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WWE Finds A Lost Tape , A Documentary On It Is Coming Up Soon!
Mike Tyson is fianlly All Elite
WWE Shelved Big Plans For The FIEND!
Unexpected Guest At WWE Backstage!
WWE Reportedly Introducing 2 New Title Designs Soon!
Purpose Behind Mysterious New WWE Trademark Revealed!
WWE Quietly Setting The Stage For The Undertaker’s Final Match!
We’re kicking off today with news from NXT, as next week’s show will see a special
cage fight between Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher, with a VERY special guest referee.
Yesterday, the WWE announced that Kurt Angle will serve as the guest official for
the match, marking the Olympian’s first appearance for the company since his
release last month, which was part of the company’s cost-cutting measures.
This match will certainly be a unique contest, as the former tag team will battle in
a cage where the only way to win is via knockout or submission.
Despite his departure as a producer, it’s clear that Angle is still on good terms with
WWE, and there’s no doubt that having the wrestling machine involved will make
the fight all that more interesting.
Back to AEW now and during last night’s Double or Nothing event, it was
confirmed that AEW All Out 2020 will be happening.
The company confirmed that the show that started it all will take place on
September 5th, and although no venue was confirmed, fans can get excited
knowing All Out is set to return in some way.
Back to WWE now, and next week’s edition of WWE Backstage will see the return
of Jeff Jarrett.
The WWE Hall of Famer was confirmed for the show in a tweet by the official
WWE on FOX Twitter account, and it’ll be interesting to see what Double-J has to
say about his career, and various topics, when the show goes live on FS1 next Tuesday.
From one former TNA World Champion to another now, as though Sting is no
longer under contract with WWE, that hasn’t stopped the company from creating
a new special about the Vigilante.
WWE Network News is reporting that the new show, titled ‘Sting: The Lost Tape’,
will air on May 31st, and include never before seen footage from Slamboree 1995,
where he took on Big Bubba Rogers, aka the Big Boss Man, in the semi-main event.
Following his departure from WWE, there’s been plent of talks about Sting joining
AEW, as he recently praised Lance Archer, and whilst Cody Rhodes is more than
happy to tease the Icon’s arrival, it remains to be seen where the Icon will go next.
Now, we all know that WWE has recently introduced a lot of new title designs,
with the Intercontinental Championship being the latest big change last
November, and it looks like the company isn’t finished yet.
As reported by Twitter user Dan Beltzer, who broke the stories of both the
Intercontinetnal and Universal titles being changed last year, the company is
looking to change two titles down the line.
Beltzer, aka BeltFanDan said that whilst one will be a modification on an existing
design, another will be entirely different, and that replicas are already in production.
Though Dan didn’t specify which titles will be changed, rumours recent circulated
that the US Title will be getting a new look, 17 years after this current design
debuted, and with current champion Andrade and Apollo Crews set to face off for
the gold this Monday, either man could be getting a new championship design, very soon.
We’ve got news regarding the death of Shad Gaspard next, as the GoFundMe
campaign set up to help his family has received some major donations.
This week, AEW President Tony Khan dropped $10,000 to the cause, whilst former
AEW World Champion Chris Jericho donated $5,000, which will go towards the
Gaspard family’s bills and expenses, as well as the college fund of his son Aryeh.
As if that wasn’t enough an anonymous user known only as CTC donated a hefty
$40,000 to the cause, with some speculation that the mystery doner is John Cena
and that CTC stands for Cryme Tyme Cenation, a brief group that appeared on
RAW over a decade ago.
Though no money will ever make up for Shad’s death, it’s great to see so many
people helping his wife Siliana, as she and the Gaspard family need all the help
they can get at this terrible time.
We’ve got news from AEW next, as Britt Baker was pulled from Double or Nothing,
and now we have details on how severe her injury is.
During the event, Dr Sampson revealed that Baker fractured her tibia and tore her
right-knee LCL, but gave no timeline on when she’ll be back.
Instead, Baker will appear on this Wednesday’s Dynamite to talk about her
injuries, so hopefully fans will be able to find out more then.
Back to WWE now, and recently, the company filed a trademark for the term ‘Def
Rebel’, which got fans wondering what the mysterious term meant.
Though fans specuated on it being the name of a Superstar, a stable, or maybe
even a Pay Per View, that isn’t the case, as Arena Taping explained:
“Arenataping can confirm that WWE Music Group are set to return to digital music
stores and streaming services as soon as next week under a new name.”
