editor PWInsider reports that there has been internal talk within WWE about bringing back Nikki Bella for this year’s SummerSlam event.
As of this writing there is no word on who they plan on having her face at the event, but we will keep you updated once we find out.
WWE published an article pointing out that Jeff Hardy wore face paint at Saturday’s WWE Live Event in Roanoke, Virginia. Hardy hasn’t wore the face paint since returning to WWE. He routinely wore is back in 2008 and 2009.
What iconic change did Jeff Hardy just make?
Jeff Hardy channeled the Charismatic Enigma when he brought back his iconic face paint at a WWE Live Event on Friday night in Roanoke, Va.
Talking Smack wasn’t the only WWE Network show to be cancelled, as the company decided to canceled Renee Young’s “Unfiltered” series.
While responding to questions from fans on Twitter about the cancellation of Talking Smack, Renee Young revealed that her WWE Network Series Unfiltered has been also canceled.
While talking about the cancellation of Talking Smack on Friday’s episode of Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez indicated that the company may be making changes to some of it’s programming on the WWE Network.
It was previously reported that WWE decided to cancel Talking Smack because it wasn’t getting the viewership that the company was hoping for. Alvarez indicated that 205 Live could possibly be getting a change as well if fans don’t tune into the show. The general feeling right now is that not enough people are watching 205 Live, which could ultimately led to some changes before the year ends.
WWE has decided to cancel Talking Smack’s weekly series and will only continue to air as a post-PPV broadcast instead.
Dave Meltzer mentioned on Twitter that the reason the company decided to cancel the show was because not enough people were watching it.
According to Daniel Bryan, he wasn’t even aware of the show being canceled until he came online:
Ryback claimed in a recent installment of Heated Conversations with The Big Guy that there were plans originally for The Ultimate Warrior to work with him at WrestleMania 30 before he passed away.
When asked about these rumors on Twitter, Dana Warrior claimed they were false. She wrote, “Not true. It always saddens me when people tell untruths on a man’s grave to promote their lives. Do your OWN work. Dana”
When Ryback asked Dana how she was doing, she called him out for living in a “fantasy” with the following remarks:
Austin Aries has finally broken his silence regarding his release from WWE. He posted the following on Twitter:
My official statement on my @WWE departure. Thank you to my supporters and detractors. Exciting announcements soon. ??? pic.twitter.com/7Y4NkUMFVz
— Austin Healy Aries (@AustinAries) July 14, 2017
While appearing on Steve Austin’s podcast, Bayley made the following remarks about possibly turning heel:
“It breaks my heart even thinking about it! And so, when I do have these ideas, like, I write everything down, ideas, just in case, they want ideas, ‘like, okay, we’re going to do this,’ I have ideas for that. But even just thinking about that, like one day, I was like, ‘yeah, I’m going to pitch this! I’m going to do it! Like, I want to be a heel!’ And then, I went out that night for our match and I saw maybe five or six girls dressed up like me and we had met these girls before the show that were just in tears meeting us. I was like, ‘okay, no, I can’t do it! I can’t turn my back on them. I don’t know what would happen.’”
You can check out the full podcast at this link.
The original plan heading into this year’s SummerSlam event would have seen Jinder Mahal defending the WWE Championship against John Cena, however that doesn’t appear to be the case anymore.
Dave Meltzer reported on the latest installment of Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE appears to be building towards a match between Cena and AJ Styles at SummerSlam this year. Meltzer indicated that the planned match between Cena and Mahal may still take place at a later date but they aren’t doing it now.
During Friday’s Mae Young Classic tapings at Full Sail University, WWE did an angle that saw a tease between WWE and UFC’s Four Horsewomen.
After one of Shayna Baszler’s matches in the tournament, Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Bayley were shown at ringside on the opposite side of Ronda Rousey and her crew. Both sides had words with each other and it was made obvious WWE has something planned between the two sides, as the angle was recorded.
Here is footage from the angle:
