6/12/2018

WWE updates:

Rhyno has been moved to the Alumni roster after retiring on Raw this week and a number of new stars have joined the NXT / NXT UK roster, including the first female UK champion, Rhea Ripley. The rest were Eddie Dennis, Io Shirai, Marcel Barthel and Xia Brookside.

Top women not cleared:

WWE have not cleared Alexa Bliss to return to the ring. Their medical team have given her a limited licence to engage in physical ring work, so they can monitor her health, but are far from convinced she is ready to go.

Becky Lynch is also still waiting for medical release to compete, despite being booked for TLC. She is expected to get it within the next 10 days.

Tazz takes credit for WWE angle:

Tazz says WWE used an angle he suggested they run for Daniel Bryan on his podcast. He said if Daniel Bryan had ended the Yes movement he should have removed the yes plates from his title. Bryan did so this week, leading to Tazz taking some less than subtle swipes at the promotion's creative team on social media.

NXT:

Tommaso Ciampa vs Aleister Black will headline the first NXT special of 2019.

Nia blasted:

Ember Moon's husband has called Nia Jax out for her poor ring work. He said in a now deleted message to a UK paper...

"Hope this unsafe moron doesn't hurt my wife again."

New PPV:

WWE are planning on bringing back the King Of The Ring PPV format next year, but as an all female event called Queen Of The Ring.

LU wedding:

Brian Cage and Melissa Santos got engaged at an LU event this week.

WWE accused of trying to kill UK scene:

WOS champion Justin Sysum has written an open letter to British wrestling fans, sharing his fears for the future of UK wrestling, now that WWE are on the scene, to which a number of WWE stars have hit back at, including Tyler Bate and Trent Seven, who both defended WWE and told Sysum he should be ashamed of what he said for shaming UK stars for living their dreams. He said that was not his intention, and that he was sharing his hopes and concerns for a UK scene without the WWE, and apologised for hurting any feelings, but stood by his words.

Lita confesses she begged Vince to change her retirement angle:

Recalling Cryme Tyme throwing out underwear and sex toys to the crowd whilst she was making her goodbye speech in 2006...

"I mean, I've always been the red-headed step child and it was not gonna end any different way. I was literally the red-headed, step child. It's ok. I never was quiet about it. I was super uncool with it. I went up the chain. I went to the producers, I went to the writers, I went to Vince, I went back to the producers, back to the writers, back to Vince. It was a hard, 'no'."

Legend dies:

Larry The Axe Hennig, father of Mr. Perfect and grand-father of current star Curtis Axel, has died. He was 82.

TLC:

Natalya vs Ruby Riott is booked for TLC, it will be a tables match.

Jeff Jarrett:

Jeff Jarrett will be guest of honour at his local NFL teams next game.

**Pete Shelley**