Wednesday, October 28, 2026
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For Once: AEW Finally Gets Some Good News On A Possible Injury

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That could have been worse. Last weekend, AEW presented Forbidden Door, a show built around a series of matches between AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling stars. The card was stacked with all kinds of talented stars, some of whom are among the biggest names in the world. That was the case with the main event, which was a hard hitting fight. It turns out that someone is not as banged up as it seems. The main event of Forbidden Door saw Jon Moxley defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi to become the new Interim AEW World Champion. Following the show, Moxley addressed the crowd and said that he was “probably concussed”. However, according to Wrestling Observer Radio, the statement was not true and is something Moxley likes to say in promos after big matches. Moxley does not have a concussion and is not believed to be injured in any way. Opinion: After all of the injuries that AEW has dealt with in recent weeks, it is nice to see someone actually not being hurt for a chance. Moxley said something and got..

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WWE Releases ESPY Award Brackets For WWE Moment Of The Year

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Get your brackets ready. Wrestling is in a weird place when it comes to being a sport. While there are pre-determined results, there is no denying that the people involved are athletes and have some amazing skills. Those people are going to be able to use those skills to make fans care about what they are doing. Now we are getting a look at the best of the last year. Next month, ESPN will be holding its annual ESPY Awards, honoring the best in sports in the last year. This will include a Best WWE Moment Of 2022, with fans getting to vote for the winner. WWE has released eight pairs of matches that fans can vote on, with the next round of voting coming in the future. The ESPY Awards will air on ABC on Wednesday July 20 from Los Angeles. Here are the first round matches: MATCH 1 Brock Lesnar wins Royal Rumble Bianca Belair wins RAW Women’s Championship at WrestleMania MATCH 2 John Cena returns at Money In The Bank Ronda Rousey returns 4 months after giving birth to win Royal Rumble ..

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WWE Star Missing Time Following Recent Car Accident

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I’d call that an excused absence. There are a lot of reasons for a wrestler to not appear on a wrestling show and some of them are more frustrating than others. While there might be something as simple as the company not having anything for them, sometimes the reason is something a bit more serious. That is the case this week, but thankfully it seems that it could be worse. Monday Night Raw star Dana Brooke sent out a tweet revealing that she missed this week’s show due to being involved in a recent car accident. Brooke said that she is doing good and will be back in no time without going into the specifics of what happened or any injuries she may have suffered. Brooke’s most recent match took place last week on Main Event when she lost the 24/7 Title to Doudrop, only to win it back by the end of the show. Much ?? to the #wweuniverse for the support & love, standing up for me! The reason why I was not on RAW last night was bc I got into a bad car accident the past week, I am doing go..

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WATCH: Character Literally Killed Off On This Week’s NXT TV

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Say hi to the fish. With so many wrestlers on so many wrestling shows these days, it can be easy to forget about someone. It might be a wrestler who does not get that much TV time or someone who has not had the chance to really showcase themselves, but at some point they are going to have to change something. Now though, another one might not be getting the chance to do so. This week on NXT, Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan was written off of WWE TV, seemingly being murdered by Tony D’Angelo and Stacks. Without going into detail, D’Angelo suggested that Donovan had come for the throne and was being dealt with as a result, by being thrown off a bridge and into a river. This comes after Donovan was released from his WWE contract over what was described as a policy violation. Donovan was not named in the segment. That’s rather aggressive. Check out how Donovan was written off TV: [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: I would much rather have Donovan dealt with like this rather t..

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Long Time AEW Star May Be Hinting At Departure From The Company

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Fare thee well? AEW has come a very long way and has done all kinds of things in just over three years of their existence. That is not something that should be taken lightly and a lot of its credit goes to the wrestlers. The company has done a great job of building up the roster, but not everyone can stick around forever. Now it seems that another of its stars may be on the way out. Dark Order member Alan “5” Angels has blacked out his Twitter account and says that he is excited for what comes next. While not confirmed, this could suggest that Angels is on his way of AEW, as multiple stars have been leaving the company as their contracts expire. Angels has not wrestled on either Dynamite or Rampage since March. He has yet to specifically stage that he is leaving AEW. Excited for what’s next — Alan Angels (@Alan_V_Angels) June 28, 2022 Opinion: Honestly, this isn’t the biggest surprise in the world, as Angels has barely been appearing in recent months. It doesn’t help that Angels wa..

