Does Anyone Watch Wrestling? (WWE, AEW, TNA, NWA, etc)

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Bray Wyatt could be on AEW Dynamite tonight as its in the late Brodie Lee's hometown of Rochester.

WWE's Alexa Bliss will be written of TV for a while to have surgery on a Sinus injury. Wishing her a speedy recovery and also hoping she will have a new gimmick when she returns.

Speaking of surgery Sheamus has had surgery on his nose again after he broke it for a second time in just a few months on last weeks Raw.

 

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Who's betting that Bliss will come back with a Lilly protective mask like Sheamus

 

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If you need any evidence that Vince McMahon is now running NXT have a look at Joe Gacy. What the hell!

 

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If you need any evidence that Vince McMahon is now running NXT have a look at Joe Gacy. What the hell!

As I mentioned before. I'm actually starting to like the gimmick. They're even going beyond by taking videos down to make it seem like Gacy gimmick was actually controversial.

I think pushing Steiner's son already to the NXT Title picture is a pretty Vince move as well

 

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I like the newness of the re-vamped show though, all the new guys and girls getting a chance, new people to keep an eye on, it keeps things fresh.

 

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A friendly reminder that the WWE Draft starts on Smackdown tonight and continues on Raw this coming Monday, they haven't announced any matches for tonight just yet but Edge will be there to confront Seth Rollins.

Becky Lynch v Bianca Belair v Sasha Banks for the SD women's title has been made for Crown Jewel.

 

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Has there been any confirmation on the Draft "pools" like in the previous 2 years?

 

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They have confirmed that the chances won't take into affect until after Crown Jewel which is on Oct 22nd, that sort of makes sense as there are matches already made for that show, but why didn't they have the draft after Crown Jewel?!

Bianca Belair v Sasha Banks will main event tonight's show in a Mania rematch.

 

[Com Fox]

They have confirmed that the chances won't take into affect until after Crown Jewel which is on Oct 22nd, that sort of makes sense as there are matches already made for that show, but why didn't they have the draft after Crown Jewel?!

Bianca Belair v Sasha Banks will main event tonight's show in a Mania rematch.

I think so storylines can be prepared before actually being applied while finishing off the current storylines.

They really like trying to keep Big E from The New Day given that Kofi and Xavier now moved to Smackdown

Also Charlotte Flair moved to Smackdown, I hope they don't pull what they did last year and have the 2 Champions swap belts... I rather they just rename the Women and Tag Team titles so they aren't defined by the brand

 

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There were more draft picks announced a few hours ago. Here is a list of who is where after today.

Raw.
Big E
Bianca Belair
RK-Bro
Edge
Rhea Ripley & Nikki ASH
Keith 'Bearcat' Lee
Rey & Dominik Mysterio
Austin Theory
Nia Jax
Doudrop
Zelina Vega
John Morrison
Reggie
R-Truth
T-Bar
Alpha Academy
Apollo Crews & Commander Azeez

Smackdown
Roman Reigns
Charlotte Flair
Drew McIntyre
The New Day
Happy Corbin & Madcap Moss
Hit Row
Naomi
Jeff Hardy
Toni Storm
Aliyah
Mace
Drew Gulak
Mansoor
Mustafa Ali

 

[Com Fox]

Supposedly the Draft wasn't even finalised until Thursday and like Drafts in the 1st split, no one knew where they were ending up. NXT talent didn't even know they were eligible...

Not sure if this Draft helps Raw. Well have to see what happens on Raw. Edge is a great acquisition to help Raw lack of already made stars but that's about it

 

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Good show last night overall, Loved Seth Rollins breaking into Edge's house...always lock your doors!

Edge v Rollins falls count anywhere has since been announced for Crown Jewel.

We didn't get an explanation for the rope break during the title match this past Sunday last night, Balor wasn't even on the show, he'll probably get drafted now me thinks.

King Of The Ring returns next week starting on Smackdown and then on Raw, the new Queens Crown tournament will start too.

 

[JohnBM01]

According to my Facebook memories, it was yesterday (October 2nd) I was first introduced to All-Elite Wrestling and first started watching it. AEW has come a long way since and continues to be a solid product. I think AEW really shines with a number of longtime past wrestlers joining a promotion where they can still be competitive. AEW is a great product.

 

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4 years ago Thursday was when WWE Live was in my town with Jon Huber... Gonna miss that big guy...

 

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Night two of the draft on Raw in a bit, Goldberg will make an appearance.

RK-Bro v Styles/Omos for the Raw tag titles has been made for Crown Jewel.

 

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Happy that Kevin Owens is on Raw. Gives me more reason to tune in to Raw and he always felt "bottlecapped" on Smackdown.

