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We haven’t been around for one of these in a little while. Impact Wrestling is back with another of its quarterlyish pay per views with Rebellion, and this time it is al about the guest star. The big main event is AEW World Champion Kenny Omega vs. Impact Wrestling World Champion Rich Swann in a title for title match. Impact has done everything it can to make this interesting and it has gone about as well as you would expect. Maybe the rest of the show can make up for it. Let’s get to it.
Tag Team Titles: FinJuice(c) vs. Good Brothers Let’s get this out of the way to start: FinJuice is not very interesting. They’re talented in the ring, but their characters in Impact boil down to “we’re from New Japan and like wrestling.” Unless I’ve missed something, there isn’t much more to them than that. I understand why it’s a big deal to have the titles defended in New Japan for Impact but it doesn’t do much for the champs. The Good Brothers aren’t much better, but at least they’re around.
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What a nice guy. The big story coming out of WWE this week was the situation involving Mickie James’ belongings being sent to her in a trash bag following her release. This did not sit well with the higher ups in WWE and the company’s talent relations department was shaken up as a result. This included some major firings, and now we know a bit more about one of the people fired.
Mark Carrano, a longtime member of the talent relations department was let go over the situation. Former NXT interviewer Christy Olson, co-host of the Wrestling Inc. Daily Podcast, discussed Carrano on the most recent episode and said that she was not surprised by him being fired. Olson described Carrano as being around several of the recent talent releases and suggested that he is the person who was around to intimidate talent into thinking they could be fired at any time. There was a bit more to Carrano than that though and it is not exactly pleasant.
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Can you blame her? One of the bigger and in a way sadder stories from WWE this week came when Mickie James revealed that her belongings had been returned to her in a garbage bag following her release from WWE. This has set off a group of similar stories from other former WWE stars, many of whom have said something like this happened to them. But what does James think now that everything has gotten so big?
Following James’ story coming out, both Triple H and Stephanie McMahon apologized to her on Twitter, while also revealing that the person who made the decision to pt her belongings in the bag no longer works for WWE. James responded to McMahon’s tweet on Friday, thanking her for both the professional and personal apologies. James also said that receiving her belongings in a trash bag was symbolic of how she was used in WWE over the last three years.
James returned to WWE in 2017 and aligned herself with Alexa Bliss. This was her main story following her return as she was mainly used..

Get it on the books. Having the right name is one of the most important things a wrestler can do. If someone gets stuck with a name that does not work for them for one reason or another, it can almost ruin anything that they are going to be able to do. This holds up for both singles wrestlers and tag teams, and now a new NXT pairing might have a rather specific name of their own.
According to Sportskeeda.com, WWE has filed a trademark for the team name “In-Dex”. While not confirmed, this would seem to be for the combination of Indi Hartwell and Dexter Lumis, who have been paired together in NXT. Hartwell has a crush on Lumis, who carried her away from the ring during an eight person tag earlier this month. Lumis has seemed to show feelings for Hartwell, but has still said nothing.
Hartwell’s feelings for Lumis have also caused a riff in the Way, as the rest of the team, including Johnny Gargano in particular, do not care for Lumis. This comes after Hartwell left an eight person tag w..

That’s a celebrity endorsement. If there is one thing that WWE loves to receive, it is attention from stars outside of the company. It is fairly rare for celebrities to be big wrestling fans but you find one every now and then. That can make for some interesting surprises, and that seems to be the case again as a pretty well known musician has some praise for a Monday Night Raw star.
Music legend MC Hammer has posted some tweets praising Naomi, including sending in some clips of her in the ring. One of the tweets says that Naomi has “elite skills” and another included applause emojis. The clips that Hammer includes are mainly from older matches, including one from Elimination Chamber 2017 when Naomi faced Alexa Bliss when Naomi won the SmackDown Women’s Title.
Naomi is currently participating in the women’s tag team division with partner Lana. The two have been teaming together since the beginning of the year and have unsuccessfully challenged for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles. Nao..

