WWE Extreme Rules 2022 News Roundup: Major Return Announced, Praise For Bray Wyatt (September 6, 2022)

Welcome to the September 6 edition of WWE Extreme Rules 2022 News Roundup. The next premium live event of WWE is a month away. The company presented a stacked episode of Monday night RAW last week, where Bobby Lashley defended his United States Championship in a steel cage match against The Miz. Lashley retained after an interference from Dexter Lumis.

The action shifts to SmackDown now. A major return has been announced for this week’s episode of the blue brand. Also, a current RAW Superstar has heaped praise on former Universal Champion Bray Wyatt. Ex-WWE writer Vince Russo expressed his unhappiness over a big comeback on RAW.

Without further ado, let’s dive deep into the top news stories that emerged from WWE in the last 24 hours.

Bray Wyatt features on today’s WWE Extreme Rules 2022 news roundup

The Judgment Day member Damian Priest had some big praise for Bray Wyatt. In a recent interview with Metro, Priest opened up on whether he would like to work with Wyatt in the near future. Here’s what he had to say:

“Absolutely, of course – the guy’s extremely smart with how to present himself and you can always learn from someone like that. And getting to work with him, I think he’s a fantastic performer!”

Vince Russo slams WWE for booking Braun Strowman’s return the way they did

Braun Strowman made his much-awaited return to WWE on this week’s RAW episode. However, the way he returned to WWE by interfering in a fatal four-way tag team match confused some fans. Former WWE writer Vince Russo gave his honest opinion on Sportskeeda Wrestling’s Legion of RAW show and said:

“Horrible, horrible, horrible booking. You’re gonna bring back a guy after so long and he’s gonna lay out tag teams that nobody cares about anymore.”

Braun Strowman dominates today’s WWE Extreme Rules 2022 news roundup

THIS FRIDAY on #SmackDown

Acknowledge @WWERomanReigns, @WWEUsos, @HeymanHustle AND @WWESoloSikoa!

PLUS: Braun Strowman returns to the blue brand! pic.twitter.com/VkGwasRVLr

— m1l4 1v4n0v4 (@milaplamenova) September 6, 2022

After making his comeback on RAW, Braun Strowman confirmed that he will return to the SmackDown brand this week. Strowman affirmed that no one is safe in WWE because he is back now.

It will be exciting to see what Strowman does in his first appearance on SmackDown this year. SmackDown will happen on Friday night in Seattle.