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[Droford]

#1 Rumble Entrants

2010: Dolph Ziggler
2011: CM Punk
2012: The Miz
2013: Dolph Ziggler
2014: CM Punk
2015: The Miz

So Dolph Ziggler for #1 this year

[The Destroyer]

Sasha and Rusev are both denying being injured so either the news is BS or WWE is desperate to cover it up.

[Bad News Gertner]

Hey! Rory Fox! I remember him from the MTV True Life: I'm a Professional Wrestler back in the late 90s. Good shit. Anyone else remember that? It also feature Tony Atlas making potato salad in his tiny apartment at the time.

That guy who quit Les Thatcher's school is in jai

[CSL]

https://twitter.com/WWESubway

best new thing on Twitter

[Emperor Smeat]

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Over the last 12 hours, we have received a number of emails asking about a rumor making the rounds that WWE is in the process of releasing former WWE champion Daniel Bryan and that the release will be officially announced this Monday.

There is absolutely nothing to to the rumor. Bryan is not in the process of being released and is still in great standing with the company. While he is not (yet) cleared to return to the ring, he will be seen regularly in the new season of Total Divas and is very much part of the company.

So, wherever the story started, it is not legitimate in any way, shape or form.
WWE and Observer/F4W also denied the rumor being true.

For whatever it is worth, the finish for Royal Rumble is written and whatever it is, it is going to lead to a big match at Fast Lane since they want that to be an A-level PPV and not just a stop on the way to WrestleMania.

Japanese star Shinsuke Nakamura, who was stripped earlier this week of the IWGP Intercontinental championship by New Japan Pro Wrestling, will be coming to the United States for several weeks in early February to spend time at the WWE Performance Center, PWInsider.com has exclusively confirmed with a source in Japan.

According to the source, Nakamura will be training at the WWE Performance Center in Winter Park, FL and will also undergo medical testing (I would assume in Pittsburgh, where such testing is usually done) that, if he passes it, would clear Nakamura to sign with WWE.

Lucha Underground sent out an email looking for a few fans to come out for something they're doing on 01/19 for SportsCenter.

Last night's TNA Impact Wrestling, which was the second episode on POP TV, drew 288,000 viewers.

This is up 13% from last week's 255,000 viewers for the POP premiere.

This is also up 7% from the last 9pm airing on Destination America, which drew 269,000 viewers.

According to Pwinsider.com,WWE filed for a trademark on the term “No Way Jose” on January 7th. The trademark is for a new character, and word is that it is for WWE developmental talent Levis Valenzuela Jr. Valenzuela was signed back in May of 2015, broke into wrestling in North Carolina and also has a background in ballroom dancing.

Ric Flair was on Dan LeBetard’s ESPN show (47:00 minute mark) promoting an upcoming Comic-Con appearance. He talked about a lot about his robes (he said his ex-wives stole 40 or so, claiming they were gifts and said that he sold some to WWE and a belt for $100,000) and a lot of history. Sounds like it was worth checking out. (Thanks to Charles Parker)
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=14563101

On episode 99 of The Ross Report, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross talked about signing Brock Lesnar in WWE and the decision to break The Undertaker's WrestleMania undefeated streak at WrestleMania 30.

Although Ross signed all-time greats such as The Rock, Kurt Angle, and John Cena in his time with WWE's talent relations department, Ross claimed that Lesnar was the first person he signed that Vince McMahon wanted to meet.

"[Lesnar] was the first recruit I ever signed that Vince McMahon actually went out of his way to want to meet. Lesnar was the guy that when McMahon saw him, it was like a man crush. And I can tell you this, and I don't think I've ever told this story before, Vince said, 'I understand that we're talking' and [Lesnar] said, 'yeah'. [McMahon] said, 'well, what do you want to do when you get out of college?' and Lesnar's answer was, 'I want to be an entertainer'. He didn't say, 'I want to be a wrestler'. He didn't say, 'I want to be a pro wrestler'. He didn't say, 'I want to be a sports entertainer'. He said, 'I want to be an entertainer'. And I thought McMahon was going to be orgasmic."

According to 'Good Ol' J.R.', convincing Lesnar to break the streak was harder than it was to convince The Undertaker that the streak should come to an end. Also, Ross stated that the decision to break the streak was made on the day of WrestleMania 30.

"Look, if The Undertaker had not wanted to lose or not agreed to lose to Brock, they would have worked out something else because the story I heard about WrestleMania 30 is that it was harder to convince Lesnar to accept the victory and beat Undertaker at WrestleMania 30 in New Orleans [Louisiana] in the [Mercedes-Benz] Superdome than it was for McMahon to talk to The Undertaker about 'it's time' because that decision wasn't made until late [on] the day of the show. And I don't think that Brock was totally comfortable in breaking the streak because of his great respect for The Undertaker."
Random Vince story from back in the day.

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Some other sheet news includes:

According to reports, TNA is about to lose a portion of their possible viewer base on POP TV due to Comcast moving the channel to a new tier pay package. http://wrestlingnews.co/bad-news-for-tna-and-pop-tv/
Shinsuke Nakamura recently had an interview with Tokyo Sports with some translated highlights including him wanting to go in a new direction for his career as why he's leaving NJPW and wants to spread Japanese style wrestling to more places. Wanted to leave for years but waited until NJPW was strong enough that he wouldn't be needed anymore. http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1so6a3d , https://twitter.com/enuhito_eng/status/687428831762890754
Recent injury update from John Cena hints his recovery might take longer than previously expected. https://twitter.com/JohnCena/status/687294827180986369
Lucha Underground released a new teaser trailer for Season 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QIBsQhNUrs
Update to the Hulk Hogan vs Gawker lawsuit as a judge recently dismissed Gawker's request to have the case dismissed. Gawker claimed Hogan and his lawyers have been committing fraud with the case as their reason for the dismissal. http://www.sescoops.com/hulk-hogan-sex-tape-lawsuit-gawker-motion-to-dismiss-denied/ , http://www.f4wonline.com/news/figure-four-weekly-142016-more-gawker-motioning-dismiss-hulk-hogan-lawsuit-204981
Some context on the random Orton gif above: https://twitter.com/mannixxbella/status/687418675452850176

[#1-norm-fan]

That guy who quit Les Thatcher's school is in jai

Guy was annoying as shit.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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Seems like Victoria is to be announced to the WWE Hall of Fame. She ain't the lady to mess with!

[Mercenary]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

First real NXT of the year is up! Wooo!

[Shadrick]

Guy was annoying as shit.

http://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/757825/cops-bloomingdale-man-charged-attempted-robbery-two-downtown-stores

[Droford]

Jay Lethal unmasked Rey Mysterio over in England ..

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[Mr. Nerfect]

Wow, really? That's pretty hectic.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Victoria into the WWE Hall of Fame makes sense.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Good morning, America.

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[Rammsteinmad]

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Pretty much echoes what I've been saying for the last few Wrestlemania's now. WWE should stop falling back on part-timers, and start using current guys more consistently to get them over. This years Wrestlemania may not have the most appealing card in terms of star-power, but with the right matches and pushing the right guys, this could be a chance for them to really elevate a whole new wave of superstars.

[Evil Vito]

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[CSL]

lol

[Frank Drebin]

Jesus....

[Sepholio]

#1 Rumble Entrants

2010: Dolph Ziggler
2011: CM Punk
2012: The Miz
2013: Dolph Ziggler
2014: CM Punk
2015: The Miz

So Dolph Ziggler for #1 this year

Wow that's a really good theory. You might be onto something......except oh yeah Roman Reigns.

[XL]

Have they said Reigns will be #1?

[Schlomey]

I thought they said Big Show was #1 ?

[Emperor Smeat]

Was a mistake by Big Show when he said or implied it.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Big Show just meant he was the first official entrant into the match, not the first guy to enter.

Big Show almost always enters late into the Rumble so there will be a bunch of dudes in there so he can clean house. Can't imagine he's somebody you'd ever want to put in earlier in the Rumble.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Reigns being forced to enter at #1 would be so cliche but since they want to make him a world-beater I could see it happening. Could even see him breaking his own elimination record.

Hell I'm halfway expecting him to eliminate all 29 other wrestlers at this point.</font>

[Schlomey]

Ok I was only half listening to RAW when I thought I heard Cole say that...sorry for the speculation.

[DAMN iNATOR]

lol

Vince has to remind the world he's still alive SOMEHOW.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Roman Reigns #1 and Big Show #2, which the announcers try to sell as a first time meeting.

[#1-norm-fan]

<font color=goldenrod>Big Show just meant he was the first official entrant into the match, not the first guy to enter.

Big Show almost always enters late into the Rumble so there will be a bunch of dudes in there so he can clean house. Can't imagine he's somebody you'd ever want to put in earlier in the Rumble.</font>

Then again, I couldn't imagine Dolph Ziggler as a guy you'd ever wanna put in at #30 as opposed to using his athleticism for 20+ minutes, letting him sell for half the roster and adding some excitement to the middle of the match. But then they did it last year. It was weird.

[DAMN iNATOR]

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[Evil Vito]

Then again, I couldn't imagine Dolph Ziggler as a guy you'd ever wanna put in at #30 as opposed to using his athleticism for 20+ minutes, letting him sell for half the roster and adding some excitement to the middle of the match. But then they did it last year. It was weird.

<font color=goldenrod>#30 has been really weird the last couple of years. Ziggler got a really nice pop when he entered mainly because the smark crowd had turned on the match completely and Ziggler was one of the only guys left in the match that the crowd would have accepted winning.

But then in 2014 they sent poor Mysterio out there to get booed relentlessly. That spot almost HAD to go to a heel because the crowd was demanding Bryan. My personal favorite idea was to send out Barrett (who had JUST started his Bad News persona) with Bryan's music. He would have gotten nuclear heat and it would have been great.

In general though #30 should always be somebody who can at least plausibly win. Imagining the announcers trying to sell Stardust or somebody as a guy who can actually win just because he's coming out last would be ridiculous.</font>

[Emperor Smeat]

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First report is under spoiler tags due to current rumored Rumble and Mania plans for those that don't want to be spoiled early:
We have gotten an update that as of now, Dwayne Johnson is not wrestling at WrestleMania over the same insurance issues regarding the “Baywatch” movie that we’d written about. That still hasn’t changed at this point. This isn’t to say it won’t be worked through but right now they have a card and he is not wrestling on that card, although he is a key part of the show in some form. As of right now, the WrestleMania main event is scheduled as Reigns vs. HHH, so perhaps Johnson will be involved to counteract the McMahons in some form. Apart from that, Jericho’s return timing looks great. Undertaker and Lesnar are likely the other two main events, not against each other, with each needing an opponent, so you can go down your list of heels and plug them in for those two opponents, whether you have Sheamus, Strowman, Rusev, Del Rio or Owens in the slots. I suppose it’s possible for Lesnar to go against another face, but it’s not going to be Reigns or Undertaker. If Cena comes back early, and he seems to always do that with his mutant healing powers, then Cena vs. Undertaker can always be done. After Rollins went down, taking the HHH vs. Rollins match away, the Cena vs. Reigns match was changed to Reigns vs. HHH. Cena vs. Undertaker, pushed as The Battle of Legends was absolutely on the books when Cena went down. Because nobody expected a Cena injury, there were no thoughts to a backup plan for Undertaker. At the Brooklyn Raw, they did do a Reigns vs. Cena tease that was dark, so there was still an idea for that at some point.

