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That might explain a few things. Wrestlers are some of the tougher athletes that you will find in the world today. They are out there almost every single night and trying to entertain the fans, which is a lot harder than it seems. The wrestlers have to work through all kinds of injuries, some of which are a lot more serious than others. This time though, there was an issue before the match that you didn’t see.
This week’s edition of AEW Dynamite featured a match between Lance Archer and Frankie Kazarian. Archer won the match in about ten minutes with Kazarian getting in rather little offense. Kazarian has sent out a tweet from before the match, showing a case of bursitis on his elbow, which had to be drained with a syringe. Despite the injury, Kazarian said he was making no complaints about the match and praised Archer for the win. There is nothing to suggest that Kazarian will miss any ring time.
Two Hours before my match with @LanceHoyt I had a bad case of bursitis and had to have ..

I’d think he has earned it. There are certain wrestlers who do not seem to age no matter how long they have been around. It can make for some amazing moments when they continue to hang in there year after year. That is the case with a few modern legends and another of them turned back the clock again earlier this week. It was good enough for a rather nice treat.
This week’s edition of AEW Dynamite featured a main event of Sting and Darby Allin teaming up to defeat the Acclaimed. Sting wrestled a majority of the match on his own as Allin was attacked before the bell. Following the show, AEW President Tony Khan came to the ring to pay tribute to Sting, talking about how much he loved wrestling and could still do it. Sting spoke as well, talking about Allin and how he felt as good as he did back in 1997. Sting ended the night with his It’s Showtime catchphrase.
It was a great moment. Check out what happened after this week’s Dynamite ended:
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When you watch enough wrestling over the years, at some point you are going to see something that makes your head tilt to the side and your mouth drop open a little bit. Oftentimes these are some of the most memorable things you see, albeit for all the wrong reasons. WWE has a tendency to make a lot more of these decisions that any other promotion and they have done it again, this time in a pretty had way.
Let’s get straight to this. At some point over the last few weeks, WWE filed a trademark application for Gunther Stark, a new wrestling name. The company certainly has a history of coming up with one strange name after another, but this was a bit out there even for them. Then this week on NXT, Walter announced that his new name was Gunther, with the name change being made official the next day. That might seem fine enough as it goes, but there is one major detail:
Gunther Stark is the name of a Nazi U-boat captain who served in World War II.
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She might have a new home. There have been a lot of huge shakeups in the wrestling world and quite a few of them have come from WWE’s massive series of releases. WWE has let go all kinds of wrestlers from its main roster and NXT, many of whom have now gone elsewhere. That can make for some surprising moments, another of which might be happening sooner than later.
According to Wrestlinginc.com, AEW is planning to release a Marina Shafir shirt, which has already been announced by Pro Wrestling Tees. While not confirmed, this could suggest that Shafir will be signing with AEW in one way or another. Shafir has wrestled three matches on AEW Dark, starting in December, since her release from WWE on June 25, 2021, along with several other wrestlers.
Shafir is a wrestler and also a former mixed martial artist, including being part of the Four Horsewomen with Ronda Rousey, Shayna Baszler and Jessamyn Duke. She signed with WWE in May 2018 and spent her time with the company in NX, mainly teami..

Just in time. We are less than three months away from WWE’s biggest show of the year with WrestleMania 38. That means WWE needs to have things ready for the two shows, which will include having as much of their roster ready as they can. That is the kind of thing that can be hard to pull off, but it seems that WWE is getting some good news just in time for the show.
According to PWInsider.com, SmackDown’s Drew McIntyre is currently scheduled for the March 25 edition of SmackDown, the next to last edition of the show before WrestleMania 38. McIntyre has been out of action since Day One, when he was written off television by an attack by Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss. This was done to allow McIntyre to heal his neck, which has been damaged for several months. There is no word on what McIntyre will be doing at WrestleMania.
Opinion: It is great to have McIntyre back and they are nailing the timing here. Above all else, it is nice to see McIntyre getting his chance for a special moment in ..

That could be worse. An injury can be a terrible thing in wrestling for a lot of reasons. First and foremost, you never want to see someone get hurt in any way. Second, you never want to see someone have to miss time from the ring. Unfortunately it can happen to anyone and it has happened again to a very popular star. Now we know a bit more about his recovery time.
Last week, it was reported that AEW’s Eddie Kingston suffered an injury and would be on the shelf for a little while. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, Kingston should be out for around three weeks, which will put him back in action in early February. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Kingston is recovering from a fractured orbital bone, though it is not clear how or when he suffered the injury.
Opinion: The good news out of this is that the injury should not take too long to heal. While a fractured bone is a bad situation, it could have been a lot worse and Kingston is rather lucky to have it not been m..

