Here's even more wrestling news for October 4th, 2022,
and we're starting off with WWE as there's no shortage
of titles available across Raw SmackDown in nxt.
With all three brands having a singles mid card title for
male superstars, those male stars not quite in the main event
can challenge for the United States Intercontinental or North
American title, but there's no mid card title for the women.
Speaking to Steve Fall of SE Scoops this week.
Raquel Rodriguez said that she wants that to be changed,
saying we have women from all over the world, from all over the
country, from different backgrounds and different ethnicities.
I think having an Intercontinental championship, having
a North American Championship for the women would be
something just a huge leap forward for the women's division.
In WWE Rodriguez is a former NXT women's champion, NXT
Women's Tag Team Champion, and WWE Women's Tag Team champion.
But perhaps one day she'll hold a singles
mid card just for the women of the company.
Last week, a e w, severe ties with space, their broadcast partner
in Mexico, South America, Central America, and The Bahamas, leaving
fans in the respective areas without Spanish speaking commentary.
Tony Khan's announcement of the news faced criticism
as he only made the announcement on Twitter in
English, but we now know more about what happened.
Un Wrestling Observer Radio Meltzer explained that the two sides
could not come to terms over a financial agreement, and that
this split was not due to any bad blood between a e W and Space.
Now fans in these areas will have to pay 6.99$ a
month for a e w plus in a move that hasn't gone
down well at all with Spanish speaking fans.
Since July, Austin Theory has held onto the money in the
bank briefcase and hasn't shied away from trying to cash
in at Summer Slam and Clash of the Castle Theory tried
to become the undisputed WWE universal champion, but was
stopped before the cashing attempt was officially made.
Now theory has a new strategy to become champion, and in an interview
with Bleacher Report, tease that his title win may not be televised.
I mean, anything can happen in the
WWE that's been said a lot of times.
I feel like, who knows?
Why would it not happen?
It has to happen eventually, right?
Somebody has to do it.
And why?
Not me?
Somebody who makes these headlines, these achievements.
The youngest United States champion, the youngest Mr.
Money in the bank and the man that could cash in at a live event.
Who knows?
Well here, he would no doubt, love the chance to win the title.
With the world watching, the most
important thing to him is to actually win.
And if his best opportunity comes at a WWE live
event with a few hundred fans present, then so be it.
Next January, the road to WrestleManian 39 will
officially begin with the annual Royal Rumble
Premium Live event like the previous five years.
The event will feature both a men's and women's rumble match.
And even with only these two matches,
confirmed tickets are moving fast.
In a new report from Fight Full, the 2023 Royal Rumble
is set to break the record for both the most amount of
ticket sales and the gross revenue of any rumble event.
The record had previously been held by the 2017 Royal Rumble at
the Alamo Dome in San Antonio, which will also host the 2023 event.
Over 25,000 tickets have already been sold for next
year's show, and that number will only climb from here.
Not only have there been no other matches confirmed for the
2023 Royal Rumble, but no names have been announced for either
Rumble Match, which goes to show just how popular the WWE product
Andrade El Idolo made a name for himself working in
CM Lll in Mexico, as well as New Japan pro wrestling.
He then improved a lot in WWE and eventually debuted in AEW.
Andrade.
Spent several years in wwe well aware of how the
company functions, especially its hectic work schedule.
And while speaking to Mas Lucha, Andrade admitted
that he feels stagnant in AEW, but noted that
he prefers the AEW schedule to his WWE e.
Right now I feel a little stagnant.
I feel like I want more.
I feel like although I have a good contract, the schedule is good.
I like the schedule because WWE was inhuman.
It was quite a lot.
People cannot imagine, but they think because he is
fighting on tv, it is the only time he fights that are more
non televised matches in other cities, other countries.
Right now it's difficult because I want more.
I feel like I want more.
Now that Roche is back, it's the pressure that we want more.
Andrade El Idolo is set to face off against
Preston Vance where he puts his career on the line.
We will have to wait and see whether Edlo will leave AEW or not.
Dexter Lumis was one of the highlights of NXT
television for the past couple of years, especially
due to his amusing storyline with Indie Hartwell.
However, Lumis and nine other NXT stars
were released by WWE earlier this year.
Dexter Lumis made his return back in August.
Much to the delight of fans.
Since then, he has been involved in a
very one-sided storyline with the mi.
It continues.
Even now.
While speaking on Mc w Backstage Pass, Lumis
discussed the process of choosing a new WWE name.
He revealed that his name is an homage
to the classic movie called Halloween.
It's just, hey, you get an email and
it's like, Hey, pitch is five names.
Anything but your own name and the intellectual property.
So I basically just, I didn't initially have the name Dexter Lus.
I had it in the list.
I don't even know if it was Dexter Lumis.
It might have been like Dexter Shawshank.
But the writers seemed to like Dexter.
Lumis.
Lumis was a play on Dr.
Lumis from Halloween.
We just spelled it different for trademark reasons and.
So I was always a big fan of the horror movie genre.
Halloween is one of my favorite horror
movies from the seventies, early eighties.
Dr.
Lumis, Sam Lumis.
That was the guy who I sort of based that name on.
