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Wrestlemania XXVIII
Date: April 1, 2012
Location: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida
Attendance: 78,363
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler
As big as HHH vs. Undertaker is, everything pales in comparison to Rock vs. Cena. This was the biggest match since Rock vs. Austin’s heyday and the money it brought in more than validated an entire year spent setting everything up. There’s no way the match isn’t going to be great and everyone was ready to see it. Let’s get to it.
Pre-Show: Tag Team Titles: Usos vs. Primo/Epico vs. Tyson Kidd/Justin Gabriel
Primo and Epico (Carlito and Primo’s cousin) are defending and this is one fall to a finish. Primo, Jey and Kidd start things off and you have to tag your partner. Kidd sends Primo to the floor and jumps into a rollup for two. The champs start stomping Tyson gets caught in a DDT for two more. Primo loads up a superplex on Jey but Kidd springboards up to make it a Tower of Doom in a cool spot.
Jimmy and Epico get hot tags and everything bre..

Not so fast, again. WrestleMania 36 seems to be a cursed show. No matter what WWE does or how they try to set things up in advance, everything seems to come falling down around them every single time. Whether it is an injury or someone getting sick thanks to the Coronavirus, everything has to be changed almost every single time WWE tries to do something. Believe it or not, it has happened again.
This week on SmackDown, the New Day and the Usos were both named as #1 contenders to the SmackDown Tag Team Titles. While the champions, John Morrison and the Miz, interfered in the #1 contenders match, the announcement was made that the three teams would face off in a ladder match for the titles at WrestleMania. However, things had been changed before the match was ever made in the first place.
According to F4WOnline.com, the Miz did not participate at WrestleMania due to an illness. As a result, Morrison wrestled in a ladder match against a single Uso, though it is not clear which one, why ..

They need the break. If you have been paying attention to WWE over the last few days, you have probably heard about all of the changes that have been made to WrestleMania. Most of them have been rather negative as the spread of the Coronavirus continues to wreck havoc on the show. That does not seem to be changing anytime soon, but at least now things might have a little break.
WWE has been in a weird place over the last few weeks as they try to put together what they can in a bad situation. With almost every television show taking place in the Performance Center in front of no fans, there is only so much that the company can do. Some of the shows have not had the most energy, but maybe a little rest could help them out a bit.
According to PWInsider.com, the next WWE television taping will not take place until Friday April 10 when SmackDown will be taped from the Performance Center. WWE has already taped all of their television shows through the NXT after WrestleMania 36, including W..

Two more on the books. WrestleMania 36 is less than eight days away and WWE is scrambling to do everything they can for the show. As different as this show is going to be, there are still some things that are being held over from previous editions, including adding in several matches to the show. The card is already packed and now it is packed even more than it was.
With so many people running around WWE, you almost have to have a lot of titles to give them things to do. The company has had a bunch of gold (and silver) for a long time now and that is not likely to change anytime soon. A good chunk of those titles are going to be on the line at WrestleMania and after Friday night, we now know how two more of them will be defended.
This week on SmackDown, two more title matches were set for WrestleMania. First, Drew Gulak defeated Shinsuke Nakamura, meaning that due to a pre-match stipulation, Daniel Bryan will receive an Intercontinental Title shot against Sami Zayn. Then in the main ..

One more grudge match. The WrestleMania card is going to be a big deal and there are going to be all kinds of matches this time around. Given that the show is going to be twice as big as usual, you never can tell just how big it is going to be. As usual, WWE is packing the show with everything that they can. This includes all kinds of matches, including a grudge match.
There have been some intense and personal feuds over the last few weeks but one of the biggest of them all has been Otis vs. Dolph Ziggler over Mandy Rose. The two men have been feuding for a good while now, as Ziggler seemed to steal Rose from Otis, sending Otis into a horrible depression. It was clear that something was going to happen at WrestleMania, and now we know what it is going to be.
This week on SmackDown, Otis tried to attack Ziggler in the backstage area but agents and referees broke it up. Ziggler then challenged Otis to a singles match at WrestleMania, saying that Rose would be in his corner. Otis accept..

Smackdown
Date: March 27, 2020
Location: WWE Performance Center, Orlando, Florida
Commentator: Michael Cole
We’re back to the old days here with a taped show on the way to whatever is left to populate Wrestlemania. News has broken about a lot of people being replaced and it should be interesting to see if we actually hear about most of those names this week. It’s completely in another world at this point so you never can tell what we could get. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Here are Sasha Banks and Bayley to get things going. They talk about how big Wrestlemania is going to be but for the two of them, it is going to be a nightmare. That’s all Paige’s fault because the five on one idea isn’t fair. Not that it matters though as they’re best friends and nothing will split them up. Sasha doesn’t seem to agree but here’s Lacey Evans to interrupt. Sasha tells her to go talk to her bratty little kid because maybe she’ll listen. Lacey laughs them off and promises to beat them both up a..

