Paige has finally announced the future of her career, so we’ll see what she had to
say.
We’ll also see the bad news for Cody Rhodes, why Seth Rollins changed his name, and much
more
Let’s start things off with Paige
WWE had first signed Paige when she was still a teenager because the writing was already
on the wall, she was gonna be a huge star and they all knew that
Paige went onto make history right from the start by becoming the first ever NXT women’s
champion and one of the overall youngest champions in WWE history
The pacing didn’t slow down at all for Paige, she debuted on the main roster on the Raw
right after Wrestlemania 30 in 2014
AJ Lee had just retained her title less than 24 hours before that edition of Raw and was
bragging about how no one can stop her and her historically long title reign
That’s when the 21-year-old Paige came out for a surprise debut and ended up defeating
AJ Lee for the divas title
It’s one of those all-time historic moments.
The moment was even recreated in Paige’s life movie, and is still remembered by every
fan that witnessed that all go down live
So she began her main roster career with a world title in her hand on the very first
night…
not that many men or women that can say the same
Paige would continue to take the WWE by storm until 2016 where she did start dealing with
some injuries and even some suspensions from WWE
But she made another unexpected return to lead a new faction with Mandy Rose and Sonya
Deville in 2017
Extremely unfortunately for Paige, she would suffer another career ending injury just a
few months after coming back from a career threatening injury
Paige was used as Smackdown G.M. and even as a manager for a little while following
the end of her in-ring career, but hasn’t been used on WWE television in any fashion
since a March 2020 edition of Smackdown
Paige did make it well known last year that her WWE contract would be up in the middle
of 2022 and how she didn’t know what the future held
Well fast forward a year later and it looks like WWE will not be renewing Paige’s contract
in any fashion
Paige took to social media to post her official goodbye message to WWE and to the name “Paige”
itself
“Paige” is of course WWE property, so she won’t be able to go by that name anymore
following her contract officially expiring
Paige noted that her last day under WWE contract will be July 7th
Paige gave thanks to WWE for taking a chance with her from such a young age
She thanked thanked them for all the opportunities and for even finding ways to keep her around
on television even after her injury
She mentioned how hard it will be letting go of the Paige name after so long as well
She stated that she’s not saying she’ll never be in the wrestling ring again.
She said those days are definitely coming wherever she may return at
So it is an emotional goodbye to see Paige and WWE go their separate ways, but Paige
didn’t end it on a sad note, she said her in-ring return days are coming no matter what
company it’ll be for
The rumors and fan speculation have been running wild all year about Paige’s clearance and
in-ring status
Some reports from early 2022 were giving off the impression that Paige was making serious
progress in regards to gaining clearance to compete again and not to be shocked to see
her return to WWE
Now obviously, that 2022 in-ring return from Paige never happened, so it’s easy to write
that report off as being bogus, but it’s also a possibility that maybe Paige does know
something about her ring status that no one else knows about, or is making serious progress
behind the scenes
One of the latest miracle returns for women’s wrestling was Nikki Bella
Nikki had this massive career ending neck injury, was told there was no shot of her
ever competing again and next thing you know, she was cleared to compete for the Royal Rumble
match
Again, everybody is different.
Just because Nikki Bella got cleared doesn’t mean Paige will get cleared, but it’s just
nice to see that other miracle returns have happened in the past, and it’s nice to stay
positive and optimistic
But that’s the latest for Paige.
WWE will let her walk freely and fans will be left to wonder about the next time we’ll
see Paige inside a wrestling ring and if she’ll be competing in it herself
So be on the lookout for Paige, who will officially hit the free agency market after July 7th
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A final injury update has been released by WWE regarding Cody Rhodes
There were rumors after Hell In A Cell that Cody would miss five to six months of action
with his injury
Cody came out to address the fans on Raw, but didn’t really give a time table for
his injury, so everything was just left up in the air
But WWE did finally provide their official injury update during Smackdown
WWE said that Cody Rhodes will be sidelined for at least 9 months
So everyone was pretty much hanging around the 6 month time table for Cody Rhodes’
return, but WWE said that the final number is 9 months
Which is devastating because everyone was already assuming that Cody would return at
next year’s Royal Rumble event
But if the 9 month time frame WWE is giving is true, that means that Cody isn’t coming
back into late March, deep into the Wrestlemania season
So it’s a realistic possibility that Cody Rhodes misses Wrestlemania 39 as well
It wasn’t the update everyone wanted to hear for Cody Rhodes, but maybe there’s
still a chance for Cody to return early
The average recovery time for an injury like this could be anywhere from 5 months to a
year, so each case is different depending on how the individual is recovering
So it’s all gonna come down to the time of recovery Cody is having and if it’s a
speedy one, but then again, you don’t wanna rush him back and have something else go wrong,
so you do have to play it pretty safe when it comes to a massive superstar like Cody
Rhodes
But that’s the latest on Cody Rhodes, hopefully he’s able to make a safe return before nine
months
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Seth Rollins changed his name this week and some fans were confused by it, so what’s
the story there?
Well a website was promoting one of WWE’s upcoming shows at their venue
They listed a handful of matches, but brutally got the spelling wrong for some of the names
of the superstars
They spelled Aus-ka’s name extremely wrong.
Then for Seth Rollins, who was supposed to labeled as “Seth Freakin’ Rollins” was
labeled on their site as “Seth Franklin Rollins”
It was a little funny typo that made rounds amongst the wrestling community and it looks
like it eventually made it to Seth Rollins himself
He took to his official Twitter and other platforms to change his official display name
to the typo name of “Seth Franklin Rollins”
So it was just Seth’s way of getting in on the fun
As far as Seth Rollins goes on Raw, he needs a new rival to feud with
Despite losing a majority of his matches in the last few feuds…
Seth’s stories, feuds, and character has been continuing to elevate each time
So with the Cody trilogy coming to an end and with the unfortunate Cody injury, Seth
Rollins is freed up and ready to start a new program
Seth’s attack did fully write Cody off, so maybe they’ll still face each other deep
into next year when Cody returns
But as of right now, Seth will need someone new to feud with
John Cena is on his way back in a few weeks, so that would be an interesting feud for Seth
over the summer
It’s been several years since Cena and Rollins last fully worked with each other, so it would
be interesting to see what mind games Seth brings up for Cena
Of course you had the incident a few years ago where Seth Rollins accidentally broke
John Cena’s nose…maybe that’s something that a heel Seth Rollins can rub in Cena’s
face all these years later, something like that
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