Episodes of WCW Thunder have been added to the WWE Network today. Thunder was a secondary show the company introduced on January 8th, 1998. It ran until March 2001.
After two years on the air, attendance for WCW Thunder tapings fell so low the company began filming the show immediately after Nitro on Monday evenings. This system would continue for the next 15 months until the company was purchased by WWE.
According to a report from WWE Network News, 72 episodes of Thunder have been added to the library, which is a handful off from the total number of shows aired. As with other shows the Network has added, it may take several weeks for further episodes to be rolled out.
Former student of the Fabulous Moolah, Joyce Grable, has come to the defence of her former teacher, stating she does not believe the allegations against Moolah are true.
Moolah helped train Joyce in the early 1970s, and helped her get booked all over the country. Gable would go on to win the NWA Women’s United States championship and was elected to the NWA Hall of Fame in 2012.
She retired in 1991 at the age of 39 after having back surgery.
“If (Moolah) was gonna pimp somebody out, I’d have been number one on the list.” – Judy Grable.
Grable filmed the following YouTube channel to address the Fabulous Moolah allegations:
Joyce Grable Disputes Fabulous Moolah Allegations
“I never experienced [pimping],” Grable said. “As far as I was concerned, she never sent me nobody. And hey, I had a good body back then, I was kinda pretty, long blonde hair, especially when I was in Puerto Rico, Mexico… if she was gonna pimp somebody out, I’d have been number one on the list.”
The current NXT champion, Andrade “Cien” Almas, revealed to a Spanish-language media outlet, Milenio.com, that not long ago, he wanted out of his WWE contract.
“When I came to WWE I thought about going back because of the lack of opportunities and criticism but I talked to Alberto Del Rio and he told me to stand up for my chance and I kept fighting for what I wanted.”
Almas’ comments are consistent with statements Del Rio made last September:
“I talked to my good friend Manny [Andrade Almas] and poor guy, he wants to come back. Unfortunately, when you go into that company you have to abide by their rules. That’s just how it is,” Del Rios said.
Alberto Del Rio and WWE
Alberto Del Rio currently spends his time wrestling in Mexico and for Impact Wrestling. There have been rumors of contract discussions between Del Rios and WWE, however.
Two weeks ago, it was reported Del Rios was at WWE headquarters to shoot footage for a Rey Mysterio project. It was also reported he met with Vince McMahon, who has always been a fan of his.
WWE has recently announced the upcoming mega-event from Saudi Arabia will now feature 7 championship matches in addition to the 50-person Royal Rumble match. Today’s press release from WWE states the following titles will all be defended at the event: “WWE Championship, Universal Championship, Intercontinental Championship, United States Championship, Raw Tag Team Championship, SmackDown Tag Team Championship and Cruiserweight Championship.”
The Greatest Royal Rumble takes place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on April 27th, 2018.
The event is part of a 10-year agreement WWE has signed with the Saudi General Sports Authority. The country’s new relationship with WWE is a part of their 10-year social and economic reform project, Saudi Vision 2030.
Greatest Royal Rumble to Air on WWE Network
Last week, Roman Reigns appeared on the Jim & Sam podcast and mentioned the Greatest Royal Rumble will air on the WWE Network.
WWE released the following statement earlier today:
“RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA and STAMFORD, Conn. — Following an agreement between His Excellency Turki Al Sheikh and WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia invites the world to the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m. AST to celebrate the Greatest Royal Rumble event in WWE history. Tickets will be available Saturday, March 31, and this historic event will feature seven championship matches, including the WWE Championship, Universal Championship, Intercontinental Championship, United States Championship, Raw Tag Team Championship, SmackDown Tag Team Championship and Cruiserweight Championship.”
Matt Hardy’s rivalry with Bray Wyatt will culminate tonight in the Ultimate Deletion. The content of this match has been the topic of legal conversations between Hardy and his ex-employer over the last year. With legal hurdles cleared, it’s time for Matt Hardy’s Woken Universe to truly debut in WWE.
While we’ve seen Matt Hardy perform as the character on WWE programming, we’ve yet to see an Ultimate Deletion style match. For all the talk there has been regarding how the gimmick has been presented in WWE so far, the real test will be how well regarded the segment tonight is.
