• [WR] REVIEW: King Of The Ring 1994: Someone Call For A Revolution (1/3)

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    REVIEW: King Of The Ring 1994: Someone Call For A Revolution

    Posted: 26 Aug 2019 11:47 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/review-king-ring-1994-someone-call-revolution/


    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?
    King of the Ring 1994

    Date: June 19, 1994

    Location: Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, Maryland

    Attendance: 12,000

    Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Randy Savage, Art Donovan
    Its tournament time and that means its not likely to be the most
    interesting show in the world. On top of that, this is one of the weaker
    fields theyve ever had, which makes for a rather dull few hours. Finally,
    this show is infamous for the commentary, which really was a disaster and a horrible idea. Lets get to it.
    Earlier today, Jeff Jarrett came up to the official bracket board and tried
    to advance himself. This brought in Bam Bam Bigelow, Owen Hart and IRS to
    start a big argument.
    Opening sequence which explains the tournament (including running down the card) and the rest of the card. Theyre REALLY stretching to fill in time
    here.
    National Anthem.
    The announcers welcome us to the show with Monsoon referring to Donovan as “Art ODonnell”. Donovan, a former NFL player in his 70s who has NO IDEA what is going on, picks Razor Ramon to win the tournament, which seems to
    be the only wrestler hes been told about.
    Before we get started, here are the brackets:
    Razor Ramon
    Bam Bam Bigelow
    IRS
    Mabel
    Owen Hart
    Tatanka
    1-2-3 Kid
    Jeff Jarrett
    King of the Ring Tournament First Round: Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Razor Ramon
    Ramon throws the toothpick at Luna Vachon and gets beaten down for his
    efforts. So Bigelow is just being chivalrous? Bigelow hammers him down and drops a headbutt as Art says he cant stand to watch it. Thats one of the
    only things hes said all match because, in theory, he has no idea what hes watching here (not his fault).
    Razor gets a running start and slides underneath the ropes to crotch
    Bigelow against the post. The middle rope bulldog gets two and its off to a leglock. Art realizes that Bigelow has Luna in his corner and asks about
    her as Bigelow misses an enziguri. A missed charge sends Razor flying over
    the top for a crash as the announcers talk about how tough you have to be
    to win one of these things. For some reason Savage doesnt bring up the
    whole winning a one night tournament to win the WWF World Title at
    Wrestlemania IV, which they would never let him get away with today.
    Bigelow kicks him in the face for two and Donovan is impressed. Well
    Bigelow has certainly made it then. Some headbutts to the back have Ramon
    in trouble and its off to a torture rack of all things. The hold stays on
    for a good while and Art thinks Razor is dead. Bigelow finally flips him
    down and gets caught in a belly to back suplex to put both guys down. Art: “What happens now?” Bigelow is too big for the Razors Edge so he slams Razor and loads up the moonsault. Razor is right back up though and kind of powerbombs Bigelow off the top into a rollup to advance.
    Rating: C-. Pretty slow and plodding here but theres only so much Razor can
    do with someone Bigelows size. It helps that Bigelow is able to move around
    far better than most giants and it made for a watchable power match.
    Putting Razor, probably the most popular guy in the tournament, through to
    the second round, was pretty much mandatory here.
    We go to Todd Pettengill at the big board where IRS gives one of the most awkward interviews ever about beating Mabel and then wanting to face
    Tatanka in the finals. Mabel says hell never have his shoulders pinned to
    the mat. Mo agrees and is lucky that no one punches him out.
    King of the Ring Tournament First Round: IRS vs. Mabel
    Art as IRS comes out: “Randy, is this one of the wrestlers?” Then he doesnt know Mabels name, which thankfully is ignored by the other announcers. I
    get that the guy doesnt know any better but hes already getting annoying.
    IRS tries to jump him from behind and gets sent into the corner over and
    over for his efforts.
    Art wants to leave because of the danger of IRS having to fight someone
    twice his size and you can tell Gorilla and Randy are already sick of him.
    A Samoan drop sets up a big elbow as Art wants to know who the guy in the
    white suit (Mabels manager Oscar) is. Mabel misses a charge and gets kneed
    out to the floor. Back in and IRS hits a good looking jumping clothesline, which Savage says might be the best one in the history of the company.
