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your headlines for today include
Real reason why the WWE Writer was fired.
A new book on Vince McMahon
WWE bands a major Wrestling move
WWE Warns an NBA Player Not To Mess With AEW Or He’d Lose Favours With WWE
Lacey Evans Receives Backlash Over Tweet About GF ******
Hollywood MegaStar Pays Tribute To Shad Gaspard
TH: Reality show cancels season after Hana K passing
SPOILER On Return & Match Scheduled For WWE SmackDown This Week
We’ve got some big news from WWE now, as the company recently axed their
lead writer for SmackDown for a very uncomfortable reason.
According to Ringside News, Chris DeJoseph was fired after being described as
“highly unprofessional,” and was alleged to have “ embarrassed several executives
at WWE”, according to the website’s source.
The source went on to say that the decision to fire DeJoseph was pretty simple,
saying that there was “no debate on this, he had to be fired.”
It certainly sounds bad for the now former WWE writer, but the source didn’t
specify what exactly DeJoseph did that led to his termination.
Though he served on the WWE’s creative team and had a brief stint with Lucha
Undergrand as well, fans may remember DeJoseph playing Big Dick Johnson that
was used in various appearances during the 2000s.
Having previously worked in WWE, DeJoseph was brought back to WWE shortly
before TLC last year, but given what’s been said about his departure, it’s doubtful
fans will see or hear from him for a very long time.
One person who won’t be going anywhere anytime soon is Vince McMahon, and
now fans can read all about the Chairman of the Board in a brand new book.
On social media, Abraham Riesman, who penned the biography ‘True Believer:
The Rise and Fall of Stand Lee’ announced that he will be writing a new book, all
about McMahon, titled Ringmaster.
According to a description, the book will cover Vince’s humble origins growing up
in a trailer park, to his rise to the top of wrestling, and will include new, exclusive
interview from those who’ve witnessed Vince’s ascent, aided it, and even those
who have suffered from it.
It’ll certainly be interesting to see what people have to say about the Chairman of
the Board, but fans will have to wait until 2022 to pick up their copy of Ringmaster.
WWE bans a Major wrestling move
Speaking of the Chairman of the board, it’s no secret that Vince McMahon likes
WWE exactly how he wants, and now another wrestling move has reportedly been banned.
According to the PW Insider, bucklebombs have been banned, as will all forms of
powerbombs into the turnbuckle.
Fans will remember that it was a bucklebomb that led to the retirement of Sting,
after he received the move from Seth Rollins, as it was later discovered that the
Vigilante had spinal stenosis.
Most recently, Kairi Sane was also hurt after receiving a turnbuckle powerbomb
from Nia Jax, and it looks like this was the final nail in the coffin for the bucklebomb.
We’ve got an update next on the tragic ****** of Stardom’s HKnext, as
after she was bullied following an appeatance on Netflix’s TH, the
future of the show is unclear.
The show already wasn’t in production right now due to the ongoing global
situation, and During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Metlzer explained the show
might not be back due to what’s happened. He said:
“Even though things are getting up and things will begin again shortly they have
suspended it and I think it may go away for a while or it may be done. That’s the
situation there. There’s definitely threats on people who made terroristic threats to her.”
It was also noted that there’s no guarantee those who bullied Hana to the point of
****** will be prosecuted, as there are people deleting their accounts left and
right, though hopefully they’ll be found.
CNN is also reporting that Japanese lawmakers are looking into cyber bullying
laws, as hopefully Hana’s tragic ****** will be able to do some good after all.
We’ve got more news regarding The Undertaker, who has once again spoken out
of character about his incredible career.
Speaking to the Toronto Son, the Phenom said that he expects his next WWE
match to be his last, and added that it would take something quote “juicy” for him
to make it to WrestleMania 37 at all.
Of course, the Demon of ****** Valley has had plenty of opportunities to leave
before as the recent Last Ride docuseries revealed that he planned to leave the
ring behind following his loss to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 33.
Clearly that didn’t happen, as the Deadman competed against John Cena the
following year, wrestled DX at Crown Jewel 2018 and most recently reverted to his
American Badass persona to bury AJ Styles, and it’s entirely possible his last match
will be against the Phenomenal One himself, as a rematch has been teased in recent weeks.
Of course, The Undertaker will go down in history as being arguably the greatest
character in all of wrestling history, and if Mark Calaway believes he only has one
more match left in him, hopefully it’ll be something fittingly epic to end his career.
Back to wrestling now, and Vice’s recent Dark Side of the Ring season finale that
covered the ****** of Owen Hart had a lot of people involved, but one person fans
didn’t see was Owen’s brother Bret.
On Saturday Night’s Main Event, Dave Meltzer stated that the Hitman was asked,
but never got back to Vice, though Meltzer also explained how the Vice would
have struggled to get anyone close to WWE.
With or without Bret, the Owen episode had some valuable interviews, and also
broke a viewership record for Vice, as even 21 years later, fans continue to mourn
the loss of the Rocket.
We’ve got more news regarding the passing of Shad Gaspard next, as Arnold
Schwarzenegger has paid his respects to the Superstar who died a hero.
