WWE: Jakara Jackson Pulled from Women’s Breakout Tournament, More on Vince McMahon’s WWE Creative Removal, Rey Mysterio

WWE Pulled Jakara Jackson from NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament

WWE recently announced that they have pulled NXT talent Jakara Jackson from their on-going 2023 NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament due to her not being medically cleared to compete.

No other details were given regarding Jackson’s current medical situation.

It was also announced that NXT talent Brinley Reece will be replacing Jackson for her scheduled First Round tournament match against Arianna Grace.

BREAKING: @JakaraWWE has not been medically cleared and will be withdrawing from the #WWENXT Women’s Breakout Tournament. @brinleyreecewwe will be taking her place.

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) October 16, 2023

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More on Vince McMahon’s Removal from WWE Creative

As noted before, TKO Executive Chairman Vince McMahon is no longer involved in WWE’s creative with WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque” being in full control again. This decision was made by Endeavor and TKO CEO Ari Emanuel.

Dave Meltzer reported in a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio that his sources provided some new details regarding McMahon’s removal from WWE’s creative.

Meltzer reported that when McMahon had sold WWE to Endeavor, he was told that he would be making all the decisions when it came to running the WWE side of TKO Group. Meltzer reported that Emanuel ended up not keeping his promise leading to McMahon’s power in WWE being very marginalized at the moment and there is no way around for him.

Meltzer reported that when Emanuel made a recent statement about why TKO Group’s stock has been down, him specifically mentioning McMahon’s name as one of the reasons was very interesting and telling about McMahon’s standing in the company.

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Rey Mysterio Comments on Logan Paul’s Challenge for His U.S. Title

As noted before, Logan Paul defeated Dillon Danis in a boxing match this past Saturday in Manchester, England. Following the bout, Paul called out Rey Mysterio for a shot at his WWE United States Championship.

A recent episode of the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani show featured Mysterio as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Mysterio’s thoughts about Paul’s recent public challenge for his United States belt.

“He says, “I have my eye on someone and something.” He said, “The US Title, Rey Mysterio.” So I was like, “What did he just say? “No way.” And I had to rewind it to see, make sure. And yeah, he did. He called me out, like, okay. I’m not hard to find. You can find me every Friday night on SmackDown.

I think he now wants to make a statement in WWE and he wants to carry gold…Now he did mention something that I gotta correct him on because he said, “I already beat you once.” And I think he’s mistaken because the one that beat me was The Miz… If Miz wouldn’t have saved the day in that match, Dom and I would have pinned him.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com