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Anyone for an injury? On Friday, WWE presented Crown Jewel, which was quite the packed show. The show included a variety of matches with some impressive performances, including from some people having multiple matches in one night and someone having their first match in over eight years. Both of them were a little banged up during the show, but how bad was it?
According to Ringsidenews.com, both Shawn Michaels and the Miz are find after Crown Jewel. Miz’s knee injury prior to the finals of the World Cup of Wrestling finals wasn’t a real injury in the first place. Michaels had a cut over his eye and a bloody nose but nothing serious. There is no reason to believe that Miz will miss any ring time, unless it is due to storyline reasons.
Michaels was fine enough for a chat after the match.
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Opinion: It’s good that neither is injured as you never can tell what is going to happen when you get in the ring. Miz’s injury was convincing enough and Mi..

One more all over again? Yesterday at Crown Jewel, Shawn Michaels made his long awaited return to the ring. Michaels looked perfectly fine in the ring and even had flashes of some of his previous brilliance. Considering he hadn’t had a match in eight years, the performance was all the more impressive. So now comes the most obvious question: will he get back in the ring again?
In a new video posted to WWE’s YouTube page, Michaels talked about what he’s going to be doing now that his match is over. Michaels talked about being sore from the match with pains that remind him why he doesn’t do this anymore, but also that he had a good time while he was in the ring. With the match out of the way though, he said that he was returning to his regular life and not going to do it again “if he can help it”.
You can see his full statement here:
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Opinion: As much as I want to believe him, I have a hard time buying that Michaels won’t get in the ring again..

Was there really another option? The Women’s Revolution has changed wrestling in a variety of ways, with the main focus being on the women of WWE actually looking important after years of being treated as filler or sideshow attractions. Now things have changed considerably for the better, with WWE actually having some of the biggest stars in the world. But who is the best?
Pro Wrestling Illustrated has released its annual PWI Female 100 list, ranking the top 100 female wrestlers in the world. The list was topped by current Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey, who made her debut back in April at WrestleMania 34. This list ranks names from October 2017-October 2018. PWI’s list is more based on a kayfabe perspective, with wins and losses playing a large role in the rankings. Here’s the top ten:
1. Ronda Rousey
2. Alexa Bliss
3. Charlotte Flair
4. Io Shirai
5. Asuka
6. Shayna Baszler
7. Carmella
8. Nia Jax
9. Mayu Iwatani
10. Kairi Sane
Opinion: It’s hard to argue with Rousey having the t..

Welcome home. NXT is viewed as college for a lot of wrestlers. The wrestlers get to spend at least a year down there and learn how to be ready for the main roster, but at the same time their runs down there has to end. They have to go up to the main roster (or get released) at some point and that can lead to mixed results. However, something might have changed now and it’s a good thing.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, more WWE main roster stars are likely to head down to NXT for some appearances at house shows when they have nothing else going on. People like Luke Harper and Tyler Breeze, former NXT stars whose current tag team partners are sidelined due to injuries, have made recent appearances on NXT house shows in singles matches.
If nothing else, the crowd reactions will be great.
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Opinion: I see absolutely nothing wrong with any of this. NXT gets a boost with some bigger names appearing on their shows and these guys get..

Sometimes it just clicks. Earlier this year, Andrade Cien Almas and Zelina Vega were called up to the main roster after a very successful run in NXT. The two instantly clicked and have become a big time deal on SmackDown Live. They work very well together and know how to compliment each others’ talents very well. Of course that brings up a certain question from fans and Vega has answered it pretty plainly.
Vega recently appeared on Lilian Garcia’s Chasing the Glory podcast to discuss a variety of topics, mainly focusing on her current partnership with Almas. During the interview she dispelled the rumor that the two of them are dating, saying instead that it’s more like the two of them are brother and sister who work very well together. Here’s what she said on it, with transcription courtesy of Wrestlinginc.com:
“Once I got there Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas and I just clicked. I feel like now – it’s funny because people are like, oh my God, they are together – he is like my brother. We fight..

