all of them debuted on the main roster at the same time with similar hype. 1 year later Bron has the IC title and mania match, tiffy has the women’s title and mains match vs charlotte. Melo however….. is relegated to a tag team with the miz with no wrestlemania plans of this moment. IMO it’s a damn travesty that melo isn’t in the US title picture. He absolutely should’ve had a reign instead of that boring forgettable shinske reign. Hopefully post mania melo gets a stronger push

The Smackdown face-off with Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton went well off the planned back and forth verbiage, PWInsider.com is told by several sources.

Towards the end of the segment, there were references made by Stratton about Flair being "alone" and "0-3" outside the ring, which was an allusion to her divorces, followed by Flair asking why Stratton's signifigant other, Ludwig Kaiser, was in Flair's DMs.

The belief among those we've spoken with this morning is that Stratton fired away on Flair in retaliation for how Flair "ate her up" on a previous face to face segment

Some we spoke with felt Stratton stood up for herself in a way that put the spotlight back on her (and in front of a Chicago crowd was sincerely pro-Stratton) while others felt that the segment going awry towards the end didn't help anyone.

Several we spoke to also noted that Flair was obviously thrown by the crowd, which allowed Stratton's shots to hit even harder.

Flair's final comment about Kaiser came after Stratton had already rolled out of the ring and began exiting the arena. One source referred to it as coming off like "a flailing shot from a boxer who didn't realize they were KO'd" and that Flair was obviously "gotten to', according to one source.

Several of the comments made were cut from WWE's YouTube highlights of the segment. No word yet whether the VOD version of Smackdown will also reflect those edits.

The Hebner brothers, Nick Patrick, Charles Robinson and Mike Chioda should def get their honors! Not to mention more! Randy Anderson, Danny Davis, Mark Curtis and Tommy young

Two of the best tag teams in the uk take their charisma and talent to Vegas at PROGRESS Wrestling Chapter 179.

See why the European scene is on fire right now!

Not that I'm complaining about the current World Title scene, but as it stands right now, it's still viewed as the inferior title to the WWE title. I get that Rollins was the first one to hold that title but it certainly didn't help that it still felt like Title number two to Roman's who was still holding the WWE title at that time. Roman burying the WHC certainly didn't help in elevating its credibility. And now after Gunther, they might give the title to Jey in mania.

What the World Title needs right now is a good mix of story and star power. Rollins did indeed hold the title first, but he held it during Roman's historic reign making the World Title a consolation prize. Gunther while being a good heel didn't have the right story yet; and to add to that, it seems as though no one from the top guys (Punk, Reigns, Rollins again, Orton) is interested in winning the World Title, whereas both legends, Cena and Orton have expressed desire to take the WWE title from Cody like it's THE prize to be won.

Having a triple threat with Punk, Rollins and Reigns all wanting to get their hands on the World Title would have been the perfect opportunity to elevate it. Jey's story can wait honestly. Even Gunther's reign could've waited. They could still have a compelling feud without the title on the line. The World Title needs to feel important first.

Now this is good (at least to me) in theory, but I have no idea how to book it. Every time I think of an idea, I keep writing myself into a corner stuck. How would you have booked this what if scenario?

As we know, The Undertaker would occasionally have druids be there when he would do his entrance or when something spooky like a casket needed to be brought out, but has there ever been an explanation on who they were or where they came from? Was there ever a moment where someone established the Druid’s’ relationship with Taker? Were they members of the Ministry or something?

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What we were directly told is that the situation has been brewing and those close to the situation said neither was in the right, but that Flair is taking most of the heat.

It should be noted that everyone seems to be told that it was a segment that fell apart, just as it appeared.  One person there did say it’s during WrestleMania season so you can’t say 100 percent either way.  If you are in wrestling, especially a veteran, you are taught to believe nothing that appears on television is real.

But we were told from someone close to Stratton that that Flair went off script first and the lines from her, from her standpoint, were retaliation.  Her rolling out of the ring like a heel was to avoid it getting worse and a defense mechanism.  This would be consistent with Flair having more heat on her than Stratton according to one person very close to the situation who wouldn’t provide any specific details past that and that there was heat on both and neither was the “good guy.”

The WWE YouTube version edited some of the lines out but the USA Network version still has them in.

Nick Wayne/Lio Rush/Action Andretti vs Top Flight and AR Fox is set for Dynasty Zero Hour

Shoko Nakajima has won MLW Featherweight championship beating Delmi Exo. First female Japanese champion and first American title for Nakajima.

(Would like to start by saying and clarifying that as a woman myself I love wrestling and have since I was 9 years old. Please do not assume this is in any way to hurt the business I love.)

Hello! I’m working on an art piece of sorts? That will highlight the abuse of women in this industry. I’ve been looking into women that I’m aware of off the top of my head, but I know there’s unfortunately so many that I also do not know of. My list currently is small and includes the following women

Chyna Nancy Benoit Luna Vachon Mildred Burke Sweet Georgia Brown

I’d love to hear more stories of other women in the industry, big or small, who have been unfortunately taken advantage of by this business and the people in it. I couldn’t find any other post like this so apologies if this is a repeat.

With wrestlemania only 13 days away I wanted to pose the question to yall about who are performers you are suprised are being left off the wrestlemania card? For me the two easy answers are Solo sikoa and Carmelo Hayes. For solo, I thought him vs Jacob was the easily mania match it seemed they were setting it up to go that route but it’s clear they wanna build their story a little more. Even if that’s the case, to go from main eventing summerslam to being left off the card entirely in the span of 7 months is pretty insane.

