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Raquel Gonzalez Has A New Name On Smackdown

April 9, 2022

The callups continue. This week’s episode of Smackdown featured a number of returns and call-ups from NXT, including Gunther and Marcel Barthel, now known as Ludwig Kaiser. Raquel Gonzalez also made her debut this week, but this is not the name that she will be going by. Introduced in a backstage segment with Los Lotharios, Gonzalez will now be known as Raquel Rodriguez on the blue brand. You can see her debut below: [This post contains video, click to play] Dakota Kai recently reunited with Gonzalez on NXT 2.0 and recently defeated Toxic Attraction members Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne for the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship during the Kickoff pre-show of NXT Stand & Deliver. However, in their first title defense on the following episode of NXT 2.0, Kai and Gonzalez lost the titles back to Toxic Attraction due to Mandy Rose’s interference. Editor’s Opinion: This is awesome. I’ve always thought that she was one of the top female competitors in all of WWE and now gets her opportunit..

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Full Clash of Champions 2019 Results

September 16, 2019

The following are the full results from the 2019 Clash of Champions pay-per-view event, courtesy of Wrestling Inc.: – The 2019 WWE Clash of Champions Kickoff pre-show opens live from the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina as Jonathan Coachman welcomes us. He’s joined by Charly Caruso, David Otunga and WWE Hall of Famer Booker T. The panel goes over the card and Coach leads us to a video package on Sasha Banks vs. RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch. We get a discussion and promo for the WWE Title match between Randy Orton and champion Kofi Kingston next. We come back and Kofi is backstage with SmackDown Tag Team Champion Big E. Charly asks what “the good word” is but they brush her off and seem to mock her. Charly mentions Xavier Woods not being here tonight because of the attack from The Revival that has had him down for a month, but Woods appears in the camera shot and says he’s back. They go on about proving why The New Day is the best tonight, and how Kofi will still be th..

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Opening Match Announced for Money in the Bank

June 19, 2017

<p>Renee Young announced during the Money in the Bank Kickoff Pre-show that the Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder match featuring <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/becky-lynch" title="Becky Lynch">Becky Lynch</a></strong>, Tamina, Carmella, <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/natalya" title="Natalya">Natalya</a></strong> and Charlotte will kick off tonight’s show.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/check/" title="Check">Check</a></strong> back here at 8PM for our live play-by-play coverage of the event.</p>

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New Match Added to Money in the Bank

June 16, 2017

<p>WWE has announced that Zack Ryder will team with Mojo Rawley to take on <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/primo" title="Primo">Primo</a></strong> and Epico at Sunday’s Money in the Bank event in the kickoff pre-show. Here is the updated card:</p><p><strong>WWE Title match</strong><br />Jinder Mahal (c) (with The Singh Brothers) vs. Randy Orton</p><p><strong>MITB ladder match</strong><br />Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/sami-zayn" title="Sami Zayn">Sami Zayn</a></strong> vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Shinsuke Nakamura</p><p><strong>Smackdown tag team titles match </strong><br />The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and/or Xavier Woods)</p><p><strong>Women’s MITB ladder match </strong><br />Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair vs. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/natalya" title="Natalya">Natalya</a></strong> vs. Tamina vs. Carmella (with James Ellsworth)</p><p><strong>Smackdown Women’s title match </strong><br />Naomi (c) vs. Lana</p><p><strong>Kickoff match </strong><br />Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley vs. Primo and Epico</p>

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New Match Announced for Extreme Rules

June 5, 2017

<p>Ahead of tonight’s Extreme Rules event, WWE has announced that <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/kalisto" title="Kalisto">Kalisto</a></strong> will face <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/apollo-crews" title="Apollo Crews">Apollo Crews</a></strong> on tonight’s Kickoff Pre-show.</p><p>They wrote the following on <a href="https://www.wwe.com/shows/extremerules/2017/kalisto-apollo-crews?sf85187190=1" target="_blank">their website</a> regarding the bout:</p><p><em>Apollo Crews will look to once again represent The Titus Brand tonight when he squares off with Kalisto on WWE Extreme Rules Kickoff, streaming live on WWE Network.</em></p><p><em>In an effort to prove himself worthy of The Titus Brand, Crews faced off with The King of Flight two weeks ago in a semi-friendly match on Raw. However, when Kalisto overcame Crews, a disappointed O’Neil volunteered to show his protégé how it’s done by going one-on-one with the former United States Champion himself. O’Neil bested his masked opponent with the help of a hand full of tights, which he informed Crews was just the way to showing his man the ropes.</em></p><p><em>Can Crew make O’Neil <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/happy/" title="happy">happy</a></strong> by besting Kalisto? Find out on WWE Network, tonight beginning at 7 ET/ 4 PT, streaming live on the award-winning WWE Network.</em></p>

WWE

Opening Match Revealed for WWE Backlash

May 22, 2017

<p><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/dolph-ziggler" title="Dolph Ziggler">Dolph Ziggler</a></strong> announced on the WWE Backlash Kickoff pre-show that his match against Nakamura will be the opening match of tonight’s show.</p><p>You can <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/check/" title="check">check</a></strong> out our live coverage of tonight’s show at <a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/2017/05/21/wwe-backlash-live-results/">this link</a>. We also have our live fan discussion on our new social media site at <a href="http://www.ringsidetalk.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RingsideTalk.net</a>!</p>

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Singles Match Added to Sunday’s WWE Backlash Event

May 17, 2017

<p>Shane McMahon announced on tonight’s episode of Talking Smack that Erick Rowan would face Luke Harper at Sunday’s WWE Backlash event. Here is the updated card:</p><p><strong>WWE Title Match</strong><br />Jinder Mahal vs. Randy Orton</p><p><strong>SmackDown Tag Team Title Match</strong><br /><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/tyler-breeze" title="Tyler Breeze">Tyler Breeze</a></strong> and Fandango vs. The Usos</p><p><strong>WWE United States Title Match</strong><br />AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens</p><p>Naomi, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch vs. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/tamina-snuka" title="Tamina Snuka">Tamina Snuka</a></strong>, Carmella and Natalya</p><p>Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler</p><p>Sami Zayn vs. Baron Corbin</p><p>Erick Rowan vs. Luke Harper</p><p><strong>Kickoff Pre-show</strong><br />Aiden English vs. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/tye-dillinger" title="Tye Dillinger">Tye Dillinger</a></strong></p>

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CM Punk & AJ Lee Appearances, WWE Backlash & NXT Takeover Pre-Shows, More

May 14, 2017

<p>– There will be a thirty-minute pre-show for WWE NXT “Takeover: Chicago” will air at 7:30pm EST on Saturday.</p><p>– Speaking of pre-shows, Renee Young, Peter Rosenberg and Booker T will be on the WWE Backlash Kickoff pre-show next Sunday from Chicago.</p><p>– The RAW brand wrapped their part of the two-week European tour on Saturday with a WWE Live Event in The Netherlands. The SmackDown brand has a show today in Copenhagen but will be headed back afterwards.</p><p>– Former WWE Superstar <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/aj-lee" title="AJ Lee">AJ Lee</a></strong> will be making an appearance on NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly” this coming Tuesday at 1:35am EST to plug her “<strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/crazy/" title="Crazy">Crazy</a></strong> Is My Superpower” book.</p><p>– Former WWE Superstar CM Punk will be making his first appearance in the New York City area since leaving WWE on July 1st and July 2nd at the Eternal Con. This event talkes <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/place/" title="place">place</a></strong> at the Nassau Coliseum.</p>