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Paige Breaks Down And BECOMES HIGHLY Emotional During Twitch Stream; She Can’t Deal With WWE
Anymore!
WWE Changed Up Matt Riddle’s Name ; Real Reason Revealed!
Vince McMahon Wanted Reckoning To Have ‘Seizure’ On WWE RAW!
WWE Wrestler Is Upset Over Being Pulled From Event & Goes Straight To Triple H!
Netflix Is Making Vince McMahon Documentary Series; Interesting Details Revealed!
WWE NXT Halloween Havoc Ends AEW Dynamite’s Viewership Winning Streak!
Person Behind The Recent COVID Outbreak In WWE Is Revealed!
Thunder Rosa Fooled Everyone; Her Current Contract Situation Is Finally Revealed!
Ronda Rousey RAW Arrest Angle Is Listed As “Real” On Trump Celebrity Supporter Recruitment List!
Jake Hager Still Undefeated In MMA After Bellator 250 Win!
Miro Says AEW Absolutely Doesn’t Need Brock Lesnar And More!
We’re kicking off today with concerning news from Paige, as the former Divas Champion broke down
during a recent Twitch stream. During the video, Paige read something from her phone,
possibly from WWE, which caused her to ger very emotional after that.
After texting someone, Paige came back to address the situation, saying that she can’t deal with the company
anymore, and spoke about how much Twitch means for the retired 28-year old. She added:
“They don’t realize that this community isn’t just about decking subs. It isn’t about that. We built a wonderful
community, a wonderful decking family where this is an escape for a lot of people, including myself… I had to
have something that fulfilled even a small part of that huge decking void that I lost with wrestling.”
Paige addressed how maybe she’d r eact differently, if she was an active Superstars, saying:
“I understand if they’re like, ‘Hey, if you’re wrestling every day, if you’re doing shows every day, if you’re on
TV constantly,’ that’s fine. But I’m a decking injured wrestler, I can’t wrestle anymore. I get used for media stuff,
sometimes, you know? But at the end of the day, I’m in my f**king house. I’m going f**king crazy, dude. I need
something to keep me sane, man. And Twitch was my escape from that.”
The inaugural NXT Women’s Champion also spoke about the difficult years she’s faced, in addition
to her injuries and retirement, which made Twitch all the more important to her.
“I had a tape leaked about me, where I popped a couple of drug tests because I was in an abusive decking
relationship, dude. And that’s the only thing I could decking do. See, people think I should be thankful that I still
have a decking job, right? And I am, but it doesn’t mean I should be treated like decking sit.”
Paige went on to stream for a few more hours, saying that she’s going to see how it goes, and several
Superstars have removed themselves from Twitch and Cameo thanks to WWE’s new edict.
The former Divas Champion also recently tweeted about educating herself on unions not too long ago,
and whilst we’ll have to see if this amounts to anything, it’s clear that she’s not happy in WWE at the
moment.
Back to the ring, and Matt Riddle has become the latest victim of the dreaded WWE name change.
Much like Big E Langston, Elias Samson and Antonio Cesaro, WWE have changed the Original Bros’s
name to just ‘Riddle,’ and his entry on WWE.com has been changed to reflect this.
Though WWE’s mentality is a one- word name is easier to market, this doesn’t guarantee he’ll get a push,
as it’s been previously reported that McMahon was only giving him what he thought he could handle.
With that said, the Chairman reportedly loved Riddle’s match with Sheamus this week, according to
Fightful, who noted that the Boss has pitched a more serious character presentation, an idea Riddle
was supportive of. He may not be Matt anymore, but things could be looking up for Riddle,
and with rumours of a more serious character, his name may not be the only change for the former NXT Tag
Team Champion.
Retribution now, as they faced the Hurt Business on RAW, but one spot got a lot of attention from someone
not in the match. During the match, Reckoning mimicked a seizure, apparently on
orders from Vince McMahon himself, and this act was something she was called out for and how to explain.
Fightful select are reporting that Reckoning, among other people spoke up, saying the fake seizure
wasn’t in good taste, and the spot was changed around to being a so-called possession.
Whilst Vince McMahon liked how the spot went down, he didn’t enjoy how Reckoning was referred to as
Mia Yim during the spot, and though WWE tried to pass it off as a possession, many fans will still upset
about how close it was to a seizure.
