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There’s one more on the list. We are less than two weeks away from WWE Survivor Series and that means it is time to start getting the card together. There is still plenty of room on the show for more matches, several of which have already been set up over the last few months. That just leaves the matches to be made official, one of which was covered this week.
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This week on Monday Night Raw, a new match was announced for Survivor Series, as AJ Styles challenged Finn Balor to meet him one on one. Balor accepted the match later in the show and it was officially confirmed. This comes after the two of them have been feuding as part of the OC vs. Judgment Day feud. There is no word on if the rest of the teams will be involved as well.
He seems mad. Check out Styles’ challenge and Balor’s match:
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Opinion: This is a different way to go t..

Monday Night Raw
Date: November 14, 2022
Location: KFC Yum Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Commentators: Kevin Patrick, Corey Graves
We are less than two weeks away from Survivor Series and that means it is time to start building some things up for the show. While we have a few matches, the real focus is going to be on WarGames. It looks like Raw will only be supplying the women’s match and more of the lineup needs to be locked in. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Here is Seth Rollins to get things going and we see a package on Austin Theory’s failed cash in last week. Last week, he put out an open challenge and now there are people coming out of the woodwork for a shot at the title. Rollins talks about the cash-in and the fans say THAT WAS STUPID. Rollins is ready to defend against Finn Balor tonight but here is Bobby Lashley to interrupt. Rollins isn’t worried and brings up the loss to Brock Lesnar, so here is Mustafa Ali to interrupt. Lashley tosses him out with ease so Ali jumps ..

That’s never good. Injuries are one of the worst things that can happen to any wrestler and you never want to see one take place. Any wrestler can be injured at any point in time and there is nothing to suggest when it is going to happen. This is true of any star and unfortunately a bigger WWE name has suffered what could be a pretty serious injury in the ring.
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According to F4WOnline.com, Kevin Owens was injured during a WWE live event in Madison, Wisconsin over the weekend. During the match against Austin Theory, Owens planted on his right knee and came up favoring it, resulting in what is believed to be an MCL sprain. Owens finished the match but had to be helped to the back. There is no word on how much ring time Owens could miss due to the injury.
A healthy Owens can be dangerous. Check out what he can do to people:
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Opinion: Hopefully Owens is ok as a..

It didn’t work so well. Wrestlers have a very difficult job to do as they have quite a few things to do every time they go to the ring. At the same time, they are doing these things in front of a live audience with no replays. Sometimes a mistake will take place and unfortunately some of them can be seen rather clearly. Now we know what likely caused a recent one.
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This week on SmackDown, Shotzi won a Six Pack Challenge to become the new #1 contender to the SmackDown Women’s Title. During the match, Liv Morgan dove at Raquel Rodriguez in an attempt to drive her through a table, but the dive was left short and the table was barely grazed. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, this was the result of miscommunication, as the original spot called for the table to be in a different place. Morgan apparently was not told about the change, resulting in her leaving the dive short by mistake. There is n..

Hopefully it gets better. Sami Zayn has risen up the WWE ladder several rungs in recent months and it seems that he may be on the way to a major match or moment sooner or later. His reactions are getting bigger and bigger every week but that was not the case at the most recent SmackDown. It seems that he is going through something rather sad and he might have made it public.
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Zayn missed this week’s SmackDown due to what was described as a personal reason. He has since sent out a tweet in Arabic, which is translated into a phrase that is spoken when someone close passes away. Zayn did not reveal who it was or what happened. WWE has already advertised that Zayn will be returning to SmackDown next week, where he will take part in the first round of the SmackDown World Cup, facing Butch.
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— Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) November 12, 2022
Zayn has been on a roll as of late. Check o..

