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They’re good at that. Wrestlers have a difficult task, as they are asked to make fans believe what they are doing is real while also having a fully cooperative match. This is in addition to building up a character, which is often best done through promos and segments. Sometimes a wrestler makes it work very well, which is the case with some modern stars. However, some of them broke character for a rather nice reason recently.
Jarrius Robertson, a WWE fan with a chronic live disease who has undergone two liver transplants, was in attendance at this week’s SmackDown. Various wrestlers acknowledged him throughout the night, including Roman Reigns, Big E. and Jimmy Uso, the latter of whom gave Robertson his shirt. Robertson is a longtime WWE fan and received the Warrior Award at the 2018 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
This was pretty awesome. Check out some of the WWE roster interacting with Robertson:
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That’s a long time. There have been a lot of departures from WWE in the last year and a half and several of them have come from mass releases. WWE has let go all kinds of wrestlers at once in multiple groups, leaving the roster a bit weakened. However, there is one wrestler who is sticking around, even if he does not seem to want to. Now we know a bit more about what is going on.
Over the last few months, Mustafa Ali has been attempting to gain his release from WWE, but the company refuses to let him go. This stems from an argument between Ali and Vince McMahon over Ali not agreeing to some kind of an idea that McMahon had for him, as well as a lack of being used. Ali sent out a tweet over the weekend, saying that he will see us in “about two and a half years”, suggesting the length of time that he has left on his current WWE contract.
i’ll see ya all in like 2 1/2 years
— Mustafa Ali / Adeel Alam (@AliWWE) February 12, 2022
Opinion: This is a situation where I can see both sides, ..

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?
Elimination Chamber 2015
Date: May 31, 2015
Location: American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas
Commentators: Michael Cole, Booker T., Jerry Lawler
It’s another pay per view just two weeks after Payback but the card has been put together fairly well this time. The main event this time is WWE World Champion Seth Rollins defending against Dean Ambrose, plus the Tag Team Titles and Intercontinental Title being decided inside the Chamber, both for the first time ever. Let’s get to it.
Pre-Show: Zack Ryder vs. Stard..

Next woman up. The AEW roster has been built up rather well over the company’s three year history and that is a great thing to see. Above all else, AEW has done a great job of choosing who will be on the roster and that has made for some great moments. WWE knows what it is doing when it comes to making decisions and now they have picked up another promising star.
This week’s edition of AEW Dynamite included a match between TBS Champion Jade Cargill and AQA. Following the match, AEW has announced that AQA has been signed to a contract with the company. AQA has wrestled several matches for the company on Dark and was trained by WWE Hall of Famer Booker T. There is no word on when AQA will be wrestling her next match in AEW.
She’s a shooting star, and now @_AQA10 is All Elite! #AEW #AEWDynamite #AEWRampage pic.twitter.com/LZ7ocHROhC
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) February 11, 2022
Opinion: I’m a bit surprised at AQA getting signed after the match on Dynamite as it was not exactly the smoothe..

They must protect their house. WWE has been around for a very long time now and the company has been through a lot. The company has grown to levels that almost no one would have believed possible but they have managed to make it work. At the same time though, the company still wants to keep some of the traditions that they have had before. Now that means they are going out of their way to make something better this time around.
WWE will be returning to Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 5 for a live event. There are two matches advertised for the show, including Brock Lesnar challenging Bobby Lashley for the WWE Title and Seth Rollins challenging Roman Reigns for the Universal Title. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE is hoping to draw a higher attendance for the show because the previous show in the city did not do well. The arena is considered WWE’s home base and has been for several decades.
Opinion: This isn’t the biggest surprise, but there were a f..

Well that’s clever. There are a lot of wrestlers in the world but only a few manage to stand out. Some of them do this because of their ability to talk while others are able to get over because of what they can do in the ring. One thing that will always get some attention is an impressive physical accomplishment, and now one of the more awe inspiring moves is getting a pretty funny name.
This week’s edition of AEW Dynamite featured the surprise debut of Keith Lee, who signed with the company after being released from WWE last year. Lee defeated Isiah Kassidy in his debut match, which featured Lee bieling Kassidy across the ring. The match has received some attention online, which prompted Lee to officially dub the move the Uncle Phil Biel. The move is named after the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, where Uncle Phil would throw Jazz out of his house as a running gag.
Opinion: That is the kind of thing that I like about non-WWE promotions as WWE would never allow some kind of a pop culture re..

