WWE post-SummerSlam notes: Miz, hair vs. hair stip, Renee Young
August 25, 2020 | News | No Comments
On the post-WWE SummerSlam edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer hit on a few various WWE news items from the past weekend:
The reason The Miz was the co-host of the return of Talking Smack and not Xavier Woods was that Woods wasn’t told about the new gig until after it was announced. As a result, he wasn’t there so Miz was asked to fill in which led to this exchange with Big E regarding Kofi Kingston.
Renee Young has a non-compete clause in her contract “for a while”, but Meltzer wasn’t sure about the specifics of what that applied to. Young confirmed her departure from WWE on last night’s show.
The reason the hair vs. hair stipulation in the Sonya Deville vs. Mandy Rose match was changed was that Deville’s lawyer didn’t think a shaved head would send the right message in court as Deville (Daria Berenato) deals with the legal and mental aftermath of an alleged kidnapper who broke into her home with bad intentions. Meltzer believes she will be back at some point and could just be taking time off to deal or could be looking at other projects.
He said that there is a fan coordinator of sorts that tells the WWE ThunderDome participants when to cheer, boo, chant, and generally react which is why everything seems fairly coordinated despite hundreds of fans taking part.
The reason Mauro Ranallo was not on Saturday’s TakeOver XXX broadcast was that he was dealing with a family situation in British Columbia and nothing more.
Meltzer said there’s an allegation against Austin Theory which is why he has disappeared off TV. He didn’t give any specifics.
Meltzer also had two AEW notes:
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Regarding Thunder Rosa’s debut on Dynamite Saturday, AEW president Tony Khan had an idea to do the match and reached out to Billy Corgan to see if he would be ok with letting his NWA Women’s Champion compete. He approved and the match with AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida was able to move forward.
Meltzer was asked for an update on Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo who was signed by AEW to a developmental deal. He said he was training at some point, but isn’t sure whether he is in the UK or still in the U.S. due to the pandemic. Meltzer said there were some ideas for him, but AEW wants him ready before they move forward. He believed he was being trained by Dustin Rhodes and/or QT Marshall.