Here's more wrestling for may 11th 2022
And your headlines for Afternoon include
WWE Has Various Options For Hell In A Cell Matches
WWE Trying New Strategy To Keep Viewers During NBA Playoff Game
Drew McIntyre Teases Stadium Show Match Against Roman Reigns
AEW Stars To Appear On Netflix Series Soon
Triple H Saved WWE Wrestler From Getting Fired
Dustin Rhodes On Cody’s Return To Monday Night Raw: “Money Is Money, And Dad Would Always Say, ‘Take The Money.'”
WWE’s Current Plan For Tag Team Title Unification Match
Cedric Alexander Is Trying To Get The Hurt Business Back Together
Booker T Says Finn Balor Is A Great Worker But His Promos Don’t Feel Believable
WWE's Potential Plans Might Help Bring Major Increase In Revenue! And More!
We’re kicking off with WWE Hell in a Cell, which will be the p romotion’s next Premium Live Event, but no matches have been confirmed for the show at this time.
Of course, the match will see the titular Hell in a Cell matches, and on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer said how WWE is keeping their options open for the barbaric structure.
Speaking about possible options for the Cell match, Meltzer said that Cody Rhodes Vs. Seth Rollins makes sense, given that they’ ve had two singles matches already, and with Roman
Reigns not expected to compete, its arguably the biggest feud happening right now. Meltzer also suggested a tag-team hell in a Cell match pitting
Edge and Damian Priest against AJ Styles and Finn Balor, which would lead to some interesting spots of Rhea Ripley trying to interfere.
With so much attention being shown to Money in the Bank, it seems like Hell in a Cell is the next filler event on the road to the July 2nd Stadium show, and with
Hell in a Cell less than a month away, time will tell who ends up inside the Cell.
During this week’s Raw, WWE made a heavy push to remind viewers that the U.S title match between Theory and Cody Rhodes was starting at a specific time, in a rare act by the company.
Typically, fans aren’t informed about match orders in advance, but there was a method to the company’s madness this past Monday.
On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer and Bryan Alverez discussed how the NBA Playoffs are slicing into WWE’s viewership, as well as the entire wrestling industry, leading
WWE to make it clear to fans when they should tune in. WWE made it abundantly clear to fans that the match would be starting at 10pm, which is
around the same time as the NBA game between the Golden State Warriors and the Memphis Grizzlies, hoping that fans would pick to see Cody’s first title match since returning to WWE
Given that the ratings usually fall off after 10:15, WWE wanted to do all they could to limit how steep the drop in viewers would be, as the NBA Playoffs continue to dominate TV.
Now, Drew McIntyre is a two-time former WWE Champion, but it’s now been over 15 months since he last held the gold. It’s been reported that WWE does have plans for McIntyre
to challenge Roman Reigns, but is waiting for a stadium show to start their feud properly, and thar’s exactly what McIntyre is counting on. Speaking
Speaking to CBS Sports recently, Drew opened up about WWE reportedly holding off on their match, and said that it will only build more anticipation for the inevitable clash.
Whether this match happens at Money in the Bank, Summerslam or Clash at the Castle, a match between the two is coming, and Drew remains confident that he’ll be the one to topple the Tribal Chief.
We’ve got news from Netflix next, as AEW’s Best Friends will soon be appearing on the streaming giant. On witter, Orange Cassidy confirmed that he, Chuck Taylor
and Kris Statlander will be on season 2 of the obstacle course show ‘Floor is Lava,’ where contestants must pass through a room without touching the ground.
There’s no word yet on why Trent Beretta didn’t film the episode with Cassidy, Taylor and Statlander, but it could be that this was filmed during his injury last winter,
and we’ll have to see how the trio of AEW stars go when Season 2 premieres on June 3rd.
In June 2021, Alexander Wolfe’s contract with WWE NXT expired, and he was not signed to a new deal.
A member of Sanity and Imperium during his time with the company, Wolfe was mostly a background player to more prominently featured talent like Eric Young and GUNTHER,
but he did catch the attention of Triple H.
