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With great status comes bigger interviews. Braun Strowman has had an incredible few years, rising from little more than a lackey to Bray Wyatt to one of the biggest stars in the company. As his status has risen in WWE, it has led to a few extra perks as well, including an appearance in the upcoming film Holmes & Watson. Since he’s still a WWE star though, he’s been able to bring some of the movie to the company.
Hopefully there is no hand getting involved. Check out Strowman sitting down with some big named co-stars:
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In a new video posted to WWE’s YouTube channel, Strowman interviews co-stars John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell, along with Rebecca Hall and Lauren Lapkus. The interviews are more comical in nature with Strowman asking the two pairs questions about wrestling, including whether Reilly and Ferrell would like to do something in WWE and a short game about what Strowman has actually done in WWE.
Opinion: There isn’t much to be said he..

They’re made to be broken. Wrestling records date back a very long time. It could be the length of a title reign, the most wins at an event, or the most times winning a championship, but you could go on forever with these things. There are some that are more famous than others, but they’re broken and set every single year, including several in 2018.
You could set your own record. Like watching this cool video the most times ever:
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WWE has posted a new episode of List This, looking at 10 WWE Records That Were Broken In 2018. These include individual records both on pay per view and television, with everything from endurance records to title records. The records also include a combination of both one night records and records that took years to establish, with one dating back over twenty five years.
Opinion: I love this kind of stuff and while some of the stats might be a bit of a stretch (I’m still not clear on what the modern era of WWE is ..

If you can’t trust your own show, who can you trust? WWE has a lot of television shows, to the point where you might not even know all of them off the top of your head. One of the lesser known shows is Main Event, which is typically just a recap show. As it turned out though there might have been some breaking news on this week’s episode. Amazingly enough, that turned out to be premature.
Just yesterday, it was reported that Asuka vs. Becky Lynch for the SmackDown Women’s Title had been confirmed for next month’s Royal Rumble on Main Event. WWE has already started walking back the news, even though it aired on its own television show. Former General Manager Paige has already announced a retraction on Twitter, acknowledging that the match was announced but saying that she didn’t have the authority to make the match anymore.
Soooo I tried to make one last match before my time as #SDLive GM came to end…but unfortunately @BeckyLynchWWE vs. @WWEAsuka for the Smackdown Women’s Championship..

Happy early Christmas maybe? It’s been a little while since we’ve seen Brock Lesnar (ignoring how long it’s been since his Universal Title has been on the line) anywhere on WWE TV, let alone on Monday Night Raw. It might be nice to have someone that important on the biggest wrestling show in the world, and now it’s going to be happening in the pretty near future.
According to the Twitter account of the Chesapeake Arena in Oklahoma City, Lesnar will be appearing on Monday Night Raw on January 21, 2019. This is the go home show for the Royal Rumble, where Lesnar is scheduled to defend his title against Braun Strowman. While Lesnar isn’t scheduled to appear for nearly a month, Paul Heyman is scheduled for next week’s Monday Night Raw.
OKC – we’re getting an early Christmas present! @BrockLesnar returns to Monday Night RAW in Oklahoma City on January 21!
You can still get your tickets at https://t.co/wvCEF94e8w pic.twitter.com/dXIcR0AQIS
— Chesapeake Arena (@ChesapeakeArena) December 2..

The more things change, the more they’re not the same. Earlier this week on Monday Night Raw, Vince McMahon and his family showed up to change things in WWE. While the official announcement was focused around the idea of the family taking over the weekly television shows, there were a few more things that were changed over the course of both Monday night and the next night on SmackDown Live.
According to Dave Meltzer of F4Wonline.com by way of NoDQ.com, there have been a host of storylines dropped (some with or without explanation) as a result of the change. Some of these include Alexa Bliss being in charge of the Monday Night Raw women’s division, Shane McMahon’s heel turn (which never got started), Lucha House Party rules (addressed on Monday) and Paige as the SmackDown Live General Manager (addressed on Tuesday, and likely due to needing her to do publicity work for the upcoming Fighting With My Family movie).
At least this got an explanation. Here’s how Paige left her job on Smac..

