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[Ol Dirty Dastard]

pre show match at Night of Champions

[Evil Vito]

USA Network popping bottles of champagne and highfiving etc.

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[slik]

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[Emperor Smeat]

WWE announced Cena's in-ring return is happening on May 30th and around a month or two earlier than previously expected. Was hinted for a possible July return as a best case scenario but managed to speed his recovery up even faster.

http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/article/john-cena-announces-return-twitter

[Black Widow]

I don't give a FUCK about a Cena return unless he does a Owen impression.

[Big Vic]

Brown?

[ron the dial]

brown, wilson, or hart?

[Big Vic]

Convicted rapist Owen Labrie? You monster!

[#1-norm-fan]

I don't give a FUCK about a Cena return unless he does a Owen impression.

NFL tight end of the super bowl champion Denver Broncos Owen Daniels? He scored 2 touchdowns in the AFC championship game. I also hope John Cena returns with that kind of an impact.

[Hanso Amore]

Come on now guys, clearly black widow was trying to make a horrible joke about the death of fan favorite Owen Lars. The man was found burnt to a crisp by his nephew Luke.

Poor Taste in a joke. Trying to be edgy, coming off like a mutie.

[Lock Jaw]

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Stick

[Lock Jaw]

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[Lock Jaw]

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Ok

[VSG]

Guilt free too.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Becky knows what she is doing. :love:

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm a little disappointed they have seemingly just dropped the stuff with Emma. They could salvage it, but they've got the US Title confirmed for the Kickoff. You could do a Nattie/Emma rematch on SmackDown and have Charlotte attack Nattie for the DQ to gain an advantage for Payback. Emma helps her kick the crap out of Nattie for a bit, then Becky runs down for the save and the Becky/Emma match is made.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm a little miffed they just ended League of Nations like that. They honestly could have built a little intrigue with a Triple Threat at Extreme Rules between those guys and seen who the fans get behind.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Don't really feel like starting a thread about this, but I just had the random idea that Gallows & Anderson might help Jericho against Ambrose at Payback. The Usos are also shown beaten down in the back. In the main event Reigns beats Styles cleanly, but then Jericho, Gallows & Anderson beat up both men. The angle is that Jericho is out to prove that he is the GOAT and he now has the best tag team in the world by his side, AJ Styles never appreciated them, and they have been on his side since he proved he was better than Styles at WrestleMania.

Extreme Rules: Reigns, Styles & Ambrose vs. Jericho, Anderson & Gallows; Charlotte vs. Becky in the first WWE Women's Ladder Match; Triple H vs. Shane McMahon for control of RAW; Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn in a Last Man Standing Match or something; The New Day vs. Enzo & Cass in Enzo's homestate; Ryback vs. Kalisto -- Title vs. Mask; Cesaro vs. a broom for the IC Title (probs Corbin); and an if there's time Triple Threat between League of Nations.

[drave]

Nah. At this point, while Jericho can still be entertaining, I don't want his stick on new guys who don't need anyone to get themselves over.

[Innovator]

Yeah, YOU STUPID IDIOT

[Innovator]

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[Mercenary]

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Big Show and Kid Kong Bundy!

[Emperor Smeat]

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[GD]

lol he did flip her :lol:

[GD]

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[Emperor Smeat]

lol he did flip her :lol:

Thought so at first when it happened but turns out he was just holding up the 3 fingers sign for the victory. Bad camera angle and the way he does it made it look like a middle finger.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cg7tm4OU8AE0TFM.jpg

[Ultra Mantis]

At first glance he appears to give the finger then mime a cumshot even though that's totally not what he's doing.

[Jordan]

I've been watching post WM 14 WWF Raw's then PPV's. So good. Each show has a plan, a story, beginning middle and end. Vince wasn't TOO evil yet, so good, and Austin... haha holy shit his pops are huge. And The Rock is fucking hilarious, just awesome. Even the stuff I thought was bad at the time I'm enjoying.

[XL]

I'm a little miffed they just ended League of Nations like that. They honestly could have built a little intrigue with a Triple Threat at Extreme Rules between those guys and seen who the fans get behind.

Weren't they all announced as being "League of Nations" representatives on Raw?

[GD]

Watching Survivor Series 2001 via WWE Network. Interesting time period where it was okay for William Regal to annihilate "poor / defenseless" Tori.

[GD]

Love Edge's Rob Zombie theme. Good stuff.

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[Bad News Gertner]

Just heard this weird fact. Anybody remember Mrs.Yamaguchi-san from the Kaientai vs Val Venis angle? She was only 16!

[Lock Jaw]

Brings a new level to that angle....

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Just heard this weird fact. Anybody remember Mrs.Yamaguchi-san from the Kaientai vs Val Venis angle? She was only 16!

well that is awful

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Your source for this better be more reliable than the source that told you the cause of Rick Rude's death.

[Lock Jaw]

Wikipedia says:

Shian-Li Tsang (born July 27, 1981) is a professional Japanese model and former valet for the World Wrestling Fedreration best known for her stint as Mrs. Yamaguchi-San in 1998.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

surprised Vince didn't get in on that action.

[Volare]

At first read I thought that said Shang Tsung.

[Bad News Gertner]

Your source for this better be more reliable than the source that told you the cause of Rick Rude's death.

My record continues to be unblemished

[slik]

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[Evil Vito]

Just heard this weird fact. Anybody remember Mrs.Yamaguchi-san from the Kaientai vs Val Venis angle? She was only 16!

Jesus that's creepy......not even just that she was in a sex angle but that said angle was meant to make the predominantly male audience wish they could have sex with her.

[Emperor Smeat]

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Pro Wrestling Sheet is reporting Chyna was drinking heavily before she passed away last year.

According to documentary director Erik Angra, who was with Chyna for months before she passed, Chyna had started drinking after she became upset about not being invited to this year’s WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. Angra says this is one of the reasons Chyna backed out of a meet-and-greet at WrestleCon this year, and didn’t end up flying to Dallas for the weekend.

Sources told Pro Wrestling Sheet Chyna was hoping the new documentary would help address her WWE Hall of Fame situation, and when she got snubbed for an invite she started drinking more. Angra says Chyna had also been emotional over attempts to reconnect with her family, and the full story regarding the situation will be featured in the documentary, which will still be released in the future.

Chyna’s cause of death is still being investigated, and reports have said it is being looked at as a possible overdose, which Angra said crew members saw signs of addiction in Chyna while filming.

The brain of former WWE star Chyna has been donated to CTE research following the wrestler's death last week, her manager said Tuesday.

Chyna, whose real name was Joan Marie Laurer, was found dead at the age of 46 in her Redondo Beach, California, apartment Wednesday. While there was no indication of foul play, police have yet to determine cause of death, the Los Angeles Times reported, after the Los Angeles County Coronor's office deferred its ruling pending additional investigation.

It could be weeks before the results of toxicology tests are known.

Her manager, Anthony Anzaldo, told NBC4 in Los Angeles that her brain has been given to researcher Dr. Bennet Omalu to see whether there were any effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

Monday night was bad news ratings-wise for WWE as not only did RAW decline six percent from last week's seasonal modern record low, but the 3.12 million viewers the company garnered for the 4/25 edition of the show were marginally better overall than two fall episodes that suffered due to NFL programming.

The drop showed that it was the pattern that is the key issue and not because last week's show was taped. Daylight Savings Time also isn't an excuse as it was the first hour that was the most viewed with a decline throughout the show's final two hours. (The really bad number, based on patterns, was hour two.) ...

Raw's three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.26 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.18 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.94 million viewers
Pretty much getting close to hitting a sub-3 million mark a lot sooner than the typical yearly period for the WWE.

Deadline Hollywood reported on a deal with WWE Studios and Maandi Media DMM, a production company owned by Wesley Snipes, for a multi-film deal. The first movie is "Temple," which is currently being filmed with Snipes, Anne Heche and Seth Rollins as the stars. WWE Studios is partnering both Maandi Media and Gene Simmons (KISS) Erebus Pictures on the movie. Snipes and WWE Studios will be doing a second movie this year. WWE will have the worldwide distribution rights and use all of its platforms to promote these movies.

Northeast regional indie talent Travis “Air” Gordon was one of the security guards during the Stephanie McMahon segment on RAW.

Revolution Pro-Wrestling sold out their June 12th show at the 1200-seater York Hall in London today, despite only announcing one match - Zack Sabre Jr versus Kurt Angle.

Bret Hart said that he's doing Payback to honor Natalya but has no desire to be there and do TV right now. Hart noted he's just had surgeries on his wrist and prostate but said to Total Wrestling Magazine it would be great to put Ric Flair in the sharpshooter.

Some new names are in TNA. Besides Allysin Kay in as Sienna, there is Laura Dennis as Allie, Pepper Parks as Braxton Sutter, Tom LaRuffa/Sylvester Lefort as Basile Baracca and Mikael Vierge/Marcus Louis as Baron Dax.

In recent weeks, word got out that TNA is in financial ruin and could be forced to “take on an investor” in the immediate future. As reported by the Wrestling Observer, Aroluxe Media has been funding TNA’s recent television tapings and could assume partial control of the company if TNA defaults on their debts ...

In the event that SSI [Summit Strategic Investments] does buy into TNA, it’s expected that TNA will continue to outsource their production (and other functions) to Aroluxe, the company that employs Ron and Don Harris
So even with a new and better potential investor, the clause that gives Aroluxe Media partial ownership of TNA likely is going to stay intact for the future.

When I learned when she had passed, the news just shocked me, just stunned me. Just couldn’t believe it.

