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REVIEW: Survivor Series 2000: Austin Does Machinery

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Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over ten years now and have reviewed over 5,000 shows. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I’ll be posting a new review here on Wrestlingrumors.net. It could be anything from modern WWE to old school to indies to anything in between. Note that I rate using letters instead of stars and I don’t rate matches under three minutes as really, how good or bad can something that short be? Survivor Series 2000 Date: November 19, 2000 Location: Ice Palace, Tampa, Florida Attendance: 18,602 Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler It’s old school time and as luck would have it, we’re going with something from one of the best eras the company has ever had. Steve Austin is back from his neck surgery and going after the mastermind behind his attack with another match against HHH. At the same time, we have the Rock vs. Rikishi, who famously did it for da Rock. Let’s get to it. The opening video looks at HHH bei..

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WATCH: Ronda Rousey On Feeling Disrespected By Fellow SmackDown Wrestler

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She doesn’t sound pleased. Wrestling is a lot of things, but at the end of the day, it is not a secret that the match results are planned in advance. The wrestlers are real athletes and are putting in the effort whenever they are in the ring. There are a handful of stars who can legitimately take down just about anyone they care to, and now one of them does not seem happy with a fellow star. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: It Could Happen: WWE Ready To Name WrestleMania 43 Venue If Major Condition Is Met Last week on SmackDown, Raquel Rodriguez interrupted the Shayna Baszler vs. Shotzi match, resulting in Baszler getting distracted and rolled up for the pin. This came after Baszler’s friend, Ronda Rousey, interfered in the match multiple times. Rousey and Baszler were interviewed later in the night on SmackDown LowDown, with Rousey saying that Rodriguez disrespected herself and Baszler. Rousey went on to say that for interfering in their business, she would have to pay. Rousey is currently sc..

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It Could Happen: WWE Ready To Name WrestleMania 43 Venue If Major Condition Is Met

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That’s a long time. There are a lot of wrestling events held throughout the year but none of them top WrestleMania. For almost forty years, the annual event has become the most important in the business from multiple perspectives. As a result, cities will bid to host the show and it can be quite the financial boon to the local economy. Now, we have an idea of where WrestleMania will be heading down the road. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Switch Em Up: New Theme Music And Ring Name For Monday Night Raw Stars According to the Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee newspaper), WrestleMania 43 could be coming to Nashville in 2027. Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. CEO Butch Spyridon has said that WWE offered the city a verbal commitment to host the event if Nashville builds a new enclosed stadium. A vote to hold the new stadium will be held in the near future. WWE released a statement to the Tennessean saying: “Nashville has exploded as a cultural center in the United States and as the land of o..

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Switch Em Up: New Theme Music And Ring Name For Monday Night Raw Stars

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It’s a different way to go. There are all kinds of ways to make a wrestler stand and sometimes a promotion needs to do something different to shake it up. Occasionally you will see a wrestler get something changed up to offer a new presentation. That was the case again this week, as two wrestlers received a change each to freshen things up just a little bit. This week on Monday Night Raw, a wrestler’s theme song and another wrestler’s ring name were both changed. First up, Johnny Gargano came to the ring for a match with the Miz to a remixed version of his “Rebel Heart” theme, featuring a new vocalist and rift. Later in the show, Mia Yim’s name was changed to “Michin”, which she said means “crazy” in Korean. The name change has also been made official on WWE.com. ?? . Michin (Mee-chin). Crazy. ??#WWERAW @wwe pic.twitter.com/Px64fXiKTy — The HBIC (@MiaYim) November 22, 2022 Gargano got some attention too. Check out the new theme plus what both of them did during the show: [This pos..

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Generation Gap: Former WWE Star Compares Working With Triple H And Vince McMahon

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Things have changed. There have been a lot of changes throughout the wrestling world this year and nothing has come close to Vince McMahon retiring from WWE. McMahon leaving the company is the kind of game changer that you do not see take place in wrestling and now there is a new regime in charge. A former WWE star has an interesting take on the two regimes. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Where It Hurts: Vince McMahon Allegedly Paid Manager Only $100 For WrestleMania Following McMahon’s retirement from WWE, Triple H became one of the powerful names in the company. Former WWE star CJ Perry, known as Lana during her time in the company, spoke with Wrestlinginc.com, spoke about the differences between the two. Perry said that Triple H had given women opportunities as a manager, while McMahon was “more traditional”. According to Perry, McMahon almost did not let her manage Miro (Rusev in WWE) because ‘a hot girl can’t be with a heel guy, or he’ll get cheered’. Perry and Miro worked together from..