And Dexter obviously being the famous TV show,
The Vigilant serial killer that kills bad people.
Lumis is doing some of his best with the MI
on raw, but hasn't wrestled since his return.
Here's wishing best wishes to Lumis in his second outing.
Musician, Michael Fitzgerald, aka Fitz recently
announced that he and former WWE Divas champion
Alicia Fox got engaged yesterday in an Instagram post.
Fitzgerald shared a few photos of his proposal
to Fox revealing that they got engaged yesterday.
Fox has previously dated fellow WWE colleague Wade Barrett.
However, the couple split in 2012 after
spending about two years together.
Over the past few years, the 36 year old has been in a relationship
with musician Michael Fitzgerald of the Dark Horse Saloon Band.
The former star of Total Divas holds a few records in
WWE history, including being the first ever African
American divas champion and becoming the first woman
to win a championship in the Royal Rumble match.
Tony Con revealed that AEW world champion, John
Moxley was initially involved in original plans to
bring in the great Moda Keji Muto to the company.
A few weeks ago at Rampage Grant Slam, the 38 year
veteran made his surprise AEW debut and saved former
rival sting from Buddy Matthew's attack during the duo's.
No disqualification tag team match with Darby
Allen and Brody King as their respective partners.
During an interview with Robbie Fox on my mom's basement, con
disclosed at Moxley, came up with the idea of having the Japanese
legend in AEW during the forbid indoor media scrum in June.
Great Moda we've been talking about for a long time, and it was
funny because Mox brought it up in a press conference and we were
already talking about it and I was like, There was New Japan, so I
was kind of like, I don't know if this is the like the best time.
It was like we were already working on it.
The president also confessed that MOA was originally scheduled
to appear at All Out, but was unavailable at the time.
He then slated the latter for the Grand Slam
event, which he thought was a great idea.
The Japanese wrestling legend will have his retirement
show at Pro Wrestling Noah, on January 22nd, 2023
in Yokohama, Japan called the Great Moha Final.
Goodbye.
Sting will be involved in the set event
as he and Moha will be tag team partners.
Sting and Muo were involved in some of the
most iconic matches in pro wrestling history.
The two competed in W C W at Star K 1989 and New
Japan Pro wrestling at W C W N J P W Super Show.
91 from the late eighties to the early nineties, they last faced
each other in a triple threat match at WC w Fall, Brawl 2000, where
the AEW star was victorious against the Japanese legend and vampiro.
And we're ending today with AEW star Andrade El Idolo, who has
peeled back the curtain on Backstage beef he had with top star
Sammy Guara, who claimed the former WWE superstar worked too stiff.
Andra and GVA worked together regularly through the
first portion of 2022 with L elo, challenging for
Sammy's, AEW TNT Championship on two different occasions.
The two men were later on opposite teams for the
tornado Trios match at Revolution, which also involved
Sting Darby Allen and the Hardy Family Office.
All of the matches that the two had were highly praised by fans.
Although Andra didn't pick up the victory on any occasion when he
shared the ring with GVA in AEW speaking in an interview with Mas
Lucha, Andra revealed that he had an issue with Sammy Guara after
the former TNT champion went behind his back and complained about.
I'm going to say his name.
It was Sam gva.
I had an issue with him because he once came to the
locker room and complained that we hit him too hard.
It's wrestling, solve it in the ring.
If I hit hard, hit me hard too.
I learned that he came in and that he accused me like a little girl.
After I learned about it, I spoke to him and asked if he had an
issue with me, but he said he did not, and that's all there was.
The former United States champion compared Gora complaining about
him to WWE superstars, John Cena Shamus and the Miz, who stated that
none of these guys ever complained about getting hit hard by elo.
He said, It's funny because not even in WWE E for
example, Shamus likes to hit and all my respect for him
because he loves to hit hard and he loves the strikes.
He's wild.
Even the Miz likes to throw strikes.
Not even John Sina complained about me, so if he did
not complain, imagine this kid who is just starting.
But there's that.
Do you agree with L ELO's?
Comments about Sammy Guara?
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and the Royal Rumble is, and we're ending today with Vince
McMahon and with the allegations made against him, it's easy for
some to only look back negatively on the former WWE chairman.
And remember all the bad decisions he made in wrestling.
Sure McMahon had a lot of stinkers make it to air on his programming,
but he also had plenty of gold including the formation of a
popular tag team speaking this week on the wrestling with John's
podcast, Scott Garland, aka Scotty Tu Hotty, recalled being booked
for WrestleMania 14 with Brian Christopher and spoke with McMan.
After the show, I found somebody to my left and I look,
and it's Vince and he's getting a coffee at the same time.
Thank you, sir, for putting me on this show.
It's a dream come true.
I don't know if you know this, but I used to wrestle with Scott
too, Hot Taylor on the independent scene, and Brian is too sexy.
Brian, Christopher, I'm just throwing this out there.
I'm just throwing that out there.
I thought that would be the end of it.
And then the next week I show up at TV and we're on the board.
They named us too much.
We had no input in that.
All of a sudden we just too much and we were a tag team.
Originally obnoxious heels.
The antics of too much would eventually turn them face as too cool.
And all these years later, the group continues to be
one of the most popular teams of the attitude era.