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Booker T Not Happy With The New Day Mimicking His ‘N-Word’ Botch

Booker T talked about the New Day mimicking his famous “N-Word” botch from WCW on the latest installment of his Heated Conversations podcast. Here are some highlights of what he said:

Not Condoning New Day’s Mimicking: “I just want to make it publicly known that I don’t condone that at all especially coming off of Monday Night. We as a people, we gotta know when it’s time to speak up and when it’s time to shut up. My mother taught me that a long time ago. If you don’t know, it’ll come back and haunt you. [The WCW promo blooper] has haunted me for this many years. You put yourself in a situation for something to happen, just like Mike Tyson did, something can happen. For these young kids to understand and realize and be able to speak up for themselves…you know…then again, I spoke up because I was talent. I spoke up because I knew that I could speak up. I implore these young people out there to know exactly what they’re doing and how they are affecting our young people that are coming up. That’s the most important thing as far as I’m concerned. Me personally, I know I’ve made mistakes. That word that I said on national television in front of the world – I wish I could go back and erase it. I wish that I could take it back. I wish that WWE would never do something like that ever again.”

Not Needing it to Air: “Me personally, I don’t appreciate it. I don’t know if [WWE] knew that the parody was gonna go down because I know those guys do a lot of their own stuff. I don’t think that we as a company need to go that route. I think that parody should not have ever been shown on television because it wasn’t a great moment for us as black people. For us as black people, it was one of our worst moments. Just like the [Lamelo] Ball thing. The kid is 15-years old [and] I don’t blame him or anything like that. It was something that slipped out just like myself [in 1997], it was something that slipped out. For me as a person that’s trying to set an example for us as black people and for me to let so many people down – even the ones that thought it was the cool – even the ones that thought it was an anthem… …I want them to know that it was my worst day that I could have ever had being a black man and letting so many of our people down by calling us that word or saying that word in any realm [or] any form was definitely not right by any means. I wish I could take it right back. That one blemish is the only thing they have over my head that they could put out there to try to make me look bad in any way shape, form, or fashion. Of course, I could put a spin on it… … but does that make it right? No, it doesn’t make it right. It’s still a stain, a blemish, a mark that no surgical procedure could ever repair. So I just want young people to know exactly what they’re saying and when they’re saying it.”

Kurt Angle to Start Wrestling for WWE Sooner Than Expected?

It’s being speculated that WWE might end up booking Angle into a match sooner than previously expected.

Angle revealed earlier this week that he had not been tested by the WWE for in-ring participation yet. With SummerSlam around the corner WWE might end up using Angle to boost up their ratings and provide a spectacular main event for the biggest party of the Summer. Also, rumors of Angle’s current storyline setting up his feud with Triple H did go viral a few weeks ago so there might be some relevance to them.

While speaking to Esquire Middle East, Angle talked about the chances that he will compete in a WWE ring again.

“Well right now I’m just concentrating on my behind-the-scenes role as General Manager. I haven’t even had a physical yet and I don’t expect I will have one until they [the WWE] have some more detail of what they want me to do down the line. But is there a possibility? Yeah, there is a definite possibility! I think it’s more than likely it will happen. I don’t know if it has to do with this new story line that’s going on right now, but I’m sure that it will happen eventually. I still haven’t taken a physical though so I’m not going to get my hopes up until I do that.”

“My main aim would just be to contribute and wrestle some of the younger guys. There’s a lot of great talent right now and I’d love to be able to mix it up with them. I would also imagine that, being who I am, I’d get a pretty high profile match at Wrestlemania if I did wrestle again. And yeah, I think everybody wants a title-run. I’m 48 years old – I’m still in great shape, I can still go pretty hard in the ring, but then again there are other talents out there that need the title more than I do. Don’t get me wrong it would be a lot of fun if I did get a title run, but at the same time as long as I’m contributing and helping out the company I’d be happy with that.”

Naomi & Lana’s Feud Continues on Twitter

Naomi’s on-going feud with Lana has shifted from SmackDown Live to Twitter. The two had an exchange after Naomi took a shot at Naomi for her work ethic.

Title Match Announced for WWE Great Balls of Fire

Kurt Angle announced on tonight’s episode of RAW that The Miz will defend his Intercontinental Championship title against Dean Amborse at WWE Great Balls of Fire. Here is the updated card:

WWE Universal Championship
Samoa Joe vs. Brock Lesnar

Intercontinental Championship
Dean Amborse vs. The Miz

30-Main Ironman match for the RAW Tag Team Championship
The Hardy Boyz vs. Cesaro & Sheamus

RAW Women’s Championship
Sasha Banks vs. Alexa Bliss

Ambulance Championship
Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman

Cruiserweight Championship
Akira Tozawa vs. Neville

Bray Wyatt vs. Seth Rollins

Big Cass vs. Enzo Amore

Great Balls of Fire takes place on July 9th from the American Airlines Center in Dallas. As always, we will have live play-by-play coverage of the event.

