News & Rumor Roundup: Backstage update on former Universal Champion's debut, AEW stars take a shot at WWE Extreme Rules

In this edition of the AEW roundup, we take a look at the latest update on Bray Wyatt's possible debut, as well as Eric Bischoff's thoughts on when Wyatt should make his first appearance in All Elite Wrestling. We also look at The Young Bucks taking a shot at WWE Extreme Rules.

In signing news, AEW have roped in a former IMPACT Wrestling star. Also in the roundup, we have an update on Arn Anderson's health following his fall at AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam.

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#5 Latest update on Bray Wyatt's AEW debut

We start off with some disappointing news regarding Bray Wyatt's AEW debut. Cageside Seats had earlier reported that Wyatt could be debuting on tonight's edition of AEW Dynamite despite his non-compete period not being up.

However, Dave Meltzer provided an update on the situation, posting on the F4WOnline message board that Bray Wyatt is not expected to be on tonight's AEW Dynamite. It looks like fans will have to wait a little longer for Wyatt's debut unless the situation has drastically changed since Meltzer's update.

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#4 The Young Bucks take a shot at WWE Extreme Rules

The finish to the main event of WWE Extreme Rules between Finn Balor and Roman Reigns left a lot of fans confused. Balor was on the top turnbuckle ready to hit the Coup de Grace when the turnbuckle collapsed. This cost him the match as Reigns mowed him down with the Spear and pinned him. The finish caused some uproar on social media.

Former AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks took a shot at the finish to the main event of WWE Extreme Rules in their Twitter bio.

"They just had a PPV. Gonna go check out what’s trending," wrote The Young Bucks.

#3 Kiera Hogan is All Elite

AEW has announced that former IMPACT Wrestling star Kiera Hogan has signed with the promotion. Hogan has impressed on AEW Dark so far and recently faced Jade Cargill on an episode of AEW Dynamite. The news was announced on AEW Dark last night as Hogan came out for her match.

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#2 Eric Bischoff on when he wants to see Bray Wyatt's AEW debut

Speaking on 83 Weeks, former WCW executive Eric Bischoff gave his take on rumors of Bray Wyatt signing with AEW. Bischoff said that after all the recent signings AEW had made, it would be best to push back Wyatt's debut and have him make his bow in January next year.

"Let’s just assume Bray Wyatt is going to end up [in AEW]. I wouldn’t do that till after the first of [January]. I’d save that for the first quarter of next year because they’ve had so many signings, and they’re great ones too," Bischoff said.

"I’m not being critical or dismissing them in any form. You got Sting, Christian Cage, CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, Ruby Soho, etc. These are super talented assets, they’ve brought in so many great assets over such a short period of time they tend to dilute each other and it’s not as meaningful as it could be, in my opinion, if they were spaced out a little more." H/T: WrestlingINC

Bischoff also pointed out that having Wyatt debut in January could coincide with AEW's move to TBS and help boost viewership numbers during a critical phase.

#1 Arn Anderson health update after fall at AEW Grand Slam

Arn Anderson took a nasty fall from the apron on AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam during Cody Rhodes' match against Malakai Black. Although Anderson was able to get back up on the apron for the spot, it still left fans concerned about his well being.

On the latest edition of the What Happened When podcast, Tony Schiavone provided an update on Anderson's condition.

"He was hurting. He was hurting, he was obviously very embarrassed. I thought he was hurt and embarrassed first. He told me when he fell, he did blackout a little bit, so he was hurting a little bit. So it brings up a good thing that I have brought up to the company now that we need two sets of stairs instead of one to get to the ring. Small thing," said Tony Schiavone.

"The good news is I think we kind of did not focus on it. He kind of fell, and you saw him on the corner of the screen. I think we reacted to it a little bit, but that was it. The angle happened right after. So, it wasn't a big part of what happened."

It's good to see that there will be no lasting damage to Arn Anderson from the fall he suffered.