Here's your wrestling news for July 29th 2021
And your headlines for today include
Multiple CM Punk References On Tonight’s AEW Dynamite!
Cash Wheeler Suffers Bloody Injury During AEW Dynamite; Update On His Injury Revealed!
Big E Talks About His Feud With Malakai Black Ending Suddenly With Black’s WWE Release!
Natalya Breaks Silence After Suffering Possible Injury On WWE RAW!
Bray Wyatt Spotted In Incredible Shape
AEW Reveals New Fan Code Of Conduct Before Dynamite!
Florida Middle School Is Now Named After Current WWE Wrestler!
Angry Over A Match Result , Wrestling Fans Sends Death Threats To Wrestler’s Family!
Braun Strowman Teases A Big Announcement! and more!
We’re starting today with AEW as Tonight’s AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen featured a couple CM Punk references
throughout the show. During the show AEW announced that they were headed to the United Center in Chicago
on August 20 for AEW Rampage: First Dance and this announcement led to loud “CM Punk” chants from the crowd.
Darby Allin was the next to take Punk’s reference. He cut a backstage interview while standing next to Sting where he
practically called out Punk by Punk’s “Best in the World” catchphrase “I’ll be in Chicago,” Allin began. “You know,
I’ve been around a lot of men in this world that have laid claim to how they’re the greatest. There is only one place to really
prove that — right here, in AEW. Even, if you think you are the best in the world.”
Finally, after Chris Jericho defeated Nick Gage in a No Rules Match to pass MJF’s second stipulation, MJF quickly got on the
mic and said “Chris, as you sit there in more pain than you’ve ever been in your entire life,
I want you to listen to me,” MJF said right off the bat. This one was a bit more subtle, but Punk
said something very similar to John Cena in his 2011 pipebomb promo. “John Cena, while you lay there, hopefully
as uncomfortable as you can possibly be, I want you to listen to me,” Punk said to Cena. Not just verbal references, AEW talent also
pulled off one of Punk’s signature moves. In the opening match between The Elite and Hangman Page/Dark Order, Nick Jackson
executed a high knee in the corner into a bulldog.
All these references further proves that Punk is indeed ALL Elite!
More from AEW, as FTR finally took on Santana and Ortiz on this week’s Fight for The Fallen Dynamite, a match that had
been in the plans for months. After so much hype, it’s a shame that Cash Wheeler got seriously injured
the match, as he took a nasty bump the outside, hitting his arm on the metal ring post between the turnbuckles.
Wheeler was seen bleeding heavily from his head, and had to be tended to by ringside personnel, as well as AEW’s
AEW’s resident doctor. That left Dax Harwood to finish and even win the match by himself, before he too checked
in on Wheeler. PW Insider reports that Wheeler will be okay, and was fixed up in the back,
but there’s no word on whether he’ll miss any time in the ring.
With the plans AEW has for the next few months, the company needs as many stars as it can to be healthy, and we’re wishing
Cash a speedy recovery from what’s been called a “completely freak thing.”
Over to WWE, and for weeks, the company has promised that Summerslam 2021, will be as big as WrestleMania if not bigger
and now the August Pay-Per-View will have an after-party. Yesterday, WWE confirmed that actress
Tiffany Haddish will host the exclusive, invite-only event in Las Vegas, that’ll take place immediately after Summerslam.
The party will include Superstars, celebrities guests and influences, with WWE making a significant financial contribution to Haddish’s
She Ready Foundation’ which provides resources and aid for foster children.
There’s no word yet on where in Las Vegas the party will take place, but we’re confident it’ll be a star-studded event on August 21st.
One man who could be leaving Summerslam as a World Champion is Big E, but before he became Mr. Money-in-the-Bank, Big E was in
a promising-looking feud with Aleister Black on SmackDown. That feud came to an unexpected end
when Black was released in June and joined AEW in early July as Malakai Black. Speaking to Give Me Sport, Big E discussed
the feud that never was, saying that the release took him by surprise, He said: “I don’t know the plans. I had no idea.
Obviously we’d seen the vignettes for weeks and weeks, then he comes out at the end of the main event and kicks me in
face so I think ‘alright, it’s him and I. We’re going to run for a bit’. So I definitely was surprised by his release.”
I think he’s extremely talented, I think he has a ton to offer. I think people were excited to see us, you know because there’s such a
difference in the way that we carry ourselves, in our characters, in many ways polar opposites. I think it could have made
for a lot of fun.” “The Aleister thing was an opportunity to do something different, a nice break from that,
and it just ended up fizzling. Like I said, he’s very very good at what he does, and I wish him well.”
Whatever WWE had planned for Big E and Black, it’s a distant memory now, as both men have gone on to do better things in
different companies.
Over to RAW, as on this week’s show, Natalya wasn’t able to finish her tag-team match with Tamina against Eva Marie and Doudrop, after
suffering a leg injury whilst wrestling the Scottish Superstar. WWE hasn’t put out a statement on Natalya’s
condition yet, but fans saw her be helped to the back post-match, and now the Queen of Harts is breaking her silence on that scary spot.
