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That’s the next one. This year’s Summerslam has come and gone and the show was certainly eventful. There were a lot of surprises taking place on the show and perhaps the biggest one came at the end of the show when Brock Lesnar made his return after a nearly year and a half away. Lesnar seemed to be setting his sights on Roman Reigns, and now we know where this might be going.
According to Wrestling Observer Radio, WWE has changed their plans on the Lesnar vs. Reigns match. The original plans for the match would have seen it take place in 2023 at WrestleMania 39 but the plans are now up in the air. There is a chance that the match could take place in October at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia, though this is not confirmed. There is no word on how this could change potential plans for the Rock vs. Reigns down the line.
These two do have a history. Check out what we might be seeing sooner than later:
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See you later. There are very few stars in wrestling history on the same level as John Cena. While he might not have always been the most popular star in the world, Cena certainly had his audience and WWE knew how to market him to those people. Cena is now seen as a living legend and is going to get some extra attention every time he is around. That just might not be taking place anytime soon.
According to PWInsider.com, Cena is done with WWE for the time being, save for an already announced appearance at the September 10 SmackDown in Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is not clear when Cena will be back, as he will be filming Argylle for at least the next several months. Cena finished up with WWE at Summerslam, losing to Roman Reigns in a Universal Title match. Following the match, Cena posted a message to Twitter, thanking the fans and everyone involved for his latest run with WWE.
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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?
Monday Night Raw
Date: November 13, 2006
Location: Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England
Attendance: 15,266
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
We are on one of the foreign excursion shows as Raw is over in England on the way to Survivor Series. Some of the Survivor Series matches have already been set and that should make for a few different paths while the show is on vacation. Now just get us there in a few interesting pieces. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Here’s DX to get things going, comp..

That’s very him. We are officially done with one of the biggest wrestling weekends of the year and arguably the biggest story of the weekend was CM Punk making his AEW debut. It was a very emotional moment and included one of the greatest reactions that you will ever see. Part of that was due to a special bonus that Punk threw in, and now we know a pretty cool detail about what happened.
At the end of Punk’s speech, he announced that everyone in the United Center was going to get a free ice cream bar on the way out of the arena. Ice cream was indeed provided for everyone in the arena, with over 15,000 fans in attendance. The ice cream came in a special wrapper and were provided by Pretty Cool Ice Cream. The company has now offered a little more information about the whole thing.
In a post on Instagram, Pretty Cool Ice Cream has revealed a few details about the ice cream. Punk did in fact pay for the ice cream himself, personally writing the check to the ice cream company. This has be..

You might have noticed. We are now done with one of the busiest weekends of the WWE year, which was focused around Summerslam. The show ran four hours, plus an hour long Kickoff Show, which featured a variety of matches and big moments. Not everyone was able to make it onto the card though, and now we know why that was the case with one name in particular.
According to PWInsider.com, Kofi Kingston missed both Summerslam and this week’s edition of Monday Night Raw as he is not currently cleared. There is no word on what is specifically wrong with him. Kingston was scheduled to take part in a segment with Xavier Woods at Summerslam where Woods sprayed Miz and Morrison with the Drip Stick 2000. There is no word on when Kingston will be back on television.
Kingston is going to boost things up a bit. Check out what WWE is waiting on:
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So much for that. Tag team wrestling has been a part of wrestling for a very long time now and that is the case in WWE as well. However, WWE does not exactly have the best history when it comes to tag wrestling, as the company seems to like building teams up only to split them apart. That seems to be the case again, as another long term tag team broke up after a long time together.
This week on Monday Night Raw, the Miz and John Morrison split up, officially ending their team. The split came after Morrison distracted the referee during Miz’s match against Xavier Woods, costing Miz the match. Miz attacked Morrison after the match and laid him out. Later in the night, Morrison said that the team was done and a match between the two of them was announced for next week’s show. Miz and Morrison have been a team since Morrison returned to WWE in 2020 after originally teaming together from 2007-2009. They are three time Tag Team Champions.
It was a bad night. Check out what happened and how..

