Here's more wrestling news for June 12th 2021
And your headlines for afternoon include
Tony Khan Takes A MAJOR DIG At Triple H’s Recent Comments!
Former ECW Champion & Current AEW Star Is Undergoing Facial Surgery!
WWE Wrestler Injured During a Post Match Dance!
Mandy Rose Reacts To Otis' New Look!
WWE Immediately Canceled Released WWE Wrestler’s Peacock Subscription After Release!
Triple H Fires Back At Idea That WWE Main Roster ‘Misuses’ NXT Call-Ups!
There Is A Strong Belief That Aleister Black Headed To AEW!
Demolition Ax’s Heart Has Bad Reaction To COVID Vaccine!
We’re starting this video with Triple H, who had a lot to say during a recent conference call to promote NXT TakeOver
In Your House, including some harsh words for the fans. The WWE COO said that fans often ruin
shows for themselves as they analyse everything, meaning it’s your fault the recent Shayna Baszler feud with a doll is
bad because you’re the one who expected better, not WWE’s fault for booking the feud in the first place.
The Game added that WWE has the best women’s roster in the world, but doesn’t need another all-female event,
saying it’s not a “must-have.” Several people were quick to call out Triple H’s comments about fans and a
women’s-only event, and on Busted Open Radio, AEW’s Tony Khan called the Game’s words “crazy,” explaining:
I think we already had, in my opinion, the best roster in wrestling. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that because
everyone is building their own roster and are going to have good feelings about the people they work with. I just
don’t think that there is anything wrong with saying you think you have the best show or company. Where people got
offended yesterday is how Triple H said, ‘ everyone wants to work here.'” People are confusing the two things.
If you want to say, ‘I think my show and product is the best,’ then there is nothing wrong with that. You should feel that
way. But, when you say ‘anyone of any value wants to work here,’ that’s just not true. It’s crazy. There are plenty of
people who work for AEW that have no interest in working there. Like, Britt Baker.” Triple H really pushed some buttons with
his comment that everyone who’s anyone wants to work with WWE, an idea that Tony Khan clearly rejects
We doubt the two will ever see eye-to-eye, but it’s also clear that Khan is paying close attention to those on his roster who have
no interest in jumping to WWE.
Over to AEW, as fans Taz is an incredibly important part of the roster, working as a commentator and leader of Team
Taz, but he’s now gone under the knife. Yesterday, Taz posted a video of himself before surgery, where he plugged AEW
Dynamite, which hasn’t done the numbers on Friday Nights Tony Khan was expecting. Briefly addressing his surgery, Taz said
he’s having a lump taken off his face, and it wouldn’t take long, adding he’d be out in time to watch Dynamite at 10pm.
Since joining AEW, Taz has made some great contributions to the company, with many more opportunities to come,
and he’ll now approach those opportunities without a lump on his face.
Back to WWE, and it’s no secret that the company will often switch someone’s name, to ensure they have legal
ownership of that name. That’s now the case for Matt Farelly, who worked as Matty Wahlberg before
signing with WWE, and who made his debut on 205 Live this week as Grayson Waller, defeating Sunil Singh.
The Australian Superstar, who signed back in April had an impressive showing, celebrating with pushups, a summersault
and a victory dance. Singh wasn’t so lucky, as after the show, he left fans know he dislocated
his right shoulder during the match, but said his pride, heart, passion and thinking of his son meant he didn’t quit.
Sunil will be back, but it might take him some time to recover, and hopefully the Bollywood Boy won’t be out for long,
especially as WWE is preparing to get back on the road.
On last night’s SmackDown, Otis continued his heel turn, with a brand-new clean-shaven look.
One person who saw this new look was Mandy Rose, and judging by her reaction on Twitter, she’s not a fan of Otis ditching
his beard. The pair were romantically linked last year before being sent to different brands,
so at least the Golden Goddess doesn’t need to see the clean-shaven Otis in person.
Earlier this year, Chelsea Green was cut from WWE, and it wasn’t just her job that she lost on April 15th 2021
That’s according to her fiancé Matt Cardona, who was released exactly one year before Green, who this week
explained a certain benefit that comes with being a WWE Superstar. Cardona explained that when he was
given a Network code that’d allow him to watch Pay Per Views for free, and it was only long-after his release that
WWE stopped sending him codes. Whilst Cardona couldn’t access shows with a Network code, his fiancé could,
but Cardona added that the day she was fired from the company, was the very same day WWE got rid of her account on
Peacock. As part of WWE, both Cardona and Green had a lot of matches and made
a lot of memories, but WWE clearly doesn’t want the couple to relive those moments now they’re out of the company.
With Green and many other Superstars cut from WWE’s main-roster, WWE is reportedly set to fill their spots with NXT
Call-ups, as the company recently sent scouts to the Performance Center to observe practice matches.
Though a main-roster call-up can be exciting, there’s no shortage of NXT talents who have struggled on the
main roster. During his now infamous conference call, Triple H was asked about if fans don’t enjoy
NXT as much anymore, because there’s a general consensus that NXT Superstars will be misused once they move to RAW
or SmackDown. The Game responded: “One way of looking at it is ‘misused’ and the other way is that things don’t always
pan out. There are players that play in the NFL, they play college football and people can’t wait for them to get to the NFL and
when they get to the NFL, it doesn’t work and doesn’t pan out. You can say a team misused them or mismanaged them or the
coach of the team they played for didn’t put them in the right role. It could be a million reasons. It can also be that
doesn’t fit in a particular place or talent got to a particular place and that was the end of their growth curve. Sometimes,
it doesn’t work. There are a lot of factors.” Triple H has seen more than a few of his NXT Creations appear on the main roster,
only to get chewed up and spit out, and whilst the WWE COO wants the best for everyone who leaves the gold brand for
either Team Red or Team Blue, not everyone can be winners
Tommy End knows all about mis-handled main-roster call-ups, as the former NXT Champion struggled on RAW and
SmackDown as Aleister Black, before his recent release. End was released by WWE mere weeks
after he returned to TV following a lengthy absence, but fans may not be waiting long to see him on Television again.
In the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reports that there’s a “strong belief” that the Dutch wrestler
will make his way to AEW, though there’s always a chance he could return to WWE. It was recently reported that many in WWE
feel his release was a mistake and premature, with many supporting the idea of him returning and End has been
highly positive on WWE and Vince McMahon despite his release. If Black does end up joining AEW, he’ll
have to wait until his 90-day non-compete clause expires to do so, and we’ll just have to wait and see where the gothic
wrestler goes next.
We’ve got some worrying news regarding legendary wrestler Demolition AX now, as he’s had a bad reaction to the vaccine
On Facebook, Lanny Poffo asked fans to pray for Ax, saying his heart has had a bad reaction, and we’re sending our very
best to Ax at this worrying time.
And we’re ending today with Ronda Rousey, as the former RAW Women’s Champion is going extreme.
Mike Johnson of PW Insider reports that Rousey was filming material recently at the old ECW Arena, and was joined by
Paul Heyman and D-Von Dudley. This is all part of an ESPN+ series that Rousey is working on, which’ll include
an episode on the extreme history of wrestling in Philadelphia. This isn’t the first time the three have
worked together, as D-Von has been a regular on Rousey’s YouTube channel, whilst Rousey, a self-professed Paul
Heyman girl, has appeared on D-Von’’s podcast. Rousey hasn’t been seen in WWE since
WrestleMania 35, and announced her p regnancy in April, and she’s certainly keeping busy outside of the ring.