Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day, featuring Charlotte Flair, Tiffany Stratton, and Kevin Owens.
• Backstage News On Who Went Off Script First In The Charlotte Flair – Tiffany Stratton Promo
The backstage fallout from the Tiffany Stratton and Charlotte Flair promo segment from SmackDown continues, where both women went off-script.
Fightful Select reports that at least one source close to Stratton alleges Charlotte deviated from the script first, prompting Stratton to respond in kind. This source also claimed that Stratton’s decision to leave the ring after delivering a pointed remark about Flair’s divorce was an attempt to de-escalate the situation, suggesting that underlying tensions had been building.
“At least one source close to Stratton claimed that Charlotte went off script first, then Stratton fought back. The claim was that rolling out of the ring after dropping the marriage line was to try to avoid the situation escalating. The belief was that this situation has been boiling over for a while.”
However, management’s reaction was reportedly negative towards both women involved. “Management wasn’t happy with either woman from what we’re told.”
The backstage reaction during the segment was also noteworthy. “We’ve heard that when the back and forth happened to close the promo, there were some audible ‘oohs’ and ‘woahs’ and general surprise that it unfolded that way.” This indicates that the segment’s conclusion was unexpected, even to WWE Officials backstage.
Also Read: Backstage Reaction Of WWE’s Women To Charlotte Flair – Tiffany Stratton Promo
• Kevin Owens Is Not Happy About His Injury News Getting Leaked
On Friday morning, PWN reported that Kevin Owens is dealing with an injury and his WrestleMania 41 match with Randy Orton is in jeopardy. A few hours later, kerrmit125 reported that Owens needs surgery and will be away for a while, which meant he wasn’t going to work WrestleMania.
During an interview on My Mom’s Basement podcast before SmackDown, Owens had the following to say about his injury news getting leaked:
“Yeah, it really annoys me actually. I woke up to seeing that it was already leaked. And I really, it really upsets me especially because I know that whoever leaked it is some office employee that shouldn’t know this sh*t in the first place.
I told people this is gonna leak. They’re like, ‘no, no, we’re keeping a tight knit.’ But then yesterday, obviously some departments have to find out for some reasons.
And now someone who shouldn’t know this stuff found out and it went where it shouldn’t.
Now, they took away my right to tell people, because now everybody knows already.”
