1) Vince McMahon Sours On RAW Star
According to Dave Meltzer in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Vince McMahon has completely soured on Shayna Baszler.
Shayna was originally supposed to win the RAW Women’s Title but Vince nixed those plans. He also took Shayna off WWE television completely. Here is what Meltzer wrote about the situation:
Lynch was on the Bellas podcast and said that she pitched to drop her title to Baszler at WrestleMania. She said that she wanted to have a baby before 35 so she and Rollins were trying. While she actually was pregnant at Mania she didn’t know it until a couple of weeks later, but she did know they were trying and it would be best to get the title off her. WWE rejected the idea.
The idea at the time was Baszler would eventually get the title and they did a finish to build for a rematch using the Money in the Bank stip because Baszler was scheduled to win that match. Vince nixed that and went with Asuka.
Vince also soured on Baszler completely because he never conceptually grasped the style that an MMA fighter should use in pro wrestling and she doesn’t check his buttons when it comes to women in wrestling, so he made the call to remove her push and take her off television. This was all before Heyman was dumped.
My Take:
- This definitely makes sense as it has been weird that Shayna has disappeared from WWE television. I hope that he gives her another chance though as she is talented and can be a strong heel.
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