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Not so fast my cousin. To say that Roman Reigns being gone from WWE for the time being has changed things up would be an understatement. Reigns was the biggest star on the Monday Night Raw roster and pretty much the company as a whole. His absence throws a big wrench into the WrestleMania plans, but what was planned in the first place? It turns out that it’s not what we may have thought.
Earlier this year, rumors started sprouting up about Reigns facing his cousin the Rock at WrestleMania 35, perhaps even after Rock won the Royal Rumble. The plan for the match would be to give Reigns the biggest rub possible on the WrestleMania stage. However, according to Dave Meltzer on the Wrestling Observer message boards via Cagesideseats.com, the rumors are “not true at all”.
I mean, it’s not like he hasn’t tried. Here’s Rock trying to give Reigns the rub before:
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Opinion: I could see this one going either way. It’s possible that the story was true at..

I love mythology. The huge collection of stories that are designed to explain everything about the world is endlessly fascinating with all kinds of characters and motivations to sort through. You could say the same thing about wrestling, and as it turns out, one story in particular from Greek mythology can be used to explain the biggest problem in modern day WWE. Maybe there was something to that Coliseum Video introduction after all.
The story of Pandora’s Box is something that you’re likely familiar with, possibly just due to the name alone. The idea is that Pandora opened a particular box that contained all the evils of the world: disease, anger, death and any other bad thing. She closed the box to prevent the rest from getting out, but the only thing left inside was hope, which wasn’t unleashed upon the world. That’s where Monday Night Raw is at the moment. We’re in a very bad place right now and there is no reason to believe that there is any hope in the near, or possibly far, fu..

I love mythology. The huge collection of stories that are designed to explain everything about the world is endlessly fascinating with all kinds of characters and motivations to sort through. You could say the same thing about wrestling, and as it turns out, one story in particular from Greek mythology can be used to explain the biggest problem in modern day WWE. Maybe there was something to that Coliseum Video introduction after all.
The story of Pandora’s Box is something that you’re likely familiar with, possibly just due to the name alone. The idea is that Pandora opened a particular box that contained all the evils of the world: disease, anger, death and any other bad thing. She closed the box to prevent the rest from getting out, but the only thing left inside was hope, which wasn’t unleashed upon the world. That’s where Monday Night Raw is at the moment. We’re in a very bad place right now and there is no reason to believe that there is any hope in the near, or possibly far, fu..

It’s an epidemic. Earlier this week, news came out that Finn Balor was sick and had to come home early from the South American tour. While it isn’t clear if Balor is going to be ready to compete at this Sunday’s TLC event, he likely should be good to go. However, it turns out that Balor isn’t the only person in the WWE locker room who is under the weather at the moment.
According to their social media accounts, both Mandy Rose and Alexa Bliss are both ill as well at the moment. There is no word on if this is the same illness as Balor, but according to Cagesideseats.com, Rose’s illness is believed to be the reason why she missed her scheduled match against Naomi earlier this week on SmackDown live. Both noted that they were sick on their Twitter accounts:
https://twitter.com/AlexaBliss_WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Via @WWE_MandyRose Instagram story pic.twitter.com/uUSxxquVdu
— Mandy-Rose.com (@MandyRosedotCOM) December 13, 2018
Rose’s absence was noted..

It’s an epidemic. Earlier this week, news came out that Finn Balor was sick and had to come home early from the South American tour. While it isn’t clear if Balor is going to be ready to compete at this Sunday’s TLC event, he likely should be good to go. However, it turns out that Balor isn’t the only person in the WWE locker room who is under the weather at the moment.
According to their social media accounts, both Mandy Rose and Alexa Bliss are both ill as well at the moment. There is no word on if this is the same illness as Balor, but according to Cagesideseats.com, Rose’s illness is believed to be the reason why she missed her scheduled match against Naomi earlier this week on SmackDown live. Both noted that they were sick on their Twitter accounts:
https://twitter.com/AlexaBliss_WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Via @WWE_MandyRose Instagram story pic.twitter.com/uUSxxquVdu
— Mandy-Rose.com (@MandyRosedotCOM) December 13, 2018
Rose’s absence was noted..

