Here's more wrestling news for May 13th 2021
And your headlines for today include
Miro Beats Darby Allin To Become The New TNT Champion!
What Happened After AEW Dynamite Went Off The Air?
Orange Cassidy Legitimately Knocked Out Cold During AEW Dynamite! Cassidy’s Present Condition Is Revealed!
WWE Eyeing Surprise Location For SummerSlam 2021!
WWE Changed Up Another Plan For RAW This Week!
News Of Yet Another AEW Wrestler’s Injury During AEW Blood & Guts Match Is Out!
Why Cops Pulled Darby Allin & Sting Over 3 Times ?
Drake Wuertz Misses WWE NXT And Appears Elsewhere!
Bayley Calls Becky Lynch’s WWE Return ‘Wishful Thinking’ – Are WWE Planting Seeds For Becky’s Return?
CM Punk Takes A Dig At Vince McMahon While Responding To Charlotte Flair! And more!
We’re starting today with AEW, and after just 8 months with the company, Miro has won his first gold in the All-Elite promotion.
Facing Darby Allin on this week’s Dynamite, Miro attacked the face-painted wrestler before the bell ring, and things didn’t get
much better for Sting’s protégé, who lost the title locked in the Game Over, and the referee called for the bell.
After the show went off the air, Allin spoke to the live crowd about how much the TNT title means to him, saying that when fans ask
about when he’s going to be AEW World Champion, Allin tells them:
“‘I don’t need that s***. I need the TNT Championship.”
This marks Miro’s first title in AEW, and his first championship period in over two years, and we’ll have to see how he does as the
brand-new TNT Champion.
If Allin’s night was bad, Orange Cassidy’s wasn’t much better, as his number-one contender’s match against Pac for the AEW
World Championship didn’t go according to plan. According to PW Insider, the pair were
meant to wrestle to a twenty-minute draw, but that didn’t happen, as the Freshly Squeezed One was knocked out cold during
the match. Instead of a draw, Tony Khan came out to announce that both men will face Kenny
Omega at Double or Nothing, in a Triple threat match for the AEW World Championship.
It was a stiff Liger Bomb that ultimately put Cassidy out, and in an update from Fightful, it was reported that Cassidy is fortunately
okay after such a scary spot. The match ended with referee Aubrey Edwards counting both Cassidy and Pac out,
and although it’s odd that someone who was KO’d and unable to fight back now gets a shot at the AEW World title,
fans can expect to see Cassidy back in the ring at Double or Nothing.
WWE News now, and though it’s believed that Summerslam will take place in front of live fans, that’s all that’s known about the show.
When Ringside News asked about the August Pay Per View, they were told that nothing is planned for the show yet,
and that there’s no plans for anything in WWE past whatever Pay Per View takes place in July.
The source also confirmed that no matches have been booked for Summerslam yet, as the company has too much to do right now to
focus on their second biggest event of the year. With the plan for the show to be in front of
live-crowd, and reportedly the start of the post-Thunderdome era, Summerslam 2021 will need to be an epic night, but for now,
nothing is set in stone for the biggest party of the Summer.
Whilst nothing has been confirmed, rumours continue to circulate around Summerslam, as a new potential host has been revealed.
Recently, it was reported that Phoenix, Arizona and Texas were being considered, and earlier this week, it was noted that WWE
is considering returning to Madison Square Garden for Summerslam. Now, Las Vegas has entered the running,
as sources are reporting that WWE is considering the Allegiant Stadium for the August Pay Per View.
The only problem with this venue is that the roof wouldn’t open, but after the weather caused severe delays at WrestleMania,
WWE may be counting on a closed roof. At this time, there’s no confirmation on which location will host Summerslam, but it’s looking
increasingly more likely that the Biggest party of the Summer won’t be in the Thunderdome.
Over to RAW now, as this week’s show saw the Sheamus Vs. Humberto Carillo match end abruptly thanks to an unfortunate bump,
but that wasn’t the only plan that was changed. According to PW Insider, Mansoor was meant to appear during this week’s RAW, but
obviously that didn’t happen. It’s unclear whether he was meant to be part of the U.S. Title picture, but his absence this
absence this week, following his RAW debut last week that saw his 49-match winning streak end thanks to a DQ, doesn’t
bode well for his future on the main roster. We’ll have to see how WWE works Mansoor back onto the show after having a week off,
and what the Saudi star will do next now that his winning streak is over.
More injury news from AEW now, as the Blood and Guts match divided fan opinion last week, but one person who got hurt is Santana.
That’s according to Chris Jericho, who spoke on his Talk is Jericho podcast, and revealed that Santana got hurt doing a
bump onto a chair. He explained: Ortiz got back bumped into the cage and the cage moved and he fell between the cage
and the apron. I went over and tried to pull the cage back so he could get out. It looked really dangerous.