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Where It Hurts: Vince McMahon Allegedly Paid Manager Only $100 For WrestleMania

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That’s not a good way to go. Wrestling is a unique business to say the least, as there are certain things that are done in the industry that would make no sense elsewhere. This ranges from how the workers are presented to how they are always on the move, the latter of which can get expensive. That can turn into a bigger problem if you annoy your boss, and that is what someone did to the biggest boss in wrestling. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Yes Chance: Important Update On Vince McMahon Documentary During his YouTube show, former WWE personality Dutch Mantell revealed that James Dundee, formerly known as JC Ice during his time in WWE, was paid $100 for WrestleMania 13. Dundee had angered McMahon in some way and was paid $100 for getting involved in the Chicago Street Fight at WrestleMania 13. Mantell said this was far lower than the normal amount managers were paid for just walking to the ring at this point. In addition, Mantell said Dundee did not complain about the pay as McMahon was lo..

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RUMOR: Creative Plans for Becky Lynch WWE Return at Survivor Series WarGames Revealed

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Becky Lynch has been out of action with a separated shoulder since August 1st. She was written off WWE television after suffering an attack from Damage Control. Big Match Becks hasn’t been featured on WWE programming since SummerSlam, but there are some rumors swirling about a potential WWE return must sooner than you’d think. Following this week’s Monday Night Raw, WWE Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair has formed most of team for Survivor Series WarGames. However, she’s still one more member shy in the match. The rumor mill is reporting that Becky Lynch is anticipated to be revealed as the fifth member of the team soon. Related: Becky Lynch Explains What Hurt Her Friendship With Charlotte Her role in the WarGames Match would make sense given the angle at SummerSlam before she was put on the shelf by Damage Control. Becky Lynch coming for revenge in her return adds a lot to the match and gets her rolling into WWE programming before the end of the year. Word on the street is that th..

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Farewell? AEW Star Says “Thank You”, “Bye” In Cryptic Post

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That’s a tease. The AEW roster has grown quite a bit during the company’s three and a half year history. There have been several names to come and go from the locker room and it can mean a lot for a wrestler to get a spot in the company. While there have been several successes, there have been some who can’t seem to get out of the blocks. Now another one of the latter is teasing something. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: AEW’s Saraya Shares Details On Planned Autobiography About Her Drug Addiction Issues AEW’s Andrade El Idolo has posted an image of himself holding his mask with the caption “I just want to say thank you!!! Bye” in both English and Spanish. El Idolo does not go into further details of what he is saying “bye” to. He is currently suspended from AEW after a backstage altercation with Sammy Guevara and has not wrestled a match for the company since September 4. There has been nothing to indicate that El Idolo is leaving AEW. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrade El..

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Monday Night Raw Results – November 21, 2022

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Monday Night Raw Date: November 21, 2022 Location: MVP Arena, Albany, New York Commentators: Kevin Patrick, Corey Graves It’s the last Raw before Survivor Series and the card is mostly set. Both WarGames matches are almost entirely ready to go following the return of Kevin Owens on Smackdown. Tonight is going to be about finding the final woman in the other WarGames match and adding in some other stuff to the show. Let’s get to it. Opening sequence. Here is Kevin Owens to quite the welcome. Owens says he is joining WarGames for the sake of one person and it’s not Sami Zayn. No matter what, he and Zayn are like brothers and they can deal with that later. No he’s doing this to remind Roman Reigns who he is. If it wasn’t for the Bloodline, the history making title reign would have been stopped earlier. Now he wants to take out the Bloodline so there is no one standing between him and the Universal Title. Owens isn’t here alone tonight so here are the Brawling Brutes and Drew McIntyre ..

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REPORT: Injury Update for Cody Rhodes WWE Return Before Royal Rumble

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Since the now infamous Hell in a Cell match between Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes back in June, the WWE Universe continues to wait for Cody’s return. All indications were that Cody would have been challenging Roman Reigns by SummerSlam. However, the torn pectoral muscle took him out of the game until next year. The general consensus on the rumor mill is that Cody Rhodes is expected back for the Royal Rumble in January. That’s about six months of recovery time for him. The expectation if that happens is that Cody would win the match and main event WrestleMania 39 against Roman Reigns. People are counting on that, but it’s been a minute since we had an update. Related: How Cody Rhodes Was Allowed To Wrestle At Hell In A Cell Brandi Rhodes, Cody’s wife, recently appeared on Steve Fall’s Ten Count and provided a health update heading into the end of the year. During the session, she described Cody’s progress as “really good” and told a few stories about him working with his physical thera..

