Here's your News for August 28th 2020 WWE Still Didn't Book Payback Match Finishes! Bray Wyatt Takes A Dig At Wade Barrett! AEW! WWE News! 2 00:00:03,370 --> 00:00:05,605 And your headlines for today include
Karrion Kross Could Be Out Of Action For Much Longer Than First Thought!
Pat Mcafee And Michael Cole Had A Huge Backstage Blowout! Why Did This Major Altercation Took Place?
Famous WWE Wrestler Had Passed Away!
Wade Barrett Openly Insulted By The Current WWE Wrestler!
Yet Another WWE Released Is About To Join AEW!
Why Tony Khan Addressed Fans Before AEW Dynamite!
Big Breaking News As Bruce Prichard's Role Is Changed! What Does He Do Now?
A Great Deal of Confusion Backstage As WWE Didn’t Decide On Payback Match Finish Yet!
Booker T Finally Opens Up About His Feud With Triple H In 2003!
The Rock Strongly Reacts And More!
We're kicking off today with news Karrion Kross as his injury is worse than first expected.
On this week's show, Kross forfeited the NXT Title due to a separated shoulder, and though he said
he doesn't expect to miss much time, this was refuted by Dave Meltzer, who said on Wrestling Observer
Radio: He had his MRI on Monday, so it sounds like he’s going to need
surgery. It sounds like he’s going to be out for a while. If it was something that didn’t need surgery they would’t
strip him of the title because they love him as champion, he’s their chosen one. If it was like two months they
could work around it. They didn’t provide any time frame, but it doesn’t sound good.
Given that Kross won the NXT Championship so quickly after his debut, it’s clear that WWE has faith
in him, but for now, his and Scarlett's Doomsday has been put on hold.
Now, earlier this year, WWE Producer Jamie Noble pested opsitive, but he’s now all better and back at work.
Eagle-eyed fans spotted Noble during the Bray Wyatt’s and Braun Strowman’s ambulance angle prior
to Summerslam, and it’s he also created the Dominik Mysterio Vs. Seth Rollins match too.
Given how close he gets the producer gets to Superstars, there were fears about Noble nesting pesitive,
but it’s great news to see him have a clean bill of health, as have others confirmed they’d nested pesitive like
Renee Young, Kayla Braxton and Adam Pearce.
Now, Superstars aren’t allowed to disclose any test results to the public, and hopefully the reportedly
38 positive tests will be the last of them.
Over to NXT next, and Pat McAfee had an impressive showing against Adam Cole at TakeOver 30,
without any rehearsal time, and it looks like McAfee’s in-ring days aren’t over yet.
During After the Bell, McAfee implied that he’s gunning for a match against Triple H, and explained his reasoning,
saying: “Triple H pushed me pretty hard at that NXT arena, didn’t he? That first
push was like, ‘Okay. He’s trying to back me up.’ The second push was like, ‘excuse me, pal.’ We’ve had
conversations since then, obviously, to handle the business of the match and everything, but I’m thinking
but I’m thinking deep down inside there whenever he was pushing me, there was a little bit of a thought of,
‘if this guy falls down on his ess, I’m completely okay with it.’ I don’t know how to feel about that. I don’t know
how to feel about that.”
McAfee left things open-ended regarding the Triple H match happening, but with Pat’s impressive
Takeover match, we can’t rule out the former NFL punter locking horns with the Cerebral Assassin.
That wasn’t all McAfee had to say on the podcast though, as he also spoke about the WrestleMania incident with
Michael Cole, which saw the commentator chew him out for wearing shorts for last year’s
kickoff show. McAfee said that upon reflection, he understands that Cole was under a
lot of pressure, and he’d been informed not to wear shorts in advance, though explained
that he was technically wearing tuxedo shorts. He added:
“I look at him and think, who are you talking to? He was mad. He was not happy with me… They had to go
ask Vince if it was ok. I was told that Vince’s words were, I’m hip. He looks good.”
Clearly, McAfee’s relationship with WWE didn’t start off on the best foot, but it seems now all is forgiven,
especially after his incredible performance last Saturday.
We’ve got some sad news to report next, as Bullet Bob Armstrong has died aged 80.
Debuting in 1960, Armstrong competed all the way until last year, earning himself multiple titles,
and was inducted into the Hall-of- fame in 2011. The father of referee Scott
Armstrong and wrestlers Brad, Steve and Brian, the latter of which is better known as Road-Dogg, Bob opted to
not undergo treatment for the cancer in his ribs, shoulder and prostate, and we at Slat Rock would like to send
our deepest condolences to the Armstrongs at this sad time.
Over to NXT next, as Wade Barrett’s return has caught the attention of Bray Wyatt.
On Twitter, Wyatt asked if Barrett was here for a Nexus reunion, something that Darren Young
confirmed had been planned for WrestleMania. Fans who remember the Nexus will
know that Wyatt was in the group as Husky Harris, which is where Huskus the Pig Boy gets his name.
Now, Barrett has been moved to the roster section on WWE.com, and the photo used is him in his wrestling gear,
adding to the rumours of the British Superstar will wrestle again.
Since his Nexus days, Wyatt has become one of WWE’s biggest stars, and with a Barrett in-ring return likely,
it’s possible that the former Nexus allies could face off soon.
But what do you think, would you like to see Barrett wrestle again, and if so, who should he face? Leave your views
in the comments below.
