The winner of the Kane vs. Braun Strowman match on tonight’s RAW will challenge Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship at next month’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.

Paul Heyman reacted to the news on Twitter with the following:

. @WWE Since the only fair fight would be @BrockLesnar defending the #UniversalTitle against all 30 entrants in the #RumbleMatch simultaneously is not an option, this Battle of Behemoths is your next best choice. Either way, your winner at the #RoyalRumble, AND STILL reigning … https://t.co/TQJT9Nliq3

— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) December 11, 2017

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The Rock took to his Twitter account and shot down reports that he turned down an opportunity to appear on Ric Flair’s “30 for 30” ESPN special.

Turned down? Not true. Ric and his fam are very good friends of mine and my family.

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) November 6, 2017

These reports surfaced after several websites took an interview with Rory Karpf out of context that was printed on Sports Illustrated. Karpf mentioned in the interview that only people from the wrestling world that he wanted but failed to get were Steve Austin, Paul Heyman and The Rock. These websites took these remarks and turned it into something else.

The article published on Sports Illustrated never said that The Rock turned down the offer and doesn’t explain why, leaving open the possibility that scheduling issues or other things prevented the interview.

Editors note: This has been a real problem within the Internet Wrestling Community this year. Questionable websites that often cover the same news stories as we do, also post false news or stories that are similar but with their own “spin” added. Readers often have a hard time telling the difference and get confused. Ultimately, these sort of sites make us all look bad.

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The Hell in a Cell match is undoubtedly one of the best gimmick matches in history. There have numerous instant classics contested within the Cell. Who can forget Undertaker v. Big Boss Man? Or Undertaker v. Kane?

There have been 36 different matches, with more than 20 wrestlers having been inside the Cell. It’s easy to forget some of the guys who sacrificed their bodies in the Devil’s Playground. Here are four guys you may have forgotten competed inside Satan’s Structure.

Paul Heyman (Hell in a Cell, 2013)

In the summer of 2013, Paul Heyman betrayed his client CM Punk, so they had a big fight. Eventually, due to reasons, CM Punk would face everyone’s favorite meathead Ryback. There was a twist, though. Heyman would be teaming with Ry”Da Big Guy”Back in a 2-on-1 handicap Hell in a Cell match.

Heyman, being a manager, avoided the brunt of the battle by climbing on top of the Cell before the match started. The doors were locked, and he was supposedly safe from Punk. He was then treated to a bird’s eye view of Punk casually murdering Ryback in the Cell. A GTS ended the match, and Punk quickly made his way up the Cell, and he had a kendo stick with him.

Punk proceeded to whack the life out of his former manager with the Kendo stick atop of the Cell before putting him to sleep with a GTS.

Some partner Heyman was.

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Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host Jeff Lane.

Russo says he thought WWE was taking major strides forward over the last few weeks, including SummerSlam which he thought was a good show. Unfortunately this week’s programming took a giant leap backwards and other than John Cena’s genius, there’s nothing to really talk about this week.

He felt like the first hour of RAW really dragged on, and the Battle Royal felt particularly long. Jeff Hardy won which he thought was a nice surprise, but overall there’s nothing new to really talk about here.

Paul Heyman came out to the ring with Brock Lesnar and cut another promo that we’ve all seen before. He says it’s impossible for him to watch Heyman giving a promo now without picturing him as an animated character.

Russo wonders why Braun Strowman wasn’t on this show. He says that hopefully Strowman had prior commitments because there’s no excuse for not having him on this show. The more realistic scenario is that Lesnar was on this show and WWE Creative didn’t know how to book both of them on the same show, and Russo thinks that’s sad.

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While appearing at last week’s RINGSIDE: An evening with Jim Ross, Paul Heyman delivered a beautiful speech about Ross and his late wife, Jan. Heyman put over Ross’ strength to be able to call the WrestleMania 33 match between Roman Reigns and The Undertaker just days after his wife’s passing. The crowd in attendance gave Ross a standing ovation on multiple occasions.

For those that don’t recall, Ross lost his wife this past March after getting hit by a car while riding her Vespa late at night near their home in Oklahoma.

