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Ryback is joined on today’s show by his co-host Pat Buck.
Ryback informs that he just finished another stem cell procedure, which is helping him with injuries he suffered over his career in professional wrestling. He is having issues with the discs in his neck/back, and for this reason he says he is done performing any type of stunner manoeuvre. He says that even executing a leg drop is very hard on your body when you do it for multiple years.
Ryback comments on some negative buzz that he has received on the indie scene, with some people thinking that he’s failing on the indies simply because they don’t see him wrestling for certain promotions. He informs that he’s simply choosing not to wrestle for some promotions, because he’s not wrestling for free or for a discount since he knows his value.
He says that people can criticize him all day long but he knows how hard he works, and if any of these critics spent any time with him they’d see it too. He says that this past year has been a terrific year for him financially both with wrestling and with his supplement business, and while he continues to let his body heal, he’s not focused on working for any and all promotions that inquire about bookings.
Kevin Owens Denies Leaked Photos of Him
As previously noted, another batch of private photos of WWE Superstars are surfacing online. Paige had yet another set of preview photos (video coming soon) and now there are photos going around of a fella that resembles Kevin Owens.
Kevin Owens took to his Twitter account to publicly deny that it’s him in the photos. Here is what he wrote regarding the subject:
Graphic Photo of Finn Balor’s Head After the Guitar Smash on RAW
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WWE Has Long Term Plans for Kurt Angle & Jason Jordan
It looks like the American Alpha team is done for good after Jason Jordan was revealed to be Kurt Angle child on Monday’s episode of RAW.
Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that Jason Jordan will receive a solid midcard level push on the RAW brand and will not be returning to the SmackDown Live brand. His former American Alpha partner Chad Gable will not be making the switch to RAW anytime in the near future either, so the team is basically done at this point.
In regards to the on-air relationship between Kurt and Jason, it’s being said that the two are expected to have lengthy storyline over the next few months as the Olympic athlete tries to be a father figure for Jason.
Mark Henry Reveals He’ll Be Transitioning to Behind the Scenes Work
While speaking about his 21 year career on Table for 3, Mark Henry revealed that he will be transitioning from being an in-ring performer to a backstage employee in the next couple of months. He says he wants to help bring the young talent along and give them positive advice.
You can check listen to his remarks below:
Spoilers for Tonight’s RAW Episode
The following are spoilers for tonight’s episode of RAW, courtesy of PWInsider:
The Hardy Boyz are scheduled to face The Revival tonight.
They are planning to setup something between Bayley and Sasha Banks for next week’s RAW where the winner will face Alexa Bliss for the RAW Women’s Championship.
Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage of the event. Also, we will have our live fan discussion on Ringsidetalk.net!
Kevin Owens Applauds WWE for Decision to Cancel Talking Smack
It was noted over the weekend that WWE decided to drop their Talking Smack show that airs Tuesday nights after 205 Live on the WWE Network.
Kevin Owens indicated on Twitter that there is no love lost in the decision to get rid of this show and and applauded WWE.
It should be noted that the show was not COMPLETELY dropped, as it will still air after SmackDown brand pay-per-view events.
Match Announced for Tuesday’s SmackDown Live
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Former WWE Superstar Austin Aries Changes His Look
Steve Carrier
Steve is the Founder of RingsideNews, AllWrestlingNews, and Wrestling dot News. He has been writing about professional wrestling since 1996. He first got into website development at the time and has been focusing on bringing his readers the best professional wrestling news at it’s highest quality.
Three Matches Announced for Next Week’s RAW
WWE announced the following matches for next week’s RAW
Bayley vs. Sasha Banks – The winner will face Alexa Bliss for the RAW Women’s Championship at SummerSlam
Finn Balor vs. The Drifter in a No Disqualification match.
Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollin vs. The Miz, Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel
As always, we will be providing live play-by-play coverage of next week’s show.