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Here's your wrestling news for December 14th 2020 WWE Revisiting Lana And Liv Morgan Storyline! Is McMahon High On Riddle Kenny Omegas Deal! WWE News
And your headlines for today include
WWE Plans To Revisit Lana & Liv Morgan Romance Storyline!
Why Kevin Owens Cried In Front Of Others Revealed!
More News On Keith Lee And Others Being Sent To WWE PC!
Why John Cena Had To Pay Fine For WWE Superstars!
Why AEW’s Dark Order Made Front Page Newspaper Headline?
Chris Jericho Recounts The Horrible Situation When He Almost Bied In A WWE Match !
Spoiler On Kenny Omega’s Upcoming Impact Wrestling Appearance!
What Vince McMahon Really Thinks Of Matt Riddle?
Braun Strowman Shows Off Unbelievable Body Transformation And More!
We’re kicking off today with Lana news, as last year, she was marrying Bobby Lashley, until the return of Liv Morgan
and a profession of love for the Ravishing Russian ruined everything. Though Lana and Lashley did get married
later on, the angle with Morgan was never followed-up on, at least, but this week, speaking to Sportskeeda, Lana said that
the angle with Morgan isn’t over yet, revealing: “I can see the story picking up any time,
any day. You know? Like I think it’s a very, very compelling story and I would love to revisit it. So, that’s what I was told.
That we’re going to revisit it at some point. So I’m looking forward to revisiting it at some point.”
There are some obstacles before this can happen, as Lana is on RAW whilst Morgan is on SmackDown, and both
are currently involved in angles, as Lana’s teaming with Asuka, and Morgan reuniting with Ruby Riott.
It’s also not uncommon for WWE to change plans or scrap any return to this angle altogether, as the initial
Morgan love confession was done for a ratings pop and nothing else, and with Morgan’s recent ‘Liv Forever’
documentary facing backlash backstage for revealing how often the company breaks promises, it may be
quite a while before we see Lana and Morgan together again. But what do you think? Do you think
WWE should revisit this angle? Leave your thoughts in the comments.
Now, Jonathon Coachman did plenty in WWE, from wrestling to commentating to even being a GM, and this week,
the Coach fired back at former WWE writer on Twitter. When Coach spoke about wrestlers
being afraid in 2020 to deviate from their scripted promos, even by a word, former creative member Dave Schilling
said that how it’s Vince McMahon who approves every word, and it’s out of the writers control.
This caused coach to fire back, speaking about his own decade of experience cutting promos, though it’s
obvious that the process has changed since Coachman was in the ring. Schilling explained how names like Seth
Rollins or Braun Strowman aren’t afraid of a writer who’s likely to be fired in a few months anyway, and added that
working creative was the hardest job, because the talent hate them for things they can’t control.
We doubt Coachman and Schilling will be exchanging holiday cards this month after this clash, but it’s obvious that
working backstage in WWE isn’t easy.
Fans won’t have to wait long for the next episode of Monday Night RAW though, and tonight’s show is already
got some huge matches announced. In the company’s new Thunderdome, AJ Stykes wull face Sheamus in
singles action, ahead of the Phenomenal One’s WWE Title TLC match against Drew McIntyre this Sunday, and we’ve
also been promised ‘the Nightmare before TLC’ on tonight’s broadcast.
The New Day will team with Jeff Hardy to face the Hurt Business in six-man-tag action, and with Lana Vs. Nia Jac and
another visit to the Firefly Fun House already promised, WWE is making a stacked go-home edition of RAW before
WWE TLC this Sunday.
One man who’ll be hoping to win big this Sunday is Kevin Owens, the number one contender for the Universal title,
and the Prizefighter is no stranger to gold, as he’s a former Universal NXT, United States and Intercontinental
Champion. Things could’ve been much differet for Owens however, as Nick ‘Eugene’
Dinsmore, revealed to Chris Van Vliet when he spoke about his time as an OVW trainer, and the originally pitched
idea for Owens In WWE. He said: “I told him ‘They got a new character for you. They're going to bring you in
as the new Mountie.' He was starting to cry: 'You can't let them do that.' I said, 'No, it's going to be great! It's going to be
awesome! You're going to have the red thing. They might even bring Jacques in. It's going to be great
Thankfully Owens wasn’t the Mountie, as he instead debuted as himself in December 2014, and we doubt he’d be
challenging for the Universal title this Sunday if he was brought in wearing the iconic red uniform.
