Renee Paquette (Young) Makes AEW Debut In Familiar Role

Welcome to the team. There are a lot of important roles in a wrestling show and some of them do not get the credit that they deserve. One of the most important groups is the broadcast team, including the backstage interviewers. They are often there to guide the fans in a certain directions with the questions that they ask and one of the better interviewers around today is no longer a free agent.
AEW President Tony Khan has announced that Renee Paquette (formerly known as Renee Young) has officially signed a deal with the company and joined the broadcast team. Paquette made her debut this week on Dynamite and conducted multiple interviews throughout the show. Paquette is best known for her time with WWE, where she was a backstage interviewer and color commentator. She is married to AEW World Champion Jon Moxley.
Welcome to the team!@ReneePaquette is ALL ELITE!
See you soon coming up at
8pm ET/7pm ET on @TBSNetwork
TONIGHT! pic.twitter.com/Jwcq58P6RI
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) October 12..

AEW Dynamite Results – October 12, 2022

Dynamite
Date: October 12, 2022
Location: Coca-Cola Coliseum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Commentators: Excalibur, Taz, Tony Schiavone
We’re up north this week and out of the United States (at least on land) for the first time. The main events feature a grand total of one American as we have Bryan Danielson challenging Chris Jericho for the Ring Of Honor World Title and Pac defending the All-Atlantic Title against Orange Cassidy. Let’s get to it.
We start hings off with the debut of the newest member of the broadcast team: Renee Paquette (Young). She brings out Christian Cage, who insults Toronto and then brings in Luchasaurus.
Jungle Boy vs. Luchasaurus Christian Cage is on commentary. Jungle Boy goes after him to start but gets powered into the corner. The uppercut off the top sends Luchasaurus to the floor and it’s already time for a table. Jungle Boy is in big trouble as the table is set up outside and we take a break. Back with Luchasaurus missing a charge and going into the post,..

WRESTLING RUMORS: WWE Interested In Bringing Back This Former Star

They have their eye on her. There have been a lot of stars returning to WWE in recent months and it makes for some fascinating moments. It means something when a star comes back to the company as you wonder where they are going to go or do now that they are back. Now WWE seems interested in bringing another former star back into the fold after an absence.
According to the WrestleVotes Twitter account, WWE is interested in bringing back Chelsea Green. There is no definitive word on what kind of deal, but it is believed that it would be for the main roster. Green wrestled one match on the main roster, during which she suffered an injury and never returned. Since then, Green has wrestled in Impact Wrestling, where she is a former Knockouts Tag Team Champion.
I’m told another name WWE has significant interest in bringing back is Chelsea Green. I would think if a deal is offered, it’s for the main roster. Time will tell.
— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) October 12, 2022
Opinion: This is a..

Update On The Statuses Of Three Returning WWE Stars

They have their place. There are a lot of talented stars in WWE but the company continues to move things around on a regular basis. In addition to the main stars on any given show, there are also names that are brought in to the company, especially in the last few months. Those wrestlers need to get settled in and now we know something important about three of the newest names.
Over the course of the last week, the OC (Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows) and Bray Wyatt have returned to WWE after more than a year away each. According to PWInsider.com, the OC will be exclusive to the Monday Night Raw roster while Wyatt will be exclusive to SmackDown. Wyatt did not appear on this week’s Monday Night Raw but it was implied that he would be on SmackDown later in the week.
Opinion: This is what makes the most sense as there is no reason for the OC to be on SmackDown. As for Wyatt, it really could have gone either way, but I was hoping for him to be more of a person all around the company. I’m ..

Two Reasons Why Some AEW Wrestlers Reportedly Want To Head To WWE

It’s the other option. The rise of AEW has shaken up the wrestling world and it brings up the question of where wrestlers will be heading next. While wrestlers are under contracts, it does not mean that they are always happy with where they are at the moment. Now we have a better idea of why some wrestlers want to make the jump to the other company, and it seems to be two fold.
According to Wrestling Observer Live, there are two reasons why wrestlers are wanting to jump from AEW to WWE. First, wrestlers are said to have more faith in the new regime headed by Triple H than the previous Vince McMahon administration. Second, the wrestlers are wanting to go to WWE because they would be able to work more there. AEW only runs one regular night a week with Dark: Elevation, Dynamite and Rampage being taped on the same night, while WWE runs television and three live events a week.
Opinion: This is an interesting situation as one of the main perks from AEW is the lighter schedule. It seems tha..

Update On WWE’s Plans To Bring Up New Superstars

It’s part of a plan. With so many wrestlers on the WWE roster, the company has to make sure things keep moving. One of the easiest ways to do this is to bring stars up from the NXT developmental system. It can make a difficult task to find the right names to move up and sometimes the company needs to take a closer look. Now they might have a plan to do just that.
According to Fightful Select, WWE is looking for more crossover between the Monday Night Raw, SmackDown and NXT rosters. This includes NXT stars appearing on the WWE’s Main Event program, such as Brooks Jensen, Josh Briggs and Fallon Henley last week and Von Wagner and Carmelo Hayes this week. There is no word on when or if any call ups will take place.
Opinion: This is the kind of move that makes a lot of sense for WWE. For years, Main Event has been little more than the same collection of stars facing off over and over. Just mixing it up a bit makes the show feel that much better and it makes me wonder when some of them mi..