One person fans won’t see in WWE is Aiden English, who was released in April, and has teased a move to AEW.
Going by his real-name Matt Rehwoldt, he recently tweeted a photo of himself and Brodie Lee, saying ‘I’ll just
leave this here’. This has led a lot to assume that English plans on moving to AEW soon,
and given the success of Lee, the reigning TNT Champion, as well as fellow-former Superstars like Jon
Moxley, it’s not hard to see why the Vaudevillian is considering joining AEW.
Speaking of Moxley, 2020 has been a big year for the AEW World Champion, and now he’s made
it official with Pro Wrestling Illustrated. On this year’s PWI 500 list, Moxley got the #1 position, as confirmed by
a cover of an upcoming issue, and given how he’s handled being AEW Champion and IWGP US Champion
during 2020, it’s not hard to see why.
The full list is yet to be released, but we know that Mox is number-one, and time will tell who joins him,
and where, on the PWI 500. Back to WWE now, and Dominik Mysterio impressed a lot of people
last Sunday, including Vince McMahon.
While speaking to TalkSport, Dominik described the reaction backstage after his debut match, saying:
“The reaction backstage was crazy. I got very emotional, hugged my mum, hugged my dad, hugged Jamie,
Seth – the whole deal. Everyone was very happy and clapping for me, so it was a surreal moment. I definitely
gave the bossman [Vince McMahon] a hug afterwards and thanked him for the opportunity. It was just a
crazy experience. From seeing other people and other wrestlers finish their matches and walk through gorilla and
hug Vince and stuff like that, having that be my turn to do it… I’m forever grateful.”
The next night, Dominik teamed with Rey in a tag-match that was cut-short by Retribution, though its’s clear that
Dominik’s career is off to a great start.
Over to AEW next, as the company brought back live fans this week, with proper social distancing
measures in place. Tony Khan has revealed that 500 ticket holding fans filled the Daily’s
Place, and spoke to them before the taping, to thank them for showing up, and expressed his gratitude.
Clearly, everyone was very excited to see live wrestling again, as fans have been waiting long enough,
and though Khan could never have planned for the current situation when he formed AEW, the company has
handled things very well. Back to WWE now, and though Bruce Prichard is running RAW
and SmackDown, it’s not the role some fans are thinking.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Prichard isn’t there to drive the creative team, but instead
oversees the team, implements ideas and executes Vince’s orders.
Prichard’s responsibilities include liaising with other departments such as merchandising, as well as dealing
with the Networks USA and FOX.
With that in mind, Kevin Dunn has been working closely with the Networks, and with new executive
Nick Khan expected to help out with the Networks as well, it’s an interesting time backstage in WWE.
We’re looking ahead to Payback, as though this Sunday’s show is coming together, the finishes are reportedly
not decided. Ringside News is reporting that “nothing is decided” for Payback,
including the Universal title triple threat match, which many fans expect will see Roman Reigns win
the gold after returning. A member of creative said that the finishes are ‘either undecided by
Vince or he’s keeping them to himself for the moment.’
Tonight’s SmackDown will be the last show WWE has before Payback, so they better make it count,
but if the blue show is like this week’s RAW, which saw Vince McMahon change a lot of things, than Payback
could be a very interesting night of wrestling.
We’ve got more Retribution news now, as Mia Yim was part of the group on RAW, according to Dave Meltzer
It’s possible that she could be called up to the main-roster for the group, following her loss on NXT to Shotzi
Blackheart, though it’s been noted that current Retribution members won’t necessarily be the ones
revealed. It’s also being reported that wrestlers from Afa Anoa’I’s WXW promotion
were used last Monday as extras AND Retribution members on RAW, such as Marina Tucker,
who was pictured in converses identical to a Retribution member.
Dominik Djakovic and Dio Maddin are also believed to have been part of Retribution’s attack on the Mysterios
this week, as it seems nobody can stop the anarchistic group.
We’re looking back at WrestleMania 1 9 now, which saw Triple H and Booker T have a very unorthodox
unorthodox feud. The story had heavy spacial undertone, and on his podcast,
Booker said that at the end of the day, he got paid, and when you get a check big enough, you don’t think
about the story, or the match that just happened.
Though fans still believe Booker should’ve won the title on that night, its clear that it doesn’t matter to
Booker 17-years-later, and it seems it didn’t matter much not long after the match had even happened.
From one world champion to another, as The Rock has commented on the spilling of Jardon laken, the latest black
man to be shot by solice in what many see as excessive force.
Span seven times in the back with his back turned in front of his children, laken is now paralysed from the
waist down, and the Rock announced the postponing of one of his projects on Twitter.
The Great One is just one of many to postpone events, as the NBA and NHL have also cancelled events,
and we can only hope that events like these stop sooner than later.
Now, this year, the WWE Hall of Fame didn’t happen as planned during WrestleMania week,
and didn’t happen during Summerslam week as previously rumoured.
Now, WrestleVotes has revealed WWE’s latest plans, as given that there’ll be no fans in attendance
until at least November, due to the agreement the company has with the Amway Center, the latest idea
is the 2020 class to be inducted as the 2021 class for WrestleMania 37.
There’s plenty of people who want to see names like Batista, JBL, the Bellas and others to be inducted
in front of fans, though this all hinges on fans being able to attend WWE events once again.
And we’re ending with a rundown of next week’s Dynamite, as Jon Moxley will face MJF’s Lawyer,