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• David Penzer: Jimmy Hart’s Value In Pro Wrestling Is Underestimated, He Pitched Filming WCW At Disney

David Penzer is thankful that Jimmy Hart always saw his value in the wrestling business. Penzer spoke with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard to promote his new book, Sitting Ringside Volume 2. The book details Penzer’s time working for the XWF and TNA, along with some stories from his days in WCW. Penzer said the […] The post David Penzer: Jimmy Hart’s Value In Pro Wrest...2025
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• TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich Appears at WWE NXT, Continuing Crossover Trend

The lines between WWE and TNA continue to blur, as reigning TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich made a high-profile appearance at this week’s WWE NXT. Slamovich, one of the most dominant champions in TNA today, was seen sitting ringside during the show, catching attention during a match between Cora Jade and Kelani Jordan. This … Continue reading TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovi...2025
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• Cletus Seldin to Face Issouf Kinda in March
Cletus Seldin is scheduled to face Issouf Kinda on March 16 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA. Seldin last fought on March 15, 2024 at the same venue.Seldin is a 38 year old with a record of 28-1 with 23 KOs. Nicknamed the "Hebrew Hammer," he's a devastating puncher with real power. Sitting ringside at he fight against Patrick Okine in 2023, Seldin's punches had a ...2025
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• David Penzer Recalls Vince McMahon Purging Talent From XWF, Top WCW Names Flirting With The Promotion
After WWE purchased WCW in 2001, Jimmy Hart and Kevin Harrington helped launch the XWF, a short-lived promotion that featured the likes of Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper, Sable, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, the Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs), and more. Former WCW ring announcer David Penzer was the ring announcer and a producer for the promotion. Speaking to Jeremy Lambert & Stephen Jensen ...2025
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• Watch Sitting Ringside EP. 233 on Thursday, January 9, 2025
RIO RANCHO, NM: FightBook MMA brings you Sitting Ringside EP. 233 on Thursday, January 9, 2025, at... The post Watch Sitting Ringside EP. 233 on Thursday, January 9, 2025 appeared first on FightBook MMA....2025
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• David Penzer Talks Sitting Ringside Volume 2, TNA Wrestling Interest, XWF, More
David Penzer returns to discuss his new book Sitting Ringside: Volume 2, details on the XWF, would he return to TNA Wrestling? More. Support David: x.com/davidpenzer davidpenzerbook.com...2025
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• NXT recap & reactions: Hendry is kind of a big deal

WWE.com Tony D’Angelo goes for the gusto, we meet the latest stable, and Ethan Page shows he believes in Joe Hendry on this week’s NXT. I went into the main event knowing the outcome. Not because I’m related to any psychics or tarot readers, but because logic. Pete Dunne has beef with Trick Williams, who was conspicuously absent this week. Wes Lee? Well, he’s got issues with his former MS...2024
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• Clash at the Castle recap & reactions: For all the marbles

WWE.com CM Punk is disrespectful, Cody Rhodes is vengeful, and we got new Women’s tag team champions at this year’s Clash at the Castle. Eye for An Eye I’ve thought about this song a lot the past few weeks. Mostly because the whole Kendrick and Drake thing got me thinking about Nas and Jay-Z. When Nas released this freestyle, this feud seemed very personal. Although, rhymes aside, droppin...2024
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• WrestleMania 40 recap & reactions (Night one): What a cliffhanger

WWE X Sami goes the distance, Damage CTRL eat their own words, while The Rock & Roman Reigns prove they’re men of their word at WrestleMania XL Night One. Made Bosses WHAT A MOMENT.@TheRock & @WWERomanReigns are victorious at #WrestleMania! pic.twitter.com/m3EqwZFHZf— WWE (@WWE) April 7, 2024 Putting WrestleMania on two nights provides a unique storytelling advantage that, until Wres...2024
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• NXT recap & reactions: Too cool for school

