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Emperor Smeat

11-03-2015, 10:32 PM

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This is heavy speculation and the report comes with some details suggesting there may be nothing to them, but WrestlingInc reports that there have been unconfirmed rumors that AJ Styles may be in talks with WWE. The rumors suggest that Styles, who recently told Taz on his podcast that he’d “go do what’s best for my family” in terms of deciding where his career goes, may have had communication with the company about going to NXT.

The site notes that they’ve spoken with a source close to NJPW and Styles, who said they also heard the rumors in Japan at the end of last month but that it’s all speculation. Talent in New Japan believes that Styles doesn’t want to go to WWE and that there is nothing to the reports.

Steve Austin talks to Brian Fritz about his appearance on Raw, saying he didn't know he was going to even be no the show until the morning of the show when he was texted, saying "It was what it was," and said he was handed a piece of paper and he had to make four announcements. "It left a lot to be desired for my part, but it was doing a favor for WWE." He was asked about wrestling again and said 99.9% percent no.

This week’s WWE Monday Night Raw did an average viewing audience of 3,248,000 viewers on the USA Network. That’s down an average of (-106,000 viewers) from the week prior. Below is how the show did each hour:

Hour one – 3,375,000 viewers
Hour two – 3,180.000 viewers
Hour three – 3,189,000 viewers
Average – 3,248,000 viewers
Drop is mostly due to the first hour getting weaker now. Not just because Cena is gone since it was already showing signs of it happening prior to his vacation. On the inverse, 3rd hour has been getting stable at keeping the crowd from the 2nd hour.

This show seemed to hit an audience base of about 3.18 million viewers, which is where the second hour fell to, with the Survivor Series match gimmick in the third hour actually increasing slightly over hour two. But the first two hours were way down from usual levels.

It wasn't the football competition, and it was without any baseball competition. But the show didn't have the benefit of coming the day after a PPV like last week, and had none of the big guns like John Cena, Brock Lesnar nor any special attractions.
Observer on the possible causes for another historic low rating for RAW.

USA Network is adding at least 104 more hours of wrestling when WWE's "SmackDown" moves to the channel from sibling Syfy next year, bringing its annual total to 263.

It's a risky move for the NBC Universal cable network, given advertisers' longstanding perception that WWE's crude storylines attract a downscale audience. So NBC Universal and WWE have spent the last several months out in the marketplace attempting to change the image of the franchise.

The result: 37 new advertisers, including the first auto marketers, have signed on to run commercials in WWE programming on USA ...

With the increase in wrestling inventory coming to USA from Syfy, NBCU was aggressive in its pitch to agencies and clients during this summer's upfront, according to media buyers ...

While NBC Universal's pitch was well-received for the most part, some advertisers continue to shy away from the content. And for them, the increase in WWE programming on the network makes USA a harder buy.

"We ran into issues with supply in prime time on USA because of wrestling's presence," Mr. Vendetti said. "There are still a number of advertisers that won't be in it because of legacy, so it blocks out some advertisers from buying USA in prime time."

While "Raw" and "SmackDown" are among the most-watched programs on cable TV, averaging 3.3 million and 2.1 million viewers, respectively, viewership is down 13% for "Raw" and 16% for "SmackDown" year-over-year ...

Like most cable networks, USA is struggling with ratings declines. In the third quarter, USA's viewership eroded 17%, according to research in a note from Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Todd Juenger ...

After signing a new deal last year to keep WWE programming on NBC Universal channels, the two companies have made a concerted, coordinated effort to change the perception of the franchise and create more robust opportunities for marketers. The increased cooperation resulted in deeper integrations and branded content opportunities for advertisers.

Snapple tapped WWE personalities such as Triple H and Stephanie McMahon for a commercial in April, while Paramount promoted "Terminator: Genisys" with a WWE integration that included Triple H making a grand entrance during "WrestleMania" using imagery from the movie.

When "SmackDown" debuts on USA next year, Weinstein Co.'s "Hateful Eight" will be the presenting sponsor.

Since WWE controls every aspect of the programming and the participants, it can create storylines that include brands, Mr. Vendetti said.

Previously, WWE and NBCU spoke to marketers and struck deals separately, said Michelle Wilson, chief marketing and revenue officer, WWE.

But WWE and NBCU are now meeting with marketers together to come up with bigger integrations that can live across WWE, NBCU and brand's TV, social and digital assets, Ms. Wilson said.

"This is how you create ideas that go viral," she said.
Article regarding NBC working to change the perception/direction of the WWE in order to get better ad rates. On one hand, if successful then the WWE and USA Network will be better off. On the other hand, could also lead to more companies having a stronger say on what the WWE can and can't do (ex. Mattel and the PG era). Also expect a lot more ads and/or sponsored segments within WWE shows as well. http://adage.com/article/media/nbcu-wwe-working-woo-advertisers/301152/

“I have one more run. I’m started to get things fixed. I’m getting my shoulder fixed, I’m getting my neck fixed. I miss it, so never say never.”
From a recent interview Kevin Nash had with Sports Illustrated: http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/10/29/kevin-nash-wwe-wcw-hulk-hogan-bret-hart

Lehigh County judge Kelly Banach earlier today issued a gag order in the murder case of Jimmy Snuka. The gag order was at the request of the prosecution. The hearings will remain open to the public but the prosecution, defense, Snuka, Snuka's family and the Argentino family are all barred from commenting on the proceedings to the press. Snuka was arraigned today and pleaded not guilty. He claimed he didn't know what day of the week it was, what city he was in, and said he couldn't read or write English.

PW Insider has reported that WWE and Tapout are planning to be opening up a series of Tapout Fitness Centers across the U.S. next year, similar to the UFC Gym franchise. WWE talent would be doing appearances at the gyms the same way UFC talent appears at their gyms. WWE talents will be doing fitness workout tapes as well.

Also, regarding Nikki Bella not working the four-way and not being advertised for Survivor Series at this point, she appears to be taking some time off to treat some nagging injuries including to her neck and hip.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Got flowers and more upon my arrival in India. We're making a big announcement for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEIndia?src=hash">#WWEIndia</a> tomorrow! <a href="https://t.co/IK0MJLR9xU">pic.twitter.com/IK0MJLR9xU</a></p>— Daniel Bryan (@WWEDanielBryan) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEDanielBryan/status/661430379992084480">November 3, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Some other sheet news includes:

According to the Observer, even with a best case scenario, no chance at Orton being a mystery entry for next year's Rumble if he gets surgery done to repair his shoulder. Too much of a risk getting re-injured that soon for a return.
Goldust recently teased on Twitter if he could, he'd like to return for an IC title feud. https://twitter.com/goldust/status/661667266971508737
For those that follow Curtis Axel on Twitter, his account got hacked recently and doesn't seem that he has full control over it yet. One recent tweet was him supposedly venting at doing nothing useful for a while.
Superstar Billy Graham announced he recently signed a Legends deal for the WWE. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=798088713670826&set=a.191573767655660.65701.100004091136924&type=3&theater
Rumor spreading around the net is that Vince is the reason why relations between Del Rio and Mexican promotion AAA quickly deteriorated. Doesn't want Del Rio to drop the Mega title while he's in the WWE nor do any shows for AAA. Basically helped poach Del Rio away from Mexico to get his mega star for the Latino market without caring at all what happens to AAA.

11-03-2015, 11:05 PM

Remember this gem?

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11-04-2015, 01:38 AM

Sexy Adam Copeland

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Sixx

11-04-2015, 03:09 AM

Charging her phone in the public bathroom, too. Apparently that's a thing to do.

You don't expect her to allow her phone to die while out with the girls, do you!?

11-04-2015, 03:10 AM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Catch me Adam Rose on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MainEvent?src=hash">#MainEvent</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/hulu">@hulu</a>! The party is officially over! Ta Ta <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash">#WWE</a> <a href="https://t.co/VxoMBlXgcD">pic.twitter.com/VxoMBlXgcD</a></p>— Adam Rose (@WWEAdamRose) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEAdamRose/status/661742748874113024">November 4, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Rammsteinmad

11-04-2015, 03:19 AM

lol poor Adam Rose.

Tom Guycott

11-04-2015, 06:06 AM

So, does that mean he's bitching about languishing, actually leaving, or that we're getting Leo Kreuger back in his place?

mitch_h

11-04-2015, 07:35 AM

What is with that guy in the creepy costume in the background.

CSL

11-04-2015, 10:06 AM

History of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

http://i.imgur.com/C2uz3Cx.png

Really wish today's current one had a smaller logo and was put on the map of the world.

I wonder who held the most of the different version of the title?...Rock? He held 4 versions.

Hogan has 5

Sixx

11-04-2015, 10:14 AM

TATANKA YOTANKA

11-04-2015, 03:03 PM

Simple Fan

11-04-2015, 03:06 PM

Hogan has 5

6 if you count the NWO spraypainted WCW championship.

Emperor Smeat

11-04-2015, 03:33 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In what must be a first, Woolwich Crown Court has just been shown a video during a terror trial of WWE legend Rick Flair shouting 'wooooo'</p>— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/CourtNewsUK/status/661915104519278592">November 4, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Guess wooing is now considered a form of terrorism :shifty:

http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/2015/11/ric-flair-british-jihadi-trial/

Big Vic

11-04-2015, 03:36 PM

6 if you count the NWO spraypainted WCW championship.
I was referring to just the WWE title.

11-04-2015, 03:39 PM

6 if you count the NWO spraypainted WCW championship.

I think we were only talking about the WWE Championship and not the WCW Championship or even the World Heavyweight Championship.

Simple Fan

11-04-2015, 03:44 PM

Well even more than 6 if you count other promotions besides WWE.

Ultra Mantis

11-04-2015, 04:29 PM

What is with that guy in the creepy costume in the background.

The Bunny Returns.

Big Vic

11-04-2015, 04:44 PM

Well even more than 6 if you count other promotions besides WWE.
Yeah but
we were only talking about the WWE Championship and not the WCW Championship or even the World Heavyweight Championship.

11-04-2015, 05:59 PM

Feel like Adam Rose can still be salvaged. The dude is pretty decent in the ring.

11-04-2015, 05:59 PM

Then again that's how I feel for most of the underutilized wrestlers on the roster.

Rammsteinmad

11-04-2015, 06:37 PM

Can Damian Sandow still be salvaged?

Wishbone

11-04-2015, 06:48 PM

Can Damian Sandow still be salvaged?

Depends on what you mean by "salvaged." Could he ever be a world champion or main eventer? Probably not. Could he have a decent "light repackaging" and become a solid midcard guy? Definitely. Of course he'd need that repackaging I mentioned. In his current character/role he's doomed.

11-04-2015, 07:02 PM

Can't wait for Zeb to turn on Del Rio and side with Swagger who wins the United States Championship and as well as the linear championship.

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Wishbone

11-04-2015, 07:15 PM

Then he loses it a week later and fades back into Superstars obscurity because WWE hates us all.

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11-04-2015, 07:36 PM

Only to eliminate Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar simultaneously to win the 30-Man Royal Rumble and earn a championship match at Wrestlemania 32

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Lock Jaw

11-04-2015, 08:13 PM

What the hell is the "linear championship"..... don't think this is the first time I have seen you mention it either....