It’s been less than 2 years since Matt was broken. He was starting to crumble before then, however. In light of tonight’s Ultimate Deletion, this article looks back on how Matt Hardy transformed his gimmick.
Matt Hardy at 40
When Matt Hardy arrived in TNA Wrestling in 2014, he was months away from turning 40 and had been wrestling professionally for 20 years. The company he’d signed with had fired him 3 years earlier following his arrest for driving under the influence.
TNA had fallen far since Hardy had been there previously. In 2011, Hardy joined names like Rob Van Dam and Sting as Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan gained some level of authority behind the scenes. While that period in TNA history didn’t exactly end well, at the time it seemed like the company was on the verge of becoming bigger than they were.
There was nothing in the atmosphere of 2014 which suggested Matt Hardy was on the verge of the most significant part of his career. In fact, just the opposite was the case.
In 2014, Matt and Jeff reunited the Hardys in TNA and won the tag-team championships. They were forced to give them up that summer after Jeff was involved in an ATV accident. This led Matt to go into single’s competition and eventually win the TNA World Championship. Some bizarre booking led to him losing the title without actually losing a match, however. He’d spend the rest of the year trying to win the championship back off Drew Galloway but failing.
As high up the card as Matt was at this time, TNA was struggling to find itself during this period. As it would turn out, what Matt Hardy would do the following year would begin to re-define the company, for a little while, at least.
Matt Hardy is Broken in 2016
In early 2016, Hardy turned heel after his wife, Reby Sky, helped him defeat EC3 to win the TNA World Championship. His brother Jeff didn’t approve of his heel-ish actions and the brothers turned into rivals for the first time since 2009.
On the March 15th edition of Impact Wrestling, Drew Galloway won a fatal 4-way match which also featured Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, and EC3 to win the TNA World Championship. From that moment on Matt set his sights on getting revenge on his brother. This led to an I-Quit match between the two on April 19th, 2016. The match would be ruled a no-contest after both men were too injured to continue.
The next time we saw Matt Hardy, he was speaking in a peculiar accent and was preoccupied with making his brother, whom he referred to as “Brother Nero”, obsolete.
Jeff defeated Matt in a Full Metal Mayhem match at Slammiversary that June. He defeated him again on Impact in a steel cage match. Finally, Matt challenged Jeff to a final match which would take place on the Hardy Family Compound. The match would be called “the Final Deletion” and would air on July 5th, 2016.
Reaction to the Final Deletion
The Final Deletion confirmed Matt Hardy was going all-in on this character. While the unique gimmick had its detractors, the reaction was generally positive.
The Final Deletion carried certain elements of Lucha Underground’s sci-fi universe but with a more comedic take. The viewer is asked to suspend disbelief to a larger degree, also similar to science fiction or fantasy movies. Characters are able to have supernatural abilities and are able to travel through time.
Matt’s never given a firm reason as to why, when, and where he decided to go in such a bizarre direction with his character. He’s never stated how confident he was either. This is mainly because he gives interviews in character for the most part. What we know is that Matt Hardy chose to re-invent himself after 40, when he’d been a pro over 20 years, and when many felt his best days were behind him. The result has been the most significant thing he’s ever done in his career.
The Road To Ultimate Deletion
Matt and Jeff Hardy made a triumphant returns to WWE less than a year ago at WrestleMania 33. The legendary team had reverted to the Hardy Boyz personas the WWE Universe was accustomed to from their previous run, but we’d soon get glimpses that Matt’s broken side was alive and well.
As the months passed and the Hardy’s legal battle with Impact Wrestling parents company Anthem Sports & Entertainment came to a close, it was only a matter of time before the dam broke and “Woken” Matt was unleashed. Jeff Hardy’s shoulder injury and subsequent surgery back in September paved the road for Matt to forge his own path.
As we embark on the road to the Hardy compound and the Ultimate Deletion, the true question is how much creative freedom Matt will have to execute his broken brilliance.
WWE recently acknowledged Natalya for all her contributions to the women’s divisions. As an 11-year veteran in WWE, Natalya serves as something of a team captain for the women’s roster.
They gifted her several signed items and mementos from the Women’s Royal Rumble match.
