WWE's Most Controversial and Shocking Stories for the Week of August 4
Could this be the summer of bizarre, shocking matches? Taking cues from the "Fight of the Century" on August 26, UFC and WWE seem to be bound to cross streams.
Brock Lesnar vs. Jon Jones Imminent?
Jon Jones made waves, following his UFC 214 victory over Daniel Cormier, when he called out Brock Lesnar for what would be a dream bout in the heavyweight division. Much like Conor McGregor's profile has been elevated as a result of his upcoming fight against Floyd Mayweather, a UFC superfight pitting Lesnar against Jones would vault the young light heavyweight champion into superstardom.
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Lesnar couldn't have picked a better time to put out feelers of possibly heading back to the UFC as he enters the final year of his WWE contract, which reportedly expires in April, per Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t WrestlingInc).
There is a precedent for Lesnar working with both UFC and WWE. He did so last July when he defeated Mark Hunt in the co-main event of UFC 200. News of Lesnar's failed drug test, however, led to bad PR for WWE, which was outed as not drug-testing its part-time stars, per TMZ.
SummerSlam Superfight?
In addition to the aforementioned bout between McGregor and Mayweather, and with Jones vs. Lesnar seemingly inevitable, Becky Lynch has used her playful Twitter feud with Cris Cyborg to tease a potential SummerSlam match.
Lynch was tweeting live during Cyborg's formality of a victory over Tonya Evinger, and with UFC's female featherweight division in shambles—Evinger took the fight on short notice, per MMAjunkie.com, and there are no signs of any future challengers—Cyborg is going to need something to do.
With enough promotion, Cyborg could be a significant draw as part of a cross-promotional match against Lynch, who also stands to benefit from mainstream publicity as part of this lucrative exhibition.
New Theme Songs, Same Outrage
Wrestling fans, who tend to be notoriously adverse to change, freaked out as a handful of new bells, whistles and remixes swept through WWE's week of television. So are they really all that bad? Is there room for improvement? Let's rank them and find out:
4. Big Cass' Unnamed New Theme Song. Sure the song is unnamed as of this writing, but I think I have a suggestion for the title: Strike Two.
3. Jason Jordan's Unnamed New Theme Song. Very loud horns and sounds.
2. Seth Rollins—"The Second Coming" (Burn it Down Remix). A slight tweak that gives an opportunity for fan participation. Who wants to bet the entire Barclays Center will be screaming "burn it down!" come SummerSlam?
1. The Usos—"Done with That" (Remix). The Usos can do no wrong.
Shinsuke Nakamura Avoids Causing Another Serious Injury
Shinsuke Nakamura still can't catch a break on the main roster, but John Cena almost did. Nakamura scored his biggest win in WWE to date with a clean victory over Cena, but a dream match almost turned into a nightmare as everyone is talking about his scary suplex that saw Cena land on the back of his surgically repaired neck.
Cena, a WWE cash cow who just landed yet another major blockbuster role in the forthcoming Transformers prequel, can ill afford to suffer a long-term injury.
The next time you read any criticism of Nia Jax when it comes to Bayley's shoulder injury, be sure to check that person by pointing out that Stiffuke Shinsuke Nakamura is building up quite the "dangerous" reputation for himself.
"I feel ya @JohnCena. On the bright side, at least @ShinsukeN didn't break your eyehole too. #Respect #SmackDownLIVE pic.twitter.com/DSROzqqc02
— Austin Healy Aries (@AustinAries) August 2, 2017"
Nakamura, much like Seth Rollins, is part of a protected few who seem to rebound easily from limited fan criticism of not being the safest workers. After all, they did compete on the independent/international circuit, so how could they do anything wrong, right? Right?!
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