Owens has thrown his name into the hat as far as Undertaker goes. “WrestleMania is synonymous with the Undertaker. Regardless of what’s happening with the streak, I’d like to throw my name in the hat and see if he’s still the phenom that he claims to be.” We did hear that as of last week, Owens was not ever suggested when it comes to a Lesnar opponent.

Steve Austin, WWE's biggest peak drawing card in its history, has indicated that he will probably make an appearance at WrestleMania this year.

Austin, as a guest on Jim Ross' 100th podcast this week, categorized it as 99 percent that he would be appearing on the show on 4/3 at AT&T Stadium. He will not be wrestling on the show. He said that he had an idea that he's interested in but said he's yet to talk to creative.

He indicated even if they don't agree to do his idea, he would be at the show appearing in some form.

Davey Richards on Twitter wrote that he’s not taking any indie bookings after 5/1. His current TNA contract, which allows indie bookings (as long as they aren’t ROH, Lucha Underground or WWE), expires on 4/30.The only place one would go that doesn’t allow indie bookings would either be a full-time ROH deal, and he left ROH with a lot of heat over the nature of his departure, or a WWE deal. While he obviously can’t sign with WWE until after his TNA deal expires, given the type of performer Paul Levesque is trying to get for NXT, Richards fits the bill and a number of sources are all but saying he made that clear on the belief that’s where he’s headed. There is no word right now on Eddie Edwards, whose contract with TNA also expires on 4/30.

There is no indication of WWE involvement in the title not changing hands in the ring, even though the situation is similar to that of Alberto Del Rio. Del Rio was the AAA Mega Heavyweight champion when he signed with WWE, and never returned to drop the title. In his situation, at first AAA thought he would return and drop the title, but it was made clear immediately that even if he did return (which it ended up that he never did), that WWE would not allow him to lose. The difference is Del Rio had won the U.S. title, so in old school mentality, WWE wouldn’t let one of their champions job on somebody else’s show for their title. Another difference is Del Rio’s contract with AAA had expired a month earlier and he actually had signed with WWE, while Nakamura’s contract didn’t expire until 1/31 and he has not actually signed a WWE deal and couldn’t legally do so until after his New Japan deal ends. From a WWE standpoint, this is different because Nakamura doesn’t hold a WWE title, and may not even be using the same name. With Prince Devitt, there were no issues with his booking, nor has there been with other WWE talent that hadn’t officially signed but everyone knew they were leaving (Kevin Steen) and them losing some matches on he way out, even on high profile indie shows.
In regards to NJPW's decision to strip Nakamura of the IC title.

The IC title situation is the most interesting. The original idea was to put Tanahashi & Elgin as a regular team, to allow Tanahashi to heal up until he’s needed for big singles main events later this year. But he looks to be the only logical guy who can face Omega, both for the prestige of the title, but also for Omega to beat to elevate him. The problem is that would make two losses in a row for Tanahashi, and maybe three, because the next thing is the New Japan Cup, a single elimination tournament, where either Tanahashi wins the tournament or suffers another singles loss. If Tanahashi is to win the New Japan Cup, that goes right back to Okada vs. Tanahashi in April at Invasion Attack. That’s one of the few viable Sumo Hall main events they have. But it also feels like overkill for the company’s two biggest stars to headline again. But there’s no great idea that can avoid some kind of booking issue or another due to the departures.
Had Nakamura decided to stay the extra 2 weeks, it would have been Omega vs Nakamura for the IC belt. Also had Nakamura stayed until at least the upcoming ROH ppv, it would have been him vs Dalton Castle for the event.

Regarding Tyler Breeze going from WWE NXT to the main roster, Triple H reportedly really wanted to protect Breeze and saw him as a heel on the level of Dolph Ziggler. Vince McMahon agreed and started Breeze at that level but then wasn't convinced and ended the push immediately.
Would explain how poor his debut to the main roster has been so far.

The current word we’re getting is that Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson will debut on NXT at television in early March. Regarding ownership of names, New Japan owns the name Bullet Club. Drew Hankinson (Doc Gallows) owns the rights to the name Biz Cliz. WWE just filed for a trademark on the name Balor Club.

Rocky Romero decided to stay with New Japan. It’s been reported that he signed a two-year contract. The direct word we got is only that he has committed to stay two at least two more years. He had been at least up for a job as a player/coach at NXT. Bad Luck Fale has signed a new contract as well. Tama Tonga was claiming at press time that he was still a free agent. Fale likes living in New Zealand, which wouldn’t be possible working for WWE, but is, working for New Japan.

Paragon Pro Wrestling from Las Vegas, which lost its spot on Pop TV when they signed up with TNA, will start on MSG Cable on 1/16 in a Saturday at 5 a.m. Eastern time slot. The company had previously announced starting on MARKT, a Dish Network exclusive channel, but that deal fell through.
Similar to TNA, Paragon Pro Wrestling wasn't being paid by POP TV for the tv spot on the network.

TNA is starting to increase money on talent spending and is making offers to talent again as well as looking at resigning talent and upgrading merchandise. We do know that WWE has had contact with some TNA talent whose contracts have expired, but WWE isn’t offering anything money wise. The Storm situation is not unique to Storm but also to others where deals are due coming due and talent would be considering leaving because TNA has the feel of being dead, but TNA’s offers are considerably higher than WWE’s.

There is more talk as of late about the introduction of a Sister Abigail character. It’s been talked about forever but apparently the talk has gotten more serious about doing it.

Even though the show is supposed to be PG and Maddox was fired for using the word “pricks” in a promo, Vince McMahon on the 1/4 Raw show flipped off the fans who were booing him. There will always be a different set of standards for the ruling class.

“I was there and obviously involved in his match at WrestleMania last year,” said Hall. “We’re rehearsing the match in Cali last year at Levi Stadium, and it’s the Kliq and the New Age Outlaws out there, and we all know each other. And then there’s Sting, who doesn’t know anybody. He’s an outsider. I just think he never felt comfortable there. Being hurt was answered prayer for him–just let it end.

“You need to remember that Vince is never going to go with something he didn’t create. But we didn’t get anything done at the rehearsal the night before, so WrestleMania day, there were tents in the parking lot set up with rings for rehearsal. So we’re all in there again, and I’m next to Hulk on the ring apron and Triple H is going over the match and then he goes, ‘OK, he’ll break the sledgehammer, then I’ll hit him with the sledgehammer, and cover him, 1-2-3.’ I looked at Hulk, and Hulk looked at me, and I was thinking, ‘Sting, what kind of lawyer do you have, bro? You’re coming in the door doing a job? You weren’t even guaranteed to go over?’ That’s Vince just reminding you who won, even if he’s going to make money the other way.”
Story from Scott Hall about last year's Sting vs Triple H Mania match. Part of a longer interview with Sports Illustrated. http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/01/13/scott-hall-brock-lesnar-sting-wwe-new-japan

There will be a fund raiser for Connor's Cure on 1/24 at The Lounge Bar in Luton, England at 10:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. with a Royal Rumble viewing party. Rock Bottom Radio is putting this on and they encourage fans to dress like your favorite wrestler.
Figured that might be interesting for TPWW UK or anyone in the area during that time.


Some other sheet news includes:

According to reports, Orlando is currently the front runner to get Mania 33.
Tommaso Ciampa still has yet to sign an actual WWE deal but has been confirmed for a few more dates in NXT (at least for house shows).
According to the Observer, WWE had no backup plan to Taker vs Cena once Cena went out with an injury. Still undecided on who Taker's opponent will be at Mania at the moment.
According to reports, Sting will be inducted by Ric Flair for this year's WWE Hall of Fame show.
WWE recently released a video involving the creation of The Rock's theme by Jim Johnson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOtkosnM2lo
For those interested, a Jake the Snake documentary film called "The Resurrection of Jake The Snake Roberts" was recently released.
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, comic superhero Batman once had a match in the WWE. The match occurred in 1969 with Batman and Bruno Sammartino defeating Killer Kowalski and Lou Albano in a tag match.

[Bad News Gertner]

Batman wrestled regularly in Pittsburgh

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Jerry Lawler brought in the real Batman for Memphis TV.

[Black Widow]

Still won't make Wyatt family interesting to me.

[Dark One]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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Is it posted because they can't spell gauntlet?

[Black Widow]

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[Mr. Nerfect]

Got no clue who Lesnar faces at WrestleMania this year if it's not The Rock. Honestly might end up being The League of Nations or something like that.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Jerry Lawler brought in the real Batman for Memphis TV.

Adam West or GTFO.

[Tom Guycott]

Sasha and Rusev are both denying being injured so either the news is BS or WWE is desperate to cover it up.

SWERVE! WWE just begins reporting that EVERYONE on the roster is injured and will be out to obfuscate the actual injured parties!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I watched Smackdown. Fuck me, I like Lawlers commentary. In 2016.

[Droford]

Should be because of Mauro Ranallo but i noticed last night he wasnt as good, like they told him stop being good

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Should be because of Mauro Ranallo but i noticed last night he wasnt as good, like they told him stop being good

Oh no, I did at first tune in for him. Was just shocked that after about 13 years of wishing King would retire I actually liked him going back to his heel shtick.

[Ruien]

<font color=goldenrod>#30 has been really weird the last couple of years. Ziggler got a really nice pop when he entered mainly because the smark crowd had turned on the match completely and Ziggler was one of the only guys left in the match that the crowd would have accepted winning.

But then in 2014 they sent poor Mysterio out there to get booed relentlessly. That spot almost HAD to go to a heel because the crowd was demanding Bryan. My personal favorite idea was to send out Barrett (who had JUST started his Bad News persona) with Bryan's music. He would have gotten nuclear heat and it would have been great.

In general though #30 should always be somebody who can at least plausibly win. Imagining the announcers trying to sell Stardust or somebody as a guy who can actually win just because he's coming out last would be ridiculous.</font>

They did that with X Pac one year. Was silly.

