8/5/2018

Former champ injured:

Tyler Bate injured his shoulder in beating Kassius Ohno for Progress this week. Better news for Jason Jordan, he was reportedly cleared backstage at Raw last night.

Bella shop:

The Bella's have opened a baby clothes shop in Phoenix.

WWE support campaigns:

Alum AJ Lee is backing mental health month and WWE are backing the She Is movement, to encourage women and girls to get into sport.

Money In The Bank:

Braun Strowman, Ember Moon and Finn Balor qualified for their respective MITB matches last night.

There was some talk about there being four MITB's, two for each show, but there will be only two inter-branded matches.

WWE on TV:

Ronda Rousey is taping 'Shark Week'. Lita has a show about UFO's on tonight.

Joe blasts old rumour as racist:

Samoa Joe has shot down an old story that he was offered the role of Umaga in WWE...

"It absolutely, positively, couldn't be any more false. We never talked, like... What people didn't get is, they couldn't talk to me legally. I think I still had two years on my contract, I wasn't going anywhere. So, it's funny, I think people thought you could just walk away from a deal at that time. You couldn't. We never talked, I was never even brought up to be Umaga. I thought it was mad racist, cause it was like, I had just come on TNA and I was Samoa Joe, and it was like this prominently featured Samoan character, and then it was like, oh, well this is WWE's answer to Samoa Joe, right? No. You wouldn't do that if it was any other... Right? It was mad racist to me.

Steph honoured:

Stephanie McMahon has been honoured for launching Connor's Cure.

WWE promote Impact:

WWE have used Impact footage on their Network, with an ad for their streaming service.

SD tease:

• How will Styles and Nakamura settle their heated rivalry?
• Jeff Hardy takes on The Miz in a Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
• Charlotte Flair to battle Peyton Royce in a Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
• Daniel Bryan and Rusev to lock horns in a Money in the Bank Qualifying Match

HHH makes UK promise:

Triple H says the UK WILL get a major PPV event, and hinted that we should hope for, and he would support and personally work to make it, a WrestleMania...

"The event in Saudi Arabia was an open opportunity for all of the markets outside of the United States. Obviously the time frame of when we run things in the US doesn't work for a lot of markets and this gives us a chance to look at things in their time frames. That's especially the case in the UK, where the desire is very high. We've attempted things there in the past and as technology improves and we can get things down to doing them in a reasonable manner and at a reasonable cost, is really what it's all about. It's definitely something we're looking towards but when people say 'just do it' - we do 560 live events a year, we do an average of 9-10 live events a week and they're planned out a year, sometimes longer, in advance. One change dramatically affects the entire puzzle so it's a process we're going through. But we will get there. For everybody that's waiting it seems to be forever but we will get there, I promise. There are a lot of aspects to it. It's about getting the right people in the right places to be able to put on a strong event with a good calibre and for it to be meaningful to the rest of the globe. To be able to do it in a cost-effective way in a business sense, having the infrastructure to do it internationally, these are all factors which come into consideration. There are a lot of balls in the air and it's just a matter of organising them. You're trying to do all of that while running pay-per-views, live television and everything else we do. It's not a matter of if we can overcome those obstacles but when we can, and getting them all lined up. If you're going to set an ambition, set it high. As we always say, never say never. WrestleMania is a week-long series of events and the logistics of executing that week along with the week leading into it and the week after it are extraordinarily difficult in our own back yard. Doing them internationally with international crews and international support systems and everything else is a factor of difficulty way beyond what we have in the US. Can we get there? Sure, maybe over time. We would take steps in that direction and those steps are probably other pay-per-views. From my point of view I'd like to bring other meaningful events through WWE, whether that's NXT or the United Kingdom championships, taking international brands and putting them on in those markets. As the world becomes smaller and more technologically advanced, it becomes easier to do these things live from different places. From my end, that's what I'm working towards."

Saudi man arrested for not enjoying WWE:

A man that criticised WWE going to Saudi Arabia for the GRR has been arrested in the Kingdom for offending their guests. He has been imprisoned since April 29.

WWE pay to watch content:

WWE have commissioned an animated series for the pay to view YouTube Red service. John Cena will star.

You will cheer Roman:

WWE hope to recreate the authority vs Daniel Bryan angles for Roman Reigns, they think if the office keep on keeping him down we will all end up growing to feel his pain and back him.

One person that won't join in is Bobby Fulton, who says he should have been ''Fired already.''

Orlando to bid:

Officials in Orange County are expected to OK bids for WrestleMania 2023 and 2025 this week.