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• Former Local WWF Announcer Passes Away

According to several different sources, former WWF Announcer Kal Rudman has passed away at the age of 91.

No cause of death has been revealed yet, but at this high age it’s safe to say that we’re talking about natural causes here.

Rudman mostly did the announcing for the Philadelphia market, including televised house shows and the local syndication program.

He’s best remembered for being the backstage interviewer for a Philadelphia-based TV channel called ‘PRISM’, where the World Wrestling Federation aired all of their house shows from the Philadelphia Spectrum until the TV deal ended in 1989.

You can watch him interviewing Hulk Hogan below:

We extend our condolences to his family, friends and fans.

† REST IN PEACE KAL RUDMAN

March 6, 1930 – December 1, 2021

• Steel Cage Match & Main Roster Debut Announced For Next Week

Xia Li will make her official WWE main roster debut on next week’s SmackDown. Below is the match-card for SmackDown:

– Jeff Hardy vs. Happy Corbin

– Sonya Deville vs. Naomi

– Xia Li Debuts

On next week’s RAW, WWE Champion Big E will face Kevin Owens in a Steel Cage match. Below is the updated match-card for RAW:

– Becky Lynch (c) vs. Liv Morgan for the RAW Women’s Championship

– WWE Champion Big E vs. Kevin Owens in a Steel Cage Match

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• Complete Results From Tonight’s AEW Rampage

All Elite Wrestling taped tonight’s episode of AEW Rampage after Wednesday’s Dynamite went off the air.

Below are the results:

– Sammy Guevara (c) def. Tony Nese to retain the TNT Championship

– Jade Cargill def. Janai Kai (Thunder Rosa went after Jade Cargill after the match)

– Christian Cage said he and Jurassic Express will be scouting the main event very closely. Christian promised Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy that they will be AEW Tag Team Champions no matter what he has to do to make it happen.

– AAA Tag Team Champions FTR def. Pac & AEW World Tag Team Champion Penta El Zero Miedo with some help from Malakai Black (After the match, Malakai went after Pac’s good eye and attempted to blind him)

Below is the updated match-card for next week’s Dynamite:

– Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royale

– Bryan Danielson vs. John Silver

– Riho vs. Jamie Hayter

– Young Bucks vs. Rocky Romero & Chuck Taylor

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• Complete Results From Tonight’s SmackDown

– Tonight’s SmackDown kicked off with the return of Brock Lesnar. Brock said he’s back to win the Universal Championship.

Sami Zayn interrupted Lesnar. Sami said he and Brock have a lot in common, including being Canadian Alpha males.

Brock said he has no idea who Sami is and thinks he’s a fan. Sami said he’s the number #1 Contender for the Universal Title, as he won a Battle Royal last week.

Sami sayid he will face Roman Reigns for the Universal Title at the WWE Day 1 PPV, and will give Brock a title shot after he defeats The Tribal Chief.

Brock said the WWE Officials are playing Sami and that he should get his Title match tonight. Sami said he’s not prepared, but Brock talked him into it.

Sami & Brock went to talk to Sonya Deville backstage, and Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn for the Universal Championship has been made official for tonight’s SmackDown.

The winner of this match will defend the Universal Championship against Brock Lesnar at the Day 1 pay-per-view on January 1, 2022.

– Sasha Banks def. Shayna Baszler

– Happy Corbin & Madcap Moss held a Happy Talk segment. Corbin & Madcap made fun of Jeff Hardy & Drew McIntyre. Jeff & Drew came out and went after them.

– Los Lotharios def. The Viking Raiders (Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura & Rick Boogs came out and tried to distract Los Lotharios, but they didn’t succeed)

– Toni Storm said she’s not intimidated by Charlotte Flair. Toni said she might be Two Pie Toni for now, but she will soon be the next SmackDown Women’s Champion.

– King Woods def. SmackDown Tag Team Champion Jey Uso via DQ after Jimmy Uso interfered (The New Day challenged The Usos to a match for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles at the WWE Day 1 PPV)

– Charlotte Flair denied Toni Storm a match for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. Toni came out and threw a pie in Charlotte’s face.

– Sheamus def. Cesaro

– Naomi challenged Sonya Deville to a match on next week’s SmackDown. Sonya accepted, but said that Naomi can’t touch her before it. Sonya then slapped her.

– Before the main event, Sami Zayn said he didn’t want to win the Universal Championship in Texas, but that’s what he’s got to do now. Sami then thanked Brock Lesnar for being his guardian angel. Lesnar came out and Sami said Brock shouldn’t help him win, but Brock will have an easier time facing him at Day 1, than facing Roman, because Brock’s track record against Roman hasn’t been good as of late.

