ICYMI: Twenty Biggest News Stories Of The Week (WWE & AEW)

In case you missed them, here are the twenty (actually twenty-two) most interesting news stories from the professional wrestling world this week. Click the hyperlinks for each piece to check them out.

• A football player has revealed that he feels disrespected by the fact that WWE is using his real name as the name for one of its wrestlers.
• This AEW star reportedly “couldn’t breathe” following a rather scary botched spot during a taping of Dynamite.
• Netflix is going to be filming a documentary series on Vince McMahon, as revealed by WWE.
• A major WWE star suggested in an interview that Roman Reigns has backstage heat.
• A popular WWE star broke down into tears this week saying that they “cannot deal with” the company anymore.
• FTR exclusively told WrestleTalk that the build to their match with The Young Bucks at Full Gear “could have been better”
• Another Raw star became the latest WWE star to receive a name change, and here is the real reason why.
• Randy Orton was stabbed in the eye following WWE Raw this week… unless you were watching in the United States.
• This major AEW star seemed to suggest that he’s somewhat unhappy with his Full Gear match. 
• WWE has announced an injury to a top SmackDown star
• WWE has revealed that it plans on holding a pay-per-view event in India next year.
• A video tape emerged from 2015 showing a popular AEW star auditioning for Tough Enough 2015.
• Vince McMahon is reportedly focused on only pushing this one WWE SmackDown star up the card.
• People within WWE were reportedly left confused by the decision to have Randy Orton win the WWE Championship at Hell in a Cell.
• It has been reported that WWE has completed the signing of a top international star
• FTR also exclusively told WrestleTalk that they have “begged” Tony Khan to book them in a match against WWE Hall of Famers.
• Despite reportedly saying she wants to join WWE, it has emerged that Thunder Rosa is under NWA contract until next year.
• Several WWE stars have reportedly reached out to Andrew Yang over the new WWE Twitch ban.
• A recent NXT match was dubbed ‘the most brutal” match in WWE history by Dave Meltzer.
• Despite the new WWE Twitch ban, a former champion has revealed that they are going to keep streaming on the platform.

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