WWE: Stephanie Vaquer Denies Injury Rumors for 9/8 WWE RAW Show Abscense, Chelsea Green on Her Hopes Ethan Page Joins WWE Main Roster & Wants Him to Remain with Secret Hervice, More News

Stephanie Vaquer Denies Injury Rumors for September 8th WWE RAW Show Abscense

This past Monday’s WWE RAW show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin featured WWE RAW General Manager Adam Pearce informing IYO SKY backstage that her match contract signing segment was cancelled due to Vaquer was not able to make it to the show. This led to online rumors about Vaquer’s health status and her potentially dealing with an injury.

Adrian Hernandez held a recent interview with Vaquer. One of the topics discussed included Vaquer denying the rumors of her dealing with any sort of injury for why her contract signing segment had been cancelled.

“No, I saw social media. Sometimes, many things are not real. There’s no injuries. I’m ready for Raw next Monday, so no. No injury.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

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Chelsea Green Comments on Her Hopes Ethan Page Joins WWE Main Roster & Wants Him to Remain with Secret Hervice

USA Today held a recent interview with Chelsea Green. One of the topics discussed included Green’s thoughts about her recent pairing with current NXT North American Champion “All Ego” Ethan Page and her being hopeful that Page gets called up to WWE’s main roster and remains with the Secret Hervice.

“(Ethan Page) absolutely deserves everything in wrestling that he’s ever got, and now I feel like it’s my job to make sure the main roster sees him as a main roster talent. I also hope that he stays with us. I think that we’ve learned so much from him. He’s learned so much from us, and we have just made kind of the perfect unit.”

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that Green has been actively pushing and often makes creative pitches for Page to move up to the main roster. It was reported that Green has also been pushing for them to continue their act as a group on the main roster.

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WWE News & Notes

WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque recently released the official poster for Friday’s WWE x AAA Worlds Collide: Las Vegas event in Las Vegas, Nevada.

WWE SVP of NXT and Talent Relations and NXT head booker Shawn Michaels recently released the official poster for this year’s WWE NXT No Mercy event on September 27th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Chaotic Wrestling recently announced that Ivar will be making an appearance for the company at their 25th Anniversary event on September 13th in Lowell, Massachusetts. It was also announced that Ivar will be facing off against the winner of MORTAR/Richard Holliday for the Chaotic Heavyweight Championship at the event. This will be Ivar’s first appearance for Chaotic Wrestling since 2018.

As noted before, this past Monday’s WWE RAW show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin featured a pre-match promo segment by AJ Styles during an ad break on Netflix. During his promo, Styles said that someone in WWE has a vendetta for him and mentioned the Good Brothers and Michin’s names as people who are not around to have his back anymore. WrestleVotes Radio reported that despite the online speculation, Styles’ promo was not a “shoot” and instead it was planned out ahead of time. It was reported that Styles’ promo is part of a new creative strategy meant to test organic fan interest. It was also reported that WWE’s social media team was not given any special instruction ahead of time and handled everything as usual on their end.

WWE recently released five new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was a WWE Divas Championship match of AJ Lee vs. Paige (c) from the June 30, 2014 episode of WWE RAW. The second new video was a “Story of the Hunter Hearst Helmsley (1995-96).” The third new video was a “FULL EVENT: 50 Years of Funk | Terry Funk vs. Bret Hart, Mankind vs. Sabu and MORE!.” The fourth new video was a Latino Parking Lot Brawl match of John Cena vs. Eddie Guerrero from the September 11, 2003 episode of WWE SmackDown. The fifth new video was a singles match of Edge vs. Seth Rollins from the September 10, 2021 episode of WWE SmackDown.

