Month: May 2021

That’s certainly a change. While wrestlers are characters portrayed on television, there is a lot more to them than just what you see on the shows. Wrestlers have lives outside of the ring, which fans are not a part of at all. However, occasionally you will see fans not be able to tell the difference, which was the case in 2020. Now the situation has taken another bit of a turn.
Back in August 2020, a man broke into the home of WWE’s Sonya Deville in an alleged armed kidnapping attempt. Deville and Mandy Rose, who was at the home with her, were able to escape unharmed and the man, Phillip A. Thomas, was arrested. According to Wrestlinginc.com, Thomas has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial and is being transferred to the Florida State Hospital.
The situation caused Deville to take take off from WWE, though she returned in January, becoming WWE official Adam Pearce’s assistant and ultimately partner. Deville has not wrestled a match since Summerslam 2020 and it is not known..

That would be a get. The rise of AEW has changed the way that wrestling works on the big stage. After about twenty years of no promotion being able to give WWE any kind of competition, AEW has come along and offers wrestlers a new place to showcase themselves on a fairly big stage. Some wrestlers have already made the move, but another might be making the move back.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, former AEW wrestler Bea Priestley is almost guaranteed to sign with WWE for its NXT UK show. Priestley recently finished her work in Japan and is currently a free agent who could sign and appear anywhere at any time. Her highest profile runs came with New Japan and Stardom, along with a run in AEW which was cut short due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Priestley has not yet officially signed with WWE.
You might need to get to know her. Check out Priestley’s efforts in the ring:
[This post contains video, click to play]

[This post contains video, click to play]

[This post c..

Honeymoon over? AEW has only been around a little over two years at this point, with Double Or Nothing 2021 marking the two year anniversary of their first event. The promotion has done rather well during their time and they have established themselves as one of the hottest wrestling companies to come along in a very long time. However, not everything is going to work perfectly, and that might be the case again.
According to the Pro Wrestling Torch podcast, Wade Keller and Jason Powell mentioned that there have been backstage issues between AEW’s Executive Vice Presidents, including Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks. It is not clear what has been causing the problems. Some of the group is said to not be speaking to each other, though it is not clear what caused the issues or which people have the biggest problems, but that might not even be the biggest issue.
Powell also mentioned that an unnamed person whom AEW would want to bring into the company does not seem interested..

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. 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?
Spring Stampede 1997
Date: April 6, 1997
Location: Tupelo Coliseum, Tupelo, Mississippi
Attendance: 8,356
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan, Dusty Rhodes
It’s time to get into a weird period for WCW, as the company is still rolling with the NWO but they need someone to stand up for the company. That would seem to be Sting, but since he has not been in a match for months now, things could be a little more complicated. This is a B show with no Hogan, Piper, or anyone else for the most part and a main event of ..

We have some sad news to report today as former ECW superstar Jerome Young, otherwise known as New Jack, has passed away at the age of 58.
According to his wife, Jennifer, his passing was due to a heart attack that he suffered.
[This post contains video, click to play]

From WWE.com:
With his fierce, competitive style, New Jack was well-known for pushing the limits of hardcore wrestling to their furthest extremes. Young broke into the sports-entertainment circuit with the Memphis-based United States Wrestling Association in 1992. Upon arrival in the Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotion, New Jack teamed with Mustafa Saed to form The Gangstas tag team.
The Gangstas shook up ECW with their debut in 1995, immediately battling Public Enemy in one of the promotion’s most storied rivalries. New Jack teamed with Mustafa and Eliminator John Kronus for multiple ECW Tag Team Title reigns. With a trash can filled with makeshift weapons and his signature staple gun in tow, New Jack became one of..

His opinion matters. While his wrestling company may not be quite the juggernaut it was at its peak, there is no denying that Vince McMahon is still the most powerful person in wrestling today. McMahon has been in charge of WWE for about forty years now and there is nothing to suggest that he will be letting go of that power until he is gone. That means he is still in full control, and that control was on display last week.
Last week’s SmackDown was a special Throwback edition, with the show being made to look like it had in previous days. There were also elements from different eras, even if SmackDown had yet to debut in those eras. Prior to the show, SmackDown broadcaster Pat McAfee shot a video of himself impersonating McMahon as he arrived at the building. The video did not air on the show, and it turns out that it was McMahon’s doing.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, McMahon did not want the video to air on the television show as he felt that it was not funny. McM..

Sometimes you need to shake it up. There are a lot of wrestlers wrestling in WWE today and that means there are going to be several of them not getting television time. It might be frustrating, but unfortunately it is how things work in the company today. One thing that can help them get a little more attention is to move around a bit, and that might be the case in the near future.
According to WrestleVotes, WWE feels that Monday Night Raw needs some fresh faces. With Randy Orton and AJ Styles both in tag teams at the moment, the company needs some new people to have a chance. Two possibilities that have been discussed involve Damian Priest being elevated or Aleister Black being moved over from SmackDown to Monday Night Raw. It is not clear when these changes would begin.
Priest made his main roster debut in January and has spent most of his time feuding with the Miz and John Morrison. Bad Bunny teamed with Priest to defeat Miz and Morrison at WrestleMania. Black is currently on Smac..

Triple shot. The Intercontinental Title has been around for over forty years now and has become one of the most recognized and revered titles in all of wrestling. A who’s who of wrestlers have held the championship over the years and it still means a lot for someone to win it. That was the case with the most recent champion, but now he is going to have a heck of a time keeping it.
This week on SmackDown, Intercontinental Champion Apollo Crews was presenting Commander Azeez with a medal. During the segment, Big E., Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens all interrupted, leading to a brawl. Later in the night, WWE official Adam Pearce announced that Crews will defend the title against all three men next week on SmackDown in a fatal four way.
Crews defeated Big E. for the Intercontinental Title at WrestleMania 37. On the same weekend, Owens defeated Zayn in a grudge match. Since the title change, Big E. has continues to fight Crews, as have Owens and Zayn. Owens, Big E. and Zayn have all talked abou..

History have been made! There are all kinds of titles in WWE and some of them have a longer history than others. It can be interesting to see where a title goes in its early years as the promotion is still trying to find out how they want the title to be presented. That is the case again with WWE and now one of their newest titles has changed hands yet again in a surprise.
This week on SmackDown, Tamina and Natalya defeated Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler to become the new Women’s Tag Team Champions. The win is the first Tag Team Title for both of them and Tamina’s first major title in WWE, outside of a single reign we 24/7 Champion. The title change marks the beginning of the tenth reign in the titles’ history, which started in February 2019.
It was a big moment. Check out how the title change went down:
[This post contains video, click to play]

Opinion: This worked about as well as it could have, with the title change feeling like it mattered at least. Above all else, Jax and Baszler..