Here's your wrestling news for August 2nd, 2022.
And we're kicking off today with summer slam.
Not only did Becky Lynch come up short against
raw women's champion, Bianca Belair in the show's
opener, but she also got injured along the way.
We've previously reported that Lynch suffered a shoulder
injury, and now we have an update on what the future holds
for the man fight for reports that the injury happened after
Belair hit the glam slam on Lynch afterward Lynch would
roll out of the ring to put her shoulder back into place.
Lynch's injury has forced WWE to change their creative plans.
As post-match Lynch stood side by side with Belair
against the returning Bayley, Dakota Kai and IYO SKY.
In an update Fightful ad that whatever plans WWE has for
this program will have to be placed on hold for the time.
Being as WWE are well aware that Lynch
won't be wrestling for some time.
It said that there is a 50/50 chance whether or not Lynch will have
to have surgery, which would obviously extend her recovery time.
If she has to go under the knife after being attacked
on raw, by Bailey in a backstage segment, WWE reported
that Lynch's shoulder injury had been exacerbated and
that she will be out of action for several months.
Losing Lynch so quickly after her face turn is bad news for WWE but
for the time being the women's division will have to go on ahead
without one of the promotions biggest ever stars Lynch was the
only woman who came up short at summer slam as Rhonda Rousey was
unsuccessful in regaining the SmackDown women's title from liv Morgan.
After the match, Rousey attacked an official and WWE have
now taken action against the baddest woman on the planet.
As noted in a tweet, in a statement, WWE has fined and
suspended Rousey for Postma attack, which came after
Morgan tapped to the former UFC fighter's arm bar.
But the referee missed it.
There's no word on when Rousey will be back on our
screens, but this suspension is just the latest bit
of bad luck for the baddest woman on the planet.
After years at NXT Tomaso champa was called up to the main roster
earlier this year and has worked as a cohort for the MIZ since then.
Champa's Alliance with the Alister was decided when Vince McMahon
was running things, but with new management may come a new role
for the former NXT champion on RAW this week, three matches saw
the next challenger for us champion Bobby Lashley to be decided.
And after AJ styles defeated the Miz and Mustafa Ali and Ciampa
bested, Chad Gable, and dolph Ziegler, the two winners faced off.
It was thanks to an assist from the Miz that Ciampa
got the win, earning a us title match with Lashley
next week, but there may be much more in the pipeline.
First in a backstage promo, the Miz threw out a line
about how Ciampa couldn't help him beat Logan Paul at
summer slam hinting that the Duo's Alliance man soon.
Secondly, it's been reported that triple H has big
plans to change the presentation of Ciampa on raw.
And we're not just talking about his.
Ideas being thrown around, include for Ciampa to be put in more
matches, which showcase his ability and for him to get his old
NXT theme back, it should come as no surprise that Ciampa is
set to do well under the triple H Era of creative as he was
one of the biggest stars in NXT when the game ran the show.
Sure.
Ciampa's unlikely to de throne Lashley, but
this is a huge first step for him on raw.
And we doubt it's the last time he'll be in the title.
This week's raw also saw edge, make appearance cutting
a promo in which he vowed to end the judgment day once.
And for all, after the Mysterio's lost to the USOs and RAW
main event, the judgment day would assault the father son
duo before edge made the save some quick thinking from Rhea
Ripley led to Dominic getting pushed into the middle of the
ring, eating a spear from edge in a freak moment, and raw
ended with the rated R superstar running after Finn Balor
while Ray was concerned over his son.
It looks like WWE is building towards Ray Mysterio edge reunion at
clash of the castle against Finn Balor and Damian priest reining.
The brief tag team of Ray and edge that was around 20 years ago.
Edges returned from retirement has been incredible to see, but it
hasn't often lived up to expectations as early on age was showing.
And even the rated our superstar would probably
admit that he was a step slower than before.
As he's gotten back into the groove though, edge has looked
much better and it seems now he's had the chance to knock
off those years of ring rust edge will likely be forced to
form a faction of his own, to dispatch of the judgment day.
But after being attacked by the group just a
few months ago, expect the hall of Famer to be
the ultimate Victor in this rivalry or from raw.
Now as this week's show is the first red brand solely
under the watchful eye of triple H as last week's
episode had been written in advance by Vince McMahon.
The show was truly the start of a new era for
raw as shown with the completely commercial free
first hour of the show from 8:00 PM to 9:06 PM.
WWE didn't have a single commercial break
instead, focusing on the segments of the show.
Fans witnessed Becky Lynch's injury announcement
in promo Bianca Belair’s reaction Lynch.
Be attacked backstage, a video clip from Logan Paul, a couple
of backstage interviews and Seth Rollins face Montez Ford.
That was followed by a Roman reigns Brock Lesnar summer slam
recap video, and an Alexa bliss versus Oscar match, which was
interrupted by Bailey Dakota, Kai and IYO SKY all before the first
commercial aired it's reported that the USA network was open to
the idea of a commercial free first hour after the buzz coming out
of summer slam and new creative direction in WWE prior to airing,
it was noted that last night's raw would be a statement show.
And it's hard to argue that a statement isn't being made.
This was certainly a strong start for the
red brand in the post Vince McMahon era.
And we'll just have to wait for more statements to be
made in the coming weeks in may Sasha banks and Naomi were
suspended by WWE following their walkout during the May
16th, RAW over creative differences with the main event.
Since then the pair of been stripped of the WWE women's tag titles
called unprofessional live on TV and removed from the company's
internal roster, all signs of them leaving the promotion for good.
Now though that's seemingly all changed.
As on wrestling, observer live, Brian Alvarez
reported that the two are back with the company.
He said, I've been talking to one source who said
that Sasha and Naomi have made a deal to return.
The news of banks and Naomi returning is huge, is very
few people expected them to come back and it may have
only happened because of the changes behind the scenes.
It was reported not too long ago, that banks and
Naomi's main beef backstage was with Vince McMahon.
But with the billionaire now retired things
appear to have settled between the two sides.
These are truly unprecedented times for WWE as it wouldn't be too long
ago that their actions would've guaranteed a release from the company.
But time will tell when the former women's tag
team champions eventually make their return to TV.
There's been a lot of buzz around Sasha banks and
Naomi possibly returning and WWE themselves are also
getting in on the action prior to raw WWE tweeted.
How summer slam was now in the rear view, which fans will recognize
not only as the automobile term, but also the name of Naomi's
finisher, neither banks nor Naomi appeared in person on last night's
raw, but there is a feeling among fans that they will be back soon.
Compared to how things seemed just a week ago.
This is a huge change of pace for WWE banks and Naomi,
as this is proving to be a new era for the company.
And we're ending today with theory who didn't appear on last night's
Monday night, raw WWE did not confirm why theory was missing from
the show, but there is a possible sad reason for his absence in an
Instagram post on Sunday theory shared the news of the death of his
uncle and reflected on some of the memories they shared together.
It's entirely possible.
That theory missed RAW to mourn the loss of his uncle, though.
We should stress that nothing has been confirmed by WWE or Mr.
Money in the bank.
No matter the reason, losing a relation must be difficult
for theory, and we wish him the best at this sad time.