Would you wanted to have seen Owens a s the Mountie in 2014, and do you think the talented Prizefighter could’ve pulled
it off? Sound off in the comments below.
From one former NXT Champion to another, as Keith Lee, was sent back to the Performance Center for extra
sessions to hone his in-ring work, though this may not be as bad as it seems. According to Dave Meltzer who spoke on
Wrestling Observer RADIO, the decision to send Lee down, alongside Omos, Otis, Dio Maddin and Dabba-Kato is not being
seen as a demotion, but rather a precaution by Vince McMahon, who wants to get the five ready for potential pushes.
Meltzer also noted that the Chairman has reportedly been annoyed at this group, saying how none of them know how to work,
and whilst Lee’s in-ring ability is undeniable, its far different from how WWE usually presents big men.
Lee honed his skills in NXT and promotions like PWG before that, which may explain why the Boss isn’t sold on
his in-ring work, and hopefully the Limitless One and his cohorts will be able to improve in the eyes of the
Chairman in these sessions led by Adam Pearce and Drew Gulak.
Now, it’s no secret that John Cena has a lot of sway in WWE, and that apparently saved Aiden Englishs career a few
years ago. On his YouTube channel, Matt Rehwoldt, the former English, spoke about how he
was almost fired for “having fun,” and joked that he “might have blocked” this story out, hence why he hasn’t told it before.
The story goes that during a dark match, pitting himself, Rusev and Baron Corbin against the Usos and AJ Styles, the twin
brothers started throwing a superkick party, and the match was meant to see English attempt a kick of his own, before
receiving one last kick from the Usos. Instead, the ref joined the superkick party, as Styles donned the black
and white shirt, leaving the actual referee to join the Usos in a triple-superkick.
A fun segment to be sure, but this led to some major issues as the team backstage quote “chewed a new one,”
and whilst Vince McMahon and Triple H weren’t there, the producers were furious, claiming the spot had “buried the business.”
It didn’t help matters that this happened a week before WrestleMania, and English was told he was facing being fined
$20,000 or even being released, and despite being sat down at a green room at the Mania hotel, and being told how
terrible their decision was, English wasn’t fired or paid up. Promoting the video on Twitter, Rehwoldt
said “Fun fact: John Cena actually paid our fine,” and although both he and Rusev would eventually be cut in April this
year, they had a couple more years in WWE, thanks to Big Match John.
Over to AEW next, as the Dark Order has evolved quite a bit since their debut, and recently, that caused quite a buzz in
the Great White North. Given that both Evil Uno and Stu Grayson are from Quebec, Canada, the Ottawa
Sun newspaper featured both on the cover of their Sunday issue, something Uno was more than happy to share online.
Not only is this a big win for both men and the Dark Order, but being on the cover of a newspaper with on average
40,000 issues printed every day is a great way to promote AEW, and even with Bridie Lee out of action, Uno and
Grayson are clearly holding things down in the Dark Order.
Speaking of AEW, Chris Jericho has accomplished plenty in the promotion, but when Le Champion recently saw a WWE
clip starring him in 2009, he had to comment. The 2009 match in question saw him and the Big Show lose in a TLC match to DX,
and the finish was meant to see Jericho be superkicked off the Giant’s shoulders, through a table.
Unfortunately, the spot wasn’t measured correctly, so Shawn Michaels’ kick saw Jericho hit the table face first and bounce
off it. Replying to a gif of the match, Jericho noted “I almost died!” while Chris Jericho
said that Y2J should put that on the ‘What the Hell was I thinking list.’
