"100,001" Replies (Wrestling Forum)

[Evil Vito]

I would if I could.

[Disturbed316]

Should have been world champ, he's so great.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Great promo. Triple H beat the fuck out of him though.

[Lock Jaw]

Speaking of, I loved his commentary on NXT. He would always allude to his wife and make her sound like some sickly old hag.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Emperor Smeat]

Sasha Banks rumored to have suffered a head injury during a house show last week according to the sheets.

Mostly has been doing house show stuff after getting pulled off of tv a while ago because of some long term plans the WWE has for her and Charlotte this summer. Depending on how serious the injury is, WWE might have to shelve those plans.

http://411mania.com/wrestling/sasha-banks-reportedly-injured/

[Volare]

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[Black Widow]

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[Evil Vito]

Sasha Banks rumored to have suffered a head injury during a house show last week according to the sheets.

Mostly has been doing house show stuff after getting pulled off of tv a while ago because of some long term plans the WWE has for her and Charlotte this summer. Depending on how serious the injury is, WWE might have to shelve those plans.

http://411mania.com/wrestling/sasha-banks-reportedly-injured/

Fuck.

[drave]

Summer of Lynch.

[Frank Drebin]

All red everything summer

[Frank Drebin]

Also, the last time Sasha was off tv for a bit the rumor was an injury and that turned out to be false so I'm gonna not believe it for now.

[drave]

Hope you take a bad hit of acid for suggesting such a thing :|

[drave]

#ShutDrebinDown

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

All red everything summer

You best be talking about Becky Lunch. (Shakes fist)

[Cool King]

So I watched the debut of The Shining Stars.

They're just pretty much the same as they were before they were Los Matadores, but they have a tag team name this time, no Rosa and more up to date music, which I actually like.

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[Cool King]

I'm not complaining though as I've always liked Primo & Epico.

[XL]

All red everything summer

They should have Eva Marie start a romantic relationship with a face, leading to a huge wedding at SummerSlam where the guests turn heel and beat the shit out of the face, and Eva becomes the leader of a heel group.

[drave]

Or they can beat the shit out of Eva Marie instead.

[Cool King]

Due to my nine month absence from wrestling, I've only just found out that Raw will be taped in Glasgow in November.

I checked tickets but Raw is sold out. Pretty gutted.

The silver lining I guess is that SmackDown still has tickets available, but all that are really left are the "cheap seats" way at the back and top of the arena.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

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Nash really making the most salient point on Bret Hart I've heard. Funny how Hall seems to hate Bret and Nash fucking loves him.

[Bad News Gertner]

Great timeline btw

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Nash's shoots are kind of inconsistent. He seems to have heat with different guys during different interviews and his opinions on people is always changing. He's still the best shoot interview out there. Scott Hall is great to listen to as well in that he's knowledgable on in ring stuff and passionate about wrestling, but he tells the same kliq stories all the fucking time, but probably due to brain damage etc.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Summary on this page: I love William Regal and Becky Lynch.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, Ryback is teasing Ryborg in the Impact Zone on his Twitter feed.

[Mr. Nerfect]

If they can get Ryborg and Cody Rhodes, they could be laughing with that new ownership.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Oh, and Aaron Sandow. Hire Rich Bocchini to replace Josh Mathews on commentary. And have Stu Barrett jump the railing and start laying guys out. He says he's bringing a friend over in a few weeks. Dave Bautista shows up with Barrett. They announce they will take on three TNA stars at the next PPV, but they won't reveal who their third man is going to be. During the match, TNA World Champion Drew Galloway hits the ring to defend the company he loves so much. But he turns on EC3, James Storm and Jeff Hardy beating the piss out of them and helping Bautista and Barrett pick up the win.

A few weeks later, Elijah Burke gets off commentary and says he's been misused by this company. He's a legit bad-ass and a movie star and he's now in the group. Maybe have Rockstar Spud join as their little twerp friend that takes the heat for them. Watch the money roll in with that completely original idea. You can call them "Gen-Pop."

Ryborg debuts and starts squashing jobbers and starts an undefeated streak that goes on for years. Cody Rhodes cuts some promos about how this is the place to be and now that the shackles are off, you're going to see what he is truly capable of. He enters the X-Division and beats Trevor Lee for the title, who then moves into a program with G.S. Helms, who is pissed off that Lee couldn't get the job done against Rhodes. TNA signs Chris Hero to come in and wrestle Cody Rhodes in a classic series of matches over the X-Division Title, because they need something in there. The Hardys re-unite to fight against the evil Gen-Pop stable.

[Bad News Gertner]

I would watch TMA if Ryback showed up

[Mr. Nerfect]

TMA would be a better name for them actually. I feel like they need to change something about the packaging there.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'll be honest, I'd watch out of curiosity. They should bring in Dutch as the booker again and beg Kurt Angle to do some guest appearances to put over their next major stars.

[Evil Vito]

TNA was such a dumb acronym for a wrestling company in the first place. Made them seem like they were trying way too hard to be edgy.

[Tom Guycott]

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Smelly Sock Dog. Thanks, kid. Now I have the No Mercy song in my head.

[Mr. Nerfect]

How would you rename it? Something Championship Wrestling? Something Wrestling Federation? Blank Wrestling Alliance? Some sort of cool acronym?

[Evil Vito]

How would you rename it? Something Championship Wrestling? Something Wrestling Federation? Blank Wrestling Alliance? Some sort of cool acronym?

Something Wrestling Alliance would have actually made sense to me given the NWA association right off the gate.

Hell, NWA: Impact would have been fine with me.

[Evil Vito]

They seem to colloquially refer to the whole company as "Impact Wrestling" which honestly sounds way better to me than TNA anyway.

[Mr. Nerfect]

NWA: Impact would have worked, but I do think that they could have used the contemporary move away from the NWA association at some point. Maybe they can call it the Impact Wrestling Federation or something. Fairly certain there is an IWF though.

[Evil Vito]

IWF is: International Weightlifting Federation apparently

[Evil Vito]

Vince's secret project after the WBF failed.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Ha.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm going through the TNA roster. Man they could use some refocus on their tag team division.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Cody Rhodes & Aaron Sandow as your TNA World Tag Team Champions.

[Evil Vito]

Cody and Sandow teaming again would be fascinating to me. Not just because they've teamed before and were good but also because both are in the same boat of possibly going into acting and such. They could get involved in side projects that extend beyond just wrestling.

[Simple Fan]

I've always thought them rejoining the NWA and changing to Non-stop Wrestling Action would be best. Impact Wrestlings probably the easiest one to do. Impact Championship Wrestling ICW, Impact Wrestling Championship IWC, World Impact Wrestling WIW. I don't know but I think ROH buying them would be best.

[Simple Fan]

I'm going through the TNA roster. Man they could use some refocus on their tag team division.

Heard they signed those French guys that got released from NXT but haven't seen them on Impact yet. Think they did a One Night Only match. Tag division has been cursed as top teams have left and it seems every time they have a team they want to get behind one of the members gets hurt. Another reason a ROH merger would be great as they have the best tag division on the planet.

[Black Widow]

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[Evil Vito]

If I got the impression that TNA was providing guys with a steady living that would be enough of a reason to keep in afloat even if the product was bad. But given that they are still having trouble paying talent and can't even stay on TV I really just wish it would either close or be absorbed by another company.

[Evil Vito]

Oddly enough I would pay for an Impact Wrestling Network type of deal where they put all of their old PPV events up. I probably wouldn't pay for long but there are definitely a few shows I wouldn't mind revisiting.

[Big Vic]

IWF is: International Weightlifting Federation apparently
Impact Wrestling Coalition?

[Simple Fan]

If I got the impression that TNA was providing guys with a steady living that would be enough of a reason to keep in afloat even if the product was bad. But given that they are still having trouble paying talent and can't even stay on TV I really just wish it would either close or be absorbed by another company.

Vince could probably get TNA for cheap right now. I know he wouldnt want any of the talent but you know he'd love to have that video library. Talent could then go to ROH, LU, or NJPW.

[Simple Fan]

Only guy I'd like to see in WWE would be ECIII, could say Ethan sold the company to Vince behind Dixies back and be brought in as Vinces hit man of sorts.

[Evil Vito]

Knowing WWE they would just make ECIII Derrick Bateman again and he'd go back to jobbing on SmackDown.

[Volare]

I swear Jericho is the best on twitter during live TV events.....

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[Emperor Smeat]

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[Evil Vito]

Dean Ambrose/Steve Blackman feud plz

[Volare]

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[Lock Jaw]

Well that was awkward.

[Evil Vito]

Tom Phillips has a very manly chest. No manscaping necessary.

