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Originally Posted by Big Vic (Post 4697741)

Does Charlotte get the shot at NOC or is it like next week?

NOC.

Piper's theme is Scotland the Brave. Band might have used some of it.

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4697855)

Piper's theme is Scotland the Brave. Band might have used some of it.

No it's not.

Well, it probably was in TNA, but I would say that Piper had two well known themes in the WWE. One of them was "The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie" and the other was "The Green Hills Of Tyrol".

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With Ziggler's new outfit I'm getting a Mr. Perfect, HBK and Bret Hart vibe from him.

Surfer Sting, Crow Sting, Joker Sting, Wolf pac Sting and now the elusive Military Sting:

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4697918)

When did he use that?

I can't recall him ever using "Scotland The Brave" as his entrance theme, but maybe I'm forgetting.

Was it in the 80's, 90's or when he returned in 2003?

And no, not all bagpipe music sounds the same.

The War to Settle the Score.

Its on his wiki too.

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4697925)

The War to Settle the Score.

I had a feeling you would be talking about one of his entrances with a pipe band.

I don't really think that would count as an entrance theme, as it's a special entrance so it would be a special one off theme, I'm assuming.

That's sort of like claiming that one of Cena's entrance themes is this, as he used it during his special entrance at WrestleMania 22.

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I don't know though. When it comes to special entrance themes, it's up to the individual if they consider it an official theme or not. :-\

For me, it's not official.

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4697647)

Oddly enough, I've been reading some stats on the reign. Nikki has actually defended the Divas Title more than AJ did. :-\

Think that got debunked or was found out to be missing some info that made it skew pro-Nikki. Only thing that was true at the time was length between title matches.

The real breakdown with house shows and overall matches stuff missing which skews in AJ's favor as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc..._nikki_bellas/

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Originally Posted by Big Vic (Post 4697740)

It probably has to do with filming of total divas honestly.

Very likely since its been rumored before the Bellas managed to get Vince/Creative to drop the Total Divas restriction for the belt. Had to do with Vince not wanting storylines to get all messed up which is why the Total Divas stuff never involved the belt and was always dropped whenever the show took a seasonal break.

It's most likely just me that thinks this, but I don't think the Diva's division will ever truly be taken seriously like it was between late 2001 and late 2006, for as long as Total Divas is around.

In my opinion, during that five year period, the Diva's division was at its best. You could tell that a lot of care, thought and attention was being put into it, and it did help that the majority of the division, actually, probably all of it, was comprised of women who could actually wrestle and cared a hell of a lot about wrestling.

These days, I can't help but think that Total Divas is just this ugly mark on the Diva's division. It's just there, being all tacky and such. I can't help but think that it's the main focus for some of the Divas and the writers, and that the Diva's division comes second, and that the division's main purpose now is to give a reason to advertise Total Divas.

I just think that if Total Divas goes away, then maybe the Diva's division would be taken more seriously, as it wouldn't have a reality show challenging it for attention.

I haven't cared for Nikki's reign, but let's not pretend AJ Lee's was crash-hot either.

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Originally Posted by Cool King (Post 4698008)

I think that's a fair point to raise. I was watching RAW and got the message that they wanted Paige, Charlotte & Becky Lynch to be taken seriously as female athletes, but then Lana got into a brawl with Summer Rae and spent most of the time with her skirt around her chest. What sort of consistent message is being sent?

I haven't cared about the divas division since forever, anyway.

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Originally Posted by Cool King (Post 4698008)

Probably not happening until the Bellas leave since its been teased in the past the show was their idea and just a platform for them to dominate the division.

Divas belt needs to go as well since that's also tied into Total Divas now and part of the stuff people want changed with the division. Should have started or been teased when Madusa/Blayze symbolically removed the classic Women's belt from the trash at the Hall of Fame. Could easily have set up a unification match at Night of Champs by now or tease its return as the prize for winning.

Whoever beats Nikki should call themselves the new Women's Champion. That won't happen, because the WWE loves the branding too much.

I still think that The Bellas and Alicia Fox being exiled from RAW and needing to survive on NXT would be a pretty interesting storyline that could really up their game and get them towards a position where they could be more important to the company.

