Here's more wrestling news for September 30th, 2022, and we're
kicking off this afternoon with a hurricane, and we are not
talking about the wrestler, but rather Hurricane Ian, which has
been wreaking havoc across Florida and the neighboring states.
The storm has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, and hopefully
we've seen the worst of it, but WWE is worried about the bad weather.
According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, WWE is
very worried about tonight's SmackDown as they believe some
of the names scheduled to be on the show may not make it.
While tonight's SmackDown is in Winnipeg over 3000
miles away from Florida, Hurricane Ian is still a
problem as so many superstars reside in Florida.
We won't know for certain who is or isn't on
tonight's SmackDown until the show goes live.
But with high speed winds and rain battering Florida,
not everyone is expected to make the flight up north.
Drew McIntyre is one of the names expected to make
it to SmackDown this week and has spent the past
three years as the arguable top baby face of WWE.
McIntyre has faced some of WWE'S biggest heels since then.
Most recently, Roman reigns at Clash of the Castle, and
this week the former World Champion proved he's a good guy.
In and out of the ring on Twitter, the WWE community account shared
pictures of McIntyre with several of the patients from San Antonio's
Children's Hospital who were clearly excited to see the WWE Super.
McIntyre's appearance at the hospital is one
of several events involving the WWE roster.
Highlighting September as pediatric awareness Month with
the new day set to host a virtual meet and greet fundraiser.
Today, these funds will go to research and the
prevention of disease and children, and if nothing
else, McIntyre made the day of these young fans.
For many young fans, McIntyre is their favorite WWE superstar,
but the Scottish warrior may be ready to embrace his darker side.
Well, Drew has been a good guy for years.
He debuted in WWE is a heel and returned to the main roster in 2018.
Also as a heel, it now appears that Drew could be turning
heel once more as when speaking to NBC Sports Boston,
the former WWE champion showed an interest in a turn.
If I eventually turned bad, again, I wouldn't just be the big
angry man, the character of death, because if I can educate who I
really am, and I'll be a lot more interested the next time around.
Despite having a huge crowd advantage in cardif . Earlier
this month, McIntyre came up short against Roman Reigns
and is also expected to lose, to carry in cross and
extreme rules as strap match and these back to back losses
could be what pushed the current baby face over the edge.
More hurricane news now as well.
The storm has left Florida.
It caused major disruptions to this week's AEW dynamite.
Before the show, TonyKhanconfirmed that any wrestlers who had
struggled to make it did not have to make the trip to the tapings.
And that's exactly what happened for some of the roster.
According to Sean Ross sap, who reported on fighiteful Select Swerve
Strickland was supposed to do something on the show, but opted not
to travel to the taping in Philadelphia because of the poor weather.
It wasn't stated exactly what the plan was for Strickland, but
his tag team partner Keith Lee, appeared in the show in a segment
with the acclaimed one week after losing the world tag team
titles to cast in Bowens raining Ring of Honor television champion
Samoa Joe was also set to appear on dynamite, but he too opted
to not travel from his home in Florida due to Hurricane Ian.
Whatever TonyKhanhad planned for Joe & Strickland, it
wasn't meant to be on this week's AEW dynamite, but it
goes to show that safety should come before anything else
in wrestling, both in and outside of the Squared circle.
Now, part of the appeal of MJF is that he never shy's
away from bringing up harsh topics, and that was proven
once again during a recent interaction with William Regal.
Confronting the Blackpool Combat Club on last week's dynamite.
MJF asked William Regal or Willie, as he called
him, if he could teach him how to pop pills.
This is of course, in reference to Regal's troubled past
with substances, but on the Gentleman Villain podcast, Regal
explained why he couldn't care less, Do you think I care.
I call myself out a thousand times
over about what I've done with my life.
I've candid it.
When I was younger, I've proper gone out there and hammered
life and got up to all kinds of stuff that you would never get.
I had a blast and I was out, and then I did some dreadful, awful
things, but I'm through it and it's really 22 years out of date.
He needs to update his material, but I just play into it.
It's a part of me now, William Regal.
It's a part of me that I am this old rogue who has done this and that
whatever it is, it plays into this character that I just turned into.
Nowadays, you can't really do that.
There's much less room for error.
MJF has got something going.
He's figured out whatever it is, he's got something going.
While Regal was once a fully blown addict, those days
are over and have been for decades, but that won't stop.
MJF taking shots at the British legend in April.
Chris Jericho hit Eddie Kingston with a move fans had
never seen before from him, but it wasn't a wrestling.
During an episode of Dynamite, the former world
champion hit the Mad King with a fireball.
A shocking moment, but one that took a lot of work behind the scenes.
That episode of Dynamite was in Las Vegas, and during
the AEW Unrestricted podcast this week, Jericho said
he had to get the proper documentation for the segment.
We went to Vegas.
There was a problem.
I had to get my magician's license.
You need that to throw a fireball in the vicinity in Vegas.
Jericho needed the proper paperwork to prove that he could safely
do the stunt, and while he did get it, there was another issue.
The problem was the paperwork didn't come in
time, so we had to go outside the boundaries of
Vegas to throw the fireball at the stage hand.
After moving the segment to a parking lot outside
Vegas, the fireball went off without a hitch.
But if you need someone to shoot a ball of flames in Vegas and
have the proper permits to do so, then Chris Jericho is the man to.
Back to WWE . As this year's Extreme rules premium live
event will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Typically a hot wrestling crowd who aren't
afraid to make their opinions heard.
Billy is where the original ECW used to air.
So we know the fans can be allowed bunch, but that won't phase.
Rhonda Rousey Rousey is no stranger to mixed
crowd reactions and during a recent YouTube gaming
stream, so that she won't let the crowd get to.
The former smackdown women's champions at how sometimes
crowds are really stoked to see her, and sometimes
she's considered the anti-Christ of pro wrestling.
According to records, Rousey's one and Only Match in.
Phil saw her face Nya Jax in 2018 at an UN televised live event.
So there's no way to know what reaction she got with
Rousey going up against the popular live Morgan.
It could be that the X UFC fighter is on the receiving end of
some booze, but that won't phase the baddest woman on the planet.
More from the White rabbit now as fans have been trying to figure
out the mystery, but they may not be waiting for much longer.
The white rabbit teases began earlier this month
during a SmackDown commercial break, but we may know
who or what WWE are building to as soon as next week.
According to fightful Select WWE has at least at one point, had
plans to reveal the white rabbit at extreme rules on October 8th.
Though it is unclear if the person who this is
building towards will physically be at the show or not.
The most popular theory is that BrayWyatt is the white rabbit,
and his return would come over a year since his ww e release.
Whatever the white rabbit is, it has had fans hooked and we could
finally get our answer at WWE'S upcoming premium live event, and
we're ending as we started today with Hurricane News as well.
The storm has departed Florida.
Many have had their homes and lives devastated over the past few days.
Florida is home to many wrestlers, including Titus O’Neil,
who has once again gone the extra mile to help out.
Wrestling Ink reports that O'Neil and World Central
Kitchen are teaming up with various brands around Tampa
to distribute meals to those most in need in the area.
People in need could go to the Metropolitan Ministries, Pasco in
holiday, Florida, with the goal being to serve 15,000 hot meals and
10,000 cold meals to those who have been affected by hurricane IAN.
The hurricane has left over 2.3 million people without
power according to the Washington Post, with many
being unable to get food or warmth due to the storm.
Titus O’Neil is known for his big muscles and big heart and
has helped out in various philanthropic endeavors in the past.
And WWE'S Global Ambassador is once
again helping out those who need aid a.