Is it a bad dream? Over the last few years, few superstars have risen faster than the Velveteen Dream. He’s gone from what felt like a joke of a talent to a heck of a performer and one of the most popular heroes in NXT. His work has been incredible and he has more charisma than he knows what to do with, but there might be a bit of a roadblock on his path towards the top of NXT.
According to Dave Meltzer of F4Wonline.com by way of NoDQ.com, Velveteen Dream may be in trouble over a recent string of tweets that he sent out and then deleted, where he complained about not being called up to the main roster yet. Velveteen Dream has tweeted some controversial statements and since deleted them before so it is likely the subject that got him in trouble this time. It hasn’t been limited to Twitter either, as Velveteen Dream wore tights at Takeover: Brooklyn IV that said “CALL ME UP VINCE!”.
Dig those tights! Oh and check out a good match:
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205 Live
Date: December 19, 2018
Location: Save Mart Center, Fresno, California
Commentators: Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson
Well with the most recently title match out of the way, things are starting to get back to normal around here. That doesn’t mean we don’t have anything big planned for tonight though, with a street fight between Akira Tozawa/Brian Kendrick vs. Jack Gallagher/Drew Gulak. Tozawa and Kendrick had a great street fight last year and this has the potential to be incredible as well. Let’s get to it.
We open with a recap of Buddy Murphy retaining the Cruiserweight Title over Cedric Alexander at TLC. This leads into the regular preview of tonight’s show.
Opening sequence.
Here are Hideo Itami and Ariya Daivari for a chat. Daivari is extra serious tonight as he tells everyone to SHUT THEIR MOUTHS and show Hideo respect. He can’t sit idly by while a legend like Itami is ignored around here. Itami hasn’t had any real competition for two months so until that i..

WWE is trying something different with its two major brands. Monday Night Raw delivered something fresh in terms of leadership and the same was true of SmackDown Live the next night. Gone are the program’s General Managers and Commissioners. In their place is the McMahon Family. Vince, Stephanie, Shane and Triple H are now all assuming joint leadership over both brands. So when a decision is to be made on the air, that decision will presumably be made by one, or more, of the four. This is what WWE believes will right the ship. But is this really a fresh idea, or the same recycled storyline?
Fans expected something big when Vince walked down the ramp on the December 17 edition of Raw. WWE promoted his appearance ad nauseam on social media in the days leading up to the show. Even if fans had not been paying attention all that much, there would have really been no way to miss it. The boss was coming back and he was going to “shake things up.”
But the moment he received a standing ovatio..

He’s not done just yet. Earlier this month on Monday Night Raw, Heath Slater defeated Rhyno in a match where the loser would be out of a job. While Slater has gone on to become a crooked referee, Rhyno seems to be looking for a new line of work. However, much like anything else in wrestling, there seems to be a little more to this than meets the eye.
According to Wrestlinginc.com, Rhyno appeared at a WWE house show on Friday in Nashville, despite losing his career earlier in the month. After being on the losing end of a six man tag, Curt Hawkins made an open challenge in hopes of breaking his losing streak, which has now lasted over two years. Hawkins issued an open challenge so Rhyno came through the crowd and Gored him without a match actually starting. There is no word on if or when Rhyno will return to WWE TV.
It was a hard way to go. Check out how Rhyno lost his job:
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Opinion: I’m not sure how much value there is in pushing Rhyno at th..

205 Live
Date: December 12, 2018
Location: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson
We’re in an interesting place here as we have a Cruiserweight Title match set for Sunday, and that means we need something to fill in the gap before then. There’s a good chance that we’ll get a hard sell for the title match so whatever else we get could be rather interesting. Let’s get to it.
Drake Maverick introduces the show and explains tonight’s matches: Buddy Murphy and Cedric Alexander will be facing wrestlers Maverick has chosen. Murphy will face Gran Metalik while Alexander will face Tony Nese.
Buddy Murphy vs. Gran Metalik Non-title. Kalisto and Lince Dorado are here, complete with pinatas. Murphy takes him straight down by the arm without much effort and gets reversed even faster. A few pulls of the mask keep Metalik down but he nips back up and scares Murphy into the corner. With Murphy knocked out to the floor, it’s a flip dive to put him ..

After a very long year, we’re at the final pay per view of the calendar. In this case, that means a show with a lot of violence in the form of TLC, or tables, ladders and chairs for long. This year’s show is packed, because we need every single match on the card BECAUSE THAT’S HOW WWE WORKS! I’m not sure what to expect on the show, but odds are it’s going to be long. Let’s get to it.
Finn Balor vs. Drew McIntyre We’ll start with the first match that I saw when I looked at the card. Balor has been under the weather as of late and that means…well very little really, but they’ve been fighting for a few weeks now over Balor wanting to stand up against the bully. At the same time though, McIntyre should be ready for a heck of a push and that would seem to include a win here over Balor.
That’s what I’m going with here as Balor has no reason to win the thing while McIntyre can get another big win under his belt here. McIntyre is someone who can become a top star in the near future and Balor..