Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day, featuring Shayna Baszler and Giovanni Vinci.
• Dakota Kai has been cleared to return to in-ring action after suffering a concussion recently. She will team up with IYO SKY to take on Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez on Monday’s RAW.
Shayna Baszler wasn’t happy about this and tweeted the following:
“Cool. Damage CTRL gets injured… and gets rewarded again. If only Zoey Stark & I were that fragile, we could quit getting screwed out of opportunities.”
After this tweet, Shayna had a heated back-and-forth with a fan. You can read the exchange below:
Fan: I think it helps if you can get the crowd to make a noise.
Shayna: Trying to tell successful pros how to find success when homie isn’t even successful at Twitter!
Fan: lol if you’re proud to spend your career as a jobber good for you, I actually like to achieve things in life!
Shayna: Both of us are former champions. I hold a couple records for it. Homie, you’ve barely achieved double digits on Twitter lol.
• Giovanni Vinci was among the names released during WWE’s latest wave of roster cuts. Vinci had support from some within WWE, but his return with a fresh character update wasn’t given any real follow-through.
With Vinci absent from television for some time, many assumed he had been pushed down the roster. His lack of TV appearances only added to the speculation, as he hadn’t competed on-screen in quite a while.
The Wrestling Observer reported the following about WWE’s canceled plan for Vinci:
“I called Vinci as soon as the team (with Ludwig Kaiser) split up. Was told they had a great idea for him doing the rich playboy gimmick. Oh well.”
Vinci issued the following statement after his release:
“Thank you for everything! Thank you to the WWE Universe, WWE, and everyone I had the pleasure of working with.”