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Dave Meltzer speculated on Wrestling Observer Radio that Paul Heyman was influential the Fatal 4-Way match for the WWE Universal Title at last week’s SummerSlam event. The indication came when there was a significant concentration on the wrestlers doing moves that are over with the audience repeatedly with the idea that it will keep the fans into the match.

Speaking of SummerSlam, out of the four WWE events the company held over the weekend, it was the only sell-out at 13,200 fans.

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A beast incarnate, a Samoan machine, a big dog and a monster among men – a.k.a the Summerslam main event. Excitement for this match is understandably through the roof. At any rate these men will hopefully – and likely will – tear the roof off of the Barclays Centre.

The most intriguing part of this match-up is Brock Lesnar possibly leaving WWE. In the event that Lesnar loses his championship this Sunday, Heyman is promising the pair will leave WWE. With the rumours of Lesnar returning to UFC to face Jon Jones this is a massive stipulation. However the expectation is for Lesnar to retain his title this Sunday and remain with WWE until at least Wrestlemania. Furthering the intrigue though is the revelation that WWE is keeping the finish of the match completely under wraps. That itself leaves many possibilities in place. It also adds an aspect of doubt to whether or not Lesnar will actually retain his belt. For me that only makes this match that little bit more exciting.

With that this article looks at a few bold potential finishes to that very match. As a disclaimer these are not predictions just some bold possibilities. For my Summerslam 2017 match predictions check out my article below!

http://www.ringsidenews.com/2017/08/17/predicting-winners-match-summerslam/

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Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host Jeff Lane and Rue from RueTV.

Russo points out that he noticed the lack of pyro during A.J. Styles entrance on Smackdown Live Tuesday night. It’s obvious to him that cutting pyro was a cost-cutting measure by WWE, and they’ve also cut a bunch of shows from the WWE Network so they must be concerned with profits.

Lane says that Dave Meltzer informed this past week that WWE made $30 Million in profit last year, and they’ve only made $5 Million in profits so far this year. That’s a very concerning figure, and it’s no surprise to Russo that they’re cutting costs if these numbers are true. However, he points out that nobody knows where Meltzer is getting these numbers.

Russo gets into his discussion of RAW and Smackdown Live.

Russo believes that he has a great idea to help WWE save some extra money. He says that Paul Heyman has become such a huge parody of himself with all his animated motions and facial expressions, so Russo believes WWE should cut Heyman to save some money. To replace him, WWE should draw in an animated cartoon character to walk to the ring with Lesnar each week, because Heyman is just a cartoon character at this point anyways.

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As noted earlier today, WPIX 11 News teased that there will be some sort of “breaking news” announcement to be made by Paul Heyman regarding SummerSlam tonight.

EXCLUSIVE tonight: @HeymanHustle joins @scottstanford1 in studio at 10:45 with breaking news on @WWE @SummerSlam Weekend pic.twitter.com/FzIE9xpbnx

— PIX11 News (@PIX11News) August 2, 2017

In an update, Scott Stanford confront Heyman on WPIX 11 News and it was revealed that Heyman will be Jim Ross’ surprise guest for his “One Man Show” during SummerSlam weekend. Here are the event details:

The RINGSIDE with Jim Ross Show in NYC Summer Slam will take place on Friday night August 18 at the Gotham Comedy Club, 208 West 23rd St between 7th and 8th avenues, with a VIP meet/greet/photos from 5;30-6:45 with the show starting at 7:30 pm.

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As seen on Monday’s episode of RAW, Samoa Joe choked out Paul Heyman as part of the build to the upcoming match between Brock Lesnar and Joe for the WWE Universal Championship at the Great Balls of Fire event. Since then, the two have been exchanging messages on Twitter. You can check out the exchange below:

Collateral damage is such a unfortunate necessity. Be well Paul, I trust my message arrived without delay. I would loathe to send it again..

— Samoa Joe (@SamoaJoe) June 6, 2017

. @SamoaJoe's career-defining moment was last night on #RAW, at MY expense. This is why he's the #WorstCaseScenario https://t.co/ViQVlalWI1

— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) June 6, 2017

When was the last time you saw @BrockLesnar seeking revenge? Next Monday's #RAW is going to be VERY interesting! https://t.co/Wb5JauOyct

— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) June 6, 2017

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