NEWS

That’s how they’re dealing with things. The Coronavirus is hitting the wrestling world all over again and there is nothing to suggest that it is going away anytime soon. This can cause a heck of a lot of problems in a hurry and that is the case with WWE. The company has a lot of resources available though, and now they are going to have to use some more to their advantage.
WWE is holding its annual post Christmas live event at Madison Square Garden in New York City this weekend and a surprise match has been announced. The Garden’s Twitter account has announced that NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa will be defending his title against Pete Dunne. According to PWInsider.com, the match is also being added to this week’s Monday Night Raw live events in an effort to make up for some of the wrestlers taken off the shows due to Coronavirus issues.
JUST ANNOUNCED: @NXTCiampa defends his #WWENXT Championship against @PeteDunneYxB TONIGHT at #WWEMSG!
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A lot went down this year. We are coming up on the end of 2021 and it has been an up and down year to put it mildly. There have been some great things, but also some moments that we would probably like to forget. That has certainly been the case in the world of wrestling as well, but WWE is having a look back anyway, with their latest glance being at a pretty specific area.
WWE has released a new video looking at the top ten most surprising moments of the year on Monday Night Raw. The video includes moments from both the Thunderdome and live event portions of the year. There are several different kinds of surprises on the list, including returns, attacks, and title changes, which came in more than one way. One of the entries took place as early as this week.
It was a busy year. Check out the video, plus some other WWE surprises:
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Rampage
Date: December 25, 2021
Location: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina
Commentators: Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Ricky Starks
It’s a Christmas special and this week will be headlined by a pretty big title match. The show’s main event will feature TNT Champion Sammy Guevara defending against Cody Rhodes, who is looking to become the first three time TNT Champion. Other than that, Hook has his second televised match, which should be interesting. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Jungle Boy vs. Isaiah Kassidy Luchasaurus, Christian Cage, Marq Quen and Matt Hardy are all here too. Jungle shoulders him down to start but Kassidy sends him into the corner for some kicks to the face. Back up and Jungle starts sliding around, only to get caught with a springboard Stunner to send him outside. The big running corkscrew dive takes Jungle down again and it’s a slingshot hilo for one back inside. Hardy sneaks in a right hand from the floor, allowing Kassidy to hit a basement dr..

They keep changing. The Coronavirus pandemic is still alive and well and there is nothing to suggest that it will be wrapping up anytime soon. We are currently in another spike and that could continue for a good while. The situation has certainly changed the wrestling industry again, and now we know a little bit more about how the biggest promotions are dealing with it.
Earlier this week, several WWE wrestlers reportedly tested positive for the Coronavirus. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the WWE wrestlers are not allowed to talk about their positive diagnosis as per orders from management. AEW wrestlers are under no such restrictions, though no wrestlers have disclosed a recent positive test. At the moment, both companies are planning to move forward without making any major changes due to the pandemic.
WWE is in a bit of a tight spot at the moment. Check out some WWE holiday moments to lighten the mood a bit:
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Call it a battleground. WWE is still the biggest wrestling promotion in the world and that has been the case for a very long time now. There is nothing to suggest that their status will change anytime soon, but they now have someone closing in on them for the first time in a good while. AEW has changed things up a lot, and some small battle lines have been draw, but not one that you might expect.
According to a Q&A session with Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select, WWE wrestlers are not taking extreme sides between the two companies. While there are such stances taken by WWE, management, the wrestlers are said to not have as much of an us vs. them mentality. Several of the wrestlers from both promotions have made positive references to each other in the past and there is nothing to suggest any serious animosity between the two sides.
Both promotions have done rather well. Check out what they have been doing as of late:
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Get the trucks ready. The Coronavirus had a huge impact on the wrestling world and a lot of those changes are still being felt to this day. While things are not completely fixed and there are a lot of areas that need to be improved, you can see that we are getting better. That is the case again with one of the bigger promotions as it has some good news for itself and its fans.
Impact Wrestling has announced that they are returning to the road for regular television tapings starting in 2022. This will include their regular Impact Plus specials and pay per views as well as Impact tapings. This marks the first time that the company has regularly toured in several years, following extended stints in both Nashville, Tennessee and Las Vegas, Nevada.
The #RoadToRebellion begins January 8th at #HardToKill
Check out all the upcoming events in cities near you below!
More Info: https://t.co/bQfDZGK3RH
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It’s another career path. Wrestlers have some limited options when it comes to getting out of the industry. While some are able to retire, there are others who do not have the greatest list of opportunities so they are forced to stay in the ring long after they probably should have hung up their boots. There are other chances available for some though and now we might be seeing one wrestler try something new.
WWE held tryouts for this week in Orlando, Florida in an attempt to find new stars for the company. Former NXT Champion Samoa Joe was seen at the camp, scouting talent and taking notes on potential signings. This comes after Joe has not been seen since September, when he vacated the NXT Title due to an undisclosed injury. At the time, Dave Meltzer reported that Joe had been wanted in a backstage role in WWE. There is no word on if Joe will wrestle again.
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— Wrestling News (@WrestlingNewsCo) December 24, 2021
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There’s your history. Titles are often the most important part of a wrestling promotion as they are the way to determine the best wrestlers in the company. This might be by means of actual skill or through cheating, but winning a championship is one of the easiest ways to present a star. Now we are seeing a wrestler setting a record for holding a title, even if it has not been around very long.
Cody Rhodes won the TNT Title in the main event of this week’s AEW Rampage. Rhodes defeated Sammy Guevara to win the title for the third time, breaking his own record for the most reigns in the title’s history. This marks the first time that any AEW wrestler has held a title three times. The win ends Guevara’s reign at 87 days after he won the title from Miro on the September 29 Dynamite.
The title has been sought after since its introduction. Check out some of its better title matches:
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That doesn’t sound great. AEW has had a huge impact on the wrestling world and has done so under a very different method. While President Tony Khan seems to have the final say on just about everything, there are a group of wrestlers with quite a bit of authority of their own. However, there is a report that one of them might not be the friendliest backstage. Now some wrestlers are disagreeing with what was said.
Earlier this week, PW Torch reported that AEW Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes is not as approachable with the rest of the roster as CM Punk. After the report was published, several AEW wrestlers have come to Rhodes’ defense, including QT Marshall, Fuego del Sol, Preston Vance and more. All of them spoke about how Rhodes has helped them and offered advice when needed. PW Torch has not responded to the wrestlers’ comments.
Idk who gives Wade his info! “Unlike Cody” …
I wish Cody was unapproachable. So when he’s filming one of his 30 tv shows, I’d have his locker room in p..

