Category: WWE

Daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter Is Not Happy About Lacey Evans’ New Look

The daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter is not happy with Lacey Evans’ new look.

As seen on Friday Night SmackDown, Evans came out wearing a drill instructor cover, similar to what Sgt. Slaughter wore during his heyday. Although he never served in the military, Slaughter’s gimmick is inspired by the United States Marine Corps. Evans enlisted in the Marine Corps at the age of 19 and served for 5 years. 

Slaughter’s daughter tweeted, “No. This is NOT okay. @WWE Who the f**k does @LaceyEvansWWE think she is?!? There’s only 1 @_SgtSlaughter, there’s only 1 Slaughter Daughter, and she’s just a poser.”

Evans responded, “Your daddy’s biggest fan. A United States Marine. And a bad Mfer. you know who I am. And where to find me.”

The official Sgt. Slaughter Twitter account has been retweeting fan comments accusing Evans of “identity theft” and calling her a “fraud.”

Sgt. Slaughter tweeted at Lacey that she has pissed off his daughter.

“Lookout @LaceyEvansWWE You’ve Got @_sgtdaughter Pissed. She’s One Tough MF’er. I Know Jarhead I Trained Her, & Like ME, She Takes NO Prisoner’s ”There’s Only 2 Ways Out Of Camp Slaughter, On YOUR Feet or In A Ditty Bag, An Itty, Bitty, Ditty Bag” YO JOE.”

Lacey responded back:

“Between your hips and her ability, the chances of anyone in your bloodline to put me in a bag is 0. When you birth someone who can carry your legacy or take me out, call me. Until then, salute me. Like the real Marine I am. Rah.”

WrestleVotes reported today that Slaughter previously turned down WWE’s offer to be part of vignettes for Evans in January: 

“Adding to the Lacey Evans / Sgt. Slaughter story… back in January WWE asked Sarge to appear in the Lacey return vignettes, where he would “teach” & pass down the Cobra Clutch. Slaughter adamantly denied any involvement.”

Credit to WrestlingNews.co for part of the story

Roman Reigns Was Presented A New Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Belt

The Undisputed WWE Universal Championship is finally unified in the form of a singular physical title belt. On the June 2 episode of “SmackDown,” Roman Reigns was presented with a new belt by Triple H as a part of the festivities to mark him reaching 1,000 days as Universal Champion.

Although the new belt doesn’t have a radically different design from the two pre-existing belts, its introduction does appear to mark the retirement of both the WWE Championship belt and the Universal Championship belt. The reveal of a new world championship belt had previously been reported to be in the plans for Friday night’s “SmackDown.”

Though celebrations were held Friday night, Reigns hit his 1,000th day as Universal Champion this past Saturday, on May 27. His run with the belt started in 2020 when he defeated “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman in a Triple Threat Match at the Payback premium live event. Since then, Reigns has defended against a cavalcade of WWE stars and picked up the WWE Championship to go with the Universal Title at WrestleMania 38.

Though Reigns’ days with two belts have apparently come to an end, he came close to holding four title belts this past Saturday at the Night of Champions PLE. Reigns and Solo Sikoa challenged Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn for the WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship but came up short after Reigns was struck with a superkick from Jimmy Uso. The turn from both Usos was reiterated on Friday night’s “SmackDown,” when the pair interrupted Reigns’ celebrations with his new championship belt only to be betrayed by their brother, Sikoa.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Braun Strowman Undergoes Neck Fusion Surgery

There was reports that former WWE Universal champion Braun Strowman was sidelined indefinitely with the fear that he may need to undergo some sort of unspecified surgery. As per an Instagram post this morning, Strowman has already gone under the knife, revealing that he underwent neck fusion surgery. It is not clear how long he will be sidelined, but usually this type of surgery would see the patient back to 100% within six months.

“Road to recovery starts now!!!! Level one #fusion on my c4/c5 #vertebrae was in the great hands of #DrCordover at @andrews_sports_medicine was a great experience considering. Thank you to @wwe for always taking the up most care of us.

This was very scary to find out about having to have done and they were there every step of the way reassuring that I was going to have the best care possible. This will take a little bit of time to heal from. But I assure you ( in the words of the #Terminator ) I’ll be back!!!! Thank you all in advance for the well wishes.

Much Love
Adam Scherr”

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Source: rajah.com

WWE SmackDown Preview 6/2/2023

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown, which is the fallout from last Saturday’s Night of Champions, will air live on FOX and emanate from the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

  • Fallout from Night of Champions
  • Fractured Bloodline
  • Roman Reigns celebrates 1000-plus days as WWE Universal Champion – Possibly a new Title belt for Roman to be revealed
  • Men’s Money in the Bank qualifying match: LA Knight vs. Montez Ford
  • Women’s Money in the Bank qualifying match: Zelina Vega vs. Lacey Evans
  • New RAW Women’s Champion Asuka

Ron Simmons To Receive Lou Thesz Lifetime Achievement Award

Ron Simmons was already a two-time All-American at Florida State University as well as a WWE Hall of Famer. Now the Cauliflower Alley Club has named him their 2023 Lou Thesz Award Honoree, celebrating his lifetime worth of achievements. The CAC was founded in 1965 and has been celebrating professional wrestlers, as well as professional boxers and actors who have crossed paths with pro wrestling, ever since. Thesz, widely regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, served as President of the CAC from 1992 until 2000.

