10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (June 30)

7. The Ball Family Were Supposed To Stick Around On Raw

The Ball Family Miz TV
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Congratulations, WWE, you have arguably topped the disaster that was Alexa Bliss performing a dreary 'This Is Your Life' segment for Bayley by using the Ball family on Raw's latest episode. What a debacle; as if it wasn't bad enough that LaVar Ball was speaking over everybody, LaMelo Ball decided to use racial slurs over the live mic too.

Dave Meltzer and Wrestling Observer Radio reported that LaVar, LaMelo and Lonzo Ball were actually supposed to stick around and patrol ringside during the 6-man tag-match pitting The Miz, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel against Dean Ambrose, Heath Slater and Rhyno. Plans were changed due to LaMelo's rogue comments.

Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn were flapping when the segment started to go off the rails and decided to send Ambrose out to try and rescue things. When that didn't work, WWE thought the best strategy was removing the Ball family from the situation altogether.

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