Welcome to Wrestle Purists’ coverage of Smackdown on April 22nd 2022. Championship Match Contract Signing Between Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey Adam Pierce opens the show, introducing us to Flair and Rousey. Drew Gulak comes out with the contract, where Pierce mentions he’s “interning” to be Pierces assistant. He wants to show a PowerPoint, but […]
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Darius Martin can’t catch a break. Since returning to action on March 2, 2022 after a pronged absence due to an ACL injury, Darius Martin has been quite active, most recently teaming with the Hardys and his brother Dante on AEW Dark. Sadly though, it seems it wasn’t yet meant to last, as Darius has
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AEW & NJPW fans rejoiced this past Wednesday as AEW President Tony Khan introduced NJPW President Takami Ohbari to the Dynamite crowd, before Adam Cole revealed the first ever joint pay-per view event between the two promotions, “Forbidden Door”, set for June 26th in Chicago, Illinois’ United Center. Since the formation of AEW in January
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With Wednesday’s exciting announcement of the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door show, wrestling fans have been understandably abuzz, thinking about the endless possibilities that could come with it. Kazuchika Okada against someone from AEW. Bryan Danielson getting to have one of the many dream matches that wrestling fans have for him. There are so many different
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It was a weird end to Samoa Joe’s run in WWE. He was dealing with some injury issues forcing him out of action from February 2020, even taking a seat behind the commentary desk on Monday Night Raw and WrestleMania. Shortly after WrestleMania, he received the first of his WWE releases. He surprisingly returned to
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World Wonder Ring Stardom’s annual Cinderella Tournament has so far provided its viewers with both incredible matches and a number of shocking eliminations. The quarter finals took place on the 17th of April, with the final four now being locked in. Natsupoi, MIRAI, Hazuki, and Koguma progressed into the finals of the knockout tournament, although
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This past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite saw the announcement of “Forbidden Door”, a joint supershow between AEW & New Japan Pro Wrestling. Tony Khan introduced NJPW President Takami Ohbari, before Adam Cole cut the pair off, announcing the monumental event himself before introducing Jay White. White noted during his promo that he “single-handedly sold out” NJPW’s
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The Blackpool Combat Club is definitely one of AEW’s hottest acts right now. Of course this is to no surprise as the group was started off by Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley & William Regal. The group has recently added the young Wheeler Yuta to the group, being taken under the wing of the three living
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Fans that have suggested WWE should end the brand split may have to wait a while longer to see that happen. At Wrestlemania 38 earlier this month, Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar in the Main Event of Night 2, winning the WWE Championship and becoming the double-belt, unified World Champion. Reigns has also been appearing
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Even though many fans would for sure love to see the women of Stardom mix it up with some of AEW’s top women, it seems that it will not be happening. AEW & New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that they would be doing a joint PPV show named “Forbidden Door”. Even though NJPW don’t have
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