SlickyTrickyDamon

11-04-2015, 08:39 PM

It means if somebody loses a non-title match they lose the belt. So, Seth Rollins pretty much lost it the second he won it.

11-04-2015, 08:40 PM

What the hell is the "linear championship"..... don't think this is the first time I have seen you mention it either....

I learned about it through "Live Audio Wrestling".

Here's a useful link: http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/wwe-linear-championship/

SlickyTrickyDamon

11-04-2015, 08:40 PM

Count and and DQs too. So, it's like if the title was based on Boxing Rules. Kinda dumb.

#1-norm-fan

11-04-2015, 09:35 PM

I remember trying to do that before. It's just a fun thing to keep track of.

Emperor Smeat

11-04-2015, 10:18 PM

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Regarding WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins possibly suffering a leg injury at tonight's WWE live event in Dublin, word going around backstage is that he tweaked his knee.

One source noted to PWInsider that the severity of the injury was still unknown but another source believed it was just a regular in-ring accident that happens and that Rollins would likely tape-up and work the rest of the tour.

Rollins was set to get the leg checked out, so they will likely have a better idea on his status later tonight or tomorrow.

Rollins was defending his title against Kane in the main event, and was doing a powerbomb spot out of the corner, which may started as a sunset flip, when his right leg gave out and he clutched at the knee. A table had been set up in the ring and Rollins looked to be getting ready to power bomb Kane through it.

He did get up and continue the match, including doing the power bomb through the table, but had to be helped out of the ring.
Observer on when Rollins hurt his knee during the match.

Roderick Strong appears to be headed to Veracruz, Mexico on Saturday to work a show replacing Alberto Del Rio in the main event. It's looking more and more likely that Del Rio will ever return to Mexico to drop the AAA Mega title.

In a press release today highlighting its January premieres, USA Network announced the move of WWE Smackdown from the SyFy network. What was notable from this release is that despite rumours of a possible move to Tuesday nights, airing live, the premiere was announced for January 7th, a Thursday, meaning it’s likely that this means the show will stay in the same Thursday time slot it’s been in for the last year.

This move is expected to increase audience viewership of the WWE’s #2 show, as the USA Network has a much higher average viewership than SyFy. Despite both networks being in virtually the same number of homes, USA averages about 1.6 million viewers in Prime Time (week ending Nov 1) vs about 770,000 for SyFy. Smackdown has consistently been the highest rated show on SyFy, averaging around 2.1 million viewers for the 2 hour show.

Observer had more about the history of Smackdown moving to new networks. While it usually provides a bigger number than whatever was shown before on a network, the "honeymoon" boost has usually been very short.

And whatever John Cena is doing during his time off, it's not resting up his body. A photo just got posted on the Hard Knocks South gym Twitter of him squatting 611 pounds, a personal record, down below parallel.
Follows the trend of past breaks he's had where he barely takes any real off time to rest.

Silence is golden … unless you’re former Lucha Underground champ Prince Puma — a.k.a. Ricochet — who has made the request this season for producers to finally allow his character to talk!

Sources close to the situation tell us Ricochet recently asked the powers that be to let his character speak while discussing plans for the upcoming season — and now he’s scheduled for a meeting with execs later this month to talk about it more in depth, as well as other plans for the future.

We’re told Prince Puma isn’t looking for long monologues, or anything like that — he’s just ready to show his worth on the stick this season, even if it’s in short bursts.

Despite wrestlers Alberto Del Rio and Big Ryck dropping out of Lucha Underground before the second season starts, we’re told Prince Puma is locked into a 3 season deal and ain’t going anywhere.
http://prowrestlingsheet.com/prince-puma-makes-request-to-lucha-underground-let-me-speak/

On the most recent episode of Pro Wrestling’s Illustrated PWI Podcast, Senior Writers Al Castle and Dan Murphy revealed Nikki Bella as the top-ranked wrestler in this year’s PWI Female 50. The announcement comes a few days ahead of the digital release of the new issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated, which will feature the complete list of female rankings for 2015.

Nikki’s ranking as the No. 1 women’s wrestler is a bit controversial, as the female grappler has a fair share of detractors, particularly among the much-maligned “Internet Wrestling Community.” Addressing this, Dan Murphy compared and contrasted the work of other top female stars during the evaluation period, which spanned from October 1, 2014, to September 30, 2015. Murphy noted that the acclaimed NXT bout between Sasha Banks and Bayley fell outside of the aforementioned period and, while it was one of the better women’s matches in the recent past, it was not a factor in either woman’s ranking for 2015.
For some reference, PWI usually puts a lot of weight towards title holders especially WWE titles which is why Rollins is #1 for the year for men. http://www.inquisitr.com/2541716/wwe-news-nikki-bella-comments-on-winning-top-spot-in-this-years-pwi-female-50/

Later in the podcast, Dan Murphy and Al Castle discussed the other women in the top five slots of this year’s PWI Female 50. Paige, who was No. 1 last year, grabbed second place. Sasha Banks, who recently moved from NXT to WWE’s main roster, came in at No. 3 in the highest debut for a wrestler in the history of the magazine’s female rankings. Reigning NWA women’s champion Santana Garret was ranked No. 4, and TNA’s Gail Kim rounded out the crop at No. 5.
Rest of PWI's Top 5 Women wrestlers for the year.

Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald have been ramping up their TV operation under new head of television Owen Shiflett, who joined four months agoParkes + Macdonald Lock-up. The company has sold two drama projects, Smoke Sex Magic to NBC and The Work to Fox ...

The Work, through 20th Century Fox TV, is set in the world of professional wrestling. It was written on spec by Scott O’Connor, author of the novels Untouchable and Half World. The script was shopped to cable networks, with Fox stepping up to take it off the table. O’Connor has been interested in professional wrestling and penned an article about WWE star Brock Lesnar in New York Times Magazine in August.

Some other sheet news includes:

Next episode for Table For 3 will have Natayla, Tamina, and Charlotte as the guests.
Brock Lesnar was announced as one of the inductees for this year's Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame class. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3rktah/this_years_inductees_to_the_wrestling_observer/
According to the co-executive producer for Lucha Underground, early taping and production for Season 2 started yesterday. Actual shows won't start until a few more weeks. https://twitter.com/chrisdejoseph/status/661597776099147776
For those interested or follow PWG, the company is currently having a 5 for $40 holiday sale for their DVDs.
According to reports, Ticketmaster had serious issues regarding the pre-sale codes for Mania 32 seating that went on sale today. For those that struggled to get decent tickets, Ticketmaster's mobile app supposedly had a better time dealing with the server stress for orders.
This week's episode of TPWW TLP podcast was released earlier today: http://tablesladderspodcast.podbean.com/e/tables-ladders-podcast-128-110415/

11-04-2015, 11:08 PM

Count and and DQs too. So, it's like if the title was based on Boxing Rules. Kinda dumb.

I remember trying to do that before. It's just a fun thing to keep track of.

Unless you're SlickyTrickyDamon. Then the linear championship can be dismissed as "dumb" along with the influx of Australian female athletes in the NXT division.

Jura

11-04-2015, 11:38 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/DaveBautista">@DaveBautista</a> as <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TongPo?src=hash">#TongPo</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/Kickboxermovie">@Kickboxermovie</a> <a href="https://t.co/NBhTWLx3OL">pic.twitter.com/NBhTWLx3OL</a></p>— Budomate Magazine (@budomate) <a href="https://twitter.com/budomate/status/661087162797064192">November 2, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">Meet Tong Po, <a href="https://twitter.com/DaveBautista">@DaveBautista</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KickboxerVengeance?src=hash">#KickboxerVengeance</a> <a href="https://t.co/tWJbFib3Xl">pic.twitter.com/tWJbFib3Xl</a></p>— Kickboxer Vengeance (@Kickboxermovie) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kickboxermovie/status/661287690906693632">November 2, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Tom Guycott

11-04-2015, 11:52 PM

Because Bats looks just like an Asian man.

This is one lesson Hollywood should have learned from wrestling's mistake with Tensai.

Damian Rey

11-05-2015, 12:20 AM

If nothing else he looks old as dirt. Isn't he half Filipino? Not that bad. At least they didn't cast a white guy.

Sixx

11-05-2015, 03:53 AM

What is going on with his hair? It looks like bugs crawling from the back of his head.

11-05-2015, 04:15 AM

Vince's idea of quality television

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Rammsteinmad

11-05-2015, 04:26 AM

2003 Tracksuit Kurt. :D

Sepholio

11-05-2015, 08:24 AM

lol @ Bats

Heisenberg

11-05-2015, 09:08 AM

Because Bats looks just like an Asian man.

This is one lesson Hollywood should have learned from wrestling's mistake with Tensai.

If nothing else he looks old as dirt. Isn't he half Filipino? Not that bad. At least they didn't cast a white guy.

Batista is like me, half Filipino, half white. We are pretty dangerous cause of it, grew up with choices of embracing multiple cultures. We consume human flesh and rice burritos

Sepholio

11-05-2015, 10:42 AM

Your highness, which kind of human flesh tastes the best? I've been considering delving a bit into cannibalism so that I can consume the power of my enemies but I want to start with something delicious before I work up to raw hearts.

Jura

11-05-2015, 11:53 AM

What is going on with his hair? It looks like bugs crawling from the back of his head.
I guess that's their vision of Tong Po.

http://www.madmuaythai.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/jean-claude-van-damme-kickboxer-remake.jpg
Batista is like me, half Filipino, half white. We are pretty dangerous cause of it, grew up with choices of embracing multiple cultures. We consume human flesh and rice burritos
And Balut.

#BROKEN Hasney

11-05-2015, 11:58 AM

Because Bats looks just like an Asian man.

This is one lesson Hollywood should have learned from wrestling's mistake with Tensai.

I've learned nothing.

Sixx

11-05-2015, 12:48 PM

I guess that's their vision of Tong Po.

http://www.madmuaythai.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/jean-claude-van-damme-kickboxer-remake.jpg

And Balut.

I know what Tong Po looked like. Batistong Po's hair is just weird. Like one of the dreadlocks is almost on his forehead, another like 3 inches behind, looks really odd.

Lock Jaw

11-05-2015, 03:22 PM

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Izzy growing up too fast....

11-05-2015, 03:24 PM

lol that's something

Wishbone

11-05-2015, 03:38 PM

Izzy, NOOOO!

Tom Guycott

11-05-2015, 04:03 PM

Vince's idea of quality television

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So, when Steph low blows Brock Lesnar, it's fine. When 'Taker does it, he's suddenly the bad guy.

Tom Guycott

11-05-2015, 04:09 PM

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Izzy growing up too fast....

lol that's something

Izzy, NOOOO!

Speaking of growing up fast, I like her mutant power of turning into a grown woman with a pro Eva Marie sign, and then back into a child again after that one match.

Then again, seems there were a few people in the audience that could do that, in spite of the overwhelming chants of "what was that?" after some cluster-nothing move she pulled, and a rousing plea of "please don't hurt her".

