"100,001" Replies (Wrestling Forum)

[#BROKEN Hasney]

the freeze frame looks like randy savage

Send for the man

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[Theo Dious]

Triple H's NXT Army!

Oh great next we'll see them outside the Impact Zone on a tank.

[thekrow]

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[Tom Guycott]

the freeze frame looks like randy savage

I was kinda "thinking, thinking, thinking" the same thing, yeah! I just didn't wanna get laughed off the forums.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

it's the scrunched angry face

[Emperor Smeat]

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[The CyNick]

Seems like the IWC bloggers don't get the NXT call ups. They should have called me, I had them all pegged before Mania.

Seems they can't comprehend that NXT still needs to be able to draw, so you can't just gut all their top guys. Bayley was the only mild surprise to bit get called up, but I had a feeling they wanted to keep her in NXT to continue a program with Aska.

The tag team call ups were perfectly logical because both teams have done all they can in NXT. They will both add depth to the tag division.

As for Lesnar vs Ambrose. Ambrose got a run working with Lesnar. The booking reminds me of HHH vs Sting a little. People thought going in that Sting was a lock, but when you look at where the money matches are, it made sense for HHH to stay strong. Same thing here. Lesnar vs Reigns is a bigger money fight than Ambrose vs Reigns. So you keep Lesnar strong. What is funny is if Lesnar would have done the favour, the IWC bloggers would write about how Lesnar just comes off as "another guy".

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I don't think anyone thought Ambrose was going to beat Lesnar you dumbass lol

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Also, you are part of the IWC you fucking loser

[The CyNick]

Also, you are part of the IWC you fucking loser

I'm not. I don't blog. I don't pretend to be a journalist.

[Simple Fan]

I don't but think anyone thought Ambrose was going to beat Lesnar you dumbass lol

Yeah no one thought Ambrose was going to win but did think he was going to put up more of a fight. Going in I thought it would be a brutal match that saw Ambrose keep getting up until Brock snapped and ended it but it just seemed rushed. He put up more of a fight in the build up than he did in the match.

[Shadrick]

I'm not. I don't blog. I don't pretend to be a journalist.

Internet Wrestling Community.

You post amongst us. You are one of us.

You are the one.

[Emperor Smeat]

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Rene Gouguen, better known as Rene Dupree, filed suit against WWE in Federal Court in Connecticut over complaints that he hasn't been paid any royalties for his matches on the WWE Network. Jerry McDevitt said that Gougen signed an agreement with the company in 2011 that precludes him asking for these claims and McDevitt said that he doesn't think Gougen told his lawyers about that agreement, while he demanded they dismiss the case. The current contracts WWE performers sign make it clear they are not eligible for royalties from television licensing fees, television subscription fees, Internet subscription fees, subscription video on demand fees, magazine subscription fees, or advertising and/or distribution fees of any kind paid to the company. His attorneys are trying to make this a class action suit.
Some more details regarding Rene Dupree's lawsuit against the WWE.

Regarding Randy Orton, in this week's Observer it lists him as being out three more months. He this past week said it would be two to three months and did another interview saying two moths..
Would put his return timetable somewhere between June and August of this year baring any sudden setbacks.

Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows were backstage in Houston on Tuesday night for the Smackdown tapings but ended up not being used.
Were also backstage for Mania and RAW this week as well. Debut is still being teased to be happening any time now.

One of our readers said that the network was down for him for over an hour on Sunday and asked for a refund. WWE wrote back that they have a no refund policy under terms and conditions.

AJ Styles spoke with the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast over WrestleMania 32 weekend and talked about his relationship with TNA when he left. Styles said he had a heavy chip on his shoulder when he left the company and said, “I didn’t shed one tear when I left TNA. I was very emotional when I left New Japan.”

Styles added that he had nothing but respect for New Japan and that part of his decision to leave TNA was the opportunity to help NJPW.

TNA received a cease & desist letter last month from Ohio indie wrestler Justin Carnes, who wrestled under the name Krimson (an evil clown) and has actually worked for TNA as an enhancement talent, in regards to the Crazzy Steve character and The Decay stable, according to PWInsider. Carnes has also worked under the name Conrad Kennedy III.

Carnes claims that elements of Steve's performance have been lifted from his work as Krimson, including Steve's mannerisms, costumes, face paint and the red mist. Carnes also says he created a stable called "Dead Wrestler's Society" in 2010 and Steve ripped that idea off in TNA.

The cease & desist asks TNA to stop all usage of the copyrights Carnes claims to own, and asks that the company acknowledge in writing that they will comply by April 6th, which was Wednesday. It also noted that Carnes may pursue legal action if TNA doesn't comply.

No word yet on what TNA plans to do but their legal team has the letter. Steve has been with the company since 2014 and is the current TNA Tag Team Champion with Abyss.

Jim Ross will add another award to his legendary career next week in Las Vegas. The WWE Hall of Fame announcer will receive the Cauliflower Alley Club's NWA Award during the group's annual reunion April 11-13.

The Cauliflower Alley Club is comprided of both retired and active professional wrestlers and boxers in North America.

Ross, currentlly the voice of New Japan Wrestling on AXS TV and a FOX Sports contributing writer, will get a title belt unlike any other with as part of the presentation. The reunion runs from April 11-13 in Las Vegas ...

Amont the other greats being honored are: Arn Anderson, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Ken Patera and legendary WWE women's wrestler Trish Stratus.

There is a petition going around to have Kris Travis get the Warrior Award from WWE in 2017

WWE has expressed interest in a number of the wrestlers here and with the long break between seasons they’ll probably make pitches. There are quota issues to a point in the sense there are a limited number of spots they have for Mexicans. Virtually every top Mexican wrestler in CMLL and AAA would be interested in going, but La Sombra was the only one picked last year because they only wanted one who would be the best prospect, and Sombra was picked over Rush. They would like several, a number going around was about five, for the cruiserweight tournament but that’s being taped right after the season ends
Update to the upcoming Cruiserweight Tournament in regards to how big the Mexican/Lucha side of the tournament might be.

Katsuyori Shibata and Kenny Omega are expected in for the next ROH tour and PPV, but it’s not definite because of Visa issues. It would be Shibata’s first ROH tour

Recently, NXT Champion Finn Bálor appeared on Sam Roberts' Wrestling Podcast to discuss a number of topics including Bálor's attempts at getting jobs at WWE for his friends in the professional wrestling business, whether he would have liked to have kept the Prince Devitt name in WWE and whether he is in any rush to get to WWE's main roster.

On the topic of getting jobs at WWE for his friends, Bálor lightheartedly admitted that it has been one of his goals in moving to WWE.

"We've got an expression back home, saying 'jobs for the boys'. And basically, get your foot in the door and jam it open and then get as many of your mates here as you can. And that [has] been my main objective since I got here." Bálor continued, "so far so good. There [are] still a couple of names on the list that I'm trying to sneak in the back window and things like that."

Xavier Woods told IGN in a post-WrestleMania 32 interview that Kofi is the one who came up with their Dragon Ball Z-inspired outfits for the big pay-per-view. He says WWE trusts them more now than when they started to come up with their own outfits, and revealed what usually happens when Vince McMahon first sees one of their ideas up close.

"It's funny, because we'll always have some kind of harebrained idea, and then [Vince] sees it right before we go through the curtain, and just kind of gives a little grin and thumbs up," Woods said.

"It's to a point now where we kind of have a little bit more trust than we did when we started. And they know we're not going to go out there and do something that's going to mess up a sponsorship or anything like that. Things we do are going to do are going to be in-bounds for our PG parameters. Still be fine for kids, but then have something that's a little bit for adults. We liken it to Shrek: we're in PG parameters but there's jokes in there for adults if you're paying attention."
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/04/07/xavier-woods-on-how-anime-and-wrestling-came-together-at-wrestlemania-32


Some other sheet news includes:

Observer recently hinted the main reason WWE brought back Maryse was for her to be in the cast for the next season of Total Divas. Lana got picked for the cast due to her upcoming wedding fitting well as a storyline for the new season. Both are part of big cast changes meant to help fix struggling ratings with the show.
According to the WWE, Mania 32 set a couple of records for the company. It broke the Mania merch record by around a $1.2 million, Network's highest week ever in terms of average hours watched, and most social media event in WWE history.
WWE is currently rumored to recently have pulled Taker out from all shows in their upcoming European tour.
Recent article by the New York Times dealt with a hypothetical situation involving the WWE ditching tv in favor of moving all their shows to the Network if ratings tank to a certain point. The idea being by that point, the Network would be generating more revenue for the company than their tv deals. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/sports/football/the-nfl-has-seen-the-future-and-it-is-wrestling.html
Sports Illustrated had a recent interview with Hogan with some highlights being Hogan hoping he can be involved with Mania 33, Reigns needing to listen to crowds in regards to where his character needs to go in direction, Dean Ambrose being this gen's Roddy Pipper, and him being happy former TNA guys are arriving in the WWE. http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/04/08/wwe-hulk-hogan-wrestlemania-roman-reigns
WWE is currently planning on releasing a new Attitude Era DVD/Blu-Ray set this August and will contain matches never before seen on tv. http://www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com/tag/attitude-week/
Update to Lucha Underground hiring MVP news as MVP revealed he will work mostly as a agent for the company.

[Disturbed316]

They really do like to milk the attitude era stuff don't they.

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently within a week or two MVP managed to both get hired and fired from Lucha Underground.

According to the Observer, LU didn't like his podcast show had LU wrestler on it recently and thought he was giving away spoilers for the next season.

MVP released a statement confirming he got fired and was due to him breaking terms of his contract. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm8ifagDiaU

[Volare]

Fucking christ. I like MVP, loved the Beat Down Clan in TNA, and hoped he would still be doing good......but damn man!

[Volare]

And while I'm bored tonight I was watching Joey Ryan/Candace LeRae matches....and found this gem.

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[Mercenary]

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Just cause

[Black Widow]

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[drave]

Holy shit, it makes sense :lol:

[GD]

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[Jordan]

Brock should win Money in the Bank so that all year the WWE Champion always has this looming threat of THE CONQUEROR cashing in a murdering them and taking food off their table for their families to eat!

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Lock Jaw]

That angle with Angle and Sharmell was so weird.... With him saying that he wants to have beastiality sex with her.... What does that entail....

[Black Widow]

He could have been implying blacks are gorillas.

[Lock Jaw]

Just made me uncomfortable....

[#BROKEN Hasney]

He could have been implying blacks are gorillas.

