WWE Daily News Round-Up (August 21st, 2018)

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An exciting week of wrestling comes to end following four days of intense action which started at NXT Takeover and ended on SmackDown Live.

The last few days has seen a new Universal champion, the championship being defended on RAW and a new feud emerging between The Shield and Braun Strowman. On SmackDown Live, the feud between Samoa Joe and AJ Styles, and The Miz and Daniel Bryan continues as well.

On today's Daily News Round-Up, we report on a huge match that's been changed, a RAW Superstar sending a warning to The Shield, while the first Hell in a Cell match for this year's PPV confirmed.

WWE also announced a tournament for a new championship that has been created.

Let's check out what's making news in WWE today:


#1 When Nakamura thought his WWE career was over

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On a SmackDown show last year, a spot by Shinsuke Nakamura during his match against John Cena was not executed well and Cena landed on his head, but was thankfully unhurt.

Nakamura recently spoke about that spot and revealed that WWE management backstage were not happy with it and asked the Japanese Superstar why he did it.

In the interview with Gorilla Position, the current United States champion said that he thought his career was over after that awful bump, I don’t know if I can tell that or not [looks around]... okay, some people were upset backstage, not John Cena. But someone. They got pissed off at me, ‘Why did you do that?’"

"So, I just thought, ‘Oh, my career is finished today.’ But everybody came to support me and help me, even John Cena. He said, ‘My fault,’ yes, Cena did. What a good man." (H/T Cageside Seats for the transcription)

Nakamura also said that he felt good in the ring with Cena and that he would like to face him once again and "create [something] better than before”.

The United States champion isn't in any feud currently; could Cena and him rekindle their rivalry once again?

#2 Hell in a Cell match confirmed

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It was announced on SmackDown that The Miz and Maryse will face off against Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella at Hell in a Cell PPV in a mixed tag team match.

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Miz and Bryan faced off at SummerSlam in singles action, with the former winning the match after he hit Bryan with an external object. On SmackDown, Bryan interrupted Miz, who was mocking him, following which Bryan and Brie entered the ring and took matters into their hands.

Hell in a Cell takes place on September 16, 2018 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

#3 John Cena's match at Super Show-Down changed; The Shield appearance

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The Super Show-Down event at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on October 6th is going to be one of the biggest events outside of the USA for the WWE.

WWE have now amended the line-up of a match as they have now announced that John Cena and Bobby Lashley will face Elias and Kevin Owens in a tag team match. Previously, Cena and Owens were to face each other in a singles match.

The other match announced for the event is a #1 Contender's match for the WWE Championship between The Miz and Daniel Bryan.

On this past week's RAW, Triple H confirmed that he will face off against The Undertaker at the show in Australia.

#4 Bray Wyatt sends warning to The Shield

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Following the reunion of The Shield and their attack on Braun Strowman on this week's RAW, Bray Wyatt, formerly of The Wyatt Family, re-quoted an old tweet from 2014, when The Shield and The Wyatt Family were feuding.

With the attack on his former Wyatt Family member Strowman, could Bray reform the group and set-up a feud with The Shield? Matt Hardy's injury and potential retirement has left Wyatt with no feud or storyline and this would make a great story!

#5 NXT UK Women’s Championship

WWE have announced that there will be a new title on NXT - the NXT UK Women’s Championship.

Toni Storm, Jinny, Isla Dawn, Millie McKenzie, Nina Samuels, Dakota Kai, Rhea Ripley and Xia Brookside will battle it out to win the inaugural NXT UK Women’s Championship, at this coming weekend's tapings in Birmingham.

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