What Are Real-Life Friendships Like Between WWE Superstars?
You know what’s funny? WWE is all about scripted rivalries, betrayals, and dramatic beatdowns—but behind the curtain, it’s not all punches and powerbombs. Somet...
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WATCH: Sheamus, Drew McIntyre And Braun Strowman Have Fun At WWE Live Event
It’s a different kind of show. There are all kinds of WWE events throughout the year and some of them are a bit more personal than the rest. While televised events go in a certain way, live events are much more geared to the crowd and that allows for some more unique moments. That was the situation over the weekend as some WWE stars had a bit of fun before a match. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Plan A: Here Are The Original Plans WWE Title Plans For WrestleMania 39 (They’re Different) Over the weekend, WWE held a live event in Rockford, Illinois, featuring a six man tag match featuring Braun Strowman, Sheamus and Drew McIntyre vs. the Bloodline. Before the match, McIntyre was posing on the top rope when Sheamus lifted up the back of McIntyre’s kilt to look underneath. Strowman laughed at the situation, with McIntyre playing along as well. The Bloodline went on to win the match. It was something funny. Check out what Sheamus did and the team in some more serious moments: [This post contain..
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Farewell? Sting Heavily Hints At Retiring Later This Year
He would know best. Retirement is a tricky situation in wrestling as it can be difficult for a wrestler to finally hang up their boots. The problem is that it can be so easy to come back for one more match or appearance, but some are able to go out on their own terms and know when to call it a career. Now a legend is saying that his career is not going to extend beyond this year. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: WATCH: Max Caster Messes Up Rap During AEW Rampage Taping (And It’s Funny) AEW’s Sting was interviewed by D Magazine (Dallas, Texas) and revealed that his deal with the company expires at some point this year. Once it ends, “so will his time behind the face paint”, according to the article. There is no word on what Sting will be doing for his final match or if he has any plans for his retirement. Sting has been paired with Darby Allin since his debut with AEW in December 2020. Sting’s time in AEW has gone quite well. Check out how some of it has gone: [This post contains video, click..
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WATCH: Max Caster Messes Up Rap During AEW Rampage Taping (And It’s Funny)
It’s not easy. Wrestling is a very tricky art form to master and there are all kinds of different issues that can make things all the more complicated. In addition to the matches themselves, there is everything else that the wrestlers have to do in front of the live fans. Every now and then you are going to see something go wrong and now we have a clip that you will probably not see on television. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: It’s Broken: AEW Sets New Record With This Week’s AEW Dynamite This week on AEW Dynamite, a segment involving the Acclaimed was announced for this week’s edition of Rampage. As Rampage was taped after Dynamite, a clip of the Acclaimed’s entrance has surfaced online, featuring Max Caster doing one of his customary raps. However, this time Caster messed up the first verse of his rap and had to start over. Caster and Billy Gunn acknowledged the error and then redid the entrance. There is nothing to suggest that this will air on television. This was good for a chuckle. C..
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REVIEW: Starrcade 2000: Scott Steiner Is A Scary Man
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? Starrcade 2000 Date: December 17, 2000 Location: MCI Center, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 6,596 Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Mark Madden, Scott Hudson We’ve uh…..arrived. It’s the final edition of WCW’s flagship show and it’s looking somewhere between a bad C show and a horribly unfunny joke. The main event is Scott Steiner (won the title three weeks ago) defending against Sid Vicious (not in the promotion three weeks ago). Such is life in the dying days of this company. Let’s get to it. Before we s..
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MJF Says That His Character is Who He is in Real Life
AEW World Heavyweight Champion MJF was recently interviewed by TODAY and discussed a number of topics. Among them was the character that he plays on television, being a Jewish athlete, his future in pro wrestling, and more. Below are some highlights from the interview: On the character that MJF plays compared to real life: “This is me 100% of the time, 365 days a year. It doesn’t change. You can ask people in my industry — and people have — and then fans are like, ‘Oh, these other people are just keeping up the ruse.’ This is me,” he says. On being a Jewish athlete: “How much of that is deep-rooted in antisemitism and how much of that is deep-rooted in jealousy and wishing that these people were in the position I’m in? I don’t know. But what I do know is it doesn’t make it OK,” he says. “It’s just very funny to me that now all of a sudden the conversations being started because Kanye West decided to speak out on the underbelly of society — antisemitism has always been there, alwa..
