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WWE Daily News Round-Up (August 14th, 2018)

By Nishant Jayaram
Modified Aug 15, 2018 10:45 IST
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All roads now lead to SummerSlam! After a rather boring build to SummerSlam on both RAW and SmackDown Live, all eyes will be trained at August 19th, 2018, to see if Roman Reigns can finally become the Universal Champion when he takes on Brock Lesnar.

On today's edition of the WWE Daily News Round-Up, we bring you a whole host of interesting news items, including Dana White's reaction to Reigns' promo on RAW, details on the special episode of SmackDown Live, celebrating the 1,000th episode of the show, as well as news of an injury of a SmackDown Live Superstar.

Let's take a look at today's key WWE news:

#1 Jerry Lawler sheds new light on Brian Christopher's death

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The news of Brian Christopher, former WWE wrestler and son of WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler, sent shockwaves across the WWE community. Christopher's mysterious death, which was ruled as suicide when he reportedly hanged himself in a jail cell, but Jerry Lawler recently revealed on his Dinner With The King podcast that his son's death may not have been by suicide.

Lawler said, (H/T WrestlingInc for the transcription) "I know everything that was reported said Brian committed suicide by hanging himself. Now since that time, at least I'm certain -- in a lot of people's minds and certainly in mine -- we have serious doubts if that actually happened."

"Nobody who saw Brian in his last few moments is talking to us. But everybody who was in the jail with Brian that day swears -- one of the guys he said to me, 'Mr. Lawler I got $92 to my name, but if I had $9 million I would bet all of it that Brian didn't hang himself.' These aren't any people who have anything to gain by talking to us. as a matter of fact, a lot of them are scared and are worried about their own safety after talking to us and telling us some of the things that went on in the jail that day."

The legendary WWE commentator said that it seemed like Brian was choked by someone rather than he killing himself.

#2 WWE to celebrate 1000th episode of SmackDown Live; announces 3 huge matches & return of The Undertaker

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WWE are to celebrate the 1000th episode of SmackDown Live on October 16th, 2018, from the Capital One Arena in Washington DC.

Three mouthwatering matches have been announced so far, including the WWE Championship being defended when Samoa Joe and AJ Styles face off, while The Miz and Daniel Bryan continue their rivalry and Jeff Hardy faces Randy Orton.

It was also announced that The Undertaker will be making an appearance at an event, as per PWInsider.

#3 Matt Hardy teases retirement once again

Matt Hardy recently revealed that he has been wrestling in pain and that he has an injury. He also teased on social media that he was about to retire after posting pictures of him with fans and thanking them for their support.

He's once again teased retirement with a post thanking his tag team partner, Bray Wyatt.

He posted more pictures with fans and then followed it up with a photo of him teary-eyed and looking at his son.

#4 SmackDown Live Superstar injured?

It seems that there has been yet another injury to a SmackDown Live Superstar, this time Sin Cara. The luchador posted a photo on his Instagram story, where he is seen waiting at a doctor's office. WWE nor he have disclosed what his injury is. (H/T WrestlingInc for the story)

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#5 Dana White's reaction to Roman Reigns' promo

On the go-home show of RAW, Roman Reigns delivered a promo on his SummerSlam opponent, Brock Lesnar. In his promo, Reigns said, "At SummerSlam, I'm taking my Universal Championship. And I'm going to send Brock so far back into the UFC, he's going to find his head stuck in Dana White's ass."

The UFC President had this reply on Twitter:

#5 Renee Young reveals the one thing that Vince McMahon told her during commentary

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This week on RAW, Renee Young became the first woman to commentate on an entire show of RAW, and she received plaudits from all corners.

She later revealed the only thing that Vince McMahon told her during commentary, “He only spoke to me once, just once. I mean, I’m sure he was kind of letting me get away with a few things tonight. Yeah, he told me to slow down on a couple spots but that was it. And, geez, if that’s the only note that I get from him tonight, hallelujah, I’ll take it.” (H/T EWrestlingNews for the transcription)

Renee also said that the return of her husband, Dean Ambrose, to RAW, after being 9 months out due to injury, was an exciting thing.

#6 RAW viewership increases

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The SummerSlam go-home show of RAW saw the viewership numbers increase 2,825,000 viewers from 2,804,000 the previous week.

This week's RAW saw Dean Ambrose return to action after being out due to injury for nine months. He will be ringside at SummerSlam, where he will be in the corner of Seth Rollins, who takes on Dolph Ziggler for the Intercontinental Championship.

Roman Reigns was assaulted during his promo by Lesnar after the Universal Champion ambushed him. The two will go head-to-head at SummerSlam.

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