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Here is your news for June 30th 2020 MAJOR Announcement By WWE! Becky Lynch Returning! Two Released WWE Stars Signed By Impact Wresting! Wrestling News! 3 00:00:03,133 --> 00:00:05,433 Your headlines for today include:
Reports Of Luke Gallows And Karl Anderson Joining Impact Wrestling Are Finally True!
Becky Lynch Returns To TV!
How Vince McMahon Made Million During This Unprecedented Times?
Injury Update On Charlotte Flair!
Why Tessa Blanchard Can’t speak the Truth?
Rusev Revealed His Post WWE Name
Major Announcement From WWE NXT UK And More!
We’re kicking off today with news from Impact Wrestling for a change, as the
company has reportedly picked up the Best Tag Team in the World.
According to Gary Cassidy of Sportskeeda, a deal has been done to bring Karl
Anderson and Luke Gallows to Impact, and after their WWE non-compete clause
ends on July 15th, they’ll reportedly be debuting at Slammiversary or shortly after.
Impact has been teasing that several WWE talents who were released on April 15th
will debut at Slammiversary, and the report noted that the supposed deal with the
former RAW Tag Team Champions will allow them to make appearances For New Japan as well.
It’s also been reported that the duo will be hosting a Talk ‘N Shop A-Mania event
on August 1st, but details about it remain scarce, and Cassidy reports that the
event, which is named after their podcast, will just be a one off.
In addition to the former OC members, former Impact World Champion was
recently teased on the show, as well as the return of Aces and Eights, the
infamous faction that Luke Gallows himself was once a member of.
With reports of Gallows and Anderson filming content for Impact Plus, it clearly
sounds like they’ve signed, and fans will have to wait until Slammiversary to know for sure.
Over to WWE now and Becky Lynch hasn’t been on TV since announcing her
pregnancy, but that’s all about to change.
On July 1st, The Man is set to appear on CBS’ Game On, where she’ll join Team
Gronk against Team Venus, in a series of challenges.
The show will see the two teams face off in some bizarre games, including what’s
being described as Human darts, attempt to break a world record for popping
balloons, and even take on a sumo wrestler.
As this episode was seemingly filmed before the current situation, Lynch was still
the RAW Women’s Champion at the time.
At this time, it’s unclear when exactly Lynch will return to the ring, but at least
fans can tune in to watch Game On! tomorrow, to see the former RAW Women’s
Champion in action.
Now with major names like Becky Lynch and Roman Reigns out of the ring, as well
as the ongoing global situation, you’d think that things would be pretty rough for
Vince McMahon right now.
However, it seems the opposite is true, as in a middleton press article about
Connecticut billionaires who have done well recently, the Chairman of the Board’s
net worth has grown considerably.
From March to June, McMahon’s net worth has grown from $1.8 billion to $1.977
billion, a growth of $177 million, or 9.8%.
It should also be noted that the ongoing global situation hasn’t been the only
thorn in Vince’s side, as he’s also had to deal with the XFL folding, as well as a
wrongful termination lawsuit by former XFL commissioner Oliver Luck.
In the ring, a lack of main stars like Reigns, Lynch and Kevin Owens has hurt
McMahon, and even before the current situation, the company was struggling to
pull in the crowds.
From one absent star to another now, as this week’s RAW gave fans an update on
the storyline injury of Charlotte Flair.
After reportedly suffering a collarbone fracture last week, Tom Phillips confirmed
on this week’s edition of Monday Night RAW that Flair has a left collarbone
fracture, which in storyline is being blamed on Nia Jax.
Flair is set to undergo surgery, if she hasn’t already, and though initial reports said
she’d be out for several months, the Queen shot down those rumours.
According to Flair herself, she’ll only be gone for a couple of weeks, and is
expected back in time for Summerslam, where it’s been rumoured she and Nia Jax
will be challenging for the RAW Women’s Championship, though that match, has
yet to be confirmed.
Back to Impact now and after the company recently released their World
Champion Tessa Blanchard, and more details have come out about her departure.
Like many stars, Blanchard has a non-compete clause as part of her release, which
doesn’t do her much good as she’s not leaving Mexico right now, as she doesn’t
want to risk being unable to return before her wedding.
Fightful reports that Impact also added a non-disparagement clause to her deal
though, meaning the first female Impact World Champion can’t publicly trash the
company either.
Their report also added that this non-disparagement clause is similar to what is
used in the NWA, and no expiration date has been announced, so whilst
Blanchard, who many are considering the hottest free agent, is free to go where
she wants, don’t expect a shoot interview from her anytime soon.
Now, at Extreme Rules: The Horror Show, Dolph Ziggler will challenge WWE
Champion Drew McIntyre, which was a surprise to many fans who believed he
was still in a feud with Otis.