Later on, Santana did the same, except he took the bump over the top rope and between the apron and cage, onto a chair
that was also stuffed in there. He actually got really hurt and messed up his back and was having some problems walking after.
We’ll have to see when Santana can compete again, but the Blood and Guts match certainly did a number on the Inner
Circle.
More from AEW, as the company brought Sting in to be Darby Allin’s partner in the Revolution Street Fight against Team Taz,
but that nearly didn’t take place. Speaking to ESPN’s Sportsnation, Allin revealed that it wasn’t Sting’s age, or the
risk of injury that nearly nixed the match, but it was law enforcement that got involved when they were filming. He said:
“Like my entrance, I was filming for the pay-per-view last month with Sting, we were filming that entrance and got pulled over
three times by the cops.” “They just saw me skating down the street at 3 in the morning and my face paint,
speeding in a truck. They were like, ‘what’s going on here,’ I’m like, ‘it’s for professional wrestling, AEW.’”
To be fair, it’s not every day you see someone skateboarding at 3AM, wearing face-paint no less, but thankfully no charges were pressed
in this situation.
Over to NXT, and last month, referee Drake Wuertz made headlines for his appearance at the Seminole County Board of County
Commissioners, where he shared several disproven QAnon conspiracy theories.
This week, Wuertz was absent from NXT, and that’s because he was once again pleading his case that masks should not be
used as it’s allegedly part of a plot that’ll allow predators to prey on Children.
Speaking during a school board meeting for the Seminole County Public Schools, Wuertz told the Superintendent that
wearing masks is quote “going against the wishes of God,” and read a bible verse saying it’s better for an adult to drown then
a child to stumble. Wuertz also claimed that teachers are unable to tell Children apart when they
were masks, but provided no evidence for this claim.
In WWE, Wuertz’s actions have turned many talents and staff against him, especially as he spoke at the first county meeting whilst
wearing an NXT shirt, with one source saying his pattern of behaviour is becoming increasingly concerning.
We’ll have to see what Wuertz does next, as the NXT referee is becoming much more known for his antics out of the ring than in it.
One person with a much better reason for missing WWE TV is Becky Lynch, who gave birth last December, and who was
rumoured to make an appearance at WrestleMania, rumours that were only helped by The Man teasing an appearance.
Instead, The Man wasn’t there, and Bayley was confronted by the Bella Twins instead, and now the Role Model isn’t thrilled about
the idea of the Man returning. Speaking to Rick Ucchino, Bayley revealed that there was never plans for a Lynch
WrestleMania return, saying
“I think it was wishful thinking and people ready to see Becky back and ready to see me get my butt-kicked, I guess. It’s not onna
happen because she didn’t come back… I’m sure she’s ready to get her hands on me and I’ll be ready because I’ve been doing a lot
since she’s been gone… She better start (at the bottom). I know she ‘gave up’ her championship, but that doesn’t mean she’ll
return and be right back in that picture. She better start at the very bottom.”
Recently, Lynch signed a new contract with WWE, once again fuelling speculation that she’ll be back very soon, but clearly Bayley is
keeping an eye out for the former RAW Women’s Champion.
In April 2020, Kurt Angle was released from WWE, and though it’s been over a year since his departure, fans haven’t seen the Olympian
in any other promotion. That’s something Shaquille O’Neil is trying to change, as during the Two-Man Power
Trip podcast, Angle explained that he recently got a text from the basketball legend, telling him to come to AEW.
Though there’s plenty of fans who’d love to see this, Angle reiterated that he’s retired and doesn’t plan on wrestling again, adding
that if he does, it’ll most likely be for WWE. Angle seems to be sticking to his retirement, though it’s worth mentioning that we used to
to say the same about Sting, but for now, don’t expect the Olympic Gold Medalist inside the Daily’s Place.
Back to WWE, and John Cena’s commitments to the HBO Max Peacemaker series has kept him away from the ring, including missing
WrestleMania for the first time since he debuted in the company. Though Cena will be suiting up as the DC
Comics character for this Summer’s Suicide Squad movie, we now know when his HBO series will be airing.
On Instagram, Director James Gunn was asked when fans will get to see the Peacemaker spin-off series drop, and he
replied saying ‘January 2022.’ That means that fans will have to wait just 7 months to see Cena don the suit on his
own TV show, and time will tell whether Cena’s hard work and dedication to the project over WWE pays off.
And we’re ending this video with Charlotte Flair, who came back not too long ago and is now in the RAW Women’s title picture.
This week, Flair shared a photo of herself on commentary, asking her twitter followers to caption it, which got quite the response from
CM Punk Taking a dig at Vince McMahon, Punk parodied what Vince might’ve been saying in the headset,
telling Flair to stop watching the Monitors and stop saying Wrestling. It’s no secret that Vince McMahon prefers
the term Sports Entertainment instead of Pro Wrestling, and that he has a history of shouting into people’s headsets, something
that Punk clearly hasn’t forgotten from his days in WWE.