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Kurt Angle Finally Remembers Kayfabe Several weeks ago, Kurt Angle made an announcement
that shocked the wrestling world - Jason Jordan is his illegitimate son.
A revelation so momentous and potentially career-ruining, he forgot about it the following
week, thanking his "5 beautiful children" for his 5th anniversary wedding cake on Instagram.
Six children now, Kurt.
You're exposing the business.
Maybe it just took a while for the rather ridiculous news to sink in, though, as kayfabe
was restored backstage at Raw on Monday night, where Kurt posted a family photo including
his wife, and four of his children - one of which being Jason Jordan.
Next up: comedy sketches of Jordan moving in with the Angles, and Kurt training him
Rocky-style.
Backstage Push For Samoa Joe Summerslam Win For better or worse, Jordan is now a Kurt
Angle guy for the rest of his wrestling career.
Samoa Joe, meanwhile, might have just become the latest Paul Heyman one.
The original plan for Summerslam's main event was reportedly Brock Lesnar vs Braun
Strowman for the Universal title.
Then, Vince McMahon wanting a more frequently appearing champion on Raw, it became Lesnar
vs Roman Reigns.
Because of those old plans, you can see how both Reigns and Strowman are now challenging
for Lesnar's title.
But there's a dark horse pick in that match.
Joe vs Lesnar at Great Balls of Fire was supposedly meant to be a one-and-done encounter, setting
up Brock for his Summerslam main event.
But The Samoan Submission Machine appears to have impressed those backstage so much,
Raw's Universal title match became a Fatal-Four Way with him in.
And according to Wrestling News World - so do take this with a pinch of salt - he impressed
the most important person of all.
"Vince [McMahon] has very much changed his tune on Samoa Joe...Vince does see him as
a star at this point and not just a midcard guy like he did before."
This becomes even more intriguing in light of Sports Illustrated's latest report:
"None other than Paul Heyman is advocating behind-the-scenes for Samoa Joe to win the
title."
The article also claims that Heyman threatening Lesnar will leave WWE if he loses at Summerslam
is to give Brock time off to prepare for his "imminent" UFC return, which will be against
Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones.
Lesnar remains under contract to WWE until next Spring, though, so he'll still fulfill
his obligations at the Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania 34.
Dave Meltzer, writing at MMA Fighting, however, isn't so sure.
He's reporting "Brock is 100% at Mania", and that he'll be on TV through January
to March to promote the event.
As Lesnar would need at least two months of full-time training for a UFC return, and that
he still has five months to serve on his one-year USADA ban, Meltzer writes that mid-June would
be the earliest possible date for the fight, and "by that point, he also wouldn't need
the approval of Vince McMahon."
Raw Ratings This week's Raw managed the show's best
rating since April's Superstar Shake-Up episode, pulling in 3.16 million viewers.
Stone Cold would be proud.
But far more important are your ratings.
59% thought the show was AvRAWge, while 25% agree with me at the slightly less impressed
Poor.
How about that John Cena vs Shinsuke Nakamura botch on Smackdown!?
And what is WWE's babyface problem?
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