NXT news now, as Xia Li was recently meant to have a kickboxing fight, but the way WWE found out about it,
wasn’t from her. According to Fightful Select, the company didn’t learn about the fight
until an interview with the event’s promoter which we previously covered, and WWE opted to pull her
from the show. Whilst almost everyone understood why WWE pulled her, Li didn’t and
was upset at WWE, believing that they weren’t giving her respect. This alleged lack of respect seemingly
extends to the ring, as Several people have said that Li has gron frustrated from not being used much on NXT TV
after years with the company, and she talked to Triple H about her concerns.
It’s uncertain how the conversation went, but Triple H “appreciated the initiative,” and Li was also “adamant”
she could “hold her own” if given an opportunity in NXT. It’s just as likely WWE will punish her
for doing this as they will reward her for trying to prove herself, and we’ll have to see if there’s any major
changes for Li’s career from here.
Now, WWE may have their own award winning Network which boasts countless hours of content, but for a
personality as big as Vince McMahon, we need a bigger platform for the chairman of the board.
During WWE’s third quarter investors’ call, WWE President & Chief Revenue Officer Nick Khan mentioned that
that Netflix is making a docuseries about McMahon, which is in the early stages.
Bill Simmons, the creator of ESPN’s 30 for 30 is attached as exexutive producer, and Simmons has
experience with wrestling, as he did Andre the Giant’s HBO doc.
Chris Smith is on as producer, and he’s perhaps best known for his Fyre Fest doc, another successful Netflix
venture. With WWE and Netflix in this project, it’s no wonder why it’s reported that
McMahon’s docuseries will have one of the largest Netflix budgets of all time, though we wonder how the
money will be spent. We also realise that the docuseries could have quite a narrative,
as given that it’s a collab, it’s not likely that WWE will sign off on broadcasting the sketchier parts of
Vince’s past. With this docuseries, it’s no wonder why Vince was in a very good mood
during the investor’s call, and we’re certainly interested to see how it plays out.
Halloween Havoc news this week, as after fans waited years for the concept to be brought back, the numbers told
an impressive story. With 876,000 viewers to Dynamite’s 781,000, it was the gold brand that
got a rare win this week, though we’ll have to see how things are with next week’s go-home show for AEW
Full Gear.
Back to WWE next, and the company recently had another outbreak in the Capitol Wrestling Center, and now
we know how this started. According to Dave Meltzer who spoke on Wrestling Observer Radio,
it's believed that one of the coaches tested positive, which meant that everyone who was at the Center
on October 16th was asked to quarrantine. It's unclear if this changed any of the
booking from this week's Halloween Havoc, though it was also noted that Indi Hartwell was supposed to be
the one in the Ghostface costume during the Women's title match, but couldn't make it due to this latest
outbreak. Hopefully, WWE can avoid having any more outbreak and quarrantine
related issues, but as the number of positive cases continue to rise in America it’s going to get even more
difficult.
Now, we previously covered that Thunder Rosa has been teasing moving to a new promotion following
her NWA Women's Championship loss, but now Billy Corgan has cleared things up.
After losing the gold to Serena Deeb, Rosa teased moving to either AEW or WWE, but according to Corgan,
that won't be happening just yet. Speaking on an Instagram story, the Smashing Pumpkins star and NWA
owner said: "You have to love press and media reports that don’t contact the company
she is under contract to but instead listen to someone who has my email address... She’s under contract thru
2021 and there’s a reason for that." Corgan didn't specify when her current contract expires in 2021,
but with the new year still over two months away, fans won't be seeing her in AEW or WWE, at least not yet.
Ronda Rousey news next, as the former RAW Women’s Champion hasn’t appeared since her
WrestleMania 35 loss, but has kept pretty busy in regards to Politics.
Rousey has made it clear that she’s no fan of President Trump, which has drawn the ire of republicans,
but when a Trump campaign committee put her on a list of celebrities who could possibly appear
in a pro-Trump campaign video regarding the global situation, they couldn’t quite grasp the idea of
kayfabe. On the list, it notes that Rousey shouldn’t be in the video because
she was arrested at a WWE event in 2019, and whilst this technically did happen, anyone who’s seen the Hot
Rod’s arrest knows it wasn’t real, and was part of her feud with Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair.
