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The 22 Best Women’s Wrestlers of 2022
2022 has been a really great year for Women’s Wrestling. WWE has begun to turn things around with their product, and AEW seems to be finally stepping their game up as well. Then across the ocean, we have Stardom and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling just running away with the game and giving us the best Women’s Wrestling in the world right now. There is so much good that is going on with the state of Women’s Wrestling that it was impossible not to look at the whole and bring you a year-end list of who, in my opinion, had the best year in 2022. Let’s jump right into the list…
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NXT UK Releases and What It Means For the UK Scene
Just one day after Tyler Bate, Gallus and Blair Davenport shockingly appeared on NXT 2.0, WWE officially announced that the NXT UK brand will be closing down following the upcoming Worlds Collide event. This is set to take place on September 4th, just one day after WWE Clash at the Castle. It was also announced that WWE would be launching a new “NXT Europe” brand sometime in 2023. With the closure of NXT UK, unfortunately, some wrestlers have been released from their contracts. This writer’s humble hope is that once NXT Europe gets started, the majority of the released talent will be offered their jobs back or at least the…
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WWE NXT 2.0: A Strong Week For The Developmental Brand
It was an amazing episode of NXT 2.0, with a 20-woman battle royal, JD McDonagh vs Cameron Grimes in a match with big world title implications. There was also a host of other matches that could decide the future of NXT 2.0. So how good was it? Let’s review the latest episode of NXT 2.0. Cameron Grimes Vs JD McDonagh A good opening match. JD McDonagh is the new kid on the block while Cameron Grimes can’t be far away from a call up to the main roster. JD McDonagh brought his innovative offense which matched perfectly with Grimes’s never say die attitude, Joe Gacy appeared and we cut to…
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NXT Stand & Deliver: Did It Deliver On WrestleMania Weekend?
Remember when NXT Takeovers were talking points for great wrestling and exciting moments? Well, NXT Stand & Deliver wasn’t like that. NXT 2.0 design is colorful at least. Admittedly, I haven’t seen very much of it, it reminds me of the WWF New Generation in which wrestlers walked around in colorful outfits seemingly saying ‘what were we doing again?’ At least this NXT Stand & Deliver had some good matches among this slew of weekend wrestling events. Just not enough of them… NXT North American Championship Ladder Match | Carmelo Hayes Vs Santos Escobar Vs Solo Sikoa Vs Grayson Waller Vs Cameron Grimes Only Grimes and Hayes got an intro…
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WOTW – League Table
1. Will Osparey 149 Points 2. Kofi Kingston 87 Points 3. Shingo Takagi 80 Points 4. Aleister Black 79 Points 5. Ryusuke Taguchi 75 Points 6. Ricochet 74 Points 7. Roderick Strong 64 Points 8. Jon Moxley 62 Points 9. Adam Cole (Bay-Bay) 60 Points 10. Sami Zayn 51 Points 11. Johnny Gargano 50 Points 12. Tony Nese 47 Points 13. Kota Ibushi 41 Points 14. Jimmy Havoc 39 Points 15. Tetsuya Naito 38 Points 16. Kevin Owens 37 Points 17. Marty Scurll 35 Points 18. Akira Tozawa 30 Points Roman Reigns 30 Points 19. Oney Lorcan 29 Points 20. AJ Styles 27 Points Danial Bryan 27 Points Seth Rollins…