Here's your Wrestling News for September 19th 2020 WWE News! Tessa Blanchard Photo Dispute Settled! One More Superstars Contract Expired Vince Is Angry 2 00:00:04,170 --> 00:00:06,473 And your headlines for today include
Vince McMahon HATED WWE SmackDown Match So Much He Wanted To End It During Commercial!
Ladder Match Added To WWE Clash Of Champions!
WWE Announces Big Rematch And Interesting Segments For RAW Next Week!
Tessa Blanchard Photo Dispute Finally Settled!
What happened with Alexa Bliss After Smackdown Ended ?
Mandy Rose Reacts To Otis Stripping The Miz Down On SmackDown ; Future Plans Of The Storyline Is
Revealed!
Why AEW Are Planning A Special Theme Episode Of Dynamite?
AEW Wrestler Reveals Her House Burned Down This Past Month!
The Rock Rips Security Gate Off Its Hinges During Electric Outage!
Yet Another Big Star’s Contract Expired ; He Is A Free Agent Now!
Two-time WWE Women’s Champion Is Returning To WWE Soon!
Vince McMahon Reportedly Forgot About TWO Wrestler’s Singles Push And More!
We’re kicking off with SmackDown news today as it’s no secret that a lot’s going on backstage in WWE
right now, and on during this week’s show, Vince McMahon was furious about one match
Ringside News is reporting that Vince was changing SmackDown throughout the show and was
changing his mind in the middle of the broadcast, which may explain why the show seemed disjointed.
A member of creative revealed that Vince was quote “screaming on the headsets that he hated the Cesaro
match”, and that he wanted the match to go home during the break.
Instead of ending the match-mid commercial, Vince cut the match’s second-half short by four minutes,
and though we’re not even sure what there was to hate about the Cesaro- Gran-Mettalik match, something got
under the boss’ skin. This week’s SmackDown also saw AJ Styles got a roll-up win over Sami
Zayn, but when the Canadian launched a post-match assault, J eff Hardy ran down and cleared the
ring. After making his presence known, Hardy revealed that at Clash of
Champions, he’ll defend his Intercontinental title against both Styles and Sami, but in a ladder match.
Jeff’s history with ladder matches is well known, and we’ll have to wait and see who can climb the literal
ladder of success and leave the Thunderdome the Intercontinental Champion at Clash of Champions.
Over to RAW now, and with the WWE opposing Football next week, the company needs something big to lure
viewers. That may explain why they’re doing a rematch from this-week’s RAW,
as during a commercial break on SmackDown, it was announced that Drew McIntyre will face Keith
Lee again. Last week’s RAW saw Lee face McIntyre, with a shot at Drew’s WWE
Championship on the line, though that match was ended by Retribution before a winner was decided.
RAW will also see Braun Strowman return to the Underground to face the behemoth Dabba-Kato,
as well as a triple threat tag-team match, pitting Dominik Mysterio and Humberto Carillo against Seth
Rollins and Murphy and Andrade and Angel Garza, with the winners earning a shot at the Street Profits
RAW Tag Team titles. With WWE previously waiting until an hour-and-a-half before RAW
to announce matches, it’s clear the company is trying to stack this card, and we’ll have to see how the red
brand fares against the NFL this Monday.
Video game news now, as WWE 2K Battlegrounds released this week, but not without controversy.
Earlier this week, we reported on an image of Tessa Blanchard being in the game, and the original
photographer of that Blancard picture, Basil Mahmud, wasn’t happy about it.
After speaking with Michael Dockins, who has worked on AEW trademarks in the past, Mahmud took to Twitter
to thank Dockins with his help, and added that after speaking with the 2K Battlegrounds team, a patch for
the game has been released which will remove Blanchard entirely. It’s certainly strange that WWE would
allow a picture of a non-WWE wrestler make it into their game in the first place, and whether this means WWE
have inked a deal with the first-ever female Impact World Champion, remains to be seen.
More Battleground news now, as the game launched this week with a very special person promoting it.
