History was made last week at Hell In A Cell.
We saw a new Cruiserweight Champion in Brian Kendrick who sneakingly avoided losing the Cruiserweight Championship back to T.J Perkins the next night on Raw. We also saw Charlotte taking on Sasha Banks in the first women’s Hell in a Cell match, coming out with the win and the Women’s championship in the process.
The build to Survivor Series has officially begun, with Smackdown Live completing two teams, with one more tag team required to complete their full 3 teams, while Raw still needs to find more members. Smackdown Live also announced their TLC main event.
As of now, WWE is touring Europe, and Raw and Smackdown Live are set to take place in Glasgow. Also, the Semi-finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is set. There was a lot of Halloween celebrations that happened this past week, so let’s start off with some Halloween!
#25 An unexpected duo
Braun Strowman plays a beast on television but in real life, he is just Adam Scherr, an extremely large and strong man.
It is hard to capture the image of him being who he really is, but Renee Young posted an amazing selfie with the former Strongman competitor showing a completely goofy side to the beast who can very well take team Raw to victory this Survivor Series!
The friendship between the two wasn't something the WWE fans may have known with Strowman’s playful side surely being a pleasant surprise to many.
#24 Aliyah’s Halloween
Another rising star and incidentally Liv Morgan’s best friend Aliyah enjoyed Halloween in her own way back home in Orlando, Florida.
At first glance, the NXT superstar’s costume seems to be like Catwoman, but Catwoman did not have rabbit ears! Here we see Aliyah enjoying her time away from the Performance Center in what seems to be a Halloween party.
#23 All’s well that ends well
The week before last, chinless sensation James Ellsworth cost Dean Ambrose a championship match when he hit the “No-chin music” on AJ Styles during their match in full view of the referee, thus disqualifying The Lunatic Fringe.
GM Daniel Bryan gave Ambrose another chance this past week, and Ambrose told Ellsworth, who was begging for his forgiveness from last week to stay out of his match at any cost.
That didn’t stop the chinless wonder from coming out anyway, creating a fiasco and being chased by security. This time, it cost AJ Styles as he was then hit by the Dirty Deeds by Ambrose, giving The Lunatic Fringe a win, and another shot at the WWE World Championship at TLC, in a TLC match.
Smackdown Live this past week ended with Ellsworth being dragged away by security looking the happiest he has ever looked knowing that his interference did well for Ambrose this time around. See you soon James!
#22 The European Power Trio!
This past Tuesday in the Frankfurt live event, former German national Goalkeeper Tim Wiese made his debut in his home country, teaming up with Cesaro & Sheamus to take on The Shining Stars & Bo Dallas.
Wiese even adopted the nickname “The Machine”. Looking at his immense physical structure and power, there is indeed no name that suits him more! Are you looking forward to seeing The Machine Tim Wiese at NXT?
#21 The Usos are headed to Survivor Series
The Usos have been sporting a new look and attitude since being drafted to Smackdown Live, and the Samoan twins have been on a mean streak. This past week on Smackdown Live, the sons of WWE Hall Of Famer Rikishi defeated veteran tag team The Headbangers to qualify for the Survivor Series as one of Smackdown’s Tag Teams.
They will be beside arch rivals American Alpha, The Hype Bros, and Smackdown Tag Team Champions Heath Slater & Rhyno. The ruthless twins are an essential addition for helping the blue brand to victory.
#20 Stunning Charly Caruso
Charly Caruso has been pulling double duty doing NXT and Smackdown Live, and then moving from the blue brand to Monday Night Raw.
The hardworking interviewer was an essential part of this past week’s episode of NXT that saw the Semi-finals being decided. To host and walk us through the matches and what is coming up next week, she looked absolutely stunning and did a great job!
#19 Swiss Snoozerman
Sheamus took to Instagram to post a picture of his tag team partner Cesaro getting a good sleep on the plane in a rather funny posture with his mouth wide open, terming him as the “Swiss Snoozerman”.
The Swiss Superman, however, did need good rest for the European tour that is currently going on!
#18 Finn Balor’s rehabilitation fun
Orlando may as well have become a second home for The Demon King. The Performance Center is where he is at rehabilitating when he is not in Birmingham, Alabama, doing the same. In the picture, you can see him with Performance Center doctor Tara and Brian, having good fun back in the place which helped advance his career so greatly.
Balor has been advertised for Roadblock: End Of The Line, which takes place on December 18th. It is being said that he won’t wrestle, but such appearances are likely to result in announcements. Maybe he will be the first one to announce his participation in a certain event in January 2017 that takes place at the Alamodome!
#17 Ace on Panda!
After a hard fought battle against Los Ingobernables De Japon member Sanada this past Saturday in Power Struggle, New Japan Pro Wrestling Ace Hiroshi Tanahashi set his sights on IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito, and their match was made official for Wrestle Kingdom 11 at the Tokyo Dome on January 4th.
It is going to be the co-main event, and the Ace of New Japan is going to have to unleash everything within him to defeat Naito, the leader of Los Ingobernables De Japon, who has been on a mean streak this year!
#16 Enzo’s Certified Cousin
Enzo Amore couldn’t have been prouder of his little cousin Billy, who dressed up as him for Halloween. He called him a Certified-G and a Bonafide Stud but encouraged his young cousin to work hard and work on getting good grades. Is Enzo the best G ever or what?
#15 Triple H with a legend
Triple H met wrestling legend Blackjack Lanza, who was one-half of The Blackjacks along with the late, great, Blackjack Mulligan (who happens to be the grandfather of Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas). Triple H thanked Lanza for paving the way and sharing his great knowledge with him.
