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That’s one way to solve things. Last month, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose became the Raw Tag Team Champions again in a very good match against Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. The celebration was short lived though as Ambrose turned on Rollins, leaving several questions to be answered. One of these was the state of the titles, and now we have an answer.
This week on Monday Night Raw, Rollins lost the titles to AOP in a handicap match, as ordered by acting General Manager Baron Corbin. Ambrose ran in and attacked Rollins after the match was over. This marks the first title reign for the AOP, who are currently scheduled to face SmackDown Tag Team Champions the Bar in a champion vs. champion match at Survivor Series.
Here’s how everything went wrong two weeks back.
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Opinion: They didn’t have much of a choice but to change the titles and the AOP are as good as anyone else to put them on. There aren’t a lot of top teams on the show at the moment..

Best of both worlds. Later this month, WWE will present its annual Survivor Series event, featuring a series of champion vs. champion matches. While no titles are likely to be on the line, a lot of these matches might seem like they’re not as important as others. That hasn’t always been the case though, as some champion vs. champion matches have been huge. Cue the retrospective music.
Double up.
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WWE has released a new Top Ten list looking at Classic Champion vs. Champion matches in company history. Most of them are from more modern times though at least one is from older days. This is the second such list that WWE has put out recently, following a Top Five video posted on its Instagram page. The top three are the same and the other two are also included, but the Top Ten video has some extras in between.
Opinion: These things are often a lot of fun, but it helps when both titles are on the line. Otherwise, what’s the point in fighting? Brag..

Last Friday at the Crown Jewel pay-per-view, history was made as Brock Lesnar once again captured the Universal Championship. This was after the unfortunate and tragic news that Roman Reigns had to surrender the championship, due to the return of leukemia that was put into remission over 10 years ago.
However, Lesnar didn’t just defeat Strowman; he basically squashed him. After acting General Manager Baron Corbin blasted Strowman in the back of the head with the title, The Beast would proceed to give The Monster four F-5s to secure the title.
Naturally, the internet did not respond kindly to this and couldn’t believe that Vince McMahon would once again put the title back on a part-timer, which has been the case for the almost year-and-a-half that Lesnar has been champion. As much as it pains me to say it, I actually agree with everyone this time.
And this agreement has led me to one conclusion:
In my opinion, Vince McMahon doesn’t believe that any superstar on Raw is capable of bei..

Current ROH superstar Madison Rayne was recently interviewed by the CBS affiliate in Pittsburgh, to promote a live taping that was taking place. She discussed a number of topics, including her decision to go to ROH, her dream opponent, not signing with WWE after the Mae Young Classic and more.
Below are some questions along with Rayne’s answers:
Let’s talk about you and Ring of Honor. You announced in September that you had signed a one-year deal with the company. What attracted you to go there?
It was a long and unexpectedly exciting year for me. 2018 has been really good to me, and it’s allowed me the freedom to go a lot of places and see a lot of rocker rooms and be part of huge, monumental things like Mae Young Classic and like All-In. I was able to spend some time at Ring of Honor and spend some time back in the Impact locker room. That was awesome, and for a while, I thought, well, maybe in 2018, this is the culture of professional wrestling, and I don’t need to have one home ..

Main Event
Date: November 1, 2018
Location: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
Commentators: Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson
It’s the final show before Crown Jewel, meaning it’s going to be a lot of focus on that show, again without saying where it actually takes place. In addition to all that though, it would be nice if we could have something fresh for the original content, which has been the case around here lately. That’s a nice way to help the show going forward and hopefully it happens again here. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Titus O’Neil vs. Mojo Rawley They go straight to the power lockup to start with neither being able to get anywhere. Some right hands sends Mojo bailing to the floor and a dog bark fills in the time. Back in and Mojo gets in a shot out of the corner, followed by a hard clothesline. The chinlock goes on, and then the chinlock goes on again to keep things fresh. Titus fights up and drives him into the corner for a splash. Mojo is rig..

Fusion #29
Date: November 2, 2018
Location: Melrose Ballroom, New York City, New York
Commentators: Matt Striker, Tony Schiavone
It’s time to get back to the regular shows this week after last week’s Halloween special. Things could be a little more interesting this time around as the Hart Foundation is back, which should make for a rather different kind of show. Fightland is coming up soon enough too so we should get some build towards the big show. Let’s get to it.
We open with a look back at Shane Strickland vs. Tom Lawlor with Low Ki costing Shane the win. Lawlor said he would cash in his World Title shot in February, so Sami Callihan attacked him at a media event while Low Ki watched.
Opening sequence.
Here’s Konnan for a chat. After sucking up to the crowd, Konnan says a witch named Salina de la Renta kept Pentagon and Rey Fenix from being here so here are Salina and Ricky Martinez to cut him off. Salina isn’t happy with Konnan for stealing her talent so she’s had them deporte..

There was a lot going on. Last Sunday, WWE presented its first ever all women’s pay per view with Evolution. The show was a long time in the making and finally became a reality after a lot of hype. It was certainly an emotional night for a lot of the people involved and there were a lot of things going on behind the scenes as well. Since it’s WWE, there were cameras right there as well.
It was a big deal.
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WWE has released a new video looking behind the scenes at Evolution on the day of the show. This includes the women getting ready for their matches and talking about how big of a day this is for everyone involved. The video also features people both on and off the show talking about how important everything is both for them today and for the future generations of women’s wrestling.
Opinion: I know it got talked about to no end, but this really was a huge show for both WWE and wrestling as a whole. There have been all women’s shows before,..

The old days of awesome. Later this month, WWE will present its annual Survivor Series event. This show is the second longest running in the history of WWE and that means there are quite a lot of teams from the show’s namesake match. The matches have changed somewhat over the years but the basic core idea remained the same. But since this is wrestling, you have to argue over which was best.
On its Instagram page, WWE has released a graphic showing the Top Five Survivor Series teams of all time. The list ranges from near the beginning of the series to modern times, with a wide mixture of teams. Some of them contain five members, which was the case in the original run of shows and became common again in modern times, as well as four man teams, which became the norm for most of the 1990s.
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In case you need more awesome.
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Opinion: Fair enough for the most part..

Game off. Last month at SmackDown 1000, Evolution made their first appearance together in a good many years. The segment was mainly focused on Batista, who has become a star in Hollywood since his time in wrestling ended. During the reunion, Batista mentioned that Triple H had never beaten him. This seemed to be setting something up, but then things changed a bit in November.
According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, the proposed match between Batista and Triple H, which may have headlined WrestleMania 35, is now unlikely to take place due to Triple H’s torn pectoral muscle. WrestleMania 35 is just over five months away and it is unlikely that Triple H will be healthy by then. Prior to the injury, there were also rumors that the match wouldn’t be taking place until SmackDown Live moves to FOX on October 19, 2018.
These sound like wrestling words.
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Opinion: I can’t say I’m surprised by any of this, but at the same time it’s not ..