NXT X The Women’s Breakout Tournament begins, Trick Williams’ reign ends, and Carmelo Hayes drops a bomb on this week’s NXT. Kids... JOHN CENA IS COMING TO NXT!!!@Carmelo_WWE will be taking on @bronbreakkerwwe NEXT WEEK, and he will have The Greatest of All Time, @JohnCena, in his corner pic.twitter.com/XzEvqGjVqo— WWE (@WWE) October 4, 2023 Let’s get this out the way: NXT is going...2023
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• No Mercy recap & reactions: All hail the Czar

NXT X Tony D’Angelo pulls a comeback, Becky Lynch drops some Barbies on Barbie, and two big championships change hands at No Mercy. The Bomb THIS IS AWESOME #NXTNoMercy pic.twitter.com/yBytuehDfU— WWE (@WWE) October 1, 2023 I thought about just writing an expletive for this section. And I don’t think anyone who saw Carmelo Hayes vs. Ilja Dragunov would begrudge me that honor. Yes,...2023
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: Tribal Combat
WWE.com As it turns out, all that talk about Roman Reigns and Jey Uso setting the “rules of engagement” was just a cool military sounding way to say they were going to have a contract signing on Friday Night SmackDown this week in Orlando. Hey, I appreciate the creativity. But it wasn’t just a contract signing, it was a way to add yet another layer to the story. Jey informed everyone, incl...2023
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• NJPW Suspends Juice Robinson For His Actions At NJPW Capital Collision
Juice Robinson has been suspended. NJPW announced that Juice Robinson has been suspended for his actions at NJPW Capital Collision. Robinson was scheduled to face Fred Rosser, but he attacked Rosser before the match and continued his assault around ringside. Robinson beat down Rosser with a chair, which was sitting ringside and reversed for Robinson's wife Toni Storm, and hit him with a roll of q...2023
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• NXT recap & reactions: Prodigy children

WWE.com The Wolf Dogs go hard, Trick gets schooled, and there’s a new sheriff in town on this week’s NXT. Reflection "I have replaced you at the top of this division"@Real_Valkyria is feeling confident that it's her time, and not @roxanne_wwe's...#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/2KuJw6jsS5— WWE (@WWE) January 24, 2024 I initially turned my nose at Roxanne Perez vs. Lyra Valkyria. Not that I t...2024
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• David Penzer Recalls Vince McMahon Purging Talent From XWF, Top WCW Names Flirting With The Promotion
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• Kevin Owens Package Piledriver, Seth Rollins Is A CM Punk Fan, Ospreay vs. Allin | Spotlight (12/19)
Jeremy Lambert (@jeremylambert88) and Stephen Jensen (@FightTalk_) Spotlight the following topics: Kevin Owens package piledriver CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins Darby Allin vs. Will Ospreay, TV Match of Year? Adam Cole is small Billie Starkz vs. Athena at ROH Final Battle TNA contracts coming up Chris Jericho comes to GCW Dylan Hales aligns with Tim Bosby Creators Spotlight: David Penzer returns to di...2024
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• You want how much for a ticket to WWE SmackDown?

I love you, Solo. But not like Jacob Fatu and not enough to pay $800 for a single SmackDown ticket. | @PechangaArenaSD In the face of staggering ticket prices for SmackDown, one lifelong wrestling fan grapples with the absurdity of modern costs while reminiscing about the days when attending live events was an affordable thrill. Tickets for SmackDown next January at the Pechanga Arena here...2024
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• NXT recap & reactions: Hendry is kind of a big deal
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: The Draft

WWE.com There wasn’t much movement this year, and the concept just doesn’t really work for weekly WWE TV. The concept of a draft should really only work in the context of legitimate sporting events trying to find new stars to help franchises find success. Somehow, though, there’s always excitement around WWE shifting around its rosters with a draft of its own, which they do on a yearly bas...2024
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• Roxanne Perez wins the NXT women’s championship at Stand & Deliver

