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I guess you can’t do that. According to a report from WWE.com, Ronda Rousey has been fined an undisclosed amount and will be suspended from the company. This is due to her attack on referee Dan Engler at SummerSlam 2022, following her match with Liv Morgan for the Smackdown Women’s Championship.
The attack came after Rousey was upset that she made Morgan tap out to an arm bar submission; however, she did so while her shoulders were on the mat and the referee counted to three. The referee did not see the tap, and as a result, Morgan retained her championship.
Due to her suspension, Rousey will not appear on this week’s Friday Night SmackDown.
We will continue to monitor the story and provide updates as they become available.
Editor’s Opinion:
This is a safe way to write Rousey off of television and not make the champion look weak. On paper, it would seem like this was a complete mismatch at SummerSlam and might not have been believable to have the champion defeat such a decorated c..

This is only a rumor, so take it for what it’s worth. According to a tweet from the WrestleVotes Twitter account, tonight’s episode of raw he said to be looking really good and is a packed show.
The tweet further states that the show is looking so good that the USA Network is allowing the 1st hour to be commercial-free if WWE wants.
I’m told RAW tonight looks really good as of now, and is a packed show. So much so, USA Network is allowing the 1st hour to be commercial free if WWE wants.
— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) August 1, 2022
Tonight will be the first episode of Raw that is completely under the control of Triple H since he took over the role of head of creative. The company is coming off a very successful Summerslam event that had many people in the wrestling community buzzing about the future of WWE.
Some of the highlights from Summerslam included the return of both Dakota Kai and Io Shirai, as well as a crazy main event that included Brock Lesnar lifting the ring with the ..

There’s a first time for everything. WWE presented its annual Summerslam event over the weekend, marking the thirty fifth edition of the show. As usual, the event was one of the biggest of the year and featured some of the top names in all of WWE. That means making it onto the card is a big deal, and it turns out that two of the people on the show did something no one has ever done before.
One of the matches on the Summerslam card saw the Usos successfully defend the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles against the Street Profits. According to the Wrestling Stats & Info Twitter account, this marks the first time that a team has defended a Tag Team Title at consecutive Summerslams (not counting Kickoff Shows). The Usos defeated the Mysterios at Summerslam 2021 and have held the titles for over a year.
Not counting kickoff matches, the @WWEUsos are the first duo in @WWE history to defend a tag team title at two consecutive #SummerSlam PPV events.
— Wrestling Stats & Info (@WWEStats) July 31..

Welcome aboard. Wrestling is a weird universe when it comes to mainstream recognition as it exists in its own very firm bubble. You are either in the wrestling world or not and it is an industry that is often looked down upon as a result. It can be fun to see someone well known for something outside of wrestling get involved and that might have been the case again this weekend.
WWE held its annual Summerslam event over the weekend and as usual it was one of their biggest shows of the year. Actress Kat Dennings, best known for her roles in the Thor movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Two Broke Girls tweeted about the show, saying that it was her first Summerslam and made her feel unwell. She followed that with a tweet saying that she thinks she loves WWE.
Just watched my first #SummerSlam and I am unwell
— Kat Dennings (@OfficialKat) July 31, 2022
Oh no I think I love @WWE
— Kat Dennings (@OfficialKat) July 31, 2022
Opinion: This is one of those things that WWE can brag ab..

That could have been worse. There are legends in wrestling and then there are people like Ric Flair. After a career that has spanned the better part of fifty years, Flair was finally ready to hang it up after this weekend’s appropriately titled Ric Flair’s Last Match event. Flair has been training for months, but there is only so much that can be done at 73 years old. The match has taken place, and now we know a bit about how he is doing.
Flair teamed with Andrade El Idolo to defeat Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett in his final match, which saw him busted open. According to PWInsider.com, Flair was immediately checked out by two doctors backstage and was said to be “great” after the match. Flair also said that he was starving and wanted to get something to eat as he headed out on the town for the evening.
Opinion: As disturbing as it is, Flair’s health was the thing people were talking about the most coming into the match so hearing that he is ok is great to see. At the same time, Flair g..

Fare thee well. WWE has a lot of people working together to make their events work. That is the kind of thing that is easier said than done, and it can be difficult to find the right mixture of names. This includes putting together all of the stories that you see the matches built around, but it seems that a fairly high profile member of the team has been gone for quite some time.
According to PWInsider.com, Dana Warrior left the WWE creative team several months ago, ending a run that started in early 2019. Warrior, the widow of Hall of Famer the Ultimate Warrior, had mainly been working from home and was not on the road with WWE. She will continue to work full time with the community relations and community outreach teams, meaning there is nothing to suggest there is heat between the two sides.
Opinion: Warrior’s name hadn’t come up much in recent months so this isn’t the biggest shock. While she may have seemed like a weird hire for the creative team, there is nothing to suggest th..

