It appears that WWE is following through in removing Shane McMahon from on-screen action. According to WrestlingNews.co, the current plan is to have Shane McMahon lose to Kevin Owens in their forthcoming ladder match. The two are scheduled to clash in a “loser leaves WWE” grudge match during SmackDown Live’s debut on FOX.
“I was told that the feud will end with Owens winning and McMahon no longer being involved as an authority figure,” WrestlingNews’ Paul Davis said. He explained the reasoning is because “[…] WWE is going to present a more sports-like product with more conclusive finishes and less interference from non-wrestling characters.”
There has been months-long speculation that Shane McMahon would be phased out of featuring on-screen. Kevin Owens’ promo highlighted the amount of time Shane took away from current SmackDown talent. His sentiments was said to have been based in reality. His use of bullet points in order to get his point across has been held in high regard.
Owens is one of the few Superstars given more free rein when it comes to his promo opportunities, though more have apparently been given greater freedom recently including Rey Mysterio, Bayley and ‘The Boss’ Sasha Banks.
Kevin Owens and Shane McMahon battle in their “loser leaves WWE” ladder match on October 4th. SmackDown’s FOX debuts also coincides with the blue brands 20th Anniversary.
A new match has been announced for the upcoming WWE SmackDown FOX premiere episode.
It appears that the blowoff to the Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens feud is upon us. During Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live, it was revealed that Owens and McMahon will battle in a Ladder Match at this show with the stipulation of “loser leaves WWE.”
This feud has been going on for several weeks now. The original belief was that this match would take place at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event. With WWE already having two gimmick matches (Hell in a Cell), the stipulation makes sense in storyline.
However, WWE has switched it to this show. Owens had been fired and threatened a lawsuit against McMahon.
Next Friday’s SmackDown FOX premiere episode takes place from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here is the updated line-up for the episode, which will also be the SmackDown 20th Anniversary special:
Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Champion Kofi Kingston
RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley and Sasha Banks
Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon in a Ladder Match
What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.
Elias recently suffered an ankle injury which forced WWE to remove him from the announced King Of The Ring semi-finals at this week’s episode of SmackDown Live.
Shane McMahon replaced the Drifter in his match against Chad Gable and a latest report from PWInsider provides some details on the backstage process of this decision.
According to the site, WWE had originally thought of doing a
Battle Royal to determine a new challenger for Gable in the semi-final of the
tournament but this idea was dismissed.
Vince McMahon then made the call to have Shane McMahon fight the former NXT Star instead. This saw the former SmackDown Commissioner make his return to WWE programming after being away due to jury duty in the past few weeks.
Shane McMahon faced Gable in a 2 out of 3 falls match at
this week’s episode of SmackDown Live and he had appointed Kevin Owens as the
special guest referee for the bout.
McMahon had promised to forget the $100,000 storyline fine
against the former Universal Champion if he helped him win the match on the
show.
Though Owens did not help the Best In The World and Shane ended up losing the bout. This resulted in him attacking Kevin and the show ended with McMahon firing Kevin Owens from his job.
Chad Gable will now face Baron Corbin in the King Of The Ring finals at next week’s Raw. There is no word yet on where the company is headed with the storyline between Shane McMahon and Kevin Owens.
As expected, former WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens isn’t going anywhere.
At the WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view event, “KO” beat Shane McMahon in a singles match with the stipulation on the line that if he lost to “The Best in the World” then he would’ve been forced to quit the company.
The storyline between Owens and McMahon started on an episode of SmackDown Live last month where Owens cut a promo about how McMahon takes up too much TV time and nobody wanted to see him on TV all the time.
Many fans thought that this was similar to the famous CM Punk “pipebomb” promo from 2011. Owens also said in the promo that having to listen to Shane being called the Best in the World every week makes him want to bang his head on the table every week.
Following the segment, Owens was praised by many fans to the point that he was trending on social media.
Owens was speaking the truth despite what The McMahon Family (Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Shane McMahon, and Triple H) had told the fans earlier in the year.
It appears that this match is the blowoff of their feud.
What are your thoughts on Kevin Owens winning this match? Was this the right call by WWE officials? Sound off in the comment section.
As expected, WWE has announced Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens for the upcoming SummerSlam PPV.
During Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live, not only was the match confirmed but a stipulation to go along with it was officially announced as well. If Owens loses the match then he’ll be forced to quit the company. McMahon would later book Owens against Roman Reigns for SmackDown Live.
