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Somebody get me out of here! Every now and then, the Superstars and the wrestling ring just aren’t enough to settle a score. Sometimes you need something a little more to put someone down and if that’s the case, you might need a few more pieces to work with in a match. That might involve locking someone down in one place, and if that’s the case, someone might take it a bit further. Roll the countdown!
I think they broke him.
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WWE has released a new Top Ten video looking at Trapped Superstars Getting Smashed. The idea here is exactly what it sounds like: wrestlers trapped in one way or another being crushed or attacked by something else. The list spans a very long stretch of time, with some instances from the 1990s and some going all the way to modern times with one entry from earlier this year.
Opinion: This is the kind of thing that can mean a lot more for advancing an angle as there’s only so much you can do in a regular match. Sometimes ..

I mean, can you blame them? The ending of last night’s Hell In A Cell pay per view saw Brock Lesnar make a surprise return to attack Braun Strowman and Universal Champion Roman Reigns. The result of the attack was the match being turned into a no contest, which isn’t something that often happens inside the Cell. As you might expect, the fans weren’t exactly pleased.
And of course, there’s video.
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A new video has surfaced showing the fans’ reaction after the show went off the air. The fans, at least the ones in the section filmed, loudly chanting “BULL****” in relation to the ending of the show. The pay per view ended almost immediately after the main event was over and there is a possibility that the show ended before such a chant could be heard on the WWE Network feed.
Opinion: I can’t say I disagree. WWE can’t push this concept of the Cell being the ultimate nightmare and then have the match end in a no contest because the two of them can..

I mean, it’s kind of hard not to notice. If you watched last night’s Hell In A Cell event, you might have noticed something different about the Cell itself. In addition to being one of the most intimidating sights in the wrestling world just due to being huge and scary in general, it is now fully painted red. That’s a big enough change that there almost has to be a reason behind it, and now we might know what it is.
Notice anything different?
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According to the WrestleVotes Twitter account, the idea might be as simple as Vince McMahon not realizing that the Cell itself was twenty years old and deciding that it needed a face lift. The Cell debuted on October 5, 1997 at Badd Blood when Undertaker faced Shawn Michaels. The original structure was sixteen feet high and the newer version, which debuted at Unforgiven 2006, is twenty feet high.
Asked about the Red Cell… source said “honestly, w/ all this 20 yr talk about Taker & Foley, I think Vince..

So much for that. WWE is a huge wrestling company. Actually they’re a pretty big company no matter what profession we’re talking about. They have very deep pockets and all kinds of resources. That means people are going to come after them, even if there’s not much validity to the claims made. Some of those claims were brought up again in recent years, but this time they’re going in WWE’s favor.
According to PWInsider.com, a US District Court Judge in Connecticut has dismissed all lawsuits currently against WWE in regards to concussions. The lawsuits, many of which have been filed by attorney Konstantine Kyros over the last several years, claimed that WWE was responsible for a variety of head injuries due to not properly advising the wrestlers on the risk of such injuries.
I wonder if the lawsuit went like this.
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Opinion: That’s about the only way it could have gone. At the end of the day, wrestlers have to know what kind of risks they’re ta..

Here he comes again. Last night at Hell In A Cell, Brock Lesnar made his return from WWE after a full month away from the company. While that doesn’t sound like that long on paper, it’s much more interesting when you consider that Lesnar seemed to be heading back to the UFC full time, particularly with a Heavyweight Title fight against champion Daniel Cormier penciled in for January. That’s a long way away though, so what might be on tap for the time in between?
According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, the current plan is for Lesnar to wrestle a match at the Saudi Arabia show on November 2. There is no word on who he will be facing at the show, though it isn’t likely to be Universal Champion Roman Reigns or Braun Strowman, the two of whom will be facing off against each other in a six man tag. Lesnar is still rumored to be facing Cormier in January.
I’d say he looks fine.
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Opinion: I can’t say I’m surprised at the idea of Lesna..

Brock Lesnar’s shocking return to WWE at Hell in a Cell is the hottest news in the pro wrestling world right now and with good reason. The Beast Incarnate was believed to be out of Vince McMahon’s company, at least for now. He was supposedly on his way back to the UFC , where he and Daniel Cormier are expected to face off sometime in early 2019. Lesnar’s return ruined the Universal Championship match between Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman, infuriating many fans in the process. Considering Brock’s penchant for long absences, is there any reason to believe that will change now? Why is he back?
Dave Meltzer is reporting on MMA Fighting that Brock Lesnar came back to set up a future Universal title bout. The bout will supposedly happen at a WWE event in Saudi Arabia, probably in early November. This means that current champion Roman Reigns is not safe as many fans previously believed he was.
However it does seem that Lesnar is indeed planning a UFC return. Apparently while he is in the..

