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[Emperor Smeat]

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WWE is looking to take legal action against recently released performer Tyler Kluttz (Brad Maddox) and ProWrestlingTees.com for trademark infringement over his new ring name, Mad Braddox.

ProWrestlingTees.com is selling T-shirts bearing the name Mad Braddox and WWE’s legal department believes the name is too similar to Brad Maddox. WWE owns the intellectual property rights to Brad Maddox and believe Mad Braddox would cause confusion with consumers.

WWE attempted to register the Brad Maddox name several weeks ago, but the application has yet to be approved. The legal department is contemplating whether to send cease and desist letters soon, or wait until their trademark application is approved since it would give them a much stronger legal position.

Jeff Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling currently has 16 hours of episodic TV ready to go when they sign TV deals. The promotion is being represented by Boulder Creek International for TV distribution and were represented at MIPCOM and SPORTEL last month. Boulder Creek is slated to also present GFW at another TV broadcasters convention in Singapore this coming week.

As noted on the site, PJ Black dropped their NexGen title over the weekend in North Carolina. Black has signed with Lucha Underground, so that necessitated the title change to Sonjay Dutt.

For those who have asked what TNA is going to do with their World Title Series since they are not filming material in India, it is important to note that the company has already filmed through their finals back in July (although no one knew it at the time). There were plans to discard that footage and shoot new material in India. My guess is that they will use through the Semi-Finals and tape the final when they debut on Pop TV in January as a way to come in with a big moment for Impact.

So it seems that my son Dewey's hiring by WWE has caused some people to question the honesty, or intentions of a few of my recent Facebook posts. From what I can gather, the criticism has fallen into one of two camps.

1) I was critical of WWE's recent creative direction in order to open up an opportunity for my son to join the creative team.
OR
2) I praised the past episode of WWE Raw as some sort of thank you gesture for hiring my son.

I also received several messages on social media pointing out the perception of nepotism involved in WWE's decision to hire my son – as if I had arranged for some type of high-paying, piece-of-cake job for him with the company.

Here is the truth. My son was hired two months ago by WWE creative, and will begin working with the company in January. He would have started earlier, but he and I both felt it was important for him to fulfill the commitment he made to the college that employed him as the director of a residence hall. He could have merely explained that this was his dream job, and possibly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but he chose to stay because it was the right thing – and because I told him that deep down, Mr. McMahon would respect him as a man of his word. My son was not given this job because of his last name. He earned it. He earned it by working for hundreds of hours in solitude, with no compensation, to prove his writing skills and mind for the business. There are no piece-of-cake jobs in WWE. As ESPN's Jonathan Coachman said of his time with WWE, "you are expected to bring it every day." My son will do his best to "bring it" every day. He will be working long hours, in a thankless, difficult job, for entry level money - the way it should be. There has also been talk of my daughter joining WWE as a backstage interviewer. I certainly hope that turns out to be the case - but as of now, as far as I know, it's just talk.

The hiring of my son in September by WWE has had no bearing on any of my posts about the company - be they negative or positive. I am both puzzled and insulted to think that some wrestling fans have become so jaded and cynical that they could read a few of those heartfelt Facebook posts or listen to my podcast with stone cold Steve Austin, and doubt the sincerity of my words. Not everything - in wrestling or life - is an angle, or a work.

I love WWE. I really do. I literally began a meeting with Triple H two years ago by saying, "I love this company. I love it now - and no matter what happens during the course of this meeting, I'll love it when I walk out this door."

So I guess, when I write something that is critical of WWE, I convince myself that I am showing them "tough love" - that the right people will read what I have to say (I I have it on good authority that the right people DO read my posts) and that my thoughts will be taken into consideration. But these past few days have made me re-examine my priorities. Maybe I should do the right thing as a parent and stop being so critical of the company in such a public way. His job will be tough enough without his dad throwing obstacles in his way. I think I will start using the text option on my phone when I feel like Mr. McMahon, Triple H or Stephanie need to hear my opinions or feedback. Maybe I'll get fewer likes on my Facebook page. But I'll probably sleep better at night.
From a recent posting by Mick Foley on his Facebook account. www.facebook.com/RealMickFoley/posts/1186283561401780:0

On a glass ceiling in the wrestling industry:

For certain superstars there is definitely a glass ceiling. Using Zack Ryder as an example, it doesn’t matter if the crowd is on your side. If they don’t approve of you, if they don’t put the machine behind you, then they are not going to follow through with it. They handpick their stars.

On whether race is a barrier in this glass ceiling:

I definitely believe so just due to history, the results you know? All the superstars that have been identified as African Americans, have been identified as black – I’ve never seen them been the face of the company or be the Heavyweight champion. I’ve seen it in other companies like TNA and WCW, but in WWF still there hasn’t been a Black face or a champion.

On Hulk Hogan’s racial rant:

What Hulk Hogan did was very disappointing. He was one of my biggest childhood heroes in the 80s and to hear him say that “We’re all a little racist” you’ve pretty much sealed your own fate. And I’m still trying to wrap my head around that. It’s still disappointing. I know that he is a loving guy and he’s very positive. I’ve met Hogan probably like two or three times and he’s already had good spirits about him but racism has nothing to do with loving or hating somebody; it’s a mindset that you are superior to the other race.

On representations of race in wrestling:

That’s how wrestling has always been. Hopefully it changes real soon. And usually they bring them in as a heel; as a monster for the white champion to overcome. You know Umaga, he was fed to John Cena. Same thing with Kamala in the 80s, he was fed to Hulk Hogan. Nine times out of ten they make the angry black man – the savage – just be fed to the champion. It’s an obstacle that he’s going to win.
Recent interview JTG had with World According to Wrestling podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/world-according-to-wrestling/id1060137681?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

"I don't see that happening in the near future, no. You know to be real and to be very candid and keep it honest, African-American wrestlers, black wrestlers... They have to work twice as hard as white competitors. If you haven't noticed like let's say someone like Daniel Bryan. If it was a black wrestler on that same level, same charisma, same ring style... there is no way he will be WWE champion. He's got to work 10 times harder. We got to work ten times harder and we still don't even get to that level. And it is not just African-Americans.

I don't want to take anything away from the Rock, but he is not identified as black, he's Samoan. There is a big difference. You have to be identified as black. Rock is more ambiguous. Mainstream Hollywood society doesn't identify him as black. Once you played Hercules and you have long flowing brunette hair, you're not identified as black."
Previous interview by JTG explaining what he meant by "identified as African Americans"

Ric Flair is booked to appear on 12/26 in Madison Square Garden for the post-Christmas house show and for Raw on 12/28 at the Barclays Center.


Some other sheet news includes:

Smackdown managed to rebound a bit from last week's historic low ratings and viewership but both were still lower than 2 weeks ago. Gained about 400k viewers compared to Thanksgiving but still about 200k less than the week prior.
Sami Zayn confirmed he will be appearing during NXT's upcoming UK tour. https://twitter.com/ilikesamizayn/status/672917285129072640
Update to TNA Impact's ratings impact this week as it ended as the 2nd lowest ever since being on Destination America. Likely going to get worse till Impact officially moves to POP next month.

[Vastardikai]

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This isn't the same pic posted twice. These are two separate attempts to locate where the dog shit is on his shoe


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Moron in red: wanna ride my invisible moped?
Nerd in black: No thanks, I'm good.



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You don' t know how hard it is to pass a stop sign.


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2 hours later, Moron in red finally finds a parking space for his invisible moped.

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Moron in red debuts his new "American Pickers" gimmick.


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Nerd in black encounters patchy fog.


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Backyard Wrestling is hard work, so the combatants fan each other to cool down.

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Person of Indeterminate Gender: Never seen this before in my "Tantra for Dipshits" book. I'll need to get a closer look.


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Third time is a charm!


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Moron in red eats his tombstone pizza while standing on a chair.


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The exact moment Person of indeterminate Gender realized he/she made poor life decisions.


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Moron in red: Are we done, yet? Burger World expected me there 2 hours ago. And I STILL haven't put on my uniform.

[Volare]

WIN!

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Emperor Smeat]

According to a recent Ric Flair podcast episode, Randy Orton's career is now in serious jeopardy since his injury is a lot worse than originally believed. Now has a real chance of being out till 2017 the earliest instead of a possible mid/late 2016 return.

Observer also confirmed Orton's injuries are a lot more serious than what the WWE and doctors believed even after surgery. WWE believed Orton would be back by Mania since they thought it was just going to be a simple surgery and recovery.

Orton has had work done on his shoulders and areas near it before. He has hypermobile shoulders which cause the shoulders to go too far back. This is one of the main reasons he has the snake look in the ring. Orton hurt himself taking out the trash at home which made most believe that he would need to have a simple surgery at the worst and be back in time for WrestleMania 32.

It now looks like that is out of the cards. The Wrestling Observer reported earlier in the week that Orton may miss far more time than expected. Ric Flair then confirmed those reports on his WOOOOO! Nation Podcast. He said that Orton would be out of action from WWE indefinitely as it looks like he’ll be having neck surgery along with the needed shoulder surgery.

Flair didn’t go into any other major details, but did mention that it is likely Orton might need neck fusion surgery. This would put his time away from WWE at a much longer point. He would miss a year of action after the surgery. This would keep Orton out of action until mid-2017 at the very earliest. The reason for this is that it would be unlikely that they would do both the shoulder and neck surgery at the same time as both take significant time to recover from. So it is likely that he will have his shoulder worked on and then have his neck surgery after the recovery from the shoulder surgery.

It then takes a little over a year to recover and get cleared to return to the ring from this type of surgery

[Volare]

Fuuuuuck. Feel bad for him if that's the case.

[Lock Jaw]

Damn..... sucks big time. Sucks for Orton to be out for that long. Sucks for WWE because Orton is one of the only "stars" that WWE has made the past 14 years.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The Golden State Warriors have broken the undefeated streak of the Undertaker. 21 wins and 0 defeats.

[Lock Jaw]

Pretty sure Brock Lesnar did.

[Vastardikai]

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Seconds after someone suggested they open the spoiler tag on the latest post to be Vastardikai'd.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Lock Jaw]

Wouldn't mind WWE Paige around my office

[GD]

Possibly NSFW

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

There's literally an entire thread about this Dave.

[GD]

I apologize for not looking for it first with respect to the amount of time I have.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Simple Fan]

The Golden State Warriors have broken the undefeated streak of the Undertaker. 21 wins and 0 defeats.

Wouldn't it be tied, 22 would break it. I think they go for it tonight

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

They're facing the Nets.

[Simple Fan]

Yeah my brother is a Warriors fan and I've heard nothing bit how great the Warriors are for a while.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

How long has he been a fan about a year? lol

[Simple Fan]

No he's actually been a fan since before the Mark Jackson years.

[Simple Fan]

Tough Enough winner Josh's NXT name is Bronson Matthews.

[Lock Jaw]

Hey Ma, how about some cookies?

[Savio]

No dice

[Lock Jaw]

This ain't ovah

[Emperor Smeat]

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[The Condor]

I like 3/4 of the guys in the League of Nations, and I'm into it, but I can't help but look at them as some weak ass heel faction akin to DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation in 1995. They are essentially jokes who will be steamrolled by tepid babyfaces after garnering limited heat from fans, thus leaving the whole thing as a microcosm of 2015 WWE's problems.

[Heisenberg]

any1 hard about RAW tonight?

[Big Vic]

Whats the main event?

[#1-norm-fan]

Is Fandango scheduled for the show? That would get me all boned up.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Is Fandango scheduled for the show? That would get me all boned up.

