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WRESTLING RUMORS: WWE Hall Of Famer Arrested Yet Again

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Yes, again. Wrestlers are people who play larger than life characters on television. It is the best way possible to get them noticed by an audience, though it is rarely a reflection of who they are when the cameras go off. When that happens, things can go badly for them just like anyone else in the world and unfortunately that seems to be the case again with a certain wrestling legend. According to Wrestlingnews.co, WWE Hall of Famer Tammy Sytch, better known as Sunny, has been arrested again in Keansburg, New Jersey. Sytch is facing a list of charges, including: – OPERATING UNDER INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR OR DRUGS – DRIVING AFTER DL/REGISTRATION SUSPENDED/REVOKED – CARELESS DRIVING: LIKELY TO ENDANGER PERSON OR PROPERTY – RECKLESS DRIVING – FAILURE TO WEARSEAT EQUIPMENT-RESPONSIBILITY OF DRIVER – DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE – FAIL POSS DRIV LIC – FAIL TO POSS DRIV REG – FAIL TO POSS DRIV INS CARD – FAILURE TO INSTALL INTERLOCK/DRIVE CAR W/O INTERLOCK – OPERATE MV DURING LICENSE SUSPENSION-2..

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Update On AJ Styles’ New WWE Deal, Where He Stands Among Roster

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He’s worth it. There are so many wrestlers on the WWE roster that it can be difficult to really stand out. It takes some special talent or abilities to really become one of the more prominent names around but you do see some talented stars rise to the top. Thankfully those wrestlers are rewarded for their efforts and that seems to be the case again with one of the biggest names in the company. Earlier this week, it was reported that AJ Styles had signed a new multi year deal with WWE, which would pay him somewhere in the neighborhood of $3 million a year. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the new deal makes Styles one of the highest paid stars in WWE today. Styles will be near the same level as Goldberg, Edge, the Miz and Kevin Owens, though Styles is making more than Owens is from Owens’ new contract. The only names above Styles’ level are Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Ronda Rousey and Randy Orton. Opinion: I don’t think anyone is going to disagree with Styles being one ..

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Positive Update On Drew McIntyre’s Injury Status

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Welcome back more? As is the case with any other athlete, you never know when you might see a wrestler taken out of action in the blink of an eye. Sometimes people just get hurt no matter how well they are trained or how much experience that they have, as an injury can be instantaneous or be built up over time. It can lead to some great returns though, and now a recent one seems to be going better than expected. SmackDown’s Drew McIntyre was put on the shelf on January 1 at WWE Day One when he was attacked by Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss. McIntyre returned to the ring at the Royal Rumble later than month, though reportedly on a lighter schedule. However, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, McIntyre will be returning to the live event circuit starting this week. It is not clear how many many live events McIntyre will be working compared to his usual schedule. Opinion: I’m glad that McIntyre is going to be around more often but I hope that he doesn’t try to rush back to a f..

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Rhea Ripley Claims Her Fans Convinced WWE To Make Her A Champion

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They made the right choice. Every so often, a wrestler comes around who catches your attention in a very impactful way. There is something about them that makes you pay attention and any time they are on the show, you are going to focus on them. That kind of charisma is very easy to see and WWE certainly saw it in one of their stars. It was so obvious that they made a last minute change. Rhea Ripley was a guest on the My Love Letter To Wrestling podcast and discussed her time in NXT. According to Ripley, her NXT Women’s Title win over Shayna Baszler was originally supposed to end in a loss, but WWE made a last second change when seeing how popular she was with the fans. Ripley was getting ready for the match following a pre-taped promo and the reaction was so positive that the result of the match was changed. She would go on to defeat Baszler for the title, which she would hold for a little over three months before dropping it to Charlotte at WrestleMania 36. Opinion: I’ve heard a lo..

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REVIEW: WrestleMania 2: Triple Take

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Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over twelve years now and have reviewed over 6,000 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? Wrestlemania II Date: April 7, 1986 Locations: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New York City, New York/Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois/Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California Attendance: 16,585 (New York), 9,000 (Chicago), 14,500 (Los Angeles), 40,085 (Total) Commentators: Vince McMahon, Susan St. James (New York), Gene Okerlund, Gorilla Monsoon, Cathy Lee Crosby (Chicago), Lord Alfred Hayes, Jesse Ventura, Elvira (Los Angeles) This is basically three miniature shows combined into one big..

