"100,001" Replies (Wrestling Forum)

[Tom Guycott]

Also, the running speculation about "what's different" about Maryse is lacking the super obvious observation of her being significantly less orange now. She's still not my cup of tea, (kinda for the same reason GDN said) but she actually looks more human now and less cartoony.

[Nicky Fives]

Maryse looks like every French Canadian early-30's MILF I've ever seen....

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Gerard]

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.

Just more recycled Shite from the "creative geniuses" at WWE.

[Savio]

They are corrupting poor young Jojo :(

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Was so upset with Steve Austin putting over Stephanie so hard on his podcast this week with Wade Keller. She has certain talents, but is such an unbelievably selfish performer that it takes away any positive she can offer. Nobody is allowed to get over because it may steal Steph's thunder (unless you are Roman Reigns, then you can accidentally spear her).

I don't know why she needs to be ALL OVER the show, let the product be fun, you don't need to cast your stench in every single fucking storyline.

[Bad News Gertner]

Pretty much why I don't bother with any of those podcasts anymore.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Pretty much why I don't bother with any of those podcasts anymore.

I like Austins. But I prefer non wrestler wrestling podcasts.

[Bad News Gertner]

You really should give the Between the Sheets and 6:05 The Superpodcast a shot. I think you'd really enjoy them. Lol plus Seth82 got named dropped on the 6:05 podcast so he's now a celebrity

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

yeah I probably will. Still working my way through the attitude era podcast.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

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Honestly, what is she doing here? What is so entertaining about this lol she looks like a complete idiot

[Bad News Gertner]

Don't you be bad mouthing my girlfriend. I just lost my Ryback. I can't take much more stress!

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Maryse is clearly using the WWE for a platform to pursue her desired career in mimery

[Lock Jaw]

Honestly, what is she doing here?

Pooping out the Miz

[KaosDarksol]

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This reminds me so much of that Cleveland Show episode with Ric Flair. He belongs on adult cartoons.

[Emperor Smeat]

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Eric "Enzo Amore" Arndt suffered a severe concussion according to those close to him.

Arndt was injured in the early moments of the Enzo & Cass vs. Vaudevillains tag team match. He was sliding under the bottom rope but he got caught in the ropes with his head hitting the middle rope and the back of his head hit the mat near the apron. He rolled to the floor. Simon Gotch grabbed him when he shouldn't have but the match was quickly stopped and he was carried to the back on a stretcher and rushed to a local hospital where he underwent a CAT Scan.

He was able to remember everything before the match and able to move his extremeties.

He was discharged from the hospital before the show was over.
Update to recent Enzo injury news

Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Ryback is currently in the midst of trademark battle with WWE over “The Big Guy” … and the issue has only continued to escalate less than 24 hours after he was sent home from Monday Night RAW.

According to the USPTO … Ryan Reeves, a.k.a. Ryback, filed a trademark on “The Big Guy” back in October for “conducting entertainment exhibitions in the nature of performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer.” However, WWE filed the exact same trademark just 3 months later.

Reeves’ filing was published for opposition this morning — which means any contending sides have 30 days to fight the filing or it’s his — but this doesn’t necessarily means Reeves pulled the trigger.

It’s possible WWE had their legal team push the USPTO to publish so they could oppose. It could also just be a random coincidence.

So Dave Meltzer said that Ryback had a meeting regarding a new contract (the current one is expiring in few months) with HHH or Vince. Ryback didn't like their offer, and apparently the discussion ended with Vince suggesting him going home. Unless there is a reconciliation, that's it. He is going to be paid for the rest of his contract. Dave said the CM Punk entrance and the "pre-show stopper" thing are signs that he is clearly not happy with his current situation. Meltzer said there are speculations of him going to NJPW, but they already have Michael Elgin, who has a very similar style.

Ryback was originally scheduled for Battle Royal on Raw.

The first show of the so-called new era, with Shane and Stephanie McMahon running Raw led to a ratings increase to 3.43 million viewers, coming the day after Payback.

The number was up 10 percent from the seasonal record low of 3.12 million viewers set last week ...

The three hours of Raw were:

8 p.m. 3.46 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.46 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.38 million viewers

Besides the increase from last week, the 3rd hour drop being very small was also good news for this week. Could be a possible sign the past few weeks have managed to get crowds interested again or just a very boring day yesterday since RAW and the NBA playoff games were the only shows to do 3+ million for viewers.

The whole thing is that they want him to be the guy that does charity work. So the new gimmick is that everyone loves to boo him, they really like him, but they love to boo him. I am not saying it is true, in fact this is absolutely not true, but that is how they are attempting to position the fact that people are booing him. The positioning is not that "oh, he didn't get over", the positioning is that "oh, everyone is having so much fun booing him", because we like to boo him. That is what they are trying to potray.
In regards to their current stance with Reigns and crowds.

Hulk Hogan aka Terry Bollea has filed a second lawsuit against Gawker, claiming the company was responsible for leaking the contents of a sealed document which led to the end of his relationship with WWE.

Bollea's side has claimed that Gawker was responsible for leaking the contents of the tape of Hogan's racist remarks to The National Enquirer, which published them. When the WWE was informed that the remarks were coming out, they immediately severed all ties with Hogan and tried to remove most of the mentions of Hogan from its web site, including his name from their Hall of Fame ...

Hogan is also suing Florida DJ Mike Calta, known as Cowhead, who he claimed sent at least one of the secretly recorded sex tapes to Gawker.

Prosecutors in the Jimmy Snuka homicide case involving Nancy Argentino are asking the judge to force the wrestlers' lawyer to hand over a psychologist's report before a hearing next week to determine if Snuka is competent to stand trial. According to the Allentown Morning Call, Chief Deputy Attorney Charles Gallagher wrote that he has repeatedly asked attorney Robert J. Kirwan to share Dr. Frank M. Dattillo's report and that Kirwan has refused to turn it over. Kirwan told Gallagher, "No, your expert should be able to complete his evaluation without copying off my expert," according to the motion filed. Snuka is due back in court on 5/13 where Judge Kelly Banach will hear from mental health experts before deciding whether Snuka is competent to stand trial.

The market was not thrilled with WWE's new attempt at increasing revenue by reducing sign-ins on the Network as WWE stock fell 72 cents today, down to 16.89. For comparison, the NYSE Composite Index fell to 10,365.82 which was a price decrease of 130.50 points or 1.24%.
They pretty much saw right through WWE's sneaky attempt at artificially boosting Network numbers.

WWE announced today that Shane McMahon would "tell all" in a podcast hosted by Mick Foley on May 23rd, after Raw on the WWE Network.

It's notable that this is the first time Foley has hosted a show of this type on the network, as the shows have usually been hosted by Steve Austin, Chris Jericho or John Layfield.


Some other sheet news includes:

A recent article from Sports Business Daily hinted a decline or small burst in the live sports tv market is currently happening with lower tier sports (ex. UFC) and sports-like shows (ex. WWE) to be affected the most. Basis for their claims is recent new tv deals for smaller college conferences and sporting events ended up being smaller than previous deals. If it lasts for a couple of years, could end up having a negative effect on the next WWE tv contract. http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2016/05/02/In-Depth/Media-rights.aspx
WWE's newest book called "WWE: 100 Greatest Matches" will be released next week.
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, yesterday was The Rock's 44th birthday.

[Droford]

Convinced that Roman Reigns "the guy" is a shot at Ryback over the "the big guy" trademark

[Juan]

Definitely something in her face.

I've been saying the same thing. Kinda looks like she had some work done. Not that she looks bad or anything, but it bugs me/I notice it every time I see her now.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Zayn talking about the Nakamura match on Jerichos podcast:

Zayn said that he and Nakamura did not so much as touch prior to their match at NXT TakeOver: Dallas.

"I think I met him literally once. And we've had very parallel careers. He started [at] the same time as me. I think I started two months before him or something. [Him] 14 years, me 14 years. He was in New Japan. I never worked New Japan, so we never worked. We've met maybe once. We never touched and I remember Matt Bloom, who's head of the [WWE Performance Center] now, was saying, 'hey, maybe you guys want to get in the PC and spar a little or something like that. I don't want the first time you guys get in the ring ever, the first time you touch, to be at this big match'. And unbeknownst to me, [Nakamura] said the same thing I said, 'no, no, no, I prefer that', which is a dangerous thing, but it's what I know. Yes, I prefer for the first time to be in the show, instead of a 'hey, lets feel it out in the ring' [and] feel how this guy moves and stuff. So we ended up putting something together."

[VSG]

That's pretty amazing.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Volare]

Well then.

[Innovator]

Tranquilo

[Sepholio]

Happy trails Ryback.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Sepholio]

It sucks to see what The Brain is going through. :(

[Black Widow]

I hope 2016 doesn't take Heenan but wouldn't be shocked.

[Emperor Smeat]

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On Tuesday, Ray Leppan (aka WWE's Adam Rose) released the contents of a letter from his doctor on his Twitter account.

He indicated from the account that his second wellness failure suspension was for using Aderall to combat ADHD, a diagnosis his doctor claimed that he made more than one year ago and that Leppan said that WWE officials have known about the entire time.
http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/wwes-adam-rose-releases-doctors-letter-still-shocked-suspension-212141

This week's TNA Impact Wrestling episode, featuring Mike Bennett vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Bobby Lashley in the main event, drew 303,000 viewers.

This is down 9% from last week's 332,000 viewers for Sacrifice and the previous week's 312,000 viewers, but up from the 286,000 from the week before that.

Mick Foley noted on Twitter that Steve Austin is not the host for the Shane McMahon podcast on the WWE Network due to a prior obligation.

As noted earlier, Batista was Chris Jericho's guest on a recent episode of the Talk Is Jericho podcast.

During the interview, Batista talked about first starting with WWE and being given the Batista name. He noted that Devon botched his name when he first introduced him and called him "Bastita," so Devon had to re-dub his promo.

He also talked about his gimmick early in his WWE career where he was angry all the time. Batista said that the storyline was supposed to eventually reveal that he was "a rape child," and that he was hateful of everybody because he had no father and his mother was raped.

"That shows you how much the company has changed," Batista said.

While filming Lucha Underground's third season last week, Angelico suffered an injury. SPLX Apparel, which sponsors Angelico as part of their "team" of professional wrestlers, provided the following update on their official website.

"Angélico suffered an injury that resulted in him visiting the hospital whilst filming for Lucha Underground.
The injury suffered a discolated elbow and a fractured radius cup. SPLX’s latest athlete is set to miss 2 months of action.

We met and we talked but it was nothing special. If anything it was just more about our health. We had some more laughs than anything about Ric Flair and stuff like that. Triple H was very cordial to me and treated me like a million bucks. He treated me great and I have no complaints about anything. He treated me really good and so did Stephanie for that matter. With Stephanie I felt that she was honestly or genuinely worried about me when I had the cancer. I think she was just really glad to see me. Maybe it was the same with Triple H. That can never be a bad thing. I sensed a lot of sincerity there on everyone’s part. From Vince down to Triple H to Shane. Shane was very gracious and had some really nice things to say about me that I had forgot about. I was a very protective guy of Shane years ago when he was just a young guy in the business. I looked out for him a lot and I think it was nice for him to tell me that. That he never forgot how much I looked out for him and protected him from a lot of the vices and evils that were lurking about in pro wrestling.
From a recent podcast episode Bret Hart had which also included Vince being the one who suggested the screwjob ending to the Natty-Charlotte match, Bret trying to persuade Vince to do something else instead, and his reaction to the Enzo injury as it happened (though Enzo snapped his neck). http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/705109-bret-hart-on-catching-up-with-triple-h-we-had-more-laughs-than-anything-about-ric-flair-talks-preparing-for-match-with-natalya-more

"Oh man that's a good question. We knew that we were pretty hot when we started getting feelers out from pretty much every company that exists. So we pretty much said to ourselves, 'Hey, let's accept an offer,' because at this point in time, we were pretty burnt out doing the independent schedule that was pretty much nuts. We were doing triple shots literally every weekend. Flying out of Los Angeles Thursday night, getting home Monday morning. So it wasn't much time at home at all so we figured, 'Hey, let's sign somewhere where we could make some good money, but in the meantime spend the time with our families, you know?' With that being said, Ring of Honor came up to us with a deal that we pretty much couldn't refuse. They also said, 'Hey, we know New Japan is about part of your career. We'll keep that on the table as well as PWG.' That was pretty much set in stone, we said, 'Alright, this feels like what's right.' It was the best offer financially that we were given, that was on the table, so we figured let's try it out for a year and see what's up. We're what, five months in?"
From a longer interview the Young Bucks had with WrestleInc involving why they went with PWG (and ROH) for their new contracts instead of other places like WWE. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016/0504/611411/young-bucks-talk-exclusive-contract/


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Some other sheet news includes:

WWE currently selling some of the giant cereal from New Day's Mania entrance for the low, low price of $300 each. http://auction.wwe.com/iSynApp/auctionDisplay.action?auctionId=1098014
According to the Observer, Enzo Amore likely suffered a head injury prior to the big concussion injury at the end of the Enzo/Cass vs Vaudevillans match at Payback. Landed awkwardly from a kick Aiden pulled off earlier as a counter and might have still been winded going into the spot with Gotch. Gif of the Aiden counter spot: https://gyazo.com/0a63fd1169b0a62b605256f4c1570c1e
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, AJ Styles recently became the 10th wrestler in WWE history to have two of his first 5 singles matches involve the WWE title. Last time it happened was in 2010 with Wade Barrett. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4hwa9t/at_extreme_rules_aj_styles_becomes_just_the_10th
NXT's Cameron likely could be the next wrestler in WWE's doghouse after being vocal in social media with her support for Ryback in his current dispute with the company.