While Simmons is typically associated with tag team success, winning tag team championships across multiple promotions such as Memphis Championship Wrestling, Ohio Valley Wrestling, WCW, and WWE, he also was a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion. And by beating Big Van Vader on August 2, 1992, he made history by becoming the promotion’s first ever Black World Champion. It’s a title he’d hold for nearly five months before losing it back to Big Van Vader at a house show as 1992 came to a close.

Upon returning to professional wrestling in 1996 following a brief break, Simmons debuted for WWE under the ring name Faarooq Asad. He’d drop the last name soon after and eventually form the Nation of Domination, but arguably found his greatest successes in WWE alongside fellow Hall of Famer John “Bradshaw” Layfield. Initially named The Acolytes before forming The Acolytes Protection Agency, He and Layfield went on to win the WWE Tag Team Championships three times.

Simmons, who recently celebrated his 65th birthday last month, more or less retired from in-ring action in the mid-2000s before being inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012. He has appeared on WWE programming sporadically for several years, however, and over time became known for his catchphrase — or rather, catch-word — “Damn!” during many cameo appearances along the way. 

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Mustafa Ali And Baron Corbin Returned To WWE NXT

Mustafa Ali and Baron Corbin has returned to the WWE NXT brand.

On Tuesday night’s episode of WWE NXT, Ali came to the ring to do commentary during a match featuring Wes Lee & Tyler Bate facing off against The Dyad. While on commentary, Ali noted that he’s a free agent and can show up on any brand he wants. He went on to say that he’s interested in capturing a title.

After Lee & Bate defeated The Dyad, Joe Gacy attempted to attack the winners. That’s when Ali ran in and took out Gacy. So it appears an Ali vs. Gacy feud is in the works.

Following the main event of Tuesday night’s episode of WWE NXT where Carmelo Hayes defeated Noam Dar to retain his NXT World Championship, Corbin attacked Hayes as the latter was walking up the entranceway.

The show went off the air as Corbin hit the End of Days on Hayes and posed with the title.

Ali and Corbin are free agents and can appear on any show.

WWE NXT Preview 5/30/2023

WWE NXT on the USA Network at 8/7c this evening from Capitol Wrestling Center inside the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

  • The fallout from WWE NXT Battleground
  • NXT Women’s Championship celebration of Tiffany Stratton
  • Unveiling of the mystery attacker in the women’s division
  • Weaponized Steel Cage Match: Gigi Dolin vs. Jacy Jane

Alexa Bliss Announced That She is Pregnant

Alexa Bliss won’t be back on WWE television anytime soon after disappearing after her loss to Bianca Belair at the Royal Rumble as she is pregnant. 

The WWE star announced today via E! News that she and husband Ryan Cabrera are expecting their first child, with the baby being due in December. 

“It was a total surprise, as we weren’t trying at all,” Bliss told E! News. Cabrera said that he and his wife were “one million percent surprised” at the news and they “couldn’t be more excited.”

They hosted a reveal party in Orlando and Los Angeles. Congratulations to the happy couple. 

https://twitter.com/AlexaBliss_WWE/status/1663566137626357761

Source: eWn

WWE RAW Preview 5/29/2023

Tonight’s WWE RAW live from the MVP Arena in Albany, New York on USA Network.

  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Raquel Rodriguez and Shotzi vs. Ronda Rousey Shayna Baszler vs. Damage CTRL (IYO SKY and Bayley) vs. Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville
  • The Miz vs. Ricochet in a Money in the Bank qualifying match.
  • Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bronson Reed in a Money in the Bank qualifying match.
  • Judgment Day is going “on the hunt” for Undisputed Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.
  • New World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins’ title reign begins.
  • Imperium vs. Alpha Academy, with the winning team getting a future title match. 
  • JD McDonagh vs. Dolph Ziggler

WWE NXT Battleground 5/28/2023 (Results)

NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLE THREAT MATCH:
Wes Lee (c) def. Joe Gacy vs. Tyler Bate

NXT HERITAGE CUP CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Noam Dar (c) def. Dragon Lee 2-1

Jakara Jackson and Lash Legend ran in and helped Dar score the second pinfall to retain.

LAST MAN STANDING MATCH:
Ilja Dragunov de. Dijak

Duke Hudson says everyone did well in the latest test for Chase University, except one guy, who sucks. He’s brought Drew Gulak and Charlie Dempsey in for a guest lecture. Thea Hail gets upset and leaves. Duke gets mad at them and says they’d better have a better lesson planned for next week.

NXT Great American Bash is going to be a premium live event on Sunday, July 30.

NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Gallus (c) def. The Creed Brothers

NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Tiffany Stratton def. Lyra Valkyria to become the New NXT Women’s Championship

NXT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Carmelo Hayes (c) def. Bron Breakker