The storyline between Owens and McMahon started on an episode of SmackDown Live earlier this month where Owens cut a promo about how McMahon takes up too much TV time and nobody wanted to see him on TV all the time.
WWE presents the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena
Updated WWE SummerSlam Card
WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins
WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Natalya
WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. Ember Moon
Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon – If Owens Loses He’s Forced To Quit WWE
What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.
CM Punk took a shot at Shane McMahon in a post on his official Twitter account after seeing a tweet from Dave Sholler, who was in attendance at Sunday’s WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view event.
McMahon and Drew McIntyre lost to Roman Reigns and The Undertaker in a tag team match that served as the opening contest. This is when Punk noticed the post and wrote the following in this tweet that he later deleted:
Back in April, Punk appeared on Stadium’s Sauce & Shram show where he was asked a few questions about WWE. One of the questions was about WWE using the “Best In the World” nickname for former WWE SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon since November. Punk used the same nickname while he was under contract.
This is where Punk noted that the “funny thing about the company, is I could say, ‘Yea that’s a little shot at me,’ And you know, it probably is. But they’d deny it until the cows come home.”
Punk decided to walk out of WWE on the Monday following the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in 2014. Since he departed from the WWE, fans have wanted to see Punk compete in the squared circle again.
Kevin Owens is continuing his storyline feud with Shane McMahon through the power of social media after he took to Twitter on Saturday afternoon to list several current and former WWE Superstars who are not working the Extreme Rules event.
The stars he listed included Finn Balor, Apollo Crews, Liv Morgan, Buddy Murphy, Billy Kidman, The Rock, Sarah Logan, Asuka, Kairi Sane, Rey Mysterio, Naomi, Vladimir Kozlov, Mantaur, Shinsuke Nakamura, Oney Lorcan, Andrade, The Viking Raiders, Ali, Sami Zayn, Akira Tozawa, The Authors of Pain.
The storyline between Owens and McMahon started on last week’s episode of SmackDown Live where he cut a promo about how McMahon takes up too much TV time and nobody wanted to see him on TV all the time.
While there have been rumors of WWE adding a match between Owens and Dolph Ziggler to the Extreme Rules card, it was reported earlier this week that after a creative meeting, WWE officials decided against adding more matches to the card.
Kevin Owens received a lot of praise in the wake of his promo from this week’s SmackDown Live. He would lambast Shane McMahon for taking up valuable TV time from Superstars deserving of the time to shine, saying:
“I would never call myself the best in the world, and there’s a hundred people back there who’ve got a legitimate claim. And you take up TV time from Apollo Crews, Buddy Murphy, Ali, Liv Morgan, Asuka, AOP, Kairi Sane.”
Turns out the reason behind Owens’ promo is to usher in a new storyline. This narrative will eventually phase Shane McMahon out of WWE’s weekly programming.
The trigger behind the alleged shoot promo stems from WWE’s awareness that Shane McMahon has featured far too prominently across RAW and SmackDown in recent months. The growing negative reaction online to his increasing role became something that WWE couldn’t ignore. Coupled with the promotion’s declining ratings, it’s been reported that Vince McMahon is more willing than ever before to listen to the negative feedback.
WWE will be leaning into the idea that Owens is a representative for the fans. He will act as a mouthpiece as he adopts a more anti-authoritative stance against Shane McMahon.
Despite his latest face turn and push against Shane, at the time of writing, Owens has yet to be booked for Extreme Rules.
Roman Reigns is preparing for his next match under the WWE banner on pay-per-view.
The former WWE Universal Champion is slated to team up with The Undertaker to take on Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre in a No Holds Barred Tag Team Match at Extreme Rules.
Reigns took to his official Twitter account where he wrote the following to mock McMahon and McIntyre before their showdown:
“The Big Dog” was referencing a few things in this tweet. First, it was Monday’s episode of RAW in Newark, NJ at the Prudential Arena that saw McIntyre and McMahon beat Reigns and Gary Garbutt (Cedric Alexander) in a tag team match.
The other thing was Kevin Owens hitting McMahon with a Stunner following Reigns beating Dolph Ziggler in the headliner of Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live. These were the go-home show for each brand for Extreme Rules.
WWE presents the Extreme Rules pay-per-view event on Sunday, July 14th, 2019 in Philadelphia, PA at the Wells Fargo Center that will air on the WWE Network.
The early betting odds for this match have been released as Reigns and Taker are favored to win the contest while McMahon and McIntyre are the underdogs.
Roman Reigns furthered his program with Shane McMahon through the power of social media shortly after the announcement of their match taking place at the upcoming WWE Super Showdown pay-per-view event was announced.
