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SummerSlam incident:

A backstage incident happened after SummerSlam. Chris Jericho ''Backed'' Brock Lesnar up, furious at his mis-treatment of Randy Orton during the main event. Jericho went to gorilla to see if Orton was OK, and asked Michael Hayes if that was the planned finish to the bout, Hayes refused to respond, leading Jericho to believe it was not, and Brock had taken liberties, and complained about it. Brock came through the curtain during Y2J's tirade, and he told him to shut up, and called him a pussy. Jericho was having none of it, and got right into his face, shouting the whole time. Brock pushed him, leading to Jericho returning, shoving the bigger man into the wall, and starting a physical confrontation. Triple H briefly broke things up, but a second flare up restarted the brawl, until Vince McMahon appeared and confirmed to Jericho that it was a work, and asked him to be professional.

The roster are said to have popped for Jericho for the incident, and the ones close by told the bosses that it was Lesnar that started the fight, to keep heat off Chris. Also accusations of some particularly offensive comments from Lesnar, comments that could get him in serious heat if they were made public, have been made to some dirt sheeters.

Tensions were only diffused fully when Randy Orton himself told Jericho that it was planned, and that he was OK.

Foley blasts fans:

''WHEN SMART FANS TURN DUMB. 

I have long felt, and often spoken about the element of magic needed to make a good match great and a great match classic. Finn Balor and Seth Rollins had a GREAT match last night - a match that I was HONORED to watch from ringside. But instead of that element of magic necessary to turn that great match into a classic, what Finn and Seth got instead was the stench of self-congratulatory snarkiness from a a very vocal minority of the sold-out Barklay's Center. But a couple thousand self-important chanters, mixed in with 14,000 other people who genuinely WANT TO WATCH THE FREAKING MATCH is an awful distraction. Yes, the chants were clever. Maybe the look of the Universal Championship isn't the one that I personally wouldn't have wanted. But remember the Hardcore Title? It was supposed to be a joke when it was presented to me – broken pieces of metal held together by duct tape. But we made that title mean something by busting our asses to show it's worth. As Seth Rollins writes in his tweet, a title is about more than appearance; it's about what it represents for the men fighting for it. Remember the WWE title I won from The Rock – that moment that has gone down as among the greatest in Monday Night Raw history? Did you know that title belt reeked of beer and mildew, and stunk up my bag every day for the 37 days (or whatever the exact number was) that I held it? Did you know that I didn't give an F about the beer and mildew... or what it looked like, what color it was, if it spun or had my name on it? I only cared about the hard work that had gone into winning it, and that those responsible for running the company felt that I was worthy of holding it. There are so many times when WWE fans act in a way that makes me proud. Last night was not one of them. Last night, that vocal minority in attendance - who thought their clever chants about their displeasure toward the aesthetic design of a FREAKING belt were more important than the two guys busting their asses to have the best match possible, made me feel ashamed. I hope some of those people who were chanting about the Universal Championship - many of whom are Finn Balor fans - will read this article, and realize that Finn flew his family in from Ireland to be part of the event last night. I hope they will take a good look at themselves in the mirror, and realize they made the evening a little less special for him by trying to make the evening about themselves. There is a reason why Seth Rollins simple, yet eloquent statement received 10,000 RT's from around the world. People agreed with him! Most of them would have loved to be sitting in the seats of those self-important fans - with that element of magic in the air that would have turned their great match into a classic.

Finn relinquishes:

Finn Balor is expected to be out for as much as 6 months. This led to him vacating his newly won Universal title, just 24 hours after becoming the inaugural champion. A tournament will crown his replacement.

NXT promotion:

Bayley has finally made it to the main roster. She benefits from Sasha Banks injury, and will take over the feud with Charlotte over the Women's title. She is a Raw star.

Dudley's retirement legit:

The Dudley Boyz have really left WWE. They had agreed to, but had not yet started a one year contract extension. Something has happened in the past 7 days to make the legendary team decide not to take the contract after all. They however leave on good terms, and received a standing ovation from the locker room, including Vince, when they returned from their Raw angle. They also started a potential future feud with The Club, in case they want to come back in the future.

Seth takes on fans:

Seth Rollins took to the mic during a break on Raw last night, and attacked them for their behaviour at SummerSlam.

Rusev injury:

WWE say Rusev has bruised ribs.

Cruisers debut:

WWE have confirmed the cruiserweights will debut on Raw on September 19.

Cesaro unhappy:

Cesaro has expressed frustration at being dropped onto the SummerSlam kick off at the last minute, and not being involved in the Universal title tourney.

Cody gets title shot:

Cody Rhodes will challenge for Sonjay Dutt's GFW title in November.

Injuries:

Austin Aries damaged his eardrum at Takeover, and Sasha Banks will not need surgery on her back. She should be back sooner than they feared.

Nikki Bella:

Nikki Bella was hidden in a tour bus at SummerSlam, to keep her return a surprise to everyone.

Edge critical of WWE:

Referring to the brand split...

"The last one was great for the company. I was disappointed when the shows were merged together. I think RAW is just way too long being three hours. Last time I watched was when Shane returned and after that I said to myself, this is a long show. I got kids too, so goodnight! I think it gives people opportunities because they don't have to book the main people for RAW. Personally, I like the idea because there's no competition you have to build your own. That's what it was last time when I was there and hopefully it's the same this time around."

WWE games:

Another 29 names have been released for 2K17...

• Alberto Del Rio
• Big Cass
• Big Show
• Bray Wyatt
• Brock Lesnar
• Carmella
• Chad Gable
• Darren Young
• Dash Wilder
• Diamond Dallas Page
• Earthquake
• Enzo Amore
• Bill Goldberg
• Jason Jordan
• JBL
• Mark Henry
• Paige
• Razor Ramon
• Ric Flair
• Rusev
• Sami Zayn
• Samoa Joe
• Sasha Banks
• Scott Dawson
• Sheamus
• The Miz
• Titus O'Neil
• Typhoon
• Zack Ryder

NXT champ reveals WWE goal:

Shinsuke Nakamura has revealed his ambition for his WWE career...

"I'd like to fight at WrestleMania... John Cena–that's a great choice."

Lesnar banned:

NAC have temporarily banned Brock Lesnar for his UFC drugs fails.

New titles:

SmackDown will unveil two new titles tonight. They are expected to be Women's and Tag championships.