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Welcome to another edition of the daily WWE Rumor Roundup where we try and bring you the biggest WWE news and rumors from the day. In today's piece, we take a look at the WWE Superstar who recently signed a new four-year deal.
Adding to that, we also have some interesting comments from Jon Moxley and AJ Styles about the recent releases from WWE. But, as usual, before we get to all that, let us get past the two headline-makers of the day:
Roman Reigns' name banned on WWE TV?
Roman Reigns was supposed to be in the WrestleMania match against Goldberg for the WWE Universal Championship but he had to pull out. The coronavirus situation made it difficult for many Superstars and Reigns was one of them to take a call and not perform at the pay-per-view.
Braun Strowman replaced him in the match and won the title from Goldberg in some style. Now, with the Monster Among Men performing regularly on SmackDown, announcers have been told to just focus on him and not mention the situation that got him into the match.
As per Paul Davis of WrestlingNews.co, WWE have told the announcers to not mention Reigns' name until further notice. He also adds that the former WWE Champion might not be on TV for some time and that could be the reason why his name has been banned by WWE.
The wrestlers I spoke to all agree that Reigns pulling out of the show was the right decision and one person who is friends with Reigns told me that he probably won’t be back for at least a few months. There is no word on how Vince McMahon feels about Reigns’ decision but it is interesting that the announcers were told not to mention Reigns during the WrestleMania commentary.
Sportskeeda's Tom Colohue has made it clear that there is absolutely no backstage heat for Reigns and that WWE accepted his decision. He states that everyone is in Roman's corner and no one has any issue with him pulling out of the WrestleMania match.
There is no heat on Roman whatsoever, or at least there is no heat on Roman that is public, I don't mean to say that no one's come and said it publicly but in the background, there may be, but in many ways, you may encounter unconscious prejudice. So there may be in the future at some point, someone will think to themselves, 'Oh, we can't use roman because he is unreliable.' At the moment, everyone is in Roman's corner, they truly believe in him and think this is the right move for him.
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4-time Champion was told to not work with John Cena
Big Show has revealed that he was warned against working with John Cena way back in 2004. The former Champion stated that as many as eight backstage personalities told him to not work with Cena at WrestleMania 20 as he was 'just a flash in the pan'.
Despite the constant talk of not going ahead of with the match, Big Show put over Cena at the Grandest Stage of Them All. The leader of Cenation defeated the World's Largest Athlete and won the United States Championship.
“That day I had about eight little private meetings where all these guys were telling me why I shouldn’t work with this kid because he’s a flash in the pan, he’s this, he’s that, and I’m like, ‘No, I think there’s something more to the guy.’ And years later now those same people that questioned him line up to shake his hand, tell him how amazing he is.”
Big Show went on to joke that he had a nose for talent.
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AJ Styles 'feels responsible' for WWE releases
AJ Styles has finally commented on the releases of Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. The former WWE Champion stated that he feels responsible for their releases in some weird way and that it is devastating.
If you guys didn't know, Gallows and Anderson, guys who were like my brothers were released yesterday and that one hurt. That one hurt really bad. Really bad. Umm, the only way I know I can explain this is that these guys are my family and I couldn't take care of my little brothers, you know what I'm saying? Like that's what I feel about it. I'm the oldest. I'm supposed to take care of them and I didn't do that and I feel responsible in some weird way for them being released. It's devastating. I don't know any other way to explain it, like.
Styles was in a faction with the released duo and had been working with them for years, even before joining WWE. They all were involved in the WrestleMania Night 1 main event as well along with The Undertaker.
Braun Strowman staying put in WWE
Braun Strowman has revealed that he has no plans of leaving WWE any time soon. He has also added that he recently signed a new four-year deal and thus, has no other place to be right now.
“It is but I’m not jumping ship anytime soon. I’m very focused on my career as a WWE Superstar. I just recently last year re-signed 4 more years with the company and 99.9% of my eggs are going in that basket for right now."
"He hates his name being said but Vince McMahon has given me an opportunity at life for myself, for my family, my loved ones, that I would never have even imagined being able to have. I’m very grateful for that and I’ve told him this is my home, you guys made me, you gave me this life, and I want to show you that I’m appreciative of it and I’m thankful and I’m going to return the favor for what you have done.”
The Monster Among Men will be up against Bray Wyatt at Money in the Bank next month. That will be his first title defense on a pay-per-view since winning it at WrestleMania.
Jon Moxley comments on recent WWE releases
It has been nearly a year since Jox Moxley, fka Dean Ambrose left WWE for AEW. He has not held back on his comments about the company he left and has also explained why he left. Moxley also spoke about the way he was treated by WWE.
But now, with all these releases happening and over 20 Superstars getting off WWE's books within hours, Moxley has commented on the situation. In an interview with Wrestling Observer Live, he said:
My heart goes out to all these people who are affected by this craziness whether it be financial or worse. I heard a bunch of news through the grapevine people in our business who got unfortunate phone calls this morning so it’s a weird time.
Commenting on his situation and how he is dealing with things, he added:
"I’m feeling very fortunate you know. I was not or I will not for a second feel sorry for myself like poor me during this craziness because I got it pretty good all things considered and I’m just stuck in the house with my wife who is my favourite person to hang out with anyway.