She finally got back the title she never actually lost. Roxanne Perez passed out in the ring, and was stripped of the NXT women’s championship back in early 2023. She got a chance to regain it but failed to win a ladder match and has been chasing a singles match for it ever since. That match finally came — after a heel turn, of course — at today’s (Sat., April 6, 2024) NXT Stand & Deliver premium ...2024
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• NXT recap & reactions: It’s so hard to say goodbye

NXT on X One tag team breaks up, one man gets his revenge, and one woman calls her shot on the final NXT of 2023. Waiting for the World to End Not like this! #MetaFour does what they do best #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/94Dz2PdIAA— WWE (@WWE) December 27, 2023 I wondered why this match. If Josh Briggs isn’t defeating Noam Dar for the Heritage Cup, nor is he bringing his crew ringside fo...2023
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• Demetrius Andrade Gets His Moment In The Spotlight
By: Sean Crose I was sitting ringside in between fights at a Connecticut Casino when I noticed he was next to me, speaking with one of the other reporters. Demetrius Andrade was checking out the fights that night and was discussing when he himself would be returning to boxing after a long layoff. I remember asking myself when the talented Rhode Islander would finally find himself in the spotligh...2023
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• No Mercy recap & reactions: All hail the Czar
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: Tribal Combat
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• Spoiler: No. 1 Contender & Challenger For Next WWE Speed Women’s Title Match
Thanks to Ashley Colton and PWInsider.com for the following pre-SmackDown results of the WWE Speed taping and other bouts from December 27 in Tampa, FL. * Apollo Crews pinned Grayson Waller in a dark match. * Jojo Offerman and Bray Wyatt’s children are sitting ringside near the ramp and everyone is interacting with the kids. […] The post Spoiler: No. 1 Contender & Challenger For N...2024
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• Shawne Merriman Swerves Joe Hendry, Helps Rich Swann And AJ Francis At TNA Rebellion
Lights Out for Joe Hendry. Shawne Merriman got involved in the bout betweem Joe Hendry and Rich Swann at TNA Rebellion, helping Hendry win the match. Merriman, who was sitting ringside, initially prevented AJ Francis from cheating on the behalf of Swann, and got in the ring to confront Francis. It was all a swerve though as Merriman decked Hendry with a clothesline. Swann finished off Hendry wi...2024
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• Sami Zayn ends GUNTHER’s record breaking Intercontinental title reign

The streak is over. Sami Zayn admitted to being scared of failing in another big money singles match for a major championship going into his Intercontinental title challenge against GUNTHER at tonight’s (Sat., April 6, 2024) WrestleMania 40 premium live event at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Chad Gable was there to train him and get his mental right to attempt to dethrone ...2024
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• Roxanne Perez wins the NXT women’s championship at Stand & Deliver
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• Mox just got his butt kicked by a bunch of CMLL luchadors

AEW’s X The Jan. 31 Dynamite opened with the first-ever singles match between Jon Moxley & Jeff Hardy. We were told that led to the decision to have referee Paul Turner take a “lax” approach to the rules, and Mox took full advantage, borrowing a pen from Excalibur and using it to twist on of Hardy’s gauged earlobes. Is Jon Moxley shoving that pen into Jeff Hardy's EAR?!Watch #AEWDynamit...2024
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• NXT recap & reactions: Mind playing tricks on me

NXT on X The Dusty Cup Finals are set, Lola Vice takes a stand, and the War Dogs strike on the final NXT before Vengeance Day. Sparring Minds Double Vison IT'S GOING DOWN!!!#VengeanceDay could end up being a defining night in #WWENXT History... pic.twitter.com/FuqRvK0JKP— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2024 First off, Trick Williams’ finishing move is called The Trick Knee. That’s amazing a...2024
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• Ash By Elegance (Dana Brooke) Wants To Show A Different Side Of Herself In TNA Wrestling
Ash By Elegance talks TNA Hard To Kill appearance. Ash By Elegance (formerly Dana Brooke in WWE), made her TNA Wrestling debut at TNA Hard To Kill, arriving to the arena and sitting ringside for the Knockouts Championship match between Jordynne Grace and Trinity. Appearing on Busted Open Radio, Ash discussed her TNA debut. "It was such an amazing feeling. Being in Vegas, being at TNA Wrestling,...2024
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• NXT recap & reactions: Bron & Melo get made