Screw that, I want me some #AXELMANIA!

[Simple Fan]

DAMN right.

[Emperor Smeat]

any1 hard about RAW tonight?

According to the Observer, supposedly the WWE tossed out whatever plans they were following with a new set or direction possibly starting tonight or very soon.

For what it's worth, F4Wonline.com indicates that there may be significant creative changes beginning on tonight's WWE RAW. Details were sketchy but it sounds like there may be changes due to the survey WWE recently issued asking fans to compare WWE NXT with the main roster.

[Volare]

With an opening from Triple H introducing us?

[Poit]

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[Volare]

Holy god yes!

[Lock Jaw]

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Ass Master

[Rammsteinmad]

When was the last time Raw opened with a match and not the same 20-minute promo?

[Heisenberg]

According to the Observer, supposedly the WWE tossed out whatever plans they were following with a new set or direction possibly starting tonight or very soon.




Strong strong start, but the rest of the show was utter crap. The beginning was great, too many cooks in the ring, still made a nice stew of a match.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Droford]

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Too bad..

[Lock Jaw]

Zeb Colter got the Pringles logo to join Mexamerica?! BREAKING NEWS.

[The CyNick]

According to the Observer, supposedly the WWE tossed out whatever plans they were following with a new set or direction possibly starting tonight or very soon.

More epic journalism.

[Emperor Smeat]

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Waltman also said that he didn't have a problem saying no to bad ideas when he returned to the WWF in 1998, and thinks that talent today should speak up when given bad angles.

"Don't get me wrong, there were times when I was selfish. I didn't let anybody walk on me when I came back to WWF. I was more equipped to say 'I'm not f--king doing that, that sucks.' Guys need to start doing a little more of (that). I might get heat for saying this, but they need to start saying that," Waltman said.
From a recent interview by X-Pac on possible ways to improve the WWE. www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/1206/604495/sean-waltman-says-more-talent-today-needs-to-say-no-to-bad-ideas/

After more than 30 years of speculation, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka's homicide case could be settled in as few as four months.

A Lehigh County judge on Tuesday set March 22 as the trial date for the famed pro wrestler, and also reminded the family of the victim, Snuka's girlfriend Nancy Argentino, that there's a gag order in place.

Snuka's attorney, Robert J. Kirwan II, complained that Argentino's sister has been posting links to newspaper stories about the case on her Facebook page.

Snuka, 72, was charged on Sept. 1 with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in Argentino's May 1983 death.

The trial is expected to last about a week, the lawyers told Judge Kelly L. Banach.
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-jimmy-snuka-pretrial-hearing-20151208-story.html

WWE’s long-anticipated Owen Hart set, Owen: “Hart of Gold” is officially out on DVD and Blu-Ray. Elsewhere on the site, there’s a review of the set.

The presale for the February 13th WWE house show in Fresno starts tomorrow with the password being WWEFAN (The same code works on other shows during that swing through California).
Figured that might be useful for TPWW's California crew.

Even though Tommy Dreamer is booked for a number of WWE house shows and has been appearing on WWE television, he is still keeping his own promotion going.

Dreamer's House of Hardcore organization, which has been using TNA talent, ECW talent of the past, and some name independent talent, has announced an April 16 show at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The show will be a combination of a wrestling show and an Icons Of Wrestling convention at the same building.

Tickets will be going on sale tomorrow for the event, but no names have been announced yet.

Tokyo Sports announced its 2015 pro wrestling awards:

The MVP was Kazuchika Okada who won on the first ballot, and became only the fifth wrestler in history to be a three-time winner.

Okada vs. Genichiro Tenryu on 11/15 was named Match of the Year.
From what I've read, Tokyo Sports awards lean more towards casual or mainstream in terms of importance. Okada got the MVP because he's Japan's top star and not because he had the best year while Tenryu getting an award was more for legacy reasons than match quality.

WWE announced the hiring of John Brody as Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Partnerships. He has performed similar positions with the NFL, Major League Baseball and the Boston Celtics. He will work directly under Michelle Wilson, the Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer as a new member of the senior management team.

Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal released its 50 most influential people in sports in 2015 list. No Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta or Vince McMahon in the top 50. White & Fertitta have been on the list in years past. Eric Shanks of Fox Sports was No. 10. Bob Bowman of Major League Baseball, who was formerly on the WWE Board of Directors before resigning, was No. 24. Al Haymon, the boxing promoter, was the only combat sports person on the list at No. 46.

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Some other sheet news includes:

According to Kofi Kingston and people trying to order them, New Day's new unicorn horns merch managed to sell out within a few hours on WWE's online shop. http://wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/1208/604547/backstage-note-on-merchandise-sales-for-the-new-day/
According to the Observer, WWE has removed Stampede Wrestling shows from their WWE Network library due to rights issues with Bret Hart. Turns out Bret owns exclusive rights to his matches and the WWE uploaded shows without his permission and/or compensation.
According to PWTorch, this week's RAW rating was 2.15 and down from last week. 2nd worst of the 3 hour era and in the last 20 years.
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, 2015 has been an amazing year for Zack Ryder in terms of wins and losses. Current record is 84 wins (most ever) and 44 losses.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Big Vic]

who is zack ryder beating?

[Poit]

According to Kofi Kingston and people trying to order them, New Day's new unicorn horns merch managed to sell out within a few hours on WWE's online shop. http://wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/1208/604547/backstage-note-on-merchandise-sales-for-the-new-day/


... I have three.

[Droford]

Tricorn?

[The CyNick]

WWE just doesnt know how to create stars.

[Emperor Smeat]

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Daniel Bryan made a big statement about his career standing in WWE while in Singapore for a WWE promotional event.

Asked about his ongoing concussion recovery, Bryan was quoted by a Singapore newspaper: “I think it could be the end of my career in WWE, but I don’t think it will be the end of my career.”

Bryan has reportedly not been cleared by WWE’s medical team to return to the ring. However, he has said in past interviews that his own independent doctor cleared him to return.

“I could find another passion, but it would just be sad because this is what I have been most passionate about since I was five,” Bryan said.

The article noted that Bryan has been training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu while waiting to get clearance from WWE doctors. UFC fighter Ben Henderson recently noted that Bryan is actually quite good.

Sting was Ric Flair’s guest for this week’s WOOOOO! Nation podcast and revealed that he will require neck surgery to repair the damage sustained during his match against Seth Rollins at Night of Champions.

“Yeah, MRI’s and neurologists have been looking at it, Dr. Maroon out of Pittsburgh, he’s looked at it. He’s telling me that I’ll have to have a surgery,” Sting said. “The dust only in the last couple weeks has kind of started to settle a little bit for me, just trying to get so much done in life but now it’s time to go get this thing taken care of. No, I’m hoping (they don’t have to do a fusion surgery). I know that’s one of the techniques that they use and I’m not sure if Dr. Maroon will have to do that or not. I’ve got two spots in my neck that are troublesome. I guess it’s called cervical spinal stenosis. That’s what it is."

"I have two areas in my neck where the spinal canal, which holds the spinal cord, it’s kind of choked off in two different locations. Lucky that a catastrophe didn’t happen that night, long story short. I’ve gotta go get it fixed. I guess John Cena had something very similar, he had his fixed, and Dr. Maroon has done several of the WWE guys up there and all with great success.”

There was an incident during tonight'sWWE SmackDown tapings in Jacksonville, Florida where a family had to be escorted out of the arena by security. It appears the issues began when two young boys called Roman Reigns the "n word" during his entrance. This led to some comments from other fans in that section and the boys' mother didn't respond well to people talking to her sons. The mother then got into an argument with other fans, accusing them of taking photos of her kids. Security saw there was a situation brewing and the family causing the problems was removed.

A further update from yesterday's report on the comeback of Sami Zayn is that his first match back will be a single match with Finn Balor for the NXT title tomorrow night in Newcastle, England.

Zayn returns from six months out due to shoulder surgery on the NXT U.K. tour which runs from 12/10 to 12/16 and will be in the main event of several shows on the tour including the opener.

He is not announced for a match on the live Takeover special on 12/16 in London, but is advertised as appearing on that show as well.

The information was first reported on Talksport in the U.K.


"Alberto del Rio gave his first interview to Mexican media since he went back to the WWE today to Felix Zapata from Reforma and he said that WWE had originally allowed him to work the Guerra de Titanes show on 12/4 which was the original date but when they cancelled the show, he said that WWE pulled the offer and Alberto blames the disorganization of AAA for why he wasn’t able to lose his title in the ring thus being vacated. Alberto said that it is shameful that he wasn’t allowed to go out gracefully in his country because of AAA’s disorganization and that he wanted his fans to know what the real situation was. Now this contradicts everything that Dorian Roldan has said about this situation so it’s a he said he said situation but Alberto can point out to the fact that he was allowed to Work for WWC in Puerto Rico on 12/5 against Ray Gonzalez Jr. so maybe the real story will come out and clear this mess up."

NASHVILLE – Global Force Wrestling will break new ground in 2016 as founder and CEO Jeff Jarrett brings his promotion to the Northeast, a hotbed of pro wrestling, for the first time to open the New Year.

It all kicks off with a Jan. 22 show at legendary wrestling venue the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York. "Double J made his first-ever appearance in the Northeast at this venue in 1993," said Paul Lloyd, president of the MHCC. "We are thrilled that GFW has chosen Poughkeepsie to be a part of its first tour of the area, and we're sure the rabid wrestling fans in this area will be eager to join the force."

The next night, Jan. 23, will feature a co promotion between GFW and Pro Wrestling Syndicate from the Rahway (New Jersey) Rec Center. The card will include matches between GFW and PWS stars. "We're honored to be working with GFW," PWS owner Pat Buck said. "Fans are going to see a great combination of global talent mixed with the stars of PWS."



Some other sheet news includes:

During a recent radio interview, Team BAD confirmed Creative has serious problems writing for the Divas division. The question asked dealt with why the heel-face dynamic is such a mess in the division. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wTKH_CFeO4&feature=youtu.be&t=3m6s
Update to the Honma domestic violence accusations as NJPW won't punish Honma for the supposed incident based on recent show reports and police haven't filed official charges yet.
El Rey Network announced started next month they will be having a Lucha Underground Season One mini-marathon occurring every Wednesday leading up to the debut of Season 2. The weekend before Season 2 will have a mega 40 hour marathon. Trailer for season 2 was also released: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GAnIuBKuLo
Recent article on WWE's official website involved what they felt are the Top 5 lamest entrance theme songs in wrestling history. www.wwe.com/videos/playlists/5-lamest-entrance-themes-of-all-time

[Poit]

Tricorn?

Extras for friends.

[Droford]

Bryan Danielson vs Phil Brooks in UFC

[Blonde Moment]

Bryan Danielson vs Phil Brooks in UFC
Obscurity on a pole match

[McLegend]

I would watch that. I don't think the Punker wins that fight.

[Simple Fan]

If WWE doesn't clear Bryan and he goes somewhere else it could hurt them. I'm not a fan of his but him going to Japan and replacing AJ Styles in Bullet Club would be kind of interesting. He could also be a great baby face in NJPW and keep the Yes movement gimmick I think. Don't know how I feel about Bryan in TNA though. Like I said not a fan of his but I know he has a huge fan base and if WWE let's him get away it could hurt them.

[The CyNick]

I would watch that. I don't think the Punker wins that fight.

Punker doesnt win any fight. By his own admission he cant even get out of his own gym.

[Simple Fan]

Did Dana tell you that?

[The CyNick]

Did Dana tell you that?

