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Call it the fallout. The WWE roster has been shaken up several times this year as all kinds of wrestlers have been let go from the company. That has been quite the way to change things around though it has not exactly been the easiest for some of the wrestlers involved. It turns out that a specific group of wrestlers in particular are having more troubles than usual.
According to Fightful Select, the international wrestlers who were released from WWE earlier this year are having problems due to their lack of visas. As a result, the wrestlers are unable to monetize their sources of income such as merchandise until they can obtain a visa. Released WWE wrestlers are under a ninety day no compete clause, after which they have sixty days to find work or leave the United States. Bronson Reed sent out a tweet about the issue, saying “Released. An international. During a pandemic. Fun times.”
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That’s a valid reason. Despite there being so many wrestlers on the WWE roster, it can be rather telling when someone goes missing. That can be the case for a lot of reasons and some of them are more serious than others. Sometimes someone is going to have a physical issue of some sort, which is the case again now with a missing member of the NXT roster.
Last week, NXT’s Ember Moon was pulled from her scheduled match on the day of the show with no explanation. According to Fightful Select, Moon was recovering from a dental procedure and was not medically cleared to compete. Moon offered to wrestle the match anyway but WWE would not allow her to do so. There is no word on when Moon will return to the ring. Dakota Kai took her place against Sarray and went on to win the match.
Moon is going to be fine. Check out some of her time in NXT:
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It’s a big one. The Coronavirus pandemic is still going strong, but things have changed a little bit over the last few months. Above all else, some restrictions have been lifted, meaning that people have been able to take in some more entertainment options. This includes WWE events, as fans have been let back in for another a month now. We now know where one of the biggest events of the year will be taking place.
WWE has released the rest of their live event schedule for the remainder of the year. This includes the announcement that Survivor Series will be held at the Barclays Center in New York City New York on Sunday, November 21. The Barclays Center had been rumored as the location for the show but nothing had been officially announced. This will mark the fourth time Survivor Series has taken place in New York City, following 1996, 2002 and 2011.
The city has done well before. Check out how New York City has handled Survivor Series in the past:
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Can you blame them? WWE might not be as popular as it once was, but it is certainly bringing in a heck of a lot more money than it ever has before. The majority of that money comes from television contracts, as television networks are more than willing to hand over a lot of money for WWE’s first run content. However, one of them does not seem to be pleased over a recent development.
According to a tweet from the Mat Men Pro Wrestling podcast, a USA network employee is not happy with NXT being turned back into a taped show. The employee was quoted as saying that “a taped show is not what we paid for”. There is no word on what USA might do if NXT does move to a taped schedule. WWE has yet to announce any change to the NXT schedule, though the changes are expected to begin following this Sunday’s Takeover 36.
Spoke to a contact from USA Network regarding the rumors of NXT going back to a taped show
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It’s what matters the most. When you break wrestling down, titles are probably the most important thing on any given show. Most of the time, at least in theory, the heroes are there to prove that they are the best and the villains are there for money or power, all of which can be gained through championships. It makes them valuable, which is why a new title match has been announced for Summerslam.
This week on Monday Night Raw, a Raw Tag Team Title match featuring AJ Styles and Omos defending against Randy Orton and Riddle was set for Summerslam. Following a match with Omos, Orton was being attacked by both Styles and Omos, leading to Riddle coming down to the ring for the save. As a result, Orton was willing to reform RKBro, causing Riddle to issue the challenge for the title match.
Riddle and Orton have teamed together on and off since late April, with Riddle being much more excited about the team than Orton. Over the course of several months, Orton has slowly grown to tolerate Ridd..

The Best vs. The Beast. WWE has posted a new video to its YouTube channel in which they show the full No Disqualification match between CM Punk and Brock Lesnar from SummerSlam 2013.
You can see the match in its entirety below:
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From WWE.com:
The action started at a breakneck pace, with Lesnar outmuscling his smaller foe and focusing his punishing offense on Punk’s ribs, not yet completely healed from The Beast’s attack on Raw weeks ago. Despite speculation among certain segments of the WWE Universe that Punk would be wholly overmatched, however, The Best in the World proved completely fearless, and his never-say-die spirit, galvanized by the decidedly pro-Punk fans in attendance, allowed him to survive maneuvers that would have undoubtedly downed most Superstars.
Lesnar tossed Punk onto tables, slammed his body with a steel chair and rocketed him overhead with a belly-to-belly suplex on the floor. The farm-strong Lesnar placed a table cov..

