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REVIEW: Road Wild 1998: WCWs Really Bad Summer Idea.

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 12:20 AM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/review-road-wild-1998-wcws-really-bad-summer-idea/


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?
Road Wild 1998

Date: August 8, 1998

Location: Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Sturgis, South Dakota

Attendance: 8,500

Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenany, Bobby Heenan
The summer of celebrities continues with one of the worst ideas I can
imagine: Jay Leno as a professional wrestler. I still dont get who this is supposed to attract. Fans of the Tonight Show dont seem like the kind of
people that are going to drop $30 to see something they know is going to be
a goofy comedy bit and wrestling fans arent going to buy it because its Jay Leno as a wrestler. On top of that theres one match that has been pushed at
all here and its a battle royal. Why they cant just do NWO vs. NWO and
Goldberg vs. Giant is beyond me but Id bet politics were involved. Lets get
to it.
The opening video is a collection of Tonight Show clips which still do
nothing to change the fact that its Eric Bischoff and Jay Leno in the main event.
Ill give Road Wild this much: no show comes close to having such a unique atmosphere.
The announcers dont look as ridiculous this year. Tenay in a jean jacket is still ridiculous looking though.
Gene is sitting on a motorcycle to start and brags about 200,000 bikers
being here in Sturgis. Not at the show mind you but Im sure thats what will
be claimed.
The ring and mats are up on a platform instead of level ground.
Meng vs. Barbarian
This is going to be a long show. The fight starts at the bell with both
guys pounding on each other and screaming a lot. They fight over a sumo
lockup before trading some chops in the corner. Meng takes over with a hard clothesline even though it didnt knock Barbarian down. Barbarian comes
right back with a belly to belly superplex but Meng pops up and piledrives
him.
Meng misses a middle rope splash, no sells it, and goes up top again.
Barbarian catches him in a belly to belly superplex as Tenay talks about 350,000 people being at the biker rally this week. A powerslam puts
Barbarian down but he gets right back up for some chopping. Meng staggers
him with some headbutts but gets pulled to the floor. Barbarian sends him
into the steps and heads back inside, only to have Meng put on the Tongan
Death Grip for the pin.
Rating: D. It sucked as a match but this wasnt the worst idea for an
opening match. A crowd of bikers is going to respond to two monsters
beating each other up for five minutes and they seemed interested here. It doesnt do much for the wrestling fans, but this show was never for them in
the first place.
Meng wont let go of the hold so Jimmy Hart comes in for the save. That goes
as well as you would expect so heres Hugh Morrus for the second save. Meng
gets triple teamed, including a top rope splash from Hart, so Jim Duggan
makes the final save, drawing a big pop from the bikers that might have
watched a few wrestling matches ten years ago.
Tenays estimates are now up to 360,000.
Disco Inferno/Alex Wright vs. Public Enemy
Tokyo Magnum is here with the dancers. Wright rolls away from Rocco to
start before hiptossing him down and dancing. They fight over a wristlock
until Alex dropkicks him down and tags in Disco. Hes not quite ready to
fight yet though and drops to the floor for a three way high five with the other dancers. Back in and Disco takes Grunge down with a clothesline
before bringing Wright back in for a missile dropkick. Alex stops for some dancing and turns around into a Rocco clothesline.
A double flapjack puts Inferno down and Tokyo throws in a trashcan out of nowhere. Grunge gets cracked over the back as the referee is cool with all
of this. Rocco brings in a ladder and thats too much for the dancers who go
for a walk. Tokyo doesnt want to leave but his partners come back with a
table. Disco grabs a mic and says lets make this a street fight. Tony
states the obvious: “Havent we already made it one already?”
The referee is fine with that so Public Enemy goes to the back to find a
toilet seat and a kitchen sink. Grunge pounds on Disco on the floor as Tony hypes up a cookie sheet. Wright suplexes Rocco through a trashcan but
Grunge blasts Alex with the sheet for the save. Rocco loads up the flip
dive through the table but Disco makes a save to prevent Wrights demise.
