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what is going on guys it is wrestle Amia
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here back with another video join us now
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as we look at this week's edition of the
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blue brand as well as wildest new
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stories and rumors you need to know
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including Triple H exposing WWE more and
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more aw's Grand Slam show in big trouble
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WWE changed up solo sakoa plans as
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Triple H quietly ended a faction
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Christopher Daniels retires a former WWE
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Superstar returns could a legendary TNA
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match come to WrestleMania and much more
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videos on wrestl Amia XL as always we
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won't recap the matches but just look at
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The Good The Bad and The downright ugly
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as always we start off with the good as
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number one Bailey puts over Stratton now
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Tiffany stratton's win over Bailey was
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another example of how the role model is
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really serious about putting over the
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promotion's younger talent and giving
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them a chance to succeed a Bailey gave a
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fantastic interview early on on
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Smackdown explaining why she's after to
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Stratton both for Tiffany costing of the
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women's title against Nia Jax and to get
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back on track after what she considered
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a disappointing run as Women's Champion
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which was pretty cool for her to mention
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this made the main event match seem
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extra special as did Bailey putting
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Straton Over clean the only thing WWE
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and Bailey has to be wary of is having a
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lose too much or wins over a lose their
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impact number two more tag team goodness
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while Smackdown hasn't fully capitalized
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on its extra hour the show is using
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extra time to develop its tag team
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division under card the writers are
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finally giving several team story lines
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to help establish them and matches for
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fans to see what each team can do in the
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ring number three strong but not silent
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and Jacob F's days of playing the strong
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silent type are definitely over the
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superstar has been spent the last
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several months destroying opponents with
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nothing more than an occasional howl c a
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fantastic promo that was worth the way
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the zamo and werewolf told the WWE
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Universe he doesn't care if they chair
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or boo him then said that if they
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thought that he was unhinged they ain't
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seen nothing yet now let's be fair
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giving a mysterious Menace the
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microphone doesn't always work but last
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night it did with Jacob's delivery
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doubling his status as the WWE's
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resident badass number four move over
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solo it was unknown what's next for solo
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sakoa after he walked out during an
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attempt to cut a promo but it appears
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that Jacob fatu's promo is a start of
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Jacob's Ascension whether Fatu takes
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over Solo's version of the bloodline or
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goes in a different direction is unclear
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but it should make for some compelling
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television as fans wait for Wrestlemania
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number five Ray versus Kevin Owens
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Banger the last night's Ray versus Kevin
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owens's bout was much needed as it
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injected some life into the KO versus
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Cody Feud owens's interaction with Ray
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that set up the match was brilliant
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because it showed how delusional Kevin
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is in believing he's Champion while it
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reinforced Ray's position as a veteran
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baby face who isn't afraid to call
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someone else out their confrontation and
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subsequent match also reinforced owens's
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status as a dangerous competitor giving
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Cody fans more reason to think that
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rhs's title is actually in Jeopardy and
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a good build for Saturday night's main
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event as Saturday night's main event is
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finally shaping up after this week's Raw
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and SmackDown with last night's show
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announcing Braun strowman will battle
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Jacob f 2 while Shawn Michaels will
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mediate a contract signing between Cody
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rhod and Kevin Owens for the ladder
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match at the Royal Rumble but that was a
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good what about the bad is number one
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Apollo Cruz's unoriginal backstage role
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I just imagine how Apollo crew must have
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felt when he heard His Latest roll on
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Smackdown was just getting beaten up
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Backstage on one hand Cruz may be happy
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to get some TV time but on the other
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hand his role as a glorified extra with
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occasional speaking parts may have been
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wondering how long he's got before he's
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looking to work in aew number two
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spoiling Charlotte's return and last
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night's hype video for Charlotte was a
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standard Affair as there was nothing bad
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about the video in terms of production
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it was pretty good but what was bad was
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that the WWE ruined the surprise factor
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for Flair's return as it would have been
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better for her to just show up at a
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major event like the Royal Rumble then
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have the announcers reveal her return is
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imminent number three another tired
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bloodline running was solo sako's war
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with the OG bloodline ever going to end
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given that Roman Reigns defeated solo
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sakoa for the aaala why keep this tired
