Below are a couple of top WWE & AEW news stories of the day, featuring Liv Morgan, Dominik Mysterio, Rhea Ripley and Young Bucks.
• During the opening segment of this week’s RAW, Rhea Ripley took a shot at Dominik Mysterio’s manhood when she said the following:
“You stabbed me in the back and the thing is, and this is probably something you’ve heard before – it just wasn’t deep enough.”
You can watch it below:
— WrestleFeed (@WrestleFeedApp) August 13, 2024
After RAW, Liv tweeted the following about Rhea’s claim:
“Can confirm this is not true (Smirking Face Emoji)”
WATCH: Liv Morgan’s Buns Exposed At Royal Rumble 2023:
• The Young Bucks have been less active in AEW since the Blood & Guts match, leading to some fan criticism for their limited appearances over the summer.
According to latest reports, Matt and Nick Jackson’s current AEW contract only requires them to work a limited number of dates, and their absence from TV is due to not being scheduled for additional shows.
Here’s what the Wrestling Observer reported:
“I gotta say this because I know people have taken this out on the Bucks. Listen everybody, you think that Young Bucks book their own stuff? They don’t.
If you’re upset about The Young Bucks not being on TV — if you’re upset about the Bucks not defending their Tag Team Titles, there is one person that you can be upset at and that’s Tony Khan. Because whatever contract they signed, it was for X number of dates, and he has not wanted to pay them. Maybe he’s got some plan for the end of the year or they used a bunch of dates at the beginning of the year. I don’t know what it is, but it’s not The Young Bucks deciding ‘Hey we’re gonna take the summer off and not defend our Tag Team Titles’.
It’s like Brock Lesnar. Remember when people got mad at Brock for never showing up? Like somehow Brock was calling the shots. It’s like he had X number of dates. They didn’t want to pay him for extended periods of time, so they told him to stay home and he farmed and he drank whole milk and then when they wanted him they called him and he came back to work. That’s exactly what the Bucks will do when they get the call.”
Young Bucks have wrestled 16 matches so far in 2024. They won the AEW World Tag Team Championship at the Dynasty PPV 4 months ago. Their first title defense in the current reign will take place this coming Wednesday on Dynamite, where they will face The Acclaimed.