Someone backstage reportedly claims that Bayley is "ungodly over." Like top star worthy.

They need to bring 3 former women champions back and have Team Woman. Lita, Mickie James and Gail Kim would do and have them refuse to wrestle for the Divas title and they have a triple threat to crown a new WWE World Women's Champion.

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Originally Posted by Simple Fan (Post 4698055)

Gail wont be back. She hates VKM

To bad because she could do wonders for the Divas division.

That would be a good angle. You want this thing to have heat, have a female talent take direct issue with Vince McMahon on his perception of female athletes over the years.

Gail Kim would be PERFECT for it.

I've been thinking about the WWE's business plan for the WWE Network. Do you think the WWE have done the right things with it so far? Did they launch it too early, with too much content? Not enough?

Dirtsheets sponsored by Evil Emma Bella:
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According to an email received by Bryan Alvarez on Thursday night, a long-time WWE employee believes that Bayley is “so ungodly over, especially with little girls,” that if she were to start granting wishes through Make-A-Wish, “she will destroy John Cena.”

Bayley’s T-Shirt is also the highest selling diva merchandise at the moment beating out all of The Bella Twins merchandise.

Lead to a long article by F4W about the real key to the Divas Revolution might not be the three that got called up for the Revolution storyline but instead Bayley if the goal is to change the perception of women's wrestling in WWE. For some comparisons about current merch sales, the Bellas have around 89 items to buy while the other Divas combined are around 69 items (think Bayley has around 4).

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Originally Posted by F4W

WWE has shown that it cannot properly execute a “revolution,” but perhaps it’s not too late to change the way it views and treats women. A major (and necessary) alteration would be to reevaluate just to whom they are trying to appeal. If the answer is young girls, then having Bayley at the forefront of the division is as good a place to start as any. With the right approach, she can and will sell t-shirts and wristbands by the truckload.

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Originally Posted by Observer

We noted before that Becky Lynch vs. Emma vs. Charlotte vs. Dana Brooke at the WWE NXT TV tapings held before "Takeover: Brooklyn" saw the finish botched as Charlotte was supposed to win but Emma won. All four Divas and referee Drake Wuertz were all worried when they got backstage but there was no heat on them. Wuertz was assured that it's his job to count the pinfalls no matter what and he did the right thing. The Divas were said to be very upset after the match, especially Becky.

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Originally Posted by Observer

As noted, former WWE NXT star CJ Parker is headed to New Japan Pro Wrestling as Juice Robinson. This comes after Parker announced on Twitter that he was retiring but was just referring to that CJ Parker character. Apparently WWE Performance Center coach Matt Bloom (Tensai, Jason Albert) helped Parker get the NJPW job when he decided to leave WWE. Parker is set to be pushed in NJPW's junior heavyweight division along with Matt Sydal, the former Evan Bourne.

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Originally Posted by F4W

On a related note, Hulk Hogan's status as a WWE Hall of Famer has been speculated on since WWE scrubbed him from their history when the racist comments scandal broke this summer. Even though Hogan is not listed in the Hall of Fame on WWE's website, word is that they have not made a decision yet on whether or not he is officially in the Hall.

Supposedly the WWE rejected a recent plea/apology by Hogan to get his status reinstated within the WWE.

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Originally Posted by PWI

Internally, WWE sent out word that absolutely no one should comment about the incident yesterday at the WWE Performance Center publicly via social media or if they are asked. WWE wants any information to come from the local authorities.

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Phillymag.com reports that the city of Philadelphia has submitted a bid to host WWE's WrestleMania 34 in 2018. The city is reportedly looking at hosting the event at Lincoln Financial Field with RAW and NXT held at the Wells Fargo Center and the WrestleMania Axxess held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

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Ring of Honor has announced that former WWE, WCW and ECW star Stevie Richards will be making his ROH debut against current ROH World & Television Champion Jay Lethal on Saturday, September 26th in Lockport, NY.

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Recently on WOOOOO! Nation with Ric Flair, "the Nature Boy" spoke with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. During the interview, Flair and Austin discussed Triple H vs. Sting from WrestleMania 31 and went on to talk about who in the WWE may be a great new opponent for Sting.

With respect to the WrestleMania 31 match between Triple H and Sting, Austin said he could not believe that WWE brought Sting in only for Triple H to beat him.