The kitchen sink is brought in and nearly broken over Grunges back. The
fans want to see the table but they get Tokyo Magnum thrown inside instead. Public Enemy throws the dancers into each other and give them stereo atomic drops, only to have Wright come back with a leg lariat to Grunge. Tokyo
hits Magnum by mistake as Grunge blasts Disco in the face with the ladder.
Alex walks away as Rocco see-saws a ladder into Discos hair. Now Tokyo
walks away, leaving Public Enemy to set up three tables on top of each
other next to the platform. Grunge climbs a ladder to put Disco on the top table, allowing Rocco to climb the scaffolding for a huge elbow drop.
Grunge has to throw Disco back inside, avoid a top rope splash from a
returning Magnum, and get the pin.
Rating: D+. The match was fun and the spot at the end was good (though also
odd looking with a delay before each table broke) but it took over fifteen minutes to get there. The wrestling stuff at the beginning was a waste of
time and they should have just gone to the street fight stuff from the beginning. Not horrid though.
In front of the bikers:
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Dean Malenko says hell be a fair referee.
Raven vs. Kanyon vs. Saturn
Under Ravens Rules, meaning hardcore. Ravens music is so awesome that it
doesnt belong on a show like this. The question coming into this is whether Kanyon is under Ravens control or not. Raven stands on the apron and tells Kanyon to get Saturn, only to have Perry take over with some kicks. Raven
comes in with a chair to Saturns back and sends Kanyon into the post before Saturn falls to the floor as well.
Saturn and Kanyon get in a fight on the floor as Heenan tries to figure out
the story of the match as only he can. Raven sits in the corner while the
other two fight in the ring but they finally realize whats going on. Kanyon dropkicks Raven low and Saturn belly to back suplexes Raven into a Kanyon neckbreaker. Kanyon throws Raven into Saturn and hits rolling Russian
legsweeps on Raven for two in a nice move. Saturn breaks up the cover with
a guillotine legdrop on Raven for two and the Moss Covered Three Handled
Family Credenza gets the same on Raven.
Kanyon gets in another fight with Saturn so Raven blasts them both in the
head with a chair, only to be sent to the floor. Saturn follows him out so Kanyon dives on both guys, giving us our first breather in awhile. They get
off the platform where Kanyon whips Raven HARD into the barricade. Raven
comes back with a suplex to put Kanyon down on the ramp (designed like a
road) but Saturn clotheslines Raven down for two. Kanyon piledrives Saturn
on the stage for two more before Raven dropkicks Kanyon down the stage.
They fight back to the ring where both guys drop down to avoid a charging
Raven before Saturn catches him with a t-bone suplex. Saturn puts Raven in
a sleeper but Kanyon puts one on Saturn as well before a jawbreaker puts everyone down. We get a Tower of Doom with Kanyon superplexing Saturn and
Raven putting Kanyon in an electric chair.
Raven tries a double DDT on both guys but only puts Saturn down. Kanyon and Raven head outside with Raven getting suplexed onto the floor. Kanyon
misses a splash off the scaffolding but Saturn catches Raven in the Death Valley Driver. Lodi makes the save but Horace comes in to lay out Saturn. Horace picks up the stop sign but gets blinded by Lodis powder. He caves
Ravens head in and a Death Valley Driver to Raven gives Saturn the pin.
Rating: C. This was a mess but it was supposed to be. Im still not sure
where they go with this story now but it would seem to still be Raven vs. Saturn. Kanyon was just there to keep spots going and he did a good job,
but that doesnt mean he helped the story or really changed anything.
Psychosis vs. Rey Mysterio Jr.
Bonus match and the winner gets a Cruiserweight Title shot at a date to be determined. Since thats not important, the announcers talk about Leno being nervous. Psychosis takes him to the mat with a headlock followed by an
armbar. Rey tries to get up but gets taken back down by the wrist. The
crowd is dead for this which shouldnt shock anyone. Back up again and Rey
cant hook a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker so Psychosis clotheslines him down for two.
A sitout front suplex gets two for Psychosis and he whips Rey from corner
to corner. Reys arms are wrapped around the ropes in the corner as this
somehow gets even slower. Its not terrible mind you but its the completely wrong style for these two to be working. Psychosis suplexes Rey down and
