Tag: WWE Universal Championship

“The Fiend” Bray Wyatt’s Opponent For Universal Title Match At Survivor Series, WWE Forced To Change Plans

The affects of the chaotic travel issues stemming from the WWE Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia are still being felt, as a big plan originally set for this month’s WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view appears to be scrapped altogether.

On the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio at F4WOnline.com, longtime Wrestling Observer Newsletter editor Dave Meltzer (@DaveMeltzerWON) suggested that one of the last matches that will be announced for this month’s WWE Survivor Series pay-per-vew will be “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt defending his WWE Universal Championship in a one-on-one showdown against Daniel Bryan.

It was speculated that the original idea for the title match was for Wyatt to face The Miz, with an angle to be shot for the episode of WWE SmackDown after the WWE Crown Jewel special.

Instead, due to the travel issues that came up, the angle and entire direction in general was changed.

Under those original plans, Bryan was headed for a WWE Intercontinental Championship win over Shinsuke Nakamura on TV, which would have put him in the three-way match at WWE Survivor Series against AJ Styles and Roderick Strong in the “Champion vs. Champion vs. Champion” triple-threat match featuring the WWE United States Champion from the WWE Raw brand (Styles), the WWE Intercontinental Champion from the WWE SmackDown brand (Bryan) and the North American Champion from the NXT brand (Strong).

As seen by the recent announcement made by WWE, the match will instead feature Styles, Nakamura and Strong competing in the three-way match of secondary individual title-holders.

WWE Survivor Series is scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 24th from Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The show will air live via pay-per-view and will stream on the WWE Network.

Source: EWrestling

Backstage News On The Original Bray Wyatt Vs. Seth Rollins WWE Hell In A Cell Finish

This past Sunday at the Hell in a Cell PPV, fans were left disappointed when there was no definitive finish to Seth Rollins v. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt for the WWE Universal Championship. The referee stopped the bout after thinking about the safety of Bray.

While the idea was to stop the match after a Rollins sledgehammer shot, that wasn’t the original booking decision.

According to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the original finish to the Hell in a Cell match was for Wyatt to take a gimmicked bump off of the top of the cell. As a result, he would be unable to continue and the match would be stopped. Following the conclusion of the bout, “The Fiend” would pop up like The Undertaker and take Rollins out with the Mandible Claw. As you saw this past Sunday, a version of that was done.

Additionally, Dave Meltzer stated that while Vince McMahon didn’t want Wyatt to be beaten early, he also wanted Rollins, Brock Lesnar, Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair as the champions heading into the WWE Draft.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Brock Lesnar’s First WWE Universal Title Defense Revealed, Name Change For July 9th Pay-Per-View

As noted, WWE announced at last month’s SmackDown Live taping that their next show in the state of Connecticut will be the return of the Bad Blood RAW pay-per-view on July 9th at the XL Center in Hartford, CT.

WWE has apparently changed those plans, as the July 9th RAW pay-per-view will now be called Great Balls of Fire. It is also now scheduled to take place at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

You can watch a promo for the event in the video below. It is also noted in the promo that the event will feature the first title defense by WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar.

Source: WrestlingINC

Kevin Owens – Wife Posts Adorable Clip Of Their Son Reacting To Title Win (VIDEO)

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Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

The end of Monday Night Raw this week surprised the entire wrestling community … including Kevin Owens‘ young son — and the new champ’s wife posted an adorable reaction video.

Kevin’s wife Karina uploaded the video to Instagram yesterday with the caption, “About 2 minutes after Kevin won, he was still in shock.”

For those who missed it … Owens won the Universal Championship last night after Triple H interfered in the match. First by taking out Roman Reigns, then turning on Seth Rollins to help KO pick up the biggest victory of his career.

Watch the video of his son Owen below.  It’ll warm your heart.

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Triple H Returns To RAW – KO Is New WWE Universal Champion

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Triple H made his return to RAW and got involved in the WWE Universal Championship Elimination Match to crown a new champion. Seth Rollins vs Kevin Owens vs Roman Reigns vs Big Cass. Triple H was the decisive factor of the outcome.

The match saw Big Cass get eliminated first, by Owens. Triple H made a surprise return and attacked Reigns outside of the ring, hitting him with a Pedigree. Triple H rolled Reigns in the ring and sent Rollins in to make the cover to eliminate Reigns. This led to Triple H turning on Rollins. Triple H gave a nod to Owens and hit Rollins with a Pedigree and allowing Owens to get the title. Triple H then celebrated with Owens before stopping at ringside to stare at Mick Foley and Stephanie McMahon. He then walked off , Stephanie looked shocked by what her husband Triple H just did. Owens was left to celebrate in the ring, fans chanted you deserve it as RAW went off the air.

Finn Balor Relinquishes WWE Universal Title Due To Injury (Video)

Last night on RAW the first-ever WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor relinquished the title due to a shoulder injury he suffered while winning the Title at SummerSlam.

Balor suffered the shoulder injury after taking a powerbomb into the barrier. Ringside physician Dr. Chris Robinson noted that an MRI yielded results showing “a possible labrum tear. He’s expected to be out of action for up to 4-6 months.

Balor cut a promo on how he achieved the impossible at SummerSlam, then relinquished the title. Balor said he is coming for the title as soon as he’s able to.

It was announced by RAW General Manager Mick Foley and RAW Commissioner Stephanie McMahon that a new Universal Champion will be crowned on next week’s RAW after a series of matches.

Seth Rollins defeated Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens defeated Neville, Big Cass defeated Rusev and Roman Reigns defeated Chris Jericho. The winners advanced to a Fatal 4-Way match next week to determine the new WWE Universal Champion.

WWE Universal Title Design Leaked? (Photo)

Source: WrestlingINC

A Reddit user who often posts reliable tidbits on WWE title belts, also known as “Da Belt Guy” on BeltTalk.com, indicated that the new WWE Universal Title will look just like the current WWE Title, but it will be red to represent the RAW brand.

The user, Dvizzle, noted that multiple sources leaked the news to him at the same time.He wrote that it will be the same belt with different wording, and a red background behind the logo. He also indicated that the WWE Title will have a new blue background to match SmackDown.

He was waiting confirmation on this quick render that was worked up based on the description that was leaked to him. It should be noted that this render has not been confirmed as the new look for either title.

RAW To Crown WWE Universal Champion At SummerSlam

Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley announced that RAW will have their own World Heavyweight Championship and it will be called the WWE Universal Championship. They announced they will have 2 Fatal 4-Way matches and the winners will meet in the main event and the winner of that match will face Seth Rollins at SummerSlam for the WWE Universal Championship.

In the first match, Finn Balor defeated Cesaro, Rusev & Kevin Owens. In the second match, Roman Reigns defeated Sami Zayn, Sheamus & Chris Jericho. In the main event, Finn Balor defeated Roman Reigns to advance to the WWE Universal Championship match against Seth Rollins at SummerSlam.