"I thought, 'man, you bring Sting in here and you beat him?' Man, do something where it looks like you're going to do the screwjob, but then something happens and [Sting] goes over on Triple H, who we all love," Austin said. "If you're going to bring Sting in, put him over."

"I didn't like that, myself," Flair added.

Flair said he would have liked to have seen Sting wrestle Kane at WrestleMania 31 instead of Triple H and went on to say that Kevin Owens should be Sting's opponent at WrestleMania 32.

"Now that I've seen this other kid, Kevin Owens, Kevin Owens who is a legitimate heel would be a great opponent for [Sting] in Dallas," Flair said. "Owens has enough steam on him now and he actually is a heel."

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On a recent edition of Wooo! Nation, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair did confirm that Bray Wyatt's sister Mika Rotunda was trying out for a spot in the WWE. However, Flair noted that she was trying out as a ring announcer, not a wrestler.

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Originally Posted by PWI

There were rumblings within TNA last week about more employees being paid late but apparently the company has been catching those people up this week. These delays were blamed on the TNA legal department and the payroll department moving from Texas to Nashville. Both departments were previously housed with TNA parent company Panda Energy in Texas but they are now moving to Nashville with the rest of the TNA offices. Apparently payroll was just moved from Nashville to Texas earlier this year and it's already moving back. This could be a sign that Panda is pushing TNA away or that TNA is moving away from Panda on their own.

Article by PWI has more details about the internal changes going on with TNA at the moment: http://pwinsider.com/article/96314/i...n-tna.html?p=1

I worry that if they jam Bayley down throats, she's just going to wear as thin as John Cena though. Presentation is really important when it comes to top faces, and you have to feel like they are achieving everything they are getting on their own. Keep Bayley on NXT until main crowds are chanting "WE WANT BAYLEY!" at the top of their lungs. In the meantime, have her seriously tested in NXT by her former trainer, Sara Amato. There's a huge emotional arc to exploit there. After that, move Bayley onto Sarah Stock (or whatever they want her WWE ring name to be) before they move her completely behind the scenes. Then bring in Rosita as Sarah's prize student to succeed where her mentor had failed. In the meantime, show Kanna in the audience watching all the matches.

I dunno -- just take your time with Bayley.

The more time that passes between it and now, the less I can justify Triple H going over Sting at WrestleMania 31. The same can be said for Cena vs. Wyatt at WrestleMania XXX. And even Wyatt vs. Taker at Mania 31.

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Wasn't there a Smackdown match a few weeks ago where Charlotte was supposed to win against Naomi but didn't kick out in time? She's gotta fix that...

Also, Kane would have been a perfect opponent for Sting at WrestleMania last year if the story wasn't set up from the start so that it HAD to be Triple H. Kane's a guy you could use to put Sting over without fucking up his credibility. He's in a "solid" position to where he's not REALLY a jobber but he's also doesn't really have a "future" that needs to be protected.

Triple H vs. Sting was the right call, but it was the wrong finish. The start of the match was great, but they lost it in the overbooking. Sting looks good, Triple H cheats a little and beats down Sting. Cue Sting comeback, Triple H begs off, uses heel shenanigans to make a comeback. Maybe there's one Pedigree and Sting kicks out. Triple H punches referee, goes to get the sledgehammer. Triple H goes to nail Sting, but he gets a baseball bat instead. Scorpion Death Drop, new referee down...1-2-3.

Kevin Owens vs. Sting would be amazing actually. Or Owens & someone vs. Sting & Sami Zayn.

Observer speculated the stuff involving Ziggler yesterday on RAW might be based on a real life incident involving someone in Creative. Mostly because of how odd it came off on tv and the feeling this wasn't something planned for the feud but someone seeing their chance to vent a bit with the twist.

Believes Ziggler was representing the real life guy trying to explain his side of the story or him doing nothing wrong.

HA! It came off more to me like the WWE trying to capture the sizzling aspects of the Attitude era, but not really knowing how to keep it PG at the same time. These alleged adults come off as really childish as a result, and it severs their connections with audiences.

Although I did laugh at Summer saying "...And this is when I realized Dolph was trying to seduce me..."