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They have themselves a plan. NXT has a lot of very talented people and that should not be the biggest surprise. WWE brings almost every signing they make to NXT, turning it into some kind of independents all star team, which means there are a lot of stars vying for only a few spots. Some of those spots are taken by a rather talented group of people but that group might be going in a different direction.
Starting back in August 2017, the Undisputed Era became one of the most dominant factions in the history of NXT. The team started off as a trio before adding Roderick Strong to become the four man group that they are to this day. At one point the team held all of the men’s gold in NXT, though they have since lost all of their championships. That would seem to suggest the end of the team, and that may actually be the case.
According to PWInsider.com, both Kyle O’Reilly and Adam Cole are being shifted into face roles after spending their runs with the Undisputed Era as heels. At the mom..

The card keeps growing. Titles are what makes most wrestling storylines go around. While a wrestler can get by on star power, it is pretty rare that it works without having won something to get you to the next level. Sometimes that can be based off of one big run as champion or several combined, but at some point a title win is almost required to be seen as a bigger deal. Two new stars will get a chance at some titles later this month.
Back at Slammiversary, the Good Brothers debuted for Impact Wrestling, giving them two of the biggest free agent names in wrestling. The Good Brothers had been released from WWE a few months prior and it was clear that someone was going to get a very nice signing out of the whole situation. Impact Wrestling was the company that made it happen and now they are going somewhere with the team.
On Wednesday, NXT has announced that the Good Brothers will be challenging for the Impact Wrestling Tag Team Titles at Bound For Glory in a four way tag match. The G..

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?
Dynamite
Date: October 2, 2019
Location: Capitol One Arena, Washington DC
Commentators: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Excalibur
We’re finally here. It almost feels weird to imagine that it’s actually happening but here we are. This is the debut episode of the much ballyhooed weekly series from AEW and the hype seems to be real. The show is going head to head live with NXT as the Wednesday Night Wars begin. I’m actually excited for this so let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
The announcers welcome us to the show.
We get..

It’s not over for Hardy yet. While wrestlers are stars when they are on camera, they are still humans like the people who watch them on TV. That is something that can often be forgotten when you are watching them every week and it can often play into what they do in the ring. The wrestlers have families and lives off screen and one of them is dealing with some issues that are rather serious.
It is no secret that Jeff Hardy has had his share of legal and substance abuse issues. There are all kinds of stories of Hardy having one problem after another and that has been the case for many years. Hardy had several issues of his own last year and the situation is still not entirely over. Hardy does seem to be doing a little bit better, but he still has something else to take care of before it is over.
According to PWInsider.com, Hardy’s court appearance over an October 2019 Driving While Impaired arrest has been pushed back until October 22. Several North Carolina courts have been closed ov..

Who ya got? Tournaments are one of the simplest concepts in all of wrestling. Take a bunch of people, put them into a bracket of some form and have the last person win. It makes sense, anyone can figure it out in a hurry, and you get someone with a prize of some kind. They have worked for years and it should come as not surprise that AEW is running one of their own.
Like so many promotions in wrestling, AEW is mainly built around its World Title. It is the one thing that you can always build a promotion around as it represents the top price in the company. Despite its short history, AEW has managed to put together a World Title that means something for both the wrestler and the promotion. That is easier said that done, but now we are going to be getting a fresh challenger for the title.
This week on Dynamite, AEW announced a #1 contenders tournament with the winner earning a future shot at Jon Moxley’s World Title. The tournament will include eight participants, including Rey Fenix, ..

Welcome back. There are a lot of wrestlers in WWE and there are only so many hours of television to pick from over the course of a week. With only so many spots available, WWE is only able to put so many wrestlers on television at once. It is a hard trick to pull off most of the time and then then it can become even more complicated when someone comes back from time away. That was the case this week.
NXT is in a weird place in the WWE system as it exists as its own television show but also has to act as the developmental program for the main roster. The point of being in NXT is to make it up to the main roster, meaning some people do not stick around as long as others. Sometimes you need to stay there though, like when you are coming back from an injury, which is what has happened again.
This week on NXT, Dexter Lumis made his return to the show after a two month absence. Lumis appeared in a backstage segment with Cameron Grimes running into him, suggesting that something will be sta..

