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  • Looking Back At Every WWE Title Change On Christmas Day

    Christmas Day has arrived, and people around the world are unwrapping gifts from their loved ones. For the Superstars of WWE, nothing compares to the gift of a championship victory, and a few have had the honor of capturing gold on December 25.

    Jason Jordan and Seth Rollins – WWE Raw Tag Team Championships

    On the Christmas Day 2017 edition of WWE Raw, Jason Jordan and Seth Rollins defeated The Bar to claim the WWE Raw Tag Team Championships. While both were experienced champions in their own right, this marked the first—and only—reign for the unlikely duo as a team.

    Their reign lasted 34 days before ending at the 2018 Royal Rumble, where they dropped the titles back to Cesaro and Sheamus. Unfortunately, this championship win would also be Jordan\’s last, as injuries later forced him into retirement. Today, Jordan remains a key figure in WWE as a producer.

    Rusev – WWE United States Championship

    The December 25, 2018 edition of WWE SmackDown was a celebration of not just one but three special occasions. On Christmas Day, Rusev captured the United States Championship, a victory that coincided with both his birthday and the fan-favorite \”Rusev Day.\”

    This marked Rusev\’s third reign as U.S. Champion, which ended at the 2019 Royal Rumble when Shinsuke Nakamura reclaimed the title. Though this victory would be Rusev\’s final championship in WWE, the Bulgarian Brute ensured it was a memorable one.

    Big E – WWE Intercontinental Championship

    In 2020, Big E cemented his solo career during the Christmas Day edition of WWE SmackDown. On that night, he silenced Sami Zayn\’s claims of conspiracies by defeating him to win the Intercontinental Championship for the second time.

    Big E\’s reign lasted 106 days, culminating in a loss to Apollo Crews at WrestleMania 37: Sunday in April 2021. This triumph was only a preview of his future success, as Big E ended the same year as WWE Champion.

  • Kurt Angle Reveals Unknown Details About Jason Jordan\’s Career-Ending Injury

    The ending of Jason Jordan\’s WWE career is one of the most unfortunate stories in the wrestling world. He was being pushed as a future star by the company. The officials had plans for Jordan to face his storyline dad Kurt Angle in a match at WrestleMania 34. However, he suffered a neck injury two months before the event. He was written off TV with a backstage segment where Angle sent him home. Later reports suggested that Jason will be back on WWE programming in a year, only for him to be never seen again.

    Kurt Angle talked about his storyline with the former American Alpha member on the latest episode of his podcast. He first explained the minimally invasive neck surgery for herniated disk that Jordan underwent:

    \”What happens is your vertebrae, you have discs in between each vertebrae. When you injure your neck, the disc slides. What happens is it slides to the side. So it\’s sticking out of the vertebrae. You have nerves that come out of the vertebrae, and those get blocked by the disc. Then you can\’t feel your arm and you don\’t have motor skills with one arm or both arms depending if they slide both ways. So usually, it\’s just one way. You can\’t feel one arm and you can\’t use one arm. That\’s what Jason was having trouble with. His disc sled and blocked the nerves to his arm.\”

    \’He Has Problems To This Day\’: Kurt Angle

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    Kurt revealed during the show that he has gone through the same procedure himself. When asked if he was able to fix all issues with the operation, Angle replied negatively:

    \”Not really, I can\’t feel my two pinkies at all. I\’ve had a lot of problems with my motor skills and my arms went numb for periods of time. I\’ve lost about three inches in both arms. So my arms have atrophied. It\’s tough. When you do these quick fix surgeries. That\’s what Jason did. That\’s what I did. Instead of doing fusion. You\’re gonna have some problems down the road. Eventually I\’m going to have to have fusion. I should have had it already, and I didn\’t.\”

    Kurt Angle then talked about Jason Jordan\’s new role in WWE as a producer. He claimed that the young star has found his calling in his new position. Later on, he also revealed that Jason is struggling with the effects of his career-ending injury to this day:

    \”You know what\’s crazy he has problems to this day. His motor skills, his hands are on and off all the time. He just can never get right. I\’m not sure why that\’s occurring with him because with me at least I got relief at times. With him, he\’s never gotten relief. He has been really struggling with it for years.\”

    You can check out the episode of The Kurt Angle Show where they talk about Jason Jordan below:

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  • Jason Jordan Receives Significant Promotion Backstage In WWE

    Jason Jordan hasn\’t wrestled a match since the Royal Rumble event in 2018. He underwent neck surgery that February and has never returned to the ring. Jordan has been working as a producer in WWE ever since. According to a recent report from PW Insider, he received a significant promotion recently.

    Jordan has been promoted to the lead producer for both RAW and Smackdown. The 32-year-old will be taking over for duties formerly performed by John Laurinaitis. Jordan is expected to receive more responsibilities in his new role as well.