    Thats a Michael Cole style line as commentary is just all over the place tonight.
    In the HUH spot of the match, IRS tries a slam and gets small packaged for
    what looked like three, though the referee stops counting at two because I
    dont think IRS could kick out. We hit the chinlock with Art thinking Mabel
    is wealthy because he has gold in his mouth. Mabel fights up and hits a backdrop followed by a bad looking Boss Man Slam. What looks like a middle
    rope splash is broken up though and IRS grabs a rollup (and a rope, which
    makes Mabel look like hes on fire) for the pin.
    Rating: D. Ive actually seen worse as they just let IRS do his basic yet
    well done stuff while Mabel just looked imposing. The ending was the only
    real way to have Mabel get pinned and it didnt even feel forced. Well call
    this a pleasant surprise, despite it still being a pretty weak match.
    Jim Cornette and Mr. Fuji are ready to have Crush and Yokozuna win the Tag
    Team Titles.
    King of the Ring Tournament First Round: Tatanka vs. Owen Hart
    Oh you can imagine how Art is going to handle someone like Tatanka. With
    Art annoyingly asking how much Owen weighs (WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT
    MAKE???), Tatanka jumps him to start in a rather heelish move. The
    announcers basically make it clear that Owen is the favorite, more or less guaranteeing an Owen vs. Razor final (not that thats a bad thing). Tatanka
    gets two off a suplex and Art asks how much he weighs.
    Monsoon just starts talking over Donovan as Owen works on a headlock.
    Tatanka gets sent over the top but lands on his feet to drag Owen outside
    for a chop off. Owen posts him and we cut to the back where Razor and IRS
    are in a fight. That goes nowhere so Owen hits the running crotch attack to
    the back of the head that needs a better name than the running crotch
    attack to the back of the head.
    A missile dropkick gives Owen two and we hit the chinlock. Monsoon is now
    flat out ignoring Arts questions, which is probably the best possible
    option. Back up and Tatanka hits the war path, including a DDT for a close
    two. Another near fall off a powerslam annoys Tatanka and Owen sits down on
    a sunset flip for the pin to advance.
    Rating: C. The match was perfectly fine but sweet goodness Art is getting
    old. Theres just nothing there from him and it takes a lot to really get on Monsoons nerves. As mentioned though, Owen winning is the most obvious
    result in the world for this show and theres nothing wrong with that, especially when the first match was certainly watchable.
    Shawn and Diesel liked hurting Bret and promise another Jackknife tonight. Theyre not worried about any family member being in Brets corner either.
    King of the Ring Tournament First Round: 1-2-3 Kid vs. Jeff Jarrett
    Donovan thinks the Kid looks like a boxer. I dont know many boxers with
    1-2-3 on their singlet, or one with a singlet on in general for that
    matter. Jarrett starts fast and whips Kid hard into the corner and lets
    keep hitting that NEW GENERATION catchphrase, which actually officially
    started tonight. So this is where the blame got started.
    They trade clotheslines as Donovan thinks Kid has no chance here. Kid
    misses a Swanton but Jeff crotches himself (Donovan finds it HILARIOUS), setting up a high crossbody for two. The Bronco Buster misses and Jeff, who
    Art calls “a cutie” tries the Figure Four but gets small packaged for the pin.
    Rating: B-. This is the kind of match where Jarrett excelled: fast paced,
    doing his basics and letting someone else do the hard work. Jarrett gets a
    bad reputation for not being the best character (he wasnt) or not having
    the best matches (he didnt), but he was going to give you a perfectly acceptable match, which is more important than a lot of things.
    Post match Jeff snaps and piledrives Kid three times in a row.
    The final four:
    IRS
    Razor Ramon
    Owen Hart
    1-2-3 Kid
    New Generation ad, focusing on old vs. new, including Hogan listed as old
    of course.
    Bret is ready for Diesel, no matter how devastating the Jackknife is. He
    wont stand for injustice though and has a surprise to deal with Shawn.
    WWF World Title: Bret Hart vs. Diesel
    Diesel is challenging but his Intercontinental Title isnt on the line. For
    the sake of clarity, Ill only refer to Bret as champ. Diesels pyro from the ceiling only goes down a few feet instead of nearly halfway down to the
    ring as usual. Maybe they just didnt have the formula down yet. Brets
    surprise is..Jim Neidhart, who hasnt been around in a few years. Savage
    makes the mistake of mentioning that Neidhart played football, prompting
    Art to NEED to know if Diesel was a football player too.