[Simple Fan]

Really looking forward to Money in the Bank. Should have Rollins vs Reigns, hopefully the let the women have a MitB ladder match. Feel like AJ Styles is the only guy to give the briefcase to. In a perfect scenario Balor gets involved in New Day/Anderson&Gallows and The Club win the tag titles. Later on in the night all three help AJ grab the briefcase and Bulletproof is born.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Absolutely love the name Bulletproof.

[Poit]

I don't know why the New Day keeps undressing Tom Phillips. So not complaining, though.

[Emperor Smeat]

Jack Swagger rumored to be the next one to give their notice to the WWE according to the Observer's forums. Something about a huge argument backstage and him storming out of the building happening prior to the start of last night's ppv.

[XL]

Wouldn't be surprised. WWE wouldn't be any worse off for losing Swagger (or Cody for that matter).

[Volare]

No more swaggie time.

[Volare]

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I said it last night and I'll say it again. Dude has a major set.


Side note: ROFL at the "date" in the title.

[Evil Vito]

the elbow ones skeeve me out way more than the back ones. elbow skin is so thin. part of the reason he got cut to ribbons there

[Emperor Smeat]

Sasha Banks rumored to have suffered a head injury during a house show last week according to the sheets.

Mostly has been doing house show stuff after getting pulled off of tv a while ago because of some long term plans the WWE has for her and Charlotte this summer. Depending on how serious the injury is, WWE might have to shelve those plans.

http://411mania.com/wrestling/sasha-banks-reportedly-injured/

Observer confirmed her injury is legit and likely is a concussion.

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"She's hurt. It's a significant thing. As far as how long ... the [injury] they were keeping secret before was a knee [injury]. WWE ... They'll tell you some injuries and then others, they don't want you to know. That's the deal.

"But there's no way of knowing right now what her status is. Obviously, Charlotte and Sasha were supposed to wrestle in Brooklyn for SummerSlam this year. It's months away, so there's still a very good chance that that's going to happen. But you just never know with a concussion."

From today's Observer Radio show about Sasha's injury.

http://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2016/5/23/11749906/sasha-banks-injury-concussion-severity

[Savio]

Reigns could be the best heel in a long time if only they would push him that way.

[Gerard]

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Ouch.

Funny how that move went form being a suplex into a sit out tombstone, later variations he just seemed to grab them into a tombstone position and the suplex element vanished.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

He used to be so fucking good before he took all the steroids around.

[Evil Vito]

Kane spoke with the local NBC affiliate in Knoxville, Tennessee and said he's seriously considering a run as a Republican for the Knox County mayoral seat in 2018. Kane says he will make his decision later this year after the presidential election. He commented:

“Yes, I’ve talked about it with some folks but there’s nothing too solid yet. Mayor Burchett’s term is coming up and I think he’s been really good for Knox County. I think the most important thing is I care very deeply about this community, like a lot of people do. And that’s the only reason I would consider getting into any sort of government because I do care very deeply. And I think it’s incumbent upon people who care about the communities to try to make a difference."

Kane is apparently running on keeping county taxes low. He said:

“What I’ve seen in Knox County the past several years is that taxes have remained low because it’s a great place to live. People move here and that helps expands the tax base. My political philosophy is the ‘smaller the better. Government should stay out of the way and let free enterprise do what it does best."

It would be an interesting career change for Kane as the county mayor earns around $170,000 annually and oversees almost 1,000 employees with a more than $750 million budget.

I want to see Corporate Kane showing up for town hall meetings at lunch, and Demon Kane terrorizing the citizens of Knox County at night.

[Cool King]

Jack Swagger rumored to be the next one to give their notice to the WWE according to the Observer's forums.

I really hope not.

[Shadrick]

Reigns could be the best heel in a long time if only they would push him that way.

this. especially with seth coming back.

[Evil Vito]

Swagger leaving would be entirely unsurprising. They've had absolutely nothing for him for ages.

[Droford]

Jack Swagger rumored to be the next one to give their notice to the WWE according to the Observer's forums. Something about a huge argument backstage and him storming out of the building happening prior to the start of last night's ppv.
Probably said
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[drave]

Hope he goes to be a beast in Japan. He is underrated.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Well, Adam Rose is not suspended anymore. He has been FIRED!

[VSG]

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Dana Brooke as Ric Flair was months in the making

[Bad News Gertner]

"WWF Did You Know"

This was a story that was out there in 1991. Hulk Hogan was on an episode of the Barbershop after Wrestlemania 7. Brutus asks Hogan what he's going to do when Slaughter sprays Agent Orange on the little Hulkamaniacs (agent orange is a poison). This caused a drop in House Show attendance because parents were afraid that their kids were going to be poisoned.
I have heard the promo and I sooooo want this to be true even though it's probably not

[Evil Vito]

:lol: that is amazing if true

[Mr. Nerfect]

Isn't his entire wrestling history the WWE's developmental system? It's incredible to think of how good he could get if he went elsewhere and got some more tips from guys. He can protect himself a lot better too. Would love to see him doing a super-pro-American gaijin gimmick in Japan.

[Vastardikai]

Something I thought about, what with the Wyatts being out: Luke Harper is just as important to the Wyatt Family than even Bray Wyatt.

I don't mean this strictly because of his in ring work. But, because, when Luke is healthy and Bray isn't, they still had Wyatt Family segments. With both out, you got two other guys who are healthy, but are more or less doing nothing.

[Emperor Smeat]

"WWF Did You Know"

This was a story that was out there in 1991. Hulk Hogan was on an episode of the Barbershop after Wrestlemania 7. Brutus asks Hogan what he's going to do when Slaughter sprays Agent Orange on the little Hulkamaniacs (agent orange is a poison). This caused a drop in House Show attendance because parents were afraid that their kids were going to be poisoned.
I have heard the promo and I sooooo want this to be true even though it's probably not

Wouldn't be surprised although think at least one of the stories regarding the Hulk-Slaughter feud got debunked or was likely a fib. The one about the WWF changing Mania 7's venue because of a legit bomb threat when in reality they likely were well short of a sell-out for the original venue.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Something I thought about, what with the Wyatts being out: Luke Harper is just as important to the Wyatt Family than even Bray Wyatt.

I don't mean this strictly because of his in ring work. But, because, when Luke is healthy and Bray isn't, they still had Wyatt Family segments. With both out, you got two other guys who are healthy, but are more or less doing nothing.

Harper is a crucial component. I'm sour on The Wyatts when Bray is there and he isn't.

[Seth82]

this has potential to be good.

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[Bad News Gertner]

Lol oh dear God. That should be interesting.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I was thinking about the AJ/Gallows/Anderson stuff on RAW. It seemed a little soft and almost too much of a foreshadowing. My first thought was "They're going to beat-down Styles and we're going to get him and a partner versus Gallows & Anderson at MITB." Finn Balor crossed my mind, but then I thought about John Cena needing something to do. I'm not really keen on seeing him facing Rusev again this early on. Cena vs. Del Rio is also too...meh. It's no fault of Del Rio's, but he just doesn't feel "major" at this point.

Then I thought to myself: I think Anderson was the guy saying "I hope you reconsider" or something as they were walking off from Styles -- who then lost his match clean. What if next week they have Cena cutting a promo in the ring about some unfinished business he has, then Gallows & Anderson come waltzing out. They head to the ring and start to beat on Cena. AJ Styles hits the ring and pulls them off...then he starts beating Cena too.

AJ Styles & The Club were listed as house show opponents for like Cena, Reigns & Ambrose or something. Styles deciding that maybe he does need them could be an interesting turn of events for him. Thinking of potential New Day opponents at Money in the Bank too -- and you do have to consider them somewhat of a priority for the company at this point -- Gallows & Anderson are the best fit. You can have them re-align with Styles who challenges Cena while they going after the tag straps.

Cena vs. Styles would be something special. AJ is also arguably one of the best workers in the company, so if someone can drag something out of a 60% John Cena, he's as good an option as anyone not currently in the Ladder Match. Eventually you bring in Finn Balor as the fourth man to The Club and build tensions between him and Styles.

It's potentially a lot of turns for Styles, but he's going to be cheered against Cena anyway, so it could kind of be a "shades of grey" thing, like what they were doing with Styles and Reigns. But they seemed to distance themselves from that this week on RAW. I guess you could also have Cena vs. Styles completely babyface with the ever-looming threat of Anderson & Gallows hanging over the match. I'd mark the fuck out if they helped John Cena, but that's not happening.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Thinking about what's going on, here's my ideal Money in the Bank card:

WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Seth Rollins

John Cena vs. AJ Styles

Women's Championship
Charlotte (c) vs. Becky Lynch
Special Guest Referee: Ric Flair

NOTE: The Ric Flair inclusion isn't necessary, and I feel the company is done with him on-air at this point, but it'd play off the emotion this week to have Stephanie announce that due to Charlotte's actions, she's appointed him the referee. There is the emotional turmoil of Flair wanting to win his daughter's love back, him being scorned by her, the prestige of the championship, etc. Does he just call it down the middle? Is he going to screw his daughter to teach her some humility? Is he going to help her retain as a "I do love you" move?

Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Sami Zayn vs. Cesaro vs. Chris Jericho vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens vs. Kofi Kingston vs. United States Champion Rusev

WWE Tag Team Championship
The New Day (c) vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson

Intercontinental Championship
The Miz (c) vs. Randy Orton

NOTE: I'm not sure if Orton is ready to return. In the quarterly investors' meeting, Vince implied that he'd be back soon. There's very few places to insert Orton. I could see The Miz talking up the prestige of the championship and his role in the company and Orton just coming back and giving him the RKO to set something up. Simple and elegant. Orton doing for the IC Title what Cena did for the US Title last year could be pretty neat. If Orton's not ready, you can slip Kane, Big Show or Mark Henry into this role and have them play the babyface big guy that you think Miz has no chance against, but he finds a way to retain anyway. Those matches may not be pretty, but they're something different in contrast to the rest of the card, and say what you will, I do feel that they've been off TV enough for them to have that casual fan attraction on a minor level, especially against such a perfect douchebag like The Miz.

10-Man Tag Team Match
Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio, Baron Corbin & The Dudley Boyz vs. Apollo Crews, Kalisto, Dolph Ziggler, Enzo & Cass

NOTE: It seems like they're setting these programs up separately, but if you run everything else, there's not really that much room for them on a seven match card. Sheamus & The Dudleys are both playing these heel thugs that want respect from the newer generation, and putting Crews with Enzo & Cass might help endear him to fans. Corbin and Ziggler could do something on the Kickoff again, but you could throw them in here for some main card shine. You can also do something with Corbin's "Lone Wolf" persona not getting along with the others. Del Rio and Kalisto are random additions, but I can imagine they want a Hispanic presence on the show. Kalisto is going to need something to rebound with after Rusev, so I can see him working some more television matches with Del Rio (I know, it's not very exciting) and they continue that tension here. It's a clusterfuck, but it gets a few prominent players on the show to highlight their stronger points. I originally had this as a mere six-man with Sheamus & The Dudleys vs. Crews, Enzo & Cass, but the inclusion of Ziggler, Corbin, Del Rio & Kalisto somewhat makes sense.

Kickoff Match
Natalya vs. Dana Brooke

[Volare]

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HE CALLED OUT FUNAKI!!!

[Volare]

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[slik]

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[slik]

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[Black Widow]

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[Shisen Kopf]

They shoulda called it the Federation of World Wrestlers. FWW

[Jordan]

I really don't like this Flair stuff. Nobody watches wrestling for that shit.

[Simple Fan]

I really don't like this Flair stuff. Nobody watches wrestling for that shit.

I thought it was one of Charlotte's better promos. And if its going to get Flair off TV I'm good with it.

[Gerard]

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[Seth82]

gotta love the IWC.

so quick to throw someone like Ric fucking Flair to the curb. the guy should be around as long as he wants to.

of course sadly he really is just some old guy that is Charlotte's dad to these kids.

[Simple Fan]

Him speaking last night was horrible. He was probably about half drunk.

[Sepholio]

That promo between Ric and Charlotte was one of the worst segments I've seen on RAW in years.

[Simple Fan]

I thought it was great for Charlotte.

[Sepholio]

How? She clearly got lost and had to keep saying the same things over and over again. It was forced and obvious that neither one of them were comfortable with how it was going. She went from praise to hate to a little praise to more hate. It was utterly ridiculous and awkward. She seemed so confused out there like she didn't know if it was a promo or real. That's the problem I had with it: It was too real. They already had the issue with someone taunting her about her brother committing suicide on air a few months ago and now the writers put her in an angle disowning her father on the air? It was entirely distasteful.

Everyone in the crowd seemed to realize how horrible it was.

[Simple Fan]

That's what I liked about it. It felt real and she showed a lot of emotion. I think it's time for her to drop her father and do her own thing. It did drag on a little bit but I liked it.

[Cool King]

How? She clearly got lost and had to keep saying the same things over and over again. It was forced and obvious that neither one of them were comfortable with how it was going. She went from praise to hate to a little praise to more hate. It was utterly ridiculous and awkward. She seemed so confused out there like she didn't know if it was a promo or real. That's the problem I had with it: It was too real. They already had the issue with someone taunting her about her brother committing suicide on air a few months ago and now the writers put her in an angle disowning her father on the air? It was entirely distasteful.

Everyone in the crowd seemed to realize how horrible it was.

Sounds bad.

I'm glad I skipped it.

[XL]

Seph nails it there.

[Volare]

I think if they would've just had her talk about "riding coat tails" and "stealing my light" instead of "personal problems, daddy issues, never home" it would've come off better.

I was digging it when she accused her father of the first two, but when she tried to get personal neither she or Ric could really handle it, and that's when it went to shit.

[Sepholio]

Exactly. It got too personal and they couldn't handle it.

The whole time I was sitting there trying to imagine how awkward Dana Brooke must have felt in that ring.

[Simple Fan]

Agree but I think it needed to go there. He wasn't there for as a child why should he be there now. Got great heat for Charlotte to.

[Sepholio]

She already had heat. It's beyond that now.

She will get booed more than Reigns now. That's saying something.

[evanbrown]

And his name is




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[Volare]

:shifty:

[#1-norm-fan]

She already had heat. It's beyond that now.

She will get booed more than Reigns now. That's saying something.

She's a heel though. She's supposed to get booed. Why is that bad?

[Sepholio]

Because they made it too real. People weren't just booing a character at that point.

[weather vane]

I thought that segment was awesome. Brought genuine emotion out of me. Tough to do in today's WWE. Whether you thought it came out perfect or not shouldn't matter. I hate when people complain when somebody stumbles on a few words.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tonight, I am going to destroy <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBrookeWWE">@DanaBrookeWWE</a> like <a href="https://twitter.com/WWESheamus">@WWESheamus</a> is about to destroy these cornflakes <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash">#RAW</a> <a href="https://t.co/pnYyHZruIF">pic.twitter.com/pnYyHZruIF</a></p>&mdash; Becky Lynch (@BeckyLynchWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/732353147197394944">May 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Volare]

:rofl:

[Lock Jaw]

I liked the Charlotte segment. Cool King would definitely hate it, though, since he dislikes all female rasslers who aren't Kaitlyn or Aksana.

[VSG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tonight, I am going to destroy <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBrookeWWE">@DanaBrookeWWE</a> like <a href="https://twitter.com/WWESheamus">@WWESheamus</a> is about to destroy these cornflakes <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash">#RAW</a> <a href="https://t.co/pnYyHZruIF">pic.twitter.com/pnYyHZruIF</a></p>&mdash; Becky Lynch (@BeckyLynchWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/732353147197394944">May 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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I initially had a very different image of Sheamus "destroying" Dana Brooke tonight before I realized Becky was posting this.

[#1-norm-fan]

I didn't watch the segment yet so I can't comment on how good or bad it was but "getting too real" seems like a nitpicky gripe. She disowned her father. It's a heel tactic. I'm not seeing the problem.

[Droford]

Sheamus should be eating either lucky charms or oatmeal

[ron the dial]

the charlotte promo wasn't the smoothest thing ever, but nowhere near as bad as the level of complaints i've seen today imo.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I didn't watch the segment yet so I can't comment on how good or bad it was but "getting too real" seems like a nitpicky gripe. She disowned her father. It's a heel tactic. I'm not seeing the problem.

It was great. If people are upset then Charlotte did her job and did it well. She's a top heel right now along with Kevin OOOOwens.

Sort of reminded me a little bit Solo/Ren scene in The Force Awakens.

They didn't mention Reid so I don't think it went too far.

[Emperor Smeat]

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The Monday, May 23rd edition of WWE Raw was up slightly this week to 3.26 million viewers, up three percent from last week ...

The three hours were:

8 p.m.: 3.36 million viewers
9 p.m.: 3.33 million viewers
10 p.m.: 3.12 million viewers

In terms of weekly stuff, Thunder-Warriors game did more damage to last week's RAW numbers than yesterday's Cavs-Raptors game in terms of sports. Last week's first hour was stronger but yesterday didn't have the big 3rd hour drop last week had.

The Friday replay of Monday Night RAW from May 16th did 467,000 viewers on SyFy with no promotion whatsoever.

