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It was a busy night. Titles are the easiest concept to understand in all of wrestling. Someone has a shiny belt and it means that they are the best at what they do. Someone else is going to want to take it from them and the two will have a match as a result. A title change can mean a lot when it takes place and that is what happened on Saturday, with multiple titles changing hands.
Impact Wrestling held its Rebellion 2022 event on Saturday night and three titles changed hands on the show. First up, Taya Valkyrie defeated Deonna Purrazzo to win the AAA Reina de Reinas Title, though Purrazzo’s Ring Of Honor Women’s Title was not on the line. Next, Ace Austin defeated reigning champion Trey Miguel and Mike Bailey to become a three time X-Division Champion. Finally, Josh Alexander won the Impact Wrestling World Title from Moose, becoming a two time champion. Knockouts Tag Team Champions the Influence, Tag Team Champions Violent By Design and Knockouts Champion Tasha Steelz retained their ..

Hopefully it isn’t too bad. You never know when you are going to see someone get injured but what makes it worse is that you do not know how long they are going to be on the shelf. Different injuries have different times on the bench and there are some that are going to cause injuries you cannot see. That is the case again, and now a big match is off the card as a result.
Impact Wrestling has announced that Ring of Honor World Champion Jonathan Gresham has been pulled from his match against Eddie Edwards at Saturday’s Rebellion event. Gresham suffered an injury during his match last week at AEW Battle of the Belts against Dalton Castle and has not wrestled since. Chris Bey will now face Edwards on the Countdown to Rebellion preshow and the X-Division Title match between champion Trey Miguel, Mike Bailey and Ace Austin will now be on the regular card.
Opinion: That’s never good to see and unfortunately it seems like we might not be getting Gresham in the ring for a little while. You d..

Welcome to the team? One of the easiest ways to present several wrestlers at the same time is with a stable. The idea is something that has been done decades in wrestling and it still works to this day. You can take several wrestlers and put them together under a concept that could be either simple or more complex but it will often be a useful move. That might be the case again with some WWE stars.
Last week, NXT star LA Knight appeared in a dark segment where he announced the Knight Model Management stable. Knight introduced Mace as his first client and helped him win a match. This week, Knight introduced Mansoor as the second member of the stable before SmackDown began. There is no word on if or when the team might debut on television. Knight last appeared in NXT at Stand & Deliver on April 1.
This does have potential. Check out how the new member of the team looked:
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Opinion: This is one of those ideas that could go somewhere if they hav..

Put it on the card. We are about two weeks away from WrestleMania Backlash and the card still needs some work. While you can probably guess a lot of the matches that are going to be a part of the show, WWE has to actually make the announcements of the matches so they can be properly built. That was the case this week, as a new grudge match has officially been added to the card.
WWE has officially announced that Madcap Moss will face Happy Corbin at WrestleMania Backlash. Corbin turned on Moss following Corbin’s loss to Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 38, leading to Moss becoming a fan favorite in the process. This week on SmackDown, Corbin offered to reconcile with Moss, who turned down the offer. This will be their first ever singles match against each other.
BREAKING: @BaronCorbinWWE and @MadcapMoss are done joking and ready for battle at #WMBacklash as announced on #TalkingSmack.https://t.co/OzUGfrZp3B pic.twitter.com/m9DbQRZCs9
— WWE (@WWE) April 23, 2022
Opinion: You had to know..

Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over twelve years now and have reviewed over 6,000 shows. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I’ll be posting a new review here on Wrestlingrumors.net. It could be anything from modern WWE to old school to indies to anything in between. Note that I rate using letters instead of stars and I don’t rate matches under three minutes as really, how good or bad can something that short be?
Monday Night Raw
Date: April 23, 2007
Location: Earl’s Court, London, England
Attendance: 12,000
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
It’s a special show as we are in London and it’s time for a Wrestlemania rematch. The main event of this week’s show will see WWE Champion John Cena facing Shawn Michaels in a non-title match. That’s not a bad way to spend Cena’s thirtieth birthday and they can probably do some good stuff. Let’s get to it.
Here is Shane McMahon, seemingly ready for a match, to get things going. Sha..

The bidding war is over. Wrestlers have a bit of hard time finding a way out of the business. While there are some who have enough money to get out and not have to do much else, but there are several who have to stick around the industry for a very long time. Now a legend who has long since been out of the ring has gotten a new deal, which will actually keep him off of television.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Bret Hart has signed a new deal with WWE, which will keep him away from all AEW events. Hart will still be allowed to appear at independent shows, but will likely not be able to appear as part of AEW’s Owen Hart Foundation tournaments. It also ends the speculation about Hart coming in to AEW to manage FTR. There is no word on how long the new deal lasts or if it will appear on WWE television more often.
Opinion: This is the kind of thing that can be rather nice to see as Hart gets a great payday and a contract that he should be able to live off of for a long t..

