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He’ll be sticking around. There are all kinds of wrestlers on the WWE roster and some of them have some rather distinct purposes. While most people signed are active wrestlers, there are others who are there more as a way to help promote the company. These are names you might remember from years past, and now you might be hearing from another one more often.
Hurricane Helms, also known as the Hurricane, has announced that he has signed a Legends Deal with WWE, tweeting that it officially makes him old. Helms has worked for WWE on and off over the years, both as a wrestler and as an agent. He last wrestled for WWE in the 2021 Royal Rumble and has otherwise retired from in-ring competition. Helms does still make occasional cameo appearances on WWE television.
I signed a WWE Legends deal so I guess that makes it official…
I’m old. ???
— Hurricane Helms (@ShaneHelmsCom) March 24, 2022
Opinion: It’s cool to see something like this happen as Helms is one of those beloved stars from yea..

For the purposes for scheduling. We are just over a week away from WrestleMania 38 and the show is all but set. On April 2 and 3, WWE will hope their biggest event of the year, with a pair of shows comprising WrestleMania. The last few years have seen WrestleMania grow to even bigger levels, and now we know something important about this year’s version.
According to PWInsider.com, Peacock has both nights of WrestleMania 38 blocked off for five hours. Counting the likely two hour Kickoff Shows, this would mean that the main WrestleMania cards will last three hours. The main cards of WrestleMania are expected to begin at 8PM EST with six matches currently announced for the first night and five for the second.
Opinion: This is about what was expected, but my goodness the idea of ten hours of WrestleMania, even over two days, is a bit hard to fathom. It doesn’t feel like the roster has the kind of depth to make this work, which almost has me worried about how the show is going to go. I c..

I think he’ll be ok. AEW has quite the collection of talent throughout its roster, with several different kinds of wrestlers included. This allows them to have a variety of matches, some of which can be different than their norm. However, that might not be the case for the time being, as one wrestler’s roster status has been changed thanks to a certain less than happy boss.
Last week on AEW Dynamite, Wardlow requested that Maxwell Jacob Friedman release him from his contract, freeing him to do whatever he wanted. This week, Friedman turned down the request and promised to make Wardlow life a nightmare. As a result, Wardlow’s profile has been removed from AEW’s website as part of the storyline. Friedman commented on the change on Twitter, asking “where’s Wardlow?” and laughing.
Where’s wardlow?!?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!https://t.co/gS2Kwxu4yE
— Maxwell Jacob Friedman™? (@The_MJF) March 24, 2022
Opinion: This is the kind of detail that makes an AEW storyline feel that much more rea..

Ring Of Honor
Date: March 23, 2022
We continue the road to the relaunch and this time around we are looking at one of the most important people in the company’s recent history. The next two weeks will look at Jonathan Gresham, the reigning World Champion, including his rise through the company. Gresham has been one of the best things about Ring Of Honor for a long time now so let’s get to it.
Quick video on Gresham.
From Final Battle 2021.
Ring of Honor World Title: Jonathan Gresham vs. Jay Lethal For the vacant title, as Bandido is out with Coronavirus. The fans are rather happy with this one as they trade wristlocks to start with no one getting anywhere. A headlock takeover doesn’t do much for Lethal either as they’re certainly starting technical. Gresham manages to send him outside and catches Lethal with a kick in the arm on the way back in. A headlock takeover with an armtrap keeps Lethal down but Lethal cartwheels into the basement dropkick to get a breather.
Lethal slams hi..

Welcome to the team. There are a lot of wrestlers on the WWE roster today but only a handful are able to stand out above the rest so quickly. It takes a special something to make someone have that kind of an impact and oftentimes a sports background will do the trick. That is the case with a signed WWE star, and now we know a lot more about what to expect from him.
Back in September 2021, NCAA Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson signed with WWE, albeit under a unique contract. Steveson was able to continue his education and college wrestling career, though at least the latter has finished. Steveson appeared on the MMA Hour and revealed that his WWE start date is just after WrestleMania, though no date was given. He also said that he planned on getting in the ring soon after WrestleMania, which is taking place on April 2 an3 3.
Opinion: It’s nice to see that Steveson is finally starting to get ready for his professional career, as his signing felt l..

That’s a different kind of appearance. Wrestlers are larger than life personalities by design and that has been the case for a very long time now. What makes them all the more interesting is the fact that eventually the cameras go off and the wrestlers become themselves. That often puts them into more common situations, but this time around even the normal situation had a bit of a twist.
Wrestling legends JJ Dillon, under his real name of Jim Morrison, and Kevin Sullivan appeared on Judge Steve Harvey this week. The two were involved in a case involving $7,500 that Dillon loaned Sullivan to buy a boat. Dillon said to “pay him back whenever”, which Sullivan thought meant he had more time. Harvey mentioned being a wrestling fan and the two discussed some of their careers. Eventually Harvey ordered Sullivan to pay the money, though the court footed the bill as a thank you for the years of entertainment. Sullivan and Dillon agreed to remain friends after the situation was over.
It was qu..

