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It’s another kind of casualty for Lynch and Rollins. The spread of the Coronavirus has changed a lot of things about the world, including almost everything in the wrestling world. It is the kind of thing that the company could not have seen coming, just like almost everyone else in the world. This includes personal relationships, and one such wrestling relationship has had something changed as a result.
One of the less popular WWE storylines from 2019 was the on-screen relationship between Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Universal Champion Seth Rollins. The real life couple was paired together on WWE television and went on to main event Extreme Rules 2019. Fans were not thrilled with the way the couple was presented and the relationship has not been mentioned on WWE television in a long time. They are still together behind the scenes and became engaged in August 2019, but something has changed, at least for the moment.
Lynch recently spoke to Extra.ie (Irish website) to discuss ..

That’s the next step. While WWE is the biggest and most powerful wrestling promotion in the world, they are not the right fit for everyone involved. That is the kind of thing that is just going to happen every now and then and it does not mean the wrestlers are not talented. All it means is that they might be better off elsewhere, and now we know what two of them are going to do next.
Earlier this week, it was announced that the Revival had officially been released from their WWE contracts. This comes after over a year of the team trying to get out of their deals due to not being happy with their situation in WWE. Now that they are free, it is time to see what is next for them, which includes something that has to be changed from their time with WWE.
According to Wrestlinginc.com, the two members of the team have both filed some trademarks related to the team. The two now own the items No Flips, Just Fists, Say Yeah, Top Guys, Shatter Machine #FTRKO and #FTR. They have also changed t..

They could use the depth. In February 2019, the WWE brought back its Women’s Tag Team Titles. The titles had been around in the late 1980s to limited success but after the Women’s Revolution changed everything about women’s wrestling, WWE decided that a second run might be in order. That has not exactly been the case as the titles have not had the most success, but a return boost might help.
Part of the problem with the titles being back is the lack of the depth to the division. The titles will go months without being defended at times, at least partially because there is no one to challenge for them. That was certainly the case for the first three months of 2020, as the titles were not defended on television from the middle of December 2019 until WrestleMania 36. Now though, we might be getting some more depth for the division.
Peyton Royce recently filmed a Q&A for her Instagram and, according to 411mania.com, she and Billie Kay will be bringing the IIconics back to WWE TV. Royce m..

Ring of Honor
Date: April 8, 2020
It’s another profile edition this week with Jay Lethal, who really does deserve something like this. Lethal might not be everyone’s favorite but he has been one of the real constants around here for a long time. Those title reigns of his make him one of the few elite stars in the company, with his only competition also oddly enough being named Jay. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Lethal can’t figure out a choice for his favorite match around here. We hear a bit about his first big matches around here, way before he became a top star. He didn’t think he belonged here and two years into his career he was facing AJ Styles and Bryan Danielson.
Then Dusty Rhodes came in and because Jay was part of Special K, he got to get in a cage with him and he couldn’t believe it. As for his favorite match, it was against Jay Briscoe at Best in the World with his family being there in the crowd. His dad was at his first Ring of Honor match and begged Jay not to m..

Impact Wrestling
Date: April 7, 2020
Location: Coca Cola Roxy, Atlanta, Georgia
Commentators: Madison Rayne, Josh Matthews
Things are getting interesting around here as they are running out of original content but apparently are going to do a big empty arena taping soon enough. As a result, we could be seeing a lot of Rebellion, though not quite in the same situation. I’ll take what I can get though as they’ve made me want to see the pay per view. Let’s get to it.
Opening recap.
Opening sequence.
Here’s an annoyed Willie Mack for a chat. He calls out Ace Austin and Reno Scum for attacking the injured Rich Swann last week so come out here and try that on him. Cue Reno Scum so Mack says let’s do this.
Willie Mack vs. Reno Scum The brawl is on in a hurry with Mack sending Thornstowe outside but the numbers game takes him down early on. Legend drops Thornstowe down in a legdrop for two and we get the Pit Stop for a bonus. Thornstowe gets two off a standing moonsault and we hit the nec..

You don’t hear this very often. Wrestling is a very unique industry, but at the same time it does have a lot of similarities to more traditional ones. Something you get in a lot of jobs is the desire to be praised by your peers. These are the people who do the same thing you do so hearing them say you’ve done something well is a nice feeling. When it is from one of the best of all time, it is even better.
WrestleMania 36 featured two matches (kind of) which were not your traditional wrestling matches. This included the Boneyard Match, which was your much more traditional match and then the Firefly Fun House Match, which one of the most bizarre things that you will ever see in all of wrestling. Someone involved in one of the matches certainly liked what he saw and that is some high praise.
Undertaker appeared in an interview with Nine Line Apparel and answered a question about the Firefly Fun House Match. Undertaker praised the match, talking about how different and unique it was. He ..

