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It might not be that simple. The main event of WrestleMania 38 has been set, as Universal Champion Roman reigns will face WWE Champion Brock Lesnar in a winner take all title unification match. As a result, there will be one World Champion in WWE, marking the end of a five and a half year run with two World Titles. However, the new era might not wind up lasting that long.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE feels that it needs more than one World Champion at the moment. As a result, it is likely that WWE will either split the titles up again or introduce a new world title, as neither wrestler’s schedule nor the networks would be happy without having a full time World Champion. There is no word on how or when the change would be made.
Opinion: This isn’t the biggest surprise, as WWE has long since enjoyed the idea of having more than one World Champion on the roster at once. I’m not sure how WWE will get out of this, but having someone go on a rant about how there need..

Welcome back and get going. There are a lot of wrestlers on the AEW roster as the company has put together quite the collection of talent. The company has a great mixture of top level stars, up and coming wrestlers and younger names starting to get noticed. It can be interesting to see what happens when someone else is added to the mix and that was the case this week.
This week on AEW Rampage, Alex Abrahantes, Pac and Penta Obscuro challenged the House of Black to a six man tag at Revolution. The House of Black appeared and accepted the challenge, but Abrahantes said that he had someone else in mind to take his place. This brought out Erick Redbeard, formerly known as Erick Rowan, to help clear out the House of Black, with the six man tag being announced for Revolution. Redbeard has appeared for AEW before, making a one off appearance on the Brodie Lee memorial show in 2022.
Opinion: This is one of those cameos that I didn’t see coming but it was something that made me think it was a..

Not so fast? Wrestlers are athletes, but there are certain things about their careers that are not like their mainstream counterparts. One of the biggest is retirement, as wrestlers can often jump back into the ring for a one off here or there, as there is no such thing as a season in most wrestling promotions. That can make for some interesting returns, but we might not be seeing one this time.
Last month, a report emerged that Steve Austin was possibly returning to the ring for a match at WrestleMania 38, possibly against Kevin Owens. Nothing was ever officially announced though, and now the Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that Austin may not be having a match, though there is still a possibility. Austin is still expected to have a confrontation with Owens of some form, likely resulting in Owens taking a Stunner.
Opinion: The more I think about it, the better this might be for everyone involved. At the end of the day, Austin has not wrestled in nearly twenty years and is..

Maybe? Injuries are one of the worst things that can happen to a wrestler at any time as you never know how bad something might be. You can’t tell if someone is going to be out of action for a few days or several months and it can make for some rather scary moments. In this case though, you might not be able to tell if anything is wrong or not as the situation is not entirely clear.
There are conflicting reports about AEW’s Thunder Rosa suffering an injury this week at Dynamite. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Rosa suffered an injury, though it is not clear when it took place. Rosa teamed with Mercedes Martinez to defeat Jamie Hayter/Britt Baker, setting up Rosa’s match with Baker at Revolution. However, the Revolution match is still scheduled to take place, injury or not. At the same time, Fightful Select is reporting that according to AEW sources, Rosa did not suffer an injury despite having her leg taped. As the Newsletter reported, the match at Revolution is still ..

Dynamite
Date: March 17, 2021
Location: Daily’s Place, Jacksonville, Florida
Commentators: Excalibur, Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone
It’s time for the next special show as we have a St. Patrick’s Day special. This time around we have the fallout from last week’s big angle with the Inner Circle being laid out by MJF and his new group. Other than that, we have a major showdown with Thunder Rosa and Britt Baker. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
MJF and company arrived at the airport earlier today.
Penta El Zero M vs. Cody Rhodes
During the intros, Penta (through a translator) promises to send Cody onto an early paternity leave. Penta jumps Cody during the entrances and we starts on the floor. Some kicks to the face and leg have Cody in more trouble and they head inside. Cody screams at Penta for chopping him and hits a release gordbuster. The Sling Blade gives Penta two and a Backstabber is good for the same.
Penta starts going after Cody’s bad arm but he’s fine enough to send Penta out..

Smackdown
Date: March 4, 2022
Location: FTX Arena, Miami, Florida
Commentators: Pat McAfee, Michael Cole
We are less than a month away from Wrestlemania and the card is starting to come together. There are still some gaps that need to be filled in but now tonight we might have a better idea of how some of the title scene will look. This week features two title matches which could see some shakeups. Let’s get to it.
Paul Heyman talks about being the advocate for Roman Reigns, who will be here tonight.
Ronda Rousey is ready for her first Smackdown match.
Sonya Deville is ready to teach Rousey about authority.
The Viking Raiders are ready to hunt the Usos, rip them apart, and take the Tag Team Titles.
The Usos say the Vikings are fat.
Ricochet says he’s taking the Intercontinental Title from Sami Zayn.
Sami Zayn lists off his monikers and says after tonight, people will be talking about him being the best Intercontinental Champion.
Intercontinental Title: Ricochet vs. Sami Zayn R..

