Here's your wrestling news for October 4th,
2022, and we're kicking off today with WWE Raw.
As the show saw, United States Champion
Bobby Lashley be confronted by Mustafa Ali.
Their confrontation led to a match, but this wasn't
your ordinary US title match, but instead, a tale
of Ali's toughness and resolve and refusal to give.
In the end, lastly, won by a technical submission after Ali
passed out in the hurt lock, but he never tapped out to the
move which has become one of WWE'S most devastating submissions.
Ali asked for his release back in January of this year, and there
was a time when it looked like he'd spend the rest of his contract
on the shelf, but he now seems on the cusp of a feature feud on raw.
It was in October, 2020 that Ali turned heal, being revealed
as the leader of retribution, but with his resolve this
week, it's October, 2022, that Mustafa Ali is a face.
Once again, Bron Stroman was also in action on Raw,
having his first match on the brand in a year and
a half, and defeated Chad Gable with relative ease.
The man once known as Shorty G, couldn't topple the monster
among men, but Bronze Next opponent will be much taller.
Backstage, MVP and Omas were seen observing the
mats, teasing a feud between the giant and Stroman.
Omas is the tallest star in the modern era, and WWE's
second tallest superstar ever behind Giant Gonzalez.
So it's now its.
Strongman's turn to play The underdog in this upcoming
feud over to raw now is this show saw another tease of the
white rabbit, but there wasn't just one meaning to what
fans witnessed, but rather five different possibilities.
After Alexa Bliss was shown, a QR code appeared
and when scanned took fans to an image of Samson
and Deliah, a story of betrayal from the Bible.
Of course, fans remember that bliss betrayed Wyatt at Wrestle
mania 37, and what would be Bray's final match with WWE.
And after that match, Wyatt tweeted his own image of
Delilah cutting Samson's hair, robbing him of his strength.
In case WWE didn't make the Bliss connection clear enough.
Red lights were used in the arena when she was speaking.
Another tease of the return of the former feend.
Digging further, a code shown in the Samson image led to an
image of 'White Rabbit milk a brand from Shanghai, China.
There was a binary code shown as well, which fans quickly translated
as saying 'GACY,' Likely a reference to NXTs, Joe Gacy, whose
creepy persona has been compared to Wyatt since his debut last year.
The next set of numbers shown referred to coordinates, which
directed fans to the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
The home of this Saturday's Extreme Rules event.
This isn't the first time that the White Rabbit has given hints
to where his next clue will be, as several coordinates have
been used before featuring the locations of future WWE shows.
The fifth and presumably final clue is the code used,
which when translated, gives the ominous message before me.
Things created were none.
Save things eternal and eternal.
I endure all hope abandoned ye who enter here.
These lines of pros, like the previous white rabbit clue,
comes from Dante's fourth century poem, Inferno, which details
a man's dissent into hell in search of his former life.
All signs point to the white rabbit being
bray Wyatt, but that hasn't stopped.
Fans being interested in deciphering the clues and
perhaps Saturday's extreme rules will mark Bray's
emergence from the rabbit hole after over a year away.
WWE'S latest QR code has certainly had fans deciphering
clues, but the company had a much more blatant
tease of why it's returned during this week's raw.
During a match pitting solo Sikoa against Angelo Dawkins, a fan held
a sign with the phrase White Rabbit, that's spelled W Y T T R A B
A T, which sounds a lot like both White Rabbit and Wyatt Rabbit.
In case fans missed it the first time, the fan held
the sign later in the match, which stood out in the
crowd as it was the only sign shown on the hard cam.
If WWE did not want this sign on their show,
then it certainly would not have made it on.
So we have to presume that this was a deliberate
act by the promotion to tease Wyatt's return.
At this point, anyone but Wyatt would be a huge letdown for fans.
And it feels like the time is drawing near for
the former Universal Champions return to tv.
But do you think it could be anyone but bray?
And are you excited to see him return?
Let us know in the comments.
More from raw.
Now is on this week's raw.
Candice LeRae became one half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions,
or at least that's what WWE Incorrectly told fans during her entrance.
LeRae made her way to the ring, but a production botched happened as
her name was shown to be that of Women's Tag Team champion Dakota Kai.
Just to be clear, LeRae is not the New Zealand born
superstar and actually came up short against Kai.
Thanks to some interference by Damage Controls Bailey and EO Sky.
It's rare that we see Botchs like these, but they do still happen.
And while LeRae no doubt hopes to be a champion in
WWE again one day, this botch isn't the way to do it.
Speaking of champions smack down women's champion Live,
Morgan will defend against Rhonda Rousey in an extreme rules
match this Saturday and about many expect rousey to win.
Not only is Rousey a more legitimate fighter, but even
the poster for the show features solely rousey something.
The Champ isn't a fan.
On Twitter, Morgan responded to a tweet from the official WWE
account saying that the fans made her their girl and said that
WWE can keep your shitty poster when a fan made their own edit.
With this poster now featuring just Morgan, the champ
loved it and we'll have to see if Liv's Title Reign can
survive a third match with Rhonda Rousey at Extreme Rules.
On a recent episode of SmackDown, Drew McIntyre was meant to take a
fireball to the face by Scarlet, but that's not how things happen.
