first time since the Women’s Royal Rumble.
However, Lita revealed to SunSport that she only found out about her in ring return the
same time we all did! “We were told a while ago that there was
going to be an all-women pay-per-view and they were still getting it together, but they
asked if I’d be interested in being a part of it in some capacity – and I told them
to count me in. That’s pretty much all the conversation was. I didn’t know if I’d
be doing commentary or even just being invited to attend to support the women. And then I
found out when you all did that Mickie James would be my opponent and I would not just
be a part of Evolution but I’d actually be in the ring. That’s when you just hold
your breath and go with it”
While WWE fundamentally forgot how booking works, other promotions have been a little
better. As Lita made a surprise appearance at MCW
in Maryland. She was in the arena for an autograph signing
at the Monster Mania horror convention in Hunt Valley because, she’s spooky? the downwards
angle on her moonsaults has become terrifying? Anyway, she was in the area and MCW managed
to work her into an angle during a six man tag match between Dante Cabellero & The Guns
4 Hire and Joe Keys, Bishop Khan & Malcolm Moses.
After a bunch of ref bumps, Lita arrived and took over as referee because wrestling and
Caballero began arguing with her so Lita hit him with the Twist of Fate which led to the
pinfall.
Speaking of Twists of Fate, there will be none at Super Showdown as WWE attempts to
manifest destiny by having Roman Reigns headline yet another Pay per view in his ongoing quest
to become the riot vest messiah Vince is convinced he is. Deep Segway.
Sports Illustrated writes that despite all the promotion around the juicy Undertaker
vs Triple H match, with a side portion of Shawn and a Mayor sauce. It’ll actually
be The Shield vs The Dogs of War closing the show.
Which makes sense, you don’t want your top six guys on the roster overshadowed by a trio
of part timers and Paul from the back office, even if they are some of the biggest stars
in the companies history. Also, shows like this and Crown Jewel are
designed to expand the companies global reach (and the number of zeroes on their bank balance
but that’s by the by) so you’ve got to expect them not to stray to far from the established
status quo. They want to introduce new fans to the product,
make long time fans feel good that a show has come to where they live and rake in those
sweet sweet Aussie dollars and bathe in soothing Saudi oil... money. Like Scrooge McDuck.
So it makes sense to position Roman as the top guy here because he is everywhere else
and has been for four straight Wrestlemanias. Super Showdown is a welcome to my yard if
you will. Find out mine, Luke and Oli’s predictions
for this Saturday’s Super Showdown by clicking the videos onscreen now! I’ve been El Fakidor,
and that was lucha.