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LOOK: WWE Star Reveals New Look While Interrupting Big Match

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It worked before. There are several different aspects that go into making a wrestler work out in the right way. In addition to everything that takes place on the microphone and in the ring, a wrestler’s appearance needs to make them stand out in some way. Occasionally a change needs to be made and now a longstanding WWE star has done just that with a bit of a flashback. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: WRESTLING RUMORS: WWE Boss Triple H Sees Monday Night Raw Star As “Reclamation Project” This week on Monday Night Raw, Akira Tozawa appeared in his old tights and with blond hair, rather than the martial arts attire and black hair he had been sporting for years. Tozawa interrupted the Baron Corbin vs. Drew McIntyre match by distracting Corbin’s manager John Bradshaw Layfield, costing Corbin the match. This comes a week after Tozawa posted a photo of his old gear with a caption saying “thank you”, though it is not confirmed that he was talking about the upcoming change. Old look: IMG Credit: WW..

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WRESTLING RUMORS: WWE Boss Triple H Sees Monday Night Raw Star As “Reclamation Project”

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He’s worth the effort. It takes talent to make it to the WWE and everyone there has earned their way to the company. There are different ways to make it and some take more time than others, but it means something to be on the roster. Occasionally a wrestler will lose some of their prestige and have to be built back up in one way or another, and that seems to be happening with a former World Champion. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Double Threat: New United States Title Grudge Match Set For WWE Survivor Series According to WrestleVotes by way of GiveMeSports, Triple H sees Finn Balor almost as a “reclamation project”. After seeing what has happened to Balor in recent years, Triple H is reportedly looking to build Balor back up. Triple H has pushed Balor multiple times in NXT as the two are said to have a positive relationship behind the scenes. Balor is currently scheduled to face AJ Styles on Saturday at Survivor Series. Balor has had an up and down run in WWE. Check out what he has done in..

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Double Threat: New United States Title Grudge Match Set For WWE Survivor Series

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All at once. There are several ways to present a title match as there are often multiple people who want to be champion. That can make for some interesting possibilities as you don’t know what you might be seeing in any given title defense. Sometimes the best solution is to put multiple challengers into the same title shot, which is what we will be seeing later this week. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Nine In, One Out: Update On WWE’s Plans For Survivor Series (Contains Likely Spoilers) Over the last several weeks, Bobby Lashley and Austin Theory have been chasing Seth Rollins and the United States Title. Rollins defeated Lashley to become champion and then Lashley cost Theory his chance to cash in the Money In The Bank briefcase on Rollins for the title. This week on Monday Night raw, a triple threat match for Survivor Series, with Rollins defending against both Lashley and Theory. This should be good. Check out all three participants: [This post contains video, click to play] [This po..

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Bryan Danielson Reveals Retirement Plans in 2024; Comments on Potential Last Match

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Bryan Danielson is widely considered one of the best wrestlers in the world. A lot of people felt that after the CM Punk situation that The American Dragon was the perfect guy to take the AEW World Championship and reestablish its prestige. There’s a lot in the air and on the rumor mill about his wrestling future, especially in AEW. Bryan Danielson himself just appeared on the latest episode of One Fall with Ron Funches, where he specifically discussed his plans for his wrestling career once his current deal with AEW expires in 2024. Related: William Regal And Bryan Danielson Offering Extra Training To AEW Stars The most significant aspect is that Bryan Danielson would prefer to wrestle “two weeks before he dies.” Objectively, Danielson has no intention of actually retiring from the ring. Danielson just wanted to make it clear that once his current AEW contract expires, he will not be a “full-time” wrestler anymore. Bryan compared himself to Jerry Lawler or Terry Funk in terms of ho..

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REPORT: Tony Khan Demanded Specific Finish to MJF, Jon Moxley Match at AEW Full Gear

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After months of speculation, MJF won the AEW World Championship on Saturday night at AEW Full Gear. Since his return, MJF has been pushed as an emerging babyface with a “clean victory’ over Jon Moxely being a point of pride for his character. However, William Regal slid his own brass knuckles to MJF for him to take another shortcut to the richest prize in AEW. An angle that had been heavily foreshadowed on AEW television for weeks, especially since the MJF/Regal confrontation promo. While the swerve of the storyline was obvious, the fun of the situation is the questions that the AEW fanbase is asking about what happens next. Related: MJF Wins AEW World Championship; William Regal Turns Heel at AEW Full Gear After the PPV, Dave Melter reported on F4Wonline that Tony Khan was the one who put the final angle together. In fact, he actually held very strong that his plan was the best direction forward despite several “influential wrestlers” and other proposing creative ideas for the finis..