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Try Again Later: Monday Night Raw Match Postponed Due To Injury

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That explains it. WWE has a history of changing matches at the last minute, to the point where some of them do not even take place as advertised. This can be the case for a variety of reasons but one of the most common is that WWE just changes things on a moment’s notice. That seemed to be the case again this week, but now we might know a more logical reason. As of Monday morning, WWE was still advertising a match between Kevin Owens against either Ezekiel, Elias or Elrod. However, the match never took place with no explanation given. According to PWInsider.com, the match was not taking place due to Owens dealing with a minor injury. There is no word on what is wrong or when Owens will be back in the ring. It is not clear if the match will still be taking place down the road. Opinion: This does at least explain things as Owens’ match not taking place due to an injury certainly makes sense. I could go for more of the story in the future as it has been entertaining enough, though I don..

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WATCH: Becky Lynch Cuts Fiery Promo After Monday Night Raw

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She kind of has a point. The WWE Women’s Revolution is now about seven years old and it has certainly had an incredible impact. WWE’s women’s division has come a very, very long way and it is great to see what it has become. A lot of this has been due to the main core cast of stars and now one of them had something to say this week after a major win on Monday Night Raw. The main event of this week’s edition of Monday Night Raw saw Becky Lynch win a five woman elimination match to qualify for the Money In The Bank ladder match. After the show was over, Lynch cut a promo, talking about how she didn’t need a John Cena pep talk because she is the definition of Never Give Up. Lynch talked about how she has been knocked down, but this is her comeback story. She wrapped it up by saying she just beat everyone and dropped the microphone to end the night. It was a heck of a speech. Check out what Lynch said after the show: [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: This is the kind ..

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WRESTLING RUMORS: How John Cena Is Helping The WWE Locker Room

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He serves multiple purposes. There are very few names in the history of professional wrestling who have risen to the level of John Cena. Debuting on SmackDown over twenty years ago, Cena has become one of the most famous stars in WWE history and has won just about everything there is to win in the company. It turns out that he is able to improve other aspects of the company as well. This week’s edition of Monday Night Raw featured the return of Cena, marking twenty years to the day with the company. According to the WrestleVotes Twitter account, in addition to Cena’s business boost to WWE, it is a big deal for the locker room as well. Cena is viewed as the leader and his positive nature will make things better. There is no word on when Cena will be back again. Aside from the obvious business boost, I’m told the return of John Cena is as exciting for the locker room as it is for the fans. Cena is viewed as the ultimate leader, w/ his positive presence felt throughout the company when ..

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REVIEW: Money In The Bank 2015: A Bunch Of Ladders

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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, starting today. 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? Money in the Bank 2015 Date: June 14, 2015 Location: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio Commentators: Jerry Lawler, John Bradshaw Layfield, Michael Cole It’s already time to crown a new Mr. Money in the Bank, just two and a half months after Seth Rollins cashed in during the main event of Wrestlemania XXXI. In addition to the ladder match, the main event is…..another ladder match! Seth Rollins will defend his WWE World Title against Dean Ambrose after saying he doesn’t need the Authority’s help. Let’s g..

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AEW President Tony Khan Unhappy With Locker Room Leaks, Calls Them “Shameful”

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The boss isn’t pleased. There are a lot of people who come together to make AEW work but perhaps the most important is the company’s president Tony Khan. In addition to being the company’s booker and financial backer, he is also the ultimate boss in the company. That means he has to be the final authority figure when something goes wrong. It seems that is the case again, at least according to Khan. Over the weekend, news broke that Orange Cassidy was set to debut the song “Jane” by Jefferson Starship as his new theme music. This did not happen as the deal was not completed, but Khan referenced it during the Forbidden Door media scrum. Khan was not happy that the news about the new song leaked, calling such leaks “really shameful” as the entrance could have caused a pop from the crowd. He went on to say that it was ridiculous that he had to address the situation because someone in the back said something they shouldn’t have said. Opinion: While I can understand why Khan is annoyed at ..