Dana wont admit that because he thinks Punk is a cash cow.

Punk said it earlier this year in an interview with Ariel Helwani. Look it up.

[Rammsteinmad]

Punk was being told to say that, by Dana. Obviously.

[Mercenary]

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Your WWE Champion!!!!!!!!

[DAMN iNATOR]

It's JTG's birthday, so in honor of that here's a Cryme Tyme blast from the past:
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[Emperor Smeat]

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

[Shadrick]

WWE just doesnt know how to create stars.

A broken clock is right twice a day.

[CSL]

http://49.media.tumblr.com/71f987a3282df7d60cfc6868f8eec65c/tumblr_nxdaogCPFf1s066k8o1_400.gif

guy on the right taking the lariat here is a local kid, only 18/19, been wrestling for a few years, has a better look than most indy guys already, is making a bit of a name for himself and with a bit of "development", has all the potential in the world. Tyler Bate, remember his name in a few years.

[VSG]

I was watching NXT and realized that the main event for both WWE and NXT is a Samoan challenger vs an Irishman champion. I am WAY more invested in the NXT version though.

[Damian Rey]

That's because the NXT version has actually taken its time building up each guy instead of saying "these guys are main eventers now".

[The CyNick]

Both are interesting to me

[Innovator]

NXT: London: How Samoa Joe got his groove back

[Emperor Smeat]

https://45.media.tumblr.com/98a156e1f9173a27cbaf50c33fff5906/tumblr_nz4b3zVyU51ukvoqyo2_r1_540.gif

[Shadrick]

Both are interesting to me

but of course they are.

[#1-norm-fan]

Sheamus vs Reigns is interesting to me.

In that I find it interesting how low the standards for a main event storyline in WWE has fallen.

[#1-norm-fan]

I actually like Sheamus quite a lot. I even liked face Sheamus. I'm a sucker for the "badass who can be kinda silly when he needs to be" type face. I actually thought he played the role well. Thought his title reign on Smackdown was quite good.

But my God, I could not give any less of a flying fuck about his character anymore. Awful.

[Droford]

You arent entertained?

[Lock Jaw]

http://cdn2.fightstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/si-lesnar-hunting-220.jpg?019b9b

[Lock Jaw]

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12313592_559749834178229_342769408406480723_n.jpg?oh=d4d7881c01ca5099d5ef09aa49cb66c9&oe=56DAEC02

[Wishbone]

I actually like Sheamus quite a lot. I even liked face Sheamus. I'm a sucker for the "badass who can be kinda silly when he needs to be" type face. I actually thought he played the role well. Thought his title reign on Smackdown was quite good.

But my God, I could not give any less of a flying fuck about his character anymore. Awful.

I gotta agree with you here. Sheamus is one of my favorites, but these last couple weeks have literally been painful to watch. It shouldn't be possible to fuck up a character this bad but WWE found a way. Hell, this last week I was even a bit put off by New Day and Team B.A.D. which I didn't think would ever happen.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Rusev's Beauty Shot:
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The idea of NXT replacing one hour of each RAW broadcast:

“If the thought would be to do it there that night, then you’re just doing a third hour. Then, it’s not NXT, then it’s not different and not a different feel and flavor. Is there a way to do that? Maybe. I think at the end of the day, three hours – no matter how you do it – is extremely difficult. I’ll be the first guy to admit that if I go to a movie and it’s longer than two hours, then I’m looking at my watch, no matter how good it is.”

If WWE will call NXT talents up to the main roster to help strengthen RAW & SmackDown:

“The thing that I hate doing is, ‘Well, there’s a lot of injuries right now, so we’re going to pull this guy up,’ but then the injured guys will come back and then we’re not sure what we’ll do – now we have too many guys for the space,” Hunter said.

“I hate taking a guy as talented as Finn Balor and saying, ‘You’re the band-aid to hold us over until all these other guys come back and then we’ll see from there.’ If we don’t have that gameplan for when we call these guys up, especially for a Finn Balor, then it’s not the right time. You need to have something in your mind, and hopefully a long-term plan in place that gets them to where you want them to be. At least that would be the goal for me when guys come up.”
Some highlights from the recent NXT conference call Triple H had.

* Triple H said that after the holidays, they will be making some announcements that he feels the people will be very excited about. This year exceeded his expectations and he hopes 2016 will exceed them as well.

* When asked about moving Finn Balor to the main roster, Triple H said that Balor wanted to ground himself to NXT and it’s important to remember that he came from Japan so he still had many aspects he’s still learning. They do not want to rush anyone, and wants there to be a long term plan for them when they are brought up and not a quick fix for injured performers.

* When asked about NXT working with UK Independents, said he is wide open to finding talent wherever they are, whether it is talent who have been doing this for years or guys who find their way to WWE immediately. He wants the best talent in the world, and watches a lot of international video with William Regal. Next he says that the success of the independents are vital to them finding talent; having talents go out to Progress, ICW, Rev Pro, EVOLVE or New Japan to fain experience and time learning their craft is important. He’s open to working relationships with independent groups that do business the right way.
A few more highlights from the same Triple H conference from a different website.

Cena’s TV series “American Grit” is right now scheduled to finish up filming in Washington on 12/16, which means he could return on the 12/21 Raw, although his first advertised date back is 12/26 in Madison Square Garden. Cena was doing media with NBC on 12/8, appearing on both “The Today Show” and “The Tonight Show,” to promote the movie “Sisters.” Cena is listed as the third lead behind stars Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who play sisters who want to throw one last wild party in their house that their parents have just sold. Cena plays a muscled up drug dealer. The movie comes out on 12/18

It's now confirmed that WWE Network pulled the recently added Stampede Wrestling episodes due to Bret Hart owning all footage that has him in it. As noted, Bret's parents gave the rights to his content to him before they passed. This has been known for years, so it appears there was a miscommunication somewhere.

I heard Bret actually found out about the Stampede uploads on Twitter. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Hart then called WWE's Mark Carrano, who claimed to Hart that WWE owned all Stampede footage after a deal was made with Bruce and Ross Hart. Bret then contacted Vince McMahon, who said he would look into the matter first thing this past Monday. Hart also contacted WWE attorney Scott Amann and said there would be an issue if the footage wasn't removed. Bret then sent a copy of the agreement between WWE and Ross Hart, which apparently says Bret owns the rights to all footage involving him.

Vince ordered that all Stampede footage be removed from the WWE Network until the situation is resolved. No word yet on when the episodes may be added back.
Update on the Bret Hart & WWE Network news regarding Stampede Wrestling footage.

It was noted on a recent episode of MLW Radio that "Road Dogg" BG James is the one writing most of the creative for WWE SmackDown these days. This makes his recent social media responses to fan criticism pretty interesting.

On a related note, we told you about how Road Dogg recently told fans to try checking out Lucha Underground or Ring of Honor if they were so unhappy with the WWE product. He was responding to a fan that wrote, "ISIS didn't bomb WWE Survivor Series tonight. WWE Creative did." It was speculated that James' controversial tweet mentioning Lucha Underground and ROH could really get him into hot water with WWE higher-ups. It was said that if someone in WWE wanted to get James in trouble, all they would have to do is bring those tweets to the right people's attention, if they haven't been seen already.

While the [New Japan G1 Tag League] tag team tournament in recent years hasn’t been that big of a deal, this year’s tournament saw more signs and the Jim Crockett Promotion pattern continues. Essentially, Jim Crockett Promotions was on fire in 1985 and 1986, at one point increasing annual attendance from 800,000 to 1.9 million in one year. They were loaded with standout performers, but for a number of reasons, going with a pat hand too long being one of them (they also had repetitive badly booked finishes and hot shotted angles, neither of which is an issue here), things went down in 1987 ... It’s very clear the excitement level of 2012 to 2014, when the company tripled business behind an incredible crew of performers, has waned, and attendance since the summer has noticeably declined.

The tournament finals in Sendai, drew 2,291 fans, by far the lowest attendance for a New Japan tag team tournament final in history. The biggest show of the tour, on 12/6 at the Aiichi Ken Gym in Nagoya, drew 5,500 fans, which was the company’s smallest crowd as far back as I can remember (and that would go back to the 70s) in that arena. Most of the shows were sellouts, but they also booked most shows in barely 1,000 seat buildings.

The company has not said anything about ticket sales for the Tokyo Dome, while the past three years by this point had talked about how sales were ahead of previous years.
Some possible concerns for NJPW heading into their biggest annual event.


00. New Japan Rumble
01. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles: reDRagon (c) vs The Young Bucks vs Ricochet & Matt Sydal vs RPG Vice
02. Special Tag Match: Toru Yano, ??? & ??? vs Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga
03. Special Singles Match: Michael Elgin vs Jay Lethal
04. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) vs KUSHIDA
05. IWGP Heavyweight Tag Titles: Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows (c) vs Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma
06. Special Singles Match: Hirooki Goto vs Tetsuya Naito
07. NEVER Openweight Title: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs Katsuyori Shibata
08. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs AJ Styles
09. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
Current card for Wrestle Kingdom 10.

Raw on 12/7 did a 2.14 rating and 3,039,000 viewers (1.48 viewers per home), the new lowest rating mark since 1997, and the second lowest non-holiday audience of the modern era. It was still third for the night on cable television. The show did a 1.48 in Males 18-49 and 0.61 in Women 18-49, meaning in that demo there was a 70.8% male skew, which is higher than usual. The show did a 1.04 in 18-34, 1.04 in 35-49, and 1.19 in 50+. The strongest age group right now for the program is Males between the ages of 50 and 54.

Smackdown on 12/3 did a 1.49 rating and 2,044,000 viewers (1.46 viewers per home). With the exception of last week’s Thanksgiving show that shouldn’t count, it was the lowest viewership number for the show since 9/10 and third lowest for a first-run episode during the Syfy era.

Some expanded details regarding recent ratings for the WWE. Biggest being right now the WWE's strongest viewership group is old people.

The Wednesday, December 9th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling that featured the quarterfinals of the TNA title tournament saw the ratings rise from recent weeks with 269,000 viewers tuning in for the 9 p.m. show and 68,000 tuning in for the midnight show for a grand total of 337,000 viewers.

That 9 p.m number was up from usual but the midnight number fell right in line with the norm.

Given that the entire tournament of taped matches is now complete (the previously taped semifinals and finals are being scrapped and redone) the last few weeks on Destination America will be time fills of two hours with old taped matches before the company's January 5th live show launch on Pop TV.
The final matches in the tournament will be part of the live show debut for POP TV.

For the second week in a row, no WWE talent appeared this week on SportsCenter. Last week Jonathan Coachman wrote that it was just a week off because he was out of Bristol. This week neither he nor WWE said anything, although Coachman is covering the UFC shows in Las Vegas this week but the coverage wasn’t starting that early in the week. However, WWE talent is booked on SportsCenter on 12/15 so the series is not done nor considered on hiatus
Starting to confirm rumors that the WWE-ESPN deal really is just paid advertisements on a week-to-week basis.

Jimmy Snuka’s trial on charges of third degree murder and involuntary manslaughter has been set for 3/22. The Judge at the hearing admonished Louise Argentino-Upham, the sister of Nancy Argentino, to stop posting links to stories about the case on Facebook because it was in violation of the gag order, and threatened the prosecution with sanctions if she doesn’t stop.


