Heres your news for August 17th News WWE NEWS - EDGE On His WWE Return King Of The Ring 2019 Finalists Revealed Jim Ross About Vince! 2 00:00:17,133 --> 00:00:22,305 We’re kicking off with some news from Edge today, as the WWE Hall of Famer shocked everyone
with his appearance at Summer Slam earlier this week.
On the kick-off show for the biggest party of the Summer, the Rated-R Superstar speared Elias, the
first time Edge has been physical in the ring since his final match at WrestleMania 27 in 2011.
On the podcast he hosts with Christian, Edge explained how the appearance in his native Toronto
was organised last minutes, and said there are many misconceptions about the severity of his neck.
During the show, the pair joked about Edge returning to the ring tomorrow, but admitted that WWE
almost certainly wouldn’t allow it.
With that said, Edge also said his doctor says his neck could be quote “relatively healthy” within
next five years, and that he him self has been looking into Stem Cell Therapy.
The therapy, which was recently praised by fellow Hall of Famer Kevin Nash, could definitely see
Edge’s quality of life improve dramatically, but it should be mentioned that all the
progress he’s made is because he’s not been bumping.
Edge concluded by saying that doing an occasional bump, such as his work at SummerSlam, is
but being constantly physical would be very dangerous for his health.
From a legendary career that has come to an end to the stars of tomorrow, as WWE’s NXT brand
could be undergoing a major change.
According to reports, there is a chance that the company will move NXT to the USA Network,
would put the popular show in direct competition with All Elite Wrestling on TNT.
On this week’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that Vince McMahon is taking the new
promotion very seriously, and still regrets giving WCW a footing by allowing them to sign Hulk Hogan
and other Superstars of the time.
Therefore, the WWE have done a lot to prevent AEW from getting off the ground, though didn’t
think too much of the new show as Meltzer explained:
“I don’t think they didn’t even think it was that serious until Vegas. The Vegas sell-out I think was
interesting, because they could never sell out Vegas for anything. The big one was the Chicago tickets.”
It should be noted that McMahon has already made the same mistake as when he warred with
WCW, as much like when he let Hogan go, he did the same to Chris Jericho, believing the
48-year-old was too old to make much of a difference.
The Chairman also reportedly went hard to sign Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, but didn’t
count on the group turning his contracts down.
Though the boss was hoping to avoid a war, it seems like a conflict is inevitable, as this time the War
will be fought on Wednesdays, not Mondays.
There’s more news from AEW now, as the company continues to sell out arenas across the United
States, with both their Boston and Philadelphia TV events selling out in roughly an hour on Friday.
The approximate 4500 seats in Boston University’s Agganis Arena sold out in 57 minutes, and though
this is very impressive in its own right, Meltzer said the sell-out would’ve been much faster if not for
technical issues.
The October 9th show in Boston will be the promotion’s second event on TNT, and will feature the
Young Bucks vs. the Private Party, and Chris Jericho taking on Shawn Spears.
The October 16th TV event in Phila delphia would hold approximately 7,700 fans in Philadelphia’s
Temple University’s Liacouras Center, which sold out in just over an hour, and this should will
feature title defences for the both the AEW Heavyweight and AEW Women’s titles.
Back to WWE now, as the company is preparing for it’s King of the Ring tournament, and has
announced their first-round brackets this week.
On the RAW side of things, Cesaro will take on Samoa Joe in what is sure to be a heavy-hitting
contest, whilst it’ll be a clash of styles when Ricochet faces Drew McIntyre.
Cedric Alexander will have his hands full when he faces Sami Zayn in the first round, whilst
The Miz will battle Baron Corbin in the former Constable’s first match in over a month.
For the blue brand, Kevin Owens may pick up a title on his route to the crown when he battles 24/7
Champion Elias, whilst it’ll be a meeting of former 205 Live stars, when Ali battles Buddy Murphy.
Old tag team partners will face off when Chad Gable takes on Shelton Benjamin, and Apollo Crews
and Andrade will hope to take the final place in the second round, when they face off.
The tournament will begin on next week’s RAW and will be a multi- week event, with the semi finals
taking place on the September 9th and 10th episodes of RAW and SmackDown
inside Madison Square Garden.
Looking at the brackets, it seems the winner of Cesaro Vs. Joe will face the winner of Ricochet Vs.
McInyre and so on down the list.
This will all culminate in the finals which will happen at WWE Clash of Champions as fans will be able
who will be follow in the footsteps of stars like Triple H, Brock Lesnar, Steve Austin as the next King,
of the Ring.
One Superstar who isn’t in the tournament is Bray Wyatt, but that hasn’t stopped the Fiend from
being one of the most-discussed Superstars of the year.
Since returning at SummerSlam, Wyatt’s merchandise has been flying off the shelves, and with his
popularity impossible to deny, a title run could be in the near future for the Eater of Worlds.
WWE obviously know they have something special with the Fiend, and this week, Brad Shephard
said that the company recently discussed giving Wyatt a custom title, if he wins a title.
This certainly implies that the com pany has something big planned for the Fiend, and hopefully we’ll
get a better idea about Wyatt’s direction as he’s scheduled to appear on the next two weeks
on Monday Night RAW.