[CSL]

<font color=goldenrod>My personal favorite idea was to send out Barrett (who had JUST started his Bad News persona) with Bryan's music. He would have gotten nuclear heat and it would have been great.</font>

this would have been one of my favourite wrestling moments of all time. Especially when reading afterwards from some blirts why it would have been the "wrong kind of heat"

[Sepholio]

Indeed. Barrett coming out to Bryans music would have made me shit bricks. I'm imaging it in my head right now and it is so epic that I might retcon it into my memory banks as what actually transpired that night.

[Sepholio]

I'm really starting to think that all the talk of pushing Strowman into the main event by WM is just hot air and always has been. I don't see it. I know Vince with his historic hard-on for big men probably has thought about it, but he has to see Strowman is way too green and he can't afford a big misstep with all the injuries right now. Not to mention he wants ratings and Strowman is not ratings material (right now anyways).

You would basically have to have Strowman eliminate Bray from the Rumble. Then they have to have a match at Fastlane in which Strowman goes over. But how does that even give them time to vault Strowman to anything near the ME?? At this point they have buried the Wyatts so much that a win over Bray wouldn't mean much. Do you throw Strowman at Undertaker? Bray couldn't beat you, but I beat him so I can? Hello, all 4 of you couldn't beat Taker/Kane, so where's the logic there? Or did Kane make that big of a difference? LMAO cmon. Bray is more likely to be in the ME than Strowman. I wouldn't be surprised to see him get Taker again tbh.

[Simple Fan]

I know Vince with his historic hard-on for big men probably has thought about it, but he has to see Strowman is way too green and can't afford a big misstep with all the injuries right now. Not to mention he wants ratings and Strowman is not ratings material (right now anyways).

Hasnt stopped him with Roman. I really dont see the appeal of Strowman either. Hate his sleeper hold move to, people pass out like 3 seconds after he applies it and it looks weak. They dont take Wyatt serious enough though and thats a shame because that character has the most potintial on the roster.

[Black Widow]

https://mobile.twitter.com/wwfprimetimenow

Brother just sent me this link pretty funny.

[Volare]

Holy hell those are gold!!

[Big Vic]

PrettyCool

[Emperor Smeat]

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[thekrow]

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TOMORROW guys, make sure to tune into CHW carnage for this match!

[Exyle]

I was thinking today that if this year's Rumble is as disappointing as the last two, that'll be the trigger to unsubscribe from the Network. I was set on this; determined. Then I thought about Nakamura, Styles, and the Bullet Club being brought in, and I questioned that decision.

I wonder if that was intentional. You know? WWE gets those rumors out there so they can take another huge shit on the Rumble, but there's this carrot still dangling to keep people on the Network.

[Damian Rey]

I don't think they purposefully shit the bed the last two Rumbles. I honestly believe that Vince thought in his heart that Batista Orton was going to be a huge headline and that Reigns was ready to make the leap, even though clearly neither were the best ideas.

This year they've been cornered. It's not their fault that three would be main eventers are all out.

[Emperor Smeat]

Backlash from the investors and maybe possible legal issues wouldn't be worth the lying for the WWE.

[Black Widow]

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[Emperor Smeat]

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The 1/14 episode of Smackdown on The USA Network garnered 2,332,000 viewers, down from last week's audience of 2,757,000 viewers.

WWE went out an e-mail blast today advertising a match of Chris Jericho and Sheamus vs Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose for the Smackdown tapings in Dayton, Ohio. This will likely be a dark match. It’s been rumored that Jericho would feud with Dean Ambrose after the events of last year’s Night of Champion PPV.

Last week’s season finale of Breaking Ground featured Tyler Breeze being called up to the main WWE roster, but by the time it aired Breeze had already been moved down the card. According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Triple H legitimately wanted him protected and saw him as a heel on the level of Dolph Ziggler, which is why he feuded with him at the start. Vince McMahon was not convinced of this, and ended his push. He stripped down the character, putting less emphasis on his entrance and then not showing it on TV. Then they split him from Summer Rae with no build or programs leading out of the break up.
Some more details regarding Breeze and his dropped push.

On the MSL & Kevin Sullivan show on MLW Radio it was reported that Jim Ross is the new host of New Japan World Pro Wrestling Returns. At this time there is no finalized deal. The sides have talked for some time and it seems an obvious move for both if they can reach terms. Mauro Ranallo will be hosting the shows through late February. So, the new announce team, almost certainly including Josh Barnett, would start at that point.

Just over an hour ago, there was a major development in one of the concussion-related lawsuits filed against WWE. Back on October 30th, WWE had requested a stay on discovery (document production) and it was granted on November 10th. Today, that all changed, as Judge Vanessa Bryant lifted the stay, granting limited discovery as it pertains to the claims of Vito Lograsso (Big Vito) and former developmental talent Evan Singleton. Besides the discovery being confined to Singleton and Lograsso’s claims and not the other lawsuits, the judge limited it to these questions:

(1) whether WWE had or should have had knowledge of and owed a duty to disclose to those plaintiffs the risks of long-term degenerative neurological conditions resulting from concussions or mild traumatic brain injuries to wrestlers who performed for WWE in the year 2005 or later,

(2) whether and when WWE may have breached that duty, and

(3) whether such a breach, if any, continued after Singleton and LoGrasso ceased performing for WWE.

While the scope of the discovery could change if pending the outcome of WWE’s motions to dismiss, this is a huge win for the wrestlers’ side and their lawyer, Konstantine Kyros. The complaints in the lawsuits have heavily pushed the idea that WWE, like the NFL, hid information about developments in concussion science from the talent. While no real proof of that has surfaced as of yet, if anything like that were to exist within WWE’s archives of internal communication, that would deal a huge blow to their defense. That’s a big “if,” though.
Same tactic used against the NFL that lead to them settling was used successfully against the WWE. For some reference, the head of WWE's medical is the same doctor that was involved in the NFL's concussion controversy. www.sescoops.com/significant-development-in-concussion-lawsuit-pending-against-wwe/

Jimmy Snuka's murder trial has been postponed pending a decision on Snuka's competency to stand trial.

WWNLive.com announced today a deal with the Flipps app for their iPPV shows to be available on smart TV's without additional software, plug-ins or wires. They have already done PPVs with New Japan, TNA and ROH. The first show on the deal will be 1/22 and will be airing all three nights of their Evolve tag team title tournament that weekend, as well as the 1/29 Shine (all-women's show).


Some other sheet news includes:

According to MLW's Court Bauer, POP TV has recently reworked their tv deal with TNA which involves them paying some money to show Impact on the network and have at least 1 new TNA show to be made.
Based on recent NXT house show reports, WWE might be teasing at a possible Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens feud happening very soon.
City of Orlando's mayor recently confirmed they have made a bid to host next year's Wrestlemania. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-orlando-bid-wrestlemania-citrus-bowl-20160115-story.html

[Lock Jaw]

Zayn vs Owens would make a good Wrestlemania match. Too bad it would not be for a title. If only Owens had actually won the US title from Cena and kept it strong.

As for Tyler Breeze... yeah, just watched that last ep of Breaking Ground and was like "Well, congrats to graduating to not being featured on TV"

[Tom Guycott]

http://i.imgur.com/7vVAKMV.jpg

I wonder if "everyone" also includes Chris?

Seems like Alexandre is soon to be known as "The Man of 1004 Cumshots".

[Hanso Amore]

It's 5am and I'm watching paragon pro wrestling on MSG.

This is horrible yet i oddly find this better than tna

[Mr. Nerfect]

Fandango and Tyler Breeze as a tag team. Book it.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Jerry Lawler should have always been a heel commentator. I hope 2016 is a glory year for him.

[erickman]

Jerry Lawler should have always been a heel commentator. I hope 2016 is a glory year for him.

yep he should have always been a heel just like the brain cole sucked as a heel and should have never hapened

[Black Widow]

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In honor of the Batman anniversary that just passed.

[Simple Fan]

It's 5am and I'm watching paragon pro wrestling on MSG.

This is horrible yet i oddly find this better than tna

Watched them when they first came on Pop but forgot to record the series and forgot about them. Dont know if I get MSG or not.

Yeah I get it, set the series to record, next show is in 1/23.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bryan Alvarez mentioned on Wrestling Observer Live that he’s heard that Hulk Hogan could be brought back to WWE in time for WrestleMania 32. Dave Meltzer mentioned on the same podcast that he wouldn’t rule out Hogan’s return however WWE isn’t going to rush to bring him back if there is a high risk of backlash.

PWInsider mentioned this week that WWE wouldn’t bring Hogan back until his lawsuit with Gawker is resolved. Hogan’s trial with Gawker is scheduled to begin near WrestleMania.
For some clarity Alvarez also mentioned the chance of Hogan actually appearing at Mania is very small. Both agreed that its up to WWE's advertisers to be ok with any future Hogan appearance regardless how much support Hogan still has with the public and within the WWE.

[Simple Fan]

Hogan vs New Day at WM

[Lock Jaw]

Hogan vs Reigns for the title with Hogan going over clean. Only way to save this Wrestlemania.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Hogan cleanly jobs to prove he is not a racist anymore. Feel the powerrrrrrrrrr it's a new day yes it is (brother)

[Savio]

Wouldn't hogan get boo'd or maybe mixed reaction.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

How many "We The People" chants did Jack Swagger get when he was facing the face Del Rio? Wrestling fans are racist. Cheers brother. Nothing but cheers.

[Savio]

Its just a catch phrase, people would chant "die rocky die" and then say "If you smellllll" with him

[Savio]

But yeah a good portion are racist......WM32 is in Dallas too.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I actually once envisioned an angle where Hogan came back to suck up to New Day, but they kicked his ass to massive cheers. I can't see it happening though.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I would take back everything bad I've said about WWE in the past year if they had New Day beat Hogan to a pulp. That would be fucking hilarious.</font>

[Mr. Nerfect]

Vince Russo actually made a very good point in something I saw recently. It's about the babyface characters making promises and then breaking them. He cited Dean Ambrose promising to get his hands on Kevin Owens on RAW and then being nowhere near the main event.

Ambrose has been a big victim of this over the years. He's meant to be someone the average person can put their stock in, but he loses the big one too often. Right now he's carving out a niche as the Intercontinental Champion, which is fine and dandy and a good spot for him -- but his prospects as being a top guy on the comparative level of a modern Stone Cold Steve Austin were kind of dashed when he kept getting beaten by whoever he was facing.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I know we're likely to get a New Day four-way clusterfuck for the Tag Titles at WrestleMania, but I really want them to get a tag team story that matters for Mania. Maybe the answer is The Bullet Club? I don't know if you go with AJ Styles & Karl Anderson, AJ Styles & Finn Balor or Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows as the tag team, but any combination could be a pretty memorable Tag Team Title opener.

