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These people still have to move. The world has kind of come to a standstill due to the Coronavirus but WWE is managing to be one of the few entertainment businesses still moving along. That offers a little relief to some people and that includes being able to make sure things stay interesting. In this case, that means changing some things up to keep the company moving. That seems to be the case again this weekend.
Over the last week, one of the bigger WWE stories has been the signing of Rob Gronkowski. While he has not officially signed with the company yet, it seems to be the likely case in the near future. That kind of a move changes the way things go in the company and it turns out that it is going to affect someone else. That move has already taken place and it was apparent on Friday.
According to PWInsider.com, Mojo Rawley has been moved to SmackDown from Monday Night Raw. Rawley appeared on this week’s SmackDown to hype up Gronkowski’s debut next week, with the move being a per..

So how does this work? There are a lot of changes going on in the world at the moment and a lot of them have to do with wrestling. For the most part, wrestling has come grinding to a halt, but there is still out there, especially at the top of the food chain. This includes both WWE and AEW, which are managing to continue their shows despite various governments banning large gatherings. How does that work?
While they may not seem like the traditional shows, WWE ran NXT, SmackDown and 205 Live this week, all from the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The latter two shows were both held in empty arenas with no fans, which keeps the companies in line with rules of not having a large crowd gathered for the events. So what are they doing to make this possible?
According to Wrestling Observer Radio, WWE and AEW have been allowed to continue running their shows because there are less than 250 people in the building at a time. This includes wrestlers, production workers and other on-air..

I have nothing else to say, except that this was a war. WWE has posted a new video to its YouTube channel in which they show the full match between Triple H and The Undertaker from Wrestlemania 27. The two legends competed in a No Holds Barred match.
You can see the match in its entirety below:

From WWE.com:
The King of Kings came to WrestleMania XXVII to do something that no man has ever done before. In front of more than 70,000 screaming fans in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, he planned to walk into the ring against The Undertaker and walk out as the only man to ever defeat The Last Outlaw on The Grandest Stage of Them All.
It was a showdown every bit as epic as expected — two Superstars who defined an era in WWE clashing in a battle for the ages. But Triple H’s obsession with burying The Deadman was not to be. Just like 18 other brave souls did before him, The Game fell to The Undertaker at WrestleMania, becoming No. 19 in the most legendary streak in all of sports-entertainment.
Whe..

Impact Wrestling
Date: March 10, 2020
Location: Sam’s Town Live, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Don Callis, Josh Matthews
It’s a big showdown match this week as we have the fifth match in a best of five series between Eddie Edwards and Michael Elgin. The winner gets the World Title shot at Tessa Blanchard at Rebellion and that means we have something special tonight. You have to have a good main event like that so hopefully this one works. Let’s get to it.
Opening recap.
Opening sequence.
Mad Man Fulton vs. Rhino The Crists are at ringside….and get ejected early on for trying to interfere. With the two of them gone, Rhino shoulders him down and takes it to the floor for a ram into the apron. A clothesline hits the post though and Fulton sends him into the apron as well. Back in and Fulton pounds away in the corner, followed by a running shoulder to the ribs.
Rhino fights back up with some right hands to the head, only to get elbowed right back down for two. The chinlock (or cobra..

Title for Title, Icon vs. Icon. WWE has posted a new video to its YouTube channel, in which they show the full match between Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior from WrestleMania VI (6). In this match, both the Intercontinental and WWF Championships were on the line.
You can see the match in its entirety below:

From our own Thomas Hall:
They lock up to start and both guys are shoved into the corner. We get the iconic test of strength with Hogan going down first, only to fight back up and take Warrior down. They trade slams but it’s Warrior getting the better of it and clotheslining Hogan to the floor. Hulk comes up holding his knee and says he’s blown it out. He gets back in and Warrior kicks away at the knee but Hulk stops selling it about ten seconds later and it’s never mentioned again.
Hulk comes back with right hands and a clothesline in the corner as the fans are losing their minds over every single move. Off to a front facelock on Warrior (Jesse: “Ask Richard Belzer!” Belze..

It had been previously reported that Rob Gronkowski has signed a deal with WWE to work with them in some capacity. All of those rumors will be brought to fruition, as it was announced on this past week’s episode of Smackdown, that Gronk will be appearing on next week’s show.
You can see the official announcement below:
Rob Gronkowski is set to roll through the March 20 edition of Friday Night SmackDown.
The WWE and the former New England Patriot are currently working on a deal. Gronk emerged from the crowd at WrestleMania 33 to level Jinder Mahal and help his good friend Mojo Rawley win the Andre the Giant Battle Royal.
Will the football star reveal his upcoming WWE plans and deliver a mic drop moment worthy of his patented “Gronk Spike?”
Tune in to Friday Night SmackDown at 8/7 C to see Gronkowski’s latest sports-entertainment moment.
Check out what happened the last time Gronk was in WWE:

Editor’s Opinion:
I like this idea, for a couple of reasons. First, it gives WWE access..

Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over ten years now and have reviewed over 5,000 shows. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I’ll be posting a new review here on Wrestlingrumors.net, starting today. 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?
Final Battle 2019
Date: December 13, 2019
Location: UMBC Events Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Commentators: Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman, Colt Cabana
Yeah I know it’s been awhile since this show took place but given the place Ring of Honor has been in over the last few….well nearly years now, it took some time to get me to care enough to do the show. That being said, the company has a tendency to be a lot better when they just stick to the wrestling so hopefully that is the case here. Let’s get to it…

Not so fast? Things are a bit crazy in the wrestling world at the moment and that might be the case for a long time to come. There are still going to be wrestling shows in one form or another, but that does not mean they are going to be what you are used to seeing. At the same time, things may be changing in how you can watch pay per views, but it might not be for a little while longer.
In February, a story made the rounds about WWE attempting to sell their pay per view rights to a streaming platform. While no platform was ever named, various services such as Peacock and ESPN+ were mentioned. There were various questions still to be answered about such a move, but the move was sounding likely. It has not happened yet, but now we have an update.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, negotiations are still ongoing between WWE and the various possible partners. It is not clear when any deal could be made or which platform could be making a deal with WWE. The deal will not incl..

She would have added something. This week’s SmackDown was a rather unique show as the episode took place at the WWE Performance Center in front of no fans. That isn’t something that viewers are going to be used to seeing but it might need to become the case. As a result, the focus was on the people in front of the camera more than ever, but one of them was not there.
SmackDown was built around three big names returning to the show: Jeff Hardy, John Cena and Paige. Hardy wrestled a match and Cena went face to face with Bray Wyatt, but there was no sign of Paige. She was supposed to speak to Bayley and Sasha Banks about their disrespect to the women’s division, but she did not show up, and it turns out that there was a good reason.
Paige posted a message on her Twitter account, saying that she was not at the show due to travel issues, which was the reason given for her absence on commentary. According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, this was due to Coronavirus related travel concerns. There is..

It’s a perk of the SmackDown location. Things are changing in a hurry in WWE due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus as their recent shows have had to take place at the Performance Center instead of in the usual arenas. This has caused a bit of a problem for the show, as there is no crowd to play to, which can change the dynamic of a show. There is however a benefit that you don’t get during a regular show.
One of the things that WWE teaches to its young wrestlers today is to play to the camera. As Lance Storm said, there are more people on the other side of the camera than there are in the arena and that means it makes more sense to worry about the camera than anything else. This time around though, since there are no fans in the arena, there was something else involving the camera.
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com has posted a video to his Twitter account showing what happened when the cameras were off during a match at this week’s SmackDown. During the break in the match between the ..

That’s just cool. As bigger wrestling fans, there are times where we start to forget how awesome some of these wrestlers are. There is something so special about watching your heroes fight the villains in a ring, which is what wrestling boils down to when you forget everything else. These people are important to a lot of fans and it’s cool to see them get some special treatment, which is what happened this week.
I know he might not be the most popular name of all time, but there is no denying that Enzo Amore knew how to get a reaction. No matter what he did, either in the ring or out of it, fans were going to pay attention to what he did. While Amore rarely wrestles anymore, he is still making a name for himself in the hip hop industry. He is best known as a wrestler though, and one of his fans got a big treat.
On Friday, Amore released a video showing himself delivering a pizza to a long time fan on her birthday. Amore delivered the pizza to Destiny, who is in a wheelchair, along wi..

You have to smile a bit. There are a lot of things going on in the world at the moment and a lot of them aren’t positive. With so many negative things associated with the Coronavirus around the world, it can help a lot to get your mind off things every now and then. WWE can offer that a lot of the time as watching wrestling is so out of the norm that it can give you a little peace of mind, even if wrestling isn’t involved.
No matter how many matches they wrestle or what they do, at the end of the day, a lot of wrestlers have some interesting personalities. They can get in front of a camera and command the screen, which makes them all the more entertaining to watch. Every now and then you can see them getting to do something outside of the ring though and it can often be even more fun.
Several WWE stars, including the Bella Twins, Becky Lynch, Seth Rollins, Ronda Rousey, Roman Reigns and others were guests on the newest edition of Carpool Karaoke. The show, which airs on Apple TV, fea..