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Randy Orton Mocks Brock Lesnar Following the apparent start of Randy Orton
and Rusev’s Summerslam feud on this week’s Smackdown - two men who’ve recently been
involved in a series of over-the-top gimmick matches - comedy account WWE Creative Humor
tweeeted: "I'll fight you.
Just no Punjabi Prison Matches or House of Horrors or Flag Matches or any other bulls***
matches" - @RandyOrton #SDLive” You know who agrees with that joke - that
maybe Randy Orton has been booked in some ridiculous stipulations over the last few
months?
Randy Orton himself.
The Viper retweeted the gag from outta nowhere this week, and he’s now struck again, reposting
another Creative Humor tweet: “Sooo, THIS is pretty funny - Get the new
Brock Lesnar "Eat.
Sleep.
Threaten to leave for UFC when your contract is up to get more money.
Repeat."
shirt #Merch” If Brock Lesnar is on the way out of WWE…
Paige WWE Return ‘Soon’ he might be hot tagging in the currently out-with-injury
Paige, who’s claimed she’s nearing an in-ring return:
"I just had my CT scan today and I do my last checkup on Monday with my good friend and
doctor, Dr. Uribe, in Arizona.
Hopefully I'll be back sooner rather than later but I don't know at this point, I don't
know where it is.
But I can't wait to get back to work...I'm excited to get back to WWE."
Paige & Alberto Talk Airport Incident Her comments came in an interview with Bully
Ray on Busted Open Radio, which Paige and her fiance Alberto El Patron (the former Alberto
Del Rio in WWE) requested to set the record straight over their recent airport altercation.
TMZ initially reported that Alberto was arguing with a woman and police were called when “things
escalated” last month.
The Orlando Police Department initially said they were investigating Del Rio for domestic
violence battery - leading to GFW (the new name for TNA) suspending him, their world
champion - but the police later also “found that probable cause exists to charge Saraya
Bevis [Paige] with Battery (Domestic Violence)”.
Alberto and Paige explained that they’re just passionate people who shouldn’t, but
sometimes do, argue in public, and this particular incident was greatly exaggerated by the media.
Alberto had said something mean to Paige, so she poured a drink over his head.
This caused Alberto to react angrily, and the police told them to go their separate
ways until they’d both calmed down.
Bully Ray brought up the claims made by Paige’s brothers - with Zak Bevis posting on Facebook
“she's with a control freak who think he's a tough guy cause he's beats my sister and
has money too cover his tracks”.
The couple dismissed this as her family reacting to what they read online, which she claims
is far from the actual truth.
Alberto is now “totally free and cleared” from the investigation, but he remains suspended
by GFW.
Alberto said he “gets to go back to work soon” but he won’t be at the promotion’s
first live event dates in over a year this weekend.
After WWE’s recent run of cost-cutting - including dropping pyro from their shows, cancelling
a number of WWE Network programmes and delaying the weekly UK Championship show - it was feared
talent releases would be next.
And according to Wrestling Inc, that appears to have begun.
The site reports Cruiserweight Classic competitor HoHo Lun has been released by WWE.
Lun joined NXT last year, with WWE hoping to create a Chinese star.
He defeated Ariya Daivari in the Cruiserweight Classic’s first round, but lost in the second
to Noam Dar.
He’s infrequently appeared on NXT since, last seen losing to The Velveteen Dream on
the 23rd June.
But why is WWE cutting costs backstage?
And who’s pushing for Samoa Joe to win the title at Summerslam?
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