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Mark your calendars. Things are starting to get back to normal in the wrestling world and that can make for some interesting changes. Possibly above everything else, it can give wrestling fans some things to look forward to, especially some bigger shows which they might have been missing in recent months. Now it seems that we might be in for an even bigger weekend than expected.
According to Fightful Select, WWE is planning to hold an NXT Takeover event on Sunday, August 21, the night after Summerslam. The event is planned for the Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando, Florida, though there is a chance that it could be moved elsewhere. NXT is currently scheduled to hold another Takeover this weekend with Takeover: In Your House airing on Sunday.
Takeover has quite the reputation. Check out what can happen there:
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It’s kind of his job. We are now in the summer and in WWE, that means it is time to start getting ready for one of the biggest shows of the year. That would be Summerslam, which will be held in Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday August 21. Those details are a bit of a departure from the normal and now we know a bit more about what is going on.
According to the Mat Men Podcast, WWE President Nick Khan is behind the decisions to hold Summerslam in Las Vegas and is the one pushing for singer Cardi B. to host the show. Cardi B. has not been announced for the show and there is no word on if she is interested in the spot. This year’s Summerslam will be the first ever in Las Vegas and the first held on a Saturday.
These efforts are part of WWE’s plan to make this year’s edition of Summerslam into the WrestleMania of 2021, including various top stars. WWE is reportedly hoping to have John Cena challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Title in the main event but that has not b..

Change of scenery. One of the more interesting wrestling stories of the year so far as been Impact Wrestling working with All Elite Wrestling. This has included some names appearing outside of their main promotion, including Kenny Omega becoming the Impact Wrestling World Champion back in January. Becoming champion means you have to defend it though, and now Omega is going to have a bit of a unique title defense.
This week’s edition of Impact Wrestling featured a special summit between executives Scott D’Amore, Don Callis and Tony Khan. During the segment, an announcement was made that Omega’s title defense against Moose at Against All Odds on June 12 will be held at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville Florida. The rest of the show will take place at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
This could be an interesting change. Check out the summit and the two of them in action:
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It is starting to look normal again. We are still in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic but things have started to get a little bit closer to normal. Above all else, major wrestling promotions have started to allow fans back into attendance, but there have been some promotions who have not even run shows in a rather long time now. One of the biggest left will be coming back soon.
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla has announced that they will be returning with their first live event in over a year and a half on August 1. The event will be the promotion’s first since December 20, 2019. There have been no matches, wrestlers or any additional information announced so far. Several of the promotion’s stars have since signed elsewhere, including Tag Team Champions the Rascalz, now known as MSK in NXT.
Kept you waiting, huh? PWG returns on Sunday, August 1st!
— PWG (@OfficialPWG) June 11, 2021
The company has had its moments. Check out how things go around there:
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Keep it warm for him. WWE may have a lot of television time every week but it does not have infinite time. Part of the problem is that at some point, something has to be cut off, which can make it a little annoying to have some wrestlers not around as often. Sometimes those wrestlers just need a chance to do something else, which might be what we are seeing at the moment.
According to PWInsider.com, WWE is intentionally leaving Bray Wyatt off of television. There is no backstage head on Wyatt and it is currently not clear why he has not been appearing. Wyatt is not in any trouble for his match with Randy Orton at WrestleMania 37, as it went exactly as planned. Following his WrestleMania match, Wyatt has made one appearance, in a backstage cameo, the following night on Monday Night Raw but has not been seen since.
Wyatt is quite the monster. Check out what WWE will be getting back one day:
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History has been made. There are all kinds of titles under the WWE banner these days and some of them are among the most prestigious in the wrestling world today. Throw in the fact that a longer title reign could make things all the more important and titles are even better. A long form champion losing their title can be a big deal and that was the case this week.
This week on NXT UK, Meiko Satomura defeated Kay Lee Ray to become the new NXT UK Women’s Champion. The title win ends Ray’s record setting reign at 649 days, or over two thirds of the title’s history. Ray originally won the title back on August 31, 2019. Satomura’s win makes her the fourth champion in the title’s history, following Rhea Ripley, Toni Storm and Ray.