Sharing an image of the moment she was injured, Natalya tweeted:
Thank you to everyone for the kind words about what happened on #WWERaw. There are the beatings you can plan for, and the
ones you can’t. That’s the job. But I’m willing to give whatever bones, muscles and tendons I have to continue doing what
love. Good thing I’m UNBREAKABLE.” Tamina and Natalya still won the match, albeit thanks to a distraction by Alexa Bliss and Lilly,
but we’ll have to wait and see what the diagnosis is for Natalya’s injury, and how much time she’ll need to take-off.
Speaking of time off, it’s been over 4 months since fans last saw Bray Wyatt on-screen, appearing on the post-WrestleMania 37 RAW,
but the former Universal Champion looks ready to return. Recently, the Twitter account ‘Fiending for
Folowers’ shared a photo of Bray posing with a fan, and he looks to be in great shape, and has been working-out hard during his
hiatus. Wyatt’s last match in WWE was a loss at WrestleMania to Randy Orton, a match and
feud fans expected the Eater of Worlds to win. There’s no word on when Wyatt will return,
but we do know he’s been deliberately kept off, and it’s not a punishment, and when he does eventually show up, fans can expect
much leaner Fiend than what we saw before.
More Summerslam news, as the show is expected to be the company’s biggest show of the year, but fans may have to wear mask
during the show. That’s according to the Reno Gazette Journal, who report that Nevada has issued a mask
mandate for Clark County, the home of Allegiant Stadium.
The report notes that everyone, whether vaccinated or not, must wear masks in public indoor spaces.
Technically, Allegiant Stadium can be classed as an outdoor event, but only if the roof isn’t attached, but after the weather
delays at WrestleMania, WWE may be hesitant to have this show go ahead without a roof.
It’s also been reported that AEW have been worried that mask-mandates may affect ticket sales, but it’s now WWE who are
having the problem. In Nevada, Clark County accounts for over 80% of positive tests, with only 39% of
positive tests, with only 39% of the people vaccinated, and hopefully this new order will fix that situation.
More from AEW, as it wasn’t long after the company got back in the road that a fan jumped the railing, trying to attack Chris Jericho
during the show. Actions like these are the last thing AEW want to happen, and they’ve now issued
a code of conduct to all fans in attendance. Cassidy Haynes of Bodyslam.net was at last night’s Fight for the Fallen event, and
before the show, the new code of conduct was shared on the screens. These rules outlawed disruptive
threatening or illegal actions, as well as foul or abusive language being hurled at other fans or staff in the arena
Obstructing the view of other fans is also off limits, as is standing in the asiles, and there’ll be no smoking, including e-cigarettes,
in an AEW venue. The abuse of drugs or alcohol is also off limits, and hopefully this’ll stop any foul
behaviour from the fans, as AEW clearly means business now they’re back on the road.
As a WWE Superstar, former Tag Champion and inaugural 24/7 Champion, Titus O’Neil knows about picking up huge accolades,
but this week, the WWE Hall of Famer added another huge accomplishment to his collection.
On Tuesday Night, the Hillsborough County School Board in Tampa, Florida unanimously decided to add O’Neil’s charitable works to
to a school, as the Thaddeus. M Bullard Academy is now part of Sligh Middle Magnet School.
The decision was made to reflect Titus’ contributions to the Hillsborough County Public School System, and in a
press-release issued by WWE, Titus called it the most respected honour he could ever receive.
Earlier this year, Titus was the 2020 recipient of the WWE’s Warrior Award in response to his philanthropic efforts, and we’d like to
to send our congratulations to the former Tag Team Champion on this latest huge achievement.
At GCW Homecoming Night 1, Matt Cardona shocked fans by becoming the new GCW Champion, a defeating Nick Gage in an
all-out war with the death-match veteran. The crowd were furious with the title change, and proceeded to pummel Cardona
with trash and beer cans as he celebrated in the ring, but there anger continued long after the show ended.
Speaking to Busted Open Radio, Cardona discussed his harrowing experience at GCW and how fans then targeted his fiancé
Chelsea Green. He said: “I’ll be honest, there was some fear. Like walking through that curtain? You can watch
the replay on FITE, like I can’t even get through the curtain. There are fans just in my face, and luckily GCW had some
security for me because I think someone would’ve took me out, or tried to. It’s impossible for me to get to the ring.
I finally get there and you could just feel the genuine hate, and not like ‘oh this is a bad guy we’re supposed to boo’, like hate.
And during the match, the atmosphere was exciting. People like, they just wanted me to die in there. I was getting
tweets like, people wanted me to die and they wanted Nick to kill Chelsea. These are human beings really typing this on their
phones or their computer, like ‘what the hell i s wrong with these people?’ Many fans didn’t believe Cardona would
actually become the new GCW Champion, and were shocked when he did, but that’s no excuse to send death threats to anyone,
never mind Cardona’s fiancé. Fans will just have to get used to the former WWE Superstar being GCW World Champion
and we’ll have to see how the controversial champ is booked from now on
And we’re ending today with Braun Strowman, who was released from WWE earlier this year, and is currently sitting out his 90-day
non-compete clause which’ll end on August 31st. Recently, Strowman teased that he had a lot
of choices to make as to where he’d go next, and it now looks like he’s made a decision. In his Instagram story, Braun said he can’t
wait to share what’s going on with him, and said that big moves are coming. As to what those big moves are, we don’t know,
but with reports that AEW and WWE are interested in him, the future looks bright for the former Universal Champion.