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Gillberg Talks Possible Match With Goldberg: “I’ll Bust Him Up”
He’s not next. There are very few wrestlers in history who have made the kind of impact that Goldberg made at the start of his career. After a rather successful football career, Goldberg would go on to become a huge star in wrestling. Goldberg was best known for his undefeated streak where he beat all comers for over a year, but it turns out there was one name he refused to face during his career. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Comeback: Triple H Posts Photo With Celebrity WWE Star During Goldberg’s popularity in WCW, the WWF created a parody character called Gillberg, portrayed by Duane Gill, a much smaller wrestler. Gill recently appeared on the Cafe de Rene podcast and talked about his time as Gillberg. Gill claims that he approached Goldberg about a match between the two of them, but Goldberg turned him down every time. According to a joking Gill, Goldberg was afraid to face him in the ring. It was a funny statement. Check out the clip plus both of them in the ring: [This post contains..
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Franklin Who? Arena Accidentally Advertises Some Funny Names For WWE Live Event
Wait…who? There are a lot of different aspects that come together to make a wrestling star feel important but one of the biggest is their name. You can only get so far with a bad name and that has been shown on more than one occasion over the years. WWE has a hit and miss record with naming its wrestlers, but this time around even what they had isn’t quite right. WWE has a live event scheduled for the Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey on August 14. There have been a few matches announced, but the arena’s website had listed incorrect names for the show. This includes “Seth “Franklin” Rollins” and “Ashule” instead of Seth “Freakin” Rollins and Asuka. The incorrect names were still listed as of Thursday morning but had been corrected later in the day. Had to see for myself that this is real. WWE is back. pic.twitter.com/OYYYUVal1c — Nationally Published Troll (@mongo_ebooks) June 9, 2022 Opinion: That’s the kind of error that might not mean anything in the sho..
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Here’s Why Lacey Evans Did Not Appear On Monday Night Raw, Evans’ Funny Response
That’s a valid excuse? There are a lot of criticisms to be made about WWE and one of the bigger problems is that the company does not present a lot of the things that they advertise. This might be a segment or a match but it is rare to see a reason given for the change. It was the case again this week, and now we have a reason why, along with an official response. WWE had announced that Lacey Evans would be making her return this week on Monday Night Raw but Evans did not appear on the show, with no explanation or mention of Evans given. According to PWInsider.com, WWE decided to send Evans to the Coca Cola 600 NASCAR race on Sunday night as its Grand Marshall and she was unable to return in time for Monday Night Raw. Evans posted a tweet showing herself recovering from posing at the race, including icing down her biceps. What happens when you stay flexin?? GRAND MARSHAL duties got me laid up. @nascaronfox @wwe @cocacola @nascar it's all your fault!!!!! ?? pic.twitter.com/ZslTFa..
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KB’s Review: Those Belts Are Made For Walking
The wrestling business can be kind of funny, as last week there was absolutely nothing worth talking about for a column, but this week there is one topic that is screaming for a closer look. That is because on Monday, Naomi and Sasha Banks walked out on Monday Night Raw, causing the show to be changed on the fly, with a completely different main event (because they were going to be in the main event) to be set up. So yeah, I think we’re covered for a topic this week. Before we get into the specifics, let’s get a few things out of the way. First of all, there is a chance that this is some kind of a worked shoot story. I don’t think it is, but that is always a chance in wrestling. For the sake of simplicity, we’re going to assume that it is 100% a shoot, even if it might be turned into an angle later. Second, keep in mind that we do not know exactly what happened. We have an idea from what people have said, but there are so many different versions and details that you can’t get a comple..