If The Wyatt Family have nothing to do, I wouldn't be opposed to seeing The New Day use their powers of positivity to do battle against The Reapers of the Dark either. The Wyatt Family might seem like "heavier" players, but The New Day are over.

[Simple Fan]

I like New Day vs the Wyatts if Bray is busy with another match. If Bray was to be in the match then I'd like to see Shelton Benjamin return and join New Day to even the odds.

[Lock Jaw]

I don't think they'll be called up any time soon, but was watching Dash & Dawson on NXT and was "wondering" how over they could get on the main roster. In reality, probably not much, but in my head I booked an angle where they were feuding with both The Usos and The New Day.

They'd come in and be all "We're all about no flips, just fists" to The Usos and "We're all about no tricks, just kicks" to New Day. Then they would wrassle their stlye of just beating people down and picking apart body parts... etc. Would be "dominant" and become champs, and Usos and New Day would maybe be in three-way feud with them for a bit to really cement them.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Would love to see Dash & Dawson do that. They're a great heel team -- two mechanics who just don't give a fuck who they tear up. They just need a really good face team to go against and they're about ready.

[Vastardikai]

Is it wrong that I like the idea of a Bullet Club - Wyatt Family interaction?

[Lock Jaw]

Yes. You sick freak. You should run away and never return.

[Lock Jaw]

The Ascension

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[Lock Jaw]

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[Lock Jaw]

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[Frank Drebin]

I don't think they'll be called up any time soon, but was watching Dash & Dawson on NXT and was "wondering" how over they could get on the main roster. In reality, probably not much, but in my head I booked an angle where they were feuding with both The Usos and The New Day.

They'd come in and be all "We're all about no flips, just fists" to The Usos and "We're all about no tricks, just kicks" to New Day. Then they would wrassle their stlye of just beating people down and picking apart body parts... etc. Would be "dominant" and become champs, and Usos and New Day would maybe be in three-way feud with them for a bit to really cement them.

If you think The Ascension flopped, imagine Dash and Dawson on the main roster. 2 matches and they get a gimmick switch to "D&D" - the comedy duo who become the vessel for WWE's hate of the IWC. Always coming out telling people how to do things and getting their ass kicked.

[Simple Fan]

The Ascension would be alot better had Bram stayed in WWE. Dont really have a good mouth piece for the group.

[Lock Jaw]

To be frank, Drebin, Dash & Dawson would fail terribly on the main roster, I agree. They do, however, have way more talent than The Ascension did, so they would maybe at least "last longer".

[Bad News Gertner]

Hogan should get Slick as his manager and come back as Kareem the African Dream

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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Rollermacka unpinned in the WWE!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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Love Regal. "If I was their opponents I'd have buggered off by now."

[#BROKEN Hasney]

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Shame Primo (or Epico? Can't remember) didn't do this instead of Matadores. And then Cameron did drugs or something? He was alright compared to Viktor.

[Volare]

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Hey! I know a guy who's in this match!

[Savio]

I would take back everything bad I've said about WWE in the past year if they had New Day beat Hogan to a pulp. That would be fucking hilarious.
While Xavier plays the trombone.

[The Condor]

Watching the 2000 King of the Ring. I know that the show is lambasted for the incredibly fucked tourney and main event, but Crash Holly's win elicited a HUGE pop from the crowd. I loved Crash for what he was and brought to the table, but I think they could have done more with him in a Tommy Dreamer, underdog face kind of way.

[Rammsteinmad]

Didn't really matter how shitty the shows were back then, if they even were, everyone was so over, no matter what they did the crowd were entertained.

You think Crash Holly would get a pop today? (If he were still alive).

[The Condor]

You think Crash Holly would get a pop today? (If he were still alive).

Hell yeah. 2000 Crash was a more fleshed out and entertaining personality than 95% of the current roster.

[Emperor Smeat]

In interviews leading up to New Japan’s “Wrestle Kingdom” Tokyo Dome Show, A.J. Styles sounded content continuing his schedule of ROH dates, New Japan tours, and select independent shows.

Styles was even slotted as the headliner for select ROH shows and all TV tapings kicking off 2016.

But, WWE presented Styles with what has been described as a “blow-away offer” to recruit Styles along with other New Japan stars Shinsuke Nakamura, Doc Gallows, and Karl Anderson.

Styles’s shift to WWE is not official, as Styles still has to go through the signing process. However, WWE quickly started talking up Styles and the other New Japan stars on their website to lay the groundwork for Styles’s eventual debut.

PWTorch has learned that ROH wanted to sign Styles to a six-figure deal where he would have continued to work for ROH and New Japan as part of their partnership. However, WWE topped ROH’s offer.
AJ Styles deal might be in the range of Balor's deal which was already the richest for developmental deals in WWE history (some of it due to them having to cover for Balor's lost sponsorship deal he had while in NJPW).

[Tom Guycott]

Vince Russo actually made a very good point in something I saw recently. It's about the babyface characters making promises and then breaking them. He cited Dean Ambrose promising to get his hands on Kevin Owens on RAW and then being nowhere near the main event.

Ambrose has been a big victim of this over the years. He's meant to be someone the average person can put their stock in, but he loses the big one too often. Right now he's carving out a niche as the Intercontinental Champion, which is fine and dandy and a good spot for him -- but his prospects as being a top guy on the comparative level of a modern Stone Cold Steve Austin were kind of dashed when he kept getting beaten by whoever he was facing.

Psh. You're reading too much into this. Wins and losses don't count. [/sarcasm]

[Tom Guycott]

If you think The Ascension flopped, imagine Dash and Dawson on the main roster. 2 matches and they get a gimmick switch to "D&D" - the comedy duo who become the vessel for WWE's hate of the IWC. Always coming out telling people how to do things and getting their ass kicked.

And then, it would be *their* fault it doesn't get over.

[Tom Guycott]

Rollermacka unpinned in the WWE!

Wait, does this not mean he is UNDEFEATED? I mean, tags never count in those streaks, especially when the partner gets the loss.

[Lock Jaw]

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[Volare]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Wait, does this not mean he is UNDEFEATED? I mean, tags never count in those streaks, especially when the partner gets the loss.

No, if your team loses you lose. They only say that when they want to protect undefeated streaks but it's not true. You also lose a triple threat match if you don't get pinned. So, he's "undefeated" in WWE based on their flawed logic.

[Dark One]

KICKOUT AT TWOOOOOO

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

What's the ref counting for?

[Tom Guycott]

No, if your team loses you lose. They only say that when they want to protect undefeated streaks but it's not true. You also lose a triple threat match if you don't get pinned. So, he's "undefeated" in WWE based on their flawed logic.

Exactly... he's undefeated in WWE.

Don't sully this.

[Tom Guycott]

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What is amazing here is that he played it by ear and on the spot.

[Black Widow]

http://wrestlinglol.com/images/4b2ba27397ea5265a6e238eee25938e4.jpg

[Mr. Nerfect]

Hell yeah. 2000 Crash was a more fleshed out and entertaining personality than 95% of the current roster.

Crash Holly vs. The Social Outcasts would be an amazing feud.

[Mr. Nerfect]

It's getting to the stage where I can't remember which Becky Lynch pictures I have posted. But I'm not going to stop:

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[Mr. Nerfect]

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[Mr. Nerfect]

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[Mr. Nerfect]

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[Mr. Nerfect]

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[Mr. Nerfect]

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[Mr. Nerfect]

Just one more, Becky...please?

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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[Black Widow]

http://wrestlinglol.com/images/a67f3dc69bf535487a3fc1b450a35db7.jpg

[Nicky Fives]

YesterdayI found a Bo Dallas "Bo-lieve" t-shirt, Backlash 2003 on VHS and SUrvivor Series 2004 on DVD at my local thrift store.... It was a good day....

[Schlomey]

Had to sit through a Becky Lynch vs Tamina Snuka match at a house show over the weekend. Tamina is fucking horrible. Becky's entrance is awesome though.

[Tom Guycott]

What do you expect? Tamina never fucking wrestles. She just stood around other people who wrestle for like 85% of her WWE tenure. Can't get better if you never do squat.

Still better than Eva Marie, though. Tamina might be the shits, but isn't a legit danger to her opponent.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">Hi <a href="https://twitter.com/wwebalor">@wwebalor</a> �� <a href="https://t.co/l70sHI8UWh">pic.twitter.com/l70sHI8UWh</a></p>&mdash; Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/itsBayleyWWE/status/688755188128202752">January 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Volare]

Bayley in leggins and no booty shot, the hell is this!

[drave]

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AANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND I'm done.

g'nite.

[Lock Jaw]

Good night drave (and Lock Jaw Nation)

[Emperor Smeat]

According to the Observer, WWE rumored to have given the Rey Mysterio treatment to Daniel Bryan's contract in the sense it can't end unless the WWE grants his release. Likely would have to threaten a lawsuit like Rey did multiple times in order to get released now.

He has 2 years left but is taking a big paycut as a result and has to make up all lost time if he ever returns as an active wrestler. WWE's way of making sure Bryan can't be of any use to any other wrestling company any time soon.

[Volare]

....bloody hell.

[Tom Guycott]

The tits on the bus go 'round and 'round...

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[Volare]

The tits on the bus go 'round and 'round...

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[drave]

Good match

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[Fignuts]

Some big news for the rumble if true. Bryan supposedly headed to get checked by the wwe doctor beforebthis weekend. Dunno howbreputable this site is.

http://wrestlingnews.co/big-update-on-daniel-bryan/

[drave]

Not like they will actually do anything with him anyway.

:|

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Black Widow]

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[slik]

If WWE Creative booked social media sites...instead of pushing periscope myspace would be gearing up for a main-event run in 2016.

[Black Widow]

Some big news for the rumble if true. Bryan supposedly headed to get checked by the wwe doctor beforebthis weekend. Dunno howbreputable this site is.

http://wrestlingnews.co/big-update-on-daniel-bryan/They should wait until after RR cause fan's will bitch about him not winning.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by the dramatic reenactment of WWE call-ups:
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NXT star Bronson Matthews (Tough Enough winner Josh Bredl) stepped in it big time on Monday night with a tweet that has drawn heat from NXT and WWE veterans. During RAW, “Big Action” took it upon himself to deem the Social Outcasts the #SocialJobbers.