[Lock Jaw]

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[Lock Jaw]

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[Emperor Smeat]

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[GD]

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[Evil Vito]

:love: that Rusev video. He's the best.

They never should have bothered with the League of Nations. WWE can't ever keep a proper heel stable together long enough for people to invest in it any more.

[Emperor Smeat]

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Another aspect is that Reigns is also working as a babyface, but the crowds hate him. Going against Styles has led to him not just being booed on PPVs and TVs, but now he’s also getting booed more heavily on the house shows. But for all the complaints about this being a sign people don’t want him, the people who boo the loudest pay the most for tickets, and the only thing where McMahon will truly pay attention to people’s voices, the masses not buying tickets, is the one thing that audience that boos the loudest can’t do.
Observer on what it will really take for Vince to change his mind or go in a new direction with Reigns. Previously hinted the WWE is already on full blown Cena mode with Reigns in regards to thinking the crowd is just booing for fun or its good for him to have mixed reactions.

There is also talk of doing a Global Women's tournament on the Network next, as well as continuing the annual Dusty Rhodes tag team tournament in NXT. The women’s tournament will be like the cruiserweight tournament, mixing current talent with non-roster talent in what amounts to tryout matches.

The WWE Global cruiserweight series has been given a name change, to just the Cruiserweight Classic. There may be changes in the taping schedule as well but that isn't official.

On his podcast, Steve Austin said the reason Shane McMahon is doing the WWE's interview with Mick Foley and not himself is that he is rehabbing his right shoulder, where he had recent surgery for a rotator cuff injury as well as a torn labrum and AC joint injury, suffered at WrestleMania match when he was doing the in-ring angle. His arm is currently in a sling for four weeks and said he was going to go to Baltimore to do the interview but felt he didn't want to jeopardize the recovery of the shoulder.

Shinsuke Nakamura’s t-shirt that was released on 5/2 in Japan has already sold out. All sizes sold out in just a few hours. His t-shirts are also among the best-selling items on WWEShop.com behind The New Day’s “Booty-O” shirts. That’s very impressive when you consider that Nakamura’s TV exposure is limited to WWE Network programming.

WWE’s upcoming tour of Japan in July sold out within 5 minutes. Nakamura and Asuka will be wrestling on those shows.

His official theme “The Rising Sun” was the first WWE theme to reach 1 million views on YouTube. As of this writing, the theme is approaching 1.5 million YouTube views. At one point, the song was listed as the number 1 soundtrack on the iTunes charts.

Regarding Eric Young on NXT last night, he hasn't signed a deal with WWE as of yet.

After the NXT tapings on Thursday of last week, Paul Levesque introduced Sean Hayes as the new strength and conditioning coach. Hayes was the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Houston Texans. He replaces Matt Wichlinski who has been in that position for a few years and whose name came up in some talent complaints during the time that Bill DeMott was let go. Hayes is best known for doing an impersonation of Randy Savage last year which aired on the HBO TV show Hard Knocks.

Randy Orton, who has been out of action with a shoulder injury since November, is still rehabbing. It’s said that his rehab is coming much slower than expected, but he is recovering from the injury. Orton is expected to start training in Orlando at the WWE Performance Center soon for his comeback in mid-June.

Orton spoke to AfterBuzz TV last month and commented on the injury.

“I had a match October (12) in Chicago. My shoulder got stretched back, and I had a repair 12 years ago that was destroyed. I had a little pain, got an MRI and was told (they) had to fix my shoulder again,” Orton explains. “I had a new guy do it and had a stabilization done that they do to rugby players get, and they’re some tough customers.

“I still have 5-10 years left, but who knows? I feel like I’m nowhere near done.”

Naomi disclosed via Twitter today that she has been rehabbing a torn tendon in her ankle:

I'm ok...just rehabbing a torn tendon in my ankle will be back soon???? #naomob I'm good???? https://t.co/cy3C4yOeAm
— Trinity Fatu (@NaomiWWE) May 5, 2016

Given the current situation with Ryback and WWE, this might get interesting. Ryback in October last year applied to trademark "The Big Guy" while WWE initiated their own application in January this year. Ryback's application is closer to being finalized, being in the "published to be opposition" phase.
Update to the trademark dispute between Ryback and the WWE.

Overnight, WWE star Adam Rose pulled all of his Twitter postings about his WWE Wellness Policy suspension last month.

Rose had initially written on Twitter that he wanted the truth behind his suspension to be made public, even if it was at the cost of his own job, because he wanted his sons, when they were old enough, to know what had happened and not assume the worst about him when it came to drugs.

Rose later published a note from his Doctor, which stated he was being treated for adult ADHD and prescribed Adderall and that the prescription was following all "proper protocol." Rose wrote that WWE was aware for over a year that he was taking the prescribed medication.

Rose was suspended for 60 days, his second violation of the company's policy. WWE has not commented on Rose's suspension beyond initially announcing it.

AUX reports that several pro wrestling related items were among the items found in Prince's secret vault.

One was a Morris Day-narrated documentary on WWE Hall of Famer Koko B. Ware.

Another project was titled Bockwinkel, perhaps after the WWE Hall of Famer Nick Bockwinkel. It was described as an "unreleased hard rock project" with Bob Mould, who was a huge wrestling fan and worked as a WCW writer at one point.

Prince also had a project called The Undertaker, which may not be related to the WWE Superstar. This was described as a "frequently bootlegged live-in-the-studio performance notable for a Rolling Stones cover."

We were told that there’s been a lot of talk within WWE lately, between talents and not publicly, about how a popular veteran is partying too much. We have heard a name from two sources and don’t feel comfortable revealing it at this point, but may if something changes.

The behavior has gotten so bad that it’s affecting his in-ring work, according to those talking, and some have talked privately about not wanting to work with the veteran anymore.

It’s interesting that there’s been some talk from fans this year about how this same WWE Superstar has “phoned it in” during some of his recent matches and feuds.
Being speculated online it might be either Jericho or Alberto Del Rio assuming any of it is actually true.


Some other news includes:

EVOLVE's Gabe Sapolsky had a recent interview with Uprox website involving EVOLVE's current partnership with the WWE, WWE's upcoming cruiserweight tournament, and CM Punk's being influential in the growing popularity of indie wrestlers in the WWE. http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/its-gonna-break-the-mold-gabe-sapolsky-on-the-global-cruiserweight-series-and-the-state-of-pro-wrestling/3/
Cameroon recently clarified her stance on supporting Ryback in his dispute with the WWE. Also her response to people bashing her opinion as being worthless because she's not talented as a wrestler.
http://www.pwinsider.com/article/101804/cameron-explains-what-she-meant-when-she-showed-support-for-ryback-and-she-wonders-about-some-of-the-fans.html?p=1
Courtsey of SquaredCircle, one of Chris Jericho's books sheds some light on money problems wrestlers have with the WWE in regards to what they think they are getting paid compared to what Vince thinks they are really worth. Jericho's book example was Mania 18 and how he got paid less because Vince felt people only cared more about Triple H in their match. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4i1ahf/intersting_story_back_in_2002_from_jerichos/
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, 111 years ago today marked the crowning of the first ever official world heavyweight champion in wrestling.
According to reports, Lucha Underground's tv networks recently ordered an extra 13 episodes for Season 3's tapings.
Lucha Underground was also recently added to Infinity's Online Streaming service. http://tvgo.xfinity.com/watch/Lucha-Underground/8792031991965095112/full-episodes#episode=7464692895404302112
According to the Observer, Will Ospreay's contract with NJPW is for 2 years in length. https://twitter.com/enuhito_eng/status/728058758614540288

[Lock Jaw]

If Jericho is "phoning it in", he is doing a damn good job while doing so.

[#1-norm-fan]

Austin got hurt doing that angle at WrestleMania?

... Yeah, he's never wrestling again.

[Evil Vito]

I know they've kept commentary largely intact on the Network but I just stumbled across one line I'm pretty shocked they didn't remove.

8/1/02 SmackDown. Eric Bischoff sitting at ringside only for Stephanie to inform him that she has stolen 2 superstars from Raw: out come Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero.

Michael Cole: "Eric Bischoff looks like he's seen not one but two ghosts!"

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Hahaha

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[Big Vic]

Ewww Smosh

[GD]

Is what I thought as well. Those guys don't know much about wraslin' as it is.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[drave]

Do rag Vince vs Karate Gi Bischoff ONLY!

[Fignuts]

If Jericho is "phoning it in", he is doing a damn good job while doing so.

I dunno, I mentioned in the mania thread how in all his matches with Styles, Jericho seemed a half step behind. Like he couldn't keep up. So all the intricate moves and counters they did looked a little awkward.

He's still Jericho, so the matches were still good, but everything lacked the fluidity that you would expect from these two, and that kept it from being great.

Also could explain Jericho's beer gut, although that could also just be age catching up.

[drave]

Jericho's gut defines beer gut now? Some fans are so fickle :P

[Disturbed316]

Jericho mentions on his podcast quite a bit about going out and drinking with the boys...

[Lock Jaw]

I dunno, I mentioned in the mania thread how in all his matches with Styles, Jericho seemed a half step behind. Like he couldn't keep up. So all the intricate moves and counters they did looked a little awkward.

He's still Jericho, so the matches were still good, but everything lacked the fluidity that you would expect from these two, and that kept it from being great.

Also could explain Jericho's beer gut, although that could also just be age catching up.

Dunno, thought it was great/he was great.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Jericho has been awesome lately. His matches haven't been the best, but I don't always want them to be. Too much of anything isn't good.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Rusev has been the stand-out of League of Nations, by far. He seems like a logical choice for next US Champion.

[Sixx]

There's a stable called League of Nations?

Now that's silly.

[Sixx]

Also, how is AJ Styles main eventing already?

I'm not saying he's a bad wrestler, but he just started out in the WWE. Seems odd.

[Simple Fan]

He stole the show at Payback and is really carrying WWE at their moment with all the injuries.

[Sixx]

He was already main eventing Payback, wasn't he?

I just don't remember anyone getting to main event PPVs so soon. Unless it was some big name returning.

[Simple Fan]

He did get a rocket push to be a non WWE guy.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Two of AJ Styles first five singles matches have been WWE Title matches. Don't get too excited though, the last time that happened it was Wade Barrett.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Two of AJ Styles first five singles matches have been WWE Title matches. Don't get too excited though, the last time that happened it was Wade Barrett.

Do you mean PPV? AJ has had matches against Kevin Owens, The Miz, Tyler Breese, Sami Zayn, Chris Jericho on television.

He has been pushed fast because everybody knows he's not a rookie. He is the Phenomenal AJ Styles.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Yeah, probably.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I don't think they intended him to work as well as he has been. His promos and his ring work have been stellar. His charisma has translated. He's a top guy.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm curious to see where he ends up after this Reigns program though. Do they call up Balor? Is he aligned with Styles or does he stand against him? Could be some curious stuff.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Would kill for the WWE to get their hands on Christopher Daniels and run the Styles/Joe/Daniels Triple Threat.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I've got a feeling Moose will end up in EVOLVE/NXT when he ROH contract expires later this year.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Needs a better ring name than "Moose" though.

[Vastardikai]

Needs a better ring name than "Moose" though.

I suggest Jughead.

[Sixx]

who the hell is moose

[Lock Jaw]

Wasn't Moose that "large woman" rassler that TNA had?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Yeah, they did have someone using that name. His real name is Quinn Ojinnaka or something like that. He used to play in the NFL but has been working really hard on becoming a good professional wrestler.

