Kevin Nash Reveals He Booked Rey Mysterio’s WCW Unmasking
According to the latest reports, Kevin Nash has reflected on Rey Mysterio losing his mask in WCW and broke down why he supported the debated decision. Mysterio...
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News: WWE SummerSlam Tryout Schedule Revealed
WWE is booked to hold its latest tryouts during SummerSlam weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2, as previously shared ...
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Championship Clash Set for Next Week’s WWE SmackDown Episode
Wrestling fans, mark your calendars—next week’s episode of WWE SmackDown is heating up fast, and the reason? A championship match has officially been booked! Ye...
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Read The Fine Print: Why Two Monday Night Raw Superstars Have Been Absent From Shows
That’s a good out. With so many wrestlers on the WWE roster, it is impossible to find something for all of them to do every week. WWE only has so much television time and at some point, someone has to be be left off of a show. In some situations, that is a plus for the wrestlers, and now we know a bit more about how two stars got a special addition to their contracts. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: RUMOR: Former WWE Champion May Return Before WrestleMania 39 Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful appeared on the Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy podcast where he talked about a special clause in the Good Brothers’ contracts. According to the contracts, the team is not required to be at any event where they are not booked to wrestle or appear. There is no word on any other wrestlers having this kind of clause in their contracts. The Good Brothers have not wrestled a match on Monday Night Raw since January 9, though they have wrestled on live events since. The team is good when they’re in the ring. Check out som..
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Not For Her: Update On Why Ronda Rousey Is Not Working The WWE Royal Rumble
There’s a reason for that. There are certain wrestlers who bring a star power into the company that cannot be manufactured. Whether it is success elsewhere, a natural charisma or success in another field, that wrestler feels like they are something special and the fans often notice. The promotion can as well, and now that star power is preventing someone from being on a show. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: That’s New: Here Is Something Different Vince McMahon Is Doing Since WWE Return Ronda Rousey lost the SmackDown Women’s Title to Charlotte in an impromptu title match on the December 30, 2022 SmackDown. Rousey has not been seen on WWE TV since, leading to speculation about her future with the company. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Rousey is not booked for the Royal Rumble as WWE did not want to waste her star power on the show. If Rousey is not winning the Women’s Royal Rumble or being the focal point of the match, WWE does not want to use her in it. There is no word on w..
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REVIEW: Raw 25: The Previous Biggest Reunion Ever
Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over ten years now and have reviewed over 5,000 shows. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I’ll be posting a new review here on Wrestlingrumors.net, starting today. 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 25th Anniversary Date: January 22, 2018 Location: Manhattan Center, New York City, New York/Barclays Center, New York City, New York Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Booker T., Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler Now this is a big night with the show having been build up for several months and a slew of guest stars booked for the night. The show is also being run from two arenas, including the location of the first ever episode. I’m more excited for this than I am for Sunday’s Royal Rumbl..
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She’s In: Update On Ronda Rousey’s WWE Status Following Title Loss
That’s a good sign. We are coming up on the most important time of the year for WWE, as the Road To WrestleMania 39 is set to begin later this month. That means it is going to be an all hands on deck moment for WWE, with all of its biggest stars available ready to go. Now we might be getting a sign that one star whose future is a bit in doubt will be around going forward. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Not Welcome: Backstage Reaction To Vince McMahon Wanting Back In WWE (It’s Not Good) Last week on SmackDown, Charlotte made a surprise return and defeated Ronda Rousey to regain the SmackDown Women’s Title. This led to questions about Rousey’s future in WWE, but according to PWInsider.com by way of SportSkeeda.com, Rousey is still listed on WWE’s internal roster. Rousey is listed as a heel and is booked for several upcoming appearances, including the Royal Rumble. She is also advertised for this month’s Raw 30. Rousey is one of those special WWE stars. Check out her time in the company: [Thi..
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He Has A Take: Possible Problem With WWE Using Tyson Fury
He has some leverage. Wrestling has a long history of having athletes from other sports make appearances, often to great success. It makes sense for a wrestling company to want to bring in other athletes to see what happens when they step inside a wrestling ring. WWE has done this as well, but now one major sports name has an interesting way of looking at how he would be presented in the company. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Next Time? WWE Champion Pulled From Live Event Last month, a story broke about WWE wanting boxing’s Heavyweight Champion of the World Tyson Fury to appear at the Royal Rumble and then WrestleMania 39, though Fury is dealing with visa issues. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, one source is saying that Fury is unwilling to put people in WWE over or even look vulnerable during his appearances. There is no word on whether he would be able to be booked in a short Royal Rumble appearance that validates what the money WWE would have to pay him. There is no word ..
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Ouch: Top WWE Superstar Out With Injury For Longer Than Expected
Check back later. There are a lot of stars in WWE but only a few of them rise to the top of the company. It means something to see one of them become one of the stars that WWE can depend on, which is why it happens so infrequently. At the same time, it can be a major issue when one of those stars is out of action for more than a little while, and unfortunately that is happening again. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Christmas Gift: Backstage Reason For WWE Running Best Of Monday Night Raw Next Week Earlier this month, WWE announced that Drew McIntyre suffered a ruptured ear drum and was put out of action as a result. McIntyre was forced to miss a scheduled Tag Team Title match where he and Sheamus would challenge the Usos. According to PWInsider.com, McIntyre is not medically cleared to return to the ring and is currently not booked for any shows in the next week. There is no word on when McIntyre is expected back in the ring. McIntyre is a force in WWE. Check out what is missing from the co..
