WWE: WWE Reportedly Unhappy Over 10/23 NXT Show Being Abruptly Cut by The CW, Janel Grant & Vince McMahon Attorneys Responds to Ring Boy Scandal Lawsuit, More News

Oct 24, 2024

WWE Reportedly Unhappy Over This Past Tuesday’s NXT Show Being Abruptly Cut on The CW in Many TV Markets

This past Tuesday’s WWE NXT show was notable for the show closing angle featuring Zaria making her surprise official debut in WWE. This surprise debut was also notable for the show being abruptly cut short by The CW in many television markets and those affected missing out on watching the fill segment live.

Fightful Select’s Corey Brennan reported that his sources stated that NXT officials had made it aware to The CW network officials that their show was going to end right at the 10PM EST hour mark. NXT officials reportedly were very upset with the show being cut early by The CW due to it impacting the debut of Zaria. One source spoken to within NXT stated ” Everyone who runs or has a say in the show was pi**ed.” NXT officials reportedly had learned that the Orlando CW affiliate had a 20-second delay for the show and many CW affiliates had cut off the feed at the end of the show before it properly ended as a result.

Sean Ross Sapp reported that end of show timing related issues were something that had been anticipated by WWE officials in the weeks leading up to NXT’s premiere show on The CW due to they would now have a hard cut off time for going off the air. The reason is due to The CW has to go to local news at 10PM EST while on USA Network, NXT is treated as just any other programming on the network.

Janel Grant Attorney & Vince McMahon Attorney Responds to Ring Boy Scandal Lawsuit

As noted before, a lawsuit was filed on Wednesday against WWE, WWE’s parent company TKO Group, former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, and Linda McMahon regarding the infamous WWE Ring Boys scandal in 1992.

In an official statement to Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston, Janel Grant’s attorney Ann Callis responded to the new lawsuit asking again for WWE to wave the NDAs on all former WWE employees who have experienced similar incidents in the company so that they can get their justice in court.

“The allegations in the ‘ring boys’ lawsuit against WWE are deeply troubling. Vince McMahon made sexual abuse and human trafficking a hallmark of WWE’s culture for decades. Survivors like Janel Grant and other former WWE employees deserve their day in court. All former WWE employees who experienced sexual abuse and harassment should be allowed to tell the truth by having their non-disclosure agreements waived. Ms. Grant stands by all WWE survivors and believes that Mr. McMahon, WWE, and all involved parties must be held accountable.”

In a separate official statement to Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston, Vince McMahon’s lawyer Jessica Rosenberg also responded to the new lawsuit and allegations stating that the negligance claims against McMahon are untrue and unfounded.

“More than 30 years ago, the columnist Phil Mushnick tried to make headlines with these same false claims. Those allegations were never proven and ultimately became the subject of a defamation lawsuit against Mr. Mushnick.
The negligence claims against Mr. McMahon that were asserted today rely on these same absurd, defamatory and utterly meritless statements by Mr. Mushnick. We will vigorously defend Mr. McMahon and are confident the court will find that these claims are untrue and unfounded.”

WWE News & Notes

WWE recently released four new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was a “Story of Kane’s unmasking.” The second new video was a “Go behind the scenes of the Boneyard Match” from Undertaker: The Last Ride docuseries. The third new video was a WWE World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat match of The Rock vs. Triple H vs. Kurt Angle (c) from the October 23, 2000 episode of WWE Monday Night RAW. The fourth new video was a marathon stream of the “Best WrestleMania rematches.”

WWE filed a new trademark for “Zaria” on October 22nd for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This is the new ring name for Australian wrestler DELTA in WWE’s NXT brand.

Peacock announced that a new romantic comedy series titled Laid will be premiering on their service on December 19th. This upcoming series features Big E among the cast.

As noted before, Carlito was involved in an incident during this past Monday’s WWE RAW show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania over a controversial and derogatory line directed towards Japanese people he stated in a backstage promo segment. Bryan Alvarez reported in a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Live that his sources stated that IYO SKY and Kairi Sane did not have a problem with what Carlito said and felt he was just playing as an idiot character. Alvarez reported that despite SKY and Sane being fine with the issue, this does not mean that Carlito will not face any punishment over the incident due to his line being unscripted.

As noted before, this past Friday’s WWE SmackDown show in Columbia, South Carolina featured former TNA tag team The Motor City Machine Guns making their official WWE debut. Alex Shelley recently reflected on Twitter thanking everyone who has supported them on their journey leading to their recent debut in WWE.

As noted before, WWE NXT talent Gigi Dolin has been out of action for WWE since this past March due to a serious knee injury. Fightful Select reported that the nature and severity of Dolin’s knee injury is currently still not known but if it is a torn ACL injury, then she could be out of action for around ten to fourteen months.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that WWE officials currently do not have any plans for CM Punk or Drew McIntyre to work or be involved at next month’s Crown Jewel 2024 event in Saudi Arabia.

In a recent virtual fan signing event for K&S WrestleFest, Bobby Lashley gave his thoughts about his belief that Omos does not have that much of an opportunity for the future of his career in WWE. Lashley stated “I think he should be [back on TV]. Unfortunately, I don’t know. I don’t know. The way that things have changed, I don’t see him having that opportunity. I hope that me saying that gives him that opportunity. But a lot of people haven’t had that opportunity, and a lot of people kind of went separate ways with them. So I don’t know what is going on right now. There’s a lot of really good talent that left.” (Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com)

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Natayla gave her thoughts about her husband Tyson Kidd being the person who opened up the conversations between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels to resolve their longtime issues with each other. Natayla stated “TJ had said something to Bret like, ‘I had a really great talk with Shawn and he was awesome and he was so nice to me and he was so nice to Nattie and he was just such a cool guy. He was giving me advice and being really helpful. Shawn had said that he had felt so bad about everything that had happened with you guys in the past. TJ was the one that opened up (the) conversation between Bret and Shawn for them to kind of reconcile. So, we can all thank TJ for being the person that opened up that door because TJ is somebody that Bret really respects, and (he) trusts his word. Shawn was so nice to us and I think Shawn for a long time felt, you know, I think he felt bad.“

Carmella has been out of action for WWE since early 2023 due to maternity reasons over the birth of her child this past November and foot-related injury issues. Carmella recently provided an update on Instagram about dealing with “postpartum fog” issues she has worked to overcome following the birth of her child. Carmella stated “thirty-seven years old.. this past year, i struggled to even look at myself in the mirror, not recognizing the woman staring back. sleepless nights, hormones all over the place, keeping a tiny human alive and thriving.. so much has changed. there have been good days, bad days, and so many blurry days in between. a once confident woman, now completely lost. who am i? why don’t i recognize myself? will i ever get back to who i was? the truth is, no. i won’t. because i’m a different person now. i’m a mother. we don’t talk enough about the struggles new moms face, because we have no choice but to show up and keep going. i’ve put myself last, putting everyone else’s needs first, but i’m realizing that’s no good for anyone. lately, i’ve been making it a priority to take care of myself so i can show up as the best mom, wife, and woman i can be. for the first time in over a year, i’m starting to emerge from the fog and step into this new version of me. i’m proud of who i am and the sacrifices i’ve made for my family. i’m not the person i was before i had my son, but i’m an even better version of myself—and i’m learning to love her. to all the moms out there in the postpartum fog, take a moment to recognize how far you’ve come. you’re a superwoman. give yourself grace during this time of transformation, and trust that you’ll find yourself again.“