Smackdown
Date: December 24, 2021
Location: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois
Commentators: Michael Cole, Pat McAfee
It’s Christmas Eve and thankfully we are taped instead of running a live show. We have a stacked card this week too, with a 12 man gauntlet match for to crown a new #1 contender to the Intercontinental Title, along with a showdown for the SmackDown Women’s Title as Charlotte defends against Toni Storm. Let’s get to it.
We open with a recap of the end of last year’s show, with Roman Reigns hugging Paul Heyman, then firing him and laying him out with the Superman Punch. Then it was Brock Lesnar coming out and attacking Reigns to wrap things up.
Earlier today, Kayla Braxton sat down with a disheveled Paul Heyman (he needs to shave) so he can tell his side of the story. What happened was he was publicly fired, publicly attacked and publicly shamed. He told Roman Reigns the truth and he paid the price for it, publicly. Heyman doesn’t regret telling the truth because he wa..

We’re on the way. The year is almost over and in WWE terms, that means it is time to start the Road To WrestleMania 38. That includes more than a few big shows, starting with Day One on January 1, 2022. The show’s main event will see Universal Champion Roman Reigns defending against Brock Lesnar. Reigns will be missing his special counsel Paul Heyman, but we could be in for something bigger.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Reigns firing Heyman is likely to set up a major WrestleMania match. Some of the possibilities are Heyman returning at Day One to cost Lesnar the title, or Lesnar winning the title at Day One, leading to Heyman returning at WrestleMania to cost him the title there. It is not clear what is next for all three of them after WrestleMania is over.
The three of them do make for an interesting dynamic. Check out all three in action, one way or another:
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Welcome home. The wrestling landscape has been shaken up in a lot of ways in recent weeks and there is nothing to suggest that the changes are going to be ending anytime soon. One of the biggest changes in recent weeks has been the end of the original era of Ring of Honor, as the company is going into hiatus, allowing its wrestlers to go wherever they like. Now we know where another one is heading.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Mike Bennett is expected to sign with Impact Wrestling. While not confirmed, there is a chance that his wife, Maria Kanellis-Bennett, could join him. Bennett pulled out of a recent independent date, reportedly due to a scheduling issue with Impact Wrestling. During his time in Impact Wrestling, Bennett won the X-Division Title.
Bennett did make an impact in his first run with the company. Check out his time in Impact Wrestling:
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