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WWE is gearing up for this year's Clash of Champions PPV, with the event taking place Sunday night live from Charlotte, NC. The PPV will be headlined by Seth Rollins defending the WWE Universal title against Braun Strowman, and Becky Lynch defending the Raw Women's title against Sasha Banks.
Things heated up on WWE TV in recent weeks as Bayley turned on Becky Lynch, brutally attacking The Man and aligning herself with Sasha Banks. Lynch pulled no punches on social media following Bayley's turn, and more on that in the coming pages.
Elsewhere on social media, the upcoming WWE roster draft might have been spoiled, we have an update on Jon Moxley, a top star might be moving to NXT when the show heads to USA Network and more. So let's take a look at the week in social media, and everything you need to know from the accounts of pro wrestling's top stars.
#5 Goldberg teases match with UFC legend
WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg last appeared in a WWE ring when he squashed Dolph Ziggler at this year's SummerSlam PPV.
The bout was somewhat of a "make-up" match for Goldberg's poor performance at this year's WWE Super ShowDown event in Saudi Arabia, during which the match suffered numerous botches as a result of Goldberg sustaining an injury.
With UFC legend Cain Velasquez transitioning from MMA to the pro wrestling ring, Goldberg recently noted in an interview that he would love to face off against Velasquez in a wrestling match.
“I’d still smash him in the ring," said Goldberg. "I’d wrestle Cain in the ring in two seconds. I’d wrestle anybody. You know who I am. He's got a lot of potential and it's really cool."
Goldberg also kicked off the 2019-2020 Georgia Bulldogs season by cutting the following video promo on Twitter:
#4 Becky Lynch trashes Bayley following new SmackDown ad
It seems like every week Becky Lynch says something that winds up in the weekly social media recap, and this week appears to be no different.
WWE is gearing up for SmackDown Live's debut on FOX Sports on October 4th, and both WWE and FOX have been running numerous ads to hype the blue brand's move to Friday nights.
Because SmackDown will be airing on FOX Sports, the network will be folding the show into its sports programming package, so ads for the blue brand have been appearing during NFL and college sports broadcasts.
The most recent ad features top stars Becky Lynch, Roman Reigns, Charlotte Flair and Kofi Kingston hyping the SmackDown move to FOX Sports, and Becky Lynch was quick to point out that the graphic features all champions in WWE with the exception of Bayley, who appears to be replaced by Roman Reigns.
Bayley was quick to respond to the low-blow by Tweeting, "Haha dude why didn’t you @ me? Luckily my loyal fans tagged me. But okay you win that one, I accept defeat..... Will you be able to do the same on Sunday?"
In a rare move from Lynch, The Man somewhat walked her comment back by Tweeting the following:
#3 FOX spoils top stars moving to SmackDown brand?
In addition to running new ads to promote the SmackDown move to FOX Sports, FOX is ramping up its efforts to showcase the stars of WWE who might be set to appear on the brand when it moves in October.
It was recently rumored that another roster draft is expected to take place in WWE sometime in early October, as WWE looks to be ending the recent "Wildcard Rule" and returning to a hard brand split when SmackDown moves to FOX and NXT moves to USA Network.
In a recent photoshoot conducted by FOX and WWE, which leaked on social media, there appear to be several Raw Superstars who might be making the move to SmackDown in the upcoming roster draft. Those names include Alexa Bliss, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton, Mandy Rose and The Miz.
The first episode of Friday Night SmackDown airing on FOX Sports on October 4th is set to feature all of WWE's top stars, including legends such as Ric Flair, Sting, Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker and more, so the first episode of the show will not be an indication of the eventual SmackDown roster. The belief is the final SmackDown roster will be decided after the roster draft.
#2 Jon Moxley injury update
Former WWE star Dean Ambrose, now known as Jon Moxley in All Elite Wrestling, was set to face Kenny Omega at All Out in one of the most anticipated matches of the year, however, the bout was pulled from the PPV after Moxley suffered an elbow injury.
The bout between Moxley and Omega has since been re-booked for the upcoming AEW Full Gear PPV taking place in November, however, Moxley is still recovering from injury and there is no word as to when he will be making his in-ring return ahead of the next AEW PPV.
Moxley's wife and WWE announcer Renee Young recently posted the following photo of Moxley on her Instagram story, and as you can see Moxley is still sporting a brace on his elbow, indicating he is not yet fully recovered from his elbow injury.
Moxley remains advertised for high profile matches at the upcoming AEW television tapings set to kick off on October 2nd. The shows will air live every Wednesday night on TNT, running head-to-head against WWE NXT. As of this writing, it remains to be seen whether or not Jon Moxley will be cleared to return to the ring in time for the first AEW TV taping.
#1 Kevin Owens teases moving to WWE NXT
Kevin Owens might be one of the top babyfaces on the WWE SmackDown Live brand, but this week on the show Owens' storyline with Shane McMahon took a very interesting turn when Shane fired KO following Shane's King of the Ring loss to Chad Gable.
After Owens was fired from SmackDown by Shane, Owens took to Twitter and posted the following, cryptic Tweet:
As seen in the response issued by a fan, the Tweet from Kevin Owens corresponds to the letters in the alphabet which spell out NXT, meaning Owens has teased a possible jump to the NXT brand which is preparing for its big debut on USA Network next week.
With NXT moving to USA there have been rumors that main roster stars might be appearing on the show in order to help fill out the two-hour broadcast and help bring more eyes to the NXT brand, and a recent report from Cagesideseats.com might have confirmed those rumors with the following:
"Kevin Owens may be teasing going to NXT, and there’s apparently been talk of an appearance on the debut show while he’s “fired” from SmackDown Live."
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