“The Big Dog” took to his official Twitter account to comment on the match by writing the following where he noted that he’s willing to travel anywhere to punch Shane in the face.
All the years you’ve spent around this business, these athletes, this life and you still haven’t learned your lesson. I’ll go anywhere in the world to prove what this means to me…punching you in the face is a plus. #WWESSD
This is the latest development in the ongoing storyline that goes back to an episode of SmackDown Live last month where Reigns attacked WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon.
It was set up while McMahon revealed the “Biggest acquisition in SmackDown history” segment that turned out to be Elias. This led to Reigns quickly beating Elias in a match at Sunday’s Money in the Bank event.
WWE presents the Super ShowDown pay-per-view event on Friday, June 7th, 2019 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium that will air on the WWE Network at 2PM ET/11 AM PT.
WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. This marks the third show in WWE’s 10-year deal with the Saudi General Sports Authority.
A new match has been announced for the upcoming WWE Money In The Bank PPV.
On Monday’s episode of RAW that saw Shane McMahon attack The Miz, the continuation of this feud progressed. Later in the show, Miz challenged the son of Vince McMahon to a Steel Cage Match at this upcoming show, which McMahon accepted via the power of Twitter. McMahon beat Miz in a wild match at WrestleMania 35.
WWE presents the Money In The Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, May 19, 2019 in Hartford, CT at the XL Center that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:
Updated WWE Money In The Bank Card
WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins vs. AJ Styles
WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Lacey Evans
WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair
Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Braun Strowman vs. Ricochet vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Baron Corbin vs. TBA
Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Alexa Bliss vs. Natalya vs. Naomi vs. Dana Brooke vs. TBA
The Miz vs. Shane McMahon – Steel Cage Match
Roman Reigns vs. Elias
What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.
A match featuring Shane McMahon has been announced for WWE WrestleMania 35. During Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live, McMahon kicked off the show and announced that he would face The Miz at the show.
This comes after McMahon turned heel by attacking The Miz at Sunday’s Fastlane pay-per-view event following their loss to SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos in the opening match of the main card.
WWE presents the WrestleMania 35 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 7, 2019 in East Rutherford, NJ at MetLife Stadium that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair is expected to headline the show. Here is the updated card:
Updated WWE WrestleMania 35 Card
WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair – Triple Threat Match
WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins
Batista vs. Triple H – No Holds Barred Match
Kurt Angle vs. TBA – Angle’s Farewell Match
Shane McMahon vs. The Miz
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy vs. TBA
What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.
The Usos have won the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions. The newly crowned champions beat Shane McMahon and The Miz at the WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view event at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. This comes during the same week that Jimmy was arrested.
The unlikely pairing has earned their first set of WWE gold as a tag team once they beat The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro) at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in Phoenix, Arizona at Chase Field on the WWE Network.
The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) earned this title opportunity on the episode of SmackDown Live two nights after the Royal Rumble PPV when they defeated The Bar, The New Day (represented by Big E and Kofi Kingston), and Heavy Machinery (Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight) in a four-corners tag team elimination match.
Time will tell whether WWE continues this feud or goes into a different direction heading into Fastlane pay-per-view event next month. WWE could book the rematch on an episode of SmackDown Live.
What are your thoughts on The Usos winning the titles? Was this the right call by WWE officials? Sound off in the comment section.
Shane McMahon has been part of some very exciting WrestleMania matches since his return, and with WrestleMania 35 approaching, people have been wondering who he would face at the Show Of Shows this time.
According to the site, WWE is planning a one on one bout for the former SmackDown Live Commissioner and his opponent would be none other than his partner and the other half of the SmackDown Tag Team Champions the Miz.
The Miz and Shane have been engaged in a storyline since last year so it makes sense for this angle to culminate at the upcoming PPV with a match on the Grandest Stage Of Them All.
However, these two haven’t exactly been feuding. So it will be interesting to see how the company plans to put these partners against each other and which one of them turns heel for this rivalry.
It’s worth mentioning here that there were reports of Shane McMahon turning heel late last year after Raw’s clean sweep over SmackDown during Survivor Series.
Now the question is if we can expect to see that heel turn now with the company planning a feud between the two?
There are new WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions and it’s Shane McMahon and The Miz.
The unlikely pairing has earned their first set of WWE gold as a tag team once they beat The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro) at Sunday’s (January 27, 2019) WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in Phoenix, Arizona at Chase Field on the WWE Network.