Anybody Thrilla

11-05-2015, 05:10 PM

What the fuck is a Mandrews?

Simple Fan

11-05-2015, 05:14 PM

There is a TNA wrestler named Mark Andrews that they call Mandrews.

Emperor Smeat

11-05-2015, 05:28 PM

From the pre-sale Mania 32 ticket event at Dallas.

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Droford

11-05-2015, 06:05 PM

Empty Arena match time?

Sixx

11-05-2015, 06:37 PM

There is a TNA wrestler named Mark Andrews that they call Mandrews.

This is a really gay nickname.

The Destroyer

11-05-2015, 08:09 PM

It's TNA, go figure.

Emperor Smeat

11-05-2015, 08:14 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">With this World Heavyweight Championship reign, I have now passed <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCena">@JohnCena</a> with the most title reigns of all-time. <a href="https://t.co/luPpxXESKZ">pic.twitter.com/luPpxXESKZ</a></p>— Vacant (@WWEVacant) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEVacant/status/662369819254132736">November 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Emperor Smeat

11-05-2015, 10:14 PM

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The story we've gotten is WWE and Vince McMahon have signed off on allowing ESPN to use archival Flair footage for the 30 for 30 special they are currently working on. The special is supposed to cover Flair's entire career, the plane crash, personal life and financial issues, his son's death and everything else, with a focus on his heyday in the 80s. Flair was interviewed this past week for four hours for the special.

It’s been six months since Bill Simmons left ESPN, and three since he announced he would be partnering with HBO, and yet the exact future of the Simmons entertainment/sports empire is still shrouded in mystery. But according to a new report, we may have the first solid piece of the puzzle. Simmons and HBO will join forces, according to Page Six, for the most entertainment/sports crossover subject you can think of: a documentary about André the Giant ...

So, rags to riches, a pop-culture icon, and a tragic end? Sounds like Simmons has the perfect subject on his hands. Richard Johnson of Page Six reports that 30 for 30 director Jonathan Hock has followed Bill Simmons “out the door from ESPN,” and there have been some rumblings that, like the recently shuttered Grantland before it, the popular sports documentary series is floundering since its creator, Simmons, departed.
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/11/bill-simmons-hbo-andre-the-giant-princess-bride

An original on the books plan for the Tokyo Dome is a singles match with Jay Lethal vs. Michael Elgin, possibly with the ROH title at stake. This would be Lethal's introduction to New Japan as a star. Given that Elgin is now a free agent, that would mean if he inks a deal with WWE (or TNA), this could have to be changed.

Another controversy came from our reporting of his downside guarantee of $1.45 million. WWE said that while he could very well make $1.45 million per year, his downside was significantly less, claiming it as under $500,000. Others who are close to him are insisting that's WWE trying to save face when the word got out. I tend to believe WWE on this one, because the negotiations started right after his Lucha Underground deal fell apart. The timing made me think he was going to them, not them to him, and if that's the case, the downside wouldn't be as high. But saying that contradicts people who had been kept abreast of the situation, who claim Paul Levesque called him first. I do know that it was an issue within WWE because the doctrine is that nobody gets more than a $1 million downside guarantee (although Brock Lesnar got far more, and guys like John Cena or possibly Undertaker may– but the belief is that the Randy Orton types are getting a $1 million downside, but end up earning far more than that).
Would have made a bit more with Lucha Underground for less days had he taken their deal but the bonuses and merch sales likely pushed him towards taking the WWE deal for less downside and more dates.

For the new season of Lucha Underground, we're told the cost-cutting will not be so much cutting the production costs of the show itself, but taping fewer episodes of the show. The new season has 12 taping dates, and if they do two episodes per taping, as they were doing at the end of last season, that would be 24 shows, down from 39 the first season.

The Young Bucks deal was a one-year contract, which means that in about six to nine months we'll have all the rumors all over again about them going to WWE. Just for a clarification, the deal with ROH is exclusive for North America with the exception of PWG, so that means U.S., Canada and Mexico. New Japan strongly encouraged them to sign the deal because they knew how hard they were working on the indies and didn't want them to get hurt by working so many dates. Plus, since they work with ROH, both sides will be able to coordinate the dates. They are supposed to also do a ten week minimum with New Japan on a separate deal . Essentially, between the two, they are guaranteed more money than they've ever earned before and will be working considerably less dates. The PWG aspect of the deal was something they insisted on, and they also get to keep their merchandising rights and Pro Wrestling Tees business. Nobody else under ROH contract, even those with non-exclusive deals, are allowed to be affiliated with Pro Wrestling Tees.
Part of a new plan by parent company Sinclair to help boost ROH with extra funding than usual when needed. Budget also going to go up gradually over the next couple of years to help ROH more.

Not that there was much in the way of business that this relates to, but ROH is no longer allowing any contracted talent, whether they have exclusive or non-exclusive deals, to work for AAA.
Was implied the ROH-NJPW deal played a bit in a role why ROH dropped all remaining ties with AAA. NJPW has a working deal with CMLL only and ROH wpuld have had some scheduling issues with upcoming events if they sent guys to both Mexican promotions and NJPW.

In a follow-up of Marc Etkind moving from Destination America as General Manager a few weeks ago, it was Etkind who made the call to drop TNA and it came after the alleged e-mail Dixie Carter accidentally sent to the head of the Discovery Network that was saying Etkind was an idiot in regard to not releasing the DVR ratings, like Spike often did, since TNA was doing 20 percent increases over its same night viewing when you add in those who watched over the next week on DVR. While there is no indication anything has changed in that regard, we were told that all programming decisions are now being evaluated. For what it's worth, it seems like those in TNA believe they are still done in January, while those in ROH say they are awaiting word of what their future on the station is.

Coming on the heels of TNA's announcement of going to India, WWE has announced shows on 1/15 and 1/16 at the Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Dehli, headlined by Cena. Daniel Bryan was sent to India to make the announcement. The last time WWE went to India, in 2002, it was a disaster in the sense payoffs were horrible because the profit margin was low and several guys claimed at the time they'd quit the company rather than go back because so many people got sick. Regal got terribly sick. When media asked officials if Khali would be there (he's now affiliated with TNA), Rajesh Sethi of Ten Sports Network, which is bringing them in, started talking about how big the Big Show is and that he would be there.

More important when it comes to the value of Raw, if you take Raw out of that week's ratings, the USA average for the week drops to 1,203,000 viewers, and would only be in 12th place, which would be considered disastrous for a network that for years was No. 1. That's why even with Raw's ratings decline this year, it is at this point more important for USA to keep Raw than it would have been two years ago when Raw's numbers were higher, because USA is dropping at a far greater pace than its competition. While Raw always helped, until two years ago, USA would have been No. 1 even without Raw. Now they aren't No. 1 even with three hours of Raw and would be an also-ran without it.
RAW managed to become more valuable to USA not because it was doing good but instead USA's new shows haven't been able to maintain the viewership nor ratings the previous shows did for them. Big reason why RAW can get away with the declining numbers since USA has nothing at the moment worthy to replace it.

The 9 p.m. airing of Impact on 11/4 did 262,000 viewers, down from last week’s 266,000 viewers. The replay did 81,000 viewers, down from last week’s 98,000 viewers. Overall they did 343,000 viewers, down from last week’s 364,000 viewers.

The 11/4 edition of Ring Of Honor did 141,000 viewers, way down from last week’s 227,000 viewers.

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Some other sheet news includes:

Bayley recently debunked rumors on Twitter about her getting a new theme song due to her recent house show match in Ireland. Said it was her choice to mix it up for the tour.
Based on recent house show reports in the UK and WWE's own website, Damien Sandow got repackaged back to his original Intellectual Savoir gimmick (or something very similar to it). Image from recent house show event http://i.imgur.com/2jGGsMv.jpg
For those going to the WWE UK tour shows, it was announced Big Show has replaced Seth Rollins for tour appearances. Wrestled against Kane for the recent show in Cardiff, Wales.

Simple Fan

11-06-2015, 12:04 AM

Waiting for Jay Lethal to give up the TV title in a tournament so ROH can get in on this tournament action.

SlickyTrickyDamon

11-06-2015, 03:28 AM

Watching Raw on Hulu. Can they ban the announcers from talking during Bray Wyatt's intro? Just stop flapping their gums for 2 little minutes?

#BROKEN Hasney

11-06-2015, 03:40 AM

Kane V Big Show? Those poor Welsh people.

SlickyTrickyDamon

11-06-2015, 03:54 AM

Waiting for Jay Lethal to give up the TV title in a tournament so ROH can get in on this tournament action.

He already dropped it to Roderick Strong.

Damian Rey

11-06-2015, 10:54 AM

The last two weeks of Raw on hulu has far and away been two of the best shows they've produced. The 1.5 hour runtime keeps everything focused and condensed. Much more enjoyable than trying stomach three hours.

Simple Fan

11-06-2015, 11:51 AM

He already dropped it to Roderick Strong.

Thanks for spoiling that for me.

Tom Guycott

11-06-2015, 11:58 AM

He already dropped it to Roderick Strong.

Thanks for spoiling that for me.

He had to make Roderick look Strong.

Tom Guycott

11-06-2015, 12:01 PM

Fox should dye it white and go 80's Storm.

DAMN iNATOR

11-06-2015, 02:14 PM

Watching Raw on Hulu. Can they ban the announcers from talking during Bray Wyatt's intro? Just stop flapping their gums for 2 little minutes?

IKR? Or during everybody's entrances for that matter...that's always been one of my pet peeves.

Rammsteinmad

11-06-2015, 04:10 PM

According to sources, WWE is likely to be calling in some “very big names” to appear on TV now that Seth Rollins is out for up to nine months with a knee injury. The timing of the injury is particularly bad with John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Randy Orton and other big names on hiatus for various reasons, which could lead to WWE bringing in some major names.

It wasn’t noted if these “big names” would be for RAW or scattered throughout the coming weeks until Survivor Series, or even for Survivor Series itself. A report yesterday suggested that, Sting should he be healed up from his injuries and able to return to the ring, Sting might be used for Survivor Series in Undertaker and Kane’s expected match with the Wyatts so that is always a possibility.

Hey guys, remember in 1996 when WWE lost most of it's big names for WCW? Remember that?

Remember when they had, maybe about three big stars. What did they do? They made new stars!!! Remember that? Remember when mid-carders like "The Ringmaster", Rocky Maivia, Mankind and Hunter Hurst Helmsley become huge stars and ratings were through the roof and people were super excited by these fresh, young faces?

Why are WWE so determined not to do that now?

Ratings are low enough as it is. Whatever "big names" they bring in won't help matters. It's a short-term solution to a long-term project.

SlickyTrickyDamon

11-06-2015, 04:26 PM

Thanks for spoiling that for me.

It's been like 2 weeks. The fault is yours.

Disturbed316

11-06-2015, 06:29 PM

Hey guys, remember in 1996 when WWE lost most of it's big names for WCW? Remember that?