The Game was in a humble form that we rarely see him in on television, paying respect to a legend of the business.
#14 Stephanie and André the Giant!
No, not that André The Giant! Many months back, Stephanie McMahon and Triple H bought an English mastiff and named it André. It turns out that Mastiffs grow at an alarmingly fast rate because Stephanie looks like she can barely hold her dog. She can now officially call him André The Giant!
Being the Raw commissioner and Chief Branding Officer, it must be hard to find spare time, and André is growing fast before her very eyes!
#13 The Unstoppable Duo
Asuka and Ember Moon/Athena are best friends and roommates in real life. While Asuka has been tearing apart the women’s division in NXT for a full year, still being undefeated, Ember Moon has just begun to make her mark and work her way up. At a recent NXT House Show, the two top NXT female talents teamed up.
Both may be babyfaces now, but everyone knows that it is inevitable that the two face off at some point down the road. Perhaps Ember Moon can be the one to end the unrelenting streak of Asuka!
#12 The Loco Couples
Paige took to Instagram to post a picture of her and Alberto El Presidenté in the Deportes Sin Cobara show hosted by Rosina Grosso and Karim Mendiburu. The host couple are dressed as Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad and Jared Leto’s version of The Joker.
It looks like the controversial couple decided not to dress up in a costume for Halloween, but they are still dressed up in the finest way possible!
#11 The Foxy-Boss-Hug connection
Sasha Banks may be coming off a disappointing loss in her hometown against Charlotte, dropping the Raw Women’s Championship.
Thankfully for her, she has good friends to cheer her up. In a recent live event, The Boss teamed up with Bayley and Alicia Fox, We can even see Foxxy sporting a Lass Kicker shirt, alluding to her friend, the Smackdown Women’s Champion!
Bayley has stated many a time that she wants to be in a tag team with Sasha Banks in the future called The Boss & Hug Connection, similar to the Rock N’ Sock Connection that stuck the odd pairing of The Rock and Mankind, the latter who happens to be the Raw General Manager.
It is not difficult to say that it is a possibility at some point in the future, with both stars being so young and having a bright future ahead. Does the prospect of The Boss & Hug Connection excite you?
#10 The Gorgeous Show Off
Dolph Ziggler and Tyler Breeze decided to dress as each other for Halloween, and this included Breeze even holding Ziggler’s Intercontinental Championship. While Ziggler was Breeze’s first feud, the two seem to be tailor made to be tag team partners.
Their gimmicks are on a similar lane and they are both blonde and love to show off. It wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility for these two to partner up some day. Not to mention, they are both on the same brand!
#9 LIVlo and Stitch!
NXT’s Liv Morgan has finally begun to find her spot in NXT and has been rising as one of the prominent stars of the female division in the rebuilding phase. This Halloween, the Jersey native decided to dress up as Stitch from Disney’s Lilo and Stitch, and she dressed her dog up as a taco!
Liv’s love for fast food knows no bounds!
#8 Andrea D’Marco Emcees Special Olympics event
Recently, the NXT crew, wrestlers, coaches and staff alike went to the 3rd Annual Special Olympics Plane Pull.
Andrea D’Marco, the interviewer on NXT and Smackdown Live had the honour and privilege of Emceeing the special event. Here she can be seen with a competitor in the Special Olympics event.
#7 TJP gets photobombed..twice!
Former Cruiserweight Champion T.J Perkins was dressed dapperly recently, and when taking mirror selfies, his fellow-Cruiserweight competitor Rich Swann decided to photobomb him, not once, but twice! Perhaps this could ignite a feud between the two beloved babyfaces of Raw!
#6 Baymella’s Halloween
#5 Bayley and Goldust representing Dreamy Weamy
Raw stars Bayley and Goldust paid tribute to their mentor and father respectively. While Bayley’s Dusty Rhodes pin may not be the largest pin in the world, but any tribute is a tribute. Goldust, on the other hand, decided to pay tribute to his late great father Dusty Rhodes by painting his own head with the polka dots.
Without a doubt, they miss one of the key father figures of their lives and careers.
#4 Charlotte has a workout with Sophia Thiel
In her recent visit to Frankfurt, Germany, Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte went and had a workout with fitness guru Sophia Thiel. She later on even gave Thiel a moment to pose with her Raw Women’s Championship belt!
#3 Becky and Dolph visit Manchester City
Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler were invited to Etihad Stadium, the home ground of Manchester City Football club.
WWE have been touring Europe, and since Smackdown Live was in Manchester, the blue team of Manchester decided to invite two stars of the blue brand to their stadium, even giving them their own custom made Jerseys!
#2 Natalya’s epic selfie
We couldn't complete the list without one of Nattie’s expert selfies. This time around, the throwback selfie features the Canadian group of Natalya, Tyson Kidd, and WWE Hall of Famer Edge and Christian as well. This is a power selfie, featuring a bunch of top level talents of the business!
#1 The New Day’s tribute to Charles Wright
This past Halloween edition of Raw, the soon-to-be longest reigning tag team champions in history, The New Day, paid tribute to WWE Hall Of Famer Charles Wright, who had multiple gimmicks in WWF, and pulled them all off excellently, also having a reputation of being one of the easiest and most likeable people backstage.
From left to right: Xavier Woods is dressed as Papa Shango (from the Golden Era), Big E is dressed as Kama Mustafa (from the early Attitude Era), and Kofi Kingston is dressed as The Godfather (from the Attitude Era peak).
The Godfather was the gimmick under which Charles Wright was inducted into the Hall Of Fame this year. Ron Simmons and JBL of the APA inducted him, being unable to tell a majority of the crazy road stories they had of him, primarily due to WWE being a PG show!
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