Here are some of the latest WWE rumors that are floating around.
5) Who Pitched Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley?
Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley for the NXT Women’s Championship has been officially confirmed for Wrestlemania 36. Triple H was interviewed after Takeover: Portland and revealed that it was actually Vince McMahon’s idea to do this match and not his.
Here is what Triple H said:
“Actually, USA had no involvement in it, really at all. I believe that this was, to be honest, it was shocking to me when it was first mentioned to me. I believe that this was really just a decision from Vince’s part on understanding where the other stories are going for the women.”
As you build forward on these things, you have opportunities where you look in a moment of time, and you go, does Charlotte go after [SmackDown Women’s Champion] Bayley and Sasha Banks on that side? Does she move into that realm? Does she come after [RAW Women’s Champion] Becky Lynch? All the things that you have sort of seen before, and you’re looking to get fresh, and build and new. And I think you see that with Shayna Baszler going after Becky Lynch, and you see that in different ways on SmackDown with where they’re going so this was a way of Charlotte Flair needing to be in that big epic role. I think it really had nothing more to do with that.”
“I think people put too much stock into building up other things. It’s easy to put your tinfoil hat on and start to talk about stuff, and I’m sure just even saying that, everybody will be like, ‘Oh my God, there’s no way they didn’t…’ Whatever, you believe what you want. It really comes down to that, this is good storytelling and that’s what the goal is here, it’s just really good storytelling across the board.”
My Take:
- This was the right call from Vince. Nobody wanted to see Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair or Bayley vs Charlotte Flair again. This is a fresh match and will hopefully help elevate the NXT Women’s division.
4) Arena Refuses To Work With AEW Due To Relationship With WWE
According to a report from Fightful Select, the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati is refusing to host any All Elite Wrestling events. This is because of their existing relationship with WWE.
Jon Moxley has reportedly been pitching AEW about having a show in Cincinnati but the arena is refusing.
My Take:
- I am sure that we will start to hear more and more about this as AEW continues to grow. Arena’s won’t want to piss off WWE because it could affect them getting future events.
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