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Feud going on it's not going to do
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anything to help anyone involved and
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it's exposing solo tooa as a tired act
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and Carmelo Hayes another Talent lost in
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the shuffle a SmackDown now has 3 hours
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so why is Carmelo Hayes still stuck
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putting people over while Hayes's match
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against Jimmy Uso didn't end in a loss
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thanks to tamatanga and Jacob Fatu
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attacking Jimmy he should be doing more
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than just providing a warm body in the
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ring if WWE is serious about pushing
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Hayes a big if considering how he's been
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misused since jump into SmackDown now is
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a time to build him up Al it was nothing
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downright ugly Smackdown was a good show
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that lagged at times but overall
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delivered some good matches and
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furthered story lines the Royal Rumble
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is only in 2 weeks so expect things to
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heat up as WWE gets closer to its first
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official 2025 PL and Saturday night's
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Main Event what do you guys think of the
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blue brand last night let us know in the
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comments down below now let's move on to
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the
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news now first story looks at Triple H
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exposing WWE more and more and fans got
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to see another sneak peek behind the
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curtain thanks to Triple H uploading
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video footage of a rehearsal for
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Smackdown 411 Mania is reporting a
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Triple H posted a video of his producing
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Jacob Fatu and tamat tonga's entrance
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ahead of tonight's Smackdown the WWE CCO
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posted the video on Friday that you can
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check out below which features him as he
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directs how the entrance should be
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produced on television now with Triple H
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recently using phrases like work and
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shoot as well as uploading videos of
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rehearsals is he exposing WWE too much
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let us know in the comments down below
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next up aw's Grand Slam show in big
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trouble now another news there's trouble
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facing aw's upcoming Grand Slam Show
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wrestling purist contributor Pep's
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wrestling recently summed up the show's
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many stores and setbacks aw books a 30k
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C2 in Australia it's supposed to be the
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first max exclusive show they don't sell
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enough tickets so they move to a smaller
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venue aw promotes it gets Air at 8:00
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p.m. eastern time on TNT instead of it
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being a Max exclusive the promoted time
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is impossible due to the allstar NBA
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weekend it ISS after the All-Star
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Weekend at around midnight and judging
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by all of these problems it seems that
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aw really hasn't planned out this show
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thoroughly enough as it's been plagued
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by a number of problems next up WWE
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changed solo AOA plans and just what's
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going on with solo and did WWE change up
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its original plan for the enforcer
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segment on Smackdown wrestle votes
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recently tweeted about WWE schedule for
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solo saying that solo sakoa segment was
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a hot topic of debate within creative
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today the original rundown this morning
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had solo opening the show to address his
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loss to Roman a solo appeared later in
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the show but walked out after WWE fans
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boo him mercilessly the fans are still
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scratching their head over whether WWE
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has a storyline for sakoa or whether
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this was a way to drag things out until
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it crafts a storyline next up who is
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replacing Pat McAfee on Raw a color
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commentator Pat McAfee won't be
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available for this Monday's edition of
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raw with wrestle talk reporting Pat
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McAfee will miss the January 20th
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episode of Raw in Dallas as he'll be
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part of ESPN's college football playoff
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National Championship coverage so who
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will take Pat's place this Monday well
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during Smackdown tonight Wade Barrett
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confirmed that he will replace Pat
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McAfee as Michael Cole's partner for the
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January 20th raw interestingly Cory
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Grace's name didn't come up as a
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replacement which could have been
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something to do with the current
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standoff between Corey Graves and WWE
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Graves has made it clear that he's
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unhappy being demoted from Smackdown to
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NXT and while fans disagree on whether
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these comments are sincere or just part
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of a storyline it seems unlikely WWE
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will put graves in such a prime role
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we'll have to see whether Graves
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mentions this in any subsequent tweets
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as it could give fans an inkling of
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whether Cory is truly dissatisfied with
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WWE or this is just a whole storyline
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next up a WWE legend appears on
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Smackdown a fans watch watchingg
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Smackdown got to see former Women's
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Champion Victoria ringside Victoria who
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excelled both in WWE and TNA Wrestling
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was spotted at ringside during Kevin
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owens's match against Rey Mysterio
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Victoria had an acrimonious relationship
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with WWE during the Vince McMahon era
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but her appearance last night suggests
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that she's welcome back and that fans
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might even get to see her long-deserved
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induction into the WWE Hall of Fame next
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up Kevin Owens Rose Cody rhods Kevin