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WRESTLING RUMORS: Here’s Why Aliyah Has Been Off WWE TV, When She Could Return
She’s being missed. With so many wrestlers on the WWE roster, there are going to be some wrestlers who slip through the cracks. Sometimes a wrestler leaves television for one reason or another. It can mean a lot when they make their return, especially if it is something that sneaks up on you. WWE may be trying to do just that when an upcoming event is over. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: He’s Up: Injury Update On Missing Monday Night Raw Star According to Ringsidenews.com, a tenured member of the WWE creative team said Aliyah is missing from WWE television due to her not being booked at Survivor Series and is ready to return. She is not injured and WWE does not want her on television with nothing to do. Aliyah has not wrestled since the September 12 edition of Monday Night Raw when she and Raquel Rodriguez lost the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles to Damage Ctrl. Aliyah is quite good at what she does. Check out what she is able to do when she is around: [This post contains video, click to play]..
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Ronda Rousey Talks Character Work With Vince McMahon; Comparisons to Brock Lesnar
WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey discussed the inner workings of her on-screen WWE persona after she made her debut with the company as an in-ring performer. Following a electric and memorable debut at WrestleMania 34, Rousey stormed onto WWE programming, but former CEO Vince McMahon saw her character as more “vulnerable than dominant.” Ronda clarified on the latest episode of her podcast Ronda on the Road that Vince McMahon didn’t see her as an “invincible monster” type of character like Brock Lesnar has been booked to be. The comparison between the two obvious based on their legitimate MMA and UFC backgrounds. As a result, Ronda Rousey was booked with a more “vulnerable side.” Related: Ronda Rousey Burns WWE Over Superstar Releases “There’s this more vulnerable side of me,” Ronda explained on the podcast “but not vulnerable like, ‘Oh, I’m being hurt.’ It’s more of like, I gotta to find ways to challenge myself more and more and more.” Rousey went into further detail abo..
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Recent WWE Story Booked By The Wrestlers Themselves
She can get away with that. There are a lot of talented stars in WWE but only a handful of them reach a superstar level. Some of those names come in with that label attached to them and it can be a lot of fun seeing what they can do when they are given the chance. Occasionally those stars will be allowed to put something together on their own and that has happened again. In recent months, Ronda Rousey and Liv Morgan have feuded with each other over the SmackDown Women’s Title. During the feud, Shayna Baszler got involved and exchanged words with Rousey. According to Fightful Select, this was a story planned by the two of them and not put together by WWE. There are currently no plans to include the two together in the near future. Opinion: This is an interesting one as while WWE has more or less stopped anything the angle could do, it is a good sign that they were able to get anything on television whatsoever. With WWE being as heavily scripted as it has been before, it can be nice to..
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Someone Isn’t Happy: NXT Star Reportedly “Beaten Down” By Booking, Wants Out
Can you blame him? NXT is a pretty unique wrestling show, as it is designed to be both WWE’s developmental territory as well as its own promotion. That can make for some odd moments, as you will see wrestlers who have no business being in a minor league on the show for a very long time. It seems that one wrestler who has been in NXT for a long time is trying to get out but can’t make it work. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, NXT’s Roderick Strong is “pretty beaten down” by the way he is booked on television and has attempted to get out of the promotion. Strong has not been allowed out though, leaving him in a situation where he does not want to be there but is stuck doing so for the time being. There is no word on when Strong’s NXT deal expires. Opinion: Can you blame him for wanting out? Strong has been in NXT for more than a few years now and there is nothing to indicate that he is going to be moving up the card. I would assume that WWE thinks he is too small to be treated as..
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Come Back? Another Top Star Departing Impact Wrestling
Catch you later maybe? There are a lot of wrestling promotions throughout the world and some of the top ones are well known due to their major stars. You can see some wrestlers from around the world coming to a variety of promotions to show off their abilities. However, at some point they have to leave, and that was the case again this week as a top international star moved on. According to PWInsider.com, Jay White has finished up with Impact Wrestling and will be focusing on New Japan. White will have a busier schedule for New Japan, meaning that he will not have time for Impact Wrestling. While Impact Wrestling would love to have White back whenever possible, he is currently not booked for anything with the company. There is no word on when he could come back. Opinion: I don’t think this is the biggest surprise, as White is one of the top stars in the world while Impact Wrestling has not been a major promotion in a long time. Impact Wrestling was not going to be able to keep him so..
