Here's more wrestling news for July 14th, 2022.
And we're kicking off this afternoon with WWE as it was just a few weeks ago that the WWE universe erupted when Brock Lesner made his
return to SmackDown, as nobody expected to see him back just yet.
Lesner emerged as the challenger for undisputed WWE universal champion, Roman reigns months after the two
faced off to unify the two world titles at WrestleMania.
That night, thanks to a slight assist by Paul Hayman.
It was rains who emerged victorious, but will lightning strike twice.
The two will face off at summer slam in a last man standing match.
And we present to you three potential endings.
The WWE are currently planning.
Number three, the unlikely ending given that the pair will compete in a last man standing match.
It may be difficult to say that the ending could be unlikely.
A last man standing match is pretty self-explanatory.
And while the match is no disqualification, we can't count out WWE doing something drastic to protect both men.
After all Seth Rollin's infamous 2019 Hell in a cell match against the fiend was also no DQ.
Yet the boat was stopped for Rollins being too violent against bray wyat's alter.
We can't rule out WWE doing something similar to ensure that neither man loses cleanly and possibly set up a rematch.
Despite promoting this as the last encounter between the longtime rivals, it would certainly be a surprise though.
Not one fans would be happy to see.
And for the sake of the crowd, the feud, the match, and for common sense itself, we hope WWE avoids using this ending.
Number two, an old nemesis comes back for the beast.
Prior to Brock Lesner's return.
The eyes of the WWE universe were on drew McIntyre who had openly challenged Roman reigns to a title match at clash at the castle.
It's been a year and a half since drew last held a world title.
So we imagine the Scottish warrior.
Wasn't thrilled to see Brock jump the queue and book his ticket for summer slam.
McIntyre has spent a year or so out of the world title picture.
And now on the cusp of finally challenging for the title.
Again, he's no doubt unhappy about Lesner fiving his way into another title match his first match
back since losing his previous championship match.
It had makes sense for McIntyre to interfere and put Lesner out of commission, ensuring a clear path
for himself to lock horns with reigns in Cardiff.
McIntyre has defeated Lester in the past, but is yet to beat the tribal chief one on one.
And it could be Drew's need to prove himself after a year out of the title hunt, that costs Lessner dearly.
Number one, the tribal chief's empire crumbles.
Perhaps the biggest shock that could come out of summer slam is Roman reigns losing the undisputed WWE universal championship.
Especially if this loss comes at the hands of his own relatives.
The bloodline has been instrumental in saving Roman Reigns championship countless times, but
the same cannot be said for the reverse scenario.
Sure.
Reigns teamed with his cousins at times, but more often than not, the USOs are left to fend for themselves.
Jimmy.
And Jay recently came extremely close to losing their undisputed tag titles to the street prophets.
And it was a referee botch, not Roman reigns that saved their skin.
Simply put reigns.
His work with the USOs is a one-sided relationship.
And we can't forget that rains feuded with both men attacking both of his cousins early into his tenure as the head of the table.
It's possible that summer slam 2022 will mark the end of the bloodline with the USOs refusing to help their leader
against Lesner a betrayal that would only be made sweeter.
If they super kicked reigns in the face for good measure, while the bloodline has been a great team, we can't
count out external factors bringing the group to an end.
With Jimmy USO's wife, Naomi, still serving a suspension.
We can't rule out WWE ending the group to put less focus on the USOs as a message to the former WWE women's tag team champions.
From there, the bloodline could feud amongst themselves with a handicap match at the following big event, one that
Reigns would win ending the USO's time in the main event.
Removing the USOs from TV would be harsh from WWE, but with how they've treated Naomi and the clear bad
blood still there, we can't say we'd be surprised.
Whatever happens summer slam 2022 will be a night to remember.
And WWE has some big decisions to make in what could very well be the last match in a seven year
rivalry between Brock Lesner and Roman reigns.
Over to AEW now as before last night's dynamite, the company filmed their dark elevation tapings
with a special name, making the card for the taping.
Former ring of honor, pure champion.
John Walters made his debut for AEW but came up short against Tony neses despite suffering a loss
Walters was said to have been very impressive.
So it may just be a matter of time before Tony khan offers a contract to the ROH alum.
Early on into the recent blood and guts match, Santana suffered an injury that kept him out for most of the
bout, around the same time, it was reported that he had been having issues with his tag partner Ortiz.
And we now have an update from one of their former partners in impact wrestling, speaking on his, keep it100 podcast.
Conan spoke about the two, man has worked with in the past and confirmed that Santana And Ortiz are not on good terms right now.
Santana has recently been teasing, leaving AEW tweeting things like soon and 126 days seemingly counting down the days until his contract
expires with no word on how long he'll be out with his injury.
Santana may have already wrestled his last match with AEW as Tony khan said, he expects him to
have a long rehabilitation process for Santana.
His future in the ring remains unclear, but whatever comes next, it doesn't look like he'll be working with Ortiz anytime soon.
At WCW Starrcade 1999, bill Goldberg delivered a stiff kick to the face of Bret Hart, which would forever change the life of the Hitman.
That kick would ultimately lead to the end of Brett's career.
And all these years later, the Hitman hasn't gotten over the whimper.
His legendary run ended on this week.
Goldberg spoke about the incident during an appearance on the Michael K show and told Peter Rosenberg
that it hurts him to see Brett hasn't forgiven him.
When an accident happens and you tell your side of the story and nobody believes it, especially the person negatively affected by it.
Yeah, it sucks.
I will take it to my grave because I am sure that he will never forgive me.
What else can I say?
I said I was sorry.
And that it was unintentional.
It was the furthest thing for my mind.
I don't know, a million times.
And of those a million times he's come back with yes.
Was intentional.
He's a punk.
He didn't know what he was doing and ruined my career.
While Brett's in ring career ended that night Goldberg would go on to join WWE, winning the world heavyweight championship, and
would later become a two time universal champion to this day.
Goldberg is still able to have matches something Brett simply cannot do, and the Hitman will likely remain resentful for years to come.
And we're ending today by looking back at 2019, WWE N X, T, and AEW dynamite began going head to head in a battle for
brand supremacy in a war that AEW won pretty much hands down.
The Wednesday night wars saw a lot of talented wrestlers do all they could to earn those precious extra viewers.
But despite having been popular for years NXTstruggled to get any sizable victories.
Killer cross was one of the superstars on the battlefield during the Wednesday night wars.
And while speaking to Steve fall of NBC sport, Boston, he explained that some in NXT were too focused on dynamite.
I do know that there are some people who focus way too much on what other people are being paid and their quarterlies
and what the demographics are and stuff like that.
At the end of the day, I hate to say it.
It's true though.
As a wrestler, you can only be accountable for so much.
So if you're going to concern yourself with details that are completely out of your
control, you're not going to enjoy this anymore.
Cross was certainly successful in NXT having two reigns as NXT champion before his disastrous main roster call up.
But as far as he's concerned, some superstars should have spent more time focusing on their own work and less on the competition.