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To the other side. The Wednesday Night Wars have become a rather interesting battle between the two major American wrestling companies. AEW and WWE’s NXT have been going head to head for most of a year now and the two sides are showing no signs of slowing down. WWE has lost some names to AEW, but now a certain cult level name has gone in the opposite direction.
One of the more interesting things about AEW has been their efforts to bring in some new wrestlers who might not be known to the masses. This can offer a lot of fresh faces to the audience and some of them might catch on. It might not always be the biggest role in the world, but even a small role on television is better than nothing. A now former AEW star found that out this week.
Earlier this week on Monday Night Raw, Suge D, better known as Pineapple Pete in AEW, appeared on this week’s Monday Night Raw as an extra during Raw Underground. In a post about the appearance on Twitter, Suge D suggested that it was a one off appea..

Not so fast? There are a lot of wrestlers who have come and gone from WWE over the years and some of them are bigger names than others. While the majority of them come and go without making that big of an impact, some of them become stars who are going to be remembered for a long time to come. One of them has been rumored to be returning to WWE, but that might have been jumping the gun.
The Women’s Revolution has been a great addition to the WWE as the company suddenly has a new pair of divisions which are viable options to draw in fans. The last few years have seen some major changes but they came after a lot of people put in the work to pave the roads. There have been some talented women in WWE before now, and we have some conflicting reports of one of them returning.
Earlier this week, news broke that former WWE Women’s Champion Melina had signed a deal to return to the company. However, Melina has since responded to the story, saying that she has not signed and talking about how ..

Night one of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s G1 Climax 30 Tournament took place at the Osaka Perfectual Gymansium in Osaka, Japan on September 19. It was the opening night of a tourney that will stretch for 19 total events throughout the month of September, concluding on October 18.
Pro wrestling fans from all over the globe tuned in to the first night on New Japan World with big expectations. The September 19 event featured Block A, which showcased some of the company’s heavy hitters.
Of the six matches on the card, five were G1 bouts and the opening match was a Young Lion exhibition, which saw Yuya Uemura get the win over Yota Tsuji. When the final bell sounded on that match, the G1 Climax 30 was officially underway.
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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?
Motor City Madness
Date: October 7, 2006
Location: Michigan State Fairgrounds & Expo Center, Detroit, Michigan
Commentators: Dave Prazak, Jared David
It’s another ROH DVD and another era I don’t know much about. That was a lot of fun when I checked out the 7th Anniversary Show and this one is a little earlier, as we are only about four years into the company’s history. This time around we have Bryan Danielson defending the World Title against Austin Aries and a dream tag match between Samoa Joe/Homicide vs. the Brisc..

By George they do have a plan. Over the last few years, there have been very few wrestlers either as successful or controversial as Roman Reigns. It has become WWE’s mission in life to turn Reigns into the next big thing in the company and while it has worked well enough for the most part, there has been a little something missing. Now though, WWE is trying something different and it just might work.
Back in August, Reigns returned from a five month hiatus and instantly aligned himself with Paul Heyman, turning heel for the first time on his own in WWE. It marked a new era for Reigns and in a lot of fans’ mind, that is a very good thing. Reigns has become a heck of a villain in a short amount of time and there is no reason to believe that it will be changing anytime soon. However, WWE might have another idea in mind.
According to Wrestlingnews.co, the idea of Reigns’ heel turn is that fans will eventually be impressed by him as a heel and cheer for him, turning him into a babyface na..

The night wasn’t over. SmackDown usually marks the end of the WWE week and that comes after several long days of television. WWE has a lot of television to cover and most of the time they are ready to take a breather and wait until Monday to get things going again. However, that was not the case this week after SmackDown as WWE had something else to air.
This week’s SmackDown opened with an edition of the Dirt Sheet with Miz and John Morrison mocking Otis for a variety of issues. This caused Otis to come to the ring and attack both of them, including stripping Miz of most of his clothing. Miz and Morrison responded by suing Otis, but Miz’s night was not over and things were a little embarrassing for him.
This is a very Miz problem. Check out what else happened to him:
https://media.wrestlingrumors.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/19024626/Miz.mp4 WWE has posted a new video to its Twitter page, showing Miz running around the back of the arena in his underwear, trying to find either clo..

