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It’s a complicated situation. There are a lot of moving parts in WWE as the company appears on multiple platforms on multiple television partners. Throw in the digital world as well and it can be complicated to keep track of everything. Now one of those partners isn’t pleased with what another has been doing and things are getting a little complicated from multiple sides.
According to Fightful Select, Major League Wrestling was interested in airing its content on FOX’s Tubi streaming service and had a deal in place to do so. However, WWE objected to Tubi airing the content due to SmackDown airing on FOX, meaning the deal is in question. MLW and Tubi’s deal was supposed to be announced in August but nothing was ever officially announced.
This isn’t great for MLW. Check out what you could have seen on Tubi:
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Welcome to the team. WWE is a huge wrestling promotion and has all kinds of wrestlers on its roster. As a result, the company has to find a way to get them better every week and the best way they have found to do that is through the Performance Center. The world class facility offers all kinds of resources, including a great training staff. That staff has grown again this week.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE has hired Allison Danger as a new coach at the Performance Center. Danger is a retired wrestler who spent the majority of her career on the independent circuit, including spending several years in Shimmer. She retired from the ring in 2013, due to complications from a stroke, which causes lesions in her brain. Danger’s brother Steve Corino is also a coach at the Performance Center.
You might not be familiar with a rather talented wrestler. Check out what Danger can do in the ring:
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It’s a special moment. There are certain cities that matter more in the wrestling world. They have a special history to them and fans know just how much it means to the industry. As a result, you will often see wrestlers and promotions pay some special attention to them. That is what happened this week, as both a city and the company most closely associated with it received a tribute.
This week’s editions of AEW Dynamite and Rampage took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the former home of ECW. AEW has released a video from after this week’s wrestling tapings, featuring AEW President Tony Khan bringing out former ECW stars Taz, Chris Jericho, Dean Malenko and Jerry Lynn to speak about ECW. After Taz praised the fans and the promotion, CM Punk came to the ring to say he felt left out because he was the ECW Champion as well. Punk also praised the wrestlers and said that he thought it would be funny to pop in before leaving the rest to continue talking.
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There’s your other big one. Later this month, WWE is returning to Saudi Arabia for the first time in over a year and a half. The Saudi Arabia shows are some of the more controversial shows that WWE presents but the cards are certainly stacked. This show already has a huge card, but now things are getting even bigger, with the company’s top specialty match being added.
WWE has confirmed that Edge will face Seth Rollins in a Hell in a Cell match at Crown Jewel on October 21. The match was announced this week on SmackDown, as Rollins challenged Edge and allowed him to pick the stipulation. Edge picked Hell in a Cell to end the show but no date was announced. Edge has lost his only appearance inside the Cell while Rollins is 1-1-1 in three matches.
There is a lot to this one. Check out how the match was made, plus a look at both of them inside the Cell:
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Does that count as coming out of retirement? Wrestlers walk away from wrestling all the time, but it is pretty rare to see them actually stay gone. There is something about the industry that keeps wrestlers coming back that may not be the best thing. It is rare to see someone actually stay away, though one legend seems to be having some wrestling related fun in retirement.
A video has been posted to TikTok showing the Undertaker chopping a fan at some sort of a reception in Savannah, Georgia. It is not clear when the video was taken. The fan requests that Undertaker chop him and Undertaker eventually does so, following a chant of CHOP from the onlookers. The fan falls down from the chop but does not seem to be in any kind of pain. Undertaker last wrestled at WrestleMania 36 in 2020.
Undertaker has done some interesting things in his career. Check out the video plus some more of his funny moments:
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He needed another career. There have been a lot of stars in wrestling history but there has not been anyone like the Rock. He went from a huge wrestling star to the biggest star in wrestling to the biggest star in Hollywood, which is beyond what anyone could have really expected from him. Rock has become an entertainment titan and now he is venturing into another area.
The Rock is featured in a new music video from Tech N9ne where he raps the final verse of the song. The song, called Face Off, also features Joey Cool and King Iso. This is Rock’s first ever recorded rap, though he did record a song called Pie for a WWF Music CD in 2001. There is no word on if Rock will be venturing further into music or if this is a one shot appearance.