That’s a good reason. While a lot of wrestling fans might forget it at time, a wrestling company is in business to make money. This can cause some rather strange decisions, but there is often a reason for that being the case. It might not make things better, but it can explain a few things. That is the case again with a current story, as a minor WWE story is being done to make someone happy.
Mansoor is currently on a year and a half long winning streak, having not lost a match since August 2019 at an NXT live event. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Mansoor’s current winning streak is being used as a way to appease the kingdom of Saudi Arabia during WWE’s partnership with the country. While Mansoor has wrestled almost exclusively on Main Event and 205 Live, he has won over fifty matches in a row without a loss, which is being promoted on those shows. It is not clear when WWE will be back in Saudi Arabia, but they are hoping to go back at some point this year.
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You have to keep them safe. Wrestling is a unique sport in that the wrestlers are cooperating with each other but their job is to keep the fans from realizing it. That can be easier said than done in some cases as some of the matches are not the easiest to get through. Weapons matches are included, and a certain WrestleMania match needed to be kept short for the sake of some safety.
One of the major title matches at WrestleMania 37 saw Apollo Crews defeat Big E. in a Nigerian Drum Fight to become the new Intercontinental Champion. The match featured no DQ and a variety of weapons for the two to use on each other. Big E. appeared on the most recent episode of the After The Bell podcast and revealed that the match ran shorter than expected for the sake of safety. There were several kendo stick shots included in the match, which Big E. said cause more damage than fans realize. The match ran 6:50.
Crews ultimately won the match and the title thanks to interference from the debuting Comma..

The Tribal Chief speaks. On last night’s edition of Smackdown, WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns issued a challenge to Daniel Bryan and told him that he would get another opportunity at his title. However, there was a stipulation added to the match that would shake up the Blue Brand.
If Daniel Bryan fails to win the championship next week, he will be banned from Smackdown forever.
You can see the challenge below:
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It had been previously reported that Bryan’s contract is set to expire soon and he is not sure what he wants to do next. In addition, In the same interview, he talked about feeling strange during his Triple Threat match with Reigns and Edge at WrestleMania 37. Bryan referred to the feeling as “very out of body” and even thought it was the feeling that he was about to die.
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The first thing that I thought when I saw this challenge was that this is the end of Daniel Bryan in WWE for a while. He has had issues wit..

That’s very different. As you have probably been able to tell, the WWE has been undergoing quite the shakeup in recent memory. A lot of this has been due to the arrival of new company President Nick Khan, who has negotiated a series of lucrative deals for the company. These things have been rather successful so far and that is going to get Khan more good will. It turns out that he is going to be getting quite a few more responsibilities.
According to PWInsider.com, Khan is being given even more authority and goals in the company. The idea is to move WWE into more of a mainstream property in the same vein as Marvel or DC Comics. This could include various crossover appeal with wrestlers and characters. There is no word on how this will go or how Khan plans to make these transitions work.
Khan was formerly with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), one of the biggest and more important talent agencies in the world. As a result, Khan is able to bring in a variety of people he has worked with b..

That’s a problem. The WWE releases from earlier this month changed a lot of things in the company but it changed even more for the wrestlers involved. Losing your job is one thing but it can mean a lot more to some of the people. Some of them are going to be hurt by this a little bit more than others, and in one case it could cause quite the difficult situation in the short and long terms.
In a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, former WWE wrestler Chelsea Green revealed that her release may cause her to have to leave the United States. Green is Canadian and needs either a visa or a green card to stay in the country. Another option is to get married to an American citizen and Green is engaged to Matt Cardona, formerly known as Zack Ryder in WWE. This should seem to be easy, but it is still not quite that simple.
Green and Cardona are engaged but Green wants her family to come in from Canada for the wedding ceremony. However, the travel restrictions brought on by the Coronavirus pand..

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?
Backlash 2000
Date: April 30, 2000
Location: MCI Center, Washington, DC
Attendance: 17,867
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
This show is probably what Wrestlemania should have been. The company was on fire at this point and this might be the best show of the year for the best year of the company. The main event is Rock vs. HHH for the title with Shane as guest referee. There are also rumors of a Rattlesnake sighting. Let’s get to it.
We open with a video of Rock vs. HHH who has most of the McMahons in his corner..

You need to move forward. Earlier this month, several wrestlers were released from WWE on the same day, with some of them being rather big surprises. That made for a rather interesting day, but also a rather interesting future, as the wrestlers needed somewhere new to go. That meant figuring out a new identity for themselves, as WWE was going to own most of their details. One wrestler has figured out a new path.
According to 411mania.com, recently released WWE star Peyton Royce has filed a trademark application for the name “Cassie Lee” to replace the Royce name, which is owned by WWE. Royce’s real first name is Cassie and she wrestled under the name on the independent circuit before coming to WWE. Royce was one of the nine wrestlers released from WWE on April 15, along with her former partner in the Iiconics, Billie Kay.
You might need to get to know her under the new moniker. Check out Royce under her three ring names:
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