He's billed as being 6'5, 295lbs. He's kind of like a less-chiseled, apparently bigger, black, probably better in the ring, Bill Goldberg.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Has anyone seen Nikki Storm work? She's a Scottish lass that got signed to the WWE. She looks pretty.

[Sixx]

Yeah, just googled the guy.

Looks like he was kinda shit in NFL.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Yeah, it does, but you don't really need to bring that up.

[Lock Jaw]

Ohhhhhhh, so it's another rassler, and it is a man..... I would occasionally hear people talk about "Moose", and always thought it was that chick who was in TNA for a few weeks and I would always think "What, is she actually good or something?"

[Mr. Nerfect]

Hahaha, I've had the same thoughts myself, don't worry.

[Sixx]

Yeah, it does, but you don't really need to bring that up.

There's not much to learn about him from the wiki article other than that.

Well, I could have maybe mentioned he was arrested for spitting at his wife.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by WWE Bad News Friday:
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WWE released at least eight performers today: Wade Barrett, Hornswoggle, Cameron, Alex Riley, Zeb Colter, El Torito, Santino Marella, and Damien Sandow. As per usual, most of these performers had not been used on TV much lately, except in a few cases. Wade Barret had already made it known that he was not going to re-sign in June when his current contract expired. Hornswaggle had not been used at all in many months especially after his wellness policy failure and suspension.
Observer hinting the domestic market for all of the recently released won't be as good as in past years due to the bigger companies having full rosters or money problems and the smaller ones not making good money these days. Also Pro Wrestling Sheet teased there are more names set to be announced for the roster cleaning.

Just a few hours after several WWE talents were released, two of those talents are already booked for Global Force Wrestling/WrestlePro shows.

Hornswoggle and Zeb Colter have both been announced for the June 11 show in Keyport, New Jersey. You can check out the announcements from Global Force Wrestling below. Hornswoggle will be using the name 'Swoggle.'
Promoter of WrestlePro already hinted at the possibility of doing a WeeLC match with Swoogle for the show.

Former NXT Tag Team champion Wesley Blake is out with a MCL injury.
WWE's hottest group The Injured Guys stable claimed a new member

Tamina underwent an undisclosed operation this past week and is back out of action.

Bobby Roode was briefly advertised for the NXT UK tour by the WWE's Twitter this morning, but the tweet was later pulled.

While not official, the belief is that both Roode and Eric Young will be signed and officially part of the NXT roster soon ...

Young wrestled Samoa Joe on this week's NXT TV show, losing clean in the middle to Joe's choke sleeper. He hadn't signed a deal but the feeling was it was a tryout of sorts, and he did well enough in the match and on the microphone that it was expected he'd end up with a deal.

Young had done an interview with Niagara This Week claiming that he was working on a deal, but that it wasn't signed and sealed yet.

The 5/5 episode of Smackdown did 2,346,000 viewers, up from last week's 2,109,000 viewers.

TMZ found Stephanie McMahon and asked her if Chyna was going to go into the WWE Hall of Fame. Triple H, when asked about this on the Stone Cold Podcast last year, basically shot the idea down, saying it was a double-edged sword because she had contributed so much to the business, but at the same time if some 8-year-old heard she went into the Hall of Fame and didn't know who she was, they might Google her and come across all sorts of unsavory material. Well, Steph, on the spot with a TMZ camera in her face, said there was no denying the contributions she had made to the business and of course she was going to be inducted. Hunter has also softened his stance since her passing so it appears a lock she will be going in.

BRISCOE/RODERICK STRONG VS. HIROSHI TANAHASHI/TOMOHIRO ISHII/KAZUCHIKA OKADA

ACH VS. TETSUYA NAITO

ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLE THREAT
REDRAGON (KYLE O'REILLY & BOBBY FISH) VS. WAR MACHINE (RAYMOND ROWE & HANSON) VS. THE ADDICTION (CHRISTOPHER DANIELS & FRANKIE KAZARIAN)

MARK BRISCOE VS. JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER

ALEX SHELLEY & CHRIS SABIN VS. RPG VICE (ROCKY ROMERO & BERRETA)

LIO RUSH VS. MOOSE W/ STOKELY HATHAWAY VS. DALTON CASTLE W/ THE BOYS VS. MICHAEL ELGIN

SILAS YOUNG VS. KUSHIDA

CEDRIC ALEXANDER W/ VEDA SCOTT VS. DONOVAN DIJAK W/ PRINCE NANA

ANX (RHETT TITUS & KENNY KING) VS. GUERRILAS OF DESTINY (TAMA TONGA & TANGA ROA)

MATT SYDAL VS. GEDO
Current card for the upcoming ROH-NJPW ppv in New York.

The planned deal for AAA to return to PPV in North America looks like it's not happening. Court Bauer, who brokered both that deal and AAA's deal with The Fight Network, is cutting his ties with both AAA and Lucha Underground at the end of the month. With his being gone, the PPV deal for the World Cup and TripleMania this year is off. The belief is the 6/5 show from Los Palacios del Deportes in Mexico City will air on iPPV.
The situation for Mexico's AAA is getting pretty dire with some speculation the company might end up folding or collapsing within the near future. Would be a huge hit to Lucha Underground if it does happen (or AAA continued struggling problems).

Angelico’s injury suffered when he did a springboard move and landed badly on his elbow, was a dislocated elbow and fractured radius cup. He is expected to be out of action for about two months.
Update on Angelico's injury from last week's Season 3 tapings for Lucha Underground.

Priscilla Kelly, who managed Scorpio Sky in a dark match at last week’s tapings, is a 19-year-old reality TV star from “My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding” which airs on TLC. We’re told WWE is aware of her, but right now they have an unwritten rule about not hiring women until they get to be 20 years old.

When ROH COO Joe Koff was on The Ross Report this past week, he mentioned that there has been internal discussion about the television show expanding to two hours. He also said he was open to a deal if WWE wanted to license the company’s archives for the network or for features since a lot of the talent came through ROH.

TNA is attempting to restructure the contracts of all or at least most of the key talent to where they are in control of all their bookings. This is likely a move to have everyone under exclusive deals that they control the schedule of as part of a sale. A lot of the top guys who worked heavy indie schedules and were names coming in have deals where they are under contract to TNA but they book themselves on their off days. The newer contracts with the guys most recently signed put TNA in charge of booking their non-TNA dates. The new deals are for significant money, as they would have to be when you figure that the Hardys, just as an example, can do several thousand dollars a night on a good night in indies between their pay and photo and merchandise money and their trans and hotels are taken care of. Others with names also do well with outside bookings and don’t want to give it up so it’s not an easy decision. The speculation is they want everyone exclusive so they can use that as asset value in the sale.

Whether that means if/when the big deal is consummated that the promotion will be looking at doing a regular house show schedule would make sense, but that’s all speculation and details of negotiations are being kept very quiet. Obviously the people involved have been asking questions as to why the deals are attempting to be restructured and not really gotten answers nor is anyone being told what the sale situation is. Although at least one person was told that when all was said and done when it came to the acquiring of a new investor/owner, the claim was that Dixie Carter and John Gaburick would still be in control. They are also back to offering some fairly significant money deals to those not with the company, similar to what they were doing a few months back.

More on the incident with Ric Flair after tapings on 4/27 at Logan International Airport in Boston, according to Massachusetts State police spokesperson Dave Procopio, is that Flair was waiting to board a Delta flight when he tripped and hit his head on a metal stanchion. State Troopers and an EMT were called and he received medical attention for a cut on his head and was told to rest for a short time. He missed a flight but was booked on the next flight. This was a major story for a day, but ended up being a non-story once the police officers stated that he wasn’t drunk. Flair had an incredible amount of heat on him because the company hates talent being in TMZ, which gave the impression he was drunk and Flair has been in trouble in the past after the situation at the 2013 SummerSlam video game conference interview. The night before Flair used the line “kill yourself” to Natalya at the Smackdown tapings, but since it was a taped show, they edited it out. When the story first broke, there was a lot of talk about what to do because the company doesn’t like TMZ stories that claim talent was drunk, particularly with Ric’s back story. But by later in the afternoon everything was fine, basically once the police reports came out that said he wasn’t drunk and had just tripped and hit his head, it became a non-story.

The latest on the Jimmy Snuka homicide case regarding the 1983 death of Nancy Argentino is that Judge Kelly Banach will hear from mental health experts on 5/13 before deciding whether Snuka is competent to stand trial. If the decision is that Snuka, 72, is not mentally fit for trial, the case could be stalled indefinitely. Some defendants who are declared mentally incompetent for trial are sent to a mental hospital until competence is re-established, but I don’t know would happen in this case. Snuka’s attorney Robert Kirwan, claimed Snuka suffers from post-concussion syndrome and doesn’t understand what he’s being accused of, and that he has trouble remembering the names of family members and didn’t recognize his attorney. Prosecutor Charles Gallagher claimed that Snuka’s mental health was talked about during the grand jury process and detectives with him saw no signs he was mentally impaired. Kirwan refused to share the report from Dr. Frank Dattilio that the defense made regarding Snuka’s mental competency.

Ten days later, Vince called again. He warned me that he was about to tell me something that would make me really angry: Hogan was flat-out refusing to put me over, saying I wasn’t in his league. Vince had decided that Yoko would be getting the belt instead. I couldn’t believe that Hogan would do this to me. I remembered him shaking my hand at WrestleMania IX, and telling me he’d be happy to return the favor. Vince said he’d have one more meeting with Hogan to try to sell him on it, but if he didn’t go for it, I’d work with Lawler at SummerSlam -instead.

Hogan didn’t go for it. I wanted to believe that Vince hadn’t told me the whole story, and I made up my mind to confront Hogan as soon as he’d dropped the belt to Yoko. I’d wait till then, because it didn’t seem right for me to change Yoko’s destiny.

I showed up in the dressing room for King of the Ring in a dark mood and promptly drew a blackboard cartoon of Beefcake with his face buried in Hogan’s ass cheeks with a caption that read, “Be careful, Brutus, you don’t want to loosen the screws in your face . . . speaking of screws . . .” I was taking my frustration out on Beefcake, which wasn’t right, but I was too pissed off to know it at the time.

Bret Hart story from back in the day regarding Mania IX from his book.


Some other sheet news includes:

WWE recently announced the dates for the second UK tour later this year. http://www.pwinsider.com/article/101823/wwe-announces-november-uk-tour-dates.html?p=1
Jim Cornette and The Young Bucks along with Kenny Omega got involved in another Twitter feud recently. This time starting after Cornette called Omega a bad wrestler and his comedic stuff as evidence for his stance. https://twitter.com/MattJackson13/status/728701970706534401
Lita recently praised WWE's current women's division for their hard work on helping to change the perception of the division in the WWE. https://www.instagram.com/p/BFFBqSGgbrn/
According to reports from today's NXT house show, NXT wrestler Kenneth Crawford suffered a serious injury during his match. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4i7ssf/kenneth_crawford_injured_and_stretchered_out_at/
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Only 9 out of the 28 "rookies" involved in NXT season's era are currently still with the WWE. Baring any sudden changes, pretty much guaranteed to be down to at least 8 during the summer once Ryback leaves. Also out of the 9 remaining, only 7 are active wrestlers (Otunga and Byron Saxton being the non-active members). https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4i7700/19_of_the_28_rookies_from_the_original_nxt_series/
For reasons unknown, Adam Rose recently reposted his doctor's note on social media as part of his protest against his recent Wellness suspension.
Eric Young had a recent interview with website NiagaraThisWeek with some highlights including currently working on getting an official WWE contract done and his feelings about leaving TNA. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016/0506/611466/eric-young-talks-wwe-nxt-contract-status/

[Mr. Nerfect]

So when do you think we get Triple H vs. Shane McMahon? SummerSlam or before then? I'm still hoping for Triple H vs. Seth Rollins, but I'm really starting to think that Rollins comes back as a heel.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Apparently Chris Hero and Zack Sabre, Jr. had a bit of a barnburner at EVOLVE 60. Hero looks ridiculous, but is sort of amazing when you look at what a fucking great wrestler he is. Matt Riddle is still turning heads. He's had like less than 30 matches and there are some that seem to be getting **** level critical reception from people.

And also:

EC3 showed up to help Drew Galloway against Johnny Gargano.

[Sixx]

Checked out Chikara roster and it's ridiculous.