Natalya recently Tweeted out a photo of the gift she received:
Beyond touched to have received this beautiful gift from @WWE in honor of the first ever women’s #RoyalRumble match. It was such a huge dream to be a part of this moment and to make history with so many amazing women! ??????? pic.twitter.com/0jgHKIZTGC
Natalya was the 18th wrestler in the Women’s Royal Rumble match and the 25th to be eliminated. She spent 25 minutes in the match which was the 3rd longest of anyone. Becky Lynch was in the Rumble for 30 minutes and Sasha Banks for 53.
Natalya eliminated Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix, and helped to eliminate Nia Jax. She was eventually eliminated by Trish Stratus who was then eliminated by Sasha Banks.
Kenny Omega’s Golden Lovers teammate, Kota Ibushi, will face Bullet Club’s Hangman Page at Supercard of Honor XII on April 7th, 2018. The match will take place just two weeks after the Golden Lovers face the Young Bucks at Strong Style Evolved on March 25th, 2018.
Ring of Honor announced Ibushi’s Supercard of Honor opponent recently:
Finn Balor has just released a new line of clothing he says is designed, imagined, worn, and loved by him. The clothing line is also said to be ethically and ecologically sourced.
Balor even serves as the clothing line’s model (complete with plank pose) on the website: SmileItsPeak.com
In what is arguably the most high-profile match scheduled for WrestleMania, Kurt Angle & Ronda Rousey are scheduled to face Triple H & Stephanie McMahon. The 49-year-old Kurt Angle appears to be relishing the opportunity to team with Rousey. After spending years away from WWE, he probably felt he’d never receive another opportunity like this.
Angle posted the following pic of the two training together yesterday:
While rumors state WWE was hoping the Rock would be Rousey’s partner, Angle works too. The Rock as Rousey’s partner would better play up the WrestleMania 31 segment they were involved in but substituting Kurt Angle for anybody is rarely much of a downgrade.
Kurt Angle and Ronda Rousey have a shared Olympic history and it makes sense Angle would want to keep Triple H and Stephanie from exploiting her.
Tonight’s episode of NXT is a taped show from Center Stage in Atlanta, GA. Four matches have been announced for the show as well as an important title match contract signing for Takeover: New Orleans.
Andrade “Cien” Almas and Aleister Black Contract Signing
Black and Almas will meet for the NXT Championship at Takeover: New Orleans. Their contract signing tonight should be eventful.
William Regal announced Black had earned a title shot after he defeated Killian Dain last week.
United Kingdom Championship Pete Dunne (c) vs Adam Cole
The leader of the Undisputed Era gets a chance to become the first American United Kingdom champion. Cole and Dunne were involved in a backstage altercation last week.
Tommaso Ciampa Appearance
Last time he appeared on NXT, he didn’t say a word and left after the fans began chanting for his rival and former tag team partner, Johnny Gargano.
He sent out the following tweet to instruct fans on how to respond to him this time:
In the days since Jeff Hardy’s recent DWI arrest in Concord, NC, his brother Matt has posted several references to him on social media. The latest came on Tuesday night with a reference to Jeff needing help.
Matt’s wife Reby, who will be part of the Ultimate Deletion match scheduled for next week’s RAW, has also chimed in on Jeff’s situation. Reby says she and Matt have worked too hard on bringing the Broken Universe to WWE for Jeff to derail their plans.
In response to a fan on Instagram who said Brother Nero is needed for the Ultimate Deletion match, Reby vehemently disagrees. She wrote:
“Matt has busted his ass to get to this point. He & I have been fighting for this to happen for nearly a year. After the hard work & $50K+ in legal fees that *WE* paid, I’m gonna have to say NO. He is not “needed”. Jeff is clearly doing his own thing & it has nothing to do with us right now.”
Jeff Hardy’s DWI and Standing in WWE
Considering WWE has released multiple performers recently due to alleged criminal charges, some are concerned as to how Jeff’s recent arrest will impact his standing in WWE.
Jey Uso was arrested for DUI in January. WWE released the following statement in regards to his arrest:
“Joshua Fatu is responsible for his own personal actions. We are investigating the matter and awaiting information from local law enforcement officials.”
Which sounds a lot like what WWE released in regards to Jeff Hardy’s recent arrest:
“Jeff Hardy is responsible for his own personal actions. We are investigating the matter and awaiting information from local law enforcement officials.”
