Here's more wrestling news for October 6th 2021
And your headlines for Afternoon include
Rick Boogs Imagines Getting Squeezed By Mandy Rose’s Thighs, Rose Responds!
WWE Star Says He Was Behind The Recent Global Social Media Outage!
Bryan Danielson Marks Major Career Milestone!
WWE Has Big Plans For Austin Theory On Main Roster!
Former WWE Star Suffers Fall While Recovering From Recent Hospitalization!
Why WWE Wrestler Cried Backstage?
Dominik Mysterio Says The Endgame Is To Take Over His Father’s Name! And More!
We’re kicking off today with Mandy Rose, who considers herself the sexiest woman on Television, and that’s an opinion Rick Boogs
definitely agrees with. Boogs was watching NXT last night, and when Rose applied an abdominal stretch to Ember Moon,
fired off a very graphic tweet, saying: Mandy Rose squeezing you between her thighs must feel like a sloth decimating
your core with its death clutch grip…I’ve seen her squat in the gym…she’s got some POWAAA #WWENXT
Rose returned to NXT this year with a new intensity, and seems to be on route to an NXT Women’s title match, and we’re pretty
sure Rick Boogs will be watching closely when Rose inevitably faced Raquel Gonzalez.
If Boogs was watching anything other than Rose during NXT 2.0, he’ll have seen Tony D’Angelo, who made his in-ring debut this week.
In his first match, the mafia-connected amateur wrestler defeated Malik Blade, in what was also Blade’s NXT TV debut.
After weeks of teases, D’Angelo has arrived from WWE, and after impressing Cesaro, who said he likes the new Superstar in a tweet,
D’Angelo is looking to prove himself as an alleged ‘legitimate businessman,’ in NXT 2.0.
More from NXT, as next week, Isaiah Swerve Scott will mark his first title defence as NXT North American Champion.
Last night, it was confirmed that Scott will defend against Santos Escobar, over 100 days after winning the title in June from
Bronson Reed. With Hit Row drafted to SmackDown last week, it’ll be interesting to see how NXT books the
North American title, as a new champion may be crowned on next week’s show.
Earlier this week, there was a global social media outage, as users of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram all were unable to access their
profiles. This outage ended after approximately six hours, much to the relief of billions of users, and now
Mustafa Ali is taking credit for the outage. On Twitter, one of the few social media sites not affected, Ali claimed that he was
responsible for the outage, sharing a picture of his alter-ego as the SmackDown hacker. Ali’s Hacker character didn’t last long, nor did his
time as the leader of Retribution, but the newly drafted SmackDown Superstar hasn’t forgotten his hacking skills.
Over to AEW, as Bryan Danielson has quickly taken the company by storm since his debut last month, and this week is celebrating a special anniversary.
On Monday, Danielson recalled how this week marks the 22nd anniversary of his first professional wrestling match, in which he faced
Brian Kendrick in San Antonio’s Far West Rodeo on October 4th 1999.
The former Superstar added that it’s been an amazing 22 years, but he believes the best is yet to come.
After lengthy tenures on both the independent scene and WWE, Danielson is looking to reach the same heights, and time will tell what the
next 22 years will bring for the former World Heavyweight Champion.
Back to WWE, as Austin Theory was drafted to RAW this week from NXT 2.0, in what is his second main-roster call-up.
After leaving the Way, Theory re-debuted on RAW by snapping an in-ring selfie with Jeff Hardy, before beating Jeff down and taking another selfie.
Fans may have to get used to Theory taking down big names on the red brand, as a member of creative told Ringside News that
WWE has big plans for Austin Theory. It wasn’t explained what the plans are for him, but we already know that the 24-year-old
former EVOLVE standout will be a heel. It’ll be interesting to see who Theory targets next, especially on a show with a face WWE
Champion, as the company is strapping a rocket to the back of the young Superstar.
In August Brian Knobbs of the Nasty Boys was hospitalised due to stomach pain, in what would become a seriously worrying stint in hospital.
