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• Kurt Angle Would Put A Match With GUNTHER Up There With Eddie Guerrero And Chris Benoit: ‘He’s That Good’

  16-09-2024 15:55 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Kurt Angle has given some high praise to Gunther.One all-time great has nothing but great things to say about the World Heavyweight Champion. Kurt Angle has faced most of the top wrestlers in WWE history, and sees Gunther as up there with the best of them.The pair had a brief confrontation at Raw XXX, teasing a match between Kurt Angle and Gunther. However, luckily (for Angle’s sake), the bout never took place. However, it is a match that the fans and Kurt Angle would hav
  
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• Orange Cassidy vs. Wheeler Yuta, Darby Allin vs. Claudio Castagnoli Set For AEW Dynamite

  14-11-2024 05:02 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Two matches have been announced for the November 20 episode of AEW Dynamite.As confirmed on the November 13 episode, Orange Cassidy will face AEW World Trios Champion Wheeler Yuta. Cassidy will aim to gain more momentum before AEW Full Gear, where he will challenge Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship. Yuta is one of Moxley’s stablemates in the Death Riders.Plus, Darby Allin will take on AEW World Trios Champion Claudio Castagnoli. Allin took the fight to Castagnoli
  
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• Orange Cassidy vs. Darby Allin, Darby Allin vs. Claudio Castagnoli Set For AEW Dynamite

  14-11-2024 04:56 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Two matches have been announced for the November 20 episode of AEW Dynamite.As confirmed on the November 13 episode, Orange Cassidy will face AEW World Trios Champion Wheeler Yuta. Cassidy will aim to gain more momentum before AEW Full Gear, where he will challenge Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship. Yuta is one of Moxley’s stablemates in the Death Riders.Plus, Darby Allin will take on Claudio Castagnoli. Allin took the fight to Castagnoli and the Death Riders on W
  
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• House of Black Defeat FTR, Advance In AEW Full Gear Contenders Series

  14-11-2024 04:27 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The House of Black have earned a spot in the tag team title match at AEW Full Gear.As previously announced, Private Party will defend the AEW World Tag Team Championship at AEW Full Gear. Their challengers would be determined in a series of qualifying matches. On the November 9 episode of AEW Collision, The Outrunners beat Top Flight to qualify.The main event of the November 13 episode of AEW Dynamite was the second qualifying match. Former AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR face
  
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• AEW Continental Classic To Begin On 11/27 AEW Dynamite

  14-11-2024 03:53 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The AEW Continental Classic is back, and will officially begin in two weeks, on the AEW Dynamite right before Thanksgiving.
  During tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite, it was confirmed that the tournament would begin on November 27, 2024, on the AEW Dynamite billed as a “Thanksgiving Eve” episode. While most of the tournament’s entrants are unknown, we do know that AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada will be involved, as he was confirmed to
  
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• Mina Shirakawa Returns On AEW Dynamite, To Face Harley Cameron On AEW Collision

  14-11-2024 03:39 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Mina Shirakawa is back in AEW.On the November 13 episode of AEW Dynamite, Shirakawa was interviewed backstage. She noted that she was looking forward to AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May’s match on the November 16 episode of AEW Collision. Shirakawa said that they would have a champagne celebration when May won.Harley Cameron interrupted and noted that some people said that Mina was the Harley Cameron of Japan. Cameron welcomed Shirakawa and challenged her to a
  
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• Chris Jericho To Defend ROH World Title Against Tomohiro Ishii On 11/27 AEW Dynamite

  14-11-2024 03:25 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Chris Jericho will defend the ROH World Championship on the November 27 episode of AEW Dynamite.Jericho won the title by defeating Mark Briscoe in a Ladder War on the October 23 episode of AEW Dynamite. Tomohiro Ishii came out after the match and stared Jericho down. On the November 6 episode of AEW Dynamite, Ishii, Briscoe, and Kyle O’Reilly beat The Learning Tree (Jericho, Big Bill, and Bryan Keith).On the November 13 episode of AEW Dynamite, Chris Jericho was asked abo
  
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• Roderick Strong To Face MJF At AEW Full Gear