The pairing of these two stars from McMahon and Miz all started at the WWE Crown Jewel pay-per-view event once McMahon won the WWE World Cup, which saw him replace The Miz in the finals. This led to Miz going after the desire to form a tag team with McMahon with the idea of them having the potential to be the best tag team in the world.
Time will tell whether WWE continues this feud or goes into a different direction heading into the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view event next month at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
What are your thoughts on Shane McMahon and The Miz winning the SmackDown Tag Team Titles? Was this the right call by WWE officials? Sound off in the comment section.
Rumors of NXT Star Lars Sullivan being in hot water started circulating around after he was not mentioned on Raw or SmackDown this week, while the other announced NXT call-ups were featured in one way or the other.
Some fans had even started speculating if Lars has been released quietly but providing a small update on his situation, PWInsider has confirmed that Sullivan is still under contract.
As we noted before, Lars was expected to be backstage for this week’s episode of Raw and SmackDown but he wasn’t there for either of the shows. At this point, it’s not known why he missed the shows but we’ll keep you posted on his status.
The Miz And Shane McMahon On Royal Rumble
As we had reported before, The Miz held a birthday celebration for his tag team partner Shane McMahon on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live.
This celebration was interrupted by the Bar and the whole segment ended with the Miz deciding to take on Sheamus in a one on one bout which he went on to win. Shane McMahon then delivered a coast to coast to Sheamus.
This duo was interviewed backstage after the show went off air where they talked about the upcoming Royal Rumble PPV and more. You can check out their interview in the video below:
WWE has announced a number of matches and segments for this week’s episode of SmackDown Live, including a birthday celebration segment for Shane McMahon.
First, the company announced that Rey Mysterio and Andrade Cien Almas will be continuing their epic series on SmackDown Live by squaring off for the third time in the span of a few weeks.
The second match which has been made official for the show will see Carmella facing the former Absolution Member Sonya Deville in a one on one bout after their recent Twitter war.
Though these aren’t the only things announced for the show as the company has also confirmed a birthday celebration segment for the episode.
They announced on their website that the Miz will be holding “The Best Birthday Bash in the World” for his tag team partner and former Commissioner Shane McMahon on the Blue Branded Show this week.
It’s worth mentioning here that the Miz and McMahon are scheduled to face the Bar for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at the upcoming Royal Rumble event.
So it wouldn’t be a surprise if we see the team of Sheamus and Cesaro crashing this birthday bash and their encounter is most likely to end with a physical confrontation.
WWE is putting a lot of thought into what they have planned for SmackDown Live Commissioner Shane McMahon at WrestleMania 35. This year’s “Show Of Shows” goes down from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on April 7, 2019. Initially, the plan was for McMahon to feud with Daniel Bryan heading into the pay-per-view (PPV).
However, WWE’s plans changed once Daniel Bryan defeated AJ Styles for the WWE Championship recently. WWE has been teasing a Shane McMahon heel turn in recent weeks, which was supposed to play into his feud with Bryan. McMahon won the WWE World Cup at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia, which was an unfavorable decision to say the least. Also, McMahon can’t be happy SmackDown Live didn’t pick up a single win over RAW at Survivor Series.
Wrestling Observer Newsletter‘s Dave Meltzer reports that a big part of McMahon’s character change will have to do with his World Cup win and SDL’s failure at Survivor Series. His character change is expected to really vamp up in the first quarter of 2019 before a big WrestleMania 35 match is set up. It remains unclear what exactly that match will be.
However, McMahon and The Miz might have set up an interesting angle last week. Miz asked McMahon to be his Tag Team partner, before losing a match to a pair of local jobbers without even tagging McMahon into the match. It will be interesting to see how McMahon’s road to WrestleMania plays out.
What do you think WWE should do with McMahon for WrestleMania 35?
For the 4th night in a row, WWE is back inside Staples Center tonight. Smackdown should be interesting tonight considering how poorly the brand did against the Raw brand at Survivor Series (minus the tag match).
Smackdown 11/20 Preview
WWE is not advertising a segment featuring Shane McMahon yet for tonight. The Smackdown Commissioner did put out the following Tweet after the PPV on Sunday, however, indicating there will be changes made to his brand starting on tonight’s show.
