{"id":12125,"date":"2019-04-14T21:08:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T20:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=12125"},"modified":"2019-04-14T21:09:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T20:09:06","slug":"my-week-week-ending-14-04-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/14\/my-week-week-ending-14-04-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"My Week &#8211; Week ending 14\/04\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>@RoxBlackburn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is it possible to watch too much wrestling?\nI feel like all I\u2019ve done for the last 10 days is watch wrestling and I love\nit. From NXT Takeover: New York, to the WWE Hall of Fame, Wrestlemania, Raw and\nSmackdown I feel like I\u2019ve been trapped in a WWE bubble, the bump back to\nreality on Wednesday sent me into a post \u2018Mania funk. Anyone else feeling it\ntoo?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think the rest of my PWJ colleagues have\ngone into hibernation this week, all except for Liam, who\u2019s off running the\nBrighton Marathon. Everyone worked tirelessly and around the clock to bring you\nthe absolute best of the action from across as many promotions as possible this\nweek, we truly hope you enjoyed the content we produced. As everyone is\nrecuperating, this week \u2018\u2019My Week\u2019, is just me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most interesting things about the Wrestlemania\nweekend are not always the events that unfold in the ring but the stories you\nhear from the outside. I read that Kevin Owen\u2019s driver took him to the wrong\nplace and he missed his appearance at Axxess. I also heard AJ Styles was pulled\nfrom his Axxess appearance and sent home after Wrestlemania with an injury. And\nDash Wilder upcutting that guy who attacked Bret Hart at the Hall of Fame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together we\u2019ve learned that Charlotte is dating\nAlmas and Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins are a thing. Did you see the pictures of\nthem attending a concert together? Cute as hell! The reason I mention these\nthings is because throughout the twists and turns and euphoria of this week,\nyou have to remember there are real people behind it. To go off track a little\nbit, a few years ago at a Supernatural convention, Jensen Ackles became quite\nemotional when discussing the hate his wife receives online, just because she\u2019s\n<em>his<\/em> wife. One fan turned to him and\nsaid, \u201cThe people who hate on her are not your fans, your fans want you to be\nhappy and if you love here, we love her\u201d (or words to that effect). The reason\nI bring this up is because these guys and girls deserve to be happy, especially\ngiven the fact they are on the road 300 days a year. So, if you can\u2019t be nice\nabout their personal lives and their personal choices, just be quiet, nobody\nwants to hear your hate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The biggest shock in terms of the results\nover Wrestlemania weekend were Seth Rollins winning the Universal Championship.\nI didn\u2019t think it would happen. I\u2019ve heard rumors about Lesnar being unhappy\nwith his position on the card and insisted he went on first, but I\u2019m not sure\nhow true that is. Matt and Jeff Hardy won the Smackdown Live tag Team Championships,\nwhich left us all wondering why they couldn\u2019t have had that moment at \u2018Mania. I\nbelieve the reason for this is that WWE always has an eye towards the future and\nmovement of the Smackdown and Raw tag teams is very likely in the Superstar Shake-up,\nwhich is due to take place tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can\u2019t help but feel like the post \u2018Mania\nRaw and Smackdown weren\u2019t as intense as previous years. Unfortunately, Sami Zayn\u2019s\nreturn wasn\u2019t met with hype I would have expected. The Undertaker, I hate to\nsay it, is there for his yearly paycheck and the predictability of Lacey Evans\nsquaring up to Becky Lynch, just left me feeling a bit\u2026underwhelmed. I also\nwonder if it\u2019s because in those moments following \u2018Mania, I was so elated. I\nfelt like WWE had gotten everything right for once but of course, we\u2019re never\nhappy and yes, there should be a dip and a lull as we build towards the next\nclimatic storylines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2 weeks, I\u2019ll be attending the UK\nwrestling convention, <em>For The Love Of\nWrestling, <\/em>where The Undertaker will be making his first UK convention\nappearance. Interestingly he has recently signed a new deal with WWE and his\nQ&amp;A session has been pulled from the event. Photo\u2019s and Autographs with\nvery little room for interaction. This is very WWE as they pretty much only\npermit interactions with their superstars at WWE sanctioned events. Yes, on one\nhand, they are employees of that company and I can understand the requirement\nfor exclusivity. On the other hand, how massively frustrating it is as fans.\nMany feel WWE keeps such a tight rein on them, it makes the chances of meeting your\nfavorites very slim. I guess I best start saving for a future Wrestlemania\nAxxess!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The injuries list seems to have grown this\nweek too. Nia Jax, Big E, Ronda Rousey, not to mention Ciampa (how heart\nwarming to see him come out at the end of Takeover and whatever maybe wrong\nwith AJ Styles. This leaves some pretty gaping holes across WWE and puts\nimmense pressure on those returning from injury to fill those gaps and fill\nthem quickly. The shake-up should level the playing field a little, which in\nturn could mean those who are having to take time off now, have a harder time\nfitting back in when they are recovered and healed. We wish them well, of\ncourse, in their recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What do we all think of the Sasha Banks\nsituation? I know it\u2019s mostly conjecture but the more you read about the\nsituation, the more believable it seems. Banks of late hasn\u2019t been herself, in\nfact there are times where I\u2019ve felt like she\u2019s been \u2018dialing it in\u2019 more\nthrough frustration than anything else. She\u2019s not the only one who\u2019s mouth has\ngot them in trouble over the years, but this time, has she gone too far or are WWE\nbeing harsh? Please share your thoughts around her supposedly asking for her\nrelease after losing the Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship at Wrestlemania. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stayed tuned to <strong>@KayfabeToday <\/strong>for the fall out from the Superstar Shake-up and be\nsure to check out our latest recruitment ad. We\u2019d love to hear from you. #TheRoxSays\nPWJ needs you!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rox <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@RoxBlackburn Is it possible to watch too much wrestling? I feel like all I\u2019ve done for the last 10 days is watch wrestling and I love it. 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