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In today’s rumor roundup, Matt Hardy reveals the Hall of Famer he wants to team up with, while another former United States champion suffered an injury and more! Buddy Murphy talks about the time he cried his eyes out, and one former WWE Superstar revealed why she left the company.
Before we get to that, let’s get the headline-makers out of the way.
Goldberg’s Super ShowDown opponent revealed
Goldberg is set to return for Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia this month, and his opponent will be announced on SmackDown this week. Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio has revealed that it could possibly be King Corbin! Meltzer and Alvarez discussed the following:
Alvarez: Well, he is going to SmackDown, and usually when Goldberg’s doing something it is on RAW unless it’s SmackDown for a reason.
Meltzer: Right, right, right. Especially because he’s pretty much like the Paul Heyman project. So him being on SmackDown is a big surprise. That’s why Bray Wyatt sort of makes sense as there is no other opponent. I mean, they could do a Daniel Bryan match again, but he’s beaten Daniel Bryan twice clean. And they have to do something. Roman Reigns is going to be the guy at WrestleMania. So, they got two PPVs until WrestleMania. They got Saudi, and then they got Elimination Chamber. One right after the other. So, it’s kind of a weird situation. I mean, what are the heels do they have. It could be Corbin. It absolutely could be Corbin.
RAW Superstar suffers facial injury
Natalya suffered a facial injury on Monday Night RAW last night. She was involved in a match with Asuka, and they had some real heat between them.
The former WWE Divas Champion took to Twitter to post a photo of herself and captioned it: “We’re only getting started”. Asuka won the match and was challenged by The Man once again, and she is set to have another title shot next week.
Before moving on to the next part, check out what Kay Lee Ray has to say regarding a potential encounter with the reigning RAW Women's Champion!
Buddy Murphy reveals he cried when Edge retired
Buddy Murphy is a top heel on Monday Night RAW now but he was full of praise for Edge during a recent interview. He was talking to Metro when he revealed that he cried his eyes out when Edge announced his retirement. He said:
‘I remember when he retired on television, I was a fan back then. I remembered bawling my eyes out just because of how tragic and unexpected it was. But I’m not gonna lie, I did enjoy coming out at number 30, pulling him out and kneeing him in the face. There was a childhood dream, so to speak, accomplished at that moment.
Murphy is now one-half of the RAW tag-team champions and is helping Seth Rollins establish himself as the heel of the show. Talking about the Royal Rumble, he said:
"It was awesome, anytime you can be in a building with 40,000 people is always good – especially when they’re either booing or cheering you. To be stood beside AOP and Seth is always awesome, to come out at number 30 is even better!
Matt Hardy wants to team up with Edge
Edge and Matt Hardy have history together in WWE and they were once involved in a heated rivalry as a part of the company. They had real-life issues at that point involving Lita and that saw them have a go at each other in 2005.
The feud ended with a ladder match match in the same year. The loser was to leave Monday Night RAW and Hardy ended up moving to SmackDown.
They were mostly on the opposite end of the ring for most of their career but now, Hardy wants to share the ring with Edge as a tag-team. Hardy seems to have put all his heat with Edge behind him and tweeted: “If we are ever in the ring together again, I feel we’d be better as allies than enemies at this stage.”
Matt is on the verge of leaving WWE with his contract coming to an end. He has not signed a new deal and reports suggest he is heading to All Elite Wrestling.
Jazzy Gabert reveals why she left WWE
Jazzy Gabert was easily one of the most popular stars on the Mae Young Classic and was signed up by WWE last year. However, she did not last long with the company and left last month.
Talking to Wrestling Inc Daily, she explained the reasons:
"It was difficult because WWE was always my dream since I was a little kid. But to be honest, NXT UK was so different from SmackDown or Raw which is what I was dreaming of. I asked if there was a chance to move up and their typical answer was that creative had nothing for you.
"I had just one month with NXT UK so we had the Performance Center for 10 days and then tapings. But for me that was not enough. I want to do it full time and be on the road all the time. So I was searching for other projects doing TV stuff and acting. It was successful and they were like, 'Wow! You're awesome and we really want to work with you.' It was all or nothing so I had to make the decision and it was hard." H/T: WINC
Former United States champion out with shoulder injury
AJ Styles and Samoa Joe are not the only former United States champions who are out injured right now. Kalisto is also nursing a shoulder injury as per Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet.
The former United States champion had just signed a new deal with the company but has not been on WWE TV for some time. He has been out since December and Satin reports that it could have happened at a live event at the Staples Center. He reported:
According to sources, the Lucha House Party member suffered a shoulder separation that does not require surgery at this time. It’s unclear, however, how long he’ll be unable to wrestle.
While we don’t have official confirmation on when the injury occurred, it would appear as though it happened during a live event at the Staples Center in December. The wrestler’s match that night against The Revival ended abruptly and Kalisto was checked out by WWE’s medical team afterward.
WWE have a lot of stars injured now and will be a bit worried about the situation.