Someone has caught their eye. WWE has made a lot of changes in recent years and a lot of them involve their roster. Some things have been more severe than others, including WWE releasing well over a hundred wrestlers from the company in the last year and a half. That means WWE is going to need to fill in some spots on its roster, and now they might have someone else that they want to take one such spot.
According to the Mat Men Podcast, WWE is interested in signing AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill. The company has been impressed by what they have seen Cargill do on television. There is no word on when Cargill’s current AEW contract expired, though she made her debut on the November 11, 2020 edition of Dynamite. Cargill is currently undefeated and the inaugural TBS Champion.
There is a lot to it. Check out the full podcast:
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Opinion: I can understand why WWE would be interested in bringing in Cargill, who is a physical marvel and someone who co..

The following are spoilers for the February 18, 2022 edition of Smackdown, which was taped in New Orleans this evening. This is because WWE superstars and crew will be heading to Saudi Arabia next Friday to prepare for the Elimination Chamber premium live event the next day.
* The face-off between WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg opened the episode. This was basic trash talking between the two, not a long segment at all, and no fighting. Goldberg came out to his longer entrance from his dressing room, with pyro and all.
* Ricochet defeated Sheamus.
* Sami Zayn defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to become the new WWE Intercontinental Champion.
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Smackdown
Date: February 11, 2022
Location: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Commentators: Corey Graves, Michael Cole
We have less than ten days before Elimination Chamber and the only big thing on the Smackdown side is Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns. That might not sound too appealing, but that’s what the people paying for Elimination Chamber want to see. Other than that, we have the fallout from Ronda Rousey destroying Sonya Deville and choosing to face Charlotte at Wrestlemania. Let’s get to it.
We open with a recap of Ronda Rousey picking Charlotte for Wrestlemania and also taking out Sonya Deville for a bonus.
Here is Sonya Deville, with her arm in a sling, to say she is tired of people disrespecting her. There will be consequences for the actions of people like Ronda Rousey and Naomi. Therefore, she has requested that Rousey be fined $100,000 and suspended indefinitely. Cue Adam Pearce to say Vince McMahon has responded to her request via email.
Said email says that Vi..

Rampage
Date: February 11, 2022
Location: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Commentators: Excalibur, Ricky Starks, Chris Jericho, Taz
This show has its work cut out for it after this week’s pretty awesome Dynamite. They do have a pretty big card already set though as the Young Bucks are back in action against Roppongi Vice. That means we could be in for a Jay White appearance as well, plus maybe something more on Jon Moxley/Bryan Danielson later. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Young Bucks vs. Roppongi Vice Orange Cassidy is here with Vice and they’re already in the ring so we’re starting fast this week. Beretta sends Nick outside to start and so Matt comes in and get punched back and forth into the corners. The Bucks get kicked down though and heads up the ramp, with Roppongi Vice giving chase.
That means the Bucks can hit stereo superkicks and try to beat the countout. Vice makes it back in time and it’s Romero getting caught with a neckbreaker/backbreaker combination…

She’s a valuable star. The wrestling world has been shaken up time after time in the last few years and a lot of that has been due to the amount of wrestlers entering the free agent market. This has come from a mixture of WWE making a massive series of releases and Ring of Honor going into hiatus. That means several wrestlers have been up for grabs, but now one of the more prominent appears to be off the market.
According to PWInsider.com, former Ring of Honor Women’s Champion Rok-C was backstage at this week’s WWE SmackDown and appears to have signed with the company. This comes after Rok-C took part in a recent WWE tryout camp and a strong push began to sign her to the company. There is no word on when Rok-C will make her WWE debut or what her new WWE name might be.
Opinion: This one felt like more of a matter of time for WWE and that is not a bad thing. Rok-C is someone who made an impact rather quickly in her career and that is something that very well could be continuing in WWE…

Add it to the card. We are just over a week away from WWE Elimination Chamber and that means it is time to get the rest of the card together. There are several matches already set up for the show but a few spots are still available. WWE has a tendency to stack up these cards and that is what they are doing again, this time by adding in a pretty big grudge match after this week’s SmackDown.
The main event of this week’s edition of SmackDown saw Charlotte defeat Naomi to retain the SmackDown Women’s Title. Following the match, Sonya Deville and Charlotte attacked Naomi until Ronda Rousey ran in for the save. After the show went off the air, WWE announced a tag team match between Rousey and Naomi vs. Charlotte and Deville for Elimination Chamber. This is the third women’s match on the show, after a women’s Elimination Chamber match and Becky Lynch vs. Lita for the Raw Women’s Title.
Opinion: This is something that makes sense for the show and is also a good sign for the future of these ..