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Owens was at the top of his trash
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talking game not only running down Rey
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Mysterio but mocking Cody rhods and his
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famous father Dusty rhods with a t-shirt
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that played to Dusty's often repeated
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slogan that he's the American dream the
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son of a plumber but Owens wore a shirt
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that read the Canadian dream the son of
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a security systems technician next up
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WWE UPS production values even more as
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the WWE's continued efforts to surpass
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its past production achievements was
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seen last night by this picture of the
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smackdown announce table which added a
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new dimension of the show's presentation
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that table looks so good I don't think
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anybody's going to get slam through it
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anymore next up wrestler Christopher
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Daniels retires oh it's official veteran
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Grappler Christopher Daniels has retired
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after decades in the squared Circle five
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full select Shan rosap reports that
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Daniel's Texas death match against
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hangman Adam pagee will be the fallen
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angel's last match the 54-year-old
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wrestler's career dates back to 1993 and
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he's worked in so many promotions
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including WCW Ring of Honor and TNA
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wrestling winning many singles and Tag
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Team Championships we're wishing
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Christopher Daniels all about best as he
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steps away from the ring for good next
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up Triple H quietly ends a faction are
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the Latino world order history that's a
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question some fans are asking as a group
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has been inactive lately with Rey
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mystera even competing on Smackdown
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rather than raw however a new report
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from Sports Kea states that the group is
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still considered active and it's just a
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case of Triple H waiting to find the
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right faction for the group to battle
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while this rumor is encouraging for lwo
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fans the reality is that the group
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hasn't done much since being drafted to
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Raw they may as well well end it next
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upep could a legendary TNA match come to
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WrestleMania a could WWE fancy won of
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TNA wrestling signature matches of this
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year's show of shows current TNA
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Knockout Jordan gray seems to think so
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as she recently tweeted ultimate X at
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WrestleMania will happen now for those
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of familiar with the ultimate x match it
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involves a structure with four poles
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position at the corners of the ring from
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which steel cables are suspended in an X
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shape above the ring the prize usually
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is a championship belt or a large x
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symbolizing a title opportunity is hung
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at the center the cables and whilst this
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match is one of the most exciting
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matches in TNA history WWE already has a
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well similar concept that being the
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money in the bank however as a number
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one contendership match or just a simple
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title match it could definitely be
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exciting in WWE to see as just remember
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no ladders are allowed next up where's
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Blair Davenport a davenport was drafted
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to SmackDown last June but she's kept a
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very low profile leading to questions
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about whether WWE intends to use her
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Chris Featherstone recently responded to
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fans questions about this saying the
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right story will arise when she will
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shine landscape on Smackdown is very
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valuable she's been in discussions as
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someone to benefit from the 3-hour
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format which I already reported but can
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confirm again so they're working on the
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right story to insert her in so she can
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be properly showcased a blaz situation
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is another reminder of how many
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superstars are fighting for TV time let
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alone a push as mentioned in our
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Smackdown review veteran Apollo Cruz is
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currently being used for nothing more
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than a backstage Beatdown and sadly
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that's the most Expos he's had in months
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hopefully WWE can find the right story
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for Blair Davenport or any other
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superstars that are lost in the shuffle
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right now next up a former WWE Superstar
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returns a fightful reports that Lin
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Dorado worked a match during an NXT live
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event Dorado tweeted about his
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appearance saying cats out of the bag
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time to get Lucha lit and finally a very
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happy scrap Daddy and last but not least
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Adam Pierce is thanking everyone for his
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time in WWE and it kind of gave the
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notion that he's leaving the company I
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never imagined the path I'd eventually
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take but the journey jne has been filled
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and fulfilled a million times over with
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passion so from the very first to the
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now to the very last thank you for
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welcoming me into your homes and the
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boundless privilege for your time now
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even though it seems so P's WWE Journey
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hasn't ended just yet as many just
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misinterpreted his wording whether you
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have it folks our look at Smackdown as
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well as the wildest news stories and
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rumors you need to know be sure to leave
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your comments down below and I'll see
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you next time with some more wrestling
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content