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Welcome to the new place. With so many people on their active roster, it can be easy for WWE to run out of places for everyone to go. That has been a problem of theirs for a long time, but there are certain moves that WWE can make to fix things up a bit. It seems that WWE has done it again, as a longstanding main roster star is now heading back to NXT, where she has spent some time.
Natalya made her return to NXT this week, confronting Cora Jade and putting her in the Sharpshooter. Later in the show, Natalya told the women’s locker room to be on notice. Tatum Paxley challenged her to a match, which was made official for next week’s show. The match will Natalya’s first on NXT TV since December 2014. There is no word on how long Natalya will be appearing in NXT.
Opinion: This is one of those things that WWE has been doing as of late and it is rather smart on all sides. Natalya has not been doing anything of note in WWE for a long time now and can be used to help boost up some of NXT’s ..

It was nice while it lasted. WWE has an interesting history when it comes to tag teams. While there have been several teams throughout the years, WWE has an odd fascination with splitting them up. Usually this leads to a feud between the two and that might be the case again this time, as another team has split up after having things go badly during a match.
This week’s edition of NXT was headlined by a five team gauntlet match to crown new NXT Tag Team Champions. Grayson Waller and Sanga took part in the match but were eliminated by the Creed Brothers. After the show, Waller said that he was finished with Sanga, both professionally and personally. Waller also revealed that he had been faking his arm injury from Stand & Deliver. Waller’s announcement to end his three month association with Sanga, which has seen Sanga serve as Waller’s bodyguard.
I guess he wasn’t pleased. Check out the match and Waller’s response:
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Welcome to the team. NXT has come a long way since its relaunch as NXT 2.0 last fall. The show has gone from little more than a bunch of thrown together wrestlers to a show that feels like it has some upward potential. That is not everything that needs to be done though, as sometimes you need to bring in some fresh wrestlers. Now NXT has done that with a promising star.
A vignette aired this week on NXT, advertising the debut of NXT UK star Nathan Frazier. There is no word on when Frazier will debut or who he will be facing. Frazier debuted with NXT UK last year, following a short run in AEW as Ben Carter. He has wrestled in NXT UK since, including a match with Gunther. Frazier is from the United Kingdom and was trained by Monday Night Raw star Seth Rollins.
This has potential. Check out what is coming to NXT:
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Opinion: This is the kind of debut that makes me interested as Frazer is a star in the making but hasn’t had that many major matche..

New and new champions. Titles are one of the most important things in wrestling and that has been the case in NXT since its inception. NXT has managed to make its titles feel as important as anything else and that is something that has done a lot of good for the promotion. A title change is a big deal and that is the case again, as some new champions have been crowned.
This week’s NXT featured a gauntlet match to crown new NXT Tag Team Champions. Pretty Deadly, in their NXT debut match, won the five team match, last eliminating the Creed Brothers. The other teams involved were Legado del Fantasma, Josh Briggs/Brooks Jensen and Grayson Waller/Sanga. The titles were vacated after MSK were stripped of the titles due to Nash Carter being released.
Opinion: NXT had to put the titles on someone and this is one of the best calls that they could have made. Pretty Deadly did well during their NXT UK Tag Team Title reign and it makes sense to put the NXT titles on them as well. I like what we ..

NXT
Date: April 12, 2022
Location: Capitol Sports Center, Orlando, Florida
Commentators Vic Joseph, Wade Barrett
It’s another huge week around here as we have a series of title matches. This includes a guaranteed new champion as the vacant Tag Team Titles are on the line in a gauntlet match. Other than that, there are two title matches as the North American and Women’s Titles are on the line as well. Let’s get to it.
The opening recap looks at Bron Breakker retaining the NXT Title over Gunther to send him to Smackdown, only to have Joe Gacy and Harland kidnap Breakker’s father Rick Steiner.
North American Title: Cameron Grimes vs. Solo Sikoa Grimes is defending and misses a running kick to the face to start. Sikoa’s waistlock is countered into an armbar and Sikoa can’t do much to get out of it. The hold is finally broken up so they shake hands, though Grimes says Sikoa’s Bloodline can kiss his grits. An enziguri knocks Sikoa to the floor and the apron flip dive takes us to a break.
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It might be a bit. With so many wrestlers on the WWE roster, it can be a little bit difficult to keep track of everyone. WWE does what they can, but eventually there are going to be some wrestlers without much to do. That is the case with several people on the active roster as they might not have much to do. This time though, WWE might have found a way to get rid of one wrestler.
This week on Monday Night Raw, Dominik Mysterio faced Veer Mahaan in a losing effort as Mahaan won the match by submission. After the match was over, Mahaan continued attacking Mysterio, who was taken out of the ring on a stretcher. According to Wrestlingnews.co, this could be used as a way to write Mysterio off of television for the time being, though this is considered speculation.
Opinion: Assuming this is a way to get Mysterio off of television, I have heard of worse ideas. Mysterio has been around for a fairly long time now but still hasn’t exactly clicked. Having him go away for a bit lets him get a bi..

