WATCH: Miro Offers Update On His AEW Return Status

That’s not the same thing. With so many wrestlers on the AEW roster, it can be difficult to find time for everyone to get on the television shows. A wrestler falling through the cracks is certainly not uncommon and there are times where AEW just has nothing for them to do. That seems to be the case again with a current star, but now we are getting a bit of confusion over why he is missing.
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Miro has only wrestled four matches on AEW television this year, with his most recent taking place back in September. There have been varying reports about why, with one saying that AEW had nothing creative for him, which was refuted with a report saying that Miro rejected a story pitched to him. Miro was interviewed by Muse TV at the premier of National Treasure: Edge of History, where Miro was asked when he would be returning to AEW. In response, Miro said that it was not up to him, but that he was sitting and waitin..

Up Next: Full Taping Results From Next Two Editions Of NXT *SPOILERS*

That’s what’s up next. We are closing in on the end of the year and that means a lot of people are getting into the holiday season. This includes WWE as well, as the company has several things to take care of before the year is closed out. At the same time though, WWE is going to want to give its wrestlers a break from some of their regular shows, and that is what they covered this week.
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WWE taped the next two episodes of NXT TV this week in anticipation of the holidays. On Wednesday, NXT TV for December 21 and December 28 were taped, assuming there is no Best Of or special edition airing in its place. Several of the upcoming matches were announced in advance during this week’s edition of NXT. Here are the results, courtesy of Fightful:
December 20:
* Carmelo Hayes def. Axiom, who hit him with a moonsault after the match.
* Grayson Waller told Bron Breakker to meet him in the ring.
* Zoey Stark def. Nik..

He Did What? More On Huge Upset This Week On AEW Dynamite

He’s new. Wrestlers can have a very long shelf life in their careers as they are able to stay in the ring for several years. They can move up and down the card at various points in their career but at some point, someone has to get a special win over another star. We saw that this week on national television and now we know something else about how the whole thing came together.
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This week on AEW Dynamite, Action Andretti made his debut on the she and defeated Chris Jericho in an upset. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, Jericho himself came up with the idea for Andretti to defeat him. Jericho saw Andretti face QT Marshall on the October 11 edition of Dark and decided to help Andretti become a star. However, Jericho was forced to wait until the end of his feud with Claudio Castagnoli before he could go through with his plans. AEW has since announced that Andretti has been signed to the company.
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Ouch: WWE Star Out Of Action With Injury

That explains it. Injuries are one of the most common problems that a wrestler faces, as you never know when someone is going to be put on the shelf. Wrestlers can get injured at any time and occasionally you won’t see it happen. That can require a promotion to write them off television and now that seems to have happened again with a current WWE star who was recently attacked.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: That’s Scary: Hangman Page Reveals How Messed Up He Was After Recent Concussion
Earlier this month, Shotzi was attacked by Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler on SmackDown. The two slammed a car door on Shotzi’s hand, breaking it in the process and putting Shotzi on the shelf. According to PWInsider.com, Shotzi is dealing with a legitimate injury, resulting in the angle being shot. There is no word on what kind of injury Shotzi has suffered or how long she will be out of action.
Shotzi is quite good whens he is healthy. Check out what she can do in the ring:
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That’s Scary: Hangman Page Reveals How Messed Up He Was After Recent Concussion

That’s a scary thought. Injuries are the kind of things that you cannot avoid in wrestling as no matter how talented or experienced you are, there is always the chance of getting hurt. Certain injuries can be worse than others, with few being scarier than things happening to someone’s head. That was the case earlier this year, and now we know just how bad things might have been.
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Back on the October 18 edition of AEW Dynamite, Hangman Page challenged Jon Moxley for the AEW World Title. During the match, Page was knocked unconscious by a clothesline and the match was stopped as a result. Page has not wrestled since after suffering a concussion. This week on Dynamite, Page spoke about the night he was injured, revealing that he could not remember his son’s name for an hour after he woke up. Page has also said that while he is not medically cleared to wrestle, but he will be appearing on Rampage to fight Moxley.
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Homecoming: WWE Legend Confirms Invitation To Monday Night Raw 30th Anniversary Special

