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They need the help. We are less than three weeks away from WrestleMania 38 and WWE is still putting together some of the pieces for what they have coming up. This includes some things that have nothing to do with the actual WrestleMania events, but are merely going on at the same time. One such event has yet to be announced, but WWE is still getting its work force together.
WWE has sent out a press release, by way of Wrestlinginc.com, requesting volunteers to work at their upcoming Superstore Axxess event at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The positions offered include greeters, assisting with photo ops and prop handling, though there is nothing to suggest that there will be wrestlers involved. There will however be photo ops available with WWE memorabilia. WWE has yet to announce that the event will take place.
It looks like the WWE Axxess superstore will happen but no axxess to meet superstars. #WWE #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/DmsXfhO48L
— Jackie Gue..

It’s an honor. Wrestling is often centered around titles and championships, some of which are among the most sought after prizes in wrestling. However, those titles are eventually lost, with the championship changing hands. There are very few accomplishments in wrestling that last forever, but now some legends have achieved one of the most prestigious honors in the industry.
According to PWInsider.com, twelve names have officially been confirmed for the 2022 class of the International Professional Wrestling Hall Of Fame. This is the second class of the Hall Of Fame, which will be inducted on August 27 in Albany, New York. Here are the inductees, in alphabetical order:
Alex Aberg
Steve Austin
Fred Beell
Mildred Burke
Tom Cannon
Riki Choshu
Dory Funk Jr.
Karl Gotch
Tom Jenkins
Jim Londos
Billy Robinson
Joe Stecher
Genichiro Tenyru
Opinion: There is something very special about seeing legends honored like this. You do not get to see many unaffiliated Halls of Fame and it is rather cool..

Please get better. Wrestlers are a lot of things, including some of the most over the top, larger than life characters that you will see in all of television. They are able to showcase their abilities in front of a lot of people at the same time, ranging from television to live events. However, they are still humans, and that means bad things can happen to them, which was the case this week.
PW Torch is reporting that WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall is on life support at a hospital in Marietta, Georgia after suffering three heart attacks. Hall underwent hip replacement surgery last week but a blood clot got loose to cause the issue. There is no word on Hall’s chances for survival or what his next steps will be. Hall was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2014 on his own and again in 2020 as part of the New World Order.
Opinion: All that matters here is Hall’s health and hopefully he is able to make a full recovery. This is about as serious as you can get as Hall is literally survivin..

Welcome back. An injury is something that you rarely see coming in wrestling and that makes it all the worse. Some of them are going to take a wrestler out of action for a long time, which can leave a lot of people wiating for them to get back in the ring. That can take a good while, but now another wrestler has returned to action after a pretty long time off due to an injury.
Xavier Woods returned to action this weekend at a WWE live event in Jackson, Mississippi. Woods and Kofi Kingston teamed together in a losing effort in a triple threat match against Ridge Holland/Sheamus and the Usos, who retained their SmackDown Tag Team Titles. This was Woods’ first match since the January 7 SmackDown as he has been out of action with a calf injury.
The @WWEUsos bringing the heat against the New Day at #WWEJackson pic.twitter.com/TJaqr8u2hP
— Scott Boyes (@Wabigama) March 13, 2022
Opinion: That is great to hear as you never want to see someone out of action with an injury. Woods is one of t..

They have his back. An injury can be a terrible thing to see and some of them can be among the worst things to happen to a wrestler. In the blink of an eye, someone’s career and oftentimes life can be changed in an awful way, which leaves a lot of questions to be answered. One of the few positives to come out of this can be the outpouring of responses, which is the case again.
This week on SmackDown, Big E. fractured two of the vertebrae in his neck when he was suplexed on the floor. He has since released a pair of videos updating fans on his condition, including an announcement that he will not need surgery. The injury took place on live television and several wrestlers and wrestling personalities have responded to the situation via Twitter. Here are some of the reactions.
One of the best humans in the world. I’m hoping you’ve been keeping it a secret that you have wolverine-esque healing powers. Thinking of you. Love you E. https://t.co/RYJyQud9GT
— The Man (@BeckyLynchWWE) March ..

She could be next. WWE’s roster has undergone a lot of changes over the last several months and there is nothing to suggest that those changes are done. Many of the changes have involved wrestlers leaving NXT, meaning its roster has been severely depleted. That leaves a lot of spots available, with some main roster names moving down. We might know who will be going next.
Alexa Bliss took part in the WWE2K22 launch stream and suggested that she might go to NXT to try and win the NXT Women’s Title. Bliss said that she never won the title and “you never know, you never know.” A five time WWE Women’s Champion, Bliss wrestled in NXT from 2013-2016, where she also served as a manager. She has wrestled one match since September and it is not clear when she will return to WWE TV.
There was a lot to this. Check out the full stream:
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Opinion: It’s not the worst idea in the world, as it isn’t like Bliss is doing anything on the main roster at the mome..