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WWE Made A Match, Upgraded The Match And Didn’t Air The Match

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They changed their minds. There are a lot of issues with WWE at the moment and one of them is their inability to present the matches and segments that they advertise. WWE has a bad tendency to change their minds on something they plan to present and it can create issues. That was the case again this week, despite a last minute advertisement of the match. Last week on Monday Night Raw, Kevin Owens issued a challenge to either Ezekiel, Elias or their brother Elrod. Ezekiel accepted the challenge on behalf of his family and it was officially announced for this week’s show. On top of that, at 6am on Monday morning, WWE announced that the match would be a Money in the Bank qualifying match. However, the match did not take place and was not mentioned during the show, with no explanation given of why the change took place. There is no word on if the match will be rescheduled. TONIGHT: @FightOwensFight will get his chance to qualify for the Men's #MITB Ladder Match! His opponent could..

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Kind Of Another One: AEW Star Reveals He Has Separated His Shoulder

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It comes with the territory. As a physical sport, wrestlers have the chance get hurt everyt ime that they step foot in the ring. You don’t know ho long it is going to be before they are back though and that is a very scary questions. That is the case again as another wrestler has gotten hurt while on a pretty big stage, but this time he is a bit of a different kind of person. Over the weekend at Forbidden Door, AEW’s Dax Harwood suffered a shoulder injury during FTR’s match with the United Empire and Roppongi Vice. Harwood was forced to leave during the match, though he did return with a bandage over shoulder. In his tweet announcing his injury, Harwood did not suggest that he will be missing any time. FTR are now the Ring Of Honor, AAA and IWGP Tag Team Champions. Separated shoulder? Bite a towel and rub some tequila on it. It’ll be fine. pic.twitter.com/RsvZ8QF6Zc — Uncle Dax FTR (@DaxFTR) June 28, 2022 Opinion: AEW’s luck with injuries lately has been appalling but thankfully Ha..

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WATCH: AEW Stars Appear On Monday Night Raw To Praise John Cena

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They don’t go here. Twenty years ago Monday, John Cena made his WWE debut on SmackDown. What followed was one of the greatest careers in WWE history, as Cena has gone on to become one of the most decorated champions in the company’s history, as well as developed quite the film career. Now some of his peers are celebrating him, including some surprising names. This week’s Monday Night Raw was focused on Cena and his history with WWE. Throughout the show, various wrestling legends appeared in videos to praise Cena in one way or another. This included current WWE names such as Randy Orton and Stephanie McMahon, former WWE names such as Booker T. and Trish Stratus, plus some current AEW names, including Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan and Big Show. Other names included Kurt Angle, John Bradshaw Layfield, Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels and Triple H. I remember them. Check out the praise for Cena: [This post contains video, click to play] [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: T..

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WATCH: Wrestling Legend Reveals Why He Turned Down AEW Offer

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He had a reason. The rise of AEW has changed the wrestling landscape in a positive way, as there is now a new place for wrestlers to go. This includes younger and older wrestlers, as AEW has been a new home for quite a few legends of the industry as well. Now it seems that they wanted to try to pick up another one, but got turned down due to the legend not thinking he was up to it. WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle appeared on NBC’s Ten Count podcast to discuss his wrestling career. During the interview, Angle revealed that AEW President Tony Khan offered him a contract to wrestle ten matches for AEW. However, Angle turned it down as he had recently started his supplement company, as well as feeling that he could not be his old self any longer. Angle was also offered a non-wrestling role but turned it down as well, again citing his supplement company. There is a lot of good stuff here. Check out the full interview: [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: I can appreciate and..

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There They Go: Two More Names Qualify For Money In The Bank On Second Try

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The field is almost complete. We are less than a week away from WWE’s annual Money In The Bank event and the card is mostly set. As usual, the show will be built around the namesake ladder matches, which will feature several men and women vying for what is nearly a guaranteed title reign at some point in the next year. Now we know two more of the entrants. This week on Monday Night Raw, two more people qualified for the Money In The Bank ladder matches. In the opening match on the show, Riddle won a battle royal, last eliminating the Miz, to earn his spot. Then, in the show’s main event, Becky Lynch won a five woman elimination match, last eliminating Doudrop, to become part of the women’s match. The completes the women’s field while the men’s has one spot remaining. Opinion: This is the kind of night that the pay per view needed as you have two of the likely favorites joining the field in the span of three hours. Riddle is going to be a heavy favorite and Lynch is the biggest star i..

