1) Vince McMahon’s Feelings About Shayna Baszler
Over the past few months, there have been some rumors floating around that Vince McMahon has “soured” on Shayna Baszler. These rumors were easy to believe as Shayna was kept off WWE television for over a month.
According to journalist Tom Colohue, the rumors of Vince disliking Shayna are untrue. He says that her absence was more of a creative thing instead of Vince disliking her. Here is what Colohue had to say about the situation:
“Well, I know there have been a lot of rumors about Shayna Baszler. A lot about Vince McMahon being a fan and then not being a fan. From everything I have been told, that simply isn’t true.
She has not been off TV because of that; she has been off TV because her whole storyline, or at least the plan for it, was built around the feud with Becky Lynch and Becky Lynch isn’t available. It has been confirmed that Shayna Baszler was the original plan to win the Royal Rumble. I had reported that in my YouTube in January a couple of weeks before the event.
The idea was that she would be very consistently and heavily pushed, but there have been some changes. Charlotte was then given the opportunity against Rhea Ripley, Becky Lynch was then unavailable, and these have affected Shayna Baszler’s push. She was on creative hiatus while they work out what to do with her, and it sure looks like SummerSlam is the answer.”
My Take:
- Personally, I never really bought into the rumors that Vince disliked Shayna. I just think it was one of those things where she got lost in the shuffle a little bit. They brought her back in dominant fashion on RAW and I see her getting a nice push over the next few months. If Vince disliked her, she would likely not be on WWE television again.
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