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There’s your main event. While Summerslam is getting all of the attention, NXT has their own major show coming up next month. On August 22, NXT is presenting Takeover 36, which takes place the day after Summerslam. This show has a tendency to be NXT’s biggest of the year and it needs a major card to make that happen. We might have the main event set up.
This week on NXT, Samoa Joe presented General Manager William Regal with a three step plan to deal with NXT Champion Karrion Kross. Samoa Joe then tenured his resignation from NXT management, which Regal accepted. Immediately after, Samoa Joe was re-signed as a member of the active roster and was placed in an NXT Title match with Kross at Takeover 36.
Samoa Joe is a record tying two time NXT Champion and the first person to reach the milestone. He has not wrestled since January 2020 due to a series of concussions. Following his injuries, he became a Monday Night Raw commentator before being released from the company earlier this year…

NXT
Date: July 27, 2021
Location: Capitol Wrestling Center, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Beth Phoenix, Wade Barrett, Vic Joseph
Things got serious around here last week as NXT Champion Karrion Kross attacked William Regal to close the show. Samoa Joe is ready to destroy him as a result and that is all this needs to be. We are less than a month away from Takeover and that means it is time to start getting the card ready. Let’s get to it.
The opening video recaps the end of last week’s show, as Karrion Kross left William Regal laying.
Tommaso Ciampa/Timothy Thatcher vs. Pete Dunne/Oney Lorcan Thatcher and Dunne get things going with neither being able to get very far on the mat. Ciampa and Lorcan come in with Ciampa grinding on a headlock. A shot to the face knocks Lorcan outside and it’s more beating back inside. Ciampa wants Dunne, who comes in and blasts him with a clothesline. Everything breaks down for a second with Ciampa and Thatcher pounding away with forearms to the chest. ..

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?
Summerslam Spectacular 1993
Date: August 22, 1993
Location: Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
Attendance: 3,000
Commentators: Jim Ross, Gorilla Monsoon
This is a special used to hype up Summerslam and since the 1993 edition is the kind of show that needs all the help it can get. The big match here is the Steiner Brothers defending the Tag Team Titles against Money Inc. inside a cage, which has a good bit of potential. Let’s get to it.
Jim Ross welcomes us to the show and runs down the card.
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That doesn’t fit. One of the most controversial decisions that WWE has made in the last fifteen years has been their shift towards a PG product. The move has caused a variety of changes in the promotion, including a change in their on-screen product. Certain things do not take place any longer and certain things are not said. This time around, WWE has edited something out.
The WWE YouTube account has edited out a line from Roman Reigns’ promo on John Cena from last week’s SmackDown. While criticizing Cena’s return, Reigns said that everything was the same with Cena, describing it as “missionary position”. That statement is edited out, though it is still present on the WWE On FOX YouTube account. Cena vs. Reigns has yet to be made official.
Cena and Reigns do have a history of words. Check out some of their promos against each other:
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Opinion: I can’t say..

Well that’s different. WWE has been around for a long time now and has quite the history. Some of these things are better than others, as the company has certainly done a few things that are a bit less than successful. Some of these are among the most infamous in wrestling history. They have a new idea this time around and while it might not be that much of a disaster, it is certainly going to be unique.
According to 411mania.com, WWE has sent out an email announcing a home shopping line, allowing fans to purchase merchandise of various WWE stars. The line will be open during this week’s edition of the Bump starting at 10am EST on WWE’s YouTube channel. The show will also include exclusive interviews with Raw Tag Team Champions AJ Styles and Omos. There is no word on if WWE will be doing this again in the future.
Wrestling has a hit and miss history with merchandise stands. Check out some of the more infamous moments:
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Enjoy him while you can. John Cena has long since become one of the most important and successful stars in the history of wrestling. Cena has won just about everything there is to win in WWE and has since moved on to Hollywood. He has never quite cut off WWE though, and now he is back for another run. That involves getting in the ring, which was the case this week as well.
According to PWInsider.com, Cena wrestled in this week’s post-Monday Night Raw dark match. Cena teamed with Riddle to defeat Mace and T-Bar, with Cena hitting Mace with the Attitude Adjustment for the pin in about ten minutes. This is Cena’s third match in three days, after he wrestled on both WWE live events over the weekend. Cena did not appear on this week’s Monday Night Raw.
JOHN CENA ESTUVO EN RAW EN EL DARK MATCH!
No puede ser!
John Cena y Riddle vencieron a Mace & T Bar en #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/oFGzLWztUx
— Deportes Y Luchas WWE (@DeportesYLuchas) July 27, 2021
Cena can do some great things in the ring…

