Coming up, molten level heat between top stars in WWE means they don’t talk anymore, AEW
confirm Clash of Champions-esque TV special, the Undertaker reveals who he wishes ended
the streak and so much more. So subscribe to the channel to keep up to
date on all of your wrestling news goodness. You may have noticed that there’s been some
trouble brewing between WWE’s two top women in recent weeks, you may have noticed it because
it's weirdly made it into the TV product with the least graceful belt swap in history - New
Day and Profits were like here you go gents, best of luck to you, think you’re great.
Charlotte was like I don’t want to look weaaaaaakkkk.
So yeah, things between Becky Lynch and pony pal Charlotte Flair have been frosty of late,
which is no bueno with the two set to compete against each other at Survivor Series, especially
as reports claim the pair got into a legit argument backstage just last month that ended
with Flair being escorted out of the building by security.
Though traditionally people do tend to perform better when in the midst of a behind the scenes
bust-up at Michaels and Hart, or Fleetwood Mac. But these specific rumours have left
fans with plenty of questions about the sitch between the horsewomen.
When Sports Illustrated put the question to Becky Lynch here is what The Man had to say:
“I don’t know, man. We don’t talk anymore. We don’t talk. So all I’ll say is the
locker room needs a hero sometimes. And sometimes somebody’s gotta be a hero. I’m all right
being that hero. That’s what I’ll say on that matter.”
Lynch went on to describe working with an opponent in wrestling is a matter of trust,
saying “when you can’t trust the person, then you never know what’s going to happen”
and describing those matches as “a bit of a sh*t show”.
Then right, then Sports Illustrated asked her outright whether she trusted Chaz and
Lynch said “no”, she said things were difficult and when asked if they’re no longer
friends she said: “we used to be best friends”. JUICY.
As always though you’ve got to take this sort of thing with a heavy pinch of salt,
as it could just be Lynch working up some interest in the match.
But we do know the incident from last month was real so whether that particular water
is under the bridge or set to come spilling out all over the canvas at Survivor Series
remains to be seen. One of the weirder things about the wrestling
world in the year of our lord still basically 2020 is that the Undertaker is just knocking
around revealing stuff left right and centre now that he has retired.
Sometimes that is that he’s weirdly a fan of Pitbull, sometimes it's to do with knives
and men being men, and others it's interesting facts about things he regrets from his career.
One of the Deadman’s most significant defeats during his WWE run came at the hands of Brock
Lesnar who ended the streak at WrestleMania 30 - a moment that shocked fans.
But Taker says that he wishes that there was a different 1 in 21 and 1. Telling Joey Hayden
of the Dallas Morning News that: "I don’t know that Brock needed that win.
Brock was a bona fide superstar at that point. So, I don’t know that he needed it. Roman
definitely, that was the right call. I just wish he may have been first. I wish I could
have reversed them, you know what I’m saying? If Roman would have been able to do it, I
think it would have increased the value." Those with memories amongst will of course
remember how Roman’s defeat of Taker and subsequent ownership of the yard went down,
like the flipping Titanic. Ronald Coleman BAYBAY & "Shieldmaiden" The
Zornisse We mentioned The Beast Brock Lesnar just then
while talking about the streak, but somewhere in the sliding doors of the wrestling world
there is a Beast Brock Sister. Beth Phoenix was having some fun on Twitter
and recounted a story of her early days in WWE.
Saying: “Fun Fact: At one of my first gigs as a @WWE extra I pitched a detailed storyline
to Michael Hayes to be brought in as Brock Lesnar’s sister. I had ZERO CHILL.”
Phoenix actually joined WWE’s former developmental territory OVW, debuting on OVW Tv in 2004
as the onscreen gf of Chris Masters before being repackaged as the manager of Aron The
Idol Stevens who would go on to become Damien Sandow.
Coincidentally 2004 is also the year Brock left WWE, and he didn’t return to 2012,
so brother and sister would not have crossed paths for ABSOLUTELY AGES had this ridiculous
ridiculous story come to fruition. Speaking of ridiculous stories, Ric Flair,
he’s a man with many, many of which are the sort of thing that are going to get him
and probably Tommy Dreamer in trouble as evidenced by Dark Side of the Ring’s Plane Ride From
Hell episode. Well, Flair is now set to launch a new podcast,
his first major project since the controversy which lead to him being pulled from an ad
campaign, according to Sports Illustrated. The ‘Woooo Nation’ show, not sure how
many o’s you need to spell that will be co-hosted by Mark Madden and discuss the top
stories in sport with a heavy focus on pro-wrestling starting November 17th.
