Here's your wrestling news for September 29th, 2022, and we're
starting off today with Saraya , who last week made her debut for
AEW, just over two months after her contract with WWE was not renewed.
Signing Saraya was a huge win for Tony Khan, especially as
WWE had tried to get her back in the post Vince McMohan era.
But now we know more about her contact.
Fightfull select reports that Saraya has signed a three
year contract with AEW and is set to make big money.
In fact, the amount Saraya is being paid largely implies that she'll
be wrestling in some capacity according to one source within AEW.
This is a huge deal, as Saraya hadn't been cleared
by WWE prior to her release, but it's not confirmed
that AEW has cleared the British star at this.
Numerous talent within AEW had gone to bat for Saraya , telling
Tony Khan that she would be a great addition to the company,
but it said that this was unnecessary since Khan had
been interested in her as soon as she became available.
Now, Saraya is all elite, much to the
excitement of fans and those on the roster.
And after being interrupted by Brit Baker last night, it
could be the former AEW Women's World champion who faces her.
The former WWE Divas champion spoke for the
first time during last night's AEW Dynamite and
had some choice words about her former employer.
Speaking about Tony Khan, Saraya appraised the AEW President
saying, quote, It's good to have a boss that finally listens to me.
This line didn't go unnoticed by fans as it was
clear that Saraya was addressing her time in WWE
and her years spent working for Vince McMohan.
Saraya . Also made it clear that she will take an active
role with AEW's Women's Division and acted as somewhat of an
authority figure, making a lumberjack match for the interim.
AEW Women's World Championship.
Saraya did not get physical last night, implying
that she is not currently cleared, but did take some
verbal shots at wwe, becoming the latest ex superstar.
Turned AEW star to do.
More from Saraya as the British wrestler.
Had her first AEW appearance last week, her first promo this week,
and now has her first piece of merchandise on AEWs shop website.
Fans can pick up Saraya's first, AEW
shirt, which features the message.
You can't kill her.
What's interesting is the time of the merch drop as tons
of fans have been wondering if she will wrestle again.
A shirt like this would've never flyed in wwe, which opposed
the use of the word kill as part of their PG product.
But now the countless loyal fans of the former divas
champion can show their support with a brand new shirt.
It's no secret that Tony Khan can be an emotional guy,
especially when it comes to wrestling, and has a ton of respect
for those wrestlers who risk their health for his company.
Fans will remember his hug with Claudio Castagnoli
when the later's signed with AEW and now
another wrestler has had a billionaire embrace.
Tony Khan and Bandido shared quite a happy moment
after Dynamite went off the air as the AEW President
raised Bandidos hand and the two had a long hug.
Bandido went into dynamite hoping to become ROH world champion, which
didn't happen as he ended up tapping out to Chris Jericho's Lion
Tamer, but at least Bandido was able to share a hug with Tony Khan.
For years, WWE has had Goldberg wrestle a handful of matches
a year, often getting the win over full-time superstars.
Goldberg's last match came back in elimination chamber
this year where he lost to Roman reigns, but the
WWE Hall of Famer could be getting back in the ring.
Speaking on the bump, Goldberg addressed his part-timer contract with
WWE, and revealed that he's technically already had his last match.
I don't have any matches left on my contract, but
I know one way we could take care of Roman reigns.
I do need to give him a little receipt for that
choke out in Saudi Arabia, but I think there are
a number of superstars capable of de throning him.
Goldberg has wrestled 12 times since returning to WWE
in 2016 and boast say slightly un impressive five and
seven win loss record, but the Hall of Famer still
has his sight set on a third universal title reign.
In May, Sasha Banks and Naomi walked out of RAW, and the
company responded by suspending the pair, stripping them of the
WWE Women's Tag Team titles and calling them unprofessional.
At the time, it appeared that banks was done with WWE, but that change
when Vince McMohan retired with both her and Naomi expected to return.
Now though there's been another twist in this saga as on Twitter,
the former raw women's champion has removed WWE from her Twitter
name and handle, and now goes by her real name, Mercedes.
It's an interesting move by banks,
especially as wwe's head of talent relations.
Triple H spoke positively about her eventual return
in a recent interview, acknowledging that there was
a break in communication between the company and her.
Banks hasn't completely taken off the branding of WWE from
her account, as her bio still uses her WWE moniker into the
company name, but her return is apparently not the done deal.
Some had believed for weeks.
A white rabbit mystery has been a huge talking point among fans with
many seeing it as a sign of the inevitable return of BrayWyatt to WWE.
WWE has not addressed the mystery on tv.
Instead, leaving clues for audiences to decipher, but
fans may have started reading too much into things.
Over this week.
A tic-tac-toe game has gone viral on the Squared
Circle subreddit as it uses a white rabbit theme
with many fans thinking it's the latest clue.