Some other sheet news includes:

Stardust ended up being sent to the hospital after getting hurt during his match against Swagger on RAW. WWE was worried about possible bone fractures but tests came back negative.
According to reports, NBC has been somewhat successful in getting advertisers to reconsider their stance against wrestling. Biggest one being Coca Cola sponsoring this year's WWE Slammy Awards show.
NJPW revealed the English broadcast for Wrestle Kingdom 10 will be a three man team with an unannounced person to join Matt Striker and Kevin Kelly in the booth. Supposedly GFW wanted to be the US distributor again for the ppv but NJPW wasn't interested. ROH also made a bid to help distribute the show but also got rejected.
According to reports, Rey Mysterio might need to take another break from wrestling due to another possible knee injury.
Dynamite Kid currently dealing with serious health issues from a stroke and other health problems the past 6 weeks.
DDP revealed AJ Styles is using DDP's Yoga workout program to help deal with injury and health issues. https://twitter.com/RealDDP/status/675031236604207109


Some TPWW news:

Newest episode of TPWW's TLP was recently released: http://tablesladderspodcast.podbean.com/e/tables-ladders-podcast-133-120915/

[Ermaximus]

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[Anybody Thrilla]

Mahabali Shera is fucking garbage. Who thinks that's a good idea?

[Hanso Amore]

Swagger is a wrecking ball injuring again

[Nicky Fives]

Mahabali Shera is fucking garbage. Who thinks that's a good idea?

It made sense pushing him to the moon going into a taping in India and they could hide his inexperience in short matches versus essential jobbers in the World Title Series, but now that it is cancelled, he is far from ready for a main event spot, he can hardly speak English.....

[Innovator]

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[VSG]

I swear I will never understand how Layla and Ricky Ortiz got together/married.

[Innovator]

Noelle Foley and Frank the Clown are dating

[Emperor Smeat]

https://40.media.tumblr.com/8fb899fad43f0e8f668820ec09d938dd/tumblr_nyv01xnT7h1qd99kbo1_540.jpg

[The CyNick]

I actually like Sheamus quite a lot. I even liked face Sheamus. I'm a sucker for the "badass who can be kinda silly when he needs to be" type face. I actually thought he played the role well. Thought his title reign on Smackdown was quite good.

But my God, I could not give any less of a flying fuck about his character anymore. Awful.

That's cool. See you in the TLC thread.

[#1-norm-fan]

Until I post about all the inconvenient truths you like to avoid about the booking and you can't even think of a good bullshit excuse and have to just ignore it with the hope that you won't get called out on it. It's the CyNick way.

[Lock Jaw]

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xat1/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/12277480_1658999287689048_538235633_n.jpg

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Wrestling's Instant Regrets:
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John Cena is currently scheduled to be off of WWE Live events following the WWE Royal Rumble PPV. Cena is currently scheduled for the PPV, and will then be off of live events until the tour of Germany, which starts on February 10th.
Looks like Cena might be going in an Orton route for his post-vacation return. Orton managed to get his deal tweaked so he barely wrestles on house shows to get as much time off as possible.

Brock Lesnar will challenge WWE United States champion Alberto Del Rio at his next scheduled WWE appearance on 12/19 at a WWE event at the Forum in Inglewood, CA. It will be the first time the two have ever wrestled.

Also announced for that event:

*WWE World Heavyweight champion Sheamus vs. Roman Reigns.

*WWE Intercontinental champion Kevin Owens vs. Dean Ambrose.

*Also appearing are The Wyatt Family, Kane, The Dudley Boyz, The Miz, Dolph Ziggler and more.

Sting also mentioned the injury was not affecting his day-to-day life, having just returned from a tour in Europe, and when Flair asked him if he had at least one more match left in him, Sting replied “Absolutely.”
Update on the recent interview Sting had on Ric Flair's podcast. If a final match happens, likely won't be at next year's Mania due to the recovery time needed.

According to a report by the Texas Tribune released Friday, Texas will cough up $2.7 million from public coffers to bring a the Super Bowl of professional wrestling (mania 32) to the state.
Could be higher since a final amount is still being worked on but should easily be able to cover it based on past host cities revenues made from the event.

Today, WrestlingDVDNetwork.com can exclusively reveal the name that WWE has planned for the 2016 Home Video release on the Dudley Boyz and its first confirmed release date!

First up, “Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz” will be the title of the new DVD set, according to what we’re seeing on official schedules as of this month.

The first release date scheduled is Monday, April 11th, 2016 when the collection will hit stores in the United Kingdom, so expect the release date to the United States to fall in the same month.

It’s coming on both DVD and Blu-ray formats worldwide.

Sunday is almost NXT in Blackpool, England.

Raw will be Monday night in Philadelphia while NXT runs Monday night in Nottingham, England.

Smackdown will be taped Tuesday night in Newark, NJ while NXT runs Tueday night in Cardiff, Wale.

Someone asked Joey Styles on Twitter why it was taking so long to get new TV episodes online, and he noted: "Because ECW illegally used music we had no rights to, it takes a looooong time to edit the episodes."


Some other sheet news includes:

Update to Bryan thinking his WWE career is over news as the WWE supposedly gave him an offer to be a trainer at NXT although he likely will refuse. Mainly due to him thinking he won't be as good of a teacher for NXT. Same for being a possible future announcer since he thinks he wouldn't be great either.
WWE announced the Network will be launching in Japan on January 5th, 2016. https://twitter.com/WWEJapan/status/675209000514936832 . Before anyone tries to spin that into something really positive, WWE's fanbase in Japan is very tiny and paid services like Netflix have struggled to gain a good foothold in Japan.
For those in the UK, BBC recently released a documentary about Prince Devitt/Finn Balor pre-WWE career in Japan: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p03b2qs3/smack-em-up
For everyone else, someone uploaded the same documentary on Daily Motion: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2lioia
Stardust recently hinted on Twitter that either a film or documentary based on Dusty Rhodes is currently in the process of being made. Tentatively called "The Last Cowboy" with a planned 2017 release date. https://twitter.com/StardustWWE/status/675410617885310976

[Mercenary]

That's cool. See you in the TLC thread.

No you won't....Cause I'll be there live! Oh you ment that other guy

[Mercenary]

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[Tom Guycott]

https://40.media.tumblr.com/8fb899fad43f0e8f668820ec09d938dd/tumblr_nyv01xnT7h1qd99kbo1_540.jpg

"Listen up, maggots! Big E 'bout to teach you the pecking order!"

[XL]

In terms of UK audiences, WWE is going to end up competing against themselves because of the NXT tour next week.

How so?

The NXT shows will be finished before the 1am start time of TLC and Raw. And SmackDown doesn't go out live on Tuesday.

[Volare]

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We have the same phone.

[Mercenary]

We have the same phone.

I'm not looking at the phone

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/DOZ7SMK.jpg

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

[Sixx]

I'm not looking at the phone

What are you looking at then?

[Sixx]

It's the empty coat hangers, isn't it?

Bet she's lonely.

[Lock Jaw]

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Sailor Sasha

[Sepholio]

She should come to the ring in that.

[Tom Guycott]

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

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[Emperor Smeat]

Based on a recent interview Daniel Bryan had with The Straits Times, the WWE is considering some sort of compromise soon for Bryan's WWE career.

On a possible in-ring return: “Because of my history with concussions, the WWE medical doctor wouldn’t clear me. We’re in the process of trying to figure out some compromise. They keep sending me to do more tests, brain MRIs, brain EGs and all my tests have come back great to the point where my brain is better than someone my age with no concussion.”

On his successful career: “I’ve worked harder than a lot of people but a lot of people who’ve worked harder than me haven’t had the success that I’ve had. At the end of the day, I’ll just boil it down to luck and being at the right place at the right time.”

On still hoping to face Brock Lesnar: “I think it’ll be a really interesting match-up in terms of styles. It’s the ultimate David and Goliath match. That’ll be really fun.”

For a long time the WWE has been completely against Bryan ever wrestling in a WWE ring again even with how bad the current injury crisis has been for the company. Bryan refused a few non-wrestling positions since he knows it would be the end of his in-ring career and has been openly talking about a possible departure from the WWE to continue his career.

[#1-norm-fan]

There's something weird about this whole situation...

[DAMN iNATOR]

There's something weird about this whole situation...

Well, we all know that for the longest, WWE had no plans on making Bryan a star at WM30, but fans kept demanding it. He goes and beats Triple H, wins the title in the main event, gets injured, vacates the title, returns, wins the IC title @ WM 31, gets injured, vacates the IC title and hasn't been heard from in give or take half a year.

I believe Bryan didn't want a non-wrestling on-screen personality role. There's very little if anything that woulf suit him. I think it all boils down to Vince being stubborn and trusting his own company's doctors over Bryan's own. I hate everything about the situation, but right now it serms there's more chance of New Day showing up on RAW with an actual unicorn than there is of WWE ever letting Bryan compete for them again.

[Lock Jaw]

CONSPIRACY THEORY: They don't want to bring Daniel Bryan back because he would take away from them trying to get Roman Reigns over via everyone cheering for Bryan instead.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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Sailor Sasha

BOSS PRISM POWER!

MAKE UP!

[BigCrippyZ]

There's something weird about this whole situation...

It's definitely one of the stranger scenarios that's played out in WWE.

[Droford]

Im 75% sure Daniel Bryan will be in the Rumble next month and all of these stories are just cover to keep it a surprise.

[Droford]

http://prowrestlingsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/FlierNT.jpg

The Nigga Taker gimmick coukd have been something if the show wasnt canceled

Plus How hell did Shane Douglas get involved in that..

[BigCrippyZ]

Im 75% sure Daniel Bryan will be in the Rumble next month and all of these stories are just cover to keep it a surprise.

That would be quite the surprise.

[Rammsteinmad]

CONSPIRACY THEORY: They don't want to bring Daniel Bryan back because he would take away from them trying to get Roman Reigns over via everyone cheering for Bryan instead.

Honestly would not put this past them.

[DAMN iNATOR]

http://prowrestlingsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/FlierNT.jpg

The Nigga Taker gimmick coukd have been something if the show wasnt canceled

Plus How hell did Shane Douglas get involved in that..

"Taker" could be a clever cover word for thief...holy crap, I think we may finally have solved the case of the Nigga who stole Shisen's bike! :eek::shifty:

[Sixx]

Is he wearing a Kane Mask painted white?

[Rammsteinmad]

Who the fuck cares about Shane Douglas any more? Can he even wrestle? Does he still cut hour-long profanity-laced promos, slating WCW and WWE?

[Tom Guycott]

There's something weird about this whole situation...

CONSPIRACY THEORY: They don't want to bring Daniel Bryan back because he would take away from them trying to get Roman Reigns over via everyone cheering for Bryan instead.

Honestly would not put this past them.

Neither would I, especially considering they passed up the easy Authority heel turn in an effort to keep driving home that this is the new hero, instead of blowing up all that hard work of calculated force-feeding and let Ambrose become "the man". I would also hazard a guess that this is also "a" reason they had backed off of Kevin Steen a bit, as simply being the anti-Cena was taking away from people talking about Reigns.

Less conspiracy and more reasonable (well...) thinking, though, is that they don't want him making big noise elsewhere. Kind of a CM Punk/OVW situation Paul E. talked about... they had him because of the buzz and didn't want that buzz elsewhere, but didn't know what to do with him. For example, imagine he went back to ROH. He could go there in pretty much the same limited date capacity that Brock has in WWE and the web traffic alone for ROH would be staggering. Excluding that, and even with all the turmoil in the North American landscape with Lucha Underground and TNA and Global Force, say DB went to NJPW. In this day and age, that would be HUGE, as Japan isn't necessarily this entity people Stateside don't know or care about.

