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It's been one of the biggest weeks in the history of the wrestling business, Monday Night Raw kicked off the week with a huge show that was seen as their Season Premiere, before AEW debuted on TNT on Wednesday night and NXT made their two-hour debut on the USA Network.
Friday night was the biggest night in WWE's recent history since it celebrated SmackDown's 20th Anniversary as well as their move over to the FOX Network for the first time. The stars were out in numbers as the likes of The Rock, Lita, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, and Trish Stratus were all part of one of the biggest weeks in Wrestling, however, it was also a week that contained botches.
The following are the biggest botches that happened in the wrestling world this week.
#5. Erin Andrews doesn't know much about wrestling
Erin Andrews made her debut on WWE TV as an announcer backstage on SmackDown Live and she was charged with interviewing Kofi Kingston ahead of his huge match with Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship.
Erin's first issue was that she was taller than The New Day so she was forced to take off her shoes for the interview before she then completely botched her lines. The FOX Sports reporter seemed to completely forget that Kingston was the Champion since she stated that he was the challenger heading into his match with The Beast later in the night.
The New Day remained professional and acted as though the botch hadn't happened, but many fans at home noticed that even though Erin had her questions on a notepad in front of her, she obviously hadn't done her homework ahead of the interview.
#4. Lana's return
It's probably an understatement to say that the production team in WWE has had a rough week, but this started on Monday Night Raw when they managed to miss their cue when it came to Lana's WWE return.
Rusev was facing off with Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship in the main event of the show, before Bobby Lashley's music hit and he then made his way out onto the stage. Lashley then motioned for Rusev's wife Lana to make her way out three times before her music actually hit and when it did it was already partway through. It made Lashley look a bit stupid since he was just standing on the stage, pointing and waiting for Lana.
It's thought that Lana returned and decided to align herself with Lashley because Rusev has been wrapped up in Maria Kanellis' issues over the past few weeks, where it's thought that he could be the father of her unborn child. Merely minutes before Lana returned to WWE TV, Maria herself stated that Rusev wasn't the father, so it's unknown what direction this storyline could now be heading.
#3. Nyla Rose's rough powerbomb
All Elite Wrestling has finally secured its weekly slot so that it's now seen as competition for WWE once again.
One of the biggest talking points for the show ahead of the night was that the first-ever AEW Women's Champion would be crowned in a match between Riho and Nyla Rose. The match was one of the most interesting ones of the night, but shockingly, it was Riho who came out on top after she was able to pin the much bigger woman.
Michael Nakazawa then made his way down to the ring to congratulate the Japanese star on her victory and was attacked by Rose. The issue was that Nyla Rose was looking to hit him with a powerbomb but either he didn't jump or she wasn't strong enough to lift him since he fell back down and almost landed on his neck.
Rose was able to powerbomb him on the second attempt, but by this point, Social Media was already full of comments about the star who is now being seen in the same light as WWE's Nia Jax, who infamously injured Becky Lynch last year.
#2. Ric Flair's title record?
This week's Season Premiere of Monday Night Raw included appearances from The Immortal Hulk Hogan and two-time WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair so that the two men could set up their five-on-five match for Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. The Miz welcomed both men on Miz TV, but when Flair made his way to the ring, there was a huge error in his entrance.
The 16-time World Champion made history with his title reign record, but this was later equalled by John Cena at the Royal Rumble when he defeated AJ Styles last year. It's one of the best-known facts in WWE, but it appears that someone in WWE's production team forgot that this was the record number since they decided to refer to Flair as a 17-time Champion.
The ring announcer stated that he was a 16-time World Champion as he made his way to the ring, which made it even worse when the Titantron read 17-times and many members of the WWE Universe then picked up on the fact that this was a huge botch on WWE's part.
#1. FOX is still getting used to superstars' names
The newly named SmackDown Live may have only been two hours long for the viewers at home, but ahead of the main show, many superstars were interviewed on the Blue Carpet as they arrived at the arena and this was later shown on FOX 11.
This stream showed several superstars who were not part of the main show, including one half of the Women's Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss, even though it appears that FOX thought that she was Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch.
Mojo Rawley was also part of the show and was able to be seen on camera for the first time in many months, it's been so long that FOX actually thought Rawley was Sami Zayn and even spelt his name "Sammy Zane."
It's been an interesting week for FOX, who are still getting to grips with WWE and what the show can bring to their Network but insulting many superstars by broadcasting a show where they got their names wrong wouldn't be seen as a great start to their partnership with WWE.
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