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Is that a mutiny? The rise of AEW has changed the way the wrestling world works. After so many years of WWE dominating the industry, there is now a new promotion on the rise that is allowing wrestlers a fresh place to go. That has been a game change, but at the same time, not everyone who goes there is going to be happy. That seemed to be the case with one star, but some others shut him down.
According to Wrestling Observer Newsletter’s Ryan Frederick on the Wrestling Observer Newsletter’s message board, Bobby Fish tried to get Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly to leave AEW and return with him to WWE. However, the two turned him down while Fish left the company, setting up his debut with Impact Wrestling this weekend. Cole and O’Reilly are both currently out of action with injuries and it is not clear when they will be returning.
Opinion: This is the kind of thing that you do not hear about often but the cool thing is that it is happening again. There are now two companies which are fighti..

The night isn’t over. With so many talented stars on the WWE roster, it can be difficult to figure out how to get a lot of people on television. Even with five hours of main roster television time to fill every week, there are still wrestlers who are not on the show. While it might not be the same, there is still the chance to wrestle after the cameras go off and six wrestlers got to do that this week.
Following this week’s edition of SmackDown, the team of Shinsuke Nakamura and the Street Profits defeated Imperium in a post-show dark match. Nakamura pinned Ludvig Kaiser after Kinshasa to win the match. All six appeared on the SmackDown broadcast, but none of them wrestled. Nakamura and the Street Profits appeared in multiple backstage segments while Imperium interfered in the main event.
It was a big match. Check out the showdown after SmackDown went off the air:
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Opinion: This is the kind of thing that works well for a special post show m..

Rampage
Date: September 24, 2022
Location: Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York City, New York
Commentators: Excalibur, Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Chris Jericho
It’s the biggest Rampage of the year as we are in New York City for a stacked two house show. The card is headlined by a battle royal (shocking I know) for the #1 contendership as we have a title shot to get through before Full Gear. Other than that, there are a bunch of grudge matches so let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
House Of Black vs. Sting/Darby Allin No DQ and Sting/Allin pop up behind the House (Brody King/Buddy Matthews with Julia Hart) during their entrances to start the fight on the stage. The bell rings and they fight to the ring with the House taking over without much trouble. Sting gets surrounded but manages to fight them both off, only to be driven hard into the corner. A super Code Red gives Allin two on King but a suicide dive is cut off by a raised knee.
Sting goes up but gets shoved through a table, with his h..

That would be a showdown. WWE is still the biggest and most powerful wrestling promotion in the world and that means they are going to be able to draw in names that almost no one else can. It means something to be part of a WWE show, even as an outsider. WWE is making an effort to bring someone back in for one of the biggest spots imaginable if they can pull it off.
According to Wrestling Observer Radio, WWE is interested in a match between Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and boxing world champion Tyson Fury. There is no word on when this match would take place as Fury has a title defense scheduled for this December. Fury has wrestled for WWE before, defeating Braun Strowman at Crown Jewel 2019 and has made appearances since.
Opinion: This is about as logical of a move as there is and it is nice to see WWE moving in such a direction. Reigns is more or less out of challengers for the time being so setting up this kind of a dream matchup would make sense. I’m not sure wh..

That might be a bit much. The rise of AEW has seen wrestlers being offered another place to apply their trade at a top level. The company is offering a top stage that has not been available outside of WWE in a very long time. Several wrestlers, including some who had previously worked in WWE, are now getting a new place to go, but it seems that WWE wants some of them back.
According to Fightful Select, WWE sent out feelers to FTR (Cash Wheeler/Dax Harwood) and Swerve Strickland about potentially returning to WWE. There is no word on when this would be possible due to their AEW contracts or if any of them are interested in a potential jump. This comes after reports that WWE has reached out to Malakai Black, who recently departed AEW in some fashion.
Opinion: This is the kind of thing that you are going to hear more about going forward as the companies fight for talent. While the contract situations are going to make things more and more complicated, the fact that the promotions are ev..

Now that’s a cameo. There are certain pairings in wrestling history that work so well that people will talk about them years if not decades later. That is the kind of thing that can make for a very fun moment when it is referenced years later, especially if it is done well. Another such moment took place this week, as a pair of rivals from decades ago had a stunning reunion.
This week’s AEW Rampage featured a No DQ match between Sting and Darby Allin against the House of Black. During the match, Sting was in trouble when the Great Muta appeared to save him from Buddy Matthews. Muta took Mathews down with a dragon screw legwhip and sprayed him with mist, allowing Sting to get the win. Later in the night, Pro Wrestling NOAH announced that Sting will be part of Muta’s final match on January 22.
This was awesome. Check out Muta’s surprise appearances:
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The mystery continues. One of the most interesting things a wrestling show can do is present a mystery. It lets fans wonder what they are seeing and speculate on what might be coming as the big reveal. Doing something like this right can be fascinating to see and WWE is currently trying their hand at it. Now they are at it again as another clue was dropped this week.
A new QR code appeared during this week’s SmackDown as part of the White Rabbit mystery. Scanning this code opened a game, which when completed led to a graphic with the word “patricide”, meaning killing your own father, and coordinates for the location of next week’s Monday Night Raw. There is no word on when the person behind the clues will be revealed.
White Rabbit QR code in the back of this shot.
Takes you to this game: https://t.co/sPB9wcznwS pic.twitter.com/HukGNFo8Gf
— Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) September 24, 2022
When you finish the game, the coordinates to next week’s #WWERaw are shown.
Also the word patricid..