I miss a phone call and get a text message “Hey man, call me ASAP”, so I call this guy ASAP. And he proceeds to tell me that Chyna had indeed past away and he had discovered her in her apartment in Redondo Beach. This was in the evening, but this was hours and hours before this broke on a nation-wide scene or world-wide scene and I was one of the first people to know. When they guy called me, this hit me so hard and I couldn’t believe it, I said to him three times “Dude, you’re shooting me! Chyna’s dead?!” And he said “Steve, I’m shooting with you.” He speaks the language and I said “Dude, this is not a rib, right?” because you don’t, you don’t you just don’t rib like that, it would be a morbid rib. But I knew this guy, a very close acquaintance of Chyna’s, so I knew it was a shoot, but I could not believe it because…

Man, I hadn’t seen Chyna in quite some time, but she’s just one of those people… I know she’s had a rough couple of years and I know she had a rough childhood coming up, and I don’t know the specifics of any of that, so I won’t get into any of that. And I thought she was in a place in her life where, I had assumed, she was drug free. I had recently sent here a couple of direct messages and she had sent me a couple back, and we were talking about doing the podcast. And I know she had been talking to Jim [Ross] about doing his podcast as well. And I remember the last time I had sent her a direct message and in return she said “I’m looking forward to talking to you” and I direct messaged her back “I’m looking forward to it, let me know when you’re ready” and I, of course, never heard any thing back. And I was just figuring, me and Chyna or Joanie, we didn’t talk a lot, we were just very good friends from our relationship at WWE ...

I hung up my phone, I looked right at my wife, she was in there making dinner. And I said “You ain’t going to believe this” and she said “What?” and I said “Chyna is dead” and she said “Oh my god!” My wife didn’t know Chyna. She didn’t watch wrestling, she didn’t watch wrestling when I was in it, but she knew of her. And I had been speaking to her or direct messaging her and she knew I was working on getting ready to have her on my show. And she could see what kind of impact it had on me, it was just like someone hit me in the head with a baseball bat ...

Man, I tell you what, I just stood around and I was in shock. Didn’t know what to do. There was nobody to call, there’s nothing to talk about, it’s just so heavy duty… I remember the first time I met Chyna, it was somewhere up in the Northeast, for some reason I might’ve been sharing a car with Shawn Michaels and Triple H, or I met them at the same hotel at the same time, whatever happened. And Chyna shows up and she’s going to make her debut the next day I believe, and there’s a connection there because Triple H was trained by Killer Kowalski and Chyna had just completed Killer Kowalski’s wrestling school and I guess someone had given off a buzz, “Hey man, there’s this real big chick and she looks pretty bad ass and Killer Kowalski trained her and she’s got a real good look" ...

And for a female to come in and basically be a guy’s heater or backup or muscle… Man, she really helped out the Triple H character, they were such a package together, that was money. And her and DX was, obviously, money. Man, I’ll never forget one time working with Triple H in Germany and were working in front of people that just loved Triple H and Chyna. Of course, Stone Cold is going over, I stun Triple H, pin him 1-2-3, Chyna comes in, stun her and then here comes a dude, he starts jumping on me. I thought it was a rib, I thought one of the boys from the back had hit the ring and was pulling a rib on me. Well, it was one of the German fans that was pissed off that I stunned Triple H and Chyna. Triple H gets up and starts beating the hell out of the guy who jumped me ...

Chyna, I always called her Chyna, some people call people by their first name, depending on how you know them. Joanie, man, I’ll miss you. I had so much fun with you and enjoyed all of our time we got to spend together and our stupid brand [of] sense of humor. That time I busted my ass at the Houston Summit, right before I was fixing to go out there and wrestle Mick Foley and you were sitting on that anvil case. I was putting my water on and slipped in a pile of water and busted my ass right in front of you, I will remember all them good times and I remember you and wish you were still here.
Part of a recent Stone Cold podcast episode involving him coping with Chyna's passing. Along with several stories from back in the day about him and Chyna while in the WWE. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4gkoyt/like_someone_hit_me_in_the_head_with_a_baseball/

* Regarding his career, he's proud of the longevity he's had with more than 20 years in the business. As he moves away from the ring and into the office, he's proud of doing things like going into WrestleMania 32 and breaking the attendance record. He also takes great pride in WWE NXT, which is taking the world by storm and creating the future of the company

* Regarding who he wants to get in the ring with, he looks at the current crop of WWE guys and he isn't sure if he'd want to get in the ring with some of them, but he would've during his prime. He named guys like Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura and NXT Champion Samoa Joe. Triple H said he's a big fan of what they do and when someone does it extremely well, like the guys he named, he wants to get in the ring with them. He said the future is very bright
Some highlights from a recent Q&A interview Triple H had at a house show panel in France. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016/0425/611101/triple-h-on-wwe-superstars-he-would-like-to-wrestle/

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Some other sheet news includes:

Yesterday was the 16th Anniversary of David Arquette's notorious WCW heavyweight championship victory.
Chris Jericho's recent book included a heart-breaking photo and message of him and Dean Malenko remaining as the only guys left alive in Jericho's group photos since he started writing books. http://imgur.com/6P4DtuT
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is Kane's birthday who turned 49 years old.
For those that missed it last night, WWE released the tribute video for Chyna on their official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wwe/videos/10153719174741443/

[Evil Vito]

Watched the infamous July 8, 2002 Raw. God what a fucking shitshow. First you have the infamous Jackie Gayda bulldog botch.

But besides that the entire show is built up to a 10-man tag main event with most of the focus being on the nWo and Triple H getting an ultimatum to decide by Vengeance whether or not he will join. Nash says he's medically cleared and will wrestle for the first time in 3 months. And then of course he tears his quad within ten seconds of entering the match. Despite this, HBK still carries on in his post-match promo saying Triple H has until Vengeance to join the nWo.

The next week, the entire thing gets 100% scrapped. The nWo disbands off screen and X-Pac doesn't even enter a WWE ring again for a decade.

WWE drop angles all the time but this is the only time I can remember them completely aborting the main storyline they were building towards on Raw. I don't blame them for axing it, it's just surreal to watch all this again and realize how badly it all played out.

[Evil Vito]

Without looking it up I assume if Nash hadn't fucked himself up and they kept going with the angle, Triple H would have joined (even if reluctantly) and they would have done a double turn with him taking over as leader and booting HBK. HBK/HHH feels like something that would have had to have been planned way in advance, and there is no way they could have had HBK actually be the heel in that match.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Prediction: Alberto Del Rio wins Money in the Bank.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm bringing back Heel Noid for a few weeks before I suddenly switch babyface against, Bella-style.

[Mr. Nerfect]

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[Mr. Nerfect]

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[Evil Vito]

Just heard this weird fact. Anybody remember Mrs.Yamaguchi-san from the Kaientai vs Val Venis angle? She was only 16!

OK turns out this was debunked. She was 22 at the time.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1267263/

[Lock Jaw]

Reminds me of the Always Sunny episode where Charlie almost marries an underage Asian girl because he/no one could tell how old she was....

[drave]

Yeah, YOU STUPID IDIOT

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM POSTING TO YOU RIGHT NOW?! :rant:

[Heisenberg]

Yeah, YOU STUPID IDIOT

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM POSTING TO YOU RIGHT NOW?! :rant:



I'M GOING TO QUOTE YOU BOTH SO YOU CAN USE MORE THAN ONE BRAIN CELL TO PROCESS HOW HYPOCRITICAL YOU REALLY ARE. JUST A BUNCH OF GELATINOUS PARASITES PANDERING FOR REP. YOUR SYCOPHANTIC AND TROGLODYTE BEHAVIOR WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, DON'T YOU GET THAT, YOU IDIOTS?

[Sepholio]

Badaboom, realest guys in the room. HOW YOU DOIN!!?

[Innovator]

When Frankie was singing New York, New York he wasn't in New York, he was looking at it. Howyoudoin

[Schlomey]

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Word is they won't let Flair board the plane in Boston cuz he is drunk as fuck. :rofl::rofl::rofl: No jet flyin' today.

[Volare]

Dude is gonna fuck up Charolotte's match.

[rockman725]

I can picture him saying to that official right now:

"You know who I am? I'm Ric Flair bitch....wooooooooooo!"

[Bad News Gertner]

OK turns out this was debunked. She was 22 at the time.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1267263/

This is strange. There's an old post from the RSW boards from a guy who went to school with her and also claimed she was 16 and that was in 1998 when he posted it

[drave]

I'M GOING TO QUOTE YOU BOTH SO YOU CAN USE MORE THAN ONE BRAIN CELL TO PROCESS HOW HYPOCRITICAL YOU REALLY ARE. JUST A BUNCH OF GELATINOUS PARASITES PANDERING FOR REP. YOUR SYCOPHANTIC AND TROGLODYTE BEHAVIOR WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, DON'T YOU GET THAT, YOU IDIOTS?


YOU ASSCLOWN!!! I'M THE BEST IN THE WORLD AT WHAT I DO! DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING TO YOU RIGHT NOW?!

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Ermaximus]

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Well what do you know? It really does go with every opening!

[Volare]

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What in the fucking fuck.

[drave]

loltna

[drave]

massive titty bounce off the ropes tho

[Volare]

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[Vastardikai]

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NSFW tag, man. Fuck!

[drave]

titties

[Emperor Smeat]

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Chyna’s manager said he knows how the wrestling star died last week.

Chyna, whose real name was Joan Marie Laurer, died of a combination of the sleeping pill Ambien and a form of the tranquilizer Valium, her manager, Anthony Anzaldo, said Wednesday.