One more time? There are very few stars in wrestling history on the same level as John Cena. While he certainly has his detractors, Cena is still one of the biggest stars in the world. Cena is back in WWE for another run with the company and is still feeling like a top draw. It is clear that he will not be around for very long, but now we do know one more date for him.
WWE has announced that Cena will be in attendance for the September 10 SmackDown from Madison Square Garden in New York City. This is a change from the expected plan, which would see Cena’s final appearance at Summerslam on August 21. Cena is expected to report to Europe to begin a new movie shoot at some point in August. There is no word on what Cena will be doing on the show, or if he will be appearing on television.
Cena has a long history in the Garden. Check out some of his time there:
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He keeps mixing it up. Every now and then you see a wrestler who changes the game. There might be something about him which you just cannot ignore because they are different than anyone else. That is the case with a certain wrestler who is currently waiting to return to WWE, but he has been shaking things up a little bit while he is away from the ring.
Brock Lesnar appeared at the Twin Cities Summer Jam in Shakopee, Minnesota over the weekend, including showing up in various photos. Lesnar is seen wearing a cowboy hat in the photos, taken by fans and with various local celebrities. Lesnar is also sporting the goatee that he was first seen with earlier this month in a video on the Butcher Brothers YouTube channel. Lesnar’s wife Rena, better known as Sable, appears with him in one photo.
Met the one, the only, Brock Lesnar backstage last night at @TCSummerJam! pic.twitter.com/Rk8jaaSJW9
— Dubs (@MikeDubsRadio) July 25, 2021
last night i took a pic of this dude because he was peaking ..

You hate to see this. Wrestling fans are some of the most passionate in all of sports. While their energy and enthusiasm is a wonderful thing, sometimes they go to far. This was the case this past weekend, and garbage was a part of it.
Over the weekend, at GCW: Homecoming night one, former WWE and current Impact Wrestling star Matt Cardona defeated Nick Gage in the main event to win the GCW World Championship. Gage had held the GCW World Championship for over 100 days.
During the match, Ricky Shane Page’s faction, 44OH!, ran in and attacked Gage. Former GCW World Champion RSP ran in to stop the attack, and he and Gage fought them off. However, it ended up being a ruse as RSP gave Gage a low blow allowing Cardona to hit the Rough Ryder on Gage to win the title. Immediately after winning the title, the GCW fans threw garbage and other debris into the ring, including pizza cutters. Cardona, who wrestled as Zack Ryder in WWE, ran off leaving Gage in the ring in disappointment and in disb..

Welcome back? WWE is the biggest wrestling promotion in the world and as a result, they are going to have their hands in as many different areas as anyone else. That opens up a lot of doors for the promotion and they have walked through most of them. As a result, WWE has been able to expand internationally. Now we know when they are heading somewhere else again.
According to Andrew Zarian of the Mat Men podcast, WWE is planning to return to Saudi Arabia at some point in October, with Thursday October 21 as a possible date. This is assuming that there are no travel restrictions between the United States and Saudi Arabia in October. There is no word on the name of the show, though the company has traditionally presented Crown Jewel around this time of the year. No announcement has been made about any show in the country.
WWE began running events in Saudi Arabia in 2018 as part of a ten year agreement with the Kingdom. The company would run two shows a year in Saudi Arabia, with the Kin..

When heavyweights collide. WWE has posted a new video to its YouTube channel in which they show the full match between Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe from WWE Backlash 2018.
You can see the match in its entirety below:
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From WWE.com:
Joe ambushed Reigns before the bell and sent him crashing through the Spanish announce table with a Uranage, kicking off a strategy that began with Reigns trapped in holds that targeted his shoulders for minutes on end and culminated in a series of Coquina Clutch attempts that The Big Dog narrowly managed to avoid.
Joe’s strategy was as rudimentary as it was effective. Even when Reigns landed a thunderous Spear, Joe was close enough to the ropes to stop the pinfall, and The Samoan Submission Machine only turned up the heat when he felt it was time to lock in his near-ironclad submission hold. When Joe finally applied the Clutch, grapevine legs and all, Reigns seemed to be drifting into unconsciousness before he ro..

That didn’t look good. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Natalya appeared to have suffered a leg injury during tonight’s episode of Raw, during a match with Eva Marie and Doudrop.
She and her partner, Tamina, were in the match, when Natalya appeared to suffer a right leg injury on either a roll-over or a foot stomp from Doudrop. Natalya tagged out and immediately had trouble putting weight on her right leg. The referee then apparently called an audible as Tamina took over, and after a distraction by Lilly on the big screen, hit a superkick on Eva for the pin to win.
After the match, a ringside medic immediately helped Natalya to the back. Tamina joined the medic in helping Natalya, who was still unable to put weight on her right leg.
You can see a clip of the potential injury below:
@RajGiri_303 It appears here is where she injured her ankle or leg. @WrestlingInc pic.twitter.com/jOrMKv38il
— Ethan Cramer (@EthanCramer) July 27, 2021
Here’s another clip from the match:
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