Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day, including an update on John Cena.
• John Cena failed to break his 5-year televised singles match losing streak at WWE Crown Jewel 2023 in Saudi Arabia, where he lost to Solo Sikoa of The Bloodline.
Solo hit Cena with 10 back-to-back Samoan Spikes to pick up the biggest win of his career.
After the match, Cena teased his WWE retirement on Instagram, as he posted a photo of David Beckham from Beckham’s final game in 2013.
Cena teased his retirement once again today on Instagram, as he posted a photo of Babe Ruth’s final public appearance from 1948:
• As seen on this week’s episode of RAW, The Miz defeated Bronson Reed, Ricochet and Ivar in a Fatal 4-Way match to become the #1 contender for the Intercontinental Championship.
After the match, Ivar attacked Miz and laid him out with a Moonsault. WWE then booked Miz vs. Ivar for next week’s RAW.
During the finish of this match, Ivar was pinning Ricochet and Miz was pinning Bronson at the same time, and the referee was counting the pin for both. However, Ricochet ended up kicking out before the 3 count, which resulted in Miz pinning Bronson and winning the match.
According to the Wrestling Observer, this finish was scheduled to be a double pinfall, which would’ve resulted in Miz vs. Ivar on next week’s RAW being for the #1 contender spot, with the winner going on to Survivor Series to face Gunther for the Intercontinental Championship.
However, Ricochet forgot to follow the plan and ended up kicking out because he got “rocked earlier in the match” (possible concussion), when his head bounced off the mat during a spot.
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