The title match was Satomura’s second shot at Ray’s championship, following a loss in her first opportunity on March 4. Following her loss, Satomura won a five woman gauntlet match on the May 13 edition of NXT UK. Satomura made her NXT UK debut back in February, ..

It’s a different kind of career. There are a lot of wrestlers to come and go from WWE over the years and some of them are a lot more well known than others. Sometimes you have someone who is more infamous than famous though and those are often the names that people remember more. One wrestler with that kind of reputation has done something new outside of the wrestling world.
Ariane Andrew, formerly known as Cameron in WWE, has released a music video for her song Born With It. The video was remixed by Damon Sharpe, who has worked with artists such as Ariana Grande and Jennifer Lopez. The video features a variety of images, including a car and a police officer, under a variety of colors and filters rather than showing regular images or shots of people. The video’s title on YouTube also includes a warning of the video containing flashing lights.
This is certainly different. Check out the video, plus some of Andrew’s time in WWE:
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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?
Takeover: Brooklyn IV
Date: August 18, 2018
Location: Barclays Center, New York City, New York
Commentators: Mauro Ranallo, Percy Watson, Nigel McGuinness
It’s time for the biggest show of the year and as usual, there are multiple options for most of the card. The key to tonight though is going to be the live crowd, who are going to be over the top for a show like this. If Gargano vs. Ciampa III is anything resembling the previous matches, we’re in for a major treat. Let’s get to it.
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Those are some big shoes to fill. The Coronavirus has changed the way WWE does just about everything over the last fifteen months, but things are starting to get back to normal. The shows are going back on the road in front of audiences and that could be a game changer for WWE. They already had fans back for WrestleMania, but there are going to be more for Summerslam. That has WWE thinking about something.
According to the WrestleVotes Twitter account, WWE is hoping to make this year’s Summerslam into the WrestleMania level show of 2021. This would mean “all resources will be tapped into”, though it is not clear what that could entail. WrestleMania 37 did have fans in attendance on both nights, but the event was held at a reduced capacity. Summerslam will be held Saturday August 21 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. No matches or appearances have been announced so far.
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Maybe next time. We are just over two months away from Summerslam and WWE needs to be settling down on plans for a card. It is time to get things ready for the show and that is a little hard to do without having a main event ready. Summerslam is one of the biggest shows of the year and it would make sense to have a stacked card. Now we might know what one of the main events will not be.
According to Dave Meltzer on the Sunday Night’s Main Event podcast, a match between Brock Lesnar and WWE Champion Bobby Lashley is currently not being planned for Summerslam. Lesnar is not currently under contract to WWE and as of last week, Vince McMahon himself had not been in contact with him. In addition, WWE may only bring Lesnar back when Roman Reigns is able to feud with him, though it is not clear when that would be the case.
There are some possibilities here. Check out what Lesnar could do:
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Maybe? Retirements are a funny thing in wrestling as you never know when someone is going to hang it up for good. Sometimes it seems like something that needs to be done but sometimes fans are left wondering why a talented wrestler would decide to call it a career. This time though it does not seem to be over just yet for a pair of younger wrestlers who should have long careers ahead of them.
According to Fightful Select, a promoter who inquired about Sunny Dhinsa and Gzim Selmani, formerly known as Akam and Rezar as the Authors of Pain, was told that the team had retired. They are now reportedly working regular jobs outside of the wrestling business. This comes after the pair was released from WWE in September and have not wrestled since March 2020. However, the two of them have both sent out Instagram messages, saying that they “Ain’t Done Yet”. There is no word on where or when the two will wrestle again.
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Here but not there? One of the most compelling storylines in WWE at the moment is the issues between Roman Reigns and the Usos. The three men, all members of the same family, have been in a weird power struggle as Reigns has Jey Uso under his thumb and does not want Jimmy Uso to break that up. This has led to a unique situation and WWE has an interesting take on it.
According to PWInsider.com, despite being a regular tag team, the Usos are seen differently in WWE. Internally, Jey is currently seen as a heel while Jimmy is currently seen as a babyface. This may be the first regular tag team to ever be set up in such a way. The Usos returned to tag team action in May, as Jimmy returned from a knee injury which kept him out of action for over a year.
That is a weird way to go. Check out how the Usos get along when they are on the same side:
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