The redemption story. WWE has posted a new video to its YouTube page in which they show the full match between The Rock and John Cena for the WWE Championship from WrestleMania 29.
You can see the video in its entirety below:
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From WWE.com:
As their battle progressed, the two Superstars abandoned all pretenses and cued up the heavy artillery, tossing signature maneuvers at each other in the hopes of keeping the other down. For a moment, it seemed like Cena had the advantage again when Rock nearly fell victim to the same hubris as his opponent last year, attempting Cena’s Five Knuckle Shuffle and running straight into Cena’s waiting arms for an AA. The Cenation leader later used the same history to his advantage when he suckered Rock into another AA after faking him out with a façade of the same People’s Elbow endeavor that cost him the bout last year.
Victory would not come so easily at the cost of The People’s Champion, though, and the ba..

There is still time. We are less than a week away from Summerslam and this year’s edition might be the biggest show that WWE has to offer all year. The show is going to be taking place in an NFL stadium for the first time, meaning WWE is going to be trying even harder than usual to make things work. That means they are going to add in everything that they can, which was the case this week.
This week on Monday Night Raw, a match between Alexa Bliss and Eva Marie was officially added to the Summerslam card. The match comes after Marie has not been impressed by Bliss and her doll Lillie, which has caused Bliss to go after Marie in return. Lillie the doll has also seemingly used her powers to annoy Marie, as well as cost Marie’s associate Doudrop a match against Bliss last week on Monday Night Raw. This will be Marie’s first televised singles match since 2016.
They have taken a strange path to get here. Check out what set things up:
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Monday Night Raw
Date: August 16, 2021
Location: AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas
Commentators: Corey Graves, Byron Saxton, Jimmy Smith
It’s the go home show for Summerslam and that means it is time for the big final push towards Goldberg vs. Bobby Lashley. That’s the big focal point of this show, no matter how uninteresting it might be. Maybe they can come up with something to set up their three minute match on Saturday. Let’s get to it.
The opening video looks at Randy Orton returning last week and attacking Riddle to end the show.
Here is Randy Orton to open things up. Orton talks about how he does not need fans but has to stop for the RKO chants. This is still his world and tonight he promises to take Omos out with the RK…..and here is Riddle to cut him off before the O. Riddle thinks that Orton was trying to teach him something last week.
Orton isn’t sure what that means, but Riddle says that he gave him the RKO last week to show Riddle how it is really done. As Orton tries not..

He would know. There are a lot of wrestlers on the WWE roster and sometimes they make headlines for the wrong reasons. It could be anything from a minor deal to a major issue but sometimes you see a wrestler getting some bad attention. That was the case with a WWE star earlier this year and now someone pretty close to them is opening up about what happened.
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns recently spoke with the New York Post and discussed his cousin Jimmy Uso’s recent DUI arrest. Reigns talked about how everyone makes mistakes at times and rather than piling onto Uso, he attempted to jump in with love and help in an attempt to help Uso become a better person. Uso was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in July, marking his fourth arrest for such an offense. He was never suspended by WWE and the Usos won the SmackDown Tag Team Titles less than two weeks after the arrest.
Reigns and the Usos do have a history. Check out what the three of them have done together:
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They shouldn’t do that. WWE is the biggest and most powerful wrestling promotion in the world and that puts them in a rather special situation. They are able to run more events than any other promotion in the country and they are going to get more attention than anyone else. This time though, some of the attention they received is not leaving them in the best light.
According to PWInsider.com, Charlotte did not appear at this weekend’s WWE live event in Charlotte, North Carolina as she was in Mexico City for AAA TripleMania. Charlotte’s fiance Andrade El Idolo, accompanied by Charlotte’s father Ric Flair, unsuccessfully challenged Kenny Omega for the AAA Mega Title at the event, with Charlotte in attendance as well. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, Charlotte requested the night off from WWE “some time ago”, though WWE continued to advertise her for the show anyway. Charlotte also missed the Sunday night WWE live event in Columbia, South Carolina.
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That’s not a good sign. We are less than a week away from Summerslam, which has all of the makings of the biggest WWE event of the year. There are some huge matches already set for the card and the show should be great if WWE can pull everything off. However, one of the matches might be in some jeopardy of not taking place, at least if this weekend is any indication.
According to PWInsider.com, neither Sasha Banks nor Bianca Belair appeared at Sunday’s WWE live event in Columbia, South Carolina. Belair had been scheduled to defend her SmackDown Women’s Title against Banks at the event but neither were on the show, with “unforeseen circumstances” cited. This is the second straight show the two have missed and there is no word on what is wrong or when they will be back in action. The two are scheduled to meet for the title at Summerslam.
Belair and Banks feuded from late January through WrestleMania 37 in April, where Belair defeated Banks to win the SmackDown Women’s Title. Banks disa..