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You Might Be Seeing Some Released WWE Names Again Soon

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See you soon. Over the last year and a half, WWE has released a ton of wrestlers from the company. That is the kind of change that you do not see happen very often in wrestling and unfortunately it cost a lot of people their jobs. While it certainly changes how WWE works, it also changes how other promotions work as well. Now, some of those promotions are able to pick up more than a few new wrestlers as a result. On November 2, 2021, WWE released several wrestlers from their contracts. These wrestlers were on 90 day no compete clauses, which have now expired as of February 2. Therefore, the following names are now free agents and can sign wherever they like, appearing immediately: Keith Lee Karrion Kross Mia Yim Ember Moon Davey Boy Smith Jr. Oney Lorcan Gran Metalik Lince Dorado Eva Marie Nia Jax There is no word on where these wrestlers will appear. Several NXT wrestlers were released on the same day, but their 30 day no compete clauses expired in December. Opinion: This is the k..

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BREAKING WRESTLING RUMORS: Shane McMahon Gone From WWE

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There goes a big one. We are fresh off of the Royal Rumble, where WWE presented a large portion of its roster in a pair of matches. That is the kind of thing that can remind you of some of the names who are around that you might have forgotten about. At the same time, there were some names you might have forgotten about making some appearances. Now though, one of them might be gone. According to Ringsidenews.com, Shane McMahon has been “quietly” let go from the company. This comes after McMahon was reportedly involved in the planning of the men’s Royal Rumble match, which he had wanted to be built around him. McMahon was described as a “nightmare” during the setup for the show. He was also rumored for a major match at WrestleMania, possibly against Seth Rollins, which is now off as well. Opinion: Well that’s a surprise, as it’s weird to see anyone with the name McMahon being punished for something in WWE. That being said, the Royal Rumble seems to have been rather poorly received and..

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Independent Wrestling Star Comments Over Leaked Pornographic Material (Safe For Work)

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That’s a different kind of story. With all of the prominent wrestlers in the world today, there is bound to be a moment that might not go as expected. Some of these things are rather different than others and some of them might catch your attention. That is the case again, as it is a wrestler involved in a bit of a situation, though everything did not exactly go as it seemed. In recent weeks, explicit photos and an explicit video of former Ring of Honor and Impact Wrestling star and current Major League Wrestling star Davey Richards were leaked online. This prompted Richards to issue a statement, clarifying that the material had meant to be gifts for his wife but were released without his permission. Richards also responded to a tweet making it clear that he was not upset by the incident. Well lol the vid was supposed to be a private one for my wife that apparently is now not so private lol. Oh well, it’s a wiener- they can look if it makes their day. But no, I don’t do porn – well p..

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More Backstage Frustration Over WWE Royal Rumble Match

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Not everyone is happy. The Royal Rumble has come and gone, meaning that we are on the Road To WrestleMania. That means things are about to get all the more interesting in the coming weeks, but there was also some work put in to get things ready for the Royal Rumble as well. Now some wrestlers are not happy with what happened at the show following the buildup. According to Fightful Select, there has been some frustration backstage over the men’s Royal Rumble as some of the wrestlers who were involved in the build did not recent any focus in the match itself. This includes the Mysterios, Dolph Ziggler/Robert Roode and the Street Profits, who had been in a three way feud to help hype the Royal Rumble. The six if them did not have any significant interaction during the match, with only the Mysterios eliminating anyone (with one elimination each). Opinion: This is the latest complaint that has come up about the match, which did not seem to have gone very well, either for the fans or a lot..

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WWE Name Granted Release, Debuting For AEW This Week

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To the other side. The rise of AEW has changed the way the wrestling world works in a good way. Now that AEW has been established as a second major wrestling promotion, there are several other spots available for wrestlers who might not fit into the WWE’s plans. They now might have something fresh and available, which seems to be the case for someone fresh out of WWE. AEW has announced that former WWE star Brian Kendrick will make his debut with the company this week on Dynamite in a match against Jon Moxley. This is a bit of a surprise as Kendrick had been working for WWE as of late January, having appeared on NXT TV back in December. According to Fightful Select, Kendrick had been granted his release from the company on Tuesday after attempting to obtain it for several weeks. It is not clear if Kendrick will be wrestling for AEW long term. Kendrick has wrestled for WWE in multiple stints since 2004. Over the course of his time with the company, Kendrick is a former WWE Tag Team and..

