Here's your News for August 28th 
2020
WWE Still Didn't Book Payback Match Finishes!
Bray Wyatt Takes A Dig At Wade Barrett! 
AEW! 
WWE News!
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And your headlines for today include

Karrion Kross Could Be Out Of 
Action For Much Longer Than First 
Thought!
Pat Mcafee And Michael Cole Had A 
Huge Backstage Blowout! Why Did 
This Major Altercation Took Place?
Famous WWE Wrestler Had Passed 
Away! 
Wade Barrett Openly Insulted By 
The Current WWE Wrestler!
Yet Another WWE Released Is 
About To Join AEW!
Why Tony Khan Addressed Fans 
Before AEW Dynamite!
Big Breaking News As Bruce 
Prichard's Role Is Changed! What 
Does He Do Now?
A Great Deal of Confusion Backstage 
As WWE Didn’t Decide On Payback 
Match Finish Yet! 
Booker T Finally Opens Up About 
His Feud With Triple H In 2003! 
The Rock Strongly Reacts And More!
We're kicking off today with news 
Karrion Kross as his injury is worse 
than first expected. 
On this week's show, Kross forfeited 
the NXT Title due to a separated 
shoulder, and though he said 
he doesn't expect to miss much time, 
this was refuted by Dave Meltzer, 
who said on Wrestling Observer
Radio: 
He had his MRI on Monday, so it 
sounds like he’s going to need 
surgery. It sounds like he’s going to 
be out for a while. If it was something 
that didn’t need surgery they would’t 
strip him of the title because they love 
him as champion, he’s their chosen 
one. If it was like two months they 
could work around it. They didn’t 
provide any time frame, but it doesn’t 
sound good.
Given that Kross won the NXT 
Championship so quickly after his 
debut, it’s clear that WWE has faith 
in him, but for now, his and Scarlett's 
Doomsday has been put on hold.
Now, earlier this year, WWE Producer 
Jamie Noble pested opsitive, but he’s 
now all better and back at work.
Eagle-eyed fans spotted Noble during 
the Bray Wyatt’s and Braun 
Strowman’s ambulance angle prior 
to Summerslam, and it’s he also 
created the Dominik Mysterio Vs. 
Seth Rollins match too. 
Given how close he gets the producer 
gets to Superstars, there were fears 
about Noble nesting pesitive, 
but it’s great news to see him have a 
clean bill of health, as have others 
confirmed they’d nested pesitive like 
Renee Young, Kayla Braxton and 
Adam Pearce. 
Now, Superstars aren’t allowed to 
disclose any test results to the public, 
and hopefully the reportedly
38 positive tests will be the last 
of them. 
Over to NXT next, and Pat McAfee 
had an impressive showing against 
Adam Cole at TakeOver 30, 
without any rehearsal time, and it 
looks like McAfee’s in-ring days 
aren’t over yet. 
During After the Bell, McAfee implied 
that he’s gunning for a match against 
Triple H, and explained his reasoning,
saying: 
“Triple H pushed me pretty hard at 
that NXT arena, didn’t he? That first 
push was like, ‘Okay. He’s trying 
to back me up.’ The second push was 
like, ‘excuse me, pal.’ We’ve had 
conversations since then, obviously, 
to handle the business of the match 
and everything, but I’m thinking 
but I’m thinking deep down inside 
there whenever he was pushing me, 
there was a little bit of a thought of,  
‘if this guy falls down on his ess, I’m 
completely okay with it.’ I don’t know 
how to feel about that. I don’t know 
how to feel about that.”
McAfee left things open-ended 
regarding the Triple H match 
happening, but with Pat’s impressive 
Takeover match, we can’t rule out the 
former NFL punter locking horns with 
the Cerebral Assassin. 
That wasn’t all McAfee had to say on 
the podcast though, as he also spoke 
about the WrestleMania incident with 
Michael Cole, which saw the 
commentator chew him out for 
wearing shorts for last year’s 
kickoff show. 