    Diesel elbows him in the face to start and easily wins a slugout. Thats
    pretty out of character as Bret isnt going to start slugging away until
    things are a lot more even. Hes smart enough to avoid a charge though and
    its time for the headbutt to the abdomen. A thumb to the eye cuts Bret off, which Art says isnt kosher. Diesel misses another charge though and thats
    your story for the match: Bret cant match him for size and power but hes
    smart enough to avoid Diesels reckless offense.
    Its already time to go after the knee, including the Figure Four. Diesel
    kicks him away so we hit the spinning toehold as the match flashes back to
    days when Donovan was just ancient and not.well Art Donovan. Bret wraps the
    leg around the post (Savage: “Go ahead and do it. I wont look!”) but Shawn clotheslines him down, sending Neidhart into the chase.
    Back in and Diesel grabs a bearhug but Bret bites his way to freedom, only
    to miss a dive to the floor. Donovan wants to know how these guys get out
    of bed in the morning (Id assume they stand up) and Monsoon cuts him off
    with a level of rudeness youll never hear from him again. We hit the backbreaker with Bret being bent over the knee for a bit before hitting the running crotch attack to the back.
    Another backbreaker gets another two as Diesel doesnt exactly have his full offensive skill set yet. I mean, he only had about six or seven moves at
    his peak so you can imagine how bad things are here. Diesel grabs an over
    the shoulder backbreaker as Shawn tries to take off a turnbuckle pad. Bret slips out and starts trying a sleeper, only to be shoved into the referee.
    NOW the buckle pad comes off but, of course, Diesel eats the steel instead. Bret slugs away (makes sense now, which is often the case with him) and
    gets two off a clothesline. That means the Five Moves of Doom but Shawns distraction breaks up the Sharpshooter. Bret tries to slug away a bit more
    and walks right into the big boot.
    Diesel stands over him and gives the Jackknife sign but Bret rolls into a Boston crab (with the legs crossed but Brets legs are spread instead of intertwined). Of course it doesnt last long as Diesel goes outside,
    allowing Shawn to hit Bret with the belt. Theres the Jackknife but Neidhart comes in for the DQ.
    Rating: B. I actually like that finish as it keeps Diesel looking strong, meaning he wasnt taking a pin while still Intercontinental Champion. Bret
    was carrying Diesel here and thats exactly why they were put together.
    Diesel was VERY weak in the ring at this point but he could do a few things well, which Bret was more than capable of working with to make a good
    match. These two always had great chemistry together and thats all you need
    a lot of the time.
    It was all Diesel needed too, as this was the match that made Vince decide
    to push him to the moon, including making him champion in about five
    months. The problem was he didnt have much beyond looking cool, a good
    finisher and a strong Royal Rumble performance. DOES ANY OF THIS SOUND
    FAMILIAR TO ANYONE TODAY???
    Neidhart leaves for some reason (Dun dun dun?), allowing Diesel and Shawn
    to lay Bret out.
    Lawler insults Donovan a bit and says hes the true king and thats the
    bottom line. He loves the idea of beating Piper so the kids in Toronto (who Piper had promised some of his winnings to) get NOTHING. Now thats as
    heelish as you can get: “I want to beat you so poor sick kids are left out
    in the cold!” And people wonder why Lawler is considered one of the best of all time.
    King of the Ring Tournament Semifinals: Razor Ramon vs. IRS
    Razor jumps him in the aisle as Monsoon thankfully reminds us that these
    two fought at the Royal Rumble. IRS gets in a few shots but Razor takes him outside and sends him into the steps to really stagger him. A kick to the
    knee slows Razor down though and we hit the chinlock. Razor fights up
    without too much effort (because it was a kick to the knee and a chinlock), only to get caught with the running clothesline. Not that it matters as
    Razor hits a quick Razors Edge for the pin.
    Rating: D. I wonder if Razor was injured here. There was barely any offense from Ramon until the very end and he spent a good chunk of a five minute
    match in a chinlock. Injury or not though, you have to put Ramon against
    Owen in the final, just for the sake of ANY star power/a threat to Owen in
    the last match.
    Bret is looking for Neidhart.
    Theres no update on the 1-2-3 Kids status after the attack.
    King of the Ring Semifinals: Owen Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid
    This one is kind of famous. Kid is fine enough to get in the ring, making