It had been previously reported that Roman Reigns will be out of his WrestleMania 36 match, where he was scheduled to face Goldberg for the Universal Championship. But who will his replacement be?
According to a recent edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Braun Strowman will be taking Reigns place in the match at WrestleMania.
WrestleMania has been taped already, due to Orlando shutting down the Performance Center because of the Coronavirus. Dave Meltzer is reporting that Reigns was at the PC for his match, but ultimately chose to withdraw due to a compromised immune system; a result of his past battles with leukemia. Furthermore, Reigns’ cousins, The Usos, weren’t happy that The Miz was sick, which helped influence Reigns’ decision.
Check out what could have been:

WWE has not released an official statement on the status of these matches.
Editor’s Opinion:
At this point, should they even go forward with the show? Just postpone the dang thing and get it over with. WWE should make..

Are we sure this show isn’t cursed? WrestleMania 36 has gone from looking decent to falling apart at the seams. Between the fact that the show is going to have to be taped in advance to stretching it out to two nights in front of no fans, there are very few positives left to look at around this show. And yes, somehow, things are actually getting even worse day by day.
Part of the problem with having a taped WrestleMania is the idea of a wrestler getting hurt right before the show, despite the weekly television being taped in advance. You never know when someone might be taken out of action in advance, which can shake up the event in a bad way while also requiring WWE to come up with a solution. As you might have guessed, that is the case again.
According to PWInsider.com, United States Champion Andrade has suffered a rib injury and was unable to work WrestleMania. Andrade was scheduled to team with Angel Garza to challenge the Street Profits for the Raw Tag Team Titles. The injury to..

Starting off the year with quite possibly the match of the year. WWE has posted a new video to its YouTube channel in which the show the full match between Seth Rollins, John Cena and Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship from the Royal Rumble 2015.
You can see the match in its entirety below:

From WWE.com:
In front of a raucous Philadelphia crowd packed inside the Wells Fargo Center, Brock Lesnar turned back the challenge of both John Cena and Seth Rollins to walk out of the 2015 Royal Rumble event with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Despite suffering from injuries — including a broken rib at the hands of Rollins — Lesnar picked up a massive victory in one of the most impressive championship bouts in the history of the Royal Rumble event, ensuring that he’ll traverse The Road to WrestleMania as the ruler of the WWE Universe.
After Rollins hit Cena with a Curb Stomp and yet another huge aerial attack, Lesnar stormed the ring and German suplexed both of ..

That’s one way to send them off. There isn’t much of a secret to the fact that the Revival has been unhappy in WWE. Over the last year or so, the team has dropped some not so subtle hints that they want to leave the company and are just waiting out their contracts. Those deals expire in the near future, but they have one more negative thing to deal with before they leave.
WWE contracts are set up with what is called a downside guarantee. While wrestlers are paid based on the amount of shows that they work and their merchandise sales, they are guaranteed a certain amount of money. If a wrestler reaches their downside guarantee then they will continue being paid based on how much they work. However, this can cause the problem of wrestlers not being paid if they do not work after reaching their guarantee. I think you know where this is going.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the Revival has reached their downside guarantees and since they have not been paid in nearly two ..

That’s funny right there. WWE has posted a new video to its YouTube channel in which they show the full match between Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker from SummerSlam 2015. This was the first time that they had competed against one another since The Beast ended The Deadman’s undefeated streak at WrestleMania 16 months before.
You can see the match in its entirety below:

From WWE.com:
The record will show that The Beast has been slain, and the demons of The Undertaker have been laid to rest. The reality, though, is more complicated than that.
Sixteen months after The Phenom’s life’s work was taken from him by Brock Lesnar, The Deadman found redemption in a confrontation that was deemed “Too Big For WrestleMania.” He defeated The Beast Incarnate through a development that was partially a gift from Heaven and partially some magic of the devil himself, with a hefty helping of rulebook jargon to go with it. Officially, yes, The Undertaker won. Whether Brock Lesnar was truly defeated in ..

It’s as good a time as any. Wrestling has kind of been put on hold at the moment, or at least things have slowed way down in a hurry. There are only so many spots available on the main WWE television shows due to all of the changes taking place in a hurry and that is the kind of thing that can make for some surprise moves. In this case, one of those moves is not as positive as others.
Injuries can take someone down at any given point in their career and there isn’t much that can be done about them. At some point, everyone is going to get hurt and there is no way around it. Some of these things are a lot worse than others as you never know how long they are going to be on the shelf as a result. That was the case with a surprise injury earlier this month and now someone is going on the shelf for a good while.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Rezar of the AOP is has undergone surgery to repair his torn bicep. The estimated recovery time for such an injury is six to eight ..