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(VIDEO): It Took A Long Time. CM Punk Is Back In The Ring And Cuts A Promo On..

Posted: 28 Aug 2019 10:49 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/video-took-long-time-cm-punk-back-ring-cuts-promo/


Oh I think Punk is going to get people talking. We’re only a few days away from All Out, but that isn’t the only major wrestling event taking place in Chicago over the weekend. In addition to the show, there is a large fan convention called Starrcast III, which will be including a variety of
special guests. One big name is a Chicago native and is likely to get some major attention.

The man can still talk. Check out Punk’s video:
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CM Punk has been announced for Starrcast III and a video has been released
with Punk hyping up his QA session. The video features Punk inside of a
ring as he talks about the event, promising to not follow a script or be
part of a storyline. At the moment, there is nothing to suggest that Punk
will be appearing at any other televised event over the weekend, including
All Out.

Opinion: You know, because this needed some extra hype. Punk is still
someone who commands an audience everywhere he goes, but at the same time
this could cause a lot of problems at All Out. If he’s in Chicago and appearing at something associated with AEW, you can all but guarantee a lot
of CM PUNK chants throughout the show. That’s a risk to take, but maybe
AEW has an ace up their sleeve.

Do you think Punk will appear at the show? Do you want him to? 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: Again? Heres Where Sami Zayn And Shinsuke Nakamura May Be Going,
And Its A Redo Of A Recent Story.

Posted: 28 Aug 2019 10:43 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/rumor-heres-sami-zayn-shinsuke-nakamura-may-going-redo-recent-story/


Nak-a-mur-a, SAMI ZAYN! You never know when you might see a new alliance
form in wrestling, with some of them being better than others. In WWE, one
of the biggest things that they can do is eventually split up, which is
often the bigger story between the two. A new one came together last week
on SmackDown Live but it turns out that they already might be on the road
to destruction.

According to the WrestleVotes Twitter account, the recently formed Sami
Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura alliance is designed to be similar to Kevin
Owens and Chris Jericho’s friendship from a few years ago, meaning that it
is eventually leading to a blowoff match. Zayn has positioned himself as Nakamura’s mouthpiece and will likely be in his corner should Nakamura
agree to defend the Intercontinental Title against the Miz at Clash Of Champions. Nakamura and Zayn have a history together, with Nakamura
defeating Zayn in his NXT debut at Takeover: Dallas in 2016.

One of the ideas I’ve heard when the Zayn / Nakamura storyline was decided upon was to eventually resemble that of the Jericho / Owens friendship from
a few years ago, leading to a big time blowoff match. However, I’d be surprised if this story lasted all the way thru to Mania.

- WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) August 28, 2019



You can still hear the chants from here. Check out the original Nakamura
vs. Zayn classic:
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Opinion: I don’t think this is exactly a big secret, but having Nakamura
vs. Zayn again, in any form, sounds like a good thing. Their initial match
is an all time classic and more importantly, it would give Zayn something
to do. For some reason WWE has basically left Zayn to rot in the ring and
I don’t get why. He’s a great talker and can work in the ring, so maybe this is a chance to get him back on track.

What do you expect from this story? How long should the team stay
together? 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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What A Fiend! Bray Wyatt Swears At A Fan On Twitter For Making A Mistake.

Posted: 28 Aug 2019 10:32 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/might-not-go-well-bray-wyatt-swears-fan-twitter-making-mistake/


You might not want to get on his bad side. Bray Wyatt has been part of WWE
for over six years now, though he is just coming back from nearly a year
away from the ring. The return has brought him back with a vengeance
though, in the form of the Fiend. Wyatt’s new character has given him a
lot of attention, but it doesn’t seem that he was happy to receive some of it.

Earlier this week, Wyatt got in a Twitter exchange with Braun Strowman (who
he may be facing at Hell In A Cell). A fan commented, seemingly saying
that Wyatt would not be able to jump Strowman from behind in the dark like
he did to Finn Balor. The fan misspelled Balor though, spelling it as “Baller”. Wyatt responded, mocking the fan’s error and telling him to “shut your idiot a** up.” He also mentioned that the Summerslam match took place in full lighting.