goes up top, only to do the most obvious “Im going up here to jump into his raised boots because Im jumping straight down instead of doing ANY kind of
move at all” spot I can remember in a long time.
Rey FINALLY realizes that hes the king of cruiserweights and cartwheels at Psychosis before jumping onto his shoulders for a spinning hurricanrana. Believe it or not, the crowd actually responds to the high spot. After
nothing of note on the floor, Rey hits a big cross body for two but has his hurricanrana countered into a sitout powerbomb. Thats enough of the big
spots though and its nerve hold time. Rey fights up onto Psychosis
shoulders but gets dropped back into a suplex for two.
They head outside again where Psychosis.does nothing. Back inside with Psychosis putting on a half crab before going up top for a super
Frankensteiner for two. Psychosis goes up again but turns his back to Rey,
only to get dropkicked out to the floor. Rey follows him out with a nice
dive before throwing him back inside for a springboard sunset flip for a
close two.
Mysterio hits something like a Fameasser with both legs across Psychosis
back followed by a slingshot moonsault for two. Psychosis comes back with something resembling a Fameasser of his own for two but Rey avoids a charge
and West Coast Pops his way to the #1 contendership.
Rating: D+. This felt like a car that was low on gas. You could get it
going for a few moments, but eventually it would sputter and die. These two
are capable of having some awesome matches but instead they were happy with just laying around and doing nothing most of the time. Rey was trying but Psychosis looked horrible.
TV Title: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Stevie Ray
Before the match Chavo shows off another hand made and stamped document
saying that hes the TV Champion, so Stevie needs to come out here and give
him his belt. Chavo tries to do the handshake bit again but Stevie runs
away because he doesnt want to win a match by submission for some reason. Instead Stevie just punches him in the head and blocks a sunset flip with a choke. Chavo bails to the floor as the announcers call this a version of
the rope-a-dope. Guerrero tries to sneak in but gets caught in the Slap
Jack (lifting Pedigree) for the quick pin. This was a nothing squash.
Eddie saves Chavo from a further beating post match.
Jericho promises to keep the title and warns Malenko to be good tonight.
Rick Steiner vs. Scott Steiner
Rick is in jeans and a t-shirtand heres JJ to say hang on a second.
Apparently Scott is too injured to wrestle and here he is on a stretcher
with his arm and leg in casts, a neck brace, and on an oxygen tube. Ricks
chair shot to Scott was so bad that even Buffs neck is reinjured. The match
is rescheduled for Fall Brawl, and the fans are LIVID. If Scott doesnt
fight at Fall Brawl, hes suspended for life. Scott jumps up but runs away
from a charging Rick to end this stupid bait and switch.
Brian Adams vs. Steve McMichael
Another bonus match which is about as welcome as 847 angry yellowjackets pouring buckets of boiling tar on your back and injecting you with needles filled with herpes while a blind monk with a bad case of the shakes checks
you for a hernia. They shove each other around to start before not having a test of strength. We get the ugliest mistimed sequence this side of Tough Enough as Adams misses a clothesline and they just kind of run into each
other and McMichael putting on a front facelock.
Adams slams him down and drops a pair of legs for two. We hit the nerve
hold for a LONG time before Adams hits a backbreaker and bends Mongo over
his knee. Mongo avoids a middle rope knee drop and comes back with a belly
to back suplex. A few three point shoulders take Adams down but he shrugs
them off and loads up a piledriver, only to have the referee kicked in the face. Vincent tries to bring in a chair but cracks Adams by mistake,
setting up the tombstone for the pin.
Rating: E. As in ebola, which sounds a lot better than sitting through this match ever again. On to ANYTHING else please.
The Nitro Girls are around Gene on the motorcycle.
Cruiserweight Title: Chris Jericho vs. Juventud Guerrera
Dean Malenko is refereeing and Jericho is defending. Jericho comes to the
ring in a purple kimona because thats the kind of guy he is. As always, he wants us to want him but opts to tease the bikers instead. I wonder if
there are any Aces and 8s in the crowd. Jericho takes him into the corner
