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Backstage News on Brock Lesnar’s WWE Return at ‘Hell in a Cell’

September 17, 2018 • Admin

Brock Lesnar’s shocking return to WWE at Hell in a Cell is the hottest news in the pro wrestling world right now and with good reason. The Beast Incarnate was believed to be out of Vince McMahon’s company, at least for now. He was supposedly on his way back to the UFC , where he and Daniel Cormier are expected to face off sometime in early 2019. Lesnar’s return ruined the Universal Championship match between Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman, infuriating many fans in the process. Considering Brock’s penchant for long absences, is there any reason to believe that will change now? Why is he back? Dave Meltzer is reporting on MMA Fighting that Brock Lesnar came back to set up a future Universal title bout. The bout will supposedly happen at a WWE event in Saudi Arabia, probably in early November. This means that current champion Roman Reigns is not safe as many fans previously believed he was. However it does seem that Lesnar is indeed planning a UFC return. Apparently while he is in the..

Brock Lesnar Returns At 2018 Hell In A Cell

September 17, 2018 • Admin

Thought that the beast was gone? Think again. Tonight at the 2018 edition of Hell In A Cell, Brock Lesnar made his shocking return to the company. He entered the cell during the main event match for the Universal Championship between Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman. The last time that The Beast was mentioned on WWE programming, his advocate, Paul Heyman was being told that he would not receive a Universal Championship rematch at Hell In A Cell. You can see a clip of that below: [This post contains video, click to play] From WWE.com: The Beast Incarnate, who lost the Universal Title to Reigns at SummerSlam (and had been denied the rematch he wanted at WWE Hell in a Cell), kicked open the door and attacked both champion and challenger, reducing a chunk of a table to splinters across their backs before laying both out with F-5s — Reigns landing on top of Strowman. Paul Heyman, meanwhile, incapacitated Foley with what looked like pepper spray to the face, leaving the replacement ref n..

New Champion Crowned At 2018 Hell In A Cell

September 17, 2018 • Admin

The era of the Lass Kicker has begun. Tonight at the 2018 edition of Hell In A Cell, Becky Lynch defeated Charlotte Flair to become the new Smackdown Live Women’s Champion. This is her second run with the championship. You can see a backstage interview after she won the title below: [This post contains video, click to play] From WWE.com: No matter how much of a fight Charlotte put up, however, she could only punch back so hard with one working arm. Becky’s steady dismantling of Charlotte’s left arm left her ripe for a Dis-arm-her, which Lynch finally locked in near the edge of the ring and held up to the limit of the five-count after Charlotte rolled under the ropes. Using what parts of her body were available, Charlotte built up a full head of steam and went for a spear, but The Irish Lass Kicker reversed it seamlessly into a DDT, rolled over and covered The Queen for the pin. Editor’s Opinion: I’m glad that Becky is finally getting her moment and opportunity to be on top of t..

For The Love Of Mankind. Mick Foley Might Be Limited In Guest Refereeing Job

September 16, 2018 • Admin

Then what’s the point? Earlier this week, Mick Foley was announced as the guest referee for the Hell in a Cell match between Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman. I’m a huge Foley fan but I’m not sure I get the point here. Foley is 53 years old and hasn’t wrestled regularly in years. There are also his physical limitations, which seem to be taking away something that he might be expected to do in the match. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Foley is not allowed to do much of anything, if anything at all, physical in his role as guest referee. Foley is moving around better than he has in years due to hip replacement but his history of concussions aren’t going to allow him to take any kind of significant bumps. There is a chance that he’s going to do something, but it’s not likely to be very much. You can’t see this one enough. [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: I’m really not sure what the point is in having Foley involved in the match. A..

Video: WWE Posts Rare Out Of Character Undertaker Interview On Mankind Hell In A Cell Match

September 16, 2018 • Admin

A little different perspective. There are very few moments in wrestling history more famous than Undertaker throwing Mankind off the top of the Hell in a Cell back at King Of The Ring 1998. You just don’t get moments like that every often and it might be the most played clip in WWE history. Mankind has talked about the incident time and time again but you don’t hear Undertaker talk about it very often. With the twentieth anniversary taking place earlier this year, that has changed. It’s still weird hearing that voice out of character. [This post contains video, click to play] WWE has posted a new video to its YouTube page featuring Undertaker and Mankind talking about the Cell match out of character. This is a rather rare occurrence as Undertaker is known for almost never giving out of character interviews. During the interview, Undertaker talks about wrestling the match with an injury of his own, his thoughts on starting the match on top of the Cell and the infamous crash through ..

