So apparently Nia Jax has been granted a Leave, being unhappy with her situation in WWE. Lots of rumors of many more people also being unhappy and contacting Cody Rhodes for advice on making it in the indies.
So last night during Smackdown, a WWE parody Twitter account posted this tweet in reference to when Daniel Bryan’s contract runs out.
And then Bryan responded thusly.
Commence more wild speculation on when and where he’ll be making his comeback.
I’ve heard of the leave, but I still haven’t heard anything concrete about a reason. Nia would be stupid to try to go in the indies because she just isn’t athletic enough for her size to hang. I think she’s trying to get back into modeling and is taking time off to either pursue that or to gather more information on pursuing that.
ETA: Not to mention Cody is such an exception to the rule that I think a lot of these people who would leave would be in for a rude awakening when they hit/go back to the indies.
The Rotunda brothers and JoJo Offermon might have viral meningitis. In addition, Bray and JoJo had a little somethin’ somethin’ on the side and Bray’s wife filed for divorce. Looks like Sister Abifail is a bust.
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The last episode of LU Season 3 exceeded all expectations. All participants busted their collective asses and then some.
El Dragon Azteca Jr went against Matanza in a cage match. Early on, Matanza threw EDAJr through a cage wall, so technically EDAJr won with his feet contacting the floor, but evil promoter Dario Cueto changed the rules and said only pinfalls and submissions counted. Matanza eventually won, but Black Lotus did a run-in and attacked both participants. She goozled Dario and called him a liar, than Matanza clocked her from behind. Dario affirmed he was a liar as she laid on the mat. Liar about who killed her parents? Sorry you died EDASr, it was all a silly misunderstanding.
Jeremiah Crane inserted a handful of spikes directly into the top of Cage’s skull, and some of them stayed attached after Crane clocked him with a superkick. I once smacked myself with the rim of a racquetball racket in the same place and it fucking hurt. I don’t see how Cage managed to keep from crying in pain. Jeremiah’s face was covered in the crimson mask as he glared at Cage. How the fuck did WWE drop the ball on him? Mil Muertes won the match, but King Cuerno ran in, punked out MM, and stole the Gauntlet for his trophy hall. KC is also Hijo Del Phantasmo in GFW & AAA, with a different mask, long hair, beard, and different trunks. Yes, this is about a year after the LU tapings, but it’s still weird to see.
Pentagon Dark cashed in his Money in the Back, er, Gift of the Gods belt and got a match with Prince Puma, who had just defeated Mundo for the LU title. Pent broke Puma’s arm during the match, but Puma refused to stop, taping his armand springing back to action. Vampiro, dressed in a suit, acted like he was on Puma’s side, but pulled Pent away from PP’s 630 Splash. Pent got the win and the title. CIERO MEDO!
Prince Puma is officially gone from LU, so in 90 days Ricochet will be able to appear on TV. He really served well as LU icon. He left his mask on the floor as he left. I sincerely hope he doesn’t appear in WWE or GFW. They would water him down and lose him in the shuffle.
Johnny Mundo >>> Johnny Impact
He probably won’t return if he stays with GFW due to trademark drama or something, but so far his time in GFW pales in comparison to LU.
In the closing segment, the FBI guy shot Dario Cueto in his office. Dario crawled over to his phone, used a dial as he was bleeding to death, and called somebody for help. “I’ve been shot!” “You?” the other voice seemed to say. Guess the body-trading gauntlet thing fell through. What about the sinister Aztec gods ready to cross over the border into our reality intent on bringing about Armageddon?
I hope LU comes back. Rumors of its demise were prevalent before Season 3, but there’s talk it’ll be back, just won’t have as much funding. The announcers and matchmakers take you into another world with LU mythology and wrestling history. Whenever the fans chant, the announcers acknowledge it as a song praising violence. They make the fans sound like something more than seat warmers. The GFW announcers & bookers just don’t have the same level of imagination.
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I was watching Adam Ruins Everything the other night and I suddenly recognize some guy playing a part in the show, Nic Nemeth, aka Dolph Ziggler. Here’s a clip, you’ll see him at around 0:22. I don’t know why he was in this, maybe a connection with someone in the show? He’s had a couple of other bit parts outside of wrestling before. I think he could do pretty well as a regular actor if he was given good parts.
I would assume that if there is a LU season 4 with less money, that would probably mean no Rey Mysterio, which means he’ll be locked in a basement prison forever.
As much as I thought Cage foiling the godly ascension plans because he’s actually a machine would have been cool, having Cuerno mess it up even worse by just hanging it as a trophy was wonderfully unexpected.
Vampiro’s master having some sort of physical form is also interesting, presumably some sort of Power?
The New Day have been on his show as well.
Ah LOVE IT, Maggle!
There are a ton of videos out like that and they are the funniest goddamn things on the internet.
The best is from last year when someone had Brock doing Nikki Bella’s entrance.
Reigns out of TLC (for some reason) and his replacement is KURT GODDAMN ANGLE
Also Bray out (meningitis) so HIS replacement is AJ Styles.
The world is coming to an end or something
Some things I’ve come across:
Reigns might be taken off the card as a precautionary measure related to the Rotunda kids. It is rumored there will be a lot of testing at TLC, to be safe.
Alexa Bliss says Nia Jax is just recharging and she expects her back.
I saw Ziggler on Adam Ruins Everything. Fun clip. It’s a show where being over the top works. I missed New Day.
Just read an article saying the issue is mumps, not meningitis. That said, meningitis is a common complication resulting from contracting mumps.
Bray’s diary entry, 10/20: Let’s see, dress as a corpse in drag, or stay home with the mumps…
On the one hand, bringing Kurt in makes sense from a storyline perspective but smacks of hypocrisy. WWE won’t clear Daniel Bryan to wrestle, but they’ll take a man who’s 12 years older, has had as many or more concussions, and whose neck is held on with duct tape and prayer, and let him work one of the most dangerous matches in the company’s repertoire.
On the other hand, Finn vs. AJ is a dream match waiting to happen, and if WWE wanted to do some on-the-fly booking, this could be an opportunity to turn Finn and reunite the original Bullet Club. The only bad thing about it is that it’s happening without any build when this could easily be a WrestleMania-caliber match.
I have absolutely zero issue with allowing Kurt to wrestle and not DB. DB was having freaking seizures and has/had diagnosed lesions in his brain, that ain’t nothing to mess with IMO. Yeah, yeah Kurt “probably” had more concussions and had his neck issues, but there’s nothing scarier than literal and actual brain damage.
DB shouldn’t ever ever ever wrestle again. I don’t care what doctor’s have said and who has cleared him. We all know he’s going to leave the company when his contract ends, go to the indies and do whatever he wants to do…but it’s a stupid decision.
I have more props to WWE for keeping him on the sideline than I would for letting him back into the ring.
Additionally, I fully expect everyone else to protect Angle, much more than Angle would or should protect himself. I also expect that the boss will have read him the riot act regarding not taking any undue chances.
I expect to see Jason Jordan run down to the ring to save his ‘dad’. This will set up the two as a team for a while followed by a falling out and feud before this ridiculous storyline ends. Kurt wants to end up paralyzed? Let him, it’s his life.
I’m guessing Kurt will wrestle Miz and Cesaro who can sell like champs for him.
I’m not sure there will be a proper Bullet Club reunion, since Gallows & Anderson are jobbers now and AJ is pretty much the godfather of SD. Besides, preserving old coalitions in WWE has a history of falling into oblivion, like NWO, the Dudleyz, etc.