WWE: Liv Morgan Dislocated Shoulder Injury Reportedly Caused Significant Changes for WWE’s Creative Plans, Backstage Update on Jordynne Grace Debuting New Entrance Song at 6/17 NXT Show, More News

Liv Morgan Dislocated Shoulder Injury Update – Morgan Pulled from Fanatics Fest 2025 Event & Injury Caused Significant Changes for WWE’s Creative Plans

As noted before, Liv Morgan suffered a dislocated shoulder injury during her match against Kairi Sane on Monday’s WWE RAW show in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Fanatics recently announced on Twitter that they have pulled Morgan from their upcoming Fanatics Fest 2025 event this weekend in New York City due to her injury situation.

Fightful Select reported that their sources confirmed that Morgan will require surgery to repair her injury.

It was reported that those spoken to stated that Morgan’s injury caused a significant creative reshuffling due to she was involved in a number of programs for both WWE television and upcoming Evolution 2 event.

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Backstage Update on Jordynne Grace Debuting New Entrance Song at 6/17 NXT Show

This past Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida featured Jordynne Grace debuting a new entrance theme song. This quickly led to a negative reaction from the live crowd who chanted “Fire Def Rebel” over their displeasure with the quality of the new entrance theme.

The NXT crowd chanted "Fire Def Rebel" after Jordynne Grace walked out to a new theme.#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/f28sQzM4z3

— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) June 18, 2025

Figthful Select reported that their sources stated that one main reason why Grace’s entrance song was changed was due to Grace owning the theme music she used in TNA and during her early run in WWE’s NXT brand. It was reported that WWE have been adamant about owning the theme music that is used on their television shows.

Another reason for the change reportedly was due to Grace’s previous theme having sirens at the beginning in a homage to WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner. WWE officials reportedly decided to give priority to Bron Breakker due to him also having sirens at the beginning of his entrance theme song and him being related to Steiner.

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WWE News & Notes

Wednesday’s WWE Speed show featured El Grande Americano defeating Berto to retain the WWE Speed Championship.

Former TNA Wrestling Talent Relations and Producing Gail Kim reportedly was in attendance backstage at this past Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, according to Fightful Select. It was reported that this was not the first time Kim has been backstage at a NXT show of late and those within WWE stated that Kim is not signed to a contract with the company. Those spoken to reportedly stated that WWE officials have kept Kim’s presence backstage at NXT shows very quiet.

This past Monday’s WWE RAW show featured Corey Graves filling in for Pat McAfee for the RAW commentary team. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that Graves was well received during his Raw return. Johnson reported that those spoken to stated that Graves was widely praised for his performance on play-by-play commentary for WWE’s Worlds Collide event and it helped raised his profile internally within the company. Those spoken to reportedly stated that Graves’ public issues earlier this year over being moved off the main roster to NXT had “been all but forgotten.” One WWE source spoken to reportedly stated “He wants to perform for the company and show what he can do and he proved himself to the new regime with Worlds Collide.”

As noted before, Rey Mysterio has been out of action for WWE since this past April due to a torn groin injury and torn abductor surgery. In a recent interview with the K/100 with Konnan & Disco podcast, co-host Konnan stated that he was recently told that Mysterio is currently expected to be medically cleared for an in-ring return this August.

2K Games recently announced that NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal and Knicks player Jalen Brunson will be playable characters for their WWE 2K25 video game as part of the upcoming Dunk & Destruction DLC pack, which releases on June 25th.

Ron Killings recently released a new single titled “Count My Sins.”

WWE’s parent company TKO Group recently named Dean Garfield as their new Senior Vice President of Government Affairs. It was announced that this is a newly created executive position in the company and Garfield’s new duties will be overseeing TKO’s public policy initiatives and political engagement in relation to TKO’s ability to secure subsidies and incentives from various entities worldwide for its events.

Kairi Sane recently reflected on Twitter about Liv Morgan suffering a dislocated shoulder injury during their match at this past Monday’s WWE RAW show in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Sane stated “One of the most painful things for me is when a match is decided not by wrestling, but because of an injury. I always step into the ring with deep respect for my opponent, and I train hard every day to give the audience something they can truly enjoy. Even if it was never intentional, knowing that someone was hurt in a match with me is something I carry deeply. It breaks my heart. I hope with all my heart for a full and speedy recovery. I will continue to give my all, hoping to bring excitement—not pain—to the ring.“

In a recent interview with the Busted Open Radio podcast, Natalya gave her thoughts about her recent work with WWE EVOLVE talent Kali Armstrong being the reason she wanted to work in the WWE EVOLVE brand. Natalya stated “I love doing EVOLVE. It’s something I asked Triple H if I could do. He reached out to the people at NXT, and of course, Shawn Michaels is very heavily involved with EVOLVE, and Kali is somebody that I really want to work with. I think she’s going to be working with…I’m not sure if she’s going to be working with Natalya or Nattie. I have to figure out which girl she’s going to meet. If she contiues to keep up her bitchy attitude, she might meet Nattie.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast, former WWE talent Shotzi Blackheart gave her thoughts about the origin of her mini-tank entrance during her time in WWE. Shotzi stated “So I found this Mini Tank at Walmart, and I bought it for the Indies. I used it only on a couple of shows, because obviously I can’t travel with that tank, I don’t have the buses that WWE does. So for local shows, I would come out in the tank. There were actually some indie promotions that were like, we bought one for our show, and they would bring me in, and I’d have a little tank there, but I sent Hunter a video of my little mini Walmart tank, and he was like, ‘Can you get it to Full Sail tomorrow?’ And I was like, Oh, yes. And I ordered an Uber XL to get this Mini Tank over to Full Sail.” Shotzi also gave her thoughts about how she is currently in the process of trying to get her mini tank back from WWE to use for her post-WWE career in the indies. Shotzi stated “I’m still trying to get that tank back. Because Okay, so my little tank, they actually cut in half to make the bigger tank that you see on TV. So half of that is mine, which is the point that I made. I was like, ‘Can I have half of the tank, or maybe all of it?’ So, I mean, I’m willing to drive to Connecticut and get it out of the warehouse, if I have to.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)