They already played the fired* card with him and let him go play elsewhere for awhile until the bad PR from Justin Roberts selling like a goddamn champion evaporated. But that wasl also before his overness hitfever pitch. If they tried that again, with the same guy, no less, bullshit would get called pretty fast.

tl;dr I think they still "don't see value" in him even though he's already proven otherwise, but see enough value to know they can't let someone else have it. Sort of like a game company sitting on an IP they have no interest in using rather than letting an interested party buy the rights from them and do something with it. Corporate thinking: making no money is better than letting some one else make money.

[Maluco]

Seems a pretty simple case of being burned by what happened last year, resenting him for it, but not wanting any other company to gain anything from his popularity.

I wouldn't even call it a conspiracy

[Emperor Smeat]

Tommy Dreamer out for tonight's TLC ppv due to an illness.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Uggh woke up w/a bad cold. At least I dont have to drive 4hrs,wrestle in a big match &amp; drive 4 hrs home after. I can just relax &amp; watch tv</p>&mdash; Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) <a href="https://twitter.com/THETOMMYDREAMER/status/676035346400956417">December 13, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Dreamer's supposed replacement or at least is the name going around the net at the moment:
Disco Inferno

EDIT: Ended up being a LOLDirtsheets prank from another website that usually was really reliable for stuff.

[KaosDarksol]

Im 75% sure Daniel Bryan will be in the Rumble next month and all of these stories are just cover to keep it a surprise.

honestly this. Every once in a while WWE does pull out a huge surprise like this. An example of this I can think of is when John Cena returned at the 08? rumble.

[Lock Jaw]

Tommy Dreamer out for tonight's TLC ppv due to an illness.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Uggh woke up w/a bad cold. At least I dont have to drive 4hrs,wrestle in a big match &amp; drive 4 hrs home after. I can just relax &amp; watch tv</p>&mdash; Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) <a href="https://twitter.com/THETOMMYDREAMER/status/676035346400956417">December 13, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Dreamer's supposed replacement or at least is the name going around the net at the moment:
Disco Inferno

Tweet seems "sarcastic", like he is still going to be doing it.

[owenbrown]

Tommy Dreamer out for tonight's TLC ppv due to an illness.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Uggh woke up w/a bad cold. At least I dont have to drive 4hrs,wrestle in a big match &amp; drive 4 hrs home after. I can just relax &amp; watch tv</p>&mdash; Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) <a href="https://twitter.com/THETOMMYDREAMER/status/676035346400956417">December 13, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Dreamer's supposed replacement or at least is the name going around the net at the moment:
Disco Inferno

Alex Wright or GTFO :shifty:

[Hanso Amore]

I'm sure dreamer would pass up a pvp pay day for a cold.

Fucking muties.

[Droford]

Who the fuck cares about Shane Douglas any more? Can he even wrestle? Does he still cut hour-long profanity-laced promos, slating WCW and WWE?

Thats not very befitting of a manager at Target

[Emperor Smeat]

Smackdown's getting a new commentator as part of the move next year to USA Network. WWE managed to get Showtime's MMA and NJPW on AXS announcer Mauro Ranallo for the job.

https://i.imgur.com/ymJJ80U.jpg

[Nicky Fives]

Love Mauro, been a fan for a long time since his show on Hardcore Sports Radio on Sirius....

[Vastardikai]

He was really good calling the NJPW stuff on aXs.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Is he the guy that kinda sounds like Scott Hudson? I like him if yes.

[Mercenary]

Tommy Dreamer out for tonight's TLC ppv due to an illness.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Uggh woke up w/a bad cold. At least I dont have to drive 4hrs,wrestle in a big match &amp; drive 4 hrs home after. I can just relax &amp; watch tv</p>&mdash; Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) <a href="https://twitter.com/THETOMMYDREAMER/status/676035346400956417">December 13, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Dreamer's supposed replacement or at least is the name going around the net at the moment:
Disco Inferno



Really I was there, and he looked like he made it just fine. Are you the new meltzer?

[Disturbed316]

CONSPIRACY THEORY: They don't want to bring Daniel Bryan back because he would take away from them trying to get Roman Reigns over via everyone cheering for Bryan instead.

The more time he's out the more I'm also thinking this is true.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Really I was there, and he looked like he made it just fine. Are you the new meltzer?

Didn't get a chance to see it yet. How was it?

[Mercenary]

Didn't get a chance to see it yet. How was it?

Awesome

[DAMN iNATOR]

Seems to me they could have him back on TV without worrying about it affecting Roman pretty easily. Just have him challenge for a rematch for the IC title.

I'd bet Owens and Bryan could put on one hell of a great series of matches in a DB Intercontinental Championship chase type scenario. Start it at the Rumble and have it go till WM 32, where he wins the belt again and hopefully stays healthy this time.

EDIT - Well, so much for that idea.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">'Heeeeeeeeeey hey Bayley! Ooh! Aah!' <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NXTBlackpool?src=hash">#NXTBlackpool</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/itsBayleyWWE">@itsBayleyWWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WWENXT">@WWENXT</a> <a href="https://t.co/Wgo2v2d4i8">pic.twitter.com/Wgo2v2d4i8</a></p>&mdash; WWE UK (@WWEUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEUK/status/676159248863219712">December 13, 2015</a></blockquote>
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NXT London is going to have an brilliant/insufferable crowd depending on how you like your wrasslin audiences.

[Black Widow]

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12342690_969080999824206_5842454513747438691_n.jpg?oh=2b57804eab67bd45cd434274ebe5a824&oe=56E0FE45Glad she left.

[Evil Vito]

CONSPIRACY THEORY: They don't want to bring Daniel Bryan back because he would take away from them trying to get Roman Reigns over via everyone cheering for Bryan instead.

<font color=goldenrod>Pretty sure this is true. If nothing else I don't think there's a chance in hell of Bryan returning until after the Rumble is over. They can't unless they want the event to be sabotaged again.</font>

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/nk7YWMS.gif

[drave]

Foreplay.

[Dark One]

http://i.imgur.com/T5jhQbW.gif

[Dark One]

KICKOUT AT TWO--Just kidding, he's in another arena now.

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[Lock Jaw]

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[Lock Jaw]

NXT Asuka:

https://media.giphy.com/media/3o8dp3dCfXzj3c2sBa/giphy.gif

[Disturbed316]

She needs to bust that move out on Emma.

[Tom Guycott]

NXT Asuka:

https://media.giphy.com/media/3o8dp3dCfXzj3c2sBa/giphy.gif

Damn I wish Layla were still around... I would love to see that gropefest.

[Nicky Fives]

Am I the only one who would do very naughty things to Asuka?

[Damian Rey]

Nope.

[Heisenberg]

Asian ladies are like the easiest and carry diseases to other continents, but w/o them I wouldn't have been made so call me a 50/50 on that

[Innovator]

Am I the only one who would do very naughty things to Asuka?

Nope

[Evil Vito]

Am I the only one who would do very naughty things to Asuka?

<font color=goldenrod>I feel as though Asuka would kill me 7 times before I hit the ground.

But...nope.</font>

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/cM2pyu3.gif

[Volare]

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[Tom Guycott]

Am I the only one who would do very naughty things to Asuka?

Depends on what you define as "naughty". Some people may well consider some of those things "normal". And some people would rather have her do those things to them.

[Tom Guycott]

Asian ladies are like the easiest and carry diseases to other continents, but w/o them I wouldn't have been made so call me a 50/50 on that

"Make sure you only fuck the ones that cough."

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by the Return of the Vince strut:
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This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw did an average viewing audience of 3,884,667 viewers on the USA Network. That’s up an average of +830,667 viewers from the week prior and much more like it. Why on earth did it take Vince McMahon, Triple H and company so long to figure out they needed to start trying again? Below is how the show did each hour:

Hour one – 4,043,000 viewers
Hour two – 3,786,000 viewers
Hour three – 3,825,000 viewers
Average – 3,884,667 viewers
In terms of breakdowns, the third hour was almost a million more (975k) compared to last week and one of the biggest ppv bumps in recent months. Ratings wise, highest since late August. Next 3 weeks could be an issue since its either taped stuff or the Slammy show that gets rushed for stuff. Observer had a good breakdown of both the good and bad from last night's RAW with some historical stuff: http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/positives-and-negatives-mondays-raw-ratings-203821

Former Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett‘s noticeable absence from TV the past 2 days has been due to a nerve injury in his neck … but Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned he won’t be out long.

For those who missed it, King Barrett was nowhere to be found when the League of Nations interfered in Sunday’s TLC main event — and he was absent from RAW as well.

Sources close to Barrett tell us he received a bad stinger while wrestling a few weeks back and now he’s taking time to let it heal. However, we’re told it’s not serious and he should return soon.

No word on how the injury occurred, or who he was wrestling.

I get the sense they want to make it kind of a hybrid between Raw, the flagship show with all the storylines and great performances from our Superstars in the ring, and what's happening in NXT. That's really been a phenomenon, and I'm a huge proponent of that style of storytelling.

I think if SmackDown can become a hybrid of the two, we'll have a winning formula regardless of who's on the microphone. But since it's going to be me, I love that it's playing to my strengths. I think they want to set us all up to succeed.

It's going to be a new look and a new sound with the move to USA on Thursday, January 7.
Portion of a longer interview new Smackdown announcer Mauro Ranallo had with Bleacher Report. Seems to be teasing another big change planned is for Smackdown to borrow from both RAW and NXT as part of its new look. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2599206-exclusive-new-wwe-announcer-mauro-ranallo-on-the-future-of-smackdown

NXT Champion Finn Balor recently appeared on Sam Roberts’ Wrestling Podcast, here are the highlights…

On Posing In Front of the TNA Office:”Everyone kind of took it for what it was and it was just a bit of fun. It was literally a complete potluck. We arrived in Nashville, they dropped us off at a gym because we [had] four hours to kill, [and] the gym was below the TNA office. By coincidence, the bus pulled up right outside the sign. I was like, ‘that’s the TNA sign!'” Balor added, “all the boys were busy pulling their bags out from under the bus and stuff and I had one thing on my mind: retweets.”

On a Possible Main Roster Move: “I really believe that what we’re doing here in the [WWE] Performance Center [and] what we’re doing with NXT is something that’s going to be remembered for years. I feel like to get quote, unquote called up to the main roster would be, maybe, like a step back for my career right [now]. Obviously, instant gratification, you get called up to the main roster, that’s great, but I think what we’re doing here in NXT will stand longer in history as kind of like a revolutionary period and to kind of pull myself out of that would be detrimental to my career in the long term.”

BEING FAIR TO FLAIR Based on the calvacade of comments I received over the past two weeks beginning with the words “Did you hear what Ric Flair said about you” or headlines reading "Flair critical of Foley" - complete with thoughtful links, to make the criticism so much easier to find - thought I would eventually have to respond. But then I clicked onto one of those helpful links and read Ric's actual words. There's no story here. No controversy. Ric’s criticism of me was mild at worst. Besides he’s Ric Flair. He’s pretty much earned the right to speak his mind about anything he wants in the wrestling world. I had the right to criticize WWE, which I did… Ric Flair had the right to criticize my criticism of WWE, which he did... But when we get to a point where I start criticizing Ric Flair’s criticism of me criticizing the WWE, the whole thing starts to sound pretty silly, doesn’t it? So let’s not go there. Instead of addressing a situation that isn’t actually there, let me share a little Foley-Flair story with you: following the Natalya vs Charlotte WWE NXT match at NXT Takeover on May 29th, 2014 - the match I still consider to be THE game-changer in ‪#‎WomensWrestling‬ in WWE - I spent several hours (more hours than any writing project I’ve done in the last three years) trying to express just how meaningful that match had been. I received a message from Charlotte telling me how much she appreciated my words, and I wrote back “You know, your dad and I might not agree on much...but we both believe in you.” WOOOOO!
From Mick Foley's official Facebook account. Flair basically claimed that it was unfair for Foley to be criticizing the WWE as a viewer because he didn't know what was happening behind the scenes.