Broken Beyond Repair? Video: Matt Hardy Announces Retirement From WWE

September 16, 2018 • Admin

That’s not delightful. Matt Hardy is one of the most interesting as well as successful names in the history of professional wrestling. He’s won more Tag Team Titles than he knows what to do with and has even had some singles success of his own. His Woken/Broken characters were some of the most creative things you’ll ever see and he was even allowed to bring that to WWE. But now, it might all be going away. Goodbye? [This post contains video, click to play] In a new video posted to his YouTube page, Hardy said that he has wrestled his last match for WWE. Hardy wrestled in a triple threat tag match with Bray Wyatt against the B Team and Dolph Ziggler/Drew McIntyre for the Raw Tag Team Titles. Hardy has been dealing with some injuries of late and says that he is leaving to spend time with his wife and two children. There is no word on if he’ll be working for WWE in another capacity. Opinion: I’m pretty skeptical on this as you never know with Hardy. I know he’s injured and banged up ..

Planning In Advance. Venue Possibly Spoils Tables Ladders And Chairs Match

September 16, 2018 • Admin

Dude spoilers. In wrestling, you can often guess what kind of match you’re going to be seeing in the coming weeks. It’s not like matches are that hard to figure out, especially with how long WWE likes to stretch feuds out these days. Just looking at Sunday’s pay per view card should be enough to tell you what coming in the next few weeks and we might have something confirmed by a venue. According to the venue’s official site, the SAP Center in San Jose, California is advertising the Shield vs. Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre in a six man tag for the Tables, Ladders And Chairs event on December 16. There is no word on whether or not the match will be the show’s namesake match. The match is also listed as card subject to change, as there is always a chance that it could be switched up. Opinion: This isn’t exactly the biggest surprise in the world as the story was all building towards a big six man tag. It’s not like they could just put it in the Cell tonight or somethin..

Hell In A Cell 2018 Preview, Thoughts And Predictions

September 16, 2018 • Admin

Contrary to what you may have seen on Monday Night Raw this week, the next major show won’t be taking place in Australia and men will indeed be wrestling on the card. This Sunday will see Hell In A Cell, featuring two matches inside the Cell and a bunch of other stuff that won’t be heavily featured as there’s only so much that can take place when we have the other two shows to build towards. Let’s get to it. Kickoff Show: Smackdown Tag Team Titles: New Day (c) vs. Rusev Day Rusev Day won a (yet another) tournament to earn the title shot in a bit of a surprise. The team was a hot act in the spring but since WWE has to WWE, we’re finally getting somewhere between the two of them in the middle of September. New Day has held the titles for about a month now and since the division basically consists of four teams, it’s not like they have a bunch of competition. I’ll go with New Day to retain, likely as Rusev Day implodes for good because WWE doesn’t want them together for whatever reason...

That’s A Scary Situation. Dean Ambrose Goes Into Details About Staph Infection And Second Surgery.

September 16, 2018 • Admin

That’s a relief. Dean Ambrose is one of the true workhorses for WWE. He regularly tops the list of most matches in any given year and is almost never out of the ring due to injuries. That wasn’t the case this year as he missed about eight months due to a triceps injury. As it turns out there was a little more to it than that as Ambrose’s condition was a lot worse than originally thought. In a new interview with the Monitor, Ambrose revealed that he also suffered a severe staph infection that was far more serious than expected. It led to him needing another surgery and extreme treatment for the condition, which caused him to move to Birmingham, Alabama for a few months. Ambrose goes into full details of the story and here are some highlights: On The Staph Infection “It was just one nightmare after another. It was a pretty challenging period of time to go through. I ended up having two different surgeries. I had this MRSA, Staph infection. I nearly died. I was in the hospital for a wee..

Video: Top Ten Hell In A Cell Invaders

September 15, 2018 • Admin

That Cell is really bad at its job. The Hell in a Cell cage isn’t exactly the best method of keeping wrestlers inside and others outside. It seems that it’s rare to see a match where people don’t either get in or go out at will, which defeats the purpose of the Cell entirely. That’s such a reality that WWE is taking a look back at all the times the Cell hasn’t worked, and it turns out that there are quite a few. That’s gotta be #1. [This post contains video, click to play] WWE has posted a list of the Top Ten Hell in a Cell Invaders, meaning people who have broken into the Hell in a Cell cage over the years. The list is pretty inclusive, with entries from the first Cell match all the way up through last year’s show. Some of these entries were complete surprises while others were people already involved with the match, standing outside. Opinion: I mean, was there really any doubt? Numbers ten through two aren’t exactly memorable entries while the first was a game changer for the co..

