Here's your News for August 6th 2020 Raw Underground Title Up For Grabs! Marty Jannetty’s Confession! Dana White Called The Rock? WWE News!
And your headlines for today include
Marty Jannetty’s Shocking Admission Leads To Police Investigation!
Truly Shocking History Of Marty Jannetty’s Confessions!
WWE’s Current Plans For RAW Underground Title !
What Does CM Punk Think About RAW Underground!
Pat MacAfee Punts Adam Cole In Head During WWE NXT!
Why Lumis Is Out Of NXT North American Title Ladder Match, NXT Teases A Mystery Opponent !
WWE Finds Their “ NEXT BIG THING”
Is Matt Hardy Seriously Injured ? Reby Hardy Reacts!
AEW Takes Over Old WWE Website!
Why Dana White Called The Rock ?
Sad Passing Of Two Wrestlers and More!
We’re starting today with some worrying news from Marty Jannetty, as the former Superstar
has made some concerning posts online.
On Facebook, Jannetty seemingly confessed to in his teenage years, after the alleged
victim tried to force himself on the future WWE Superstar
In his post, Jannetty said that this was the first time he made someone “disappear,” and added
that they never found the body, but they should have looked in the Chattahoochie River, presumably in,
or near, Columbus, Georgia, where Jannetty grew up.
What’s even more chilling is that the former Intercontinental and Tag Champion said that this story
was a warning to his current long-term girlfriend, as he made a promise after the alleged incident
that no-one would hurt him again, and that includes her.
This isn’t the first worrying post Marty has made on Facebook, as he once asked fans whether he
should have with his daughter, and claimed that former U.S. President Barack Obama wasn’t
black until quote “it was cool to be black.”
In February 2019, Jannetty sent out two tweets claiming he’d had with himself for four hours,
and followed this up with a Facebook post in April, where he made some claims about the
number of women he’s slept with. He said:
“I definitely loves every one of my 637 ladies, who do I love the mostest? (And you not suppose to
pick a favorite child..but you know deep inside you you do..lol..you just cant say it out loud) you
already know.”
On March 5th 2019, Jannetty posted that he couldn’t find his phone, a problem we’ve all had
point or another, but gave some worrying details, saying:
Last I remember having it was at my neighbor girl’s house up on her roof because I could get a better
view of her neighbor girl who was laying at her pool naked..but I went back and looked on her roof
but it wasn’t there..
The next month, the former Superstar posted what he described as a cry for help, claiming he’d
been partying every-day since WrestleMania 35 two months prior, and said he’d refuse rehab, saying
he’d already gone twice, once for and the other time for substance abuse.
Though Marty has deleted his latest post where he seemingly confesses to killing a man, TMZ are
reporting that Columbus, Georgia Police are now investigating any missing persons cases from the
area at the time, though current crimes and homocides will take priority.
Although his post may be deleted, this story isn’t going away anytime soon, and we’ll provide
updates on this concerning story, when they become available.
We’ve got news from RAW next, as there’s been a lot of questions asked about this week’s RAW
Underground.
The shoot-fight segment debuted this week, and whilst this week’s edition of the red brand did see a
slight boost in viewers, the company aren’t planning too far in advance.
According to Stave Carrier of Ringside News, the company is quote “making things up as they go,”
with no real plan.
There’s plenty of possible directions that RAW Underground could go from here, including the
introduction of a RAW Underground title, though it seems that as of right now, there’s no plans for a
new title to be revealed.
Whilst this week’s three-hour show did see a ratings boost, its impossible to know if this was directly
due to fans tuning in to see RAW Underground, but fans can expect WWE to try out plenty of ideas
in their latest attempt to boost the red brand’s dwindling ratings.
Whilst fans are still split on RAW Underground after this week’s show, one person who enjoyed what
he saw was CM Punk.
During an FS1 watch party of Summerslam 1992, the former World Champion gave his opinion,
what he wants to see next. He said:
"I absolutely loved it," Punk said. "I want to see Nia Jax in there. They should get more women in
there. Let us see some bodies getting broken."
Punk isn’t the only person who wants to see women compete in the Underground, as Liv Morgan
has said that she wants to be a part of the shoot-fight-style segments.
Whilst Punk liked the segment, he didn’t fully enjoy RAW, as he questioned whether Bruce Prichard
is the right voice to be writing for a TV show in 2020.
With RAW Underground’s shoot-fight style, the segment has potential to get a whole different kind
of wrestling fans watching, and given his UFC past, its entirely possible that Punk could soon be in
the Underground himself.
We’re focussing on NXT next, as the latest shot has been fired in the feud between Adam Cole and
Pat McAfee.
During this week’s NXT Tag Title match between Imperium and the Undisputed Era, McAfee and
Cole began arguing, shades of their infamous argument on Pat’s show, and this distraction cost the
Undisputed Era the win.
A post-match brawl ensured after McAfee said Cole would always be short, and when the former
NXT Champion tried to climb over the announce table, McAfee showed off his NFL punter skills with
a kick to the head that’d make Randy Orton proud.
This immediately brought out Triple H, who had McAfee escorted from the building, and with NXT
ending with Shawn Michaels checking on the knocked-out Cole, this story is far from over.
Speaking of the gold brand, we’ve got an update regarding Dexter Lumis, as after suffering a leg
injury, it’s been confirmed that he’s out of the TakeOver 30 North American title ladder match.
This change was confirmed by William Regal on this week’s show, and added that Lumis’
replacement will be determined in a special fatal-four-way match.