Remember when they had, maybe about three big stars. What did they do? They made new stars!!! Remember that? Remember when mid-carders like "The Ringmaster", Rocky Maivia, Mankind and Hunter Hurst Helmsley become huge stars and ratings were through the roof and people were super excited by these fresh, young faces?

Why are WWE so determined not to do that now?

Ratings are low enough as it is. Whatever "big names" they bring in won't help matters. It's a short-term solution to a long-term project.

Fake Seth Rollins maybe?

Emperor Smeat

11-06-2015, 07:06 PM

Sixx

11-06-2015, 07:09 PM

Simple Fan

11-06-2015, 07:30 PM

It's been like 2 weeks. The fault is yours.

No its not ROH TV this week he was still Television champ.

Emperor Smeat

11-06-2015, 09:38 PM

The Dirty Sheets Report sponsored by The Heart Break Show:
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WWE has to make a key decision this week regarding who will be the top heel. Alberto Del Rio is already earmarked for John Cena, but Roman Reigns is slotted as the top babyface and Brock Lesnar as the top attraction. With Bray Wyatt having just had a Hell in a Cell match with Reigns, he's not the right guy for right now. The heel is either going to have to win the tournament, or be the key opponent for whoever wins the tournament. So the choices are Kevin Owens, Big Show, Braun Strowman, or turning a face like Cesaro, Dolph Ziggler or Dean Ambrose.

As noted, WWE officials and writers will be spending the next few days re-writing most of their future storyline plans, including WrestleMania 32 plans, as Seth Rollins has vacated the WWE World Heavyweight Title and will be out of action for 6-9 months.

WWE had plans for Roman Reigns vs. Rollins to main event this month's Survivor Series pay-per-view and the December TLC pay-per-view. We don't know exactly when the change would have taken place but creative plans did have Rollins dropping the WWE World Heavyweight Title to Reigns, according to PWInsider. The plan going into 2016's WrestleMania season was for Reigns to be champion.

No word yet on how those plans for Reigns will factor into the Survivor Series tournament to crown a new WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
Observer had speculated Rollins vs HHH would have been the title match for Mania 32 with Triple H winning the Rumble and being the face in that match.

According to the WON, there is a possibility of Sting teaming with the Undertaker and Kane at Survivor Series against the Wyatt Family. Sting’s involvement is contingent upon whether he’s able to compete after the injuries he suffered at Night of Champions.

If Sting isn’t used, it’s possible that the match ends up being a two-on-four elimination match pitting Kane and Taker against all four Wyatt Family members. WWE has had plans to bring Undertaker and Kane back together for a while and original plans called for it to happen early next year, but they decided to pull the trigger early.

For Survivor Series on 11/22 in Atlanta, the only matches official are Rollins vs. Reigns for the WWE title and Charlotte vs. Paige for the Divas title. Obviously The Wyatt Family will be in a match with Undertaker & Kane, probably elimination style. Unless Sting is able to wrestle, this looks now like a 2-on-4 type match since Reigns is accounted for, Ambrose looks to be facing Owens for the IC title, and Orton is injured. You could put Ryback in or Cesaro in. But Cesaro seems like he's programmed with Stardust. Bryan is always out there if he's cleared. The New Day's tag title opponents look to be the Lucha Dragons (who won the four-way for the shot last week but then got destroyed on Smackdown this week by the Wyatts) and/or the Usos (who returned and beat the New Day for two falls in an elimination match on Raw). Other matches probable are Ziggler vs. Breeze, and Del Rio vs. Swagger for the U.S. title.
Observer earlier speculation on a possible card for Survivor Series prior to Rollins injury messing up things.

Troy Hughes of 105.3 THE FAN Dallas/Ft. Worth interviewed WWE Hall of Famer "Stone Cold" Steve Austin at last night's WrestleMania Pre-Sale Party at AT&T Stadium. Austin talked about this weekend's Cowboys vs. Eagles NFL game, as well as Seth Rollins getting injured and being out of action for 6-9 months.

Austin talked being forced out of action during his hot run and noted that it allowed The Rock and Triple H - who he noted were already stars on the rise - to really break out. With Rollins being out, Austin noted that it's "bad and sad" that Rollins got hurt, but it creates opportunities for talent.

"These guys in waiting that have been thinking if they had a shot, now is their chance to seize that opportunity," Austin said. "It's sink or swim now, and they're going to get an opportunity that they normally wouldn't have had coming."
http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/1106/603535/steve-austin-talks-seth-rollins-injury

Raw is Monday in Manchester, England. Right now nothing is announced for the show. The show will be airing on a few hour tape delay, not live.

Smackdown is Tuesday in Manchester, England. Undertaker is being advertised for this show.

Some other sheet news includes:

Newest episode of Botchamania was released recently: https://vimeo.com/144516107
WWE has edited Rollins out of all current Mania 32 advertising with Ambrose currently as his replacement.
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, 4 out of the last 5 WWE title champions had their reign end without being pinned or submitted (Orton - Bryan pinned Batista, Bryan - relinquished due to injury, Cena - lost by pin, Brock - Rollins pinned Reigns, Rollins - relinquished due to injury). 5 out of the last 6 if Bryan's earlier title win is counted (stripped of the belt).
WWE has a new wave of Undertaker merchandise arriving soon to celebrate Taker's 25th anniversary in the WWE. Images of upcoming merch: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3rsw7v/new_undertaker_merch_coming_soon_to_wweshop_in/
According to MLW Radio's Court Bauer, WWE unlikely to have a second season for Breaking Ground due to growing complaints from backstage and/or management about the show.
WWE announced the next Table For 3 episode will have William Regal, Sheamus and Wade Barrett as the guests.

DAMN iNATOR

11-06-2015, 09:50 PM

The next WWE Champion.

Nothing says "SERIOUS BUSINESS" like a guy who busts a clock big enough to be one of Flavor Flav's necklaces over his head, has missing teeth galore and a stick that emits smelly red smoke and who walks like a worm on his way to the ring.

DAMN iNATOR

11-06-2015, 10:01 PM

So, when Steph low blows Brock Lesnar, it's fine. When 'Taker does it, he's suddenly the bad guy.

When Steph did it, it was in self-defense and also her job was going to be on the line in that stupid No Mercy 2003 match v. her father. I don't blame her one bit.

When 'Taker did it, it was "cuz REVENGE, GRRR!" and heel or not, the fans respect the hell out of Brock's current reign of terror over the locker room and realize that he's a BEAST who other wrestlers should not trifle with.

So, long responses short, Yes to both.

Blonde Moment

11-06-2015, 10:54 PM

Why are WWE so determined not to do that now?

Because right now their backs are not against the wall. It's kind of like the deal with World of Warcraft and Blizzard, the product is sinking like a stone but other areas are making money so why risk anything new.

Who can they feed to Reigns that can be seen as a credible threat and not tarnish their value? Only one I can see at the moment is Sheamus..

Reigns wins tourney, Sheamus cashes in and wins and Reigns chases and eventually prevails. It is probably a shit choice but I would not waste Owens or Ambrose. Ceasaro, Ziggler, and Ryback are just not seen as champions and a another feud with Wyatt or anyone in his stable seems pointless right now as they seem to be slated for Taker and Kane.

Sheamus.
Fucking Sheamus.

Fignuts

11-06-2015, 11:26 PM

Blonde Moment

11-06-2015, 11:41 PM

Sounds like Del Rio

Fignuts

11-06-2015, 11:47 PM

He's mexican tho

11-07-2015, 12:23 AM

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Emperor Smeat

11-07-2015, 12:59 AM

Feel like Cesaro could totally pull off the sharply dressed, rich, narcissistic heel that thinks he's better than everybody else. Like, thats his niche. His performance that pushes him from great hand to top talent.

I've been critical of cesaro's mic work but sometimes all it takes is the right gimmick to bring someone's strengths to the forefront. I've seen little signs in the past that tell me this could be that gimmick for cesaro.

So like Business Suit Jericho? Or even Business Suit CM Punk in ROH although with a better hair cut.

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Blonde Moment

11-07-2015, 02:17 AM

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Blonde Moment

11-07-2015, 02:18 AM

The Rock(c) vs Reigns at Wrestlemania

Tom Guycott

11-07-2015, 02:43 AM

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Oddly enough, I thought of this guy for about 30 seconds and wondered if he would be brought back and fed to Bray Wyatt in his current "soul devouring"/Survivor Series campaign. Also thought the same for Mick Foley in full Mankind gear... but not sure if he would agree to a match setup. Maybe I'm closer to right than I thought.

But really, who all is left that is "supernatural"? Hade Vansen?

#1-norm-fan

11-07-2015, 03:21 AM

They could bring back Mordecai

#1-norm-fan

11-07-2015, 03:22 AM

Papa Shango was the obvious answer. But I went with Mordecai because lolMordecai.

Tom Guycott

11-07-2015, 04:33 AM

Papa Shango was the obvious answer. But I went with Mordecai because lolMordecai.

Papa Shango would be nice and all, but pretty sure he'd be ruin'd with chants of "where's the hoes?" or somesuch.

Mordecai, or Kevin Thorn?

Seriously, though... Boogeyman? A Legend? Heh, I guess if there were any semi-legit way to shoehorn him back, this would be it.

Of course, WWE could always sign Rellik.

Tom Guycott

11-07-2015, 04:33 AM

... which is "killer" backwards, by the way.

Sixx

11-07-2015, 04:41 AM

... which is "killer" backwards, by the way.

I like his real name better.

Hugger. Menacing.

Blonde Moment

11-07-2015, 06:03 AM

Keep Papa Shango in a Backstage or Outside segment where the Wyatt family hunts him down.

Mercenary

11-07-2015, 07:13 AM

Keep Papa Shango in a Backstage or Outside segment where the Wyatt family hunts him down.

Ya know if the Wyatts do something like this there may be hope for the angle

Tom Guycott

11-07-2015, 08:51 AM

I like his real name better.

Hugger. Menacing.

But that means nothing backwards. Makes zero sense. Would never work if the announcers can't tell us what it is backwards at every opportunity.

Sixx

11-07-2015, 08:54 AM

Well, Regguh is a good TNA name.

Seth82

11-07-2015, 11:51 AM

great photo here

Boxing great Joe Louis with a headlock on the great Lou Thesz

Joe Louis after retiring was often used as a special guest ref for years in wrestling

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Sixx

11-07-2015, 12:04 PM

He was broke as shit and would do anything for a dollar.

11-07-2015, 04:13 PM

Ruien

11-07-2015, 04:22 PM

Feel like Cesaro could totally pull off the sharply dressed, rich, narcissistic heel that thinks he's better than everybody else. Like, thats his niche. His performance that pushes him from great hand to top talent.

I've been critical of cesaro's mic work but sometimes all it takes is the right gimmick to bring someone's strengths to the forefront. I've seen little signs in the past that tell me this could be that gimmick for cesaro.

He would be cheered over Reigns though. Heel or face.

Emperor Smeat

11-07-2015, 04:57 PM

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#1-norm-fan

11-07-2015, 09:08 PM

11-07-2015, 09:47 PM

Hunter hasn't held a world title since his new haircut. Signs of things to come :)

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Emperor Smeat

11-07-2015, 10:18 PM

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Damian Rey

11-07-2015, 10:38 PM

Bah GAWD what a clothesline!