This led to Lesnar hitting Sami with 3 German Suplexes and 2 F5s! Lesnar then picked up Sami and placed him on his feet in the corner, patted him on his chest and signaled he’s ready for his Title match.

– Roman Reigns (c) def. Sami Zayn to retain the Universal Championship (Reigns immediately hit a Spear and then locked in the Guillotine Chokehold to make Sami tap out. It’ll now be Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship on January 1, 2022 at the WWE Day 1 PPV)

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• BREAKING NEWS: Charlotte Flair Ends Her Relationship With Andrade El Idolo

Current SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair and AEW wrestler Andrade El Idolo were engaged to be married, but they have broken up.

BodySlam has confirmed their break-up. They reported the following:

“After speaking with multiple sources I can confirm that the two are no longer together. Sources indicated that the break-up did not appear to be mutual and that it was Charlotte who ended the relationship.

I was not given any details as to why the relationship came to an end, only that the two are officially done as of a couple weeks ago.”

Andrade Charlotte Flair Engagement

Andrade recently stopped following Charlotte on Instagram, which began rumors of their break-up. The rumors turned out to be true.

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• “It is truly unfortunate” – Corey Graves On Big E Playing Second Fiddle To Roman Reigns

During the latest episode of WWE’s After The Bell podcast, WWE Commentator Corey Graves talked about the upcoming WWE Championship match between Big E, Seth Rollins & Kevin Owens on January 1, 2022 at the WWE Day 1 pay-per-view.

While discussing it, Corey said it is unfortunate that Big E is the #2 full-time guy in the company right now, behind Universal Champion Roman Reigns.

Here’s what he said:

“This Triple Threat at Day 1 is also a huge opportunity for Big E to really become the focus. I do believe that it is truly unfortunate as the WWE Champion Big E is always going to be forced to play second fiddle to Roman Reigns.

This is implied for no reason other than Roman Reigns is functioning at such a level that our business has not been able to see in a long time. Roman is that guy who is incredible, putting on bangers after bangers, compelling promos.

You have got Paul Heyman, The Bloodline, everything involved in the Universal Championship picture right now. Including Brock Lesnar. It is just next level.”

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• “Are we really going to trust the championship with this guy?” – Triple H On WWE Legend

During a recent appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show, former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr revealed that Triple H wasn’t in favor of Jeff Hardy winning the WWE Championship in 2008 because he thought Hardy wasn’t trustworthy.

Here’s what Freddie said:

“Hunter did bring it up, and everybody else was cool with it. Nobody had said anything, and I am sitting in there getting nervous. And Triple H says, ‘Are we really going to trust the championship with this guy?’ That’s when I knew that was a sniper bullet, man.

Jeff wasn’t trustworthy as champ. It was a feel-good moment for fans, but wasn’t a sustainable one. Hunter is about sustainable championship runs because that’s bankable, and reliable money for the company.

His philosophy was sound then, and it’s still sound now, and I just know I pushed hard on that one because I thought it was worth it.”

Jeff Hardy is a 3-time World Champion in WWE. He won the WWE Championship once and the World Heavyweight Championship twice.

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• WWE Hall Of Famer Comments On Possibly Returning To AEW

During a recent appearance on the Wrestle Buddy Podcast, WWE Hall Of Famer Ricky Morton talked about The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express possibly returning to AEW one day, Tony Khan signing top WWE Stars & more.

Below are the highlights:

On possibly facing FTR in AEW:

“The doors are always open. I know on the independent circuit, Robert and I are fixing to wrestle FTR. I did a little thing on air where I slapped Tully Blanchard and remember they piledrived me. They did this, but they didn’t take it nowhere else.”

You can watch their segment with FTR in AEW below:

On being a fan of AEW:

“Any wrestling business that opens up, I love it. Because it’s for the boys. The boys have more places to work. I’m here, I’m on the independent circuit. I’m fixing to fly to the very tip corner of Maine to wrestle this weekend. It’s all-new guys there that I’ve never seen. When AEW first opened up, I thought it was the greatest thing in the world.”

On AEW signing a lot of WWE’s former top stars:

“I don’t know if its the ego trip of Vince and Tony Khan, I really don’t know, but then again I was watching AEW once again last week, and when I cut the TV on I thought I was watching WWE two years ago. But see, it’s great.

It’s good to have those guys because a lot of them teach younger guys, but if you want this business to grow, you have to build your own stars. I don’t think the ratings went up that much from bringing in those guys.”

On Marko Stunt getting signed by All Elite Wrestling:

“Fans like their new talents. Marko [Stunt]. Whoever expected him to get a break? The brother’s what, two-foot nothing? To meet him and hear him say, ‘I’m the happiest guy in the world for it,’ because he was there to get that break. There’s a thousand more guys out there like that, that they need to focus on a little bit more.”

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