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The WWE may be hours away from their Hell in a Cell 2018 Pay-Per-View, with both their go-home Raw and SmackDown shows building towards the show which will be headlined by Braun Strowman Vs. Roman Reigns for the Universal Title.
But what we're interested in here for SKFabe: Hottest WWE News of the Week is the behind the scenes stuff, the real-life stuff, the....Okay, you get it. The juicy backstage news that leads to what we see on WWE television!
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For example, on last week's SKFabe: Hottest WWE News of the Week we covered Shawn Michael's ring return, Matt Riddle hitting out at Dana White and The Shield botching their Triple Power-Bomb at a house show.
And this week we have even more huge news to give you in our weekly WWE news roundup so buckle up!
#1. Matt Hardy tells fan he wrestled his last match for WWE
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Matt Hardy told a fan that he had just wrestled his last match for the company following a house show match where he partnered with Bray Wyatt and took on The B-Team and Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre.
Here's what the Observer had to say,
According to a report we got, after a three-way tag title match on the 9/7 Raw show Birmingham where Ziggler & McIntyre retained over The B Team and Matt Hardy & Wyatt, a fan after the match begged Hardy not to retire. His response was, “Unfortunately, I don’t have a choice. This was probably my last match ever.”
It's worth adding that Hardy did wrestle on the night after in Edinburg, Texas. But, it seems Matt Hardy's days left as an in-ring competitor might be as low as in the double-digits, or even on a week-by-week basis
#2. The Rock's daughter reports to the Performance Center
It has been reported that Simone Johnson, who is WWE legend Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's daughter has started training at the WWE's performance center with a view to being an in-ring career.
We'd previously seen Johnson reveal that he intended to start a career in wrestling which is exactly what she seems to have done. If she does eventually debut for NXT or the main WWE roster she would become the WWE's only fourth generation Superstar!
If she ends up anything like her father, which there's every chance she will, then she'll definitely be alright in this business!
#3. Ric Flair marries(ish) for the fifth time
Some good news! WWE legend and Hall of Famer Ric Flair 'married' his long-term partner Wendy Barlow this week with the Undertaker, Dolph Ziggler, Michael Hayes and Dennis Rodman in attendance.
The word 'married' is in inverted commas because Ric Flair and Wendy Barlow didn't actually get legally married, but instead held a 'Commitment Ceremony' which is probably for the best given he's already been legally married four times.
We here at Sportskeeda would like to wish the happy couple all the best!
#4. Dean Ambrose nearly died this year
Dean Ambrose hasn't been back long following his surgery, but during a recent interview recently revealed that he might not have been back at all as the 'Lunatic Fringe' nearly died as a result.
Here's what he had to say
"It was just one nightmare after another. It was a pretty challenging period of time to go through. I ended up having two different surgeries. I had this MRSA, Staph infection. I nearly died. I was in the hospital for a week plugged up to this antibiotic drip thing, and I was on all these antibiotics for months that make you puke and crap your pants."
#5. 205 Live moves to Wednesday Nights
205 Live has been one of WWE's consistently great shows with the wrestling the Cruiserweights are pulling off being of the highest quality, however the crowd were always tired after SmackDown Live so something drastically needed to change.
The WWE seem to have realised this as they've now announced that they're moving 205 Live to Wednesday nights on the WWE Network where you can catch your favourite Cruiserweights every week before NXT. This is a welcome change if you ask me!
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