Everyone isnt the poor #finnBaller sit, taking advantage of the darkness
and attacking people has become your habit.

- Farrukh Shahzad (@FarrukhWrites) August 28, 2019



*Balor**Shut your idiot ass up. SummerSlam was in full lighting. I do
whatever I want.

- Bray Wyatt (@WWEBrayWyatt) August 28, 2019



The entrance alone is worth it. Check out the start of Wyatt vs. Balor at Summerslam:
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Opinion: This isn’t something that is going to get Wyatt in trouble but
that was quite the escalation. To be fair though, how can Wyatt not make
fun of a fan who tried to be a bit tough and made that kind of a mistake?
It was a bad moment but Wyatt got to look like a rather strong heel, which
is what the Fiend is there for. Now just don’t let him lose in the Cell
and everything can be fine.

Was what Wyatt said inappropriate? What will happen if/when he gets a
title shot? 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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(PHOTO): A Long Time Coming. Cesaro FINALLY Done With Recovery From A
Nearly Two Year Old Injury.

Posted: 28 Aug 2019 10:28 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/long-time-coming-cesaro-finally-done-recovery-nearly-two-year-old-injury/


It took a long time. Injuries in wrestling can come and go, with some of
them being a lot worse than others. What makes them even worse though is
the recovery time, which can range from days to months to never if an
injury is bad enough. Some of them might not show up as clearly as you
might think though, with a current wrestler only recently getting over something from nearly two years ago.

Cesaro Tweeted a picture of his teeth without braces on Wednesday, showing
that his teeth were finally healed after a nasty injury at No Mercy 2017. During the match, Cesaro went mouth first into the post, driving his teeth
into the top of his mouth. After undergoing surgery to repair them, Cesaro
was forced to wear braces for the better part of the next two years. This
is also the reason he has wrestled in a mouth guard since the injury.

After almost two years, I can enjoy the best fruit again pic.twitter.com/ngtfY2tLm4

- Cesaro (@WWECesaro) August 27, 2019



Since the injury itself is a bit gruesome, try this instead. Check out an awesome match:
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Opinion: I had forgotten how horrible that one was as Cesaro’s teeth were literally wedged up into his mouth. That’s not the kind of injury that you see happen very often but it helped that the match was pretty awesome.
It’s quite the condition if it takes twenty three months to finally get everything right, but it goes a long way in showing just how tough Cesaro really is.

What do you think of Cesaro? Will he ever get the big breakout push 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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KBs Review: Oh Yeah, AEW Is Still A Thing

Posted: 28 Aug 2019 09:59 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/kbs-review-oh-yeah-aew-still-thing/


Over the last few weeks, so much of the wrestling discussion has been about
NXT moving over to the USA Network and how big of a deal it is. That
certainly is the case and another example of how much bigger WWE is at the moment, but I think people are kind of forgetting about AEW. I certainly
did until someone suggested that I do a column on the other side of the
move, which is what we’ll be doing here, or at least a broader look at
where AEW currently stands.

We currently sit less than a week away from All Out….and does it really matter? Yeah the first World Champion is going to be crowned on the show,
but at the same time, how many champions are going to be crowned and then defending their titles in the first few weeks on TNT? The weekly show is
going to be what really matters as soon as it starts and that cannot be understated. All Out is going to be a big, entertaining show that will set
the stage for the TNT show, but make no mistake about it: the weekly show
is all that matters once it gets going.

The big thing for AEW continues to be just how fast things are going. The company has only been around just over three months (remember: Double Or Nothing was May 25) and they are only coming up on their fourth show. To go from that to hours a week on television is about as big of a jump as you
can get and I’m not sure how ready they are for such a move.

I’m not saying that the show is going to be bad by any means, but there are going to be some growing pains. What matters is how they respond to those problems, which they haven’t faced yet. So far, AEW has had nothing but
good news and positive vibes, but that is going to change at some point.
What happens when they produce a bad show? Or when the fans just aren’t buying what they’re presenting? It happens to everyone at one point or another and the more material the company has, the more likely it is for something like that to take place.

