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It's been a busy week for the WWE with all of the shows we've come to expect like Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, 205 Live, NXT, Mixed Match Challenge and the Mae Young Classic, but the biggest one was, of course, WWE Super-Down.
Over 70,000 people in Australia were treated to a huge night of professional wrestling with Buddy Murphy becoming the first Australian ever to win a singles title in WWE and The Undertaker and Kane attacking Triple H and Shawn Michaels after their blockbuster main event match.
But now the WWE looks forward to several of its other huge upcoming shows like the SmackDown 1,000th episode, Evolution and the second Saudi Arabia spectacular WWE Crown Jewel.
With all that in mind there's understandably been a ton of news coming out of the world's biggest wrestling promotion, but don't worry! We're here to give you a roundup of all of the past week's biggest WWE news.
#8. Huge Crown Jewel Title Match Announced
Following AJ Styles' successful title defence against the vicious Samoa Joe at WWE Super Show-Down and Daniel Bryan's quick triumph over The Miz we knew we were likely to get Bryan vs AJ Styles soon.
However, the WWE then made the dream match between these two incredibly talented and popular WWE stars official by announcing that the two will compete for the WWE Title at the upcoming Crown Jewel show.
The WWE have already put feelers out for a match between the two when they clashed on SmackDown Live in a match that was interrupted by Shinsuke Nakamura, but this is likely to be the first full-length match we'll see!
#7. John Cena back with Nikki Bella
WrestlingInc recently reported that John Cena and Nikki Bella are allegedly still together despite the public breakdown of their marriage engagement, social media comments from both stating their relationship was over and other evidence to the contrary.
However, despite Nikki recently saying she no longer talks to John Cena, the pair were spotted together before WWE's Super Show-Down in Australia at a shopping mall, with a photo being posted on Instagram of them together to prove it.
#6. The Rock teased for SmackDown's 1,000th episode by WWE
Several WWE legends from the past and present are scheduled to be appearing for WWE's 1,000th episode of SmackDown Live, with the company said to be pulling out all of the stops for the big occasion
Currently announced as appearing are The Undertaker, Triple H, Batista, Randy Orton and Ric Flair, with the latter four men reuniting as Evolution for the landmark milestone show. However, it looks like the WWE are teasing an appearance from 'The Great One' himself
#5. Pete Dunne Close to Becoming Longest Reigning WWE Champion in Modern Era
Previously, Brock Lesnar was the longest reigning male champion in the modern era with 504 days as Universal Champion but that record has been well and truly smashed by WWE NXT UK star Pete Dunne who has reached 505 as of today.
Dunne still has a few weeks to go until he becomes the official overall longest reigning champion in WWE's modern history, with Asuka's NXT Women's Title reign officially reaching 523 days, but he looks guaranteed to reach this milestone.
#4. Crown Jewel Venue Change
WWE has another big Saudi Arabia show coming up which we've mentioned several times already, Crown Jewel, however, one of the big stories surrounding it doesn't revolve around a match announcement, but rather a venue change.
That's because the WWE have moved the event from the King Fahd International Stadium to the much smaller King Saud University Stadium. This is a reduction from 65,000 seats to 25,000 seats so it is a significant venue change.
#3. Monday Night Raw receives record low ratings
Business might never have been better than it is right now for WWE but the same can't be said for the current television ratings that have been slowly declining for both Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live over the last few weeks.
In fact, this week's Monday Night Raw was a record low in TV ratings for the WWE for the second week in a row. This meant that this episode and the episode before were the least watched episodes in the history of Monday Night Raw.
#2. Triple H doesn't think there's a place for Intergender Wrestling in the WWE
Triple H recently conducted an interview with Manny Tsigas and was asked about his thoughts on intergender wrestling and it's safe to say that he had some interesting things to say on the matter, here's the video.
Here's what Triple H had to say,
"They don't need that and I think anybody that says, 'Well, to have the man vs. the woman' it's just shock value, you don't need it," Triple H continued. "I think when it's done right there's an exciting moment when it can happen, but I don't mean to think that needs to be the standard."
#1. Ronda Rousey to defend the Raw title at Evolution
With Evolution being the first ever all-female WWE Pay-Per-View it stands to reason that the 'Baddest Women in the Planet' and the WWE's biggest female star and current Raw Women's Champion will be wrestling at the show.
However, 'Rowdy' Ronda Rousey's opponent for the ground-breaking show has yet to be revealed with the teasing announcement being made following Rousey and the Bella Twins' victory over The Riott Squad at WWE Super Show-Down.
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