Whilst Rousey wasn’t actually arrested, she did cut herself up pretty bad by destroying the cop car window,
and whilst she wasn’t charged for this, it’s clear some people in politics need a lesson on what’s real, and what isn’t.
Back to WWE’s new rule, as several Superstars have pulled themselves from platforms, as though they could
remain, it wouldn’t be beneficial for them at all. Whilst Big E once topped all
Superstars with Cameo requests, leading to some pretty epic videos, he is gone from the platform, whilst
Matt Riddle, Kevin Owens, Cesaro, Aleister Black and Zelina Vega are just some of the many names to also
deactivate their accounts. Some names such as Lacey Evans and Mandy Rose have stayed,
but we’ll have to see just how long they stay on video request website.
WWE’s new rule means that they take full ownership of all Twitch and Cameo accounts, including getting
all the profits, but they give a percentage of that money to the Superstar who earned it, and that
percentage also comes out of their downside-guarentee. At a time when touring isn’t an option,
the idea of working in your free time to earn some extra dough sounded like a great deal for Superstars,
and we’ll have to see if many, if any of these Superstars re-emerge on Cameo and Twitch.
AEW news next, as Jake Hager and the Inner Circle will have a lot to celebrate on next week’s Dynamite,
thanks to the Bellator fighter/wrestler. At Bellator 250, Hager went 3-0, defeating Brandon Calton, and though
the former World Heavywight Champion took some serious licks in the process, sporting a bloody smile
and swollen eye, we expect Hager to be in a great mood on Dynamite, just days before Full Gear.
Now, Brock Lesnar remains one of wrestling’s hottest free agents, and whilst he could theoretically show up
at Full Gear or AEW Dynamite, the company doesn’t need him. While speaking to Inside the Ropes,
Miro explained why fans won’t be seeing the eight-time World Champion on Wednesdays, saying:
“Brock is great, he’s an entity, right? He’s the show himself; he can be his own show himself. Would we benefit
from it? I absolutely think we would. Do we need him? Absolutely not.”
Lesnar’s situation with WWE likely won’t be made clear until we hear his theme on TV once again,
though we’re quietly confident he’ll be back in due time. WWE like to keep his deals very
close to the vest which is why nobody knew it expired at WrestleMania until six months had lapsed and the
company had to contractually removed his merchandise from their online store, but with Lesnar being one of WWE’s
highest paid stars in recent years, we expect the Beast to be back when fans are once again filling the arenas.
Back to WWE now, as the company has boasted some impressive figures for their third-quarter earnings of 2020.
With a 19% increase from the previous year, the company earned $221.6 million in quarter-three,
and there was also an increase in digital video views and eCommerce. Whilst WWE are making nothing from
ticket sales, the company is still going strong, which is more than can be said for a lot of businesses at the
moment.
Speaking of money, we previously covered that an indie wrestler called Justin snapped both his legs during
an entrance gone wrong, and now Chris Jericho and Nick Jackson are helping in a major way.
With a GoFundMe set up for Justin’s medical costs, Jericho donated $2000 to help cover the costs, whilst Nick
Jackson threw in $500, and it’s great to see wrestlers banding together to h elp out someone who’s suffered a lot.
Now, the LA Dodgers recently won the World Series, and that nice trophy isn’t the only awared the club has
coming. On social media, Triple H revealed a WWE Championship with Dodgers
side plates, that he’ll be sending to the Champions, and whilst the ongoing global situation may have
changed plans for the typical World Series winners parade, at least they’ll have plenty of gold to show off.
And we’re ending today with Survivor Series news, as the show will have a special focus on the Undertaker,
as well as an extra-long kickoff show. According to WWE.com, the kickoff wills tart at 5PM eastern,
which means it’ll be two-hours long before the Pay Per View begins at 7pm.
It wasn’t noted if this will mean there’ll be any additional matches put on the kick-off show due to this
two-hour window, but with the kick-off show now being the same length as an episode of NXT or SmackDown,
it’s likely they’ll be at least one match that’ll happen before Survivor Series gets underway.