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KB’s Review: Character Writing 101
A wrestling promotion can present an angle in all kinds of ways. It could be serious, funny, silly, dramatic or several other points in between. Oftentimes you will see some combination of two (or sometimes more) styles mixed together and it can make for some great moments. However, that is not the easiest thing to make work and it can be very easy to get it wrong. That seems to be the case again now, as WWE has gotten even further into the habits of getting stories more than a bit wrong. One of the most important things about presenting a story is to know your characters. While you can get a character to do just about anything, there has to be a path to make it work. This might be something from their past or present or even future, but you can’t just throw something out there and hope that it makes sense. You need a path to make something logical and that is where WWE has been slipping as of late. NXT has something special on its hands, as two time NXT Champion Bron Breakker is as ..
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WATCH: Pat McAfee Sings Happy Birthday to Michael Cole
That’s what friends are for. Tonight’s episode of Smackdown emulated from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which Pat McAfee was fired up about. However, he was also excited about getting to do something special and hilarious for his friend and broadcast colleague, Michael Cole. During a commercial break, McAfee got on a table and shared with the crowd how excited he was to be in the great state of Wisconsin. He then proceeded to let everybody know that it was Cole’s birthday and got the whole crowd to serenade him in a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday! You can see the video on McAfee’s Twitter account below: It's an absolute HONOR to be in the GREAT state of Wisconsin #SmackDAHN #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/wjAd7Gfo3p — WrestleMania Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) April 9, 2022 The funny thing about this is that it is NOT Cole’s Birthday! According to Wikipedia, Cole was born on December 8, 1968, which makes this even more hilarious. Editor’s Opinion: I absolutely love stuff like this. It..
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Bayley Trolls Fans In Hilarious Q&A Session
She’s good at this stuff. There are two major kinds of wrestlers in the world, as a wrestler can be either good or evil. Some wrestlers are flat out better in one role than another and that can make for rather strong results from either side. Every so often, a wrestler knows how to antagonize fans without being full on evil though and that was on display again this week. SmackDown’s Bayley took part in a Twitter Q&A earlier this week, though she did not actually answer any of the fans’ questions. Instead, Bayley responded with various answers that had nothing to do with what was asked, including a question by SmackDown interviewer Kayla Braxton. Here are some highlights: Ok I feel bad for yelling. Not ALL of you are mean. I’ll make it up to you, I got some free time so use #iMissMyBayley for some Q&A. — Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) April 6, 2022 Very good point. And funny enough, one time overseas on tour, Daniel Bryan told me he thinks I’m the fastest woman in the division. (I had been ..
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WWE Hall Of Famer Returning To Monday Night Raw Next Week
Welcome back? There are a lot of wrestlers on the WWE roster and some of them are among the biggest names in wrestling history. If you have been watching WWE for any length of time, you know that there are some names which have made a lot of history in the company. Some of them have even made an impact even outside of WWE and another one of those names will be back soon. This week on Raw Talk, WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler announced that he will be filling in on Monday Night Raw commentary next week. Regular broadcaster Corey Graves and Monday Night Raw star Carmella will be getting married later this week and will be on his honeymoon next week. This will be a one off appearance for Lawler, who has been done commentary on and off for thirty years. Opinion: Lawler is one of those names that can be hit or miss, as you never know what version you are going to get. If he is being his evil self, you can get something more interesting but if he is being his not very funny self, it might m..
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WATCH: Funny Moment From After WWE SmackDown
He’s a good Head of the Table. Over the last year and a half, no one has dominated WWE like Roman Reigns. Since winning the Universal Title in August 2020, Reigns has been virtually unstoppable with one big win after another. A lot of that has been due to his association with Paul Heyman, and now Reigns got to thank him a bit after something happened to Heyman this week. A clip from after this week’s SmackDown has made its way online, showing Reigns hugging Heyman after the fans called Heyman a walrus. After the hug, Reigns led Heyman away so he could watch the rest of the six man tag dark match. Reigns and Heyman had both been on the television show earlier in the night, with Heyman speaking to Brock Lesnar during his contract signing with Reigns to end the show. This was great. Check out what happened after SmackDown: [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: This is one of those things that you get to see after the show is over and it makes things that much better. Reig..
