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WWE’s Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative, Triple H, was recently interviewed by ESPN’s “Golic and Wingo,” to help promote the upcoming WrestleMania 36 show this weekend.
You can see the interview in its entirety below:

Triple H began by saying that the world needs entertainment more than anything right now, which is the main reason why the company has decided to go on with the show. They also discussed one of their performers pulling out of the show, due to health and safety concerns, and said that deciding not to participate in WrestleMania 36 would not be held against them. The Game also said that they have taken extreme caution to ensure the safety of the performers, staff, and crew for the event. This includes bringing in talents in waves, screening who enters the Performance Center, wiping things down and cleaning everything to make sure they are compliant with CDC recommendations.
The topic of blowback from the fans was brought up, regarding hosting the ..

That’s a step forward. I know things have been a little all over the place lately and WWE’s main television shows have been little more than background noise and great promos, but there are still storylines going on. Some of these started before everything changed and they still need some kind of a payoff. While we did not get a payoff this week, we did get a big step forward.
Over the last few weeks on WWE television, the shows’ video feeds have been hacked and a circle of lights have appeared. No one seemed to notice and little has come of it so far. It is not clear who it is, but there is a theory that it might be Mustafa Ali as his glove has a similar circle on the back. This week’s SmackDown did not reveal who was behind the hacking, but we did see something.
It’s a step forward. Check out what happened to move things in a different direction:

Late in the show, Dolph Ziggler was attacking Tucker when the feed was hacked again. This time the phrase “The Truth Will Be Heard” app..

You can picture him doing this. We are less than a day away from WrestleMania 36 and that means we are coming up on one of the most unique shows in wrestling history. Nothing has ever been done like this before and it is going to be one of the most important events on the WWE calendar. While the show in the empty Performance Center is going to look strange, it could have been a lot stranger.
While we are finally at the final home stretch for WrestleMania 36, it has been a long road to get here. It had not been clear what is going to happen with all kinds of ideas being thrown out there. Some of these ranged from what felt like good ideas to complete insanity, but now we know that Vince McMahon had an even more out there idea which would have certainly been memorable.
Sports Illustrated’s Justin Barrasso reports that despite the issues with the Coronavirus, McMahon still wanted to hold WrestleMania in the empty Raymond James Stadium. The show was eventually moved to the Performance Ce..

You don’t want to make the bosses mad. WWE is in a weird place at the moment but they certainly know how to get people to give them money. With so many television networks desperate for programming that offers stronger ratings, wrestling is in strong demand. That is the case with FOX and USA, both of whom have paid WWE a fortune for live programming. However, someone else is getting in on the act and the two networks aren’t happy.
Due to the spread of the Coronavirus, professional and amateur sports have all but stopped cold in the world these days. That doesn’t leave places like ESPN much to do, but they do have a way out with professional wrestling. WWE has a lot of video available and ESPN has seemed interested in airing a lot of it. That might not be the best move for WWE though and it might be a bit of a problem.
According to Sports Illustrated, FOX and USA were not happy with WWE allowing ESPN to air WrestleMania on three straight Sundays, as FOX wanted the shows to air on FOX ..

That’s a hard punishment. WrestleMania is coming up in less than a day and that is the kind of thing that should give you a great feeling. Whether you like where things are going with WWE or not, there is no denying the fact that the show is something special, even if the details of this year’s edition is not going to be quite the same. However, for some people involved, there is a big threat hanging over them.
This year’s WrestleMania is one of the most unique shows in the history of wrestling. If nothing else, having the show taped goes against all of the ideas that WWE has followed for years. It’s all they have at the moment though and that’s what we are having to deal with at the moment. That also leads to the possibility of results leaking out and it turns out that WWE is not too keen on that option.
According to Sports Illustrated, WWE will fire anyone who leaks results about the WrestleMania tapings from last week. There were only a handful of people present at every taping se..

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, starting today. 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?
Wrestlemania XXXV
Date: April 7, 2019
Location: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 82,265
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Renee Young, Byron Saxton, Tom Phillips
America the Beautiful: Yolanda Adams
We’re back to this show after a year away and I’m not sure what to think about this one. I wasn’t in the stadium for this one and for once that is making me remember the show a little bit better. This whole thing is centered around a few matches, as Wrestlemania always tends..