Time to pay it off. Wrestlers have a lot to do to get ready for their time in the ring and sometimes it can be a big overwhelming. It can help to have a little help with some of the more mundane tasks and some wrestlers can get that assistance. Two WWE stars were in one of those roles each as the result of a recent bet, and now we get to see just how far things went.
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WWE has posted a video from backstage at this week’s SmackDown, where Drew Gulak had to do everything that Raquel Rodriguez told him to do throughout the day. This is the result of Gulak losing a World Series bet to Rodriguez when his Philadelphia Phillies lost to Rodriguez’s Houston Astros. As a result, Gulak had to do things such as open Rodriguez’s door, get her lunch, shine her boots and bring her water after her match.
It’s certainly different. Check out what Rodriguez put Gulak through:
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That could be worse. There are all kinds of injuries a wrestler can suffer and some of them are very different than others. You never know when someone is going to go out of action out of nowhere and the amount of time they are going to be on the shelf can vary greatly. Now we know about another WWE star who is on the injured list, but it might not be as bad as it seems.
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According to Ringside News, Rey Mysterio was in a walking boot backstage at this week’s SmackDown. The specifics of Mysterio’s injury are not clear but it is described as short term. There is no word on when he will be back in the ring or when the injury originally took place. Mysterio last wrestled in a six man tag in Mexico City at a WWE live event on October 30.
A healthy Mysterio is still pretty awesome. Check out what he can do in the ring:
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Opinion: That’s never good to hear as M..

They do look similar. The look is one of the most important concepts in all of wrestling. A wrestler needs to do something to catch your attention and looking a certain way is often near the top of the list. This could be in the form of a costume or something to make your face stand out and there are limitless possibilities. Now though, a WWE star is being accused of ripping off another look.
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Sarah Logan made her return to WWE this week on SmackDown, along with the Viking Raiders. Logan laid out Zelina Vega and B Fab before posing with the team. She was also sporting a new look, which included having the top half of her face painted. Fans are now calling out Logan for copying the look of independent wrestler Max The Impaler, who uses a similar look. Logan has not yet commented on the accusations.
Look, I absolutely love Sarah Logan but her new look makes me think of if you wanted Max the Impaler but instead you got the Wish version. pic.twitter.com/sEBiwPeGu2..

They have his attention. There are a lot of people on the WWE roster and often the best way to give more of them something to do is to group them into a stable. This is something that has worked for years in WWE and it continues to work today. It turns out that the new boss of the company was not thrilled with how a certain stable was working but things have changed for the better.
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According to WrestleVotes via GiveMeSport, Triple H was not a fan of the Judgment Day stable when he returned to power in WWE. However, he has since changed his mind on the team, which has grown on him. As a result, there is speculation that the team could stick around longer than originally planned. There is no word on what Triple H did not like about the team, but it was said to not be a personal issue.
The team has been on a roll lately. Check out how they have been doing:
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He who hath the gold. Titles have been the focal point of wrestling since the sport began, as wrestlers want to be seen as the best. The easiest way to be recognized as such is to hold a big shiny belt after beating the former champion. There have been a lot of titles throughout wrestling’s history and now one of the most famous, as well as important, has changed hands.
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This weekend at NWA Hard Times 3, Tyrus, formerly known as Brodus Clay in WWE, defeated Matt Cardona and reigning NWA World Champion Trevor Murdoch in the main event to win the title. This is Tyrus’ first World Title, with his shot coming after he cashed in his NWA TV Title via the Lucky Seven rule in exchange. The win ends Murdoch’s reign at 154 days.
He’s been around. Check out Tyrus in action as he got ready for the World Title:
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Opinion: This is one of those title changes that h..

Get them out. There are all kinds of things that come together to make a wrestling show work, but arguably the most important part would be the fans themselves. A wrestling show is only so interesting without people there to watch and interact with the wrestlers. Unfortunately there are incidents of wrestlers being mistreated by fans and that was the case again this weekend.
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According to live reports from fans on Twitter, a fan was ejected at a WWE live event in Peoria, Illinois for throwing a drink at Scarlett during a match between Karrion Kross and Drew McIntyre. Varying accounts suggest that security and police came to ringside and ejected a woman and a man, though it was not clear which one threw the drink. The match continued as the ejections took place with no incident and there is nothing to suggest that Scarlett did anything to cause the incident.
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That’s a good sign. Wrestling is in a weird place when compared to mainstream sports. While wrestling is certainly an athletic endeavor, it is closer to a performance than a competition. At the same time, wrestling has quite the audience and that is something that can bring in quite a bit of money. Now the two biggest wrestling companies in the United States might be ready to use their audience to bring in a lot more money.
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According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Thursday Night Football on Amazon is drawing in the same numbers in the 18-49 demographic as Monday Night Football on ESPN. This suggests that a core audience will watch a show on streaming, which could lead to online platforms such as Amazon Prime or Netflix could be interested in acquiring WWE or AEW programming when the new broadcasting deals are available. WWE’s current TV deals expire in September 2024, with the negotiations for a new ..