Here's your News for September 7th 2020 WWE Wrestlers Demanded A Raise! Jon Moxley Takes A Dig At WWE! Miro Very Angry On WWE Wrestling News 2 00:00:03,169 --> 00:00:05,271 And your headlines for today include
AJ Styles’s Final Opponent In WWE Revealed!
WCW’s John Riker (Ralphus) Has Passed Away!
Real Reasons Why Vince McMahon Was Pushed To Pan WWE Superstars From Third Party
Business?
WWE Superstars Demand MORE MONEY For Quitting Twitch & Cameo!
WWE Forcefully Shutting Down Paige’s Twitch Channel Even After Name Change!
Are AEW Stars Allowed To Work With Third Party Social Media Platforms? AEW Releases A
Statement!
Critical News About Matt Hardy’s MRI + CT Scans ; What’s NEXT For Him?
Jon Moxley Cuts Promo After AEW ALL OUT – ‘Let Them Hear You In Stamford!’ ; Updates What’s NEXT
For Renee!
Possible Spoiler On Title Match For WWE Clash Of Champions!
Miro Goes On Profanity Filled Rant On Dave Meltzer’s False Reporting And WWE’s Low Standards!
We’re starting today with Triple H news, as though the Game’s faced nearly every big name, one person
he hasn’t locked horns with is AJ Styles. During his Twitch Stream, Styles
was asked about a possible Triple H match before the game retires, and the Phenomenal One loved the idea,
especially if it was Triple H’s final match. He said: “Should I throw it out there and send
it out there that I’d be his last match. I would love to do that. I’ll let him know I’d do that with him.
Him and I have been in the same ring together but we were on the same team. It was when we were in Japan.
It was basically The O.C. and Triple H; that was fun.” Whilst the two have teamed together,
Triple H hasn’t had a match in 2020 as he missed WrestleMania, and his duties backstage only seem to grow.
Recently hitting 25 years in WWE, the King of Kings might need to look at his last match coming sooner
rather than later, and ending his career against AJ Styles would certainly be a great send-off.
We’ve got some sad news to report now as John Riker, AKA WCW’s Ralphus, has pied.
Originally a WCW truck driver, Ralphus was paired up with Chris Jericho as his on-screen security
in 1998, and after Jericho left for the WWF in 1999, Ralphus worked with Norman Smiley as well.
A comedic character that was loved by WCW fans during his tenure, Chris Jericho revealed on his Saturday
Night Special that Ralphus passed, saying: “I just found out he passed away
like last year. God bless John Riker, that was his real name.” In 2018, Jericho spoke about an
e-mail correspondence with Ralphus, saying: “I sent him an email, (saying) ‘Hey
Hey Ralphus, it’s me, Jericho. How are you? Would you like to do my podcast and reconnect?’ He emailed
me back and said, ‘Is this the real Chris Jericho?’ I said, ‘Yeah man, this is my number, give me a text or
or give me call.’ Never heard back from him again. I got big leagued by Ralphus.”
At this time, no cause of death has been made public, and we at Slat Rock would like to send our deepest
condolences to Riker’s family, friends and everyone who knew him during this sad time.
We’re focussing on WWE’s mandate that all third-party activities regarding Superstars must stop, and though
there’s been a lot of stories about who is to blame, the reality is that there’s multiple reasons.
Ringside News reports that they’ve heard various responses about who’s to blame across the board,
and though Superstars aren’t happy if they’re losing money and a connection with fans,
fans who don’t use third-party platforms feel differently.
One tenured name in the company told them:
Third-party pan is causing a lot of people to be very upset, but what are they going to do? They are
exploiting their WWE intellectual property on outside platforms.” Given that her name and the Bang
Energy drink commercial was mentioned first, Lana received a lot of flack, with many seeing her
as the straw that broke the camel’s back, but several other things caused WWE to look into ceasing
third-party activity in recent months. Ever since he moved from Mixer, AJ Styles has spoken candidly about
about WWE business on Twitch, including his beef with Paul Heyman, the Good Brothers’ releases,
his son not watching WWE, and, his own tositive pest, and though the company didn’t like him talking
about any of these, it was the tositive pest reveal that was the big one.
