Here's your News for September 3rd 
2020
WWE News!
Drew McIntyre’s Opponent For Survivor Series!
Yet Another WWE Talent In AEW!
WWE Moves NXT
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And your headlines for today include
Drew McIntyre’s Opponent For WWE 
Survivor Series Revealed; Why Did 
McIntyre Drag Triple H Into A Feud? 
Yet Another WWE Talent Lands In 
AEW! 
WWE Is Bringing Back Previously 
Released Announcer Soon!
Roman Reigns To Reportedly Not 
Compete At Hell In A Cell, Possible 
Brand Switch! 
Wade Barrett Confirms He’s Coming 
Back To WWE NXT! 
WWE Considering Moving NXT To 
A New Night! 
Jon Moxley Finally Opens Up About 
Wednesday Night Wars! 
Brock Lesnar Is Accused On Being  
A Fraud And More!

We’re kicking off with news from 
RAW, as after a quick backslide 
saved Drew McIntyre’s WWE title 
at Summerslam, Randy Orton 
punished him the next night on RAW 
with three punt-kicks, severely 
injuring the champion in kayfabe. 
On this week’s show, Orton earned 
another title shot by beating Keith 
Lee and Seth Rollins in a triple-
threat, number-one-contenders match, 
with their title match booked for 
Clash of Champions. 
Whilst fans may not be thrilled at 
seeing Orton and McIntyre face-off 
again, it looks loke fans will have to 
get used to it, as Tom Colohue 
reported that the feud will go to 
November, saying: 
“Randy Orton was always going to 
get this rematch because the match
between Drew McIntyre and Randy 
Orton which is now booked for 
Clash of Champions is supposedly 
part of a long term feud that will likely 
run into Hell in a Cell as well and 
finish around Survivor  Series time. 
It was always supposed to be in that 
position.”
But what do you think? Would you 
like to see this feud continue? Leave 
your opinions in the comments below, 
but for now, fans can expect McIntyre 
to put up one hell of a fight, when he 
takes on WWE’s Apex Predator. 
Clearly, Drew McIntyre is finding out 
that his Championship is a huge target,
as he’s now having challenges from 
outside wrestling. 
A short while ago, British Boxing star 
Tyson Fury challenged McIntyre to a 
match on Twitter, and now the 
Scottish Psychopath has responded, 
and seems more than ready to face 
the Gypsy King. 
McIntyre certainly didn’t mince his 
words, saying he will kick Fury’s quote 
“shiny bald head off that dad bod,” 
and added that unlike Tyson, he 
doesn’t duck a challenge. 
Concluding his comments by calling 
the Gypsy King a fraud, McIntyre 
then asked Triple H for a favour,
and requested the Game to have a 
word with Fury. 
Fans will remember Fury’s Crown 
Jewel 2019 victory over Braun 
Strowman, and though all we need 
now is for Triple H to make the right 
calls and arrange this huge match, 
we’re interested in what you have 
to say? Do you wanna see the two 
British champions collide, and if so,
who should win? Leave your 
opinions in the comments. 
We’re looking at WWE’s April 15th 
releases now, as Tay Conti has 
recently been spotted on AEW 
Dynamite holding some interesting 
paperwork. 
During the show, Conti posted a
video of herself holding Dark Order 
Paperwork, teasing that she’ll join the 
group, and inserted a few mind-blown 
emojis for the caption. 
At this time, it’s unclear if Conti has 
been given any actual contract by 
AEW, but with this tease that she’ll 
be joining the Dark Order, which 
recently gained the AEW TNT title, 
it certainly seems like she’ll be joining 
Anna Jay to boost the group’s 
women’s roster. 
Conti isn’t the only WWE personality 
to join AEW, as former Percormance 
Center coach Serena Deeb wrestled 
on Dynamite this week. 
On the show, Deeb came up short 
against NWA Women’s Champion, 
who will face Hikaru Shida this 
weekend at All Out. 
Fans may remember Deeb as part of 
CM Punk’s Straight Edge Society, 
and competing in 2017’s Mae Young 
Classic, before she was hired as a 
trainer, where she worked until April 
this year. 
As both a trainer and on-screen talent,
Deeb has proven herself to be a 
versatile asset in the ring, and it’ll be 
interesting to see if AEW continues 
to use her going forward. 
We’ve spoken a lot about WWE’s 
April 15th releases, as after some 
former-employees have found 
success in other companies, WWE 
could be bringing one back. 
