WWE: Wendy Choo Injury Update, Titus O’Neil on WWE Commentary Career Interest, More News

Wendy Choo Injury Status Update

As noted before, NXT talent Wendy Choo has been out of action for WWE since this past February due to an undisclosed injury.

NXT head booker Shawn Michaels held a media call on Thursday to promote this Sunday’s NXT Great American Bash 2023 event in Cedar Park, Texas. One of the topics discussed included Michaels providing an update on the current status of Choo’s injury recovery.

“Still coming along. Still rehabbing her injuries. Hopefully she will be back soon. We’re very good, as is our talent, very good about making sure they are 100% ready to go. My understanding is everything is progressing well, but she’s still a ways off before she will be seen in action.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Titus O’Neil Comments on His Interest in Potential WWE Commentary Career

The July 17th WWE RAW show in Atlanta, Georgia featured Titus O’Neil joining WWE’s commentary team as a guest announcer for the Viking Rules match between Alpha Academy and the Viking Raiders.

A recent episode of the WWE The Bump show featured O’Neil as a guest. One of the topics discussed included O’Neil’s thoughts on his guest commentary work on the July 17th RAW show and his interest in a commentary career in the company.

” I love it. I want to do more, but I also am very understanding of the fact that it’s a very difficult job to sit there for three hours. I would have to stop drinking two gallons of water a day. But yeah, I want to learn the craft more, I want to do it more. I want to be more involved in every aspect of WWE. Obviously, being a WWE Global Ambassador is busy work in itself, but if I can add to the show in any way and also have a chance to see the beautiful faces of my WWE coworkers on a consistent basis, I’d love to do that. So commentary is definitely something I’m interested in doing more of, and I have a love of fun doing it. But it has a craft. I think a lot of people say, ‘Yeah, Titus O’Neil needs to be on commentary every week.’ Well, guys, slow down. Michael Cole, everybody that’s in the profession knows, it’s a very difficult job to do. You got so many things that are moving around. You got to make sure you’re not stepping on the person next to you and making sure you’re getting out certain information. Somebody’s got to call the match. It’s a lot. So I’m interested in learning more about the craft so that when I am on there, I’m not only entertaining but I’m also a real commentator.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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WWE News & Notes

In a media call held on Thursday, NXT head booker Shawn Michaels confirmed that Cody Rhodes will be voicing the intro video for this Sunday’s NXT Great American Bash 2023 event in Cedar Park, Texas.

In the same NXT media call, Michaels also stated that he is open to the idea of WWE potentially introducing a new mid-card championship for their NXT Women’s division in the future.

In a recent interview with the New York Post, Montez Ford stated that his upcoming new reality television series with Bianca Belair for Hulu is currently expected to debut somewhere between this October and February of 2024.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that the reason for Dexter Lumis’ current absence from WWE is not due to any injury-related reason and instead is simply due to WWE’s creative team currently not having any plans for him.

ABC recently announced that the WWE-based teams for this Sunday’s episode of Celebrity Family Feud are Seth Rollins, Big E, Dolph Ziggler, Xavier Woods, & Kofi Kingston for team WWE Men and Becky Lynch, Bayley, Natalya, Alexa Bliss, & Liv Morgan for team WWE Women.

WWE recently announced that they have expanded their current partnership with C4 Energy for the launch of a new WWE-branded flavors of C4 Ultimate Pre-Workout Powder and Ultimate Energy Drink.

In a recent interview with TMZ, Drew McIntyre gave his thoughts about his recent return to WWE. McIntyre stated “I’ve been off since WrestleMania. It’s the longest time I’ve been out of the ring, ever. I’ve only had two matches since I came back. I will not be at Raw next week and I’ll be going straight into that match.” McIntyre also stated that there was “some smoke” to some of the stories regarding his absence from the company after this past April’s WrestleMania 39 event. McIntyre stated “It was cool getting a break. There was a lot of rumors and headlines on the internet when I was out. Probably about 50 different things. It’s amazing, the stories out there when you’re not on TV. People talk. There might have been some smoke and fire with a few of them, but it was nice people were talking about me when I wasn’t there. I did have to get things fixed physically. Unlike injuries I’ve had in the past, there was no rehab involved, so I was able to enjoy time at home.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with ComicBook.com, Chelsea Green gave her thoughts about how she and Sonya Deville would elevate the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship as its current champions. Green stated ”
Honestly, we’re already doing it. Look at the way we look. Look at what we bring to the table. Star power. Period. All these other teams, they go out there, they’re mismatching. We come prepared, and we came prepared day one. One of our first tag matches ever is at WrestleMania. Who else can say that? I just feel like we come with more history and more backstory, and the element of being prepared.“

In a recent interview with the Superstar Crossover podcast, Xavier Woods revealed that he has held recent talks with Paramount Global and Nickelodeon regarding the idea of reviving the classic Nick Arcade television series with him as its host. Woods stated “There was this show on Nickelodeon called Nick Arcade. I want to host the new Nick Arcade. That’s the big goal. So without saying too much, I mean, we may have been talking. We may have been talking. But it’s always good to put the goals out there, keep yourself accountable.” (Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com)

In a recent interview with VICE Australia & New Zealand, Steph De Lander, former Persia Pirrota in WWE, revealed that WWE once held a closed doors non-televised wrestling event at their Performance Center for current Florida governor and U.S Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. De Lander stated “He came to the [WWE Performance Center] once. We got called in on Saturday that Ron DeSantis wanted to have a wrestling show for his kids. So him and his family came in, and they sat front row, and we all beat each other up on a Saturday morning because he wanted to take his kids to see the wrestling.” (Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com)