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Top Monday Night Raw Star Gone “For A Little While”

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You might miss him. There are a lot of wrestlers on the WWE roster and some of them are pretty noteworthy. Those wrestlers have often been around for so long that they are going to make an impact just by being on television. They are often such big stars that you are going to notice them missing, which is going to be the case for the time being with one of the bigger stars WWE has to offer. Randy Orton was absent from this week’s Monday Night Raw with no explanation or reference to his whereabouts. According to Wrestling Observer Live, Orton will be gone from WWE “for a little while”. There is no word on why Orton will be gone and there is nothing to suggest that he has any health issues. Orton participated in the men’s Royal Rumble match on Saturday, making it to the final five before being eliminated by Brock Lesnar, the match’s winner. Opinion: I’m curious why Orton will be out of action, but this could be as simple as him having a vacation built into his contract. It isn’t like O..

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The Royal Rumble Universal Title Match Originally Looked Rather Different

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That was almost different. WWE is the biggest wrestling promotion in the world and that means they are going to be able to have some rather large events. That was the case last weekend with the Royal Rumble, which featured a series of some of the bigger matches of the year. This included some important title matches, one of which almost went in a rather different direction. The Universal Title match at the Royal Rumble saw Seth Rollins defeat champion Roman Reigns via DQ when Reigns would not release a guillotine choke when Rollins reached the rope. The original idea for the match called for Reigns to defeat Rollins and attack him with a chair after, but Vince McMahon decided that it would have been too much for Rollins to take. What mattered was keeping Reigns strong though, as the focal point of the show was to build to Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 38. Opinion: This isn’t exactly a surprise, but it is nice to see that Rollins was somewhat protected. Ultimately he was rea..

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WWE May Be Planning An Interesting Shane McMahon WrestleMania Match

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What could have been. We are about two months away from WrestleMania 38 and that means the card is going to start to take shape in the near future. Depending on your taste, that could be very good or very bad news, as WWE’s choices for the matches could be all over the place. There are some names you can almost guarantee seeing though, and now we know what WWE was thinking at one point. Last weekend, WWE presented the 2022 Royal Rumble, which featured the return of Shane McMahon in the show’s main event. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, McMahon was originally scheduled to be part of the upcoming Elimination Chamber event in Saudi Arabia, which would have set up a WrestleMania match with Seth Rollins. While neither are set to be involved in the Elimination Chamber match at the moment, there is still a chance that the Rollins match could take place. Opinion: I don’t know if this match is going to take place, but given that Rollins had been rumored for a spot in the WWE Title matc..

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NXT Live Coverage And Results – February 1, 2022

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NXT Date: February 1, 2022 Location: Capitol Wrestling Center, Orlando, Florida Commentators: Vic Joseph, Wade Barrett It’s time for a big tag match as NXT Champion Bron Breakker and Tommaso Ciampa are teaming up against Legado del Fantasma. That is part of the way to build things up for Santos Escobar’s upcoming title match, but for now we get what should be a good tag match. Let’s get to it. Imperium vs. Diamond Mine The fans chant WALTER during Imperium’s entrance. Gunther isn’t having any of the posing to start and kicks Roderick Strong in the head before the bell. Brutus Creed suplexes Aichner to start but Aicnher manages a Regal Roll in quite the power display. It’s off to Barthel for an armbar and the WALTER chants start up again. Brutus fights up and hands it off to Julius for some knees to the ribs. That’s broken up in a hurry as Barthel hits a middle rope elbow to the face and it’s off to Gunther to kick Julius in the head. We take a break and come back with Brutus coming ..

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AEW Star To Miss Three Months Due To Broken Collarbone

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It might be a bit. There are all kinds of ways for a wrestler to be taken out of the ring for either a short or a long time. Most of those things tend to be due to something negative, mainly including injuries. Unfortunately those situations can put someone on the shelf for a good while and that seems to be the case again, as an injury seems to be a bit worse than it initially seemed. Earlier this month, Riho was injured in a match against Britt Baker at AEW Battle of the Belts. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, Riho suffered a broken collarbone during her match and will be out of action for about three months. The injury occurred early in the match and Riho finished the match as planned without once complaining about the injury. Riho has returned to Japan, where she will be recovering. Opinion: It is impressive enough that Riho finished the match but the fact that she did not complain about it is all the more impressive. That is the kind of thing that you almost never hear take..

