WWE News & Rumor Roundup: World Champion forced to drop the title for 'losing steam', top name to finally return, More on Roman Reigns' absence

WWE News & Rumor Roundup: World Champion forced to drop the title for 'losing steam'; top name to finally return; more on Roman Reigns' absence - 28th December 2021

By Shiven Sachdeva

Modified Dec 28, 2021 16:02 GMT

Vince McMahon and Roman Reigns have been missing in action

#1 Toni Storm talks about her main-roster call-up in WWE

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Toni Storm has made a great impression on WWE fans since she made her main roster debut. The Australian superstar has been feuding with Charlotte Flair over the SmackDown Women's title.

Speaking to Ryan Satin on Out of Character, Toni Storm opened up about her run on SmackDown. She also went into detail about how much she has learnt during her time there. She said that it has been a 'crazy ride' ever since she joined the blue brand:

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''My whole life has changed... I have this undying respect for this industry, it’s what I’ve been doing my whole life but now, I’m like, ‘oh wow, I have so much respect for what people do up here,’ and it really is top-notch quality. I’m just putting everything into bettering myself and showing I can hang here," said Storm.

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She revealed that she was initially asked to do a few dark matches for the main roster but thought she would remain on NXT. However, WWE was impressed with her and decided to bring her on to the blue brand.

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Shiven Sachdeva is a WWE writer who has been with Sportskeeda for over eight years. He is an alumnus of IIT-R and holds a Master's Degree in Commerce. His love for writing and pro wrestling led him to become a writer. Shiven has interviewed multiple top WWE stars, including former champions Kofi Kingston, Becky Lynch, and Seth Rollins, to name a few.

Shiven thoroughly researches the news and stories and enjoys reporting roundups and news to help give his audience an accurate view of all the important happenings in the world of pro wrestling. He has one of the highest average reads on the website and holds the distinction of garnering a 100M reads in under 2000 articles.

Two of his favorite WWE Superstars are Shawn Michaels and Drew McIntyre. If he could go back to the Attitude Era, Shiven asserts that he would reinstate Michaels as the leader of DX instead of Triple H.

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