In a commercial for the Game, The Undertaker appeared out of character alongside his wife Michelle McCool
and their family, and we certainly want to go one-on-one with the Deadman, either in the ring,
or in Battlegrounds. Back to SmackDown, as after weeks of being connected to the Fend,
Alexa Bliss seemed back to her normal self, until things went wrong. Alexa sat at ringside to commentate on
Nikki Cross’ match against Lacey Evans, and after the Sassy Southern Belle wasn’t happy about her loss,
she got in Alexa’s face and dared her to call the Fiend. The mention of Wyatt’s alter ego
snapped something in Bliss, as she stood up with zero emotion and hit Bliss with a sister Abigail, before
walking off. Post-show, Bliss was seen walking like a zombie backstage, and the
normally chatty Superstar didn’t say a word during an interview, not even when her friend Nikki Cross tried to
get her to talk. It seems like Bliss can still be her old self, which’ll certainly help with her
new Uncool podcast, but we doubt anyone will be wanting to mention the Fiend to her and risk taking a Sister
Abigail, forehead kiss and all.
Whilst Bliss may not even remember what happened last nght, one person who definitely will is The Miz,
as he was embarrassed this week onSmackDown. During the show, The A-Lister
revealed that he is suing Otis, who recently interrupted the Dirt Sheet, claiming that Mr Money in the Bank
had violated his First-Ammendment rights. Miz went on to explain why he used
his connections to send Mandy Rose to RAW, explaining that he wants Otis to focus on cashing in Money in the
Bank, and he and John Morrison continued to take shots at Otis and Rose, leading to the Heavy Machinery
star pantsing Miz, showing off his tighty-whities.
On Twitter, the Golden Goddess praised her man for pantsing Miz, and also commented on the
A-Lister’s underwear. Whilst Otis may have gotten the last laugh on SmackDown, this lawsuit
could spell big trouble for him, especially as the Dirt Sheet duo have said he has to forfeit his gaurenteed
title-match contract or face going to court. Otis now has one week to make his
decision, and we can’t help but wonder who will Otis’ lawyer be, and what his decision will be.
In The Wrestling Obserrver Newsletter, Dave Meltzer explained the new angle for Otis and Rose,
saying: “The idea is Otis and Rose are now going to have a long-distance
relationship, given that no world exists in these characters expect Monday and Friday night, and they
aren’t allowed to be together.” Given the reactions to this storyline, it seems the two will remain an
on-screen couple, albeit a long- distance one, and we’ll have to see what twists and turns will happen
next with Otis and Rose, now that his Money in the Bank contract is now at stake.
AEW news now, as Miro has finally locked down his new name following his debut on the September 9th
Dynamite. Recent filings revealed that Miro registered a trademark on his name
on September 13th, and according to Wrestling Inc, this was done though Michael Dockins, who’s worked with
Cody, Chris Jericho, FTR, and others in the past. Miro’s new trademarks cover the
standard wrestling trademark topics, including merchandise and video games, as it’s clear the former
Superstar plans on using the Miro name for a long-time to come.
More AEW news now, and with the company facing some big competition on TV next month, they’ve got
something big planned. On what AEW is claiming is the one- year anniversary of Dynamite,
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley will defend against Lance Archer on October 14th, and though this isn’t
the exact one-year anniversary, it’s close enough for AEW.
With Dynamite’s actual anniversary being October 2nd, fans have been wondering why they didn’t put the title
match on their October 7th show, and according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, that’s because they have
something big already planned for that night. They said: “I had figured the reason the one year
TNT anniversary show was 10/14 headlined by the Jon Moxley vs. Lance Archer title match, and not 10/7
the actual first show aired October 2, 2019) was because the Vice Presidential debate is scheduled for
10/7. But actually the reason is they’ve got other ideas for 10/7 which will have a different theme
AEW knows the Vice Presidential debate will take away viewers, and we’ll have to see what big things they
have planned to keep their loyal fans glued to TNT programming.
We’ve got some sad news to report now, as AEW’s Ivelisse has revealed a tragedy at home.
On Twitter, Ivelisse spoke about the past month, and revealed that her home recently burned down, saying:
My personal lifes been a whirlwind this past month, going thru losing a home due to a fire is no joke, not to
mention other personal things combined w/sandemik. Ive fought hard to stay mentally above, starting
to see a bit of a silver lining now with it finally turning around It’s certainly been a mixed time as of
of late for Ivelisse, who won the AEW Women’s tag team tournament with Diamente, but also reportedly had her
match with Thunder Rosa this week end in some shoot strikes, and we here at Slat Rock hope there’s better
days ahead for the talented AEW wrestler.
