Here's your Wrestling News for September 29th 2020 WWE Stars Are Fed Up With Sami Zayn? Why James Storm Didnt Join WWE? RVD Leaves Impact! WWE News! 2 00:00:04,671 --> 00:00:07,007 And your headlines for today include
RETRIBUTION Won’t Be Appearing On WWE Programming For Some Time! Reason Revealed!
Why WWE Cancelled RAW Underground This Week?
Fans Surprised WWE Yet Again During RAW!
Why WWE & 2K Are Going To Court Over Randy Orton Belongings
RVD & Katie Forbes Both Leave Impact Wrestling!
James Storm Agreed To Terms With WWE, But Why He Wasn’t Hired Revealed!
WWE officials Met Sami Zayn About his behavior! Sami Reacts!
Current WWE Wrestler Discloses About His Heart Condition!
Brutal Spot In Roman Reigns vs Jey Uso Match Wasn’t Vince McMahon’s Idea!
Alexa Bliss Takes A Dig At Her EX – Buddy Murphy And Quickly Deletes It And More!
We’re kicking off with Retribution news today, as after the group didn’t show up at Clash of Champions,
and won’t be seen for quite some time. According to Ryan Satin, the
members of the group recently came into contact with someone who pested sositive, and despite all five
Retribution members testing negative, they’ll now have to isolate for two weeks.
So far, the group have had just one match, facing the Hurt Business on last week’s RAW, and this isn’t the
first time an absence like this has happened, as Roman Reigns spent months away from action, despite
not testing positive. Whilst they weren’t at RAW, Retribution still made an impression,
as during the Hurt Business Vs. Ali, Crews and Ricochet match, the lights went out and Retribution’s logo
appeared all over the Thunderdome, shaking up the Hurt Business.
It’s unclear if Retribution will miss next week’s show, though they could still make their presence known,
but this is the last thing the group which has already had a ton of adversity needed.
In addition to Retribution, this week’s saw no RAW Underground, despite it usually airing during the 10PM hour.
According to Fightful, WWE didn’t film any pre-taped segments from the Underground this week,
reportedly because the company was short of names. With a recent outbreak in NXT,
the company is trying to use people as sparingly as possible, with many who stand around the RAW
Underground ring being from the Performance Center. As a result, the report said “the
segment was deemed unnecessary,” and time will tell whether RAW Underground is back next week.
Although there was no Retribution or RAW Underground, this week’s show did see a great cliffhanger by Randy
Orton, which has left fans divided. As the show opened, Drew McIntyre thanked the legends who assisted
him during Clash of Champions’ Ambulance Match, though the show ended with Orton donning some
vision goggles, before turning out the lights in a room with the legends, allowing him to decimate them.
It was silly to say the least, but really, no sillier than the Undertaker trying to marry Stephanie McMahon in a
black wedding, Stone Cold dressing as a doctor to attack Vince McMahon, or more recently, the WWE hiring
and paying the wages of a group hellbent on destroying WWE. Now, McIntyre has a reason to enter
Hell in a Cell against the Viper, and with two of WWE’s most impressive stars of 2020, that match should be
an incredible watch. Orton’s night-vision attack wasn’t the only controversial segment on RAW,
as during the show, a fan used their virtual seat to show the AEW logo.
To be fair, fans have shown far worse on the show, including a PPP Sally, as well as a man slicing a neck open
with a knife. Nevertheless, showing the AEW logo unsurprisingly didn’t sit right with
WWE, and odds are the fan was ejected from their virtual seat, and won’t be allowed in the Thunderdome
again. More Orton news next as the Viper has some cool tattoos, though the
artist who made them didn’t give permission to be used in games. The Hollywood reporter is noting
artist Catherine Alexander has been handed a partial judgement regarding a lawsuit about Orton’s ink, and that
this judgement was against WWE, 2K, Take-Two Interactive and others. This means a jury will decide whether
WWE using Alexander’s art in games is copyright infringerment, after this suit was originally filed in April 2018,
where she claimed that Orton’s tattoos are quote “easily recognized by his fans and members of the public.”