Monday Night Raw
Date: August 23, 2021
Location: Pechanga Arena, San Diego, California
Commentators: Jimmy Smith, Byron Saxton, Corey Graves
It’s the night after Summerslam and we are going to be dealing with a lot of the fallout. We have a long road to Extreme Rules and there were a lot of things at Summerslam worth talking about. The problem is that most of them had to do with Smackdown so we might not be in for much going on. Let’s get to it.
We open with a long recap of Summerslam.
Here are MVP and Bobby Lashley to get things going. After another recap of Goldberg vs. Lashley, MVP says he’d like to explain what happened on Sunday at Summerslam. We all know about Goldberg’s extraordinary history but not so much about his recently unextraordinary history.
What we didn’t know was that his son would be at Summerslam. Maybe he needed a good luck charm or something but Goldberg did score a couple of two counts. Either way, Lashley beat up Goldberg and won by referee stoppage. Goldber..

You knew it was coming. We are in the middle of a transitional period in WWE as all kinds of changes are taking place. That is the kind of situation that can change a lot about the wrestling world and it seems to be the case again. A lot of these changes are taking place in NXT, but nothing has been officially announced. That has since changed, as a pretty high ranking WWE official has cleared up a few things.
During an interview with BT Sports, WWE President Nick Khan confirmed that NXT will be undergoing a complete overhaul, albeit with Triple H still at the helm. The idea is to make it easier for wrestlers to become WWE superstars while looking from other sources besides independent wrestling. The changes will involve everything, including the look of the show and the production and will start in a few weeks.
There is a lot to this. Check out the full interview plus some of NXT’s greatest moments:
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So much for that. The wrestling world has been changing in a big way all over the place and that is probably going to be the case for a long time to come. We are seeing wrestlers move from one promotion to another and some of the moves have been quite surprising. This time though, it seems like something you probably have been expecting for a little while.
According to PWInsider.com, Adam Cole finished up with NXT on Sunday night at Takeover 36. There is no word on where he is going at the moment, but it was made clear that Cole was done with NXT rather than WWE as a whole. Cole had a meeting with Vince McMahon earlier this month but it was not clear if he had come to terms on a new deal. As his contract has expired, Cole is a free agent and able to appear anywhere he likes at any time.
Cole is a heck of a free agent. Check out what might be coming to another promotion:
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Things are shifting a bit. We are in the middle of a very transitional period for NXT and that could make for quite the different future. That means things are going to be moving around in a bunch of new directions. Some of those changes could be made with a big match, perhaps in the form of some title changes, which is what happened during this weekend’s Takeover.
There were four title matches during NXT Takeover 36 and three of the titles changed hands. First up, Cameron Grimes defeated LA Knight to win the Million Dollar Title. Had Knight won, he would have gained Ted DiBiase as his manager. Next, Ilja Dragunov defeated Walter, ending Walter’s record 870 day reign. Finally, Samoa Joe defeated Karrion Kross to win the NXT Title for a record third time in the main event. One champion retained their title, with Raquel Gonzalez retaining the Women’s Title over Dakota Kai.
It was a busy night. Check out the new champions:
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That’s impressive. There are a lot of problems in WWE at the moment but one of their most successful, as well as most impressive, areas is their financial status. The company is bringing in money hand over fist, mainly due to their rather impressive television deals. That isn’t the only place where they are making money though and another area just had a rather good night.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, this weekend’s Summerslam set a new record for the largest gate revenue for any non-Wrestlemania event in North America. The event had an announced attendance of 51,236, though it is not clear how legitimate of a number that is. This year’s edition was the first ever Summerslam held in an NFL stadium and only the second ever held in a stadium of any kind.
There were a lot of people there. Check out some of the show’s best moments:
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