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Dynamite
Date: November 10, 2021
Location: Indianapolis Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, Indiana
Commentators: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Excalibur
It’s the go home show for Full Gear and that means things might actually be interesting around here. AEW knows how to stick the landing on their way to a pay per view and there is still some stuff that they need to cover. Odds are they’ll hit a lot of those points this week so let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Bryan Danielson vs. Rocky Romero Orange Cassidy is here with Romero. They go technical to start and the fans are behind Danielson as he grabs a headlock. The threat of an armbar sends Danielson over to the ropes so Romero elbows him in the face. Danielson flips over Romero in the corner but misses the running clothesline. Instead, Romero sends him outside, where Cassidy gives Danielson the hands in the pockets.
The delay lets Romero score with a suicide dive but Danielson is back with the kicks and chops in the corner. A kick to th..

Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over twelve years now and have reviewed over 6,000 shows. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I’ll be posting a new review here on Wrestlingrumors.net. 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?
Monday Night Raw
Date: June 11, 2007
Location: Wachovia Arena, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler, Michael Cole, Tazz, John Bradshaw Layfield, Joey Styles
It’s time for a special three hour edition (like that has a future) as we have the annual Draft. This show will include all three brands, including ECW for a change. They have really hyped up the idea that ANYONE can be drafted to any show and that seems like they are primed for something interesting. These things can have quite the ..

I’ve been watching wrestling for a very long time and one of my favorite VHS (look it up) tapes was Survivor Series 1987. The late 80s WWF is my favorite era of wrestling ever and this show (plus the next few years) had almost everyone you could want to see on a WWF show from this time. You had a midcard match with ten wrestlers, a women’s match with ten wrestlers, a tag match with twenty (!) wrestlers and a main event match with ten more, including Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant for the first time since the most famous match in history.
That’s the kind of thing that made me always want to see the Survivor Series. Where else were you going to see Rick Rude vs. Hulk Hogan or Strike Force vs. Demolition or Randy Savage vs. Hercules (outside of house shows)? It was the kind of card that gave you such a buffet of options and it was awesome to see every single year….at least up until you reach a certain point.
After 1990, it was time to quote Owen Hart and realize that enough is enough an..

Ring Of Honor
Date: November 3, 2021
Location: 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Commentators: Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman
It’s time for the Halloween edition, which did air on time in some of the markets so this isn’t that far out of place. I have no idea what to expect around here now that everything has changed, but that kind of fits how Ring of Honor has worked for years. I could go for some more of what they have been doing so this is kind of appropriate. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Quinn McKay gives us the welcome. She also gets to draw the names for the Trick Or Treat match…but we only hear EC3, with the rest of the picks in fast forward. Moderately intriguing, save for EC3 that is. She has her own match this week and needs a replacement, but it needs to be ANYONE but Brian Johnson.
Delirious runs down the card.
Commentary is in costumes as well, with Ian as a Teletubby, Coleman as Don Cornelius from Soul Train and Maria Kanellis-Bennett as…a woman in a dress..

