WWE Backstage, bow to your Queen!
WOO~! Charlotte Flair joins WWE Backstage to speak on winning the Women’s Rumble, and the possibility of challenging for the NXT Women’s Championship!
CM Punk returns to WWE Backstage!
The Voice of the Voiceless is once again alongside Renee Young, Booker T and Paige. Booker is especially pumped because the XFL Houston Roughnecks won as the 2020 XFL season began! But they beat Renee’s team in the LA Wildcats. CM Punk is upset the XFL doesn’t have a team out of Chicago, yet. But he’s been just fine cheering the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks, “the best hockey team in the world.” Oh, and it’s the Road to WrestleMania! As for Paige, she realized she’s not in the intro graphics, and that is not cool. Booker is in it, of course! Who did he pay? No one, it’s his HoF rings that got him in.
But moving on, the WWE had a busy week, but in case you missed any of it…
Just the Highlights!
For SmackDown: The Yes Movement might be more like the American Dragon at this point; Baron Corbin wants #OneMoreMatch, and Roman Reigns says it’ll be in a Steel Cage; Carmella is FABULOUS as she is once again #1 contender to the SmackDown Women’s Championship; the answer to “Who’s next?!” is THE FIEND at WWE Super Showdown!
For Raw: Rhea Ripley wants an answer from Charlotte Flair, but The Queen is playing coy; The Viper still didn’t explain his actions, but he did decimate another living legend in Matt Hardy; and in the blink of an eye, the Monday Night Messiah saved his disciple and allowed Murphy to take the win in the 8 Man main event! But perhaps the biggest moment of all was Shayna Baszler attacking Becky Lynch and taking a big, bloody bite out of her!
The Backstage panel discusses The Man and the Queen of Spades.
Another incredible Becky VS Asuka, but what about Shayna’s shocking attack? Booker knows Shayna is a real-life badass, but this gave him flashbacks to Gangrel and The Brood. Was it meant to be like that? Paige as the Glampire, she got Mike Tyson vibes or something. This might be a one-time thing to make an impact, to show Shayna is savage. It was definitely strange, but it got a lot of buzz. Punk says there’s no such thing as bad publicity, but a badass like Baszler shouldn’t need even this. Is it at least a good way to get non-NXT viewers to watch Shayna? To Punk, the legitimate background is enough. Shayna is the villain, so maybe if she needs something to beat the Face, this can be that.
Booker relates that Mankind had Socko and the Mandible Claw, so this could be Shayna’s trick up her sleeve. But Renee says the interesting element is that we’re seeing more and more of the WrestleMania 36 picture come into focus, especially in the Women’s Division. We’re just 54 days away, after all. Paige likes that it is new women being showcased, and new match-ups. Rhea VS Charlotte, Shayna VS Becky, Carmella VS Bayley, we’re finally breaking free from focusing on the WWE/NXT Four Horsewomen.
Punk adds that there are still shows in between, which he doesn’t like. One too many PPV’s, as far as he’s concerned. Everyone should just focus on WrestleMania, so at least with Shayna showing up on Raw, we’re getting one title match well-defined.
The Backstage panel discusses the promo showdown of Orton and Hardy.
The Viper claimed what he did hurt him more than it did Edge, but V1 demanded to know, “What in the Hell is wrong with you!?” Punk sees this segment and doesn’t want to say anything good about Orton. But when Orton is motivated, is there anyone better? Booker agrees, “He’s my guy.” Punk continues to say that fans take their eyes off the ball and get complacent, but when Orton can sink his teeth into a story, there’s no one better right now. Orton was born into the business, knows how to talk and wrestle, and just “gets it.” Punk wants to see where this goes next.
Paige is super excited because Orton is the best. Everything Orton does is spot on. And Edge coming back gave Paige so much hope for her own situation, so it worked out perfectly for Orton to crush that feeling! The chills and the real emotion, that was good stuff. But then with Hardy taking the Con-Chair-To and tweeting his “good-bye,” is this the end of Hardy? Everyone wants to know that! Booker says it wasn’t even about Hardy, despite the tweet. Booker wants to know if Hardy is broken, and Punk is pretty sure that chair shot had to have done it. But WrestleMania season is only getting bigger with this.
BREAKING NEWS!
John Cena returns to SmackDown on February 28, 2020, when SmackDown is in his hometown of Boston! What will the Face that Runs the Place have to say so close to WrestleMania?