Chyna had been taking the legally prescribed pills over the course of three weeks, but wasn’t using them properly, he said. Her death was the result of an accidental overdose, Anzaldo insisted, not suicide.
Update to recent Chyna passing news. Official results from the coroner won't arrive until a few more weeks at the earliest. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-chyna-died-accidental-overdose-20160427-story.html

4:28 PM PT -- A rep for the Mass. State Police tells TMZ Sports ... Flair's injury was NOT to his hand, but rather his head.

Cops did not say how Flair sustained the injury.

Witnesses at the airport tell us Flair was bleeding from his forehead ... with one person saying, "It was dripping down from his head to his neck. A significant amount of blood."

We reached back out to Flair's rep -- so far, no word back.
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Ric Flair was treated for a cut on his hand at Logan International Airport in Boston Wednesday morning ... but witnesses say it was the culmination of a very bizarre morning involving the WWE legend.

Here's what we know ... Flair hit up Lucky's Lounge in the airport before his flight -- and multiple witnesses say Flair was acting like a drunk person.

One witness says Flair was loud and obnoxious. Another witness says he was "having a tough time" and "shambling about."

But we spoke with Airport Police Sgt. Donlon who tells us Flair was NOT intoxicated.

Sgt. Donlon says airport officials got a call for a "man with a cut on his hand" -- and police and medical personnel responded. Flair was treated -- deemed not drunk -- and was allowed to get on his flight.

We spoke with Flair's rep who told us Ric is fine -- and made his flight.

As for how Flair injured his hand -- we're working on it.
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9:43 AM PT -- Ric's agent, Melinda Morris Zanoni, tells us she has spoken with Flair and issued the following statement:

"Ric has been working every day around the clock, including internationally, for a month straight and has injuries on his hand that were being looked into this morning."

"While it is true Ric Flair and his buddies have been keeping airport bars in business since the 70s that was not the case at all in Boston. I just hung up with Ric, he is already on the flight and all is good."
TMZ report on a recent Ric Flair incident at the airport

Ring of Honor COO Joe Koff recently appeared on "The Ross Report" with Jim Ross to answer Twitter questions.

Koff, who confirmed numerous internal discussions about ROH possibly going to two hours, said he's always been very open to talking with any other wrestling promoters and he'd like to have a relationship with WWE. Koff said, "If they think that we're strong enough to be considered to be part of their plan, I would certainly be open to it. I'm not sure how that would work and I'm not sure that that's something they're open to."

When asked about ROH programming possibly airing on the WWE Network, Koff said it would be up to WWE, if they established a relationship. He said WWE certainly needs as much content as possible and if they would be interested in licensing ROH content for the WWE Network, he would be happy to work out an agreement.

Earlier this year, Sinclair Broadcasting was rumored to be interested in investing in TNA, especially after acquiring the Tennis Channel and lining up a potential re-branding for the network. ROH and TNA programming were tied at the hip on Destination America in 2015 and now on Fight Network in 2016.

However, at this stage, it seems unlikely that Sinclair has actual interest in investing in TNA’s operations, despite the connection to former employee Johnson and rumors of kicking the tires on a potential investment.

UPDATE: Since the report on Tuesday morning, PWTorch has learned that Sinclair has renewed interest in investing in TNA. The company was not impressed by the initial offer earlier this year. However, a second set of talks has made Sinclair interested again after TNA submitted a better offer. The recent development makes them a key player in the mix along with SSI.

http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/04/26/report-tna-moving-tv-production-nashville-facility-execs-working-warehouse-role-aroluxe-trying-develop-next-segway-will-new-investment-keep-company-afloat/

There is nothing new regarding the future ownership of TNA. There are said to be a few different companies they are in talks with regarding selling a percentage or a majority ownership to with one new company now emerging as the favorite. This would end up as a face saving sale and they are offering a significant amount of money for the company, but it’s based on things happening within the company buying that haven’t happened yet and would have to make sense. It’s said that a key is the value and size of the tape library, so it would be a broadcaster looking for time filling programming if things work out. There could also be the value of the international television deals. This would in theory be a better option than Aroluxe, but everything depends on who gets put in charge. At the tapings, the talent was told nothing about anything and it was just business as usual.
May or may not be related to the rumored Sinclair-TNA news above.


SID – The Ruler of the World
Mark Henry
“Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase
Black History in WWE
From the Isle of Samoa: The Anoa’i Family Legacy
Sheamus Experience
Goldust
Rhodes Stories: The Sons of The Son of a Plumber
30 Years of Survivor Series
Undertaker
WWE Health & Fitness
Epic Undercard
Greatest Hart Foundation Matches
Rick Rude’s Most Ravishing Hits
Rising Superstars
Ultimate Warrior: Unreleased Matches
Shawn Michaels: Unreleased Matches
WWE Live In (City)- Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles!
The History of the Tag Team Championship
Kurt Angle
Best of Iron Man Matches


List of collection sets the WWE is currently considering for future DVD/Blu-Ray releases based on a recent survey. Details descriptions for each in the source itself: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4gq0nk/wwe_just_posted_these_possible_dvdbluray_titles/

WWE announcer Rich Brennan has been released … this according to sources with direct knowledge.

Our sources say the company informed Brennan of their decision Wednesday afternoon, but at this point it’s unclear what caused WWE to sour on the announcer.

Brennan made his debut in 2014 working for NXT as the play-by-play man alongside Corey Graves and was eventually promoted to lead announcer on SmackDown. Things changed though, and it wasn’t long before he was shuffled to backstage interviewer.
Possible sign of the start of WWE's long rumored Spring Cleaning for this year.

The Fight Network announced a weekly one hour CMLL show airing every Thursday night at 9 p.m. The belief is this will air the same show as on Azteca America in the U.S., which is the top two matches from the weekly Friday night shows at Arena Mexico. The deal is notable because AAA sources indicate The Fight Network never informed them about the CMLL talks. The Fight Network wanted to do a block of programming with CMLL and AAA, but the problem is the politics of wrestling make that difficult.

It’s not a lock that AAA will be off The Fight Network but those with AAA felt they should have been told about the CMLL deal before it went public. AAA had aired some weekly shows in English with Chris Cruise and Hugo Savinovich as announcers in March and April, but the upgrades and new footage and a regular weekly time slot on Thursdays was scheduled to start shortly.

There is no start date for the Dr. Christopher Amann trial in the lawsuit against Phil Brooks (C.M. Punk) and Scott Colton (Colt Cabana). The 6/27 date reported was based on incorrect info.
Update on the recent WWE-Punk medical lawsuit news.

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Some other sheet news includes:

Fox News recently had an article dealing with the causes behind why wrestlers are dying off relatively young in large numbers. Basically implied steroid and drug culture in wrestling as the main causes. http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/04/26/why-wrestlers-die-so-young.html
Recent episode of Two Man Power Trip Wrestling podcast had WWE's lead attorney as its guest with topics including recent lawsuits and working with Vince over the years. http://tmptow.podomatic.com/entry/2016-04-25T21_00_00-07_00
New Republic recently had an article dealing with the New Day being a rarity as a successful black wrestling group not based on typical black wrestler sterotypes (at least not since their early period). https://newrepublic.com/article/132970/new-day-future-professional-wrestling
UK's Rev Pro Wrestling recently released the official poster for their upcoming June ppv headlined by the Zack Sabre Jr vs Kurt Angle match. https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13000104_917723191659079_9108343746425529292_n.jpg?oh=a1bede85363ec1fcf722342c68d98200&oe=57A5E731
Based on a recent promotional poster, next set of tv tapings for Lucha Underground will be occurring on May 7-8 and May 14-15. http://i.imgur.com/togRiyR.jpg
Mexican promotion AAA's struggles continue as another wrestler has recently left the company. Whole story leading up to the departure was pretty bizarre even by wrestling standards. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4grpzk/aaas_octag%C3%B3n_jr_quits_the_promotion_going_back_to/
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Brock Lesnar is the only wrestler in WWE history to never be defeated by Taker's Tombstone in matches.
Recent episode of Talk is Jericho had Sami Zayn as his guest. http://www.podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program/episode.jsp?programID=593&pid=1647250

[Lock Jaw]

I liked Rich Brennan.... thought he did a good job. Only thing I hated was when he would say "Sure-lit" instead of "Charlotte", but he was getting better at that.

[Simple Fan]

Sinclair buying TNA would be great. Don't know if they would merge them with ROH or not.

[GD]

CNET did an interesting piece on how "video games" are saving the new breed of professional wrestlers.

[Heisenberg]

So who's the juicer and who's the stoner between Konnor and Adam?

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[Fignuts]

ROH on the network would be amazing. Really hope that happens, but I highly doubt it.

[Tom Guycott]

titties

For some reason, I pictured Amish Roadkill saying "chickens" with this dubbed over him.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://giant.gfycat.com/DistantGrandioseIcelandgull.gif

[drave]

Nice Gif, Mr. De Cock.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Eva Marie is terrible. Just saw her match with Asuka. boo urns. She's hot though.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Eva Marie is terrible. Just saw her match with Asuka. boo urns. She's hot though.

I dunno, man. That bright, dyed red hair is just such a turn off for me...why can't she have it just be it's natural color?

[ron the dial]

her gimmick isn't "all natural everything"

[Simple Fan]

She could have booger green hair and still be hot.

[Tom Guycott]

She could have booger green hair and still be fucking clumsy.

[Tom Guycott]

Eva Marie is terrible. Just saw her mmomatch with Asuka. boo urns. She's hot though.