Rampage
Date: March 4, 2022
Location: Addition Financial Arena, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Excalibur, Chris Jericho, Ricky Starks, Taz
It’s a rare live edition this week as it is also the go home show for this weekend’s Revolution pay per view. That could make things a bit more interesting, as we also have a title match. Sammy Guevara will be defending the TNT Title against Darby Allin and Andrade El Idolo, which should be a good one. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
TNT Title: Andrade El Idolo vs. Darby Allin vs. Sammy Guevara Guevara is defending. Andrade bails out to the floor to start before being chased back inside. Allin hits a high angle springboard armdrag to take Andrade down but Sammy takes Allin down as well. Sammy loads up a superplex but Andrade turns it into a Tower of Doom, albeit after walking forward while holding both of them up at once.
We take a break and come back with Andrade suplexing Sammy into the corner and a moonsault press connects to give Andrade ..

Mark your calendars. WWE runs several may per view events a year and some of them are among the most well known shows on the wrestling schedule. The company has several shows that are longstanding traditions, though sometimes they will move one of them around the schedule a bit in one direction or another. WWE did that last year and now they seem to have made the move permanent.
WWE has announced that Hell In A Cell will be taking place on Sunday June 5 at the Allstate Arena near Chicago, Illinois, marking the show’s first time taking place at the venue. This will be the second year in a row that Hell In A Cell has taken place in June after being held in October for all but one of its previous editions. There are no matches announced for the show.
Opinion: There is something fun about seeing the pay per view calendar being announced as you might get to take in a show that you weren’t expecting. I still don’t care for the idea of having a show like Hell In A Cell taking place at the s..

There’s your next one. With WrestleMania 38 less than a month away, it is time to start getting ready for the biggest show of the year. That means WWE needs to set up the card in the way that draws in the most eyes, which includes coming up with some matches that might draw in a crowd that might not usually watch. WWE is trying just that with a special celebrity match.
This week on SmackDown, actor Johnny Knoxville interrupted Sami Zayn’s Intercontinental Title match against Ricochet, costing Zayn the title. As a result, Zayn challenged Knoxville to a match at WrestleMania 38, which Knoxville accepted later in the night. Knoxville has been tormenting Zayn for most of the year, including appearing in the Royal Rumble, where Zayn eliminated him. Zayn also crashed the premiere of Knoxville’s film Jackass Forever, with Knoxville coming back to SmackDown to retaliate.
Opinion: This is the kind of thing that makes sense, but I’m rather happy that it is not going to be a title match. Celebr..

There’s the next one. We are less than a month away from WrestleMania 38 and that means the show is starting to come into focus. With so many matches that need to be set up, WWE has a lot of work to do before we get to the event. They have covered the major title matches but some of the grudge matches still need to be set up. WWE covered one of them this week.
Earlier this week, Vince McMahon appeared on the Pat McAfee Show and announced that McAfee, a WWE SmackDown broadcaster, will be wrestling at WrestleMania but no opponent was announced. This week on SmackDown, Austin Theory came to ringside and slapped McAfee in the face, saying that he is McAfee’s opponent for WrestleMania. McAfee and McMahon had been rumored for a WrestleMania match and it is not clear if McMahon will still be involved.
Opinion: I’m curious to see how this is going to go because McAfee vs. Theory isn’t exactly a red hot match. McMahon is going to have to be added to it in some capacity, even if it is being in..

History has been made! There are a lot of titles in the wrestling world and many of the most famous and well known are under the WWE banner. The company has been around for so many years that it has had a chance to build up some lineages. One of those titles changing hands can mean a great deal for someone and that was the case again late this week.
This week on SmackDown, Ricochet defeated Sami Zayn to win the Intercontinental Title for the first time in his career. Ricochet won the title when Zayn was distracted by Johnny Knoxville, who came to the ring, allowing Ricochet to hurricanrana him for the pin. This is Ricochet’s second singles title in WWE, along with the United States Title, plus one reign as NXT North American Champion.
Opinion: This was quite the surprise and that is a nice thing to see. Ricochet is someone who has seemed ready to take a big step forward for a long time now but has not really been given a chance. I don’t know how the title reign is going to go, but wh..

The course of history was shifted forever. WWE has posted a new video to its YouTube channel in which they show the full segment from the April 4, 2011 episode of RAW when John Cena and The Rock make their WrestleMania XXVIII (28) match official.
You can see the segment in its entirety below:
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Here’s how the match went down:
Shortly after the bell rang, Cena sent The Rock tumbling with a show of power to send an early message to start the contest. The Rock didn’t flinch and promptly returned the favor with a shove of his own that tossed Cena down to the canvas. The Great One proved that he didn’t miss a beat despite the ring rust, as he executed a couple of hip tosses and a very crafty la magistral rollup for a near-pinfall. Cena looked shocked as he took a breather in the corner of the ring.
After Rock managed to slip out of an Attitude Adjustment attempt, he nailed the much-anticipated People’s Elbow, but it still wouldn’t be enough to d..