Wrestling Is Real Wrestling Podcast

WWE released the following talent today following the conclusion of their 2021 Third Quarter Earnings Call to Shareholders. KOP looks into the next phase of company rebuilding. — Keith Lee — Karrion Kross — Eva Marie — Nia Jax — Ember Moon — Mia Yim — Harry Smith — Scarlett — B-Fab — Katrina Cortez — Trey Baxter — Franky Monet — Gran Metalik — Jeet Rama — Zayda Ramier — Oney Lorcan — Lince Dorado...

WWE has stayed on course in the post-Thunderdome Era with wholesale changes and adjustments. KOP assesses how well they are doing with the constant IWC Influence Vince Russo sends a big message to Vince McMahon https://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe/news-vince-need-retire-former-wwe-personality-sends-message-vince-mcmahon-raw-exclusive "This isn't her" - Former WWE writer explains the major issues with B...

Ring Of Honor: A Promotion in Peril | WWE Schedules More Stadiums in 2022 ROH Wrestling Reportedly Will Release All Talent from Contracts at End of 2021 https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10016355 via @BleacherReport ROH is going on hiatus after Final Battle PPV https://wrestlingnews.co/roh-news/roh-is-going-on-hiatus-after-final-battle-ppv/ Ring Of Honor Releases Everyone From Their Contracts As...

Moose Screws Josh At Bound For Glory Guided By Post-WWE Gathering Pre-Jordynne Grace (with Rachael Ellering) defeated John Skyler, Crazzy Steve (with Black Taurus), Fallah Bahh, Chelsea Green, and Madison Rayne (with Kaleb with a K) by pinfall in a Tournament final intergender six-way match for the inaugural Impact Digital Media Championship- saw a few minutes of it while Dynamite was wrapping up....

WWE Crown Jewel Was Chock Full of Camels, Crowns and No Title Changes The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defeated The Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin) Edge defeated Seth Rollins in a Hell in a Cell match-Brutal, new twist with bounce off cage into table. Rollins with a lot of offense throughout. Edge getting the win was the right decision. This feud is one of the best in WWE thi...

WWE Wages War While AEW Advances Its Chess Game KOP looks into the Friday night chess match that was Smackdown vs. Rampage. We also review the analysis of the IWC and those who lived the Monday Night War. Plus we do a preview and predictions for WWE Crown Jewel and Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory. WWE Raw for 10/18/21 draws another record low rating https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/wwe-raw-for-1...

WWE Crown Jewel Serves The Behest of Saudi Princes and Shareholders. IWC Be Screwed! WWE raises the stakes against AEW Rampage, final 30 minutes of SmackDown will be commercial free https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/wwe-raises-the-stakes-against-aew-rampage-final-30-minutes-of-smackdown-will-be-commerical-free/ Monday’s WWE Raw attendance was the lowest since return to touring https://wrestlingnew...

WWE Draft leaves us some clues of a definitive direction that they are taking. It will not include any input from the IWC and their once vocal and persuasive voice. WWE is taking steps to make Crown Jewel a ‘must-watch’ show https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/wwe-is-taking-steps-to-make-crown-jewel-a-must-watch-show/ Did Raw or SmackDown Win the 2021 WWE Draft? https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...

KOP explains why WWE needs to ignore the IWC influence (and abandon the entitled vocal minority you created) to build for a future of bigger box office draws. Same could be said for AEW to avoid falling into the same trap. Ratings are still stagnant and WWE recognizes that the IWC Influence has been deemed irrelevant Reviewing the Big E Title Run NXT 2.0 changes- gimmicks and promo ability matter...

WWE Extreme Rules Features Returns, Ring Rigging and Title Retaining Pre-show Liv Morgan defeated Carmella The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) defeated Bobby Lashley, AJ Styles and Omos- good starting match. Crowd all up and at it for New Day. Hated the finish with AJ Styles and Bobby Lashley with the miscommunication though I get why they wanted Big E to get the pin on Lashley. Th...

AEW Dynamite Delivers a Spirited Grand Slam | Extreme Rules Feels Pretty Regular Dynamite Grand Slam Omega and Danielson go to a 30-minute draw and it was good as it could get. Pillman and MJF with a good match that you had to figure was going to win following his loos to Jericho to keep up his nuclear heat. Good stuff with the addition of Julia Hart interacting at ringside. Rest of the show was a...

WWE Booking Reckless and Careless While AEW Running On All Cylinders Regardless of the Feel Good Championship Moment for Big E, WWE Booking Feels Reckless and Careless While AEW is Running On All Cylinders and Full of Momentum. #AEW is riding on a wave of epic momentum. Chicago got to witness the start from the First Dance to AllOut and now a trek into long standing #WWE territory with a 2 night G...

AEW Envy Agitating WWE Apologists? Why the IWC is Getting Torn Apart AEW Envy is abound following AEW All Out and the IWC is getting tribal over love or disdain over AEW. KOP breaks down the aftermath Buoyed by New Stars’ Debuts, ‘All Out’ May Have Turned the Tide in AEW’s Battle With WWE https://www.si.com/wrestling/2021/09/07/aew-all-out-bryan-danielson-adam-cole-debuts Mick Foley: WWE Has a Pro...