According to an interview with Sports Illustrated, Director Rory Karpf has stated the 30 in 30 documentary on the life and career of Ric Flair will be in the 90-120 minute range and is currently being edited. We are hearing the aim is to debut the documentary in August but that could change. Vince McMahon, Undertaker, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson and a ton of others have been interviewed for the piece.

It was noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that despite losing to WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns at Extreme Rules, WWE does have big plans for AJ Styles.

No word yet on what they have planned now that Reigns has apparently moved on to Seth Rollins.

Smackdown in Canada will air on Thursday this week because of the Memorial Cup on Wednesday. It will also replay on Friday.

Pop TV President Brad Schwartz did an interview with PW Insider giving TNA a vote of confidence, saying what station would cancel its second highest rated show. Well, that's actually happened quite a number of times to wrestling shows including TNA last year. Schwartz did the interview no doubt because of all the stuff about canceling the replay on Saturday after just four weeks and no mentions at all in the upfronts in March about TNA when plugging shows. Schwartz claimed when they started on the station they wanted to give as many people as possible a chance to find it, so they premiered it and repeated it, but now repeats don't make sense with VOD and DVR's and people watching when they want to anyway. The problem is Pop is not a staggered network like most entertainment networks so prime time means 6 p.m. on the West Coast, which is why Destination America would do the midnight replay, so they have a prime time showing. He tried to give the idea that it was the plan to do so for a few months and then cut down to one airing, which makes zero sense because why do the time slot change just a month ago if the plan was to dump it? He did explain about growing up watching wrestling on Saturday mornings, but again, if that's the case you don't dump it in four weeks. He noted they never marketed the Saturday show and the plan was always to have one two hour broadcast. He claimed repeats don't work, although that's notable because Pop's highest rated show is a repeat.
Basically POP TV trying to downplay them getting rid of Impact replays and their relationship with TNA souring recently.

Ted DiBiase on Twitter mentioned to say prayers for George Steele who was going through some health issues. Best of luck to him in his current situation. He's beaten some major health issues in the past.
Steele mentioned on Twitter his rehab is going to take at least 5 weeks assuming no serious setbacks.

WWE hired a new announcer named Austin Romero, who started on Friday working the NXT tour using the name Mike Rome.

New Japan's top star Hiroshi Tanahashi has joined The Young Bucks on the injury list for the current Best of the Super Juniors tour due to a broken left shoulder ...

New Japan announced the injury and said he will be out the rest of the tour. They want him to heal up for one of the company's signature events of the year like the June 19th Dominion show at Osaka Jo Hall where he is set to face Omega in a ladder match.
Got hurt during the recent ROH-NJPW tour in the US.

Joey Ryan won DDT’s Iron Man Heavymetalweight championship today. He is the 1,073rd champion in the illustrious history of the hottest potato championship in wrestling. Former champs include a ladder, a curry, a camerman, a Yoshiaki Fujiwara and the belt itself.

Kevin Owens and Tyler Breeze raised almost $71,925 in their crowdfunding campaign to help the families affected by the Fort McMurray wildfires that ravaged Alberta, Canada a few weeks ago. The Canadian government stated that they would double any donations made that at least means $143,850 will be given for relief in that area. For details on how you can assist and donate, click here.
Link to the charity fund for those interested in donating: https://www.gofundme.com/22vqm7w


Some other sheet news includes:

Update to the Gawker-Hogan lawsuit news as the founder of Gawker is currently claiming a conspiracy against his company due to allegations of an outside source funding Hogan's case. A report from Forbes basically revealed who is funding Hogan's case and why he's doing it as payback against Gawker. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/business/dealbook/gawker-founder-suspects-a-common-financer-behind-lawsuits.html?_r=2 , http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2016/05/24/this-silicon-valley-billionaire-has-been-secretly-funding-hulk-hogans-lawsuits-against-gawker/#4e32c0167805
Also another update to the Gawker-Hogan lawsuit involves Hogan requesting Gawker to put at least $100 million in an escrow account so if they were to lose the appeal, Hogan would be guaranteed at least $100 million of the original award. http://www.pwinsider.com/article/102211/hulk-hogan-and-gawker-back-to-court-tomorrow.html?p=1
According to PWI, the judge for the Jimmy Snuka trial could make an official decision regarding Snuka being mentally fit for trial as early as June 1st. http://www.pwinsider.com/article/102209/snuka-update.html?p=1
The Adviser website had a recent interview with Charlotte with topics including how she became the leader of the Divas's Revolution and the hard work being done to change the Women's division perception in the WWE. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/from-popcorn-break-to-the-main-event-wwe-champion-ashley-charlotte-fliehr-leads-the-revolution-in-womens-wrestling/news-story/e44d548be958c7d63685feac75af9368
During a recent episode of The Not Sam radio show, former WWE writer Jensen Karp revealed some details on how Creative works in the WWE along with the average turnover for a writer's job in the company being around 3 months. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTAgjRmb1nE&feature=youtu.be
WWE might have teased their plans for Cena's upcoming return in a recent poll which included feuding with Rusev for the US title as an option. All other options were not feud specific. http://www.wwe.com/polls/what-would-you-see-john-cena-do-when-he-returns?sf26872920=1
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Cena needs to wrestle just 1 more match on RAW to tie Kane for the most matches wrestled in RAW history. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4kw4we/if_cena_has_a_match_next_week_he_will_tie_kane/
WWE ring announcer Eden revealed on Twitter she is leaving the WWE after tonight. Cody Rhodes had previously teased she was going to make an announcement regarding her future very soon. https://twitter.com/RealEdenWWE/status/735285917221593088

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

So It feels like era of OOOOOOOOOOOOwens is over. Eden Stiles is leaving WWE. :(

No more OOOOOOOOOOOOOOWens, or YOU NITED States.

[DaveWadding]

However the Championshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Era rolls on.

[VSG]

Just need the Rated R Sooooooooooperstar Era to make a return on Raw specials.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

For now. Greg Hamilton worked the Raw after WrestleMania hyping the crowd up and announcing Lilian Garcia to the ring.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Did anyone else catch Lilian Garcia announce AJ Styles as being from "Gainsborough, Georgia" on RAW this week? I know she's a lovely person and her dad is sick, but God she fucking sucks as a ring announcer. Have her turn heel and manage someone if you want to keep her around. Put her with a heel Dolph or something.

[Mr. Nerfect]

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[Mr. Nerfect]

Man, I really wish Eugene had dumped the special needs gimmick at One Night Stand '06. He could have been a tremendous face (in ECW) or heel (RAW or SmackDown).

[Mr. Nerfect]

I had no clue the Intercontinental Title used to have a purple strap until reading the lovely weekly column by Mathew Sforcina over on Gerty's website.

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[Mr. Nerfect]

Also had no idea Goldust brought a gold strap in. Looks pretty slick.

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[Mr. Nerfect]

You saw Noid posting pictures and thought they'd be of Becky Lynch, didn't you?

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[Volare]

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[Heisenberg]

Did anyone else catch Lilian Garcia announce AJ Styles as being from "Gainsborough, Georgia" on RAW this week? I know she's a lovely person and her dad is sick, but God she fucking sucks as a ring announcer. Have her turn heel and manage someone if you want to keep her around. Put her with a heel Dolph or something.



she needs to start wearing a mask

[Volare]

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[Sepholio]

I thought that segment was awesome. Brought genuine emotion out of me. Tough to do in today's WWE. Whether you thought it came out perfect or not shouldn't matter. I hate when people complain when somebody stumbles on a few words.

It brought genuine emotion out in me as well. Namely disgust for whoever in creative sent them out there to do that angle. Also pity for Ric and Charlotte having to suffer through airing something as legit as that in public when they clearly weren't comfortable doing it.

And it does matter if it comes out perfect or not as well. Otherwise Roman Reigns is gold on the stick because screw the fact he stumbles on his words and repeats himself.

[Ruien]

I am sure Ric and Charlotte were okay with doing it. Regardless, I found it boring.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Cool King]

I liked the Charlotte segment. Cool King would definitely hate it, though, since he dislikes all female rasslers who aren't Kaitlyn or Aksana.

And Alicia Fox, don't forget Alicia.

[Cool King]

But damn, I miss Kaitlyn now. :(

[Mercenary]

I got my picture with both .......

[Fignuts]

lol why the fuck does matt hardy look like tna raven?

[Simple Fan]

I know, not really a fan of the way he's speaking right now either. Basically Jeff swantond him off the top of the the titantron and now he's obsessed with putting an end to Nero (Jeff) since he returned.

[Volare]

Surprised he hasn't tried a TNA version of "Mattitude 2.0" or some shit.