William Regal has flown home from the NXT tour and will not be appearing on the final two events due to issues related to his recent neck surgery.

Regal wrote on Twitter today, "I'm incredibly sorry, but I have to return to the U.S. to take care of some final details of my recent neck surgery that couldn't be avoided any longer. Again, I'm sorry that I cannot continue with the current tour, but I'll be back in 2016 to @WWENXT."

The two has two shows left, an event tonight in Cardiff, Wales, and the live Takeover special on the WWE Network tomorrow at 3 p.m. Eastern from London's SSE Wembley Arena.

Regal was also scheduled for a talk show on Thursday in Nottingham, that has been canceled.


Lucha Underground, Billy Gunn and Paul Orndorff have signed deals with Pro Wrestling Tees.

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Some other sheet news includes:

NJPW World was announced to support Chromecast now.
Rolling Stones' wrestling awards were announced with New Day taking their Wrestler of the Year award. Worst/Lame Duck ended up being Sheamus and Rookie ended up being Kevin Owens for the major awards. http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/features/wwe-wrestler-s-of-the-year-the-new-day-20151214
Based on a recent tweet, Tommy Dreamer is currently rumored to have finished his tv deal with the WWE but will stay around for house shows and tours.
A potential Shane McMahon dvd set for next year was rumored to have been canceled recently. The set was originally rumored to be a possible choice for one of the two months not yet set by the WWE for releases.
Gawker managed a small victory so far in the on-going Hulk Hogan lawsuit as Hogan's side won't be able to access the company's servers to find more evidence to support their case.

[The Condor]

Debra McMichael looked MUCH better without bangs.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Am I the only one who would do very naughty things to Asuka?

Nope.

[Vastardikai]

NXT Asuka:

https://media.giphy.com/media/3o8dp3dCfXzj3c2sBa/giphy.gif

And... now I need a clean change of clothes.

[GD]

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[drave]

Goldust creeps around from behind and Summer sprays hairspray in his mouth.

I hope this leads to him doing his tourettes thing again.

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[drave]

Oh wait...... we can't do that in "today's world". Someone would get butthurt.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I dig Blake and Murphy's Freddy Krueger motif. Also, Alexa Bliss gives me a large boner.

[Poit]

http://i.imgur.com/QYKm2jf.gif

[Nicky Fives]

Booker is so over the top, but still very entertaining.....

[CSL]

surprised nobody has posted that Quackenbush "speech" video yet, been doing the rounds a lot the last 24 hours

[CSL]

I'd post it but I'm lazy and literally on my way out of the front door

[Poit]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Look what someone left behind! <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonJordanJJ">@JasonJordanJJ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEGable">@WWEGable</a> <a href="https://t.co/YTjCCRw2f6">pic.twitter.com/YTjCCRw2f6</a></p>&mdash; Lee Jordan (@TheLeeJordan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheLeeJordan/status/677255507862777856">December 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Bad News Gertner]

Alice Radley is gone from the Jim Cornette Experience. Thank fucking God.

[CSL]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Alice Radley is gone from the Jim Cornette Experience. Thank fucking God.

Her twitter is deleted.

[Fignuts]

Yo, Asuka's new shirt is cool as fuck.

http://demandware.edgesuite.net/aaiw_prd/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-main/default/dwc2fec63f/images/large/W10723.jpg

Might have to buy my first ever diva shirt.

[Fignuts]

Ok so what the fuck is Lucha Underground and where can I watch it online?

I've obviously heard of it, but I never checked it out. Just watched the season 2 trailer and there's a sniper, and motorcross, and dudes fighting terrorists in the desert.

What the fuck is this even, I guess is what I am asking.

[#1-norm-fan]

It's like a wrestling/intense Mexican drama combined. You'll either love it or hate it. But it's way fucking different than any wrestling show you've ever seen.

You know how sometimes people are like "If a wrestling company wants to succeed against WWE at this point, they've gotta be different"? Lucha Underground is basically someone saying "Fuck yeah, we'll be different! Careful what you wish for, muchachos!"

[#1-norm-fan]

Oh, and you can probably watch it on Primewire or something.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by NXT's Divas of Hugging Destruction:
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Regarding the story of Rock filming the new Baywatch movie in Georgia in March and April and how it will affect WrestleMania, it has been known for some time that there was almost no chance he was actually wrestling a match on the show. As with most years, they will probably try to figure out a way to have him make a non-wrestling appearance, but an actual match is pretty much out the window. Hunter vs. Rock was the original plan, and Hunter vs. Seth Rollins was the back-up plan, and both are obviously out.

Speaking of New Day, you couldn't buy any of the unicorn horns last night at Smackdown. If you go to the WWE Shop site, they're backordered. Not sure how many they originally produced but they have apparently sold like crazy.
WWE still having problems meeting demand for the New Day horns.

Lethal in the interview today noted that ROH is trying to rebrand the title as the "ROH World Title" and not the "ROH World Heavyweight Title" since the feeling is that most of the wrestlers in the company are not heavyweights. What's funny is Lethal is almost 220 and didn't consider himself a heavyweight, however in UFC if you are over 205 pounds, you are a heavyweight. Heavyweight is not 265, that's the upper limit -- 266 is superheavyweight and heavyweight is 206-265 pounds.
From a recent interview Jay Lethal had with the Observer's Live Radio show.

There, of course, was talk about a WWE return. Kurt said he knows why they didn't want him back last year and it's because of his DUIs and time out of the ring whilst with TNA. He expressed his thanks to Dixie Carter because she looked after him and got him clean, but he knew WWE didn't want him. That being said, Kurt told the audience he's been clean for 2 and a half years now and said that if he's coming back, then it's Wrestlemania 33 we should all be waiting for. Kurt openly said WM33 a few times in the next 10 minutes after this so it was pretty clear to the audience that he wants back and that's when he sees the next Wrestlemania he will appear at.
From a recent Q&A session Kurt Angle had about trying one more time to get a final match in the WWE with Mania 33 as his target. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/1214/605758/kurt-angle-on-why-wwe-doesnt-want-him-back/

As part of the Q&A segment, Kurt was asked about Edge. Kurt laughed and brought up the hair vs hair match. He recalled Vince calling him into his office the afternoon of the event to discuss the match. Vince told Kurt out right "you're going bald" and told Kurt that his reason was because he was sick of looking at his receding hairline. Kurt told the audience that he accepted this and didn't have any issue with it at all. Vince ordered Kurt not to say anything about it to Edge and that "we're gonna f*** with Edge!" So Edge comes in and Vince tells him Edge is going to do the job that night and go bald. Kurt recalled that Edge's face went chalk white, he said ok and they both left. Outside of the office, Edge in a panic started saying to Kurt how he couldn't go bald because he grew his hair out to hide his ugly face. Kurt said it was hard to keep a straight face, but he told Edge that he has to do the job and if he didn't like it, then tough. Before the event, Kurt was walking backstage and saw that Edge was out front in the stands appearing to be crying. In the end, Edge was told 5 minutes before the match that it was all a rib and that Kurt was losing his hair that night.
Wacky Vince and Angle story from back in the day.

Man Punches Out Senior Citizen to Win Coveted Wrestling Championship

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Attendees in Philadelphia were overjoyed at the senseless act of violence.

Crowds in Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Arena Monday Night erupted with glee as underdog Roman Reigns won the World Wrestling Entertainment World Heavyweight Championship after leaping in the air to punch a senior citizen in the head last night. The victory was the culmination of more than a year of chasing the title, in which Reigns defeated every superstar the pro wrestling company had to offer - sometimes several at a time. However, it was landing the "Superman Punch" on the 70-year-old man, who was not technically involved in the bout, that finally pushed Reigns over the top.

Reigns, who comes from a family of pro wrestlers and is beloved by children, has had difficulties winning the support of the crowd, often seeing his unsavory opponents cheered during matches ... However, after getting a running start, leaping into the air, and pummeling the elderly grandfather of six, whose testicles Reigns described earlier in the night as "shriveled prunes," Reigns was finally able to win over the fickle wrestling fanbase.

"When that old guy crumpled to the ring apron and lay still for several minutes, I was overcome with excitement," said one fan in attendance at the arena in the City of Brotherly Love. "I especially liked when, after the match was over and the man was still clearly unconscious, possibly requiring medical attention, Roman kicked him to the floor and posed for the crowd."
http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/134014-man-punches-out-senior-citizen-to-win-coveted-wrestling-championship.html

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Some other sheet news includes:

According to recent trademark filings, Ryback and not the WWE owns the trademark to "The Big Guy." Apparently either the WWE didn't care or weren't able to trademark it before Ryback applied. A couple other trademarks related to him were rejected though. http://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/535500/ryback-self-trademarks-big-guy
Former head of security during the Attitude Era, Jim Dotson, recently passed away. For those wondering, he was the big muscular guy with a cap similar to what Triple H would wear. http://media.tumblr.com/b3f0bff1c6bf286b0b9ae4645da31606/tumblr_inline_mg3126rDXP1qzpwt1.png
Triple H recently teased on Twitter about the possibility of another UK tour for NXT next year. https://twitter.com/tripleh/status/677251448577654784
Highspots.com announced they are launching their own Network-like service which will include PWG shows among the other stuff they currently carry or produce. https://twitter.com/highspots/status/677173113214345217
For those interested in the upcoming ROH Final Battle ippv, the ppv itself will not be available live on ROH's website due to recent legal issues. Replays, Playstation's Live Event app, and FLIPP app live access are not affected though. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3x4wz8/psa_from_dave_meltzer_rohs_final_battle_will_not/
John Cena is currently expected to return from his vacation on December 28th based on recent WWE ads.


Some TPWW news:

This week's episode of TPWW's TLP was released today: http://tablesladderspodcast.podbean.com/e/tables-ladders-podcast-134-121615/

[Droford]

R Truth Mix Axel table for 3..Axel busts out a picture of R Truth Wrestling Curt Hennig in TNA lol

Plus Truth has 5 kids in a range from 24 years old to 9 months

[Dark One]

Yo, Asuka's new shirt is cool as fuck.

http://demandware.edgesuite.net/aaiw_prd/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-main/default/dwc2fec63f/images/large/W10723.jpg

Might have to buy my first ever diva shirt.

Can we all talk about how amazing this shirt is? Like, the next four pages, just this shirt?

[Dark One]

Also you can currently get it for 50% off with "GIFT" as a promo code.

If you don't buy that shirt for $12.50, you should feel bad.

[ron the dial]

yeah that just happened

[ron the dial]

nxt coming to chicago 1/16. presale tomorrow. fuck yes.

[Fignuts]

My Asuka shirt is on the way.

[Fignuts]

Wonder if she designed that herself. Was apparently a graphic designer brfore she started rasslin

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

NXT TakeOver Chicago?!

[Tom Guycott]

Also you can currently get it for 50% off with "GIFT" as a promo code.

If you don't buy that shirt for $12.50, you should feel bad.

