Here's your wrestling news for August 30th, 2022.
And we're starting off today with Monday night.
Raw as new women's tag team champions
have been crowned after 101 days.
The longest any WWE tag titles have been vacated.
This week's show saw Dakota Kay and EO sky PA Alia
and Raquel Rodriguez to crown the new champion.
The baby faces won the match and the titles after the trio of
Oscar Alexa bliss and WWE raw women's champion, Bianca Bellaire
ran off Bailey who had been at ringside to help Kai and sky.
This was a big win on the main roster for both ladies
who had been appearing prominently in WWE programming
lately, and was also a win of sorts for Kai and sky as.
Sure they didn't win the titles, but they
also did not seem weak in their defeat.
And we imagine that they'll have another shot at the titles in due
time until then the titles belong to Aliah and Rodriguez the latter
becoming the first ever WWE and NXT women's tag team champion.
And we'll have to see who steps up to the new champions.
First raw also saw an appearance by the judgment day, and we have
to admit that the group may be better without edge in charge.
That's not to say edge is a bad performer.
He's still one of the best ever, but the group's portrayal
of him in June is starting to make a lot more sense.
At the time fans thought it was odd that the group kicked out
their leader only about two months into the faction, but the
storyline is working much better with edge as the conquering hero.
We all know that edge can be a dastardly villain,
but after his miraculous return from retirement, it's
difficult for any fans to boo the rated our super.
Instead of being in yet another heel faction,
something we've seen edge do before now, the WWE
hall of Famer is trying to take down the group.
It was just a few weeks ago that the judgment day seemed dead
in the water with some fans calling them another retribution.
But with the story improving each week,
WWE has turned things around this weekend.
Roman rains will defend the undisputed WWE universal
championship against drew McIntyre at clash of the cast.
The list of rain's victims since turning heel two years ago,
reads as a whos, who of WWE including Brock Lessner John
Cena and edge, but this weekend could be very different.
According to wrestle votes, there have been serious talks
for the first time in a very long time about having rains,
lose his title in what would be a blockbuster moment.
The report says that multiple ideas have intrigued
those who will ultimately make the decision,
including reins losing the title to drew.
MacIntyre who carried WWE for a year throughout the pandemic era
has yet to have his big world title win in front of a live crowd.
As both of his two WWE championship wins came at a
time when fans couldn't attend today, Mark's day 730.
Since Roman rains won the universal title at payback in 2020.
And while this Friday SmackDown will be a celebration of his
two year run time may have finally run out for the tribal chief.
Over this past week, Patrick Clark has been making an effort
to return to WWE where he once competed as Velveteen dream.
It was in 2020.
That dream was accused of sending explicit content to minors.
And while WWE's investigation turned up, no
evidence, he was released in May, 2021 on Instagram.
Clark has the hashtag bring back Velain dream, but his
incredibly small chances of a return just got even smaller.
According to police records.
Clark was arrested on August 20th in Orlando,
Florida on battery in trespassing charges.
A hearing had been scheduled for next month, but was canceled.
And Clark has pled not guilty to the
charges and was able to post bail of $1,200.
Not only that, but Clark was also arrested on August 26th.
This time for an out-of-state warrant on drug
possession and remains in custody at this.
At one point Clark was one of WWE's most promising
superstars with many talking about a main roster call up,
but that was a long time ago and it looks somehow even
more unlikely that we'll never see him back in a WWE ring.
We've got some fantastic news from Nicky Bella.
Now, as the longest reigning WWE divas
champion has it long, last, gotten married.
Fans of total Bellas would know that Nikki wanted to marry
John Cena, who was incredibly reluctant to tie the knot.
But now Nikki has married her longtime partner, Artem Chev.
The pair first met in 2017 with Nikki's appearance on dancing
with the stars and the pair would get engaged in 2019.
After an engagement that lasted throughout the pandemic, the
pair was set to we around Thanksgiving, 2021, but a battle with
postpartum depression led to their ceremony being postpone.
Bella announced their marriage on Instagram, as
well as a four part series coming to E titled.
Nikki Bella says I do.
And we'd like to offer our congratulations to the brand new Mr.
And Mrs.
Chig Vince more from Ron.
Now, as much of this week's show was centered around riddle
and Seth Rawlins with the two set to do battle at this
weekends, clash at the castle, it was in October, 2020.
That Riddle's name was shortened to just
riddle, but those days are a thing of the past.
This week's show riddle was once again, referred to as Matt riddle,
the name he used during his successful run in NXT and before
making it to WWE though, WWE gave no explanation at the time.
The reason for the name shortening was that riddle
had been accused of sexual assault and WWE believed
that while searching for Matt riddle would lead fans.
So the accusations just searching for riddle would make
it less likely that those specific claims would come up.
Riddle's name could be the first of many to be changed.
As theory was recently promoted at a WWE live event as Austin
theory, and there's been talks of changing, do drops, name to Piper.
Nivan with Vince McMan gone, everything has been changing in
WWE and we'll have to see who joins Matt riddle in getting their
original name back in may, Sasha banks and Naomi walked out
of WWE over a creative dispute with the plans for both women.
Believing that entering singles feuds that they lose
to the raw and smack down women's champions would
hurt both of them and the women's tag team titles.
They held at the time the pair walked out and haven't been
on WWE TV since at one time it looks like the pair were done
with WWE for good, but now not only are the pair likely to
return, but it could be very soon on wrestling, observer radio.
Dave Meltzer noted how banks and Naomi are expected back on WWE
TV any week now, but stopped short of giving a specific date.
Brian Alvarez had a bigger update, revealing that banks and Naomi have
been re reacted to the company's internal roster, a huge sign they'll
soon, be on TV and have fixed the issues that led to their walkout.
It's been reported that banks and Naomi's real issues were with
Vince McMan, who was running creative at the time of their walkout.
But with the ex-chairman gone in both women,
having a good relationship with triple H
expect the former champions back on TV soon.
Speaking of tag champions, the USOs captured the
SmackDown tag team titles back at money in the bank,
2021, defeating the mys and have held onto the gold.
Ever since earlier this year, the pair unified their titles
with the raw tag team titles with the win over RK bro.
And now another milestone has been reached as of today.
The USOs have been tagged champions for 400 days, the
third team ever in WWE to reach this impressive number.
The other two teams are demolition and the new day, and with no
likely challengers in sight, it may be a long time yet before
we see anyone take the titles from the bloodline and we're
ending today with Terry funk, as it was last year that it was
reported that the wrestling legend was living with dementia.
It was also reported that the funker was
residing in an assisted living facility though.
Rick flair said last December, that Terry is back at home.
This week, a photo emerged a funk at a bar in Amarillo, Texas.
And it's great to see the legend looking so well.
Despite the physical and mental setbacks he's facing
funks big smile was great to see, and we are wishing
him the best after this rare public appearance.