If Asuka or Bayley couldn't carry her to a decent match, they should just cut their losses.

[Big Vic]

I hope its all Cryme Tyme promos

Black History in WWE

[EzekielKane]

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Who is this man???


HMMM.


Stay tuned....

[erickman]

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Word is they won't let Flair board the plane in Boston cuz he is drunk as fuck. :rofl::rofl::rofl: No jet flyin' today.

guess flair will get fired again

[Simple Fan]

No, police say he wasn't drunk. He supposedly tripped on his luggage and cut his hand.

[erickman]

No, police say he wasn't drunk. He supposedly tripped on his luggage and cut his hand.

this was after he said something bad to nat I bet he will be gone from wwe for awhile.

[Evil Vito]

WWE Hall Of Famer Bret Hart was recently interviewed by Notts TV News



On concerns regarding WWE's future in the hands of Triple H, who he claims cares more about bodybuilding than pro wrestling:



"I'm always happy to be proven wrong, but I've never seen any real genius come from Triple H yet. I sound like I'm always knocking him, but it seems like he's quick to push the great wrestling to the side and push the bodies, guys who have [good] physiques, all the time. They wonder why CM Punk quit and they wonder why Daniel Bryan got hurt. It's because they squeeze so much out of those guys." Hart said, "I'm just calling it the way it is. Triple H is a former bodybuilder. He's all about bodies. He thought that Hulk Hogan was the greatest wrestler in the world. They think Ultimate Warrior was the greatest wrestler inthe world because that's what they're attracted to, but he's not really a wrestling fan like I grew up. I was a wrestling fan. I had wrestling in my blood. All the way through, I was a wrestling fan. I loved great wrestling. Like this year's WrestleMania, there was no great wrestling on the card. All the great wrestling was two days before in the NXT [TakeOver: Dallas] show with [Shinsuke] Nakamura and Sami Zayn and [Asuka], whatever her name is, the Japanese girl, that wrestled Bayley. That's what WrestleMania is all about. This year at WrestleMania, I thought it was absent on the bill. There was no wrestling on the card."

I've had just about all I can stomach of Bret Hart's opinions on modern wrestling.

[erickman]

Sinclair buying TNA would be great. Don't know if they would merge them with ROH or not.

if they keep the pop tv deal I would love it but I do not get Sinclair tv or comet. the tna roh fueds would be great all the former tna wrestlers going back.

[Simple Fan]

Sinclair recently bought the Tennis Channel so if they were to acquire TNA they could rebrand it and the channel and have both on there. Don't see them staying on Pop if Sinclair was to buy them.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I've had just about all I can stomach of Bret Hart's opinions on modern wrestling.

He says everything I've seen you say lol

[drave]

Jim Cornette can debut with his Tennis racket and they can have a first ever six-sided-ring-tennis-match.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I hope its all Cryme Tyme promos

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[Gerard]

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Fucking hell, if that's legit. :rofl:

[Evil Vito]

He says everything I've seen you say lol

I agree with him that NXT took a steaming dump on WrestleMania this year, yes. But his comments about Triple H "being all about the bodies" and only caring about that because he's a former bodybuilder. Where is the basis for that? Is he confusing Triple H with Vince?

Last time I checked NXT was Triple H's baby and the current champion is a man with a cracking set of moobs. Never mind Kevin Owens who is about as far apart from being a bodybuilder as you can be being pushed to the moon the second he got in NXT. And I don't think for a second that Owens would be called up and immediately placed into a feud with the biggest star of the company without Triple H giving his endorsement to Vince.

Basically just seems like Bret taking potshots at Triple H because he's butthurt as always.

[Evil Vito]

About the only "Triple H is a body guy" thing that you could point to is Chris Hero. And quite honestly, he looked like total shit. At least people like Owens and Joe are big guys in general. Hero looked like he hadn't seen the inside of a gym since 2002. And beyond that it sounds like he was fired less because he looked like shit and more because he showed no desire at all to change his appearance when asked.

[erickman]

Sinclair recently bought the Tennis Channel so if they were to acquire TNA they could rent and the channel and have both on there. Don't see them staying on Pop if Sinclair was to buy them.

I don't think I get the tennis channel ether wrestling there would be funny

[Simple Fan]

I'm sure they would rebrand the channel. Comet is pretty easy to get in the US. Didn't think I got Comet either but all I needed was an antenna for the TV, just watch them on syndication on the Fox affiliate on the weekends though.

[erickman]

it would be cool if they change the tennis ch to an indy wrestling ch

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Triple H's favorite wrestler is Ric Flair also. Not sure where he got Hogan or Warrior. NXT is Triple Hs fourth child. Bret should not be interviewed about wrestling unless they fact check the crap he says and refuse to print if it's completely bs.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[VSG]

lol Bret Hart needs to stop giving interviews and thinking he's a big deal still. Has he forgotten that people confused him for Ozzy Osbourne the night he came back to WWE in 2010?

[GD]

lol Bret Hart needs to stop giving interviews and thinking he's a big deal still. Has he forgotten that people confused him for Ozzy Osbourne the night he came back to WWE in 2010?

4/10

You take it back, VSG! Bret Hart is a GOD!

[Big Vic]

Dislike Bret ever since I found out how much of a huge mark he is for himself.

[#1-norm-fan]

Man, you've disliked him for a long time then I bet.

[#1-norm-fan]

Totally agree with Bret though. HHH needs to stop looking for bums like Hulk Hogan and find more huge draws like Bret.

...

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

About the only "Triple H is a body guy" thing that you could point to is Chris Hero. And quite honestly, he looked like total shit. At least people like Owens and Joe are big guys in general. Hero looked like he hadn't seen the inside of a gym since 2002. And beyond that it sounds like he was fired less because he looked like shit and more because he showed no desire at all to change his appearance when asked.

I think he's off base about HHH, who seems to be a big work rate mark. But maybe Bret has some insight we don't know about since all we have to go off of is the dirt sheets. It wouldn't be shocking to hear that while HHH is a big work rate fan and loves Japan, he may also share Vince's opinion that the top guys need to be jacked and the upper/lower mid card could be your work horses.


However, Bret has plenty of reason to dislike HHH. Something tells me that while Shawn and Vince seemingly went out of their way to finally bury the hatchet with Bret, HHH did no such thing (this is just a theory I have) and thus Bret being a bit of a surly and emotional guy likes to lump all of the blame onto H and goes very easy on Vince.

But if you're able to read between the lines Bret often makes good points. I remember him being pretty hard on the road agents saying they're pretty much all lower card guys and they don't have any road agents who made it to the top. At first I thought he was being a touch harsh and while the likes of Malenko, Rotundo, Road Dogg etc certainly have a place as Road Agents it does puzzle me why you wouldn't be consulting with the likes of Bret and Austin even on a freelance type basis, guys who understand the main event style.

So I don't know, I find it funny that it's so popular on here to bitch about Bret Hart being surly yet we love JBL who sexually assaulted half of the roster as a hazing exercise. I've heard that Bret is great to his fans and while he has a bit of an ego I find his honesty about how he feels refreshing, whether he is right or wrong.

[#1-norm-fan]

Seriously though. You can have the superhero-looking guys AND the wrestlers co-exist. It's not like there's gotta be one or the other. But the superhero types are always gonna get preference when it comes to the main eventers that you promote to the mainstream. It's just the way it is. It's not one or the other. It's just that everyone has their purpose. You can build up stories for a guy like Cesaro and have them culminate in 5 star matches in the upper-midcard scene and no one is gonna bat an eyelash. You need someone else to throw out there to the mainstream and represent your company as the feature attraction though.

I don't think Triple H is ANTI-rasslers. NXT proves that. I just think he knows where guys should be on the card. Whether the shit writing makes everyone crave change or not.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Bret's the best, y'all need to respect the hitman

[drave]

I think he's off base about HHH, who seems to be a big work rate mark. But maybe Bret has some insight we don't know about since all we have to go off of is the dirt sheets. It wouldn't be shocking to hear that while HHH is a big work rate fan and loves Japan, he may also share Vince's opinion that the top guys need to be jacked and the upper/lower mid card could be your work horses.


However, Bret has plenty of reason to dislike HHH. Something tells me that while Shawn and Vince seemingly went out of their way to finally bury the hatchet with Bret, HHH did no such thing (this is just a theory I have) and thus Bret being a bit of a surly and emotional guy likes to lump all of the blame onto H and goes very easy on Vince.

But if you're able to read between the lines Bret often makes good points. I remember him being pretty hard on the road agents saying they're pretty much all lower card guys and they don't have any road agents who made it to the top. At first I thought he was being a touch harsh and while the likes of Malenko, Rotundo, Road Dogg etc certainly have a place as Road Agents it does puzzle me why you wouldn't be consulting with the likes of Bret and Austin even on a freelance type basis, guys who understand the main event style.

So I don't know, I find it funny that it's so popular on here to bitch about Bret Hart being surly yet we love JBL who sexually assaulted half of the roster as a hazing exercise. I've heard that Bret is great to his fans and while he has a bit of an ego I find his honesty about how he feels refreshing, whether he is right or wrong.


Fuck you!!!! A wrasslin GOD-uh can do whatever he wants! :fu:

[Wishbone]

Seriously though. You can have the superhero-looking guys AND the wrestlers co-exist. It's not like there's gotta be one or the other. But the superhero types are always gonna get preference when it comes to the main eventers that you promote to the mainstream. It's just the way it is. It's not one or the other. It's just that everyone has their purpose. You can build up stories for a guy like Cesaro and have them culminate in 5 star matches in the upper-midcard scene and no one is gonna bat an eyelash. You need someone else to throw out there to the mainstream and represent your company as the feature attraction though.

