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WWE News: All Legends Currently Confirmed For WWE RAW 25

Published

6 years ago

January 10, 2018

WWE RAW will be turning 25 years old in a few weeks, and everyone is not unanimously scoffing at how old this makes them feel. We know grandma and grandpa, you remember what RAW was like back in your day. Now let’s move on. With RAW 25 fast approaching, WWE is already planning out what they want to happen on the show and how they want to go about it. The plan is, of course, to bring as many past names in that make sense.

WWE is in the process, still, of adding people. However, they have confirmed a ton of names for the event so far. It might even surprise you at who is all involved. Now, we expect current WWE RAW stars to be on the show. However, WWE is also confirming a number of WWE SmackDown Live stars will also be part of the event. Seeing as many did work RAW the last number of years, this is understandable.

Don’t assume that we’ll see another hijack of the show or something crazy that we saw near WWE Survivor Series. However, you can expect that the blue brand will have their use in a big way. We know that they have already confirmed WWE Champion AJ Styles will be there, and it is extremely unlikely SmackDown GM Daniel Bryan or Commissioner Shane McMahon will miss the show. The same can be said about Randy Orton, and a number of other SD Live names.

Who Are The Confirmed WWE Legends Attending RAW 25 So Far?

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The company announced a large number of them on their website, though we’re likely going to see some come in as a surprise as well. Though WWE wants to get a huge rating for this event, so they feel announcing stuff ahead of time will be smart. They’re completely correct about this as well. According to the WWE website, all of these legends are confirmed:

The Undertaker
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin
D-Generation X
Shawn Michaels (by extension of DX and himself)
Jim Ross
Jerry Lawler
The Dudley Boyz
Ric Flair
Scott Hall and Kevin Nash
The Bella Twins (they seriously put this, not us)
The New Age Outlaws
Ron Simmons
JBL
The Godfather
Brother Love
Boogeyman
Teddy Long
“The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase
John Laurinaitis
Sgt. Slaughter
Eric Bischoff (not yet confirmed by WWE but by every major wrestling news outlet)

Likely Names WWE Will Bring In Or Will Be Added To This List

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A lot of past names very well could appear on camera in some form, and the company would likely want to keep this a secret. However, speculation wise and how WWE is framing things….it makes total sense to bring these men and women to the show:

Edge
Christian
Trish Stratus
Sting
Bret Hart
Lita
Jeff Hardy (could actually make his return to help Matt become more “broken” on this night)
Molly Holly
Tazz
Tommy Dreamer
Torrie Wilson
Santino Marella
Honky Tonk Man
Jonathan Coachman
Ivory
Goldberg
Batista

The Few That Are Not Locks But Are Pretty Much That

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We all know WWE has a few people that they will be forever linked to, no matter what. Those people are Vince McMahon, The Rock, and Hulk Hogan. Two of these people are at least somewhat okay with people and the other is getting back in good graces with the world. The Rock may not appear live on the show, but RAW 25 would not be the same without at least something coming from The Great One. So we’re certainly going to see that.

The question is, what will he have to say? However, if he’s there live, whatever building he is in will see the roof blow off it. Vince McMahon is clearly the person we can expect more than any other to be there, he’s a damn McMahon!!

Meanwhile Hulk Hogan making his comeback to WWE on the 25 anniversary of Monday Night RAW would be a wonderful way to use him. Sure, a WrestleMania comeback might be bigger. However, fans miss the Hulkster. They don’t mind seeing him step in and have a fun moment in front of them. The only fear is seeing him wrestle, and this is likely not happening thankfully. But a promo? That can be fine from the WWE Hall of Famer.

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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
Rush: 0-1, 0 points
Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

Here are your Blue League standings!

Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

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AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

Bryan Danielson
Andrade El Idolo
Brody King
Claudio Castagnoli
Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston

Gold League

Jon Moxley
Swerve Strickland
Rush
Mark Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Jay White

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

Every match has a 20 minute time limit
The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!

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