Paige Suffered Head Wound at 5/8 WWE SmackDown Show
Friday’s WWE SmackDown show in Jacksonville, Florida featured an in-ring promo segment involving WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Brie Bella & Paige, Fatal Influence (Lainey Reid, Fallon Henley, & Jacy Jayne), and The Irresistible Forces (Lash Legend & Nix Jax). This segment was notable for the Irresistible Forces attacking Paige and Bella to make their point about how they will be getting their tag titles back soon.
Following the show, Paige posted a video and photos on Twitter revealing a gash wound on her head that she had suffered after Jax had struck her with a microphone during the Irresistible Forces attack on her and Brie.
Seth Rollins Comments on Celebrity Appearances in WWE is Best in Small Doses
A recent episode of ESPN’s UnSportsmanlike show featured Seth Rollins as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Rollins’ thoughts about Bad Bunny and IShowSpeed’s celebrity in-ring performances in WWE.
“Well, I am the Bad Bunny of sports broadcasting. That’s how I feel. I grew up watching SportsCenter. So Stu Scott and Rich Eisen, Dan Patrick, these are my guys. To be able to be behind a desk with the NFL Network, ESPN, Good Morning Football all the time, I’m sure there are ex-players or broadcasters who are out there going, what is this dope doing? The same way, sometimes fans look at our guys and are like, what is Speed doing? But these are just fans of what we do. They just love it. Bad Bunny is and I’ve had this conversation before. I’m like dude, you don’t understand how big it is that Bad Bunny is wrestling in WWE. Bad Bunny is this generation’s Michael Jackson. He sells out concerts and stadiums globally. We’re talking like nearly hundreds of thousands of people at these shows and he’s coming to wrestle for WWE.
He’s willing to like put in the work. He doesn’t just show up game day and be like I can do this. He’s like, okay, give me a ring. I gotta train. Send somebody down here. We have producers and talent that go down and work with him to teach him how to do these things so that he can put together a performance. Same with Speed. I was on a plane the other day from LA to somewhere, I don’t even remember. It was pre-WrestleMania. Speed and his crew were on this red-eye with me. Speed was right there next to me, and we were going to wherever because he had to get ready to do this match at WrestleMania that he was a part of.”
Rollins also gave his thoughts about celebrity appearances and involvement in WWE shows and how it is the best if done in small doses.
“I don’t mind it. I think there’s a balance in our industry. You don’t want me behind in the booth doing too much. I can’t be Kevin Harlan. I’m not like that. I’m not Tom Brady. I don’t have that expertise, but a little bit here and there. I think that’s the same for wrestling. There was a big pushback against Pat McAfee when he came in and it’s like he’s inserted in this WrestleMania main event storyline that already had 20 years of history with Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton. Our audience is like, eh, maybe not. But when Pat was on commentary for us, he did a great job. He did a couple of matches here and there. He did one in NXT that was awesome. He worked with Gunther, they had a great match. It’s just in small doses. So Speed, Bad Bunny, small doses, great for our industry. It allows us to branch out to different people and different audiences to see what we do.”
Transcript h/t: Fightful.com
Paul Heyman Comments on He Didn’t Know Brock Lesnar Was Retiring at WrestleMania 42
TMZ held a recent interview with Paul Heyman. One of the topics discussed included Heyman’s thoughts about Brock Lesnar taking off his gloves and boots in the ring and retiring from wrestling following his match against Oba Femi at this past April’s WrestleMania 42 event.
“If I knew he was gonna retire, would I have gone on record saying he was gonna dominate for the next 15 years?? I was crying. Am I that good of an actor that I can cry on cue?? Not I.”
WWE Files Several New Trademarks
WWE filed new trademarks for “Samoan Werewolf” and “NXT Global Heritage Invitational” on May 8th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
WWE also filed new trademarks for “Head of the Table” and “Earn The Day” on the same day for merchandise-related purposes to the USPTO.
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