In March 2018, Alexander registered trademarks for each design on Orton, and is also claiming that when she
contacted WWE regarding material in Orton’s tattoos in 2009, WWE offered her $450 for the designs.
US District Court Judge Staci Yandle spoke of this case, saying it’s unclear whether Orton and Alexander
discussed others copying the tattoo designs she owns the trademarks for, which is why this is going to trial.
Orton himself has said he didn’t know he needed permission to display his ink, as he thought they were a
statement of his own expression. It’ll be interesting to see which way this case goes, and if the result goes
in Alexander’s favour, this could set a precedent for countless other wrestlers with ink.
Impact Wrestling news now, and two people fans won’t be seeing on the show anymore is Rob Van Dam and
Katie Forbes. This has been confirmed by multiple sources, and this departure comes
shortly after WWE revealed he has some WWE projects in the pipeline. It’s reported that RVD hadn’t been
under contract for some time, and was instead working on a series of short-term agreements, with his most
recent feud being against Sami Callihan. Given that RVD recently spoke about
not being too invested in Impact’s storylines, it’s not hard to see why he left, and whilst the door s open for a
return to the company if things line up, it’s possible that his new work with WWE could lead to an offer by Vince
McMahon. More from RAW next, and despite a WWE Draft happening next week,
Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke have already been drafted to the Red Brand.
With all due respect to Brooke, Rose has been one of the most developed female Superstars this year, thanks to
her romance with Otis and feud with Sonya Deville, whilst Brooke has never been featured as prominently.
It’s a real shame that Otis wasn’t brought to RAW too, as it seems their storyline has been dropped in favour
of Rose and Brooke entering the tag-team division. We’ll have to see what happens with
the new team, but after over four years on the main roster with little to no storylines, Brooke’s alignment with
the Golden Goddess has left fans confused. Back to Clash of Champions now,
and though the show saw many Superstars be used during the three hours, not everyone made the card.
One person who was particularly annoyed at this was Lana, who was brought to the Pay Per View but not
even used, according to her husband and AEW star Miro. Despite the WWE losing their
Women’s tag team title match and Nikki Cross, Lana wasn’t used as a replacement, and by proxy, neither
was her tag team partner Natalya Though Lana and Natalya have been teaming for a few months now,
the Women’s tag titles continue to allude the duo, and with WWE trying to avoid unnecessary people
backstage to lower possible positive cases, hopefully this’ll be the last time Lana is brought to an event, just not
to be used. Speaking of our WWE Women’s tag team champions, we’ve got an update
on Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax, as the postponed title match with the Riott Squad is still on.
Kayla Braxton confirmed that though the champs aren’t cleared to compete, they will defend their titles against the
Riott Squad when they’re back, which angered Lana, who took to Twitter about her she and Natalya can’t get
a title opportunity, but the champs are allowed to not show up. It looks like last Sunday’s title match
is still on, so fans shouldn’t expect the champions to be stripped of the gold, or be out of action for too long.
It’s obvious that 2020 hasn’t gone how anyone wanted, and few people know that better than James Storm.
Speaking to Ryan Satin, the Cowboy revealed that he was contacted about going to RAW at the request of Paul
Heyman, which led to the NWA letting him out of his contract early for him to go, and that he signed a deal with
WWE. Of course, his return didn’t happen, thanks to the ongoing global situation,
though it’s interesting that Storm and Eli Drake remain the NWA Tag Champions.
Time will tell whether Storm makes it back to WWE, after a brief stint in NXT in 2015, but with Storm saying
he hopes he can speak to WWE again, and Robert Roode returning to RAW, a Beer-Money reunion could be a
possibility. One person people can see on WWE TV is Sami Zayn, who’s annoyed
many fans by becoming the Undisputed Intercontinental Champion, but he’s also got something of an
annoying reputation among WWE officials backstage. Speaking on the New Day’s Feel the
Power podcast Zayn spoke about how people often misinterpret him, saying:
“What I might perceive as fun loving, let’s have some fun chat on the bus might be perceived as annoying… On
the independents, it’s a very different mindset. We are all just buddies… When you come to WWE,
it’s different now, but it fostered a culture that the person sitting next to you was not your friend.”