Breaking: WWE Making Big Change To Its TV Schedule

September 15, 2018 • Admin

In case Wednesday wasn’t busy enough already. Back in 2016, 205 Live debuted on the WWE Network to give the cruiserweight division its own show. While the show didn’t exactly light up the world to start, it has slowly settled down into its own niche and is now quite the entertaining hour of wrestling. However, things are about to change for one of the first times in the show’s history. The boss speaks. [This post contains video, click to play] As announced on 205 Live’s Twitter, 205 Live will now be moving to Wednesday nights at 7pm instead of Tuesday at 10pm. The show has been aired live after SmackDown Live since its inception in the fall of 2016. It will now be part of a three hour block on the WWE Network, followed by NXT and then the Mae Young Classic. There is no word on when the show will be taped in relation to SmackDown Live. Make sure to check out what’s going on around 205 Live with this week’s results. Opinion: As packed as Wednesday is going to be from now on, I see v..

Video: Seven Remorseless Moments That Made Us Sick

September 15, 2018 • Admin

There is evil in wrestling. Week in and week out, bad things happen in the wrestling world. It might be an attack, it might be something that is said or it might be something that’s a bit remorseless. Other times though, the villains can take things a bit further than that and do something that is downright cruel to someone else. Those can often set up some of the biggest things in wrestling and that’s what WWE is looking at today. Some of these were pretty horrible. [This post contains video, click to play] WWE has released a new List This video, looking at Seven Remorseless Moments That Made Us Sick. The list includes a variety of things, including physical attacks, psychological attacks and even having a snake bite someone. The list spans over the course of several years, with one dating back over twenty five years to the early 1990s. As bad as some of these were, several of the people involved later reconciled with each other. Opinion: I hadn’t thought about some of these in a..

Hell In A Cell Kickoff Show Match Announced

September 15, 2018 • Admin

Switch em up. With Hell In A Cell coming up this Sunday night, the card is entirely set up by now. We know all eight matches announced so far (though there’s always the chance that more could be added), including a variety of title matches. Obviously these are more important than most, but WWE felt that one of them wasn’t quite important enough to make the regular show. As announced on WWE.com, the SmackDown Tag Team Title match will now serve as the Kickoff Show match as the New Day will defend their titles against Rusev Day. Rusev Day earned their shot by defeating the Bar to win a short tournament for the #1 contendership. New Day has held the titles since last month, when they defeated the Bludgeon Brothers to win the titles on SmackDown Live. A reminder of how we got here: [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: Works for me and it’s not like this match is anything serious in the first place. Rusev Day has turned into a popular act but we’re about five months remov..

Rumor: The Rock’s Daughter Training To Become A Wrestler

September 12, 2018 • Admin

Keeping it in the family. There are various wrestling families who are just bigger deals than others. There are the Harts, the Andersons, the Windhams and a variety of others, but one of the biggest and most active is the Anoa’i family. The family includes names such as the Wild Samoans, the Usos, Nia Jax and of course the Rock. They’ve been wrestlers for generations now, and there may be a new generation coming in. According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, the Rock’s daughter Simone Johnson has been training at the WWE Performance Center in recent months for a potential in-ring career. Since Johnson is only seventeen years old, the training can only be on a part time basis until she turns eighteen next August. There is no word on whether or not WWE would be interested in signing her to a contract. She does have a good teacher. [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: I have no idea if Johnson will be a wrestler or not but when you have those genetics going for you, there’s cert..

Full Classic Match: End Of An Era: Triple H vs. Undertaker From WrestleMania 28

September 12, 2018 • Admin

What a masterpiece. On October 6, Triple H will face the Undertaker for the last time ever at the Super Show-Down in Melbourne, Australia. This match is built entirely around the history between the two, which is mostly centered around their one match at WrestleMania 28. The match was an absolute masterpiece and still holds up to this day. It holds up well enough that it’s worth seeing again. What a performance. [This post contains video, click to play] WWE has posted the full version of the Undertaker vs. Triple H Hell in a Cell match with Shawn Michaels as guest referee inside Hell in a Cell at WrestleMania 28. The match was billed as the End of an Era with the previous three WrestleManias being billed all setting up this one final match. The entrances and iconic post match scene between the three of them are included as well. Opinion: The more I see this match, the more I absolutely love it. They played the emotions to perfection here with shows such as Undertaker stepping on ..

