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The Wrestling Observer Radio has provided some insight into why former sumo wrestler Hiroki Sumi was added to the Greatest Royal Rumble match. Sumi was a surprise entrant in the 50-man Royal Rumble match in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Sumi famously wrestled as Hishofuji over his twelve-year career. In the Rumble, Sumi entered at #7 before being eliminated quickly, following a staredown with Mark Henry.
Dave Meltzer noted on the Wrestling Observer Radio that the price in Saudi Arabia was the one who wanted to bring the company to Saudi Arabia. The prince himself reportedly spoke with Vince McMahon to organize the show.
A number of wrestlers were reportedly discussed by the prince. He wanted some of his favorites in The Undertaker, The Ultimate Warrior and Yokozuna to perform at the show. The prince was uninformed, not knowing that the latter two Superstars have sadly passed away years ago.
So what does this have to do with Sumi? While at this time it is unconfirmed, Meltzer highly believes..

Leading independent wrestler Will Ospreay has revealed his new finishing maneuver during a recent match against a talent from NJPW, as confirmed by Ringside News. During a recent NJPW show, Ospreay was scheduled to face KUSHIDA, who had got the best of him in the past. To the shock of everyone, including KUSHIDA himself, Ospreay debuted a new finisher.
He would use this finisher, which he would title “The Storm Breaker” as a safer alternative to the OsCutter, taking out the “Time Splitter.”
Check out the move through the GIF below: .@WillOspreay gets the better of KUSHIDA this time around! #njHINOKUNI
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— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) April 29, 2018
Ospreay responded to this by saying the following: May I introduce you to,
“The Storm Breaker”
Just as strong as the OsCutter. But less of the risk.
Either of these moves shall put an end to the Time Splitter. https://t.co/31RWPX0QV7
— ????????? (@WillOspreay) April 29, 2018
Fan..

PWInsider has provided an update on if female Superstars in WWE are being paid for the Greatest Royal Rumble, despite not having the opportunity to work the event. Recently, Jerry “The King” Lawler indicated on his “Dinner With The King” podcast that WWE was intent on paying their female talent for the Greatest Royal Rumble show. This is despite not being able to appear on the show due to the culture of Saudi Arabia.
PWInsider have said they’ve confirmed female Superstars are being paid as if they were on the show. This was something beyond the control of WWE and the women themselves.
WWE is reportedly making major money from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the new 10-year deal the two sides have made. There are now expected to be more events held in the future.
Take a look back at the Greatest Royal Rumble below in a video uploaded to WWE’s official YouTube channel: [This post contains video, click to play]

It is unknown if every woman on the main roster in WWE received the mone..

Impact Wrestling star Moose recently spoke with WSVN-TV Entertainment Reporter Chris Van Vliet, where he shockingly admitted that he initially hated his wrestling name. He also discussed EC3 in NXT. He hated the name “Moose”: “A teammate of mine gave it to me during my football days. Hated it. Couldn’t stand it. Hated everybody who called me Moose and now Moose makes me money.”
His thoughts on his friend EC3 signing with NXT: “I talk to him every day. I’m so happy for him, he’s doing great things with the company he’s with now. Everybody knew he was going to be a star wherever he goes. He looks like a Greek god and he talks great on the mic and his in-ring work is great. We all knew he was going to do great things.”
The differences between an NFL locker room and an independent wrestling locker room: “It’s definitely different. You’ve got to understand, in an NFL locker room we probably had the best-looking locker rooms with TVs all over the place and you can get comfortable. In a wre..

Tyler Breeze and Fandango were recently interviewed on Edge & Christian’s Podcast of Awesomeness where they discussed how Breeze he was nearly fired on several occasions. Fandango first explained how he and Breeze weren’t complacent and pitched gimmicks to get themselves on TV: “It was just example of, like, before tagging with Breezy, you weren’t really booked on TV, so it’s easy just to sit around every week at TV and being frustrated, but I think we utilized the [WWE].com guys really well, just kind of being proactive. And trying to almost, like, pitch our own little gimmick there and I think it’s just a good example of being proactive and just trying to make something happen. And I talk to Breeze all the time and we’re really proud of what we did because no one really gave that to us. We kind of put in the work for that.”
Breeze explains that Vince McMahon didn’t understand The Fashion Files. However, he asked that they keep it going due to the popularity it had on social media: “..

He waits alone? WrestleMania is built around the idea of drawing in the biggest names in wrestling for a short term appearance. Sure the full time wrestlers are going to play big roles, but the part time stars are the ones that matter the most. Celebrities have a history of playing major roles as well, and with good reason. If you can draw in people who don’t usually watch wrestling, you can get in a fresh and additional audience. Now one would think that combining those categories would be great, but WWE seems to disagree.
The idea worked very well here.
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In a new interview with 106.7 The Fan (Washington D.C.), Batista spoke about WWE wanting him back to team with Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 34. Batista was interested and wanted the match to set up another match with Triple H at WrestleMania 35. WWE seemed interested in the idea but, according to Batista, just stopped responding to him. He tried to contact them again ..

He waits alone? WrestleMania is built around the idea of drawing in the biggest names in wrestling for a short term appearance. Sure the full time wrestlers are going to play big roles, but the part time stars are the ones that matter the most. Celebrities have a history of playing major roles as well, and with good reason. If you can draw in people who don’t usually watch wrestling, you can get in a fresh and additional audience. Now one would think that combining those categories would be great, but WWE seems to disagree.
The idea worked very well here.
[This post contains video, click to play]

In a new interview with 106.7 The Fan (Washington D.C.), Batista spoke about WWE wanting him back to team with Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 34. Batista was interested and wanted the match to set up another match with Triple H at WrestleMania 35. WWE seemed interested in the idea but, according to Batista, just stopped responding to him. He tried to contact them again ..

ROH star Cheeseburger was the latest guest on James Walsh’s Interactive Wrestling Radio where he discussed what his relationship with Chris Jericho is, among other topics. On taking part in the ECWA Super 8 Tournament: “Oh, I had a blast. That was definitely one of the things on my bucket list. I, unfortunately, lost in the first round to a great competitor, Anthony Greene. I’ve been wanting to have a singles match with him for a very long time. It was a wonderful experience just knowing the history of the tournament, getting to be a part of the opening ceremony and them talking about the previous winners. It was a great experience.”
On other items on that bucket list: “The list that I put out, there was like 1 or 2 things. I’m a big fan of wrestling tournaments. The Super 8 was one, the Young Lions cup for CHIKARA which I have done was another, King of Trios for CHIKARA is another one, CZW’s Best of the Best, and the IWA Mid South TPI Tournament. That one is a big one on my list. Ano..

2018 WWE Hall of Famer and former Universal Champion Goldberg was interviewed by the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling, where he discussed his bittersweet Hall of Fame induction. Goldberg first discussed his new show on the History Channel, titled ‘Forged in Fire: Knife or Death’: “It is something that is not out of the norm for me taking on things that I am not an expert at and try to sound like I know what I am talking about. It has given me a great opportunity to learn about something that I am not an expert at like I said. I kind of feed off of the people that are around me, the weapons expert and the blade expert and we’ve kind of got the best of everybody in each given discipline and I try to tie it all together with a little bit of excitement. And heck, my wife is a blacksmith and now I can have a conversation with my wife about forging knives. If I don’t gain anything at least I can talk at the dinner table coherently with my wife about that process.”
He continues, explaining wh..