I don't think Triple H is ANTI-rasslers. NXT proves that. I just think he knows where guys should be on the card. Whether the shit writing makes everyone crave change or not.

/Noid post begin

I agree with you to a degree here, but what exactly do you mean by "superhero look?" I'm gonna assume based on what you said that you're equating Hulk Hogan to a superhero here, but if you actually look at what the mainstream superhero looks like today Hogan doesn't fit the bill at all. Hell, that kind of massive muscle hasn't been considered "cool" in the mainstream in well over 2 decades. Look at the Marvel movies, or even the new Superman. They're not massive guys. They've got muscle, yeah, but they're not anywhere near the "spectacle" that a Hogan or Warrior is. There's a reason guys like Jason Statham, Daniel Craig, etc have replaced the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

What's more looking like a so-called "superhero" hasn't even been proven to be a draw in wrestling since Hogan's era. Both Stone Cold and the Rock were far smaller than he was at their peaks. Neither had the physique of a monster yet both were every bit as big (if not bigger) stars than Hogan.

I'm not saying that guys with beer guts and flabby arms will draw here by the way. What I'm saying is that you don't need to be a massive ball of muscle to draw anymore, and in fact looking that way actually hurts your drawing potential. Even Roman Reigns doesn't have that sort of physique. The only three that exist with that sort of look today that actually draw money are Triple H, the Rock, and Brock Lesnar, and their drawing power comes from their name value not their looks. Cena could arguably be put in this category too I guess, but honestly after seeing him next to a lot of these guys I've noticed that he's really not as big as he used to be. The dude is defined as hell, but his muscles are a bit leaner than say the Rock's.

As for their faces, well, that really doesn't matter at all. Like I pointed out before you can just look at the current crop of action movie stars to see that "looking pretty" isn't an issue to the public (at least when it comes to men.) Hell, Hogan and company weren't exactly lookers themselves. Outside the Rock and Cena none of the big names in wrestling have been particularly "movie star" in appearance.

/end Noid post

[#1-norm-fan]

Maybe "superhero look" was too specific. I was referring more to the whole "larger than life" persona which tends to go hand-in-hand with the guys who don't look like average joes.

[Emperor Smeat]

But if you're able to read between the lines Bret often makes good points. I remember him being pretty hard on the road agents saying they're pretty much all lower card guys and they don't have any road agents who made it to the top. At first I thought he was being a touch harsh and while the likes of Malenko, Rotundo, Road Dogg etc certainly have a place as Road Agents it does puzzle me why you wouldn't be consulting with the likes of Bret and Austin even on a freelance type basis, guys who understand the main event style.

Probably the same reason with wrestler trainers and sports in general with the lack of big name stars carrying over into other areas after their regular careers are over. Money is probably the biggest reason which is something big stars don't really need to worry about unless your a Ric Flair type.

Some like Goldberg and Stone Cold are happy being retired and don't see the motivation to continue while others like Hogan and Lesnar likely only consider it if it results in more big paychecks. Then you have others like The Rock who want to go in a completely new direction after their wrestling career.

[Bad News Gertner]

Nobody wants to go to a wrestling match to watch a bunch of Cross fitters

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Nobody wants to go to a wrestling match to watch a bunch of Cross fitters

What about cross fit jesus?

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Probably the same reason with wrestler trainers and sports in general with the lack of big name stars carrying over into other areas after their regular careers are over. Money is probably the biggest reason which is something big stars don't really need to worry about unless your a Ric Flair type.

Some like Goldberg and Stone Cold are happy being retired and don't see the motivation to continue while others like Hogan and Lesnar likely only consider it if it results in more big paychecks. Then you have others like The Rock who want to go in a completely new direction after their wrestling career.

I considered that for sure, and some great athletes don't make great coaches but that's why I said even at a freelance consultant basis. And I think with wrestling when it comes to laying out a match, if you were a great wrestler it would translate into helping to guys really put it all together.

I personally believe it's easier (and this goes for any company) to have guys that are going to toe the line. If your head booking team was Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin, one would have to imagine it would be one hell of a clash of egos. But, I don't think it would hurt Vince to call Bret and ask him his take on a really intriguing IC title feud. Yeah, Bret's a bit out of touch, but surely you could take some of his ideas and mould them into a more modern form. Just makes sense to me.

[Wishbone]

Maybe "superhero look" was too specific. I was referring more to the whole "larger than life" persona which tends to go hand-in-hand with the guys who don't look like average joes.

I see what you mean by "larger than life," but I don't think "larger than life" is exclusive to look. In my honest opinion charisma and character are waaay more important than anything else when it comes to a business like pro-wrestling. A great example of what I'm talking about really is HBK. No one will argue that he deserved to be in the main event (no one who is sane anyway,) but he wasn't anything like the prototypical main eventer. He did however have a larger than life personality. I agree that a main event wrestler has to be larger than life, but I don't think that being larger than life is exclusive to look, and I think lack of a massive physique can be overcome fairly easily.

[VSG]

Fuck you!!!! A wrasslin GOD-uh can do whatever he wants! :fu:

Totally thought this was a DAMN iNATOR post.

[GD]

Eric Young baby :)

[Emperor Smeat]

I considered that for sure, and some great athletes don't make great coaches but that's why I said even at a freelance consultant basis. And I think with wrestling when it comes to laying out a match, if you were a great wrestler it would translate into helping to guys really put it all together.

I personally believe it's easier (and this goes for any company) to have guys that are going to toe the line. If your head booking team was Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin, one would have to imagine it would be one hell of a clash of egos. But, I don't think it would hurt Vince to call Bret and ask him his take on a really intriguing IC title feud. Yeah, Bret's a bit out of touch, but surely you could take some of his ideas and mould them into a more modern form. Just makes sense to me.

Getting some ideas once in a while sounds like a great way to use past big stars but also run into the potential problem of Vince and his notorious habit of constantly changing plans.

Bret could suggest some really great ideas to fix the US and IC belts or make those feuds better but could be all for not if Vince suddenly decides he wants to go in a completely different direction making those ideas useless.

At least in podcast form, people like Stone Cold and JR have been giving out plenty of ideas and advice on ways the WWE could improve things, especially with Reigns, but doesn't seem like the WWE is listening.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

At least in podcast form, people like Stone Cold and JR have been giving out plenty of ideas and advice on ways the WWE could improve things, especially with Reigns, but doesn't seem like the WWE is listening.

This is kind of what I'm getting at. JR and Steve's ideas are unsolicited and even moreso, they're holding back because they don't want to upset the company too much. Bret's point is actually listen to the guys that have been to the top as opposed to Vince's inner circle, of which none of the aforementioned gentleman are included.

Now it's not going to happen, but the point I'm making is Bret is not wrong, so it's not like he doesn't know what he's talking about.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I agree with him that NXT took a steaming dump on WrestleMania this year, yes. But his comments about Triple H "being all about the bodies" and only caring about that because he's a former bodybuilder. Where is the basis for that? Is he confusing Triple H with Vince?

Last time I checked NXT was Triple H's baby and the current champion is a man with a cracking set of moobs. Never mind Kevin Owens who is about as far apart from being a bodybuilder as you can be being pushed to the moon the second he got in NXT. And I don't think for a second that Owens would be called up and immediately placed into a feud with the biggest star of the company without Triple H giving his endorsement to Vince.

Basically just seems like Bret taking potshots at Triple H because he's butthurt as always.

I dunno, man -- there's a part of me that thinks a lot of what motivates Triple H in NXT is to get the smarks on side. I'm sure there's a lot of ego in NXT, and if he were given the reigns to RAW, we wouldn't see exactly what we see in NXT on the main show.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I hope Sinclair does buy TNA. They could get some big talent in that acquisition.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Evil Bliss Appreciation Thursday:
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When former TNA Champions Eric Young and Bobby Roode left TNA in March, the assumption they would head to the land of WWE/NXT seemed pretty obvious. But as we know in today's wrestling culture, anything is possible when it comes to what goes into that decision making process.

Roode made an on-screen debut during NXT TakeOver during Wrestlemania weekend and Thursday night at the latest set of NXT tapings, Young made his promotional debut by interrupting and confronting NXT Champion Samoa Joe during an interview segment.

The WWE Network is making a major change regarding streaming from a single account. After so many people noted they were leaving money on the table allowing for multiple streams, only one stream with a password is allowed at any given time ...

They had a second question regarding adding Raw and Smackdown the day after they air on television, so clearly they are exploring that idea and creating a premium higher priced tier.

WWE issued a survey to former subscribers of the WWEs Network today asking them if they would reconsider subscribing again. One of the more interesting choices on the survey was the option to pay $12.99 a month and get the option of Raw and Smackdown replays 24 hours after they air on the USA Network. Currently, the episodes are added to the Network's VOD 30 days after they air. So, they are at least considering the change.
More details in regarding possible future changes for the WWE Network and possible new pricing tier.

People Magazine has a story that Chyna was planning for a big triumphant return to wrestling before she died. Exactly what group was that to be with? Pro Wrestling Sheet reported that the trailer for an episode of "Botched" that Chyna was on has been removed.

WWE filing a trademark for the name "Enzo" rather than "Enzo Amore" may indicate dropping his last name.

PWInsider.com is reporting that there has been a lot of talk about Jannetty's behavior coming out of WrestleMania weekend in Dallas.

Jannetty has been silent on his Facebook page since late March. Several fans have posted comments expressing concern about Jannetty, however he has not replied to any of them.