That’s not your normal day at the office. There’s no secret to the fact that Vince McMahon isn’t your typical boss. He’s a bit on the insane side at times but is also willing to get in the ring and do whatever it takes to get a story or another wrestler over. At the same time though, McMahon does occasionally wrestle himself, and that can make things rather interesting. That would be especially true one night with Sgt. Slaughter.
In a new interview with Wrestling News, Sgt. Slaughter told a story about McMahon wanting to be a wrestler but never being allowed to by his father, who wanted McMahon to stay as an announcer. Slaughter once told McMahon that if he wanted to wrestle, he could put on a mask and wrestle Slaughter at a smaller show. McMahon did just that and Slaughter said the match took place. He didn’t say when the match took place, but McMahon Sr. died in 1984 and Slaughter was with the company in 1980-1981, meaning it likely took place during that stretch.
There are some ot..

That’s not your normal day at the office. There’s no secret to the fact that Vince McMahon isn’t your typical boss. He’s a bit on the insane side at times but is also willing to get in the ring and do whatever it takes to get a story or another wrestler over. At the same time though, McMahon does occasionally wrestle himself, and that can make things rather interesting. That would be especially true one night with Sgt. Slaughter.
In a new interview with Wrestling News, Sgt. Slaughter told a story about McMahon wanting to be a wrestler but never being allowed to by his father, who wanted McMahon to stay as an announcer. Slaughter once told McMahon that if he wanted to wrestle, he could put on a mask and wrestle Slaughter at a smaller show. McMahon did just that and Slaughter said the match took place. He didn’t say when the match took place, but McMahon Sr. died in 1984 and Slaughter was with the company in 1980-1981, meaning it likely took place during that stretch.
There are some ot..

That’s a big one. The WWE has gone out of their way to expand the NXT UK brand. After this weekend’s announcement of the first ever NXT UK Takeover, it’s clear that WWE has some big plans around here. The talent is already there on the brand, but you need some big names in there to really make an impact. Sometimes you need a big name here or there, and that’s what WWE seems to have done.
According to PWInsider.com, WWE has signed top European name WALTER (as it is spelled). The current Progress Wrestling World Champion, WALTER is a big man who wrestles a power style and is well known for his chops. He recently dropped the PWG World Title, which may have been for the sake of signing with WWE. At the moment this would be for the NXT UK brand only, though there is a chance that he could come over to work some regular NXT dates.
You’re going to need to get used to this guy. He’s got some crazy chops:
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Opinion: You had to know this was coming on..

Pull back that curtain. Last Sunday, WWE presented their the annual Survivor Series event, featuring almost every big name wrestler on their roster. The show was packed and treated like the big deal that it is, which allowed for some major moments and good action. It’s easy to praise the wrestlers for their performances in front of the camera, but what about what they go through behind the curtain?
These are always cool to see. You never really know what they’re going through before the show:
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WWE has released a new video looking behind the scenes at Survivor Series. The video looks at the roster during the entire day leading up to the event, with shots of everyone in the gorilla position as they’re ready to come to the ring. Each of them are shown in order according to where their matches took place on the show, making it a bit more organized than you might expect.
Opinion: I love this kind of stuff. You don’t get to see things like this t..

Vroom vroom. Picture a wrestler coming into the arena. Most of the time it’s going to be the wrestlers walking to the ring for whatever they’re doing and that’s perfectly fine. It’s as simple of a concept as you can get, but on bigger occasions you need to change things up. Instead of walking, sometimes the wrestlers show up in a car, and that can create some rather awesome moments.
Moments like these for instance.
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WWE has posted a new video looking at 8 Cool Car Entrances. These range from throughout the years with wrestlers coming into the arena in various kinds of vehicles. Most of them were special moments and one off appearances, but others are the regular entrances that became trademarks. Not all of them were in regular cars either, with several of them being some kind of a special vehicle.
Opinion: These are pretty cool and that’s exactly what they were shooting for here. Having a wrestler come in on some kind of vehicle feels big, ..

Sometimes you need to mix things up. Violence has been a part of wrestling for a long time now. You could see it in a variety of styles, but one of the most common is street fights. These things are often a basic way to include some weapons, many of which you see in any given version of the match. Sometimes you have to shake things up though, and that’s where WWE is going today.
Some of the stranger things.
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WWE has posted a new Top Ten video looking at the Strangest Street Fights. The video looks at various street fights that might have had some kind of a gimmick, which mainly include a theme. This might be something from a holiday or the city where the show is taking place. Most of these are more modern instances, but some of them do go back a few years.
Opinion: I mean, why not? Some of these might seem tiresome and stupid, but at the same time there are several that are just a lot of fun and get to show off some creativity. They’re also..