Die Geschehnisse zwischen Zack Ryder und Mojo Rawley bei der Independence Battle Royal sollen angeblich der Anfang vom baldigen Ende von The Hype Bros sein. Ein Split des Teams mitsamt Heelturn von Mojo Rawley wurde bekanntlich schon seit Wochen in den Dirt Sheets gerüchtet:
ZitatAlles anzeigenTop SmackDown Live Tag Team to split up soon?
Unfortunately, the tag team is ending for the duo even before it really got going.
According to Cageside Seats, the Independence Day Battle Royal was indeed the beginning of the end for The Hype Bros, and they are slated to split up soon.
The Hype Bros are a duo comprising of Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley signed to SmackDown Live. While they’ve always been a popular act, they've never quite held the gold. Last year, the team won a Battle Royal making them Number 1 contenders for the tag team titles.Unfortunately, Ryder injured himself in the match, propelling Rawley to greater singles glory, when he won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at Wrestlemania. Ryder made his return to SmackDown Live recently, but the duo could not reclaim the top spot as they failed to become the top contenders for the prize.
This week, we saw Mojo Rawley dejected in the locker room, as he was not able to bag the top spot for the SmackDown Live tag team championships. Both men were then part of the Independence Day Battle Royal to crown the Number 1 Contender for the United States Championship.While both men teased working together at one point, Rawley stabbed Ryder in the back as he tossed his partner out of the ring, only to be eliminated soon after. We sensed major friction between the two ‘Bros’, at this juncture.
If indeed there is any truth to these rumours, we are curious to see how The Hype Bros split up over the weeks that follow. Interestingly, Enzo vs. Cass is one of the major programs on Raw, and we wonder if these two teammates will face each other as well.
The SmackDown Live tag team scenario lacks quality tag teams and these two men could have had a really good run. We’re soon going to tire of the program between The Usos and The New Day, and with American Alpha nowhere in sight, the tag team division will definitely suffer, as a result.
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ZitatAlles anzeigenSmackDown star suspended for 30 days and fined $10,000
Daniel Bryan made a strong statement as he suspended and fined a SmackDown Superstar.
In this past week’s edition of SmackDown, it was announced that James Ellsworth will be fined $10,000 and suspended for 30 days from WWE. SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan fined and suspended Ellsworth for interfering in last week’s Women’s Money in the Bank competition.
Ellsworth entered the venue in last week’s show even after being banned not only from ringside but the venue. Although, when he returned to the ring, he didn’t have a major part to play in Carmella winning the Money in the Bank match once again.
Carmella and Ellsworth were to celebrate Carmella’s victory by having a Carmellabration, where the duo rubbed it in the faces of the fans and Daniel Bryan by saying that Carmella deserved to be the Money in the Bank contract holder.
But their party was interrupted by current SmackDown Women's Champion, Naomi who said that she’s ready to put her title on the line against Carmella at any place and any time, while also calling Ellsworth ‘Ellsworthless’ and introducing Daniel Bryan. Bryan announced that for disobeying his orders last week, Ellsworth will be fined $10,000 as well as suspended for 30 days. The SmackDown GM also laid an ultimatum that if Ellsworth didn’t leave the ring that very second, Carmella would be stripped of her Money in the Bank briefcase. After this statement was issued by Bryan, the duo swiftly left the ring to the chants of ‘YES’ from the fans in Phoenix, Arizona.