Dude was cool when I met him at Secret's Cabaret in Fayetteville NC with Shannon Moore....we did a couple shots, shook hands and that was it.

[Simple Fan]

Kind of had something like that when he was TNA Champion. Had the Matt Hardy Brand as he called it with him, Reby, Rockstar Spud, and Tyrus carrying baby Maxel.

[Volare]

Love me some Peyton but....

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Is this worse than Brie mode?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Need something like Victoria used to have. Venus fly trap/Poison Ivy vibe needs to come from the song.

Doesn't really fit.

Worse than Brie Mode.

[Lock Jaw]

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[Emperor Smeat]

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In addition, a key aspect of this story is the declines at USA have led to wrestling becoming its strongest ratings programming.

The move to Tuesdays will also move Smackdown away from the ratings juggernaut that is NFL Thursday Night Football, which returns in September with extra added emphasis over past seasons. Smackdown has seen its ratings drop during the season, and the move to a live Tuesday format should avoid that strong night on television. Moving to Tuesday will also put it head-to-head against TNA, which likely won't hurt Smackdown ratings, but could have a big impact on the TNA ratings.
Observer on some of the possible reasons behind the push to make Smackdown a live show and TNA possibly being the biggest loser in the end.

* Smackdown will air live in UK as well
* The Women's Division will be on one show (Alvarez). Speculation is Smackdown.
* There will be a draft, most likely the July 11 RAW. (Alvarez)
* A lot of NXT wrestlers will be called up (Alvarez)
* Each brand will have a champion (Alvarez)
* Vince is said to be "really pumped up and full of ideas" and going on a very aggressive talent signing spree. (Meltzer)
* Only one Tag Team Title. (Alvarez)
* No word on brand specific PPVs
* Meltzer is estimating RAW will have a roster reduction of around 40% - half, then made up by talent called up from NXT/new signings.
Some updates to the Brand Split news according to the Observer and F4W. In regards to the "each brand will have a champion" part, Observer teasing the WWE is planning on bringing the World (Big Gold Belt) back.

The probability of Hulk Hogan getting $140 million increased as Gawker’s attempt to get a retrial was tossed out of court today. Gawker wanted a new trial because, well, the first one didn't go their way, but they still have the right to appeal. This case is still far from over.

In the latest twist in the ongoing Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker trial, Forbes is reporting that Silicon Valley billionaire and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel has been bankrolling Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker secretly.

The back story to Thiel's apparent involvment is that a website owned by Gawker attempted to publicly out Thiel as gay several years before he had publicly disclosed his sexuality. So, Thiel is financially assisting Hogan as a way to take out a common enemy in Gawker, which has claimed it would be out of business if they lost a major judgment to Hogan and were forced to pay.
More details regarding recent developments in the Hogan-Gawker trial: http://www.pwinsider.com/article/102241/hogan-vs-gawker-updates-including-judge-saying-gawker-is-on-the-hook-hogans-secret-backer-revealed.html?p=1

Last night's episode of TNA Impact Wrestling garnered 359, 000 viewers. Not only was it up from last week's 311,000 viewers, but it was the highest audience for an initial broadcast of Impact Wrestling since the series moved to Pop this year.

Cameron AKA Ariane Andrew appears on this week's Steve Austin Podcast. She noted that she wanted to finish her career with Austin since she started with him on the USA Network season of "Tough Enough." She noted that she and boyfriend Vinnie have split. They were early standouts on "Total Divas." She also discussed NXT, her release and more.

The latest edition of Jim Ross' podcast featured a good interview with former WWE Creative Team member Andrew Goldstein, who had some fun stories about working with Dusty Rhodes. He also pushed for the return of Wargames in WWE.

BRYAN: JBL says, "Last night must've taken a lot out of Dean Ambrose," and as he says this, Dean Ambrose isn't selling a goddamn thing. He's running and jumping and doing the whole thing--
MELTZER: Yup.
BRYAN: And so JBL pauses for a moment, and then he says "Well, he doesn't show it, but I'm sure he's hurting on the inside." And I'm like, is that how it is now? Nobody's selling anything, but we all need to know they're hurting on the inside.
MELTZER: There's a disconnect here because the talent wants to sell. You know that? They all want to sell, and they're told not to.
BRYAN: That's the directive now. This is a performance the fans pay their money for, and they wanna see you do all your stuff.
MELTZER: Yeah, they're told not to sell. But if that's the case, then why are the announcers still talking about selling injuries?
From a recent Observer Radio show about a new directive from Vince/management in regards to wrestlers told to stop "selling" injuries and moves to a degree during matches.


Some other sheet news includes:

Randy Orton recently revealed on Twitter he was upset regarding Cody Rhodes sudden departure from the WWE. Considered him as one of the few close friends he had in the locker room. https://twitter.com/RandyOrton/status/735553974514814977
Eden Stiles recently wrote a farewell letter to the WWE and wrestling on her official website. http://www.beingbrandirunnels.com/2016/05/free-yo-mind/
Newest episode of WWE Network's Table For 3 show was revealed to have Edge, Christian, and Mick Foley as the guests.
Newest episode of Talk Is Jericho had Ric Flair as his guest. Jericho also revealed his feelings and thoughts on the Asylum match against Dean Ambrose. http://podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program/episode.jsp?programID=593&pid=1652415
Aparently there is a big petition or campaign by WWE's India fanbase to have Charlotte suspended due to the way she treated Ric Flair. Threats of people no longer watching WWE until she gets punished due to the cultural taboo of children disrespecting their parents in the country. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4kx07g/charlotte_has_some_serious_heat_with_indian_wwe/
Triple H revealed on Twitter, the next NXT special will be called Takeover: The End. https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/735636638487957504

[Cool King]

From a recent Observer Radio show about a new directive from Vince/management in regards to wrestlers told to stop "selling" injuries and moves to a degree during matches.

I guess that would explain Sami Zayn to me then.

It's mostly likely just me but I've noticed he doesn't really sell that much, and only yesterday I was wondering why.

[Simple Fan]

Think the women should be on Raw since they have the extra hour. Don't really like 2 World titles if they're only going to have one set of tag titles.

Sucks for TNA, get their highest ratings and get hit with this news. Could be bad for them.

[Lock Jaw]

Sami Zayn an excellent seller.... see all those NXT matches where he would just get ruthlessly beat down for 80% of the match while the commentators would say "How is Sami still going?!"

[Lock Jaw]

Women should definitely be on RAW if it is still gonna be three hours.... Gives me something to look forward to during the hours.....

[Simple Fan]

If Smackdown does good, how long before USA pushes for it to be 3 hours?

[Bad News Gertner]

Ambrose NEVER sells

[DAMN iNATOR]

I had no clue the Intercontinental Title used to have a purple strap until reading the lovely weekly column by Mathew Sforcina over on Gerty's website.

https://www.cultofwhatever.com//wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wwe-ic-belt-12.jpg

I think only The Rock ever held it with that design with the old block WWF logo in the middle as opposed to up top, middle. Read somewhere that over time, after they switched to the WWF version featuring the then brand-new WWF scratch logo, the sweat of the guys actually caused it to discolor to the point where the strap turned black. Gross, but true.

[Heisenberg]

Random Fandom ROH bit, but my old sergeant who lives in New York works with Dalton Castle's brother and he's going to get some stuff autographed for me. Supposedly DC's brother owes my old sarge some favors and I'm mad excited. I only told him I wanted to relay a message to Dalton that he is a future star and to keep it up.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[drave]

The Art of The Sell

[Bad News Gertner]

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[Bad News Gertner]

Lol is it wrong to laugh at your own gif? I'm dying over here.

Even better, I have video of this. Sorry it won't let me embed on my phone. This is the greatest video you'll ever watch.

http://youtu.be/ScqPQBRPacI

[EzekielKane]

Still no updates on The Cassatt brothers and Luke Knight. TWA is still going strong but it would be nice to at least know where these guys are since they left TWA.


I hope Real Deal gets revived.

[Fignuts]

Still no updates on The Cassatt brothers and Luke Knight. TWA is still going strong but it would be nice to at least know where these guys are since they left TWA.


I hope Real Deal gets revived.

Check the fry station at mcdonalds.

[Sixx]

Check the fry station at mcdonalds.

They'd get some decent weapons for once.

[drave]

Yes, please have them see who can hold their breath the longest in a running fry vat. Guarantee it will be the most popular video they will ever do.

[Vastardikai]

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Long Live Billy Robinson.