SlickyTrickyDamon

11-07-2015, 11:20 PM

No its not ROH TV this week he was still Television champ.

He lost it at a live ppv/I ppv death before dishonor

Simple Fan

11-07-2015, 11:27 PM

No that match was for the ROH world title and Lethal won.

Tom Guycott

11-07-2015, 11:40 PM

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I can see a four-man face turn with these guys. Rollins bummed he got injured and stripped, and New Day constantly tries to cheer him up with wacky antics similar to Booker and Goldust... just with 3 Goldusts.

Simple Fan

11-08-2015, 12:02 AM

He lost it at a live ppv/I ppv death before dishonor

No but since you spoiled it I looked it up it was a Glory by Honor TV taping that hasnt aired yet.

Dark One

11-08-2015, 12:45 AM

KICKOUT AT TWO

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I'm sure he's fine.

Simple Fan

11-08-2015, 03:06 AM

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Emperor Smeat

11-08-2015, 03:23 PM

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11-08-2015, 07:02 PM

This will make me immensely happy

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11-08-2015, 07:02 PM

The first ever Broski WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

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Wishbone

11-08-2015, 07:06 PM

Sadly given how stupid WWE is lately I'd actually say that the second one is more likely to happen than the first...

Vastardikai

11-08-2015, 08:54 PM

Noid post warning:

Hearing rumors about Cena vs Taker for Mania. Cool idea, but how about this?

Survivor Series is Brothers of Destruction and Dudleys vs Wyatt Family. Braun is eliminated first, after a 3D and 2 Double Chokeslams. D-Von is next, after Harper and Rowan hit their version of 3D. Bubba Ray falls to Sister Abigail. Brothers of Destruction start rolling, taking out Rowan, and looking like they always did. Out of nowhere, Sister Abigail and so long Kane.

Down to Taker vs. Harper and Wyatt. Wyatt appears willing to sacrifice Harper to Taker, but to everyone's amazement, looks to be the equal of the Dead Man. Harper nails the discus lariat, and Wyatt demands to be tagged in. Harper does so, and Wyatt goes for Sister Abigail. Undertaker counters with a chokeslam, tombstone, so long Wyatt.

Down to Harper and Taker. Wyatt commands Harper to leave, Harper resists, continuing to get the better of the Phenom. After a Tombstone escape, Harper nails the Boot. Taker sits up, but falls back. Wyatt finally gets Harper to exit, giving the Dead Man the win, but with a question mark.

We find out that Harper idolized the Undertaker when he was "broken." And he wants to destroy "his idols," to prove himself truly fixed. Wyatt doesn't want this, because he secretly fears that the Wild Man might be a greater monster than even he is. The only thing is Harper himself doesn't know this. A bit more resistance from Harper and it leads to a match with Wyatt, winner faces the Undertaker.

Of course we'll get Taker-Cena,though.

SlickyTrickyDamon

11-08-2015, 09:52 PM

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Brock Odinson.

Seth82

11-08-2015, 10:40 PM

http://www.f4wonline.com/daily-updates/daily-update-don-kalt-passed-away-new-japan-power-struggle-wwe-tournament-201281

http://www.f4wonline.com/sites/www.f4wonline.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/fabulousfargosthe1.jpg?itok=ISpBCDvE

We're sorry to report that Don Kalt, who worked under a lot of different names, most notably Don Fargo of the original Fabulous Fargos tag team, and Don Stevens as part of the Stevens Brothers with Ray Stevens, passed away today at the age of 85. He was one of the most colorful characters in pro wrestling history and was a major star in the 50s, 60s and 70s all over the world.

Him and Ray Stevens as The Stevens Brothers
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He and Greg Valentine teamed up as a form of the Fargo brothers too. Greg was Johnny Fargo.
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Simple Fan

11-08-2015, 10:48 PM

Seth Rollins girlfriends Indy debut after getting released from NXT

Former NXT Diva Zahra Schreiber made her in-ring debut last night at a Dreamwave Wrestling show in La Salle, Illinois. Schreiber, who is Seth Rollins’ girlfriend, took part in a five-on-five elimination tag team match with all the other competitors being men.

Schreiber used Rollins’ old finisher the Curb Stomp to pick up the win for her team.

SlickyTrickyDamon

11-08-2015, 11:01 PM

Curb Stomp in her debut? Person who okayed that should be fired.

11-08-2015, 11:44 PM

11-09-2015, 02:27 AM

The "lazy ass" coders at WWE.com forgot to remove the hyperlink from "vacant" to the Intercontinental Championship.

http://www.wwe.com/superstars

Sixx

11-09-2015, 07:37 AM

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Seth82

11-09-2015, 10:32 AM

a group of absolute legendary promoters

Eddie Graham, Verne Gagne, Cincinatti promoter Les Ruffin, Jim Barnett & Sam Muchnick
-Promoter Bob Luce is seen behind Muchnick's head
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Innovator

11-09-2015, 01:08 PM

Fignuts

11-09-2015, 01:33 PM

Curb Stomp in her debut? Person who okayed that should be fired.

Yeah we wouldn't want wrestlers using other people's finishers in completely different promotions, would we. Thats just crazy.

slik

11-09-2015, 02:09 PM

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Innovator

11-09-2015, 03:08 PM

http://i.imgur.com/GLRtau8.jpg

Simple Fan

11-09-2015, 03:11 PM

That's going to be a badass match.

Sixx

11-09-2015, 03:12 PM

is that Prince on the left

The Destroyer

11-09-2015, 03:13 PM

It's Japanese Michael Jackson.

Emperor Smeat

11-09-2015, 04:45 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SashaBanksWWE">@SashaBanksWWE</a> gives an <a href="https://twitter.com/itsBayleyWWE">@itsBayleyWWE</a> impersonation a try in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWELiverpool?src=hash">#WWELiverpool</a>! <a href="https://t.co/KO5CrHueMU">pic.twitter.com/KO5CrHueMU</a></p>— WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/663430503861788672">November 8, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Corporate CockSnogger

11-09-2015, 04:48 PM

Lol apparently Wayne Rooney just interfered in a match on Raw

Droford

11-09-2015, 05:50 PM

I'm thinking about buying the Blue New Day unicorn shirt cause they have a bogo shirt deal

slik

11-09-2015, 05:50 PM

SlickyTrickyDamon

11-09-2015, 09:44 PM

STD has secured a flight and a ticket to the show of shows and the showcase of the Immortals. In other words SlickyTrickyDamon is going to WrestleMania.

slik

11-10-2015, 12:08 AM

Shadrick

11-10-2015, 09:37 AM

STD has secured a flight and a ticket to the show of shows and the showcase of the Immortals. In other words SlickyTrickyDamon is going to WrestleMania.

we are allllll going to scissor.

truthfully, with so many of us going, we should all just get a hotel room together. im not kidding.

The CyNick

11-10-2015, 09:42 AM

slik's early WrestleMania 32 predictions...

*Brock vs Roman (heel, aligned with Authority)
*Undertaker vs Cena (retirement match)
*Rock vs HHH (w/ Steph and Ronda in their corners, doubt UFC would turn down her making an appearance but not actually wrestling...though I'm sure Steph would end up in a armbar at some point)

I can see that

A Reigns heel turn could be what brings Rock back into the picture. It would be great if they could do Reigns vs Rock at the Rumble. That spins off into HHH V Rock, and you involve the girls.

Cena V Taker star power wise is a good match for Mania.

Only problem I see is that most recent Manias have 4 high profile fights. This one only has three. Unless they have something lined up for Sting.

slik

11-10-2015, 01:20 PM

Bray vs Surfer Sting

Big Vic

11-10-2015, 01:29 PM

Nexus Harris vs Surfer Sting.

Mr. Nerfect

11-10-2015, 06:53 PM

I'm hoping they do the Reigns heel turn with Brock challenging. Ambrose can face Triple H at WrestleMania if they can't get Rock.

Damian Rey

11-10-2015, 07:36 PM

Ambrose going over Triple H would an incredibly effective way to propel him back into the main event scene as a credible babyface champion.

Mr. Nerfect

11-10-2015, 07:47 PM

I find it really odd that neither Ambrose nor Reigns have gotten a PPV singles win over Triple H yet. They probably should have both done that by now.

Mr. Nerfect

11-10-2015, 07:48 PM

I could see the WWE trying to sign Shinsuke Nakamura very soon. The guy radiates so much charisma it is ridiculous.

The Destroyer

11-10-2015, 07:49 PM

I can't see it. Vince hardly has a great track record with Japanese wrestlers.

Lock Jaw

11-10-2015, 07:50 PM

Tajiri was the best.... loved Tajiri....

Mr. Nerfect

11-10-2015, 07:51 PM

The type of signing they bring in is getting more and more internet darling. They'll want a big Japanese star to help with the Network being over there. Hideo Itami is great and all, but his personality isn't really that overpowering sort of one that WWE likes.

Nakamura would be the "larger than life" Japanese addition to the roster.

Mr. Nerfect

11-10-2015, 07:52 PM

Tajiri did a great job of navigating the WWE, actually. :y:

Lock Jaw

11-10-2015, 07:56 PM

Asuka is good, but I can't imagine her having the "badass, kind of scary, face who is gonna kill you" gimmick on the main roster...... probably either "evil foreigner" or "goofy foreigner ha ha they don't know English" gimmick....

The Destroyer

11-10-2015, 07:58 PM

Plus, can Nakamura be signed? How long is he still under contract to New Japan for? Would he want to be signed?

Damian Rey

11-10-2015, 08:06 PM

Give Heyman to Asuka. That'd do the trick.

Mr. Nerfect

11-10-2015, 08:34 PM

Heyman managing Asuka is a pretty natural feeling move. :y:

Mr. Nerfect

11-10-2015, 08:35 PM

Plus, can Nakamura be signed? How long is he still under contract to New Japan for? Would he want to be signed?

I think the contracts for New Japan come up every January. I'm not sure if Nakamura is signed on for something special though.

Would he want to be signed? I don't know the guy, but he's hit a stride in Japan and realistically only has a few years to make a splash in WWE if he ever wanted to go there. The guy apparently loves American culture, and I could imagine him wanting to give the biggest promotion in the world a try.

Droford

11-10-2015, 08:39 PM

Sign Nakamura and AJ Styles and have that match at WM

Mr. Nerfect

11-10-2015, 08:40 PM

BAM! War started, New Japan.

Mr. Nerfect

11-10-2015, 08:41 PM

Nakamura has been my #1 wanted surprise appearance in the Royal Rumble for the previous two installments, and I can't see that changing anytime soon.

