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That will work. According to reports from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Pat McAfee has signed a new deal with sports betting site FanDuel for them to remain the exclusive sportsbook of his show, “The Pat McAfee Show.” The deal is reportedly worth around $30 million per year.
Sources: The Pat McAfee Show and FanDuel have agreed to terms on a new deal, ensuring that FanDuel continues to be the exclusive sportsbook of the show. It’s a 4-year, massive deal that includes an opt-out after three years.
Sources: The Pat McAfee Show and FanDuel have agreed to terms on a new deal, ensuring that FanDuel continues to be the exclusive sports book of the show. It’s a 4-year, massive deal that includes an opt-out after three years. ???
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 9, 2021
It’s a roughly $30 million per year deal, industry sources say.
It’s a roughly $30 million per year deal, industry sources say. ? https://t.co/dd9ZbPlqmv
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They have guest stars. There are so many wrestlers on the WWE roster that the company has been able to split them into multiple groups. Both Monday Night Raw and SmackDown have stand alone rosters and you do not often get to see the two of them getting together very often. It is certainly a big different to see it happen and that will be the case this week again.
WWE has announced that Raw Tag Team Champions RKBro will be appearing on this week’s edition of SmackDown. The team will be taking part in a non-title triple threat match against the New Day and the SmackDown Tag Team Champions the Usos. There is no word on why RKBro will be making the appearance and nothing to suggest that this will be anything more than a one off match.
These teams could be awesome together. Check out all three of them in action:
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Absolutely Glorious! WWE has posted a new video to its YouTube channel in which they show the full debut of Bobby Roode on the main roster in 2017. He debuted on the August 22 episode of Smackdown Live.
You can see the video in its entirety below:
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From our own Thomas Hall:
The fans go INSANE for the entrance and Roode seems to be a face, at least for the night. They take turns posing at each other with Roode clotheslining English to the floor and sending us to a break. Back with English in control but Roode drives him into the corner for some chops. A forearm sets up the Blockbuster as JBL says Roode needs to win to get some beer money. English hits a Director’s Cut for two but walks into a spinebuster. The Glorious DDT ends English at 6:28.
Result: Bobby Roode b. Aiden English – Glorious DDT (6:28)
Post-match, Roode says everything he does is big box office and in a New York minute Smackdown has gone from great to GLORIOUS.
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Get well soon. There are all kinds of reasons for a wrestler to miss a show and some of them are a lot more serious than others. You never know what might be taking place to cause someone to be gone and sometimes it can be rather scary to hear what is wrong with them. That is the case again now, even if it is with a wrestler who is not in the ring at the moment.
Swansea Sin City has announced via Facebook that Friday’s Fozzy concert has been canceled due to lead singer Chris Jericho has been hospitalized with a treatable medical issue. Details were not revealed, other than that the issue was not Coronavirus related. There is no word on what this will mean for Jericho’s AEW work, though he was written off of television with an injury to allow him to go on the concert tour.
Jericho can do a lot of things when he is healthy. Check out what he can do in the ring:
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History has been made! Titles are the main storytelling device in all of wrestling because they are a simple concept. Give someone a shiny championship belt and have other wrestlers try to take it. That is one of those ideas that any fan can understand in a hurry and it makes title changes mean that much more. That was on display this week as some titles changed hands.
This week on NXT UK, Moustache Mountain defeated Pretty Deadly to become the new NXT UK Tag Team Champions. The win marks the first title reign for Moustache Mountain and makes them the only team to win both the NXT Tag Team Titles and NXT UK Tag Team Titles. Pretty Deadly had held the titles for 288 days, winning them on the February 25 edition of NXT UK.
This is a big deal. Check out the title match, the post win comments and some of the champs’ time stateside:
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According to a tweet from WrestleVotes, via Fightful, WWE has come to terms on the release of Jeff Hardy. This release occurs just days after he was sent home from the company’s most recent tour.
Per @Fightful, WWE has released Jeff Hardy.
— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) December 9, 2021
It is unknown at this point if the two incidents are related.
Hardy was most recently seen on this past week’s episode of Smackdown, alongside Drew McIntyre, as the pair took out Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss. You can see a clip of that below:
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We will continue to monitor this story and provide updates as they become available to us.
