Here are some of the latest WWE rumors that are floating around.
5) The Latest Update On Summerslam
In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer provided an update on Summerslam.
Meltzer says that Vince McMahon wants the event to have fans but that is not looking good right now:
The situation with SummerSlam in Boston continues to not look promising. As noted, Vince wants SummerSlam with fans this year, and there will likely be states that will open up for at least limited seating. Marty Walsh, the Mayor of Boston this past week said, “There will be no fans in Fenway Park in July; there will be no fans in Fenway Park in August–we won’t even be near a situation where there’s herd immunity and there certainly won’t be a vaccine” (by then). If they aren’t going to allow fans at outdoor events, they aren’t going to let large numbers at indoor events either
My Take:
- I was really looking forward to Summerslam in Boston because there was some potential for some great moments for Sasha Banks and Rob Gronkowski. It sucks that the event will likely not happen as planned.
4) WWE Changed Their Plans For Rhea Ripley
Rhea Ripley was recently a guest on the Wrestling Friends podcast. During this, Rhea revealed that she was not originally planned to win the NXT Women’s Championship from Shayna Baszler.
Rhea was originally supposed to get choked out by Shayna in their first match but WWE changed the plans after the crowd reaction that she received. Here is what she said (h/t to POST Wrestling for the quotes below):
“So Shayna had pretty much gone through everyone in NXT, so I pretty much finished with NXT UK, handed it off to Piper [Niven] and I was coming into NXT to do that promo. So we were supposed to do a match later because everything was pre-recorded at that time, so we were supposed to do a match later on that night [for] a couple weeks after and I was supposed to tap out. That’s what was supposed to happen. It was supposed to be a one-off thing, I tap out, that’s it. So I went out, and as soon as my music hit, the whole Full Sail just erupted so loud. Like it was extremely loud. It was extremely loud! It doesn’t even sound that loud when you watch it back, but if you were there in person, it was insane and then I went into the ring, cut my promo the best that I have, and people popped so loud for that. Shayna left, I left, I came back and everyone backstage was just like, ‘Oh my God, that was really good.’ So anyways, Shayna and I, we go to get changed into our gear. Sara [Amato] comes running into the room, and Sara’s just like, ‘Guys, change of plans. Rhea got too much of a pop, we need to change the ending,’ and I was like, ‘Well, okay… like what are we gonna do?’ Shayna’s like, ‘We’ve been trying to tell you this for weeks. Every time we’re on a road loop, Rhea gets the biggest pop out of anyone’ and Sara’s like, ‘Yep! We believe you now. We need to change the ending.’
Legit, I was like, ‘Oh my God, so what’s happening?’ And they’re like, ‘So we’re gonna need to do a DQ so we can continue this some other time.’ I’m like, ‘Okay, cool. That’s cool with me, whatever.. So that’s why I hit her with the chair so we could continue it.”
My Take:
- This is a pretty cool tidbit. It shows you that WWE does sometimes listen to the audience.
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