It’s going to happen at some point. With as much wrestling as you can find anywhere today, there are going to be some instances of things not going as planned. Sometimes a match might be announced in advance but for one reason or another, a change has to be made. That seems to be the case again this week and now we know a bit more about what happened.
Last week on AEW Dynamite, FTR interrupted a Lee Johnson/k Anderson interview to set up a match on this week’s show. However, the match did not take place and there was little mention of the match whatsoever. According to PWInsider.com, the match was postponed due to medical protocols, though it is not clear which of the four were involved. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, there is no word on if this is a Coronavirus incident.
Opinion: This is the kind of thing that is going to happen from time to time and while there is no mention of the Coronavirus, it is easy to jump to that conclusion. I’m sure we’ll see the match take place w..

This is only a rumor, so take it for what it’s worth. It had been previously reported that Mustafa Ali had requested his release from his WWE contract in order to pursue other projects.
According to a report from Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, WWE has denied Ali’s request for his release to be granted.
WWE does not plan to grant Mustafa Ali's request for release, Fightful Select has learned.
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— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) January 20, 2022
Ali has been ready to return to WWE since the beginning of December, following one week off for the birth of his third child. He has not appeared on WWE programming since the October 29 episode of Smackdown, where he lost a match to Drew McIntyre.
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The statement that was released stated: “I have a message that is much bigger than my dreams in pro wrestling…

It’s that time of year again! WWE has announced the arrival of its WWE 2K22 video game, produced by Visual Concepts. The game includes a number of new features and features Rey Mysterio on the cover.
Below is the official trailer for the game:
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From WWE.com:
“Representing the culture of lucha libre as the cover Superstar for WWE 2K22 is a moment of great pride for me,” said Rey Mysterio. “I’m looking forward to sharing the stories behind the big moments of my career with a dedicated community of players and connecting with WWE fans in a whole new way as they play through my 2KShowcase.”
“Throughout his career, Rey Mysterio has staged multiple comebacks to prove his resiliency time and time again, and through it all, has cemented his legacy as a living legend of sports entertainment,” said Alfie Brody, Vice President of Global Marketing Strategy at 2K. “In that same spirit of resiliency, WWE 2K22 strikes back with a slew of upgrades and com..

He’ll be sticking around. One of the most important wrestling stories over the last few months has been the amount of wrestlers leaving WWE. There are a few different sides to this, but the most interesting of them all is how many wrestlers are deciding that WWE is not the best place for them anymore. It is almost more interesting when someone sticks around, and that is the case again.
Fightful Select is reporting that Sami Zayn has signed a new deal with WWE and will be with the company for the next several years. Zayn’s contract had been coming up soon, though it was not clear how long Zayn had left in the company. Zayn had been reported to sign a new deal a few months ago, but he had been quiet about the negotiations. He is also currently the #1 contender to the Intercontinental Title.
Zayn has been part of the WWE main roster since 2015 and has won the Intercontinental twice during his time with the company. This is in addition to a run in NXT, where he is a former NXT Champion. ..

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?
Royal Rumble 2021
Date: January 31, 2021
Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton, Samoa Joe, Tom Phillips
It’s officially the Road To Wrestlemania and that should only be a good thing. The other major positive this year is how wide open both Rumbles could be, which means we could be in for a lot of drama. Other than that though, it is going to be a bit sad to watch the Rumble with no crowd. Let’s get to it.
Kickoff Show: Women’s Tag Team Titles: As..

That was special. There are some things that are just more important than wrestling. Sometimes you have wrestlers dealing with things that take place outside of the ring and need to be dealt with before someone can get back to work. That was the case last year, but now we have something to make the situation a lot better and it was a very special moment.
This week’s edition of AEW Dynamite featured the return of Jon Moxley, who has been away from the show and wrestling since October. Moxley had been undergoing alcohol rehabilitation treatment and had been away from the industry since. He gave a speech to open the show, talking about how his scars told his story and said the only thing that he drinks now is blood. There is no word on when Moxley will return to the ring in AEW.
It was a special moment. Check out the great speech:
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Opinion: You don’t get to see many things like this in wrestling and it was a special moment. This is the kind of..