to start and Malenko tears him away as hes supposed to do. Juvy takes out Jerichos legs and chops away but Jericho elbows him in the face to take
over again.
Juvy is sent to the floor and Jericho loads something up but Dean pulls him
to the mat by the hair. Well at least according to Tenay, as the camera was
on Juvy the entire time. Back in and Juvy slams Jericho onto the mat and a missile dropkick sends the champion outside. Guerrera chops him off the platform and into the barricade before going inside for a HUGE placha over
the platform and into Jericho into the barricade.
Back in and Juvy gets two off a springboard cross body but Jericho catches another cross body attempt into something resembling a Juvy Driver for two. Deans count was noticeably slow and the count off a delayed vertical suplex
is even slower. Juvy rolls out to the floor while Jericho yells at some
fans before getting hit with a backsplash for two. We hit the chinlock on Guerrera before Chris stomps away and talks trash.
The Lionsault hits knees and Juvy comes back with chops and a hurricanrana.
A top rope spinwheel kicks gets the sameslowtwocount from Dean but Jericho counters a running hurricanrana into a powerbomb. Jericho kicks him out to
the apron instead of covering and kicks Juvy onto the floor. Back in and a clothesline gets two on Guerrera as the crowd is trying to care about this.
A Jericho powerbomb is countered into a DDT to wake the fans up a bit and
the Juvy Driver gets a two count. Jericho is dazed but still manages to
crotch Guerrera on the top and superplex him back down. Juvy rolls over for
two but has another hurricanrana countered into the Liontamer. Hes right in front of the ropes though and Jericho is getting frustrated.
Juvy pounds away in the corner and Dean seems to have been poked in the
eye. A belt shot lays out the challenger but Deans slow count means its
only for two. Jericho is all ticked off and goes to the middle rope. He
kicks Dean in the chest and that makes Malenko snap. Well snap as much as
hes capable of. Dean launches a charging Juvy into a middle rope
Frankensteiner for the pin and the title.
Rating: B-. The match was good but its running with the anchor of this
entire show. Maybe the heat of the day has something to do with it but
these matches have all been incredibly sluggish. Juvy was trying here and Jericho was his usual great self but they could only get so far. Again
though, why didnt they just have Dean take the title himself?
Battle Royal
Goldberg, Scott Hall, Curt Hennig, The Giant, Scott Norton, Sting, Lex
Luger, Kevin Nash, Konnan
You can be eliminated either over the top or by pin/submission. Hall
interrupts the ridiculously long entrances with the survey to keep this
show going even longer. The NWO factions brawl while Goldberg hides in the corner. That lasts about fifteen seconds before Goldberg goes after Giant, which should have been a regular match tonight in the first place. Again
that doesnt last long and the match breaks down into a regular battle royal. Hall loads up the Outsiders Edge on Goldberg but gets backdropped out. Nash eliminates himself (you cant make up jokes like this) and goes after Hall
as Goldberg spears Hennig down. Things get slow again with no one trying
for an elimination. Goldberg finally pounds on Giant but gets headbutted
back against the ropes. The fans chant for Goldberg as Giant takes him down with a Russian legsweep. Norton breaks up a Scorpion attempt on Hennig to
keep the crowd bored.
Goldberg spears Konnan and throws him out before getting kicked in the
corner by Giant. The NWO keeps fighting and Goldberg goes right back to the corner to wait for the next victim. Its a short wait this time as he spears
and eliminates Hennig before clotheslining Sting and Norton to the floor as well. Were down to Luger, Giant and Goldberg but theres a spear to Luger so Giant can dump him. A chokeslam puts Goldberg down but he does the
Undertaker sit up and its a spear and Jackhammer for the win.
Rating: F. Holy sweet goodness how did WCW survive this long? There were
eight eliminations in this match and Goldberg had six of them. The other
two were a self elimination and someone Goldberg knocked out cold. There
were, conservatively, five PPV title matches in there and Goldberg beat
them all in less than eight minutes. You could have easily had someone
throw Goldberg out and set them up as the challenger but instead lets just
have him destroy EVERYONE (except Nash of course because Nash losing would