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AHH! AEW’s Keith Lee Has Done Something Awesome After Debuting
Well that’s clever. There are a lot of wrestlers in the world but only a few manage to stand out. Some of them do this because of their ability to talk while others are able to get over because of what they can do in the ring. One thing that will always get some attention is an impressive physical accomplishment, and now one of the more awe inspiring moves is getting a pretty funny name. This week’s edition of AEW Dynamite featured the surprise debut of Keith Lee, who signed with the company after being released from WWE last year. Lee defeated Isiah Kassidy in his debut match, which featured Lee bieling Kassidy across the ring. The match has received some attention online, which prompted Lee to officially dub the move the Uncle Phil Biel. The move is named after the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, where Uncle Phil would throw Jazz out of his house as a running gag. Opinion: That is the kind of thing that I like about non-WWE promotions as WWE would never allow some kind of a pop culture re..
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Brock Lesnar “Attacks” Member of ‘Jackass’ Crew
The Beast doesn’t find it funny. Last night, at a dinner in St. Louis, Brock Lesnar had an encounter with ‘Jackass’ star Wee-Man and body-slammed him through a table. The video has made its way to the Internet, including on TMZ Sports. You can see one example of the video below: Brock Lesnar hanging out with The Jackass crew before Royal Rumble 2022 pic.twitter.com/CJ7lkYmyQk — WWE Hindi Daily (@tmykwoah) January 29, 2022 This appears to be a fun event and encounter, with no malicious intent involved. The dinner took place in St. Louis, which is the site of the 2022 Royal Rumble. Lesnar is scheduled to defend his WWE Championship against Bobby Lashley, while ‘Jackass Forever’ star Johnny Knoxville is scheduled to be an entrant into the Men’s Royal Rumble match. Editor’s Opinion: I love stuff like this. Over the past few months, we have seen a different side of The Beast, as his more comical and laid-back side has started to be a part of his character. From the Cowboy Hat on Raw ..
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WATCH: Funny Fall Takes Place During AEW Dynamite Main Event
I don’t think that was in the plans. Almost every major wrestling show has some kind of plan. There has to be an idea of what to do during the show but that does not always mean it is going to work. At some point, something is going to go wrong and there is little way to plan for such a situation. The best you can do is hope that no one gets hurt, which had to be on someone’s mine during a pretty nasty botch this week. The main event of this week’s edition of AEW Dynamite featured an Atlanta street fight between Andrade El Idolo and Cody Rhodes. The match also saw a brawl between Arn Anderson and El Idolo’s assistant Jose, who fought up to the ramp. During the fight, Anderson fell off of the stage, leaving Jose to help him up before the brawl could continue. There is nothing to suggest that Anderson was injured during the fall. This could have been worse. Check out the fall, the fight, and Anderson in his own in-ring days: [This post contains video, click to play] [This post contai..
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Funny Video: Kayla Braxton Is Paul Heyman For Halloween
Tis the season. Wrestlers often have a tricky job as they have to be a mixture of athletes, actors and characters, all at the same time. There are so many people involved in a wrestling production that you are going to see some people who are better than others at each job. This time around, we are seeing someone who is very good at the lighter side, and they are showcasing themselves well. One of the best stories going in all of WWE at the moment is the backstage banter between Paul Heyman and interviewer Kayla Braxton. The two have quite the chemistry together, with Braxton enjoying needling Heyman when he is stressed and Heyman accusing Braxton of having a crush on him. This has led to quite the tribute and it happens to coincide with Halloween. Check out what Braxton has done, plus the two of them together: [This post contains video, click to play] [This post contains video, click to play] [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: This is one of the most entertaini..
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VIDEO: AEW Presents Emotional Tribute After This Week’s Rampage
It’s a special moment. There are certain cities that matter more in the wrestling world. They have a special history to them and fans know just how much it means to the industry. As a result, you will often see wrestlers and promotions pay some special attention to them. That is what happened this week, as both a city and the company most closely associated with it received a tribute. This week’s editions of AEW Dynamite and Rampage took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the former home of ECW. AEW has released a video from after this week’s wrestling tapings, featuring AEW President Tony Khan bringing out former ECW stars Taz, Chris Jericho, Dean Malenko and Jerry Lynn to speak about ECW. After Taz praised the fans and the promotion, CM Punk came to the ring to say he felt left out because he was the ECW Champion as well. Punk also praised the wrestlers and said that he thought it would be funny to pop in before leaving the rest to continue talking. It was a special moment. Check..