[Cool King]

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[Tom Guycott]

I feel like this should be reposted:
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[Emperor Smeat]

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[Emperor Smeat]

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The key is balancing the talent, but having the McMahon stamp on both shows. On the flip side, while there is talk of Smackdown being more wrestling oriented (and no matter what you hear, nothing is definite on anything), it would likely mean with the live show that Vince McMahon would take a greater interest in the show. The key negative is that could lead to the overproducing of the announcers, which is really the standout thing on that show.
Would be the first time in years Vince being very hands-on for Smackdown although does have a potential negative effect. Being speculated him might turn Mauro Ranallo into just another Cole/JBL type announcer.

As things stand, the belief is there will be a draft show on 7/11 in Detroit. Talent will not be told (aside from perhaps a few key people) which show they will be on until that night. For the most part, talent is right now completely in the dark regarding what is happening, and most of the key decisions are leaning in directions but none are solidified.

Banks was injured on the 5/15 house show in Charlottesville, VA. The injury was said to be the same thing, a concussion, and a significant one. And again the company didn’t confirm it. She was working a trios match with Lynch & Paige as her partners against Eva Marie & Brooke & Lana. I don’t know the circumstances that led up to it, but Darrick Moore, the referee, accidentally kneed her in the head hard. She missed the weekend house shows and was replaced by Summer Rae. Banks wasn’t booked for Raw or Smackdown in recent weeks having nothing to do with injuries, but that they aren’t focusing on her until the planned big push later in the summer but a match with Charlotte for the title at SummerSlam ...

The bad part of this is Vince McMahon has on several occasions said he believes Banks only knows one speed and that’s all out, and even months ago was comparing her with Daniel Bryan, feeling she’s injury-prone. That label isn’t a kiss of death, but there does come a point where if there are too many injuries they can get leery and you never know when that point is since Vince has put the two in the same category.

HHH on Twitter yesterday noted that the name of the 6/8 NXT Takeover show would be "Takeover: The End." Some people seem to think that means it's the end of NXT. It isn't. It's just likely the end of the Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor program with their third meeting in a cage.
Possible good news in regards to NXT's future with the brand split era. According to PWI, "Revenge" was being considered as the name for the upcoming special before "The End" was picked as the official name.

On NXT last night, they started promoting the debut of Andrade Cien Almas, who is the former La Sombra.

In honor of Memorial Day, WWE has an article looking at how WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter became the face of G.I. Joe. You can check that out by going here.
Link to the article: http://www.wwe.com/article/sgt-slaughter-gi-joe-history-interview?sf27028314=1

Interestingly, former Ring of Honor owner Cary Silkin (who lives locally in the area) has taken to social media to note he plans to approach Flair about money owed from when Flair worked for ROH years ago:

Ric Flair and Steamboat live 7/23 at Sands in Bethlehem I will be there to collect the 41k Flair owes me #wwe @RicFlairNatrBoy @ringofhonor
— Cary Silkin (@rohcary) May 25, 2016

Ring of Honor, at the time owned by Silkin, filed a lawsuit against Flair in January 2010 in Bucks County, PA, alleging Flair owed the company over $40,000.
Suppossedly when Sinclair bought out Silkin's ownership of ROH, the lawsuit was not carried over nor the debt Flair owed to the company. The former owner has been trying for years to get Flair to pay the money owed to him. http://www.pwinsider.com/article/102258/former-roh-owner-cary-silkin-to-confront-ric-flair-over-money-owed.html?p=1

The tentative plan was for Jason Jordan & Chad Gable to go to the main roster in the fall. That was also before the before the brand split changed every creative decision. To show how spur of the moment things are done, even though they pretty much decided a few weeks ahead of time that the Vaudevillains were debuting after Mania, they didn’t even know it. When they were flown to Dallas for WrestleMania, they were supposed to fly back to Florida with the NXT crew after the show. They weren’t actually told themselves that they were debuting on Raw until the day of Mania, one day before, and at the last minute WWE had to rebook tickets. I’m not sure they were the only ones that fell into that category because we heard about travel being rebooked because they didn’t finalize who was debuting right after Mania until the last minute. HHH had previously wanted six months worth of plans to be made for talent being brought up so they wouldn’t be brought up and then have nothing to do, flounder, and make it look like NXT stars failed on the main roster. That makes all the sense But obviously, that hasn’t happened given the way NXT stars have been brought up with no long-term whatsoever.
Observer on how the WWE's lack of long term planning is still hurting the majority of NXT callups.

There has been no communication whatsoever, at least as of the weekend, between Ryback and WWE, since Vince McMahon sent him home after problems with negotiating a new deal. As noted before, the feeling is his contract will expire (or WWE may let him go before it expires, because him being released at any minute wouldn’t surprise anyone). Unless he has a change of heart regarding his demands, which were a significantly higher guarantee than he was offered, as well as a number of stipulations, one of which was said to be a deal breaker, that the relationship would end at that point and he’d be free to work elsewhere. It wouldn’t surprise anyone to see an announcement that he’s released at any time.

Summer Rae suffered an injury at the end of the European tour. The word going around is it was a concussion but that wasn’t confirmed by WWE. But she hadn’t wrestled since 4/23 until returning over the weekend.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Locked Away. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hatch?src=hash">#Hatch</a> <a href="https://t.co/rzdRyLWgkR">pic.twitter.com/rzdRyLWgkR</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/735873322060111872">May 26, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Some other sheet news includes:

Update to the Hogan-Gawker trial news as Peter Thiel admitted to be the secret financier of Hogan's legal case and roughly has spent around $10 million to help Hogan defeat Gawker. Been planning on getting revenge against Gawker for years after they publicly outed him as being gay.
According to the Observer, current plans are for Reigns to be the main star of RAW and Cena as the main star of Smackdown in regards to the Brand Split.
Current speculation regarding NXT's future has the brand ending its touring after June 17th due to no new dates have yet to be announced by the WWE compared to how they usually announce house show dates.
British indie promotion ICW announced they will joining the Fight Network in the near future. https://twitter.com/InsaneChampWres/status/735936472696651776/photo/1
Jim Ross revealed on Twitter he's currently recovering after having skin cancer surgery earlier in the week. https://twitter.com/JRsBBQ/status/735850739801591808
Rolling Stones had a recent interview with AJ Styles with topics including why fans shouldn't boo Reigns and why he doesn't prefer the Rollins style when it comes to long hair. http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/features/aj-styles-on-working-with-roman-reigns-and-why-he-prefers-the-dry-look-20160526
Mauro Ranallo revealed on Twitter Big E will be his next guest for his podcast show. https://twitter.com/mauroranallo/status/735846915795910656
According to the Observer, Hideo Itami is currently expected to be returning within the next couple of weeks. Been out for 13 months due to shoulder surgery and recovery being slower than expected.
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Cody Rhodes recent departure from the WWE managed to continue the curse of being #14 entrant in that year's Royal Rumble. List of recent Rumble #14 entrants and the bad luck which followed them within the year. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4l3wlv/with_the_release_of_cody_rhodes_the_curse_of_the/
Goldust recently debunked speculation of him following Cody and his wife Eden in leaving the WWE soon. https://twitter.com/Goldust/status/735305756392706048

[Volare]

Don't get the pic that WWE posted.....




My guess is the Wyatt's with that weird looking building.

[Lock Jaw]

My guess is that Desmond is inside

[Tom Guycott]

Don't get the pic that WWE posted.....




My guess is the Wyatt's with that weird looking building.

My guess is that Desmond is inside

SWERVE! It's where Hade Vansen is.

[Cool King]

Either that or it's the new location of Sean O'Haire's cage.

#VintageTPWW

[Cool King]

Man, the joke doesn't really work now that he's dead. :(

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

My guess is that Desmond is inside

Desmond Wolfe? Hooray!

Oh wait...Desmond Hume? WOOOOOO!

[GD]

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U91MEWG2zHQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[EzekielKane]

http://i68.tinypic.com/23k3n7t.jpg


Bane debuted in TWA last week, this guy looked like a real monster!

[Savio]

Sean O'Haire is dead?My guess is that Desmond is inside
It's Survivor 1 winner Richard Hatch

[Droford]

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/acf3AFzEmp8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Needs to be the NXT Takeover:The End theme

[Helmsphere]

I swore I heard them call it NXT: Takeover Revenge this past week.

[Sixx]

http://i68.tinypic.com/23k3n7t.jpg


Bane debuted in TWA last week, this guy looked like a real monster!

He looks like a CAW from WWF: No Mercy.

[Poit]

Di-di-diggity, di-diggity dog.

[Tom Guycott]

Either that or it's the new location of Sean O'Haire's cage.

#VintageTPWW

Man, the joke doesn't really work now that he's dead. :(

Sean O'Haire is dead?

He's not telling you something you don't already know.

[Disturbed316]

Damn, after all this time....

