Here is your news for June 14 2020 Is AJ Styles Angry On Paul Heyman? Enzo Amore Returns To Wrestling! Shayna Baszler's Draft! WWE News 2 00:00:15,215 --> 00:00:18,151 And your headlines for today include:
Finally, the REAL Reason Why AJ Styles Moved From RAW To Smackdown Revealed !
Has WWE Killed The Smack down Mystery Hacker Storyline?
WWE Finally Takes A BIG Decision on Shayna Baszler!
Concerning NEWS About A Recently Injured WWE Wrestler!
What Led To Chris DeJoseph’s Release! He Finally Breaks Silence!
Enzo Amore Returns To Wrestling !
The Initial Plans Of Randy Orton vs Edge Revealed!
Is Vince Russo Heading to Impact Wrestling ? Russo Finally Clarifies and MORE!
We are starting off with some news on the phenomenal one. AJ Styles
Recently AJ Styles was moved over to SmackDown from RAW following Luke Gallows
and Karl Anderson’s releases. The reason for this MOVE is finally known!.
Following AJ Styles’ move to SmackDown, he admitted to being upset by Anderson
and Gallows’ WWE departures stating that he felt responsible. The Phenomenal One
evidently directed his disappointment at former Executive Director of RAW Paul Heyman.
Dave Meltzer posted in the Wrestling Observer Message Boards where he revealed
that AJ Styles blamed Paul Heyman for his friends’ firings.
“Actually, the reason was that he was furious that Gallows & Anderson were fired.
Blamed Heyman. Classic case of JR/JJ/Laurinaitis syndrome. Vince is the one who made
the decision but I suppose he felt Heyman could have fought him on it. So he wanted to
go to the side where the guy in charge isn’t fighting Vince on something like that either.”
Following the good brothers release , AJ and Heyman didn’t see eye to eye on many
things and finally AJ requested his movie to Smackdown!
Has Paul made efforts to convince Vince , we surely don’t know at this moment, but as
we all know that NOBODY can WIN OVER the old man
Sticking with NEWS on SMACK DOWN, the Mystery Hacker made headlines and kept
fans guessing for months. Glitches interrupted the broad cast and other clues dropped
along the way. The hacker was always watching. Suddenly, the hacker vanished.
It’s been weeks since the SmackDown Mystery Hacker appeared on the FOX
broadcast. The last tweet from the Hacker’s Twitter account for “The Message” has
been dormant since May 28th as of this writing.
Ringside News has learned that the SmackDown hacker angle is not dead. Something
is still going on, but they are waiting. We were told by a source in the company that
those in the know are being “coy” about the subject.
From Smackdown to RAW next as Shayna Baszler’s official WWE Superstar profile now
lists her as a RAW Superstar. This is very different from how her page appeared just a week ago.
Baszler was still listed as an NXT Superstar on her official profile as of last week. It
appears this change was made on June 11th. Let’s see when Baszler appears on RAW!
We are ahead to tonight’s Backlash Pay Per View, which happen after some major
creative shifts behind the scenes.
With Paul Heyman out of the role of RAW’s Executive Director, Wrestling News is
reporting that many of the ECW magnate’s plans are being changed, and that there
have been some big shifts to tonight’s show. They said:
I was told that there were changes made on the Smack Down side, but most of the
ideas scrapped were from the Raw side.
Their report also noted that McMahon has reportedly already made a change to the
finish of one match, and there is also apparent concern by Superstars that Vince will
be hacking away at current angles.
WWE Backlash will be the first chance for WWE to exhibit their new direction, and
time will tell what this new vision for the company is, and how it’ll be received by fans.
Moving on……We have an update from Jinder Mahal next, as the past two years
certainly haven’t been favourable to the Modern-Day Maharajah.
As previously reported, the former WWE Champion underwent surgery in
Birmingham, Alabama to fix issues with his knee, but fans shouldn’t expect him back
anytime soon.
In an update on Mahal’s condition, Dave Meltzer explained that although he went in
for a minor surgery, the damage to Mahal’s knee is much more significant than expected.
In the Observer Newsletter, Meltzer brought up the planned feud between Mahal and
Drew McIntyre, though added that the fued between the two former partners would
have been a one-match thing, and not a long-term program.
As of this video, there’s no word on how long the Modern-Day Maharajah will be out
of action, but it’s obviously longer than first expected.
This injury couldn’t have come at a worse time for Mahal, who spent the majority of
the past year on the shelf before returning on the April 27th RAW, and hopefully the
former World Champion will be able to remain safe when he eventually ret urns.
Speaking of people not being around, Chris DeJoseph was recently fired from his
position as SmackDown’s lead writer, allegedly due to his behavior behind the scenes.
Released due to his behaviour during company meetings as well as having
inappropriate conduct and remarks, it was also reported that it was something that
happened with Vince McMahon that led to his dismissal, and now more details have come to light.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the most consistent story is that
DeJoseph was on Zoom conference call with some very important people that went wrong.