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Call Back: WWE Confirms Celebrity Returning At Summerslam

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He has a history there. Celebrities have been a part of wrestling for a very long time now and it makes a good deal of sense. Fans of the celebrities care about what they are doing and wrestling fans get to see what happens when someone famous comes into their world. It turns out that some of them are quite the athletes too, and that might be the case again with a celebrity coming back at Summerslam. This week on Monday Night Raw, the Miz was asked about Logan Paul training at the WWE Performance Center. Miz said that the two of them would be teaming together again at Summerslam on July 30. This comes after Miz attacked Paul after their victory over the Mysterios at WrestleMania 38, which Miz referred to as a lesson to Paul. There is no word on what Paul and Miz will be doing at Summerslam. Opinion: I don’t think it was a secret that Paul would be back in WWE in some way, but at least now we have an idea of what he is going to be doing. Above all else, it helps to have someone with h..

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Monday Night Raw Results – June 27, 2022

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Monday Night Raw Date: June 27, 2022 Location: Sames Auto Arena, Laredo, Texas Commentators: Corey Graves, Byron Saxton, Jimmy Smith It’s a very special night as John Cena is here to celebrate twenty years (to the day) of his WWE debut. That should be enough to carry the night and that might need to be the case. This is also the go home edition of Raw for Money In The Bank, meaning it’s time to build momentum, establish dominance, and maybe even come up with an original tagline for what the participants are doing. Let’s get to it. Earlier today, John Cena returned to quite the hero’s welcome, meeting a bunch of applauding wrestlers and backstage workers. Money In The Bank Qualifying Match: Battle Royal T-Bar, Mustafa Ali, Shanky, Akira Tozawa, Rey Mysterio, Dominik Mysterio, Ricochet, Shinsuke Nakamura, Jinder Mahal, Riddle, Miz, AJ Styles, Ciampa, Reggie, Shelton Benjamin, Dolph Ziggler, R-Truth, Veer Mahaan Tozawa is tossed out fast and Mahaan clotheslines Benjamin out. The Myste..

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Adam Cole Reportedly Suffers Serious Injury At Forbidden Door

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It’s always a possibility. Wrestling is a contact sport and there is always the chance that something could go wrong. You never know when you are going to see someone get hurt and be taken out of the ring. There is an even bigger chance of something going wrong during a match and unfortunately that was the case this weekend in a high profile match at Forbidden Door. This weekend’s Forbidden Door event featured a four way match for the IWGP World Heavyweight title as Adam Cole, Hangman Page and Kazuchika Okada all challenged Jay White. According to F4WOnline.com, Cole suffered a concussion during the match, which ended when Cole collapsed and was pinned by White. While not shown on screen, commentary did say that Cole walked to the back on his own power. There is no word on how long it will be before Cole can return to the ring. Opinion: Concussion is one of the scariest words in wrestling as you never know how severe one of them is going to be. Cole could be out of action for more th..

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Look Who’s Back: Next Ring Of Honor Event Officially Announced

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Welcome back. There are several wrestling promotions in the world but not many of them have been around for very long. Several of these promotions do not last very long for one reason or another so it means a lot to see one of them being around for a very long time. That is the case with Ring Of Honor, and now we know when the promotion will be coming back for more. AEW held its traditional media scrum after this weekend’s Forbidden Door event with AEW President and Ring Of Honor Honor Tony Khan answering questions. During the event, Khan revealed that Ring Of Honor would be holding Death Before Dishonor on July 23 from the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts. This will be the first Ring Of Honor event since Supercard of Honor on April 1. Opinion: They had to do this at some point, as Ring Of Honor has only been existing as a plot device on AEW TV for months now. At some point that isn’t enough and they need to run another show of their own. I hope this doesn’t mean another month..

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Update On Jungle Boy’s Injury Status

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That could be worse. There is very little in wrestling harder to watch than someone getting hurt. You don’t know what is going on at the moment and there are a lot of questions that come with it. One of the biggest is what is wrong, which leads to the question of how long before someone can get back in the ring. Now we might know a bit more about one of those questions. Earlier this week, news broke that AEW’s Jungle Boy was suffering from a legitimate injury and would be missing some time. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, the injury was confirmed to be a shoulder injury, though there is still no word on when or how the injury took place. It is suspected but not confirmed that it took place in the ladder match on the June 15 Dynamite. Opinion: This could be worse as a shoulder injury is a nasty thing to endure but at least it is something that isn’t related to his head. Jungle Boy is one of the better stars in AEW today and it would be a shame to see him miss that much time. If..