We can only speculate on what WWE has planned for the new Wyatt, but for now, we’re just
with what’s been given to us by the company.
Over to MMA now, and though Daniel Cormier took the Octagon by storm during his career, it
seems the rumoured dream match between him and Brock Lesnar isn’t going to happen.
In case you can’t remember, the two stars had a confrontation at UFC 226 in July of last year,
moments after Cormier won the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
Celebrating in the ring, Cormier called out Lesnar, a former UFC Heavyweight Champion in his own
right, and the duo got into a shoving contest, leading to speculation that the Beast was ready to
rejoin the world of MMA.
Now retired, Cormier has a lot more free-time, like Lesnar himself, and spoke recently at a media
day for UFC 241, about the potential fight between the two.
The way Cormier sees it, Lesnar didn’t want to risk a return to the Octagon and losing to DC, saying:
“Brock decided to stay in WWE and I think it’s smart, right? You either go and perform or you come
and fight me. It just makes more sense to stay in the WWE.”
Though fans may not see Cormier Vs Lesnar in real life, expect DC to be a very popular downloadable
character in the upcoming WWE 2K20, when the new video game releases in October this year.
SmackDown news now and though WWE are pulling out all the stops to make their October 4th
debut on FOX a night to remember, there’s one legend who won’t be appearing.
Earlier this week, WWE announced plenty of big names who will be at the historic debut episode,
though The Rock wasn’t part of the list.
WWE obviously wants The Rock on the list, but according to the Observer, the Brahma Bull hasn’t
committed to the event just yet.
One thing that is working in WWE’s favour though is the fact that the Show will be in Los Angeles,
somewhere the Great One spends much of his time, given his Hollywood career.
Fans will have to wait and see whether The Rock does appear, though there are some reasons why
the company may choose to not have him on the show named after one of his catchphrases.
As a former World Champion and leading man on the big screen, The Rock is a huge draw by himself,
and having him be the solo guest of an episode of WWE TV would be enough to pop the ratings.
Having him on the October 4th SmackDown would be fun, but given there are so many legends
already announced, including Kurt Angle, The Undertaker and Sting, there’s a chance the Most
Electrifying Man in Sports Enter tainment would get lost in the shuffle.
From one legendary career to one that is just getting started, as though Lacey Evans hasn’t been on
the main roster for long, she’s certainly made plenty of enemies in her tenure.
After coming up short in the main event of Extreme Rules, the Sassy Southern Belle hasn’t been seen
much on TV, but is still working at live events, competing with the likes of Becky Lynch
and Dana Brooke.
On Twitter this week, Evans got into quite the argument with Brooke after the former Marine lost an
earring in a match, and after blaming Dana for it, Brooke said she wanted
to smack Evans harder just for that.
Describing Evans as “classless” in a Tweet later in the day, Brooke certainly held nothing back, as it
seems a feud between the two could happen in the near future.
Back to RAW now and this week’s show saw Elias capture the WWE 24/7 Championship for the third
time, but is finding out the hard way the perils of holding the gold.
After the success of his first album Walk With Elias, the singing Superstar returned to the studio this
week to work on his follow-up, was instead ambushed by Drake Maverick.
Maverick, a four-time 24/7 Champion was nearly able to capture the gold with a schoolboy, but
found himself on the receiving end of a beating by Elias, who sent Maverick flying through a glass partitition.
It seems Elias is going to be a much tougher champion that Maverick though as we said earlier, it’ll
be interesting to see what will happen when he takes on Kevin Owens in the King of the Ring tournament.
We’re going back in time now, as though Vince McMahon is the leading force in professional
wrestling today, he isn’t the most popular man.
Speaking on his podcast ‘Grillin JR’, the Hall of Fame announcer spoke about going to a meeting with
Bill Wats back in the day, at a time when the WWF was growing and doing real damage to the NWA.
During the meeting, Ross went to the bathroom, but found himself in a unique situation to say the
least, when he heard some of wrest ling’s biggest promoters at the time, talking in secret.
“I go into the first available stall in there… and here comes a bunch of guys walking in off that
meeting. Some of the most famous men in pro wrestling history, are in my little bathroom.”
Hidden away in the stall, Ross could not help but overhear what they had to say, as Ross revealed:
“Anyway, they start talking about Vince. So one voice, very distinct voice says, I could have the
mother f****r killed for $700. Why don’t we just do that?”
Telling Watts what he’d heard later on, the legendary Cowboy calmed Ross down, as JR told his listeners:
“I said ‘Cowboy, well that was inter esting’. He says, “What?” and so I told him. He says “Aw sh*t.
They’re just flapping their gums. They ain’t gonna do sh*t. They couldn’t agree who’s gonna put that $700 in.”
Obviously, McMahon wasn’t murdered by NWA hired assassins, though it does make fans wonder
what the wrestling world would be like today, had the Sports Entertainment powerhouse had been snuffed out.
Though the boss has made plenty of enemies over the years, with many members of the WWE
Universe turning on the company’s founder, it’s safe to say that no disgruntled fans will be making
an attempt on the boss’ life anytime soon.
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