just be silly) and leave you with no challengers. But hey, a bunch of
bikers cheered right?
Your World Champion people:
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Jay Leno/Diamond Dallas Page vs. Eric Bischoff/Hollywood Hogan
Thank goodness they dont have another video package to set this up. The one good thing about this: Liz ROCKING some jeans and chaps. Leno is apparently here to defend his title as King of Late Night. Kevin Eubanks is at
ringside. Leno throws water at Hogan and Bischoff on the floor to show how serious he is. Hogan and Page start (thank goodness) and we get the usual non-action headlined by a wristlock.
Page drives in the shoulders and hits a big right hand, knocking Hogan into
a left hand from Leno. Hogan is sent to the floor and the ripped Kevin
Eubanks sends him into the post. Leno leads a chant against Hogan and is at least into the match. Bischoff comes in and Jay tries to go after him but
gets held back. Page shrugs off some kicks to the chest and its off to
Leno. Bischoff runs away to Hogan and Jay stays in. He points at his chin
and makes fun of Hogans baldness which is about what you would expect. Leno avoids a pair of right hands and tags in Page.
Hogan clotheslines Page down and its back to the driving shoulders. Leno
comes back in to grab the wrist and in one of the most painful things I can remember seeing as a wrestling fan, Hogan sells it. He wouldnt sell for
Sting at Starrcade but hes selling for Jay Leno. Hogan shoves him into the corner and drives in a knee but Leno grabs the wrist again. A double clothesline puts Hogan down and Leno gets two before nearly collapsing into
a tag to Page. Ok to be fair to Leno, he did his job and was actually
trying. Points for that.
The wrestlers head to the floor and Eubanks steals a chair from Hogan to
keep Page in control. Back in and Bischoff gets in a kick to the back of
Pages head to change momentum. Bischoff gets in his shots to make himself
feel important before Hogan gets in a shot with a foreign object to give
Eric a two count. Theres the big boot but Page gets up before the legdrop
and takes Hogan down with the discus lariat.
Leno gets the hot tag and we get the showdown with Bischoff..who drops Leno with a poke to the eye. Jay comes back with a low blow and some right hands before sending Bischoff into some buckles. Leno is totally gassed and everything breaks down. Hogan hits Bischoff by mistake and Eubanks hits a
very good looking Diamond Cutter on Bischoff to give Leno the pin.
Rating: D. Of course thats on an adjusted scale. This match wasnt horrible
but it was incredibly stupid. Again Id like to reiterate that Leno did his
job to the best of his ability. He did his comedy stuff, took a few shots
from Hogan and got the pin on Bischoff. He was bad, but you knew that was
going to happen as soon as this was announced. As for the booking, there
were a bunch of other ideas they could have gone with here and this was probably the worst possible outcome.
You could have gone with the Battle of the Billionaires idea with Leno
backing Page against Hogan in a singles match and done the showdown with Bischoff that way. You could have swapped in Goldberg for Page and done Goldberg vs. Hogan II with the same Leno vs. Bischoff outside stuff. Do
that and put Page in the battle royal to get Goldbergs next challenger. You could have done any of those things and gotten a better result, but it
wouldnt be WCW if they had gone that way.
One of the most unique main events ever:
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Hogan and Bischoff get in more cheap shots until Goldberg comes in for the save. The good guys pose to end the wrestling part of the show.
The announcers talk and we get a video on Fall Brawl.
Gene interviews some fans as Travis Tritt gets ready.
The announcers wrap things up as the concert starts to end the show.
Overall Rating: F. Theres no other way to put it: this show sucked. The
ONLY good match is the Cruiserweight Title match and maybe you could argue
the triple threat, which was done on Nitro just a few weeks earlier. WCW is
in a creative tailspin here and its not looking any better. Depending on
your tastes, things are about to get either a lot more fun or a lot worse
as the product is going to go from dull to awful in a hurry.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen
over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since
2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28
wrestling books. His latest book is the History Of In Your House.