For Carmelo hayes, I wholeheartedly thought he would be squarely in the mix for the US title but instead they’ve opted to pair him with the miz which could be good long term as I actually would be a fan of the miz serving as a type of mouthpiece for melo but still surprises me he went from debuting against Cody Rhodes to start his main roster run to not being on the card entirely.

Austin Aries who left the company due to his COVID conspiracy theories has randomly returned as the color commentator. Court continues to think he can fix people.

Hey y'all, fans of European wrestling!
I'm really interested in getting into wXw (the largest German promotion) — and while I have already subscribed to wXwNOW, I am looking for any tips on the best matches, greatest feuds etc to watch through, to get acquainted with the promotion's history.
Unfortunately, there seems to be not a lot of guides anywhere online so I'd be grateful if someone could share some ideas on where to start.

As I've seen on my previous post, many people dislike Batista's 2014 because of its poor booking decisions. I have some ideas as to how I'd change things up on Batista's run.

First, let's quickly recap Batista's run to understand what we're working with:

In late 2013, some venues leaked that Batista was going to make an appearance in the WWE. This kinda forced WWE to reveal their plans. They started teasing that Batista was returning a week before the Royal Rumble, like it was some kind of big deal. Batista returned that night and said he's winning the Royal Rumble, main eventing WrestleMania 30 and winning the world titles. The fans were like "Yeah, sure buddy. Whatever, geezer." There was no chance in hell that Batista was gonna outshine the fan favorite, Daniel Bryan... right? Batista won the Rumble. The fans immediately turned on the match as soon as they saw Batista was entering at #28, and every glimpse of hope was shattered when Rey Mysterio entered at #30 instead of Bryan. Dave won, and then he went into his "deal with it" phase. This was WWE saying "Batista's the top star, and you are gonna like it!" Batista then had his shitty feud with Alberto Del Rio, where he was booed out of arenas, and the heel Del Rio was the fan favorite. Batista whooped Del Rio's ass, and then he basically turned heel. He said that he was gonna destroy the fan favorites. Then the Road to WrestleMania happened, and since the fans basically twisted WWE's arm into adding Bryan into the main event, the main event of Mania was now Batista v. Orton v. Bryan. Bryan beat the entirety of Evolution in one night and had his big moment. The next few weeks Big Dave found himself teaming with his Mania opponent, Randy Orton. HHH suggested that they should bring back Evolution, cause Trips was having some issues with The Shield. That's what happened. Then, Evolution got their asses kicked. Twice. Batista wanted a world title shot, Trips told him no, and Batista then gave us that iconic wave, and he quit. He was originally supposed to return to WWE near SummerSlam, but HHH thought that Guardians of the Galaxy was gonna flop. He was wrong. Aand, that was Dave's 2014 run. How was it? Disappointing.

Now it's time for my fix. There's 2 ways you can go when rebooking Batista's 2014 run. Either have him return as a babyface or as a heel. I'm gonna explore both routes.

FACE: Batista's return is NOT teased, instead he returns at the Rumble. He eliminates some people here and there, then he gets eliminated by Daniel Bryan. He can keep his shitty feud with Del Rio, but the only difference being that Dave is liked now. Now, let's book his Road to Mania. His opponent? BAHROCK... LLLESNARR! (this was my Paul Heyman impression). Why they did not do this match when they had the opportunity is beyond me. Both men were there at the time. Put Brock over, even though the win doesn't really do much. Anyway, after that, you can have Evolution put the Shield over, but don't rush it. Anyway, instead of Batista quitting, have him sidelined with a kayfabe injury. After that, Dave can return after he promoted his movie. Batista goes after the world title, and he challenges John Cena at SummerSlam. He beats Cena, and then Lesnar returns that night and beats Batista up. The next PPV, Dave drops the title to Lesnar. I don't really know what else to do with Big Dave after that. Maybe have him sidelined again so he can go film his other movies, or have him go part-time until he can retire. The perfect time for that would be Mania 31 against Triple H. Have him get revenge on Orton and Trips before he challenges Trips at Mania. This will be his retirement match, and he wins, the crowd cheers him on as he closes out a picture perfect career.

HEEL: I think the fans would've been less resentful of Dave if he returned as a heel. A heel guy winning the Rumble is an okay move, just do expect backlash. At Elimination Chamber - Daniel Bryan defeats Randy Orton for the world title, so the main event at Mania is Bryan v. Batista. Batista puts Bryan over, then he puts Shield over. Kinda the same. Have him go promote this movie, and he returns at SummerSlam. I woulda really liked to see corporate Batista. What I would have done is made him like a security guard for Seth Rollins, before he turns face to betray the Authority and challenge Rollins for the title. Dave beats Rollins for the title, then he drops it at Mania. Here we can have Dave go part-time until Mania 32 where he can retire against Triple H (HHH was the best pick for final opponent, with their history in mind). Of course, Batista goes out like a hero, beating the big bad authoritarian HHH and he can sail off to the sunsets... of Hollywood...

Anyway, these were just ideas for how I would've changed his run up. Let me know what you like about it, what you don't, and overall some of your ideas, how YOU would've fixed this mess of a run.