WWE: Kurt Angle on Scrapped Return Plans, Drake Maverick on Creative Hiring, Sunday Stunner

Kurt Angle Comments on WWE’s Scrapped Plans for His Potential Return

As noted before, Kurt Angle recently revealed that WWE had scrapped all of their plans for him to make a potential return to the company. These plans revolved around Angle being involved in the current feud between RK-Bro and Alpha Academy.

During a recent episode of the Kurt Angle Show podcast, co-host Angle revealed some details regarding the dropped plans WWE had for his potential return.

“That’s all true. That’s what it was. There are a lot of rumors going around that I was supposed to be booked for WrestleMania 38, which is not true at all. If you saw the post, a lot of people thought that I was talking about WrestleMania when I was talking about what I was going to do at the Royal Rumble, have the program for a few weeks, and the blowoff would have been Saudi Arabia where I would referee the match between RK-Bro and Alpha Academy.

I am not signed with WWE by any means. Didn’t cut a deal. That whole program got canceled at the last second, so it never happened. Unfortunate, but sometimes they have different plans for these guys and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Drake Maverick Confirms His Recent Hiring to WWE’s Creative Team

As noted before, WWE recently hired Drake Maverick as the newest member of their creative team.

Maverick recently provided an update on his Linkedin page confirming that he was hired back to WWE to be a creative writer for the company.

I am pleased to announce that towards the end of 2021 – I accepted the wonderful offer of becoming a part of the WWE Creative Writing Team as a Writer / Producer.

Some of my last appearances in ring for WWE fittingly happened in the United Kingdom. The last appearance of that tour was in my hometown of Birmingham, UK where it all started. My parents had seen me perform many times at arena shows but never for the WWE. I finally was at peace with what I had accomplished in life & said to them both at the hotel with tears rolling down & my face beaming with pride ‘Mom, Dad – I did it’

My final appearance in the ring was in Louisville KY which was my first home in the United States when I moved to the country in 2013 – This writes itself doesn’t it? After a fun & entertaining match with involving a cavalcade of stars we returned to the gorilla position to smiling faces & a rounds of applause. That UK tour ending with that night in Louisville KY was the most rewarding week of my career. If you told me there & then that was the end – I was good with it.

I now have the opportunity to expand my horizons even further in the industry I love as well as many other avenues including film & television. After a career beginning in 2001 as an in ring performer I have personally exceeded all of my personal expectations from a geographical & physical standpoint in a line of work somebody like myself should have never succeeded in.

Needless to say, all thanks to the people I have had the pleasure of being around on the journey & this industry as a whole – I am in a blessed position in life. It owes me nothing yet I owe it everything.

Thanks for reading – James

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WWE Reportedly Renaming Sunday House Shows as “Sunday Stunner” Post-WrestleMania 38

WWE reportedly will be renaming their Sunday house show events under a new brand name of “Sunday Stunner” following this year’s WrestleMania 38 event, according to the Wrestling Observer.

It was reported that TicketMaster currently has the Sunday, May 1st house show event in Fairfax, Virginia listed under this new brand name for the show. It was also reported that two other Sunday post-WrestleMania 38 house show events in Syracuse and Binghamton, New York have yet to be changed to this new name on TicketMaster’s website.

Besides TicketMaster, EagleBank Arena stated on their website that WWE’s event at their venue on May 1st will be under this new brand name.