    There was a big shake up in the talent relations department recently. Mark Carrano was let go following the Mickie James/trash bag incident. Laurinaitis now oversees the talent relations department, taking over for Carrano. Referee John Cone was briefly relieved of his duties in that department before the company changed course. He has since been bumped up to second in command of talent relations behind Laurinaitis.

    Kurt Angle on Jason Jordan As His Storyline Son

    Kurt Angle recently commented on his podcast about the storyline angle of Jordan being his son.

    “They decided that I was going to have an illegitimate son and they weren’t sure who it was going to be and they decided to pick Jason over Chad and, you know, I’m not sure why. It might have been a politically correct move, but I was happy I was excited about it because Jason is a great talent and he was improving every week, his chops were improving, his work was improving. He was getting a lot better. He was on his way to main event status until he hurt his neck. That’s where the program ended and I was stuck high and dry without a partner for the next WrestleMania because that’s who I was going to wrestle was Jason.”

  • Chad Gable Says Jason Jordan Is Working Towards WWE In-Ring Return

    It turns out that Jason Jordan isn’t giving up hope regarding a possible in-ring return. 

    Chad Gable, the former tag team partner of Jordan, made an appearance on today’s episode of WWE’s The Bump. Around the 58-minute mark, Gable reflected on teaming up with Jordan. 

    This is where he noted that Jordan is working towards to a potential comeback.

    “Just speaking from a personal standpoint, he became one of my best friends throughout the process and still is. It\’s unfortunate what happened with his injury, but you never say never. He’s working on it. He\’s trying to get back, and who knows? A reunion is always something that I would never be against.”

    Jordan and Gable won both the NXT and SmackDown Tag Team Championships as a tag team together before they were separated in 2017 during the Superstar Shake-Up. Jordan would later win the Raw Tag Team Titles with Seth Rollins. 

    Jordan had neck surgery in early 2018 and still hasn’t been cleared to return to in-ring action. It’s been reported that the likelihood of him wrestling again isn’t likely. 

    On the flip side, Gable would go onto win the Tag Team Titles on the red brand with Robert Roode. He is currently a member of the Friday Night SmackDown where he\’s paired with Otis.

  • Kurt Angle Talks How His Storyline With Jason Jordan Might Have Ended

    WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle recently did a Q&A on Facebook and commented on a number of interesting topics.

    During the session, a fan asked how his storyline with Jason Jordan was supposed to end. If you recall, Jordan had neck surgery in early 2018. 

    At the time, WWE announced that Jordan wouldn’t be able to return in time for WrestleMania 34. The procedure Jordan underwent is called a minimally invasive posterior cervical microdiscectomy.  

    Angle responded with, “I’d imagine that Jason and I would have wrestled at WrestleMania.”

    Clearly, that didn’t happen. Instead, WWE booked the pro wrestling legend in a feud with Baron Corbin that resulted in Angle losing his retirement match to the heel wrestler at WrestleMania 25 in 2019. 

    Jordan still hasn’t been cleared to return to in-ring action. Since then, the former NXT Tag Team Champion has been working as a producer for the company. 

    In January, it was reported that he was doing better but still had issues gripping and making a fist. It’s been reported by Dave Meltzer that the likelihood of Jordan wrestling again isn’t likely. 

  • Kurt Angle Shares How Jason Jordan Storyline Might Have Ended

    Kurt Angle has speculated how he thinks his storyline with on-screen son Jason Jordan would have played out had Jordon not suffered an injury. The WWE Hall of Famer discussed the storyline on the Table Talk with D’Von and Mo Podcast. 

    According to Angle, the storyline would have led to a one-off matchup between himself and Jordon. He noted how he wouldn’t have been wrestling constantly and how WWE wanted to protect him as much as possible. Angle stressed how he understood WWE’s mindset and reiterated how he was just happy to come back to WWE. He shared how retiring in WWE was “all I wanted to do.”

    Kurt Angle\’s Assistant GM

    Kurt Angle explained how Jordan would have probably been put into an Assistant GM role on screen. Over time, the two of them would begin butting heads over decisions being made. This would have ultimately led to a matchup. He shared how, if the injury hadn’t occurred, the two would have faced off at WrestleMania 35. Baron Corbin would eventually face Angle in his Farewell match.

    “What I believe is that Jason was probably going to continue on being my son, he was going to start being a pain in the ass to me, I probably would’ve hired him on as my assistant GM, he would’ve started making decisions for me and it would’ve caused a lot of animosity and then him and I would’ve wrestled at WrestleMania instead of Baron Corbin,” Angle explained.

    “Obviously they picked Baron. No matter what you think about him, he’s a great in ring worker, his promo skills have gotten a lot better, he’s a big kid great athlete and what I believe, he replaced Jason.”

    It has been reported that Jason Jordan has been working backstage as a WWE Producer since he underwent neck surgery. Following his surgery, Jordan was cleared to travel on the road. He has allegedly not yet been cleared for any in-ring activity. 

    H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.