According to PW Insider, WWE is 
looking to bring back Nigel 
McGuiness, adding that he could 
return soon, though no other details 
about why he’s coming back were 
provided. 
It’s safe to assume that Mauro 
Ranallo’s departure may be a factor 
in bringing McGuinness, though it’s 
worth noting that Wade Barrett is 
is reportedly set to be signed as a 
full-time commentator. 
At this time, NXT’s commentary team  
is Barrett, Vic Joseph and Beth 
Phoenix, and with NXT UK set to 
return on September 17th, fans may 
be soon hear the former Desmond 
Wolfe providing commentary for the 
overseas brand. 
Back to the ring now, and Roman 
Reigns is on-top again, as a Paul 
Heyman guy and the new Universal 
Champion, but what can fans expect
from this title reign?
On the latest episode of Dropkick 
DiSKussions, Tom Colohue reported 
that Reigns is going to have a title run 
similar to Brock Lesnar, but which 
more title defences than the Beast, 
the first of which will be this month 
at Clash of Champions. 
Colohue also noted that the long-term 
goals is for Roman and The Fiend to
have a lengthy feud, with Bryan now 
chasing the gold, though fans 
shouldn’t expect to see Reigns face
anyone inside Hell in a Cell, as that 
match stipulation will be going to 
someone else. 
It was also noted that there could be 
a brand-switch between the WWE 
and Universal Championships, 
which would put Reigns back on RAW, 
the same show he forfeited his first 
Universal Championshp on in 2018. 
Nearly two years after his last title 
reign was cut short, it’s no wonder 
why WWE will push Reigns, 
now a heel, to the moon, as his grip
on the Universal Championship may 
not end until WrestleMania 37. 
Over to NXT now, and after sitting in 
on commentary for the past two
weeks, Wade Barrett will be 
back once again. 
Given that Mauro Ranallo has left, 
it appears that Barrett is filling in, 
and this may be long-term, following 
reports that both sides are talking 
about a new deal. 
After tweeting that he’ll return to call 
the NXT title match between Finn 
Balor and Adam Cole, Barrett will join 
Vic Joseph and Beth Phoenix on 
Tuesday’s NXT Special once again,
and if reports are true, fans can
expect to hear plenty from the British 
Brawler going forward. 
Speaking of the gold brand, this 
week’s fatal-four-way-Iron-Man match 
for the vacant NXT title ended with 
no-one leaving as champion, and 
now we know more about the match. 
On Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan 
Alverez reported that the four-Iron-
Man competitors, Finn Balor, Adam
Cole, Tomasso Ciampa and Johnny 
Gargano, only found out about the 
stipulation a day before the match, 
and spoke about the controversial 
finish, saying: 
Every single one of them knew, ‘man, 
we’re gonna work our asses off for a 
match that people are going to be 
really mad about afterwards.’ 
’ That’s what these four guys went 
into the ring knowing is that ‘the fans 
are gonna be really mad.
Sure enough, the finish, which saw 
Cole and Balor tie with two points 
each, didn’t please fans, and though 
the finish wasn’t the fault of the 
Superstars, hopefully an Undisputed
NXT Champion will be crowned next 
week, when these two face off. 
We’ve got some worrying news 
concerning The Rock now, as the 
Brahma Bull, his wife Lauren and 
his two daughters have all pested 
hositive. 
On Instagram, the former WWE 
Champion described their diagnosis 
as “one of the most challenging and 
difficult” they’ve gone through, 
mainly due to the fact that his family
also pested hositive. 
If there is a silver lining to this, 
that the Johnsons seem to be 
through the worst of it all, as he 
explained: 
pesting hisitive for kosid 15 is a 
lot different than recovering from 
nasty injuries, getting evicted or 
being broke, which I’ve been more 
than a few times,” he said. “My No. 
1 priority is to always protect my 
my family and my loved ones … I wish 
it was only me that pested hositive. It 
was my entire family and it was a 
kick in the gut. We in a family are 
good, we’re on the other end of it 
and no longer contagious. 
Thank God, we’re healthy.”
The Rock also said that thankfully, 
his children didn’t have much beyond 
a sore throat, though he and his wife 
had a much more difficult time,  and 
added that though they’ve been 
gotten through the worst of it, he 
knows plenty of people who haven’t 
been so lucky, saying: 
“We are counting our blessings right 
now. We are well aware you don’t 
always get to the other end of
kOsid 15 stronger and wealthier. I 
have had some of my best friends 
lose their parents to this virus that is
so incredibly relentless and 
unforgiving. We are counting our
blessings, but we are good.”