Now it’s no secret that the Rock is a very powerful man, and this week, the Brahma Bull proved just how
powerful he is, by rippng his own gate off it’s hinges. On Instagram, the most electrifying
man in sports entertainment revealed that the power was out at his home, and since the electronic gate wouldn’t
open, the Rock used his brute strength to manually open it. The Rock joked that it wasn’t his
finest hour, but he couldn’t wait 45 minutes for the gate tech team to arrive,saying that he had to go to
work for the hundreds of production crew members who rely on him being there.
It may not be the most glamorous solution, but you can’t argue with the results, as The Rock made it to work,
thanks to some out-of-the-box thinking, and some huge biceps. Over to the NWA now, as James
Storm’s contract with the NWA expired this year, but it wasn’t noticed since NWA Powerr has been
off the air. According to Fightful, Storm’s a free agent now, as his NWA contract
ended on February 1st, and even if he was still in the NWA, a clause in his contract meant he’d still be able to take
bookings outside the company. With Thunder Rosa working AEW dates recently, there seems to be
some sort of agreement between the two promotions, but if the Cowboy ever does appear on Dynamite,
it won’t be as part of the NWA. We’ve got some huge return news now, as after Melina came back for
last year’s RAW Reunion, it now lookslike she’ll be entering the Thunderdome.
According to PW Insider, the former Women’s Champion has come to terms with WWE regarding a return.
They said: “There had been interest in Perez earlier this year as the company
attempted to book her for the 2020 Womens’ Royal Rumble, but at the time she was under an agreement
with the NWA. That agreement has since ended.” It was also reported that she’ll be on
TV within a week, and though it wasn’t noted what her role will be, this is an incredibly fast turnaround
for the 41-year-old former Champion. Back to AEW next, as despite working the cinematic Tooth and Nail
at All Out, Britt Baker still has a knee injury she suffered in May and waiting to return.
Fightful are reporting that AEW had an ambitious return date that would’ve seen Baker cleared for All Out,
but that didn’t happen, and as of last weekend, she’s still not cleared to compete.
That hasn’t stopped Baker from making appearances on Dynamite, which has reportedly earned her a
ton of praise backstage, and she’s certainly shown that she’s willing to put the effort in to remain in storyline,
despite her injury. Now, we previously reported that Ivelisse and Thunder Rosa’s
Dynamite match saw the two use shoot strikes, but there’s now conflicting reports about this.
Whilst it was reported that Thunder Rosa used shoot strikes during their NWA Women’s ttle match that
Ivelisse no-sold, PW Insider noted that no-such strikes took place, and Bryan Alverez also refuted previous
reports, saying: “Nobody had any idea what this story was all about, they did their
match, they went backstage, there was zero issue. Neither of them are under contract with AEW. Are you
telling me that they’re going to go in the ring and start shooting and then the company is going to bring them
back for another match next week”? Alverez added that he’s 99.999999% sure no shooting took place, and that
these strikes were put in because of both women’s MMA background. Both Ivilesse and Thunder Rosa will
return next week, alongside Diamante who also isn’t contracted to AEW, and we’ll have to see how next week’s
match goes following these conflicting reports. Speaking of WWE’s women’s division,
it wasn’t too long ago that Vince McMahon was ready to push Peyton Royce and Bianca Belair, but now it
seems he’s changed his mind. Despite McMahon reportedly seeing Royce as a future top star,
she wasn’t used at all this week, whilst her former-IIconics partner Billie Kay worked on Main Event,
and in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, it was noted that Vince has forgotten all about Bianca Belair.
The EST of WWE has been barely used since her call-up earlier this year, and whilst Royce being missing
this week doesn’t necessarily mean her push has gone, it’s still not a good sign.
Vince McMahon was high on both of them just a few weeks back, even calling them two singles Superstars
during a recent call with creative, and if WWE does intend to push the pair, their certainly going about things
the wrong way. And we’re ending today with NXT, which may soon be entering the
Thunderdome. As noted in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there have been internal
talks of hosting October 4th’s NXT TakeOver in the Thunderdome, though the show could stay at Full
Sail. So far, WWE haven’t announced any matches for TakeOver, or a location,
and with the show being just a few weeks away, decisions will need to be made very soon.