WWE has taken no action towards Jey Uso, so perhaps the same will be the case for Jeff Hardy, although Hardy does have a history of substance abuse issues which may further impact how the company handles the situation.
Today/last night in the New Japan Cup, the first two quarter-final matches took place. We’ve printed the results from the tournament thus far and the upcoming schedule below.
In the first tournament match of night 4, Juice Robinson pulled off a mild upset by defeating Michael Elgin via pinning combination. The second match featured Hiroshi Tanahashi defeating Bad Luck Fale via count-out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUvH486_lps
New Japan Cup 1st Round Results
Juice Robinson defeated Yujiro Takahashi
Michael Elgin defeated Tomohiro Ishii
Bad Luck Fale defeated Lance Archer
Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Taichi
Kota Ibushi defeated YOSHI-HASHI
Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Tetsuya Naito
Toru Yano defeated Davey Boy Smith Jr.
SANADA defeated Chuckie T
Juice Robinson defeated Michael Elgin
Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Bad Luck Fale via count-out
Upcoming New Japan Cup Matches
(Quarter-Finals)
Kota Ibushi vs Zack Sabre Jr (March 15th)
SANADA vs Toru Yano (March 15th)
Semi-Finals
Juice Robinson vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (March 16th)
Ibushi/ZSJ vs. SANADA/Yano (March 18th)
Finals
Semi-Final Winner A vs Semi-Final Winner B (March 21st)
The main event of 205 Live last night was the first semi-final in the cruiserweight championship tournament. Also on the show, two cruiserweight tag-teams faced each other as the division prepares to introduce tag-team titles.
Tonight’s episodes of Smackdown Live, WWE Mixed Match Challenge, and 205 Live emanate from the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN.
Smackdown looks to be a segment heavy show as no matches have been announced for it ahead of time.
Smackdown Live
Segments Announced for Smackdown Include:
Shane McMahon’s WrestleMania announcement
Following the events at Fastlane, where Shane cost both Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn a chance to win the WWE championship, Shane is scheduled to make an important announcement regarding WrestleMania tonight. It’s likely both Owens and Zayn will have a vested interest in what Shane has to say.
Asuka Appears on Smackdown
Two days after appearing at Fastlane and challenging Smackdown women’s champion, Charlotte Flair, Asuka is being advertised to appear on Smackdown tonight.
How will Charlotte Flair respond to Asuka’s challenge?
AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura Road to WrestleMania Begins
Tonight will be the first Smackdown after AJ Styles versus Shinsuke Nakamura has been officially confirmed as the WWE championship match at WrestleMania. Now that Nakamura knows it will be him versus AJ Styles in a rematch from their Tokyo Dome encounter, what will he have to say to Styles tonight?
Randy Orton United States Championship Reign Begins
At Fastlane, Randy Orton defeated Bobby Roode to win the United States championship. After the match, he was attacked by Jinder Mahal and then by Bobby Roode as well. Orton has a target on his back now as champion, what will happen between him and his two challengers tonight?
What Comes Next for the Bludgeon Brothers?
Sunday night, the Bludgeon Brothers destroyed the New Day and the Usos causing their Smackdown tag-team championship match to be declared a no contest. With Smackdown’s two top tag teams having been put on notice by Harper and Rowen, we should find out what is next for the division tonight.
WWE Mixed Match Challenge
Tonight’s match is the final round of the quarter-finals. Thus far the advancing teams to the semi-finals include Alexa Bliss and Braun Strowman and the Miz and Asuka.
Tonight’s match will pit Lana and Rusev facing Bobby Roode and Charlotte Flair.
A 4th team will be voted back into the tournament for the semi-finals.
205 Live
Just one match has been announced for 205 Live tonight. The 1st semi-final match of the cruiserweight championship tournament will pit Cedric Alexander taking on Roderick Strong.
One of Strong or Alexander will make their WrestleMania debut this year and get a chance to win the cruiserweight championship.
The other semi-final will most likely take place next week and be contested between Drew Gulak and Mustafa Ali.
Last night on Monday Night Raw, Shane McMahon was shown on camera sitting next to his father backstage. This was during the 1st segment of the show where Roman Reigns walked to the back to confront Vince.