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Matt Hardy Offers Several Interesting Details On Jeff Hardy’s WWE Release

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It certainly was unique. There have been all kinds of wrestlers leaving WWE over the last year and a half, though move of them have not gone voluntarily. The vast majority of them have been released from the company, though there have been some who have walked away on their own. That was the case with a high profile exit late last year, and now things have gotten more interesting. Back in December 2021, Jeff Hardy literally walked out of a match at a live event and was released from WWE a few days later. Jeff’s brother Matt Hardy discussed the release on his latest Twitch stream where he attributed Jeff deciding to leave WWE due to being under stress. He also spoke about the drug test that Jeff was forced to take before being sent home, which came back completely clean with no evidence of drugs in Jeff’s system. Finally, while Jeff was fighting to get the results of his drug test, WWE actually offered him a spot in the 2022 Hall of Fame class, which Jeff declined. Here are some highl..

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Impact Wrestling Results – January 20, 2022

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Impact Wrestling Date: January 20, 2022 Location: Bomb Factory, Dallas, Texas Commentators: Tom Hannifan The march to No Surrender is on and that means it is time to start setting up a card. Impact continues to be doing fairly well, and the question now is what is next for Moose and the World Title. By that, I mean getting to defend against W. Morrissey. For once I’m actually curious to see how things are going here and that is nice to be able to say, at least partially because of the Ring of Honor invasion. Let’s get to it. Opening recap. Opening sequence. Tasha Steelz vs. Chelsea Green Mickie James is on commentary and Savannah Evans is here with Steelz. Green sends her into the corner to start but gets run over, allowing Steelz to hammer away. Some shouting at Mickie doesn’t seem to cause Steelz too many problems but Green blocks the crucifix bomb. A jumping cutter drops Green for two but she’s right back up with a lifting Downward Spiral for her own near fall. Back up and Steel..

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REVIEW: WCW Monday Nitro – February 26, 2001: They’re Getting Close

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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? Monday Nitro #284 Date: February 26, 2001 Location: Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Scott Hudson We had a pretty good show on Wednesday so maybe we’re in for something a bit better than usual this week. The big story is Diamond Dallas Page as the latest great hope against the Magnificent Seven and at least the big match should be better than the mess of Steiner vs. Nash. Let’s get to it. We open with Kronik having been laid out in the back and Doug Dillinger accusing Totally ..

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FULL MATCH: Grudge Match Takes Place After Monday Night Raw

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Blink and you’ll miss it. There is a lot of WWE content on any given week but some of them are even bigger than others. When the company has a major weekend event, things get even bigger than usual and it can be quite a bit of work. That can mean that they might need a bit of a breather, which was the case this weekend with the Royal Rumble. As a result, WWE kept things short after this week’s first TV show ended. This week’s edition of Monday Night Raw ended with a showdown between Ronda Rousey and Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch. Once Rousey left, Lita appeared and challenged Lynch to a match at Elimination Chamber, which Lynch accepted to end the show. After the show went off the air, Bianca Belair came to the ring to face Lynch, who tried to run out on the match. Lita forced her back in though and Belair defeated Lynch with the KOD in 12 seconds in a non-title match. This was revenge for Belair after Lynch defeated her for the title in less than a minute at Summerslam 2021. It w..

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WRESTLING RUMORS: Surprising WWE Title Match Possible For WrestleMania 38

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It would be sad to see. Tag team wrestling has a weird history in WWE, as the company does not seem to care about it very often. That can make for some weak periods for tag teams, but every now and then you find something that catches the fans’ attention. Unfortunately that can lead to some issues when it comes to splitting teams up, and we might be seeing that again soon. According to the WrestleVotes Twitter account, WWE had plans for Randy Orton and Riddle of RKBro to face off at WrestleMania 38. The match had been planned for Summerslam 2021 but WWE decided to hold off until WrestleMania instead. Some members of WWE Creative do not want to split the team, but if they do have the match, they would rather it be for the WWE Championship. There is no word on how either of them would win the title or if WWE is still planning to run the match. WWE had plans since the pairing began last spring for Riddle vs Randy Orton @ SummerSlam, which didn’t happen. Plan was to hold off til Mania. I..