Speaking to the Two Man Power Trip podcast this week, Wolfe spoke about the decision to split up Sanity, saying it was the Game’s attempt to ‘save’ them:
''They split us up because Triple H, he kind of like saved us,” Tischer said. “He thought before we sit there in catering and turn too sour and lose our entire passion
for that [wrestling], he wanted to split us up and give us something else to do.” While Sanity were split to allow them to grow creatively,
only Nikki Cross has gone on to have an impressive run on the main roster, but had Triple H not interfered, then Wolfe and
the rest of Sanity could’ve lost their passion for wrestling
When Cody Rhodes left AEW in February, he shocked the world as fans had believed he would stick with the promotion for the rest of his career.
Cody himself had said as much, which made his WWE return all the more surprising, but Dustin Rhodes isn’t too broken up about his brother’s departure.
Speaking on The Sessions with Renee Paquette, Dustin discussed Cody returning to WWE, and the promo on the post- WrestleMania Raw where he vowed to become World Champion:
“I knew Dad always wanted us to be happy. He would have his suggestions and things like that and try to lead us in the right way. But ultimately, these are our decisions.
Money is money, and Dad would always say, ‘Take the money.'”
While AEW was a huge project for Cody, wrestling is a business, and WWE clearly offered Cody a better deal than what AEW was willing to provide.
A husband and father, Cody has made what he believes is the best decision for his family, and nobody especially not his brother, is going to resent him for that.
In WWE, plans are always subject to change, and they often do just that, including the company’s recent booking of the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Titles.
It was only a few weeks ago that WWE had announced a match to unify the titles, despite reportedly never having any plans to actually unify the gold currently held by RK-Bro
and The Usos.
Instead, what fans saw was a six-man-tag at WrestleMania Backlash, but on this week’s Raw, RK-Bro made it clear that they still plan on unifying the titles.
This is some bizarre back and forth booking, and as Meltzer made clear on his radio show, it seems WWE still hasn’t got a solid plan:
“So, this is what I was told on this. They are going to do the match, but as of right now, and I was also told this can change, but, they are not planning on actually unifying the titles. But
they are planning on doing the match. I don’t know if that means a run-in DQ or what.”
It seems WWE wants to have the drama of a title unification match but without actually having to unify the belts, and only time will tell whether WWE gets it cake and eats it too.
Last year, shortly before WrestleMania 37, WWE decided to split up the Hurt Business, to the delight of absolutely no-one.
Fans were angered by the decision, and even the Hurt Business themselves campaigned backstage for it not to happen, and despite a brief reunion late last year, the group are seemingly
done for good. That being said, Cedric Alexander isn’t quite ready to move on, as when a fan tweeted that
they regret never getting to see the Hurt Business in front of a live crowd, Alxander replied saying he’s been trying to get the group back together
Alexander’s quest may be noble, but given that Bobby Lashley is feuding with MVP’s new client Omos, it seems to be fruitless, as WWE have shown no sign of re-reuniting the popular stable
of former Champions
And we’re ending with Ted DiBiase, who is known as the Million Dollar Man, but now the WWE Hall of Famer and his family could soon be losing those millions.
In early 2020, Brett DiBiase, Ted’s son was arrested in Mississippi as part of an embezzlement scheme, and now the entire DiBiase family is getting involved.
In a report from the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Ted, Brett, and Ted DiBiase Jr. are all named in a lawsuit by the state against a total 38 people.
It’s alleged that Ted Jr. was paid with designated funds to provide training to human services employees for the Mississippi Community Education Center, but “made no
substantial effort” to do so.
It’s also claimed that Ted Jr. convinced then-director of the DHS to give $1.7 million in public money to Ted DiBiase Sr.’s church, called the Heart of David Ministries.
The Million Dollar Man’s non profit organisation received over $2.1 million in total, allegedly by fraudulent memes.
As for Brett, he pled guilty to charges related to the scandal in December 2020, after being paid $48,000 by the DHS.
Between what the state is seeking from the three men and their companies, the DiBiases could end up paying $7,462,191 if found guilty, and we’ll keep following this
case as more details come out.