We’re finally here. It’s that time of year again and as weird as it is to have a two day Wrestlemania, I’m going to need two days to preview this whole thing. This is one of those VERY stacked cards (read as Wrestlemania) and that means we are going to be seeing a lot, albeit without any fans in front of them. This could mean a lot but we’re coming into this so differently that I’m only going to be able to guess how some of these things are going. Let’s get to it.
Note that I’m not going to try to guess which matches are on which night so these are in no particular order.
Elias vs. King Corbin Yeah let’s just get this one out of the way early. It’s one of those matches that you have nightmares about but at the same time, I’m almost curious to see how bad this can actually be. This is your nightmare show of the year and my goodness it could be incredible in one way or….well ok there isn’t another on there because this isn’t going to work, but that might be the case for another reason…

That’s just cool to see from Reigns. The wrestling world, including the wrestling fans, have been shaken by the spread of the Coronavirus. Without its impact, tens of thousands of fans would be heading to Tampa, Florida this weekend to see the biggest wrestling event of the year with WrestleMania 36. That is not the case of course, but one fan is getting a special moment to make up for some of it.
One of the biggest stories to come out of the already taped WrestleMania 36 was the issue of Roman Reigns dropping out of the show due to health concerns. WWE did not announce the change until the night before WrestleMania, but the news had already been reported by Reigns himself. However, Reigns was able to do something very nice for a fan who would not be at the show either.
On Friday, Reigns sent a video message to 15 year old Antonio Primavera, a boy who undergoes regular kidney dialysis but had tickets to WrestleMania 36. Due to the Coronavirus, Primavera was unable to attend the show ..

E Pluribus Theory. WrestleMania is going to be one of the most unique wrestling events that anyone has seen in years. This coming weekend, a grand total of no fans are going to be in the WWE Performance Center to watch the two night event, which will feature a grand total of sixteen matches. Some of these matches are bigger than others, but there is one performer who seemed to come out of nowhere.
Earlier this week, Austin Theory was announced as the replacement for Andrade, whose rib injury kept him out of the Raw Tag Team Title match at WrestleMania. This is quite the change of pace as Theory has only been in NXT since late December 2019 and is now challenging for a title at WrestleMania. That is an amazing turnaround, but why did Theory get the spot?
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Theory received the spot at WrestleMania due to the influence of Paul Heyman, who is high on Theory. Heyman got him the spot because he is high on all four participants in the match, inc..

It had been previously reported that AEW will be hosting an Empty Arena, No Holds Barred match on an upcoming episode of Dynamite. Jon Moxley will be defending his title against Jake Hager on the April 15 episode of the show.
According to the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, AEW taped for multiple days last week, including this match. The reason for this is due to the recent stay-at-home orders that have been announced by both Florida and Georgia, which is where the company has been having their recent empty arena shows.
Check out the buildup for the contest:

Both AEW and WWE are continuing to work on plans for their shows in the near future, as it is unknown how long schedules will have to be adjusted, due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Editor’s Opinion:
This was smart planning by AEW. The reports on how long our social distancing will continue seem to change almost every day and it’s good for everyone in the professional wrestling business to be prepared for thi..

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Fusion #103
Date: March 28, 2020
Location: 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Commentators: AJ Kirsch, Rich Bocchini
It’s the final night in Philadelphia and that means things should be hitting a high note this week. The main event features King Mo vs. Low Ki in what should be a rather hard hitting match. Things have been up and down around here lately and with just one TV taping left in the can, they’re running out of time to leave on a good show. Let’s get to it.
We look at the setup of last week’s eight man tag, plus the match itself. The big post match brawl included King Mo joining Team Filthy in an important addition.
Dan Lambert, Mo’s manger, isn’t worried about a suspension because you’re not getting rid of Mo that easily. Mo will be allowed to wrestle during an appeal and he’ll dominate again.
Opening sequence.
Brian Pillman Jr. isn’t here for some reason so his interview is postponed.
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Things shook up in a hurry. We are less than two days away from WrestleMania 36 and this time around that means a lot of different things at once. One of the biggest changes is going to be the lack of anything taking place live as the entire show has been taped in advance. That isn’t something that can be fixed now, but the show is still not what was originally planned. Now we have a better idea of how that went down.
Last week, WrestleMania 36 was taped with Roman Reigns not facing Goldberg as was originally planned. Reigns was reported to have stepped out of the match due to fears of becoming infected with the Coronavirus, which could be worse for him due to his previous battle with leukemia. That is something that is understandable, but now we know some of the details of how the situation took place.
According to F4WOnline.com, Reigns appeared at last week’s SmackDown but found out that the Miz was sick when he arrived to the building. As a result, Reigns and the Usos came to the ..