    the previous backstage segment rather worthless. Owen baseball slides him through the ropes and hits an even harder suicide dive to start things off.
    A top rope splash is good for two on the Kid but he sends Owen chest first
    into the corner, setting up a twisting high crossbody for two of his own.
    Kid gets the same off a crucifix as were not even a minute into this yet.
    Some spinning kicks drop Owen again but the enziguri gets him out of
    trouble. Kid gets two more off a northern lights suplex with Owen going to
    the ropes for the break. Owen bails so its a BIG flip dive over the top and Savage announces his retirement from this level of action. Back in and a
    German suplex gives Owen two, followed by a snap overhead belly to belly
    for the same. A victory roll gives Kid another near fall but his
    hurricanrana is countered into a powerbomb, setting up the Sharpshooter to
    send Owen to the finals.
    Rating: A-. Thats the best under five (four actually) minute match Ive ever seen as they beat the heck out of each other and packed in about fifteen minutes of stuff into just over three and a half. Kid saves face because he came in injured so its even well booked on top of being entertaining. Check this out and see what these two could do when they were trying to show off. Roddy Piper cuts a promo about taking his pants off, not remembering what
    town hes in, loving Hershey bars, spaghetti with mosquito bites, various
    movies hes been in, eating flies, not trusting people with no necks, “King Toady”, Don King, King the Dog and there being no such thing as a king.
    Piper is known for his crazy interviews and this was one of the weirdest
    Ive ever seen from him. That includes the time he took over Alcatraz or the time he rambled about Hulk Hogan and hopped away for no apparent reason.
    Tag Team Titles: Yokozuna/Crush vs. Headshrinkers
    The Headshrinkers are defending of course. For once, Art asks the right question when he wants to know Yokozunas weight. He also brings up a good point: why are there eight people out here (Mr. Fuji/Jim Cornette/Lou Albano/Afa are all out as well) for a two on two match? The staredown (kind
    of a family reunion save for Crush) leads to a big brawl until the Headshrinkers start fighting each other for no apparent reason.
    Yokozuna gets headbutted to the floor and we settle down to Yokozuna vs.
    Samu to start. A spinning kick to the face and a dropkick stagger Yokozuna
    and knock him outside again. Its off to Crush vs. Fatu, who will have none
    of this faceplant nonsense. A piledriver plants Crush and a middle rope headbutt gets two. Fuji gets in a cheap shot from the floor and Crush grabs
    a piledriver of his own to really take over. Its off to Yokozuna for the
    big fat leg but he misses a charge in the corner.
    Samu comes in for a powerslam (Ill let you guess to whom) and everything
    breaks down. A double superkick knocks Yokozuna outside for the third time
    (not a good sign less than eight minutes in) but hes still able to crotch
    Samu on top. More managerial interference brings out Lex Luger (oh yeah hes still around) to stare at Crush, allowing Samu to get in a superkick to
    retain.
    Rating: D+. This was a decent power brawl but it was clearly just there to offer some extra flavor to go with the tournament. The Headshrinkers are
    one of my favorite teams from this era (or the 90s in general actually) and they were beating the heck out of Yokozuna here. That would be part of the
    huge downfall for Yokozuna, who went from beating Hogan the previous year
    to this in twelve months. Its the problem with being a monster and someone whose gut probably has its own zip code.
    Crush beats on Luger until the Headshrinkers make the save.
    Owen promises to win and wishes his dad a Happy Fathers Day.
    King of the Ring: Razor Ramon vs. Owen Hart
    Razor punches him down and stares at him because theyre filling time
    despite the match not likely having much of it to work with in the first
    place. They do an awkward slam spot and Owen slaps him in the face to earn himself a catapult into the corner. A slow motion bridge into a backslide
    gives Razor two and Art changes his pick to Owen. The spinwheel kick drops Razor, who Art cheers for three seconds after changing his pick.
    We hit an abdominal stretch to stay on the ribs but Razor hiptosses out and grabs a chokeslam for two. The belly to back superplex looks to set up the
    Edge but Razor gets backdropped to the floor. Heres Neidhart to check on
    Razor and then deck him, setting up Owens top rope elbow for the pin and
    the crown.
    Rating: C-. Obvious ending and unnecessary interference aside, this was the only way they could have done. Owen was still hot from beating Bret at Wrestlemania and needed a major win without changing the Intercontinental