The tweet got the attention of Kevin Owens (who eventually blocked him), his NXT peer Bull Dempsey and Stardust, who says Bronson probably won’t be welcomed in the WWE locker room – if he ever makes it there.
Also didn't help that after deleting the original tweet, he made a couple more tweets making fun/light of the matter which made things worse. http://www.sescoops.com/140030-2/ , more of the deleted tweets http://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/537249/acted-stupid-twitter-yeti-edition

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Never heard of this kid <a href="https://twitter.com/BronsonWWE">@BronsonWWE</a> until this morning. He looks as though he needs to be Powerbombed nonetheless.</p>&mdash; SID VICIOUS (@SychoVicious) <a href="https://twitter.com/SychoVicious/status/689533258472779776">January 19, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Sid also thinks the guy has no chance of ever recovering from the PR mess he made for himself with the lockeroom.

There is a ton of heat on Josh from Tough Enough after he tweeted last night about #SocialJobbers in regards to the Social Outcasts. The key to the story is that whether he is right or wrong (and, if you are being honest, it would be very difficult to fairly say that the Social Outcasts are not jobbers after being destroyed 4-on-1 last night by the Big Show), to say something like that publicly, especially since he'll already have heat for getting a $250,000 contract because he won a reality show, is idiotic.

There is a ton of heat on him today from the main roster, to the point where it is possible that management will have to step in to try to quell things if they have not already. The other key is that the Royal Rumble is in Orlando and all the NXT talent will be there. Probably going to be a long day for young Josh. We have heard from people in the company who want to see him in the Royal Rumble now

The WWE Hall of Famer will be doing play-by-play for "New Japan Pro Wrestling" on AXS TV, it was learned on Tuesday. Ross will work alongside NJPW veteran and UFC star Josh Barnett beginning March 4. The show is broadcast at 9 p.m. ET.

"New Japan Pro Wrestling" will feature the matches from Wrestling Dontaku 2015. Ross will do the voice-over calls from Los Angeles.

"This opportunity to work with AXS TV is attractive on many fronts," Ross said. "The travel won't be weekly but approximately 8-10 trips to Los Angeles in a year's time. While there, in a two-day, voice-over session, we will hammer out up to six shows. I'm happy OKC now has non-stop flights to LAX."
http://www.foxsports.com/buzzer/story/wwe-jim-ross-is-back-legendary-voice-to-call-new-japan-pro-wrestling-matches-on-axs-tv-011916

As noted, actor Stephen Amell and Stardust have resumed their feud on Twitter, stemming from Stardust stealing Amell’s Slammy Award which Amell won for his match at SummerSlam back in August of last year.

According to PWInsider.com, WWE plans to shoot footage of both Stardust and Amell at the Heroes & Villains convention in Secaucus, NJ, this Saturday afternoon.

It appears as if WWE plans to build to an eventual singles match between Amell and Stardust, however there is no word on when that match might take place.

In what could be a sign that Daniel Bryan will finally receive word on his WWE future, he is scheduled to be in Pittsburgh, PA later this week, according to PWInsider. That is where Dr. Joseph Maroon, who heads up the WWE Wellness testing, is based.

Bryan is likely going to Pittsburgh for medical testing or some kind of meeting with Maroon, perhaps to try and get cleared to return to the ring. We've noted how Bryan was cleared by outside doctors but WWE doctors have not cleared him to return to action.

Bryan does have a World of Wheels convention appearance in Pittsburgh on Friday as well. We'll keep you updated on any developments.

According to WebIndia.com, WWE International President Gerrit Meier has apologized for a TV segment in 1990’s during which Kurt Angle took the Indian flag and wiped his nose with it.

The report notes that the Hindu group Aadvanshi Veer Sena, as well as several local wrestlers, made calls to protest WWE’s events in India unless WWE apologized for the TV segment.

Meier issued the following comments:

“This case is about 20-years-ago and we did not deliberately did [sic] that. We have a great respect for the country. We are sorry that it happened, but we had no intention of doing it. India is a reputable country and we apologise for this…We are extremely pleased that India is hosting the live events again. There are good number of fans and I am confident that they will enjoy it all. Nearly 14 years later, we are once again on the ground of India will play a WWE match.”
Supposedly the WWE was worried about having potential protests and boycotts occur with their recent India tour if they didn't apologize.

Both ABC News and NBC are planning to produce made-for-TV biographies on Ventura. The ABC News documentary, which will air on 12/30 on the A&E Network, has been filming in recent weeks with interviews with many people both in and out of the pro wrestling industry. Among those interviewed this past week have included Hulk Hogan, Greg Gagne, Bob Geigel (who was the first promoter to book Ventura in the old Kansas City circuit back in 1975), a friend and his commander in his Navy Seals days, and myself. For whatever reason, the WWF will be not be cooperating with this movie. Perhaps they feel it will be competition for their own planned video release on 12/15 of a Best of Ventura WWF tape. It should be noted that Ventura in a TV news report on WCCO in Minneapolis mentioned they didn't tell him ahead of time about doing the tape although he wasn't complaining about more royalties coming in from it, and that they were six months behind in paying him his tape royalties. On recent releases of old footage such as the Best of Survivor Series tapes, the original announcing by Ventura in the old matches was voiced over in studio by the current announcers so the company wouldn't have to pay royalties to Ventura). Because of all that, whatever pro wrestling footage that would air would likely be from WCW as an announcer and possibly the AWA as a wrestler, unless Don Owen has any 70s tapes still laying around.

Last Monday’s average viewership of 3.23 million viewers was the lowest for RAW in the month of January since the Monday Night Wars era. Viewers were down 14.48% from a year ago this week (January 12, 2015), which also went up against the NCAA college football national title title game. That particular edition of RAW averaged 3.89 million viewers, which, in itself, was down 11.67% from the same week in 2014.

The rating for the 2016 show was a 2.36, down 12.92% from the same week in 2015, and also the lowest January rating since before the Monday Night Wars.

The 2015 rating was a 2.71, down 12.86% from the previous year. It’s important to note that 2015 was the first year that of the current format of the NCAA college football playoffs, meaning that the championship game was later than it had been in previous years and had never gone up against RAW prior to that.

The average for the month of January is now 3.451 million viewers, well down from January 2015's 4.035 million.

If this trend continues, it would be the 14th straight month that RAW viewership has dropped year-over-year with most of those months seeing a decline of more than 10%. Similarily, the combined rating so far in January is 2.43, down 17.8% from last year’s 2.95 rating in January.
Baring any massive changes, almost set for this month to be lower than last January in terms of ratings and viewers. Also could be looking at a lot more "record low" RAWs this year than last year based on Observer predictions. http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/inside-raw-numbers-monday-january-11-205851

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE">@WWE</a>’s &quot;The New Day” remixes the SC theme tonight. <a href="https://t.co/mTrfxWL4E8">https://t.co/mTrfxWL4E8</a></p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/689605770216873984">January 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Some other sheet news includes:

For those interested in lucha wrestling, Sony is currently working on a tv series based on the life and career of Blue Demon. http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/sony-televisa-blue-demon-television-show/
Newest episode of Botchamania was recently released: http://botchamania.com/botchamania-298/
Botchamania also recently released a "Most Botched Finishes of 2015" video as well: https://vimeo.com/151975244
WWE currently holding a $5 Sale although with a small catch of some items getting a small price hike in order to be eligible for the sale.
According to a recent interview Chavo Guerrero Jr had with Wrestle Inc, TNA actually tried to fire him once after he picked the briefcase with the Pink Slip from a Feast or Fired match. Management forgot that the stipulation was fake and had to be told by Chavo's lawyer that they couldn't legally fire him because of it. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016/0118/606786/chavo-guerrero-says-tna-tried-to-actually-fire-him-after-feast/
RAW's ratings and viewership for the week won't arrive till tomorrow due to MLK Jr holiday.
For those that listen to the Wrestling Observer Radio show, Jim Ross will be on as a guest for this Thursday's episode.

[Volare]

I just can't get enough Kenny Fucking Omega.

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[Black Widow]

Josh sucked on TE so i hope he gets canned.

[Volare]

After reading that BS I want to beat his ass. Being honest how many of us (and others) have dreamed of being in WWE? Just seeing this dipshit pretty much piss it down the drain, makes me sick.

[Simple Fan]

Josh going to get a dose of Social Consequences

[Lock Jaw]

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[Simple Fan]

Wonder if thats why they had them beat the Dudleys on Main Event.

[Black Widow]

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

[Mr. Nerfect]

I fucking hate Tough Enough. At least Josh Bredl will always be able to say that he thinks Paige wanted to fuck him at one point.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Becky Lynch should be the female member of The Bullet Club when they show up.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Jimmy Korderas talked with CSR Wrestling about some of the stuff that goes behind-the-scenes in terms of planning a Royal Rumble:</font>

The Royal Rumble is just days away and everyone has an opinion on how the WWE title situation could or should play out. Fantasy booking is the modern day wrestling fan’s favorite past time but that is not the subject of this week’s blog. Predictions and speculation about the outcome of the Rumble are everywhere but what is generally never discussed is the preparation by all involved that put on a match with this many working parts. So instead of going the traditional route and giving my crystal ball picks for the Rumble, I have decided to give readers a little peek behind the curtain.

There is so much preparation that goes into a match such as the Royal Rumble. Getting everyone from the superstars, referees, producers, camera men, guys in the truck etc. on the same page takes a group effort. I have had the pleasure and honor of officiating many Rumble matches in my 20+ year career as a WWE referee including the first ever Royal Rumble match, so I thought I would focus on what the Royal Rumble day is like for a WWE referee.

Arrival time at the venue for referees depends on which time zone the event is taking place. Regardless of location, referees are at the arena approximately 7-8hrs ahead of the start time. Once the production meeting ends, the guys in stripes find out their assigned matches for the evening. Referees selected to participate in the Rumble now have to attend a meeting with all the talent and producers to go over the match. Everything is discussed from order of elimination, who eliminates who and of course who is slated to win the Royal Rumble. The referees are given a list with all this information on it to go over throughout the day. This list must not be passed around to prevent any potential “leaks” such as surprise entrants and of course the winner.

I remember during the 2008 Royal Rumble that there was to be a huge surprise entrant at #30. So that afternoon, 29 superstars, 4 referees and the producers assigned for that match met in a conference room to go over the match. Once the discussion got down to the final 4, the 26 superstars that were scheduled to be eliminated up to that point were excused from the meeting.

[Emperor Smeat]

http://cdn.acidcow.com/pics/20130111/oh_wrestling_youre_so_funny_01.gif

[drave]

Good sell.

[Schlomey]

I remember the 08 Rumble very well. It's not often in this generation that we get surprised and it's becoming even less of the norm due to WWE's desire to have a social media and regular media presence (aka shameless self promotion)....That was one of biggest real pops of the 2000s.

