Here's more wrestling news for August 1st, 2022.
And we're starting this afternoon with liv Morgan, as she
might be on top of the world as the SmackDown women's champion.
But she had a very rough upbringing that made her the strong woman.
She is today at money in the bank.
Morgan cashed in her briefcase to defeat Ronda Rousey
for the SmackDown women's championship this weekend.
She, once again, defeated Rousey to retain the.
Before summer slam live.
Morgan sat down with Ariel Helwani of BT
sport to discuss a wide variety of subjects.
When she asked if she was still close to her
family, Morgan revealed that she wasn't close to
all of them due to how her life was growing up.
She added that she still, however,
has a good relationship with her mom.
Not all of them.
Some I haven't spoken to in years, but
most of my family lives in Florida.
Now I'm really close with three.
I have a good relationship with my mother, but yeah, I take
care of them, I guess, growing up and being in my environment, I
understood really soon, like this isn't what I want in my life.
It was just very violent and chaotic,
not a conducive environment to grow.
So I kind of knew like I'm going to save my family.
So when I saw WWE for the first time I
fell in love and I was like, this is it.
I'm not some hero, but I just always
knew that's what I was going to do.
That was my purpose.
It was like, I'm going to save my family.
I'm going to break this cycle of drugs, abuse
and police at my house almost every single night.
Morgan defended her title against Ronda Rousey at summer slam.
But unfortunately the match turned out to be a very short affair.
Many fans believed the match was going to be a long one.
However, in reality, the match lasted four minutes and 35 seconds.
It also ended in controversy as Rousey
applied the armbar and made Morgan tap out.
But Morgan pinned Rousey's shoulders down.
As the referee counted to three, Ryan Alvarez took to Twitter
and gave a possible reason for the match being so short.
He claimed that it was due to Logan
Paul in the MIZ being a longer match.
Rhonda Rousey also turned heal during the match.
This was a short, yet impactful story
on the summer slam stage, for sure.
We will have to wait and see whether Rousey will
get another shot at liv Morgan's title or not.
Before she made her main roster move in 2014, Paige, the anti
diva found success in NXT by winning the brand's women's title.
Her success was the result of her training with dusty, Rhodes, Dr.
Tom Pritchard and bill DeMott.
However, it looks like she doesn't carry fond memories of the former
WCW talent during her panel at star cast five, Paige recalled her
time with her former coaches, although she had nothing but praise
towards dusty and Pritchard, the same can't be said for DeMott.
Dr.
Tom Prichard was awesome.
And then all that changed when bill DeMott came, Dr.
Tom was like, if you can do it safely, you can do.
Absolutely.
He gave us a chance down there.
Then bill DeMott came in and you need to wear color, shut the fuck up.
I don't need to do shit for you.
All right.
He was just constantly like, you need to wear
color and you need to be more like a diva.
I'm just like, that's not why I'm signed.
I'm signed because of the way I look right.
Saria continued to talk about the issues she encountered with DeMott.
She shared that she was instructed to look like Summer Rae.
However, she clarified that she has no hard feelings towards.
I remember one day he was like, we are all going to be at raw today.
So everybody makes sure you dress accordingly.
Paige dress like a diva.
So I bought this blue dress, just looked
awful on me, but I feel like a diva.
I feel like a diva today.
So I put this blue dress on and he was constantly like, you
need to be more like Summer Rae, this is what a diva is.
This is what they want.
And I was just like, all right.
As much as I love summer, she just wasn't me.
Page went on to become the inaugural NXT women's
champion and even captured the divas championship twice.
She won her first divas title on her first appearance on
the main roster against AJ Lee and left WWE on July 7th.
After 12 years with company.
Meanwhile, the former WWE trainer resigned in
2015 after allegations of misconduct against.
Cesaro was certainly one of the most gifted WWE superstars
in the company with many, considering him very underrated.
However, WWE never saw much potential in him in the end.
Cesaro also addressed Vince McMahon's past remarks
about him in WWE this Swiss Superman finally left
WWEarlier this year after his contract expired.
And he did not renew his contract with the company.
Quite a few people were shocked by this as.
In 2014, Vince McMohan appeared on Steve Austin's podcast
and stated that he believes Cesaro lacked charisma.
While speaking to Chris Van Vliet at star cast, Claudio Castagnoli
made it clear that he believes Vince McMahon was wrong about him.
He said, I thought he was wrong.
I feel charisma comes in different forms, shapes
sizes, not everybody has that over the top.
Ultimate warrior, shaking the ropes,
crazy yelling, screaming type of charisma.
Not that I'm sitting here telling you how awesome my
charisma is, but I felt I had a connection with the
fans in the United States and all over the world.
While other people are known for long promos
that are translated in many languages.
And doesn't always come aKross my stuff was about
the In Ring work and people can connect with that.
It may take a bit longer, but I did connect
with a lot of fans and they were behind me.
I don't know if that's not what he was looking for, but in
the end it brought me here and you guys are here to see me.
Claudio Castagnoli is the current Roh world champion and
is truly happy working inAEW now we'll have to see how
he will be booked as the champion in the coming weeks.