  14-11-2024 03:02 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Roderick Strong is going to AEW Full Gear, as he has earned his spot in a match against MJF.MJF previously named his terms for a match at the show, as he said he would face either Adam Cole or Roderick Strong. He stated that whoever won three consecutive matches first would earn the right to face him. The competition came down to the November 13 episode of AEW Dynamite, as Cole and Strong won two matches each heading into the show.On Wednesday, Strong defeated Lance Archer in a
  
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• Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher Set For AEW Full Gear

  14-11-2024 02:42 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The rivalry between Will Ospreay and Kyle Fletcher will come to a head at AEW Full Gear.Kyle Fletcher previously turned on Will Ospreay at AEW WrestleDream and cost him the AEW International Championship. He later explained his actions and made it clear that while everyone compared him to Ospreay, he was nothing like him. Fletcher declared that he would surpass Ospreay moving forward.On the November 13 episode of AEW Dynamite, Will Ospreay came to the ring and called out Fletch
  
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• WWE ID Prospects To Be Revealed At Beyond Wrestling And More

  14-11-2024 01:44 via wrestlezone.com
  
  More WWE ID prospects will be revealed at a few upcoming events.WWE continues to identify prospects who have been “ID’d” as part of WWE Independent Development. WWE ID is the company’s new program that’s designed to help independent wrestlers.
  Per the official announcement on WWE’s website, the program will “identify top independent wrestling prospects with an official WWE ID “prospect” designation and support their developmental journey by
  
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• Former NFL Player Trill Williams Signs With WWE

  14-11-2024 01:29 via wrestlezone.com
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  Trill Williams (real name Atrilleon Williams) has signed with WWE, and he appeared on the November 12 episode of WWE NXT.Bobby Shouse of The Dive Bar Podcast reported the news and shared a clip of Williams’ appearance on NXT. Williams appeared in the background during a segment with Dion Lennox and Ashante “Thee” Adonis.Shouse noted that Williams attended a tryout over the summer, and he has since st
  
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• AEW Dynamite Results: Review, Grades, Card For November 13

  14-11-2024 00:16 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Our AEW Dynamite results for tonight include Adam Cole taking on Konosuke Takeshita and FTR faces off with House of Black. Plus, Lio Rush goes one-on-one with Swerve Strickland.AEW Dynamite CardThe announced card is as follows:
  AEW World Champion Jon Moxley will apearFull Gear Contender’s Series: FTR vs. House of BlackKonosuke Takeshita vs. Adam ColeJay White and Juice Robinson vs. Christian Cage and Hangman PageLio Rush vs. Swerve StricklandLanc
  
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• WWE NXT Viewership Rises On 11/12, Demo Slightly Dips

  13-11-2024 23:24 via wrestlezone.com
  
  WWE NXT viewership increased on November 12.Wrestlenomics (via Programming Insider) reports that NXT averaged 631,000 viewers and a 0.16 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. The total number is up from last week, when 619,000 viewers tuned in. The demographic rating is down, as last week’s show drew a 0.17 rating.NXT was up against Dancing with the Stars, NBA, and college basketball on Tuesday.
  ? TV RATINGS ARE INWWE NXT last night on CWhttps://t.co/2WokkuQcFk— Wrestlenomics (@wrestl
  
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• Report: Injury Updates On Willow Nightingale, Skye Blue, And More

  13-11-2024 23:18 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  A new report provides an update on AEW stars Willow Nightingale and Skye Blue.Blue last wrestled in July, as she suffered an ankle injury in her match against Hikaru Shida at the AEW Collision taping on July 20. Nightingale has been sidelined since late October. She suffered a concussion at the CMLL International Women’s Grand Prix event on October 25.Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful (via Fightful Select) reports that the immediate outlook on Skye Blue is not optimistic. Source
  
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• WWE Confirms John Cena Will Compete At WWE Royal Rumble 2025

  13-11-2024 23:02 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  John Cena will officially compete at WWE Royal Rumble 2025.In a post on Twitter, WWE confirmed that Cena will compete at the event. The post noted that it would be Cena’s last Royal Rumble.The event will be in the early stages of John Cena’s retirement tour. The 16-time world champion previously announced that his final run would be in 2025.
  Make sure you're there LIVE in Indianapolis when @JohnCena competes in his very last #RoyalRumble Premium Live Eve
  