Well, WWE has been using viral marketing for this storyline.
fighiteful reports that this game and WWE's White Rabbit have
nothing to do with each other and that the game didn't come from
wwe Wyatt is the heavy favorite to be the white Rabbit with all
other guesses being unlikely, such as Karrion Kross, who was called
the White Rabbit in Lucha Underground, or Malachi Black whose
WWE theme was in a recent source code of a white rabbit video.
This white rabbit tic tac toe game isn't connected to WWE's white
rabbit, but that didn't stop fans from trying to put the clues
together, showing just how popular this latest mystery has been.
WWE hasn't directly expressed the white rabbit
mystery on tv, but this was a topic of discussion
during the latest episode of the bump on the show.
Matt Camp recapped what we've seen so far and speculated
that this could indeed be marking a return to wwe.
I thought I had a handle on this.
Did any of you have a handle on who this is?
Is it a, who?
Is it a, what is it?
A group.
I've watched the shows just like everyone else has over the
last couple of months, and a lot of names we haven't seen
in quite a while have popped back on Monday Night Raw or on
SmackDown or nxt, whether the white rabbit is indeed Wyatt.
Only time can tell, but fans will no doubt keep
picking apart clues to try and find the answer.
During last week, SmackDown Drew McIntyre was
battling a serious case of food poisoning, which
was so bad that he had to have an IV line backstage.
McIntyre fought through the pain to appear on SmackDown
what was pulled from the weekend's live events,
But the Scottish Warrior is feeling better now.
PW Insider reports that McIntyre has been factored into
wwe'S creative plans for tomorrow night's SmackDown, and is
expected to be back on the road at live events this weekend.
Not only did Drew work through food poisoning on
last week's show, he also had to improvise when
the planned fireball spot didn't go as planned.
So it's great to hear the former WWE champion is doing better.
When Buddy Matthews announced recently that he was taking a break,
many assumed that he was leaving AEW, but that wasn't the case.
Instead, Matthews is expected to take.
Instead, Matthews is expected to just take a
hiatus from the company before returning, which
has happened before for the Australian wrestler.
Matthews missed some AEW shows earlier this year, but as PW
Insider explains that wasn't due to an injury of any kind.
Instead, Matthews missed shows because he needed to sort out some
Visa paperwork and had to go back to his native Australia to do so.
There had been rumors around the time that Matthews
had even been suspended, but that wasn't the case.
Matthews has hinted though not outright, said that he is
staying with AEW, so we'll just have to see what's next.
For the former Cruiserweight champion 4 25 years,
Michael Cole has worked in WWE and has spent
almost all that time answering to Vince McMohan.
Up until recently, Cole would often get a weekly berating
over his headset by McMohan who would tell the former war
correspondent exactly how he wanted things to be said and done.
Not only would McMahon yell at Cole, but he also
once find the veteran commentator for just one
word, according to Ex wWE head writer Brian Goertz.
In his new book, There's just One Problem, True Tales from the former
One time seventh most powerful person in WWE Gewirtz for calls.
Cole, being fine for saying the word now.
We all have our personal verbal ticks announcer, Michael Cole used
to say, Now at the end of every sentence, Jeff Hardy into the ropes.
Now, Vince took it upon himself to find Cole every time he ended a
sentence with the word now, and sure enough, Cole stopped doing it.
Cole doesn't use the word now, now, or at least uses it
far less, but it goes to show the lengths McMohan would go
to to make sure his product was exactly how he liked it.
When Tyler Breeze was cut from WWE in June, 2021, it
marked the end of an 11 year career with the company.
Breeze had been a staple of FC W before
moving up to NXT and later the main roster.
But Prince Pretty is set to make a return.
During the latest episode of WWE the Bump, it was announced that
Tyler Breeze will be in studio for next week's episode of the show.
His first appearance since his release.
The former NXT Tag team Champion regularly appears on the Up up,
down down gaming channel alongside Xavier Woods and other WWE names.
It was just last week that Zero News reported that
Breeze could be making a full-time return as he's been
backstage a lot lately and is seen to be a Triple H guy.
So next week's the bump appearance could be the start of big things
for Prince Pretty, and we're ending today with mjf, who for years
has both infuriated and entertained fans with his character work.
M jfs Refusal to Break character has also earned him
the respect of people in the wrestling world, but he
set to take his skills outside the Squared Circle.
MJF recently appeared on KFC radio for an interview where
he said that he sees himself as an actor in the future,
saying there are definitely a lot of feelers out there.
I'll actually be heading out to La Los Angeles
literally after Dynamite for a lot of meetings.
There are definitely a lot of people interested in MJF.
The salt of the Earth went on to name drop.
John Cena Batista and the Rock as stars who have succeeded
in acting and said that it's pretty obvious that he has it.
MJF certainly has a lot of plans for the future as
he's teased staying in AEW and teased leaving for wwe.
But the three time dynamite diamond ring winners
future may rest outside of wrestling entirely.