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MJF No Shows AEW Meet And Greet, Double Or Nothing Status Up In The Air
That could be a mess. In just over three years, AEW has become one of the biggest wrestling promotions in the world. The company has all kinds of strengths but one of the biggest is its roster. Using a mixture of rookies, upcoming stars and veterans, AEW has turned into one of the hottest wrestling promotions in a good many years. Now though, there might be a problem with one of its top stars. According to PWInsider.com, Maxwell Jacob Friedman no showed a meet and greet at AEW’s Double Or Nothing fan fest in Las Vegas. In addition, Sean Ross Sapp is reporting that a flight for Friedman has been booked out of Las Vegas. Friedman is scheduled to face Wardlow in a match at Double Or Nothing. This comes as Friedman and AEW have reportedly butted heads over money and his contract status. There is no guarantee that Friedman will most the show as the two sides could still work out a deal. I can confirm a flight out of Las Vegas tonight has been booked for MJF. Full story is on https://t.co..
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Monday Night Raw To Feature Several Guest Stars
It’s that time of year. We are less than a week away from WrestleMania 38 and the biggest WWE event of the year. The show is mostly set and we know who we should and shouldn’t expect for the card. Now that things are set, it is time to hype everything up as well as possible, and WWE seems to have a plan to do that next week, even if it means breaking some rules in the process. According to PWInsider.com, several SmackDown names are booked for next week’s edition of Monday Night Raw. This includes SmackDown Tag Team Champions the Usos, who have already been announced for a match against Raw Tag Team Champions RKBro. In addition, Intercontinental Champion Ricochet and Shinsuke Nakamura and set to appear, along with Sasha Banks, Naomi, Natalya and Shayna Baszler, who will be on opposite sides in an eight woman tag. There is no word on if any other SmackDown stars are expected to appear on the show. Opinion: While WWE has rules about Monday Night Raw and SmackDown starts appearing on the..
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Update On The Return Status For Some Long Injured WWE Stars
WWE has a plan for them. We are a month away from WrestleMania 38 and the show is starting to come together. The show already has a few matches set but there are still several spots that need to be filled. That means WWE is going to need some stars to fill in those gaps, but the roster is a bit thin at the moment. It would help to have some returns, and now we know a bit about what to expect from some missing wrestlers. PWInsider.com has updates on the statuses of three wrestlers who are either missing or not currently booked for WrestleMania. First up, Alexa Bliss, who returned to the ring at Elimination Chamber, is not expected to start her next storyline until after WrestleMania 38. Bliss did not appear on this week’s Monday Night Raw, which was held in her hometown of Columbus, Ohio. Second, Asuka is medically cleared to return to the ring and is waiting for WWE to come up with a storyline for her. Asuka has not wrestled since Money In The Bank 2021 due to having elbow surgery. F..
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Cain Velasquez Arrested On Attempted Murder Charges
According to a report from ESPN, former UFC heavyweight champion and WWE superstar Cain Velasquez has been arrested on charges of attempted murder. He is currently being held in Santa Clara (California) County jail, the San Jose Police Department announced Tuesday morning. From the report: The San Jose Police Department announced Monday evening that there was a shooting in the city near the intersection of Monterey Highway and Bailey Avenue. Police said one adult male was shot at least once and transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. On Tuesday, police identified Velasquez as the shooter. “The motives and circumstances surrounding this incident are still under investigation at this time,” per the San Jose Police public information Twitter account. 4/ Cain Velasquez was the suspect arrested yesterday in connection with this incident. He was booked into Santa Clara County main jail for attempted murder. The motive and circumstances surrounding this incident are..
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Here’s What Might Happen If Steve Austin Wrestles At WrestleMania 38
That would be a big one. We are less than two months away from WrestleMania 38 and that means WWE is going to need to go all out to sell more tickets. With the two night event taking place at AT&T Stadium, the company has a pair of 100,000 seat shows to sell out. That means they are going to need something huge and a special attraction might be able to help them. It seems they have such a match in mind. Earlier this week, news broke that WWE was attempting to bring in Steve Austin for a match at WrestleMania 38 but not more details were given. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, WWE is planning on Austin vs. Kevin Owens, which is why Owens has begun cutting promos insulting the state of Texas. Some backstage in WWE are speaking about the match as if it is already booked, though nothing has been confirmed so far. Austin last wrestled in 2003. Opinion: This is in the category of “I’ll believe it when I see it” as the idea of Austin coming back to the ring at 57 years old is almost h..
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Backstage Reaction To Big E.’s WWE Title Reign, How Some Tried To Make Improvements
They don’t seem happy. There are a lot of championships in the wrestling world but few have the history of the WWE Title. The championship has been around for about sixty years now and some of the biggest names in the history of wrestling have held it. Being champion can still mean a lot, but there is something lost when a title reign does not go so well. That seems to have been the case as of late, but some wrestlers do not seem to blame the former champ. At WWE Day One, Brock Lesnar won a fatal five way match to win the WWE Title, ending Big E.’s reign without pinning him. According to Fightful Select, there were some backstage in WWE who felt that Big E. was booked inconsistently as champion. There were some who who went “above and beyond” in an attempt to make Big E.’s television segments as logical as possible. Big E. took part in a #1 contenders match on this week’s Monday Night Raw, which was won by Bobby Lashley. Big E. did have a rocky time as champion. Check out what he did..