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They might want to work on that. There are a lot of problems in WWE today, including several situations that the company brings on itself. When you look at them overall though, it seems that one of the biggest underlying issues is communication, as it often seems like one side does not know what the other is doing. That seems to be the case again with something fairly important.
According to Fightful, WWE did not tell the majority of the teams that were being split up in last month’s WWE Draft. Only AJ Styles and Omos were told that they would be sticking together, with some of the teams who were being split up only learning about the change via social media. There is no word on why WWE did not let the teams know of the upcoming changes in advance.
There were some good teams split in the Draft. Check out some of them in action:
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He’s good at something else. There were all kinds of wrestlers released from the WWE this week and there is a lot of talent heading to the free agent market. It opens up some interesting options, as you never know where some of these wrestlers might wind up. One wrestler who was released earlier this week has already moved on to something else, and he has even picked up a championship.
Lince Dorado was one of the wrestlers released from WWE earlier this week. According to Fightful, Dorado won a gold medal at the Jiu-Jitsu World League Florida Open on Saturday, though it is not known what division he competed in. Dorado tweeted out a clip of one of his matches on Twitter, saying his goal was to win at all costs and thanking his friends and family for always pushing him.
This was pretty impressive. Check out Dorado on Saturday and in a ring:
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What could have been. WWE did it again earlier this week as they released nearly twenty more wrestlers from the company. That is not the kind of thing that you can bounce back from in a hurry and it is not clear where a lot of those wrestlers are going to go. What is clear is that WWE had to change a few plans, and now we know what was going to happen to some of the wrestlers before they were let go.
Fightful Select is reporting what was planned for some of the released wrestlers before they were let go by WWE:
Katrina Cortez was brought up to Monday Night Raw in 2019 as Sin Cara’s partner in a few losses to Zelina Vega and Andrade. Once the program was over, Cortez was sent back to NXT where there were no plans to do anything else with her.
Scarlett was originally scheduled to be called up to the main roster to wrestle, but was “quickly sidelined” for reasons that are not clear. There had been pushed to pair her with Karrion Kross, though it is unknown if WWE was going to do so. Kr..

Who are you again? There are a lot of ways for a wrestler to get the fans’ attention but some of them are a bit simpler than others. One of the best is to have a name that is unique enough to make someone listen while also sounding like something that could be intimidating. That is a hard combination to pull off and now WWE is trying a different path with two of its wrestlers.
WWE has changed the names of Humberto Carrillo and Angel Garza to just Humberto and Angel, according to both of their WWE.com profiles. This follows WWE’s trend of dropping wrestlers’ first or last names, such as with Cesaro, Big E. and Ali. There is no word on why the names were changed, though the two have been teaming together, under the name Los Lotharios as of this week’s SmackDown.
They are talented guys under any name. Check out the two of them together and apart:
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That’s a serious problem. This week’s WWE releases shook up the company all over again and there are a lot of wrestlers now getting ready to look for work. That is not the kind of thing that a lot of people expected to happen and it can have some pretty rough ramifications on several wrestlers. It turns out that one of them has a unique problem to deal with after being released.
Katrina Cortez was one of the wrestlers released from the company on Thursday. Cortez is originally from Chile and is not an American citizen. Now that she has been released from her WWE contract, she has announced that her work visa expires in thirty days, meaning that she will be forced to leave the country. Cortez debuted for WWE in 2019 and has mainly been used on NXT.
At 18 I made the decision to travel to an unknown country, without knowing English I came here… today I receive an email telling me that my visa expires next month and I will have to sell everything that with much love and effort I have ach..

NXT UK
Date: November 4, 2021
Location: BT Sports Studios, London, England
Commentators: Nigel McGuinness, Andy Shepherd
It’s another title week around here as Jinny is getting a Women’s Title shot against Meiko Satomura. I know she might not be the flashiest, but there is something special about seeing Satomura get in the ring. She really is a legend and it will be nice to see her defend the title again. Let’s get to it.
We open with a quick look at the Women’s Title match.
Opening sequence.
Rampage Brown vs. Flash Morgan Webster This is part of Webster trying to go after the monsters on the show. Brown powers him around to start and doesn’t seem to be sweating Webster that much so far. There’s another toss into the corner so it’s time for Webster to get a breather. Back in and Webster strikes away in the corner to little avail but he manages to send Brown outside for a change.
Brown gets back in and hits something like a belly to belly, followed by a toss suplex to send Webster ..

