Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day.
• Alexa Bliss was last seen on WWE programming at Royal Rumble 2023, where she lost to Bianca Belair in a RAW Women’s Championship match.
Word going on is that she’ll be returning to WWE later this year or early next year.
She has started training for her in-ring return. She posted the following on her Instagram story:
Alexa Bliss has started training for her WWE return pic.twitter.com/1evG9Fg7xH
— WrestleFeed (@WrestleFeedApp) July 14, 2024
WATCH: Fan Slaps Alexa Bliss’ Buns:
• WWE Veteran Shelton Benjamin recently discussed his career and his thoughts on John Cena’s wrestling abilities. Despite spending 17 years with WWE, Benjamin was released during the September 2023 cuts and never moved beyond the mid-card scene.
In a conversation with Chris Van Vliet on the Insight podcast, Benjamin admitted that he didn’t advocate for himself, believing his work should speak for itself. He acknowledged both his strengths and weaknesses, particularly noting past criticism of his promo skills. He stated:
“No, I didn’t (fight for myself). Because I felt like my work should speak for itself and I didn’t want to fight for myself. I knew what my strengths were, I knew what my weaknesses were, and obviously I tried to work on them. I know I used to get so much slack for my promo work, and it’s like, yes, I was horrible at one time and then, like I said, I improved. But while I improved, I still wasn’t as flashy.”
Benjamin compared himself to John Cena, claiming that while Cena couldn’t match him in a wrestling match, his own mic skills were lacking:
“I will say I’m the anti-Cena because I don’t believe, in a wrestling match, in a move-for-move, whatever, he can’t hold a candle to me. But when it comes to mic skills, I’m at the shallow end of the gene pool.”
