Here's more wrestling news for May 12th 2021
And your headlines for afternoon include
Is WWE Planning To Turn Sonya Deville Heel?
Keith Lee Makes New Cryptic Tweets Amid RAW Absence!
Braun Strowman Training For Bodybuilding Competition!
Future Storyline Of John Morrison And The Miz Is Revealed!
"She Slapped Me So Hard" - WWE Veteran Reveals How Miss Elizabeth Left Him With A Dislocated Jaw
WWE’s Current Booking Idea For Eva Marie Is Revealed!
Former WWE Star Thought Vince McMahon Firing Him Was A Storyline! And More!
We’re kicking off this video with WrestleMania- Backlash, as RAW Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley will put her title on the line against both
Asuka and Charlotte Flair. The history between all three women is well- documented, and fans won’t have forgotten
Flair’s recent suspension either, as she was indefinitely suspended and fined for attacking a referee.
The next week, Sonya Deville lifted that suspension, and this could be the start of a possible alliance between the Queen and
WWE’s latest authority figure. There’s been clear signs of an alliance between the two, and Deville turning heel
properly and helping Flair become RAW Women’s Champion could make for some interesting television.
Deville last wrestled in WWE at Summerslam 2020, and went on a long hiatus after that, and after months of acting as an on-screen
authority figure, an alliance with Charlotte Flair could be what brings the former MMA fighter back into the ring as a wrestler once again.
One person fans shouldn’t expect to see this Sunday is Keith Lee, who was pulled from the U.S Title picture in February, and he could
soon be moving to a whole different brand. During RAW, Lee fired off two cryptic tweets that have got fans talking, with the first saying
that today is a day that can and will define the future.
In a follow-up tweet, Lee shared a photo of himself next to the NXT TakeOver WarGames Cage, feuling speculation that he may be
heading back to the gold brand.
It’s now been 94 days since Lee’s last match in WWE, and time will tell when the Limitless One appears next, if at all.
Now, last week, AEW announced the return of their touring schedule, as the company is heading back on the road for the first time in
over a year this July. As for WWE, they have their own plan, and that won’t change, as a report from Wrestle Votes
has said that AEW’s three shows in July won’t make WWE rush their touring plans.
Whilst WWE likes to be number 1 for these types of things, the plan remains for the company to tour once more from August,
with Summerslam being the proposed start of their return to live fans. Of course, plans could change between now
and August, but for now, the light certainly seems to be getting brighter at the end of this year-long tunnel.
Braun Strowman news next, as the former Universal Champion already has an impressive physique, but he’s now going to chisel it even
more. Speaking to Muscle and Fitness, Strowman said that wrestling is built on big-men, though
he admitted they’re a dying breed, and added that he’s going to soon do something he’s always wanted to do. He said:
“I’m going to do a bodybuilding show. That’s always been something that I’ve wanted to do. I always joke around about doing a men’s
physique show. I think it would be hilarious seeing me on stage at 330 pounds where everyone else is probably 180 pounds
It’s no secret that Vince McMahon’s is a fan of big, chiselled guys, so this can only help Strowman’s career in WWE, and between
the Bodybuilding competition and this Sunday’s WWE Championship triple threat, the Monster Among Men has plenty on his plate.
More from WrestleMania-Backlash, as The Miz will face Damian Priest in a lumberjack match this Sunday, a stipulation we doubt the A-Lister
is thrilled about. Asides from John Morrison, The Miz is universally hated by the WWE locker-room
in kayfabe, and fans should remember that it was in a Lumberjack match in March that Miz lost the WWE Championship.
With only Morrison supporting Miz at ringside this Sunday, it’s likely that the former ECW Champion will be outnumbered, and if the Miz
does lose, he may take his frustrations out on his best friend. Turning Morrison face in the process, this
attack by Miz would mark the end of their alliance, and as amazing as the two have been together, it’s high-time WWE books Morrison as a singles star.
A feud between the two friends could be a great way for Morrison to re-establish himself as a face, and maybe, just maybe,
start his climb to the WWE Championship that alluded him during his first run in the company.
In the 90s, there were few wrestling personalities more beloved that Miss Elizabeth, as the first lady of the WWF personified class and dignity in
an era of muscled-up powerhouses. After leaving the WWF, Elizabeth joined her husband Randy Savage in WCW, where she
wasn’t afraid to get physical. That’s a lesson Vince Russo learned first hand, as during an interview with Sportskeeda, the
controversial writer discussed working with Miss Elizabeth, saying:
Liz was getting paid a lot of money to walk Lex [Luger] to the ring. So, I had to say, 'Liz, listen, we have got to get you more involved.' She did
not want to get more involved. And I was like, we gotta do more. I started to get her more involved and she hated me for it."
Russo discussed one particular moment between the two on-screen, where Elizabeth’s frustration with him boiled over, saying:
“Lex was wrestling, I come down to the ring and I scoop Liz up and I kidnap her and I'm taking her to the back while Lex is wrestling.
As a shoot, she slapped me so hard across the face, she dislocated my jaw. That's how hard she hit me. She did not like me. She dislocated
my jaw!” Miss Elizabeth was with WCW for four years between 1996 and 2000, where she managed
top names including Luger, Savage, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, but it was Russo who she left a lasting impression with, all over his
dislocated jaw.
Back to the present, and recently, the company brought back Eva Marie, after a four-year absence from the ring.
Claiming the bring the ‘Eva-lution’ many fans aren’t happy with WWE brining back the Total Divas star, especially so soon after
releasing much more beloved names like Mickie James and the IIconics. On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio,
Bryan Alverez and Dave Meltzer discussed the plans for Marie, with Alverez saying that the plan is for her to be a babyface motivational
speaker. Meltzer added:
“The idea is she’s a supermodel who’s worked hard to become a supermodel and somehow yeah the idea is she’s a celebrity who wants to
help other people. So she is a babyface, it’s weird.” Meltzer added that this character is similar to the Emmalution of Tenille Dashwood in 2017, which
was teased for months before being immediately dropped, and we’ll have to see how the self- proclaimed Super RoleModel does as a babyface
against a very hostile audience.
And we’re ending today with Jeff Jarrett, who left the WWE in 1999 under some pretty bad circumstances, as he reportedly held Vince McMahon
up for cash on his last night in the company. As the legend goes, Jarrett was no-longer under contract the night of No Mercy 1999, and charged
$300,000 that night to lose the Intercontinental title to Chyna. Though Jarrett has refuted this, the story does
seem legit, as Jarrett was black-listed from WWE until his shock return in 2018. This week, Jarrett spoke on his My-World
podcast about leaving the WWF for WCW, and his reaction to when Vince McMahon bought WCW from Ted Turner, and publicly
fired him on the final Nitro in March 2001:
“I thought and maybe carried that with me, ‘Vince is gonna shoot an angle with me.’ It’s all about money. When I heard that he went through all
this [buying WCW], who’d he pick out?... [I thought] ‘we’re doing an angle!’” That wasn’t the case, as Jarrett’s firing was
very real, and the former Intercontinental Champion would have to wait over 19 years to have any angle in WWE.