Top 5 Wrestling News Stories Of The Week 10/14: WWE Hall of Famers Back Donald Trump, Jon Moxley Hate AEW and Vince McMahon Compared To Hannibal Lecter.
Each and every week, the weird and wonderful world of professional wrestling never fails to captivate fans with a plethora of captivating stories that make their way into the news cycle.
Whether it’s shocking upsets, dramatic showdowns, or behind-the-scenes drama, the happenings within professional wrestling always keep fans on the edge of their seats.
Here are the Top Five Wrestling News Stories of the Week.
WWE Raw Star Getting The Boot From Judgment Day
Following the changes, it’s been reported on WrestleVotes Radio via SportsKeeda’s Backstage Pass Patreon, that Carlito could be leaving the group very soon and going on a singles run.
WrestleVotes: “I think now, with the addition of Raquel Rodriguez to the Judgment Day, it started to get a little bit bloated.
And I think if you have a street trash type gimmick for the Judgment Day where they’re kind of thugs and, you know, getting….rule breakers in that sort of environment, if you don’t toe the line of the entire group, or if you step out of line a little bit, or if you make a mistake, you’re going to pay for those mistakes.
So I think you’re going to see Carlito here in the next couple of weeks, sort of give the Judgment Day a reason to want to excommunicate him from the group. And I think he deserves a singles run.”
Joey Votes later added, “There’s no timetable. We haven’t heard much. I’d expect by the end of the year, maybe a singles run by Carlitos in the fold, but we do know that those plans have been discussed to separate him from the Judgment Day.”
Despite re-signing with the company months earlier, Carlito finally returned to WWE full-time at Fastlane in October 2023. The star initially formed part of the LWO before joining Judgment Day after being drafted to Raw in April 2024.
The Undertaker & Kane Join Donald Trump In New Video
The Undertaker Joins Donald Trump & Kane
In the video shared on social media, Kane, Trump, and The Undertaker are seated close together on a couch as The Deadman gives his pitch for a bizarre six-person match with no room for Trump’s own Vice Presidential candidate:
Alright everyone, November 5th, ElectionMania. The choice is yours, you can go with President Trump, Kane, and The Undertaker or you can take Kamala Harris, Dave Bautista, and Tim Walz. Choose wisely, the nation depends on it.
Trump then notes that should be an easy choice.
Jon Moxley Hates What AEW Has Become
At WrestleDream, Jon Moxley won the AEW World Championship from Bryan Danielson bringing Danielson’s full-time career to an end as well. After the bout, the Blackpool Combat Club were far from done as they continued to attack Danielson with Wheeler Yuta turning on his mentor and placing a plastic bag over his head in an attempt to suffocate him.
The BCC were eventually run off by most of the AEW locker room but on Dynamite in San Jose, Jon Moxley had a message to share with the rest of what he sees as his company.
A video played from after Moxley’s win to open Dynamite with Jon Moxley addressing the future of AEW with him in charge:
Let me tell you something. Someone has to be responsible when things get out of control. So I will be responsible. People think they know what I’m about, they think they know what motivates me. They don’t know anything.
I have a dream of a land of opportunity where people come to AEW and they can achieve anything they want, they can be the best version of themselves they can be. Wrestling gave me everything I have in the world, I want that for other people. 150 wrestlers on the roster, big fat paychecks and their junk in their hands, what are they supposed to do? Where are they supposed to go?
I hate what AEW has become. Egos out of control. Celebrating when there’s no need to celebrate, dancing and partying when there’s no need for dancing and partying. I cannot stand it any more.
I will burn down the forest to plant a new one. I’m not sentimental. I will do what has to be done. We will do what has to be done. We can see a better future, and we will make it happen. If you wanna come with us, you can come with us. If you don’t, run while you can. Stand down while you can. Get out of the way.
What’s the need to know for those in AEW? What’s the need to know? What is the new paradigm? It’s very simple – you work for me now.
WWE Making Changes To Survivor Series
WWE has made a slight change to Survivor Series 2024.
On November 30th, WWE Survivor Series: WarGames will land in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The event will be the 38th run under the Survivor Series banner, and it remains a favourite among long-time fans.
According to WWE’s official website, the start of the show has been moved to an earlier time of 2.30pm local. This is 5.30pm ET. The time listed is usually 30 minutes before the show goes on the air indicating it’ll now begin at 6pm EST.
This brings the event in line with Bad Blood, although that was due to a UFC event taking place on the same night.
Vince McMahon Compared To Hannibal Lecter By Old Adversary
Vince McMahon has been compared to Hannibal Lecter by a man who has spoken out against the former WWE boss for decades.
In the Netflix docuseries “Mr. McMahon” which covers the life and times of former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, a NY Post columnist named Phil Mushnick was featured throughout the documentary.
The reason Mushnick was in there is because starting in the 1990s and in the years that followed, he was known for criticizing McMahon’s WWE product for being too raunchy and for crossing the line with some of its content. That led to people like former WWE manager/announcer Jim Cornette going on WWE TV to trash Mushnick for his opinions, which is likely something McMahon allowed because he didn’t want to respond to Mushnick himself.
That same Netflix documentary is something that Vince McMahon wanted to buy to prevent it from airing because he thought it didn’t give a fair depiction of the kind of person he is.
During a recent episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored with a panel of people who worked for WWE, Mushnick was also a guest. While appearing on the show, Mushnick compared McMahon to the Hannibal Lecter character portrayed by Anthony Hopkins from the legendary “Silence of the Lambs” movie. The character did appear in other films as well but is most known from Hopkins’ performance as the maniacal villain.
“My empiral knowledge, my knowledge based on research, based on interviews and interviews with really good people. I’ve met some wonderful people. Bruno Sammartino was one of the most noble people I have met cause he told the truth. But based on what I know of Vince McMahon, he’s the closest thing to the fictional character, Hannibal Lector I’ve ever met.”
“He is that sick. I think he is a sociopath.”