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Welcome to another edition of the daily WWE News and Rumor roundup, where we try and bring the biggest news and rumors from the world of WWE to you. With WWE having a great showing at Crown Jewel and SmackDown following it, things are looking up for the company.
However, multiple reports have stated that there was a lot of backstage commotion at Smackdown as two of WWE's biggest names had a heated confrontation. Vince McMahon was allegedly angry at the superstar and a current champion was asked to leave the building.
We will talk about this backstage confrontation and much more. So without further ado, let us dive in and take a look at some big rumors and news from the day:
#5 Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns praised for WWE SmackDown segment
Dutch Mantell analyzed this week's SmackDown while speaking on SportsKeeda's Smack Talk. The former WWE manager said the first half-hour of the show, which focused on Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar, was the only good part about the whole broadcast:
"It went 35 minutes. It was tremendous TV and then it just went to c***. It just went like somebody turned the lights out and we were gone. That's it... They held a good rating to the half hour. The first 30 minutes flew by. It was gone. But the last hour and a half it felt like I was being [dragged] on a country road by my neck by a chain,'' said Mantell.
The show opened with Reigns being attacked by Brock Lesnar and a major brawl between the two behemoths. After losing to Reigns at Crown Jewel, The Beast Incarnate was bent on getting his revenge against The Bloodline.
Lesnar went on a rampage which led to him getting suspended. He ended up putting his hands on a WWE official as well. It is now being reported that the feud between the two men is far from over and a rematch between them will happen.
#4 Backstage altercation between WWE stars Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch
It has been reported by PWInsider and Fightful Select that WWE Superstars Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair had an argument backstage during SmackDown. There were disagreements over how their segment was supposed to go down. During the show, the RAW and SmackDown Women's titles were set to be exchanged between the two women.
However, they ended up throwing the championships, which was never the plan. The plan was for Lynch to hold both the WWE Women's championships for a while before handing one to Flair. But Charlotte Flair did not play along and went off-script.
"I'm working on getting more, but PWInsider's report is in line with what I'd heard late Friday. There were disagreements with how the segment was going to go, they hadn't planned on the belt being thrown down, and there were some words exchanged backstage," Sean Ross Sapp tweeted right after the segment.
It was also reported that a major portion of the roster had already left the venue when this happened. After a long work week, the employees were looking to leave early.
#3 Vince McMahon unhappy with WWE RAW Women's Champion Charlotte Flair
Alex McCarthy of Talksport has stated that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon wasn't happy that Charlotte Flair did not talk to him at the Gorilla Position and left immediately after her segment with Becky Lynch got over on SmackDown:
"Flair walked away and Vince McMahon wasn’t happy Charlotte left gorilla without talking to him. Flair is now heading to Orlando to support Andrade at AEW Dynamite," wrote Alex McCarthy of talkSPORT.
It is clear that The Queen was not happy at all with the way WWE planned the angle to the extent that she went into business for herself on live television. Vince McMahon might have wanted to have a word with her before she left, but Flair showed disrespect by walking away.
#2 Charlotte Flair told to leave the arena after her 'shouting match' with Becky Lynch
Fightful Select reported that after the show got over, there was a 'shouting match' backstage. Charlotte Flair said that she accidentally dropped the titles during the aforementioned segment on SmackDown and did not mean to.
However, she was asked to leave the arena before Becky Lynch's dark match ended so that another heated argument between the two women would not erupt. It was also reported that Flair went straight to AEW to support Andrade El Idolo after she was told to leave.
#1 Jim Ross on why Test never became a top star in WWE
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross talked about late WWE Superstar Test on his Grilling JR podcast. He said that even though Test checked a lot of the boxes needed to become a big superstar, he had some drug-related issues which prevented him from becoming a megastar:
“He had intermittent interludes of connecting with the audience. He had a great look and he ticked a lot of boxes. But I think the ability to stay connected, and he might if he was alive today, and God rest his soul, he would probably say, ‘I wish I had this to do over, I could do this over,’ but he had some drug issues,'' said Ross.
Jim Ross stated that some superstars did have issues with drug abuse and Test was one of the athletes who struggled with it. Even though Test was a former Intercontinental Champion and had the look of a top star, he never managed to break into the main event scene.
