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We are back with another exciting WWE News Roundup to look at the top stories that recently made headlines. The Fiend returned to WWE with a new look, and the details behind his transformation were revealed after the Fastlane pay-per-view.
A few popular inductees were announced for this year's Hall of Fame ceremony. A top SmackDown star said he was excited to take a German Suplex from Brock Lesnar. Meanwhile, a legendary commentator recently expressed his disappointment over Chyna's WrestleMania 17 match. John Cena also reacted to a longtime rival's comments.
In addition to a few other top stories, let's dive straight into the latest WWE News Roundup.
#1 Details behind The Fiend's new look in WWE revealed
During Alexa Bliss and Randy Orton's intergender clash at Fastlane, The Fiend emerged from the ring with a scorched appearance. The Fiend's new look has created a lot of buzz on social media, and the names of the people responsible for creating this look were recently revealed.
SFX makeup artist Jason Baker recently took to Twitter to announce that the look had been created at Callosum Studios — a studio created by Baker and legendary SFX makeup artist Tom Savini. While Baker specifically helped out in the sculpting and painting process, Savini supervised the entire project.
Other individuals who worked on the design are credited in the tweet embedded below.
Jason Baker has collaborated with WWE and Bray Wyatt in the past. Baker helped create The Fiend's previous mask, the Firefly Fun House puppets, and the character's trademark lantern.
Last year, Wyatt mentioned him in a Twitter thread regarding a potential horror film about The Fiend.
#2 Randy Orton's wife lashed out at Alexa Bliss after WWE Fastlane
Speaking of the intergender match between Randy Orton and Alexa Bliss, the latter emerged victorious at Fastlane, thanks to The Fiend's assistance.
Orton's wife, Kim Marie, took to Twitter and gave her blunt response to the match. Marie's reaction can be seen below.
"@AlexaBliss_WWE you might’ve just f****d up little girl"
Randy Orton also acknowledged his wife's unhappiness over the situation through his own amusing tweet, mentioning rapper Soulja Boy in the process. But he deleted that tweet soon after it was published.
#3 The Great Khali and Kane announced as the latest 2021 WWE Hall of Fame inductees
In a recent video posted by WWE India, The Great Khali's friend and manager, Ranjin Singh, announced that Khali will be inducted into the 2021 WWE Hall of Fame.
"You're going into the 2021 WWE Hall of Fame class. Hey, congratulations, Khali. You are one of the next inductees into the 2021 WWE Hall of Fame. I am so happy and so proud to give you this news."
The Indian-born star will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 6, 2021.
Meanwhile, during this week's episode of WWE's The Bump, Kane was featured as a guest. During the interview, The Undertaker appeared on the screen. Towards the end of their discussion, The Phenom revealed that Kane will be inducted into the 2021 WWE Hall of Fame.
"It is truly my honor to announce that you, Kane, will be the next inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame, the class of 2021. Well deserved, much earned, and couldn't be more proud of you, brother."
Kane seemed quite emotional over this announcement, as The Undertaker even said, "There is no Hall of Fame without Kane."
This year, the WWE Hall of Fame will include inductees from both the 2020 and 2021 classes. The 2020 class currently features:
- The nWo (Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Sean Waltman)
- The Bella Twins
- JBL
- Jushin 'Thunder' Liger
- The British Bulldog
In addition to Kane and The Great Khali, the 2021 class so far includes Molly Holly and Eric Bischoff as well.
#4 "It's embarrassing" - Jim Ross on Chyna's WWE WrestleMania 17 match
During an episode of 'Grilling JR' with Jim Ross and host Conrad Thompson, the two men discussed WrestleMania 17.
At the pay-per-view, Chyna earned her first and only women's title victory in WWE against Ivory. They both wrestled in a squash match at WrestleMania 17 that lasted less than three minutes.
Jim Ross recently expressed his disappointment over the match and called it "totally unprofessional."
"It's embarrassing. You don't go to WrestleMania, you're going to win the title in front of 67,000+ people, and you don't put out the effort that the match, the place, the time, and the opponent deserved. Totally unprofessional, in my view."
"And these shows are challenging to do, Conrad, because so often we're speaking of those who are no longer with us, and I have a hard time with that, quite frankly. It sure didn't sound like you did? You just went and called out Chyna, my favorite. Look at the evidence, your honor. Look at the evidence."
JR also thought that the match being short was its saving grace. During the bout's finish, Chyna just rested her back over Ivory, which Ross thought was quite lazy and disrespectful.
#5 John Cena reacted to his longtime WWE rival Randy Orton's Broken Skull Sessions interview
John Cena and Randy Orton are some of WWE's greatest rivals. The two veterans faced each other 123 times in singles competition between 2001 and 2017.
Orton was the most recent guest on Stone Cold Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions. Meanwhile, on Twitter, Cena broke away from his inspirational tweet format and praised Orton as well as his longtime rival's interview with Steve Austin. Cena's comments can be read in the tweet embedded below.
During Orton's chat with Steve Austin, the former revealed that he learned a lot from Cena throughout his career.