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xal1/v/t1.0-9/13260169_619766441513533_7974279982866186770_n.jpg?oh=1e1b5aadc0ab172d7e3e9d561c6092b3&oe=57D5CFC5&__gda__=1473473938_9eb131553bfd8e0c1485f31975bdeb46

[VSG]

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/acf3AFzEmp8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Needs to be the NXT Takeover:The End theme

Post the full theme at least:

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[Emperor Smeat]

https://67.media.tumblr.com/bab71f1518198c5a712a36ecaac8d2db/tumblr_o7nq5ijwGd1saykaxo1_400.gif

[Droford]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/WWEAaLLday21">@WWEAaLLday21</a> My name is Cinnabon &amp; I am certified sweet &amp; a bonafide treat. And you can't teach that! <a href="https://twitter.com/BigCassWWE">@BigCassWWE</a> <a href="https://t.co/I17jyAUR27">pic.twitter.com/I17jyAUR27</a></p>&mdash; Cinnabon (@Cinnabon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cinnabon/status/736238437192237057">May 27, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

John Cena's newest shirt makes him look like a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon. So much so that Pabst is threatening WWE with a C+D.

[Sixx]

A pic of the shirt?

[Cool King]

http://shop.wwe.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-main/default/dw72a8c4a2/images/large/07501.jpg

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A message to <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCena">@JohnCena</a> &amp; the <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE">@WWE</a>: We have a chokehold called the Cease &amp; Desist. Pretty sure we see you�� <a href="https://t.co/AKWjUEXiUj">pic.twitter.com/AKWjUEXiUj</a></p>&mdash; Pabst Blue Ribbon (@PabstBlueRibbon) <a href="https://twitter.com/PabstBlueRibbon/status/736305632815554561">May 27, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Savio]

Him wearing that shirt can do nothing but help PBR.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I think the problem would be WWE selling it not Cena wearing it.

[Cool King]

It's an ugly as hell T-shirt.

[Sixx]

Targeting the hipster demographic then.

[Bad News Gertner]

Random idea: since Sheamus is targeting the "New era", they should film a segment at the performance centre where Sheamus arrives and Brouge Kicks Matt Bloom because he's the head trainer or beats up a couple trainees.

[Poit]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Xavier uses the power of the singlet and channels Big E. Fun match, seek this out. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MainEvent?src=hash">#MainEvent</a> <a href="https://t.co/6KQfgOco4u">pic.twitter.com/6KQfgOco4u</a></p>&mdash; DTAM (@DeathToAllMarks) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeathToAllMarks/status/735729411979251715">May 26, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Droford]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A message to <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCena">@JohnCena</a> &amp; the <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE">@WWE</a>: We have a chokehold called the Cease &amp; Desist. Pretty sure we see you�� <a href="https://t.co/AKWjUEXiUj">pic.twitter.com/AKWjUEXiUj</a></p>&mdash; Pabst Blue Ribbon (@PabstBlueRibbon) <a href="https://twitter.com/PabstBlueRibbon/status/736305632815554561">May 27, 2016</a></blockquote>
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It's not a ribbon and the stripe is backwards

[Mr. Nerfect]

Pabst Blue Ribbon is disgusting anyway.

[Bad News Gertner]

Here's the video I posted about last night. Larry Nelson's reaction had me in tears

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[Bad News Gertner]

IF you liked that, then check this video out. Larry Nelson has told Derrick Dukes that Col Debeers has challenged him to a match with the stip if Debeers wins he gets to paint Derrick Dukes who is black : white. Derrick give his response and Larry Nelson has a loud orgasm. Skip to 40:30. I promise you won't regret it lol

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[Bad News Gertner]

And we'll transition that into this: former NFL player Mark Gastineau tried to start a boxing career in 1991. His first fight was against former pro wrestler Derrick Dukes who they had arranged to take a dive in the first wound. Lol well Derrick ends up taking a flat back bump during this boxing match in the fakest knockdown ever. Pretty funny.

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[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Random Japanese Wrestling gif:
http://i.imgur.com/v15gKDL.gif

Corey Graves wrote this on Twitter teasing that he may be the new color commentator when Smackdown goes live Tuesday 7/19:

One of these days Mauro, you'll realize that I'm a genius....How does Tuesday sound? https://t.co/HVQDT1WTEv
— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) May 27, 2016

The 5/26 episode of Smackdown did 2,112,000 viewers, down from last week's 2,295,000 viewers.

Sasha Banks has been cleared to work after what is believed to have been a concussion. She will be working in Winnipeg and LaCrosse, WI at the house shows this weekend. Not sure about TV. On the original plans for Money in the Bank, she was to have a match and to return to TV to build it.

Enzo Amore is also scheduled for house shows this weekend in Springfield, IL, Peoria and Madison, WI.

There will be a new WWE 24 show debuting after Monday Night RAW on Monday on the WWE Network. “Seth Rollins: Redesign. Rebuild. Reclaim” will look at the former WWE Champion’s recovery from a career-threatening injury over the last 6 months. It should be interesting to see if he recovers at the normal human rate, or the super-human pro wrestler rate.

The chair of Kentucky’s boxing and wrestling commission wants to end a state rule that ends a wrestling match when one of the wrestlers starts bleeding. WWE won’t bring TV back there until the law is changed, and supplied a statement in the story. MMA and boxing aren’t bound to the same rule for some reason.

Deadline is is reporting that Legendary Pictures won the rights to the action script "Skyscraper" which will star The Rock. Universal will distribute the film which will be written, produced and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. The project has been described as "Die Hard in China." Dwayne Johnson and Beau Flynn will produce.
Supposedly this was the biggest bidding war ever for a film staring the Rock.

WWE Network News is reporting that in the "The Rise of John Cena" Collection that will be coming to WWE Network in June will feature John's early days in Ohio Valley Wrestling as The Prototype and in Rick Bassman's UPW. This will be the first footage from either former WWE developmental will be added on The Network.
http://www.wwenetworknews.com/2016/05/27/exclusive-the-first-wwe-network-collection-to-be-added-in-june-revealed-top-star-highlighted/

The Miami Herald reported today that a bid for a future Wrestlemania event has been placed. The idea would be for the city to host Wrestlemania at Dolphins Stadium, eyeing somewhere in 2018-2020.

Wrestlemania 28, headlined by the first-ever John Cena vs. The Rock bout, was held in Miami in 2012.

The bid was placed back in February and the city is waiting to hear back from WWE.
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/fighting/article79539912.html

While in India, Dixie Carter did interviews with The International Business Times.

In one interview, Carter noted how she was looking for an Indian female wrestler, noting, "I would love to find a female pro wrestler from India. That would be an incredible addition to our [TNA Impact Wrestling] roster. Women have been an integral part of pro wrestling since its inception. To find a truly talented female wrestler from India would just be a sheer dream."

Carter added that she will have conversations with three Indian female amateur wrestlers who have qualified for the Olympics, after they are over.
Also revealed TNA is currently in talks with actor Salman Khan to become a possible wrestler for the company in the near future.

The injury to Zack Sabre Jr., that will keep him out for a few weeks was a huge cut on his right forearm when it cracked into the post in a 5/13 match in Magdeburg, Germany against Big Daddy Walter. The match was immediately stopped and he was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance and needed five stitches. He was lucky that the cut didn’t slice an artery. He is expected to return to action on 6/12 for Revolution Pro in London for a match with Angle.

There is nothing new on a sale from an official standpoint but it looks like Aroluxe isn’t going to get it because there are talks that they are hoping will come through that would keep the current power structure in place and Carter in charge. The problem would still be the ability to produce enough revenue but new ownership would buy them more time.
TNA still stubbornly refusing to do anything that could make them more attractive to new investors. Almost every failed deal ended up happening because TNA refused to do managerial and/or ownership changes needed.

Nakamura did an interview in Japan and when all the WWE injury issues were brought up, he mentioned that he thought the WWE rings and the way they were put together was part of the problem. Just to show how far that fake card in Honolulu got out, and it was notable that several guys in WWE thought it was real, Nakamura said nobody has told him he’s wrestling Cena in Hawaii but said he thought it would be great for him if it happened.

A lot of unscripted things can happen to you inside of a wrestling ring, but the true sign of a professional is the ability to carry on with a show regardless of what goes down. For example, you could break your neck. Or you could sh*t yourself. Either way, the show must go on.