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WRESTLING RUMORS: Vince McMahon May Have A Match At WrestleMania

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That’s a big one. While there are several fans who are not thrilled with the way he does business, there is no one in wrestling more powerful than Vince McMahon. As the owner of WWE, McMahon is the most influential person in all of the industry, but McMahon is also one of the most unique people you will ever see. He even has a history of getting in the ring himself, and that might be the case again. This week on SmackDown, Pat McAfee announced that McMahon will be a guest on his show next week. According to Post Wrestling, the appearance will be used as the start of a feud between the two, which will most likely culminate in a match at WrestleMania 38. McMahon, 76 years old, last wrestled at WrestleMania 26 in 2010 but he has gotten physical on occasion since then. McAfee wrestled two matches during his time in NXT. BREAKING: @VinceMcMahon will join Pat McAfee next Thursday on the @PatMcAfeeShow! pic.twitter.com/g2X5CFsCM0 — WWE (@WWE) February 26, 2022 Opinion: This one comes out ..

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AEW Star Reveals He Has Suffered A Torn ACL And Meniscus

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You never want to hear that. Injuries are some of the worst things that can happen to any wrestler as they can put anyone on the shelf for a long time. Some injuries are far more serious than others and you never want to see someone be put out of action. Unfortunately that is the case with a current star, but there might be a bit of a silver lining to the whole situation. AEW’s Angelico has announced that he has suffered a torn ACL and meniscus, which have forced him out of the ring for the last few months. Angelico’s most recent match took place on December 3, though it is not clear when the injury took place. In addition to the announcement, Angelico said that his recovery was ahead of schedule and that his return to the ring was just around the corner, though no specific date was given. Angelico’s tweeted announcement also included a video of him training for a return to the ring. Official Announcement: Unfortunately the bad news is I can confirm the rumors. I suffered a torn ACL ..

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WWE Has Upgraded The WrestleMania 38 Main Event

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That’s a big one. WrestleMania is the biggest wrestling show of the year and there are only so many ways to draw in that big of an audience. This year’s edition is going to be even harder than usual, as WWE will be holding the show at AT&T Stadium at Arlington, Texas. That means there will be around 100,000 tickets for sale on back to back nights, so WWE is going to need something bigger. Now we know what one of those things will be. One of the matches already announced for WrestleMania 38 is a champion vs. champion match between Universal Champion Roman Reigns and WWE Champion Brock Lesnar. On Friday, WWE has also announced that the match will be a unification match, meaning that one of the titles will be going away. This will mark the first time that there has been one World Title in WWE since 2016. Opinion: I was hoping that this wouldn’t happen but ultimately I am not surprised that this is going to be the case. Having one World Champion who bounces back and forth between the two..

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AEW Rampage Results – February 25, 2022

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Rampage Date: February 25, 2022 Location: Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Connecticut Commentators: Excalibur, Taz, Chris Jericho We are less than two weeks away from Revolution and the show has mostly come together. There were three more matches announced for the card this week on Dynamite so now it is time to start hammering in the build. That might be the case this week, as Rampage tends to have some storyline progression to go with the main wresting focus. Let’s get to it. Opening sequence. TNT Title: Andrade El Idolo vs. Sammy Guevara Andrade, with Matt Hardy, is challenging and he takes it to the mat early. A chop rocks Sammy but he’s back with a kick to the face. Neither of them can hit a finisher early so it’s a shoulder to put Sammy down again. Sammy knocks him outside and teases the dive but Andrade slides back in. That’s fine with the champ, who hits the Spanish Fly to drop Andrade this time. Sammy’s springboard is loaded up but Andrade shoves him off the top and out to ..

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How AEW Made $10 Million In One Night

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I’d think that’s a success. The wrestling world has changed a lot in the last few years as the rise of streaming content has made more wrestling available than ever before. Fans can see so much content these days that it is impossible to see everything. That means it has to be even more impressive to make fans pay good money for it. It seems that was the case last year in a much bigger way than expected. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, AEW All Out 2021 earned 205,000 pay per view buys, breaking the previous record by 41%. The show brought in over $10 million in revenue, which is the largest non-WWE show since 1999. The event took place on September 5, 2021 and featured the debuts of Bryan Danielson and Adam Cole, plus the in-ring return of CM Punk after a seven and a half year absence. Opinion: That’s a lot of money and there is no other way to look at it, which makes this all the more impressive for AEW. The company presented a major show and a lot of people were wil..