Of course he’s doing something else. Cehck out the song, plus Rock’s other musical efforts:
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One more time? Every now and then, a wrestler may have to take some time away from the ring for one reason or another. This could be anything from an injury to some kind of storyline issue, but sometimes it is something that has nothing to do with wrestling. That is the case with a current WWE star, but it seems that she will be getting back in the ring rather soon.
This week on SmackDown, WWE executive Sonya Deville announced that she will be facing Naomi on next week’s show. The announcement comes after Deville has refused to allow Naomi to wrestle in recent weeks, though Deville refused to face her. Should the match take place, it will be Deville’s first since Summerslam 2020, as she has taken time away from the ring as the legal fallout from a home invasion works its way through the courts.
It has been awhile. Check out Deville’s time in the ring:
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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?
International Showdown
Date: March 19, 2005
Location: Coventry Skydome, Coventry, England
Attendance: 3,400
Commentators: Dean Ayass, Eamon D’Arcy
So this is a British independent show that was recommended to me and it sounded worth a look. There are a bunch of names on the card and some of the matches do sound good. Several of them are from TNA so there will at least be some star power on the show. Let’s get to it.
This was presented by the Wrestling Channel, which sounds like quite the awesome concept.
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That would be a surprise. There have been a lot of wrestlers in WWE over the years and some of them don’t leave the biggest impression. Some certainly do, though not all oft hem are the most positive. You will see some wrestlers who pop up, make a bit of noise, and then fall out of favor with the company in a huge way. One such wrestler is claiming that he is getting another chance.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, former WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio has been telling people that he will be returning to the company following his current legal issues. Del Rio, 44, is currently set to stand trial on October 25 for sexual assault. During his two stints in WWE, he is a former four time World Champion, as well as winning the Royal Rumble and Money in the Bank. There is no word on WWE having any interest in bringing Del Rio back.
You might need to get to know him again. Check out some of Del Rio’s time in WWE:
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That would explain it. The Coronavirus pandemic has changed the way the world works and the wrestling industry has been no exception. There have been all kinds of changes to wrestling since the pandemic began and some of them are still being felt today. While things are a lot better, there are still some problems which can arise, and that has been the case again with a promising star.
Earlier this year, news emerged that Davey Boy Smith Jr. had re-signed with WWE. Smith wrestled a dark match and appeared in an interview on WWE’s YouTube page but has not been seen since. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Smith has been absent due to testing positive for the Coronavirus. He is now healthy though and was backstage at last week’s SmackDown in Baltimore. There is no word on when he will make his debut.
Smith could be a player in WWE. Check out what he is bringing to the company:
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Rampage
Date: October 8, 2021
Location: Licouras Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Commentators: Excalibur, Taz, Chris Jericho
We’re still in front of one of the hottest crowds of the year and that should do a lot of good for the card. This is another stacked show as we have CM Punk vs. Daniel Garcia, the Tag Team Titles on the line and the Brian Cage challenging Ricky Starks for the FTW Title in a street fight. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
We start with Mark Henry’s split screen interview. Daniel Garcia and 2.0 say that CM Punk walked away from wrestling when the focus wasn’t all on him anymore but now he’s back to get the attention. Punk isn’t worried about that and is here to face Garcia because of his skill. Oh and 2.0 are like the Nasty Boys’ little brothers.
CM Punk vs. Daniel Garcia 2.0 is here with Garcia. Punk wins a test of strength to put Garcia down, setting up a crossarm choke. Back up and Punk sends him into the corner so Garcia slows things down a bit. A heel ..

We could be here for a bit. There are certain feuds that feel like they go on for a long time but it is easy to see why that is the case. Sometimes you see a feud which just works so well that it is hard to stop running the thing. If you can spread the matches out long enough, it does not seem like such a bad idea and that might be the case again with a major WWE feud.
The main event for this month’s WWE Crown Jewel pay per view will see Roman Reigns defend the Universal Title against Brock Lesnar. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the plan is to have the feud continue beyond just one show. The two are expected to “get a lot more time” and likely some rematches, though it is not clear when they will take place.
This is quite the rivalry. Check out some of their bigger moments together:
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