Not only was Knobbs’ stomach causing troublem but his friend Fred Jung said how the wrestler’s good knee had given out on him, and that he’d
need surgery if he wanted to walk again. In an update last Sunday, Jung said that Knobbs had been doing well after moving into
physical rehab facility, but has sadly fallen and broken his clavicle. In the fall, Knobbs cracked his head, and required
over nine stitches to close the word, and although Jung praised the wrestler for keeping his spirits high, is medical bills are continuing
to pile up, as they try to move him to a more adequate rehab facility. A Go Fund Me has been created for Knobbs,
which has raised $18,922 of it’s $20,000 goal, and we’re continuing to send our best wishes to Knobbs during this very worrying time
More from RAW, as this week’s show marked night two of the 2021 WWE draft, and it was the red brand who won big in the ratings.
Showbuzz Daily reports that 1.856 million viewers tuned in for night two, the most since the August 30th show.
In the 18-49 demographic, RAW had 680,000 viewers, earning a respectable 0.52 rating.
Hour one of RAW started with 1.949 million viewers, which dropped to 1.902 in hour two before bottoming out at 1.721 million in
hour three, and although WWE still needs to find a way to keep audiences tuned in throughout the show, night two of the draft
was a definite success for the red brand.
In January 2018, Ricochet signed with WWE, after a lengthy and successful tenure on the independent scene.
One company the former U.S. Champion once called home is Lucha Underground, where he fought Rey Mysterio at Ultima Lucha Dos in 2016.
Appearing on the With Authority! Podcast, the high-flying Superstar called the match one of his favourites because of his respect for Rey,
and said that he was in tears when thanking the former World Heavyweight Champion after the match
Ricochet said that the tears kept coming when Rey said he wished Eddie Guerrero could’ve met Ricochet, insisting that Latino Heat would’ve
loved to have seen the former Prince Puma work. There’s clearly a lot of respect between Rey and Ricochet, and with Mysterio being an
innovator of the cruiserweight style in the U.S we can’t blame Ricochet for being overwhelmed after their bout in 2016.
As part of this year’s draft, Former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Natalya and Tamina were split up, but the way they found
out about their split is very interesting. According to Dave Meltzer, neither woman was informed about the split until it actually
happened, which is a real shame since WWE should at least know teams are to be split before it happens.
On Twitter, Natalya responded to a fan, saddened to see the team be split, and responded by saying she’s proud of what she and Tamina
achieved, including being the first women to have two matches at WrestleMania, and she’s grateful to have worked with Tamina
The split of Natalya and Tamina wasn’t the only odd moment during the draft, as on Twitter, WWE’s official account called RAW selecting Kevin
Owens a ‘dynamic draft pick,’ much to the confusion of the prizefighter. All draft picks won’t go into effect until after
Crown Jewel, and we’ll have to see who shines brightest in the next 12 months before WWE’s next draft.
More from NXT 2.0, as the colourful brand will have it’s next Halloween Havoc special later this month.
It’s been confirmed that the special will air October 26th on the USA Network, and the main-event has also been revealed.
On last night’s show, NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa issued an open challenge for Halloween Havoc, and it was Bron Breakker
who answered the call. Breakker has been NXT 2.0’s breakout star since the brand relaunched, and fans can
expect plenty more huge matches to be announced ahead of NXT 2.0 Halloween Havoc on the 26th
And we’re ending with Rey and Dominik Mysterio, who were both drafted to RAW this week.
Although fans know Dominik’s legendary father as Rey Mysterio, he’s actually Rey Mysterio Jr, and was given the name by his uncle,
who wrestled as the original King of Mystery. Speaking on the Out of Character podcast, Dominik discussed his father’s name, and what
the plan is for him when Rey isn’t competing anymore. He said: I think the long goal here, the endgame, is to
eventually take over the Rey Mysterio name. That’s the legacy within it. He’s Rey Mysterio. It’s only right to make a Jr. Traditionally in Lucha
culture, and in Hispanic culture, that’s tradition. Speaking about how he doesn’t wrestle in a mask, Dominik explained that he has to earn
the mask, along with the name, and given his impressive career thus far, it may be a matter of time before Dominik dons a mask as
Rey Mysterio the third in the coming years.