There’s a plan there. Over the last few years, the Women’s Revolution has changed almost everything about women’s wrestling for the better. The days of the division being little more than an afterthought and the women mainly serving as eye candy are long gone and that is a positive step forward. Ronda Rousey was a big cause of this even before she came to WWE and now she might be ready for another run.
Earlier this week, Rousey gave an interview saying that she left WWE partially due to the “ungrateful” fans. Rousey did praise the rest of the women’s division but did not make her seem happy with the rest of her time with the company. She mentioned a potential return though, and that has been a topic of discussion for over a year now. With that being said, of course there seem to be plans for such a return.
According to Wrestling Observer Radio, Rousey is indeed coming back to WWE for another match, though details on the situation are not clear at the moment. There is no word on who s..

You had to know this was coming one day. There is nothing bigger going on in the world at the moment than the spread of the Coronavirus. Countries have basically gone on lockdown because of it and all kinds of industries, including wrestling, have almost been stopped cold as a result. For most people, it has become a question of when someone you know will get sick and that is no longer the case in WWE.
One of the biggest issues that a lot of people have had with WWE and AEW moving forward with their events is the possibility of spreading the virus should someone involved get sick. It is a case of one person contracting the virus and spreading it around, which is a fair criticism. So far the wrestlers have stayed safe, but that is no longer the case for the WWE as a whole.
According to Fightful.com, WWE has sent its wrestlers a memo stating that a WWE employee has tested positive for Coronavirus. The unnamed employee is not an in-ring performer and has not had any contact with anyone ..

Does that make it better? The world is pretty much in chaos at the moment and it is not clear how much worse things are going to get before they start getting better. The spread of the Coronavirus has turned so many things upside down and it almost makes anything traditionally normal sound insane at the moment. That is the case in wrestling as well, but that has never stopped WWE. Now we might know why.
On Friday, news broke that WWE was planning on running live television again every week with Monday Night Raw, NXT and SmackDown all taking place from the Performance Center. This would be practically the only major sporting event running in the country at the moment and the news was not exactly well received. We now may know some of WWE’s rationale.
According to F4WOnline.com, Vince McMahon made the change on Friday, though it had been his plan all along. One of the biggest reasons for the change is to avoid running too many taped shows on the USA and FOX networks due to WWE’s agreem..

They haven’t done something like this before. There are a lot of ways to crown champions in wrestling but one of the most popular is through a tournament. This is a really simple way to go about doing things: put everyone in a field and have the last person standing take the prize. It’s a very simple concept, but there are other ways to try it, one of which WWE will be trying.
Earlier this week, WWE announced that they will be crowning an interim Cruiserweight Champion due to Jordan Devlin not being able to defend the title. Devlin will still be the official champion, but WWE needs to crown a champion to defend the title in his absence. However, WWE is going to be doing something else this time around and it could be an interesting change.
WWE.com has announced the format for the upcoming tournament, which will feature a round robin format rather than the traditional single elimination. The tournament will include eight entrants in two blocks. Each of the four entrants per block will..

She’s earned the praise. We are over a year into the Becky Lynch Raw Women’s Title reign and Lynch is showing few signs of slowing down. She has become one of the biggest stars in wrestling and the biggest star in the history of women’s wrestling. After a year as champion, Lynch has become a top star in all of WWE. Now, WWE is taking a closer look at the Man.
Lynch has been in WWE since 2013 and during that time, she has gone from just another wrestler to someone who has reached heights that almost no one in all of wrestling ever has. Her time before the WWE was fascinating in its own right and that is something that is worth looking at again. That’s what WWE is doing here, in a rather cool mini biography on Lynch.
WWE has released a video looking at Lynch’s life and career, showing a look at thirty different Lynch facts. These include entries about her personal life, NXT career and time on the main roster, including various specific moments and milestones in her career. Lynch has cu..

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Takeover: Chicago II
Date: June 16, 2018
Location: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois
Commentators: Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson
It’s time for a sequel and that means things might not be quite as good as it was before. However, the card looks very strong here with all five matches having the potential to steal the show. The main event will likely be Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano II in a street fight, which is completely different than an unsanctioned match. Let’s get to it.
The open..