Editor’s Opinion:
I have many thoughts about this. My first is that I hope that this has nothing to do with a substance relapse, as it is well documented that Hardy has had issues with this in the past. However, he seems to have cleaned up his act and is doing a lot better, so I hope that isn’t the case. My second thought is ..

It’s a good way to go out. With so many wrestlers on any given television show, it can be difficult to do something that makes you stand out. Some wrestlers are going to get extra attention from the fans though and one of the most common ways is if they are the hometown star. That was the case this week, but as often happens, the show was not over when the cameras stopped rolling.
This week’s edition of AEW Dynamite took place in Maxwell Jacob Friedman’s hometown of Long Island, New York. Following the show, AEW President Tony Khan brought Friedman back to the ring, with Friedman using My Life by Billy Joel as his special entrance music. Friedman thanks Khan and said it would cost a lot of money to keep him in AEW in 2024. He also took shots at CM Punk for Punk’s comments during Dynamite and said he had dreamed of wrestling here one day.
This was pretty awesome. Check out both parts of the promo, plus Friedman’s most famous talking to date:
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That’s a different story. Injuries are one of the few things that can happen to anyone in wrestling at any time. That is not a good thing either, as you could have something happen to someone at the drop of a hat and take them out of action. Some of these are more serious than others, but you have probably heard of most of the more common ones. This time though, there might be a new one for you.
During a recent edition of his Grilling JR podcast, Jim Ross talked about his feud with Michael Cole in 2011, including a time when he punched Cole in the mouth. The punch hit Cole’s teeth and caused Ross’ knuckles to bleed. As a result, Ross had to receive a tetanus shot and doses of antibiotics to fight off a potential infection. The injury was the same as Cole biting Ross’ hand and the medical staff wanted to take extra precautions.
It was a rough time. Check out some of the feud between Cole and Ross:
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I give it a 98. Theme music is one of the most important parts of any wrestler’s career. Having the right song can make all the difference in the world, as it sets the atmosphere for an entrance. That is the kind of thing that needs to be done well and modern WWE goes a long way to make everything work out. It works so well that WWE is taking a look at some of their better recent efforts.
WWE has released an Instagram post looking at the five most listened WWE theme songs of the year. This is based on the company’s picks rather than most plays or anything from the fans. Most of the songs are WWE originals, though there is one song that was produced by another band and used in WWE. Several of these songs were introduced over the course of the year. Here they are in order:
1. Head of the Table (Roman Reigns)
2. No More Words (Jeff Hardy)
3. Visionary (Seth Rollins)
4. Talk To Me (RK-Bro Remix)
5. The Rising Sun (Feat. Rick Boogs)
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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?
No Mercy 2006
Date: October 8, 2006
Location: RBC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Attendance: 9,000
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield
We’re back to the pay per views and this time around it’s another pretty low level one with one of the weaker Smackdown shows. The main event, as of two days ago, is now a four way with King Booker defending his title against Finlay, Batista and Bobby Lashley. Other than that we have Chavo Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio in a Falls Count Anywhere match as the second bigges..

It’s a different place to go. Wrestling is unique in that you get to see what they are doing in front of the camera and in the ring, but those wrestlers are on the other side of a barricade. As close as the wrestlers may be, they are still rather far away. That isn’t something that can be changed very often, but now there is a new option in a rather unique way that you do not get to see very often.
Adam Scherr, formerly known as Braun Strowman during his time in WWE, has been announced as the first wrestler available as a hologram for personal greetings. Scherr will be part of the augmented reality service ImagineAR on Famedays.com and will be available for a variety of greetings, including birthdays and holidays. Scherr is the first wrestler to sign up for the service, which costs $4.99-$14.99 depending on the celebrity.
Scherr was one of the bigger stars in WWE. Check out his time in the company:
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Welcome back. There are a lot of wrestlers on the AEW roster and several of them have quite the fan base. Some of them pop up more often than not and that can make for some rather fun moments. It can be even better if someone who has been gone for a long time is getting to make a special return. That was the case this week and it was a heck of a surprise.
This week’s edition of AEW Dynamite featured a tag team match between the Young Bucks and Chuck Taylor/Rocky Romero. After the match was over, the Bucks and Adam Cole continued attacking Taylor and Romero. Eventually a van drove into the arena and the returning Trent Beretta came in for the save. Beretta has been out of action since April after neck surgery. There is no word on when he will be returning to the ring.
It was a cool moment. Check out the return, plus Trent back in the ring:
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