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Someone has to be next. Earlier this month at Summerslam, Roman Reigns finally dethroned Universal Champion Brock Lesnar to win the title. The win was a very long time in the making and the title change means that Reigns is now the top star in the company all over again. With the title win comes the need for some challengers and we now know a few more things about Reigns’ title reign.
According to SI.com, Reigns is likely to be holding the Universal Title for a long time, meaning it’s unlikely that Braun Strowman is going to be taking the title away from in their upcoming Hell In A Cell match. After Reigns is done with Strowman, Drew McIntyre seems to be next in line to challenge him for the title. Strowman and McIntyre are currently scheduled to team with Dolph Ziggler to face the Shield at Super Show-Down in October.
Foreshadowing?
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Opinion: I’m a huge McIntyre fan and there was really no way to avoid this for much longer. He has every si..

Well so much for that. Stories come in and out all over the place in wrestling and it’s hard to say what’s actually true or false. There’s always the chance that something is already slated to happen and then things change in a heartbeat. Then there are times where the story was never accurate in the first place. One of those things may have happened now and it sounds like a good story is off the table.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there is no truth to the rumor that Kevin Owens will be the next Paul Heyman Guy. At the moment Heyman doesn’t have a client and Owens “quit” WWE earlier this week on Monday Night Raw. WWE has even played up the idea that Owens is done by moving him over to their Alumni Section on WWE.com. There is no word on when Owens will be back on TV.
Doesn’t he look like he needs someone?
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Opinion: I hope the rumor killer is wrong as is could have been a lot of fun if they were allowed to work together. C..

I must be in a dream. WWE is the undisputed king of professional wrestling but there are other promotions out there with some outstanding talent. Just because a promotion is smaller doesn’t mean that they don’t have something worth seeing and WWE knows that some of these people are around. Now what’s going to happen when a person from these places start getting together?
As announced on WWE.com, Velveteen Dream will be working for EVOLVE for two shows next month. Dream will be wrestling on September 7 at EVOLVE 112 in Joppa, Maryland against Austin Theory and September 8 at EVOLVE 113 in Queens, New York against Darby Allin. The matches will only be for the live crowd and will not be broadcast on the pay per views. WWE has worked with EVOLVE before, with Adam Cole wrestling in June.
This is what’s waiting for EVOLVE.
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Opinion: I see nothing wrong with any of this. WWE gets to showcase some of their talent in front of a new audience who migh..

Just in case you didn’t see enough of it. In the vein of every major WWE show anymore (outside of WrestleMania), this year’s Summerslam pay per view was a four hour event with two hours of a Kickoff Show. That’s a very long time to watch any wrestling event and WWE never seems to mind. There’s so much content to watch but now that we’re nearly two weeks removed, we have something extra to see.
It’s a different way of looking at the show.
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WWE has posted a new video of behind the scenes footage from this year’s Summerslam event. The video is exactly what it sounds like with a look at some of the bigger name stars arriving and getting ready for their matches, including spending time with their families. AJ Styles is prominently featured as his wife and daughter were featured on the show during his match.
In case you didn’t get enough of it, here are this year’s Summerslam results.
Opinion: This is one of the rare things that always works. Wr..

Main Event
Date: August 31, 2018
Location: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Commentators: Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson
We’ll wrap up Canada week here with the highlight package show. This week has been better than most for WWE as the followup to Summerslam has actually been pretty strong. The promos and stories have all been good and we’ve even had some nice matches to go with them. Hopefully the short form versions are good as well. Let’s get to it.
Here are last week’s results if you need a recap.
Opening sequence.
No Way Jose vs. Tyler Breeze Breeze armdrags him down to start and lays on the top, only to have Jose dance at him in return. Some right hands in the corner have Breeze in trouble so he takes out the knee to put Jose down. A half crab stays on the knee until Jose kicks him to the floor. That’s broken up after Breeze pulls him back to the middle but a dropkick to the knee makes things even worse. Jose is fine enough to catapult him into the corne..

A record is made to be broken. Last November, AJ Styles won the WWE Championship from Jinder Mahal on an episode of SmackDown Live from England. Not only was this the first time the title had changed hands in England and the first time in over fourteen years that the title had changed hands on SmackDown, but it’s a reign that is still going to this day. That’s a record in its own right.
As of Wednesday, Styles is now the longest reigning champion in SmackDown Live history, with a title reign lasting 281 days. This breaks John Bradshaw Layfield’s record, which he set during his 2004-2005 reign and held it ever since. Styles’ reign is now the thirteenth longest in WWE Championship history. Should he make it through Summerslam, he would likely move up to eleventh all time, which he would reach on September 3.
Every record has to start somewhere.
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Opinion: I love stats like these and it’s one of the more interesting ones as Styles could keep go..

You mean they still don’t know? We’re almost to Summerslam on Sunday and that should mean that most everything is ready. There isn’t a lot of time left to add anything new as both the final Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live have aired. Therefore, it’s reasonable to believe that the card is set. However, it seems that there might be something up in the air backstage and it’s a pretty big deal.
According to Barnburner’s Fired Up podcast by way of Ringsidenews.com, there is a backstage meeting planned between WWE and Brock Lesnar before Summerslam goes on the air. There aren’t any specifics on what the meeting will be about, but there is a possibility that it will result in Lesnar retaining the title and working with both the WWF and UFC going forward. Here are the quotes:
“Apparently Sunday around 4 o’clock, Brock Lesnar will have a closed-door meeting with the head honchos, maybe Stephanie, Triple H, Vince, or whatever. I don’t know what that meeting’s about. But, if he retains the ..

Shock and awe shock and awe. We’re coming up on Summerslam 2018 and the featured match on the show will be Universal Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Roman Reigns. This is a match that hasn’t gotten the strongest reaction from the fans so something special will be needed in order to get a more positive reaction. It turns out that WWE has a plan, and then a second option.
According to Bryan Alvarez of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE is considering two paths for the Reigns vs. Lesnar match at Summerslam. One option would be to have the match be “rather short” and the other is a long match. There are no time ranges given for the two matches or speculation on who will be leaving with the title. This is the second year in a row where Reigns vs. Lesnar will main event Summerslam, although the previous version was in a four way match.
Here are Alvarez’s comments courtesy of Sportskeeda.com:
“Right now there are apparently two ideas for the Lesnar/Roman match. One of them is a..

Nineteen years is a long time. Back in August 1999, SmackDown debuted as the official second show of WWE, replacing Sunday Night Heat as the second major television program. The show is still going strong in 2018 and next year it will be moving to the FOX Network to really turn it into something special. It’s also coming up on a big time milestone and it looks like WWE is pulling out all the stops.
According to the Capital One Center’s website, the 1000th episode of SmackDown Live will be taking place at the arena October 16. The arena has also announced three matches and a host of names making appearances. Already announced for the show are AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe in a WWE Championship match (neither is designated as champion), Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz and Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy. Also announced as appearing are the Undertaker, Shinsuke Nakamura, the Bludgeon Brothers and Carmella.
Check out how Raw 1000 started out.
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Opinion: They’re w..