Rumble, Ambrose and much more
WWE presented the Royal Rumble last Sunday, and there were plenty of newsworthy items.
Fortunately, two dedicated readers of this column were at events over the long weekend in Phoenix.
Alex Herman, a graduate of California Area High School who now resides in Albuquerque, N.M., attended events with her husband, Mike. The Hermans watched the Royal Rumble show at Chase Field and again once they returned home.
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Jim Grosik, a California University of Pa. grad who lives in Phoenix with his wife and daughters, attended the NXT show.
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One dynamic was how the crowd turned on Ronda Rousey over the course of the shows.
WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry spoke about the reaction Rousey received at the Rumble and Raw on Busted Open Radio on SiriusXM.
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More on the Rumble next week with a look at numbers.
Ambrose leaving WWE?
Word broke on Tuesday that Dean Ambrose has informed WWE that he will not sign a new deal with the company. Later in the day, WWE confirmed the news and said that Ambrose will be leaving when his deal is up in April.
Currently, word is that Ambrose leaving is legit and not part of a storyline, although that could always change by April.
Ambrose was offered a five-year deal worth seven figures annually, but his decision was based on not being happy with having no creative control over his character and it was not about the money.
Ambrose is scheduled to be on Raw Monday night, so we shall see where this goes.
There is buzz about have Jax defeat Ambrose in a singles match.
Bryan无毛视频檚 new title belt
Bryan introduced a new WWE championship belt Tuesday on Smackdown, and the belt has a local connection. The title was made by Latrobe无毛视频檚 Andrew Lazarchik, owner of Wildcat Belts.
Lazarchik is best known in the Pittsburgh wrestling scene as 无毛视频淗ot $hot无毛视频� Drew Lazario, who in my opinion was the best manager the local scene has ever seen.
Halftime Heat returns tonight
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The match will feature NXT wrestlers in a six-man tag match: Velveteen Dream, Aleister Black and Ricochet will take on Johnny Gargano, Adam Cole and Tommaso Ciampa.
Itami leaving WWE
When KENTA was signed a few years ago to a WWE deal, he was renamed Hideo Itami and has been a staple with the 205.
Tuesday night at the Smackdown tapings, Itami asked for, and was granted, his release from WWE. A megastar in Japan as KENTA, word is that he wants to return home.
Once his 90 no-compete clause is up, look for him to be back in pro wrestling news.
GLOW wins SAG award
GLOW, the Netflix show partially depicting the Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling promotion from the 1980s, won a Screen Actors Guild award for 无毛视频淥utstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series.无毛视频