This wasn’t the night I had in mind for Team Blue. Tomorrow is a new day, but something is going to have to change come Tuesday. #SurvivorSeries
Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey won’t be on the show tonight but they’ll likely be watching this segment closely. Flair will likely explain her vicious assault of Rousey at Survivor Series tonight. Did Charlotte do what she did because she realized she couldn’t beat Rousey? To soften her up for Becky? Or has Flair’s recent frustrations from losing her title caused the old Charlotte Flair to surface? We’ll come closer to finding out answers to these questions tonight.
Daniel Bryan’s Explanation
Daniel Bryan has still refused to answer questions regarding his sudden change in temperament. Bryan uncharacteristically hit AJ low during their WWE Championship match last week and used the advantage to get the pin and win the title. Tonight, Bryan will explain to the WWE Universe why he did what he did. Styles will likely be watching this segment closely if he doesn’t decide to join in.
Thanksgiving Feast Fight
New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, & Xavier Woods) vs the Bar (Cesaro & Sheamus) & the Big Show
6-man action with a Thanksgiving gimmick theme to it will take place on Smackdown tonight. The Bar and the New Day will be on opposing sides of the first-ever Thanksgiving Feast Fight.
It might be an interesting time to be in the Smackdown tag-team division. After seeing his match was not included in the official Raw vs Smackdown score from Sunday, Xavier Woods was not pleased.
He also made sure to correct those who were saying Raw won 6-0.
The Usos were the sole survivors of the tag match at Survivor Series. It’ll be interesting to see if they are thrown in the tag title picture after also having defeated New Day in the build-up to the PPV.
Can Shinsuke Nakamura Bounce Back After Losing To Seth Rollins?
Nakamura lost to Seth Rollins at Survivor Series. WWE is advertising that the United States Champion is interested in bouncing back from his PPV loss tonight on Smackdown.
Shane McMahon Reacts To Raw’s Clean Sweep At Survivor Series
It’s been rumored recently that WWE is planning to turn the SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon heel and it appears that Survivor Series could be the start of this storyline.
The PPV saw Raw winning matches in dominant fashion and since the company isn’t counting the pre-show tag team elimination bout, the Red Brand got a clean sweep.
After the show got over, Shane reacted to his brand’s loss via the following tweet, saying that something is going to have to change come Tuesday:
This wasn’t the night I had in mind for Team Blue. Tomorrow is a new day, but something is going to have to change come Tuesday. #SurvivorSeries
SmackDown’s men’s Survivor Series team was originally led by both Daniel Bryan and The Miz, however, things were shuffled later on and Bryan ended up being removed from this match, leaving Miz to be the captain.
However, the Miz couldn’t lead his team to the victory. After the show, the A-lister was interviewed backstage and he still managed to blame Daniel for the loss.
Miz blamed the likes of Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy for their loss and mentioned how they were picked by Daniel Bryan before he was removed from the match. You can check out the full interview of Miz below:
Shane McMahon Pokes Fun At Stephanie McMahon After RAW Brawl
As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Kansas City, MO at the Sprint Center on the USA Network, SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch led the women’s division of the blue brand in an invasion of the flagship show of the company.
This led to RAW Commissioner Stephanie McMahon telling Acting General Manager Baron Corbin that he needed to make sure that RAW is the superior brand at Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view event in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center on the WWE Network.
SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon decided to have some fun through the power of social media by taunting his sister by writing the following, “Hey Steph, you’re welcome for the help….We just made #Raw better! #SDLive Women rule.”
Hey Steph, you’re welcome for the help….We just made #Raw better! #SDLive Women rule! ?
“The Marine 6: Close Quarters” is now available on Blu-ray and Digital platforms, which features The Miz, WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels and Lynch. The synopsis for the movie reads like, “Jake Carter and another former Marine, Luke Trapper, join forces to rescue a kidnapped girl from a gang of international criminals.”
The trailer for the film, which is under the WWE Studios banner, can be seen here:
WWE is back in Manchester tonight for Smackdown, 205 Live, and the Mixed Match Challenge. Only Smackdown will air today, however. No matches have been confirmed as of this writing, but several segments have been.
Shane McMahon and Paige Respond to Survivor Series Match-Ups
Last night on Raw, Constable Corbin announced that he would captain the Raw team at Survivor Series. Corbin won’t compete in the match but he did add Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, and Braun Strowman to the team. Tonight, expect Shane McMahon and Paige to likely announce a few participants for the Smackdown team.
Becky Lynch’s Message To Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey cut a promo on Becky Lynch last night on Raw. In two weeks, Lynch and Rousey will go one-on-one in a match which could easily (and arguably should) close the show even with Brock Lesnar vs AJ Styles on the card.
Becky Lynch will offer up her rebuttal to Rousey’s promo tonight.