This match will consist of those who lost the ladder match qualifiers without taking the pin, which
means Finn Balor, Johnny Gargano and Ridge Holland all have a a second chance.
The fourth man in their qualifier will be determined when Kushida, Cameron Grimes and a yet to be
announced opponent, and time will tell which individuals get to fill the final spots in what’ll be a
historic Ladder match for the vacant NXT North American title.
We’re looking ahead to next week’s NXT, as the show will see Kushida, Grimes and their mystery
opponent face off, but that isn’t the only big match confirmed.
Karrion Kross will make an appearance when he faces Danny Burch, whilst Bronson Reed will
Damian Priest.
Needless to say, next week’s show will be a packed two-hour event, as the road to NXT TakeOver 30
continues.
Speaking of the Gold brand, we’ve mentioned that Ridge Holland will have a second chance at
qualifying for the North American title Ladder match, and there’s a good reason to think he’ll win
this second chance.
During Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alverez commented on the former Rugby League Star, saying:
They think that he has the potential to be the next big thing which is, that’s saying something. So
we’ll see.
Though Holland’s debut with NXT didn’t go how he wanted, there’s always the second chance, and
given that he’s reportedly being considered the next Big Thing, a moniker that once belonged to
Brock Lesnar, it may be a matter of time before the English star holds the North American title.
Over to AEW now, as the line-up has been revealed for next week’s show.
TNT Champion Cody will once again defend his title, this time against Scorpio Sky of SCU, whilst the
show will be a special tag-team appreciate night, that’ll see Chamions Kenny Omega and
Page face Jurrassic Express, whilst the Young Bucks will take on Stu Grayson and Evil Uno.
Orange Cassidy and Chris Jericho will compete in what’s being called a $7000 obligation match,
meaning if the Freshly Squeezed one loses, he must pay Seven-grand for the jacket he ruined
he poured Orange Juice on the Inner circle.
On this week’s show, Cassidy won his debate, but was laid about by Jericho and Jake Hager, and
hopefully that won’t happen again next week, or Cassidy will end up 7-grand poorer.
We’ve got more AEW news next, as this week’s show promised a big surprise and certainly delivered.
For this week’s debate between Chris Jericho and Orange Cassidy, Eric Bischoff appeared on
Dynamite to moderate the segment, and though this had already been spoiled on Reddit, it was still
pretty shocking to see.
As of right now, there’s no more plans for Bischoff to appear on Dynamite, but given his unique exit
from WWE, and the fact that Tony Khan has credited Bischoff’s work with WCW for
enabling AEW to be on TNT, this probably won’t be the last time that Bischoff appears for the All Elite
company.
One person who didn’t enjoy themselves on this week’s Dynamite was Matt Hardy, who
was left a bloody mess after tangling with Sammy Guevara.
After attacking the former WWE Superstar mid promo, Guevara chucked a non-folding chair at
Hardy, causing Matt to be cut with the sharp edge of the chair in a bloody incident that wasn’t
intentional.
On Twitter, Matt’s wife Reby simply tweeted “F**kin Dumbass”, and though she didn’t direct it at
anyone in particular, we can only assume It was aimed at Guevara.
Hopefully Matt will be okay, as this isn’t the first time he’s been busted open badly, but clearly, this
is a spot that the company didn’t want to happen in the first place.
We’ve got even more NXT news next, as the company is known for taking shots at WWE in the past,
and have now found a way for their competition to promote them.
If you watch any old WWF matches or segments featuring the right to censor, you’ll almost certainly
see the website RightToCensor. Com displayed, a URL which is now owned by AEW.
Now, if you visit RightToCensor.com, you’ll instead be sent to AEW’s official website, though it isn’t
uncommon for rival companies to own domain addresses linked to their opponents.
Whilst AEW may not have any plans to form their own Right to Censor stable, they now own the
URL, and have received plenty of free advertising on WWE’s own Network.
Over to the XFL now, as following The Rock and his business partner Dany Garcia’s huge purchase,
UFC’s Dana White has some advice for them.
Speaking to TMZ Sports, White described the purchase as a smart investment, and said that the
Brahma Bull should seize the opportunity. He said:
"If I was the Rock, I'd get that rolling as fast as I could. I'd try to get that on TV ASAP… They're dying
for live sports programming. I'm actually going to call (The Rock) today and walk him through what I
think he needs to do.”
We don’t know whether that call ever took place, but given UFC’s monumental success, and the
current unprecedented situation, it couldn’t hurt the Great One to hear White out.
Over to Impact now, and Eric Young has confirmed he’s signed a new deal with the company.
Young confirmed the news with Sportskeeda, and said he’s got alot left in the tank, and after being
inserted into the World title match at Slammiversary, and reportedly calling Vince McMahon a
failure to his face, fans can expect EY in Impact for a long time to come.
And we’re ending today with some sad news, as Jaguar Vijay-Singh has died aged 46.
A Toronto-based wrestler, Singh was originally trained by the legendary Ron Hutchison, and last
competed in 2003.
Singh leaves behind a wife and three children, and is sadly not the only recent death in wrestling.
Marvelous Mitch Ryder, who worked previously for CHIKARA, has also sadly died, aged 48, as
confirmed by Ian Rotten.
On social media, stars like Drew Gulak, Evil Uno and Chris Hero paid their respects to Ryder, and
we’d like to send our condolences to both Ryder’s and Singh’s families at this sad time.