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RUMOR: It Might Be Happening. Vince McMahon To Step Away From WWE Creative.

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 12:06 AM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/rumor-might-happening-vince-mcmahon-step-away-wwe-creative/


The end of the era? There is no secret that Vince McMahon is the
undisputed king of WWE. McMahon has owned the company for the better part
of forty years and has turned it into the most successful wrestling
promotion of all time. He has his hand in almost every aspect of the
company, but now it seems that with various other things on his plate, he
might be letting go of some things.

According to Tom Colohue of Sportskeeda.com, McMahon is slowly starting to
step away from the creative side of WWE. He has left Monday night Raw in
the hands of Triple H and Paul Heyman as he has placed his trust in them. McMahon will continue to have oversight of the creative side of the
company, albeit from a bit more of a distance. There is no word on how
much hands on control McMahon will still have or when this will be
finalized.

They have a history of control. Check out the McMahon Family taking over Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live (again):
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Opinion: I’ll believe this one when I see it. Somehow I just can’t imagine McMahon giving up full control and if the ratings go badly on SmackDown
Live on FOX, something tells me that FOX will be happy to see McMahon take
the helm again. You can’t really blame him for wanting to keep control either, but this year has not gone so well for the company and maybe it’s time for something new.

Do you believe McMahon will let go of some authority? Who should run WWE creative? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen
over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28
wrestling books. His latest book is the History Of In Your House.

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Thats A New One. Former Champion Shows Off Very New Look.

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 12:03 AM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/thats-new-one-former-champion-shows-off-new-look/


I didn’t recognize you. Every now and then, a wrestler will come along and you just don’t know how it didn’t work. For whatever reason, something that looked like a can’t miss prospect didn’t pan out and things fell apart. Maybe it can get better later on but for now, it doesn’t seem to offer much hope. That is the case with one wrestler, but they are using
their hiatus to change things.

Rusev recently made a new post on his Instagram page, showing a completely
new look. He has shaved off his beard and all of his chest hair while also showcasing a much more muscular physique. Rusev has been absent from WWE
over the last several months for reasons that are not entirely clear. His
most recent match at the June 7 Super ShowDown battle royal.












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Rusev has been gone for a good while. Check out one of his most recent appearances:
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Opinion: Rusev is one of those names where I don’t quite get what happened and hopefully things can be turned around. You would think that WWE could
find something to do with someone as entertaining as he can be yet instead
we spent how many months watching the audiences dwindling? Rusev might not
be the answer to everything but it’s not like he could have been much worse.

What do you see Rusev doing? When will he be back? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen
over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28
wrestling books. His latest book is the History Of In Your House.

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The Way The Other Half Lives. WWE Couple Purchases $6 Million California Mansion.

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 12:00 AM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/way-half-lives-wwe-couple-purchases-6-million-california-mansion/


Sounds WWE a-listish. Wrestlers are a unique group of people. While the majority of what they do is off camera, they have to be a rather different person when the red like is on. That is the case for most of them when
they are in character, but at the same time they have a lot to do when the camera is off. Sometimes these things cross over and it can make for some interesting headlines.

According to Variety.com, the Miz and Maryse have purchased a $6.4 million
home in Thousand Oaks, California. Their new home features six bedrooms,
nine baths, a wood paneled billiards room and a movie theater. The move
was teased in the most recent episode of Miz and Mrs. and will possibly be shown in the season finale. The couple moved to Austin, Texas in 2017,
with the move and new home being shown on the reality series.

There are some shenanigans on this show. Check out Miz and Maryse in the snow….in Texas:
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Opinion: Good for them. That’s the kind of thing that almost no one can
get to do and the fact that they managed to do it is quite impressive. Considering that Miz went from a goofy reality star who almost no one
wanted to see in wrestling to this is a pretty hard task to accomplish but
he pulled it off. Hopefully they’re happy together and they certainly have the right house to give them a good start.

Do you like what Miz is doing? Where do you see him going next? Let us
know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen
over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28
wrestling books. His latest book is the History Of In Your House.

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One Less Change. Heres Something Else That Will Stay The Same When NXT
Moves To USA.

Posted: 21 Aug 2019 10:25 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/one-less-change-heres-something-else-will-stay-nxt-moves-usa/


Some familiar unseen faces. As you may have heard, NXT is moving to the
USA Network next month in the biggest moment the promotion has ever seen.
The show is also going to expand to two hours, which may or may not be your
cup of tea. With the move comes a variety of changes, but there is at

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