On Smackdown, Shane McMahon just cost both Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens chances to win the WWE Championship at Fastlane. Shane broke up pin attempts by each competitor to prevent them from winning.
Kevin Owens took to Twitter last night to comment on Shane McMahon’s appearance on Raw:
After losing out on a WWE Championship opportunity on Sunday, Zayn and Owens, like Cena, have no clear path to WrestleMania.
Shane McMahon is advertised as having a special announcement for tonight’s Smackdown. His announcement may have something to do with Owens’ and Zayn’s role at this year’s WrestleMania.
Despite previously being announced for all Raw shows leading up to WrestleMania, Ronda Rousey was not on Monday Night Raw last night. WWE did not release an official announcement regarding Rousey not being on the show.
Rousey did appear on the Ellen Show this morning, however. The Ellen Show films in Los Angeles and Raw was from Detroit last night.
Rousey explained to Ellen why she made the change to pro-wrestling and how she learned her “mean mug”.
Ronda Rousey on Ellen and Not Raw
It’s possible the Ellen Show reached out to Rousey and WWE last minute about the appearance. The company may have felt the Ellen appearance would bring in more mainstream media attention to WrestleMania than Rousey appearing on Raw would. That is just speculation, however.
Daniel Bryan was not present for Smackdown’s Fastlane pay-per-view last night. Brie Bella recently posted the reason why Bryan was not in Columbus last night to her Instagram account. Both Bryan and Brie were attending the wedding of Daniel’s cousin, Billy.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgK0dXmnCZp/
Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon Storyline
Daniel Bryan’s absence from the show last night could play into WWE storyline. In the main event in Columbus last night, Shane McMahon cost both Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn chances to win the WWE championship.
Bryan hasn’t posted on social media since the pay-per-view but will most likely have something to say tomorrow night.
The 1st round of the 2018 New Japan Cup concluded last night/early this morning. Toru Yano defeated Davey Boy Smith Jr via count-out and SANADA defeated Chuckie T on the 4th night of the tour.
The quarter-finals take place March 14th and 15th and will include English commentary. The semi-finals will be held on the 16th and 18th with the finals on the 21st.
Jeff Hardy was arrested yesterday and charged with DWI in Concord, North Carolina. Hardy’s arrest came after he crashed his car into a guardrail and spun out into the middle of the road. He was released and given a court date next month.
After news of his brother’s arrest broke, Matt Hardy posted the following:
EVAH since the #7Deities have come to me, I do not put alcohol, drugs, or foreign substances into my VESSEL.
Matt Hardy himself has had an issue with DWI arrests in North Carolina. In 2011, he was arrested twice in one summer for the offense. He was fired from TNA Wrestling as a result and wouldn’t be brought back for 3 years. The next month Reby called the cops to say Matt was strung out on pills and they raided his house.
After the police raid, Matt checked himself into WWE-sponsored rehab and hasn’t had any issues since.
Ring of Honor is back on pay-per-view tonight. The company is hosting their 16th-anniversary show tonight out of Sam’s Town in Las Vegas. ROH’s 1st ever event was “The Era of Honor Begins” on February 23rd, 2002.
In addition to being available via PPV, tonight’s show can be viewed by Honor Club VIP members and at a discounted rate for month-to-month subscribers.
ROH 16th Anniversary Show Lineup
Pre-Show (Facebook Live)
Women of Honor Tournament (1st Round)
Sumie Sakai vs Hana Kimura
Women of Honor Tournament (Quarter-Finals)
Tenille Dashwood vs Brandi Rhodes
Main Card (Honor Club and PPV)
Flip Gordon vs Hiromu Takahashi
Cody vs Matt Taven
Marty Scurll vs Punishment Martinez
ROH 6-Man Tag Team Championships
the Hung Bucks (Hangman Page and the Young Bucks) (c) vs SoCal Uncensored (Kazarian, Christopher Daniels and Scorpio Sky)
ROH TV Title
Kenny King (c) vs. Silas Young
ROH Tag Team Championships
The Motor City Machine Guns (c) vs. the Briscoes
ROH World Championship
Dalton Castle (c) vs Jay Lethal
NXT made a round of cuts last night, releasing two women from WWE’s developmental program.
Abbey Laith Released
Formerly known as Kimber Lee, Abbey Laith was released from the company yesterday. She signed with WWE in January of 2017 and made it to the 3rd round of the Mae Young Classic.