Lock Jaw

11-10-2015, 08:43 PM

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Lock Jaw

11-10-2015, 08:43 PM

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Mr. Nerfect

11-10-2015, 08:44 PM

Becky Lunch. :love:

Lock Jaw

11-10-2015, 08:44 PM

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Lock Jaw

11-10-2015, 08:45 PM

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Lock Jaw

11-10-2015, 08:46 PM

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Deal With It

Mr. Nerfect

11-10-2015, 08:55 PM

So Survivor Series might end up looking something like this:

Finals for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose

Family vs. Family
The Undertaker & Kane vs. Luke Harper & Erick Rowan/Braun Strowman

Triple Threat Match for the Divas Championship
Charlotte (c) vs. Paige vs. Becky Lynch

Grudge Match
Dolph Ziggler vs. Tyler Breeze

Survivor Series Elimination Match
Cesaro, The Usos & The Lucha Dragons vs. Sheamus, King Barrett & The New Day

Semi-Finals in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament
Roman Reigns vs. Alberto Del Rio

Semi-Finals in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament
Kevin Owens vs. Dean Ambrose

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Pretty solid card in truth.

Mr. Nerfect

11-10-2015, 08:58 PM

Throw Natalya vs. Sasha Banks on the Kickoff.

Mercenary

11-10-2015, 10:39 PM

11-10-2015, 11:19 PM

lol wtf

Emperor Smeat

11-10-2015, 11:40 PM

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Emperor Smeat

11-11-2015, 12:02 AM

The Dirty Sheets Report sponsored by Evil Bliss:
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This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw for Manchester, England garnered an average viewing audience of 3,173,333 viewers on the USA Network. That’s down an average of (-74,667 viewers) from the week prior. Below is how the show did each hour:

Hour one – 3,480,000 viewers
Hour two – 3,177.000 viewers
Hour three – 2,863,000 viewers
Average – 3,173,333 viewers
New historic low even with the excuse of it being a taped show. For some comparisons, 3rd hour lost around 1 million viewers compared to last year's UK show and around 800,000 for the show average.

There was a lot of crowd sweetening on Raw with the post-production, most notably during the segment with Roman Reigns at the start of the show. At one point you could actually hear people booing Roman Reigns and then the crowd audio changed and the boos turned into cheers.

Reports from the arena are that the crowd was hot throughout the night but it didn’t come across that way on television because of the crowd sweetening.

In an interview with Radio Yorkshire, Hulk Hogan said that he was the first to notice the potential of Kevin Owens. Here are highlights:

On Kevin Owens: “Well, I hate to brag about it, but I’m the first one to point the finger at Kevin Owens. I saw him on NXT, like his second match, and saw him just chop and beat and grind and beating his guy down and doing it the old school way and really understanding how to get heat, doing it the old school way and I said, ‘that’s the guy’. I said, ‘that’s the guy. I don’t care if he looks like a wrestler [or] looks like an ice cream salesman. I don’t care. That’s the guy.'”

Big Show may have suffered an injury at tonight's WWE live event in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

During a Street Fight against Demon Kane, Big Show was chokeslammed trough a table and landed "quite bad" according to reader Chris Kinkead. The referee quickly called for medics to come down and check on Big Show. Another referee also came down and ended up counting Kane's three count on Big Show.

Regarding TNA President Dixie Carter teasing a possible reunion with TNA and Spike TV on Twitter last week, apparently there is nothing going on between the two sides. A high-level Spike TV source noted to PWInsider that they haven't heard anything about TNA returning and another said it would be highly unlikely. TNA is reportedly still in talks with a few different networks and those networks have more viewership than Destination America currently has.

As seen this past week, it was ESPN and Jonathan Coachman that broke the news of Seth Rollins being injured and forced to drop the WWE World Heavyweight Title. WWE even credited ESPN with the scoop. On Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez confirmed a report from Court Bauer on MLW Radio that said we can expect to see ESPN breaking more WWE stories in the future with WWE crediting them. Apparently this is part of the new working relationship between the two companies. It's also expected that ESPN will provide in-depth coverage from WrestleMania 32 next year.

There has been some speculation regarding Sara Del Rey's WWE coaching status as she's appeared on recent episodes of WWE Breaking Ground. Del Rey is still working as an agent with WWE's main roster talents but she also continues to train developmental talents at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. Former TNA Knockout Sarah Stock (Dark Angel, Sarita) is also now working with women at the Performance Center. In another backstage note from Breaking Ground, the show has indicated that NXT General Manager William Regal teaches the promo classes but usually the one teaching those classes is Ryan Katz, former indie wrestler GQ Money. Katz was said to be a "Dusty Rhodes Guy" and worked closely with The Dream before his passing.

Dorian Roldan of AAA was on Busted Open Radio yesterday and announced that the AAA Mega Title, which had been held by Alberto Del Rio, is now vacant and they will be doing a tournament to crown a new champion. He flat-out said Alberto will not, in fact, be returning to Mexico for any dates for AAA, which was pretty much clear as soon as he no-showed the event last Sunday on a day that he had no other commitments for WWE. He will be working the upcoming WWC show because WWE has a working relationship with WWE Hall of Famer Carlos Colon.

There will be two "Legends With JBL" shows next week with Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin and others talking the career of Undertaker, one on Monday night and one on Thursday night. As noted on Raw, next week is Undertaker Week on the WWE Network.

Some other sheet news includes:

For those interested, WWE 2k16 is getting a 50% discount to $30 during Black Friday at Best Buy.
Comedy Central recently had a comedic segment dealing with racism issues and the WWE. http://www.cc.com/video-clips/ot2jdz/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore-racism-in-the-wwe---ricky-velez
Brock Lesnar was announced to be appearing at the Houston house show occurring on January 8th, 2016. https://twitter.com/toyotacenter/status/664197605774127104

Fignuts

11-11-2015, 12:28 AM

Ugh

Droford

11-11-2015, 11:18 AM

WWE 2k16 car in NASCAR (https://www.reddit.com/r/NASCAR/comments/3sc3rj/erik_jones_wwe_2k16/)

I have just one question for you...
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN NASCAR DRIVER ERIK JONES RUNS THIS CAR IN THE DAV TWOOOOOOOOO-HUUUNDREEED
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN ATTEND THIS AWESOME XFINITY EVENT FOR JUST $18.99!

Lol

Big Vic

11-11-2015, 11:33 AM

Does anyone believe Hogan anymore?

EzekielKane

11-11-2015, 12:57 PM

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(https://www.facebook.com/Total-Wrestling-Annihilation-673758449342052/?ref=nf)
Total Wrestling Annihilation (https://www.facebook.com/Total-Wrestling-Annihilation-673758449342052/?fref=nf)

<a class="_5pcq" href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=992354210815806&id=673758449342052" target=""><abbr title="Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 9:30pm" class="_5ptz" data-utime="1447047031" data-shorten="1">November 8 at 9:30pm</abbr> · Edited (https://www.facebook.com/Total-Wrestling-Annihilation-673758449342052/timeline/#) ·

As of 12:00am Eastern time,
Total Wrestling Annihilation has come to terms with Dev "The Dominator" Sharpe.
Us here at Total Wrestling Annihilation would like to wish Dev the very best in his future endeavors!
...
- TWA Management

Just went up on facebook I wonder what happened between TWA Management and Dev Sharpe...

Mercenary

11-11-2015, 01:23 PM

Just went up on facebook I wonder what happened between TWA Management and Dev Sharpe...

Maybe he needs to get a real job to pay his medical bills from doing the stupid backyard crap

Simple Fan

11-11-2015, 01:37 PM

WWE 2k16 car in NASCAR (https://wwwHeddit.com/r/NASCAR/comments/3sc3rj/erik_jones_wwe_2k16/)

Lol

Cool, Eric Jones is a good young driver. He'll actually be driving in the Sprint Cup Series this week replacing suspended Matt Kenseth.

Emperor Smeat

11-11-2015, 06:37 PM

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Lock Jaw

11-11-2015, 07:05 PM

That comic still going.....

Emperor Smeat

11-11-2015, 07:19 PM

Guess so.

Figured their explanation to how Taker suddenly came back all normal would be better than whatever the WWE will give.

Simple Fan

11-11-2015, 07:26 PM

That's pretty cool.

Lock Jaw

11-11-2015, 07:43 PM

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Sixx

11-11-2015, 08:15 PM

What the fuck is a wank pheasant?

Lock Jaw

11-11-2015, 08:31 PM

Roman.

Dark One

11-11-2015, 08:45 PM

The Undertaker and Brad Maddox are appearing on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon tonight.

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That is not a sentence I thought I would ever type even a fraction of.

Emperor Smeat

11-11-2015, 09:53 PM

The Dirty Sheets Report sponsored by Flair Flopping Wednesday:
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We noted before via PWInsider that John Cena vs. The Undertaker is one of the planned main events for WWE's WrestleMania 32 next year. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports this week that Cena vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Title was planned, at least before Seth Rollins got injured. This goes with the report that Reigns was set to win the title from Rollins at Survivor Series or soon after.

The Observer reports that Rollins was set to face Triple H at WrestleMania 32. The Rock vs. Triple H had been planned but the Rollins match was just recently chosen as WWE creative were told that both Rock and Ronda Rousey wouldn't be available to wrestle next year.

Apparently The Rock has an insurance problem as a movie he will be filming in 2016 had an issue with insurance coverage if he did any pro wrestling before the movie was filmed, due to the obvious risk of injury. Unless something changes, Rock will likely just be making an appearance in Dallas next year, not wrestling..

If the Cena vs. Undertaker reports are true, that could mean Reigns will face Brock Lesnar. We know that Taker vs. Lesnar was planned for WrestleMania 32 at one point but pushed up and the feud was ended at Hell In a Cell.

Reigns vs. John Cena for the WWE title was scheduled as another key main event before the Rollins injury. Whether Reigns would have gone heel, or this would be a face vs. face match with Cena doing the ultimate passing of the torch was not clear. The show’s goal was to establish Reigns as the company’s top star going forward, just as was the original goal for the show last year.
Observer on more details regarding what the plans were for a possible Cena vs Reigns match. Also teased a possible Reigns future heel turn likely getting squashed since he's the #2 merch seller right now for the WWE (also helps that he has the most merch out of everyone else excluding the Bellas I think).

Sami Zayn was seen doing very light workouts in the ring at the WWE Performance Center several weeks ago, but has not been there in some time. Zayn has publicly said he would be out until early 2016, although we had originally heard he might return before then.

Hideo Itami has yet to get in a ring and return to training following his shoulder surgery, so there's no immediate expectation he will be returning to NXT soon. When he was injured in May, the belief was he would be out 6-8 months, the latter of which would be January 2016.

Because, RAW right now is three hours long, right? So what happens is, before, when RAW was two hours, you didn't see many long matches, and there were separate brands. There was RAW and Smackdown!, and you didn't see people on both shows very often.

Well now, we have a three hour RAW and two hour Smackdown!, so guys are wrestling long matches on both shows. And who're going to stand out on that kind of platform? Guys who know how to be different in the ring, who can go out there and wrestle a 10, 12, 15 minute match twice a week, and not have the fans get bored by it.

Because realistically, if you take wrestlers from the previous generations, and if they had wrestled as much on television as we have, they would be over exposed. But then, you won't like them as much.

That's one of the biggest battles our generation faces; the previous generations' battle was getting exposure, trying to get exposure. Now our battle is over exposure, and those who can handle over exposure the best are the ones who are popular, and incidentally, people who handle over exposure are the ones who've spent years wrestling in all the different places. So they know how to interact with people in different settings, and that kind of stuff.