There it is. We are less than two weeks away from Clash Of Champions and that means things are getting interesting in a hurry. A lot of the card has already been set up in advance but there are still some title matches that need to be set up. That is what WWE TV is for and this time around a match that was fairly easy to guess was set up during this week’s SmackDown.
The tag team divisions have never been WWE’s strong suit. They are some of the harder aspects to make work in WWE as the company certainly seems to put teams together for the sake of splitting them up down the line. This has been the case for a very long time now and very well may be the case again at the moment. Now though, one team seemingly ready to be split up is going to get a title shot.
During this week’s SmackDown, a SmackDown Tag Team Title match was announced for Clash Of Champions with Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro defending against the Lucha House Party. This comes as Lucha House Party is having issues, which ..

She has earned the respect. We are coming up on the one year anniversary of AEW Dynamite’s debut and that means there are a lot of things to look back on. One of them is the company’s women’s division, which has been hit or miss at times. Things have been trending in the right direction as of late though and a lot of that is due to a single person. However, she has not been doing so well as of late.
Back on May 20, Britt Baker was injured in a tag match. Baker’s leg was crushed, meaning that she was going to be on the shelf for a very long time to come. That is something that can be devastating to a career and it seemed to be the case for her as well. Baker managed to stick around while recovering with a series of promos and segments from her wheelchair. She even had a match during her recovery time, but now we have an update on her and it isn’t the best.
According to Fightful.com, Baker is currently not fully cleared for an in-ring return. AEW had planned for her to be back in actio..

Hang it up. We are coming up on Clash Of Champions where the show will be built around titles. That makes for an interesting show as you know you are going to get a lot of title matches, but the question is who gets to challenge the champions. We already have some of the challengers set in stone, but now we have another match set up with a pair of challengers coming for a title.
Back at WrestleMania 36, Sami Zayn defeated Daniel Bryan to retain the Intercontinental Title, but then disappeared from television due to Coronavirus worries. This meant that a new champion was needed, with AJ Styles winning the vacant title in a tournament. Jeff Hardy went on to win the title, with Styles wanting a rematch. Zayn has since returned, claiming to be the real champion. I think you can guess where this is going.
This week on SmackDown, Styles defeated Zayn in a singles match while grabbing the tights. After the match was over, Hardy ran out and said that he was tired of dealing with all of the d..

Smackdown
Date: September 18, 2020
Location: Amway Center, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves
We are coming up on Clash Of Champions and that means it is time to start getting ready for the pay per view. There are a lot of different things being set up, including a few more title matches. Tonight we might get a few steps closer to that but you never know around here. Let’s get to it.
We open with the Dirt Sheet, with Miz and John Morrison promising to get all of the dirt on the biggest stories going on in WWE today. After a clip of Miz announcing Mandy Rose is on her way to Raw on Talking Smack, Miz insists that he is not trying to get back at Otis. No, instead he is trying to help Otis as a former Mr. Money In The Bank.
Now that Mandy is gone, Otis can focus on cashing in the briefcase while the men on Raw can focus on Mandy. Morrison: “Isn’t Ziggler over there?” Cue Otis to beat both of them up, with Tucker throwing both of them back in as they try to escape..

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Dark
Date: September 15, 2020
Location: Daily’s Place, Jacksonville, Florida
Commentators: Excalibur, Taz, Veda Scott
We’re back to the usual hour and a half long show on Tuesday after last week’s double shot on Tuesday and Friday. This time around we even have a special featured match with Peter Avalon vs. Brandon Cutler in a match where one of them will have a winner, unless they find a way to have a draw, as they should. Let’s get to it.
The announcers give us a quick preview.
Red Velvet vs. Brandi Rhodes Dustin Rhodes is here with Brandi. They fight over the wristlocks to start and Velvet seems to indicate that she is red. A shoulder taker Velvet down but she’s right back up with a leg lariat. Brandi kicks her in the face and hammers away before a low superkick gets two. The Sling Blade gets two but here is Anna Jay to stare at Brandi. The distraction lets Red hit a DDT for two but Brandi is back..