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[XL]

Brock should win Money in the Bank so that all year the WWE Champion always has this looming threat of THE CONQUEROR cashing in a murdering them and taking food off their table for their families to eat!

I've always been a fan of the MITB winner "sinking into the shadows", either feigning injury and leaving TV for a while, or just showing up now and again because, really, if you've got a guaranteed title shot whenever you like why would you bother competing every week (presuming you're a heel.)

[Danny Electric]

Donald trump for MITB

[owenbrown]

oh shit, Danny Electric

[Danny Electric]

Haha yes yes

In all serious I think it would be good to put the MITB on Bray WYatt, build up his credibility again.

[Vastardikai]

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Isn't that Suzuki?

[Fignuts]

Seems like the IWC bloggers don't get the NXT call ups. They should have called me, I had them all pegged before Mania.

Seems they can't comprehend that NXT still needs to be able to draw, so you can't just gut all their top guys. Bayley was the only mild surprise to bit get called up, but I had a feeling they wanted to keep her in NXT to continue a program with Aska.

The tag team call ups were perfectly logical because both teams have done all they can in NXT. They will both add depth to the tag division.

As for Lesnar vs Ambrose. Ambrose got a run working with Lesnar. The booking reminds me of HHH vs Sting a little. People thought going in that Sting was a lock, but when you look at where the money matches are, it made sense for HHH to stay strong. Same thing here. Lesnar vs Reigns is a bigger money fight than Ambrose vs Reigns. So you keep Lesnar strong. What is funny is if Lesnar would have done the favour, the IWC bloggers would write about how Lesnar just comes off as "another guy".

Agree on your points about NXT. You can't just gut the roster, even if some of them are ready. Just look at the women's division. Sure, Bayley and Asuka are great, but who else is on their level? Emma on her best day, MAYBE, but the rest aren't even close. Becky should have stayed imo.

As for Ambrose and Lesnar I couldn't disagree more. Lesnar doesn't need to be "kept strong" because he is Brock fucking Lesnar. He always looks strong, and it would take a hell of a lot more than a street fight loss against Dean Ambrose to change that.

I've said before that I don't think Ambrose has all the tools to be the face of WWE. I do however think he could be one of the top guys in the company. The Orton to Reigns'Cena, so to speak. But that will never happen if WWE continuously fails to capitalize on moments like this. Ambrose has been steadily gaining steam and being booked stronger throughout the year. If this had been a ppv like Payback I might have been okay with the result, but this is wrestlemania. This event is all about career defining moments, and underdogs overcoming adversity. It was the perfect story for mania, and Ambrose winning would have rocketed him to that next level.

Sure, Lesnar looks strong now, but he would have looked strong either way. As it is, it's Dean Ambrose who looks like "just another guy".

[Ruien]

Lesnar needing a very solid win to keep his mystic up. Ambrose won't lose steam by losing to Brock. Ambrose will go on to the next ppv and get a solid win and go from there.

Lesnar losing to anyone not top of the company shouldn't happen until he is ready to depart from WWE. Granted, they could have booked Ambrose to be stronger in the loss by taking a ton more punishment before losing.

[Fignuts]

Lesnar didn't use weapons. Ambrose did. Ambrose still got his ass kicked. Ambrose could have used the barb wire bat then hit a big spot to barely pull out the win. Ambrose looks like a rockstar even though he used weapons, and Lesnar still looks like a monster for requiring such measures to defeat him.

I understand the need to keep Lesnar's mystique intact, but you don't need to have him beat everyone to do that. Making him unbeatable until his last appearance is not only lazy, but a waste of his talent. Why make one guy at the end of his run when you can make several throughout.

You have to be careful when you do it, and utilize good planning, but it absolutely can be done.

[Wishbone]

Lesnar needing a very solid win to keep his mystic up. Ambrose won't lose steam by losing to Brock. Ambrose will go on to the next ppv and get a solid win and go from there.

Lesnar losing to anyone not top of the company shouldn't happen until he is ready to depart from WWE. Granted, they could have booked Ambrose to be stronger in the loss by taking a ton more punishment before losing.

Except that Ambrose has lost what little steam he had thanks to that loss (and the dozens of other losses he's had in every big match they've given him.) He's essentially in the same boat as Wyatt now. You can't take them seriously as a threat no matter how hard you try. Lesnar is the one that could have shrugged off the loss. He's a beast already and doesn't lose anything by being beaten by a dude who had to use barbed wire baseball bats and other crazy shit to just barely squeak out a victory. Ambrose on the other hand hasn't won a single big match. He's been buried every time he's been in a main event. If he had some decent wins under his belt I'd be with you, but going into the Lesnar match Ambrose had literally nothing. He needed that win to even be taken seriously.

[Maluco]

If they are building to Reigns/Lesnar next year, then a loss to Ambrose wouldnt have been a good idea here. The problem wasn't Ambrose not beating Brock, it was booking it in the first place and having no real solid build. The story wasn't intriguing because they were both sidetracked throughout and the match was forgettable.

[#1-norm-fan]

There's always a way to put a guy over in a losing effort. They just don't know how to do it anymore. Brock should have won and he should have walked away from that match with a look on his face saying "This Ambrose motherfucker is batshit crazy and I'd like to not have to wrestle him ever again."

[#1-norm-fan]

Just like last year with Taker and Wyatt. Not only did Taker win, they did a spot where Wyatt was doing the crabwalk, Taker sat up and Wyatt got scared shitless. And then took the loss. lol

Imagine how much better it would have been for Wyatt, while also doing no damage to Taker, if Taker had locked in hell's gate only for Wyatt to laugh maniacally and say something like "see you in hell, dead man!" before slowly fading out. Taker stands up and instead of celebrating, looks down like "THIS crazy fuck..." Taker still gets his win, Wyatt looks creepy as shit, everybody wins.

But nah. Just book a winner and call it a day. Lazy cocksuckers.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Let's get serious.... Dean wasn't allowed to steal any of shanes heat

[#1-norm-fan]

Luckily Taker, Rock, Lesnar and the like will be around forever so there's no need to put in an ounce of effort to make other people seem remotely on their level.

[Wishbone]

Fan makes some good points. I still stand by what I said that Ambrose should have won, but only because he's been buried so much at every turn. However, if they'd have at least done the things Fan has said (for both Ambrose and Wyatt) things would look much different, and if they'd actually have built the two properly to begin before doing what Fan said they'd both be primed to be main event players right now.

TL;DR version: WWE are fucking morons.

[Emperor Smeat]

Agree with Wishbone in the idea that Ambrose pretty much is the same as Bray right now in someone that should be a lot bigger as a star but the WWE has done their best to make it clear he's not top tier worthy.

The longer the WWE waits to give him the one big moment to launch his stardom to the next level, the more likely the crowd's interest wanes a lot by then. Happened with almost every crowd favorite the WWE didn't get behind with in the past. Doubt there will ever be a crowd rebellion for him since the WWE's made it clear they don't care about the crowd's voice for certain people (ex. Reigns current status) and will squash the momentum of whoever the crowd rallies behind without their permission (ex. Ceasro last year)

Lesnar needing to beat Ambrose to stay strong is more of an issue of WWE's shitty booking than maintaining any aura or mystic. Whatever special aura Lesnar had left was damaged a lot by having Taker be the one who got the streak killing rub from Lesnar instead of someone who could have used it to launch themselves into mega stardom. Even his previous "Final Boss" vibe has been waning once the WWE started to go all in as Lesnar just being a suplex tossing tough guy.

[Poit]

Bayley as Steve Blackman


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[Mr. Pierre]

Let's get serious.... Dean wasn't allowed to steal any of shanes heat

Bingo.

[Lock Jaw]

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[Tom Guycott]

He could have been implying blacks are gorillas.

Well, Mark Henry was doing the whole "Silverback" gimmick around then... maybe he just meant a devil's three way.

[Sting Fan]

Let's get serious.... Dean wasn't allowed to steal any of shanes heat

Thats right, they blew in a slightly halfassed way what could have built Ambrose on a bit of a throw away with Shane.

Lasnar takes some more beating before he turns the tide. Lesnar keeps upping the stakes and Ambrose keeps kicking out/egging Brock on to keep hurting him. Eventualy Brock hits the over the top coup de grâce and either helps him up before leaving the ring as a respect deal or simply walks off looking amazed at what just happened himself.

It feels like they softened it up to not take away from Shane as Taker did the whole unbelieving look at Shane stuff while Lesnar kind of half did it as he walked up the ramp. It felt like neither angle really went all in because they were so similar. It makes no sense to me given Shane already did the Tron jump in the past, how can a HIAC jump really surprise a fellow competitor.

I really hope the Shane angle becomes something big because I think that monent could have really made Ambrose.

[Innovator]

WOOO LOS INGOBERNALES DE JAPAN

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I really hope the Shane angle becomes something big because I think that monent could have really made Ambrose.

Even if it's "big" it will likely be bungled.

The McMahon ego knows no bounds.

[XL]

Ambrose will be the next Ziggler (been there so long and done so little that the crowd become apathetic).

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Jordan]

No Ambrose will always get over, have you seen him live? He has undeniable charisma. Much different than someone like Ziggler or Ryder who are likable, but don't actually have stand out personalities.

[Lock Jaw]

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[GD]

Marks :shifty:

[GD]

Whom am I kidding, those two are fucking awesome.

[rob11]

This shirt came in the mail today. Kinda cool.

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[Volare]

Very nice.

[Black Widow]

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[Emperor Smeat]

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[Innovator]

LOS INGOBERNABLES DE JAPAN

[The CyNick]

Internet Wrestling Community.

You post amongst us. You are one of us.

You are the one.

Well then I quit

[Innovator]

YOU CANT GOVERN CYNICK THE UNGOVERNABLE

NAIIIIIITO

[rob11]

Looks like I got that t-shirt at the right time although they may align themselves with Styles instead of Balor. If it's not going to The Balor Club, maybe they will align themselves with Reigns. That would be interesting although WWE doesn't have the guts to pull of a Reigns heel turn.

[Shadrick]

Well then I quit

does this mean you stop posting? because if you post, thats not quitting

[GD]

The new Edge and Christian Show seems fun.

[GD]

Paul E! :love:

[weather vane]

Mass Transit

[GD]

Yeah! And the chocolate box.

[GD]

Emma

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[Evil Vito]

Rusev's character is a lot more fun to watch if you pretend he is a dog that has been turned into a man by a gypsy's curse.