Arctic Rescue Ant
Fire Ant
Silver Ant
Soldier Ant
Worker Ant

[Bad News Gertner]

Interesting "Did you know". Kerry Von Erich was a frontrunner for the part of Ivan Drago in Rocky 4 but lost of course to Dolph Lundgren. Nikita Koloff was also considered for the role.

[Vastardikai]

I can't see Kerry as a Russian.

Nikita could have pulled it off, but wasn't as imposing as Lundren. And Koloff is damned imposing.

[Mercenary]

Interesting "Did you know". Kerry Von Erich was a frontrunner for the part of Ivan Drago in Rocky 4 but lost of course to Dolph Lundgren. Nikita Koloff was also considered for the role.


Bull shit

[Frank Drebin]

Bull Fit

[Bad News Gertner]

Bull shit

Apparently it's actually true

[Bad News Gertner]

Awesome Scott Steiner/Sid story. When both were just starting out pre WCW (I believe it was Memphis) Scott Steiner gave Sid a belly to back suplex. Sid landed awkwardly and broke his rib. Sid then went back stage and slapped the shit out of Scott. Scott then drilled Sid in the broken ribs which punctured Sid lung!

[Volare]

Ow.

[Sixx]

Bull shit

Even I heard about it. Von Erich, I mean. Don't recall anything about Koloff.

Supposedly Terry Funk was friends with Stallone and recommended Von Erich for the role, but his audition sucked or something.

[Bad News Gertner]

Kerry Von Erich was as dumb and a pile of bricks. Supposedly Koloff's name had been thrown around but he was never as close to being considered as Kerry was.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Kerry Von Erich was as dumb and a pile of bricks. Supposedly Koloff's name had been thrown around but he was never as close to being considered as Kerry was.

Kerry: Mah foot is broke! So that means I can walk on it!

Doc: Yeah no. We have to amputate it now.

[Emperor Smeat]

Good/Bad news regarding Ryback's current WWE status.

The bad news is he's basically set to be getting released soon while the good news is now being the best time to grab Ryback merch for cheap since the WWE has started to put all of it on clearance.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">Yes <a href="https://t.co/yxQNbV9Kox">https://t.co/yxQNbV9Kox</a></p>&mdash; Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) <a href="https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/729391379076390912">May 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Tom Guycott]

Even I heard about it. Von Erich, I mean. Don't recall anything about Koloff.

Supposedly Terry Funk was friends with Stallone and recommended Von Erich for the role, but his audition sucked or something.

Not related to the story, but I always found it funny that any movie Terry Funk has been in, he is always some jobber lackey for the big bad who gets his ass kicked pretty handily.

[Tom Guycott]

Wasn't Moose that "large woman" rassler that TNA had?

You were thinking of Moose Knuckles... really. Totally different person.

Moose seems like he'd fare better staying in ROH. As is, he's a draw for them, but seems like he'd be "just another big man" in WWE.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Really weird how heavily Michael Cole emphasized New Japan on RAW. Do you think that maybe we'll see some sort of talent trade between them? There are some guys that could use a working holiday to get some extra things down and freshen up their North American presence. Some guys in Japan could be brought in for some shorter runs to help spice up the television product too.

[Lock Jaw]

I think they just don't see them as "direct competition" so they have no problem acknowledging them and people's history in it. As opposed to mentioning anybody's time in TNA or something, which even though it isn't much competition, is still considered "direct competition".

[Emperor Smeat]

Doubt it since NJPW likely is still upset and feeling the sting from the recent raid by the WWE although ROH could be a big key if it were to ever happen. Their CEO recently said he'd be open to the idea of a possible ROH-WWE collaboration in the future and since ROH has good ties with NJPW, they could possibly convince NJPW to join.

[Heisenberg]

Checked out Chikara roster and it's ridiculous.

Arctic Rescue Ant
Fire Ant
Silver Ant
Soldier Ant
Worker Ant

they had one of the best entrances ever to involve Dave Matthews Band

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[Seth82]

Interesting "Did you know". Kerry Von Erich was a frontrunner for the part of Ivan Drago in Rocky 4 but lost of course to Dolph Lundgren. Nikita Koloff was also considered for the role.

Apparently it's actually true

Kerry Von Erich was as dumb and a pile of bricks. Supposedly Koloff's name had been thrown around but he was never as close to being considered as Kerry was.

He and Kevin both I think tried out for the role. Kevin himself told me this via twitter DM.

Kerry was indeed in the running for the role of Ivan Drago.

Kerry was never great on the mic. I can only imagine him as an actor.

He had a bit of a marble mouth.

I can just imagine the nightmare of working on the film with Kerry. They would have done take after take after take to get it right.

[Evil Vito]

https://www.gofundme.com/22vqm7w

Kevin Owens and Tyler Breeze started a GoFundMe to raise money for the Canadian Red Cross, which is helping with efforts to fight the Fort McMurray wildfires. As an incentive, anyone who matches their original $100 donation gets a video message from both of them, and they'll follow anybody who donates at all on Twitter. Within a day they've already raised well past their initial goal of $30,000 but the campaign is staying up until May 22nd, Extreme Rules.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lynch time!

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https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b1/81/6a/b1816aea2f3a7e0646b4f78d2f66ba4a.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qvVONe5.jpg

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[Lock Jaw]

Best time of the day

[Lock Jaw]

http://i.imgur.com/k1l2dBO.gif

https://31.media.tumblr.com/4e737cbcffb7af10a21d112e0aeb983d/tumblr_nouhrpiRUp1rj3kboo1_400.gif

[Mr. Nerfect]

I had this dream of TNA bringing in a whole bunch of WWE guys and somehow staying alive.

* Tyler Breeze got released from the WWE and becoming "Tyler Swift" in TNA. His finishing move became "The Swift Kick" (a superkick) and he beat James Storm in his first night and then set his sights on the X-Division Title. He'd win the title and get a long run, while Trevor Lee would feud with Shane Helms, who was pissed off that Lee let Swift beat him.

* Damien Sandow got signed and became "Aaron Sandow." He was really popular, but he sort of played a heel where he said he'd only perform at the PPV if they found him a high calibur opponent.

* Stu Bennett came in using his real name and announced that he'd be the special enforcer of the World Title match at Slammiversary, to make sure no shenanigans go down.

* Kevin Kiley worked one match against D'Angelo Dinero, and lost to him with the commentary position on the line.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Becky Lynch is so fucking tremendous. I'm watching RAW for basically her, AJ Styles, Cesaro and Chris Jericho calling people "stupid idiot." That's more than I usually would. Oh, I suppose Evil Emma is up there too.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Evil Vito]

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Wrestling in 2016 is fucking ridiculous when you think about it. Here you have TNA talents beating down NXT talents and shooting on WWE on an indy show that WWE acknowledge exists.

[GD]

I learned about it via LAWradio. Interesting predicament.

[Disturbed316]

Been working my way through Breaking Ground on the WWE Network, finding it really interesting so far. I'm finding Josh and ZZ are fucking terrible, no idea how they got to the Tough Enough finals (other than ZZ being the joke so people voted for him).

[Disturbed316]

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Wrestling in 2016 is fucking ridiculous when you think about it. Here you have TNA talents beating down NXT talents and shooting on WWE on an indy show that WWE acknowledge exists.

Jealous, no talent idiots. Screams like a desperate attempt to get noticed by the big boys.

[Evil Vito]

lol @ EC3 and Galloway having "no talent". Come on.

[Sixx]

Who is that they beat down?

[Evil Vito]

They first beat down Johnny Gargano, who is of course with NXT. Then Drew Gulak and TJ Perkins who qualified for the WWE Cruiserweight Classic ran out and got beaten down.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Pretty interesting angle from Gabe. A lot of what has made EVOLVE feel somewhat "flat" over the years, compared to early ROH anyway, is the lack of storylines that just make you want to bite down. ROH would present a lot of these through in-ring stories and not so much your traditional "angles," eg. Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk going Broadway, the general in-ring focus of the promotion, etc. But they'd occasionally do a Raven vs. Punk, which was tremendous.

I might be wrong, but this feels like it might be the first big "angle" since EVOLVE has started. EC3 is definitely a guy I see ending up back in the WWE at some point. He's really worked hard to become better in the ring and is now completely three-dimensional. Plus he's got a tremendous look.

Tremendous.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa vs. Michael Hutter & Drew McIntyre in NXT could be pretty cool. I'm fairly certain they're gearing up Gargano & Ciampa to challenge American Alpha with Ciampa possibly turning on Gargano, but I also thought they were obviously gearing up for Carmella to turn on Enzo & Cass and side with Blake & Murphy.

[Black Widow]

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/13129501_750844338377807_1647021191_n.jpg

[Mr. Nerfect]

Random thought: I wouldn't be opposed to seeing Kurt Angle align himself with this EC3 and Drew Galloway pairing in EVOLVE. A lot of people fantasize about the potential American Alpha relationship, but I feel that it'd be too Team Angle circa 2003. Angle with EC3 and Galloway would put him with two guys who are very different from him, lend them credibility, and he can rant about how his importance to WWE has been downplayed by the company.

Not a fully developed thought, but I'm throwing it out there because, fuck you, that's why.

[Mr. Nerfect]

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/13129501_750844338377807_1647021191_n.jpg

Is that Sara Lee?

[Black Widow]

Is that Sara Lee?looks like Paige to me unless Sara turned into her twin some way.

[Sixx]

Doesn't look like Paige at all.

[ron the dial]

peyton royce

[Black Widow]

Doesn't look like Paige at all.At 1st glance it definitely does.

[drave]

No, it doesn't. That chick is nowhere near as white as her or Sheamus. Also, her face is 100% different.

[Innovator]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiFA15wWUAEC0s3.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiFA2ogWwAEJeiL.jpg

https://fat.gfycat.com/LankyAmusedArcticduck.gif

[Evil Vito]

Becky Lynch gave me a boner to start the page
Sara Lee in a bikini strengthened it
Cena/Nakamura brought me to climax

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TNA signs “Mitchell”: <a href="https://t.co/5Lc8QWg9Go">https://t.co/5Lc8QWg9Go</a> <a href="https://t.co/eL81AK32cZ">pic.twitter.com/eL81AK32cZ</a></p>&mdash; Kayfabe News (@KayfabeNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/KayfabeNews/status/729825657677582336">May 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm not a bad guy.<br>I'm not a good guy.<br>I'm Guy Fieri.<br><br>(We didn’t make this. Kudos to whoever did!) <a href="https://t.co/tSd8vXCE9K">pic.twitter.com/tSd8vXCE9K</a></p>&mdash; Kayfabe News (@KayfabeNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/KayfabeNews/status/729846811473620992">May 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/d43SnZ4.gif

[GD]

Gonna repost this photograph as it deserves more attention

http://i.imgur.com/wg9Wybg.jpg

[Volare]

Holy mother of god. :)

[Lock Jaw]

To those who are saying that Peyton Royce looks like Paige or Sara Lee...... looks nothing like them....

[Lock Jaw]

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/13118107_783730911764338_209954667_n.jpg

[Emperor Smeat]

https://media.giphy.com/media/m0XNwNI5QYPAY/giphy.gif

Peyton Royce looks closer to Eva Marie than to Paige or Sara Lee. At least face wise.

[ron the dial]

:heart: peyton royce so much. hope to see her on nxt soon. it's been too long.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

https://media.giphy.com/media/m0XNwNI5QYPAY/giphy.gif

Peyton Royce looks closer to Eva Marie than to Paige or Sara Lee. At least face wise.

Looks like an Eva but not Marie. Looks like Eva Amurri.

[Sixx]

I swear I've seen her doppelganger in porn.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Califorincation maybe? Amurri did some stellar nude scene.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, hope she comes back soon... A "good sign" I guess that they stopped using her as a jobber and took her off TV.... so she can come back and be "jobber no more".... Along with Billie Kay....

[drave]

Billie Kay is reaaaaaaaaaally good. Can't remember who I saw her job to, but she has always put on a performance worthy of TV. She can continue to grow and maybe be "someone".

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VgTGIhysXoA/hqdefault.jpg

Reminds me slightly of Victoria in that pic.

[Sixx]

Califorincation maybe? Amurri did some stellar nude scene.

I said porn.

I know Amurri and it's not who I mean. Great tits, though.

[Volare]

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/13118107_783730911764338_209954667_n.jpg

3 Great things about that photo.

[slik]

Some pages from the Andre The Giant graphic novel. Variety announced a film based on this earlier today is being made.

Could be good.



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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CzhkEQv2WFI/VmKIaYA8XJI/AAAAAAAARbM/lAIeEjwt-YE/s640/andre.jpg

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Blinky the Jacket's farewell show:
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The "New Era" ended up not being a positive factor in the ratings, as last night's Raw did 3.23 million viewers, down six percent from last week. It was the second lowest for a show outside of football season since 1997.