Podcast Heat will host the show and likely be living up to its name.
Flair said: “I’ve had the greatest career in the history
of the professional wrestling, and now it’s time to have the greatest podcast. This is
the first time in my career I’ll truly be able to open up about not only my career,
but the entire wrestling business. Whether you like it or not, learn to love it, because
it’s going to be the best podcast going today. Wooooo!”
It’ll be interesting to see if the podcast addresses what went on post-Dark Side of the
Ring and what Flair made of it, as he has denied the allegations against him from the
show previously. On to brighter things now, as Tony Khan has
confirmed that AEW are planning a Clash of Champions inspired TV special for January
next year. Andrew Zarian of the Mat Men podcast reported
that AEW’s next TV special will air on January 8, 2022 on TNT. Called ‘Battle of the Belts’,
an old NWA show, because of course it is. On the Full Gear media call, Tony Khan confirmed
the plans, telling fans to stay tuned for more info:
“That same week when we launch Dynamite on TBS, we’ll have Rampage on TNT, and then
we’ll have the first-ever Battle of the Belts in AEW. Stay tuned for more info on
that. 2022, we’re going to start it in a very big way,”
Whisper King Dave Meltzer reported that the special would be set to be an hour long with
the idea being to have a PPV level event on TV.
That’s not the only thing AEW have brewing as they have reportedly also been working
on their courtship with NJPW - as evidenced this week by Rocky Romero appearing on Dynamite
and extending an offer to Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor, Wheeler Yuta and Kris Statlander
to join Chaos. Behind the scenes, AEW President revealed
during the Full Gear media call that the NJPW relationship has grown a lot.
Saying the two sides are in contact on a regular basis, and trust has grown between them. Khan
also noted that NJPW has seen that AEW has made a lot of ‘friendly gestures’ recently.
Oooh Tony you terrible flirt. Invite them into your Forbidden Door.
Hopping back to WWE, who have reported that a top star could be out with an injury.
Kofi Kingston suffered a beatdown at the hands of the Bloodline on Smackdown this past Friday,
with the team taking out his legs while King Woods was made to watch.
Yesterday WWe updated to say: “Will Sir @TrueKofi be able to join #KingWoods'
corner for the showdown against @WWERomanReigns this Friday on #SmackDown?”
Saying Kofi had been “evaluated” and “diagnosed with an MCL sprain in his knee”.
This is all likely a work then to build some hype for King Woods versus Roman this Friday.
Speaking of the New Day lads, the estranged third member and current WWE Champion Big
E has been telling Alex McCarthy over on TalkSport how his relationship with Vince has changed
since becoming WWE champ. “It’s been good. I always go to Vince
down the years, but now it’s a more regular thing where I’m getting feedback and I’m
finally getting a chance to talk to him.” “We’re having these conversations about
things we’re doing outside of the ring which is actually a big part of being a WWE champion.”
“You got to represent the company and this title outside in all these other facets, so
it’s really dope to have these conversations about that stuff.
Let’s talk Bray Wyatt quickly who is always a hot topic of conversation especially now
it's been announced that he is making a move into Hollywood.
Jason Baker an SFX artist and owner of Callosum Studios, and Wyatt’s collaborator on the
new horror project, also helped to design the mask, puppets and other props for the
Fiend character during Bray’s WWE tenure and has been talking about the amount of freedom
the E gave Bray with the character. This is something that’s come to the fore
once more after WWE sources letting slip that Bray was quote unquote “being difficult”
backstage ahead of his WWE release. Baker told the Gimme A Hull Yeah podcast that:
“WWE did give Bray and I a lot of creative freedom but also, a lot of times, everything
had to be approved. There were little tweaks and changes and things like that. At the end
of the day, whoever is footing the bill is the one who gets (final say).”
I think also creative freedom only goes so far, sure Bray came up with a character and
a mythology, but it was WWE who decided to run it into the ground.