[Evil Vito]

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Also if you believe in inter-promotional continuity, this gif opens up the possibility that Johnny Curtis eventually became Mil Muertes.

[Volare]

Why do you have chloroform? :lol:

[Savio]

How come tna only made one video game? Did it not sell well?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

How come tna only made one video game? Did it not sell well?

No and Midway went bankrupt.

There have been 2 TNA mobile games though.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Black Widow]

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[Savio]

No and Midway went bankrupt.

There have been 2 TNA mobile games though.

Shame no one else picked up the license

[screech]

Controls on that TNA game were crap. Story mode was decent and I liked the roster, though. Was worth my $7.

[#1-norm-fan]

Why do you have chloroform? :lol:

"Why DON'T I have chloroform?"

[Lock Jaw]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Angle/HHH/Steph was fucking gold.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Steph so pretty there.

[Emperor Smeat]

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Balls Mahoney, ECW Original, has reportedly passed away at the age of 44. Few details are available at this time, but many of his friends, including Johnny Candido (brother of the late Chris Candido), are reporting his death on Twitter.
http://www.topropepress.com/news/27257/balls-mahoney-ecw-original-passes-away-at-44

TNA Wrestling, effective immediately, will no longer air a Tuesday night replay on Pop TV.

The only airing of the show tomorrow will be at 9 p.m. Eastern and 6 p.m. Pacific time.

Impact will have a second airing on Pop TV on Saturday mornings at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time.
Been rumored recently POP TV hasn't been happy where Impact is at the moment compared to the expectations they had for the show. Already removed one upcoming Saturday Impact replay show in favor of showing something else instead.

WWE Raw last night fell back to the expected normal numbers the week after WrestleMania with 3.52 million viewers.

Last week's show did 4.08 million viewers, but the day after WrestleMania is usually very strong. The drop would be expected ...

There was a different ratings pattern as the show started with a low first hour, but had a good second hour before dropping somewhat in the third hour ...

The three hours of Raw were:

8 p.m. 3.47 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.69 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.43 million viewers

Even though the post-Mania ratings and viewership was lower than usual, this week's drop was a lot smaller than usual. For some historical comparisons, 2015 had around half a million more viewers and 2014 had around a million more for the average.

Yesterday when we reported TNA would be leaving it's Cummings Stations location to move it's headquarters to a warehouse elsewhere in Nashville, we noted it was a move that had been planned for some time. There have been reports, originated by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, that the company was being evicted from the space. It's quite possible there is some truth to that, but we are told that the company knew for some time they would be moving to the new location by May 1st. One person in the company described it to me over the weekend that they were moving due to "leases expiring" and that the move has been planned for several months. It's entirely possible the company was told they would not be getting a new lease but this was not a case of the company rushing out under the cover of night or anything that was a sudden move.
In terms of how dire TNA's financial situation is at the moment, they don't have enough spare cash around to fund their next set of tv tapings.

WWE officials have informed us that Undertaker will be doing two shows next week on the European tour.

Undertaker is scheduled to appear on 4/19 in London, which are the Smackdown tapings, and will be doing a 4/20 house show in Newcastle.

Yesterday we had been told that he would be off the tour, but it was explained that there was a misunderstanding and he is off most of the tour, with Kane replacing him in all the other cities that he was originally advertised.
Was originally planned to be at all the shows before the sudden pull and now is set for at least 3 shows for the tour. WWE likely realized they could afford to lose both headliners used to sell tickets with Daniel Bryan as the other one who got pulled off the tour.

Paige admitted she doesn't know what wwe is doing with her character and doesn't know what's direction she's going in.

Doesn't know if she's a heel or face, etc. Then when she said she had to catch a flight to raw, she said how she doesn't know if they'll have her wrestle.

Her favourite women to work with are Sasha, Emma, AJ and Nikki.

Someone asked about an intergender match and she said definitely Seth, she loves him and can't wait for him to return. She also mentioned Dean. Then she mentioned the Wyatts as possible partners.

Question - If there was anything you could change about the womens division what would it be?
She said more storylines, which is when she said there were some coming. "There are storylines coming that you guys will see."

She loves the new Women's belt.
Highlights from a recent Q&A session Paige had during Wizard World convention.

There were early reports that Kalisto's injury was real but the incident on last night's WWE RAW involving Kalisto and the Dudleys was storyline.
Part of the confusion was the doctor treating Kalisto was not from WWE's medical staff and instead a local hired for the show.

WWE superstar Sin Cara got into a weird twitter feud with a Texas Restaurant. Note to everyone: nothing good ever comes from a twitter feud.
http://www.rickey.org/wwe-star-sin-cara-involved-in-bizarre-twitter-feud-with-texas-restaurant/293006/#ixzz45cxlzG5L

The lawsuit filed last week by Rene Goguen (Rene Dupree) over not getting royalties from the WWE Network is already dead. Goguen's lawyers pulled the suit today, likely after finding out from Jerry McDevitt last week of a contract that they were not aware of that Goguen signed in 2011 which addressed the issue in question. They sent a note of voluntarily dismissing the case to U.S. District Court in Connecticut, where they had filed the case last week.

Cody Hall was being held in the hospital in Japan for observation but can move and it was said that he dodged a bullet because there were some scary moments. Hall was largely unable to move after Nick Jackson came off the balcony with a flip dive and he was one of the people who caught him on yesterday's show at Sumo Hall. He was rushed to the hospital, where as noted, they found no bone breaks or signs of a concussion and diagnosed it as a severe stinger.


Some other sheet news includes:

Ricochet/Prince Puma on Twitter recently denied rumors of him possibly getting involved with WWE's upcoming Cruiserweight tournament. Stated he will be in Japan during that time competing in the Super Jrs Tournament.
Recent article on WWE's website revealed the newest class of wrestlers signed for their Performance Center. http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/wwe-performance-center-new-recruits
According to reports, the WWE head doctor's lawsuit against CM Punk is expected to start on June 27th. He's suing both Punk and Colt Cabana after Punk's claims of medical malpractice during a Cabana podcast episode. https://w3.courtlink.lexisnexis.com/cookcounty/Finddock.asp?DocketKey=CABF0L0AABHFC0LD
Observer recently speculated the WWE is likely going to do a wave of roster cuts soon if their past history with hiring a new Performance Center class after Mania is any indication.
Shane McMahon is currently facing a lawsuit in regards to his prior job in China. https://twitter.com/mookieghana/status/719721007079112704
Kurt Angle recently decided to have one more wrestling match for 2016 with a match against Matt Hardy set to occur at a Northeast Wrestling show this August. Same card also has a Jeff Hardy vs Jushin Liger match set. http://www.northeastwrestling.com/20160827.shtml
For those interested, Wrestling Inc website had a recent article breaking down the ill fated Brawl For All 1998 tournament and its negative aftermath within the WWE. Its a 2 part series but includes interviews from people involved with the event at the time. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4ei07l/amazing_article_on_the_wwf_brawl_for_all_in_1998/

[Fox]

Didn't want to start an entirely new thread for this thought, but I think I'm interested in your opinions nonetheless.

What an absolute shame that CM Punk left when he did. If he had just held out for another year, he would've been in a prime position to get the main event of WrestleMania. If all of the injuries and everything had happened exactly the same way and Punk had stayed healthy, I could easily see CM Punk versus Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 32.

Not only that, but the influx of talent to the WWE would've made for some absolutely incredible matches. Where do I begin?

Punk vs Styles
Punk vs Zayn
Punk vs Owens
Punk vs Joe
Punk vs Nakamura
Punk vs Balor
Punk vs Aries

I could go on. All of those matches are worthy of a PPV main event and all of them would pretty much guaranteed burn the house down. Then start mixing those names up in triple threats, four ways, ladder matches... the combinations are almost endless. That's at least another 2-3 years worth of awesome, fresh feuds, which Punk would turn into gold because he was pretty damn good at that.

Now, he'll probably have one or two fights in UFC and, unless he wins, his star will slowly burn out until he's remembered as a used-to-be guy that never really fulfilled his total potential.

[Simple Fan]

Considering he hasn't been healthy enough to fight in UFC yet don't think he would have stayed healthy and would probably be another superstar on the shelf.

[Fox]

Fair enough, but regardless, the influx of talent has created the potential for some seriously amazing matches. Matches we will likely never get to see.

[Droford]

RIP Balls Mahoney

[evanbrown]

Jeff Jarrett with an exciting business opportunity for us all!


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[Tom Guycott]

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"... and they can all... Kiss! My! ASS!!!"

Someone tell me thus guy declared himself Japan's ECW champion.

[rockman725]

Didn't want to start an entirely new thread for this thought, but I think I'm interested in your opinions nonetheless.

What an absolute shame that CM Punk left when he did. If he had just held out for another year, he would've been in a prime position to get the main event of WrestleMania. If all of the injuries and everything had happened exactly the same way and Punk had stayed healthy, I could easily see CM Punk versus Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 32.

Not only that, but the influx of talent to the WWE would've made for some absolutely incredible matches. Where do I begin?

Punk vs Styles
Punk vs Zayn
Punk vs Owens
Punk vs Joe
Punk vs Nakamura
Punk vs Balor
Punk vs Aries

I could go on. All of those matches are worthy of a PPV main event and all of them would pretty much guaranteed burn the house down. Then start mixing those names up in triple threats, four ways, ladder matches... the combinations are almost endless. That's at least another 2-3 years worth of awesome, fresh feuds, which Punk would turn into gold because he was pretty damn good at that.

Now, he'll probably have one or two fights in UFC and, unless he wins, his star will slowly burn out until he's remembered as a used-to-be guy that never really fulfilled his total potential.


I was having a conversation with a buddy about said topic a while back. I'm not sure had Punk stayed that things would have turned out the same. I still see Punk walking out and them playing to the crowd with Daniel Bryan as a major change in direction of the company. It's nice to dream of the what-could-have-been's but I'm more of the belief that a lot of the opportunities for these type of wrestlers may not have been there. The Punk walk-out really was an eye-opener for the company IMO.

That being said, as I was watching last night when Gallows & Anderson came in, I just began thinking the CM Punk return would be EPIC! As gigantic of a pop that Shane got in his unannounced return, just think of Punk....

[James Steele]

I think Punk will be back in WWE in a year or 2. The UFC stuff will flop.

[Lock Jaw]

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"I'm not the one who steals things"

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Even if the UFC stuff doesn't flop, Punk will come back. At some point Vince will do what he always does. He'll see dollar signs, offer Punk nice guarantee with limited dates, high profile feuds, and lure him back in.