He has the name. The owner of a wrestling promotion might not get the most attention but they are almost as important of a person as you can have in the operation. That person is going to be financing the company and is often the face behind the whole thing. Having an owner that fans recognize can be helpful and now someone who is known by more than a few people might be getting into the wrestling industry.
Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. mentioned on Twitter that he is working to finance his own wrestling promotion. Prinze responded to a fan on Twitter who asked about such a promotion, saying that he was returning to work to finance such a project. He did not offer any further details on the promotion. Prinze has a background in wrestling, having worked as part of the WWE Creative team, as well as actively hosting a wrestling podcast.
I hope so. Only went back to work to finance the muthafucka. Give me some time tho ??
— Freddie Prinze Jr (@RealFPJr) April 22, 2022
Opinion: I have no ide..

Welcome back. There are a lot of people who are involved in making a wrestling show work. In addition to having the wrestlers in the ring doing everything they need to do, there are also the people behind the scenes who help put the whole presentation together. It makes sense for those people to have a great background in wrestling and now WWE is getting back one of its Hall of Famer producers.
During a recent edition of his Table Talk podcast, WWE Hall of Famer D-Von Dudley announced that he will be returning to his role as a producer on June 15. This comes after Dudley has been away from the ring since having spinal surgery back in February. Dudley has worked for WWE as a producer since 2016. It is not clear which brand he will be working on when he returns.
Opinion: It’s always great to see someone getting back to work after missing time due to health issues. Dudley is someone that has the experience and the reputation to make an impact on the WWE roster and he has been around lon..

Back, but with a twist. With so many wrestlers on its roster, WWE has to come up with some different ways to keep things interesting. That can be easier said than done, but sometimes the best way is to have someone flip from good to evil or vice versa. It is an idea that has worked for years and now it seems to have been done again by someone who has not been around that long.
Xia Li made her return to WWE TV this week on SmackDown and seemed to turn heel in the process. Li had debuted on the show and billed herself as the Protector, but this week she said that she did not see anyone worthy of her protection so she would be protecting herself. This comes after Li has been absent from SmackDown for several weeks, with her only televised match on the main roster taking place on February 25.
She made it pretty clear. Check out what Li said:
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Opinion: This feels like another example of WWE bringing someone onto a new show and having no idea wha..

You might want to get used to it. WWE has a huge roster with all kinds of talented wrestlers working for the company. The roster is so big that it is divided into several groups who primarily appear on their own show. That is a concept called the Brand Split, but the rosters have started to come together a little bit more over the last few months. It turns out that might not be a sign of things to come.
WWE has announced that the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Titles will be unified at the upcoming WrestleMania Backlash event. This has led to some speculation that the Brand Split may be coming to an end, but that is not the case according to the Wrestling Observer newsletter. Vince McMahon is currently not thinking about bringing the rosters back together and the title unifications are events that will not impact the Brand Split as a whole.
Opinion: I’m glad to hear that the Brand Slit is not likely ending, as WWE did not exactly do well without it last time. It is kind of nice to have t..

We need a place to go. WrestleMania Backlash is coming up in just over two weeks and that means it is time for WWE to know most of the card. That being said, it is a lot easier said that done to have a major match ready in such a hurry, especially when only some of the show has been announced. While the matches have yet to be set, WWE does seem to know what they have in mind for the main event.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the likely main event for WrestleMania Backlash will see Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns defending against Drew McIntyre. Reigns does not have an opponent for the show as of yet and McIntyre’s feud with Sami Zayn could end next week in a cage match. The match was teased this week on SmackDown when Reigns told the Usos to get their family’s name out of McIntyre’s mouth. WrestleMania Backlash takes place on May 8.
Opinion: While the match taking place is not the biggest surprise, the match taking place at WrestleMania Backlash is a s..

Welcome back. WrestleMania has come and gone for the year and as usual, it was WWE’s major event on the calendar. The company goes out of its way to showcase its biggest stars on the grandest stage of them all and that is what they did again here. There were a lot of important moments over the two nights, including multiple title changes. Now we know when we will be seeing one of the former champions again.
On Night One of WrestleMania 38, Bianca Belair defeated Becky Lynch to win the Raw Women’s Title. Lynch has yet to return to WWE television since the loss on April 2. This week on SmackDown, an advertisement announced that Lynch will be making her return on next week’s Monday Night Raw. There is no word yet on what Lynch will be doing on the show.
Opinion: It’s going to be good to have Lynch back as it will be interesting to see what she is going to do without the title. For the parts where she was around, Lynch was basically champion uninterrupted for three years so it makes a bi..