Who Will Challenge New Day For The SmackDown Tag Team Titles At Hell In A Cell?

September 12, 2018 • Admin

Add another one to the list. We’re getting very close to Hell In A Cell and that means the card needs to be finalized in a hurry. The majority of it is already set but there are one or two things that still need to be locked up. One of those things is New Day needing challengers for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles, and with five days to go until the pay per view, they now have them. On this week’s SmackDown Live, Rusev Day defeated the Bar to become the new #1 contenders for the SmackDown Live Tag Team Titles by winning a mini tournament. Their match will take place this Sunday at Hell In A Cell, which will be Rusev Day’s first shot at the titles since December when they challenged for the titles in a four way match at Clash Of Champions. Here’s how they got it done. [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: That’s an actual surprise as I would have bet on the Bar getting the shot, since that tends to be their custom. It’s very nice to have this thrown out there instead as ..

Monday Night Raw Results – September 10, 2018

September 11, 2018 • Admin

Monday Night Raw Date: September 10, 2018 Location: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana Commentators: Renee Young, Michael Cole, Corey Graves It’s the go home show for Hell in a Cell, though I’m not sure how much attention that is going to get since we’re about a month away from Super Show-Down and a month and a half away from Evolution. WWE doesn’t seem to mind about going that far into the future so Sunday might not get the most attention. Let’s get to it. Here are Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre and Braun Strowman to open things up with the roster (the lower portions of it that is) around the ring. Dolph says we told you so because they beat the Shield down. We get a recap of Strowman vs. Reigns, which has morphed into the trio vs. the Shield. This led up to last week’s huge beatdown, with most of the roster getting together to wreck the Shield, with Seth Rollins nearly being thrown through a police van window. Back in the arena, Strowman calls Ziggler and McIntyre his Dogs..

Raw Tag Team Title Match Set For Hell In A Cell

September 11, 2018 • Admin

Well….of course? Last week on Monday Night Raw, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre defeated the B Team to become the new Raw Tag Team Champions. That puts them on top of a pretty weak tag division, but that’s been the case for a long time on Monday Night Raw. They need some strong challengers and with the next pay per view coming up on Sunday, the best option wasn’t exactly a surprise. This week on Monday Night Raw, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins were announced as the new #1 contenders to the Raw Tag Team Titles and will be receiving their title shot at Sunday’s Hell In A Cell pay per view. Rollins and Ambrose are no strangers to holding the Tag Team Titles, holding them for about two and a half months last fall. The match will be a standard tag match. And here’s how it happened. [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: Was there really a surprise here? There wasn’t exactly a big group of challengers to pick from so they went with the logical pick. It’s not a secret that the..

Video: Big Change Made To Sunday’s Universal Title Match

September 11, 2018 • Admin

He knows his way around the place. We’re coming up on the annual Hell In A Cell pay per view, meaning it’s time for some people to walk into one of the most violent structures that wrestling has ever seen. The thing is though, the Cell can’t be exactly as violent as it once was due to the changes in the times. However, there is still a great history of the Cell and now those two eras are coming together. This week on Monday Night Raw, Mick Foley made his return to the company and announced that he will be guest refereeing Sunday’s Universal Championship match between champion Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman. Foley talked about wanting to make history with the Cell again and being granted the spot by Stephanie McMahon. This is Foley’s second time refereeing a Cell match, after guest refereeing Triple H vs. Kevin Nash at Bad Blood 2003. What did he have to say? [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: I mean….sure? Foley is my all time favorite wrestler and I can never com..

Vince McMahon is Reportedly Very High On This Talent

September 11, 2018 • Admin

That’s quite the spot to be in. One of the most entertaining things to do in WWE is seeing which talent will be brought up from NXT to the main roster. You can often guess who it’s going to be, though every now and then there might be a surprise. This spring we saw a pair of talents being brought up from NXT and they’ve certainly hit the ground running. It turns out that someone has been impressed. According to Fightful, Vince McMahon is very impressed by Andrade Cien Almas and Zelina Vega, especially due to Almas’ work with Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles in recent weeks. Almas was brought up with no particular plan but McMahon being impressed with Almas’ main event matches would suggest that he will be wrestling near the top of the card going forward as well. Maybe this got McMahon’s attention. [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: Good for Almas. The guy has come off like a complete star in the last few weeks and hopefully that trend continues. Almas came into the devel..