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Everyone is back. WWE has posted a new video to its YouTube channel in which they show the full match between Roman Reigns and Edge for the Universal Championship from Money in the Bank 2021. This was the first pay-per-view with fans since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and also featured the return of John Cena.
You can see the video in its entirety below:
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In a fair world, the headline would read: Edge pins Universal Champion Roman Reigns. After all, the WWE Hall of Famer, in search of a fairytale ending to his comeback story, had The Tribal Chief’s shoulders pinned to the mat for three seconds and then some after connecting with a Spear late in the bout. The only problem? There was no referee to administer a count.
To get to that point, Edge indeed manifested the anger he knew he’d need to unseat The Head of the Table. He endured Reigns’ punishing offense — from the Drive-By to the Guillotine — before mounting an in..

Join the field? We are about a week away from this year’s WWE Royal Rumble and that means it is time to really hammer home the show’s namesake matches. The Royal Rumbles are two of the most important matches of the year as we will likely find out the WrestleMania main events. The pool of potential winners may have grown again, this time with two surprising names.
According to PWInsider.com, both Gunther and NXT Champion Bron Breakker will be in St. Louis for next weekend’s Royal Rumble, though it is not clear what they will be doing. At the moment, neither of the two has been advertised for the Royal Rumble match. Instead, the two are expected to be “on deck” and ready to work the event if they are needed for some reason. The NXT Champion has entered the Royal Rumble before, as Andrade Cien Almas entered the 2018 edition.
Gunther is formerly known as Walter and made his full time NXT debut earlier this week. He is a former NXT United Kingdom Champion and held the title for a record 8..

You could book him too. The last few years have seen some big changed to the wrestling world. AEW’s debut and immediate rise to the second highest spot in the industry has opened up a very big stage for several wrestlers. Wrestlers who might not fit in WWE now have a new place to go, but this time around an AEW wrestler seems ready to ply his trade elsewhere.
AEW’s Lio Rush has announced that his contract with the company will expire on February 14, making him a free agent. There is no word on if Rush is interested in re-signing with AEW, as his tweet includes contact information for independent bookings. Rush debuted with the company in September and has only wrestled four matches since arriving. Most of Rush’s time in AEW has been spent as Dante Martin’s manager before Martin joined Team Taz.
I’m a free agent. pic.twitter.com/aZwy8F8O6O
— Lio Rush (@IamLioRush) January 22, 2022
Opinion: Rush is such an interesting case as he is in his mid 20s and has already wrestled around the w..

Back on the schedule. There is a lot of WWE programming in any given week. The amount of wrestling available to any fan is nothing short of astounding and it can be rather easy to overlook some of the better options available. That isn’t even including the non-wrestling content, and now we might be seeing one of the company’s better shows making a long awaited comeback.
According to PWInsider.com, WWE will be filming new episodes of their Table For 3 series later this month. The series features three wrestlers with some sort of a shared theme or connection having a conversation over a meal. There have been fifty one episodes of the series to date, but the most recent was released in 2019. There is no word on when the new shows will air or who will be appearing. The show will air on Peacock and the WWE network.
Opinion: This is a nice surprise as the show was rather fun to watch. It is the kind of easy, simple show that you can instantly understand while getting some entertaining mome..

205 Live
Date: January 14, 2022
Location: Capitol Wrestling Center, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Nigel McGuinness, Vic Joseph
Much like the case was before this show shifted towards an NXT focus, I have run out of ways to talk about this show. It’s going to be something similar every week and that isn’t exactly an inspiring idea. All you can hope for is that the matches aren’t the worst, which can be a hit or miss prospect. Let’s get to it.
Here are Andre Chase and Bodhi Hayward to get things going. Chase talks about how Hayward was about to be tossed off the roof of the Performance Center but Von Wagner backed off. Now we have a TEACHABLE MOMENT, because Andre Chase University is ready to fight back in Hayward’s first match!
Bodhi Hayward vs. Guru Raaj Hayward works on a headlock to start but Raaj slips out and grabs a wristlock. A sunset flip gives Hayward two and a delayed slam drops Raaj again. Back up and Raaj kicks at the leg, setting up an abdominal stretch. Hayward breaks ..

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 2007
Date: January 28, 2007
Location: AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas
Attendance: 13,500
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler, Tazz, Michael Cole, Joey Styles, John Bradshaw Layfield
This one has had an interesting build with the Royal Rumble itself only getting a quick build a the end. That being said, this is the kind of show that doesn’t really need to have anything set up for the main event to work, so it actually works for a change. We also have Batista defending the Smackdown Title against Mr. K..