Whilst riding his bike, the Terminator and Predator star saw Gaspard’s tribute, and
gave his respects, and described the former Cryme Tyme star as a hero of
bodybuilding, of wrestling, and given he told lifeguards to save his son, the Ultimate hero.
A GoFundMe for gaspard’s family recently smashed their own goal, and whilst no
amount of money will ever replace him, it’s touching to see that the legacy of
Shad Gaspard will never ever be forgotten.
We’re kicking off this video with news from WWE, and we all know that the
company is always looking for crossover promotional opportunities, and it seems
like a big one is coming their way with Enes Kanter.
Recently, the former 24/7 Champion and Basketball star has said that he is
interested in joining WWE and already has an offer, but that might not be the case
if he gets too friendly with the competition.
Speaking on the No-Sports Report Show, Kanter admitted to watching a little bit of
AEW, but claimed he was warned not to mess around with Tony Khan’s
promotion, as it’ll hurt his chances with WWE.
Kanter didn’t specify who exactly was warning him, though we do know that he’s
had dinner in the past with Paul Heyman, and was previously romantically linked
to Dana Brooke.
It’s likely that the 28-year-old has a few more Basketball seasons in him, but if he
does plan on making it to WWE, avoiding AEW isn’t a terrible idea.
One wrestler fans can see on WWE each and every week is Lacey Evans, though
the Sassy Southern Belle recently got in some hot water about a tweet.
If you’ve been following U.S. news, you’ll know that George Floyd died in the
custody of Minneapolis Police, after begging the officer detaining him to take his
knee off his neck, pleading that he couldn’t breathe.
His ******, which many are seeing as yet another example of police brutality
against black people has been widely condemned, with several WWE personalities
including Batista, Booker T, Jey Uso, Renee Young and Titus O’Neil tweeting about it
But when Lacey Evans sent a tweet of a crying face, heart and globe emoji in
response to a tweet about Floyd, many didn’t take kindly to her response.
Evans’ tweet received a slew of messages who mocked how little the emojis
actually did, whilst others claimed that the Lady should be using her position as a
WWE Superstar to try and do more to change things.
It’s a sad truth that Floyd’s ****** isn’t the first of it’s kind, and probably won’t be
the last, and we can only hope something does get changed sooner rather than later.
Back to AEW now and this week’s Dynamite saw FTR make their long-awaited
We’ve got more news from AEW next, as the company’s recent Double or Nothing
didn’t just do well, but it may have also broken records.
Whilst official Pay Per View numbers are kept classified, PW Insider’s Mike
Johnson stated during Elite Audio that the figures are certainly good for the
company, stating:
“I can tell you after speaking to certain people who handle pay-per-view
distribution just on their realm this might have been the best bought AEW pay-per-
view of all time.”
Both Tony Khan and Cody Rhodes expressed their thanks to fans who paid for
Double or Nothing, as it seems that despite the current global situation, nothing
can derail AEW’s train of success.
And finally today we’re ending with news from Bray Wyatt, as the demonic fiend
Of course, whilst fans may have seen Chris Jericho and Mike Tyson brawl as part of
this week’s show, it shouldn’t be shocking to learn that this was all an act.
After the dust had settled, Henry Cejudo recorded a video backstage, which
showed the boxing legend and Jericho enjoying each other’s company.
This real-life friendship continued out of the ring, as the former AEW World
Champion even praised Tyson during an interview with Stephanie Chase for Digital
Spy, saying:
“Of course, he’s capable. Wrestling is all shapes and sizes and there’s a lot of
different ways to do it.
“So if he’s agreeable to doing something with us, then we work to his strengths
and eliminate his weaknesses that’s what wrestling’s all about.”
It’s clear that Jericho and Tyson are pals in real life, but odds are they won’t be so
friendly the next time they’re on camera together.
Speaking of AEW, we’ve got a report about Fenix, who didn’t compete at Double
And finally today we’re ending with news from Bray Wyatt, as the demonic fiend
has a softer side out of the ring.
After he and JoJo Offerman welcomed their first child Knash into the world last
year, the pair have welcomed their second, as the former Universal Champion
announced the arrival of his daughter Hyrie Von Rotunda this week.
The pair certainly did a much better job of keeping JoJo’s pregnancy a secret this
time around, and we here at Slat Rock would like send our congratulations to the
happy couple, and their growing family.
And we’re ending today with news from overseas, as whilst the current global
situation has affected the wrestling industry around the world, it now looks like
fans in Japan are getting closer to how things were before.
In the past few days, Japan has lifted it’s state of emergency, which had previously
caused all wrestling shows to be cancelled, and this means empty arena events
can begin on June 19th.
Fans there won’t have to wait long to return to arenas though, as starting on July
10th, arenas will be allowed to have fifty percent capacity up to 5,000 people, and
then on August 1st, arenas will be allowed to have fifty percent of their maximum capacity.
This of course means that promotions such as New Japan Pro Wrestling will be
able to produce shows once again, as whilst the company cancelled all their
events through June 10th, the company hasn’t publicly made a decision on their
Dominion show on June 14th.
Whatever the company decides, this is certainly a big deal for fans in Japan, who
will soon be able to fill arenas, which is more than what can be said for arenas,
outside of the country.