Cameo isn’t much better for WWE, as Superstars are quote “going into business for themselves, literally”,
and it was added that WWE are trying to cut a deal with Cameo on a company-level, to “start their own
similar service”. YouTube is also a problem for some as well, as it’s being reported that
Sheamus’ Celtic-Warrior Workout channel was “apparently an issue”, since he’s using his WWE nickname.
So with issues with Twitch, Cameo and YouTube, it’s not hard to see why Vince McMahon was pushed
to say “enough is enough”, which brings us to where we’re at now.
You don’t need to subscribe to their Twitch or pay 100-bucks on Cameo to know that Superstars aren’t
happy about this, and Fightful reported that the Superstars they spoke to described WWE as being
“very foggy,” in regards to whether they’ll prevent Superstars streaming.
Despite the company-wide edict to cease everything by October 2nd, those Superstars Fightful spoke to
don’t plan on quitting, and if they do, they want to be compensated from the loss of income, WWE have
caused. Fightful reported: “Thus far, based on the wrestlers that we’ve spoken to, none plan on
ceasing their Cameo or streaming setups. Two specifically noted that if WWE wants them to, they’ll need
their contracts renegotiated to compensate the limitations and changes.”
We’ve previously covered that Paige changed her Twitch name to Saraya, to avoid the WWE’s new
mandate, but it seems that isn’t good enough either. During Wrestling Observer Radio,
Dave Meltzer explained that Paige’s name change wasn’t gong to fly with WWE. He said:
“When Paige switched one of her things [Twitch] to Saraya they were like ‘That’s not gonna fly’ because
it’s still panned I guess. Anyway, we’ll see how this plays out over the next whatever, I mean most of the
talent is not happy from what I gather.” It’s a real shame that this won’t fly,
as Paige recently spoke about how much she loves Twitch and the community she’s built, saying
that she doesn’t know what she’d do without the streaming platform.
On the other side, AEW won’t allow stars to take Sponsorships on their own, though during the post-All Out
conference, Tony Khan said there’s nothing wrong with Twitch-streaming.
When asked during the conference about Kip Sabian promoting his own Twitch stream during all out,
Cassidy Haynes reported: He said he knows Kip loves twitch, and he isn’t going to try and stop
him from using it. Again says its different for each platform and how youre addressing it. Says he doesnt
think he would tell anyone in the company what they can’t do outside the company
The fact that Sabian promoted his Twitch channel, and there was text at the bottom of the screen saying
AEW supports this message, clearly shows the company is on his side, and aren’t afraid of taking shots at
what they see as unfair treatment by WWE.
Speaking of AEW, Matt Hardy had a scary bump at All Out which required a hospital visit, but after
his head hit the pavement, something so graphic that AEW removed the clip from social media, we’ve got
good news. On Twitter, Tony Khan noted that Matt is doing much better, passed
his CT scans and an MRI, and thankfully doesn’t have a concussion.
It was noted that Matt was being drove home to North Carolina, and though Khan didn’t say who was
driving, he did say that the Broken One will be on Dynamite this Wednesday.
A lot of fans were worried about Matt after the fall, with his wife Reby being especially concerned and for
good reason, and though we don’t know if Matt will be wrestling this Wednesday, the fact that he’s able
appear is an excellent sign. All Out also saw Jon Moxley retain his title against MJF by using the
panned Paradigm Shift, and after the show, Moxley had a lot to say.
Given that All Out had actual fans attending thanks to social distancing and mandatory masks,
and the company were as close to 15% capacity than ever before.
Grabbing the mic after All Out, Moxley said:
“So good to hear your voices tonight. I wouldn’t have it any other way going to war than right here in front of AEW
fans — the best fans in pro wrestling.” Moxley encouraged fans to cheer so loud, they hear the crowd in Orlando,
and even Stamford, two cities synonymous with WWE, as the former Dean Ambrose has made it clear he’s
fine with being in AEW’s Ampitheater, instead of the Thunderdome.
One person who could eventually join Moxley is Renee Paquette, but during the conference call, it doesn’t seem
like the AEW World Champion thinks that’ll happen. He said:
“I don’t think she wants to be anywhere near my corner. She doesn’t really like blood and sh*t…
It’s definitely not out of the realm of possibility for her, since she’s a jack of all trades… If it wasn’t for that
non-compete, she could have popped on camera tonight if she wanted to.”