Also happy Rollins is moving back to Raw. Seeing him on Smackdown never felt right . I wonder if he's going to be like "you owe me" because of what he did at Survivor Series.

 

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Draft picks from last night.

Raw.
Becky Lynch
Bobby Lashley
Seth Rollins
Damien Priest
AJ Styles and Omos
Kevin Owens
Street Profits
Finn Balor
Karrion Kross
Alexa Bliss
Carmella
Gable Steveson
Dana Brooke
Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode
Jaxson Ryker
Veer
Liv Morgan
Tamina
Mia Yim
Tegan Nox
Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander
The Miz

Smackdown
The Usos
Sasha Banks
King Nakamura and Rick Boogs
Sheamus
Shayna Baszler
Xia Li
The Viking Raiders
Ricochet
Angel Garza and Humberto Carillo
Cesaro
Ridge Holland
Sami Zayn
Jinder Mahal and Shanky
Natalya
Shotzi Blackheart

Most of those picks were on the show last night where there were six rounds, some were announced on Raw Talk.

A few tag teams and stables have split up, most in the women's tag team division, Tegan and Shotzi didn't get their tag title match that they earned twice!

Brock Lesnar and Bayley were not drafted and are technically 'free agents'.

 

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Fun fact, this is the first time since the 2nd Brand Split that The Miz hasn't swapped brands. Every Shakeup/Draft has had him move to a different brand until now

 

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The top of Smackdown is looking a little light following the draft, you have Roman of course and Lesnar, but outside of Drew McIntyre there is not much there, unless they build a few guys up.

Good show last night, looks like it will be Big E v McIntyre at Crown Jewel for the WWE title, Lashley v Goldberg has been made for the show and its no holds barred which sounds horrible. Good main event between Charlotte and Belair in a first time ever match.

I like the NXT call ups in the draft, I think there are all deserved.

 

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So NXT last night then, Tommaso Ciampa will defend his title against Bron Breakker at Halloween Havoc on the 28th, Ciampa will also face Joe Gacy next week and if Gacy wins he is added to the match making it a triple threat.

I'm still finding the Gacy thing a bit weird, he beat Ikemen Jiro in a good match and hugged him after! Parker Boudreaux/Harland debuted (he is being touted as the next Brock Lesnar) Tony D'Angelo also debuted and he tried to bribe the ref before the match!

MSK defended their tag titles in a really good fatal four way elimination main event against Williams/Hayes, GYV and Briggs/Jensen, next week sees Isiah Scott defend his NA title v Santos Escobar and Kyle O'Reilly & Von Wagner v Pete Dunne & Ridge Holland.

 

[JohnBM01]

Are YOU All-Elite? It's on right now from Philadelphia, PA on the campus of Temple University with an awesome 8-man tag match. I'm really starting to like Jurassic Boy on AEW. Bryan Danielson is looking good in AEW as he used to be in the WWE.

Enjoy the show if you're watching!


[OMISSION] Kenny Omega is also in this opening match.

 

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So NXT last night then, Tommaso Ciampa will defend his title against Bron Breakker at Halloween Havoc on the 28th, Ciampa will also face Joe Gacy next week and if Gacy wins he is added to the match making it a triple threat.

I'm still finding the Gacy thing a bit weird, he beat Ikemen Jiro in a good match and hugged him after! Parker Boudreaux/Harland debuted (he is being touted as the next Brock Lesnar) Tony D'Angelo also debuted and he tried to bribe the ref before the match!

MSK defended their tag titles in a really good fatal four way elimination main event against Williams/Hayes, GYV and Briggs/Jensen, next week sees Isiah Scott defend his NA title v Santos Escobar and Kyle O'Reilly & Von Wagner v Pete Dunne & Ridge Holland.

It's reminding me of Bo Dallas NXT run a bit in the match.

 

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Both king of the ring and the queens crown tournaments have started. Sami Zayn beat Rey Mysterio to advance to the semi finals, where he will face Finn Balor who beat Cesaro in the really good match, we still got no explanation to what happened to Balor/Demon at Extreme Rules and wasn't Cesaro supposed to get a big push?!

The other matches for KOTR on the Raw side are Kofi Kingston v Jinder Mahal and Xavier Woods v Ricochet, leading to potentially Kingston v Woods, the finals of both competitions will be at Crown Jewel.

Sadly on the women's side WWE went WWE with both matches lasting just four minutes between them! Zelina Vega beat Toni Storm and Carmella surprisingly beat Liv Morgan (there goes Liv's push!) leading to 'Mella v Vega next week, its Doudrop v Natalya and Brooke v Baszler on the Raw side.