[Volare]

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[Black Widow]

http://wrestlinglol.com/images/170f9a3388c74a4976c61016470f3535.jpg

[Shadrick]

http://wrestlinglol.com/images/170f9a3388c74a4976c61016470f3535.jpg

spit out my water

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Becky's reaction to the sheets:
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Spoiler for some potential Rumble and Mania plans for those that want to stay surprised:
We also reported moments ago, via PWInsider, that there has been a push within WWE for Brock Lesnar to face Braun Strowman in a singles match at WrestleMania 32.

After speaking with several sources on that front, WZ can confirm that there has been talk in WWE of Lesnar vs Strowman at WrestleMania, as Triple H is very high on The Wyatt Family member due to his size.

There has been, however, concern by several other high level WWE officials that Strowman’s first high profile singles match in WWE should not be against Brock Lesnar at such a high profile event as WrestleMania. There are those in WWE who aren’t convinced Strowman will be able to handle the pressure of such a big match, considering he has very little singles match TV experience in WWE.

AJ Styles is finally coming to WWE, according to PWInsider. Styles is set to begin his run with WWE this week as he will be at the Royal Rumble on Sunday, RAW in Miami and then the SmackDown tapings in Tampa.[/~]

This does not mean Styles will be in the Rumble, as has been speculated, but Styles is set to make his WWE debut very soon
F4W and/or Observer thinks its either Rumble or the next night on RAW for Styles debut.

Bovada sent out the following Royal Rumble odds today. At this time, Triple H is the betting favorite to win the Royal Rumble match…

Odds to Win the Royal Rumble 2016
Triple H 6/5
Roman Reigns 9/5
Brock Lesnar 3/1
Bray Wyatt 15/1
Bray went up a bit compared to earlier lists. http://411mania.com/wrestling/triple-h-is-the-betting-favorite-to-win-the-royal-rumble/


Monday’s WWE Raw television show averaged 3.496 million viewers. Viewership was up from the 3.323 million average from last week.

The first hour of Raw averaged 3.775 million viewers. Hour two drew 3.591 million viewers. The final hour of the show averaged 3.123 million viewers.
Up compared to last week by around 173k but the drop by the 3rd hour was huge and bigger than usual (600k). In terms of historical stuff, last year's Rumble "go home" show had 400k more viewers and 2014's show had almost a million more.

There were some people within WWE down on Tyler Breeze after he asked for permission to leave a recent WWE TV taping early. Once word got out that Breeze did leave early, other people started talking and this led to some members of WWE management, who did not know about the request, getting angry with Breeze.

There was a feeling that Breeze just came from NXT and was already disrespecting the business and the company, so they would just "squash him out" because of the heat. No word yet on how long the "de-push" will last but hopefully not much longer.

Several months ago, former ROH and TNA champion Austin Aries was seen backstage at a WWE NXT taping. Since then, there's been no concrete word on whether Aries was going to work for the company or had even been offered a deal.

PWInsider.com has confirmed that Aries was seen this week in Pittsburgh with the belief being that he was there to undergo WWE's medical screening process. So, he and WWE are obviously in the midst of working out a deal, something that went under the radar with all the attention the Bullet Club and others have been receiving.

With a big WWE NXT TV taping and The Royal Rumble coming up this weekend, it should be very interesting to see if Aries shows up at either event. We will update ASAP.

Two days, 39 Episodes. Get ready for Lucha Underground Season 2 with a 40 HOUR SEASON 1 MARATHON, Saturday starting at 10am ET on El Rey Network!

For two Superstars, the path to this Sunday’s Royal Rumble Match begins with victory on the Royal Rumble Kickoff.

The Dudley Boyz, The Ascension, Mark Henry & Jack Swagger and Darren Young & Damien Sandow will collide in a Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Match on the Kickoff. The winning team qualifies to enter the Royal Rumble Match later in the night. At stake in this year’s historic 30-Superstar brawl is Roman Reigns’ WWE World Heavyweight Title.

From today's WWN Live Alerts:

January 20th: We are very excited to announce that Tommaso Ciampa has been added to this Saturday's EVOLVE 54 and this Sunday's EVOLVE 55 events in Orlando. Ciampa has made an impact in NXT and now he is finally coming to EVOLVE. It will be Ciampa vs. Ethan Page on Saturday. Ciampa will wrestle someone eliminated from the tag team tournaments on Sunday.

From deadline.com, The Rock was named Number 1 international box office star of 2015, starring in movies that made a combine 1.488 billion dollars last year (San Andreas and Fast 7), right at the level of the recent Powerball lottery jackpot.


Some other sheet news includes:

ESPN's wrestling segment had Lucha Underground for this week as part of the hype for Season 2's debut next week. https://twitter.com/Msmelsantos/status/689619709147283456
Recent article from SB Nation involved Big Show's attempt at a boxing career during the time he was away from the WWE. http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2016/1/20/10785762/paul-wight-wwe-boxing
The Rock recently gave his personal endorsement for Lucha Underground and Ricochet in general. LU in return offered him seats whenever he wants to stop by and watch a show. https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/689978459666436096
Observer recently released the results for their 2015 Awards voting with AJ Styles ending up as the winner for Wrestler of the Year. http://www.f4wonline.com/news/january-25-2016-wrestling-observer-newsletter-2015-observer-awards-issue-205966
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, since the debut of the Vince McMahon evil boss character, 14 of the last 18 Manias have featured a match involving a McMahon member or authority figure. 13 out of 17 if Austin vs HBK doesn't count. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/41vdqh/since_the_debut_of_the_vince_mcmahon_character_14/

[Fignuts]

Damn Aries coming in too? NXT gonna be hype as fuck in 2016.

[Black Widow]

Breeze don't intrest me so whatever.

Lesnar vs Strowman

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L4QGQSeFH_s/Vb-dzCnBujI/AAAAAAAAAO8/1RrO4cVJHpA/s280/buffy1.gif

[Fignuts]

Also super hyped to see Ciampa get a singles win. Maybe means he's close ro signing a contract. Guy has unique look and personality from what I've seen of his indy stuff. In ring work is fantastic. Cool finishers too. Powerbomb lungblower obviously rules, but the armbar he won the match with looked sick as fuck.

That Drifter guy on the other hand is dildos.

[Fignuts]

Hypehypehype

[Fignuts]

So obvious eva marie gonna come back in and eliminate asuka at the end

[Fignuts]

Also, 100,001 reply thread is now officially fignuts nxt running commentary

[Simple Fan]

How in the world does anybody think Strowman vs Lesnar at Mania is a good idea. Bray would be a better fit and tell a better story. Strowman vs Ryback would be ok I guess.

[Fignuts]

Oh shit forgot about carmella. Good on you nxt. Good on you.

[Black Widow]

http://i.imgur.com/r5gVHFR.gif

[Fignuts]

Weird Vaudevillains promo. Heel turn?

[Fignuts]

Can't bring myself to give a shit about Baron Corbin.

[Fignuts]

Fuck nxt has Rich Swann too? I didn't even know he was signed.

HYPE

Hopefully gets used for more than dumb Corbin squash matches.

[Fignuts]

Carmellas got some rockin tits.

[Fignuts]

Becoming more of a fan of Dash and Dawson every week.

[Fignuts]

Yo, sick submission carmella

[Volare]

Carmellas got some rockin tits.

http://photos-g.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/10570063_566810460111694_74772194_n.jpg

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[Heisenberg]

Dana Brooke looked like Sindel on the new NXT episode

[owenbrown]

Cena's still the odds on favorite to win the Rumble while in a full body cast

[Lock Jaw]

No NXT spoilers in this thread please....

[owenbrown]

NXT Spoilers:

Cena wins

[Fignuts]

No NXT spoilers in this thread please....

I am watching it on the network. C'mon guy.

[Lock Jaw]

Well, I am not.... You can do play by play in the NXT Thread, where I can then enter after I have seen it.

[Fignuts]

So is there a reliable way to buy things from japanese websites?

Because YO
http://shop.njpw.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=1133

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Not sure. Probably would have to pay some sort of fee along with it.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

So is there a reliable way to buy things from japanese websites?

Because YO
http://shop.njpw.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=1133

These guys will do it:

http://www.tenso.com/en/shopping/index.html

[Fignuts]

Sveeet

[Schlomey]

Booker T on the Jericho Podcast this week. Good shit so far.

[Rammsteinmad]

Booker T is one of the most underrated "legends" in pro wrestling, in my opinion.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[weather vane]

Austin Aries to WWE? No talk on this? Big deal no?

[drave]

He's been there before for a match.

And no, his "debut" will be overshadowed by AJ Styles and Bullet Club.

[Lock Jaw]

Haven't seen so much of Austin Aries, but from what I saw I liked him better as THE Austin Starr.

[Fignuts]

Any newd on whats going on with James Storm? He's probably in the top 5 of guys I always wanted to come over from tna.

[Emperor Smeat]

Recently signed a deal with TNA that was more than what he was making in the WWE and I think more than he was making before in TNA.

[Fignuts]

Booooooooooourns

[Droford]

Recently signed a deal with TNA that was more than what he was making in the WWE and I think more than he was making before in TNA.

You coukd say he got a lot more..beer money

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/6800000/Beer-Money-tna-6805302-200-172.jpg

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Random TNA gif:
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Orlando is the frontrunner for the 2017 WrestleMania with Minneapolis now out. There is talk around town that an announcement will be made over Rumble week. There has also been a lot of talk about Los Angeles since they are building a new 80,000 seat stadium in Inglewood for the Rams, and they are looking at putting in a bid for a WrestleMania in four or five years after the stadium is completed.

The first week with both Raw and Smackdown on USA saw the network only place fifth, behind Fox News, Discovery, TBS and HGTV. However, if you remove the five hours of wrestling from the schedule, USA would have finished in eighth place. But it looks like loading up on wrestling won’t be enough to get USA back to No. 1, but that’s not wrestling’s fault as much as how far the rest of the network’s programming has dropped in comparison to the competition stations. One of the reasons USA brought back Tough Enough is that the numbers the show did a few years ago, while not good enough for the network then, would have been above average for the network now. Unfortunately the second season of Tough Enough did far worse than the Austin season, and well below the network prime time average
Once again the only reason WWE looks really good ratings wise for USA is due to the rest of USA Networks programs struggling. If USA Network had at least a couple of really good shows, they'd be able to put more pressure on the WWE to get better in order to keep their tv spots.

As noted, Brock Lesnar will be working the March 22nd WWE SmackDown tapings inn Boston. He's also working the February 16th SmackDown tapings in Ontario, California. Lesnar will be working more SmackDown tapings in the next few months in an attempt to strengthen the show now that it's on the USA Network.

An interesting note that is beginners promo classes, the wrestlers are broken down into these groups: “Girls,” (you’d think they’d use women as a public company), “Teams” (only two of them), “Big Men” (all those giant recruits including Mada and Josh from Tough Enough), “Smaller Athletes,” (which includes everyone from Patrick Clark to Richard Swann to Christopher Girard/Biff Busick), “Foreign Accent” and “Character” (only one guy is in that category, ZZ)
Some details on how developmental works in NXT.