This is how it gets started:

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Another interesting point is WWE taking their shot at AEW. Until now, AEW
has been the company that gets to come in, do their fun show, and then
leave without much of a problem while soaking in the cheers. Now though,
they might not even be the most popular show on the same night. Making this even worse is the fact that WWE has very little to lose. If AEW wins, they
beat the minor league show and WWE still gets paid. If NXT wins, WWE’s
minor league show crushed the upstart AEW without even having to bust out
the Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live guns. That would be quite the way
to cut AEW’s legs off at the start.

So where is AEW as the war is about to really get going? Honestly, it’s pretty hard to say. They are doing some very good things, but there is a
chance that it is going to be too much, too fast. Right now they are going
from a few rehearsals, most of which are about three to four weeks apart,
to going every single week. The pressure is going to be on in a hurry
because it stops being the fun promotion and is suddenly the competition.
As in the other big money company instead of being a bunch of wrestlers who love the sport and trying to have a good time.

The other problem that they are going to be having is having to deal with
is finding their audience. There is a core group of fans that are going to watch AEW no matter what and that can keep them around for a long time. However, they have to expand if they are going to be the big national (if
not international) company and that is where things get confusing. How do
you balance out stuff like the Young Bucks flying all over the place with
the emotionally heavy stuff like the Rhodes Brothers and then add in stuff
like Orange Cassidy and A Boy And His Dinosaur?

That’s a big area where things are going to get a little bit interesting
for them and I’m not sure how well it is going to work. Every company from WWE to Impact Wrestling to Ring of Honor has had trouble figuring out what
kind of promotion they want to be at times and it can become a problem for anyone. That being said, it is far from impossible to pull off and if AEW
can find the right formula for everything involved, they could be off to another great start. As long as the World Title match doesn’t put someone
to sleep with a wrestler then stealing his shoe, I think they’ll manage.

Yeah they dont have something like this (Its worse than you remember):

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Then there are the good things, which certainly do exist. First and
foremost, they don’t have to worry about finding their television home. Again, look back at Impact Wrestling and how big of a mess that whole thing was. How many channels and networks have they been on over the years and in
how many time slots? To be able to start on a major network (which they
have to maintain) is one of the biggest breathers they can have.

In the same vein, AEW also doesn’t come into this run with a bunch of bad history. There is no horrible run of shows where they pushed Hulk Hogan’s friends or the Reign of Terror to deal with in their past. The company may
not have much history, but that means it doesn’t have the bad stuff to go with it. There hasn’t been the big match or moment that turned a lot of people off from the show. That is going to allow them to try something
fresh and new, which might be just what the wrestling world is needing at
the moment.

Finally, and this might sound very simple, but AEW is something new. We’ve lived in a wrestling world completely controlled by WWE for a very long
time now and that had to change at some point, either for the good or the
bad. Maybe the change that needed to take place was giving them another
show on the national stage (or at least a stage where most people could see
it) or maybe it was just a fresh cast of characters, but we are finally
getting something new. If that is what it takes to make wrestling better
then so be it, but it is certainly not a guarantee.

If this has sounded like I’ve been rambling quite a bit, it’s because we’re
in uncharted territory here. There have been programming battles before,
but never in a world where WWE was the only company of note for so long.
Impact Wrestling tried and might have made some small dents with their time
on Spike, but this is a good bit bigger than anything they ever did. Just
going at WWE with a fresh cast and the billionaire wrestling freak could
make for some very interesting times, but there is no way of knowing how
this whole thing is going to work.

New names, new faces, new talent:

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At the same time though, keep in mind that AEW is starting from scratch and
is still MILES behind WWE. Yeah AEW announced the weekly show on TNT back
in May in a huge cable deal. In the last fourteen months, WWE has gotten
THREE huge television deals, two of which were on cable and one of which
was on a broadcast network.

What AEW has done is downright impressive, but they’re light years away
from being on equal footing with WWE. Selling some shows out and drawing a rating/audience for a few weeks is cool. Monday Nitro did that too and that show didn’t even last six years. We’re entering into a new era here and it’s going to be interesting to see what happens next.