Moxley also said that his wife’s goals are outside of wrestling, though he said he expects her to still have her
toe dipped in the industry, and joked: “I want her to get that Katie Couric ‘Good Morning America’ gig so I can
have a sugar mama.” We’ll have to see whether Moxley gets his sugar mama,
But many talents, we’re sure she’ll succeed with any contract she signs, even if it’ll be a while before
she’s allowed to speak to any pro-wrestling company.
We’re looking ahead to Clash of Champions next, as we’ve got a potential spoiler for this month’s
Pay-Per-View If you’ve been watching SmackDown lately, you’ll know that AJ Styles
wants his rematch against Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy, who beat Styles for the gold a few
weeks back. Sami Zayn also returned, bringing his own title that WWE stripped
of him due to him opting not to compete earlier this year, and during Wrestling Observer Radio,
Dave Meltzer said fans can expect a triple threat match between the three at Clash of Champions.
Jeff’s title win was a big moment to achieve in the Thunderdome, but time will tell how long his reign lasts.
Now, WWE has their own idea of what a Superstar should look like, and one person who knows that is
Sage Beckett. On Twitter, Beckett spoke about losing 130lbs before signing an NXT
contract, but said that the company forced her do weekly weigh-ins, told her to lose even more weight to be
more marketable, and released her, whilst pregnant on international women’s day, clearly a bad look for
a company that promotes itself as champions of women in Sports.
Over to AEW next, as JR has apologised for a crass joke he made during All Out.
During the Dark Order match, JR asked if Anna Jay had a wardobe malfunction, but said that maybe that
was his wishful thinking, a comment that led to online backlash, and JR apologising for his quote
“weak attempt at humour.” Though he apologised, he also asked people online to lighten up,
and hopefully the arguable greatest voice in wrestling can avoid another embarrassing situation like this.
And we’re ending today with news from Miro, as he’s weighed in on WWE’s new rule with a profanity-filled
rant. At the start of all this, Lana was called out for the reason behind the rule,
being described as the Straw that broke the camel’s back by Dave Meltzer, and whilst it’s true that WWE
are targeting Superstars who take sponsorships, she was furious about the report, as was her husband.
Since the former U.S. Champion isn’t with WWE, he can have a Twitch, and used the platform to eviscerate
Meltzer’s report against his wife, saying: One day he’s going to burn in hell.
Meltzer, go ahead and collect everyone’s money but let me tell you once you die you are going to go hell
“I don’t listen to Meltzer but my problem is people listen to this guy. He has a personal agenda because
he’s got something against CJ.” “This guy has no knowledge. He has zero knowledge. Yeah, he’s got
people from the office that feed him meaningless stuff.”
“I’m not the first person to call you out and I won’t be the last one but F*CK YOU!” “I don’t think there is a
single story out there from Meltzer that has been true. He has no information, zero!”
Meltzer wasn’t the only person on Miro’s hit-list, as after WWE opted not to tag him on social media in a
video from 2016, when he faced Roman Reigns, Miro didn’t mince his words, saying:
I just think it’s such a low-class, dumb, most unprofessional thing to do. I think it’s so, so, so stupid because
I don’t work for WWE, but I still get WWE checks every quarter like the merch and stuff they still sell it and
they still send me money. I ain’t freaking bread either so why wouldn’t you tag me? Why wouldn’t you
use the tag? Why wouldn’t you do that?”“I’m just trying to understand. It’s not like I work for somebody else
like I work for TNA and they don’t want to promote me. Yeah, I get that, but I am here jobless.”
The former Superstar added that he could file for unemployment if he wanted, but he doesn’t because he
feels there’s people who need it more, and given that he’s still allowed to make serious money on Twitch,
as well as do sponsorships, unlike some people he knows, the Bulgarian Brute is doing pretty well for himself.
During his Twitch session, Miro brought up how WWE hasn’t even congratulated Lana on her big
1 million subscriber milestone, something he feels the company must rectify.
This is still an ongoing situation, and we’ll have to see how it pans out, but for now, things don’t look good for
for the WWE Superstars who used third-party platforms to connect with fans.