That spot, and match didn’t go how Jericho wanted, but at least he lived to tell the tale of that very scary spot.
Kenny Omega next, as the AEW World Champion showed up unannounced at Impact Wrestling’s Final Resolution,
and there’s big plans for his next Impact appearance.
During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer explained that Omega’s next Impact show will see him compete, but it’s
unclear who he’ll be facing. There’s a rumour that Omega will be getting an Impact World title match soon,
which would put him in the ring with Rich Swann, who retained the title against Chris Bey in the main event of Final
Resolution. Omega has described himself as a belt collector, as he already holds the AAA
Mega Championship, and time will tell whether the Cleaner adds the Impact World Championship to his collection.
Back to WWE now, and the company may have once had big plans for Lars Sullivan, but now any plans for him are a distant
memory. Ringside News has learned that not only is Sullivan not being used on SmackDown,
but he hasn’t even been around the blue brand in recent weeks, and there are no apparent plans in place for the Freak.
Sullivan’s last SmackDown appearance came in the form of a sitdown interview with Michael Cole on the November 6th
Smackdown, and he’s only had two matches in the past year. It was also reported that Sullivan’s recent
hiatus from Television isn’t due to injury, and although there’s always the chance that WWE could once again change
their mind and decide to push the Freak, it seems Sullivan’s career is a lost cause at this point.
One man who knows about stop-start pushes himself is Riddle, and despite rumours that heat with Seth rolens
caused the two to swap brands during the draft, that doesn’t matter to Vince McMahon.
During Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer noted that the Chairman thinks the Orignal Bro is a funny guy, saying:
“Vince likes the guy, I don’t know if he wants to push him to a main event, but he likes him on TV doing this stuff…
he just doesn’t get the bro thing, but he thinks he’s funny so we gotta keep him on TV.”
He may be funny, but Riddle is more than a comedy character and the fans realise that, and it appears that the
Orginal Bro and his Bronut jokes are here to stay on WWE TV.
Now, earlier this month, Pat Patterson sadly passed, and since his death, we’ve heard plenty of what the man was like
behind the scenes. One man who worked closely with Patterson in WWE was Chris Jericho,
who revealed that the Hall of Famer was able to hold his own behind the scenes, even with Vince McMahon.
Speaking on Talk is Jericho, Y2J explained:
“Vince goes, ‘Well, what does everyone think? Do you like this?’ Of course all the Yes Men are like, ‘This is great.’
And Pat said, ‘This is terrible. This is a terrible. Where’s the young guys? What are we doing?’ And everyone kind of
just sitting there like, ‘oh my God, he’s chewing out Vince at the front of the booking meeting.’”
The fact that Patterson was able to call out Vince’s booking shows just how close they were, and we wish more
people were able to do that to the Boss, especially with some of his more questionable booking that’s made it to TV.
Now, Steve Austin had a gift on the mic that only a few people could match, but Mack Hollins of the Miami Dolphins
certainly gave it his best shot in his imitation of the rattlesnake. Smashing two beer cans before drinking
them like the Bionic redneck, WWE replied to Hollins’ video with a well- earned ‘OH HELL YEAH!’ and whilst
Austin is yet to respond, we’re sure he loved this tribute.
Back to the ring, and Braun Strowman has taken to social media once again to show off an unbelievable body
transformation. Sharing two photos of himself, the former Universal Champion showed just how
much progress he’s made, and we expect Vince McMahon will be ready to push the chiselled Monster Among Men once
more when he’s back from his ankle injury.
Impact news next, as Doc Gallows hasn’t appeared on TV for two weeks, and we know no why the World Tag team
Champion has been AWOL According to PW Insider, Gallows has an acting job, though there’s no
specifics on what said job is, but we’re pleased this is why he’s missing, and not because of an injury.
And finally today we’re looking at Chelsea Green, who’s recovering from the arm injury suffered during her SmackDown
Debut last month. On Twitter, Green showed off her surgery scar and joked about getting
closer to her 6th Main roster debut, and we continue to wish her a speedy recovery after suffering an injury at
the worst time.