[GD]

Jeff Jarrett with an exciting business opportunity for us all!


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[Disturbed316]

A recent pic of Mean Gene and Bobby Heenan, rocking an awesome moustache, from Gene's twitter:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf4vgtlUsAAe1MV.jpg

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Ugh poor Brain.

[GD]

Interesting video. I almost forgot that The Rock was on Smackdown.

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[GD]

Love Dailymotion. The Rock's formal introduction back to Monday Night RAW.

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[GD]

Considering that "No Way Out 2003" was my first WWE VCD (Video Compact Disc), I was completely bonkers for this bout.

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[Tom Guycott]

Ugh poor Brain.

Honestly, if there *had* to be something wrong with him, why did it have to be his mouth?

The cruelest of fates. Like a world class pianist or precision surgeon getting cancer in their fingers specifically and losing them, or a Spielberg-esque film director or acclaimed painter going blind.

[GD]

Bobby :(

[Mr. Nerfect]

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Evil Emma is so hot, but I feel like she needs her naval piercing back to complete the dazzled out "look, but you can't touch" vibe. She and Becky Lynch having a little side feud in the Women's Division is awesome -- especially since Emma is sort of like the anti-Becky Lynch. When Emma failed, she went dark; Becky just keeps plucking along.

[Mr. Nerfect]

On the whole Brock/Ambrose thing: #fan nails it on the head again. You didn't need to have Ambrose win the match. In fact, if I had my WrestleMania plans, it kind of wouldn't have made sense for him to win. If you had Ambrose beat Brock, he's got to be main event bound, and that doesn't seem to be the direction right now. Fine.

The problem is that the match was really abridged. The story at the start was really good. Of course Brock is going to throw Dean around. Brock teased like he didn't need weapons, but then Ambrose gets some shine. Heyman sold this brilliantly. Then Brock...didn't need weapons and just won the match in a second.

I don't mind Ambrose not kicking out of two F5's. I don't mind Ambrose not even breaking Cena's 16 SummerSlam suplex count. But at some point, Brock should have snapped, used a weapon, and THEN killed Ambrose once it had all built to a crescendo. Whatever.

[evanbrown]

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[Jordan]

lol ... tasteless

[Emperor Smeat]

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[DAMN iNATOR]

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Always gets tapped out.

[drave]

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Oh look, CyNick "quit" just to not-quit in a sorrynotsorry kinda way :shifty:

[Ermaximus]

Tyler Breeze is 15-123-4 since his debut....

So how long before they throw him into Job Squad 2.0 errr The Social Outcasts?

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

4 draws, not bad.

[Droford]

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[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Evil Emma Appreciation Day:
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Famous ECW wrestler Balls Mahoney was watching Jeopardy and answering trivia questions moments before losing consciousness Tuesday evening … this according to his wife, who says she’s still unsure what caused his death.

Mahoney’s wife Gayle tells Pro Wrestling Sheet that she and Balls were watching TV last night when he made a move to get more comfortable on the couch by laying on his side.

Moments later though, Gayle noticed Mahoney was unconscious and immediately called 911 before attempting to revive him with CPR. Once medics arrived however, they said Balls had already passed.

Gayle tells us the 44 year-old wrestler took a bad spill last week and was unable to walk very well because of it — but she’s unsure if the two incidents are related at this point.

Pop TV is finding out what Spike TV and Destination America found out that it’s difficult to sell ad time on pro wrestling television, especially non-WWE pro wrestling ...

This week, Pop bumped the Impact replay from their night late Tuesday night schedule in favor of a three-hour movie ...

It makes financial sense for Pop, which generally draws more ad revenue for an acquired movie or soap opera re-run despite drawing fewer viewers. Even in the late-night timeslot, it appears Pop decided they can draw more revenue airing something different in the Impact replay time period.

PWTorch obtained the following ad sales information capturing Pop’s business position.

The March 29 TNA Impact generated $18,414 in ad revenue, which was less than half of its “Days of Our Lives” lead-in. Impact also generated less money for a 30-second ad than an acquired movie ...

Part of the issue for TNA is that Pop is geared toward female viewers, as evidenced by the soap opera programming line-up and movies like “You’ve Got Mail.” TNA’s audience flips to male-heavy viewership, creating the challenge of trying to sell Impact individually to specific advertisers ...

TNA’s strength is bringing in more total viewers than any other program on the network. However, the show has yet to bring in the ad dollars of lower-rated re-runs.
Report on what caused POP TV to drop Impact's replay status on their network. http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/04/12/pwtorch-report-ad-revenue-points-pop-bumped-impacts-tuesday-night-replay/

The new prospective investors for TNA, who do exist and are still in play, haven’t purchased an interest in the company yet as far as we can find out. They have put money in to keep the TV going. The deal revolves around who ends up with controlling interest in the company but the feeling is TNA needs the deal to go through to survive, giving the investors the leverage to get the controlling interest

Reminder that Smackdown in Canada tonight will be airing one hour earlier at 7 p.m. due to NHL playoffs. This will be the case next week as well.
Figured that would be useful for TPWW Canada.

In exciting news, the next WWE Network drop seems to have started and the content is the very much anticipated Attitude Era themed Smackdown episodes! 2000 and 2001 Smackdown episodes have been in demand ever since RAW was added from that time period, and it looks as though these episodes are finally coming as well.

WWE has applied for a trademark of the Term “Total Bellas.” They asked for it covering paper goods, toys, lipstick, DVDs, underwear and reality shows. It could be that they will change the name of “Total Divas” to “Total Bellas” and phase out the divas term, since they have already dropped it on the rest of their programming. Or it may simply be they are looking at creating Bellas merchandise

Charlotte and Natalya right now are scheduled for a two month program with singles matches for the title on the next two PPV shows. The original plan was Charlotte vs. Banks on these shows but the decision was made to hold off on Banks, who they don’t want to beat, until SummerSlam, when she’s scheduled to get her singles shot at the title. Originally that was scheduled for Mania, but the decision was changed when the match was changed to involve Lynch

One of my friends worked at the Monaco. She must've interacted with hundreds of NBA players, but had zero interest in sports so she didn't care about any of them. She said the weirdest celeb was Vince McMahon, who came in and ordered a 24oz filet mignon, 2 bottles of ketchup, and a stairmaster. They sent up one from their gym and he denied it, saying he wanted a new one and that he'd pay for it. He left it in the room when he checked out.
Wacky Vince story from back in the day. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/4egy5g/a_peek_into_what_a_hotel_goes_through_to_host_an/d209ccr

Mitsuhiro Kitamiya announced on 4/11 that he is changing his ring name to Masa Kitamiya, in honor of Masa Saito. Saito, now 73, has Parkinson’s disease. The reason Brock Lesnar went to Japan last year for the “Beast in the East” special on the WWE Network was primarily to make it a business trip when he and Brad Rheingans went to Japan together to visit Saito last summer. He was one of Kitamiya’s business mentors. Kitamiya is also going to start using some moves that Saito was famous for. Saito was working for Kensuke Sasaki in the Kensuke Office where Kitamiya was trained, but Saito did not train Kitamiya, but said Saito gave his okay to use his name and to honor him

Christopher DeJoseph is the name that keeps coming up regarding the person on staff who was upset at MVP which lead to his firing at Lucha Underground, although all decisions would be DeJoseph as head writer and Eric Van Wagenen. MVP wouldn’t say anything about it on his VIP Lounge podcast, but co-host Alex Greenfield said that the firing was a personal betrayal, but didn’t say by who
Update to MVP's recent firing from Lucha Underground news.

The situation regarding Trevor Mann (Ricochet) and the Prince Puma character is said to not be dead. Reports are that the promotion has made Mann a major offer for a new deal to stay. If the numbers going around are accurate, between Lucha Underground, New Japan and indies, he’d earn more than just about anyone in NXT (I’d think Nakamura and perhaps Balor or Joe would be the exceptions) although it would still be significantly less than a major star on the WWE main roster would earn. He’s said nothing past that he’s working the New Japan Super Juniors tournament which is in May and June, and then talking time off and not taking bookings

The contract situation is such that the belief is Mann (Ricochet) is done with the promotion, but they believe it won’t be until 2017 that he can go to WWE because of the stips in his deal regarding the non-compete. I don’t know how serious this is, but we were told by someone internally that there is talk of resurrecting the character for season four, if there is a season four, and if Mann isn’t available, putting someone else in the character because it’s one of the key characters on the show

El Hijo del Fantasma (King Cuerno) wanted out but he looks to be back soon. He returned to AAA this past week. He wanted to take an offer with WWE but his Lucha Underground contract wouldn’t allow it. He had a seven season contract and they wouldn’t release him. Evidently he didn’t have whatever leverage Alberto had to force a release. So he may be back. His only option, and I’m not sure if it’s even an option, would be to sign with a Japanese group because his Lucha Underground contract covers exclusivity in the U.S., but not in Japan

Right now the plan is to break up the League of Nations, or at least that is what people who need to know have been told. Not sure how quick, but the thing last week wasn’t just Barrett being kicked out but the beginning of the end of the group

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Some other sheet news includes:

Recent episode of Jim Ross' podcast show has the Observer's Dave Meltzer as his guest. http://www.podcastone.com/embed?progID=619&pid=1643047
According to Fox Sports, Scott Steiner recently ended up be involved as a witness to an attempted murder near a restaurant Steiner owns and was located at during the time. http://www.foxsports.com/wwe/story/longtime-wrestler-scott-steiner-witnessed-an-attempted-murder-outside-a-hardee-s-041216
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, third time in a row a WWE superstar has suffered a serious injury during the first day of a WWE European Tour. 2015 had two tours with Daniel Bryan and Seth Rollins each getting hurt during day one and this year's tour had Bray get hurt on day one. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4enpe8/awful_stat_about_the_first_nights_of_the_past_3/
In another "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Paige currently has a Mania hugging curse where whoever she hugs at the end of her Mania match ends up leaving the WWE shortly afterwards. She hugged AJ Lee at Mania 31 who retired a week later and Brie Bella at Mania 32 who retired a day later. https://41.media.tumblr.com/58ce1cd36da609dd9f14673a209843f9/tumblr_o53i7hBUwj1tymj0qo1_540.png
During an interview with the Peterborough Examiner, Bobby Roode denied rumors and reports of him recently signing a WWE. Teased he's still in the negotiations part of a potential deal with nothing official yet.