NXT X NXT packed this show from top to bottom. So much so that a description here doesn’t do it justice. Shadowboxin’ HIM. CENA. What a combo. With @JohnCena by his side, @Carmelo_WWE takes on @bronbreakkerwwe NEXT on #WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/clgljVFgOl— WWE (@WWE) October 11, 2023 It’s tough writing about Carmelo Hayes vs. Bron Breakker part deux. If only because everything surround...2023
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• NXT recap & reactions: Too cool for school
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• Lynch remains NXT women’s champion after Extreme battle with Stratton

Becky Lynch coming back to NXT to win the women’s championship from Tiffany Stratton added a certain level of prestige to the title. Enough so that it made all the sense in the world for Shawn Michaels to announce they would be the main event of tonight’s (Sat., Sept. 30, 2023) No Mercy premium live event in Bakersfield, California. The Man and all that. It only makes sense, then, that she would r...2023
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• Spoiler: No. 1 Contender & Challenger For Next WWE Speed Women’s Title Match
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• You want how much for a ticket to WWE SmackDown?
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• NXT recap & reactions: Hendry is kind of a big deal
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• Clash at the Castle recap & reactions: For all the marbles
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• Bruce Prichard Recalls Filming 'Boy Meets World' At WWE Event, Having To Calm Down Jake Roberts
Bruce Prichard reflects on filming 'Boy Meets World.' In 1996, "Boy Meets World" aired an episode titled "Sixteen Candles and Four-Hundred-Pound Men," with the plot of Cory helping Frankie with his father's wrestling match while also attending Topanga's 16th Birthday Party. Frankie's father was none other than Vader, who was wrestling Jake Roberts. Bruce Prichard was on commentary for the match. ...2024
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• Cody Rhodes Recalls What Mama Rhodes Told Him After WrestleMania 39
Cody Rhodes shares advice his mom gave him after WrestleMania 39. Mama Rhodes became part of the story ahead of WrestleMania XL when The Rock kept using her name to highlight how badly he was going to beat her son. At WrestleMania XL, Mama Rhodes saw her son finish the story, sitting ringside as Cody defeated Roman Reigns to win the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. "One thing about my mom ...2024
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• WrestleMania 40 recap & reactions (Night one): What a cliffhanger
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• Sami Zayn ends GUNTHER’s record breaking Intercontinental title reign
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: The one before Elimination Chamber

WWE.com While Cody Rhodes’ story has been the main focus of WWE television for what feels like forever now, and rightfully so, I may be just as invested in Drew McIntyre’s story. He’s a heel, sure, and I’m supposed to hate the guy, but damn it I want him to succeed. He’s just been that damn entertaining. On this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, in a simple backstage interview, he ...2024
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• NXT recap & reactions: Mind playing tricks on me
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• Canelo vs. GGG results: Twitter reacts to the bizarre decision from the judges
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• GUNTHER makes history with longest Intercontinental championship reign

@WWE Coming into this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw in Charlotte, North Carolina, GUNTHER was just days short of breaking the record for the longest Intercontinental championship reign in history. Honky Tonk Man set the high mark back in 1988, holding the title for 453 consecutive days. GUNTHER would break that on Sept. 7. Provided he could defeat Chad Gable in what would be his final...2023
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• NJPW Suspends Juice Robinson For His Actions At NJPW Capital Collision
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• No Mercy recap & reactions: All hail the Czar
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• Raw recap & reactions: Change is gonna come

