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Someone has caught their eye. WWE has made a lot of changes in recent years and a lot of them involve their roster. Some things have been more severe than others, including WWE releasing well over a hundred wrestlers from the company in the last year and a half. That means WWE is going to need to fill in some spots on its roster, and now they might have someone else that they want to take one such spot.
According to the Mat Men Podcast, WWE is interested in signing AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill. The company has been impressed by what they have seen Cargill do on television. There is no word on when Cargill’s current AEW contract expired, though she made her debut on the November 11, 2020 edition of Dynamite. Cargill is currently undefeated and the inaugural TBS Champion.
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Opinion: I can understand why WWE would be interested in bringing in Cargill, who is a physical marvel and someone who co..

The following are spoilers for the February 18, 2022 edition of Smackdown, which was taped in New Orleans this evening. This is because WWE superstars and crew will be heading to Saudi Arabia next Friday to prepare for the Elimination Chamber premium live event the next day.
* The face-off between WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg opened the episode. This was basic trash talking between the two, not a long segment at all, and no fighting. Goldberg came out to his longer entrance from his dressing room, with pyro and all.
* Ricochet defeated Sheamus.
* Sami Zayn defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to become the new WWE Intercontinental Champion.
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Smackdown
Date: February 11, 2022
Location: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Commentators: Corey Graves, Michael Cole
We have less than ten days before Elimination Chamber and the only big thing on the Smackdown side is Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns. That might not sound too appealing, but that’s what the people paying for Elimination Chamber want to see. Other than that, we have the fallout from Ronda Rousey destroying Sonya Deville and choosing to face Charlotte at Wrestlemania. Let’s get to it.
We open with a recap of Ronda Rousey picking Charlotte for Wrestlemania and also taking out Sonya Deville for a bonus.
Here is Sonya Deville, with her arm in a sling, to say she is tired of people disrespecting her. There will be consequences for the actions of people like Ronda Rousey and Naomi. Therefore, she has requested that Rousey be fined $100,000 and suspended indefinitely. Cue Adam Pearce to say Vince McMahon has responded to her request via email.
Said email says that Vi..

Rampage
Date: February 11, 2022
Location: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Commentators: Excalibur, Ricky Starks, Chris Jericho, Taz
This show has its work cut out for it after this week’s pretty awesome Dynamite. They do have a pretty big card already set though as the Young Bucks are back in action against Roppongi Vice. That means we could be in for a Jay White appearance as well, plus maybe something more on Jon Moxley/Bryan Danielson later. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Young Bucks vs. Roppongi Vice Orange Cassidy is here with Vice and they’re already in the ring so we’re starting fast this week. Beretta sends Nick outside to start and so Matt comes in and get punched back and forth into the corners. The Bucks get kicked down though and heads up the ramp, with Roppongi Vice giving chase.
That means the Bucks can hit stereo superkicks and try to beat the countout. Vice makes it back in time and it’s Romero getting caught with a neckbreaker/backbreaker combination…

She’s a valuable star. The wrestling world has been shaken up time after time in the last few years and a lot of that has been due to the amount of wrestlers entering the free agent market. This has come from a mixture of WWE making a massive series of releases and Ring of Honor going into hiatus. That means several wrestlers have been up for grabs, but now one of the more prominent appears to be off the market.
According to PWInsider.com, former Ring of Honor Women’s Champion Rok-C was backstage at this week’s WWE SmackDown and appears to have signed with the company. This comes after Rok-C took part in a recent WWE tryout camp and a strong push began to sign her to the company. There is no word on when Rok-C will make her WWE debut or what her new WWE name might be.
Opinion: This one felt like more of a matter of time for WWE and that is not a bad thing. Rok-C is someone who made an impact rather quickly in her career and that is something that very well could be continuing in WWE…

Add it to the card. We are just over a week away from WWE Elimination Chamber and that means it is time to get the rest of the card together. There are several matches already set up for the show but a few spots are still available. WWE has a tendency to stack up these cards and that is what they are doing again, this time by adding in a pretty big grudge match after this week’s SmackDown.
The main event of this week’s edition of SmackDown saw Charlotte defeat Naomi to retain the SmackDown Women’s Title. Following the match, Sonya Deville and Charlotte attacked Naomi until Ronda Rousey ran in for the save. After the show went off the air, WWE announced a tag team match between Rousey and Naomi vs. Charlotte and Deville for Elimination Chamber. This is the third women’s match on the show, after a women’s Elimination Chamber match and Becky Lynch vs. Lita for the Raw Women’s Title.
Opinion: This is something that makes sense for the show and is also a good sign for the future of these ..

