• 3 Matches Confirmed For NXT TakeOver: Chicago Event
After last night’s NXT TV tapings, the following three matches have been confirmed for next month’s NXT TakeOver: Chicago event:
– NXT Championship Match: Aleister Black (c) vs. Lars Sullivan
– NXT Women’s Championship Match: Shayna Baszler vs. Nikki Cross
– Street Fight: Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa
• Paul Heyman Says Carmella Understands The First Rule Of Branding
Below is a recent Twitter exchange between a fan and Paul Heyman:
4 years ago, @HeymanHustle kept repeating ? on behalf of @BrockLesnar that he conquered The Undertaker’s undefeated streak @WrestleMania.. @CarmellaWWE doesn’t need anyone to announce that she pinned @MsCharlotteWWE twice & walked out #SDLive Women’s Champion. ? #MellaIsMoney pic.twitter.com/ZEdpq6iNVF
— Rashaad Hudson (@Mr_HudsonWWEFan) May 8, 2018
. @CarmellaWWE understands the first rule of branding.
REPETITION … REPETITION …. REPETITION …. REPITITION …. REPETITION … REPETITION …. REPETITION …. REPITITION …. REPETITION … REPETITION …. REPETITION …. REPITITION …. REPETITION … REPEAT! https://t.co/1asYoKcuzV— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) May 8, 2018
• Samoa Joe Comments On Rumors Of Him Being Supposed To Be Umaga, Says People Comparing Him To Umaga Was “Mad Racist”
During a recent interview with Pop Culture, new SmackDown Live Superstar Samoa Joe commented on an old rumor of him being supposed to be Umaga (play the Umaga character in WWE) and people comparing him to Umaga.
Below are the highlights:
On rumor of him being supposed to be Umaga (play the Umaga character in WWE):
“It absolutely, positively, couldn’t be any more false. We never talked, like… What people didn’t get is, they couldn’t talk to me legally. I think I still had two years on my contract, I wasn’t going anywhere. So, it’s funny, I think people thought you could just walk away from a deal at that time. You couldn’t. We never talked, I was never even brought up to be Umaga.”
On people comparing him to Umaga:
“I thought it was mad racist, cause it was like, I had just come on TNA and I was Samoa Joe, and it was like this prominently featured Samoan character, and then it was like, oh, well this is WWE’s answer to Samoa Joe, right? No. You wouldn’t do that if it was any other, right? It was mad racist to me.
Why would you come up with that comparative, because he’s like… we weren’t even the same character! We weren’t even remotely anything like each other. But the fact that I was Samoan and he was Samoan, we were the same character. And I was like, what…what are you talking? That’s the comparison you draw?”
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