"I learned so much from him because I was in my head a lot. I worked with him early on but it wasn’t until midway through my couple of decades here that we really put in a couple of hundred matches with each other, live events and everything. I’ve never… ‘Hustle, Loyalty, Respect’… Dude, that hustle, that’s a real thing. I’ve never known anybody to ask as many questions and jump outside of his comfort zone and try all these things.”
Randy Orton added that John Cena helped him understand the importance of crowd interaction in WWE.
#6 Daniel Bryan was excited to take a German Suplex from Brock Lesnar at WWE Survivor Series 2018
During his latest interview with Alex McCarthy of TalkSPORT, Daniel Bryan revealed that he is proud of the WWE Survivor Series 2018 match between himself and Brock Lesnar.
Bryan also expressed his excitement over receiving a German Suplex from Lesnar:
"That match is something that I'm really, really proud of and it was a test for me. I don't think there's been anybody in the history of WWE who's been more excited to take a German Suplex from Brock Lesnar than me."
"Just to be like 'Ok, let's see! We got to see what I got here. Am I good?!' German Suplex… 'Yep, I'm good' [laughs]."
At the time of their inter-brand clash, Bryan was SmackDown's WWE Champion while Lesnar was RAW's Universal Champion.
The match lasted 18 minutes and 50 seconds, as Brock Lesnar eventually emerged as the victorious competitor.
#7 "You might be on to something" - YouTube sensation Logan Paul on a potential conspiracy against Sami Zayn in WWE
Sami Zayn's conspiracy gimmick has become an integral part of WWE SmackDown. Zayn believes there is a conspiracy stacked against him in WWE.
He recently got involved in a Twitter exchange with YouTube sensation Logan Paul. Zayn reached out to Paul on Twitter and asked for his opinion on the situation.
Paul replied that he has watched some raw footage captured by Zayn's personal documentary crew. He alluded to the possibility that the conspiracy theories against Zayn could be true all along.
#8 Vince McMahon's reaction to Bayley's new look in WWE revealed
Bayley recently appeared on Renee Paquette's Oral Sessions podcast. When the WWE SmackDown star turned heel back in October 2020, she eventually embraced her new persona and cut her hair short.
Regarding this change in appearance, Bayley revealed that Vince McMahon was quite impressed with it.
"He was in the production office, and I walked in. I go 'All right, Vince. Here I am.' He kind of just stared at me for a second. And then I spun around to make sure he knows that I cut my hair. I did this awkward spin, and he goes, 'looks awesome!'"
Bayley was relieved to hear McMahon's positive response to her new look. The WWE Chairman thought the change in appearance suited Bayley's heel character.
#9 Daniel Bryan revealed how Jon Moxley was partly responsible for his in-ring return in WWE
Back in 2018, Daniel Bryan returned to in-ring action in WWE. On the road to getting cleared to wrestle, Bryan revealed that a match between AJ Styles and Jon Moxley (fka Dean Ambrose) on WWE SmackDown encouraged him to return.
At the time, Bryan sat near ringside during Styles' match against the current AEW star. Speaking to Bleacher Report, Bryan recalled the importance of that particular instance in his WWE career.
''The worst one was when I had to sit ringside for a Dean Ambrose vs. AJ Styles match and that was the one that broke me. AJ and I at that point hadn’t [fought]. He hadn’t come to WWE before I retired."
"Seeing those guys go out there, and they're both great, I was like, 'Man, I should be in there doing this with these guys.' It really ate me up, and when I came home, I think Brie saw a different person as far as striving to prove.''
After Daniel Bryan was cleared to return, he eventually got an opportunity to wrestle AJ Styles in a WWE ring.
#10 Jim Ross joked about Vince McMahon's onscreen affair with Trish Stratus in WWE
The buildup to Shane and Vince McMahon's WrestleMania 17 match featured several twists and turns. From Mick Foley, Stephanie, and Linda McMahon's involvement in the angle to Vince McMahon's onscreen affair with Trish Stratus, this storyline was indeed controversial.
Jim Ross spoke about the WrestleMania 17 match and the whole angle during the latest episode of Grilling JR on AdFreeShows.com. JR revealed that he joked with Vince McMahon backstage during the latter's fictional affair with Trish Stratus.
"I was always used to like the fact; I used to kid Vince McMahon about it too, 'How many times are you going to kiss Trish tonight?' (mimics Vince McMahon's laughter) You're thinking of a thought cloud above his head - "As many times as I want!" (continues mimicking Vince McMahon's laugh). So, anyway, but it got him more heat."
Jim Ross felt that the controversial angle created sympathy for Stratus, while it built up more heat for Vince McMahon's on-screen persona. JR said that Stratus did an excellent job with her role at the time.
"Trish did her role there very well, and it had to be an uncomfortable role because what precedent was there for someone to be in her role?"
Vince McMahon eventually lost against his own son, Shane McMahon, in a Street Fight at WrestleMania 17. This feud would later spiral into the Invasion storyline between WWF/E, WCW, and ECW.
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