He found a new home. The rise of AEW has done a lot for the wrestling world, but it has also done something very important for the fans. By offering wrestlers a new place to go, WWE is no longer the only major game in town. Even then though, there are other promotions with very lucrative broadcasting deals of their own. Now a former WWE and AEW star is heading to one of them.
Impact Wrestling held its annual Victory Road event this week. During the show, former AEW and WWE star Bobby Fish appeared and, after referencing his issues with CM Punk, said he wanted a fight. Raj Singh and Mahabali Shera interrupted and were beaten up by Fish. This marks Fish’s debut with Impact Wrestling, following his AEW contract expiring and making him a free agent.
It was quite the debut. Check out Fish in his new home:
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Opinion: It is always nice to see someone like Fish pop up elsewhere. Fish is a very talented wrest..

Tie them up. There are a lot of stipulations that can be added to a match to make it more personal. That being said, the tricky part is to figure out which stipulation fits in with which story. That can be rather difficult and you can see when something doesn’t quite work. WWE has a hit and miss record with picking stipulations, but this time they seem to have figured it out quite well.
This week on SmackDown, Drew McIntyre announced that he had requested and been granted a strap match against Karrion Kross at Extreme Rules on October 8. This comes after Kross has jumped McIntyre from behind multiple times. McIntyre said that he wanted the match so he would know where Kross was at all times. The two then brawled with the strap tying them together.
Opinion: WWE seems to have gotten it right here as this stipulation does fit the story that they are telling. Kross has jumped McIntyre from behind multiple times but now Kross can’t sneaks up on him this time. I’m not sure how the match is..

Smackdown
Date: September 23, 2022
Location: Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah
Commentators: Corey Graves, Michael Cole
We are just a few weeks away from Extreme Rules but WWE is already focusing on Crown Jewel a month later. The big story is that Roman Reigns will be defending against Logan Paul in Saudi Arabia in November, which could open up more than a few interesting situations. Let’s get to it.
Here is the full Bloodline for a rather slow motion entrance. Roman Reigns eventually allows the crowd to acknowledge him before Paul Heyman can’t figure out what to call people from Utah. Eventually he settles on Salt Lake Cidiots before talking about how Reigns has run over everyone. This includes Drew McIntyre, who now has another bridge to Kross. As for Solo Sikoa, he isn’t the idea of Heyman, Reigns, or anyone else (seemingly a nod at Sami Zayn) but rather being sent by the Samoan dynasty.
Sikoa is the enforcer who leaves the Usos to pursue greatness. The Usos are ready to retain ..

They don’t seem happy with him. There are no people in wrestling, or almost anywhere else for that matter, like Brock Lesnar. In addition to being one of the most successful WWE stars of all time and a champion in multiple other sports, Lesnar is known for his love of hunting and fishing. However, one of those things has landed him in some hot water, at least from some fans.
Lesnar has posted a photo to Twitter showing him holding the head of a buck that he likely killed himself. The photo has resulted in a series of negative reactions from fans on Twitter, condemning Lesnar for killing the animal. Lesnar has not responded to the tweets. Lesnar last wrestled for WWE at Summerslam in July and is expected to return to the ring at Crown Jewel in November.
A new recent pic of Brock Lesnar living his absolute best life outside of wrestling. pic.twitter.com/pQw72YY5kA
— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) September 21, 2022
By killing animals? Yeah real tough.
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a Now we know some of the newer people who are helping put those matches together.
According to Fightful Select, both Luther and Serpentico have been working as backstage producers for AEW in recent weeks. Luther produced an unspecified match on this week’s Grand Slam edition of Rampage. It is not clear how long or which matches Serpentico has been producing. The two of them have teamed together as the Chaos Project, mainly working on Dark and Dark: Elevation.
Opinion: This is a bit of a surprise but it does make sense to have some fresh minds producing some of the company’s matches. It can help a lot to have someone new get in on the job, if nothing else to take pressure off some of the more established producers. Serpentico and Luther might not be the top stars in AEW but they seem to have some skill in this area so maybe there is something to it.
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