Annoying or not, Zayn has clearly impressed those backstage enough to give him the win over AJ Styles
and Jeff Hardy at Clash of Champions, and we’re sure he’ll be annoying fans on TV by running his mouth for many
years to come. From one SmackDown star to another now, as Big E has a big heart, both
for the fans, and in real life. On Feel the Power, Big E spoke about how he has a wider heart wall, despite
losing weight and doing more cardio, adding: “I have a thicker heart wall because
I’ve been working out seriously since I was 12, but even before that, I was working out at 9 or 10. I was told it’s
not a massive worry, but something to keep an eye on.” Big E has been without his New Day
brothers for quite some time now, and big heart or not, it’s clear that the former tag champion plans on
continuing his impressive singles run. Now, Roman Reigns new character
is the most vicious fans have ever seen the Big Dog, and the Tribal Chief proved that at Clash of
Champions. During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that the ground
and pound style Reigns used against Jey Uso wasn’t Vince McMahon’s idea, as the WWE Chairman isn’t a
big fan of MMA. Instead, Meltzer chalked up this new fighting style to Paul Heyman’s
influence on the Universal Champion, and he’s not the only one to speak about the match.
On Twitter, The Rock spoke about the match between his relatives, saying he heard the two tore
the house down, and given that it was arguably the best match on Sunday from astorytelling-perspective,
we have to agree with the Brahma Bull. More from RAW, as the show also
saw Murphy’s storyline with Aalyah Mysterio continue, and it caught the attention of someone very special.
When secret text messages between the two were revealed on this week’s RAW, Murphy’s ex-fiancee Alexa Bliss
tweeted that she doesn’t blame Murphy, encouraging him to Shoot his shot.
Bliss probably wasn’t getting many positive responses because she quickly deleted the tweet, but added
that fans are treating her as the bad guy for one comment supporting her ex.
The Petite Powerhouse added that though she doesn’t know Aalyah, she’s just trying to be supportive of Murphy,
and she’s happy he’s getting the success on RAW he’s worked for. This storyline has been building ever
since Aalyah showed Murphy sympathy when he was attacked by Seth Rollins, and with the former
Cruiserweight Champion apologising to her on last week’s show, it looks like the divide between Aalyah and
the rest of her family is only going to get bigger.
More from Clash of Champions, as Angel Garza not only failed to win the RAW Tag Team titles with Andrade,
but reportedly suffered some kind of leg injury. This may explain why the match
against the Street Profits ended abruptly, despite Andrade kicking out at two, and according to Dave Meltzer
on Wrestling Observer Radio, it’s possible that Garza has a torn quad. Meltzer added that there’s been more
recent talks that it might be a lesser injury to his hip, and whilst this still isn’t good news, it’s better than a
a quad-tear, which could take between 6-12 months to come back from.
With that in mind, Meltzer added that the Street Profits were booked to win the match anyway, though
how the match ended obviously wasn’t what was planned from the start.
Nobody was happy about how the RAW Tag Team title match ended, with Angelo Dawkins being
noticeably angry during the show, and we’ll keep viewers updated as more information on Garza’s condition is
released. And we’re ending with the Clash of Champions absences, as the show
didn’t see the Women’s Tag Team titles defended, or Nikki Cross compete for the SmackDown Women’s
Championships. It’s believed that this is related to the ongoing situation, though
according to Dave Meltzer, neither Cross, Nia Jax or Shayna Baszler have pested sositive.
On Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer explained the situation saying that at least one of the three was in contact
with someone who has pested sositive. He added: “They were in contact so they were
not allowed on the show— I don’t know how all of their health is, but at least two of the three are not
unhealthy as we speak. Hopefully, they do not get unhealthy.” WWE has been very secretive in
terms of their own testing, and with the usual protocol for exposure being a 14-day isolation period, hopefully
everyone can come back to WWE TV, when the time is right.