Whilst speaking to Sports Illustrated the Show Off said he didn’t request the move
to RAW, but accepted that his run with Mr Money in the Bank was finished. He added:
I really liked working with Otis, Mandy and Sonya. If this were the old days and we
were going five days a week and doing live events, we would have had even more
chemistry and a really special thing. In this day and age, where it’s just a TV show
in a closed studio, as young superstars, they came along very quickly.
Given the history Ziggler has with McIntyre, including the pair being former RAW
Tag Team Champions together, the pair have been able to pick things up quickly
following Dolph’s move to RAW, and we’ll have to wait and see what happens
with Otis and the Money in the Bank contract.
One person who won’t be appearing on RAW or Smack Down anytime soon is
Rusev, as following his April 15th release from WWE, the former US Champion has
also had to leave his name behind.
Now, the former Bulgarian Brute, a nickname that Rusev himself said he’d never
use again, has announced that he’ll now be going by Miro, a nickname based on
his real first name Miroslav.
On Twitter, the former Superstar changed his name to Miro, and also used the
name during a recent video where his wife Lana introduced the world to their new puppy Pickles.
Time will tell just where Miro will end up next, but given his popularity, we don’t
think it’ll be long before Miro Day begins, after his non-compete clause comes to an end.
We’re heading across the pond to NXT UK now, as something big will be
happening with the black and gold brand today.
After the brand hasn’t run a show since early March, the Wrestling Observer has
reported that a mandatory conference call will happen today for the NXT UK roster.
The last time we heard of a company-wide call, it was due to the releases and
furloughs, and whilst it wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect the same thing, a
couple of sources have said that isn’t the reason behind today’s call.
TalkSport’s Alex McCarthy has said that WWE aren’t in a position to close in the
UK, even if they wanted to, and added that that’s something the company doesn’t
want to do anyway.
Hopefully, we’ll get some answers about what WWE has in store for the Black and
gold brand, as the ongoing situation has been difficult for NXT UK to say the least.
One person who has been affected in a major way by the ongoing situation is
Roman Reigns, as fans haven’t seen the Big Dog since he chose not to work
WrestleMania 36 due to the ongoing global situation.
Whilst the Big Dog has had plenty of valid reasons for not appearing, there are
plenty of people who want to see Reigns back, and while speaking to The Hindu
website, Roman explained why that’s easier said than done. He said:
I can’t trust that everybody is taking it as seriously and locking themselves down at
home like I am. I trust my life with my co-workers every time I step foot in the ring,
but I just can’t put the same trust when it has my children, my wife and my family involved.
The former Universal Champion added that he doesn’t want people to think that
he’s taking a stand against WWE, as he’s been a part of the company ever since he
was a child, and loves wrestling for them.
As a former Universal Champion, three-time WWE Champion, Grand Slam winner
and Royal Rumble winner, Reigns has already accomplished a Hall of Fame worthy
career already, but the Big Dog is hungry to do more before he hangs up his boots for good.
Reigns has also made it clear that he can’t wait to return, but he’s obviously not
going to do so whilst his family could be at risk, and hopefully it won’t be too long
before things are back to normal, and that the Big Dog is back in the ring.
Now, we’ve spoken about NXT UK a lot lately, as the company hasn’t hosted
shows in quite some time, and has been rocked of claims of abhorrent behaviour
were made at several Superstars.
Whilst it seems that the show’s future is in jeopardy, it looks like that isn’t the
case, as now it appears that the show will go on.
According to Sportskeeda’s Gary Cassidy, there are now plans for NXT UK to start
taping empty arena shows, ideally within the next two months.
Due to the current situation, the last time NXT UK fans saw new content from the
show was back in early April, and since then, the show has been filled with airing
classic matches and highlights of the NXT UK Superstars themselves.
As we’ve previously reported, there are plenty of issues with NXT UK at the
moment, as El Ligero and Travis Banks were both recent released following claims
of wrong doing, and they’re not the only NXT UK Superstars to face these claims.
With reports that the show is really profitable asides from it’s TakeOver events,
NXT UK may not be around for long, but for now, it seems the company is close to
bringing the black and gold brand back.
And finally today we’re ending with news from the Dirtiest Player in the Game Ric
Flair, as the 16-time World Heavyweight Champion has seemingly done it all, but
not according to The Man himself.
Though many consider the Nature Boy to be on Wrestling’s Mount Rushmore,
Flair was recently asked by Wrestling Inc what he considers to be his greatest
WrestleMania match, and spoke some hard truths, saying:
No, I don’t think I had a good Mania match. Nothing that Ric Flair could deliver on.
I think I could have been really good with Randy [Savage] but he was so preoccupied.
Flair went on to explain that during his WrestleMania 8 WWF Title match with the
Macho Man, Savage and Miss Elizabeth’s marriage was in turmoil, leading to
Randy being upset, and according to Flair, the match underperforming.
Saying that his retirement match against Shawn Michaels is his favourite
WrestleMania match, the Nature Boy added that his own lack of self-confidence
haunted him after the bell, as it just goes to show that even the greatest of all
time can not enjoy their own work.