It’s a worthy cause. There are a lot of things that WWE does every year and some of them are rather interesting. You often see WWE run the same events during the same time of the year, but sometimes you see a change that gets your attention. That is the case again this year, and this time around they are doing something a little bit different and a good bit more special.
The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation has announced a multi-year partnership with WWE, which will see WWE help tell the stories of recipients of the Medal of Honor. This will include features on this weekend’s Tribute to the Troops special, as well as a donation of $1 to the Foundation from every souvenir WrestleMania ticket sold. The partnership will officially begin this week at the WrestleMania On-Sale Party at AT&T Stadium.
This is a rather cool announcement. Check out some of WWE’s history with other foundations:
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It’s more work. There have been a lot of controversies in WWE over the last few years and a lot of them have to do with WWE exerting power over its wrestlers. Several stories have shown that WWE exerts every bit of control that they can over the roster, even when it comes to situations outside of the ring. That is the case again, and now it is with one of the company’s bigger side projects.
Fightful Select is reporting that Xavier Woods makes little to no additional money from his work on the UpUpDownDown Youtube channel or his work with G4. Instead, WWE applies both of these jobs towards Woods’ downside guarantee, meaning that they are treated the same as Woods’ time in the ring. Woods has never owned the channel and it took a “long time” to get off the ground in the first place. There is no word on what would happen to Woods’ involvement with either project should he leave WWE.
The channel is quite fun. Check out some of its content, plus Woods in his more familiar role:
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He could be good at it. There are several wrestlers that fans seem to think would work out well in Hollywood. While they are very good in front of a camera at a wrestling show, there is a world of difference in being in front of a camera in a mainstream TV show or movie. Sometimes it has worked out though and now another prominent wrestling star is getting the chance.
In an interview with Metro, Callosum Studios owner Jason Baker revealed that the former Bray Wyatt would be beginning filming a part in a movie later this month. The movie will be a feature length film and is described as “Ichi the Killer meets Xanadu”. Filming will begin in Tennessee later this month, though there is no word on the name of the film or who will be starring in it.
Wyatt certainly does have a presence. Check out his creepier moments in WWE:
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Back on the market. The wrestling world has changed a lot in recent years and that does not seem to be letting up anytime soon. There are so many places for a wrestler to go around the world and now almost anyone can see them at almost anytime. It can be interesting when you see a wrestler getting a chance to hit the open market and that will be the case again soon.
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Juice Robinson spoke with Sports Illustrated and revealed that his contract with the company is expiring in February, making him a free agent. Robinson is hoping to reignite his singles career before his deal expires, as he has mainly been teaming with David Finlay as FinJuice. There is no word on where Robinson plans to sign next after his contract expires.
Robinson could be a player in a lot of places. Check out some of his time in the ring around the world:
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That’s something serious. There are certain issues that have always been around but their statuses have changed over the years. This includes mental health, which is becoming something discussed more often as of late. Thankfully, people are starting to discuss their issues more openly and the topic is becoming less of a taboo subject. Now a prominent wrestler is doing it as well.
AEW’s Eddie Kingston has written an online letter to the Players’ Tribune, discussing his issues with mental health and his efforts to keep going. In the letter, Kingston talks about dealing with anger issues over the years and how wrestling was one of the main things that kept him calm. Kingston goes into his history as a wrestler, starting from the time at the beginning of his career and how he was ready to give up on wrestling because he felt he would never make it. The letter culminates with Kingston making it to AEW and finally proving that he could make it. Kingston is set to face CM Punk at Full Gear o..

They got what they wanted. Last week, WWE continued its streak of releasing wrestlers from the company. This is something that they have done on and off for over the last year and a half, with eighteen more wrestlers being let go in the span of about an hour last week. As has been the case before though, not all of the releases were the same, and some of them were different than the others.
According to Wrestling Observer Radio, at least Zayda Ramier, Lince Dorado and Gran Metalik all requested their releases from the company. However, WWE did not immediately grant them, but rather waited for the rest of the group of releases to officially let them go. None of the three were being used by WWE, with Ramier only wrestling five matches during her time in the company and neither Metalik nor Dorado wrestling since September.
They are some talented people. Check out the three of them in the ring:
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That could have been worse. There are all kinds of injuries in wrestling and some of them are a lot worse than others. You never know when you might see someone get taken out of the ring in a hurry, but occasionally the injury is not quite as severe while still leaving a wrestler on the shelf. This time around, it seems to be the latter but we don’t know how long someone will be gone.
According to 411mania.com, Finn Balor did not compete in a match on the United Kingdom tour earlier this week with an announcement being made that Balor was injured. According to PWInsider.com, Balor was held out of the show as a precautionary measure, though his injury is believed to be minor. There is no word on when Balor will be back in the ring or what kind of injury he has.
Balor is quite the star. Check out what he can do when he is healthy:
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I’m interested. There are a lot of wrestlers under the WWE umbrella and one of the most important things that the company needs to do is fine a way to get the right combination of them together. That can be trickier than it seems, but sometimes the company is handed a match that makes all the sense in the world. It seems to be the case again and this time WWE seems to be acting on one of them.
During the WWE’s current tour of the United Kingdom, former NXT United Kingdom Champion Walter was standing in the ring following his match. As Walter was posing, Finn Balor’s music hit and the two had a staredown as they passed. This would suggest that the two of them may be in line for a future match. The two had teased a match in NXT but nothing ever came of it.
Yeah this works. Check out Balor’s interruption plus the two in action:
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Opinion: This is clearly a ma..