The combination of coming the day after a PPV and the first Stephanie & Shane McMahon show last week did 3.43 million viewers. The modern era low for a show outside of football season or a major holiday was 3.12 million viewers set two weeks ago ...

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.35 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.36 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.01 million viewers
Good/Bad News regarding the numbers. The good being another week in a row where the 3rd hour drop isn't really bad and the bad being the other two hours being weaker which caused the actual drop this week. Currently averaging around half a million less viewers than Seth was averaging when he was the top champion for comparisons.

Stone Village will be producing an Andre The Giant film with the involvement of Andre’s daughter, Robin Christensen-Roussimoff. The film will be based on the 2015 graphic novel, Andre The Giant: Closer To Heaven.

During tonight’s Raw, a commercial aired locally in Honolulu, Hawaii announcing that John Cena will face Shinsuke Nakamura at the live event taking place on June 29th at the Neal Blaisdell Arena.

The commercial also included the announcement of Brock Lesnar vs. Kevin Owens.
http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/707171-john-cena-wwe-hawaii-opponent

Vince McMahon and George Barrios were on the conference call today where WWE announced that profits were up, though that may be misleading. Today, WWE announced a profit increase up to 13.9 million in 2016 compared to 9.8 million in 2015. However, revenue actually decreased. In 2016 for quarter 1, WWE revenue was 171 million down from the 176.2 million from quarter 1 in 2015.

The difference maker? You guessed it: WrestleMania. Wrestlemania 32 fell in quarter 2 this year, and landed in quarter 1 last year. No mention of the current network subscription number since they covered that on the call after WrestleMania. There was also no mention as to how good WrestleMania did this year.
Reports of Mania doing between 900k to 1.2 million buys this year got debunked by the Observer who stated the WWE only said numbers Mania used to do and not the atcual range for this year. Since the WWE didn't want to reveal actual Mania numbers, could be another year where the event itself actually lost money.

John Cena was on Good Morning America today plugging his return on the 5/30 Raw. He said that most people go through rehab three times a week after surgery, but he went three times a day. He was up to bench pressing 375 this past week.

Kevin Owens and Tyler Breeze already reached their goal of $30,000 Fort McMurray, Alberta. They were at $35,709 the last we checked. The new goal is to reach $100,000 over the next 19 days.
Link to their fundraiser for those who might be willing to donate: https://www.gofundme.com/22vqm7w

Regarding Kenneth Crawford, who fell off the top ropes and was knocked out at the Friday night NXT show in Citrus Springs, FL, he is believed to be okay as all his tests came back negative, so that's good news.

In asking around about the status of Bray Wyatt after Vince McMahon noted he would return within the next 30 days, we are told it will be at least a few more weeks before he is expected to wrestle. All of the Wyatt Family members, including Luke Harper, began releasing Tweets that teased "The Return" yesterday.

Vince McMahon noted on today's earnings call that Seth Rollins would be among the injured WWE talents who would return to the active roster within the next 30 days.

We are told Rollins is currently scheduled to return in early June once he has completed filming WWE Studios' "Temple."

The former Damien Sandow is booked to appear for the first time since departing WWE at the 6/11 WrestlePro event in Keyport, NJ.

New WWE paperwork filed with the SEC reveals that Triple H signed a new three-year wrestler's deal on May 9th. This indicates that he is planning on wrestling through WrestleMania 35 in 2019.

Triple H's previous performer's deal expired at the end of March and this new deal will automatically renew unless they terminate it for any reason.

The next day, December 4, Heyman and McMahon among those flying to Charleston, South Carolina, Heyman pitched opening the December 5 ECW show with Ariel and Kelly in a match, telling viewers interviews with Lashley, Van Dam, and Punk were going on right then and would be seen later in the show. McMahon didn’t like the idea, fearing fans in the arena would chant for Punk. Heyman asked why that was a bad thing, as it showed the fans cared about someone on the flagging ECW show. McMahon reportedly threw his glasses on the floor and shouted, “Get this through your thick fucking head—my focus is on Bobby Lashley and only Bobby Lashley! That man is the brand's icon, the brand's superhero. He is ECW and he will be, at the expense of Rob Van Dam, CM Punk, Test, and everyone else, and you can hit the door if don't like it!”
Random Vince story from back in the day and relate-able to the stuff Vince/WWE is doing with Reigns (and Cena prior).


Some other sheet news includes:

WWE released their recent fiscal report with some highlights including PPV and DVD/Blu-Ray sales declining while merch sales rose, WWE expecting at least 13 wrestlers to be added to the roster soon not counting those returning from injury, and the bulk of WWE's social media numbers are from overseas and not domestic. WWE Network is currently rumored to be at 1.5 million paid subscribers based on estimates from WWE's report. http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/wwe-2016-q1-revenue-profit-notes-social-media-relevancy-discussion-more-212531
Jushin Liger got pulled from at least one ROH-NJPW ppv show due to a recent head injury. Status for the rest of the tour is "day to day."
Recent rumors of Tyler Breeze being among those set to be released as part of this year's WWE roster cleaning were quickly debunked. Source of the rumor started on Squared Circle but got quickly outed as fake when people who actually heard the paid Observer Radio episode in question said the rumor was never mentioned.
According to the Observer, main reacon Zeb Coulter was cut was due to Creative no longer having any plans to use him. Also plans to release Alex Riley and Damien Sandow were made prior to Mania. Cameroon wasn't planned to be among those released until she publicly supported Ryback online. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4ikj0d/meltzer_ryback_most_likely_isnt_coming_back/

[DAMN iNATOR]

That bit about Heyman and Vince seems like at least some small part of the story of how creative control of (WW)ECW was pulled from Heyman by Vince just after December to Dismember in 2006. I seem to recall a taped rant by Heyman about it on the Tuesday following the PPV, at the top of the show. Was super duper pissed and I don't blame him one bit.

[DAMN iNATOR]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrlv6_ecw-12-05-06_news

It's from about 0:30 to about 2:30 in there. Couldn't find a YT version of just that speech after the PPV, but I believe that ep. or the one preceding it was Heyman's last in charge as the on-screen ECW GM AND in control creatively.

[drave]

Really hoping they don't job out Nakamura to Cena.

[Lock Jaw]

Depends on if it is televised/network special'd....

[Sixx]

Is Nakamura the guy that said he's got a black belt in wrestling?

If he is, he's my kind of crazy and I already like him.

[erickman]

Really hoping they don't job out Nakamura to Cena.

good luck with that

[Lock Jaw]

Remember Ernest "The Cat" Miller? That dude was the best.

[Rammsteinmad]

Actually, he was the greatest. :y:

[GD]

David Otunga is back on The Edge and Christian Show :yes:

[Jordan]

Is Nakamura the guy that said he's got a black belt in wrestling?

If he is, he's my kind of crazy and I already like him.

[Innovator]

http://i.imgur.com/ZIRaW45.jpg

[Innovator]

http://i.imgur.com/k2HvuP3.jpg

[Evil Vito]

Roman's the first "face of the WWE" to wrestle with gear that covers most of his upper body.

You can't fight Samoan genetics. Belive that.

[Emperor Smeat]

https://67.media.tumblr.com/021fdf565ed849276c654d25bbbbc858/tumblr_o6xsf0U9FO1saykaxo1_400.gif

[GD]

New Jack adorning the front page of WWE.com

[Innovator]

http://i.imgur.com/47MREpp.gif

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/EmeXnjJ.jpg

[Lock Jaw]

http://i.imgur.com/1YbxybV.gif

[Lock Jaw]

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/13181298_1625823457739484_1242289754_n.jpg

[drave]

http://i.imgur.com/1YbxybV.gif

He needs to re-adopt this persona if he goes heel. Arrogant heel champ dressed like a champ will make people hate him even more.

[Volare]

He needs to re-adopt this persona if he goes heel. Arrogant heel champ dressed like a champ will make people hate him even more.

With a different model each week.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Classic Rasslin Appreciation Wednesday:
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Jonathan Coachman mentioned on an appearance on The Ross Report with Jim Ross that ESPN is currently working on a ” 30 for 30 ” documentary on the XFL.

Coach noted that they've been watching all the old XFL tapes, reliving the games and commentary. Coach also mentioned that former WWE star Jesse Ventura made $1 million a game at one point in the XFL.

Fight Network announced AAA Lucha Libre Worldwide -- the 90-minute weekly English language series -- will keep running on their airwaves every Thursday at 10 PM after officially debuting last week.

The 5/10 episode of Impact Wrestling on Pop garnered 280,000 viewers, down from last week's 303,000 viewers.

Former WCW/WWE star Marc Mero will be getting heart surgery on 6/16 in Cleveland, Ohio. Diamond Dallas Page is asking his followers to send prayers and positive vibes to Mero. We wish him nothing but the best. In recent years, through his Champion of Choices non-profit, Mero has been teaching kids about the dangers of bullying, the dangers of drugs and helping them empower them to own their own lives.

Mero has dealt with several health issues during the last decade. He has a deteriorating spine and has had eight major surgeries for different wrestling-related injuries. He stated in 2007 that the needed to get a heart valve transplant and he almost underwent heart surgery in 2014 but tests showed that his enlarged heart had shrunk. In interviews, he has been open about his use of steroids during his wrestling career.
http://wrestlingnews.co/former-wcwwwe-star-marc-mero-to-have-heart-surgery/

Stardust posted the new Cody Rhodes teaser pic on Twitter, using lyrics from Oasis’ “Wonderwall” as a caption:

��Back beat, the word was on the street
That the fire in your heart is out…�� #RAW pic.twitter.com/sHBCQ0Ch9W

— Stardust (@StardustWWE) May 10, 2016

Next week’s Edge & Christian show is the season finale. It airs after Raw on the WWE Network.

"I’d say that to me professional wrestling today has mostly little people in it. I don’t see any real big men anymore. Very few anyway. The ones that are in it aren’t used properly. Like Mark Henry. It just seems to me, and I don’t mean to disrespect anyone in the business. A lot of guys are working really hard. I miss seeing some of the big guys. When you talk about getting rid of a Wade Barrett. Guys like Mark Henry are seeing less and less time on TV."

"It seems like the wrestlers they’re all little jumping bean guys. They’re all Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels kind of smaller guys. I was 230 pounds. I think I was bigger, a little bit bigger, in mass than some of these guys today. There’s so many guys that have the same stats. Six feet tall, five-eleven, one hundred and eighty five or ninety pounds. Dolph Ziggler. They do a million high spots. They’re in great, phenomenal shape. They all look the same. They all got rock hard abs. They all look like swimmers."

"I miss the guys that would go out there that looked like Nikolai Volkoff. Or somebody that looks like Don Leo Jonathan or Mad Dog Vachon. Where’s the big guys? Where’s the King Kong Bundys? Who’s hiding all the King Kong Bundys in the world? Where did they go?"
Bret Hart's opinion on WWE's new era and the roster in general these days.

More stuff with the WWF as they continue to explode. Now it seems that there’s going to be a Saturday morning cartoon featuring Hulk Hogan and his friends. Now, Dave makes an interesting point here about Wrestlemania, which kind of shoots down the main legend about the show before it even happens. He notes that with the kind of money infusion that the WWF is getting from the one-two punch of deals with both CBS and NBC, even if the house show business tanks they’ll still have so much cash on hand that they can easily survive for years off the network TV deal alone. So the idea that Wrestlemania was going to break the company if it failed is ridiculous, because just two weeks before that show they signed a pair of (likely) million dollar deals with major networks, PLUS the shit that goes down with Crockett at the end of the month was worth another million. They weren’t going anywhere, Wrestlemania or no Wrestlemania ...

And finally, Dave finishes with a note that two years ago, Mr. T approached Verne Gagne with an idea very similar to what will happen on that closed circuit show on 3/31, and Verne turned him down because “wrestling doesn’t operate that way.” And there’s your metaphor for the day.