Open the envelope. At some point or another, any and every wrestling fan has discussed the best and worst of wrestling with someone else. It might have been over the best wrestler, the best match, the best move or vice versa, but it is something that almost everyone does. Now it has happened again, with fans getting a way in who is officially the best.
AEW announced its 2021 AEW Awards this weekend, with twelve awards being presented. The awards covered the best of AEW in 2021, including debuts, matches, promos, breakout stars and more. Fans were allowed to vote on the awards, with the winners being announced on a special streamed on AEW’s YouTube challel. Here is the full list of award winners:
* Biggest Surprise: Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson’s Debut
* Best Moment On The Mic: CM Punk Returns
* Biggest WTF Moment: NYE Street Fight
* Biggest Beatdown: Hangman Adam Page Goes 60 With Bryan Danielson
* Best Twitter Follow: Nyla Rose
* High Flyer: Dante Martin
* Best AEW Fashion Moment: ..

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?
No Mercy 2007
Date: October 7, 2007
Location: Allstate Arena, Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 12,500
Commentators: Jim Ross, Joey Styles, Jerry Lawler, Tazz, John Bradshaw Layfield, Michael Cole
It’s time for a special show as John Cena is no longer the WWE Champion due to suffering an injury on Raw. Therefore we are guaranteed a new champion, though it is not clear how the title will be decided. Other than that, the Smackdown side features Batista defending the World Title against Great Khali in a Punjabi Prison ma..

Dynamite
Date: March 23, 2022
Location: HEB Center, Cedar Park, Texas
Commentators: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Excalibur
We’re still in Texas and this time around CM Punk is back for a match with Dax Harwood. Other than that we are probably going to hear something from Thunder Rosa after she won the Women’s Title last week in her hometown. If we’re lucky, we might even get more of the Young Bucks trying to find out who their real friends are. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
CM Punk vs. Dax Harwood Cash Wheeler is here too. They grapple into the corner to start and Harwood takes him down for an early breather. Punk is back up with a hammerlock but Harwood elbows him in the face to break it up. Back up and Punk gets kneed in the ribs, setting up a snap suplex. A backbreaker doesn’t even get one so Harwood grabs a chinlock. Harwood misses a headbutt though and it’s time to forearm it out. Punk gets the better of things and goes up top, where he has to break up Harwood trying a superp..

He’s in for the long haul. Despite everything that the company has accomplished so far, AEW has not been around for very long. We are still coming up on the three year anniversary of the company’s first show and there have been several roster changes since the debut. Now though, one wrestler is going to be sticking around after signing a new contract with the company.
According to Fightful Select, AEW has signed Ethan Page to a long term extension with the company, with the deal being made at some point last year. The terms of the deal were not disclosed but it is expected to be a multiple year deal. Page debuted with the company in March 2021 and has become part of the Men of the Year stable along with Dan Lambert and Scorpio Sky.
Opinion: Page might not be the biggest star in AEW but he is someone worth keeping around. AEW needs young stars who can be there in the coming years and that is what they are covering here. It is a good idea and something that seems to make both sides hap..

That’s kind of the point. Wrestling is a rather complicated situation a lot of the time, but ultimately it comes down to having people pay money to watch your shows. If that is not a possible option, the second best option is to get people to see the shows from home. That might not be the easiest thing at times, but now WWE has some news that is going to make things a bit easier.
WWE has announced a new broadcasting agreement with the MBC Group, which will allow their programming to be shown in northern Africa and the Middle East. The deal will include broadcasts of Monday Night Raw and SmackDown, plus all premium live events. Events will air on Saudi Arabia’s Shahid streaming service, which will also offer over 10,000 hours of WWE content. The content will be available later this month.
Opinion: This is more good news for WWE, as the company is going to get even more money to air the content that they have already filmed. The move doesn’t require any significant effort from WWE but ..

As you probably know, we are ten days away from WrestleMania 38 and as of this writing, eleven matches have been set for the show, with five matches on the first night and six on the second. In theory, there are going to be about four or five more matches added to the card, though WWE needs to actually get somewhere with that. There are a few matches you can probably guarantee from here, but there are two people who seem to be sitting around waiting on something.
Within the last month, WWE has seen multiple title changes, including two singles titles. On February 28, Finn Balor defeated Damian Priest to win the United States Title. On March 4, Ricochet defeated Sami Zayn to win the Intercontinental Title. Both of those title changes are within six weeks of WrestleMania, but WWE does not seem to notice that either of the changes have taken place.
With regards to WrestleMania, the United States and Intercontinental Titles mean a grand total of nothing. Neither champion is currently sch..