Here's your wrestling news for March 19th 2022
And your headlines for today include
Brock Lesnar's Babyface Rampage Continues On WWE Smackdown? Are Fans Still Interested In Reigns – Lesnar Feud?
Scott Hall Laid On The Floor For Days After Fall That Broke His Hip ; Who Finally Took Him To Hospital? More Shocking Details Emerge After His Passing!
BREAKING NEWS As Cody Rhodes Signs Contract For WWE Return ; WWE’s Current Plan For Cody Rhodes ; How Several WWE Wrestlers Reacted To Cody’s Return & More!
Brandi Rhodes Training For Possible In-Ring WWE Return?
Charlotte Flair's Ruthless Pursuit Against Ronda Rousey Continues On WWE Smackdown! And More!
We’re kicking off today with SmackDown, as Brock Lesnar continues to prove that this part of his career is all about character work.
After spending much of his career as a silent, stoic monster, often with Paul Heyman speaking for him, Lesnar has been a different man since
returning in August 2021 and is now a well-established babyface. On this week’s SmackDown, the Beast Incarnate used a
a forklift to try and brutalise Roman Reigns and the Bloodline, and would proceed to rip open the door of a pick-up truck before bringing it to the ring
Fans may remember Lesnar ripping the door off a car in 2015 when he feuded with Seth Rollins, and at the time, t hat was Brock’s closest hint of a face-turn.
In the ten years since Brock’s shocking return to WWE, this is easily the most fans he’s been having and that sentiment is shared with the entire WWE Universe.
This week’s SmackDown was just another sign that Brock is an incredible babyface, and in an era where WWE has struggled to make babyfaces, the fact that
that they can turn the man who broke The Undertaker’s streak and had multiple lengthy reigns as World Champion into a fan-favourite is commendable.
Whether that means Lesnar will leave WresteMania as the Unified WWE Universal Champion remains to be seen, but win or lose, Brock is having a ton of fun
fun on the road to AT&T Stadium
We’ve got Scott Hall news now, as the two-time WWE Hall of Famer died earlier this week after suffering three heart attacks.
The former Razor Ramon was one of the most beloved pro-wrestlers of the 1990s, and was an institution of WWE’s New Generation era, before jumping to WCW
to form the New World Order, a faction that would change wrestling forever. Hall’s death this week came after he suffered a broken
hip in the fall, and it was blood clots during surgery that led to the multiple heart attacks that proved to be too much for him
In the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer noted that Scott’s health had been deteriorating for nearly two years, and he had once again relapsed
relapsed and had been drinking again. Sean Waltman explained that being isolated due to the COVID-19 took a toll on Scott, as Meltzer writes:
“His closest friends knew this was coming, but it probably made it worse because there was nothing they could do about it. Sean Waltman noted that he called
Hall a month ago to come out to stay with him because Hall had been deteriorating for the past two years due to drinking.
The pandemic did him in. It was hard enough for him as it was, but he was isolated in his house with no social interaction. He was down to 210 pounds.
We called Dally (Dallas Page) and he went over. It was r eally bad..'” “When Hall fell and broke his hip, he was unable to
move and was laying on the ground, unable to get to the phone. He laid there for a few days before friends told Page to check on
him since they couldn’t get in contact with him. Page found him and got him to the hospital.”
Scott Hall led an incredible life that sadly ended in the most awful of ways, and we hope the Bad Guy has finally found peace after a lifetime of difficulties.
This has been a difficult time for everyone, especially Hall’s family, and Diamond Diamond Dallas Page is doing his part to help out.
It was Page who helped Hall get his life back on track years ago, welcoming the Bad Guy into his home and kept working with Scott all the way up until his passing.
On social media, DDP shared several photos from a visit with the Hall family after Scott’s passing, and said they enjoyed an “awesome stake dinner” and
shared stories of the former Intercontinental Champion. Outside of Kevin Nash, DDP was probably the closest friend to Hall throughout his life, and
even after his passing Page is proving to be a great friend to the entire Hall family
Now, as soon as Cody Rhodes and his wife Brandi left AEW, there was talk of a WWE return, with several reports and rumours circulating around the former three-time
TNT Champion
Several conflicting reports have been shared about Cody, but now we can confirm that he’s coming back to the company he left in 2016.
PW Insider has confirmed that Rhodes has signed a new deal with WWE, reporting:
“Cody Rhodes has signed with WWE, multiple WWE sources have confirmed. Rhodes inked his deal about 10-14 days ago.”
Pulling in the former AEW Executive Vice President is a monumentous deal for WWE, and if they treat him well, he could be just the first of several AEW stars
stars to consider working for Vince McMahon. We’ll have to see what the future holds in this situation, but Cody Rhodes is on his way back to WWE.
Cody may have only signed a deal in the past two weeks, but rumours of his return have circulated for the past month, with reports that Vince McMahon
plans to treat him as a “huge deal.”
It should come as no surprise that WWE has WrestleMania plans for Cody, and we have a better ideas as to what the future holds for him.
PW Insider reports that the current plan is for Rhodes to make his return during WrestleMania weekend, likely as the mystery opponent of Seth Rollins.
As we’ve detailed in previous videos, Rollins is still without an opponent for the two-night event, and has grown increasingly more desparate to get on the card.
Their report adds that Rhodes will be a RAW Superstar after his WrestleMania debut, an interesting choice given that WWE usually keeps their biggest names on SmackDown.
Before signing, it had been reported that WWE was only interested in Cody, not Brandi Rhodes, but that seems to have changed, as its now rumored
that not only will she return and accompany her husband, but she’ll also wrestle. Whatever WWE has planned for the duo on RAW, t
the arrival of the Rhodes is a monumental moment for the company, and proves that in an era where AEW continues to grow, WWE still has some major tricks
up its sleeves.
And we’re ending today with more from SmackDown, as WWE are trying all they can to make a good storyline between Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey
but it just doesn’t seem to be working. The feud seems to be based on the fact that one has tapped, while the other hasn't, which itself has problems
as Rousey has falsely claimed to be the first woman to make the Queen tap out. Ignoring the likes of Asuka and Natalya, who have tapped
out Flair before, this episode of SmackDown ended with Rousey going through a table, an impactful spot, but still not enough to add much interest to the feud. If
If anything, this spot is telling fans the outcome may not be as obvious as people think, but given that she’s only recently returned after over two years away
fans remain convinced that Rousey will become champion at WrestleMania. No matter how hard WWE seems to try, the Rousey-Charlotte
feud simply isn’t that entertaining, despite the fact that it’s a frontrunner to headline WrestleMania-Saturday
If so, that’s a real shame as there’s plenty of more deserving matches to headline the April 2nd show, including the RAW Women’s Championship match between
Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair. In all honesty, it feels that the Rousey-Flair match will headline for two reasons, first because
of the massive stars involved, and second so that WWE can praise Rousey and Flair as the only two-time female WrestleMania main eventers.
In that case, the outcome of the match is irrelevant to WWE, and whoever stands tall on April 2nd, the women’s division of the blue brand is likely going
to be stuck in the same state it is right now.