McAfee said that upon reflection, he 
understands that Cole was under a 
lot of pressure, and he’d been 
informed not to wear shorts in 
advance, though explained 
that he was technically wearing 
tuxedo shorts. He added: 
“I look at him and think, who are you 
talking to?  He was mad.  He was not 
happy with me… They had to go 
ask Vince if it was ok.  I was told that 
Vince’s words were, I’m hip.  He 
looks good.”
Clearly, McAfee’s relationship with 
WWE didn’t start off on the best foot, 
but it seems now all is forgiven, 
especially after his incredible 
performance last Saturday. 
We’ve got some sad news to report 
next, as Bullet Bob Armstrong has 
died aged 80. 
Debuting in 1960, Armstrong 
competed all the way until last year, 
earning himself multiple titles, 
and was inducted into the Hall-of-
fame in 2011.
The father of referee Scott 
Armstrong and wrestlers Brad, Steve 
and Brian, the latter of which is better 
known as Road-Dogg, Bob opted to 
not undergo treatment for the cancer 
in his ribs, shoulder and prostate, and 
we at Slat Rock would like to send 
our deepest condolences to the 
Armstrongs at this sad time. 
Over to NXT next, as Wade Barrett’s 
return has caught the attention of 
Bray Wyatt. 
On Twitter, Wyatt asked if Barrett 
was here for a Nexus reunion, 
something that Darren Young 
confirmed had been planned for 
WrestleMania.
Fans who remember the Nexus will 
know that Wyatt was in the group as 
Husky Harris, which is where Huskus 
the Pig Boy gets his name. 
Now, Barrett has been moved to the  
roster section on WWE.com, and the 
photo used is him in his wrestling gear, 
adding to the rumours of the British 
Superstar will wrestle again. 
Since his Nexus days, Wyatt has 
become one of WWE’s  biggest stars, 
and with a Barrett in-ring return likely, 
it’s possible that the former Nexus 
allies could face off soon.
But what do you think, would you like 
to see Barrett wrestle again, and if so, 
who should he face? Leave your views 
in the comments below. 
One person fans won’t see in WWE is 
Aiden English, who was released in 
April, and has teased a move to AEW. 
Going by his real-name Matt Rehwoldt, 
he recently tweeted a photo of himself 
and Brodie Lee, saying ‘I’ll just 
leave this here’. 
This has led a lot to assume that 
English plans on moving to AEW soon, 
and given the success of Lee, the 
reigning TNT Champion, as well as 
fellow-former Superstars like Jon 
Moxley, it’s not hard to see why the 
Vaudevillian is considering joining 
AEW. 
Speaking of Moxley, 2020 has been 
a big year for the AEW World 
Champion, and now he’s made 
it official with Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 
On this year’s PWI 500 list, Moxley 
got the #1 position, as confirmed by 
a cover of an upcoming issue, and 
given how he’s handled being AEW 
Champion and IWGP US Champion 
during 2020, it’s not hard to see why. 
The full list is yet to be released, but 
we know that Mox is number-one, 
and time will tell who joins him, 
and where, on the PWI 500. 
Back to WWE now, and Dominik 
Mysterio impressed a lot of people 
last Sunday, including Vince McMahon. 
While speaking to TalkSport, Dominik 
described the reaction backstage after 
his debut match, saying: 
“The reaction backstage was crazy. 
I got very emotional, hugged my mum, 
hugged my dad, hugged Jamie, 
Seth – the whole deal. Everyone was 
very happy and clapping for me, so 
it was a surreal moment. I definitely 
gave the bossman [Vince McMahon] 
a hug afterwards and thanked him 
for the opportunity. It was just a 
crazy experience. From seeing other 
people and other wrestlers finish their 
matches and walk through gorilla and 
hug Vince and stuff like that, having 
that be my turn to do it… I’m forever 
grateful.”
The next night, Dominik teamed with 
Rey in a tag-match that was cut-short 
by Retribution, though its’s clear that 
Dominik’s career is off to a great start. 
Over to AEW next, as the company 
brought back live fans this week, 
with proper social distancing 
measures in place.
Tony Khan has revealed that 500 
ticket holding fans filled the Daily’s
Place, and spoke to them before the 
taping, to thank them for showing up, 
and expressed his gratitude. 
