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The 5 News Week: RAW Tag Team Championship Belt Reportedly Getting A Redesign Plus So Much More.

Hello, my fellow wrestling fans and welcome to the 5 news week. The post where I report 5 major or minor news of the week that I don't have time to do it separately. Without further ado, here are the 5 news week.

RAW Tag Team Championship Belt Reportedly Getting A Redesign. 

Both the RAW and the Smackdown Live Tag Team Championships belt design looks like in need of a desperate makeover for years now and according to a report from Heel By Nature, a belt insider by the name of Belt Fan Dan (cool name by the way) said that WWE has contracted Dave McMillan to design the men's tag team titles for RAW and Smackdown. 

Dave McMillan is the same person that designed the "penny" tag team title belts and debuted it in 2010. The report also stated that the "penny" design was actually the design for the women's tag team championship but later WWE scrapped it because they didn't like it. Thank God.

List of WWE Superstars And On-Screen Personalities With Contract Expiration Dates. 

Fightful.com posted an article which contains wrestlers and on-screen personalities' contract expiration dates from different wrestling promotions but I'm going to post the WWE ones because this is primarily a WWE blog, unfortunately (Click here to read the entire list): 

  • AJ Styles- April 2019.
  • Dean Ambrose: April 2019.
  • Big Show: Spring 2021.
  • Daniel Bryan: September 2021.
  • The Good Brothers- September 2019.
  • The Miz: 2022. 
  • Jerry Lawler- January 10, 2021.
  • Jim Ross: March 2019. 
  • Kevin Owens: signed a 5-year deal back in 2018 that will last until of April 2023. 
  • Mandy Rose- Late 2020.
  • Mauro Ranallo- June 2019.
  • Matt Hardy- March 5, 2019.
  • Mojo Rawley- 2020. 
  • Pat McAfee- signed a multi-year deal back in December of 2018 that will last through 2020 at least.
  • Paige- April 2019. 
  • Rey Mysterio- signed a two-year deal that will last until October 2020. Includes a clause after 18 months. 
  • Randy Orton: signed a ten-year deal in 2010. Set to expire in 2020. 
  • The Revival- April 2020. 
  • Ronda Rousey- April 10, 2021. 
  • Stephanie McMahon - October 7, 2019 (as on-screen talent). 
  • Shinsuke Nakamura- 2019. 
  • The Usos: April 2019. 

TJP Responded To The Rumoured Reason As To His WWE Release. 

As you might know, TJP has been let go from WWE under the 205 live brand. The rumoured reason is because of his tattoos apparently but TJ Perkins has responded to this on twitter and here's what he had to say: 


Damien Sandow On His Acting Career And If He Could Wrestle Again. 

The great Chris Van Vleet posted his latest interview with Damien Sandow on Youtube (click here to watch it) about his next chapter in life but Sandow also talked about his acting career and if he could wrestle again (shout out to WrestlingInc for the transcript): 

"Right now I'm really just trying to focus on acting but that doesn't mean I'm never going to step in a ring again because let's face it, everyone says 'I'm done, I'm done' and everyone comes back and I'm just not going to be that guy." "What if I do get an itch someday? I don't want to niche myself into saying 'I'm just an actor.' No, I'm me. I'm trying acting and digging it but that doesn't mean I'm going to deny my past."

Ricochet Comments About Which Brand He'll Go To. 

Ricochet, who by the way was a part of the highest rated RAW show of 2019 so far recently talked about which brand he'll go to in a short interview with WPSD Local 6: 

“I will be on RAW and SmackDown going forward. At least until after Mania. After Mania, it’s gonna be one or the other. I’m assuming, I don’t know. But that’s what I’m assuming. But yes, going forward, I am now an official member of RAW and/or SmackDown.” (Transcript via WrestlingNews.co). 

Well, I hope you're caught up with the news and let me know your thoughts on the news I just reported. Follow the blog for honest pro wrestling opinions and stay safe smarks. 
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