No, I feel bade because I CAN'T buythat shirt for 12.50. I'm pretty much tapped until I get paid next Tuesday. Now if someone want's to buy it for me, I wouldn't be adverse... ^_^

[ron the dial]

nah pretty sure it's just like the texas tour. think they're hitting milwaukee, too. the venue here has a capacity of 2,250.

[Tom Guycott]

Also:

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1) This looks like Alton Brown is delivering some slam poetry.

2) It is pretty fucking awesome.

[Fignuts]

Tom Guycott Asuka Shirt GoFundMe.

[Droford]

My Asuka shirt is on the way.

Backordered until january

[Dark One]

No, I feel bade because I CAN'T buythat shirt for 12.50. I'm pretty much tapped until I get paid next Tuesday. Now if someone want's to buy it for me, I wouldn't be adverse... ^_^

Asuka would want you to roundhouse kick someone and take $12.50 from them.

http://49.media.tumblr.com/4151aa06e5f8a5d29b33c0253c62678a/tumblr_nwlmeusU0h1uj0qvto1_400.gif

[Dark One]

Backordered until january

I am going to print out multiple copies of pictures of the shirt and tape them to myself until then. That's how good it is.

[Tom Guycott]

Tom Guycott Asuka Shirt GoFundMe.

Moar liek Tom Guycott Asuka Shirt TPWWfundMe

[GD]

Watching NXT Takeover: London. Absolutely loved the opener. So happy.

[Innovator]

Ok so what the fuck is Lucha Underground and where can I watch it online?

I've obviously heard of it, but I never checked it out. Just watched the season 2 trailer and there's a sniper, and motorcross, and dudes fighting terrorists in the desert.

What the fuck is this even, I guess is what I am asking.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3pjl8b/every_episode_of_lucha_underground/

Links to every episode, enjoy

[Shadrick]

That shirt is fucking amazing

[Heisenberg]

I didn't become a fan of Asuka until yesterday, those butt moves were awesome. Didn't get to catch her other stuff in NXT or pre-NXT. She has a bright future in WWE.


The announcers need to figure out where the butt is and stop calling them hips. That'd be sideswipe action. She is hitting them with her brownstar full force

[Evil Vito]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3pjl8b/every_episode_of_lucha_underground/

Links to every episode, enjoy

<font color=goldenrod>seems like a much better use of my time than watching tonight's terrible Thursday Night Football game</font>

[GD]

I'm not like most girls...

[GD]

I'm a plus size model turned professional wrestler.

[drave]

Nia Jax? xD


j/k - she's related to The Rock and all them. Still not sold on her.

[drave]

I didn't become a fan of Asuka until yesterday, those butt moves were awesome. Didn't get to catch her other stuff in NXT or pre-NXT. She has a bright future in WWE.


The announcers need to figure out where the butt is and stop calling them hips. That'd be sideswipe action. She is hitting them with her brownstar full force


The traditional name for the move is a hip attack. You can find this in the CAW section of the vidya games too. Maybe because they don't want to say "butt" or something? I dunno, but Trinity Uso is going to be pissed if they let Asuka keep the move, since it is her current finisher.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I'm not quite sold on her yet but Nia Jax is definitely going to end up on the main roster at some point. She's an Anoa'i so she's bound to get a chance eventually.</font>

[Heisenberg]

Naomi doesn't use the butt attack all the time, plus I don't really pay attention to her matches, she's just there to me. She brings nothing. Here we have Asuka, who stares at ppl while they are cutting promos and a woman of the Butt Barrage. Even though Asuka reminds me of certain Asian women I've been with, I do applaud her as a wrestler and her match last night won me over as a fan.

[Savio]

Naomi's butt looks very soft too. Makes me want to bite it.

[Heisenberg]

it's all yours Savio

[drave]

I liked how Asuka was hyped from the crowd chanting and played off of it. She was definitely rowdy and entertaining as hell. I watched a few of her matches in Japan and was wondering when we would see this "version" of her character.

She will be the champion.

[Emperor Smeat]

http://abload.de/img/sadsadasasfnssc4.gif

[Shadrick]

it's all yours Savio

and mine too.

[Innovator]

http://pa1.narvii.com/5708/b220b054b01b196ad07f95c6efd59cc765bfe532_hq.gif

[Volare]

All the talk of Asuka.....


http://41.media.tumblr.com/c8539b978333b415c69f5820a2ae0566/tumblr_nkrf2pZgp81u0d81go1_1280.png

[Seth82]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7FcUQpp2Lu0/Up6Hw4ZivyI/AAAAAAACCBc/TBo0BBeWbZE/s320/c.gif

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.wwe9.com/f/styles/photo_large_lightbox/public/photo/image/2015/12/NewDay_Lightsaber-2225450669.jpg

[Dark One]

KICKOUT AT--Nope. Never going to be able to use his legs again.

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[Damian Rey]

Why in God's name would you even attempt that?

[owenbrown]

what the fuck did I just watch?

[Bad News Gertner]

Your mom eating my dick

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Evil Emma and Head Patter Dana:
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At this point, the plans for Smackdown remain tapings every Tuesday and airing every Thursday. Last week, when Jim Ross was talking about changes in the show, and going back a few months when we had reported changes in the show, the signing of Mauro Ranallo was the big one that WWE had been working on. The deal was all but finalized in October. Talks had begun in September. when Michael Cole sent an e-mail to Ranallo to gauge his interest. The deal was put together with Frank Shamrock, a close friend of Ranallo’s who is also his agent. Once Cole got the talks going, Paul Levesque finalized the deal. The belief was that key people in WWE had seen him do the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, since while Levesque is not a big sports fan, he is a big Mayweather fan, and also knew he had a pro wrestling background, and the idea that they should reach out to the guy who actually comes from wrestling but rose to be the announcer for the biggest PPV of all-time.

Ranallo will still be appearing on the first six episodes of 2016 of New Japan World Pro Wrestling Returns because they have already been produced, so the new announcer would not be on the air until late February. It is known that Ranallo gave AXS plenty of lead time in letting them know he was taking the WWE job, and they have been involved in talks regarding the position for several weeks.

Unless it’s HHH, and he does have no other clear opponent with The Rock unable to wrestle on the show at this point, and Rollins also out, there’s no WrestleMania heel right now. They could still turn Dean Ambrose, or get Kevin Owens hot. If Reigns is the top face and successful in carrying that position, they could ever turn Cena, although that’s a decision they may not want to make because of him being almost a public face for the Make-a-Wish and WWE alliance. They could also have Lesnar or Undertaker as a surprise winner of the Rumble, although the fans will cheer Undertaker over him and may still cheer Lesnar over him. But right now, the strongest Mania main event dynamic for the vibe and without leading to an outcome that people won’t want or isn’t the best thing (Undertaker beating Reigns isn’t the right move if he’s going to be the face of the company; Reigns beating Undertaker won’t make people happy, so it’s a match that is tough for an ending), the Lesnar match has the most potential. But the Cena match, which was the plan prior to the Rollins injury, whether he’s a face and it’s a passing of the torch in front of a record crowd, or a heel, also makes sense.
At the moment, WWE is undecided on who Reigns would be facing at Mania. Easiest is Cena vs Reigns but it could involve the dreaded Cena heel turn the company hates to consider.

Jeff Hardy needs another surgery, I believe on his knee, and we’re told he won’t be wrestling until likely late 2016 although the timetable isn’t a certainty until they do the surgery. He also has told friends that he’ll no longer be able to wrestle the style he had in the past, and will have to tone things down. The broken leg he suffered in the dirt bike accident at his home track was easily the worst injury he’s suffered in his life. Both Hardys deals with TNA are up in about 10 to 12 weeks

Impact averaged 276,000 viewers in October for its first airing and 85,000 for the replay this month. If you add up both ratings as one, that’s down 65.0% from the 1.03 million viewers on Spike at the same time last year. If you only add up the first run show it’s down 73.2% from last year. The 2013 number was 1.14 million viewer s and the 2012 number was 1.16 million viewers.

Pop TV Brad Schwartz in interviews has talked about how TNA was getting 1.3 million viewers on Spike and they think that’s a base they can build from. If he really thinks that, the odds are he’ll be really disappointed fast, but if he was just saying that for press and is really expecting far less than that, maybe things will be better. If he’s even expecting 1 million viewers, that’s not good at all for the company long-term as they were falling below that on Spike, and Spike is a far higher profile station, far better for a pro wrestling show due to regular audience, and Spike at the time TNA left was in 24 million more homes than Pop is in right now
For those with Cablevision, POP managed to get a deal done to be carried by that provider although not in time for Impact's debut. Won't be till end of January that TNA shows will air there.

WWE has gotten Coca Cola as a sponsor, both for Tribute to the Troops and the Slammys, which is something they’ve been wanting for decades. Even though ratings are down and normal business is at no better levels than it’s been for the last few years, they have managed to build a perception the product is hot. Also, NBC Universal, because they now have such a financial stake in WWE with five hours in prime time on USA, had worked hard to change the advertising community’s perception and it clearly has worked to a degree.
NBC has been working very hard to get those advertisers to change their views on wrestling and its working. Hedging all their bets on getting enough advertisers to cover whatever is getting lost by declining ratings and tv interest. Whether they stick around or not is all up to how well the WWE can keep them happy with good shows.

NXT’s current taping schedule appears to take the promotion through to WrestleMania season. The NXT TV tapings have dates of January 7th, January 22nd and January 27th. Each date will have multiple tapings and should be enough to take the promotion through March, thus giving us the likely card for Takeover: Dallas by the end of January.

The Baron Corbin win over Apollo Crews was to set up some Finn Balor vs Corbin matches for the NXT title.


Some other sheet news includes:

WWE currently planning for a Scott Hall DVD/Blu-Ray set to be released during July 2016.
Ticket sales for Wrestle Kingdom 10 is currently a big issue for NJPW since the event still hasn't sold out yet compared to past years.
Observer confirmed rumors of a planned Shane McMahon dvd set being canceled for 2016.
TNA currently going after potential ROH wrestlers to sign a deal with the company once their ROH ends. Idea is to get enough surprise names for their debut show on POP or within the first few weeks.
Next season of Total Divas is currently scheduled to be going against TNA Impact in terms of wrestling-based shows.
Stardust rumored to be injured again although it wasn't specified by the Observer if this was a new injury or related to the one from last week. Seems like its a new one and possibly a concussion.
Both Jack Evans and Aneglico recently rejected offers by the WWE in order to stay in AAA and Lucha Undrground. Main source is in Spanish: http://www.wrestlination.com.br/2015/12/angelico-afirma-que-ele-e-jack-evans.html
For those in the West Coast and interested in going to the upcoming Los Angeles house show that has Lesnar, WWE is currently offering free food vouchers to help beef up ticket sales for the show. Interest right now is a lot lower than the WWE was expecting.

[Evil Vito]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3pjl8b/every_episode_of_lucha_underground/

Links to every episode, enjoy

<font color=goldenrod>balls...the links to most of them got taken down</font> :(

[Innovator]

http://radd.it/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3wpp5u/vids

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Inno is God</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

NXT TakeOver Dallas tickets go on sale tomorrow.

[DAMN iNATOR]

All the talk of Asuka.....


http://41.media.tumblr.com/c8539b978333b415c69f5820a2ae0566/tumblr_nkrf2pZgp81u0d81go1_1280.png

Looks nice, except I believe they couldve gotten rid of the gold-on-black background eagle patch since anyone who zooms in will note the small swastika in a circle.

[Dark One]

You're slightly up and to the left of what you should be zooming in on.

[Black Widow]

https://scontent-lhr3-1.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xpt1/t51.2885-15/e35/12298857_1665459910371783_997433655_n.jpgBang! Bang!