Rhea Ripley lays down the law, Drew McIntyre slowly accepts reality, and Shinsuke Nakamura scares Seth Rollins on this week’s Monday Night Raw. What Ya’ll Want Women's World Champion @RheaRipley_WWE gets taken down by @RaquelWWE just days ahead of #WWEPayback this Saturday! pic.twitter.com/c5skeBDOwR— WWE (@WWE) August 29, 2023 Rhea Ripley said something interesting this week: Finn Balor & D...2023
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• Raw recap & reactions: Triple H & Seth Rollins pop off
USA Network on YouTube Triple H unveils a new championship, Cody Rhodes is back in action, and Bad Bunny. The World is Yours BREAKING NEWS: WWE will crown a BRAND NEW World Heavyweight Champion on May 27 at #NightofChampions!@TripleH has brought back a legendary championship on #WWERaw that The Game knows all too well! pic.twitter.com/BNxvJK2rRh— WWE (@WWE) April 25, 2023 I’m only put...2023
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• Triple H, Dana White, And Nick Khan Sit Ringside For Callum Walsh vs. Ismael Villarreal Fight
WWE meets UFC meets boxing. Triple H, Dana White, and Nick Khan are sitting ringside for the Hollywood Fight Nights: New York City boxing event at The Theater at MSG. The event is headlined by Callum Walsh vs. Ismael Villarreal and is airing on UFC Fight Pass. Everyone having a good time at the Callum Walsh boxing fights.#Boxing #MMA #WalshVillarreal #UFC #UFCFightPass #NYC #MSG #Dana #HFNBoxi...2023
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• NXT recap & reactions: Too cool for school
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• Cletus Seldin to Face Issouf Kinda in March
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• David Penzer Recalls Vince McMahon Purging Talent From XWF, Top WCW Names Flirting With The Promotion
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• You want how much for a ticket to WWE SmackDown?
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• Britt Baker To Face Willow Nightingale In AEW Women's Title Number One Contenders Match At AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday
AEW announced that Britt Baker will face Willow Nightingale on Tuesday's AEW Dynamite. The winner will go on to face AEW Women's Champion Mariah May at AEW WrestleDream. The match was announced on Saturday's AEW Collision. Willow Nightingale was victorious over Trish Adora on the October 5th episode of AEW Collision. After the match, Willow and May, who was sitting ringside, got into an alterca...2024
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• Gabe Kidd: I Took Two Shits At AEW And Didn't Flush Either Of Them
Gabe Kidd makes no apologies. Gabe Kidd showed up on Wednesday's AEW Dynamite, sitting ringside as Kyle O'Reilly battled Zack Sabre Jr. He was also sitting on the toilet, and he didn't flush. I TOOK 2 SHITS AT AEW AND DIDN’T FLUSH EITHER OF EM FUCK EM ------------------------------ — GABE KIDD (@GabeKidd0115) June 27, 2024 Kidd will be in action on Friday's AEW Rampage when he teams with Roder...2024
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• Clash at the Castle recap & reactions: For all the marbles
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• Ash By Elegance Joins TNA iMPACT Lineup After Surprise NXT Battleground Appearance
Ash By Elegance has been making headlines this past week. After sitting ringside for the Jordynne Grace vs. Allysin Kay match for the TNA Knockouts World Championship at the TNA iMPACT 20th Anniversary show, the former WWE Superstar known as Dana Brooke also appeared at the WWE NXT Battleground premium...2024
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: The one before Elimination Chamber
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• NXT recap & reactions: Mind playing tricks on me
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• Ash By Elegance (Dana Brooke) Pitched Hanging From Briefcase In 2019 Money In The Bank Match
Ash By Elegance reflects on WWE Money in the Bank. Ash By Elegance (formerly Dana Brooke in WWE) made her TNA Wrestling debut at TNA Hard to Kill, sitting ringside for the TNA Knockouts Title bout between Jordynne Grace and Trinity. Brooke was on and off television during her WWE run and rarely involved in major matches before she was released in September 2023. Speaking on Busted Open Radio, s...2024
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: The Draft
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• NXT recap & reactions: Mind playing tricks on me
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