11/4/2018

FeMania:

WWE were so excited by the debut of Ronda Rousey that they are working on a potential first ever female main event of next years WrestleMania. She will continue her feud with Steph into the summer, with a rumoured one on one match at SummerSlam, before moving into the women's division properly. The plan would then go on into the new year where she will set her sights on gold, probably via the 2nd female Royal Rumble, and would finally have her shot in the last match of the big one. Her penciled in opponent is Asuka but Nia Jax and Charlotte are on the table too.

Move banned:

Asuka has been banned from using the armbar. That move is now Ronda's.

Heyman weds celeb:

Paul Heyman married Macaulay Culkin's younger brother, Rory, over WrestleMania weekend. Apparently the wrestling mad 'Home Alone' actor arranged it for his sibling to have the WWE star officiate his nuptials...

GM quits:

Daniel Bryan has resigned from his role as SD GM. He wants to focus on his wrestling career. He has been replaced by the now retired Paige.

NXT invasion continues:

After being one of the 6 NXT women representing the third brand at Mania, Peyton Royce, and her Iconic partner Billie Kay, who was not involved at Mania, stepped up to the full show with SmackDown last night.

New champion:

Carmella cashed in her MITB case to win the blue Women's gold last night. Ending Charlotte's reign.

TE vs CM:

A former Tough Enough hopeful blasted WWE fans that chant for CM Punk on social media...

''I wonder how much those fans spent to throw beach balls and chant CMPunk's name. I mean...tickets to the show, flights, hotels, food, and probably drinks and maybe merch. That's a lot of money to spend just to show everyone you're an asshole.''

This drew a rare comment on the sport from CM himself...

''Or you could just let everyone know you're an asshole for free by telling them what to do with their own money.''

Injury:

Brian Kendrick is back from his broken face.

Backlash:

Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton (US) is booked for Backlash.

Superstar swap:

Asuka may be on  the move. She is advertised for the blue live tours shows into the summer.

Undertaker on tour:

Undertaker will wrestle Rusev in Saudi Arabia at the Network special later in the month.

Austin unhappy with Mania match:

"It was a little shocking to me with Cena calling Taker out for so long, basically, it was an unadvertised match. I mean, Cena's trying to call him out and I kept thinking, 'there's no way, no way that he's going to get an acceptance on the day-of,' so, yeah, it was teased and they paid off the tease, but it wasn't really advertised. So nonetheless, the crowd felt like they got a bonus, but in that bonus was a very short match and Cena got squashed. I've got nothing but respect for both guys. Undertaker has been around forever. He has had one of the best runs in the history of the business, so has John Cena. And, man, had it been a 15-minute bing, bang, boom kind of thing, I don't know that that's what they needed, but it just seems like maybe if Cena got in just a little bit more offense into that Tombstone, then, do the favors, maybe it would have been a little bit more effective."

Local TV spoil WWE main:

A local TV spot promoting Extreme Rules has AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura vs Baron Corbin as the headline bout.

Rousey on TV:

Ronda Rousey will be on 'Hollywood Medium' tonight.

King ill:

Jerry Lawler suffered a stroke two weeks ago and could not talk for three days.

Corey Graves talks tough week:

"That day was tough for me. I didn't know about it. Nobody gave me a heads up. For Bryan, I was stoked. He's a friend. He's incredible in the ring. That's where he belongs. It caught me off guard. I started asking questions to myself, Should I? What if? I had a few conversations with few people who put it out there. If you want to pursue this maybe we can look into it. So I spent about a week and a half weighing the options. It was, do I become a wrestler again and what happens?"

Why Andre did not Rumble:

Brother Love has revealed why Andre was pulled from winning the 1991 Royal Rumble match...

"It was health issues, it was the thought that we're not going to get Andre beyond this. We thought maybe we do one where he wins it, but health issues just weren't going to allow him to be able to compete in it. Even bringing him out at number 30 wouldn't have been pretty."

WWE / Impact project:

WWE and Impact are working together to produce a new Hardyz DVD.