    Title from one heel to another. Giving him the crown was as good of an
    option as they had and it made him look like a real threat in his big title shot against Bret.
    Owen and Neidhart beat Razor down with a Hart Attack and CANADIAN (and American) stomping. Bret doesnt save for no apparent reason.
    We go to Bret in the back and he has no comment. Is there ANY reason why he didnt come out here? I guess hes supposed to be shocked but that doesnt
    quite endear him to Razor. Not that he needed to do so but it would have
    made sense given how much he wanted to go after Neidhart.
    Donovan asks Monsoon and Savage if they acted like that when they wrestled. Monsoon COMPLETELY ignores him and asks Randy about Neidharts sanity.
    Its already coronation time with Neidhart standing at Owens side. Owen
    brags and dubs himself the King of Harts, an awesome nickname.
    Long recap of Piper vs. Lawler, which is mostly just them doing the exact insults you would expect from both of them. Like I mentioned, theres also a childrens hospital shoehorned in here for the sake of some emotion.
    Roddy Piper vs. Jerry Lawler
    Lawler being a king confuses Donovan even more. Before Piper comes out,
    Lawler does his usual crowd insults and again promises to keep all the winnings. As is his custom for a big match, Piper is played to the ring by
    a pipe and drum corps. In the first pay per view main event ever between
    two wrestles over forty years old, Monsoon has the gorilla testicles to
    call this a NEW GENERATION match.
    Piper even comes out with the imitator from Raw, who was rather insulting
    to him during the Kings Court. Apparently Piper has forgiven him.and I
    guess were supposed to be impressed. Uh, right. The kid (who is about
    seventeen at the youngest) does some Piper jokes (to be fair he does a
    great impression) and were FINALLY ready to go. Piper hammers away to start
    and Monsoon dubs it vintage. In the NEW Generation.
    The kilt is thrown over Lawlers head and Piper bites in the corner as I
    dont expect much in the way of wrestling here. A big right hand sends
    Lawler bailing to the floor and the kid gets in a poke to the eye. Back in
    and Piper slugs away before telling Lawler to bring it. Piper starts going
    to the hamstring (psychology you see) and an atomic drop sends Lawler
    outside again.
    Lawlers hand is sent into the post as theres nothing resembling wrestling anywhere in this match. The kid gets dragged inside and instead of BEATING LAWLER UP, Piper shoves the kid back to the floor. A bunch of punches set up.even more punches and we hit the sleeper on Piper. Monsoon says thats a patented hold, even though I dont think I ever remember seeing Lawler using one.
    The piledriver (to NO reaction, just like most of this match) gets two (no reaction again) as Savage is trying everything he can to make this
    interesting. Piper spits at him and slugs back, followed by a pair of
    bulldogs. The ref gets bumped (you knew this wasnt ending clean) and its a foreign object to knock Piper out. Lawler gets two with the kid making the save, allowing Piper to grab a belly to back suplex for the pin.
    Rating: OG. For Old Generation. This was straight out of the nightmares of Memphis in front of a bored crowd who wanted to go home after a not great night. I get the idea here but this needed to go on about second, as there
    was no way these dinosaurs were going to be able to produce anything worthwhile. It just wasnt a story that people were going to care about and there was no way around that. Terrible main event, and perhaps the worst in company history.
    Piper celebrates with the kid..and we go to Shawn telling Diesel that hell
    get the title soon enough to end the show. I guess the main event was so
    bad that it screwed up the show format. You know, even worse than it
    already did.
    Overall Rating: D+. Art Donovan issues and main event aside, theres enough
    good stuff going on here to help carry it over the line. The problem here
    is the lack of interest from the backstage forces, mainly due to trying to
    keep Vince out of jail and all that good stuff. Theres enough good
    wrestling to keep the show from flatlining but youre much better off
    watching those individual matches rather than the full two hour and forty
    five minutes, which crawl by on more than one occasion.
    The interesting thing here is how fast the show got through its ten matches though. Outside of Bret vs. Diesel, nothing breaks thirteen minutes with
    none of the tournament matches even getting nine minutes. To be fair
    though, its not like there was a reason to stretch out a predictable
    tournament and the World Title match more than makes up for it. Not as bad
    as remembered, but still not great or even good for the most part.

