WWE: Braun Strowman Dealing with “Little Banged Up” Knee Issues, Meiko Satomura Matches Announced for WWE’s New Japan Tour, More News

Braun Strowman Reveals He Is Dealing with “Little Banged Up” Knee

A recent episode of WWE Die Woche featured Braun Strowman as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Strowman revealing that he is currently dealing with a “little banged up” knee issue.

“Knee’s a little banged up. I got a doctor’s appointment this week to get it checked out. It’s been bugging me a little bit. If you’ve noticed, I’ve been a little off step these last couple of weeks. There’s been some little tweak going on in there. When I caught it up on the top of that barricade, I felt something move in my kneecap so I had a bruise on my knee at the end of the match and stuff like that so, not using it as an excuse or anything like that but, it sure as heck didn’t help me not get beat.”

Strowman also gave his thoughts about the potential of him interacting with the Wyatt Sicks at some point in the future.

“In all honesty, what’s going on right now, I hope they (Wyatt Sicks) stay the hell away from me. It’s pretty damn scary. Every time they show up, there’s just bodies laying around everywhere and I don’t know what’s going on in all honesty and Bo (Dallas) seems off his rockers. I think he’s talking to himself, I don’t know so at the same time, there’s something inside me that’s — I can feel it pulling me towards them and I don’t know if I like it or not because I locked that part me of me away a long time ago and I thought I did a good job of putting it in somewhere where it was never gonna be able to get out again but, there’s a monster inside of this monster and it scares me. I’m afraid of it. I have goosebumps thinking about it because it’s not a good person and if The Wyatt Sicks is able to get that monster to come back out of me, I fear for myself and anything that’s walking around me… I mean it.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

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Meiko Satomura Advertised for WWE In-Ring Return at Next Week’s Japan Tour

As noted before, Japanese Joshi wrestling legend Meiko Satomura is currently advertised to be making an appearance at WWE’s upcoming tour of Japan next week.

WWE recently announced several matches for the cards of their upcoming tour of Japan. It was announced that Satomura will be teaming up with Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill against Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane, & IYO SKY) on all three nights of WWE’s Japan tour.

English translation via PostWrestling.com

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WWE News & Notes

As noted before, Kevin Owens revealed during the July 5th WWE SmackDown show that his mother has been dealing with serious health issues and had been hospitalized. Owens provided in update on Thursday on Twitter stating “She kicked out” and posted a photo of his mother in a hospital bed smiling and holding up a “Just Keep Fighting” shirt.

As noted before, Jinder Mahal was released from WWE this past April. Mahal announced on Twitter that his 90-days non-compete clause with WWE expired on Thursday and he is now officially a free agent. Mahal stated “Hindered no more. 90 days are up 🚨“

Thursday’s 2024 Republican National Convention event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin featured WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan making an appearance as one of the guest speakers.

In a recent interview with News4JAX’s Going Ringside, Linda McMahon gave her thoughts about how herself and the McMahon family has been doing after an “up and down year.” McMahon stated “We’re all doing great.” This interview was held during Thursday’s 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee and McMahon was also one of the guest speakers at the event.

Activision recently released a new trailer for Season Five of their Call of Duty WarZone and Modern Warfare III games featuring Rhea Ripley, Cody Rhodes, and Rey Mysterio as new playable characters.

As noted before, CM Punk has been out of action for WWE since this past January due to a torn pectoral injury. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that CM Punk had visited WWE’s Performance Center this past Wednesday. Johnson reported that Punk was seen training in the ring as part of his recovery process to get medically cleared for a potential in-ring return in the future.

In a recent interview with TKO Group, CM Punk gave his thoughts about WWE and UFC being under the same umbrella is “really exciting” for him to see. Punk stated “There’s a lot of reasons why I think the crossover between UFC and WWE is important. We’re all under the TKO umbrella. But to me, what’s important about this is it brings pro wrestling back to its roots. I think there’s a lot of similarities, there’s a lot of parallels. And at the end of the day, we’re all brothers and sisters. And we’re all fighters. So it’s really exciting for me to see.” (Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com)

In a recent interview with the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast, Cody Rhodes gave his thoughts about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s in-ring future in WWE. Rhodes stated “Offer still stands. And again, if he never comes back, he’s done it all. He really has. And as much as I insulted him previously, it was an honor to be part of his last outing. But what I learned physically in the ring with him, it shouldn’t be his last outing. There’s more. There’s not just gas left in the tank, there might be multiple tanks. There’s more, and I would like the WWE Universe or pro wrestling fans, I’d like them to see that. I think there’s a world where, WWE Director of the Board — great, but I think there’s a world where WWE really benefits. And this young audience being able to connect with him, they don’t know him as the People’s Champ, they know him as the Final Boss. That offer stands whenever.” (Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com)

WWE recently announced the first match for their NXT Great American Bash 2024 show:

• NXT Women’s Championship – Thea Hail vs. Roxanne Perez