The Wrestling Observer reports that Daniel Bryan has been cleared to return to the ring by a UCLA neurology specialist. This comes after Daniel Bryan’s doctor, who works with the Arizona Cardinals, had already cleared him. WWE’s head of medical, Dr. Joseph Maroon, has yet to clear him at this time due to his concussion history.

Bryan had several tests performed by the UCLA doctor to gauge if he was able to return to the ring and it was ultimately ruled that he could. Bryan has said for some time now he’s ready to come back but WWE has yet to give him medical clearance.
Him showing up for a WWE medical exam in Pittsburgh ended up getting debunked since its just for a autograph session at a car expo and not for both.

The Friday night CMLL shows at Arena Mexico will start airing on TDN (Televisa Deportes Network) in February. That could spell the end of Americans seeing the matches live on the Internet since TDN is paying for the TV rights to air the show, so there’s not way they’d want to be undercut with a live Internet airing first. It’s a good exposure deal for the promotion

Jimmy Snuka’s scheduled 3/22 trial on charges of third degree murder and manslaughter in the 1983 death of his mistress, Nancy Argentino, has been put on hold. Snuka’s lawyer, Robert Kirwan, claimed that Snuka, 72, is not mentally capable of standing trial. The court ordered a test of Snuka’s mental capacity and the trial will not take place until the results of all the tests are determined. Kirwan claimed he first thought Snuka had a temporary issue based on the side effects of his cancer medication, but now believes Snuka has diminished overall mental capacity overall claiming he has tested positive for dementia, that he has little understanding of why he is on trial and no memory of Argentino’s death. All I know is that there are people I know who had conversations with Snuka and said that he had no issues several months ago. Charles Gallagher, the district attorney in charge of the case, argued the ruling stating Snuka was a career long entertainer who was acting the part, which led to the ruling of testing. He is scheduled for testing on 3/18. Based on the results, that will determine what is the next step that will be taken

Gawker’s latest attempt to get Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against them thrown out was denied this past week at a hearing. Gawker lawyer Seth Berlin argued that Terry Bollea for two years had been dishonest and telling in half-truths, leading to unfavorable rulings against them, and because of it, the entire case should be thrown out. Gawker claimed contradictory statements made by Bollea to the FBI and those made during depositions. Gawker has claimed Hogan knew he was being videotaped all along but has acted like he didn’t, but Hogan denied that. Hogan’s trial, asking for $100 million, which could put Gawker in severe financial straits, is set to open on 3/7

Pop TV, the home of TNA, is getting both new significant clearances and losing others. The bad news is that Comcast on most systems is moving Pop TV (along with other stations that include Spike and CMT) to a second tier where you have to pay extra, which will cost them clearances. This also affects Bellator. The positive is the owners of Pop TV, (CBS and Lions Gate) are pushing harder for new clearances, and they just started with Cablevision

On the new contracts TNA is offering with guarantees, they are back to wanting to control the non-TNA bookings. In the new deals the guys will still be able to work indies, but promoters will have to work through TNA to book its televised talent, similar to how they did it in the past, so guys can’t book themselves, at least the ones on the new deals. The deals in question here would be guaranteed money contracts at what were said to be decent money, and in some cases good money from TNA, as opposed to per-night deals and would likely only be for the key guys they are pushing in 2016 (obviously some will be making considerably more although one person with a significant push planned was getting a $60,000 deal), mostly the ones that the fear would be that WWE would get if they weren’t given a guarantee. The offer to Karl Anderson, which he turned down for WWE, was said to be in the $200,000 range, which is surprisingly high for someone without a big U.S. name. But they wanted him badly for the first show and it was going to take a number like that to get him from New Japan. They made a big play for Anderson, Doc Gallows and A.J. Styles for the Pop debut. When it comes to talent that we’re aware of, WWE is offering less than TNA to talent both sides are opting for, with the idea that they’re WWE and they don’t have to offer as much because there is more career benefit long-term of being in WWE.
TNA having an unstable future and being horrible with mainstream support ended up costing them big with the batch of NJPW guys that are going to the WWE (and others who would rather stay in NJPW).

Kurt Angle vs. Drew Galloway in a rematch of their bout on TV last week, will headline the 1/29 show in Manchester. Angle’s opponent on 1/30 in London will be Bobby Roode. His final TNA opponent on 1/31 in Birmingham will be Bobby Lashley. I pretty much figured they’d go with him putting over Galloway or Lashley in his last match with the company

Tuesday night's TNA Impact Wrestling, which was the third episode on POP TV, drew 321,000 viewers. The show featured Matt Hardy turning heel and winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from EC3. Viewership was up 11% from last week's 288,000 viewers.

Impact ranked #112 for the night on cable in the top 150, down from last week's #106.

Tuesday's WWE Total Divas season 5 premiere on the E! network drew 1.115 million viewers and ranked #9 for the night on cable.

This is up 14% from the season 4 premiere, which drew 975,000 viewers. This is down 7% from the season 3 premiere, which drew 1.2 million viewers.

The season 4 finale back in September drew 1.158 million viewers.

There was a question on the radio show regarding whether talent can leave WWE events after their match but before the show is over. Unless you are a top guy, the answer is no.
In regards to the "heat" Tyler Breeze currently has with WWE management.


Some other sheet news includes:

This year's class of WWE Hall of Fame is rumored to have been leaked recently supposedly by WWE sources close to WhatCulture.
JBL, Jacqueline, The Freebirds (stable/team inductee), Regis Philbin (celebrity inductee), and the Godfather
According to the Observer, TNA is currently planning for their India tour to happen during this summer.
Also according to the Observer, AJ Styles final ROH appearance will not be allowed to be shown on tv due to terms in his WWE deal. WWE will let him wrestle but won't let ROH have any extra benefits from it.
Tommaso Ciampa still has yet to sign an actual WWE deal according to recent reports. Splitting time between NXT and indies so far.
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, this year's Royal Rumble match will be only the 2nd title match involving Bray Wyatt as a competitor since his main roster call up. The other being the WWE-World title ladder match at MITB 2014.
For those that order wrestling shirts from ProWrestlingTees, the company announced after January 31st they will no longer be selling Shinsuke Nakamura shirts. Official reason related to NJPW as the owner of his shirts and him no longer officially being in the company by then. http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e395e1ff739687328e897609c&id=fa5c9a2eb9
Ceasro ended up being the winner for Observer's 2015 Underrated Wrestler of the Year. Third year in a row for him with Dave Meltzer giving the reason why as "Cesaro was voted the most underrated wrestler the last three years and he will continue to be for years to come, because WWE will never push him."
ROH announced they have canceled this Friday's show in Fletcher, NC due to potential bad weather issues. This Friday and Saturday was planned to be the final ROH events for Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson with only Saturday still on track for an event at the moment.

[Volare]

Sunny is gonna do it.........honestly curious.

[Droford]

Thats quite arguably the worst HOF class

2 of them dont really belong.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Lucha Underground is sooooo fucking fun to watch. For real. Get on it if you haven't.

[Black Widow]

Lucha Underground is sooooo fucking fun to watch. For real. Get on it if you haven't.I watched a episode a couple weeks back and liked it.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I've been binge watching all day.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

It has the most deserving man ever to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame if those rumors are true.



REGIS! REGIS! REGIS!

[Hanso Amore]

Sting in that group too. That's a great class. Not t a strong wwe class but free birds are huge

[SammyG]

My girlfriend has been dropping hints that she might have bought WM32 tix.... It's going to be pretty god damn bad this year though isn't it...

[Anybody Thrilla]

My girlfriend has been dropping hints that she might have bought WM32 tix.... It's going to be pretty god damn bad this year though isn't it...

You never know. The last one didn't look great on paper, but it turned out to be pretty fucking good.

[SammyG]

Well, all the injuries are absurd though. No Orton, Cena, Bryan, Rollins, that's touuuugh to overcome

[Black Widow]

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[Heisenberg]

Lucha Underground is sooooo fucking fun to watch. For real. Get on it if you haven't.



There's a "gif'ed up" moment of two guys doing a secret handshake with Konnan looking on. Pretty much all you need to know if you're on the outside of LU. Plus Johnny Mundo rules


https://media.giphy.com/media/3oEdvckClXKX9P3pAI/giphy.gif


Reminds me of Nacho Libre

[Rammsteinmad]

You never know. The last one didn't look great on paper, but it turned out to be pretty fucking good.

I thought last years was pretty shite. Only decent match on the whole card was the one I was least looking forward to (not including any divas matches).

[Anybody Thrilla]

I marked out like 30 times.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

There's a "gif'ed up" moment of two guys doing a secret handshake with Konnan looking on. Pretty much all you need to know if you're on the outside of LU. Plus Johnny Mundo rules


https://media.giphy.com/media/3oEdvckClXKX9P3pAI/giphy.gif


Reminds me of Nacho Libre

http://i.imgur.com/YPvFtm7.gif

[Mercenary]

http://uproxx.com/sports/nfl-teams-as-wrestlers/

ok this is gold

[Bad News Gertner]

I marked out like 30 times.

I agree. I never watch current wrestling anymore and I thought wrestlemania was awesome

[Lock Jaw]

Daily Becky Lynch Related Post

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[Lock Jaw]

Daily RUSEV UDREA RUSEV MACHKA post

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[Mr. Nerfect]

Rusev must be a really cool guy to get to bang Lana. Honestly think he's got amazing babyface potential down the line.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Becky Lynch could be the closest thing the WWE has to a badass submission machine in the female division. They really, really want Ronda Rousey, but why not make their own?

[Mr. Nerfect]

TNA are being really petty about AJ Styles signing with the WWE.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I was thinking the other day: With the WWE being bitten by the injury bugs lately, what do you think the chances are that they'll go to Rey Mysterio with a big six-month deal to come in and work with The New Day or Kevin Owens or something?

[Lock Jaw]

TNA are being really petty about AJ Styles signing with the WWE.

What are they doing?

[Blonde Moment]

AJ Styles has always been synonymous with TNA and TNA synonymous with AJ Styles. AJ helped build the foundation of IMPACT WRESTLING, and his phenomenal body of work lives in our rich history - something we are very proud of.

In the last few weeks, rumors have swirled about AJ Styles, his future and TNA Wrestling. Fans have asked for the status and wrestling media have made numerous inquiries.

For the past several months, AJ and TNA were involved in serious discussions to bring him back home to TNA. Creative discussions escalated and two additional wrestlers, Drew Hankinson and Chad Allegra, were enthusiastically added.

