Month: May 2021

He’s back! It’s always a special time when a former WWE Champion makes his return to in-ring competition after being away for a while. One of these instances occurred tonight on Raw.
Jinder Mahal made his return to Raw, alongside his new cohorts Shanky and Veer. He would go on to defeat Jeff Hardy in his return match. You can see a clip of that below:
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The Modern-Day Maharaja has not been seen regularly on WWE programming since June of 2020, when WWE announced that he was going to be out of action with a knee injury. He is a former WWE Champion, holding the title for 170 days during the summer and fall of 2017.
Editor’s Opinion:
I have always been a fan of Jinder Mahal’s and I am beyond thrilled to see him back. Not only does he appear to be in great shape, but he looked good in his return match with Hardy during the show. I doubt that he will ever have the opportunity to be WWE Champion again, but this doesn’t mean that he can’t contribut..

There’s still time for more. We are less than a week away from WrestleMania Backlash and the card still has quite a few holes to fill in. With so many things left to add to the show, it is time to start getting things rolling. That was the case during this week’s edition of Monday Night Raw when a grudge match was added, but now there is going to be a little twist.
This week on Monday Night Raw, a match between Miz and Damian Priest was announced for WrestleMania Backlash. However, the match will not be a traditional one as Priest was allowed to pick the stipulation due to defeating Miz’s partner John Morrison during the show. As a result, the match will be a lumberjack match, which Priest selected due to being tired of Miz and Morrison double teaming him.
These two have a history. Check out how we got here:
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Opinion: The stipulation does make things a l..

Please don’t be bad. Injuries are the kind of thing that can take place for any wrestler at any given time. One of the worse parts of the whole thing is wondering how long someone is going to be out of action as a result, because you never can tell just how bad something is. Unfortunately that seemed to be the case again during a match on this week’s Monday Night Raw.
Humberto Carrillo was injured during a match against Sheamus during this week’s Monday Night Raw. Late in the match, Carrillo attempted a sunset bomb to Sheamus, who was on the apron at the time. Carrillo landed on the floor but Sheamus landed on his leg instead of between the legs. As a result, the referee stopped the match and awarded the win to Sheamus when it was decided that Carrillo could not continue. There is no word on what happened to Carrillo or how severe his injury might be.
It might be a bit before you see him again. Check out Carrillo at full health:
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Monday Night Raw
Date: May 10, 2021
Location: Yuengling Center, Tampa, Florida
Commentators: Adnan Virk, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton
It’s the go home show for Wrestlemania Backlash and that means it is time to push the rest of the card forward in a big way. There are currently two Raw matches set for the pay per view and that means we are going to need some more stuff announced tonight. You can probably guess those matches from here and now we get to see how dull they can make the show that announces them. Let’s get to it.
The opening recap looks at Bobby Lashley beating Braun Strowman and then getting Claymored by Drew McIntyre. As a result: Lashley vs. McIntyre this week.
Opening sequence.
Charlotte/Nia Jax/Shayna Baszler vs. Mandy Rose/Dana Brooke/Asuka Jax powers Mandy into the corner to start so Baszler can choke with the boot. Baszler grabs a standing armbar and takes Rose down without much effort. Asuka comes in and dropkicks Baszler down, with Mandy and Dana dropkicking Shay..

Run it again. NXT’s Takeover series has one of the best reputations in all of wrestling and that is because they have earned it. The shows have been going on for over seven years now and have been almost universally praised for everything that they have done. That is the kind of thing you do not get to see very often, but now we know where it is going to take place next.
According to Fightful Select, NXT’s next TakeOver special will be another In Your House themed show and will take place on June 13. The show has yet to be announced on NXT television. NXT presented an In Your House themed Takeover last June, with Io Shirai winning the NXT Women’s Title in the main event. In Your House was a series of pay per views presented by WWE from 1995-1999.
The first one worked. Check out how Takeover: In Your House went down:
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Welcome back. The Coronavirus pandemic has been one of the biggest changes that anyone has seen in a very long time. Wrestling has certainly been changed as well, with wrestling promotions not being able to regularly have fans in attendance for over a year. Things have started to get better and now a major company has announced that things are going to be back to normal.
AEW has announced that the company will return to live touring starting on July 7. The first three dates have been announced with all shows taking place in Florida or Texas. The three scheduled events will be:
* Wednesday, July 7: James L. Knight Center in Miami.
* Wednesday, July 14: H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas (greater Austin area)
* Wednesday, July 21: Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas (greater Dallas area)
These moves come after nine months of shows being exclusively run from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. If no other promotion announces an earlier date, AEW will be the first promotion to ru..