Ever since his release from WWEarlier this year, the road dog's
relationship withAEW who he competed against for years as a
writer producer for the NXT brand has been complicated at times.
He has been incredibly critical of theAEW product.
At other times, he's made it known that he'd like to work
for the promotion with former tag team partner andAEW star
Billy Gunn, even attempting to help him gain employment.
So it shouldn't come as any surprise that road dog
was similarly conflicted yet again, when talking about
his potential to go toAEW during an appearance on
busted open radio Thursday morning, I'm not retired.
I'm unemployed.
That's what I keep saying.
I see things on Tony Khan's TV show that appall me.
I could help with that.
I've been begging him for a job on every platform I can.
And I want to know why he won't hire me.
That's the next big news.
Road dog also, isn't dismissing the idea of returning to WWE though.
He'd prefer the NXT brand due to some of his experiences
working as a writer producer on the main roster.
I would love to go back to NXT.
I don't think I wanna go to the main roster.
I would love to go somewhere where I have something to offer.
What I have to offer is making the television show.
Sweet.
I got a couple of ideas about wrestling.
I feel like WWE has that.
They have everything I have to.
I don't know if they'd hire me back.
Of course, I'd love to go back to NXT.
It's really cool.
Down there.
Shawn Michaels, and a couple of writers I worked with on SmackDown.
I got a great rapport with those guys.
I don't know if I'm ready to do the old
windsor knot and fit back into the suits.
I bought road Dogg, with all his experience will be a
great asset wherever he goes, but only time will tell
what's in store for the former WWE tag team champion.
Vince McMohan made headlines last month after he secretly
paid 3 million as a settlement to a departing employee,
McMohan was under investigation as a result of this and
it ultimately led to him retiring to save his reputation.
Brian Danielson also still loves McMohan, no matter what
it was discovered that McMohan also paid $12 million in
hush money to quite a few women over the last 20 years.
This was what truly drew the ire of many,
ultimately leading to McMahon's downfall.
While speaking during a recent star cast live stream, Brian
Danielson refused to address Vince McMahon's allegations directly.
Instead, Danielson stated that he still loves the former
chairman of WWE so one first thing I should say is no comment.
Second thing I should say about stuff in just
Vince general is maybe it's more about love.
If you love somebody it's that people make
mistakes and you love them regardless.
Guys, what do you think about Brian's
comments sound off in the comments below?
Theory had a remarkable year in WWE as he experienced a brilliant
WrestleMania 38 moment with Steve Austin won the United States
title and then went on to win the money in the bank ladder match.
Now he is Mr.
Money in the bank and still has that briefcase in
tow Austin theory worked hard to establish himself
as one of the young and rising talent in all of WWE.
He also had humble beginnings, thanks
to Johnny Gargano stable the way in NXT.
Then he finally made his way to the main roster and
received the push of a lifetime through his success.
He has also invited plenty of doubters, those who don't think
he deserved his spot at such a young age, while speaking with
the ringer wrestling show, Austin theory addressed his critics.
As he hit back at his haters, who claim
he has not earned his push in WWE.
I think a lot of those people, the people that do know the story
and the people that don't, when you think about it, anytime somebody
is really young, it seems like, oh, they've been given this.
But think about, I started working out at
12 because at eight years old, I saw WWE.
My mom was sneaking me in the gym.
I had to be 13 to go to the gym, but I was sneaking in at 12
because I saw a video of John Morrison, draining abs and triple H.
It was a WWE workout video.
I just wanted to start preparing myself
for that because that's all I wanted to do.
I played sports before I figured out what WWE was.
And if you think about that, I quit playing sports at around eight.
I just worked out and was like, I don't wanna get injured.
I don't wanna rely on a team.
That's just my mindset for me.
That was my mentality.
I'm gonna do whatever it takes to get here as fast as I can.
Once they gave me that debut, I was like, this is mine.
It's a long story.
But I think why people say that is because the age is young.
Austin theory was unable to defeat Bobby Lashley for
the United States championship at WWE summer slam, and
then never got a chance to cash in his money in the bank
briefcase before Brock Lesnar destroyed him with an F5.
We'll have to see what's next in store for him,
but it seems he has a good head on his shoulders.
And we're ending today with some breaking news
about killer Kross killer Kross was one of the top
superstars in NXT as he became a two time NXT champion.
His main roster run was simply a disaster for
many fans and left a bad taste in their mouths,
Krossed debuted with a new mask on the main roster.
After he lost the NXT championship.
Since his first day on the main roster he was without his wife,
Scarlet, this was already a huge cause of concern for fans, but
Kross also revealed who came up with the idea of his mask in the
end, both Kross and his wife Scarlet were let go by the company.
In a latest update, Kross hopes to return to WWE one day Kross
took to his Instagram stories and shared a post where a fan
hoped he would return to WWE one day signifying his intentions.
Music is loud.
Music is angry.
Cardio is going strong.
Here's hoping that Karrion Kross someday
makes a return to WWE killer Kross.
His email also blew up with offers after his WWE release.
It remains to be seen whether he will make his return to WWE.
Now that triple H is in charge.
Of course, his fans are hoping to hear his music again soon and see
his amazing entrance on WWE's big stage with Scarlet by his side.
Next time.