That could have been worse. We are less than three weeks away from WrestleMania 38 and that means the show has started to come together. You can see most of the matches from here, including ten that have been officially confirmed for the show. WWE still has a lot of work to do, but they almost suffered a setback last week due to an injury. Now though it seems that it was not as bad as originally thought.
Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch missed this week’s Monday Night Raw after suffering an injury to her voice box the previous night at a live event. Lynch was back in the ring this Saturday though, wrestling in a six woman tag at another live event in Columbus, Georgia. It is not clear how much she did in the match, but she was at least present for the match and on the apron. Lynch is scheduled to defend her title against Bianca Belair at WrestleMania.
She showed up and showed out ? #WWEColumbus pic.twitter.com/or2y8G7pn2
— ??????? (@BigTimeGoat) March 13, 2022
becky is totally fine..

They weren’t done yet. A wrestling show can cover a lot of ground in just a few years. That is the kind of thing that makes fans want to pay their money to come and see the event, but sometimes you need a little more than just the main show. If you can watch the same thing from home, there needs to be some incentive to come watch in person. That was the case again this week.
This week’s SmackDown featured a dark match both before and after the show went off the air. According to Fightful Select, the pre-show dark match saw Xia Li defeat Shotzi. The post show dark match was originally planned to see Big E. and Kofi Kingston team up with Drew McIntyre to face Sami Zayn, Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss. Due to Big E.’s injury, McIntyre defeated Austin Theory instead. Both McIntyre and Theory appeared on the show but neither had a match.
Opinion: This is the kind of thing that can make for some interesting situations. You don’t know who you might get to see at a show like this and the main ..

They lost another one. The wrestling landscape has changed a lot over the last few years and most of those changes have been centered around AEW and WWE. Those are not the only important promotions in the world though as there are other companies that make moves on a regular basis. Now it appears that another name has left one of those promotions as well.
According to Fightful Select, Fallah Bahh is finished with Impact Wrestling. Bahh has been removed from the Impact Wrestling roster page and has been added to The Wrestling Code video game’s lineup, which was not allowed for Impact stars. There is no word on why Bahh left and nothing to suggest any bad blood between the two sides. This ends a run of about five years with the promotion, which has recently lost multiple wrestlers, including Jake Something last week.
Opinion: This shouldn’t be a huge surprise as Impact is bringing in a lot of new stars. That means that some of the older stars, especially those who have not been around ..

That could be worse. Injuries can be devastating to anyone in wrestling as you never know when one of them will take place. Some of them come out of nowhere due to a simple mistake in a match and those can often be the worst possible. What matters the most is how long it will take someone to get healthy and we have positive updates on a pair of injured wrestlers.
Both Big E. and Chelsea Green were injured over the last week and have now provided updates on their situations. Big E. was injured during a match this week on SmackDown and posted a video saying he had broken his neck. He has since sent out another video, announcing that his C1 and C6 vertebrae are fractured but not displaced. He also has no ligament or spinal cord damage. As a result, he will not need surgery, though there is no timetable for his return.
Green was injured during a match with Deonna Purrazzo at Impact Wrestling’s Sacrifice event. According to F4WOnline.com, Green suffered a fractured radius in her forearm. ..

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?
Wrestlemania XVI
Date: April 2, 2000
Location: Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, California
Attendance: 19,776
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
This was one of the shows that tied for the most votes for a redo but I’ve seen Wrestlemania X, the other option, more times than I really need to and this sounded more interesting. It’s kind of an infamous Wrestlemania as there are no singles matches on the entire show but it is the biggest show of the year in the best year WWE has ever seen. Let’s get to it.
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There is a reason for that. Having the right name is one of the most important things that a wrestler can have. The wrong name can cause a problem for any wrestler as they might not be taken as seriously as they are supposed to be. Sometimes you see someone have their names changed in a way that seems to be a bit odd. That was the case this week, and now we might know what happened.
Pete Dunne made his SmackDown debut this week as the new associate of Sheamus and Ridge Holland, though he is now known as Butch. According to Fightful Select, the speculation is that the name is designed to be a Bushwhackers reference, as Holland’s real first name is Luke, who teamed with Butch as the Bushwhackers. In addition, a WWE alumnus felt that the name was a reference to the Butch character on the Little Rascals shorts, whose original run ended in 1944.
Opinion: I have no idea why WWE decided to change Dunne’s name and I think that might be for the best. This feels like their recent change from W..