[Lock Jaw]

Evil Emma Appreciation Day

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[GD]

So Chris Jericho has only had one (official) reign as the WWF Undisputed Champion / WWE / WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Technically, The Miz has held the title longer than Chris Jericho.

[GD]

Evil Emma stealing hearts like iPods from Walmart.

[GD]

Wondering which superstar can be considered as the worst WWE World Heavyweight Champion of all time...please don't say Rey Mysterio.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Orton had a pretty shit run.

[Evil Vito]

Emma is so fucking hot. Zack Ryder can be jobbed in 30 seconds every week for all I care, as long as he's banging Emma he has nothing to complain about.

[GD]

Not to mention that he John Cena'd cancer's ass.

[GD]

Orton had a pretty shit run.

You need to be specific. I would say that Sheamus' recent run as champion was pretty abysmal.

[Lock Jaw]

Just watched Monday's episode of Supergirl, featuring former Diva's Champion Eve Torres playing Maxima for 2 minutes.

[Blue Demon]

A recent pic of Mean Gene and Bobby Heenan, rocking an awesome moustache, from Gene's twitter:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf4vgtlUsAAe1MV.jpg

Was going to post this...makes me sad :'(:'(

[GD]

What?

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[#BROKEN Hasney]

What?

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You heard. They talked about him on the Powerbomb Cast. Sounds very 80's, like The Goon type of character.

[VSG]

Dancer gimmick based on the tapings. Of course it's a black guy too.

[Rammsteinmad]

Oh yay another dancer wrestler to get over for a couple of weeks and then drop off the radar.

[Innovator]

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[Emperor Smeat]

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[Emperor Smeat]

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[Tom Guycott]

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

Once again "just turn heel" is a knee-jerk reaction. If it didn't work for the water in Detroit, it prob'ly won't work for that glass.

[Tom Guycott]

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Still should have ran with that "television champion" gimmick. Go so far as to gut the monitor so it was hollow/light to carry and painted it gold, and "defended" it on his televised matches. Gimmick is stupid enough to actually get over in that "this dumbass really thinks he is defending a championship" way the becomes endearing, made even better by an eventual loss to either R-Truth, Goldust, Stardust, or Fandango if he decides to return to "getting weird".

[Black Widow]

Close as we will get with Ambrose.
Sasha/Becky look good with the belt.
KO looks cool
Eva fu** that Bitch!

[XL]

Still should have ran with that "television champion" gimmick. Go so far as to gut the monitor so it was hollow/light to carry and painted it gold, and "defended" it on his televised matches. Gimmick is stupid enough to actually get over in that "this dumbass really thinks he is defending a championship" way the becomes endearing, made even better by an eventual loss to either R-Truth, Goldust, Stardust, or Fandango if he decides to return to "getting weird".

We had guys shitting bricks that Rusev would slide into "midcard comedy" fodder following his programme with Cena and you come up with this. What a difference a year makes!

That said, he should have rebranded the US Championship as the Russian Federation Championship during his run, much like Storm did in WCW.

[Tom Guycott]

I was never a huge fan of Rusev to begin with, so that was never really a "fear" with me. With that said, though, he was called up while WWE was still in that "immediate impact or bust" frame of mind. He was supposed to be the new big bad of the roster just on how he looks.

His whole "generic heel foreigner" thing was super flat. Then, he started basically being buried by his valet by osmosis, since people wanted to fap to her and still not give a shit about him... expidited by that whole "love triangle" nonsense. At least this would have given *some* character. Hell, if handled right, may have even ended up in a possible face turn for the guy.

Better on TV with *something* than who-gives-a-fucksville like this whole League of Nations blandness.

[Black Widow]

http://i.imgur.com/OvhAu4k.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/FuZnA3J.jpg

Damn!!

[Tom Guycott]

"Midcard comedy" isn't always necessarily a bad thing. The problem becomes when it becomes all encompassing, and the person never grows/evolves out of that, be it their own shortcomings or the company not seeing anything bigger in that particular talent. Once again, The Rock is a shining example of that. He went from being a guy who thinks he is better than he is to actually being accepted as one of the best ever, and it wasn't an overnight trip. He went from midcard comedy to midcard legit threat tomeventually bigger and better.

[Volare]

Watching the Wild vs Stars NHL game...and they just played Nakamura's theme from NJPW during a whistle break.


Fucking sweet.

[Emperor Smeat]

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The only update on Bray Wyatt is a right calf injury. He didn't work today's show in Florence, Italy.
Got pulled out of all the shows for the current European tour and sent back to the US for more medical tests since the WWE is unsure how severe he'r hurt at the moment.

According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there are some talent upset with Lucha Underground management and creative team. The feeling from some talent is that the creative team and management don’t understand the physical punishment involved in the style. Many love working for the company, especially the Mexican talent because they are making more money, but the feeling is that they are asked to do too much for one day or weekend. There are taping where the wrestlers have had to do two physically hard matches on the same tapings, less than two hours apart. Talent feels that the creative simply does not understand the physical demands that are being asked of the wrestlers.

The WWE has announced 104 new episodes of Raw have been put up on the network from the 2002-04 era.
At least one was revealed to be edited from its original broadcast and involves one of Rock's special concert nights.

Impact did 286,000 viewers Tuesday night on the show with no replay, which is what the show had been doing in the time slot with a replay of late. So warning people no second airing really didn't help the numbers.

Pro Wrestling Sheet announced that Kevin Martenson (Johnny Goodtime on Southern California indies) has signed a contract with Lucha Underground.

In a big surprise, particularly with Konnan on the outs with AAA, was the announcement that Rey Mysterio Jr. would be returning. No date was given. Brian Cage also returned this past week. All financial issues involving Mysterio and Cage have been settled. Mysterio still has two more dates left on the original contract he signed, so he is at least doing two more shows. After that, it’s hard to say. AAA wants to keep the relationship with him because they’ve lost so much talent and he’s got the most mainstream star power of anyone they have, but since the cost of using him is so high, the idea is for him to be used for what was described as a Brock Lesnar schedule. However, there is no deal in place at this point past what is left on his current deal

One of the benefits of the Tapout deal for the wrestlers is the company, in promoting the brand, is allowing the wrestlers to wear Tapout clothing in public. The company had a business casual dress code in place for when wrestlers were on tour, but now it’s business casual or Tapout brand athletic apparel since wearing Tapout stuff is promoting a product the company partially owns

Besides the May tour, ROH has announced that New Japan talent will be in two more times before the fall begins. The Death Before Dishonor PPV will be 8/19 in Las Vegas at Sam’s Town, the same location of the Anniversary PPV. They will have TV tapings at Sam’s Town Casino the next day. All Star Extravaganza, another PPV with New Japan talent, will be 9/30 in Lowell, MA, at the Memorial Auditorium, with a TV taping the next day

A bill was proposed on 4/12 in front of the senate in Mexico to declare 9/21 as a national holiday known as Dia de Lucha Libre. The bill was prosed by Jesus Casillas Romero, and many CMLL wrestlers were there to show support. Romero argued that Lucha Libre should have its own day because Lucha Libre isn’t just a sport in Mexico, it’s part of the culture and history of the country. He said that Lucha Libre generates lots of money from tourism and provides jobs for thousands of people in Mexico.

MCMAHON: [Grinning] Linda and I have been married for 34 years now, but we're really different. She would always read to the kids at night. I'd make up stories for them, and my stories were full of action. Couldn't help it. They've just had their bath and they smell so good, they're tucked into their little beds and they're so sweet that you just want to eat them. I'd tell them a story, kiss them goodnight, and they would be absolutely wired. Linda would have to calm them down. So Shane was scared one night. He thought Dracula was in the closet. I said, "Oh yeah? Watch this." I went in that closet and started growling and yelling, having a battle. I threw a little furniture. Now Shane's really scared to death, until finally his dad walks out of the closet. I said, "Son, you never have to worry about Dracula again. Dracula's dead."
Wacky Vince story from back in the day.

Michaels appeared as a guest on Vince Russo’s podcast and said that Vince McMahon had called him up six weeks before Mania and told him the plan for him. The idea for Austin, Michaels and Foley to lay out the League of Nations was done a long time ago and never wavered. Michaels told Vince that he was out of shape and would come out in a T-shirt. Vince told him to get in shape because he wanted him to come out in his old ring gear and that Austin and Foley would be in their gear as well. Well, Foley’s gear is what he always wears anyway. Vince told him Austin was going to be in hi gear as well. So he said he told his wife to monitor his diet and he trained twice a day for six weeks. Then when he got to Texas and saw how big Austin was, he knew Vince had fed him a line of shit, but he said by that point he was okay because he’s gotten himself into good shape and wanted to show off his physiq
Another wacky Vince story from not soo far back in the day.


Some other sheet news includes:

During a recent interview, Big Show revealed he'd like to take up Shaq's offer and have a match between the two occur at next year's Mania. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQUuHC_QVe4
According to reports, USA Network is in the process of rebranding its image again to combat declining ratings. Could possibly lead to the WWE also doing some rebranding in the near future as well. http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/mr-robot-usa-network-brand-tagline-refresh-1201752745/
For those interested, the Wrestling Observer made today's subscriber radio podcast episode free for everyone. http://www.f4wonline.com/wrestling-observer-live/free-wol-bray-wyatt-injury-shinsuke-nakamura-ufc-new-york-more-211046
Hideo Itami recently teased on Twitter his in-ring return to NXT is imminent. https://twitter.com/HideoItami/status/720420443555901444
According to the widow of Roddy Piper, the auto-biography book Piper was working on before passing away will be released this October. Book is titled as "Rowdy: The Roddy Piper Story" https://twitter.com/R_Roddy_Piper/status/720643772225167360
NFL's Chicago Bears and Houston Texans recently engaged in a wrestling gif Twitter feud after 2016 schedules for both teams were recently released. https://twitter.com/ChicagoBears/status/720764206291816448
The full match listing for the upcoming Attitude Era Volume 3 dvd/blu-ray set was recently revealed. http://www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com/full-match-listing-wwe-attitude-era-vol-3-unreleased-dvd-blu-ray/112823/
Update to Brie Bella retiring news as Brie revealed in an interview with WWE's website she's not completely retired from wrestling but wanted to take 2-3 years off to settle down with Bryan as a family and then make the real decision on the future of her career.

[Bad News Gertner]

Wrestling Torch which ended up getting him fired down the line from WCW. I remember Bill downplaying the whole thing in the Rise and Fall of WCW DVD. Well I ended up hearing the audio last week and yeah.....here's a transcript.