These discussions culminated on December 14th in Nashville, Tenn., where all attended a meeting at Dixie Carter's home. A handshake and written deal between AJ, Drew, Chad and TNA was agreed upon and signed by all. Start dates were determined, creative decided, merchandise designed and plane tickets purchased.

Over the Christmas holiday, and after the lawyers finalized the long form agreement, all communication with TNA stopped.

AJ's lawyer contacted TNA and stated the wrestlers had changed their mind and would not be honoring their commitment to TNA.They are claiming Aj made a deal in dec

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Random Classic WWF gif:
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Spoilers used since its related to today's NXT tapings for those that want to stay surprised.
Former TNA and Ring of Honor champion Austin Aries is in Orlando, Florida backstage at the WWE NXT TV Taping. He is expected to debut at the taping and the belief is the company is in the process of signing him.

As we reported earlier this week, Aries was spotted in Pittsburgh with the belief being he was there to go through the WWE medical testing process.

Edge revealed in his latest interview with Slam Wrestling that Christian is still under contract with WWE. Regarding new WWE Network series "Edge and Christian's Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness," he said he was reluctant to do the show at first:

"Eventually they talked me into it. He's still under contract, but I'm not. I think the sell job had to be to me."

AJ Styles has always been synonymous with TNA and TNA synonymous with AJ Styles. AJ helped build the foundation of IMPACT WRESTLING, and his phenomenal body of work lives in our rich history - something we are very proud of.

In the last few weeks, rumors have swirled about AJ Styles, his future and TNA Wrestling. Fans have asked for the status and wrestling media have made numerous inquiries.

For the past several months, AJ and TNA were involved in serious discussions to bring him back home to TNA. Creative discussions escalated and two additional wrestlers, Drew Hankinson and Chad Allegra, were enthusiastically added.

These discussions culminated on December 14th in Nashville, Tenn., where all attended a meeting at Dixie Carter's home. A handshake and written deal between AJ, Drew, Chad and TNA was agreed upon and signed by all. Start dates were determined, creative decided, merchandise designed and plane tickets purchased.

Over the Christmas holiday, and after the lawyers finalized the long form agreement, all communication with TNA stopped.

AJ's lawyer contacted TNA and stated the wrestlers had changed their mind and would not be honoring their commitment to TNA.
Supposedly TNA is still pissed about losing out on both AJ and Karl Anderson that they are tryong to smear AJ's name as someone who's not trustworthy. Also might have implied they committed contract tampering when trying to get Anderson and Gallows when both might have been still legally contracted to NJPW.

UPDATE: The LAW spoke to the management for A.J. Styles and they stated to us that no contract was ever signed or finalized by any of the parties.

On Friday, TNA Wrestling posted the following statement on their website regarding contract talks with A.J. Styles (Allen Jones), Karl Anderson (Chad Allegra) and Doc Gallows (Drew Hankinson) and stating that they had verbal and written deals in place last month:
Styles side of the story that TNA is claiming happened from their recent press release.

Thursday's WWE SmackDown on the USA Network drew 2.757 million viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily. This is up from last week's 2.332 million viewers.
Basically managed to get back to USA Network debut level for this week.

As he prepares to take a year off from the ring, TNA has reportedly offered a new deal to Kurt Angle. According to PWInsider, the new deal would be for a non-wrestling role and would have Angle associated with TNA as an ambassador and the face of the company.

Angle would also work with younger talents to help them improve. The idea would be for Angle to be a "living legend" who's always around. It was also noted that Angle has not accepted the deal yet.

Stardust has announced a special t-shirt to benefit WWE super fan Elijah "Drax Shadow" Mainville, who appeared on RAW back in August to sign a honorary WWE Superstar contract in the ring with Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and his favorite Superstar, Stardust. 100% of the proceeds go to Elijah, as he battles stage 4 cancer, which returned last July. The shirt can be purchased at this link (https://represent.com/NickyClan). There's also a GoFundMe page set up for Elijah at this link (https://www.gofundme.com/elijahismyhero).
Image of shirt: https://twitter.com/ViktorRiseWWE/status/690583476790145024/photo/1

Hart family member, Smith Hart, has been diagnosed with both bone cancer and prostate cancer. Our best to him.

As expected, NXT will be part of the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, OH on 3/5 and 3/6.

WWE will debut WWE 24 WrestleMania Silicon Valley right after the Royal Rumble on Sunday.


Some other sheets news includes:

James Storm's new deal with TNA appears to be a guaranteed contract that would have Panda Energy on the hook if TNA were to fold before it finished. His deal is in the 2 year, $250k range and around $150k more than what the WWE gave as an offer.
La Sombra recently teased on Instagram that he will be making his official NXT tv debut very soon. www.instagram.com/p/BA21fqplnON/
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today marks the 16th anniversary of Tazz's debut in the WWE.
Young Bucks had a recent interview with Matt Camp podcast with some highlights including why they like wrestling in PWG, how they got signed to NJPW, and details about their new ROH contracts. https://soundcloud.com/themattcamp/interview-with-the-young-bucks-at-roh-final-battle-15

[CSL]

about that NXT spoiler: Aries debuted at the taping as mentioned

https://t.co/uyN7sW958s

[Droford]

Not impressed with his logo/shirt

[Mr. Nerfect]

In regards to the NXT spoiler:

Austin Aries is one of the most captivating workers I have ever seen. A lot of the ROH guys often bored me trying to get their "shit in" or go long. Aries can keep me on the edge of my seat for a 20-minute match.

My guess is that we're heading towards Finn Balor vs. Sami Zayn, Samoa Joe vs. Apollo Crews, Baron Corbin vs. Austin Aries, Dash & Dawson vs. American Alpha and Bayley vs. Asuka for Takeover Dallas, which would be fucking sexy.

[Lock Jaw]

Very tempting to click on these spoilers, but I shall resist.... probably have it spoiled for me anyways eventually....

[CSL]

quite possibly, WWE have already announced it (and video footage) on the official Twitter account, .com etc and it won't air until March

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Well, all the injuries are absurd though. No Orton, Cena, Bryan, Rollins, that's touuuugh to overcome

Which means everybody will try to steal the show and prove they can do it without Cena.

[Black Widow]

http://i65.tinypic.com/641aqb.png

[Simple Fan]

Hate that Lucha Underground left Univision as their Spanish station. Dont get El Rey and didnt mind the spanish commentary. Just watched the Season 2 trailer and am really looking foeward to it and hope I can watch it.

[Lock Jaw]

quite possibly, WWE have already announced it (and video footage) on the official Twitter account, .com etc and it won't air until March

Yeah. So much for that...

[Emperor Smeat]

PWI had an in-depth article regarding how the situation between AJ Styles and TNA deteriorated to the point that TNA felt it was perfectly fine to make it public and trash Styles a bit.

According to PWI, talks started in November with TNA wanting Styles to be signed by the time they'd debut on POP in January. Anderson and Gallows got involved from a suggestion by one of the sides in the talks.

All three supposedly had a personal meeting with Dixie in December over potential contract details and debut storylines. TNA claims all three signed a deal while all three denied it actually happening. The big key is no lawyers for either side were involved so its very likely this deal was just a non-legally binding "gentleman's agreement" instead.

Once Styles' lawyer got involved, whatever deal was made was likely voided since TNA knew his lawyer would be against any deal made without his involvement beforehand. Anderson and/or his lawyer likely rejected the deal due to the lower than expected offer given.

Around the same time, the WWE got involved and basically outbid TNA which is why all three (plus Nakamura) are going to the WWE. TNA got furious once Styles' lawyer said the talks were off and hinted a deal with WWE was already done.

Being rumored TNA might consider legal action against Styles and the WWE but would need to prove the documents signed by all three guys were legit contracts.

http://www.pwinsider.com/article/99220/what-went-down-with-tna-aj-styles-the-bullet-club-why-todays-statement-was-released-and-where-things-go-from-here.html?p=1

[Disturbed316]

This makes them sound like whiney bitches, TNA needs to just close already.

[Blonde Moment]

Going to be interesting how the Wwe addresses this if at all.

[Innovator]

A letter of intent isn't a deal, and they probably used it as leverage against WWE. Also, Anderson is under contract, so have fun with those tampering charges

[#BROKEN Hasney]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/66/17/97/66179774c77761dbe1f8156fec1b67e0.jpg

[drave]

That's a well done, almost hypnotic gif there good sir.

[EzekielKane]

http://i.imgur.com/eNMObzr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Djg8jFu.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XhDDncy.jpg

CHUCK finally returned to ROA!

Watch the full match here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxoz_Rd_Ok0

[Dark One]

Supposedly TNA is still pissed about losing out on both AJ and Karl Anderson that they are tryong to smear AJ's name as someone who's not trustworthy. Also might have implied they committed contract tampering when trying to get Anderson and Gallows when both might have been still legally contracted to NJPW.


The most TNA thing to ever TNA in the history of TNA.

[Simple Fan]

This makes them sound like whiney bitches, TNA needs to just close already.

No its still a good show and a wrestling rosters that pretty good to. You cant blame them for trying to get the hottest free agents on the market. Really dont see any thing they done wrong in the situation other than tampering which probably wasnt that big of a deal if it was just a verbal agreement.

[Seth82]

The Mongolian Stomper has passed away

Archie Gouldie was 71

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[Simple Fan]

Just watched Paragon Pro Wrestling and its not bad. Gangrel is about the worst talent they have I believe.

[Emperor Smeat]

https://57.media.tumblr.com/ffe3862e597480d7b7bad79f6776341b/tumblr_nrgcv8kEwi1s8dwjeo1_400.gif

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Currently available on WWEShop:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZa9qajW0AQhjfe.jpg

[CSL]

that sad face tells me that Hollywood Hasney has no ambition or vision

[#BROKEN Hasney]

that sad face tells me that Hollywood Hasney has no ambition or vision

It's embarrassed face because I'd rather have been surprised in March when the tapings air, but that I still want the t-shirt.

Also the true part about having no ambition or vision.

[CSL]

noooo, you've got the wrong end of the stick. It's the new Stone Cold shirt celebrating his favourite things about April, namely the capital A at the start and the star-sign that covers the majority of the month

[CSL]

wait for the Samoa Joe Sagittarius shirt that just has Christmas food all over it

[#BROKEN Hasney]

That makes sense. That's such a Sagittarius thing to do.

[XL]

Just watched Paragon Pro Wrestling and its not bad. Gangrel is about the worst talent they have I believe.

He's performing somewhere locally soon, advertised as a "WWE Legend", which is surely false advertising.

[Droford]

He was in a stable with 1 hall of famer and one soon to be hall of famer plus a future hall of fame tag team, so by association hes at least a legend

[CSL]

HOF entrance song