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It's been another action-packed week for the WWE with Monday Night Raw giving us a whole bunch of bonkers surprises, and SmackDown Live also throwing out a few surprises. Not to mention NXT's huge champion vs champion announcement.
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 in the week.
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But, before we get started with this week's, let's do a quick recap of the news on last week's SKFabe: Hottest WWE News of the Week (2nd September, 2018) with John Cena returning to action with a new move, Kevin Owens' WWE status confirmed and the Rock being challenged for WrestleMania.
All caught up? Okay, good. In that case, let's get straight into our SKFabe news round-up for this week!
#1 Shawn Michaels to return to the ring AND wrestle at least 5 matches
Shawn Michaels returned to Monday Night Raw to discuss the upcoming match between Triple-H and Undertaker and Super Show-Down but ended up in a verbal confrontation with 'The Deadman' himself, where Michaels alluded to his retirement several times.
This sparked speculation that Michaels might return to the ring, and indeed several wrestling sites have now come forward with sources from the WWE suggesting that the WWE are planning Michaels' return to the ring.
What's more! Michaels is allegedly pencilled in to wrestle give matches during his return run, with his current opponents expected to be The Undertaker, AJ Styles, Kevin Owens and Johnny Gargano from NXT, the fifth opponent is unknown.
#2 Lana hits out at WWE's 2K19 video game
WWE Superstar Lana had some very choice words following the reveal of her video game character in the new WWE 2K19 video game. That's because her in-game character looks nothing like her!
As you can see Lana definitely wasn't shy in calling the video game out for making a disastrous looking version of her. This isn't the first instance of WWE 2K19's version of wrestlers being criticised after Tyler Bate's character also left a lot to be desired in terms of accuracy.
#3 The Shield botch their Triple Powerbomb at a house show
We've seen Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns hit their Triple Powerbomb so many times that you wouldn't think it was possible for them to make a mistake, but that's exactly what happened at a WWE house show this week
As you can see the Shield Triple Powerbombed Ziggler through a table but the piece of furniture didn't break causing Ziggler to rather painfully bounce off of it. I hope he's okay!
#4 NXT star Matt Riddle attacks UFC boss Dana White
Matt Riddle's feud with Dana White has been rather publicly documented after the UFC boss fired Riddle for his consistent drug use. However, Riddle has seemingly had the last laugh with a tweet aimed directly at Dana White.
As you can see, Riddle holds nothing back as he proves to the world that it really is a sweet moment when you can prove someone who doubted you wrong. Hopefully this doesn't get him in trouble with WWE management though!
#5 Pentagon Jr denies WWE rumors
This week has been quite the rollercoaster for Pentagon Jr on the internet, as in the space of three days he has gone from being rumored to join the WWE, to going to NXT in 2019, to denying the whole thing entirely.
At a recent PCW independent wrestling promotion show, Pentagon retained the PCW belt and then took to the mic to announce that he wasn't going anywhere, seemingly in retaliation to the rumors that had surfaced online.
#6 WWE want the Rock for multiple appearances
There's a lot of speculation surrounding The Rock and WWE at the moment, particularly around WrestleMania and who he could wrestle, with 'The Big Dog' Roman Reigns and Elias just some of the names that have been linked.
However, it seems the WWE aren't just looking at 'Mania for the Rock, and are in fact looking to lock him down for at least three appearances over the next year, with 'Mania obviously being one of them!
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