The latter happened to the WWE's Darren Young during a televised match against the Wyatts. During a recent interview with TMZ Sports, he talked about the experience after he was asked to reveal the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to him during his wrestling career. "One of the Wyatt boys slammed me so hard that I sharted my pants," he said, before stating the obvious. "I was so embarrassed. I never wore those tights again.”
www.complex.com/sports/2016/05/wwe-wrestler-darren-young-sharting-ring


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Extracting. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hatch?src=hash">#Hatch</a> <a href="https://t.co/0Oa5F77BZt">pic.twitter.com/0Oa5F77BZt</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/736225693286141953">May 27, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Some other sheet news includes:

Sports Illustrated had a recent interview with Jim Ross in regards to him commentating the upcoming NJPW G1 Climax tournament. http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/05/27/jim-ross-aj-styles-g1-climax-new-japan-axs-tv
A recent article by the New York Times debated if everything in life is actually a form of pro wrestling. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/magazine/is-everything-wrestling.html
According to the results from Scotland's 98FM Best in Dublin award show, Becky Lynch managed to beat Connor McGregor to win their "Best Sports Person" award. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4lccov/becky_lynch_announced_as_best_sports_person_at/
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 20th anniversary of Scott Hall's debut on WCW Nitro.
Recent episode of the Steve Austin Show podcast had PWTorch's Wade Keller as his guest with topics including the new Brand Split and Austin being upset at how poorly the WWE has handled the Club since their debut. http://podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program/episode.jsp?programID=436&pid=1652671
Observer had a recent article about the new Brand Split and the likelihood of Smackdown failing again like every other time the WWE has tried to boost the show's image. http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/how-failure-led-wwes-latest-attempt-brand-split-213516

[Fignuts]

Are they just joking?

PBR are pricks, if thats true. Tons of Budweiser and Heineken parody shirts out tnere, I don't see them threatening

[screech]

Random idea: since Sheamus is targeting the "New era", they should film a segment at the performance centre where Sheamus arrives and Brouge Kicks Matt Bloom because he's the head trainer or beats up a couple trainees.

Would be a nice touch if he beat up some trainees.

Breaking Ground season 2? Haha

[Simple Fan]

Are they just joking?

PBR are pricks, if thats true. Tons of Budweiser and Heineken parody shirts out tnere, I don't see them threatening

Is the shirt even real? Doesn't seem like something WWE would do for a the fact that children are his biggest fans.

[Emperor Smeat]

Was watching a bunch of old WCW matches and stuff and never noticed until now that during Hogan's infamous heel turn, a fan in the front row literally went apeshit to the point he's ripping up his shirt and staff kept trying to calm him down.

Thought that was just staff and security ensuring nobody jumped but didn't realize it was just to calm down a guy spazzing out the whole time.

[Cool King]

http://66.media.tumblr.com/64dcbfca67a1e191be21fcaa2a3ff5a0/tumblr_o4s6xzrF0J1rnjfjfo1_r1_540.jpg

[Rammsteinmad]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JMUR9Z03Rtk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Ryder looks a bit like Jason Biggs.

[Bad News Gertner]

Matt Morgan is the biggest miss in WWF history. He should have been headlining Wrestlemania. Even Cornette agrees.

[Savio]

Fuck cornette, im glad they fired morgan now.

[Simple Fan]

Matt Morgan is the biggest miss in WWF history. He should have been headlining Wrestlemania. Even Cornette agrees.

WWE and TNA both. Big Matt Morgan fan.

[Rammsteinmad]

He was alright. Wouldn't go that far. He was no Sean O'Haire.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Giving him a speech impediment gimmick didn't do him any favors.

[Black Widow]

That tease that WWE put out looks someone holding a bat.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Matf Morgan was indeed a missed opportunity, but he'd have been a good IC/US guy at most probably.

Around that same time period, I think WWE really missed the boat with Nathan Jones. The training vignette they showed with him and 'Taker seemed really intriguing and I earnestly believe Jones could've really gone places.

[Emperor Smeat]

https://abload.de/img/lariatoo2k1xlj.gif

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Tanaka is a freak of nature. With all the punishment he's taken how is he not crippled?

[Fignuts]

Matf Morgan was indeed a missed opportunity, but he'd have been a good IC/US guy at most probably.

Around that same time period, I think WWE really missed the boat with Nathan Jones. The training vignette they showed with him and 'Taker seemed really intriguing and I earnestly believe Jones could've really gone places.

They didn't miss the boat at all with Nathan Jones. He was one of the worst in ring performers I've ever seen. And they tried everything to make him better.

Jones is better off anyway. Love him in every movie I've seen him in. If there is a missed oppurtunity it's not using him in more action movies.

I HAD A BABY BROTHER AND HE WAS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY

[Mr. Nerfect]

Matt Morgan is the biggest miss in WWF history. He should have been headlining Wrestlemania. Even Cornette agrees.

I agree. And I've got to say this again -- I'm still not impressed by Zack Ryder.

[GD]

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[Bad News Gertner]

He was alright. Wouldn't go that far. He was no Sean O'Haire.

Sean O'Haire was terrible

[Bad News Gertner]

Matf Morgan was indeed a missed opportunity, but he'd have been a good IC/US guy at most probably.

Around that same time period, I think WWE really missed the boat with Nathan Jones. The training vignette they showed with him and 'Taker seemed really intriguing and I earnestly believe Jones could've really gone places.

Jones quit the company. Plus he was horrendous

[Emperor Smeat]

Really safe bet to pencil in a horrible rating for next week's RAW. NBA West Conference finals Game 7 is going to be happening during the same time.

[Black Widow]

http://fs5.directupload.net/images/160528/um33ikiq.jpg

[VSG]

lol :'(

[Lock Jaw]

Lunch Time

http://i.imgur.com/8lfRBFo.jpg

[Volare]

:drool:

[Emperor Smeat]

http://66.media.tumblr.com/aaa0631a18e6df8448aee7ca33e43df1/tumblr_o7lmgdS83R1vufq1no4_400.gif

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

:drool:

[Bad News Gertner]

Good lord Becky Lynch. You're making good money in the WWE now. Get a friggen nose job uggo.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lunch Time

http://i.imgur.com/8lfRBFo.jpg

She is perfect, isn't she? I really hope the brand split is kind to Becky. She doesn't seem to be high on the WWE's priorities -- more there for a bit of flavor and to help the other girls out -- but I think she could be a great attraction for them.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Good lord Becky Lynch. You're making good money in the WWE now. Get a friggen nose job uggo.

:lol:

Evil Troll 8.5 Gertner is money.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I seem to like Carmella more than most. She's not the best or anything, but she's been working hard and has turned around my "she can only be a bitch heel" opinion of her. Bayley and her on SmackDown would be good.

[Mr. Nerfect]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Given to me by <a href="https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow">@TheEllenShow</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CenaReturns?src=hash">#CenaReturns</a> damn right I'll be wearing em' on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash">#RAW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MemorialDay?src=hash">#MemorialDay</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE">@WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/manofmyword?src=hash">#manofmyword</a> <a href="https://t.co/E25nOilXKz">pic.twitter.com/E25nOilXKz</a></p>&mdash; John Cena (@JohnCena) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCena/status/737070972294057986">May 29, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Simple Fan]

They look a little short.

[Mr. Nerfect]

You know that Ellen is going to cover her face being on someone's pants on her show, so now would be a good time to pull a big angle with Cena.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I want to see Cena team with The New Day and wear New Day gear. I'm not ashamed of admitting that.

[Simple Fan]

Cena rips her face off and slanders the LGBT community. #HeelCena

[Mr. Nerfect]

That would be money.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Cena should keep Ellen's face with him all the time and just cut heel promos on it. Build up to Cena vs. Ellen at WrestleMania.

[Simple Fan]

I think he would have to do something like that that was politically incorrect if they ever wanted to turn him heel. A simple switch like Hogan just won't do I don't think. Most people would cheer anything else I believe.

[Shadrick]

Cena rips her face off and slanders the LGBT community. #HeelCena

lmaoooo

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Tom Guycott]

Are they implying that Mr Potato Head is a woman beater?

[Tom Guycott]

http://66.media.tumblr.com/aaa0631a18e6df8448aee7ca33e43df1/tumblr_o7lmgdS83R1vufq1no4_400.gif

You know, between this and her "hugging taunt", she could totally steal S2H's signature maneuver.

[GD]

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[Black Widow]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Given to me by <a href="https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow">@TheEllenShow</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CenaReturns?src=hash">#CenaReturns</a> damn right I'll be wearing em' on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash">#RAW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MemorialDay?src=hash">#MemorialDay</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE">@WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/manofmyword?src=hash">#manofmyword</a> <a href="https://t.co/E25nOilXKz">pic.twitter.com/E25nOilXKz</a></p>&mdash; John Cena (@JohnCena) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCena/status/737070972294057986">May 29, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Ellen actually wants a guy to get in her shorts should be a bigger deal.

[Volare]

Rewatching one of my favorite segments while waiting for my game to load, and then I realized only 1 is left.


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