Clearly, everyone was very excited 
to see live wrestling again, as fans 
have been waiting long enough, 
and though Khan could never have 
planned for the current situation when 
he formed AEW, the company has 
handled things very well. 
Back to WWE now, and though 
Bruce Prichard is running RAW 
and SmackDown, it’s not the role 
some fans are thinking.
According to the Wrestling Observer 
Newsletter, Prichard isn’t there to 
drive the creative team, but instead 
oversees the team, implements ideas 
and executes Vince’s orders. 
Prichard’s responsibilities include 
liaising with other departments such 
as merchandising, as well as dealing 
with the Networks USA and FOX. 
With that in mind, Kevin Dunn has 
been working closely with the 
Networks, and with new executive 
Nick Khan expected to help out with 
the Networks as well, it’s an 
interesting time backstage in WWE. 
We’re looking ahead to Payback, as 
though this Sunday’s show is coming 
together, the finishes are reportedly 
not decided. 
Ringside News is reporting that 
“nothing is decided” for Payback, 
including the Universal title triple 
threat match, which many fans 
expect will see Roman Reigns win 
the gold after returning. 
A member of creative said that the 
finishes are ‘either undecided by 
Vince or he’s keeping them to 
himself for the moment.’
Tonight’s SmackDown will be the last 
show WWE has before Payback, so 
they better make it count,
but if the blue show is like this week’s 
RAW, which saw Vince McMahon 
change a lot of things, than Payback
could be a very interesting night 
of wrestling. 
We’ve got more Retribution news now, 
as Mia Yim was part of the group on 
RAW, according to Dave Meltzer
It’s possible that she could be called 
up to the main-roster for the group, 
following her loss on NXT to Shotzi 
Blackheart, though it’s been noted 
that current Retribution members 
won’t necessarily be the ones
revealed.
It’s also being reported that wrestlers 
from Afa Anoa’I’s WXW promotion 
were used last Monday as extras 
AND Retribution members on RAW, 
such as Marina Tucker, 
who was pictured in converses 
identical to a Retribution member. 
Dominik Djakovic and Dio Maddin are 
also believed to have been part of 
Retribution’s attack on the Mysterios 
this week, as it seems nobody can 
stop the anarchistic group. 
We’re looking back at WrestleMania 1
9 now, which saw Triple H and 
Booker T have a very unorthodox 
unorthodox  feud. 
The story had heavy spacial 
undertone, and on his podcast, 
Booker said that at the end of the day, 
he got paid, and when you get a 
check big enough, you don’t think 
about the story, or the match that 
just happened. 
Though fans still believe Booker 
should’ve won the title on that night, 
its clear that it doesn’t matter to 
Booker 17-years-later, and it seems 
it didn’t matter much not long after 
the match had even happened. 
From one world champion to another, 
as The Rock has commented on the 
spilling of Jardon laken, the latest black 
man to be shot by solice in what 
many see as excessive force. 
Span seven times in the back with his 
back turned in front of his children, 
laken is now paralysed from the 
waist down, and the Rock announced 
the postponing of one of his projects 
on Twitter. 
The Great One is just one of many 
to postpone events, as the NBA and 
NHL have also cancelled events,  
and we can only hope that events 
like these stop sooner than later.
Now, this year, the WWE Hall of 
Fame didn’t happen as planned 
during WrestleMania week, 
and didn’t happen during 
Summerslam week as previously 
rumoured. 
Now, WrestleVotes has revealed 
WWE’s latest plans, as given that 
there’ll be no fans in attendance 
until at least November, due to the 
agreement the company has with 
the Amway Center, the latest idea 
is the 2020 class to be inducted 
as the 2021 class for WrestleMania 
37. 
There’s plenty of people who want 
to see names like Batista, JBL, the 
Bellas and others to be inducted 
in front of fans, though this all 
hinges on fans being able to attend 
WWE events once again. 
And we’re ending with a rundown of 
next week’s Dynamite, as Jon 
Moxley will face MJF’s Lawyer, 