NXT
Date: September 30, 2020
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: Beth Phoenix, Tom Phillips
It’s the go home show for Takeover, though I’m not sure you would realize that the show is coming up so soon based on the last few weeks. That has been a combination of the last of time before the show and the Coronavirus outbreak, neither of which are exactly good things. I’m not sure what that means for Sunday but NXT knows how to do a last minute build. Let’s get to it.
Opening recap.
Dakota Kai vs. Shotzi Blackheart Raquel Gonzalez is here with Kai. Shotzi doesn’t care for the trash talk to start and takes her down for some early hammering. Back up and Kai misses a kick to the chest, allowing Shotzi to roll her up for two. WELCOME TO THE BALL PIT has Kai in trouble and Shotzi hits a Codebreaker to the arm for two more. Shotzi takes her down by the leg and puts on….I guess you would say a Gory Stretch with the legs tied up on the mat.
Kai is face first on th..

A step in the right direction. The Coronavirus has changed the way everything works around the world and that is going to be the case for a long time to come. There are only so many things that can be done at the moment without severe precautions but various places are starting to move more towards a normal status. That is the case with WWE as well and they are making a slight recovery in one area.
WWE has a lot of different things going on inside their organization, including a huge training facility with the Performance Center. The building allows them to train their younger wrestlers like no other promotion has ever been able to do before, making them far more TV ready in a hurry. The Coronavirus took that away from WWE for a short time but now things have gotten a little better.
During the NXT Takeover 31 conference call, Triple H announced that the Performance Center was able to host training again after a Coronavirus outbreak. It was also made clear that this situation could ch..

That’s the worst case scenario. Injuries are a horrible thing to see in wrestling and there is never a good time for a wrestler to get hurt. It happens every now and then though, with some of them being a lot worse than others. What can make things even worse is someone being injured over and over, to the point where you aren’t sure if they will ever be completely healthy. That is the case again in a very bad way.
Over the decades, WWE has become much more of an international company with wrestlers from all over the world. It allows them to have so many different pairings and as a way to appeal to so many more fans. The Women’s Revolution has expanded the landscape even further in a very good way. These stars still have injuries though, and that is the case with a rather promising NXT star.
During the media conference call for NXT Takeover 31, Triple H confirmed that Tegan Nox has torn her ACL and already had surgery to repair it. There is no word on how long Nox will be out of actio..

WWE runs a show like this every year and every year I try to figure out if it makes sense to have a show built entirely around titles. On one hand it is about as easy of an idea as you can have for a pay per view, but at the same time, aren’t most shows built around title matches? Either way I’m not driving six hours one way for a middle of the road pay per view this year so things are looking up. Let’s get to it.
Kickoff Show: Raw Women’s Title: Asuka(c) vs. Zelina Vega This one was thrown together pretty recently but WWE did something smart to help set it up: they gave Vega a clean win over Mickie James. It is no secret that Vega does not have the most polish in the ring, but she has enough to get by. Now though, she has beaten someone with an established resume and that should give her enough to be a decent enough challenger to Asuka.
That’s how you get there:

Now that being said, there is no reason to believe that Vega has even the tiniest prayer here so it’s Asuka retaining in..

It was nice while it lasted. Over it’s rather long history, WWE has had all kinds of wrestlers working for it at one point or another. That is the kind of history that can be almost impossible to track, as there are so many wrestlers to remember. Some of them do not make the biggest impact, but others are going to leave quite an impression. One of the more prominent women’s wrestlers seems to be done for good.
The Women’s Revolution has changed the way WWE works and in a very good way. Women’s wrestling has gone from a glorified side show into something that has been a featured attraction for a very long time now. That is an amazing rise for the division and there is nothing to suggest that it is going to change anytime soon. The last few years have been pivotal to its rise, but there was a group of women who helped get it to this point. One has decided to hang up the boots.
In a new interview with Fightful Select, Lisa Marie Varon, formerly known as Victoria in WWE and Tara in Impac..

Time to restock. There are a lot of talented wrestlers in the world and several of them are working for one of WWE’s various branches. The company has an incredibly deep talent roster from all over the world and that has been the case for a very long time now. With so many wrestlers around, one of the issues that still comes up is having to bring in fresh talent. Part of WWE is currently doing just that.
Earlier this month, NXT UK returned to action after several months off due to the Coronavirus. There was little way to prevent such an issue but it was bound to happen eventually. That does not mean that everything is back to normal though as some wrestlers are not going to be around at the moment. There are other wrestlers out there too though and WWE is bringing some of them in.
According to Inside The Ropes, NXT UK is close to signing a group of new talents. The new wrestlers are in London for a three week tryout camp with NXT UK so WWE can take a better look at them to decide on ..