Jannetty wrestled at the 4/11 Cauliflower Alley Club Casino Royale event, however he reportedly missed a booking on 4/16 at the Icons Of Wrestling & Comic Book Collectorfest at the former ECW Arena.

Former WWE Superstar Lance Storm spoke about Jannetty's behavior issues at WrestleMania weekend in Dallas during a recent edition of Figure Four Daily, noting that his daughter told him that Jannetty was the craziest wrestler she saw during WrestleMania weekend this year, by far.

At one point on Sunday during WrestleMania weekend at approximately 4am, Storm's daughter witnessed Jannetty climbing on and walking around in a fountain inside a hotel lobby. You can check out a photo of this incident via Storm's Twitter page below.

If you listened to my @WONF4W show with @bryanalvarez #Marty pic.twitter.com/8KLALWbQ7j

— Lance Storm (@LanceStorm) April 8, 2016

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that there are other witnesses saying there was a shouting incident involving Flair when someone was rude to him and then asked him for a selfie. The Observer reports that WWE officials are currently looking into this situation and investigating what really happened.

For the next 15 years, she dropped in and out of the news, largely as a sad former celebrity. Whether she ever got over the relationship breakup is unknown. At times she lashed out at him. She made a lot of money in 2002 doing her second Playboy shoot, and bought herself a home. She built a pool in the backyard, which she had designed to look like the shape of Levesque’s ass.
Portion of the Observer's obituary for Chyna and a wacky Chyna story from back in the day.

WWE Network News can exclusively reveal that a new collection will be added to the WWE Network, potentially as early as today, after SmackDown! In a rather expected but nonetheless classy move, this collection will focus on the recently deceased Chyna aka Joan Laurer.
Details on what's included in the planned collection at the source link: http://www.wwenetworknews.com/2016/04/28/exclusive-chyna-themed-wwe-network-collection-to-be-added-soon-pictures-included/

Dolph Ziggler’s younger brother Donald Nemeth was charged with aggravated murder. Police obtained a warrant for the 29-year old on Tuesday in connection with the death of 34-year-old Joseph Mascol, who was shot on January 23 at the University Hotel and Suites in Cleveland, OH.

Donald Nemeth allegedly tried robbing Mascol before the shooting. Mascol was found in a seventh-floor hallway, where he was pronounced dead by paramedics.
http://www.sescoops.com/dolph-zigglers-brother-wanted-for-murder-of-marine-corps-veteran/


Some other sheet news includes:

Progress Wrestling recently thanked the WWE for the spike in interest in the promotion after their recent event managed to get over 100,000 viewers within a day due to the Cruiserweight tournament qualifiers. https://twitter.com/BookItGabe/status/725707800320610304
According to Botchamania, TNA managed to botch their tribute of Chyna's passing by forgetting what year she was born for the tribute graphic. https://twitter.com/Maffewgregg/status/725630781511573505
ROH's main television HQ building was recently a target of a bomb threat by a man dressed in a panda suit according to reports. https://twitter.com/khrisjwilson/status/725771904846540801
According to a recent Observer Radio episode, current ratings for RAW is at the 1997 level for bad and could break the all-time record by the time NFL season arrives. Current predicting is no better than a 2.3 average for ratings during the NBA playoffs and the biggest drop going to be the valuable 18-34 male audience. Also believes Total Divas has done more to hurt than help the RAW ratings when it comes to getting women viewers and keeping male viewers. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4gut2y/wor_427_on_the_raw_ratings/

[Lock Jaw]

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Ha ha..... imagining them just awkwardly shuffling off after the camera stopped rolling.....

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Love when he strokes anvil's beard (pretty sure he does it in that promo)

[GD]

Smackdown was actually decent.

[Simple Fan]

I don't know, he's older than all those guys (46) and not sure how long he's signed with ROH. Maybe if WWE did something like a tag team tournament similar to the Globe Cruiserweight Series they could bring him and Kaz in for it.

[GD]

Whoa! I deleted the post. Didn't realize that he was 46.

[GD]

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[slik]

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[drave]

So they are gonna have Enzo lose his last name? That throws off his cadence for the intro :|

[slik]

Can't stand Eric Young, won't ever watch NXT now...

[drave]

He isn't terrible, better than some of the people currently on NXT. Why the EY hate?

[slik]

Funny YT comment on Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tye Dillenger match:

Vince: "WOW HUNTER! THIS SAMSUNG NAGASAKI GUY IS AMAZING!"
Triple H: "Vince, I've told you already, his name is Shin-"
Vince: "I MEAN, HE'S NO ROMAN BUT I THINK THIS SASHIMI NINTENDO GUY IS GOOD!"

[slik]

He isn't terrible, better than some of the people currently on NXT. Why the EY hate?

Seems real cheesy/John Cena-esque cheesy

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgflip.com/18twf.gif

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Seems real cheesy/John Cena-esque cheesy

You seem to watch WWE that features John Cena, who is also John Cena-esque cheesy.

[Black Widow]

What a great team Show Off & Safety Off could have made.

[Poit]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A 'Localise Mother 3' sign on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDown?src=hash">#SmackDown</a>. This guy knows it. <a href="https://t.co/6bmfQEkRde">pic.twitter.com/6bmfQEkRde</a></p>&mdash; James o mac (@5of6) <a href="https://twitter.com/5of6/status/725684770773032961">April 28, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, spotted that sign.... Think he also held up a "John Cena is Rey's Dad" sign....

[slik]

Got an inside scoop from someone w/ a subscription to a dirt sheet




Taker - He's officially done https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f494.png It was secret because he was extremely against the "Big Send-off Match" concept He invited his entire family, brothers and friends to be in attendance at WM32 He took his gloves off in the middle of the ring And he told the locker room and the backstage personnel for the first time ever that he has retired officially for good you should expect a tweet by the WWE account by the end of 2016 that says: BREAKING:The Undertaker has officially retired. He is the first inductee to the HOF class of 2017 <s>#</s>ThankYouTaker (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThankYouTaker?src=hash)

[slik]

^

I believe it. I always thought this was his last run, he came back and finished the program with Brock, had a final team up with Kane and then a final HIAC match. If it turns out not to be be true I bet we only see him for one more match at WM33. Taker not wanting a big send-off kind of makes sense too for some reason.

[Poit]

I'm having technical issues with AWS. I'll upload Tipsters for Payback once it's fixed.

[slik]

just give me $ instead @ poit...

[Simple Fan]

Seems real cheesy/John Cena-esque cheesy

EY? Wouldn't compare him to Cena in a million years. Especially recently where EY has had a psychotic gimmick.

[slik]

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[Tom Guycott]

My favorite EY still remains the serious pants, bald shaven, suit and tie, calculated heel ringleader at the beginning of World Elite.

[Sixx]

AJ Styles' got a soccer mom haircut.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to rumors going around the net, Sinclair's main interest in investing or becoming a majority owner for TNA is to kill off the company while ROH would absorb TNA's tv deals and tape library.

Would be the easiest way for ROH to get more international tv deals and bulk up their own library of wrestling tapes.

[Simple Fan]

Really hope that happens. Would be the best way to get rid of the TNA name and that tape library would be pretty great and could have a lot of content for guys like Samoa Joe, Austin Aries, Jey Lethal, Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles and others. Add in their relationship with NJPW and it even better.

[Sepholio]

Oh yeah baby it's time for another #FuckMoneyFriday!

[Heisenberg]

AJ Styles' got a soccer mom haircut.

Sad, but true. I wish he would lop off that terrible shit

[Simple Fan]

He can shave it bald and then join Gallows and Anderson in Bald Club.

[Bad News Gertner]

Our own Seth82 was name dropped on my favourite wrestling podcast this week 6:05 the Superpodcast. The host said he's awesome to follow on Twitter. Way to go Seth!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

EY was scary as fuck as leader of the World Elite. He has it all.

First he LOLed us then he Serious'ed us.

Great signing. He deserves it.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Random Mania X gif:
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WWE has released another announcer today, Arda Ocal, a longtime fan and MMA and pro wrestling announcer, who used the name Kyle Edwards.

A suspect is in custody after threatening to blow up the offices of Baltimore's FOX affiliate after being shot by police. He was wearing a white panda suit, a surgical mask ad sunglasses. The suspect was not armed with a bomb, but had candy bars wrapped in plastic. He lit a car on fire before going into the building. The offices, which also house the corporate offices of ROH, were evacuated at one point.
Update regarding a recent incident at ROH's headquarters.

Dave Meltzer noted on this week's Wrestling Observer Radio that there have been talks of possibly recasting Prince Puma on Lucha Underground in the event that Ricochet leaves the company. It's also been said that Ricochet was made a large offer to remain there.

Ric Flair’s podcast has gone on hiatus after Flair terminated the contract. Flair’s co-host Conrad Thompson noted on Twitter that the WHOOO! Nation podcast is officially on hiatus because Flair cancelled the contract over money issues.

Thompson noted that the hiatus had nothing to do with the airport incident and that the show will return at some point, though he didn’t know when. He said Flair is “fine” and that talks are ongoing with CBS.

In exclusive news you will only find here at WWENetworkNews.com, we can reveal that an upcoming collection for May will focus on Smackdown! This is very apropos, as the WWE have recently been attempting to make Smackdown matter more, and of course we have seen a ton of Smackdown episodes hitting the service in recent weeks.

This collection is expected to drop early on Monday and it will feature ten classic episodes from the 150+ hours of Smackdown added in the past few weeks ...

Also essentially confirmed as a result of this is that the final missing Smackdown episodes will likely be added in the coming days leading up to Monday, meaning that every Smackdown episode from 1999 until March 11th, 2004 will be available.

