Here is your news for July 22 2019 WWE NEWS - JOHN CENA RAW REUNION RETURN (3 MORE WWE WRESTLERS RETURNING) DRAKE MAVERICK OPEN WARNING 2 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:19,936 We’re kicking off with some news from tonight’s RAW Reunion,
as former WWE World Champion John Cena
is expected to be at the epic three-hour event.
According to the Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer, Cena is expected
to appear, though it’s unclear whether the
16-time World Champion will have a match or not.
This year, Cena has spent the majority of his time focussing
on his budding film career, and last appeared in a ring
back at Wrestle Mania 35 and had his last match all the way back in January,
when he came up short against Finn Balor
Being drafted to the red brand in as the very first draft lottery pick in 2005
Cena ruled RAW for years, so It’s no wonder why the WWE
has brought him back, and he isn’t the only
former champion expected to return.
Two-time WWE Divas Champion Maryse is also expected
to make an appearance during tonight’s three-hour show
and will presumably appear alongside her husband the Miz, to promote the
latest season of Miz and Mrs,
which premiers on the USA Network later this month.
Another name fan is expecting to appear is Hornswoggle,
who hasn’t been seen in the company since his appearance
at the Greatest Royal Rumble in April last year.
Though the former Cruiserweight Champion told Chris Van Vliet
that he wouldn’t be appearing, we all know to
to never say never when it comes to WWE.
Other WWE Ex Superstars that will be present on the RAW Reunion show are!!
Jonathan Coachman, Kelly Kelly Steve Austin, Sgt. Slaughter
Kevin Nash,The Godfather Booker T, Sid Vicious
Road Dog,Mark Henry X-Pac, Eric Bischoff
Santino Marella , D-Von Dudley Ted DiBiase, Rikishi
Ron Simmons, Jerry Lawler Christian, Kurt Angle
The Boogeyman, Hurricane Jimmy Hart, Razor Ramon/Scott Hall
Pat Patterson, Gerald Brisco Alundra Blayze
Whilst the company certainly has its hands full with tonight’s reunion
the WWE is still paying a lot of attention to AEW and the fans.
According to Fightful Select, the Smack Ville live event which will air on
the WWE Network later this week was thrown together
at such short notice, because the company wants to be ready
for last minute counter programming.
This isn’t the first counter move made by WWE at the new promotion,
as the McMahon led company streamed Evolve 131 at the same time
as AEW’s Fight for the Fallen, and though WWE claimed
that this was merely coincidence, we’re not sure if we believe them.
Brad Shepard took to Twitter this week to share more on WWE’s
counter programming, claiming that Vince McMahon told his employees quote:
“We are taking the fight to them, before they take it to us.”
This is certainly strong words by the Chairman of the board,
but we can see where McMahon is coming from
as AEW has been quick to mock the Sports Entertainment Juggernaut
and it looks like WWE is ready to fight back.
Whilst WWE is ready to wage a war with AEW, Drake Maverick’s quest
to once again regain the 24/7 title isn’t exactly going to plan.
Losing the title to R-Truth, Maverick hasn’t been able to consummate
his marriage yet, something that is clearly driving the British Superstar nuts.
This week on RAW Reunion, Maverick will hope to regain the gold
he’s held on two occasions already,
but he won’t be the only one going after the rapping Superstar
Mick Foley, who debuted the title back in May of this year
has said he will be hoping to win the gold
during tonight’s three-hour show, though Maverick has warned
the former WWF Champion, as well
as all legends, to stay away from the title.
In addition, Corey Graves has teased that he may also go after the title,
even describing himself as R-Truth’s greatest threat.
In case you didn’t know, Graves is in a real-life relationship
with Truth’s partner in crime Carmella
and the commentator joked that it only takes him one phone call
to find out where exactly the 24/7 champion is hiding.
With over 40 legends confirmed for tonight’s show,
Maverick still on his tail and now Corey Graves
teasing at a potential title change, can R-Truth survive
tonight as 24/7 Champion? Only time will tell
Speaking of Corey Graves, the former NXT Tag Champion
took time out of his title chasing this week
to speak on the Two manpower Trip podcast
and had some very interesting things to say.
Appearing on the show, Graves said how he doesnt often
find out news about WWE backstage until he reads it online
and the company is hoping to stop any leaks from getting out.
Graves also mentioned that “external forces” have caused
an invigoration in the WWE roster, saying:
“Hopefully, you know that’s the start of something cool
that’s going to permeate throughout the entire company
but I know the boys and girls that bust their ass every night
all around the world, they’re fired up now.”
Whilst the commentator didn’t specify what he meant by external forces
it seems pretty obvious that he is referring to AEW,
who have continued to make a buzz and draw headlines
since their launch in January this year.
We’ll just have to wait and see what the future holds
for both WWE and All Elite Wrestling in the coming years
though it’s clear that Graves is loyal to WWE, and that the new company
has made a big difference in Superstar morale backstage.
And finally, today we’re ending on some news from SmackDown Live,
and the WWE has reportedly got something big planned
for when the blue brand moves to FOX later this year.
According to Dave Meltzer who spoke on Wrestling Observer Radio,
the company is planning to have a revamped Lex Express tour
the country to draw up interest in the move
which will happen in October.
For those younger viewers, the Lex Express was the tour bus taken
by Lex Luger back in the summer of 1993, as the Narcissist rallied
support from fans across the United States ahead of his WWF Title
match against Yokozuna at that year’s Summer slam.
Though Luger failed to win the title from the Samoan Superstar
the WWE will be hoping for greater success with this year’s plan
and Meltzer spoke on his show about what exactly is going to happen.
He said: “Wrestlers will be in a moving truck going to different cities
big and small, and intermediate markets to promote
markets to promote starting on FOX in October
They are planning a digital primer where viewers can get a behind-the-scenes
look at the product and to teach viewers inside wrestling terms.”
In this digital age, it is interesting that WWE would put time,
money and resources into one single bus touring the country
but that isn’t the only thing the company has planned for the big move.
In addition to the bus, FOX is reportedly planning a one-hour
special SmackDown in September, which will get their viewers familiar with WWE.
Fox Sports 1 has confirmed that they will be airing a weekly show
show that covers the major events on both brand,
and there have been talks of moving NXT to FOX, to counter AEW
who are set to launch their own TV show later this year.
If this plan works out, NXT would presumably expect air on
wednesday at 8-10pm eastern, the same time that AEW is rumoured to
be airing their own show, as the company trademarked the term
“Wednesday Night Dynamite” earlier this year.
expect the company to go all out when SmackDown does start
airing on FOX on October 4th, as the company will want
to make the best impression they can on the new Network,
and according to rumours, have plenty of surprises
and celebrities lined up for the show.
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