Roman's entrance lasted longer than both women's matches combined, the segment he had with Paul was brilliant though, Edge has challenged Seth Rollins to a Hell in a Cell match (that wiped the smile right of Seth's face!) We were supposed to have a contract signing for the big women's triple threat match but it lead to a brawl between the three, however Belair lifted both of them at the same time into the KOD before she put Lynch onto Banks and into a table, that was impressive!

Next week is Lynch v Banks and Lesnar returns.

 

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Big E featured in the epic Boxing match between Fury and Wilder last night, he gave recorded promos for each fighter before their walk-ons and was at the arena watching the fight, when he was on camera watching a graphic popped up saying 'Big E WWE Champion'.

I thought it was great and it made being WWE Champion a big deal, anything that gives WWE and Wrestling in general more exposure is a win for me.

 

[JohnBM01]

Well, Iowa didn't "win by a million," but they did take down a very game Penn State at home. It was very cool seeing Big E on the set for FOX college football at his alma mater of the University of Iowa.

It's great seeing the King of the Ring return. Even more so, a new Queen of the Ring tournament. Something tells me on the KOR side that either Rey or Dominik Mysterio will turn heel. Either father or son is going to ultimately snap. It was great seeing Finn Balor take down Cesaro. That isn't easy. Two heels advanced on the women's end of the SmackDown! QOR- Zelina Vega (who I always call a Hellcat) and Carmella advancing.

On the RAW side, it's going to be tough sledding for both Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods in their KOR matches on this upcoming RAW. Jinder Mahal and Kofi have one thing in common- former heavyweight champions. Xavier Woods vs. Ricochet could be very fun to watch. I always loved Ricochet when I first saw him. If we get Kofi vs. Xavier in the next round, it's going to be tough to pick between those two. Kofi's been atop the mountain before, and I think him moving towards winning King of the Ring may well solidify his Hall of Fame status. On RAW Women's QOR side, matches should be pretty interesting with Doudrop vs. Natalya and Dana Brooke vs. bad girl Shayna Baszler.

Looking forward to the new week!

 

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Everyone is going for Xavier Woods to win KOTR, because both Kofi and Big E have seen great single success in recent years with them both winning the WWE title.

I think it'll be brilliant if Woods won it as he would deserve it, he is very under-rated.

 

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Raw was a bit of a mess last night.

WWE has to stop this thing where they have two people in a feud and make them team up for a tag match to ask if they 'can co-exist', its stupid and lazy and its been done to death...and the answer is always No!, and it happened twice last night..

Firstly it was Becky and Charlotte v Bianca and Sasha which on paper looks like a great women's tag match but right now they all hate each other so before the match predictably they all started beating each other up before the match started, it was prefectly fine for a while it did get going but then Sasha and Bianca started beating each other which somehow lead to a DQ (I think!) then they all started beating each other again until Becky stood tall. The whole thing was pretty bad and it didn't really do anything as it was just there, and don't forget those four are probably the best in the division right now and that's what they got!

Next it was Drew and Big E v The Usos in the main event...Usos randomly on Raw last night (WWE very weird right now) like the previous tag match it was perfectly fine, until Drew and Big E turned on each other, started beating each other outside which led to a count out! Drew hit the Claymore on Big E and that's how Raw went off the air.

Also WWE continuing to split tag teams up after Ali attacked Mansoor backstage following their loss to Hurt Business and now Ali v Mansoor will be at Crown Jewel (Mansoor is from Saudi Arabia) The Queens Crown is still a bit of a joke as the two matches last night were again super short, Shayna beat Dana in 90 seconds and Doudrop beat Natalya in 3mins 30.

Probably the only good thing last night was Xavier Woods progressing in the KOTR beating Ricochet in a really good match, it could have been Kofi meeting him in the next round but Jinder Mahal beat him in that match.

Sorry to be moan-y but it was that kind of show!

 

[Com Fox]

Since the Draft isn't in effect until after Crown Jewel, easier to think there's no more Brand Split until then and WWE is just milking "dream" matched as much as they can for any sort of ratings boost above AEW

 

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We have a new North American Champion on NXT, it was previous champ Isiah 'Swerve' Scott v Santos Escobar in the main event last night....and the new champion is not Escobar! It is in fact Carmelo Hayes who cashed in his championship contract he won after winning the breakout tournament, Scott and Escobar had a good match and Scott retained but Hayes cashed in after, Scott is going to Smackdown with the rest of Hit Row.

Two more matches made for Halloween Havoc, Raquel Gonzalez v Mandy Rose for the Women's title in a 'Spin the wheel, Make the deal' match (which is like Raw Roulette wheel) and a triple threat Women's tag title match with current champs Zoey Stark & Io Shirai defending against Jacy Jayne & Gigi Dolan and Indi Hartwell & Persia Pirotti.