If you are one of the very few people still wondering why TNA is so damaged as a brand, watch PWR host Dameon Nelson and David Herro talk about TNA’s problems on the Pro Wrestling Report. Herro is the founder of Great Lakes Championship Wrestling and he has a ton of contacts in the wrestling business ...

Another interesting tidbit from the show came at the 11:35 mark. Apparently, Bobby Roode and Eric Young left the company because of issues with pay. Herro said, “Bobby Roode and Eric Young left because they were owed a combined six-figures."
http://wrestlingnews.co/report-bobby-roode-eric-young-left-tna-because-they-were-owed-six-figures/ Another side to the story from the Observer is that both guys weren't owed money when both left TNA but money was a big reason. Roode didn't like TNA being late with payments while Young didn't like his request for a raise being denied.

Paul Heyman has started filming a reality show in New York … and it’s based on the “ingeniously dysfunctional” way that Brock Lesnar‘s advocate run his advertising agency.

The Wrap reports that the unscripted series doesn’t have a name quite yet, but will feature Heyman and Emmy-Award winner Mitchell K. Stuart working with Paul’s marketing team to create campaigns.

“It’s a day in the life of the Looking4Larry agency and all of the many problems that we are forced to solve,” Heyman explains. “It’s the juggling act.”

The show reportedly has interest from Lionsgate and a few British television stations, but hasn’t officially landed a network home just yet.

Eat. Sleep. Film Reality TV. Repeat.

While Adam Rose promised a second post on his drug test failure and subsequent suspension, apparently it won't be coming because he got so much heat within WWE for posting the first message.

Thursday’s WWE Smackdown averaged 2.109 million viewers for USA Network, according to Showbuzzdaily.com. The number was down from the 2.431 million count from last week.
For some comparisons, this week was around 100k higher than the record low Smackdown did during the SyFy era.

Word going around this week’s WWE TV tapings was that Seth Rollins is expected to be backstage for Sunday’s WWE Payback pay-per-view in Chicago, but he’s not expected to appear live in front of the crowd. Rollins could be brought in to discuss plans for his return.

On a related note, WWE officials have discussed bringing back a War Games type of match for SummerSlam or Survivor Series, depending on how the storylines work out and when certain stars return from injury.

There’s been talk of doing some form of The Shield vs. some form of The Bullet Club. It was noted by a source that they likely won’t call it War Games but that type of match is the working idea.

Recently on You're Welcome With Chael Sonnen, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin shared some of his thoughts on WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns.

According to Austin, Reigns is not getting over because of the way he is booked.

"Roman is having a hard time winning the crowd over just because of the way he's booked. When you sit there, good looking guy, a lot of charisma, [and] easygoing the times I've talked to him. He's one of the nicest guys in the locker room and well spoken and smart and doesn't need anybody writing convoluted promos for him, so I just think many people consider him [to be] entitled because of his looks and that [has] actually worked against him, so the kid is in between a rock and a hard place, no pun intended that he's related to The Rock."

In Austin's view, Reigns should be allowed to have more creative freedom and the crowd should decide whether Reigns should be a babyface or a heel.

"If this is the Reality Era, let the kid go out there and shoot and let the chips fall where they may." Austin added, "let the kid have some freedom. Let the kid go out there and express himself. Let him go out there and experiment. All he can do is fall down and trip and then get back up if he does and take another shot at it."

Despite his preference to see Reigns get more creative freedom, 'The Texas Rattlesnake' claimed that WWE will continue to push Reigns as a traditional babyface. With that said, Austin claimed that Reigns will never be a traditional babyface.

"Vince [McMahon] is going to still try to do the tried and true formula, a traditional babyface push, but this kid is not going to be a traditional babyface because, just going back to politics, people don't want to be told what to like, why to like him, here's why you should like him, and, damn it, like him!"

The professional wrestling great also claimed that Reigns should ditch his current ring gear.

"He's covered up in so much black clothing. He [has] got that long black hair. Half the time, it's in his face. Lose the top. Dude, I had a drum half the time I wrestled, but I was mega over. It wasn't about my physique. This kid [has] got twice the physique, ten times the physique I ever dreamed of having. And just let him go out there and be himself. I think the padding is just too much. The appearance, it worked okay for a little bit and now as a babyface, not so much."
http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016/0429/611218/steve-austin-on-roman-reigns-why-he-isnt-getting-over/


Some other sheet news includes:

Chris Jericho teased on his official Facebook page he has started working on a new book. https://www.facebook.com/ChrisJericho/photos/a.219493521472268.55004.214040098684277/1002369526517993/?type=3&theater
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 9th anniversary of Vince McMahon winning the ECW championship.
Cody Rhodes recently teased on Twitter he's writing a book about the life and career of his late father Dusty Rhodes. https://twitter.com/PrinceCGR/status/726074469299544068
Joey Styles recently revealed on Twitter, pre-ECW ppv shows are currently planned as part of a future update for the WWE Network. https://twitter.com/JoeyStyles/status/725999142699438080
Mexican promotion AAA announced this year's Lucha Libre World Cup will include wrestlers from TNA, Lucha Underground, and NOAH. http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/en/uncategorized/lucha-libre-victoria-world-cup-poster-2016/

[GD]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Yikes. One of Dolph Ziggler's brothers has a warrant out for murdering somebody in a robbery attempt.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

In better news, Kofi Kingston just announced that his wife has given birth to their second child.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Officially a family of 4...life is so good...</p>&mdash; Kofi Kingston (@TrueKofi) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrueKofi/status/726244244952866818">April 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[GD]

Care to comment on Paige's thighs?

[Damian Rey 2.0]

What successful territories has Austin ever booked? He clearly doesn't read third party house show reports of Reigns being the most over guy on the show.

[GD]

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Maven's theme was so boss. Will always remember him for eliminating Undertaker from the Rumble and being the franchise player for Sunday Night Heat.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Care to comment on Paige's thighs?

She is a great wrestler.

[GD]

^ lol

Also, Bill Burr.

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[GD]

Which goofball made this video :lol:


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[Tom Guycott]

According to rumors going around the net, Sinclair's main interest in investing or becoming a majority owner for TNA is to kill off the company while ROH would absorb TNA's tv deals and tape library.

Would be the easiest way for ROH to get more international tv deals and bulk up their own library of wrestling tapes.

But the biggest news is being ignored... ROH would get BRAM!

[Tom Guycott]

Sad, but true. I wish he would lop off that terrible shit

I disagree. Too many fauxhawks, bald guys, and long, greasy wet looks in the industry as it is. Like it or not, AJ's hair kinda sets him apart.

[Tom Guycott]

^ lol

Also, Bill Burr.

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"He's got the old school movie star chin, he's got the Jack Lord, Hawaii Five-O hair..."

Out-fucking-standing. Bill Burr is great.

[Lock Jaw]

Too bad about Ardca Ocal being released... nice guy.... but he was never gonna be an on-screen interviewer because he'd be taller than half the roster....

[Lock Jaw]

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[Black Widow]

https://giant.gfycat.com/LegitimateFluffyGannet.gif

Pretty much all she brings to the table.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Looks a full course meal to me.

[Lock Jaw]

https://giant.gfycat.com/LegitimateFluffyGannet.gif

Pretty much all she brings to the table.

Have you seen her wrestle? Let's at least hold off judgement until she debuts.

[Simple Fan]

Who is she?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

https://giant.gfycat.com/LegitimateFluffyGannet.gif

Pretty much all she brings to the table.

Who dis?

[Black Widow]

Have you seen her wrestle? Let's at least hold off judgement until she debuts.I held off judgement on Rosa/Eva Cameron and look how that turned out.

[Lock Jaw]

I held off judgement on Rosa/Eva Cameron and look how that turned out.

Never Give Up, Never Surrender. Always look on the bright side of life. Etc....

For those asking it is Amanda from Tough Enough/Total Divas

[erickman]

According to rumors going around the net, Sinclair's main interest in investing or becoming a majority owner for TNA is to kill off the company while ROH would absorb TNA's tv deals and tape library.

Would be the easiest way for ROH to get more international tv deals and bulk up their own library of wrestling tapes.

that's the one thing tna did right was the international tv deals

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Doesn't matter. That's like in 2000 when the dotcom bubble burst. Companies that base their operation or another company that goes under.

Without American television money their good international deals just end up being broken contracts/lawsuit.

Also it might not work for ROH to do that either. Those fans like TNA and might not be too keen on seeing the company go under in favor of a rival company.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

^ lol

Also, Bill Burr.

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Does Burr do any more of these? They are great.

[Simple Fan]

.Also it might not work for ROH to do that either. Those fans like TNA and might not be too keen on seeing the company go under in favor of a rival company.

Im a TNA fan and I would love to see this happen.

[GD]

Does Burr do any more of these? They are great.

Nah! He doesn't do wrestling (specifically).

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Im a TNA fan and I would love to see this happen.

You are in the international market?

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

What successful territories has Austin ever booked? He clearly doesn't read third party house show reports of Reigns being the most over guy on the show.

Yeah what the hell does Steve Austin know about drawing money? Obviously the likes of road dogg understand better what makes a top guy.

[Simple Fan]

You are in the international market?

No but I'm also a ROH fan so, but I do see what you are saying. They do have a big following overseas and tend to draw better over there.

[Volare]

Nah! He doesn't do wrestling (specifically).

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His podcasts are great. Listen to every one.

