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WWE Crown Jewel 2023: Logan Paul Becomes United States Champion, Roman Reigns Defeats LA Knight, John Cena’s Losing Streak Continues

By Michael Fairman

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Logan Paul has captured his first WWE championship. The social media/You Tube sensation-turned-boxer and pro wrestler, defeated Rey Mysterio Jr. for the United States Championship in one of the only title changes at Saturday’s WWE Crown Jewel premium live event on Peacock emanating from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Paul’s victory, however, came with an assist from a pair of brass knuckles when a member of his ‘entourage’ snuck to the side of the ring and handed them to Paul. “The Maverick” has used the ‘knucks’ in his previous victory over Ricochet. However, after Hall of Famer, Mysterio, thwarted his first attempt for Paul to use them, Paul’s buddy went to the other side of the ring to retrieve them when LWO member, Santos Escobar stopped him.

However, in what looks to be intentional, Escobar left the brass knuckles inside the ring for Paul to grab, while he ran after Paul’s friend.  This time, Paul grabbed them and smashed Rey with a right-hand hook to complete his finisher with a springboard-like move.

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During the match, and being wiser in the ring than his years in it, Paul actually saved Mysterio from sustaining a major injury, when he caught Rey mid-air on a springboard move before Mysterio could have landed awkwardly on his head.

In the main event, Roman Reigns retained his WWE Universal Championship against the “Megastar” LA Knight.  While Knight is the hottest WWE superstar according to the WWE Universe, Reigns did just enough to win including having interference from ‘Bloodline’ members, Solo Sikoa and Jimmy Uso.  Roman secured the win with a Spear on Knight through the barricade outside the ring, before bringing him back into the ring, for another Spear to get the win.

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16-time WWE champion John Cena wanted to prove he’s still got it, after having lost in all his singles match over the last five years; whenever he returned to the WWE.  The match served to prop up Solo Sikoa as a singles wrestler by ultimately destroying Cena with shot after shot with his noted taped thumb – the Samoan Spike. After the beatdown, Cena got a standing ovation from the crowd, but left dejected.

Speaking of dejected, the best match of the night was in the opener between WWE Champion, Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre. After some great moves and a wild battle, Rollins ultimately secured the pin. Next, Damian Priest came out to cash in on his ‘Money in the Bank’ contract, but a hooded Sami Zayn messed up the moment for him by stealing the briefcase. Thus, Rollins was saved having to wrestle again in the same night and possibly lose his championship.

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A dejected McIntyre went backstage, where Rhea Ripley saw him sitting dejected in an “I told you so” moment, since she offered the Judgment Day’s help.  A full heel turn has to now be on the horizon for McIntyre.

And, it was interference a go-go, during Bianca Belair’s attempt to win back the WWE Women’s championship from Iyo Sky.  Later in the match, Damage CTRL’s Bayley came to the ring to assist Sky. However, Sky didn’t need her help when none other than Kairi Sane came out of nowhere and took out Belair.  In the end, Belair was pinned by Sky.  Sane and Sky celebrated in the ring, while Bayley looked concerned outside the ring.  If you recall, Bayley put Sane on the shelf a few years ago.  Will this beatdown finally turn Bianca heel?

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In other bouts, Cody Rhodes defeated Damian Priest to continue his ascent to “finish the story”, and Rhea Ripley retained her Women’s championship against Nia Jax. Zoey Stark, Shayna Baszler and Raquel Rodriguez.  To kick things off, Sami Zayn (of Syrian-descent), wrestled JD McDonagh, prior to the official start of Crown Jewel. Zayn got the win to the delight of the crowd.

So, what did you think about the 2023 edition of WWE Crown Jewel? Logan winning the US Title? Share your thoughts in the comment section. In addition, immediately after “Crown Jewel”, pro wrestling reporter, Luis Ruiz joined Michael Fairman for the latest edition of their You Tube series, “What’s Up? Wrestling” where they recapped the best and worst moments of the premium live event.  You can check what they had to say below.

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Steffy Tells Carter She’s Pregnant, But He Has a Way ‘Out of This Situation For All of Us’

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After taking a second pregnancy test on the Friday, September 12 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) freaks out ever more when it come back positive, too. Leading her to shriek, multiple times over, “Oh my God! Oh my God! I’m pregnant!”

As previously reported, CBS and The Bold and the Beautiful have already confirmed that in the story, the baby Steffy is carrying is Carter’s (Lawrence Saint-Victor) which kicks-off their 40th season of storytelling. However, could there be a twist down the line that it’s really Finn’s (Tanner Novlan)?

On Friday’s episode, Carter gets a text from his wife, Daphne (Murielle Hilaire) telling him she wants to talk more about surrogacy later, since she cannot carry Carter’s child, and the couple was exploring ways for them to have a baby. Suddenly, Carter flashes back to waking up next to Steffy on the couch in the office after they had sex the night before in their drunken stupor.

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CARTER DEVISES A PLAN

Then, Steffy comes whirling into the office demanding to talk to Carter right away. Steffy is informing Carter that she has to tell Finn about their night together more than ever! A confused Carter asked her what changed, when they agreed to keep their one night together a secret? Carter tells her if she reveals what happened between them, it will tear about all of their lives.

Carter thinks nothing will come of their “mistake” if they keep their mouth shut. Steffy responds, “You’re wrong.” She goes on to explain that she’s pregnant! That declaration stuns Carter and we fade to black.