Get them a star for their door. There are a lot of people on the WWE roster, to the point that they are able to split the American wrestlers into three unique brands. Every now and then those rosters will cross over, which can make for some surprising moments. To make it even weirder, sometimes you see some extra guest stars. That was the case this week in a big way.
This week’s edition of WWE SmackDown featured six guest stars, either from another brand or legends making an appearance on the show. The show opened with Monday Night Raw’s Seth Rollins interrupting the Bloodline’s segment, which resulted in a tag team match being set for later in the night. Rollins’ partner would be Monday Night Raw’s Kevin Owens, with the team defeating the Usos in the main event. Later in the show, Big E. accompanied Kofi Kingston to the ring for his victory over Madcap Moss.
There were also various legends appearing throughout the show. First, Summer Rae was shown in the crowd before Aliyah defeated..

Who was that again? As is the case in almost any other job, wrestlers often move from one employer to another. In this case, wrestlers jump from promotion to promotion, which can make for some interesting moves. Some of these are a lot more interesting than others, but it can be fascinating to see where someone winds up. It can be an even bigger deal to hear them referenced again, and that was the case this week.
This week’s edition of WWE SmackDown featured a confrontation between Seth Rollins and the Bloodline. During the segment, Rollins and Roman Reigns argued back and forth, with Rollins referencing the pair’s time in the Shield. Rollins said that the Usos were holding Reigns up, “just like Mox and I held you up during the Shield.” This was a rare reference to Dean Ambrose under his AEW name of Jon Moxley. In a related note, Moxley returned to the ring for the first time since October this week on AEW Rampage.
Opinion: That is one of those situations that doesn’t mean very much ..

The others aren’t happy. While the rise of streaming has changed the way wrestling is viewed, the primary means of seeing a wrestling show is still on television. Networks pay a good deal of money to air the shows every week and a network gaining a contract is quite the big deal. Now one of the companies that airs a wrestling show is not happy with another promotion altogether.
Last week, WWE issued a statement to the Toronto Star for a story the newspaper was running on WWE vs. AEW. WWE’s comment described a recent AEW match featuring Anna Jay/Tay Conti vs. The Bunny/Penelope Ford as “gory self-mutilation”. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WarnerMedia, which owns TNT and TBS, which air AEW programming, were said to be unhappy with WWE’s quote. WarnerMedia saw it as a personal attack on their company and an attempt to hurt their sales. There is no word on if WarnerMedia will attempt to retaliate and WWE has not said anything else about the situation.
Opinion: This is t..

Maybe later? There are certain wrestling families that will be recognized by almost any fan. Those names have been around forever and there is always a place for them in a wrestling discussion. You can still find several of them today, even on the major weekly wrestling shows. One of those families seemed ready to split, but it might be a little while longer before that takes place.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the long teased split between Rey Mysterio and his son Dominik Mysterio seems to have been abandoned for the time being. It was speculated that the move was postponed due to Rey being the cover athlete for this year’s WWE2K22 video game, as the companies might not want to have a father who is feuding with his son as the focal point. There is no word on if the split could still take place down the line.
Opinion: Assuming the video game is the reason, I understand the thinking here and it might be the better move anyway. Ultimately, I don’t know how much of an..

He might be around more often. The amount of roster changes that NXT has undergone in the last year and a half has been staggering. There are very few people from the previous generation of NXT still around and the few that are are not exactly receiving a lot of attention. Some of them might be in line for a call up though, and now two new names may be joining that list.
According to PWInsider.com, both Roderick Strong and LA Knight were backstage at this week’s SmackDown. As seen on Twitter, the two faced off in a dark match before the show went on the air. This comes just after NXT’s Tommaso Ciampa and Pete Dunne have been working dark matches, as well as matches for WWE Main Event. There is no word on if any of the four will be called up to the main roster.
Opening match in Nashville LA Knight vs Roderick Strong @battlegroundihr pic.twitter.com/dwnZZanqQ3
— BATTLE (@battleonair) January 22, 2022
Knight has been in NXT since 2021 and is a former Million Dollar Champion. Before hi..

The night is you. WWE regularly presents a lot of wrestling in any given week. Some of this is better than others, but there is so much content every week that it can be easy to forget some of it. The interesting part is that there is even more that fans at home do not get to see. That was the case again this week as a huge match took place after the cameras stopped rolling.
As seen on Twitter, there was a six man tag team match after this week’s edition of SmackDown went off the air. Following the show, the team of Big E., Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens defeated the Bloodline. This was an extension of the show’s main event, which saw Rollins and Owens defeat the Usos when Roman Reigns interfered. Big E. had appeared earlier in the night, accompanying Kofi Kingston to the ring for his match with Madcap Moss.
Big E, Seth Rollins, & Kevin Owens vs Bloodline in the dark match. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/CspPUgyYJo
— Tennessee Revolver (@TNRevolver) January 22, 2022
Roman was Curb Stompe..