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SmackDown Live Coverage And Results – February 25, 2022

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Smackdown Date: February 25, 2022 Location: Giant Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania Commentators: Michael Cole, Pat McAfee Elimination Chamber is out of the way and that means it is time to start getting ready for Wrestlemania. In a normal year, most of Wrestlemania would already be set but WWE doesn’t operate that way, meaning they have about five weeks to get things ready. Hopefully they can start here so let’s get to it. We open with a recap of Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns so far this year, which has involved a lot of backstabbing and Lesnar World Title wins. As expected, all roads lead to the title vs. title showdown at Wrestlemania. The match is now officially a unification match. Michael Cole is in the ring to introduce Ronda Rousey for a chat. Rousey talks about how she broke her hand in the main event of Wrestlemania. Then she broke her other hand while she was rehabbing and then she got pregnant with her daughter. She wanted to come back because of her mother, who won the wor..

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Impact Wrestling Results – February 24, 2022

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Impact Wrestling Date: February 24, 2022 Location: Alario Center, Westwego, Louisiana Commentators: Matthew Rehwoldt, Tom Hannifan It’s time for a fresh taping cycle as No Surrender has come and gone. The big story coming out of the show was Eddie Edwards turning on Impact Wrestling to join Honor No More, meaning he has a lot of splainin to do. Other than that, Moose needs a new challenger for Sacrifice on the way to Rebellion. Let’s get to it. The opening recap looks at the rise of Honor No More and the big showdown at No Surrender, where Eddie Edwards turned on the company. Opening sequence. Here is still World Champion Moose for a chat. Moose isn’t happy that he has worked so hard and fought so much but now all everyone is talking about is Eddie Edwards. He fought to retain the World Title and nothing changed. Look what happened to people like Josh Alexander and Matt Cardona after he beat them. The Lord knows what is going to happen to W. Morrissey now that he lost. Cue Heath o..

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Long Injured WWE Star Announces He Is Medically Cleared To Wrestle Again

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Welcome back? Injuries are one of the few constants in wrestling as you never know when you are going to see someone get taken out of action by being hurt. There is never a good time to see someone get injured and it can be something that keeps the on the shelf for any length of time. Some of these injuries seem to be career ending, but now it seems that someone could return to the ring when it was never thought possible. Monday Night Raw broadcaster Corey Graves recently spoke to TMZ and revealed that he is medically cleared to return to the ring. Graves said that he had been getting the itch and had to know if he could wrestle again, though he said that it is not an immediate goal of his. There is also no word on if WWE is interested in having him return to the ring. Graves, 38, has not wrestled since 2014 after suffering a series of concussions. Opinion: I’m not sure if Graves is ever going to get back in the ring but it is cool to see that he is able to do so if he wants to. That..

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More On Brock Lesnar Going Off Script At Elimination Chamber

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Are you going to tell him no? There are certain wrestlers who get your attention like few others in one way or another. Sometimes it might be because of how they talk or some kind of over the top character, but there are other wrestlers who make an impact because they are a physical marvel who do things no human should be able to do. That was on display last week and now we know a bit more about what happened. Last Saturday, WWE presented its annual Elimination Chamber event, with the show’s namesake match serving as the main event. Reigning WWE Champion Bobby Lashley was taken out of the match due to an injury, meaning that he never actually entered. His chamber pod was opened anyway though, even with no one inside. Brock Lesnar literally kicked his way out of the pod to get into the match early, which was not planned. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Lesnar thought that there had been a mistake when Lashley’s pod was opened, instead thinking that he was next to be ad..

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WWE Makes An Announcement On Major WrestleMania Match

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That’s something on paper. With WrestleMania 38 less than forty days away, imost of the card should be set, along with several of the details already locked in. That is not the case though, as only four matches have been announced for the two night event with several wrestlers’ status still in limbo. Very little has been set in stone, but WWE did take one minor step forward this week. WWE has announced that the SmackDown Women’s Title match between champion Charlotte and Ronda Rousey will take place on the first night of WrestleMania 38. This is the first match to be designated for an official night, with the other three still being up in the air. Last year, WWE announced the night for each match on the WrestleMania card in advance of the show. There is no word on when the rest of the matches, if any, will have a night designated in advance this year. WrestleMania 38 takes place on April 2 and 3. BREAKING NEWS: @MsCharlotteWWE and @RondaRousey will meet for the #SmackDown Women'..

