Last night’s RAW Reunion was full of fun nostalgic moments, one of which included the opening segment that saw John Cena, The Usos, The Revival, D-Von Dudley, and Rikishi.
Apparently there was more originally planned for the segment and match, but it is being reported that Rikishi was unable to get medical clearance to perform his signature move. Instead, Rikishi was limited to only being a cheerleader on the outside, where he had originally been slated to deliver a few stinkfaces to The Revival and D-Von.
According to a report from Dave Meltzer via the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, the plan was for Rikishi to dish out a round of stinkfaces during the match but he wasn’t cleared by WWE medical to perform.
“Rikishi wasn’t cleared, but that wasn’t a big deal, but Rikishi was supposed to do the Stinkface on D-Von and The Revival and I don’t know what it is where you can’t get cleared to do a Stinkface, but he was not cleared to do a Stinkface.”
It’s odd to think that Rikishi wouldn’t be cleared medically to deliver something as simple and non physical as a stinkface, but I guess WWE is being extra careful with the “legends”.
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(Thanks to our friends at Ringsidenews.com for the transcriptions.)