Keep the options open. AEW has been a game changer at the top of the wrestling world. While WWE is still the bigger promotion, AEW offers both fans and wrestlers alike another major platform. This is not something you get to see every day and it is great to have another option available. One of the top names in AEW certainly sees things that way, and understands that he has choices.
During a recent interview with SteelChair Wrestling Magazine, Maxwell Jacob Friedman mentioned being open to a move to WWE, though there is nothing to suggest that he is making the jump. Friedman said that he is a businessman who is going to listen to the best offer. He also talked about his plans to win the AEW World Title, along with the rest of his Pinnacle teammates winning titles. There is no word on when Friedman’s AEW contract expires.
Friedman is worth a look. Check out what he can do in the ring:
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You only get one. Wrestlers are just like regular people in a lot of ways. While they might be major stars in front of the camera, they have real lives once the shows go off the air. Those include friends and families, some of which are celebrated just like the ones in our own lives. That was the case on Sunday, and this time around it was for a pretty special occasion.
SmackDown star Seth Rollins has posted a photo to Instagram, showing his daughter with his fiance Becky Lynch. The photo’s caption talks about how great it is for his daughter to be able to call Lynch her mother and wishes Lynch a happy first Mother’s Day, along with wishing everyone else a happy Mother’s Day. Lynch gave birth to their daughter back in December.
Lynch has not been seen on WWE television since last May when she announced that she was pregnant and was vacating the Raw Women’s Title to go away on maternity leave. There is no word on when she will be back on television, but she has been teasing a return. ..

So that’s where they’re going. Wrestling shows are advanced every single week with one twist and turn after another. You don’t know when you are going to see something happen and that can make things all the more exciting. However, every now and then you see something that makes an even bigger change. Now we might know what one of the next ones will be.
According to Wrestlingnews.co, the current plans for the reunited Usos is to have them take the SmackDown Tag Team Titles from a babyface team. There is no word on who the team will be, as Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode are the Tag Team Champions. However, they are currently scheduled to defend the titles against Rey Mysterio and Dominick Mysterio at WrestleMania Backlash.
The Usos have been teaming together since 2010 and have won a combined six Tag Team Titles in WWE. The team has been inactive for over a year though as Jimmy has been out with a knee injury. Jimmy made his return during last week’s edition of SmackDown, during which..

That’s a good reason. Every now and then, almost every wrestler is going to need a little break from being in the ring. For one reason or another, they just need to be away from wrestling for a little while. It might be due to a personal issue, it might be a way to freshen them up a bit, or it might be to deal with an injury. Unfortunately the latter seems to be the case this time around with an NXT UK star.
Earlier this week, Amir Jordan lost a Loser Leaves NXT UK match against Kenny Williams, forcing him to leave the promotion. There is no word on where or when Jordan will be wrestling again, but we may have an idea of why he is leaving. Jordan has released a video announcing that he might be needing shoulder surgery. It is not clear if this is why he lost the match.
This means a lot to him. Check out the announcement:
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Opinion: This would certainly explain a lot and it would not surprise me to see Jordan coming back one day, perhaps on 20..

He’s worth watching. There are certain legends in wrestling and then there are some names who are just flat out bigger than almost anyone else. These are the names you are going to notice no matter what they are doing because they are just too big to ignore. This can be the case even after their in-ring career is over and now we are going to be seeing one of the biggest names ever twice.
Steve Austin will be making two appearances on different shows in the near future. First, as announced by WWE. Austin will be appearing on the May 12 edition of Drew&A, the Drew McIntyre interview series on the WWE Network. The show will be airing on Peacock in the United States and on the WWE Network elsewhere. This comes after McIntyre was a guest on the Broken Skull Sessions in December 2020.
Second, WWE Hall of Famer the Godfather has revealed on Instagram that he will be an upcoming guest on the Broken Skull Sessions, Austin’s interview series on the WWE Network. The post shows Godfather on the ..