Before signing with WWE, Laith competed in Chikara, Shine, and Shimmer. In 2012, she joined a CZW stable with Drew Gulak called “Campaign for a Better Combat Zone”. Gulak and CZW initially trained Laith in 2011.
Sage Beckett Released
A graduate of the Dudley Boyz school, Sage Beckett also began her WWE developmental career in January of 2017. Before signing with WWE, she was known as Rosie Lottalove in TNA.
Beckett did not wrestle much in NXT but she did compete in the Mae Young Classic. She was defeated by Bianca Belair in the 1st round.
Over the weekend, it was reported Rey Mysterio Jr. suffered a torn biceps. Mysterio suffered the injury during a match in Waterbury, CT on Friday night.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter was the first to report on Mysterio’s injury, though this was before he had seen a doctor. While Mysterio felt he had torn his biceps, the Observer is now reporting his injury was only diagnosed a grade 1 level strain. A mildly strained biceps should heal on his own within weeks.
The Lucha Libre focussed website, Lucha Blog, tweeted out an update last night:
Wrestling Observer says today that Rey Mysterio suffered a grade 1 bicep strain. That's as good as a news as possible. pic.twitter.com/HuprKpQBGi
News that Mysterio’s injury is not as severe as once feared should be welcome news to fans of NJPW. On March 25th, Mysterio is scheduled to face Jushin Liger at Strong Style Evolved.
The favorable diagnosis is also a good sign Mysterio will be able to compete over WrestleMania weekend as well.
Last week, a report from the Melbourne Herald Sun indicated WWE had booked the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Australia for a massive event in October. It is believed the MCG could fit 100,000 fans for such an event.
The deal is said to have been finalized awhile ago but WWE wants to hold off on publisizing it too much. The company is expected to ramp up promotion for the event following WrestleMania.
A recent report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter revealed some new details about the planned show.
Ronda Rousey Returns to Australia
When publicity for the event begins to ramp up, it is believed Ronda Rousey will play a central role in it. Rousey famously lost the UFC women’s bantamweight championship to Holly Holm at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne. Attendance for that event was listed at 56, 214.
According to the Observer, the current idea is for this to be a PPV event which will air on the Network. This has not been confirmed, however.
WWE is planning the largest ever Royal Rumble match to take place in Saudia Arabia. The event will take place from the King Abdullah Sports City on April 27th, 2018.
The 50-Man Royal Rumble was mentioned on Smackdown and Raw this week but there has been no confirmation that this will be a WWE Network special. It appears this event is part of WWE’s plan to increase their exposure in the middle east.
Increased WWE Exposure in the Middle East
WWE is making a strong push into the Middle East and is attacking this initiative on several fronts. In addition to WWE running live events in Abu Dhabi, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that WWE is considering opening a second Performance Center there. This facility would be used to cultivate talent from both the Middle East as well as India.
WWE isn’t the only promotion looking at running developmental programs internationally. NJPW is running a week of camps in Los Angeles later this month with Katsuyori Shibata serving as the head instructor.
Originally, WWE wanted to run just one live event in Abu Dhabi last year but strong ticket sales led them to run another night from the same venue.
It’s not clear which promotion Swann is referring to. Gage wrestles for several independent promotions.
This led Gage to respond:
if you got something to say just say it bud you aint gonna hurt my feelings cuz i dont have any but if you got a problem we can definetly solve it real quick let me know @GottaGetSwann MDK https://t.co/vJpODjFlxJ
After all the bookings ive taken im so scared to step in the ring but i cant wait lol. But after there done i will be retiring. Thank you for taking the chance on my name
Rich Swann Arrest, Dropped Charges, Departure from WWE
At the time of his departure from WWE, Swann had been under suspension since December 10th, 2017 as a result of charges filed against him for battery, kidnapping and false imprisonment. Witnesses allege to have seen Swann put his wife, wrestler Su Yung, in a headlock after she fled a vehicle which she had been traveling in with Swann.
WWE announced shortly after his arrest that if he was found guilty he would be released immediately. All charges were eventually dropped against Swann but his WWE career ended all the same. News of his WWE departure came on February 15th, 2018, Swann’s 27th birthday.