Zelina Vega reflected on Instagram about Thursday being the 24th anniversary of her father’s death during the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City, New York. Vega stated “These pictures have so many stories attached to them.. some are obvious and are just beautiful memories I have with my dad, mom, brother and others. Some are sad like the sign we made for people looking for my Dad at Ground Zero or a txt from my childhood friend and her recollection of the day. Others are more recent but mean the world to me, in one photo it’s my arm wrapped with the words Never Forget Michael Trinidad 9-11-01 written by Rey Mysterio, someone I watched in my Dad’s room on the tv.. another is of The Rock, someone he loved, we loved watching and celebrating together.. he brought his daughter, now a dear friend of mine, to visit my Dad at the memorial. Those are those crazy ‘I can’t believe I did that’ moments.. our faves know all about you Dad.. my fans know all about you, they visit you, make signs for you.. it’s insane. I wish you would have gotten to meet my husband, I know you would have loved him and how amazing he is to me, Tim’s daughter Ruby.. she’s like a mini me and Tim, like your pride and joy in one. We miss you more than words the lump in my throat prevent me from saying. I love you forever. Our guardian angel. Michael Angel Trinidad. Thank you for being with me every step of the way. I felt incredibly blessed to finally bring a WWE title to you. Finally. That will stay with me forever but.. we’re far from done. Rest In Paradise. Love you Dad.“

This past Wednesday’s Goldman Sachs Communacopia & Technology Conference 2025 event in San Francisco, California featured TKO COO Mark Shapiro giving his thoughts about the talent pay structure in UFC and WWE and TKO’s mentality when it comes to paying UFC fighters and WWE wrestlers. Shapiro stated “We’re running a pretty lean cost structure. In that cost structure is fighter pay. We’re going to continue to do right by our fighters and superstars. The cream of the crop will be paid the premium dollars. We invest in the product. Our last deal with ESPN saw us give bonuses for Fight of the Night, Knockdown or Submission of the Night. Saw us give fees for any of the global partnership deals we did, and consumer licensing deals we’ve done. We’re going to share as much as makes sense with the stars of both leagues. We will be very competitive. We are very competitive. We pay more than any other competitor we have in combat sports. We know why we’re here. It’s a team effort. It’s our brand. It’s the work Dana White does. On the WWE side, it’s the creative force that Triple H. It’s the strategy that Nick Khan drives. It’s ultimately the hard work put in by our crews. We’re doing a lot of work per week. There are a lot of events to put down. There are no breaks. It’s 52 weeks a year, so we have to pay for performance in terms of our people and the same goes for our fighters and superstars. You shouldn’t expect anything out of the ordinary, it’s a run rate for us, but we’re focused on it. Yes, you’ll get some of those Conor McGregors or Jon Jones that move the needle and get paid a little more, but they deliver more in return. It’s a scale and a formula. We’re very transparent about it with our fighters and superstars.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with Denise Salcedo, WWE Hall of Famer and AAA creative member Konnan gave his thoughts about how WWE has boosted the scene in Mexico for AAA wrestlers. Konnan stated “Rob Viper recommended Komander to me years ago. I saw him and he was very green and raw. I brought him to AAA and we started to cultivate him. Now he’s in AEW making more money than he’s ever made, and he was crying. He was crying because if you saw where he came from, it would make you cry. He comes from poverty. All these guys come from poverty. Maybe second-generation guys don’t, but all these guys, [WWE] gives them a different lifestyle, better hotels, better transportation. Mexico is rough. That ain’t for the weak stomach. That is a rough place to wrestle. The rings are hard. Security concerns. A lot of people who aren’t professional. A lot of times the transportation is not the best. To see them be able to help their family and live a better lifestyle makes me really happy.” Konnan also confirmed that there has been better pay across the board in AAA since WWE bought the company. (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In the same interview, Konnan also gave his thoughts about WWE President Nick Khan’s backstage speech to the locker room prior to AAA’s Triplemania XXXIII event and WWE’s influence on AAA. Konnan stated “They’re promoting it and going to the shows. At TripleMania, at the very beginning, who went into the ring? Hunter [Triple H] and Shawn (Michaels). The place went nuts. They traveled there. Nick Khan gave a speech in the locker room. Everybody was pumped up. He was motivating everybody. Hunter motivated everybody. To see them there shows them that they care. They could’ve been somewhere else. Plus, the fact that they’re trying to get us a TV deal. You’ll be able to watch us on TV, not YouTube. The way they want to promote us worldwide, not just in Mexico and the United States. Worldwide. They understand this is something that can get traction worldwide. We’re just starting.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)