Call it a sacrifice. Over the weekend, WWE presented its annual Summerslam event, featuring some of the biggest matches of the year. The show featured a series of title matches, including some rather big showdowns. One of the last matches of the show certainly fit that description, but it did not wind up lasting very long. It turns out that was due to another match entirely.
The semi-main event of Summerslam saw Ronda Rousey failing to regain the SmackDown Women’s Title from Liv Morgan. The two went to a controversial ending with Morgan tapping out just before she pinned Rousey, though the referee only saw the pin. It was a relatively short match at less than five minutes, which was due to another match running long. According to Bryan Alvarez, the match had “a lot” of time cut due to Miz vs. Logan Paul running long earlier in the night. There is no word on how long Morgan vs. Rousey was scheduled to last.
That match had a lot of time cut because Miz and Logan went long. HOW ABOUT WE..

It’s always a possibility. Wrestlers are some of the hardest working athletes you will see anywhere and they put their bodies through some incredible effort every time they get in the ring. Unfortunately there is always the chance that someone is going to get hurt, which is a possibility for everyone on the card. It very well may have happened again to a fairly big name.
Becky Lynch lost to Bianca Belair in a Raw Women’s Title match during the opening match of this weekend’s WWE Summerslam. According to Wrestlingnews.co, Lynch was seen favoring her shoulder throughout the match and left the stadium with the WWE medical team. There is no word on what happened to Lynch or how severe any possible injury may be, assuming the injury was a legitimate one.
Opinion: This is something that can happen at any point in a match and that is never something you want to see. Lynch is one of the biggest stars in the WWE women’s division and arguably one of the biggest in the entire company and it wou..

I guess he wasn’t a fan. There have been a lot of changes to WWE in recent weeks and the biggest has been the departure of Vince McMahon. After about forty years of running the company, McMahon has finally retired, taking with him a long legacy. One piece of that legacy is turning down ideas that might have flourished, which very well might be the case again.
Over the weekend, WWE presented its annual Summerslam event, with Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair successfully defending her title. After the match, Bayley returned and was accompanied by Io Shirai and Dakota Kai. According to Fightful Select, the stable was originally pitched to McMahon but he shot the idea down. There is no word on the upcoming plans for the team.
Opinion: I’m intrigued by the idea of the new trio, if nothing else because they are a fresh idea. That is something that has been lacking from WWE for a long time now and maybe there is something to the team. If nothing else, it could be interesting to see what h..

There’s one more thing to do. Over the weekend, WWE presented its annual Summerslam show, which was certainly eventful. The show was the first major event following Vince McMahon’s retirement from the company, which meant that things were changing in a hurry. WWE needed to do something big for the show and that is what they did in the main event, though there was one more thing to do.
The main event of Summerslam was a Last Man Standing match with Roman Reigns defending the WWE Universal Title against Brock Lesnar. During the match, Lesnar used a tractor to lift the ring up, which stayed off the ground throughout the rest of the show. After the show was over, Lesnar got back into the elevated ring to retrieve his cowboy hat, which earned an ovation from the crowd.
It was a strange visual. Check out what Lesnar did after the show:
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Opinion: This might not have meant that much, but it served as a nice enough sendoff for Lesnar. The visual alone..

He had a reason. There have been very few success stories in wrestling like that of Bryan Danielson. Just looking at him, there is little reason to believe that he would become a star. That is just what Danielson has done though, as he has become one of the most successful names in wrestling history. There were some darker times to his career though, and now he has revealed a rather interesting story.
Danielson appeared on the Sessions podcast during Starrcast over the weekend and revealed that he was actively trying to get fired from WWE while appearing on Talking Smack. This would include various innuendos and jokes that he was told not to make, including about James Ellsworth’s anatomy. Danielson appeared on the show during his retirement from WWE due to a series of injuries which kept him from wrestling.
Opinion: It’s a weird thing to say but I can get why Danielson was trying something like this. The situation he was in left him employed but not doing what he loved, which can ma..

The right impression. While he might not be everyone’s favorite and while he might not be around anymore, there is no one in the history of wrestling as powerful as Vince McMahon. As owner of WWE, McMahon was able to change almost anything he wanted in the company, including which stars received a push. It seems that someone was able to impress McMahon right before he left.
During an appearance on the Cheap Heat podcast, WWE’s Finn Balor revealed that McMahon was impressed with his heel work as part of the Judgment Day stable. McMahon reportedly did not think that Balor had that kind of performance in him, which Balor said was nice to hear. Balor went on to say that while he had spent more time working with Triple H, McMahon had always been great to him.
Opinion: There is something to be said about impressing McMahon, as he is the ultimate force in wrestling and someone who is always worth listening to. Balor has done well in the role that he has been in and plays a great villain whe..