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Shock Heel Turn Hands Blackpool Combat Club Victory At AEW Double Or Nothing

The Blackpool Combat Club may have emerged victorious at Double or Nothing, but they had some help along the way.

Tony Khan Confirms Talks With Goldberg 

AEW President Tony Khan has held talks with WCW legend Goldberg.

Recent AEW Creative Decision Blasted As “Bullsh*t” By Talent 

An AEW star has blasted one of the company’s more controversial creative decisions.

Shock New Champion Crowned At AEW Double Or Nothing 

An AEW star walked out of Double or Nothing with championship gold despite not being booked on the show.

The SmarK Rant for AEW Double or Nothing – 05.28.23

Live from Las Vegas, NV, which ended up as nearly a sellout after all the hand-wringing and fake “free tickets with burger” nonsense.

Your hosts are Excalibur, Taz & Jim Ross, at a ringside table for this one.

Battleground 2023
Date: May 28, 2023
Location: Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts
Commentators: Vic Joseph, Booker T.

NXT is back on the road and that is usually a good thing. NXT doesn’t have these major shows very often, but they have been doing them a bit more frequently as of late. The main event is a roles reversed rematch from the Stand & Deliver main event as Carmelo Hayes is defending the NXT Title against Bron Breakker. At the same time, we need a new Women’s Champion so let’s get to it.

Double Or Nothing 2023
Date: May 28, 2023
Location: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Jim Ross, Excalibur, Taz

We’re back to viewing on a pay per basis and that normally means some very good things from AEW. This show has an unofficial double main event, with the Four Pillars World Title match, plus Anarchy in the Arena. That should make things all the more interesting and the rest of the card is rather stacked. Let’s get to it.

Recent WWE Merchandise Leaves nWo Members “Frustrated”

Members of the nWo are reportedly frustrated over WWE’s recent merchandise.

“When You’ve Got Wrestlers In Charge… It’s Just Not Healthy” – Jim Ross 

Jim Ross claims that having wrestlers involved in booking is “not healthy.”

Hulk Hogan On AEW – “They’re Doing A Great Job” 

Hulk Hogan has praised AEW for their recent progress.

This week the All American review comes from 1989 on July 4th weekend. Luckily this episode is from a newly-uploaded batch courtesy of Aaron Scott – thanks for keeping me in business a little longer with a YEAR’S WORTH of material.

Mike Tyson’s WWE Role Changed Because He “Was Not A Smart Guy”

Mike Tyson was originally supposed to have a much more direct role in WWE’s biggest feud going into WrestleMania XIV but one small error changed everything.

“He Would Chop Me To Death” – WWE Hall of Famer Would Love To Take On GUNTHER

A long-retired veteran in WWE thinks that it would be a good idea for him to come out of retirement to face GUNTHER one-on-one.

Shawn Michaels Reveals He Has Reached Out To Forgotten WWE Superstar About NXT Role

Shawn Michaels still sees a future in a wrestler that hasn’t competed for WWE since September 2022.

NJPW Was Months Away From Going Out Of Business

The President of NJPW revealed in a recent interview that the company was close to closing down because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Super World Sports Battle Message Night 1 & 2 04/16/92 – 04/17/92

Previously In SWS…

Bad news as SWS’s TV slot on WOWOW is over as the company declined to renew their deal, due to Akira Maeda’s RINGS getting better ratings despite the alleged names associated with Straight & Strong.

PWFG made their USA debut in Miami drawing 2,300 for a main event featuring Bart Vale defeating Fujiwara. PWFG continues to outdraw SWS even in countries with no access to their product.

I’m not saying SWS is getting it’s arse handed to it by shoot-style companies but PWFG’s Duran vs. Funaki show is reportedly outselling Flair vs. Tenryu Title Match (happening the day afterwards) by nearly a 10-to-1 margin.

The SmarK Rant for WWE Night of Champions 2023 – 05.27.23

Live from the glorious and benevolent kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Your hosts are Michael Cole & Corey Graves

New World Heavyweight Champion Decided At WWE Night Of Champions

WWE has a new World Heavyweight Champion.

Asuka Stuns Bianca Belair At WWE Night Of Champions 

Bianca Belair’s incredible run as Raw Women’s Champion is over.

Roman Reigns And Solo Sikoa Defeated, The Bloodline Implodes 

Chaos reigns as Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn retain the Undisputed Tag Team Titles.

Cody Rhodes Passes Out In Night Of Champions Defeat 

Cody Rhodes pushed Brock Lesnar all of the way at Night of Champions but it wasn’t meant to be.

Night Of Champions 2023
Date: May 27, 2023
Location: Jeddah Super Dome, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves

We’re in Saudi Arabia again and this time around the focus is on championships. That should give us some interesting possibilities as more than one title could change hands here. The show features a triple main event, with the new World Heavyweight Champion set to be crowned. Let’s get to it.

Happy Stinky Saturday Everyone!

I’ve never actually seen Battleground 2017 but it’s one of the lowest rated WWE shows ever on CageMatch.net so it felt like it made sense for the ol’ Stinker treatment. For those not au fait, the Stinker Review is a monthly thing where I look at a show with a bad reputation and see if it’s deserved or not.

The Main Event of this one is a Punjabi Prison match between Jinder Mahal and Randy Orton, which certainly sounds like it will be a real humdinger. The rest of the card has a slew of poorly rated matches by the looks of things, so I’m suitably nervous.

You can view the full card by clicking below;

Card with guide « WWE Battleground 2017 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database

Without further ado, let’s see how stinky WWE Battleground 2017 is!

Madusa Describes Depraved Behaviour Of Male WWF Stars

Madusa has opened up about some of the “sick” behaviour she witnessed during her WWF run.

WWE Making Big Push To Increase Focus On Younger Stars 

WWE is reportedly placing an increased focus on featuring younger stars on the main roster.

Roman Reigns Reaches 1,000 Days As Universal Champion 

Roman Reigns has hit yet another incredible milestone.

Rampage
Date: May 26, 2023
Location: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Excalibur, Chris Jericho

It’s the go home show for Double Or Nothing and thankfully this show is back at its normal time instead of midnight on Saturday night as an NHL series wrapped up early. In theory most of Double Or Nothing is set up in advance, but there is always the chance that something new will be added here (including to the pre-show) so let’s get to it.

Smackdown
Date: May 26, 2023
Location: Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina
Commentators: Michael Cole, Wade Barrett

We are less than twenty four hours away from Night Of Champions and that means this week’s show is taped in advance. Tomorrow’s show is all but set and that should make for a card built around getting everything finalized. I’m sure there will be some extra stuff pushed as well so let’s get to it.

Ring Of Honor
Date: May 25, 2023
Location: Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman, Nigel McGuinness

It’s Double Or Nothing week but Ring Of Honor still doesn’t have a major show of its own to build towards. I would assume that we might be seeing something like that being announced in the next few weeks, but for now we’ll have to settle for this show producing acts like Metalik/AR Fox/Blake Christian to be fed to the House Of Black on Dynamite. Let’s get to it.