AEW All Out Goes from A+ to Astonishing Best Friends (Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor, and Wheeler Yuta) and Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) (with Marko Stunt) defeated Hardy Family Office (Matt Hardy, Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) and The Hybrid 2 (Angélico and Jack Evans)) by submission in a 10-man tag team match 1-Miro (c) defeated Eddie Kingston for the AEW TNT Champio...

AEW ALL OUT Assault Advances New Wrestling Alliance While WWE Works Through Change Comment from JB about #WWE vs. The New Wrestling Alliance #629 BRILLIANT what Khan and AEW is doing! So many ways this thing can go! This is literally like the Justice league of promotions! This is what Pro Wrestling USA SHOULD HAVE BEEN! In this case, Khan doing The Forbidden Door is frankly GENIUS! For me one of t...

NWA Triumphs With Tradition In the New Wrestling Alliance NWA 73-Khorassan Ballroom of the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis Tim Storm defeated Thom Latimer and Crimson in a Brawl in the Lou match Mickie James defeated Kylie Rae Tyrus, The Masked Man, and Jordan Clearwater (with Austin Idol) defeated Da Pope and The End (Odinson and Parrow) in a Six-man tag team match Chris Adonis (c) defeated James S...

WWE Chooses Big Top Crowd Pleasing Over Competing with The New Wrestling Alliance Stars Shine As WWE and AEW Ramp Up Competition https://www.si.com/wrestling/2021/08/22/summerslam-wwe-aew-cm-punk-competition This weekend told you everything you needed to know about what WWE and AEW are https://deadspin.com/this-weekend-told-you-everything-you-needed-to-know-abo-1847535121 Nick Khan talks WWE relea...

WWE SummerSlam Showcases Box Office Draws Burying Feel Good Future Stars Allegiant Stadium Disaster: Payment Systems Down, Bars Closed, No Food, Overflowing Toilets https://networkinvegas.com/allegiant-stadium-disaster-payment-systems-down-bars-closed-no-food-overflowing-toilets/ via @networkinvegas Former WWE star Bray Wyatt is headed to AEW https://wrestlingnews.co/aew-news/former-wwe-star-bray-...

Subpar WWE Summerslam Build vs. The New Wrestling Alliance Worldwide Showcase WWE is Apples to the New Wrestling Alliance's Oranges, or WWE is the mainstream culture and The New Wrestling Alliance is the counterculture. -WWE works hard to build a solid SummerSlam with suspect subpar booking. -WWE hates to take time to tell a story but then again they cannot keep a storyline compelling enough betwe...

Why WWE NXT Getting Nuked Helps WWE and The New Wrestling Alliance NXT is now a lame duck getting ready to rebuild. Now that we know the fate of NXT we can really break down where things went wrong and why the recruitment went the wrong way. Orlando lost site of Vince's vision whether its right or wrong. IWC laying their sword at the feet of NXT showing that their interest Smackdown is the most st...

Why NXT Is Starting Over...Again WWE Releases 13 NXT Stars, More Releases Reportedly Expected via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakeoestriecher/2021/08/07/wwe-releases-13-nxt-stars-more-releases-reportedly-expected/ WWE talent releases to become a regular occurrence https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/wwe-talent-releases-to-become-a-regular-occurrence/ WWE releases indicate a change in compa...

How WWE Creatively Controls the Pipeline to the Hollywood Vacuum Dwayne Johnson and why wrestlers make ideal Hollywood stars https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210727-dwayne-johnson-and-why-wrestlers-make-great-hollywood-stars Successful wrestlers, successful actors https://www.bolnews.com/latest/2021/08/successful-wrestlers-successful-actors/ How WWE Prepared The Rock To Become An Action Movie...

WWE vs. The New Wrestling Alliance of AEW, Impact Wrestling, NWA, AAA and New Japan and their talent exchanges therein. Impact Wrestling Is Officially The Central Hub Of Cross Promotion https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/articles/impact-wrestling-is-officially-the-central-hub-of-cross-promotion Malakai Black Describes The Differences Between The Creative Process At WWE And AEW https://www.mandatory.co...

WWE's Crowd Returning Report Card : IWC is Irate. Veteran Fan Favorites Flourish NXT is officially non-factor and the stars made presented inferior and thrown to the proverbial Lions Den. I understand the thinking, its how to make the fans put them over. NXT is an inferior product in the eyes of corporate. They are going forward with who has drawn for them in the past. Keith Lee falls to Bobby Las...

Money In the Bank: John Cena Crashes In On The Tribal Chief The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defeated The Mysterios (Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio) (c) for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship Nikki A.S.H. defeated Asuka, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, Liv Morgan, Zelina Vega, Natalya, and Tamina in a Money in the Bank ladder match for a women's championship match contract AJ Styles and Omos (c) defea...