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On a new edition of Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa look at how AEW followed up another incredible PPV with last Saturday’s WrestleDream, their thoughts on the Women’s Tag Team title tournament, and Jon Moxley’s fear of submission holds.
In WWE, is Jey Uso willing to stop at nothing for another chance at the World Heavyweight title? Could Becky Lynch be headed toward a match with a referee?
Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
WWE is teasing an angle involving referee Jessika Carr and Becky Lynch.
Lynch has blamed several recent losses on Carr, including WWE Raw this week when Carr disqualified Lynch for hitting Maxxine Dupri with the Women’s Intercontinental title belt. Carr was also the referee when Lynch tapped out to AJ Lee at Wrestlepalooza and when Lynch was counted out in another match against Dupri on the October 6 Raw.
Carr posted the following to social media on Wednesday:
“I don’t say a lot or stir up issues….but it’s wild that someone keeps talking about me….when all they’ve been doing is tapping out, getting counted out, and taking the easy way out by getting disqualified. But I’m the problem?“
Carr’s post was made after Lynch published a video on Instagram addressing her DQ loss from Monday. In the video, Lynch claimed that Carr should have disqualified Dupri for using a closed fist during their match on Raw and also alleges that Dupri’s fingernails were illegal.
Lynch said:
“In the match, clear as day, everybody saw it. Maxxine closed-fist punch to my face, an illegal maneuver. Jessika Carr should have disqualified her. What’s more, an illegal maneuver with an illegal object. I verified this through experts, through nail technicians. They have verified that the nails that Maxxine Dupri was wearing would cause intense damage to the lip.”
Prior to signing with WWE and becoming a referee in 2017, Carr wrestled as Kennedi Brink for promotions such as RISE, Shimmer, SHINE, and Ring of Honor. The Baltimore native also frequently performed for Maryland Championship Wrestling. Carr recently returned to the ring under a mask and the name Kalyx on episodes of WWE Evolve in February and April of this year. Her post and Lynch’s video are below:
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– With Mauro Ranallo missing the episode after the tweet Corey Graves sent during TakeOver: WarGames, Tom Phillips filled in on commentary during tonight’s NXT and called the show with Nigel McGuinness and Beth Phoenix.
Phoenix noted that Ranallo wasn’t there and said they were looking forward to seeing him next week. WWE didn’t give an explanation for his absence. As a cover for Ranallo not appearing at Survivor Series after Graves’ tweet, Michael Cole had said that Ranallo blew out his voice calling TakeOver but would be back on NXT this week.
On the episode of his After the Bell podcast that was released today, Graves said that he never meant to offend, disrespect, or disparage anyone with his tweet and apologized if it was taken that way. Graves had posted during TakeOver: “Just for the record guys, I know you wouldn’t know it, but there’s actually a WWE Hall of Famer AND a former Ring of Honor Champion on commentary. I’d imagine they have a lot to offer. #NXTTakeoverWarGames”
– After taking a press slam from the ring to the outside onto Kyle O’Reilly, Bobby Fish was removed from the Tag Team title match on tonight’s NXT due to injury. The move happened near the start of the match, with Roderick Strong coming out in street clothes and replacing Fish during a commercial break.
O’Reilly & Strong retained the titles by defeating Keith Lee & Dominik Dijakovic.
– It was announced after tonight’s show went off the air that — starting on Friday — referee Jessika Carr is moving from NXT to SmackDown. Carr gave a farewell speech to the crowd:
NXT’s Twitter account posted a tweet thanking Carr: “An inspiration for women everywhere. Thank you for everything, @WWELadyRefJess. We’ll miss you. #ThankYouJess #WeAreNXT #WWENXT”
