hello wrestling fans this is tom collihu
here with another news video for you on
a very sunny day in blackpool i've been
out trying to tan but i'm
a bit too irish to do anything but burn
so let's get straight into the news with
some information
more about drake maverick a bit about
kurt angle and even a bit about
summerslam and brock lesnar
starting with nxt news kurt angle's nxt
appearance as a special guest
referee in the fight pit between matt
riddle and timothy thatcher
was a one-off thing it was not a new
contract it was simply
a fulfillment of a contractual
obligation i have been told now that
kurt angle is fully done with the
company
and will be moving on to other things i
wish kart angle
all the best in everything he does next
because i've got to say he's given me
some great entertainment over the years
similarly to that drake mavericks
initial appearances as part of the nxt
cruiserweight championship tournament
were originally contractual obligations
but have now started to move into a
completely different element
he has now had more matches than
originally he was slated for
the triple threat match not the initial
plan and
in fact reaching the final not the
initial plan dispels
very good things for the potential drake
maverick getting a new contract
with the wwe if in fact both parties
are happy to make that happen it's not
just about the company offering him one
he may decide not to take it there are a
number of nxt talent who will be
debuting on raw or smackdown in the
coming weeks
some of them have been leaked already
some of them will remain surprises at
least for now
one of the most prominent ones that's
been released the information has been
leaked has been matt riddle of course
who had a vignette recorded ready for
smackdown that he recorded earlier in
the week
whether or not that will be this week
hard to say
there will be a lot spread out at this
point i personally think we will build
towards the pay-per-view without
introducing too many new names
and of course some people cannot be
introduced or debut on raw or smackdown
until they have fulfilled their
obligations at the nxt in your house
pay-per-view so maybe a little while
don't rush you may get some surprises in
there
many of the call-ups in question were in
fact planned long term
even as far back as january february
when they were initially laying out who
would be moved
in the shake up the walls scheduled for
after wrestlemania that didn't in fact
happen
but a lot of nxt people i i was told
earlier in the year and reported
on sports guitar were going to be moving
up
to raw and smackdown or at least moving
sideways that plan hasn't changed for
them
however there have been quite a few
additional names now
that will be used to cover for any
releases that have happened one
interesting tidbit about the upcoming in
your house pay-per-view
adam cole and velveteen dream who are
planning to have the nxt
championship match were told very late
in the day
when their match was to be recorded by
now it should have been recorded
um and it certainly looks like an
unusual match is going to be coming our
way certainly not something they've
really done for a long time
probably since back you know properly
done
since the shamrock are knowing hard days
or i believe
shamrock and lethal weapon steve
blackman may have also had one
but those are all the clues i'll be
given moving on to
main roster as it were news i'll start
with raw
seth rollins has been speaking recently
about growing his faction and he has
pitched a number of names to wwe
management
i can't imagine all of those names i
surely won't
ever know all of the names that have
been pitched i'm sure we'll hear about
them in interviews in future
but i'm very excited to see who we get
because he does
have a uh a interesting
benchmark of talent who are very
talented people
but really don't have the experience at
this level
he's a very experienced man himself and
he has a lot to offer
but it'll be interesting to see who
comes next he has pitched a number of
names
in news for the summer around august
time
the wwe now with everything changing as
per stay by state
as per the covid19 pandemic the wwe
feeling optimistic
that august might be in time to have
crowds back
and have a show at an arena brock lesnar
has been penciled in for an appearance
if they are able to open in time for
summerslam
we may be seeing the beast incarnate
back sooner than we think moving on to
smackdown i have to contact at fox what
they thought of the matt riddle rumors
and whether or not
they would look forward to working with
him to try and get a bit more
information there
they said at the time matt riddle is a
very marketable man
and they would love to work with him
keeping the cars close to the chest on
that one
in news that won't surprise anyone now i
unfortunately waited a bit too long to
break this one
bray wyatt has been given time off for
the birth of his second child
that child has now been born he posted a
picture on twitter go say hi
and he's expected to have a few more
weeks off to
self-isolate again afterwards and then
we'll probably return to continue his
feud
as the fiend with braun strowman
it's nice every now and then they're
able to give people some time off even
though they don't have that
fuller roster at the moment the shows
have been good regardless
finally this is a bit of a a random one
that i've only heard from one source so
far
so i will be researching this further
even though the deal has not gone
through yet
crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed
bin salman has put forward
a rather substantial deal to buy a
british football club called
newcastle which if you are from the uk
you'll be well aware of them
and are quite a few wrestling
journalists who are big fans of that
club
the deal has not quite yet gone through
there are some checks
to happen beforehand and of course with
everything going on right now
it's hard to make deals like that
however bin salman has apparently
already been putting out financial
feelers to see whether or not it may be
profitable
to get a wwe show sponsored by saudi
arabia
in that stadium
would you be interested in a show in
newcastle england
obviously with the deal not yet
concluded no commercial enterprise at
that stadium can be undertaken
by the government and the royal family
of saudi arabia
so until that time the story has no legs
whatsoever it's very much still in the
room of phase
but i just thought i'd share because
it's quite an interesting one in a bit
of a new segment because a lot of
information
that i put on here doesn't really make
headlines for example
six days ahead of time i reported here
that wrestlemania would be at an empty
arena
i do want to focus on some things that
have been proven right already from the
previous videos
sometimes i will report something that
it will take
months in advance to actually be proven
right for example aj styles to smackdown
or for example sasha banks taking time
off because
of a essentially taking a mental health
break
which was reported in june and confirmed
in november so a bit of a break there
but the things that have been proven
right i do just want to highlight
the first one probably something i've
referenced a bit earlier drake maverick
having the booking change there were no
expectations that he was going to
be booked as he was but they created the
triple threat format to suit drake
maverick and the fact that he now
has won that match goes to prove what
i've been saying that they are really
amping him up with a view to potentially
signing a new contract for him keep
pushing keep trying to make it happen
they are actually listening on this one
in addition to that i mentioned
something about the
third hour of last week's raw having a
ratings drop
the wwe were looking at the axe throwing
contest between the profits and the
raiders
as one of the potential reasons the golf
segment was moved
too much earlier this week in addition i
mentioned that edgar norton would go
from the front of the show
to the third hour and we had a promo
from edge and a promo from ric flat
about randy orton
in that third hour that's all the news i
have if you want to hear more from me my
colleague rick yuccino has an article
out on sports keita where i
as part of a panel of pro wrestling
journalists in ask the expert style
talk about who i would like to see
retire the undertaker when he does
choose to retire that may be something
you like
if not there are plenty more videos here
on youtube now i had a conversation
with my colleague corey guns also a
sports kida
about the undertaker and the greatest
pro wrestler in the world
and also i recently even just yesterday
did a video about the argument
as to who is better wwe or aw
and why that's something for the fans
that management don't seem to care very
much about
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