Thought that the beast was gone? Think again. Tonight at the 2018 edition of Hell In A Cell, Brock Lesnar made his shocking return to the company. He entered the cell during the main event match for the Universal Championship between Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman.
The last time that The Beast was mentioned on WWE programming, his advocate, Paul Heyman was being told that he would not receive a Universal Championship rematch at Hell In A Cell. You can see a clip of that below:
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From WWE.com:
The Beast Incarnate, who lost the Universal Title to Reigns at SummerSlam (and had been denied the rematch he wanted at WWE Hell in a Cell), kicked open the door and attacked both champion and challenger, reducing a chunk of a table to splinters across their backs before laying both out with F-5s — Reigns landing on top of Strowman. Paul Heyman, meanwhile, incapacitated Foley with what looked like pepper spray to the face, leaving the replacement ref n..

The era of the Lass Kicker has begun.
Tonight at the 2018 edition of Hell In A Cell, Becky Lynch defeated Charlotte Flair to become the new Smackdown Live Women’s Champion. This is her second run with the championship.
You can see a backstage interview after she won the title below:
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From WWE.com:
No matter how much of a fight Charlotte put up, however, she could only punch back so hard with one working arm. Becky’s steady dismantling of Charlotte’s left arm left her ripe for a Dis-arm-her, which Lynch finally locked in near the edge of the ring and held up to the limit of the five-count after Charlotte rolled under the ropes. Using what parts of her body were available, Charlotte built up a full head of steam and went for a spear, but The Irish Lass Kicker reversed it seamlessly into a DDT, rolled over and covered The Queen for the pin.
Editor’s Opinion:
I’m glad that Becky is finally getting her moment and opportunity to be on top of t..

Then what’s the point? Earlier this week, Mick Foley was announced as the guest referee for the Hell in a Cell match between Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman. I’m a huge Foley fan but I’m not sure I get the point here. Foley is 53 years old and hasn’t wrestled regularly in years. There are also his physical limitations, which seem to be taking away something that he might be expected to do in the match.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Foley is not allowed to do much of anything, if anything at all, physical in his role as guest referee. Foley is moving around better than he has in years due to hip replacement but his history of concussions aren’t going to allow him to take any kind of significant bumps. There is a chance that he’s going to do something, but it’s not likely to be very much.
You can’t see this one enough.
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Opinion: I’m really not sure what the point is in having Foley involved in the match. A..

A little different perspective. There are very few moments in wrestling history more famous than Undertaker throwing Mankind off the top of the Hell in a Cell back at King Of The Ring 1998. You just don’t get moments like that every often and it might be the most played clip in WWE history. Mankind has talked about the incident time and time again but you don’t hear Undertaker talk about it very often. With the twentieth anniversary taking place earlier this year, that has changed.
It’s still weird hearing that voice out of character.
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WWE has posted a new video to its YouTube page featuring Undertaker and Mankind talking about the Cell match out of character. This is a rather rare occurrence as Undertaker is known for almost never giving out of character interviews. During the interview, Undertaker talks about wrestling the match with an injury of his own, his thoughts on starting the match on top of the Cell and the infamous crash through ..

That’s not delightful. Matt Hardy is one of the most interesting as well as successful names in the history of professional wrestling. He’s won more Tag Team Titles than he knows what to do with and has even had some singles success of his own. His Woken/Broken characters were some of the most creative things you’ll ever see and he was even allowed to bring that to WWE. But now, it might all be going away.
Goodbye?
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In a new video posted to his YouTube page, Hardy said that he has wrestled his last match for WWE. Hardy wrestled in a triple threat tag match with Bray Wyatt against the B Team and Dolph Ziggler/Drew McIntyre for the Raw Tag Team Titles. Hardy has been dealing with some injuries of late and says that he is leaving to spend time with his wife and two children. There is no word on if he’ll be working for WWE in another capacity.
Opinion: I’m pretty skeptical on this as you never know with Hardy. I know he’s injured and banged up ..