05-10-2017, 10:07 PM
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#1108
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Former TPWW Royalty
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Dirtsheets sponsored by Orton's Undefeated Streak against fridges:
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Originally Posted by Observer
Despite the near-record low WWE Raw ratings from the night before and strong competition from network fare and the NBA playoffs, SmackDown's ratings for their taped show on Tuesday, May 9th were up two percent from last week.
However, the 2.348 million viewers marks the eighth lowest number for the show since moving to a live format last July.
The show was taped earlier in the day from the UK and was heavily wrestling-oriented with a main event six-man tag match featuring WWE World Champion Randy Orton, Jinder Mahal, and more.
SmackDown finished 11th for the night in total viewers on cable but third in the 18-49 demo with a 0.74 rating, trailing only NBA playoff action and its post-game show.
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Dave Meltzer thinks next couple of weeks could be another low mainly because several big shows are having their season finales during that period.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is on the cover of GQ Magazine this month and GQ's Caity Weaver wrote an excellent profile on him. It has received a lot of attention for Johnson saying that there's a "real possibility" that he'll run for President of the United States one day. Johnson answered some political questions and revealed that both the Trump and Clinton campaigns wanted him to endorse them last year, but he declined because he didn't want to make people unhappy or sway opinions.
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Link to the article: http://www.gq.com/story/dwayne-johns...resident-cover
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Originally Posted by Observer
Braun Strowman confirmed that he'll soon be undergoing surgery: "I will return to finish what I've started and that's carving my name in history as the most destructive thing #WWE has ever seen. This surgery is just a minor speed bump I will return bigger stronger faster and even more dangerous than ever mark my words I'm the definition of unstoppable!!!"
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Originally Posted by Observer
Former Tough Enough winner Sara Lee and NXT wrestler Wesley Blake are now parents after Lee gave birth to their daughter on May 1st.
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Link to the announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/BT60Lmjgc25/
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Originally Posted by Observer
PROGRESS Wrestling revealed Tyler Bate, Zack Sabre Jr., and Zack Gibson as the latest entrants for the company's Super Strong Style 16 tournament.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Though it took longer than expected, Brianna and Bryan Danielson (Brie Bella and Daniel Bryan) finally welcomed their daughter into the world last night.
WWE.com and E! Online announced the news today. The baby's name is Birdie Joe Danielson (as was previously revealed) and she was born at 11:58 p.m. on Tuesday.
"There is no better feeling in the world than meeting your daughter,” Brianna said. “I can't even express the overwhelming joy and love that Bryan and I are feeling. Now we know what parents mean about the love you feel when you first meet your child. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers on the safety of Birdie coming into this world."
Brianna's due date was originally scheduled for April 30th, but they were told that the baby would be arriving about a week late at a doctor's appointment shortly before then.
This is the couple's first child. They announced that Brianna was expecting last October, which came after she stepped away from wrestling earlier in the year to prepare for motherhood. She was featured in a 10-woman tag on the WrestleMania 32 pre-show in her last match.
Bryan has been absent from his role as SmackDown general manager and co-host of Talking Smack over the last few weeks in anticipation of the arrival of the baby.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Vince McMahon tweeted the following to congratulate Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella on the birth of their first child, a daughter named Birdie Joe Danielson. As reported earlier via WWE, Birdie Joe arrived on Tuesday night, May 9th at 11:58pm. She was born at 8 pounds, 10 ounces and 21 inches. Vince welcomed Birdie Joe to the WWE family with this tweet:
Congratulations to Brie @BellaTwins & @WWEDanielBryan on their beautiful daughter and newest addition to the @WWE family.
— Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) May 10, 2017
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Originally Posted by PWI
WWE announced today on their community affairs website that WWE exec and long-time performer Paul "Triple H" Levesque will be inducted into the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) Alumni Hall of Fame today in Dallas, Texas. The Hall of Fame honors distinguished people who got their start at their local Boys & Girls Club. Also being honored today are WNBA star Skylar Diggins, MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clark, Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten, actor Anthony Anderson, Dr. Dante Lauretta and Dr. Philip Schein. Vince McMahon was inducted into the Hall in 2015.
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Impact Wrestling has signed MJ Jenkins to a contract, PWInsider.com has confirmed. Jenkins is the female talent who took a hellaciously long bus ride to Orlando for a tryout a few months back.
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WWE will begin taping their announced Women's tournament on Thursday 7/13 and Friday 7/14 at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, PWInsider.com has confirmed.
The tournament, a 32 competitor event, will be taped for a WWE Network series. As PWInsider.com reported earlier this week, the current plan is to not release the episodes as a weekly episodic series but to instead release sets of episodes at once as Video on Demand programming, similar to how WWE has rolled out original series such as Holy Foley! and Camp WWE in the past. This would be the first attempt at releasing first-run in-ring programming with this strategy on the Network,.
The tournament would be similar to the Cruiserweight Classic with a big focus being on different international competitors. A number of talents are already undergoing background checks.
The current plan is to hold the finals of the tournament as a live WWE Network special on Tuesday 8/29.
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Some new updates to WWE's upcoming Women's tournament.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
WWE officially released the WrestleMania 33 DVD and Blu-ray this week. Each set comes with a Seth Rollins Topps trading card while Walmart exclusive sets include the trading card and a John Cena "Fathead" wall decal. You can order the set via Amazon at this link. It's worth noting that the WrestleMania 33 Kickoff pre-show matches did not make the DVD or Blu-ray in the United States. Austin Aries vs. WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville, Baron Corbin vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose and the 4th annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal are only included in the UK versions of the set, which will be released on June 5th.
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Some other sheet news includes:
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