It was a busy night. WWE has a lot of programming to offer every single week and it can be quite a bit. Sometimes it is hard to remember everything that is going on, which is not often the best way to go. There is not much of another way around it though, as there are so many wrestlers that sometimes WWE needs to use that much time. This week, they needed even more time than usual.
According to Wrestling Inc., there were three non-televised dark matches during this week’s WWE SmackDown taping. Prior to the show, there were two NXT matches, as Johnny Gargano defeated Kyle O’Reilly and Amari Miller defeated Dakota Kai. After the show went off the air, Drew McIntyre and the Viking Raiders defeated the Bloodline. Of the six SmackDown wrestlers, only Jey Uso and Roman Reigns of the Bloodline did not wrestle twice on the night.
Amari Miller defeated Dakota Kai before smackdown! #Smackdown pic.twitter.com/2ut84gfMJr
— Tiff ? (@Kwadey06gmailc1) November 5, 2021
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Two of the big ones. We are just over two weeks away from one of the biggest events of the year, with Survivor Series coming up soon. Over the last few years, the show has been built around the idea of Monday Night Raw vs. SmackDown in a battle for brand supremacy. This has usually been done via traditional Survivor Series matches and that will be the case again this year. Now we know some important details.
WWE has announced the lineups for the men’s and women’s Survivor Series matches. Both Monday Night Raw and SmackDown will have a five member team for each elimination match. There were no qualifying matches this year and the teams were announced with nothing mentioned about them on television. No captains were announced for any of the four teams. Here are the lineups:
Monday Night Raw Men
Seth Rollins
Finn Balor
Kevin Owens
Rey Mysterio
Dominik Mysterio
SmackDown Men
Drew McIntyre
Jeff Hardy
King Woods
Sami Zayn
Happy Corbin
Monday Night Raw Women
Bianca Belair
Rhea Ripley
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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?
Bound For Glory 2020
Date: October 24, 2020
Location: Skyway Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Commentators: Don Callis, Josh Matthews
It’s the biggest night of the year, or at least it is on paper. Bound For Glory has long since been the top show in the company, though Slammiversary tends to be more fun. Maybe they can change things around a bit this year, though the card isn’t giving me the best vibes. Let’s get to it.
Pre-Show: Deaners vs. Rascalz
Dez and Wentz for the Rascalz. The Deaners start with the double t..

There’s your shot across the bow. AEW and WWE are the two biggest and most powerful wrestling companies in the United States, if not the world. They have been competing against each other for the last few years now, occasionally with one company taking a not so veiled shot at the other from time to time. That was the case again this week, and it was a rather fast turnaround.
Earlier this week, WWE released 18 wrestlers from the company in its latest round of roster cuts. This week on AEW Rampage, Max Caster rapped his way to the ring, including a line saying that Bryan Danielson’s father in law ended several careers. Danielson’s father in law is John Laurinaitis, the WWE Head of Talent Relations, who sent out the email announcing that the wrestlers had been released.
That was a bit harsh. Check out the full rap, with several more lines, plus some more of Danielson in AEW:
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Rampage
Date: November 5, 2021
Location: Chafetz Arena, St. Louis, Missouri
Commentators: Ricky Starks, Taz, Excalibur
It’s another live show this week and that could be a good thing. The big story this week is a face to face showdown between CM Punk and Eddie Kingston, meaning it’s time to get the popcorn ready. The talking alone should be great to hear and you can all but write in the Full Gear match from here. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Bryan Danielson vs. Anthony Bowens Max Caster is here with Bowens and raps about how Danielson loves cucumbers, is famous for his wife’s reality show, has skinny legs and a father in law who kills wrestlers’ careers (Johnny Ace). Danielson goes after the arm to start but Bowens runs him over with a shoulder. Some kicks to the face don’t do much to Danielson, who is back with a kick to the chest. They fight to the floor though and Danielson is sent into the barricade. Caster gets in a shot of his own and we take a break. Back with Danielson..

That’s certainly different. There are all kinds of wrestlers in the industry today and several of them have unique characters. That is one of the hardest things to pull off in wrestling as almost everyone is doing something similar to someone else. Occasionally you find something unique, but now it seems like one of the most unique things in wrestling will be going away.
Shotzi returned on SmackDown in the WWE Draft and made her singles debut on the October 29 edition of the show. During the event, she turned heel and attacked Sasha Banks while blaming her for everything going wrong. This week on SmackDown, Shotzi appeared more somber and mentioned that she did not need her tank anymore, while talking about how she had lost everything. This appears to be a new character for Shotzi after her heel turn the previous week.
That is rather different. Check out Blackheart’s promo, plus some more of her usual self:
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