WWE के फैंस उस वक्त हैरान रह गए जब एलेस्टर ब्लैक ने चार साल बाद स्मैकडाउन में धमाकेदार वापसी की। यह रहस्यमयी और डार्क सुपरस्टार, जिसने अपने पिछले कार्यकाल में गहरी छाप छोड़ी थी, एक बार फिर दमदार अंदाज़ में लौटा और सबको याद दिला दिया कि वह क्या करने में सक्षम है। पर्दे के पीछे एक भावुक पल भी देखने को मिला, जब ट्रिपल एच ने उसे खुले दिल से वापस स्वागत किया।

यह वापसी सिर्फ एक एंट्री भर नहीं थी, बल्कि यह उनके रेसलिंग करियर के एक नए अध्याय की शुरुआत थी। यह रात उनकी पत्नी ज़ेलीना वेगा के लिए भी खास थी, जिन्होंने उसी शो में चैंपियनशिप अपने नाम की। दोनों के लिए यह एक ऐसी रात रही जिसे वे कभी नहीं भूल पाएंगे।

स्मैकडाउन पर चौंकाने वाली लेकिन दमदार वापसी

स्मैकडाउन के बार्सिलोना एपिसोड में पहली बार संकेत मिला कि कुछ बड़ा होने वाला है। WWE ने एक 15 सेकंड का छोटा वीडियो दिखाया, जिसमें एक धुंए से भरा अंधेरा कमरा और स्क्रीन पर “4” का नंबर नजर आया। वीडियो में कोई चेहरा नहीं दिखा, लेकिन इसने फैंस को हैरानी में डाल दिया और कयास लगाने पर मजबूर कर दिया कि यह कौन हो सकता है।

असली सरप्राइज अगली हफ्ते स्मैकडाउन में फोर्ट वर्थ, टेक्सास में देखने को मिला। शो के दौरान द मिज़ रिंग में थे और शिकायत कर रहे थे कि कोई उनकी इज्जत नहीं करता। तभी अचानक एरीना की लाइट्स बंद हो गईं। स्क्रीन पर जलती हुई मोमबत्तियों का क्लोज़-अप दिखा। फिर बैकग्राउंड में म्यूज़िक बजा और एलेस्टर ब्लैक धीरे-धीरे फर्श से उठते हुए दिखाई दिए।

एलेस्टर ब्लैक ने बिना एक शब्द कहे द मिज़ पर अपना जबरदस्त ब्लैक मास किक मारा। इसके बाद वह रिंग के बीच में पैरों को मोड़कर शांत बैठ गए। फैंस हैरान रह गए और जोरदार तालियों और आवाज़ों के साथ उनका स्वागत किया। इस तरह उनकी WWE में वापसी पूरी हो गई।

एलेस्टर ब्लैक को 2021 में WWE से रिलीज़ कर दिया गया था। उनके कॉन्ट्रैक्ट में हुई एक गलती के कारण उन्हें किसी दूसरी कंपनी में शामिल होने के लिए 90 दिन का इंतज़ार नहीं करना पड़ा। WWE छोड़ने के तुरंत बाद उन्होंने AEW जॉइन कर लिया।

ट्रिपल एच ने एलेस्टर ब्लैक के बारे में क्या कहा?

जब बाहर फैंस खुशियां मना रहे थे, तब बैकस्टेज एक प्यारा पल देखने को मिला। एलेस्टर ब्लैक की पत्नी ज़ेलीना वेगा ने बस्टेड ओपन रेडियो पर एक इंटरव्यू के दौरान उस पल के बारे में बताया। उन्होंने शेयर किया कि इस नए सफर की शुरुआत को लेकर दोनों कितने खुश थे।

“हम दोनों ने जो कुछ भी सहा था, उसके बाद ऐसा महसूस हुआ कि चलो, ‘पागलपन भरे’ उस पुराने अध्याय का अब अंत हो चुका है, और अब हम अपने जीवन का एक नया अध्याय शुरू कर सकते हैं।”

उन्होंने यह भी कहा कि ब्लैक पूरी तरह से WWE में वापसी के लिए तैयार थे। उन्होंने कहा: “मुझे लगता है कि वह इसके लिए पूरी तरह तैयार थे। वह अपने घर लौटने के लिए बेहद तैयार थे।”

लेकिन ज़ेलीना वेगा के लिए सबसे खास पल वह था जो ट्रिपल एच ने ब्लैक के मैच के बाद किया।

“सच कहूं तो मेरा सबसे पसंदीदा पल था – जाहिर है उसे रिंग में जाकर अपना बेहतरीन प्रदर्शन करते देखना – लेकिन मैच के बाद ट्रिपल एच का उसे गले लगाना और कहना ‘वेलकम होम’ वाकई में बहुत ही प्यारा और खास था।”

इससे साफ जाहिर होता है कि WWE आज भी एलेस्टर ब्लैक के प्रति कितनी इज्जत रखती है। यह इस बात का संकेत था कि भले ही वह कुछ समय के लिए दूर रहे हों, लेकिन उनकी वापसी के लिए दरवाज़ा हमेशा खुला था।

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What’s Next For Triple H?