Random Vince/WWE story from back in the day regarding Mania 1 and AWA making another big blunder in hindsight. The link gives a bit more details on the story itself and when the Observer article about it was written. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4ivdsa/til_that_the_success_or_failure_of_the_1st/


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Some other sheet news includes:

WWE recently released a trailer for the next Table For 3 episode with Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Sean Waltman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NbW7LulaKo
Recent interview Fight Network had with Tommy Dreamer involved topics such as NXT, memories of Balls Mahoney, and his feeling of chair shots to the head need to be completely removed from wrestling for health reasons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPcznAw6RPg
Being rumored at the moment the WWE was unsuccessful in their legal attempt to get the Ryback trademark decided in their favor. Supposedly has to do with the commonness of the name filed or how WWE filed the motion to get Ryback's trademark dismissed.
Mattell recently uploaded a video of the New Day revealing the next line of WWE series action figures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vp76u-md4k
According to reports, Dana Brooke's promotion to the main roster might only be a temporary thing since Emma and her are currently filling in for Naomi and Tamina (both injured) in regards to what was supposedly planned for post-Mania storylines with Becky.
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, prior to the creation of Stardust, Cody Rhodes was working on the idea of doing a Tony Stark type gimmick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCZDD_6-CDc

[Bad News Gertner]

So in 1983 Hulk Hogan released an LP in Japan...and it's the greatest lol

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[Volare]

Holy shit, they could still pull this off....

(Video of aforementioned Cody Rhodes promo)

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[Lock Jaw]

Liked that Cody Rhodes video.... mostly for Eden heeling it up....

[Bad News Gertner]

Bret Hart is 1000% right by the way. The WWE needs more variety in the size of their wrestlers.

[Volare]

KO HAS A NEW FEUD!!

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Roman's the first "face of the WWE" to wrestle with gear that covers most of his upper body.

You can't fight Samoan genetics. Belive that.

The Rock used to wear umbrella pants when he was first champ.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I love Kevin Owens.

[Lock Jaw]

I love Renee.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Bret Hart is 1000% right by the way. The WWE needs more variety in the size of their wrestlers.

Gertner agreeing with Bret Hart? Well there is a first time for everything.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I love Kevin Owens.

I love Renee.

TPWW CIVIL WAR BEGINS!

[owenbrown]

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1600298/images/o-HELL-FROZE-OVER-facebook.jpg

[Volare]

TPWW CIVIL WAR BEGINS!

Looks like we have our storyline for the summer on the forums.

[GD]

http://i.imgur.com/1YbxybV.gif

He needs to re-adopt this persona if he goes heel. Arrogant heel champ dressed like a champ will make people hate him even more.

So basically Evolution HHH.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

any ratings increase will be attributed to Steph and any ratings drop will be attributed to AJ being in a program with Roman. Just the way of the business.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Roman's the first "face of the WWE" to wrestle with gear that covers most of his upper body.

You can't fight Samoan genetics. Belive that.

Ulnless you're the Rock or 95% of Samoan rugby players I have seen. Roman's dropped a lot of weight and if you look at his face NOW compared to that picture he is obviously in much better shape.

[GD]

Remember when reigning Intercontinental Champion at the time, "Captain Charisma" Christian made a special appearance at Slammiversary 2012 ?

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I was listening to a podcast (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQkJryECXsJU09paYuJ24A) where they were reviewing the new Dudley Boys home video release and how the WWE has eased up on talents (Jeff Hardy, Sting etc.) talking about their time in TNA.

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[Lock Jaw]

I miss Christian so much :'(

Also miss those few years where I actually watched and enjoyed TNA....

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Christian was so great. One of the most underrated guys of all time.

[Disturbed316]

Jesus, the music is terrible on those entrances.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Do you think he was "better" than Edge? Like obviously not as successful, but he was never given the same sort of chance to succeed. I found most of his career was making chicken salad out of chicken shit. He would often times get jobbed mercilessly... the only time I think he may have won a feud was against Jericho at WM20...yet some how he always seemed over.

[Lock Jaw]

"Emotional" @ watching this video (after skipping past all the vintage TNA overbooked finish to the end of the match)

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[GD]

I remember Vince hating on him

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

[Lock Jaw]

Do you think he was "better" than Edge? Like obviously not as successful, but he was never given the same sort of chance to succeed. I found most of his career was making chicken salad out of chicken shit. He would often times get jobbed mercilessly... the only time I think he may have won a feud was against Jericho at WM20...yet some how he always seemed over.

I always thought he was better than Edge, yeah... just was never given the same opportunities to succeed....

[GD]

Absolutely loved this entrance theme

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[Ol Dirty Dastard]

plus the unprettier was fucking awesome.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I think in ring, Christian was better. I'd say they're close on the mic.

[Tom Guycott]

Holy shit, they could still pull this off....

(Video of aforementioned Cody Rhodes promo)

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Rhodes Industries > York Foundation

[Tom Guycott]

Remember when reigning Intercontinental Champion at the time, "Captain Charisma" Christian made a special appearance at Slammiversary 2012 ?

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I was listening to a podcast (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQkJryECXsJU09paYuJ24A) where they were reviewing the new Dudley Boys home video release and how the WWE has eased up on talents (Jeff Hardy, Sting etc.) talking about their time in TNA.

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Wasn't Christian's appearance a talent exchange of sorts... because of Flair being inducted into the Hall of Fame while working for TNA?

[GD]

Yep

[Fignuts]

Bret Hart is 1000% right by the way. The WWE needs more variety in the size of their wrestlers.

I hate that mark henry doesn't just destroy fucking everybody.

[drave]

I remember Vince hating on him

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

This is one of the greatest things ever. Little rat lookin mofo.

I hate that mark henry doesn't just destroy fucking everybody.

Still puzzled how they never really "did anything" after his amazing heel turn on Cena.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

In fairness he was perpetually injured.

[Evil Vito]

Ulnless you're the Rock or 95% of Samoan rugby players I have seen. Roman's dropped a lot of weight and if you look at his face NOW compared to that picture he is obviously in much better shape.

Well The Rock's father was ripped to fuck so I wasn't totally surprised he looked the way he did. One of my friends actually tried doing the Rock's Hercules diet for a while and he just couldn't stand all the white rice and bland meats lol.

I'm kinda surprised Vince hasn't made Roman wrestle shirtless though. I think they wanted him to keep the Shield gear and theme to seem cool at first but it'd be nice to give him his own "identity".

Ambrose's gear is fine as it is, he's so lanky he shouldn't ever wrestle without a shirt.

Rollins probably should go back to trunks when he returns as a huge face. Women will go crazy.

[Evil Vito]

In the case of Edge and Christian it just feels like Edge was always the hand-picked "star" of the team straight off the bat. Even in 1999 they had him going for the Intercontinental Title and stuff.

I loved both of them, though. Christian needs to go into the HOF.

[Big Vic]

No he needs one more match!

[Rammsteinmad]

Christian and Orton's feud in 2011 was the best feud that year, in my opinion. Perfectly booked, all the matches were excellent. It sickens me to this day that Orton beat Christian at Summersla in a Street Fight, then fought Mark Henry at Hell in a Cell. That should have been Christian and Orton's final match right there.

[Evil Vito]

No he needs one more match!

Given his concussion history...no, he really does not.

[GD]

For those who didn't "catch it"

"Captain Charisma" Christian has been officially released from his WWE contract

http://static.sportskeeda.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/christian-1813740-1-1892102.jpg

You can add former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Christian to the list of WWE talents that have been released in the past week. His release has nothing to do with his agreement to do The Edge & Christian Show and is more of a technicality do to him no longer having an active performer’s contract. Christian received a concussion in March 2014 and WWE then decided to stop using him due to his history with concussions.

[GD]

Found this adorable

http://i.imgur.com/TyX1egt.jpg

[VSG]

Holy shit, they could still pull this off....

(Video of aforementioned Cody Rhodes promo)

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Hard to pay attention to what they were saying in that video. Lots of.. distraction.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Man, that Kliq Table for 3 is so great. We said it last time there was a vid, but hearing Scott Hall speak like this now is so awesome.

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i2.wp.com/www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160511luchaunderground_5.gif

[Lock Jaw]

Christian and Orton's feud in 2011 was the best feud that year, in my opinion. Perfectly booked, all the matches were excellent. It sickens me to this day that Orton beat Christian at Summersla in a Street Fight, then fought Mark Henry at Hell in a Cell. That should have been Christian and Orton's final match right there.

Perfectly booked except for Christian losing the World Title instead of holding onto it forever.

[Lock Jaw]

They should do a heel Cody/Eden vs. heel Miz/Maryse feud

[GD]

Even if they were to reintroduced "the artist formerly known as Stardust" as Cody Rhodes, would he be wraslin' in the upper mid-card? I highly doubt that.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Christian Appreciation Thursday:
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A.J. Styles is off the weekend WWE house shows due to an injury. He was holding his back on Raw and he's had back problems dating back months although it is not confirmed it was a back injury. Style was working the Carolinas run with shows on Friday night in Greenville, Saturday night in Raleigh and Sunday in Columbia. I expect he'll be at Raw in Greensboro since it's the go-home show for Extreme Rules.

This week’s episode of Lucha Underground on El Rey hit a low for the season. Wednesday’s episode brought in 96,000 viewers and a 0.02 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic, down 30% and 0.01 from last week’s 138,000 viewers and 0.03 demo rating. It is the first time the show fell under 100,000 viewers since the February 24th episode, the second of the season, did 99,000 viewers. The previous demographic rating low was a 0.03 that it landed on last week and on March 2nd and 16th.
When factoring the replay's numbers, the decline isn't as harsh since it would be just around 3k less than last week. Replay did around 81k for viewers.

According to PWInsider, another round of cuts is expected to be announced after the May 22nd Extreme Rules pay-per-view. WWE usually announces releases on Friday, which means they could announce the next set as soon as May 27th unless they decide to wait.

We've also been heard rumors of another surprising WWE release, a women's star and one who would be considered a top Superstar. It was noted that "stays of execution" are always possible for some talents who go through late negotiations but it sounds like officials already know who will be getting cut.
One of the main reasons for the cuts happening now is because the WWE is preparing another big wave of signings soon. The ring announcer for Lucha Underground is rumored to be one of those the WWE wants a lot.

Someone from WWE sent this out as a guide for women looking to either get in or get into the planned women's tournament where outside talent will be used and it becomes something of a tryout:

*Stop gigging on indie shows.

*Get in your best shape possible

*Start working on promos

Current plans have Brock Lesnar staying off WWE TV until August, likely to build for a match at the August 21st SummerSlam pay-per-view from Brooklyn. WWE originally talked about having Lesnar face Bray Wyatt or Braun Strowman for his next match but that was before officials changed their mind on plans for Strowman's push. Strowman was originally planned for a big push and to win the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32 but his push was halted after bad reactions to the RAW match with Dean Ambrose and bad reactions to reports of Strowman facing Lesnar or The Undertaker. No word yet on who Lesnar will be facing for his next feud.

Nick Jackson of the Young Bucks was injured in the first Young Bucks match last night in Toronto. He was scheduled in the team ROH vs. Bullet Club main event at last night's fourth hour of the tapings but wasn't able to wrestle. It is believed to be a broken rib, but that isn't official. He is most likely off Saturday's ROH show in New York.

Impact did 280,000 viewers on Tuesday night, which is the lowest number since they have only had one airing on Tuesdays.

The WWE Network has added more than 100 episodes of Smackdown from 2000 to 2002 billed as the rise of the McMahon-Helmsley era.
Also among the shows added was the Eddie Guerrero RAW Tribute Show.

EVOLVE announced today that their 6/11 return to Orlando, Florida will be titled "The WWE Cruiserweight Classic Flashpoint" as something as a preview to the tournament. WWE has plugged this event already online, so it's being presented in conjunction with them. Announced as appearing thus far are Johnny Gargano, TJP with Stokely Hathaway, Drew Gulak and Lince Dorado. All are confirmed for the Cruiserweight Classic tournament. Drew Galloway vs. Ethan Page in an Anything Goes Match is also set for that show. EC3 will also be in action on that event.

The WWE Network is developing a new series titled "Behind the Curtain" that would take a documentary-style look at different stories from pro wrestling history. Some of the topics that have been discussed for the series are the plane crash Ric Flair was in, Bruiser Brody's murder in Puerto Rico in 1987, and Gorgeous George's career.

Internally, the belief is that Ryback will not be back and that he is done once his contract expires in late July. According to a source, there has been no communication between the two sides since Ryback went home.

Jim Ross has an excellent take on the Adam Rose situation that should be read at www.JrsBarBQ.com. In the blog entry, Ross notes the importance of pro wrestlers having a Plan B and wondered how much of the situation might be from stress of not knowing what will happen with Rose and his family given the WWE suspension situation, whether he could remain in the States (he's from South Africa) without that job, etc. It's a good read and brings to light a lot that hasn't been mentioned in the Rose discussion over the last 24 hours.