Monday Night Raw, SmackDown And NXT Stars Changing Places Next Week

Maybe just a visit? There has been a lot more crossover between the three WWE rosters in recent months and it has offered several new opportunities for the stars. They are now allowed to work with different people and get a fresh place to go, at least for a little while. Now we are going to be seeing it again, with a pair of stars making cameos on another roster.
This week on NXT, a pair of announcements were made, saying that Cora Jade would appear on Monday Night Raw and Roxanne Perez will appear on SmackDown. In addition, the two will pick each other’s opponents, from the same main rosters respectively, for a match on next week’s NXT. There is nothing to suggest that the appearances will be anything more than one offs.
Opinion: This is something that should work out well for both of them as just getting their feet wet on the main roster is always a nice thing to see. I’m not sure if either of them are going to be moving up soon, but getting fans associated with them could be a goo..

WATCH: Undertaker Slaps Michelle McCool With A Tortilla

You don’t see that every day. There are certain names in wrestling who have become some of the biggest stars of all time. You know these names as soon as anyone comes close to referencing them and WWE certainly has their share. It can be interesting to see one of them do something that is out of their nature and that is certainly what took place between two legends.
Former WWE star Michelle McCool has posted a video of herself and her husband the Undertaker taking the Tortilla Challenge. The idea is that both have water in their mouth and, after playing a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, one of them hits the other in the face with a tortilla. McCool said they took the challenge due to their daughter insisting, with McCool spitting water in Undertaker’s face at the end anyway.
It’s still weird to see. Check out Undertaker and McCool taking the challenge:
[This post contains video, click to play]
Opinion: After thirty years of Undertaker being the stoic, always in character star, it is..

NXT Results – October 11, 2022

NXT
Date: October 11, 2022
Location: Capitol Wrestling Center, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Vic Joseph, Booker T.
We’re rapidly approaching Halloween Havoc and that means we might need some more matches added to the show. The main event is already set and tonight we get another name added to the North American Title match as Axiom and Nathan Frazer wrap up their best of three series. Let’s get to it.
Javier Bernal vs. Bron Breakker Non-title and here is JD McDonagh to join commentary. Breakker wrestles him down with ease to start and grabs an armbar. A belly to belly drops Bernal but he’s back up with a shot of his own. A shove to the face annoys Breakker though and he throws Bernal down. The gorilla press powerslam finishes Bernal at 3:18.
Result: Bron Breakker b. Javier Bernal – Gorilla press powerslam (3:18)
Post match McDonagh gets in the ring for the showdown and Ilja Dragunov comes in to join them. The brawl is on and Dragunov’s Torpedo hits Breakker, despite looking like h..

Injured WWE Star Explains Her Condition, How She Was Hurt

She’s banged up. There are all kinds of injuries that can happen to anyone in wrestling at any time. With so many possible options, you never know when someone is going to get hurt or how bad it is going to be. All you can do is wait around and see how severe things are, which will tell you just how long they are going to be out of action. Now we know a bit more about a current WWE star’s injury status.
SmackDown star Aliyah has been out of action since September 12 due to an undisclosed injury. Aliyah has since offered an update on her Instagram page, saying that she suffered an elevated rib and an AC sprain in her most recent match. She did not give a time frame on her return to the ring. Aliyah was injured when she teamed with Raquel Rodriguez in a losing effort against Damage Ctrl, losing the Women’s Tag Team Titles in the process.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nhooph Al-Areebi ? (@aliyahwwe)
Opinion: This is the kind of thing that you never want to see happen and..

WWE Interested In Former World Champion, Ring Of Honor Stars Backstage (Contains Mild SPOILERS)

They caught some attention. There are a lot of talented wrestling stars in the world today and several of them don’t work for WWE or AEW. A lot of those stars are free agents who can be signed to any company. It can be a game changer to bring them in and that might be what WWE is getting ready to do, as they have interest in at least one freshly free agent star.
According to Wrestling Observer Radio, WWE is interested in bringing in former Ring Of Honor World Champion Matt Taven, who has reportedly finished up with Impact Wrestling. In addition, former Impact Wrestling and Ring Of Honor stars Vincent and Dutch were reportedly backstage this week at Monday Night Raw. There is nothing to suggest that WWE has signed any of them or officially offered them a deal.
Opinion: That is quite the turn of events and I could go for seeing it happen. Taven is someone who seems to have all of the talent he could hope for and having him in WWE would be great to see. Dutch and Vincent could be great ..

WATCH: D-Generation X Celebration Continues After Monday Night Raw

It was a special moment. There have been a lot of great factions throughout the history of WWE and some of them are still remembered very fondly today. You can often remember several moments from those groups and it is fun to have them brought up again every now and then. That was the situation this week and it turns out that the celebration was not over when the cameras went off.
This week’s Monday Night Raw featured the 25th anniversary of the debut of D-Generation X, including several members of the team returning for a special appearance. The group closed out the event with an in-ring appearance. A clip from after the show has made its way to Twitter, showing Triple H and Shawn Michaels hugging to end the night, though neither says anything.
They’re the big ones. Check out what happened after Monday Night Raw ended:
[This post contains video, click to play]
Opinion: This was a special moment and I was glad to see the team getting a nice reception. They didn’t really do anything..