Impact Wrestling
Date: February 10, 2022
Location: Charles Dodge Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Commentators: Matthew Rehwoldt, Tom Hannifan
We’re almost up to No Surrender and the card is starting to look good. What makes things all the better is that the entire show has been working in the last few weeks. The Bullet Club is here and seems to be going after the Tag Team Titles, which is better than putting them near the top of the card. Other than that, Honor No More continues to look interesting and I want to know where they’re going in the long run. Let’s get to it.
The opening recap looks at W. Morrissey attacking Moose on the way to their World Title match.
Opening sequence.
Here is Josh Alexander for a chat, but first he has to soak in some WALKING WEAPON chants. He isn’t about to let Impact Wrestling go to war against Honor No More without him so he’ll be there at No Surrender. That isn’t the only match at No Surrender, as W. Morrissey is going for the World Title against ..

The new plan. Stables have long since been an important part of the wrestling landscape, as they are such an easy concept. Having a stable allows wrestlers to be put together into a group, which makes it easier to get more people on television than before. There have been several successful stables in WWE history and now one of them seems to be coming back together. It just might not be that simple.
Over the last few weeks, Big E. has returned to SmackDown and been reunited with Kofi Kingston. However, according to Fightful Select, this is not considered a New Day reunion. Vince McMahon reportedly decided he wanted Kingston and Big E. back together because he missed the magic they created, but did not want them to be called the New Day again. There is no word on if this will continued when or if Xavier Woods returns to join the team.
Opinion: So let me get this straight: McMahon wants New Day but doesn’t want New Day? Am I getting that right? This is one of those things that probably..

That’s a good reason. There are a lot of people who help the wrestlers make a WWE show that much better. While the people in the ring have a lot to do with the strength of a show, the people backstage work rather hard to make a show work. The producers do a lot to make the show work, but one of them has been missing backstage. It turns out that it isn’t for the worst reason.
Earlier this month, reports surfaced that several women did not want to work in the women’s Royal Rumble because TJ Wilson, better known as Tyson Kidd, was not working as a producer on the show. This was reportedly due to Wilson being unhappy with how things had been going in the company, but that does not seem to be the case. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Wilson is on good terms with WWE and is taking time off to allow his neck to heal. Wilson’s neck injury caused the end of his in-ring career and led to him being offered the producer job in WWE.
Opinion: That is nice to hear, as Wilson seems t..

205 Live
Date: February 4, 2022
Location: Capitol Wrestling Center, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Sudu Shah, Nigel McGuinness
It isn’t saying much when the biggest moment on a show is the introduction of a new announcer but that is about all we got last week. So far it seems that the idea of dropping the 205 Live name is already over, which shouldn’t be that big of a surprise. Odds are most important people in WWE have not thought of this show in a long time, so let’s get to it.
Bodhi Hayward vs. Brooks Jensen Andre Chase and Josh Briggs are here too. Feeling out process to start with the fans very behind Bodhi. A wristlock doesn’t get Jensen very far so he takes Hayward down and puts a knee on his head. Back up and Bodhi grabs a hiptoss, setting up the up/down splashes. Jensen goes right back to the arm and the chinlock goes on. That’s broken up (twice) and Nigel is way behind Bodhi. Some three point charges take Jensen down again but a third is cut off by a knee to the face to giv..

Someone did something wrong. Modern wrestling is an interesting situation, as you have all kinds of wrestling on television, but that does not mean everything is going to be at the highest level. While a lot of the matches can be quite the quality experience, there are going to be some that just do not work out so well in the end. That was the case this week, and now we know a bit more about it.
This week’s edition of AEW Dynamite featured a match between Jade Cargill and the debuting AQA. Cargill won the match, which included a series of mistakes and sequences where the women did not appear to be communicating. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, the problems were caused by AQA, who was being instructed on what to do throughout the match by referee Bryce Remsburg. There is no word on if AQA will be wrestling for AEW again in the future.
Opinion: The match certainly did have some issues, though I’m not sure how smart it was to have AQA brought in and putting her in a longer match ..

He has enough to do already. For some reason, wrestlers and wrestling personalities have a bit of a history when it comes to politics. WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura went on to become the Governor of Minnesota while his fellow Hall of Famer Kane became the Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. It is something that has had some surprising results, but rumors of another wrestling personality trying his hand in the field do not seem to be true.
On Thursday afternoon, a story from ProFootballTalk began circulating that AEW President Tony Khan was running for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in Florida. However, Khan himself has responded to and denied the reports, saying that the story is untrue and saying that ProFootballTalk’s sources are as trustworthy as Maxwell Jacob Friedman.
The fact checking standard for @ProFootballTalk reporting is far lower than that of @AEW’s roving reporter @tonyschiavone24. I’m definitely not running for Congress; this filing is faker than E..