Joe Belcastro is the new head writer for NXT working under Paul Levesque, and is also working with him on the Cruiserweight Classic and was also involved in the pilot of the NXT Kids show. He replaced Ryan Ward, who did a great job with the show. Ward is now exclusive to Raw and Smackdown. Belcastro, 35, did some writing for the Tampa Tribune and grew up as a wrestling fan. He approached WWE for a writing job after college in 2008 and was turned down. He wrote for the local newspaper and did movie reviews for online entertainment websites and a friend with a WWE connection got him another interview in 2013. He was hired, even though he had never written a script in his life. Evidently during his interview they liked how he discussed storylines and building layers to them.

Lucha Underground are taping through June, and the idea is to finish 100 episodes, which is a number that foreign distributors like to sell. One of the reasons there is a hold up on house shows is the feeling from the people running the company that Lucha Underground has to run in a venue that looks like the Temple, which rules out major arenas, or at least have a traveling that would look similar. At least that was the idea a few months ago. Right now there are no plans for live shows. It’s not a lock they would be a success, as NXT is hot by today’s standards and hot means doing 1,000 to 2,000 people at big shows and 150 to 450 at small shows.

Regarding Shane McMahon, the original plan was for him to be involved only through WrestleMania, but the reaction he got and the way tickets moved once his match was announced led to the idea of keeping him as a weekly television character and this post-Mania feud with Stephanie.


Some other news includes:

Update to news regarding Ziggler's brother murdering someone as he was recently arrested by police with the incident revolving around a drug deal gone wrong. http://www.pwinsider.com/article/101950/brother-of-dolph-ziggler-arrested-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-charge.html?p=1
WWE recently uploaded Cruiserweight tournament qualifer matches from a recent EVOLVE show: http://www.pwinsider.com/article/101947/evolve-cruiserweight-classic-qualifying-matches-released.html?p=1
The co-owner of UK indie promotion Progress recently teased on Twitter a possible partnership with EVOLVE might be in development. https://twitter.com/Glen_Joseph/status/730400186938347520
Lilian Garcia revealed on Twitter she's been dealing with a family emergency as the reason for her recent disappearance from WWE tv shows but expects to be back by next week.
GFW and WrestlePro announced their upcoming June 11th show's card will include Colt Cabana vs Damien Sandow match. https://twitter.com/wearewrestlepro/status/730804116700696576
Recent episode of Steve Austin's podcast show had Hornswoggle as his guest with topics including his Wellness Policy suspension and eventual release from the WWE. http://www.podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program/episode.jsp?programID=436&pid=1650053
Based on upcoming house shows plans for next month, Reigns next WWE title feud is rumored to be against Sheamus.
According to the Observer, NJPW managed to make just $3 million in profits for last year. https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/730853522728591360

[Lock Jaw]

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[Lock Jaw]

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[Tom Guycott]

Found this adorable

http://i.imgur.com/TyX1egt.jpg

I remember them dressed like that and thought they looked less "boy band" and more Beastie Boys.

[Tom Guycott]

They should do a heel Cody/Eden vs. heel Miz/Maryse feud

One, Cody and Eden would likely not remain heel during said feud. People are that predisposed to hate Miz. Besides, Miz is not good at being a face, and excels at being heel. In that way, he's kinda like Shane Douglas.

Two, Cody and Eden seem to play this dynamic up better than anyone I've seen in fairly recent history... this includes Miz and Maryse (I was always a fan of them when they would be antagonistic to eachother onscreen; they were both too stuck up to be bothered with the other even knowing that they're a IRL couple) Booker and Sharmell, Maria and... I forgot her man's name, damn sure better than Matt and Reby (honestly, Reby plays her role better, Matt is just a dead fish in this dynamic), and I'd even argue Hunter and Steph, because even with all the YEARS of promoing as a couple, they always seemed businesslike and not as much like a couple, if that makes sense on what I mean.

Anyway, this should be the start of a stable. Almost Horsemen-like, with Cody as the Flair of the group. And what I mean by Horsemen-like is that "you see one, you see them all" mentality. And they all dress business casual, except Cody, who is always in a suit.

This could also be a shot in the arm for some under appreciated people on the roster. My first thought is Henning* as his AA. Maybe call up Revival as the designated Tag Team. Have feuds with Cody and Eden trying to recruit guys like Zack Ryder, who considers it but ultimately refuse, or a Sami Zayn who refuses outright, so they get jumped starting a program there... leading to a 5 on 5 intergender SS match that Rhodes Industries ends up winning. Underhandedly, I may add.


Even if they were to reintroduced "the artist formerly known as Stardust" as Cody Rhodes, would he be wraslin' in the upper mid-card? I highly doubt that.

That's the thing: he could have been upper mid-card already, and used the transition to be groomed into main event territory. One of those problems with on and off pushes and storylines and letting people fuck off to oblivion after a feud instead of building momentum.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Holy shit, they could still pull this off....

(Video of aforementioned Cody Rhodes promo)

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Eden's boobs cut a pretty good promo...

Honestly though, this would be something for Cody. I'd be happy to see it. :y:

[Tom Guycott]

In the case of Edge and Christian it just feels like Edge was always the hand-picked "star" of the team straight off the bat. Even in 1999 they had him going for the Intercontinental Title and stuff.

I loved both of them, though. Christian needs to go into the HOF.

I remember Vince hating on him

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This is one of the greatest things ever. Little rat lookin mofo.



I feel Christian is one of those guys who had "it" that WWE decided to ignore had "it" because they didn't feel as though he fit within their acceptable paramaters.

I'm still wondering how that blue dot shit would have helped him get over? Answer: It wouldn't. Vince basically wanted to bury the guy because this idea was amusing to him.

You know who else has a rat face? Maria. Even still, she looks rodent-like. But nobody seemed to mind that shit. Wonder why? Oyeah... tits and skimpy outfits.

[Mr. Nerfect]

To those who are saying that Peyton Royce looks like Paige or Sara Lee...... looks nothing like them....

Her body has gotten a lot more ripped.

[Mr. Nerfect]

So glad the WWE signed both Peyton and Billie. Both are gorgeous. And good wrestlers.

[Tom Guycott]

Absolutely loved this entrance theme

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"You're a flash in the damn pan! Three time Intercontinental Champion, you son of a bitch!"

[Jordan]

I'm watching TNA on Demand on my cable box, the latest episode. It is so fucking stupid. This stable with Abyss is so bad, like worse than anything WCW did bad.

[Volare]

The Decay? Steve is cool. Don't know what to think about the chick.

[Ultra Mantis]

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The booking of this segment is much funnier than all the comedy skits they've put into the build.

Poor everybody.

[#1-norm-fan]

lol @ Goldust losing via clothesline.

From what I've seen this angle actually seems well laid out, oddly enough.

Still an insane waste of Fandango's talent. But a decent take on the "reluctant partners" angle.

[Evil Vito]

Fandango should be pushed to the moon due to having a clothesline that apparently rivals Stan Hansen.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Fahn-dang-lariat-ooooo

[Jordan]

The Decay? Steve is cool. Don't know what to think about the chick.

The girl is one of the worst wrestling actors I have ever seen and Steve was a close 2nd.

[Simple Fan]

Decay is sweet. I think Rosemarys the best of the 3 acting wise. All 3 really seem to dig the characters. Has been the best use of Abyss in a while and Steve is 1000 times better than he was during the Menagerie.

[Xero]

"Yo bro, I don't even know what "SAWFT" means."

http://i.imgur.com/quDUr5x.jpg

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/GfMsXbR.jpg

[Jordan]

Decay is sweet. I think Rosemarys the best of the 3 acting wise. All 3 really seem to dig the characters. Has been the best use of Abyss in a while and Steve is 1000 times better than he was during the Menagerie.

Dude come on.... Look everything I'm about to say is not a personal attack against you...

Are you kidding me? Abyss is under the cuffs of a horrible story arch and horrible writing. He does have the ability to cut a great promo, he has it in him, but it's not gonna happen under that gimmick with those partners, in TNA. That segment was like going to a "Haunted House" around Halloween, it was HOAKY and they took it dead ass serious. Steve's delivery was so fucking painful to listen to, he is TRASH. Rosemary is TRASH. Abyss famously says he turned down facing The Undertaker at Wrestlemania at one point, if that is true, which I doubt but if it is then he is one of the biggest idiots in wrestling history. He could have been AWESOME in WWE.

Mike Bennett and Maria are totally WWE quality workers, Mike needs to go through NXT because his promo's are bad, his delivery is great, the content however was pretty bad.

Jeff Hardy is an embarrassment. He's just so lame now, his promo's are hilarious to watch they suck so much, and his performance in the ring was just ... it was just sad.

I saw Bobby Lashley and he came off well but somewhere during this episode I feel asleep.

James Storm, I saw him cut a promo and he was good. Should have signed with NXT, again an idiot.

[weather vane]

So in 1983 Hulk Hogan released an LP in Japan...and it's the greatest lol

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This is electric!!!

[Simple Fan]

Dude come on.... Look everything I'm about to say is not a personal attack against you...

Are you kidding me? Abyss is under the cuffs of a horrible story arch and horrible writing. He does have the ability to cut a great promo, he has it in him, but it's not gonna happen under that gimmick with those partners, in TNA. That segment was like going to a "Haunted House" around Halloween, it was HOAKY and they took it dead ass serious. Steve's delivery was so fucking painful to listen to, he is TRASH. Rosemary is TRASH. Abyss famously says he turned down facing The Undertaker at Wrestlemania at one point, if that is true, which I doubt but if it is then he is one of the biggest idiots in wrestling history. He could have been AWESOME in WWE.

You said Rosemarry was bad at acting. Honestly I think she's a better at acting than any woman on the WWE roster except Sasha Banks. I will say that that promo seemed to drag on a bit and did feel a little flat. Don't know if that type of gimmick just isn't your style or what but I feel like they pull it off pretty well. Abyss has done a lot in TNA and him being in Decay just seems fresh to me. It's something different than he has ever done and they all seem invested in the gimmick. I don't take it as an attack, just good ole wrestling conversation.

[Wishbone]

So I just checked out this TNA deal everyone is talking about and... I don't have words. What the actual fuck is going on in that promo? Why the fuck is Abyss playing a retarded KISS reject? Where the hell did discount Harley Quinn come from, and why is she so bad at literally everything? Did Jeff Hardy get brain damage when he fell and hit his head from the top of a cage a year or so ago? He must have to deliver that terribly... And James Storm is a fucking moron for passing up on NXT for this shit. TNA just needs to fucking die already. This is just embarrassing at this point. It's like watching an injured animal thrash about in a pool of its own blood. :(

[Simple Fan]

Just dont feel like it was that bad of a promo and have heard a lot worse in WWE. Like I said it was a bit drawn out and don't think everyone of them needed to talk. Tag division has been cursed with injuries and has forced Decay to have a lot more screen time than they really need but I like the group.

I know alot of people don't like TNA but I find the product enjoyable. It's a different feel than WWE that I like. WWE just feels way over produced to me, not a bad thing but I just tend to enjoy TNA , NXT, and ROH more than I do Raw.

[Bad News Gertner]

Here's a video of Lanny Poffo in Memphis Wrestling 1984 comparing Poffomania to AIDS and then telling an offensive joke. Enjoy.

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[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Random WCW Gif Friday:
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WWE has announced the following cards for their July events in Tokyo, Japan:

Friday 7/1:
*WWE World Heavyweight champion Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens.
*John Cena vs. Chris Jericho.
*WWE Tag Team champions The New Day vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. The Usos vs. The Vaudevillians.
*Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bray Wyatt.
*WWE Women's championship Charlotte with Ric Flair vs. Natalya.
*Titus O'Neil vs. Baron Corbin.
*WWE NXT Women's champion Asuka vs. Becky Lynch.

Saturday 7/2:
*WWE World Heavyweight champion Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho.
*John Cena vs. Kevin Owens.
*WWE Tag Team champions The New Day vs. The Vaudevillians.
*Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bray Wyatt.
*The Usos vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.
*WWE Women's champion Charlotte with Ric Flair vs. Becky Lynch.
*Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler.
*WWE NXT Women's champion Asuka vs. Natalya.

Unlike last year's Beast In The East event with Finn Balor having ties to Japanese wrestling, neither Nakamura nor Asuka are the main attractions for the shows. WWE used Nakamura's name to help sell out the shows but decided to not give him top billing status for the actual event.