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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REVIEW: National Wrestling Alliance San Francisco TV - June 24, 1978: That Piper Guy Could Go Somewhere

Posted: 28 Aug 2019 09:41 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/review-national-wrestling-alliance-san-francisco-tv-june-24-1978-piper-guy-go-somewhere/


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?
San Francisco TV

Date: June 24, 1978

Location: KXTV Studios, Sacramento, California

Commentator: Hank Renner
This is an interesting case as its pure territory days with Roy Shires San Francisco area. The big star here would be a young Roddy Piper, who was
tearing up southern California before heading up to Portland and then on to
the Carolinas and New York. Im really not sure what to expect here so lets
get to it.
Roddy Piper vs. Tony Milan
Piper comes out with the bagpipes, wearing the kilt, a matching hat and a yellow Superman shirt. The fans want to hear some bagpipes and Roddy
actually obliges, but the referee would like to have a match. Instead Piper heads outside to play some more until were FINALLY ready to go. The jobber
is maybe 55 and Piper pounds him down and nails a knee to the face.
Those trademark punches in the corner and some more forearms to the back of
the head continue the squash as Piper is showing some awesome fire out
there. A clothesline gets two but Piper pulls him up twice in a row. Piper
does the same thing off a swinging neckbreaker before a second is enough to finally end Milan. Total squash and Piper looked like a star.
House show ads tell us of a show on Tuesday, June 27, meaning this is
taking place in 1978. The announcer saying that today is June 24 makes it a
bit easier. At the house show taking place that night: Harley Race
defending the NWA World Title against Dean Ho.
Piper is also on the card so he talks about being ready for Moondog Mayne
for the US Title. Naturally this includes a lot of shouting MOONDOG over
and over. Mayne isnt sure if he wants it to be a title match so Piper has agreed to pay $10,000 to change his opinion. The announcer tells Piper that Mayne ate the check. Mayne might put up the title but it depends on how hes feeling when he gets to the arena. Piper thinks Mayne is crazy and
threatens to beat him to a pulp. Roddy would actually win the title but
drop it back about a month later. Mayne would be killed in a car accident
less than two months later.
Dean Ho shows us a Harley Race match.
Harley Race vs. Mike Stallings
Races World Title isnt on the line and Gordon Solie is on commentary. Im
not sure when and where this took place. Race elbows him down but misses
the falling headbutt. That means nothing though as Race snapmares Mike and drops a knee to the head, only to get taken over into a hammerlock. Race headbutts him out to the floor and grabs a piledriver back inside. Instead
of covering though he tries a small package for two. Thats a new one but
its a different time. Race drives some shoulders into the ribs in the
corner before a suplex (yes just a suplex) gets the pin.
Rating: D+. The match was just a long squash, but its an interesting case
study compared to today. Like I said, Race won with a vertical suplex. Yeah
its a transitional move today, but at this point it was still a big enough
move to win matches. It became a big move because Race won matches with it. Thats all you need to do to establish a finisher: win matches with it.
Race talks about going around the world to defend the title and how hell wrestle any man on the face of Gods green earth for this belt. People said
he won the World Title in a freak accident, but then he won it again and
people were saying maybe. Hes going to carry these ten pounds of gold until
hes ready to retire. There will be a big tournament for the title, but no
one can be at his level and everyone knows it. He actually praises Solie
for being a great commentator but everyone knows the champ is here to stay. Race is right too, as he would hold the belt for the next three years, save
for about three months of short reigns.
In another interview, Race says Dean Ho isnt the man that is going to take
his belt away. Ho eliminated him in a big battle royal last year so Race is coming to the Cow Palace for revenge. He doesnt actually say Hos name as he talks about how important it is to be the champion. Race isnt coming to the
Cow Palace to wrestle, because he wants to hurt Ho.
Dean Ho says hes coming to fight and win the World Title. Notice that he
keeps saying the arena and the date over and over so no one is going to
forget.
Theres a tag match main event but the video is cut off before we can hear
the participants.
Overall Rating: C+. Now this was some old school goodness. Notice how the
main idea here was to hype up the house shows instead of some major TV
match. Its such a different idea compared to what we get today but it still works. On top of that you have Piper and a great example of why Harley Race
was one of the most intimidating and awesome guys around. This was a lot of
fun and when it only runs about 25 minutes, its hard to go wrong. Check
these things out if you havent seen a run of the mill territory before.