YouTube metadata also revealed WWE filed a trade mark on Wednesday, related
to a new group they hired a year ago called DJDTP.
According to reports, DJDTP was completed at least 40 theme songs for WWE,
though only one has been released thus far, and fans can expect plenty more
music from the group, as represented by Def Rebel.
One man who has had plenty of themes over the years is The Undertaker, and
though the Deadman’s legendary career didn’t end at WrestleMania like AJ Styles
had hoped, it may be over soon.
Since losing, the Phenomal One has made plenty of references to the Phenom
including watching the Last Ride documentary and being trapped in an Undertaker
room at Money in the Bank, and this continued following his win on SmackDown,
where he said he hopes the Deadman was watching.
If the Undertaker does indeed have one match left in him, it could indeed be
against Styles, as Kurt Angle has stated that he had a conversation with the
Deadman, about his final match against the Phenomenal One.
Fans will have to see how things play out, but it certainly seems like the Last Ride
docu-series is setting the stage for one more match between the two former
World Champions.
We have some ews from Monday Night RAW, and whilst the
company has been pushing a lot of stars as of late, one that hasn’t got the rub is Shayna Baszler.
According to this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Bazler was scheduled to
win the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match, but plans were changed to
give Asuka the win.
This has become an unfortunate trend for the Queen of Spades, as the Paul
Heyman favourite was also reportedly booked to win this year’s Women’s Royal
Rumble, though it’s unclear whether the Money in the Bank decision was changed
before, or after, Becky Lynch told the company about her pregnancy.
A source for WrestlingNews.com said that these on-again off-again pushes are
down to Vince McMahon himself, as the Boss still isn’t 100 percent sold on Baszler
as a top heel.
As one of the four-horsewomen of MMA and a dominant force in NXT, Baszler
certainly has the skills to be a top star, though it may be quite some time before
Vince McMahon comes around to the Queen of Spades on RAW.
From RAW to SmackDown next, and we all know that Bray Wyatt underwent quite
the transformation when he was repackaged into the Firefly Fun House persona,
and whilst there was plenty of aspects changed, there were also talks at one point
about taking things further.
According to Ringside News, there were once plans to bring Wyatt’s Firefly Fun
House characters to life, but the idea never went anywhere.
Though we don’t know how this gimmick would have worked, there was
speculation for months that Liv Morgan was going to be repackaged as Sister
Abigail, the often-alluded to mysterious figure from Wyatt’s past, which would
have made her the living incarnation of Abby the Witch.
We’ll have to save whether WWE circles back around to this idea, as Wyatt has
become one of the company’s most popular stars, and this idea may still be picked
up from the cutting room floor.
We’ve got news regarding the sad passing of Shad Gaspard next, as the
Undertaker has shared his sympathies on his tragic death.
Speaking to Mario Lopez, The Phenom added its hard to find people as nice as
Shad was in wrestling, and added:
When you talk about heroes and people that you look up to, with just that last act
of what he did, You know, it just kinda tells you what a great father and human
being that he was. It's just so sad
The Phenom went on to say that whilst people hate to see bad things happen,
they especially hate to see it happen to a good person like Shad, and added.
“You know, it's really not fair.”
Though Shad is sadly no longer with us, his heroic legacy continues to live on, and
the wrestling world will never forget the fun-loving Superstar.
And finally today we’re ending with the results of AEW Double or Nothing, as the
show had a stacked card, and a stacked crowd.
With the likes of Vickie Gerrero and Dan Lambert in the crowd, the show kicked
off with the Best Friends defeating Private Party, followed by Brian Cage making
his AEW debut to win the Casino Ladder Match.
Up next, MJF defeated Jungle Boy, whilst Cody Rhodes made history, defeating
Lance Archer to become the very first AEW TNT Champion.
Though there was an awkward part of the match when AEW inexplicably cut to
Mike Tyson yawning, the Boxing legend more than made up for it, as he
confronted Jake Roberts to stop the Hall of Famer interfering to help Archer.
In a match that was supposed to feature Britt Baker, Kris Stadtlander defeated
Penelope Ford, whilst Dustin Rhodes proved he’s not retired with a win over
Shawn Spears.
In our second women’s division match of the night, Hikaru Shida defeated Nyla
Rose to capture the AEW Women’s Championship, whilst Jon Moxley retained his
AEW World title in a bloody brawl with Brodie Lee.
And in our main event, the Elite defeated the Inner Circle in the Stadium
Stampede, bringing an end to yet another exciting,
unpredictable night of AEW content.