Corey Graves just revealed Vince McMahon’s reaction the night of the walk out, so we’ll
see what he had to say.
We’ll also see what’s the latest with Roman Reigns, Elias’ big return, and more
Let’s start things off with Elias’ return to WWE
The Elias persona and character was last seen in WWE during early summer of 2021
After his final feud had wrapped up, there were these teasers that WWE aired of Elias’
name being on a tombstone with the years reading 2017 to 2021
It was quite obvious what WWE was implying with those teasers and everyone picked up
on it, it was clearly hinting at the end of Elias and possibly a big re-package for him
Months upon months went by and no new information or teasers about Elias’ re-package ever
came out, everything was silent
That’s when the Raw after Wrestlemania 38 took place and finally revealed their plans
of what they were doing with Elias
Elias’ new direction was having him get a haircut and fully shave his iconic beard
Elias was now referring to himself as Ezekiel, Elias’ younger brother
At first, everyone thought the character change was the biggest joke ever, but thanks to a
storyline with Kevin Owens losing his mind trying to prove to everyone that Elias is
Ezekiel… it has definitely turned into quite the entertaining story on Raw
And it got even more interesting this week when Ezekiel confirmed that his brother Elias
was making his big return next week on Raw
So this is bizarre because obviously Ezekiel is Elias, it’s not humanly possible for
him to play both roles at the same time or even grow out that beard in a single week
So everyone wants to know how are they gonna pull this off
Well with some TV magic and using different ideas, WWE can easily pull this off in any
direction they want
We’ve seen an example of one individual playing two characters at once most recently
with Bray Wyatt
There were a few instances there where Bray Wyatt was standing in the middle of the ring
while The Fiend appeared on the titan-tron, giving the illusion that it was two separate
people
So similar idea here for Elias and Ezekiel
Maybe they put a realistic looking fake beard on Elias for him to come out with and once
again take on that Elias character
Some fans speculate that maybe it’ll be a pre-recorded concert where the camera is
constantly cutting back and forth between Elias and Ezekiel both having a conversation
Some fans think that maybe Ezekiel will be present in the ring while he’s talking to
pre-recorded video of Elias
The big joke that everyone was talking about was how insane it would be if Elias and Ezekiel
do end up coming out with each other at the same time
A very popular fan theory that’s out there was for someone who shares a similar appearance
to Elias, like Damian Sandow for example, to come out there dressed as Elias to further
mess with Kevin Owens
So there’ll be an Elias concert next week on Raw, but there’s just so many ways that
WWE can take it in
A lot of people are talking about some of the possible endgames for this storyline and
even the back story behind it
Is Ezekiel truly an entire different person from Elias within the WWE universe?
We don’t technically have the answer to that question quite yet
There’s a realistic possibility that even within the story…
this is just Elias pretending to be someone else
And if that’s actually the story, what made him do that?
Was he not happy with his status as Elias and figured this would be his best shot at
getting a fresh start?
So if Ezekiel ever gets legitimately busted for being Elias within the storyline, it’ll
be interesting to just find out why he did all this for
But be on the lookout for Elias’ apparent return next week
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Sasha Banks and Naomi’s walkout shocked everyone a while back, fans and even WWE themselves
There’s been lots of rumors, reports, and speculation about what led up to the moment
and what happened after
Theres not real confirmed answers out there, but someone from WWE is telling their view
of what happened
Raw commentator, Corey Graves, recently revealed his backstage interaction with Vince McMahon
immediately following the edition of Raw where Sasha and Naomi walked out
Corey Graves had this to say when recalling what happened after the show, quote:
“There was a few weeks back and you’ll know what I’m alluding to where things changed
in a very drastic manner on Monday Night Raw, And I walked back through the curtain and
walked up to our fearless leader [Vince McMahon] and he had a grin on his face.
[I said] ‘Hey it’s live TV, nothing could go wrong, right?’
And he just laughed and shook my hand and went about his business.
And that’s it.”
End quote
So Corey Graves basically gave everyone the insight on how Vince McMahon was feeling that
night
Of course Vince McMahon and WWE had to be feeling a bit upset because they put Sasha
and Naomi on blast a few times during that week
but according to this story from Corey Graves, Vince McMahon was all grins, smiles, and laughs
following the situation with Sasha Banks and Naomi
What’s the latest on Sasha Banks and Naomi?
Well Naomi is slowly returning to social media
Naomi is posting some videos on Twitter that are indirectly meant to relate to the walkout
situation
The videos she’s posting talk about how someone’s happiness is the most important
thing, sort of giving off the impression that she’s referring to the WWE situation
As far as Sasha Banks goes, she recently appeared at an eye clinic to get a procedure done and
was going by her real name of Mercedes Varnado
The clinic took a lot of pictures and videos of Sasha Banks and fans were also quick to
notice that Sasha’s hair was back to her normal color of blonde and brown
Of course this was something we saw back in 2019.
Sasha changed her hair color, went on vacations, everyone thought she was done in WWE, but
shockingly came back
So we’re pretty much back to those 2019 days where Sasha has cut off all communication
with WWE and it’s unknown if she’ll be back or not
Of course this 2022 situation is much more serious than Sasha’s 2019 walkout / hiatus
Back then in 2019, Vince McMahon told sasha to take all the time she needs to get right
and refused to grant her the WWE release that she was requesting
This time in 2022, Sasha Banks walked out as an active champion and with big title programs
on the verge of being set up around her and Naomi
So it’s definitely more serious this time around, there’s been non stop reports about
this being turned into a legal issues now, so no one knows where this will go
You wanna stay positive and optimistic that Sasha and Naomi would return one day, but
just from the looks of everything so far…
they’re not returning any time soon, it just seems impossible
So the women’s division will have to roll on without them
You have Bayley coming back any week now, plus little teasers like Alexa Bliss and Liv
Morgan teaming up, so WWE is gonna have to make the most of out their women’s division
in the absence of these two major stars
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A new report recently came out from Wrestle-Votes explaining WWE’s decision to put both world
titles on Roman Reigns
They said that WWE’s intentions and original plans behind putting both titles on Roman
was so he can make regular appearances on both Raw and Smackdown
And everyone knows, that hasn’t been the case at all
Roman has made a few handful of appearances on Raw since wrestlemania, with none of those
appearances really have any significance
he’s even been on hiatus from Smackdown, and before the match with Riddle, he didn’t
defend the title since Wrestlemania
So it looks like the decision was made because they anticipated Roman being a regular superstar
for both Raw and Smackdown, but he happened to slip right into this lighter schedule right
after the title win, so that did hurt both brands for not having any world champion present
Roman also revealed that he’s been on a private island this entire time.
Roman isn’t expected to compete at Money In The Bank, so we’ll see how long he sticks
around for here in the coming weeks
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