Welcome home. There have been all kinds of stars throughout WWE’s history, several of which are still remembered to this day. Several of those memories took place on Monday Night Raw, which will be celebrating its thirty year anniversary next month. WWE will be bringing in various legends for the show, and now we know at least one name who has been invited to appear.
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In a post on his Facebook page, WWE legend Tatanka revealed that he has been invited to the 30th anniversary of Monday Night Raw special on January 23 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tatanka did not say whether or not he had accepted the invitation. Tatanka wrestled for WWE from 1991-1996 and again from 2005-2007. He has since made various one off appearances, including at WrestleMania 32.
You might remember Tatanka. Check out some if his time on Monday Night Raw:
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REVIEW: Mayhem 2000: When The Cell Isn’t Enough

Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over ten years now and have reviewed over 5,000 shows. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I’ll be posting a new review here on Wrestlingrumors.net, starting today. 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?
Mayhem 2000
Date: November 26, 2000
Location: Wisconsin Center Arena, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 3,800
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Stevie Ray, Mark Madden
These dying days of WCW are a scary place. Things are about as bad as they’ve been since Russo left, including a rather uninteresting main event of Booker T. defending his World Title against Scott Steiner (again) in a match that really isn’t the biggest secret. Let’s get to it.
We open with Booker arriving and being mobbed by the fans that..

Ouch: Wrestling Legend Slams SmackDown Star, Would Fire All But Two WWE Women

That would be extreme. Wrestling today is nothing close to what it was twenty years ago. The industry has completely changed with several aspects being nothing close to what it was before. This includes women’s wrestling, which has gone from little more than a side show to one of the focal points of WWE’s product. However, one wrestling legend has a certain thought process on modern WWE women’s wrestling and it’s rather different.
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During a recent edition of the Smack Talk podcast, wrestling legend Dutch Mantel criticized Tegan Nox’s return to WWE, saying she was unsure of herself. Mantel did say that the issue could have been attributed to ring rust but was not impressed with Nox’s armdrags. He also said that he would fire everyone in the division, save for Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler, only to hire them back five minutes later, just to show that he could.
Nox didn’t seem to impress Mante..

She’s Missed: Backstage Reaction To Mandy Rose’s Surprise WWE Release

People are going to talk. There have been a lot of WWE roster moves throughout the year and some of them have been more than a bit surprising. You never know when you are going to see a wrestler leave out of nowhere and that was the case again earlier this week with a surprise release. It was enough of a surprise that it was going to get a reaction, and now we have the important ones.
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Earlier this week, Mandy Rose was suddenly released from her WWE contract, reportedly due to Rose posting risque content online. According to Bryan Alvarez’s subscription feed by way of Wrestlingnews.co, the release took Rose by surprise and she was caught off guard. In addition, Rose’s Toxic Attraction teammate Jacy Jayne seemingly responded to the news with a series of broken heart images. Neither Rose nor Gigi Dolin, the third member of the team, has commented on the release.
Per Bryan Alvarez on Mandy..

If At First You Succeed: Kevin Owens Pitched Dream Match vs. Shawn Michaels

What could have been. There are certain matches in wrestling that are so special that they are described as “dream matches”. These can often include wrestlers who you might not see face off at any other time, making it a very rare occurrence. Occasionally the matches are not things you would have thought of seeing in the first place, and one star pitched another such match.
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Earlier this year at WrestleMania 38, Steve Austin came out of retirement for one last match, facing Kevin Owens in an impromptu no holds barred match. Owens recently appeared on the French language Sans Restrictions podcast and revealed that after his WrestleMania match with Austin, he personally asked Shawn Michaels about a possible match between the two. While Michaels, 57 years old, said that he did think about another match, he felt that he shouldn’t do so. There is nothing to suggest that Michaels wil..