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Dream Title Match Officially Set For WWE Elimination Chamber

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I’d call it a dream match. The WWE Women’s Revolution changed the way the wrestling world worked in a great way. After so many years of women’s wrestling being treated as little more than a joke, it was becoming something a lot more interesting and important, which was certainly a big upgrade. The change would not have happened without the stage being set though, and now those two generations are clashing. This week’s Monday Night Raw ended with an unscheduled showdown between Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Lita. After coming to the ring to confront her, Lita challenged Lynch to a title shot at Elimination Chamber on February 19. After initially backing down, Lynch agreed to the match. This will be Lita’s first WWE singles match since she defeated Heath Slater on the July 23, 2012 Monday Night Raw. Lita is a four time Women’s Champion and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2014. She and Trish Stratus were the first women to main event an episode of Monday Night Raw, with..

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WrestleMania 38 Main Event Officially Announced

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There’s one of the big ones. We are about two months away from WrestleMania 38 and that means it is time to start putting the card together. While there is still a big show left between now and WrestleMania, WWE is already looking past Elimination Chamber, with one of the big WrestleMania matches being set. That match was set this week and it is going to be a special one. Brock Lesnar won the men’s Royal Rumble match over the weekend, earning the right to challenge for any World Title at WrestleMania 38. This week on Monday Night Raw, Lesnar chose to face Universal Champion Roman Reigns, who cost him the WWE Title at the Royal Rumble. There is no word on if Reigns will defend the title before WrestleMania. Lesnar and Reigns have fought at two WrestleManias before, facing off at WrestleMania 31 and 34, with the first match going to a no contest and Lesnar winning the second. Opinion: I don’t think there is any surprise that we are getting Reigns vs. Lesnar at WrestleMania as it has se..

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It’s Ready: Lineup Set For Elimination Chamber Match For WWE Title

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And then there were six. With about two months to go before WrestleMania 38, it is time for WWE to start setting up the card. They have already set up what is likely to be the main event, but that match could very well change, as there is still a major event left to air. That event will be held on February 19 in Saudi Arabia with Elimination Chamber, and now we know what is going to be headlining the show. WWE has already announced that WWE Champion Bobby Lashley will be defending the title inside the Elimination Chamber. This week on Monday Night Raw, Lashley’s five challengers were announced for the match. In addition to Lashley, the following names will take part in the Elimination Chamber match: Brock Lesnar Seth Rollins Austin Theory Riddle AJ Styles Lesnar and Rollins were added to the match by orders of WWE executives. The other three all won qualifying matches, with Theory defeating Kevin Owens, Riddle defeating Otis and Styles defeating Rey Mysterio. Opinion: This is the k..

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Monday Night Raw Live Coverage And Results – January 31, 2022

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Monday Night Raw Date: January 31, 2022 Location: Heritage Bank Center, Cincinnati, Ohio Commentators: Byron Saxton, Jimmy Smith, Corey Graves The Royal Rumble has come and gone and that means we are officially on the Road To WrestleMania. As a result, it is time to start hammering in the pieces for the next elimination based match, as Elimination Chamber is in less than two weeks. Bobby Lashley is the new WWE Champion and that means he is going to need a challenger. Let’s get to it. We open with a recap of Brock Lesnar losing the WWE Title to Bobby Lashley with the help of Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman. Worry not though as Lesnar won the Royal Rumble later in the night. Here is Adam Pearce in the ring to hype up the big things we will be seeing tonight. There is a road block on the Road To Wrestlemania though, which is called the Elimination Chamber. Bobby Lashley will be defending his WWE Title inside the Elimination Chamber….and here are MVP and Lashley to interrupt. MVP rants abo..

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Huge Title Match Set For Elimination Chamber

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That’s up next. The Royal Rumble has come and gone with the focal point being on the two namesake matches. In addition to that though, the WWE Championship changed hands as Brock Lesnar lost the title to Bobby Lashley, making him a two time champion. That is the kind of thing that could be an important deal for the future and now we might have an idea of what is coming next. WWE has announced that Lashley will defend his WWE Title inside the Elimination Chamber at the event of the same name. Elimination Chamber is scheduled for February 19 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. At the moment, there is no word on who will be challenging Lashley for the title or when the contenders will be determined. Lashley has participated in one Elimination Chamber match, winning the ECW World Title at December To Dismember in 2006. Opinion: This is the kind of thing that you knew was coming and it makes sense in this case. The title is in a bit of a state of flux and there is a real chance that the title could ..