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• Roman Reigns: Special Things Happen When My Family Is Together, Stay Tuned

  13-11-2024 22:53 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Roman Reigns comments on the latest happenings in the Bloodline story.The next chapter of the Bloodline story is underway. Roman Reigns has reunited with The Usos and Sami Zayn, and they are preparing for war with Solo Sikoa’s Bloodline. The two teams will clash in a WarGames match at WWE Survivor Series: WarGames. On the way there, they both have to find a fifth member for their team.In a TikTok, Roman Reigns responded to a comment from a fan who said that they “fe
  
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• Booker T On Vince McMahon Reportedly Starting New Company: He’s Not Going To Go Silently In The Night

  13-11-2024 22:27 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Booker T doesn’t think that Vince McMahon will go quietly in the night. Instead, he believes the former WWE Chairman has to do something.In October, Mike Johnson of PWInsider of PWInsider reported that Vince McMahon had been setting up what was called an “entertainment hub company.” The report noted that it was not expected to have anything to do with wrestling.Speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T was asked about the report regarding Vince McMahon&rs
  
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• The Rock Names WrestleMania 1 As Event He Would Show New Fans To Explain Wrestling

  13-11-2024 22:08 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The Rock names WrestleMania 1 as the event that he would show to new fans to highlight everything that wrestling is.Speaking on 360 with Speedy for Complex, The Rock was asked to name one event for new fans to show them everything wrestling is “I would say come check out a WrestleMania,” The Rock said. “We’ve worked for the entire year of storyline after storyline, meaning good versus bad, the ups and downs, the ebbs and flows, and it’s all go
  
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• Adam Cole Wishes He Got To Face Bryan Danielson In AEW, ‘Never Say Never’

  13-11-2024 21:51 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Adam Cole said not getting to face Bryan Danielson in AEW was a bummer, but he expressed his hope that the match could still happen.Danielson effectively retired from full-time competition after his loss at AEW WrestleDream. Though he and Cole both debuted in AEW at AEW All Out 2021, they never faced each other during their time in the company.Speaking with James Stewart on Stick to Wrestling, Adam Coke was asked whether he was disappointed he didn’t get to have the match
  
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• Diamond Dallas Page: Cody Rhodes Is A Visionary, I Love Being Part Of This With Him

  13-11-2024 21:14 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Diamond Dallas Page speaks highly of Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.In an interview with Justin Barrasso of Undisputed, Diamond Dallas Page noted that Cody Rhodes had the vision to get to this point, and he worked hard to make it happen.“Cody had the vision,” Page said. “He saw it. People who say, ’I’ll see it when I believe it,’ they don’t see shit. The people who say, ‘I believe it because I see it,’ they’re the
  
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• Baron Corbin Reveals He Believes The King Gimmick Didn’t Work

  13-11-2024 20:43 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Baron Corbin had his fair share of gimmicks during his time in WWE.Former WWE Superstar Baron Corbin recently sat down with Adam Barnard of Sports Illustrated. When asked about the King Corbin gimmick, Corbin said it was all Paul Heyman’s idea and thinks it didn’t work out because he couldn’t do it in front of fans.
  “The King thing was awesome. That was all Heyman,” Baron Corbin revealed. “That was Heyman’s idea to take me down that rou
  
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• The Undertaker Explains Why Cody Rhodes Losing At WrestleMania 39 Was ‘The Greatest Decision Ever’

  13-11-2024 20:33 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The Undertaker weighs in on Cody Rhodes‘ loss on “The Grandest Stage of Them All.”
  At WWE WrestleMania 39, Roman Reigns retained his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in the main event, leaving his challenger Cody Rhodes and many fans stunned. While some claim WWE made the right call that night, others believe the outcome should have swung the other way, with Rhodes dethroning “The Head of the Table.”
  On the Six Feet Under podcast
  
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• Gabe Kidd: Kenny Omega Will Wish ‘Hiverticulitis’ Killed Him If He Gets In The Ring With Me