Hopefully it’s little instead of big. Earlier this year, the first season of Mixed Match Challenge featured a variety of teams being thrown together to compete in a tournament. One of the most successful was Alexa Bliss and Braun Strowman, who turned out to have some outstanding chemistry. It was a no brainer to bring them back for the second season, though there is a bit of a hiccup.
As announced on WWE’s YouTube channel, Bliss has suffered an arm injury and won’t be able to participate in this week’s Mixed Match Challenge debut. Bliss was scheduled to team with Strowman to face Kevin Owens and Natalya but Ember Moon has been chosen to replace her. There is no word on how long Bliss will be out, but she will be back in the Mixed Match Challenge as soon as she is healthy.
Here’s WWE’s official announcement:
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Opinion: Aside from the obvious reasons, I hope Bliss is back in the ring in a hurry. The team of Bliss and Strowman is one of the mos..

It looks like WWE will be returning to the Middle East. It was announced tonight on Raw that the company will be hosting an event entitled “Crown Jewel” at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Friday, November 2.
The main event for the show has already been announced and will feature a Triple Threat Match between Brock Lesnar, Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship.
Following the events of Hell In A Cell, both Reigns and Strowman called out Lesnar on Raw tonight. You can see a clip of that below:
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In addition to the Universal Championship match, the first ever WWE World Cup tournament will take place.
From WWE.com:
General Sports Authority of Saudi Arabia Chairman His Excellency Turki Al Sheikh, WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia invite the world to celebrate this signature event. Following WWE’s sold-out Greatest Royal Rumble in Jeddah in April, this is the ..

Count em, count em, count em down. Hell in a Cell is one of the top gimmick matches that WWE has to offer. It’s not the hardest concept in the world to grasp either: take a feud that has gone on for a long time and put them inside a big steel box until one of them can’t keep going. While the matches might not have the same impact that they’ve had in the past, there is a lot of history to go through here and that’s what WWE is doing today.
In a new post to their Instagram account, WWE has ranked the top five Hell in a Cell matches in history. The matches are mostly from the earlier days of the Cell’s history but there is one from modern times. As of last night’s show, the match has been used forty times in history with the first version of the match coming on October 5, 1997 at Badd Blood with Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels.
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Somebody get me out of here! Every now and then, the Superstars and the wrestling ring just aren’t enough to settle a score. Sometimes you need something a little more to put someone down and if that’s the case, you might need a few more pieces to work with in a match. That might involve locking someone down in one place, and if that’s the case, someone might take it a bit further. Roll the countdown!
I think they broke him.
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WWE has released a new Top Ten video looking at Trapped Superstars Getting Smashed. The idea here is exactly what it sounds like: wrestlers trapped in one way or another being crushed or attacked by something else. The list spans a very long stretch of time, with some instances from the 1990s and some going all the way to modern times with one entry from earlier this year.
Opinion: This is the kind of thing that can mean a lot more for advancing an angle as there’s only so much you can do in a regular match. Sometimes ..

I mean, can you blame them? The ending of last night’s Hell In A Cell pay per view saw Brock Lesnar make a surprise return to attack Braun Strowman and Universal Champion Roman Reigns. The result of the attack was the match being turned into a no contest, which isn’t something that often happens inside the Cell. As you might expect, the fans weren’t exactly pleased.
And of course, there’s video.
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A new video has surfaced showing the fans’ reaction after the show went off the air. The fans, at least the ones in the section filmed, loudly chanting “BULL****” in relation to the ending of the show. The pay per view ended almost immediately after the main event was over and there is a possibility that the show ended before such a chant could be heard on the WWE Network feed.
Opinion: I can’t say I disagree. WWE can’t push this concept of the Cell being the ultimate nightmare and then have the match end in a no contest because the two of them can..

I mean, it’s kind of hard not to notice. If you watched last night’s Hell In A Cell event, you might have noticed something different about the Cell itself. In addition to being one of the most intimidating sights in the wrestling world just due to being huge and scary in general, it is now fully painted red. That’s a big enough change that there almost has to be a reason behind it, and now we might know what it is.
Notice anything different?
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According to the WrestleVotes Twitter account, the idea might be as simple as Vince McMahon not realizing that the Cell itself was twenty years old and deciding that it needed a face lift. The Cell debuted on October 5, 1997 at Badd Blood when Undertaker faced Shawn Michaels. The original structure was sixteen feet high and the newer version, which debuted at Unforgiven 2006, is twenty feet high.
Asked about the Red Cell… source said “honestly, w/ all this 20 yr talk about Taker & Foley, I think Vince..