Steve Austin Reacts to Rumors of Being at RAW Last Week

There were rumors that ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin was going to be on RAW and even that he was spotted last week from Staples Center in Los Angeles. Austin responded to the rumours on the latest episode of his podcast, The Steve Austin Show.

“There has been word on the street, on my Twitter account, on all the sheets, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin has indeed been spotted at the Staples Center. Well I can vouch for you or I can clarify that right now; if somebody thought they spotted me, they was wrong.”

Austin continued:

“I’m at 316 gimmick street in Marina del Rey. Staples Center is about 20 miles from my house, I ain’t nowhere in sight, I ain’t wearing camo, you can’t see me, because I ain’t there. I’m here at the house laying down an open for this damn podcast.”

The rumors were based on the fact that Austin is known to attend the shows and record his podcasts backstage whenever WWE comes to LA, and particularly, the new “Los Angeles 3:16” t-shirts that were on sale on the venue.

Alberto El Patron’s Luggage Misplaced During Flight to Slammiversary

Alberto El Patron revealed on Twitter that his valuable bag was jacked during a flight to Orlando, Florida — the city where Slammiversary is being held tonight.

Alberto would later reveal that he recover his belongings after a 4+ hour delay.

Bayley Says She’s In A “Weird Spot” In Her Career

Bayley was called up to the main WWE roster from NXT at last July’s Battleground pay-per-view. She was a standout down in NXT, having one of the best matches of 2015 against Sasha Banks at NXT TakeOver: Respect.

While appearing as a guest on Steve Austin’s podcast, “The Huggable One” said that while she felt that she could do anything in NXT, she’s still figuring out WWE fans a year later.

“With NXT I felt I can do anything. I knew exactly what they wanted and how they were going to react to me and my opponent, no matter who it was. I knew what they can do to get a reaction and what I can do to get sympathy or anything. But with this crowd I’m still kind of figuring them out with WWE.

“I think it has a lot to do with, I don’t know, in this day and age the crowds are… it’s so different than back then and they all want to cheer for the wrong person or they’re on their Twitter. That can mess with your head too, just reading tweets and people telling you this and you start to believe it. And you’re like ‘wait…’

“I’ve had to stay off Twitter before for a while because that can definitely mess with your head. I’ve seen it happen to people and I hear people talk about it. It shouldn’t matter because we’re doing our job and what we’re told to do and what we love.”

She added that while she’s in “a weird spot” right now, she’s “still figuring it out.”

“But I’m still kind of figuring them out. I feel right now I’m kind of in a weird spot with my career. So when I first came I felt like “Alright, I’m still from NXT.” I felt like I knew exactly what I was doing. But now I’m just… you know how we were talking a couple of months ago and you were helping me out with matches and stuff and how I need to go about certain things, I’m still figuring it out. I’m at a weird spot right now.”

Alberto Del Rio & Paige Reportedly Still Broken Up

It was reported over the weekend that Alberto Del Rio dumped Paige over after the two had another argument. After these reports surfaced online, Paige took to her Twitter account to debunk those reports.

Del Rio also sent out a message but deleted it on Twitter. It read:

OK MARKS LEAVE US ALONE
INTERNET SHIT IS INTERNET SHIT WE ARE PERFECT AS ALWAYS

Dave Meltzer discussed this topic on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio. Meltzer mentioned that he has spoke to people close to the situation and he can confirm that as of yesterday that the two are not together.

Gauntlet Match Announced for Tonight’s RAW

Mike Rome announced on Twitter that Nia Jax, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Emma, Mickie James and Dana Brooke will participate in a Gauntlet match on tonight’s episode of RAW. The winner of that match will move on to face Alexa Bliss for the RAW Women’s Championship at the Great Balls of Fire event.

Also confirmed for tonight’s show is a Miz TV segment featuring Lonzo and Lavar Ball. As always, we will have play-by-play coverage of the event. Coverage kicks off at 8PM ET!

Steve Austin Says WWE Killed Lana’s Gimmick

Steve Austin was vocal on a recent installment of his podcast regarding WWE booking Naomi to defend her SmackDown Women’s Championship against Lana at the Money in the Bank event. He made the following remarks:

“Naomi deserves better, the title deserves better. Lana wasn’t up for this task at hand, at this point in her career. I thought she had much more mystique as the valet, whatever the term is, with Rusev. Man, they kind of killed her gimmick off, and reinvented her, and I just liked her the way she was. So, if she wants to be in the ring, that’s more power to her, but a lot of the stuff I got on Twitter was, ‘Hey man. For a first match, she did a lot better than I expected.’ Ok. As I say that, good for her. But as a company who’s striving for excellence in sports entertainment/professional wrestling, the best of the best belong on a pay-per-view.”

You can listen to the podcast here.

Daniel Bryan Teases a Ring of Honor Return

Daniel Bryan took to Twitter to congratulate the new ROH Champion, Cody Rhodes. However, while doing so, Bryan also teased a possible future ROH return.

Here’s what Bryan said:

Bryan also tweeted this out immediately following the previous two tweets, indicating that it was indeed just a “tease”:

However, with recent rumours stating that Bryan has almost cleared all his tests and is good to wrestle by the end of next year, this tease holds a little relevance.

Would you like to see Bryan back in ROH? Give us your thoughts in the comments!