"If you own a business and you put the money in it, why shouldn't you be able to discriminate? It's your business. If free enterprise is going to make or break it, you should be able to discriminate; its your business. It should be that by god, if you're going to open your doors in America, you can discriminate. Why the f--- not? That's why I went into business, so I could discriminate! I mean really. I want to be able to sell to who I want to and be able to serve who I want to. It's my business, it's my investment. So they come in and say no.

I can't tell a fag to get the f--- out. I should have the right to not associate with a fax if I want to. I should have the right to not hire a fag if I don't want to.. I mean, why should I have to fire a f---ing fag if I don't like fags? Fags discriminate against us, don't they? Sure they do. Do Blacks discriminate against Whites? Who's killed more Blacks than anyone? The f---in' Blacks. But they want to blame that bullsh-- 'Roots' that came on the air. That 'Roots' was suck bullsh--. All you have to do if you want slaves is hand beads to the chiefs and they gave you the slaves.

What is the best thing that has ever, ever happened to the Black race? That they were brought to this country. No matter how they got here, they were brought here. You know why? Because they intermarried and got educated. They're the ones running the Black race. You go down to the Black countries and they're all broke. Idi Amin killed more Blacks than we ever killed. You see what I mean? That's how stupid we are. But we get caught up in all this bullsh-- rhetoric. And so it's ridiculous what's happening to our country. Lester Maddox was right. I fI don't want to sell fried chicken to Blacks, I shouldn't have to. It's my restaurant. Hell, at least I respect him for his stand. That doesn't make me anti-Black."

[GD]

Not sure if anyone posted this (Renee Young bikini photos)



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[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/ujLF2e4.gif

[Sepholio]

Now that's rasslin!

[Tom Guycott]

http://i.imgur.com/ujLF2e4.gif

Surprised there wasn't a PPV featuring the tag team of Ric Flair and Terry Funk vs the dynamic duo of straw hat and sport jacket.

[Sepholio]

Surprised there wasn't a PPV featuring the tag team of Ric Flair, Terry Funk and Al Snow vs the dynamic trio of straw hat, sport jacket and head.

[Sepholio]

Oh shit just realized it's #FuckMoneyFriday!

[Tom Guycott]

I dig the correction, but Al Snow did have a match vs Head. And lost the Hardcore Championship. And kept losing his rematches... and eventually lost to that stuffed deer head trophy.

[Droford]

Nakamura getting ready before a match (https://www.instagram.com/p/BEKTqgLsUou/)

[Sepholio]

LMAO the deer head trophy. Ah it was incredible back then.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I dig the correction, but Al Snow did have a match vs Head. And lost the Hardcore Championship. And kept losing his rematches... and eventually lost to that stuffed deer head trophy.

Pierre.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets by Fandango's School of The Dance:
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Today WWE announced qualifying matches for their Global Cruiserweight series.

Announced for the Evolve show on 5/7 in Queens, NY, with Drew Gulak vs. Tracy Williams and Fred Yehi vs. TJ Perkins. Gulak and Williams are the current Evolve tag team champions. The show takes place at La Boom in Queens, NY and will air on iPPV at www.WWNlive.com

Also, announced for the PROGRESS on Sunday April 24th in Camden Town, London, Zach Sabre Jr. will face Flash Morgan Webster. Jack Gallagher will go up against "Bruiserweight" Pete Dunne.

The names WWE has announced thus far for the tournament are Rich Swann, Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Noam Dar, Akira Tozawa, Ho Ho Lun and Lince Dorado. Swann, Ciampa and Gargano are already under contract to WWE.

The debut of "American Grit," the reality show hosted by John Cena, did not make a ratings splash last night.

The show was the least watched show of the four major networks last night, doing 2.43 million viewers and an 0.8 rating in the key 18-49 demo. Of the major broadcast networks, it only beat out the CW programming for the night. Of the four broadcast network shows going head-to-head, the lowest rated in the time slot was NBC, which ran The Blacklist doing 6.56 million viewers and a 1.3 in the demo.
Not a good sign for both Fox and Cena who probably hoped a strong debut could lead to more non-WWE stuff in the future.

Monday will be Raw from the O2 Arena in London. Raw will be on a several hour tape delay this week so we will have results up on the site before the show.

Tuesday is Smackdown from the O2 Arena in London which features Undertaker. There will be a half crew for Smackdown because there is also a house show in Manchester, England with Roman Reigns, Sheamus, Rusev, Kane, Dudleys, New Day, Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks, so they will all most likely not be on Smackdown.
Some news on next week's lineup of WWE shows in regards to tv stuff.

Thursday’s WWE Smackdown averaged 2.355 million viewers for USA Network, according to Showbuzzdaily.com. The number was down from the 2.44 million count from last week.

I don't know. I don't control what WWE does and doesn't do. It would be an honor to be inducted, but I'm not expecting anything from anyone. I'm taking my break one day at a time. This year is MY year off. Yippee!!
Kurt answering a recent fan question about his expectations in regards to future wrestling and WWE stuff. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4ezrnr/kurt_angle_on_wwe_hof_i_dont_control_what_wwe/

Mick Foley’s son Mickey recently implied during a live stream that Triple H doesn’t like his father. The WWE Hall of Famer posted a message on Facebook to clarify what his son said.

He wrote: “THIS MAN DOES NOT HATE ME

Despite what you may have heard, I really don’t believe Triple H dislikes me, as my son Mickey kind of implied on his live stream, from which point the story took on a life of its own. Keep in mind, that my son Mickey is on the autism spectrum and while he is a bright and beautiful child, he doesn’t always speak with the same type of filter that most of us naturally have – and as a result, he is much more likely to say exactly what comes into his mind.

Sure, it created something of an awkward position for me – but nothing that is said or done will ever take away from the bond triple H and I share; the bond of great matches as we were moving up in 1997 and 1998, and when we were on top of the card, on top of the cell – and figuratively, on of the world in 2000. Rumors will come and go. But memories like the ones triple H and I created will last a lifetime.


Some other sheet news includes:

Carmella recently teased on Twitter the reason she didn't get called up with Enzo and Big Cass is due to her being needed more in NXT for the near future. https://twitter.com/carmellawwe/status/720969273204715520
WWE announced the next Takerover event for NXT will be happening at Fuil Sail University on June 8th.
https://twitter.com/WWENXT/status/720990108766351362?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
WWE announced both Triple H and Shane McMahon will be involved with current European tour starting next week. http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/article/triple-h-joins-wrestlemania-revenge-tour-europe
Former WWE wrestler JTG's newest book includes a story about Bray saving the life of a wreckless driver one night when him and JTG were carpooling with other wrestlers after a WWE house show. https://twitter.com/DeathToAllMarks/status/721105801671262209

[Bad News Gertner]

In a "you can't say that on t.v today" Tracey Smothers calls Boy Tony a fag on Memphis t.v and they don't bleep it out! Skip to about 3:40

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[Volare]

That was a damn good promo!

[#1-norm-fan]

I remember when Jerry Lawler called Goldust a fag in a promo once. He was a heel though.

Tracy Smothers being the face makes it kinda funny. Especially after the crowd pops for it. lol

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Tracey is the one talking about stripping a guy naked and whipping him.

[Poit]

Adam Rose and Konnor have each been suspended for 60 days for wellness policy violations.

[Shadrick]

Adam Rose and Konnor have each been suspended for 60 days for wellness policy violations.

One, if not both, will be future endeavored.

[Evil Vito]

Watch them put Viktor in the Social Outcasts now and carry on as if nothing happened.

[Jari]

Watch them put Viktor in the Social Outcasts now and carry on as if nothing happened.

Was coming in to say the very same thing

[Maluco]

Don't see anything redeemable about Adam Rose. He doesn't have any sort of look or character. Very few points in the positive column, and to be honest, he didn't fit in the social outcasts either. I can't see where he goes from here.

Also, judging from the amount of teams on the main roster and NXT, Ascension don't have very long left either.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Adam Rose was created because the NXT fans love theme songs they can sing. It wasn't going to get over because the small crowd was the thing that kept it afloat. Also he didn't really spend enough time in NXT. (as Adam Rose at least)

They need more heels. Could be a good time for LEO KRUGER. Could come out and praise the dentist that killed Cecil the Lion.

[erickman]

Adam Rose and Konnor have each been suspended for 60 days for wellness policy violations.

back to 3 man band

[Simple Fan]

Watch them put Viktor in the Social Outcas and carry on as if nothing happened.

Social Outcast just need to make a Adam Rose cardboard cut out and haul it around until he gets back. Or just put Sandow in the group. Viktor could tag with Stardust.

[owenbrown]

Adam Rose and Konnor have each been suspended for 60 days for wellness policy violations.

GODDAMMIT! I WAS HOPING FOR ROMAN REIGNS TO BE SUSPENDED! :rant:

[Emperor Smeat]

https://45.media.tumblr.com/d1efcf9db792efcde27cd81c645fb5c2/tumblr_o5mnwnapOK1sbzhteo1_500.gif

Legit thought for a bit she was going to do a chokeslam when she suddenly did Taker's stare during the match.

[Rammsteinmad]

The Ascension were screwed from day one when they started comparing themselves to the Legion of Doom and Demolition.

[Heisenberg]

GODDAMMIT! I WAS HOPING FOR ROMAN REIGNS TO BE SUSPENDED! :rant:

Fuck that, so goddamn stupid

[Vastardikai]

The Ascension were screwed from day one when they were announced as Konnor and Viktor.

Talking down Demolition and LOD didn't help their cause. Parviz (sp?) getting a
WWE match was the only good thing to come out of the Ascension's run.

That said, I lol'd when they talked down the Bushwackers. I was like "Man, the Bushwackers would have kicked your asses. The Sheepherders would have killed you."

[drave]

You both mean the promos they were told to read, right?

[Shadrick]

You both mean the promos they were told to read, right?

I hope this is what he means, because more than likely, they were told to say those things by a producer/agent/Vince himself.

[ClockShot]

Adam Rose and Konnor have each been suspended for 60 days for wellness policy violations.

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[erickman]

https://45.media.tumblr.com/d1efcf9db792efcde27cd81c645fb5c2/tumblr_o5mnwnapOK1sbzhteo1_500.gif

Legit thought for a bit she was going to do a chokeslam when she suddenly did Taker's stare during the match.

that girl is a but-her-face she looks like a damn rat, we have matt hardys wife that looks like a duck. she should stay heel.