Speaking to Senior VP of Creative Servic3es Stan Stansky, and Senior VP of E-
Commerce and Venue Merchandise Kevin Moore, DeJoseph reportedly said some
personal comments about vince mcmahon and the mcmahon family in general
and it came off in a bad way to Moore and Stansky
earlier we also reported that vince and Dejoseph has few arguments over
in the past over a few storylines
Once Vince McMahon found out, DeJoseph was sent packing and given that the
company is currently looking for a new lead writer for SmackDown, hopefully his
replacement will know what to say and what not to say to people who can contact
the Chairman of the Board.
DeJoseph Finally broke his silence regarding his WWE release in a tweet on June 13.
Without naming any names, DeJoseph elaborated that he had no interest in giving his
life away to the unpredictable whims of one person, before wishing Bruce Prichard the
best of luck and saying that he believes in the vision of the newly-appointed Executive
Director of both Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.
From one WWE superstar to former one next
Enzo Amore, who hasn’t wrestled much since January 2018
but that recently changed.
This week, a video emerged of the former Cruiserweight Champion locking up with
CZW’s KC Navarra, though due to the ongoing global situation and the importance of
social distancing, this was a private event.
On Twitter, Enzo gave Navarro props, saying that their match was as fulfilling as any
arena match, and teased that the CZW star has a bright future ahead of him as well.
Since his firing from WWE over ***********s that were later squashed due to insufficient
evidence, Enzo has focused mostly on his music career, even releasing an emotional
rap/rock track about the ongoing situation.
Whilst Amore hasn’t hinted at returning to the ring, other than appearing in the crowd
at a couple of events, this video is sure to get people speculating, and it wouldn’t be
too surprising, if the self- proclaimed undefeated Cruiser weight Champion returns to
the ring, just not in WWE.
We’re looking ahead to this Sunday’s Backlash Pay Per View, as the Greatest Wrestling
Match ever between Edge and Randy Orton is happening sooner than planned.
According to a report from Ringside News, this rematch between the Viper and the
Rated-R Superstar was supposed to take place at Summerslam, though the current
situation going on in the company made Vince McMahon move it up the timeline.
One source indicated that the ongoing global situation was a factor in these plans
changing, as McMahon has relied more so on veteran Superstars at this
unprecedented time. The source said:
“Vince lost patience with the building of new stars and just wanted to use the star
power of the people who were established.”
If WWE are wanting to use names with star power, than there’s fewer wrestlers at the
moment with more name value than Edge and Orton, and with their Greatest
Wrestling Match ever being pre-recorded, the company has time to make it look as
good as possible.
Speaking of big names in WWE, the company recently lost Becky Lynch, as the former
RAW Women’s Champion is currently pregnant, and she isn’t the only Superstar with
babies on the brain.
Recently, Charlotte Flair appeared on better together with Maria Menounous when
the topic of kids came up, and said that her fiancé Andrade is ready to become a dad.
As for the Queen herself though, she did question if this is the right time to be starting
a family, adding:
“When’s the right time? Am I selling myself short not trying to reach for bigger things.
Of course, I think about it, because of my age. But, being able to face Trish Stratus at
Summerslam and seeing her as a mother of two, and being considered the Greatest of
All Time and have the best match on the show, makes me see, you don’t need to worry
about when and why and where.”
In case you’re wondering, Charlotte is 34 years old, and whilst the former Women’s
Champion doesn’t know if this is the right time, she’s sure she doesn’t want to stop at
just one baby.
“I want the whole fairy tale, I want three kids. Four kids. I want all of it. It’s just, I don’t
know how. This isn’t just it now, and then I go have kids. I really want to try to be an
action figure in a movie, but I don’t know how to write it.”
Time will tell whether the Queen of all Eras has a few Princes or Princesses of her own,
but we can only imagine what life’d be like to have the 16-time World Champion Ric
Flair as a grandfather.
We’ve got news from Impact Wrestling next, as they’ve had some buzz around their
Slammiversary commercial that teased former WWE Superstars, but whatever they
have planned, it doesn’t involve Vince Russo.
Speaking publicly, Russo made it clear he’s not back with Impact, despite rumors
saying that he was, and though he did work for TNT, those days are now over. He added:
The Dirt Sheets are stirring up that I’m consulting for TNA again. Hate to kill their
FALSE BS-but-I’m not. RussosBrand.com is a FULL-TIME JOB and I wouldn’t trade it in
for THE WORLD
It should be noted that we here at Slat Rock never reported that he was back, and
whilst Russo has a lot on his plate right now, a return to Impact isn’t on his agenda.
And we’re ending with news from the world of movies now, as whilst big names like
The Rock, John Cena and Batista have become Hollywood megastars, not every
Superstar wants to make it big on the silver screen.
Speaking to TV Insider, The Undertaker spoke about turning down scripts in films and
TV shows, and even spoke about telling the WWE he wasn’t interested in doing
outside projects, and then coming back as The Undertaker. He added:
I had already made the decision I wasn’t going to do anything like that. It wasn’t a big
thing to me. I know where I wanted to be. I didn’t have aspirations at the time of being
a crossover movie star. It was not where my motivation was. I was The Undertaker. I
was in WWE. That was my passion and where I put all my time and energy. I don’t
have any regrets.
Standing at close to seven feet tall with a truly unique look, the Deadman could’ve
easily broken into the movie business, and it’s his dedication to stay in WWE that
helps add to his reputation as the greatest, and most loyal WWE Superstar of all time.