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NEWS

Ricochet Teases Next Intercontinental Title Challenger (And It’s A Bit Of A Surprise)

Maybe he’s up next. Titles are one of the easiest concepts to understand in wrestling. Someone has a championship belt and someone else wants it. That is all you need to carry a feud in a lot of cases and that is certainly the case in WWE. These feuds can be set up in a variety of ways and that might have happened again with one of the most historically important titles in WWE history. Last week on SmackDown, WWE Intercontinental Champion Ricochet was defeated by both members of Los Lotharios, setting up a title match on next week’s show. Over the weekend, Xavier Woods tweeted that he would win the title later in the year. Ricochet responded to Woods, saying that after he gets done with Los Lotharios, he would be glad to “smack you up”. Woods defeated Ricochet in the first round of the 2021 King of the Ring, which Ricochet referenced in his response. While not confirmed, this could suggest that Woods will be a future challenger for the title. Back to settle a score, then it’s time to..

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Opinion: CM Punk & AEW – Historically Awesome Goosebumps and Harsh Reality

He’s back. And he’s All Elite. After much anticipation and many rumors regarding his status, CM Punk made his long-expected AEW debut tonight on Rampage. In front of 15,000 fans in the United Center in Chicago, Punk provided all of us with one of the coolest and special moments in the history of professional wrestling. [This post contains video, click to play] A couple of disclaimers before you continue: If you’ve read any of my opinion pieces in the past or heard me on various podcasts, such as The Pipebomb and The Hoots Podcast, you know that I cannot stand both CM Punk or AEW. I am on record saying that I think that Phil Brooks is a sniveling, whining baby who only cares about getting himself over and getting paid, and couldn’t give a damn about the people who made him a star. Also, I think that as a wrestling company, AEW is a complete joke and has done nothing but create a parody of professional wrestling. The Elite has managed to convince a wrestling mark billionaire that th..

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When Does Daniel Bryan’s Contract With WWE Expire?

Daniel Bryan was recently interviewed by Al Arabiya English where he discussed a number of topics. Among them were the upcoming “Greatest Royal Rumble,” John Cena, his WWE contract and more. Bryan was recently medically cleared to return to in-ring competition. You can see a video of his speech after he heard the news below: [This post contains video, click to play] Below are some questions along with Bryan’s answers. It should be noted that this interview was conducted before he was medically cleared: What are your thoughts on WWE’s upcoming Greatest Royal Rumble in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia? This is something that I’m really excited about. I don’t know if I’m coming or not, but I’m crossing my fingers that I am coming to the show in Saudi Arabia on April 27th. Wrestlemania is a big event, the biggest event of the year for us, but I think, historically, the show on the 27th might end up being more important, if you look at where WWE’s trajectory goes and our influence on the region. I..

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Possible Reason Why WWE Booked A Flag Match at WWE Battleground

<p>As seen on Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live, WWE announced that <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/johncena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a></strong> would face <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/rusev" title="Rusev">Rusev</a></strong> in a flag match at the upcoming WWE Battleground event. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/bryan/" title="Bryan">Bryan</a></strong> Alvarez speculated on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Live that the reason WWE decided to have a flag match between the two was in case they decide to have Rusev win.</p><p><em>“The Flag match is essentially the professional wrestling version of capture the flag. For the match two flags are placed on opposite turnbuckles, each representing a specific wrestler or team of wrestlers, and the object of the match is to retrieve the opponent’s flag and raise it while defending the flag in the wrestler’s corner.”</em></p><p>According to the rules (seen above), the match will conclude when a specific wrestler retrieves the flag of their opponent. This means Cena doesn’t have to actually be pinned to lose the match. Historically, WWE normally has gimmick matches as a blow-off match in a feud or as an “out” for a screwy finish.</p>

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Speculation On A Sixth Participant In The Women’s Money In The Bank Match

<p>We noted earlier this week that WWE may have spoiled a six participant in the Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match for Sunday’s event when they mentioned on Twitter that six women would be in the match. Dave Meltzer discussed WWE’s tweet that may have spoiled the match on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio.</p><p>Meltzer claims that he reached out to WWE regarding the entry of a six competitor in the match but he said hasn’t received any response back. With the company not responding back to Meltzer, it would be an further indication that a sixth member could be injected into the match. Historically if something is completely false, WWE responds back.</p><p>While Meltzer couldn’t specify who the six participant could be, several <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/names/" title="names">names</a></strong> speculated for the match include <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/summer-rae" title="Summer Rae">Summer Rae</a></strong>, Page, Lita, <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/asuka" title="Asuka">Asuka</a></strong> and among others.</p>

ROH

Speculation on WWE Cutting Back 205 Live

<p>WWE send out an <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/email/" title="email">email</a></strong> that mentioned Talking <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/smack/" title="Smack">Smack</a></strong> would be starting at 10:30 PM. Historically the show has been kicking off right before 11PM because of 205 Live.</p><p>The Wrestling Observer Newsletter noted that they were informed that there is nothing to this change and they just started listing it at 10:30PM because 205 Live has never been scheduled for one hour.</p><p>Dave Meltzer wrote, <em>“WWE officials said that nothing is changing and they just listed 10:30 p.m. because 205 Live has never been scheduled for one hour and so 10:30 p.m. would be the time meaning a time slot <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/prior/" title="prior">prior</a></strong> to the 11 p.m. time slot.”</em></p>