[Black Widow]

that girl is a but-her-face she looks like a damn rat, we have matt hardys wife that looks like a duck. she should stay heel.Sound like a jealous HS girl that got her BF stolen by her.

[Rammsteinmad]

You both mean the promos they were told to read, right?

Told to read?!

What are you on about?!

[Stocky]

Is...is he saying wrestling is f...fake?

[Simple Fan]

that girl is a but-her-face she looks like a damn rat, we have matt hardys wife that looks like a duck. she should stay heel.

Agree with you on Reby but Alexa Bliss is not a "but-her-face". Rat?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

that girl is a but-her-face she looks like a damn rat, we have matt hardys wife that looks like a duck. she should stay heel.

Alexa is a major babe dude.

[Volare]

So who's the juicer and who's the stoner between Konnor and Adam?

[drave]

Told to read?!

What are you on about?!


Despite your negative pre-disposition on anything WWE - you made a very "matter of fact" statement that implied their demise was all their own.

In truth, they have great tag mechanics and work very well together. They could have been great in the tag scene and are "different".

[#1-norm-fan]

Adam Rose had legs as a midcard comedy character. Nothing wrong with the gimmick on the main roster. He was great at it too.

[Bad News Gertner]

In the mid 80's a strange man known as "Santo Gold" made a wrestling movie described as " a science fiction wrestling comedy" call Blood Circus featuring a bunch of 80's wrestlers. It was never released, but Santo Gold promoted it on his infomercial where he sold fake gold. Sound familiar? Anyways, words can't even describe how odd this was. These infomercials were actually 30 minutes long. Take a look. You won't regret it lol

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

So who's the juicer and who's the stoner between Konnor and Adam?

Weed is just a fine not a suspension. Both are the juicers probably.

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[owenbrown]

what the fuck was that, Gertner?

[Bad News Gertner]

SANTO GOLD! SANTO GOLD! SANTO GOLD!

[owenbrown]

Welcome to our newest member, Santo Gold :shifty:

[Disturbed316]

I'm pretty sure Zack Ryder tweeted a couple of weeks ago saying the Adam Rose had the best body in the business, seems we now know why!

[owenbrown]

Santo Gold seems like one of those backyard wrestler guys :shifty:

[Disturbed316]

lol yup, he did:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/WWEAdamRose">@WWEAdamRose</a> may have the best physique in the business. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raw?src=hash">#Raw</a></p>&mdash; Zack Ryder (@ZackRyder) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZackRyder/status/719716774770442241">April 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Blonde Moment]

Social Outcast just need to make a Adam Rose cardboard cut out and haul it around until he gets back.
I actually like this

[Volare]

lol yup, he did:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/WWEAdamRose">@WWEAdamRose</a> may have the best physique in the business. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raw?src=hash">#Raw</a></p>&mdash; Zack Ryder (@ZackRyder) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZackRyder/status/719716774770442241">April 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That's also from a ways back lol.

[owenbrown]

5 days ago is a ways back?

[Simple Fan]

Wish New Day would keep these and throw away those awful current ones.
http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/gallery_img_l/public/2016/04/37_Retro_03282016cg_New_Day_012--b07b30a1c845d42167eb64566842acfa.jpg

[Frank Drebin]

1) Alexa "gets it." Love her entrance when she goes from pretty smile to bitch face then usually does some sort of hand shake fake out to a fan. Maybe the best heel valet I could imagine right now.

2) Alexa is a babe

[Frank Drebin]

Also page 619 is dedicated to Rey Misterio.
http://www.kayfabenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/el-torito.jpg

[Volare]

5 days ago is a ways back?

Shiiiit son that's back in the day!

[itsmeJD]

I hate the god damn copper penny tag titles. Seeing New Day with the old ones makes me hate them even more. No one likes pennies.

[itsmeJD]

Poor Heath Slater can't keep a fucking stable together. First he loses 2 of his 3 man band, and now his Outcasts are getting themselves suspended.

[Fignuts]

In the mid 80's a strange man known as "Santo Gold" made a wrestling movie described as " a science fiction wrestling comedy" call Blood Circus featuring a bunch of 80's wrestlers. It was never released, but Santo Gold promoted it on his infomercial where he sold fake gold. Sound familiar? Anyways, words can't even describe how odd this was. These infomercials were actually 30 minutes long. Take a look. You won't regret it lol

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What in the actual fuck did I just watch?

[Bad News Gertner]

Santo Gold! Santo Gold!

[Shadrick]

dog i hate you gertner lol

[Rammsteinmad]

Despite your negative pre-disposition on anything WWE - you made a very "matter of fact" statement that implied their demise was all their own.

In truth, they have great tag mechanics and work very well together. They could have been great in the tag scene and are "different".

When did you suddenly become such a mark?

[GD]

Wish New Day would keep these and throw away those awful current ones.
http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/gallery_img_l/public/2016/04/37_Retro_03282016cg_New_Day_012--b07b30a1c845d42167eb64566842acfa.jpg

The dumb fucks at WWE.com can't tell the World and WWE Tag Team titles apart.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I could see a few releases coming up soon.

[Tom Guycott]

Adam Rose was created because the NXT fans love theme songs they can sing. It wasn't going to get over because the small crowd was the thing that kept it afloat. Also he didn't really spend enough time in NXT. (as Adam Rose at least)

They need more heels. Could be a good time for LEO KRUGER. Could come out and praise the dentist that killed Cecil the Lion.

I thought the gimmick change was 100% in conjunction with the main roster jump.

The Ascension were screwed from day one when they started comparing themselves to the Legion of Doom and Demolition.

Not necessarily. I ranted before about how WWE squandered that push. They even got the win over New Age Outlaws in something similar to how Dogg and Ass got their first win over LoD... and nothing came of it. They were back off tv because who the hell knows, and getting even a "fluke" win over a veterain team on a PPV led to nothing afterwards.

That's when they were screwed.

[Tom Guycott]

I actually like this

Also, record Rose saying "Hey, yo!" And play it over the PA system during his absence as well.

[Jari]

Not necessarily. I ranted before about how WWE squandered that push. They even got the win over New Age Outlaws in something similar to how Dogg and Ass got their first win over LoD... and nothing came of it. They were back off tv because who the hell knows, and getting even a "fluke" win over a veterain team on a PPV led to nothing afterwards.

That's when they were screwed.

Their vignettes were so fucking lame and the minute you have JBL burying them on their first appearance, they were done. It doesn't help that neither of them are particularly good either.

[Jari]

I could see a few releases coming up soon.

It seems a necessity at this point. The Royal Rumble and Andre the Giant Battle Royal highlighted just how much deadwood there is on that roster. Personally think they could do with trimming some of the fat from NXT as well (Angelo Dawkins, I'm looking at you)

I think there are guys with potential but they need to get out WWE and re-establish themselves elsewhere in the way Luke Gallows has.

[drave]

When did you suddenly become such a mark?


There was nothing markish about that at all. Just said they could have actually done well if not for the garbage they were told to spew on the mic. THAT was when crowds started shitting on them.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Drave, you rank 5/7 as a total fkin mark

[Savio]

Drave being a huge mark rn

[Rammsteinmad]

There was nothing markish about that at all. Just said they could have actually done well if not for the garbage they were told to spew on the mic. THAT was when crowds started shitting on them.

What they were told to spew? What are you on about? They're THE ASCENSION! They come from the WASTELAND. Nobody tells them what to do or say.

[drave]

Rammsteinmad marking the fook out right now :lol:

[drave]

Drave, you rank 5/7 as a total fkin mark


I'll take 5/7 on the markchter scale.

[#1-norm-fan]

They were born and bred to rip and shred.

Should have done that to the script tho.

[#1-norm-fan]

Everyone see what I did there?

[Evil Vito]

I could see a few releases coming up soon.

Probably. And while I never like to see anybody lose their jobs, I'm especially rooting hard for Adam Rose. I don't find him to be particularly good at any one thing but the Behind the Curtain ESPN NXT special makes me root hard for him. Not just the long road to get out of development but the fact that he has a young son who was born with a serious defect and has already had a handful of surgeries. Just really sad.

[Evil Vito]

Snippets from a Ryback interview:


On His Frustrations: “I’ve heard in this business hard work doesn’t always pay off. So maybe The Big Guy has to go find another world where that does pay off. But you work really, really hard at something and you dedicate yourself, and you sometimes have to be told you’re somewhere else. That’s a tough pill to swallow time and time again but I’ve never stopped believing in myself and I never will. Next year should undoubtedly be a big year for The Big Guy.”

Was He Happy Being on The WrestleMania 23 Pre-Show?: ”To be quite honest, absolutely not. The last 3 WrestleManias have not been great. I’m not going to go into a lot of detail on that but it would’ve been nice to have been on the show where both of us belong. The US Title definitely belongs on there. Hopefully next year, if there is a next year, that it will be a better experience.”

On Wanting Back in The Main Event Scene: “Absolutely. And that is what each and every day I go out there and prove my worth and that I am a one in a lifetime WWE Superstar. I am The Big Guy, the best big guy in the world and there is nobody like me. But I will continue to plug away and be the best version of me each and every day and hopefully at the end of the night, I’m where I belong.”

Add him to the list of people frustrated with their current position. I can't say I blame him all that much considering they've stop-started his pushes so many times. Probably won't ever get past this current level and it seems like he is aware of that.

Don't really agree with the frustration of being stuck on the WrestleMania pre-show though, especially this year. In the Network era I really don't see why the pre-show is still stigmatized. It's still aired on the Network and this year on USA. And they gave him a one on one match for a belt. Would he seriously have preferred to be on the main card and just be awkwardly shoehorned into the IC Title ladder match where there isn't much he could have done, or just be thrown out by Baron Corbin in the battle royal?

[Ruien]

He was on the pre pre show. He wrestled in front of an empty crowd. He believes he should be in the main event scene and he was put in that slot. I don't blame him for wanting better. At least the IC ladder match was in front of fans. Has Ryback even been on TV since?

[Ultra Mantis]

Ryback vs Kalisto is a Superstars match and shouldn't have been slated for Mania in the first place. Not that it's the fault of either guy or anything, the entire midcard and half of the main event aren't even over.

[Ruien]

Exactly. Ryback does have the ability to get over but he isn't at all. It is like they made an effort to make him stale as hell. I would be pissed if I was him too.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

both guys could be over if properly featured on television and not given completely limp dick wins or distraction losses all the time.