  13-11-2024 20:17 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Gabe Kidd opens up about his feud with Kenny Omega.Omega, a former AEW World Champion, has been sidelined since December 2023 due to diverticulitis. He underwent surgery in May. At NJPW Power Struggle, he made a special appearance and said that he wanted to wrestle at NJPWx AEW Wrestle Dynasty. Backstage, he got into an altercation with NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd after they previously took shots at each other.Speaking with Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp, Gabe K
  
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• WWE NXT Returns To Lowell, MA For Television Event On 12/17

  13-11-2024 19:38 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE NXT is back on the road for another episode of their Tuesday night show before 2024 comes to a close.WWE announced this morning in a press release that NXT will go back out on the road for an episode of their television show on December 17 at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts.This will be the first time NXT has returned to Lowell since the Battleground premium live event in May 2023.If this venue sounds familiar to you as an NXT historian, there’
  
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• Matt Riddle Initially Pitched Riding A Dirt Bike Instead Of A Scooter In WWE

  13-11-2024 19:32 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Matt Riddle had a very different vision for his WWE entrance.
  Major League Wrestling‘s Matt Riddle was a recent guest on Rasslin’. When asked about coming to the ring on a scooter, Riddle admitted that wasn’t actually his idea. Riddle says he wanted to come out on a dirt bike instead.“It wasn’t my idea. I actually suggested a dirt bike,” Riddle revealed. “I had an idea of the dirt bike, and Vince was in complete control at that time, an
  
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• Grayson Waller Believes He Could Make Magic With CM Punk

  13-11-2024 19:17 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Grayson Waller is eager to test his mic skills against the master of the pipebomb, CM Punk.WWE Superstar Grayson Waller was a recent guest on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet. When asked who he’d like to work with that he hasn’t been able to tell a story with yet, Waller singled out CM Punk as it relates to a singles feud.
  “There’s one guy that I feel like I could make magic with and that’s CM Punk,” Grayson Waller said. “Because I think th
  
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• Shelton Benjamin Felt Suppressed In WWE, Loves Being Himself In AEW

  13-11-2024 19:15 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Shelton Benjamin feels he has been suppressed over his career so far.The former WWE star recently debuted in the company alongside former Hurt Business teammates MVP and Bobby Lashley. They quickly made an impact on the company and look to be huge names in the promotion going forward.Shelton Benjamin joined the rest of the Hurt Syndicate on Close Up with Renee Paquette. He spoke about how he has been underutilized in the past and is finally being given the chance to be himself
  
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• WWE 2K24 ‘WCW’ DLC Pack Released; Features Diamond Dallas Page, Lex Luger, & More

  13-11-2024 19:12 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The fifth and final DLC pack for WWE 2K24 dropped earlier today across all consoles and PC.A press release from 2K announced this morning that a batch of current legends such as Diamond Dallas Page, Lex Luger, and The Great Muta, are coming to the game via the “WCW” DLC pack to help finalize the game’s roster.The WCW Pack includes:
  Diamond Dallas PageLex LugerThe Great MutaMr. PerfectThe Iron ShiekWCW Fall Brawl: WarGames arena
  Despit
  
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• Ryback Claps Back At Fan Who Is Annoyed About WWE’s Taped Shows

  13-11-2024 19:11 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Ryback pushes back.In recent weeks, WWE has hosted double tapings of both WWE Raw and SmackDown, with more expected to take place through the holiday season. Naturally, this development has led some fans to raise complaints, as spoilers often surface online before the pre-taped shows officially air. Former WWE Intercontinental Champion Ryback has responded to one of these fan criticisms, which called for WWE to “end these taped shows already.”“Understand this
  
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• AEW Dynamite Preview For November 13: Lio Rush vs. Swerve Strickland, Bobby Lashley Speaks

  13-11-2024 19:01 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  It’s almost time for AEW Dynamite!All Elite Wrestling returns to Bridgeport, CT, for the upcoming edition of Dynamite. AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May, Orange Cassidy, and Willow Nightingale are advertised.Here’s what’s on tap for the November 13 episode of Wednesday Night Dynamite.Video Credit: YouTubeMina Shirakawa returns to AEW DynamiteMina Shirakawa will return to Dynamite in Bridgeport. AEW has been building her
  
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