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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Ring Of Honor TV Results - August 28, 2019

Posted: 28 Aug 2019 09:11 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/ring-honor-tv-results-august-28-2019/


Ring of Honor

Date: August 28, 2019

Location: Mattamy Athletic Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Commentators: Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman

Hosts: Quinn McCay, Ian Riccaboni

The slow decline of this show and possibly the promotion continues as they
try whatever they can to get Matt Taven over as World Champion. This time around it means Alex Shelley as the veteran challenger with no chance of winning the title. It’s not like they have anyone else that Taven hasn’t already beaten, other than Rush, who seems to be the one to take the title
off of him. Let’s get to it.

Opening sequence.

We look at Shelley injecting himself into the World Title picture.

Clips of Alex Shelley/Jay Lethal/Jonathan Gresham beating the Kingdom at
Mass Hysteria when Shelley made Marseglia tap.

Shelley is ready to take the title from Taven in Toronto.

We look at Tasha Steelz pinning Angelina Love twice in a row but needing
Kelly Klein to save her from the Allure.

Clips of Klein retaining the Women of Honor Title over Steelz at Summer Supercard. Angelina jumped them both after the match.

Klein jumped Angelina in the back.

Lifeblood is ready for Villain Enterprises.

We see Flip Gordon attacking Tracy Williams, which seemed to cost Williams
the TV Title match later in the night.

Taylor is tired of not being promoted as a big star.

Highlights from Ladder War in Toronto with the Briscoes defending against Guerrillas of Destiny, which has to be clipped due to violence.

The announcers give a quick Top Prospect Tournament preview.
Ring of Honor World Title: Matt Taven vs. Alex Shelley

Taven is defending. They go to the mat to start with Taven holding a headscissors until Shelley blows his nose on him for a standoff. It’s back
to the mat for a rollup on Taven and they stare at each other again. That
works so well that they do it again for yet another standoff. A third
rollup into more staring lets Shelley do some pushups as they’re staying in first gear.

Taven bails to the floor to change things up a bit before coming back in for….another rollup for two. Back from a break with Shelley’s Sliced Bread off the post attempt being shoved through a table as something finally
happens. Shelley dives back in to beat the count so Taven hits a
backbreaker for two. The back is bent over Taven’s knee, followed by a butterfly backbreaker for two more. A Liontamer makes the back even worse
but Shelley makes the rope in a hurry.

Taven goes with a rolling neckbreaker for two but Shelley is back up with a slingshot DDT onto the apron for the double knockdown. Sliced Bread onto
the barricade rocks Taven, who pops right back up with the dive over the barricade. Back in and Jay White’s Blade Runner gets two on Taven, followed by a pair of superkicks. Sliced Bread gets two more but Taven hits the
Climax. The cover is countered into a rollup to give Shelley two but Taven knees him in the head and hits the Climax to retain at 15:22.

Result: Matt Taven b. Alex Shelley Climax (15:22)

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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Before Or After The Beard? Daniel Bryan Offers Interesting Take On The Difference Between Independent Wrestling And WWE.

Posted: 28 Aug 2019 06:41 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/beard-daniel-bryan-offers-interesting-take-difference-independent-wrestling-wwe/


It’s a different world. There are very few stories more unlikely than a wrestler like Daniel Bryan rising to the heights that he has reached.
Bryan is a wrestler of below average size and isn’t the most physically impressive performer. However, through a combination of charisma and an incredible in-ring IQ, Bryan has become a top star in the wrestling world.
But what about wrestling the style that made him famous before he came to
WWE?

Bryan was recently interviewed by Super Luchas (in Spanish), where he was
asked if he missed being an independent wrestler. Bryan said that he did, mainly because of how different it felt every night. Instead of wrestling
the same people over and over, Bryan would have to change his style to
adapt to someone else. In addition to the wrestlers, Bryan misses
wrestling in different buildings and being in front of smaller crowds. He
did not say that he disliked wrestling in WWE, calling the situation a different sensation.

Hes been in a big story of late. Check out the most recent development:
[This post contains video, click to play]


Opinion: It’s understandable that Bryan would miss working the independent style as it really is a completely different world. Sure you might work against someone a few times, but how often would it be someone completely different? In WWE, the company itself is the production but on the
independent circuit, the wrestlers themselves are the product. Whenever

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