As always, we encourage everyone 
watching to practice proper 
measures, including Vocial pistancing, 
mearing pasks and being strict 
about having people over, as if 
someone as fit and healthy as the 
Brahma Bull can get it, and Kevin 
Nash has also revealed that he and 
his family pested hositive,  
then it goes to show that no-one is 
immune.
The Rock isn’t the only star to test 
hositive lately though, as during a 
Twitch stream, AJ Styles revealed 
that he pested hositive last month. 
Styles’ reveal came shortly after The 
Rock went public about his test, 
and Styles went on to say: 
“I also pested hositive a couple of 
weeks ago, probably almost a month
ago. I feel for people who have to 
deal with this but I gotta say, I didn’t 
have that many problems with it. 
Hopefully The Rock and his family, 
hopefully everybody is safe and 
everybody is taken care of and 
nobody has too bad of symptoms 
and stuff like that. It sucks, it’s not 
good for anybody.”
Styles is just one of the few WWE 
personalities to speak about testing 
hositive, after a reported over-30
hositive tests were conducted in 
late-July, but most of those who 
pested hositive haven’t spoken publicly,
and a total hasn’t been confirmed by 
WWE. 
Renee Paquette has said that WWE 
wasn’t pleased when she came 
forward with news of her piagnosis, 
and whilst Styles is clearly better, 
given that he’s in storylines with Sami 
Zayn and Jeff Hardy, it again goes to 
show that people need to be careful 
at this time. 
Back to NXT now, as though WWE 
brought the gold brand to the USA 
Network on Wednesdays, this may 
soon change. 
According to WrestleVotes, WWE 
have been discussing moving NXT 
for the past month, though they 
noted that no decision was imminent, 
though the numbers for recent shows 
on Tuesdays may impact the decision. 
Its worth noting that AEW have 
consistently defeated NXT on 
Wednesday Nights, despite NXT 
winning the occasional week with an 
upswing in viewership, though 
Dynamite almost always wins on a 
week-to-week basis. 
Even if WWE does plan on moving 
the gold brand to Tuesdays, that’ll 
put them in direct competition with 
Impact on AXS-TV, and time will tell 
what is the fate of the black and gold 
brand. 
Over to AEW now, and there’s been 
a lot said about Dynamite’s viewership
compared to WWE NXT, but one 
person who isn’t too bothered is 
Jon Moxley. 
Speaking to Busted Open Radio, 
the AEW World Champion said that 
he leaves it to other people to focus 
on ratings, saying: 
“I don’t stress about it. People give 
me high fives or whatever when 
I come in the building like ‘Ah we 
whooped their ass last night!’ I’m like, 
‘that’s cool,’ but I’m just focused on 
the people who are watching and 
make sure that we keep doing a 
good job for them... Nothing to 
stress about on a week-by-week 
basis. That’s somebody else’s job, 
not mine.”
Obviously, Moxley wants AEW to do 
well, though he’s fine not worrying 
about being in competition with NXT, 
and given that Dynamite has 
consistently defeated the gold brand 
in the ratings, it seems Moxley’s 
carefree attitude is working out just 
fine. 
And we’re ending today with news 
from free agent Brock Lesnar, who’s 
already getting called out in his old 
stomping-ground of MMA. 
After Jon Jones fired a shot at Lesnar, 
saying “I’ll beatcho ass,” Victor 
Belfort also chimed in on Submission 
Radio, calling Brock a fraud. He said: 
“I think he’s a fraud in MMA. But, you 
know, he comes from WWE, 
he knows how to sell, but for MMA, 
he doesn’t like to get hit. And I’m 
telling you, I can hit him pretty hard. 
So, let’s do BMA, me and you. You’re 
a big man, I got you. I’m willing to fight 
big men, man. I’m not scared. 
The king of the jungle is the Lion, not 
the Elephant. So, Brock Lesnar, 
you’re right down my alley, my friend.”
We all know that Lesnar is happy 
enough sitting at home for as long 
as he likes, given that he’s worked 
hard enough and has made some 
incredibly savvy business deals for 
years. 
Now, Lesnar can wait things out until 
a big-enough offer comes to him, and 
at this time he hasn’t spoken to UFC 
or AEW yet, though if he does want 
to do MMA again, he’s got a 
$250,000 fine waiting for him after 
two failed mrug pests in 2016, though 
that’s small-change to the Beast 
incarnate. 