Pop TV has, effective immediately, dropped the Saturday replay of Impact, so Impact now only airs at 9 p.m. on Thursday night. This is the same pattern that Destination America did with the cutting of shows.
Took Pop TV around the same amount of time to sour on carrying Impact as Destination America did. PWTorch had a report on what a typical episode of Impact makes on average for ad revenue and it turned out to be in the $18k range. http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/04/12/pwtorch-report-ad-revenue-points-pop-bumped-impacts-tuesday-night-replay/

On training with Ultimo Dragon: “I am new school, but Ultimo Dragon taught me that wrestling is a fight. He taught me the importance of the fighting spirit in the ring. I started wrestling in Mexico, and then I came to New Japan. I tried to be different. I learned the Mexican style, the Japanese style and the American style. My dropkick is from Mexico, but my fighting spirit is from Japan. The TV and the entertainment is from the U.S., so everything combined. I was a young age, 16 years old, in Mexico. I traveled to these different countries, and I have the new style from Mexico and TNA. I wrestled two years in Florida, then back in Japan, and everything combined for a new style. It’s different. I was looking for old school wrestling that looked new. Dropkicks are old moves, but I wanted to make a new version of an old move.”

On TNA’s mishandling of him: “I learned in TNA that I needed more than just a good match–I needed a character. That’s how I became the “Rainmaker.” It was good for me. TNA didn’t use me, but I got hungrier to wrestle. The struggle made me better. I was always a good wrestler. I feel like I can wrestle anybody. Of course, I wanted to main event wrestling matches in TNA, but in their eyes, no, that would not happen. So I went back to New Japan. I took the timing and technique I learned in the U.S. back with me to Japan. When I was in TNA, somebody told me about the ‘Rainmaker.’ I thought it was a nice character. In Japan, there is no character–it’s fight, fight, fight. So I needed a character. When I was just a strong wrestler, TNA didn’t use me. I didn’t have a character, so I knew I needed one. That’s what the agents in TNA kept telling me, so I made this character and I took it to New Japan.”

On Shinsuke Nakamura signing with WWE: “I was very surprised he left for WWE. I was so surprised, but it’s no problem. That’s what he wanted–he wanted to go. There is more emotion in a match in New Japan. The matches here in the U.S. are so fast that sometime they lack emotion. It is move, move, move. When I lost last year’s Tokyo Dome [at Wrestle Kingdom 9], I almost cried. There is that much emotion, and that is a big difference in style.”
From a recent interview NJPW's Okada had with Sports Illustrated. http://411mania.com/wrestling/kazuchika-okada-was-surprised-nakamura-went-to-wwe/

New Japan made an announcement today regarding the Super J Cup, which is not the same as the Super Juniors tournament. The Super Juniors starts 5/21 and is a round-robin tournament. The Super J Cup will be a 16-man multi-promotional single elimination tournament. The first round matches will be 7/18 at Korakuen Hall, which will be eight bouts. The final eight move into a one-night tournament, similar to the old K-1 Grand Prix, on 8/21 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo. They announced there would be four wrestlers from New Japan, (three regulars and one from Chaos, likely Will Ospreay), five from NOAH (three from NOAH and two from the Suzuki-gun side), plus one wrestler each from All Japan, Okinawa Pro, CMLL, ROH, K-Dojo, Dragon Gate and one more participant.

Rolling Stone has an interview with Damien Sandow talking about his time in the WWE and his release and future plans. He mentioned that is taking select wrestling dates as a "Thank you Tour" to the fans and he is going to start studying Shakespearean acting as most of the offers he has received are for film.
http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/features/damien-sandow-on-life-after-wwe-and-his-thank-you-tour-20160513

The 5/12 episode of Smackdown did 2,262,000 viewers, down from last week's 2,346,000 viewers.

PWTorch has learned from multiple sources that TNA is behind paying some production workers going back to January and March TV tapings.

After struggling to make payments on-time throughout 2015, TNA handed over the system to the Harris Twins through their production company Aroluxe, payable by TNA. Since then, payments have continued to be late. The situation has especially been exacerbated by TNA leaving their long-time office in Nashville and relocating to the merchandise warehouse.

Also, production workers have been met with resistance when inquiring about payments. PWTorch has also learned that some production workers have been told they will or might be replaced at the next tapings in June, likely in favor of independent production workers who do not have a history of late payments.
http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/05/13/pwtorch-report-tna-behind-paying-workers-leading-slammiversary/

Konnan has a new Spanish language YouTube show and he’s been ripping on AAA since the split. He said that AAA keeps its talent through lying, intimidation and fear. Konnan is looking at doing something, but it’s going to be very difficult. Most of the guys in Lucha Underground, such as Jack Evans, Fenix, Pentagon Jr., Drago, Angelico and others were people Konnan brought to the promotion and under normal circumstances, may have gone with him to a new project, similar to how the people closest with Antonio Pena in 1992 quit CMLL to go with Pena. But the difference here is that it was made clear to everyone in Lucha Underground, that if they work in Mexico for anyone other than AAA, they would lose their LU jobs.

Bret Hart, when asked to do Payback, said he didn’t want to be there if Natalya was going to lose so was told not to worry that “the ending would be positive.” The plan was to do the Montreal finish and then Flair and Charlotte would try and run off, Bret would block the aisle and they’d end up back in the ring where Natalya would bounce them around. Bret came up with the double sharpshooter idea which Vince McMahon was surprised he’d physically do that much coming off the cancer surgery and the bad wrist.
In regards to not wanting to be there just to see Natty lose, Bret in previous interviews did hint if it wasn't for Natty being the one making the request for his appearance, he'd rather just stay at home resting from his recent medical issues.


Some other sheet related news includes:

Suplex Apparel website had a recent interview with Zack Sabre Jr regarding being involved with the upcoming WWE Cruiserweight tournament. http://www.suplexapparel.com/blog/zack-sabre-jr-on-being-apart-of-wwe-cruiserweight-classic/
During an interview with PWI, ROH's COO teased rumors of Sinclair considering purchasing TNA are likely true. http://www.pwinsider.com/article/101968/rohs-joe-koff-comments-on-sinclairs-rumored-interest-in-tna-wrestling.html?p=1
According to reports, the recently uploaded Eddie Guerrero RAW tribute show on the Network is not the original tv episode but instead an earlier taped episode. Main reason is due to music license reasons.
Recent Observer newsletter revealed a big source for RAW's ratings decline for the past two years is due to their main tv audience, 18-34 males, dropping to New Gen levels of bad. The gains with female viewers because of Total Divas is nowhere close to making up the difference and even that has dropped by a lot. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4j8bnv/meltzer_about_wwe_ratings_declineon_this_week_won/
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, El Torito of Los Matadores was actually the 2nd El Torito in WWE history. The name was previously used by a mini-wrestler in 1997 known as Espectrito outside of the WWE.
In another "WWE Did You Know" type fact, a rest hold spot in the WWE once actually resulted in someone taking a nap during a match. Happened in 1983 at a house show involving a match between Andre the Giant and Big John Studd. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4j74er/oh_you_didnt_know_1
For those interested in possibly looking at the Rainmaker's wiener, reports from Japan state NJPW's Okada is going to be releasing a nude book soon. https://twitter.com/enuhito_eng/status/729590093325832192

[Jordan]

Al Snow just hit Shahira with a piece of rolled up paper, or a spork. Josh Matthews is SO BAD OMG

[Fignuts]

Really pumped for the return of the super jcup. Used to be one of the coolest tournaments in wrestling until the 2004 version ruined it by having a bunch of jobbers (and marufuji) despite having some of the best junior heavyweights in the world in unrelated tag matches on the card.

[Tom Guycott]

http://i.imgur.com/GfMsXbR.jpg

God, I wish this were a thing for some reason. Exactly this, coming to the ring. DJ Percy P on the pink quad leading Angle to the ring and Kurt wearing Zubaz as ring attire.

[Evil Vito]

– According to North American Wrestling Rankings, WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler reached his 400th televised match in WWE as a singles wrestler after his loss to Baron Corbin on the May 9 edition of Raw. This makes Ziggler the first man to have 400 televised single matches since the site first began tracking wrestler stats in 2006. Ziggler’s current record stands at 176 wins, 176 losses and 48 no-contests.

He’s followed by Randy Orton with 362 matches, Sheamus with 331 matches, Jack Swagger with 327, Kofi Kingston with 321, John Cena with 307, and Kane with 302.

176 wins, 176 losses. Literally 50/50 booking.

[Maluco]

176 wins, 176 losses. Literally 50/50 booking.

And his position on the card literally has not moved either, in 400 matches. You would think someone would pick up on that.

[#1-norm-fan]

I love Dolph Ziggler and kinda hate Baron Corbin and I couldn't even be happy at Ziggler beating him because I just thought "This will do nothing for Ziggler and absolutely fucks up Corbin's chances of being relevant from the get-go." Lo and behold Corbin gets his win back and everyone looks like they're on the same shitty level. Cool.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I didn't mind the Ziggler win, honestly. Corbin (and Big Cass) have been presented as big guys that are still finding themselves in the ring. It takes the need for them to be batting 100 off a little.

I've got no clue where they go with Ziggler now though. He might be good in a tag team with someone.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I think TNA should move pass Abyss at this point. I'm not saying that as a criticism of Abyss, but I just feel that he's too much "old TNA" at this point.

[Simple Fan]

Kind of agree, that's why I like him in Decay. It's not the regular monster Abyss and feels fresh.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I hope Sinclair buys TNA and War Machine come in and beat them for the belts yesterday.

[Simple Fan]

Al Snow just hit Shahira with a piece of rolled up paper, or a spork. Josh Matthews is SO BAD OMG

Also agree. They have Mike Tenay but for some reason don't use him. Had him replace Pope while he was attacked by Lashly but was gone when Pope returned.

[Mr. Nerfect]

How is Kevin Kelly as a commentator? I don't remember much of his work, but he seems to have a good reputation as a "wrestling guy."

[Vastardikai]

Hermie the Hermaphrodite?

[Simple Fan]

How is Kevin Kelly as a commentator? I don't remember much of his work, but he seems to have a good reputation as a "wrestling guy."

He's alright. Calls the match and sets the story well. I like him better than Corino.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Mr. Nerfect]

If AJ Styles wins the WWE World Title from Roman Reigns, when Seth Rollins returns it makes perfect sense for him to want a shot at the belt he never lost. This puts Reigns & Rollins both in the challenging position. It'd be very easy to move Dean Ambrose (who should win this year's Money in the Bank, in my opinion) into a partnership with Reigns & Rollins against AJ Styles, Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows.

I know people have talked about The Shield vs. The Bullet Club on here before, but I think that's the most natural way to transition into it.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I've got this weird feeling they are going to put the tag belts on The Shining Stars. I don't know why, I just see them being given them to try and make them seem a bit more serious and hopefully get them over and eventually transition them to Enzo & Cass. A role they could do with The Vaudevillains, but I'm not sure how much long-term faith the WWE has in them.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I kind of know how I want the upcoming returns to go:

Seth Rollins returns and obviously wants what he never lost -- the WWE World Heavyweight Title. Roman Reigns has defeated AJ Styles again, but there are still some that feel that AJ could beat Reigns. Shane and Stephanie and doing the job-sharing thing, so they think that Rollins should re-earn his place in the title picture. AJ Styles wants the title, he wants the title -- they can fight at Money in the Bank and the winner will receive the next shot at the WWE Title.

John Cena is back and he wants a match with Roman Reigns. He's won the belt 15 times in the past, he couldn't compete at WrestleMania for the first time in forever, so he now wants to prove he still belongs at the top. Reigns vs. Cena is confirmed for MITB. In addition to that match and Rollins vs. Styles, you also obviously have the Ladder Match.

Rollins beats Styles fair and square, proving that he does belong back in the title picture, while Reigns beats Cena in the "torch-passing" moment. I know people would want the WWE to pocket that match for a while, but the crowd could be very unpredictable for it. Money in the Bank is obviously in the WWE's "big four" PPVs now, so it's not like it's a throwaway show, but you won't be counting on any specific crowd reaction for it.

Rollins moves into the title picture against Reigns and Finn Balor debuts and steals Anderson & Gallows away from Styles, because they believe that Styles has "lost his edge" or whatever. Triple H re-inserts himself around this time, and he implies that he has Seth's back against Reigns. Rollins tells Triple H that he is going to do what Triple H couldn't do at WrestleMania -- beat Roman Reigns -- because he's "that damn good." Cold war tensions are a-brewing. Triple H gets involved and screws Rollins, which sets up Triple H vs. Rollins quite nicely for SummerSlam. Brock comes back for the SummerSlam title match against Roman. Styles and Balor have their blow-off.

The one guy I'm not sure of is Randy Orton. I'd honestly be kind of intrigued to see him work with someone like Cesaro or Kevin Owens. I guess that'd put him in the IC Title picture?