    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 30
    wrestling books. His latest book is KB’s Complete 2004 Monday Night Raw Reviews.

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    Its Very Old School Of Them. The Revival And Randy Orton Are Recruiting
    The Madusa To Their Dangerous Alliance.

    Posted: 26 Aug 2019 11:34 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/old-school-revival-randy-orton-recruiting-madusa-dangerous-alliance/


    There may be a future for her yet. There are a lot of people in WWE and
    that means that there might not be time for all of them to regularly
    appear. With so many people on the roster and on television, it makes
    sense to have some of them bundled together for the sake of finding a way
    to get more of them some screen time. That has been the case lately but
    one group wants to be even bigger.

    Over the weekend, the Revival’s Scott Dawson sent out a Tweet asking if backstage interviewer Cathy Kelly could act as the Revival and Randy
    Orton’s Madusa. This is in reference to Madusa serving as part of the Dangerous Alliance in WCW in the early 90s. Kelly responded, asking where
    she could find matching gear to look like the rest of the team. There is
    no word on Kelly being paired with the two of them.

    Someone let Queen Cath know she should be our Madusa.
    https://t.co/IhZeW3J0yd

    - Dash (@DashWilderWWE) August 26, 2019



    *googles where to find matching zebra print track suits* https://t.co/GWItRCzgtZ

    - Queen Cathy (@catherinekelley) August 26, 2019



    https://t.co/ESbdGXczC0 pic.twitter.com/Bc2CIO3BFE

    - Dash (@DashWilderWWE) August 26, 2019



    For those of you who haven’t seen much from Madusa. Check out one of her matches from WCW:


    Opinion: This is one of those things that could work well enough, though I can’t imagine it actually happening. Kelly is a perfectly fine backstage interviewer and has some talents that could be used for something like
    this. That being said, Revival and Orton aren’t a team who needs a manager to get by as all three of them can talk well enough. It’s a fun thought to have though.

    Do you think Kelly will be put with anyone? Who is the best interviewer in WWE? 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 30
    wrestling books. His latest book is KB’s Complete 2004 Monday Night Raw Reviews.

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    RUMOR: It Took Them That Long? WWE Was Very Surprised By One Thing About
    This Superstar.

    Posted: 26 Aug 2019 11:31 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/rumor-took-long-wwe-surprised-one-thing-superstar/


    They look bigger off television. WWE has been undergoing a lot of changes
    to its roster over the last few months as the company tries to figure out a
    way to help fight off their ratings woes. That isn’t the easiest thing to do, but bringing in some fresh faces can help with a lot of the problem.
    WWE has been doing that, and one such name seems to have surprised them.

    According to Fightful Select by way of Wrestletalk.com, WWE officials were surprised by how physically big Buddy Murphy looked in the ring. Murphy
    has been pushed harder on SmackDown Live in recent weeks, with back to back matches against Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan, including a win over the
    latter. Murphy was called up from 205 Live earlier this year as part of
    the Superstar Shakeup.

    Murphy is doing well as of late. Check out his match with Bryan:
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    Opinion: That statement should tell you two things: WWE officials don’t
    watch 205 Live and Murphy has been sitting around for a long time now. It doesn’t come off as the best sign when WWE called him up about four and a half months ago and doesn’t seem to know how big he looks. Murphy isn’t exactly a giant but he’s bigger than most cruiserweights and that is very clear as soon as you see him wrestle. Now why did it take so long to see
    that?

    Has Murphy impressed you? What do you want to see him do 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 30
    wrestling books. His latest book is KB’s Complete 2004 Monday Night Raw Reviews.

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    Thing About This Superstar. appeared first on WrestlingRumors.net.


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    Shes Back. Ronda Rousey To Join The Cast Of Total Divas

    Posted: 26 Aug 2019 08:23 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/derekstoughton/shes-back-ronda-rousey-join-cast-total-divas/


    We may get to see another side of her. Although Ronda Rousey has not been featured on WWE programming since WrestleMania 35, her presence is still
    felt in the world of professional wrestling. However, we may see a
    different side to her in the coming weeks.

    According to WWE, The Baddest Woman on the Planet will be joining the cast of Total Divas for their 9th season which premiers on October 2. While Natalya, Naomi and Nia Jax and Carmella will be returning to the show, both Rousey and Sonya Deville will be added to the lineup.

    You can see a clip of the announcement below:
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    From WWE.com:
    Total Divas kicks off showcasing another side of Rousey, as she gushes
    about her MMA fighter husband Travis Browne while enjoying her time in WWE
    and working on her ranch, Browsey Acres.
    Natalya, mourning the death of her beloved father Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, is taking things one day at a time and throwing herself into work. Her
    sights are set on winning the Women’s Royal Rumble Match and a chance to become the Raw Women’s Champion. Nia is feeling confident after her victorious showing in the Battle Royal at WWE’s first-ever all women’s pay-per-view event, WWE Evolution. However, there is trouble in paradise
    when she learns who her next opponent will be.
    Sonya is happy to be living out and proud and is ready for a serious relationship and respect in the ring. While settling into her new home in
    Ft. Lauderdale, an opportunity to move to Tampa presents itself and shakes
    up her entire world.
    After her recent breakup, Carmella is focused on what’s important for her
    and her career. She is faced with backlash while trying to balance
    friendships and a new romantic relationship, putting both to the ultimate

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