4/11/2018

New talent:

WWE have added lots of new stars to their official rosters. Ashton Smith, Isla Dawn, Jordan Devlin, Killer Kelly, El Ligero, Mike Hitchman, Sam Gradwell, Saxon Huxley, Travis Banks, Tucker, Wolfgang and Zack Gibson  join NXT UK while Matt Riddle and Mia Yim join the main NXT roster.

WWE wedding:

Ember Moon married her indie star boyfriend in a 'Game Of Thrones' themed celebration this week.

Bella's bemused:

Nikki Bella says she does not understand why her and her sister are not respected for their role in making Women's wrestling what it is today, and has defended the diva era of WWE...

"Definitely not. I guess it's the point where I don't feel like I need the credit, but it's more or less been the disrespect where I have been the punching bag and I think that is hard because, as we know, especially WWE they are pros to "perception is reality." So, however they perceive someone people tend to believe that where that person is that person, and for some reason my sister and I have been turned into the punching bags, like, oh, put them with this person and let that person talk about The Bellas and it will elevate them, and that is who we have become. We have been that for a very long time, and it gets exhausting and I'm not going to lie it gets very frustrating because for some reason we have been the women that don't care about wrestling. But I have been here for 12 years; I have broken my neck and have come back. I absolutely love professional wrestling; I have a passion for that. My sister and I, no one will ever give us any credit because we have become the 'no, use them for this because they have this outside success,' or they have that, but that's fine. But it's just like the word "diva." I was in so many meetings where I talked about how that word is going to be made beautiful, strong and powerful, and it also gave the SmackDown women something to compete for because we weren't competing for anything. So, we were like, yes, let's make this so strong and powerful, which is what we made the Divas Championship become - something beautiful like that. A lot of little girls were wearing the Divas Championship, they loved it, and I think that is what is hard about the current era now: because Triple H and that group decided to use it as a bad word, it's like, wait, what do you mean? You taught us to make that word an amazing word and that is what we did. We put our blood, sweat and tears into it, and I was part of that. I saw the work that was put into that and it was beautiful. I saw the work that was put into that bridge when people wanted to see more of us, and that was beautiful, and then when it gets taken away from the diva's era that hurts me. If you think diva is a bad word then I am going to kick your a** to show you that it is not a bad word."

Nathan Jones talks failed WWE career:

Nathan Jones was set to be pushed to the stars when he signed for WWE, including being the first man to team with the Undertaker at WrestleMania. WWE quickly realised that he was not what they hoped he was, and wrote him out of the match on the night. He though has fond memories of his year with the company, and thinks of Mania as one of two big highlights...

"I remember enjoying Survivor Series, it was a lot of fun. WrestleMania, remember that one? The big spinning heel-kick to the head of Big Show. I thought I'd add that in because people think I can play the giant all the time, and I thought it'd be nice to see someone jump around, and some of us big guys can go, 'No, we can do… fly around as well'."

Brock Lesnar:

WWE had planned to say goodbye to Brock Lesnar at Crown Jewel, before Roman Reigns took ill, a leak has suggested. It was reportedly set to be his final WWE match of his 6 year return run.

Inter-gender challenge:

Seth Rollins has challenged Becky Lynch to a match, she accepted.

Survivor Series:

WWE threw the script for Survivor Series out the window when Roman Reigns went home. They had planned to stop the inter-brand rivalries this year, but Roman taking ill meant all plans were dropped and a complete rewrite started. The inter-brand feuds were the easiest quick fix they could come up with.

Alum mocked:

An indie promotion mocked Sid for refusing to attend a show this weekend, because the promotion owner is a Donald Trump supporter.

Matt Hardy:

Matt Hardy got physical in Spain this weekend. He was involved in a post show roster clearing melee at the hands of Braun Strowman.

WWE comply to Fox request:

WWE have invited MMA star Daniel Cormier to a tryout for an announce job on SmackDown. Fox, new home of the blue show, wanted him to be hired by WWE.