Instead, the fireball went over McIntyre's head and he and
Scarlet improvised the next few moments before carrying cross.
Appeared to attack the former WWE champion speaking to my
San Antonio to promote the upcoming Royal Rumble McIntyre.
Spoke about the blown spot and said how
it was frustrating for all involved.
It's frustrating when it is something that should be ready
to go on a live television show, but at the same time, it
is a live television show and it's not my first day, so I
know how things don't always go like they're supposed to go.
Hence why I didn't fall down and hold
my face because I don't trust anything.
After 20 years in wrestling, I just reacted until I knew everything
is okay and then someone got the cue and it was not okay.
So I called what I had to call and we got to save
at the end and got the bad guy reaction and putting
some heat on the new characters on the show.
Instead of the fireball hitting him in the eyes and blinding
him, McIntyre and Scarlet silently agreed for her to hit him with
a low blow leaving Drew prone for the cross jacket submission.
By Karrion this weekend, we'll see McIntyre and cross face
off in a strap match, which will hopefully go off without
a hitch After this recent botch at Extreme Rules, Daniel
Cormier will make his WWE debut officiating the upcoming
fight pit match between Seth Rollins and Matt Riddle.
A former UFC heavyweight champion Cormier knows a thing or two about
cage fights, but this may not be his only appearance for the company.
During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Melter discussed Cormier
and said that his name has been thrown around backstage as
a potential commentator on SmackDown Fox, who broadcasts
SmackDown or said to have loved Cormier's work as a commentator
for UFC events, but that's not the only possibility.
Meltzer are also reported that there is talks of Cormier
being, Brock Lessner's next opponent possibly at Crown
Jewel, which explains why he's making his WWE debut
with little notice at a B tier premium live event.
We know that Cormier will officiate the fight pit, but
his future after this Saturday is uncertain, but it looks
like we've not seen the last on Daniel Cormier in wwe.
Back to raw now, and like we mentioned earlier, Candace
LaRay came up short against Dakota Kai and her second
match back, albeit thanks to Bailey at ringside.
This was just part of a very bad night for the family.
As LeRae's husband, Johnny Gargano lost to Otis.
Similarly because of interference this time by Austin
theory, while both superstars were protected in defeat
because of the outside interference, we have to question
the decision to have Candice lose her second match in over
a year, as it seems to have been a misstep by WWE this week.
Candace's return didn't go as she'd hoped this week, but
Dexter Loomis has been on fire since his return to wwe.
Sure, Loomis is feud with the MIZ hasn't received a ton of screen
time, but anytime the segments are on the pair create pure magic.
The moments of Loomis looming behind and making the Miz pass
out have been highlights of raw, and this week was no exception.
We especially loved Johnny Gargano's cameo in the feud this
week as he has a history with Lumis and nxt, and when he
saw the pass out, MIZ simply shrugged and went on his way.
Loomis hasn't wrestled since his return to WWE with
his most recent match being back in April of this year.
But whatever the story is building to the journey has been fantastic.
RAW opened up this week with an appearance by the Judgment
Day who went on to defeat AJ Styles and Ray Mysterio later on.
Well, this rendition of the group is turning out more
interesting than what we had previously seen with Edge.
We do wish that WWE had gotten the Hall of Famer on the show.
It would've been much better to have a face to face between
ballor and the WWE legend ahead of their, I quit match
in extreme rules, but that wasn't meant to be last night.
We're just days away from edges.
Next match for WWE, but some superstars seemingly
won't be in the ring for the foreseeable future.
Before this week's, Rob began Sean Ross sapp fight full.
Reported that one wrestler was sent to the trainer's room with an
injury while another had to use a walking boot just to get around.
There's no word on who exactly is hurt or how long they'll be
out of action for if there is such a miss any time in the ring.
WWE themselves have not confirmed who is injured,
but one name we expect to be out is Montez Ford.
During a segment between the street prophets and the
bloodline, the former tag Champion was seen wearing
a protective boot and did not compete during raw.
There had been no prior reports of Ford being injured
with his most recent match happening just last week,
and there's also no word on when he'll be healed.
All we know for certain is that Ford, and at least one other
wrestler wasn't able to compete on this week's show, and we
hope him and whoever else is injured have a speedy recovery now.
It's been months since Charlotte Flair last appeared for
WWE as the Queen hasn't been seen since her SmackDown.
Women's title Loss to Rhonda Rousey at WrestleMania Backlash
Over the weekend flair appeared on Fox's, WWE's most extreme
moments, countdown, and was asked about her next steps in wwe.
Well Flair did not give an exact return date.
She did indicate that her return could be soon as PW Insider reported.
When asked about her next move in WWE Flair stated that she was
keeping her eye on Bianca Bellaire and the Raw Women's Championship,
hinting at that as a future program when she returns to the ring
with Belleair set to defend her title this Saturday against Bailey.
Charlotte's return could be as soon as Extreme
Rules as we know for certain that the Queen plans on
adding many more titles to her impressive collection.
And we're ending today with Ludwig Kaiser, who has
shown off his impressive body transformation on Twitter.
The Imperium member shared a before and after image
of himself as Marcel Bartel in NXT and himself
today, and it's clear that he's in much better shape.
Like Gunther Kaiser has honed his body down and the effects are
noticeable in an impressive transformation for the German superstar.