The Hardy Boyz Reportedly Close to Reaching Deal with Anthem Sports

The Hardy Boyz’ “BROKEN” gimmick may be appearing on WWE programming shortly.

Dave Meltzer reported on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio that The Hardy Boyz and Anthem Sports are close to reaching a deal for Matt & Jeff Hardy to use the “BROKEN” gimmick outside of the now-GFW promotion. Meltzer didn’t specify exactly what the terms of the deal would be, but indicated that a deal will be reached soon.

We will keep you updated if we receive any more details on the on-going negotiations between The Hardys and Anthem.

WWE Monday Night Raw Results – July 3 2017

Welcome to the final edition of Monday Night Raw before Sunday’s Great Balls of Fire PPV!

Tonight’s show is anchored by the return of Brock Lesnar, who will defend his Universal Championship for the first time since WrestleMania on Sunday. Lesnar has had to sit back and watch as Samoa Joe took centre stage for this feud and even attacked his advocate Paul Heyman. So Lesnar decided to pay Joe a visit and was promptly choked down by the Samoan Bulldozer! One week from the huge showdown, Lesnar will definitely want to regain some momentum, meanwhile Samoa Joe is on the roll of a lifetime and fans are hungry for more!

Speaking of being hungry and never satisfied, Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns will also have a gargantuan showdown at Great Balls of Fire – which ironically might be the best card for a terribly named PPV ever. The two big canines will fight for ownership of the back yard in an Ambulance Match and I would be shocked if we didn’t see said ambulance come into play one more time this week, seeing as Braun threw Roman into it last week and sent him packing. Fans will hope to see more of the same this week.

Last week’s main event saw Sasha Banks defeat the seemingly unstoppable Nia Jax, who had already bested Emma, Mickie James, Dana Brooke, and Bayley, in a Gauntlet Match to become number one contender. Banks’ win was pretty surprising but sets-up an exciting showdown at Great Balls of Fire. The Champion Alexa Bliss came to the ring after the match and shoved her title in Banks’ face but was promptly met with a dropkick to her own dentures! Expect more fireworks tonight ahead of the 4th of July!

Elsewhere on tonight’s show, Enzo Amore was ceremoniously dumped by Big Cass for the second week in a row and it seems inevitable that these two will have a showdown on Sunday night. The match hasn’t yet been announced but surely tonight is the night. And then there’s Seth Rollins and Bray Wyatt who’ve done more talking in the past three weeks than Undertaker did in over 30 years, so hopefully we get something more substantial tonight.

All that and more to look forward to on tonight’s show. Don’t forget to check out the Ringside News app, as well as our new Ringside Talk app, which allows you to converse with all your fellow marks! Let us know your thoughts and feelings and enjoy the show!

Injury Suffered at Sunday’s Slammiversary Event

PWInsider reports that Jeremy Borash suffered 25-35 puncture wounds on his wrists and palms after hitting the top rope splash onto thumbtacks during the match with Abyss vs. Scott Steiner and Josh Mathews at Sunday’s Slammiversary event. After the match, Borash received medical attention and had his hands taped up.

Speaking of Borash and Mathews, they are expected to be returning to the announce table for commentary beginning with this week’s TV tapings.

Tammy “Sunny” Sytch Hospitalized

Former WWE Diva Tammy “Sunny” Sytch has been hospitalized after she claimed she passed out and fell.

While there is no exact word of what happened, she noted that she was “pretty rocked and not steady.” She was taken to the emergency room at South Side Hospital in Bay Shore, NY.

It’s worth noting that her friends and fans had concern for her when he took to Facebook and wrote, “No one cares about me.” She’s been posting photos of her bruises on her body, which you can see below:

Reby Hardy Under Heat from Fans After Calling Lita A Hoe

There was another incident on Twitter recently with Reby Hardy. This time she took aim at Lita when she was included in a collage of photos that a fan put together. For those who don’t remember, Lita and Matt Hardy have a strained personal history that eventually played out on WWE television between Matt and Edge.

Once seeing the photo, Reby made the following remarks:

Reby followed up with a series of tweets after she received backlash from fans:

Smith Hart Passes Away

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