WWE Off-Topic

[Majingir]

WWE removed Travis Scott from the upcoming 2k DLC and replaced him with El grande Americano.

So after all that randomness, Travis Scott isn't even going to actually do anything in WWE?

As much as people criticized something like Jelly Roll getting in the ring, he's at least training to do stuff. Travis Scott I'm not even sure what he was doing, but that was obviously a case of "if you can get a name like Travis Scott on your show, you do it".

[TheMatrix31]

WWE removed Travis Scott from the upcoming 2k DLC and replaced him with El grande Americano.

So after all that randomness, Travis Scott isn't even going to actually do anything in WWE?

As much as people criticized something like Jelly Roll getting in the ring, he's at least training to do stuff. Travis Scott I'm not even sure what he was doing, but that was obviously a case of "if you can get a name like Travis Scott on your show, you do it".

*sigh* what an absolute failure all that was

[Majingir]

Now getting around to Evolution

Surprised to see Becky win, figured Lyra might win and pin Bayley which sets up their feud for the title.

Jacy wins thanks to the "woman from hell"!?

Charlotte getting huge cheers!? Who'd have thought we'd ever see the day, especially when fans were probably at their peak hating her during the Tiffany feud.

Raquel has a lot of improving to do, but Raquel/Liv was almost like the HBK/Diesel of the women's division, and Kevin Nash had criticisms for Raquel and she responded positively to those critiques, so if she could really tap in and become the Diesel of the women's division, that'll be good for her.

Trish should get one more run with a world title.

Bianca looked sad when Jade won and Jade gave her a bit of a look. Wonder if that's on purpose?

I wouldn't mind seeing a Bella vs Chelsea match. If Candice Lerae doesn't kill Cole, Gargano and Ciampa will.

Naomi cashes in! Wasn't expecting that at all!

The first evolution was cool because its the first time you had enough women to have a full card. This Evolution is crazy because you have so many women not even on this card because you have to be selective based on the depth you have.

[SmashMan]

I wouldn't mind seeing a Bella vs Chelsea match.

Good news: they had a match on Raw

[Majingir]

Good news: they had a match on Raw

Shows what happens when I'm a day behind on everything thanks to 3 different events over 2 days (mainly because it took a day just to watch All In).


But Chelsea's competing on Raw?

No wonder the draft never happened this year, does it even matter anymore?

Speaking of being behind, now watching the HRD. They actually introduced the HRD host Pat McAfee by saying "you might know him from WWE"

[SmashMan]

Shows what happens when I'm a day behind on everything thanks to 3 different events over 2 days (mainly because it took a day just to watch All In).

But Chelsea's competing on Raw?

No wonder the draft never happened this year, does it even matter anymore?

They pick and choose when to enforce the brand split but I think Raw was more of a cooldown for most of the roster after a big weekend. One of those things where it's like...Chelsea and Nikki haven't been active lately, so they get a Raw match.

There were only four matches and two of them were pretty long by WWE TV standards. Bayley and Lyra had a 2 out of 3 Falls that I think went about 20 minutes. The men's gauntlet main event probably went 45.

[UFCMPunk]

Seth Rollins was on the Rich Eisen Show today, and he talked about his injury. Says it was too swollen to get a good diagnosis on Monday so they are waiting for it to go down then he'll go for another MRI to see what the actual damage is. He says he's wearing a leg brace and is on crutches and that based on how he's feeling that it feels like he will be out for an extended period of time. This explains why they aren't doing anything with the briefcase yet as WWE themselves still don't know how long he will be out for.

This really feels like a situation where he might be out for almost a year which would put his timetable for recovery likely around Summerslam next year. If he really is out for an extended period of time, all the plans they had for him when it finally felt like he was going to take his place atop WWE as the guy in the company, he had a faction being built around him and everything. I wonder if we were supposed to get Roman vs Seth at Summerslam, being deprived of one of the few times we can actually do this match given Roman's part time status and all is a shame.

[TheMatrix31]

Well they should have done it earlier when it could have main evented several over the course of their WWE tenures.

Smh.

[UFCMPunk]

The whole Travis Scott debacle is hilarious, I'm so happy this backfired on them. Apparently, there were plans for him to wrestle in a match with Bad Bunny also being involved.

According to a new report....

"He doesn’t like to commit to anything. He goes half-in, and tries other projects at the same time. And since he’s a personal client of Ari, everyone tried to accommodate until it just became too much to deal with."

So this entire debacle leading into Mania is all Ari Emanuel's fault. He was the one who saw the low ticket sales for Chamber, got The Rock involved to begin with in order to boost ticket sales. Since he's buddies with Travis, he got him involved in all of this too.

https://x.com/Cultaholic/status/1946211657295798625?s=19

[Majingir]

The whole Travis Scott debacle is hilarious, I'm so happy this backfired on them. Apparently, there were plans for him to wrestle in a match with Bad Bunny also being involved.

According to a new report....

"He doesn’t like to commit to anything. He goes half-in, and tries other projects at the same time. And since he’s a personal client of Ari, everyone tried to accommodate until it just became too much to deal with."

So this entire debacle leading into Mania is all Ari Emanuel's fault. He was the one who saw the low ticket sales for Chamber, got The Rock involved to begin with in order to boost ticket sales. Since he's buddies with Travis, he got him involved in all of this too.

https://x.com/Cultaholic/status/1946211657295798625?s=19

That's an issue when dealing with "outsiders". To be fair, we've been spoiled lately with names who want to commit like Bad Bunny, Logan, now Jelly Roll and so on (Haliburton would've been another one too if not for the injury), but obviously these things don't always work out.

Cardi B seems to be another one. They aired her stuff nonstop for weeks and then abandoned it and she might not even be at SS.

[TheMatrix31]

Infuriating. Absolutely infuriating.

[UFCMPunk]

To get back to positivity here, Kevin Owens underwent successful neck surgery.The question is going to be, will he able to come back, will he retire? Or is this a Daniel Bryan thing where it might be a couple years before he returns.

[Majingir]

To get back to positivity here, Kevin Owens underwent successful neck surgery.The question is going to be, will he able to come back, will he retire? Or is this a Daniel Bryan thing where it might be a couple years before he returns.

Could just be a "wait and see" approach.

Edge immediately retired before he even had to get surgery.

Maybe Owens will wait and see how he's feeling in a few months, obviously no need to rush it, don't think there's a need for him to be back in 2025 at all.

[UFCMPunk]

I guess they had a live event in Texas this weekend. Of course what goes viral? Rhea and Iyo giving Nia a stink face during a tag team match.

[Majingir]

Cora Jade went on social media to announce she's stepping away from wrestling for the foreseeable future due to mental health.

But people seem to think it also could be tied to her being harassed by wrestling fans who are ripping her for going the Mandy Rose route (which as sad as it is that this brings in more money than WWE or most jobs ever will, it is an easy way to make money if you're known enough).

It's a shame what could have been in her wrestling career. She broke in looking like she was gonna be the next big star, the next Paige/AJ or something on that level and then injuries and other stuff in such a short time derailed everything.