[Emperor Smeat]

Don't blame him for being upset at the US title being seen as just a pre-show worthy match after how much the WWE constantly blabbered about wanting to make the title better.

Once Cena was no longer the primary focus, the belt quickly went back to being irrelevant.

[#1-norm-fan]

Last year WWE decided they were gonna make the IC and US titles prestigious as fuck and we came out of WrestleMania with John Cena and Daniel Bryan as the US and IC champions.

One year later we came out of WrestleMania with Kalisto and Zack Ryder holding those same titles.

Gotta love that commitment.

[Tom Guycott]

Their vignettes were so fucking lame and the minute you have JBL burying them on their first appearance, they were done. It doesn't help that neither of them are particularly good either.

Didn't stop them from calling up Roman. And that isn't a "shit on Roman for the lulz", because he still isn't ready, and he's now a 2x world champion. Big E wasn't ready when he got the call, either. I personally don't think Baron is quite there yet, and they actually took time to groom him before main rostering him- and for his sake, I hope I'm proven wrong.

They would have done well to have a mouthpice. Need new managers in the world. Paul E can't do everything. Hell, since Linda is nowhere near senate, bring back AW.

As for being buried from the booth, it *could* have gone better if instead of that culminating in that "legends tag team reunion/beatdown of the goofs", that they actually attacked him. Hell, Lawler did shit like that up until his heart attack. JR got beatdowns for heat, too. Cole took an ass whoopin' from Lesnar. And let's not forget that incident that got Daniel Bryan "fired". Even being a former wrestler, JBL can believeably be taken out by two guys.

Instead, he got to shit on them with zero reprocussions.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I really have no fucking clue what you should do with The Usos. They're so void of any personality that all these teams are completely outshining them. I think they're good choices for Gallows & Anderson to beat, but then what for them?

[Ruien]

. Maybe flank Reigns in a feud to help even the odds/give the main heel some 1 on 1 victories.

[Emperor Smeat]

I really have no fucking clue what you should do with The Usos. They're so void of any personality that all these teams are completely outshining them. I think they're good choices for Gallows & Anderson to beat, but then what for them?

Heel turn now that the New Day are the big faces of the division and a couple of other teams already are or soon to be more popular than the Usos on the face side.

Either they get corrupted like Rollins did and try to convince Reigns to be Authority's Corporate Champ or start to resent Reigns for not helping out family the more they keep getting attacked by Gallows & Anderson. Already been established they've helped Reigns a few times in the past whenever he had problems.

[Lock Jaw]

Usos were great and can get over.... they have personality....

They were "huge" when they were feuding with The Shield and The Rhodes Bros and then their subsequent title run....

Injury derailed them and they still haven't quite recovered.... Haven't found the groove again....

[Maluco]

Usos were great and can get over.... they have personality....

They were "huge" when they were feuding with The Shield and The Rhodes Bros and then their subsequent title run....

Injury derailed them and they still haven't quite recovered.... Haven't found the groove again....

Do you not think though, that's its because they haven't moved on at all? Like they were over because they were exciting in the ring, but now everyone has seen their stuff and the personality hasn't come on or evolved in any way...

I still don't know who is who, and I don't think I am the only one.

[Simple Fan]

I like the Usos and really thought that their journey to the tag titles was great, they didn't rush putting the titles on them. They are the most credible tag team in the division in my opinion. New Day are great but will split eventually, I don't see the Usos splitting ever. Really they just need a strong program with another team that doesn't feel forced like the Dudleys feud did. Maybe a heel turn would work for them.

[Emperor Smeat]

Supposedly someone claiming to be the same person as the big WWE insider source from r/SquaredCircle is teasing on Twitter a major debut will happen during tonight's RAW show.

Location-wise, the debut would make sense but the tone of the person's tweets doesn't feel the same as the former Falcon dude from Squared Circle which is where the doubt about its validity is coming from around the net.

[slik]

who do u think it will be @smelly_meatball_ladyandthetramp92

[Mr. Nerfect]

I've never been too big a fan of The Usos. I would have liked to have seen them get the titles off Cody Rhodes & Goldust, leading to The Rhodes Brothers turning heel sans the Stardust bullshit. I think a lot of the problems have been addressed with them. They've been a bit sloppy in the ring, their act is the same every week, we've seen all the spots, their promos are a little annoying, you can't really tell them apart as humans, and there are so many more interesting teams around.

More so than a heel turn, I'd like to see them go to NXT to recharge their batteries for a bit. Their run is getting pretty tired, so let people nap on them a bit and bring them back when you NEED that babyface team. I wouldn't even mind them getting a short run with the NXT Tag Team Championship and giving Gable & Jordan something to chase again.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I don't think Ryback is long for the company, to be honest. He's had a twelve fucking year relationship with them at this point. I know people are big on him because of his look, but they've beaten all meaning out of him. Unless they bring him back in a mask as a legitimately scary dude, he's about done. I'd have him slip on another banana peel with Kalisto again and write him out.

Still a fucking idiot for doing that running knee in the corner in fucking Chicago and the nap-time pose. Way to get people to shit all over your rebuilding phase, bro.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Kalisto vs. Ryback - US Title - Mask vs. Career. There you go.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Maybe Ryan Reeves could go to Japan and become really awesome? There are a lot of guys on the current main roster that could use a stint over there, I think. They're just missing that "intensity" or "charisma" to attach to their "moveZ." So many guys look like they are coming from a video game. Sending some of these guys away to get smarter in the ring and piece it all together better could ultimately be the best thing that's ever happened to them.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I've just gone through and looked at pictures of a lot of the guys in the Global Cruiserweight Series. Does anyone know anything about Jack Gallagher? The guy looks like he'd be a good signing if he can go in the ring.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I've got a feeling they might put the US Title on Corbin as early as this RAW. Dolph Ziggler can challenge him at Payback, do the honors, and Corbin might get some steam up ready for Apollo Crews or something.

They really don't need both the IC and the US Title. I would actually be quite invested in a potential Cesaro/Corbin unification deal, and I'd be biting into it, because I love Cesaro so much.

[XL]

I don't think Ryback is long for the company, to be honest. He's had a twelve fucking year relationship with them at this point. I know people are big on him because of his look, but they've beaten all meaning out of him. Unless they bring him back in a mask as a legitimately scary dude, he's about done. I'd have him slip on another banana peel with Kalisto again and write him out.

Still a fucking idiot for doing that running knee in the corner in fucking Chicago and the nap-time pose. Way to get people to shit all over your rebuilding phase, bro.

Kalisto vs. Ryback - US Title - Mask vs. Career. There you go.

They could do Mask vs. Mask. If Ryback wins Kalisto loses his mask, if Kalisto wins Ryback is forced to wear a mask!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

They could do Mask vs. Mask. If Ryback wins Kalisto loses his mask, if Kalisto wins Ryback is forced to wear a mask!

Or a dress. He could pull it off like Perry Saturn.

[GD]

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[GD]

Hey guys! I'm not sure if anyone posted the video of some Indian kids creating a "Money in the Bank" style Ladder Match. I found it to be quite amusing.

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[Evil Vito]

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I'm biased but Vito made way, way more out of the gimmick than he ever should have been able to. Could have worked himself into US Title contention eventually.

[Savio]

Supposedly someone claiming to be the same person as the big WWE insider source from r/SquaredCircle is teasing on Twitter a major debut will happen during tonight's RAW show.

Location-wise, the debut would make sense but the tone of the person's tweets doesn't feel the same as the former Falcon dude from Squared Circle which is where the doubt about its validity is coming from around the net.

Samoa joeeeeee

[Volare]

Can't....stop.....listening....to....Nakamura's......theme.......I NEED SLEEP!

[Evil Vito]

I've got a feeling they might put the US Title on Corbin as early as this RAW. Dolph Ziggler can challenge him at Payback, do the honors, and Corbin might get some steam up ready for Apollo Crews or something.

They really don't need both the IC and the US Title. I would actually be quite invested in a potential Cesaro/Corbin unification deal, and I'd be biting into it, because I love Cesaro so much.

I still think both midcard titles have a place (the US belt basically being the tertiary European Title) if WWE were to write meaningful storylines for them. But of course, they won't.

If they bring back the brand split in some form as is the rumor I bet they split the midcard belts apart again.

[Mr. Nerfect]

They could do Mask vs. Mask. If Ryback wins Kalisto loses his mask, if Kalisto wins Ryback is forced to wear a mask!

Fine with me. Ryback could get a handler. Zeb Colter, for instance. That dude is so good at talking, he could take Ryback from chickenshit and turn him into chicken salad.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm biased but Vito made way, way more out of the gimmick than he ever should have been able to. Could have worked himself into US Title contention eventually.

I heard a funny story on MLW Radio where Court Bauer and, I think, Alex Greenfield were talking about how Vince wanted Vito to challenge Batista for the World Heavyweight Title on a "season premier" edition of SmackDown. Good times.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Speaking of guys taking shit gimmicks and making them gold: How about Paul Burchill as the pirate? He owned that shit. If they had brought up Katie Lea to be his wench, it would have been US Title level.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I still think both midcard titles have a place (the US belt basically being the tertiary European Title) if WWE were to write meaningful storylines for them. But of course, they won't.

If they bring back the brand split in some form as is the rumor I bet they split the midcard belts apart again.

I've got a feeling that the whole "Shane McMahon is working" thing is going to lead to another brand split. It seems asinine to split everything after they fucked up the last one, they have a three-hour RAW, they only unified the World Titles at the end of 2013 and brought in a new Women's belt and I doubt they can co-ordinate one set of champions cross-shows without diluting one of them, but I think they might actually do it.

And come to think of it, Charlotte could easily lose the Women's Title to either Becky or Sasha at Extreme Rules in a Ladder Match (my pick is Becky) and still claim to be the undefeated Divas Champion and take that title to SmackDown. Seth Rollins could return as the lineal (not really, but in WWE's continuity sake's) WWE World Heavyweight Champion, and be crowned the new World Heavyweight Champion of SmackDown or something. He'll be the preferred choice to Roman Reigns and look amazing on that show.

So many players would benefit from the split. Seth Rollins gets another World Title run, Becky gets to be a babyface away from Bayley, Zayn and Owens don't get overexposed in their feud, Strowman and Rusev can be monsters on opposite sides, Natalya can get a novelty run with one belt without fucking up the obvious Bayley victory moment, Harper can return on the opposite show to The Wyatt Family and be a killer, etc.