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Bad News On Bobby Lashley’s Injury Status

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That’s a bad sign for the future. There is very little more frustrating in wrestling than seeing someone getting red hot and then having their career put on hold by an injury. That seems to be the case with Bobby Lashley, who lost the WWE Title at Elimination Chamber despite not actually getting in the ring. Lashley has a shoulder injury, and now things are looking even worse than before. WWE will be returning to Madison Square Garden on March 5 but the arena’s advertisement for the show no longer includes Lashley. Prior to the change, Lashley had been scheduled to face Brock Lesnar in a WWE Title match, which was mentioned by Paul Heyman this week on Monday Night Raw. There is no word on who will be taking Lashley’s place in the match, or when Lashley will be returning to the ring, though earlier reports suggested that Lashley could be out for up to four months. Opinion: That really doesn’t sound great and I’m worried to see just how long Lashley might be out of action. A shoulder i..

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Vince McMahon Was Pitched For A Major Role In A WWE Story

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That would have been a big one. WWE has a lot of television time to fill every week and that means there are going to be a lot of stories taking place on any given night. Some of these are going to be a lot better than others, with a few of them being near disasters. That was the case with a story from a few years ago, but there was almost a twist that could have changed everything. Shane Thorne, formerly known as Slapjack in WWE, recently appeared on the Two Man Power Trip Of Wrestling podcast, where he discussed his time in Retribution. Thorne said that when the team was started, there was no word on who the team’s leader would be. The team pitched for various big names, from Edge to Shane McMahon and all the way up to Vince McMahon, as they wanted to be associated with a major character. Mustafa Ali was eventually revealed as the leader, though Thorne admitted that the team had already been beaten down by that point. Retribution was split up in March 2021. Opinion: This isn’t the ..

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WRESTLING RUMORS: Possible Bad Sign For WrestleMania From Monday Night Raw

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They have a plan…maybe? We are less than forty days away from WrestleMania 38 and that means most of the card should either already be announced or ready to be announced. That is in theory at least, but WWE does not exactly work that way these days. There have been a few matches announced, but it seems that there are some holes that still need to be filled. WWE might have filled one of those holes on Monday, but it might have been something else entirely. This week’s edition of Monday Night Raw featured an in-ring promo from Edge, where he sat down in a chair and talked about what WrestleMania meant to him. The promo included an open challenge for WrestleMania, with an opponent to be named. According to the WrestleVotes Twitter account, Edge’s promo was intentionally vague because the WrestleMania card is still very fluid. WWE is leaving enough space because plans could still change. We are roughly 5 weeks out & I’m told the WM card is still very fluid. Hence the reason for the vague..

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NXT UK Results – February 24, 2022

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NXT UK Date: February 24, 2022 Location: BT Sports Studios, London, England Commentators: Andy Shepherd, Nigel McGuinness It’s time for another title show as Moustache Mountain is defending their Tag Team Titles against Ashton Smith and Oliver Carter. That could be quite the showdown, as NXT UK tends to do rather well when it comes to title matches. I’m curious to see what else they have on the show so let’s get to it. The opening video looks at the Tag Team Title match, as Smith and Carter are ready for their big shot at the gold. Opening sequence. Amale vs. Xia Brookside They fight over wrist control to start with Amale taking her down into an armbar. Back up and a shoulder drops Brookside, who can’t believe Amale would do that to him. Amale tries to pull her out to the corner but Brookside says Amale can’t do that. Brookside: “I’M SPECIAL!” Amale counters a crossbody into a slam and a basement dropkick gets two. Brookside finally gets in a shot of her own and chokes Amale on the..

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AEW Exercises A Contract Option, Leaving A Wrestler Surprised

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He’s sticking around. We are almost ready to enter the fourth year of AEW’s existence with just a few months to go before the anniversary of their debut show. However, the company originally began at the start of 2019, meaning that a lot of the company’s initial contracts are starting to come up for expiration. That means some wrestlers are going to leave, but a surprising name will be sticking around. According to Fightful Select, AEW has exercised its option on Brian Cage’s contract, meaning it is extended by another year. Cage himself was said to be surprised by the result, as he expected his contract to expire, making him a free agent. He has not wrestled on AEW television since October 8, when he was defeated by Ricky Starks. There is no word on if the extension means that Cage will be making a return to AEW television. Opinion: That is quite the surprise as Cage hasn’t been on television in months now. I’m not sure why AEW decided to keep him, but maybe they don’t want another ..