WWE: Kiana James Reportedly Suffered Leg Injury, Kevin Nash on Logan Paul Not Being “One of the Boys” & Paul Responds, Ace Steel on CM Punk’s WWE Return

WWE

Sep 10, 2024

Kiana James Reportedly Suffered Leg Injury & Pulled from WWE Internal Roster

WWE RAW brand talent Kiana James reportedly recently suffered a leg injury, according to PWInsider.

Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that James was recently pulled from WWE’s internal active roster list and placed in their “miscellaneous” roster list. Johnson reported that talent who are listed in WWE’s “misc.” roster are either talent who are currently out of action due to injuries or those who only work part-time and are not assigned to a specific brand.

In a follow-up report, Johnson reported that his sources had provided more details and stated that the reason for James being removed from the active roster list was due to her recently suffering a leg injury. Johnson reported that those spoken to stated that James is currently expected to be out of action for up to the next six months.

Kevin Nash Comments on Logan Paul Not Knowing What “Shoot” Means in Wrestling & Paul Not Being “One of the Boys”, Paul Responds

A recent episode of the Kliq This podcast featured WWE Hall of Famer and co-host Kevin Nash giving his thoughts about his issues with Logan Paul’s recent public comments about him not knowing what “shoot” means in wrestling. Paul’s comments were made in a recent episode of his Impaulsive podcast with WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan as the guest and Paul talking about wrestling jargon and not knowing what “shoot” meant when Hogan said “You got to realize, bro, this is not a work, this is a shoot. The business is a shoot. Everybody is going to tell you it’s a work, it’s not a work.” In response, Hogan asked Paul if he was “bullshiting” him.

“He’s not one of the boys. Where would he learn that shit at? Where is he going up and down talking jargon? In the building? Everybody is in their own motorcoach. There is no interaction. There is no socialization. You don’t become one of the boys just because you’re around them. From what I heard he’s making five million bucks for limited (dates) and all those other guys are out there making house shows, fuck you. Fuck you. That’s from the boys. Fuck you. I don’t give a fuck how many people are following you. If it said you have 24 million road scholars following you, you’re fucking Jesus. You have a bunch of idiots.”

Paul responded to Nash on Twitter claiming that he was better at doing his wrestling job than Nash ever was.

“I said damn, who is Kevin Nash? And I mean that. I’m unfamiliar with this guy, which I think that’s his problem, I’m not as versed in the WWE and wrestling as maybe I should be, as my peers are. But then how am I so much better than all of them? I don’t have the answers to these questions. It is a question. I don’t know how I could be the best in the WWE or at least one of the best, like I’m assuredly a top fiver and I don’t even do it full-time.
Now imagine if I did learn a little bit. Imagine if I devoted, became one of the boys, learn what the difference between a shoot and a work was. Would that make me a champion? F*** me? F*** you. You’re one of the old guys who is bitter that I am better at your job than you ever were. And that makes you pathetic. This will be my sport and I will continue to make guys like you eat your words when I devote a little bit of time to it. So f*** me? F*** you.”

Transcript h/t: WrestleView.com, F4WOnline.com

Ace Steel Comments on CM Punk’s Return to Wrestling was Always Supposed to be What It Currently Is in WWE

A recent episode of the Huge Pop podcast featured former AEW and current TNA producer Ace Steel as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Steel’s thoughts about his longtime friend CM Punk’s return to wrestling was always supposed to be what it currently is in WWE.

“He’s in a great place. He’s in a great place and you can see it. He’s enjoying everything that he’s doing. He came to my school just because he wanted to. He came back to, virtually, where he started. It’s not the same location, but the same grassroots where he came from. When I asked him who he wanted to be in there with he said, ‘Bring your students. Bring me your people.’ I didn’t tell them he was coming. They were shocked as could be when they walked in. I just said, ‘Hey, we have extra practice this week. I think you guys should make it,’ so they came. Extra training day, they came in, and they were all stunned. Coming back to professional wrestling, this is exactly the ideal situation. He has people that want to learn, he wants to teach. He wants to give them what was given to him. What was given to him by Eddie Guerrero. He has a different relationship with Harley (Race). Harley showed him how to make a blade. I never bladed for Harley. I told him, ‘No.’ If there were 50 people, I wasn’t doing it. He was making a blade and Harley showed him. Eddie took him under his wing. There is Harley. There is Raven. He had the opportunity to work all of these people. Dusty (Rhodes).
He’s in such a great place, and he wants to be the guy who gives back to basically all these kids who watched him growing up. He’s having the time of his life. This is what it should be. The company is what it should be. I told him this before he came back because I had a relationship with Hunter being at NXT because Hunter ran NXT. I said, ‘[Hunter] came in every day and would shake my hand.’ I was sitting at the table. ‘How are you?’ ‘Hey. How are you?’ It wasn’t like, ‘I’m going to call him Sir.’ You know how it is being around Vince (McMahon). You’re on pins and needles. Hunter is not that way. He doesn’t run his ship that way. Before he went back, I was like, ‘I think you guys are more alike than you probably would like to admit.’ He will now admit that because of the way they feel about this industry. Hunter said that, too. ‘We were exactly alike, just butting heads on a lot of different things.’ They are in tune and aligned to make this industry better. Punk is loving all of it. When he comes to visit me and says, ‘The kids ask me to come down to the Performance Center.’ I said, ‘I know what you’re doing. I see you all the time. You’re having fun.’ This is what his return to wrestling was supposed to be. It’s what it was supposed to be. He’s changing in the locker room. He doesn’t want an extra locker room or to sit apart from everybody. He wants to be in the mix and answering questions. It’s great for him. I said this before when he was out of wrestling, he loves wrestling. He loved wrestling more when we were traveling roads, maybe $40 or $50, and making long trips because that was it. Obviously, there is a lot more money on the line. The hardest part of this business is when it becomes a business for you. You have to watch it because you’ll lose all the love. You can end up hating things when it becomes a job. You have to tweak it so it’s not quite such a job.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com