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It’s worthy of a mention. Wrestlers have a lot of things to do and that means they have to work on a schedule. There are all kinds of responsibilities that come with being a wrestler and some of those things are more important than others. One of the most important is to stay in shape, and one particular wrestler has gotten in such good shape that WWE has noticed.
According to PWInsider Elite by way of 411mania.com, WWE officials are very pleased with Tucker’s recent weight loss and efforts to get in better shape. There is no word on any potential heat on Tucker for his weight and fitness before he lost weight. Tucker and his partner Otis were in action on this week’s Monday Night Raw, making it to the finals of a Tag Team Turmoil match.
The team did well this week. Check out some of the Tag Team Turmoil match:
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Opinion: That’s the kind of thing that always deserves some praise as it takes some effort to lose weight as a wrestler, or for an..

Someone is behind this. Earlier this year, the WWE women’s division reached its pinnacle with a women’s match main eventing WrestleMania 35. Just a few years ago, the idea of something like that happening would have been impossible to fathom. The women’s division is still going strong and the return of Sasha Banks has made it better. Banks has a new attitude lately and that is the result of someone working with her on the character.
According to Wade Keller’s Post-Raw Show, Banks’ promo from this week’s Monday Night Raw and her character since returning have been heavily influenced by Paul Heyman. Since her return, Heyman has been a major part of Banks’ character and helped shape the entire thing. The story is meant to play off of Banks’ absence and unhappiness with the company over the summer in an effort to mix storyline and reality.
She has a reason. Check out Banks’ promo from this week’s Monday Night Raw:
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Opinion: Banks’ promo was not..

Everybody needs a break. Wrestling is a grueling sport with wrestlers spending a lot of time on the road every single week. With so many shows to perform on, it is rare for them to actually get any time off. That has been changing a bit in recent months with WWE allowing some couples a bit more time away from the ring. This was the case again this week and the absences were notable.
According to PWInsider.com, Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch were not at this week’s Monday Night Raw as the two were on vacation together. Rollins did appear in a pretaped backstage segment while Lynch was not on the show. Lynch tweeted about Sasha Banks’ promo during the show and did not seem to be impressed. Rollins and Lynch announced their engagement over the weekend.
Pity you can’t promo in emo memes and song lyrics too, huh?
— The Man (@BeckyLynchWWE) August 27, 2019
Rollins and Lynch work together well. Check out a brawl involving the two of them earlier this year:
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You need a seal of approval. Monday Night Raw has been changing a lot as of late with Paul Heyman having taken over. The move means that he gets to run things how he sees fit on the show and that can cause some changes. Some new talent has been pushed in some different ways with new faces getting the spotlight. Two faces have been seen weekly, but won’t be in the ring anytime soon.
According to Wrestling Observer Radio, the Street Profits have not yet wrestled on Monday Night Raw because WWE wants them to get over before being put in the ring. The problem is that if they wrestle, they will have to lose and therefore they will not seem as important to the fans. The idea is to treat them as something different than a regular NXT call up. There is no word on when the Street Profits will be getting in the ring.
The Profits were chatty last night. Check out them talking about the Tag Team Titles:
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Opinion: In a way this makes sense but in a way ..

Good to see you again. This week on Monday Night Raw, Dolph Ziggler and Bobby Roode won a Tag Team Turmoil match to become the new #1 contenders for the Raw Tag Team Titles. Their title shot will come at Clash Of Champions against new champions Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman, who won the titles in their first match as a team. It is clear that WWE is paying attention to tag teams, which makes another development more understandable.
According to Wrestlinginc.com, Heath Slater and Titus O’Neil wrestled in a match during this week’s Main Event tapings, defeating Eric Young and Mojo Rawley before Monday Night Raw went on the air. Slater and O’Neil teamed together as Slater Gator from late 2014 until early 2015 with little success. There is no reason to believe that this is anything more than a one off match instead of a full time reunion.
They were kind of legendary. Check out one of their rather amusing promos, complete with a mascot:
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Just in case it didn’t go long enough. Monday Night Raw and WWE in general are in a weird place at the moment. The fans are not interested in most of what they are being presented and that has been the case for a long time now. It would seem to be a good idea to change things up a little bit, but that has never changed WWE’s mind before. After this week’s Monday Night Raw, they were right back at it again.
According to Ringsidenews.com, there were two post show dark matches after Monday Night Raw. First up, Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch successfully defended the title against Lacey Evans. The second match saw Baron Corbin lose a street fight to Universal Champion Seth Rollins after getting in an argument with the referee. The two teams will face off on Sunday at Extreme Rules in a Winners Take All match.
The winners were in action on Monday Night Raw as well. Check out their efforts in a warmup match:
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Opinion: I don’t know how many fans..

Main Event
Date: July 4, 2019
Location: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Commentators: Byron Saxton, Renee Young
It’s a holiday edition of the show and that isn’t likely to matter as this is mainly an international show. Things got a lot more interesting this week on Raw and hopefully that carries over to here as well. Smackdown was its usual slog of a two hour show but it’s not like Smackdown means anything around here. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Dana Brooke vs. Sarah Logan It’s trilogy time and we even get a recap of their previous matches. Logan kicks her in the face to start and hits a few slams, setting up some howling. We’re already in the chinlock, drawing a rare DANA chant. Dana sends her outside for a cartwheel elbow to the face, followed by the Wade Barrett middle rope suplex into a suplex. A headscissors sets up a rollup for two on Logan, who is right back with the standing Texas Cloverleaf. That’s broken up as well so it’s the cartwheel splash for two on L..

It’s time to hang it up. A wrestling retirement is a strange thing. No matter who you are, at some point you have to finish your career and wrestle your last match. Sometimes you don’t know when it’s coming and other times you get to plan it out in advance, but it’s going to happen someday. For a former WWE wrestler, it was the latter of the two choices and that came earlier this week.
Adam Rose wrestled his retirement match on Friday night at a the Star Spangled Slammer Atomic Wrestling event in Cocoa, Florida. Rose was defeated by Bull Dempsey in the match when Dempsey made him tap out. Counting his time in developmental, Rose wrestled in WWE from 2010-2016 with his most well known run being his time as the life of the party character, which debuted on the main roster in 2014.
@lordsofpain #AdamRose tapped out to @RealBullJames in his retirement match at @WrestlingAtomic tonight. Great match by both guys. #thankyouadam pic.twitter.com/6X84uoe3Tp
— Pete Lynch (@ucfpete8) June 15, 2..