WWE Remove JBL Signs At Smackdown, Finn Balor Injured On Raw

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The Face That Runs the Place, the former Champ that Runs The Camp, The Phenomenal One That...Don’t
Want None AJ Styles is staying on Smackdown Live!
Reports that Styles would go to Raw, in exchange for Roman Reigns to Smackdown, date back to
late last year, with a WWE game preview showing The Phenomenal One’s silhouette as drafted
to Raw up until the weekend.
Wrestling News World are reporting the AJ trade was switched for Bray Wyatt in “a
last minute change.”
Instead, we ended up with Styles on the same brand as Shinsuke Nakamura, Sami Zayn and
Kevin Owens.
I think Vince McMahon has gotten hold of my fantasy non-WWE roster from 2012.
Joining Owens and Zayn on the blue brand are The Shining Stars Primo and Epico, Charlotte,
Sin Cara, Rusev and Lana, Byron Saxton, No Carbs Jinder Mahal, and The New Day Big E,
Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods.
PWInsider successfully reported that Charlotte, Owens, Zayn and the Shining Stars would all
be moving to Smackdown earlier in the day.
There was one name mentioned that didn’t make the switch, though - Sasha Banks.
Banks had teased the move on Instagram shortly before Smackdown began, posting a cracking
pun on her hometown where the show was taking place #BOSSTON
Later she shared an image with Smackdown wrestlers Natalya and the returning Tamina, showing
she was indeed in town for the show.
As much as the crowd popped for the Smackdown Live debuts of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn,
their chant de jour was most definitely ‘Fire Bradshaw’.
This comes following the building media storm over Mauro Ranallo reportedly leaving WWE
because of JBL’s rumoured backstage bullying.
The story is now being reported in mainstream news outlets Sports Illustrated and Yahoo
Sports.
Rather than apologise for a corporate culture built around hazing and ‘weeding out the
weak’, or even admonish the main perpetrator JBL, WWE are instead dealing with the growing
media storm by ejecting fans with anti-bullying signs.
The Fan’s Podcast have posted a video on Twitter showing a fan being escorted out of
the Smackdown crowd proudly holding a ‘JBL BULLIED ME’ sign.
One fan shared another photo on Twitter of the man before he was ejected, showing how
close he was to JBL.
It’s not so nice when people make you feel worthless, is it?
The Superstar Shake-Up helped Raw a great deal in the ratings, drawing an impressive
3.43 million average viewers.
This is down from last week’s post-Wrestlemania average of 3.77, but that does tend to be
the highest rated episode of the year.
Meanwhile, in your opinion, 54% gave the show an AvRAWge, while 29% thought it slightly
better at Cor.
One of the more worrying parts of the show came when Jinder Mahal accidentally delivered
a very stiff forearm to Finn Balor.
As CageSideSeats point out, the footage makes it look like Balor was legitimately knocked
out, falling face first onto the matt rather than using his arms to do a front bump.
The clearly visible friction burns on his face at the end of the match suggests Finn
was indeed KO’d when he fell down.
Somehow Balor finished the match, but he appeared noticeably dazed.
Something that probably wasn’t helped when he presumably thought Mahal knocked him into
Tuesday night as Bray Wyatt suddenly appeared on the TitanTron following the match.
Numerous sources have confirmed to PWInsider that Balor suffered a concussion during the
match, which was his first singles bout since last August.
The article notes WWE haven’t officially acknowledged the concussion yet, and there’s
no word on how long he’ll be out, if at all.
Watch my full review of Smackdown’s Superstar Shake-Up and find out which ex-WWE Champion
has been contacted for a return by clicking the videos to the left and press subscribe.
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WWE Remove JBL Signs At Smackdown, Finn Balor Injured On Raw | WrestleTalk News April 2017

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