Last night at Survivor Series, we saw Triple H lay waste to Kurt Angle and Shane McMahon to win the elimination match for the RAW brand. We also saw Braun Strowman destroy The Game for crossing him. So, what’s next for Trips?

Well, with the Road To WrestleMania unofficially starting last night, it’s being speculated that Triple H could end up facing Kurt Angle at the Royal Rumble and Braun Strowman at WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans.

Time will tell if any of these possibilities pan out.

Bring It To The Table Nixed

WWE Network has reportedly canceled the controversial Bring It To The Table. The show, which was basically half an hour or so of WWE calling its fans idiots and telling them to shut up with their complaints, hasn’t aired on the Network since July.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Drew McIntyre Update

It looks like Drew McIntyre did suffer a biceps tear during his match with Andrade Almas for the NXT Title at TakeOver: WarGames on Saturday. Dave Meltzer is reporting that is the case, but the official word won’t come down from WWE until the results of McIntyre’s MRI come back.

If it is a bad tear, the former NXT Champion could require surgery and be out of action for several months.

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Triple H held his NXT TakeOver: WarGames media call yesterday, and here are some of the highlights of what he had to say.

• Kurt Angle was in the midst of medical testing when the issues with TLC rolled around. They were rushed and finished up so that Angle could make his return to the ring for WWE at the event.
• He’d love to have another match with Angle now that he’s been cleared.
• There will be no roof on the cage for the WarGames match at TakeOver. According to Triple H, WWE needed to modify the match for the current audience, hopefully making it better in the process.
• He said that the roof is a bit limiting (of course, this means we will be seeing someone or a couple of someones jump off the cage come Saturday).
• There was resistance to bringing the match to WWE, but the creative changes helped with that.
• He was asked about the UK talent and the possibility of finally doing the UK weekly show that has been discussed for almost a year. His answer was vague at best, but he asserted that the UK talent is still working for WWE and that some are at the Performance Center right now.
• NXT will be taping at Center Stage in Atlanta early next year due to scheduling conflicts at Full Sail.

Trips also spoke with NBC Sports to promote the Survivor Series weekend of events, and he elaborated a bit on why the changes were made to the WarGames match.

“It seemed like the perfect time to bring it out, so I dusted it off. Throughout the years, I was aware of Vince’s feelings about it. There were some things about that match that he liked and there were some things about the concept that he didn’t necessarily think worked, especially in today’s world. So I brought it back up to him and we walked through the process and I said here’s the way I think we can make this match work for us and he liked it, agreed with it, thought it worked great for NXT and was real happy to do it. So here we are.

“When you do this, the goal is not to go backwards. My goal isn’t to make people go, ‘oh is this as good as it was back then?’ I want to put a slightly different spin on it, so that it begins again and takes a life of its own because it can’t be what it was. I grew up watching it in the Dusty [Rhodes], [Ric] Flair, Four Horseman vs. the world sort of iteration of it and this cannot be that. It has to be today’s version of it. Hopefully it’ll be something that our fan base really enjoys. I think the NXT fans are going to love it. I know the talent is very excited about it. When we announced the match and word began to spread on the Internet, a bunch of main roster talent came to me and said, ‘oh my God, you’re doing WarGames? Anyway I can do something in that?’

“For me, it’s also a cool nod to Dream [‘The American Dream’ Dusty Rhodes]. It’s cool that his vision is able to continue.”

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James Ellsworth Released

Former enhancement talent-turned WWE Superstar James Ellsworth has been released by WWE.

Ellsworth, 32, first appeared as a “Rosebud” with former WWE Superstar Adam Rose before before being fed to Braun Strowman in July of 2016. After being utilized in storylines with A.J Styles and Dean Ambrose on SmackDown Live, Ellsworth aligned himself with Carmella, helping her win the first women’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match.

BREAKING NEWS: WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar James Ellsworth. https://t.co/10BKMUMBs1

— WWE (@WWE) November 15, 2017

Two weeks ago, Ellsworth was laid out by Carmella after his match with Becky Lynch in what would turn out to be his last appearance with the company.

Thank you @WWE for letting me live my dream,thank you fans for all the support, l'll continue to prove #AnyManWithTwoHandsHasAFightingChance

— James Ellsworth (@realellsworth) November 15, 2017

Triple H vs Roman Reigns In Abu Dhabi

Jinder Mahal isn’t the only guy Triple H will be facing when WWE heads to the Middle East and India next month. WWE has announced that The Game will also be facing off with Roman Reigns on the December 8th show in Abu Dhabi. This show is apparently taking the place of the New Delhi show that was originally scheduled for the 8th.