[DAMN iNATOR]

You're slightly up and to the left of what you should be zooming in on.

Oh, believe me, I noticed everything.

[GD]

http://i.imgur.com/r3INUNW.jpg

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Rock Button! Rock Button! Bah Gawd King!

[drave]

It's his go-to flex pose without flexing.

[Rammsteinmad]

Old, but still funny.

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[Volare]

https://scontent-lhr3-1.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xpt1/t51.2885-15/e35/12298857_1665459910371783_997433655_n.jpgBang! Bang!

Jesus god almighty....

[Shadrick]

Your mom eating my dick

pwned

[Lock Jaw]

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb320/Lthomascsonka/mick-foley_zps53fab296.jpg

[Nicky Fives]

She definitely got her looks from her mother....

[Lock Jaw]

https://buildingheat.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/mick-foley1.jpg

[Emperor Smeat]

http://www.wrestlecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/eve32.gif

[thekrow]

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/1488228_1095863993781847_4367634231166017393_n.jpg?oh=ebb792fd9d7c0281829d5d00b11b5c3a&oe=5720FB94


So King Of The Yard brackets have been announce. Any predictions?


I want to see Agent X win his match but I think the bookers will set up Ric Roberts/Nikky Chance to settle the feud...would love to see David Storm take this, he needs a big win.

[drave]

Hopefully everyone dies and parents can question where they went wrong.

[drave]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSgP6a7kGDojgMN0I29TsVpHdMRXD5pWeot-9KS5xgSYT_LjMt7Gg

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/1488228_1095863993781847_4367634231166017393_n.jpg?oh=ebb792fd9d7c0281829d5d00b11b5c3a&oe=5720FB94


So King Of The Yard brackets have been announce. Any predictions?


I want to see Agent X win his match but I think the bookers will set up Ric Roberts/Nikky Chance to settle the feud...would love to see David Storm take this, he needs a big win.

lol at using the term bookers

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

https://buildingheat.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/mick-foley1.jpg

Looks like Ossman.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

https://scontent-lhr3-1.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xpt1/t51.2885-15/e35/12298857_1665459910371783_997433655_n.jpgBang! Bang!

As god as my witness she is split in half!

[Sixx]

Old, but still funny.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aK81iHx71vg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

what's funny about this

i was expecting to hear cm punk call him a fatass or something, but naaah

[#1-norm-fan]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSgP6a7kGDojgMN0I29TsVpHdMRXD5pWeot-9KS5xgSYT_LjMt7Gg

What's this? A "random Kenny Rogers pic" gimmick? I like it.

[Mr. Nerfect]

https://scontent-lhr3-1.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xpt1/t51.2885-15/e35/12298857_1665459910371783_997433655_n.jpgBang! Bang!

You are a tremendous poster.

[Mr. Nerfect]

http://i.imgur.com/2xhfcJf.jpg

Have a nice day.

[Seth82]

lol this is great

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[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Austin vs Santa, Christmas on a pole match:
http://i.imgur.com/LW3IgCR.gif

TNA will be starting earlier than expected on POP TV with its debut show coming out this Tuesday night from 9-11 p.m -- the company's regular time slot on the station.

TNA finished its Destination America run on Wednesday night, and it was originally believed that the company would not have television until their originally scheduled debut show on Tuesday, January 5th. Instead, POP TV will be picking up with the final two episodes of Impact for 2015, airing on Tuesday, December 22nd, and Tuesday, December 29th, both of which will be "Best of 2015" type shows. This week, their first hour will go head-to-head with a live Smackdown.

The 1/5 "live" show from Bethlehem, PA, will feature the semifinals and finals of the TNA title tournament that has come down to Bobby Lashley, Eric Young, Matt Hardy and Ethan Carter III. The company is saying it's a live show, but in the past, that has meant taping two hours before and airing it the same night.

“‘Stone Cold’ [Steve Austin] explained that if you’re not trying to be heavyweight champion, then you’re in the wrong business,” said Woods. “That’s interesting to me because my goal is to make sure Kofi becomes heavyweight champion. He is the guy who absolutely deserves it over anyone else in the company. My long-term goal is to help, in whatever way I can, Kofi become heavyweight champion" ...

Xavier Woods spoke with SI for a new interview discussing the UpUpDownDown gaming channel on YouTube. Woods noted that there are currently plans to have Vince McMahon and Triple H appear on the show down the road ...

As for a favorite skit with the New Day, Woods would not allow himself to choose one he particularly enjoyed, nor would he reveal one that he would prefer to do over.

“Every time I go out with Kofi and Big E, I feel like it was our best one,” said Woods. “I feel like we’re exponentially having a good time, and it increases every single time we do something. Since we’ve been doing New Day stuff, I’ve felt good about everything we’ve done. And that tells me, from a very critical standpoint, that I’m really enjoying myself. Those two guys are genuinely my friends, and they’re amazing human beings. It’s pure bliss going out there and being us.”
http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/12/16/wwe-new-day-xavier-woods-video-games

A “Best of” WWE DVD compilation on the United States Championship was confirmed for 2016 earlier this week. We can now reveal the name WWE has planned for it…

“The U.S. Championship – A Legacy of Greatness”

The first confirmed release date we have for the new DVD and Blu-ray set is May 9th, 2016 which is the official street date for fans in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe.
Will be taking the spot the previously rumored by later canceled Shane McMahon set was planned to get.

The possible Shane McMahon DVD was scrapped in favour of this project.

As for the reason why, going off informed speculation it appears that for reasons unknown Shane would not have been involved with the new DVD and therefore the decision was made that a match compilation without any of his input was ultimately not as strong as one of the U.S. title.

The January 14th WWE NXT live event debut in Milwaukee will be held at the Turners Hall Ballroom, which is the same venue Ring of Honor runs when they're in town. It will be interesting to see if WWE asked for exclusivity when negotiating the deal for January. When a lot of the NXT expansion began back in the summer, it was reported that WWE contacted another venue ROH uses with the idea that WWE would run there if they no longer booked ROH.

Highspots.com has launched a streaming service that will provide fans with PWG, PWX, CZW, shoot interviews, documentaries, and more. Check it out at https://www.highspotswrestlingnetwork.com/. Expect PWP to possibly get an exclusive code for you to try it out as we do with all the great Pivotshare streaming sites. There is a 7 day free trial and only $9.99 after that. There is already 405+ hours of footage uploaded on the site with more to come.
Some more details on Highspots getting their own Network-like service.

Almost quitting TNA years ago:
"I remember Vince [Russo] specifically saying to me 'What? You want to be World Champion or something?' and me saying 'Yeah' and he's like 'That will never happen, you're a Brit.' I remember I almost quit then and there because what's the of the point of being there?"

The James Storm / Mickie James Train Skit:
"We hated it, we all hated it. When it was pitched to us, we all tried desperately to change it to something else but the guy in charge wasn't having anything to do with it and was convinced it would be great.

That's just a perfect example of one of the reasons why I left, we all said that was a bad idea and we all gave what I thought were good alternatives and were basically told 'do what we tell you.'"
Recent interview Magnus gave to The Inquisitr: http://www.inquisitr.com/2641918/exclusive-magnus-talks-tna-departure-gfw-new-book-and-future/

Joey Ryan has signed a sponsorship deal with YouPorn Sports, a newly created division of the YouPorn adult entertainment web site. As part of the deal, Ryan's new finishing move will be called the YouPorn Plex and he will model YouPorn clothing at his wrestling appearances. The YouPorn plex will be the move he got fame from last week in DDT.

"There is truth that there was some sort of unknown, unreasonable heat between Riley and Cena. To the point where everyone on the roster thought that Cena was treating him in a way that was totally uncalled for. No one approached Cena about it, but the entire locker room was on Riley's side, a lot of condolences, and this is 'ridiculous, bro,' and it was every freakin' day. Cena thought Riley did something wrong every single day" Reks said.

Reks said that Cena did things to Riley, including going through his bag and berating Riley for certain supplements he was taking. Reks thinks that Cena did it in an effort to get Riley fired.

"Like, it's completely against the wrestler code to ever go through another wrestler's bag. One day, Riley walked into an empty locker room and Cena was just going through his bag. He found some pre-workout vitamins and b---hed him out for taking supplements, asking if he 'thinks this is ok.' Like, he was looking for a reason to get him fired," Reks said.
Recent AMA session with Tyler Reks on the supposed backstage issues between Cena and Riley that might have played a role in why Riley's singles push got killed. For some perspective, Reks hasn't liked Cena ever since he complained to management about Reks doing certain moves and the Cena's supposed hatred of Riley is due to both a small prank Riley once did to Cena and Riley standing up one time to Cena's antics against him. JTG's recent book also had a part dealing with the backstage feud between both guys. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/1218/605914/former-wwe-superstar-says-john-cena-tried-to-bury-alex-riley/

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Some other sheet news includes:

According to PWI, the January set of house shows for NXT sold out within minutes of tickets going on sale. These are the Chicago, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, and Detroit shows.
Next NXT special planned to be taking place in Dallas on April 1st. Tapings themselves will be more frequent in January due to the need to rush things before the WWE gets too busy with Mania season.
Sports Illustrated recently had an interview with Paige: http://www.si.com/sports-illustrated/video/2015/12/17/si-now-thursday-december-17-2015
Observer recently hinted Samoa Joe is very unlikely to get called up prior to his current contract expiring.
Recent WWE signee La Samba will be going by his real name for house show stuff until an official new name is decided for his debut.
This week's Smackdown ended up being the highest rated show since late August. In terms of viewers, about 200k more saw the show than last week.

[Simple Fan]

WWE is stupid if they don't eventually use Joe on the main roster. That's just leaving money off the table.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I think IWC over-values Joe. I agree though but i'm in the IWC too.

[Simple Fan]

I do think he's better than half the main roster and that may be over valuing him but its how I feel. I think he has just as much value as Del Rio and Sheamus and would fit right in to that spot on the card. For WWE not to use him on the main roster against guys like Cena, Owens, Del Rio, Ambrose, and Lesnar is a head scratcher. Obviously its just an Observer report but I could see it being true. He could also sign a main roster contract when his NXT deal is up. He has a lot more value than just being a NXT inhancent talent in my opinion.

[#1-norm-fan]

A long, well-built Cena vs Joe feud where Joe is just bitter after spending 15 years being the "king of the minor leagues" while Cena was the "face of wrestling" and made more money than Joe will ever see in his life could potentially be outstanding.

We need more feuds with some actual depth and drama behind them as opposed to "I want the title" or "I attacked you because I'm a bad guy".

[Dark One]

A long, well-built Cena vs Joe feud where Joe is just bitter after spending 15 years being the "king of the minor leagues" while Cena was the "face of wrestling" and made more money than Joe will ever see in his life could potentially be outstanding.

We need more feuds with some actual depth and drama behind them as opposed to "I want the title" or "I attacked you because I'm a bad guy".


Feud begins solely due to Joe inexplicably hitting him with a coconut and lasts one month to end at Battleground

[Sixx]

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no, i don't believe this to be a shoot, but seeing taker in sweatpants during the ministry era is sorta hilarious

[Blonde Moment]

A long, well-built Cena vs Joe feud where Joe is just bitter after spending 15 years being the "king of the minor leagues" while Cena was the "face of wrestling" and made more money than Joe will ever see in his life could potentially be outstanding.

We need more feuds with some actual depth and drama behind them as opposed to "I want the title" or "I attacked you because I'm a bad guy".

Sounds like a repeat of the Owens feud.