That’s downright inspiring. An injury is one of the worst things that you can see in wrestling as you never know when someone is going to be put on the shelf for a long time. Someone could be taken out in the blink of an eye and have their career completely changed. That was the case earlier this month at WrestleMania, but it seems that there might be some good hope.
On the first night of WrestleMania 38, Rick Boogs injured his knee during a tag team match, suffering a torn quadricep patella. Boogs underwent surgery later in the week, but has already posted a video on Instagram showing him walking on crutches, set to There’s No Easy Way Out from Rocky IV. The expected recovery time for the injury is 4-6 months, though there is no word on when Boogs is expected back in the ring.
That is a strong man. Check out Boogs’ progress:
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Opinion: What kind of a person is able to get back on his foot less than two weeks after such major surgery? That is..

It might not go well. While a lot of wrestling is a regular day to day operation, there are some occasions where things do not go as usual. That may often be for a bad situation, and it can cause some issues for the other people in the promotion. That is the case at the moment in WWE, as a recent release is not going well for the people who are still with the company.
Earlier this month, WWE released Nash Carter over allegations of domestic violence from his wife, Kimber Lee, and a photo of Carter with a Hitler mustache. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, the NXT locker room is not happy with the decision to release Carter, as he was well liked backstage. The photo is said to be from when Carter, now 27, was 19 years old. WWE is said to have been aware of the situation before the story went public. There is no word on where or when Carter may wrestle next.
Opinion: I’m not sure how well this is going to go, but I don’t think we’re going to be seeing Carter wrestle again in WWE, o..

They’re going international. WWE is the largest and most powerful wrestling company in the world, though the last part is not something they explore very often. The company has its regular events in Saudi Arabia, but there are several other places in the world that do not get to see a large scale WWE event. One of those areas will see a change of status later on this year.
WWE has announced that it will be holding a major stadium event in Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on September 3, 2022. This will be the first major stadium event held in the United Kingdom since Summerslam 1992. There are no details on what the show will be called or anything involving the card. Principality Stadium holds approximately 78,000 people for a wrestling event.
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Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over twelve years now and have reviewed over 6,000 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?
Smackdown
Date: April 14, 2005
Location: Allstate Arena, Chicago, Illinois
Commentators: Michael Cole, Tazz
We’re in the process of finding a new #1 contender, which is likely to be JBL. Thankfully we get some big matches on the way there, including one tonight with Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero. That is one of those matches that can’t be screwed up so we should be in for a good evening. Let’s get to it.
We open with a recap of the #1 contender series, with Eddie Guerrero costing Rey Mysterio his match against JB..

They aren’t done yet. Last week’s Monday Night Raw marked the end of WrestleMania Weekend, which featured some of the most important WWE events of the year. The shows included all kinds of special matches and moments, but eventually things had to come to an end. WWE was back to normal this week but three hours of Monday Night Raw just wasn’t enough. There was another match after the show went off the air and it was a big one.
According to PWInsider.com, there was a dark match after this week’s Monday Night Raw went off the air. Following the show, Drew McIntyre and the New Day defeated the Bloodline in a six man tag when McIntyre pinned one of the Usos after a Claymore. Only the Usos appeared on the show itself, defeating the Street Profits in the main event. This is Reigns’ first match since WrestleMania 38.
Opinion: This is the kind of a fun way that WWE can send the fans home happy, which is one of the places that they shine. It can be fun to see WWE come up with something like th..

There’s your absence. The Coronavirus pandemic changed the way the wrestling world works and while things are mostly back to normal, there are still a few issues that are still hanging around. This includes wrestlers occasionally being held off of shows due to health worries, and that seems to be the case again, though this time it shook up some special plans for a show.
A WWE Women’s Tag Team Title match did not take place as scheduled this week on Monday Night Raw as Rhea Ripley was placed in Coronavirus protocols. The scheduled match would have seen Ripley and Liv Morgan challenging Sasha Banks and Naomi for the titles, though the match will now take place next week. There is nothing to suggest that Ripley has contracted the virus.
Opinion: This almost feels like a complete blast from the past and that is a great thing to see. The Coronavirus took over the world for a very long time but now things have taken several steps forward. It’s very nice to see that this is something that ..