.@WWERomanReigns vs. HHH December 8th
Abu Dhabi, UAE pic.twitter.com/6qmUqSeY0J

— Triple H (@TripleH) November 15, 2017

Also scheduled for this show is the RAW Tag Team Champions Cesaro and Sheamus facing Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose in a Steel Cage match. No word if the titles will be on the line.

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SmackDown Live Meets The Shield

It looks like RAW will finally get a measure of revenge for SmackDown Live putting them Under Siege several weeks ago. It’s being reported that at least three members of RAW’s roster are due to invade the blue brand this week.

Apparently, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose are scheduled to be at SmackDown Live in Charlotte on Tuesday. With their Survivor Series match against The New Day expected to be made official on tomorrow’s RAW, it sounds like The Shield will be on hand to get a measure of revenge for the loss of Ambrose and Rollins’ RAW Tag Team Titles on last week’s RAW.

Whether or not WWE is planning a full-fledged invasion of the blue brand to match what happened to the flagship show is still up in the air at this time.

Jinder Mahal Accepts Triple H’s Challenge

Sounds like Triple H’s challenge to Jinder Mahal for the upcoming WWE India Tour has been accepted. Jinder Mahal took to social media today and welcomed the idea of facing The Game.

.@TripleH not only the biggest match in Indian History, but also of my career. Consider the challenge accepted by me, now @wweindia and #wweuniverse India let‘s all make this happen. pic.twitter.com/6Wv62HnWFg

— The Maharaja (@JinderMahal) November 12, 2017

As we reported last night, this match would take place on the December 9th show in New Delhi, and Trips would be taking the place of Kevin Owens, who was originally scheduled to face Mahal on the tour.

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Finn Balor On WrestleMania Dream Opponent

Finn Balor, who will be a member of RAW’s Survivor Series team next weekend, recently spoke on who he’d want to face in a dream WrestleMania match.

“There’s a lot of people I would love to face… Triple H, Undertaker, AJ Styles. Either one of them, singles, one-on-one. Listen, I could wrestle eight matches at WrestleMania if I wanted to. I’m fit.”

Eight matches might be a little much, but one would be nice. Balor missed out on his first WrestleMania last year due to being out with an injury, and hopefully this year, WWE will have something good planned for our favorite Demon King.

Triple H Challenges Jinder Mahal?

WWE’s upcoming tour of India got a little more interesting tonight. Triple H took to Twitter and seemingly challenged former WWE Champion Jinder Mahal for the December 9th show in New Delhi.

.@WWEIndia…@JinderMahal…I only have one question for you… pic.twitter.com/LhNmfmES8J

— Triple H (@TripleH) November 12, 2017

Another interesting note is that Triple H would be replacing Kevin Owens, as Owens was originally scheduled to face Mahal on the tour. Whether or not this has anything to to with Owens and Sami Zayn being sent home from the current European Tour is unknown. It’s also not clear if Owens is even still scheduled to be a part of the tour, but WWE’s website is still showing him as being part of the show.

Another match that is scheduled for this show is a mixed tag match between Sasha Banks and Kalisto who will team up to face Alexa Bliss and Enzo Amore.

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Triple H Making The Media Rounds In The UK

Triple H is doing the media circuit while in the UK for WWE’s current European Tour. He was on Good Morning Britain this morning, and spoke on a variety of topics, including facing off with The Rock one more time.

“Dwayne and I started our careers together, I’ve probably fought him more than anybody. I’ve said it before, I’d love to dance with ‘The Great One’ one more time.

He also spoke about the constant rumors about Conor McGregor making an appearance in WWE.

“Conor McGregor has said a lot of stuff about WWE in the past–I don’t have a problem with it because he said I was a Don, which is great–but he said a lot of stuff about our talent in the past. [If] Conor McGregor comes in, it’s not gonna be an easy go.”

As for Ronda Rousey, The Game said the following:

“She is very interested in our business, always has been a huge fan, that’s where the ‘Rowdy Ronda’ came from. I think she’s interested in the opportunity, I’m interested in offering her the opportunity, so we have some talking do.”

John Cena’s Softer Side

John Cena is currently on a hiatus from WWE, filming a movie, but he’s due back to be the special guest referee for the Jinder Mahal/Brock Lesnar match at Survivor Series later this month. In a recent interview, though, Cena spoke about his softer side and giving back through organizations like Make A Wish.

“The excitement, it’s indescribable. That I’m at the very end of the story, as the wish? That’s absurd to think about. We all have to earn a living, but if you can also affect people? That’s a good deal. It gives me the feeling like, yeah, I’m in the right place and I’m doing the right thing with my life.”

He also spoke about fiancée Nikki Bella helping him find that softer side of himself.

“In the WWE, oftentimes you want people to think, like, ‘Oh, I’m a tough guy.’ But now, I know “a tough guy is somebody who can hold a woman’s hand.”

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