[Savio]

Does Burr do any more of these? They are great.
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[Damian Rey 2.0]

Yeah what the hell does Steve Austin know about drawing money? Obviously the likes of road dogg understand better what makes a top guy.

I know right? Austin should just stick to reality tv shows and direct to DVD movies.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

What?

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Sixx]

http://abload.de/img/ddsffdsdfs6jqxc.gif

I have no idea what's going on here.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Was he the legal man? 0.o

[evanbrown]

I hope Roman Reigns wins tomorrow night!

[GD]

Interesting story on Ryder's Intercontinental Championship victory at Mania 32

http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/04/24/interesting-story-re-ryders-ic-title-win-at-wrestlemania-32/


Hey Scott! Been reading your blogs for YEARS and bought all of your books.


So it may have seemed odd and random that Zack Ryder, out of all superstars, won the ladder match at WM 32, only to lose it the next night to the Miz.

So as you know – Zack Ryder is a Long Island native, thus making him an Islanders fan as a result. My friend and I were at Game 3 at the Barclay Center, waiting on line for some beers when we see this guy yelling "RYDERMANIA!". At first, we didn’t think much of it, until he yells "ZACK RYDER!" at us.

Being perplexed by all of this, we ask him "Yeah, we know of him, how do you know we’re wrestling fans?" We get to talking, and we find out he is ZACK RYDER’S BROTHER! Yeah, trust me, this is definitely weird right place, right time type of deal.

We BS for a little bit, and he tells us that Zack was originally not supposed to win the title (as you can probably guess). Apparently, the OTHER wrestlers in the match PETITIONED to have Zack win the match and get his Wrestlemania moment.

I swear I can’t make this up, and considering he lost to the Miz the next night, and is now completely out of the IC title picture, it only seems to make sense now. Pretty cool of the other guys to do that, considering how selfish of a business this could be.

So there you go! A random exclusive for the Blog of Doom!

Thank you Scott for all of your dedication and hard work. If you end up posting this, would you mind plugging our new wrestling podcast as well?

It is the "Wretched Wrestling Podcast" – you can find us on iTunes or you can listen to us at www.wretchedwrestling.podomatic.com

Thanks Scott!

Fred Robinson

[GD]

Chyna stuff

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[#1-norm-fan]

As meaningless as the titles mean in the big picture at this point, I can see them doing that. One night is not gonna mean shit for the title. Because it already means shit. But for Zack Ryder, who seems to be a likeable guy, it's gonna mean a fuckton. And it will also be a COMPLETELY unpredictable, memorable moment for WrestleMania. So... fuck it. Why not? Good call.

[#1-norm-fan]

That being said, making the title something worth winning again would be just swell.

[GD]

http://www.wwe.com/f/2016/04/Luke_Gallows_pro--a40c9d97c1b33abaac66be1473a7a020.png

[Mr. Nerfect]

Interesting about Zack Ryder's title win.

Sad to hear about Dolph's brother. :(

[Bad News Gertner]

Watched Kevin Nash Timeline WCW 1997.

Lol did you know Glacier was undefeated for an entire year

[Emperor Smeat]

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iG22PGCgR58/VyJb0LLQxoI/AAAAAAAAG5c/QmKdgLHzQ9gl53o3-2mMN15cG7xxCvW2ACLcB/s320/WMX06.gif

[Sixx]

Watched Kevin Nash Timeline WCW 1997.

Lol did you know Glacier was undefeated for an entire year

That guy was hilarious.

Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat gimmick.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Watched Kevin Nash Timeline WCW 1997.

Lol did you know Glacier was undefeated for an entire year

Any other good stuff?

[drave]

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iG22PGCgR58/VyJb0LLQxoI/AAAAAAAAG5c/QmKdgLHzQ9gl53o3-2mMN15cG7xxCvW2ACLcB/s320/WMX06.gif


BAH GAWD! One of the best tombstone's ever.

[Volare]

Jericho is still the best. This was the best of RAW for me.

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QHkfAP5Ukxg?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
......

Even with Y2Asscrack :)

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Watched Kevin Nash Timeline WCW 1997.

Lol did you know Glacier was undefeated for an entire year

Haven't seen that one so put it on now. Starting off with a shoot fight between Saggs and Hall means it's going to be great.

[DaveWadding]

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iG22PGCgR58/VyJb0LLQxoI/AAAAAAAAG5c/QmKdgLHzQ9gl53o3-2mMN15cG7xxCvW2ACLcB/s320/WMX06.gif

Owen 3:16

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Nash settling with a guy suing him for 1 dollar and a letter written in crayon is fantastic.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Could listen to Nash talk wrestling all day. They should do one of these for every year of his career.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://s32.postimg.org/ns8y4naqt/13124887_1067945699910545_8360740747541262039_n.jpg

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol Nash is wonderful

[Vastardikai]

http://s32.postimg.org/ns8y4naqt/13124887_1067945699910545_8360740747541262039_n.jpg

dat booty is not booty.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

How long before HHH vs Shane in the main event for the championship of the BUSINESS THIS BUSINESS THEY ARE THIS BUSINESS.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I was expecting it for Extreme Rules. I guess it could be SummerSlam now.

[Mercenary]

BAH GAWD! One of the best tombstone's ever.


Dont tell that to SCSA

[DaveWadding]

http://s32.postimg.org/ns8y4naqt/13124887_1067945699910545_8360740747541262039_n.jpg

I'd eat those Booty-Os....

[Volare]

http://s32.postimg.org/ns8y4naqt/13124887_1067945699910545_8360740747541262039_n.jpg

The looks on those faces are priceless.

[Volare]

Jericho just tweeted " it's been real @wwe...see you next time.


Damn guess he's gone again.

[Droford]

Real what?

[GD]

Not his best run.

[Schlomey]

anyone wanna link me to that nash 97 vid?

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Yeah same here

[Jordan]

Yeah me too

[Jordan]

Not his best run.

By far not his worst though. He really picked it up this month.

[Emperor Smeat]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/Pescado/Mobile%20Uploads/image_3.png

[GD]

Jack Swagger paying homage to Eva Marie

http://i.imgur.com/L2bMKYI.gif

[Emperor Smeat]

Supposedly WWE's quest to get Reigns over as "The Guy" no matter the cost or backlash is going as far as editing fan signs in official pictures of their shows.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE is changing fan signs in their photos. This sign originally said &quot;When it reigns ir bores&quot; as shown w bottom pic <a href="https://t.co/VhATVBv6Lt">pic.twitter.com/VhATVBv6Lt</a></p>&mdash; Richy Wilson (@RichyWilson) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichyWilson/status/727043111646425089">May 2, 2016</a></blockquote>
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WWE using the bottom picture as the main picture for Payback's recap is what tipped the person off about the changes.
http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwepayback/2016

[owenbrown]

Their stockholders have to be pissed about this censorship.

[Volare]

I hope so at least.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lynch time!

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/61/bd/80/61bd805d6d4411193b701fd1cee1cd5c.jpg

http://cdn3.whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Becky-Lynch-Instagram.jpg

[Droford]

New women's title isn't in that lol

[Lock Jaw]

http://i.imgur.com/YXomkxN.gif

[Lock Jaw]

https://66.media.tumblr.com/46395b9de05e076a30a9eae7bf82abfe/tumblr_o6kdq3aEUq1rmv1vdo4_250.gif

[Lock Jaw]

http://i.imgur.com/KWemh6e.gif

[GD]

Ha!

[drave]

LolJaw

[Mercenary]

http://i.imgur.com/KWemh6e.gif



lol

[drave]

https://66.media.tumblr.com/46395b9de05e076a30a9eae7bf82abfe/tumblr_o6kdq3aEUq1rmv1vdo4_250.gif


Dunno, she seems different.

[Innovator]

5 years older?

[drave]

I dunno, just looks much different. More so than a "5 yrs older" thing.

Think maybe it is her "grannie panties" type underwear she wears with that outfit. Used to seeing something like:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/frsports-bucket-0001/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/03/06180415/Mrs-Miz-Courtesy-of-WWE.com_.jpg

[drave]

Definitely something in her face.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Mainly just caught the main event and some of the charlotte stuff. I heard there was a suffocating amount of Stephanie which makes me sad. But I find promise in the final sequence featuring Roman putting AJ through a table and it having nothing to do with the authority.

[Evil Vito]

I can't believe that a McMahon power struggle is still a focal storyline in 2016.

[Evil Vito]

Well actually I CAN believe it and in fact fully expect Shane and Steph's kids to end up on TV eventually, but it's no less depressing.

[Hanso Amore]

Dunno, she seems different.

She's older, gained a little weight. Also her cheeks are different,might be some work.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I think Maryse is overrated. She does those stupid hand motions and it doesn't seem at all genuine. I dunno I get she is hollywood hot, but she is fucking boring as sin.

[Tom Guycott]

http://s32.postimg.org/ns8y4naqt/13124887_1067945699910545_8360740747541262039_n.jpg

She just needs to become an on-air addition to the group. Call her the "visual aide".

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Okay, I'm completely sold. <a href="https://t.co/oY7tN0gJP7">pic.twitter.com/oY7tN0gJP7</a></p>&mdash; DTAM (@DeathToAllMarks) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeathToAllMarks/status/726975794656980992">May 2, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Tom Guycott]

http://i.imgur.com/KWemh6e.gif

I was originally about to say something about how this should be interspliced with that Vince having an orgasm .gif... but then for some reason, I just thought about the running gag of Henning* magically pulling things from his nipples, seemed like it would be funnier if this were a series of Cesaro stripping the suit to reveal new things each time. Like a gimp suit, or a Steve-O tattoo or somesuch silliness.