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Welcome to another edition of the daily WWE Rumor Roundup. In today's edition, this article will take a look into rumors on why a former Champion was released by WWE, a 'vicious' move that had to be retired because of a botch, and much more.
Apart from that, we will also take a look at a major problem with Bray Wyatt and his booking in WWE. We will also take a look at an apparent furious backstage reaction over a match between Randy Orton and John Cena.
So without further ado, let's dive right in and take a look at WWE's biggest stories and rumors:
#5 Jim Cornette got angry backstage after Randy Orton's match against John Cena
Former WWE Superstar Eugene recently spoke on Talk is Jericho. Eugene talked about the time when OVW Promoter Jim Cornette lost his cool after a match between Randy Orton and John Cena exceeded the set time limit.
Jim Cornette was the head booker of OVW at the time John Cena and Randy Orton were both part of WWE's developmental territory. Eugene revealed that Cornette was very upset with the future WWE Champions for going over the time limit by over two minutes. Cornette got so upset that he started hitting his own car with a baseball bat.
''They went over like two minutes and 17 seconds, something like that. I remember Cena coming back doing his tape, it was a good match. Like, ‘Yeah, we did really good. Corny [Jim Cornette] is, ‘God damn, two minutes and 17 seconds?’ Gets his baseball bat and starts beating the windows in the building down from us, hitting his car. Randy just left when he came back. Yeah, every now and then it [Cornette’s frustrations] came out."
While Randy Orton and John Cena have faced each other countless times in WWE, the two men were apparently opponents just twice during their stint in OVW.
#4 Former WWE Superstar Eugene was fired for gaining weight
Former WWE superstar Nick Dinsmore, better known as Eugene, recently spoke to Chris Jericho on the Talk is Jericho podcast. The former Tag Team Champion talked about his time in WWE and also revealed the reason for which he was fired by the company.
Eugene was part of the WWE roster from 2004 to 2007. However, he did make a return to WWE in 2009 but was released after just one televised match against The Miz. The match was a 'contract on a pole' match. The reason behind him being released was that the company felt he had put on too much weight.
“I came back and apparently they’d seen me two months earlier. I must’ve gotten heat. Either I’d got so much into bad shape or the mind was turned. But they were like, ‘We’re not selling fat, old Eugene, you’re fired.’”
Although Eugene was a part of multiple live events after his return in 2009, WWE did not see much in him as a television character and thus released Dinsmore.
#3 WWE legend Kurt Angle retired major move after a big botch
Speaking on his podcast, The Kurt Angle Show, the former WWE Champion spoke about his iconic match against Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 21. Although the match is still considered one of the all-time greats, a spot during the match had left fans concerned.
The spot being talked about is Angle giving a vicious Angle Slam to Shawn Michaels which led to the Heartbreak Kid hitting the steel ring post awkwardly. Kurt Angle stated that he stopped using that version of the Angle Slam following the botch.
"Well, he didn't hit his hamstring. He hit his a**. I didn't have him lined up properly, and I went backward and Shawn; it was a little lower on his body, but it did the job. It made sense. There was nothing wrong with the move, whether I hit his lower back or his a**. I think the fans got an idea of what I was trying to do."
Angle admitted that it was a vicious move, and because it did not hit right, he used it for the first and last time at WrestleMania 21.
#2 Update on Bo Dallas in WWE
Bray Wyatt's real-life brother and former RAW Tag Team Champion Bo Dallas has been missing from WWE since last year. While his tag team partner Curtis Axel was released from the company in April last year, Dallas continues to be part of WWE despite never being used.
As per Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio, Bo Dallas has not been released as per some rumors and is still under contract. Meltzer would go on to say that it is a big mystery why WWE is neither using him on TV nor letting him go.
“Yes [he’s still signed with WWE]. He’s there and you know how they say ‘creative has nothing for him’? In his case that’s actually true. Usually when people say that it’s something else. I don’t know why he’s never been cut, they never use him. But, they didn’t cut him and they cut all of those guys that they cut in April. [H/T Wrestle Talk]
Bo Dallas has tremendous potential and hopefully he will return to WWE soon.
#1 Vince Russo blasts WWE for The Fiend's booking
Vince Russo addressed the topic of "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt while speaking on SportsKeeda's Legion of RAW. The former WWE writer was livid at the way the company has booked Bray Wyatt.
This week on RAW, Alexa Bliss hinted that The Fiend would respawn after he was burnt alive by Randy Orton at TLC. Russo believes that WWE have failed to utilize The Fiend character and are now looking to introduce a new persona.
''You guys sc***ed up Bray Wyatt. Now you have done nothing with The Fiend and now he's going to warp into something else because you guys don't know what to do with him? My God! It's going to go back to what we were just talking about. Nobody gets fired over this? Nobody's being fired over this?"
It is likely that The Fiend will be facing Randy Orton at WrestleMania, possibly in a brand new persona.
Would you like to see The Fiend return in a new persona? Let us know in the comments below.
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