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AEW’s Saraya Shares Details On Planned Autobiography About Her Drug Addiction Issues

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She has a story to tell. There are all kinds of wrestlers in the industry and some of them have very interesting stories. Some of them are inspiring stories that you will not see almost anywhere else, while others are much sadder stories that happen to have a happy ending. Now another of the sadder stories is going to tell her story in a longer form than most get to use. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Bring Them Back? AEW’s Tony Khan Opens Up On The Status Of Miro And Andrade El Idolo AEW’s Saraya appeared on Insight With Chris Van Vliet where she discussed writing a book about her life and struggles with drug addiction. Saraya is not sure on what the book will cover or whether it should be split into multiple books. She also promised that the book will include the dark side of her life and addiction issues. There was no release date included, but Saraya said the book would take a year or two to write. She has come a long way. Check out Saraya’s time in AEW: [This post contains video, clic..

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Bring Them Back? AEW’s Tony Khan Opens Up On The Status Of Miro And Andrade El Idolo

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Wanted: Two missing wrestlers. There are all kinds of talented wrestlers on the AEW roster, but there is only so much time for them to be able to get in the ring. With only three hours of television every week, AEW is limited in who and what it can present. Some wrestlers are going to be missing at times and now the company’s boss is talking about two wrestlers who haven’t been around much lately. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: AEW Star Rips Championship Concept: “This ‘Interim’ Stuff Is Bull****. During the AEW Full Gear media scrum, AEW President Tony Khan was asked about the statuses of Andrade El Idolo and Miro. Khan said that he wanted to have a large roster, which included leaving some names off of some bigger shows. He did insist that El Idolo and Miro were part of his long term plans for AEW. Khan said that wrestlers take sabbaticals or breaks from AEW for various reasons before coming back to get involved, which could be the case for both of them. Both last wrestled at All Out on S..

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WRESTLING RUMORS: WWE Fans Go Detective On Possible WarGames Shocker

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They might be on to something. We are less than a week away from WWE Survivor Series, which will feature a pair of WarGames matches. There will be a men’s and women’s edition of the match, with the former having a completely set lineup. The women’s match still has a single spot to be filled and it is not clear who will take the slot. However, some fans certainly have a theory. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: WATCH: Surprise Name Completes Men’s WarGames Match On SmackDown As of Monday morning, the lineup for the women’s WarGames match features Damage Ctrl, Rhea Ripley and Nikki Cross facing Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Mia Yim and another wrestler to be named. This is the lineup featured on the graphic for the match, with a hooded figure filling in the last spot. The image shows blue hair sticking out of the hood, leading to fan speculation that Sasha Banks will be returning for WarGames. This is not confirmed and is only a fan theory at the moment. Banks has been away from WWE since Ma..

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AEW Star Rips Championship Concept: “This ‘Interim’ Stuff Is Bull****.

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That’s certainly a take. There are all kinds of titles in wrestling today and some of them are among the most prominent in the industry. Sometimes you get a bit of a twist as a title might need something a little bit different to make it stand out. That does not mean it is going to be popular though, and now an AEW star has something to say about one of his company’s titles. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: WATCH: First Trailer Released For AEW Fight Forever Video Game Over the weekend at AEW Full Gear, Jamie Hayter won the Interim Women’s Title by defeating Toni Storm. The Interim Women’s Title was created was created on September 4 when Thunder Rosa, the official champion, was forced out of action due to an injury. AEW star Shawn Spears tweeted that “This ‘interim’ stuff is bull****. You’re either the Champion, or you’re not.” There is no word on when the interim moniker will be dropped, but AEW President Tony Khan has been considering making the change. This “interim” stuff is bullshit. ..

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WATCH: First Trailer Released For AEW Fight Forever Video Game

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It kind of goes hand in hand. Wrestling and video games have had a relationship for decades. It makes sense as fans are able to play as their favorite wrestlers and set up whatever matches they want to have. There have been dozens of wrestling games over the years and some of them have been rather high quality. Now we are seeing a first look at the next big time game. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: The Revolution Will Be Televised: AEW Reveals Details For Next Pay Per View In New Market AEW has released the first trailer for the upcoming “Fight Forever” video game. The trailer features a variety of AEW stars in matches and clips of AEW stars and personalities talking about how they want to bring back the old feeling of playing a wrestling game. Several weapons and some modes are also listed or shown. There is no release date set for the game so far. It looks pretty awesome. Check out the trailer for AEW Fight Forever: [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: This is the kind of..