So I think it is natural that the independent stars are the people coming up and doing very well.
Recent article from Cagesideseats.com on why it seems like indie guys are the ones adjusting the best during RAW's 3 hour era. http://www.cagesideseats.com/2015/11/11/9713000/daniel-bryan-interesting-theory-why-indy-wrestlers-get-over-wwe-created-stars-struggle

The new episode of Jim Ross' "Ross Report" podcast features TNA star Abyss.

Ross asked for the scoop on whether or not WWE offered him a contract years ago. Abyss said John Laurinaitis, who was then Head of Talent Relations, offered him a job with an immediate main event push. Tommy Dreamer worked beneath “Big Johnny” in WWE’s head office at the time and orchestrated a conversation between Chris Park and WWE when Abyss' TNA contract was coming up in 2006. Abyss said he decided not to go at the last minute. Tommy Dreamer called it "stage fright" but Abyss said it was just very hard to leave TNA. He said that he helped build TNA from the ground up, adding that 2005-2006 was one of the hottest times for the company. He said, “I would rather have been part of something... versus taking the chance of going somewhere and just being a number" ...

JR asked what the creative plans for Abyss might have been and Abyss said he was supposed to debut at the 2007 Royal Rumble. From there he would have started a rivalry with the The Undertaker, which would have ended at WrestleMania 23 in Detroit. JR said Abyss is an honorable man for choosing to stay with TNA, joking that most wrestlers would give up just about anything for that opportunity.
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Vince went bowling with someone, might have been an NBC exec. The guy had done something Vince didn't like. Obviously since they were bowling, they were wearing bowling shoes. Vince sneaked off, got the guy's real shoes from behind the counter, tossed the shoes in the garbage and left. The guy had no idea where his shoes were and had to go home wearing the gross bowling shoes. Vince contacted him later and said "That's what you get, pal!". The guy wrote a book and said that Vince was the biggest jerk he'd ever met in real life. (I can't remember the exact source, Meltzer talked about it on a podcast. The guy in question might have been a friend of Dick Ebersol).
Wacky Vince story from back in the day. Several more at: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3se5fe/crazy_vince_mcmahon_stories/

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Some other sheet news includes:

According to this week's Wrestling Observer newsletter, Maria Kanellis recently teased on Twitter the WWE are interested in signing her and The Kingdom (Micheal Bennett and Matt Taven) once their deal with ROH ends.
Based on a post fromNeoGAF's wrestling thread, WWE could have doubled their recent tv deal had they waited until after it was signed to announce the WWE Network. NBC (and everyone else interested) ended up dropping their bidding price by 50% once it was launched. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTjJPXuWoAE_dPt.png
Newest episode of Table For 3 with King Barrett, Sheamus, and Regal was released today for the WWE Network.
Other fans reports and Big Show himself debunked rumors of him being hurt during last night's house show in the UK.
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, this week's RAW was the first time since his debut that Rollins missed a RAW show. https://twitter.com/WrestlingsFacts/status/663932263382581248
1st episode of the post-Grantland era Cheap Heat podcast was released today.
Newest episode of TPWW's TLP podcast was released today: http://tablesladderspodcast.podbean.com/e/tables-ladders-podcast-129-111115/

Lock Jaw

11-11-2015, 10:18 PM

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Lock Jaw

11-11-2015, 10:18 PM

4 Evil Noid

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11-11-2015, 10:22 PM

I always gave Vince a benefit of the doubt since not all online wrestling sources are accurate. But after watching his podcast with Austin, a few of his "McMahon-isms" were confirmed.

11-11-2015, 10:29 PM

I was not aware of this

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Lock Jaw

11-11-2015, 10:32 PM

I wonder if when Sami Zayn comes back they bring him up to the main roster right away, or put him back on NXT for a bit....

If he is "ready" for Royal Rumble.... just imagine Kevin Owens clearing house, then he is all alone in the ring.... then Sami Zayn's music hits..... would be a hot return.....

11-11-2015, 10:32 PM

Holy shit! That Reddit thread is full of fucked up Vince content

LAYBOY: Still, you beat the court-martial and even graduated. By then you had stolen cars and run moonshine. You'd had a drink. You'd had your first joint. You'd lost your virginity.

MCMAHON: [Pauses] That was at a very young age. I remembered, probably in the first grade, being invited to a matinee film with my stepbrother and his girlfriends, and I remember them playing with me. Playing with my penis, and giggling. I thought that was pretty cool. That was my initiation into sex. At that age you don't necessarily achieve an erection, but it was cool. At around the same time there was a girl my age who was, in essence, my cousin. Later in life she actually wound up marrying that asshole Leo Lupton, my stepfather! Boy, this sounds like Tobacco Road. Anyway, I remember the two of us being so curious about each other's bodies but not knowing what the hell to do. We would go into the woods and get naked together. It felt good. And for some reason I wanted to put crushed leaves into her. Don't know why, but I remember that. I don't remember the first time I had intercourse, believe it or not.

PLAYBOY: Your growing up was pretty accelerated.

MCMAHON: God, yes.

Simple Fan

11-11-2015, 10:35 PM

11-11-2015, 10:40 PM

NXT needs Zayn and Hideo.

Emperor Smeat

11-11-2015, 10:46 PM

JR once told this on Opie & Anthony:

JR once farted in a car with Gerald Brisco, which made Brisco start gagging and throwing up. Vince heard about that, so backstage at RAW one night, he tried to fart and make Brisco puke. It backfired, and Vince shit in his pants. He then had to go out to the ring and do a promo! JR said that all the production people in his headphones told him about it, and that they were instructed to keep the camera shots ABOVE Vince's waistline for the entire promo!

#1-norm-fan

11-11-2015, 11:03 PM

Someone at writing meeting: "Hey. Did you hear JR farted in Gerald Brisco's presence the other night and made him throw up?"

Vince: "... My God... MY GOD, that's fucking comedy, boys! Brilliant! Give that retarded okie a raise and find me Brisco! Also, let's work on making this a storyline! Have Neidhart's girl do it because 'Hart' rhymes with 'fart'! Meeting over!"

11-11-2015, 11:46 PM

lol interesting

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Wishbone

11-12-2015, 12:04 AM

#1-norm-fan

11-12-2015, 12:09 AM

lol interesting

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Yeah, seems easy to cheat at that game. lol

#1-norm-fan

11-12-2015, 01:35 AM

Miss Matt Striker.

He was so incredibly comfortable on the mic. Effortless.

11-12-2015, 01:38 AM

Some might argue that he was a mark and kinda annoying at times.

#1-norm-fan

11-12-2015, 01:41 AM

He had an issue taking his commentary seriously.

That stuff didn't come across when he was actually involved in storylines though. He was great on the mic.

#1-norm-fan

11-12-2015, 01:46 AM

For example:

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Such a good promo. He was incredibly comfortable on the mic. Just imagine those kinds of promos in a meaningful storyline as opposed to him talking to Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks on an episode of NXT.

11-12-2015, 01:49 AM

11-12-2015, 01:51 AM

#1-norm-fan

11-12-2015, 01:53 AM

11-12-2015, 02:16 AM

Dr. Shelby reference and Brad Maddox in the same video :)

11-12-2015, 02:16 AM

Glen "Kane" Jacobs is pretty entertaining when he is doing comedy.

Rammsteinmad

11-12-2015, 04:12 AM

He ruined this classic moment for me. Wish they could just mute his audio track.

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Never understood why people disliked that. Sure, he used the term "mark out" on PPV, but it's nice to hear an announcer actually sound excited about the product. These days, all the reactions sound robotic and queued in.

#1-norm-fan

11-12-2015, 04:28 AM

I can see both sides. I love the fact that he is clearly a fan first and he comes off as "one of us" but I can see how it's really unprofessional and not the kind of "laid back" vibe Vince would want.

#1-norm-fan

11-12-2015, 04:31 AM

Also, "I'm marking out, bro!" is kind of an obnoxious sounding phrase.

Jura

11-12-2015, 06:20 AM

Asmo

11-12-2015, 07:06 AM

Yeah, seems easy to cheat at that game. lol

It was.
From an AMA done on reddit by EC3:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/2yp0q8/ec3_ama/ (100 percent
And someone ACTUALLY got mad.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/2yp0q8/ec3_ama/)

@killerh0bo: Tell the truth. Did you and Daniel Bryan rig that "Know your pro" segment on NXT?
@ec3ama: 100 percent. And someone ACTUALLY got mad. I obviously paid for it.

Volare

11-12-2015, 07:14 AM

Innovator

11-12-2015, 10:51 AM

"On July 28th, the PG era in the WWE began. Brian said that they were told this would take place in a meeting backstage before the Great American Bash. He recalls how Vince was speaking at a podium when Michael Tarver, who had been used sparingly at this point, asked a question to which Vince replied "excellent question Shelton." He then said everyone laughed and Vince could not figure out why. He then recalls at the Bash, JBL and Cena had a brutal Parking Lot Brawl match that was taped the day prior and they showed the finish live and he was watching backstage on the monitor with Mark Henry who said "since when is murder PG." He said that he were all trying to figure out the rules at the time."

Sixx

11-12-2015, 11:20 AM

Seth82

11-12-2015, 12:14 PM

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Lock Jaw

11-12-2015, 02:08 PM

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Snitsky/Heidenreich vibes from this gif....

Emperor Smeat

11-12-2015, 04:48 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Enroute to <a href="https://twitter.com/FightingIrish">@FightingIrish</a> & admiring the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brogue?src=hash">#Brogue</a> print I gifted the forehead of <a href="https://twitter.com/wwebalor">@wwebalor</a>. <a href="https://t.co/eZRMRtUbFa">pic.twitter.com/eZRMRtUbFa</a></p>— Sheamus (@WWESheamus) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWESheamus/status/664746834695487489">November 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Seth82

11-12-2015, 05:21 PM

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2587564-tommy-dreamer-wanted-a-sniper-to-legitimately-shoot-him-for-a-storyline-in-ecw?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming

Tommy Dreamer Wanted a Sniper to Legitimately Shoot Him for a Storyline in ECW

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Sixx

11-12-2015, 06:53 PM

Emperor Smeat

11-12-2015, 09:49 PM

The Dirty Sheets Report sponsored by THE NOT SO DEMON Kane Insurance Agency:
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For Survivor Series, the entire card was scrapped and two weeks out, nothing was advertised except the conclusion of the title tournament. It hasn’t been said, but it appears that the final four in the tournament will go into Survivor Series. Also made clear at television this past week is that Undertaker & Kane will work a regular tag team match, as opposed to a traditional Survivor Series four-on-four match, against two members of the Wyatt Family. Which two may not be announced until the match takes place. Charlotte vs. Paige for the Divas title is still on the show, and The New Day would look to be defending the tag titles against either/and or The Usos or Lucha Dragons most likely. One would also expect Ziggler vs. Breeze added once/if Ziggler is eliminated from the tournament.