However, it was the preview for the action next week on The Bold and the Beautiful, that aired at the end of Friday’s episode and is now all over B&B’s social media that is the real tell-tale sign of where this story is heading.

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In a scene airing next week, Carter says to Steffy, “I have a way out of the situation for all of us!” This comes on the heels of Daphne telling Carter she wishes she knew someone who would be their surrogate. So, putting two and two together, it looks like Carter will come up with the idea to pass Steffy and his baby off as the surrogate child of Carter and Daphne.

Look no further than the official B&B spoilers for episodes airing Monday, September 14- Friday, September 18 and the teaser lines of the Steffy/Carter baby drama to back that up below.

Monday, September 14, Steffy’s news complicates things even more with Carter, while on Tuesday, September 15, 2026  Daphne is hopeful she and Carter will be able to find a surrogate and Carter rushes to stop Steffy. On Wednesday, September 16, Carter makes a passionate plea. and by Thursday, September 17, Daphne can’t believe Carter’s suggestion. Then come Cliffhanger Friday, September 18, Steffy is caught off guard.

So, what do you think how it look to be Carter who originated plan to keep the truth from ever coming out, that he and Steffy had sex, and the best way to do this is for Steffy to be the surrogate for Carter and Daphne’s child? How complicated will the cover-up eventually get? Will Steffy fall in love with the baby making this whole thing untenable for her? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section, but first check out B&B’s video teaser for next week’e episodes below.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason and Britt Reach an Impasse; Is This the End of Their Relationship?

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On the Friday, September 11 episode of General Hospital, Jason (Steve Burton) and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship becomes strained to potentially the point of no return.

Things take a turn when an unglued Britt having been traumatized by almost being killed by Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) asks Jason to back her up with the PCPD when she reports Anna for attempted murder.

However, Jason told Britt, he can’t. Jason shares that he does not believe Anna would have gone through with shooting her. Therefore, Britt was not in any real imminent danger. Britt is flabbergasted and hurt that Jason is refusing to tell the police what he actually witnessed for himself on Mount Emerson.

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BRITT WANTS BACK UP FROM JASON

Jason counters that he can’t believe that Britt would want Anna punished. or sent to prison, or a mental facility after the trauma she endured while being locked up and mentally tortured while at Wyndemere.

He asks Britt, “How could you even say that you want her locked up or prosecuted for what she did when you knew she was being held prisoner and you did nothing to save her?” Britt is stunned by Jason’s response.

Coming up, official General Hospital spoilers share that on the upcoming Monday, September 14 episode, Jason confides in Carly (Laura Wright), while Britt is stung. In the video preview that aired at the end of the Friday, September 11 episode for this coming Monday, Britt says to Jason, “You don’t believe me. Do you?”

General Hospital head scribes, Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte previously teased in their fall preview of the soap, “Britt and Jason have come a long way and fought a lot of enemies to be together. But the most stubborn obstacle to their happiness isn’t without, it’s within. Decisions Britt made to stay alive while under Cullum’s thumb will come back to haunt her and may prove too difficult for this unlikely couple to survive.”

So, what do you think will happen? Will Jason and Britt break-up over Britt’s lies and Jason’s unwillingness to report Anna’s crime against her? Do you want Jason and Britt to go their separate ways? If they do, will Britt become romantically involved with Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) ? If so, who do you pair Jason with? Anyone? Weigh-in via the comment section.

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Steffy is Shaken to the Core, ‘Oh My God! I’m Pregnant!’

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On today’s Thursday, September 10 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) discovers she’s pregnant, after taking a home pregnancy test, that will launch a new story arc that will remain front and center for the show in the months ahead.

The life-changing story kicks off the B&B’s 40th season which officially began on September 8. In it, Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) is the biological father of Steffy’s unborn child from their drunken night together when both endured turbulent times in their marriages.

Previously, Carter had trouble with Daphne (Murielle Hilaire), when she initially walked out on him, because she could not carrying his child. Meanwhile, Steffy broke up with Finn (Tanner Novlan) while in Monaco over Finn’s mother Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) showing up, who once tried to kill her.

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Fast-forward, Carter and Steffy made a pact that no one will ever need to know about their drunken night together, but now with Steffy becoming pregnant it changes everything. Making matters all the worse, Daphne views Steffy as her best friend, in fact, Daphne and Carter have been talking about having a child via surrogacy. While Finn had showed the couple how to start the process of finding a surrogate, Daphne felt just choosing a random person to carry Carter’s child is so impersonal. She would rather have it be someone she knows.

It does not take a scientist to predict … that somehow Steffy will carry the baby pretending to be the surrogate, when she its biological mother, and along the way, the questions become, does she keep the whole thing somehow a secret to herself? Doe Carter find out at some point? Stay tuned to see how this story reveals itself.

At its root, this is a major storyline for Wood, who has already won three Daytime Emmy Lead Actress Awards in her 18 years with The Bold and the Beautiful. In that time, her character of Steffy has experienced multiple pregnancies, given birth to two children, Kelly with Liam (Scott Clifton) as the father, and Hayes with Finn as the father, and endured a miscarriage.

So, what did you think of Steffy getting confirmation she is pregnant and looking mortified when she found out? What will she do next? Will she tell Carter? Will Daphne come to Steffy to ask her to be her surrogate, which Steffy may think will be the answers to her prayers, only for the truth to come out later, or falling in love with the baby since its hers to be begin with? Share your thoughts and theories for this major story for Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, via the comment section.

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