Shane McMahon’s WWE World Cup Victory And Team Smackdown At Survivor Series
So, Shane McMahon is the best in the world. McMahon replaced the Miz in the finals of the WWE World Cup at Crown Jewel. He had also said if anyone from Smackdown loses in the finals they would be fired. Perhaps that means the Miz will be fired but that’s only speculation.
Tonight, Shane will let the WWE Universe know more about how his win in the World Cup will impact Smackdown moving forward.
AJ Styles Reacts To Rematch With Brock Lesnar
AJ Styles will face Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series in two weeks. It’s a rematch from last year when Styles won the title just days before the event. In fact, Styles defeated Jinder Mahal in Manchester (tonight’s host) for the title around this time last year.
Tonight, Styles will have a message for the man who re-gained the Universal Championship at Crown Jewel.
So it turned out that the ‘Best in The World’ was none other than Shane McMahon. In case you missed it, Shane inserted himself into Crown Jewel’s World Cup Tournament when his SmackDown! LIVE representative, The Miz, suffered a story-line injury during the match and was unable to continue.
Shane McMahon, being the fighting commissioner that he is, took it upon himself at that point to represent the blue brand, defeating Dolph Ziggler in order to claim the trophy for SmackDown.
Turns out, this confusing, controversial decision was a part of a bigger overall picture in order to turn Shane heel. This decision may also feed into the WWE’s November event, Survivor Series.
According to Dave Meltzer, “[…] the idea is that Shane is going heel and this was — Miz wasn’t hurt. This was all booked to be what it is: the beginning of a Shane McMahon heel turn. You know as far as why you want another hell McMahon authority figure on a show? I guess it’s a response to the declining ratings of SmackDown.”
He also shone some light on how The Miz was utilized for the the match up, explaining that, “they [the WWE] didn’t want Rey to look weak and quit, they didn’t want Randy Orton to look weak and quit…obviously they didn’t want Jeff Hardy to look weak and quit — so Miz had to be the one to look weak and quit for Shane to go in there.”
What did you make of their decision to insert Shane into this tournament? Did it make a mockery out of the entire concept? Do we need Shane as another McMahon heel figure on our screens?
Shane McMahon’s wife, Marissa McMahon, is a movie producer and her latest film tells the true story of war correspondent, Marie Colvin. It is her first film since 2012’s, “What Maisie Knew”, a story about a child going through a custody battle.
Incredibly proud of my wife Marissa for producing her amazing film @APrivateWar. Based on the true story of fearless war journalist Marie Colvin, the film opens this weekend in NY and LA and nationwide on Nov 16. View the trailer at https://t.co/UXeoCZScSApic.twitter.com/f0KNrqe6hi
“Incredibly proud of my wife Marissa for producing her amazing film @APrivateWar. Based on the true story of fearless war journalist Marie Colvin, the film opens this weekend in NY and LA and nationwide on Nov 16. View the trailer at http://APrivateWarFilm.com”
An IMDB description of the movie reads as follows:
“One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.”
Shane and Marissa McMahon
“Marissa McMahon was born in New York City and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut,” her IMDB biography reads. “She attended the private all-girls school Greenwich Academy and graduated from Boston University. Marissa began her career in public relations working for Dan Klores. Before founding Kamala Films in 2005, she was director of public relations for World Wrestling Entertainment.”
Shane and Marissa have 3 sons, the oldest of whom was born in 2004. The couple have two other sons born in 2006 and 2010 respectively.
The winner of WWE’s World Cup has been crowned…and it’s Shane McMahon. After a gruelling tournament between some of WWE’s best Superstars and Legends the Commissioner of Smackdown Live has taken the trophy.
Shane entered himself in the finals of the tournament after original Smackdown finalist Miz couldn’t compete. The final was set to be Miz versus Dolph Ziggler, a fairly odd choice to begin with. The Miz seemed to positioned as a heroic babyface, stating that he could compete and had “never been injured.”
Miz and Dolph started the bout after Ziggler’s ‘bodyguard’ Drew McIntyre was ejected from the ring. Miz was quickly taken down outside of the ring with a suspected ankle injury, he protested until he was declared unfit to compete. Shane McMahon opted to interject himself in the match before the referee declared Ziggler the winner.
McMahon took the win after hitting his Coast to Coast dropkick on Ziggler in the corner. WWE referred to Shane as the ‘Best in the World’ following the win and McMahon celebrated with the trophy. It was a very odd end to the World Cup tournament, completely surreal.
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