– Randy Orton will not be working any WWE events until the WWE Battleground go-home episode of SmackDown on Tuesday, July 18th. He will be back to working a regular schedule after the Battleground pay-per-view.
As noted, Orton will be co-starring in the upcoming movie Changeland with Seth Green and Breckin Meyer. Dave Meltzer noted in the latest edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Orton’s time off from WWE over the next couple of weeks is to film the movie.
– We reported earlier this week that Matt Hardy on Twitter thanked wrestling fans “that backed #HouseHardy in the latest #GreatWar” and said that they were “days away from winning.” Hardy has been in a legal battle since leaving TNA over the “Broken” gimmick and it appeared from his tweet that he was close to a settlement with Anthem. As noted, PWInsider reported that the word backstage at the GFW Impact tapings this week is that “it’s actually much closer to the opposite with the two sides remaining very much at odds.” For what it’s worth, Hardy tweeted the following early this morning:
— REBORN by FATE (@MATTHARDYBRAND) July 7, 2017
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