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Lacey Evans Returns With Quite A Story

She’s back. After being away for over a year, Lacey Evans made her return to WWE programming on this week’s edition of SmackDown. She appeared backstage in a vignette with a unique twist. Evans began to share her story about her upbringing and how the challenges she faced throughout her life made her the woman she is today. You can see the vignette below: [This post contains video, click to play] Evans was last seen on the February 15, 2021 episode of RAW, where she announced that she was pregnant. She had been flirting with Ric Flair during this time, and it was implied that he might be the father. However, this was a way to write her off of television as she was pregnant in real life. Editor’s Opinion: This was an awesome promo, and it’s a great way to bring her back into the company over the next several weeks. I’ve always thought that she had the potential to be one of the top stars in WWE, as she had been working with the top talent before she was taken off of television. Al..

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Liv Morgan Speaks On Her Upbringing, Her Time In NXT, And Talks Wanting To Become SmackDown Live Women's Champion

Liv Morgan is ready for the world. New Jersey's own Liv Morgan has made it to the promise land after an not so ideal upbringing. At 21 years old Morgan was signed to the NXT brand and while speaking with her hometown news publication NorthJersey.com, Morgan shared her thoughts on her time with the yellow-and-black brand. “I spent three years in NXT doing whatever I could to be better and be noticed,” Morgan says. “It was a lot of hard work and proving yourself. So, I don’t want to say it was quick. Looking back, it feels like it was a blink of an eye and it’s amazing. It’s been amazing to come from WWE Performance Center and now to be on SmackDown Live. Thinking about that itself is insane, because it doesn’t feel real.” Liv Morgan is now a member of the 'Riott Squad' along with Ruby Riott and Sarah Logan on SmackDown Live. Although the trio has staked their claim to being a threat on the brand, Morgan still has her aspirations of becoming a top singles competitor on ..

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Vince Russo’s The Brand Recap – GLOW Analysis, Hardys vs. Sheamus & Cesaro Just Won’t End, RAW Needs More Joe & Lesnar, More!

<p><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/russo/" title="Russo">Russo</a></strong> opens today’s show speaking about Netflix’s GLOW. He says that he watched the first few episodes and he was absolutely hooked. He thinks the show is very well written and acted, and it’s no surprise to him that the show is seeing success. He always said that a well written wrestling drama/comedy would draw better than an actual wrestling show.</p><p>He informs that back in 2000, he was <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/hired/" title="hired">hired</a></strong> by FOX to <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/write/" title="write">write</a></strong> a wrestling show and he penned a show called ‘Rope Opera’. It was more of a drama but FOX wanted a comedy, therefore they passed on his show.</p><p></p><p>Russo says that his disagreements with many wrestling journalists are simply that, disagreements. He does not hate any of them, and when he picks apart their silly opinions it’s just entertainment for him. However, he does not like being labeled a racist or a homophobe which a couple of them have done, and that made things personal for him.</p><p>He says that he is neither a racist or a homophobe, and if anyone has been discriminated his whole life it’s been him. He’s an Italian from New York, and people just think he acts a certain way due to his upbringing. He says that people continue to make up silly things about him and everyone believes the nonsense.</p>