As noted, when WWE last offered Brock Lesnar a new contract it included more money and more dates, which is why we have seen Lesnar work more this year than he has in the past.

According to The Wrestling Observer, WWE and Lesnar recently re-negotiated Lesnar’s to add even more dates to his schedule and more money.

While no reason was offered as to why the re-negotiation took place, with WWE at a loss for top talent right now as John Cena, Randy Orton, Seth Rollins and Daniel Bryan are all off TV, it might be likely that WWE has asked Lesnar to work a bit more to help fill out event cards.

The other big question revolves around Bryan. At last word, he and WWE were awaiting the results of a third doctor’s opinion on whether he could return after Dr. Joseph Maroon, the WWE’s head of medical, ruled that due to his number of concussions, he shouldn’t wrestle again. However, Bryan got an Arizona Cardinals doctor who tested him, and his brain tested above average for his age, and that doctor gave him clearance. If that testing has been completed, the results are being kept secret, although they may be back as one source said Vince McMahon is going back-and-forth on the subject. If he can return, and the plan is to make Reigns the babyface star in 2016, it would be a huge mistake to bring him back before the Royal Rumble, unless the plan is to have him win the Rumble and challenge for the title. Anything else and it’ll create the same environment over the past two years where the company has made plans for a top babyface to headline the show, only for the crowd to ruin those plans because the choice wasn’t Bryan.

The idea of a Reigns turn, going with the Authority, particularly since Reigns shot it down on Raw this past week, makes sense on one hand. There is the feeling that if Reigns were to become a hot heel, that when he flips back, there won’t be the crowd resistance to him that there was before WrestleMania, and, at some TV tapings, continues to be. Ambrose could also turn, since it’s unlikely he’ll ever get to be No. 1 face, but he can be positioned as No. 1 heel. Owens vs. Ambrose for the IC title was originally to be a winter program and was set for Survivor Series.

The Reigns turn question comes down to the fact that he’s just starting to get momentum as a face, and he’s the No. 2 merchandise seller in the company right now behind Cena. C.M. Punk noted that his pay went down greatly when he did his heel turn, even as champion with Paul Heyman, because of the huge decline in his T-shirt sales. But if he or Ambrose doesn’t turn, that means, almost by default, Owens would be the top heel and have little backup, since the other top heels would be Del Rio, who has been working to mostly silence, Bray Wyatt, who has already worked a program with Reigns, Big Show, who is burned out, and Tyler Breeze, who is new and small.
According to recent tallies, in terms of merch it goes Cena at #1 with 125 items, Bellas with 108, Ambrose with 68, and Reigns with 64.

The obvious problem here is that WWE had people send in audition tapes for Tough Enough, they picked a bunch of pretty television friendly people who had physical potential (bikini models, television friendly faces, bodybuilders and mostly big guys with athletic backgrounds) for the cast. They had WWE & USA together producing it, and the ratings don’t appear to have been good enough to have a second season. The idea that if you booked major arenas with ZZ, Josh and Sara Lee coming off the show and went on tour with them as stars, well, it would be disastrous. A non-WWE group wouldn’t likely get the quality of entrants without WWE television pushing thousands to send in tapes to choose from.
Basically whatever plans the WWE had for the revival backfired big time especially with them just signing almost everyone when USA Network told them to focus just on the winners being successful because of past track record.

What we know is that there is a lot of stuff going on behind-the-scenes in AAA. Many of the top stars who don’t have the second Lucha Underground contract, and if they have big enough names that they can make a living on indies, are at least talking about leaving. The unhappiness surrounds all the Americans being brought in this month, and some are unhappy Wagner Jr. was brought back, although that isn’t the main problem. The ones talking of leaving are those with heat with Konnan. Konnan and Cibernetico have been at odds on-and-off forever and he sees is that Konnan is trying to replace top guys with foreigners an replace the older established stars with younger stars. Konnan has tried to get rid of the older stars except the ones who are legends and can still draw off their name, like La Parka and Cibernetico, to have a younger and better working crew, trying to replicate the early 90s crew they had. Right now, Cibernetico and Averno are at least more than very seriously talking of leaving (and both have taken a booking in Brooklyn on 12/5 for Johnny Rodz on the same show that Caristico is appearing at Club LaBoom in Queens, NY, the same day as Guerra de Titanes was planned), but given it’s Mexico and guys talk of leaving, and agree to jumps, and then end up staying all the time, nothing is yet certain. While not publicly saying anything, those at LLE are saying that Cibernetico will be at Arena Mexico on 11/15 “with friends” and the belief is he’ll be at Arena Mexico and not in Nuevo Laredo. This would be the first time Cibernetico has ever wrestled in Arena Mexico
What should have been a really great year for Mexican promotion AAA is turning out to be one of their worst of all time.

The plan for the new season of Lucha Underground is to go farther in the “supernatural” direction. Ultimately their long-term plan is to create a super babyface and monster heels to spin off for a movie or movies, and recreate something like the El Santo genre, with Rey Mysterio most likely in the Santo role. That was big in the 50s and 60s in Mexico, but they don’t have any television in Mexico. While we don’t have this as official, the strong belief is that Flamita, perhaps under the name Fireball, will be on the new season which starts filming on 11/14 and 11/15 in Boyle Heights. We know that he called all indie promoters in Mexico saying he’s not taking anymore bookings. He had said that when he was offered a deal by AAA which he just accepted that a Lucha Underground spot was part of it. Fireball is one of the best flyers in the world, similar to guys like Fenix, Matt Sydal or Ricochet.

Matt Myers Jr., the marketing manager at ROH, has given notice to the company. He will finish his work with the company this Friday. He was hired this summer to oversee ROH's marketing, branding, publicity and new business endeavors. He was well liked but seemed ready to move on.

One source noted that the company has a hard time coming through on a lot of their big plans, which has been leading to some of the turnover. ROH Events Operator Gary Juster and Office Manager Greg Gilleland will be taking over much of Myers' work until a replacement is found.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats to <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRock">@TheRock</a> on the announcement of his future daughter and potential <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE">@WWE</a> Divas Champion in 2038. <a href="https://t.co/11OchwAt8x">https://t.co/11OchwAt8x</a></p>— Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) <a href="https://twitter.com/VinceMcMahon/status/664918221196304384">November 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Some other sheet news includes:

James Storm has yet to sign a deal with the WWE.
AJ Styles teased he's willing to go to any promotion that offers him the best deal once his NJPW contract ends after Wrestle Kingdom 10.
According to the Observer, TNA is currently in the process of getting a new announcer to replace Josh Matthews except they sort of forgot to tell him that he's getting fired. Likely will find out once someone tells him about the report from the Observer.
According to Forbes, WWE is currently experimenting with making their live shows be compatible with Virtual Reality headsets. http://fortune.com/2015/11/12/wwe-wrestling-virtual-reality/?xid=yahoo_fortune
For those interested, Lucha Underground currently has new merchandise for sale as part of the hype towards Season 2. https://twitter.com/LuchaElRey/status/664880502185156609
Based on recent reports, WWE stocks have been trending downward since the last fiscal report and Network sub announcement. Currently at $16.38 per share (down 67 cents compared to yesterday).
WWE will be releasing a NXT Greatest Matches DVD set on March 2016 for the US and Europe. US gets it on March 8th and Europe a day earlier.

slik

11-13-2015, 08:41 AM

Happy Friday the 13th

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Anybody Thrilla

11-13-2015, 10:44 AM

It feels like you can tell if Ryback is going to win a match based on his enthusiasm when he says "wake up, it's feeding time".

Tom Guycott

11-13-2015, 11:05 AM

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Snitsky/Heidenreich vibes from this gif....

Braun: "...I'M ROBBIE!"

Tom Guycott

11-13-2015, 11:11 AM

Mercenary

11-13-2015, 12:46 PM

http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/billy-gunn-fired-wwe-ped-failure-201626

onty "Kip" Sopp, better known as Billy Gunn, was fired today as a trainer by World Wrestling Entertainment.

Sopp was fired due to testing positive for elevated levels of testosterone in a powerlifting meet on July 25.

Sopp's drug test at the meet came up with a 37-1 testosterone/epitestosterone ratio, well over the 4-1 limit, and he was suspended from powerlifting for four years.

Sopp, 52, had returned to WWE as a trainer in 2012 after several years away from the organization. He worked as an agent and a trainer, as well as had a New Age Outlaws nostalgia run as a tag team, winning the tag team titles in early 2013.

He had done occasional run-ins at the end of some NXT shows with he and the babyfaces wrestlers ending shows doing DX crotch chops.

Most recently, he had appeared on television as one of the trainers on Tough Enough and Breaking Ground.

WWE officials were not aware of him competing as a powerlifter until a few weeks ago or his suspension from that sport.

Anybody Thrilla

11-13-2015, 12:52 PM

That's...odd.

Innovator

11-13-2015, 12:56 PM

Oh, they didn't know?

Sixx

11-13-2015, 01:04 PM

Billy Gunn is just very, very masculine.

slik

11-13-2015, 02:15 PM

Emperor Smeat

11-13-2015, 03:31 PM

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11-13-2015, 10:33 PM

Undertaker <3

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11-13-2015, 10:34 PM

Emperor Smeat

11-13-2015, 11:03 PM

The Dirty Sheets Report sponsored by Nashvember:
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WWE has confirmed that the NXT Takeover: London special will be live and not on a tape delay on the WWE Network. That means the show will air at 3 PM ET/Noon PT on December 16th instead of the usual late afternoon/evening start.

If you're one of the many fans who believe WWE has frequently misused Cesaro during his time with the company, despite the fact that he's got all the attributes to be a major star, you're not alone. Two-time Hall of Famer Ric Flair is right there with you, as he remarked on his latest podcast (transcription via Wrestling Inc):

"Who brings more to the table as a performer, if you look at raw ability, than Cesaro? Nobody! I mean, that kid is phenomenal! But, he's one week on, one week off, and I think that's part of the problem."

Sure, but what about his promos?

"I know how they can resolve that mic issue. Dial 9-1-1-Naitch!"

Flair's been campaigning to be a manager for someone, anyone, for some time now. WWE, to this point, has been content to use him to only occasionally and almost exclusively to help get his daughter, Charlotte, over as Divas champion.

Maryland Championship Wrestling was announced a streaming service called MCWRageTV.com for $4.99 per month to watch footage of all the latest events and new original content.

After being fired by WWE today, Billy Gunn was announced as appearing on 2/5 and 2/6 for Preston City Wrestling in the U.K.

Some other sheet news includes:

Today marks the 10th anniversary of Eddie Guerrero's passing.
Image of the camera the WWE will be using for Virtual Reality "Ringside Seats" service was recently leaked. http://imgur.com/Eu2Kyjx
According to reports, a few WWE stars were around the same areas as the Paris attacks earlier today. WWE announced all their stars are currently safe at the moment. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3spzfd/bella_twins_and_jeremy_borash_are_in_paris_during/
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, in the span of under 2 years, Ceasro went from having around 80 more career wins than losses to now having around 80 more losses than wins. Net total of around 160 total losses during that period. http://i.imgur.com/1dhUyYf.png