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REVIEW: Royal Rumble 2008: The Big Surprise

January 15, 2022

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? Royal Rumble 2008 Date: January 27, 2008 Location: Madison Square Garden, New York City New York Attendance: 20,798 Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler, Michael Cole Jonathan Coachman, Joey Styles, Tazz This was the other request so let’s throw up a triple shot this year. The big story here is Jeff Hardy challenging Randy Orton for the Raw World Title. This was set up incredibly well with Hardy being set up as the ultimate underdog who might be able to pull off the miracle. The fans believe in him and it’s an abs..

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VIDEO: Two Top Stars Face Off After SmackDown

March 7, 2020

That’s how you end a night. There are a lot of wrestlers on the WWE roster and that means it can be difficult to get them all on television in a given week. Even though there are several television shows and rosters available, there are only so many spots to put all of the wrestlers in. Sometimes WWE can add in a few extra spots before or after a show and that is what they did with two of their biggest names this week. There are very few names in WWE more popular than Daniel Bryan. Over the years, he has built up a reputation as one of the most talented in-ring performers of all time while also coming off like a person you could get to know in the real world. That makes him easy to cheer for, especially when he’s a big underdog. That was the case after this week’s SmackDown went off the air. This week’s SmackDown post show dark match saw the Fiend defeat Bryan in a singles match with Sister Abigail after countering the running knee into the Mandible Claw. Bryan and the Fiend feuded f..

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Rumor: Sami Zayn Still “A Few Months” Away From Being Cleared

December 31, 2018

Sami Zayn has been out of action for several months after tearing both of his rotator cuffs this summer. With the Royal Rumble coming around, most people are wondering if the “Underdog From the Underground” will be an entrant in the match. WWE officials do like to surprise the WWE Universe, but the chances of him wrestling are really slim. During a recent appearance on Talk is Jericho, Zayn explained that he’s still a couple of months away from being medically cleared. He also went into detail about not being in a hurry to return to the road and enjoying his time away from the ring. A lot of people will take that out of context, but Sami really means is he’s enjoying the time he has off. Related: Update On Return Dates For Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn WWE has been running vignettes for his return to Raw for the past few weeks. If Zayn is really still a few months off, that’s unfair to set the expectation that Sami will be back in time for the Royal Rumble. Depending on how close they ar..

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Early WWE Battleground Betting Odds Revealed

July 10, 2017

Here are the early betting odds for the upcoming WWE Battleground event:Flag match between <a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/johncena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> and <a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/rusev" title="Rusev">Rusev</a>. Cena is favored at -400, meaning it would take a successful $400 bet to win +100. Rusev is a +280 underdog in this match. The WWE Championship match, a Punjabi Prisonmatch, sees the champion Jinder Mahal as a projected -200 favorite. The underdog, <a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/randy-orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a>, is a +250 underdog. WWE Battleground takes place on July 23rd from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. As always, we will have live play-by-play coverage.Note: Our Facebook pages have been hacked. Please <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RingsideTalkNet/" target="_blank">LIKE US</a> on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RingsideTalkNet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">temporary page</a> for our updates. Thanks!

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Huge Shift In Betting Odds Before Tonight’s Pay-Per-View

July 10, 2017

There was a huge shift in the betting odds for the WWE Women’s Championship <a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/prior/" title="prior">prior</a> to tonight’s Great <a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/balls/" title="Balls">Balls</a> of Fire event.<a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/sasha-banks" title="Sasha Banks">Sasha Banks</a>, who was a huge underdog this morning, is now a big favorite to win the bout. Sasha is sitting at a -3250 favorite to defeat Alexa, who is a +1350 underdog.It should be pointed out that it doesn’t necessarily indicate that she’s winning the title, as she could always win by DQ or countout.Note: Our Facebook pages have been hacked. Please <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RingsideTalkNet/" target="_blank">LIKE US</a> on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RingsideTalkNet/" target="_blank">temporary page</a> for our updates. Thanks!

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Huge Shift In Betting Odds for WWE Great Balls of Fire

July 7, 2017

Smart Money bets appear to be coming in for Sunday’s WWE Great Balls of Fire event as several matches have seen shifts in the odds.Roman Reigns, who was a slight favorite against Braun Strowman, is now the underdog in his match at the event. Also, The Hardys are now heavy underdogs against Shesaro after being the favorites. Seth Rollins is now a favorite against Bray Wyatt.Here is the updated odds courtesy of PaddyPower:Brock Lesnar 1/25 (favorite) <a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/samoa-joe" title="Samoa Joe">Samoa Joe</a> 17/2 Braun Strowman 1/8 (favorite) Roman Reigns 9/2 Seth Rollins 1/7 (favorite) Bray Wyatt 4/1 Big Cass 1/14 (favorite) Enzo Amore 11/2 Alexa Bliss 1/18 (favorite) Sasha Banks 6/1 Cesaro & <a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a> 1/25 (favorite) Matt & Jeff Hardy 15/2 <a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/the-miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a> 1/14 (favorite) It’s expected that there will be more changes as we get close to the event.

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Possible Spoiler for Sunday’s WWE Backlash Event

May 20, 2017

Heading into Sunday’s WWE Backlash event, there was a huge shift in the betting odds for the WWE Championship match.<a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/randy-orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a> was originally the favorite to win his match against Jinder <a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/mahal/" title="Mahal">Mahal</a> but is now a 7/4 underdog. As of this writing, Jinder is sitting at a 2/5 favorite to win the match on Sunday night.With “smart money” bets still coming in, it’s still very possible for the odds to shift again before the event. Keep in mind, being the favorite doesn’t exactly mean Mahal is leaving the event as champion, as he could also win via DQ or count-out.