Originally Posted by Simple Fan (Post 4721743)

Del Rio joining Sheamus, Barrett, and Rusev would be a good group.

Originally Posted by The CyNick (Post 4722298)

Not Euro enough. Then it becomes an anti American group.

Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4722448)

Why does it not being completely European make it anti-American?

Originally Posted by The CyNick (Post 4722455)

Well what do they have in common then?

Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4904334)

In this thread, too? Guys... Stop taking the bait. He's literally been peppering more over the top comments into posts to make it harder for people to not call him out on shit and keep the troll drug in his veins. Resisssssssst.

Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4904639)

Nah, I don't think you should take it so seriously, Dale. It's good advice, really. And Fan's doing a bit of a public service, especially if people think they are going to get somewhere with CyNick.

Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4904769)

Yes, people can, but they shouldn't if they want fruitful discussion. That is Fan's point. If you're trying to reach CyNick or have a discussion about facts using logic, Fan is just letting you know that it's a waste of time. He's correct in that.

Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4904773)

Even when Cynick uses facts and logic Fan just goes "RESIST." Probably isn't even reading.

Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4904775)

Time for you guys to do some research and steal an idea from Squared Circle Radio Gazette: the Trial of Cynick.

Originally Posted by Dastardly Dale Newstead (Post 4904745)

people can talk to whomever they want. This is a discussion forum.

Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4904769)

Yes, people can, but they shouldn't if they want fruitful discussion. That is Fan's point. If you're trying to reach CyNick or have a discussion about facts using logic, Fan is just letting you know that it's a waste of time. He's correct in that.

Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4904840)

because nothing on these boards emotionally effects me that much, but if I tore you apart for it, my bad --

Originally Posted by Ruien (Post 4904815)

Remembere way back when I told you and Dale to stop feeding the troll and you both went apes hit over it? Dale is maintaining that point.

I still think people should stop interacting either him. I find Fan to be hilarious when he quotes stuff from other threads to shoe the idiotic path he is going to go down. No idea why Dale dislikes that (or does Dale dislike the STD correction thing?). Either way, Fan had been hilarious lately.

Originally Posted by mike adamle (Post 4904853)

:roll::roll::roll:

Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4904803)

STD is correct when he says that most of the time I do not actually read CyNick's posts anymore. I do not see the point for reasons Noid already stated.

Originally Posted by Dastardly Dale Newstead (Post 4904937)

I just don't get what the big deal is. It is one guy with his own opinions.

Originally Posted by mike adamle (Post 4904942)

But do you need to do that everytime the guy talks? (Directed at the Noid comment above the one above my post.)

Originally Posted by mike adamle (Post 4904942)

But do you need to do that everytime the guy talks? (Directed at the Noid comment above the one above my post.)

Originally Posted by BigCrippyZ (Post 4904952)

So, Cynick can respond however he wants to anyone every time, and people can post any response they want to Cynick every time, BUT, people CAN'T respond to Cynick if every time their response warns other people that engaging with Cynick might be a bad idea?

Originally Posted by BigCrippyZ (Post 4904955)

:lol:

I love how this thread has turned into a debate about Cynick.

Originally Posted by Seph (Post 4904971)

Also, noid, don't know whether you were being sincere or not, but I'm not against Internet bullying. I support that and trolling to the fullest. I just don't like what I perceive as a form of censorship. Telling everyone to ignore someone else because you disagree with them is akin to taking away their voice. If you want to tell him he's a waste of air and that his mother's a whore, go for it. Doesn't bother me.

Originally Posted by Seph (Post 4904929)

"Everything CyNick posts is bullshit even though I don't actually read it."

Originally Posted by Seph (Post 4904964)

Repetition gets annoying z. Every time the CyNick posts this same argument breaks out. It gets longer and more tedious every single time. It's gettingnold. We've heard it. We get it. I disagree with most stuff CyNick posts myself. But its one thing to tell him he's wrong sometimes and another to suggest everyone just ignore him. If you are predisposed to disliking his comments then just ignore him. Quit hijacking threads to have 2 page debates over him that ruin the original topic. It's been done enough.

Originally Posted by Seph (Post 4904966)

And to be honest, while CyNick and his point of view on things may be whack a good chunk of the time, I find that even when he does most bullshit it usually results in other posters putting in more effort to discussions in order to refute him. His bullshit is spurring better conversations from posters around him.

Originally Posted by Seph (Post 4904971)

Also, noid, don't know whether you were being sincere or not, but I'm not against Internet bullying. I support that and trolling to the fullest. I just don't like what I perceive as a form of censorship. Telling everyone to ignore someone else because you disagree with them is akin to taking away their voice. If you want to tell him he's a waste of air and that his mother's a whore, go for it. Doesn't bother me.

Originally Posted by BigCrippyZ (Post 4904978)

That's not censorship. It's not preventing Cynick from speaking and it's not preventing others from speaking to Cynick. They still have the ability to ignore Fan and Noid's request to ignore Cynick and instead respond to Cynick if they choose to do so. If Fan and Noid's request to others to not reply to Cynick is censorship, then you are censoring Fan and Noid by requesting that they not tell others to ignore Cynick.

Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4904989)

And it's not "I disagree with him so he's trolling." He's made it obvious. He peppers ridiculous shit in blatantly. He doesn't try to hide it at this point. I won't tell people what to do but if you do try the "YOU DIDN'T EVEN READ HIS LATEST POST THOUGH!" thing I will tell you that's fucking stupid. There's a point where it's not necessary.

I'm gonna make a sock that I use just to troll the forum. And if you stop reading the posts and taking them seriously eventually, that's on you guys!

Originally Posted by Seph (Post 4905062)

You just made my point for me. There's a point where it's not necessary? That's exactly what I've been telling you. There's a point where your responses in regards to Cynick are no longer necessary. We got it. And most of us got it a long time ago. It's annoying now because you guys are just perpetuating the argument now. You think his shit is annoying and that he's trolling? You tell other people not to egg him on when the response a troll is looking for to get fulfillment is what he's getting from you. You're the ones that keep reacting to him and blowing the situation up. If anyone's feeding the troll it's you.

Go ahead. Make a sock account. Troll the forum behind an alias. If I see you're trolling and just saying ridiculous things for the sake it and I decide it warrants me ignoring you then that's a choice I'll make. I don't need someone else to suggest I do it every time you post and I don't need to tell anyone else.

Originally Posted by PWI

While I have nothing to confirm this is happening, there is a belief among some that I've heard from in the last 24 hours that an official announcement that Anthem Sports and Entertainment has officially purchased TNA and its parent company Impact Ventures LLC from Dixie Carter. There's been a lot of speculation as to what this means for Carter going forward, but the expectation of all I've spoken to is that she's done with the company in terms of having any true position of power and Ed Nordholm of Anthem will be the lead person going forward. We've heard Nordholm is very business-oriented. He has been favorably talked about by several TNA talents ...

The company is absolutely moving forward with plans for house shows next year.

TNA returns to Orlando, Florida for TV tapings starting 1/5 through 1/12. The company will tape 12 episodes of Impact as well as broadcast a live One Night Only PPV and additional material.

Originally Posted by ESPN

As WWE closes out 2016, Paul Levesque (more commonly known as Triple H) spoke to ESPN's Nicolas Atkin about the future of NXT as the brand prepares to enter a new year.

In the interview, Levesque once again emphasized that NXT is more than developmental. He also had interesting comments on roster movement between brands that we could see in the future as NXT further establishes itself.

"We say that it's developmental, but at the same time it's a third brand -- 200 events this year, specials and the weekly show itself which are one of the most popular things on the Network," Levesque said. "I think over the years you're gonna begin to see Raw is its own brand, SmackDown is its own brand, NXT -- you're gonna see people move around. It's no longer gonna be just, this guy got called up, it's gonna be maybe 'this guy got moved over, she got moved here,' and see that transference of talent."

"At the end of the day, it's all content; it's all product that our fans wanna see. The difference in those products is big, but there's something there for everybody. I think that's what's exciting about it."

Levesque was asked about Shinsuke Nakamura's status and seemed confused by fans clamoring for the NXT Champion to be called up to the main roster.

"One of the things that's funny to me -- I always laugh at it -- is when people say to me, 'I watch Nakamura every week in NXT. I don't know why they don't put him on Raw so I can watch him on Raw every week,'" Levesque said. "You're getting to see him, right? You're getting to see him doing what he does, in a big way. The opportunities are there. He's got that clean path now to get here, when he gets here he might go there, he might go back."

Originally Posted by Observer

Cody Rhodes spoke out on Twitter about last night’s Raw segment that referenced his father. In the segment, Bayley gave Goldust a Dusty Rhodes teddy bear before Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows interrupted the Golden Truth and Anderson tore the head off of the bear. Cody tweeted after it aired, “Not gonna' say something mean or blow a whistle. All I can say...is that whoever produced that, I hope they never know what this feels like.” He also later responded to the reaction he got from the tweet, “Appreciate all the kind words tonight & even the dissenting opinions. I turned something private to public. I'm not perfect. I just miss him.”

Originally Posted by Observer

Goldberg turns 50 years old today, and it’s also the anniversary of Kevin Nash breaking his WCW undefeated streak at Starrcade 1998. Goldberg returns to Raw next week in Tampa, Florida.

Originally Posted by Observer

Ring of Honor announced Kyle O’Reilly & Jay Lethal vs. Adam Cole & Cody Rhodes for their TV taping in Atlanta on January 14th. It’s the first 2017 ROH match that O’Reilly has been advertised for with his contract set to expire at the end of this year.

Originally Posted by Observer

In an interview with TMZ Sports that was released today but appears to have been taped last week, Dana White was asked about Brock Lesnar and CM Punk’s futures in the UFC. White said that he doubted that Lesnar would fight again but wasn’t definitive about it. White said that he will figure out Punk’s future with him and needs to talk to him about it, though he seemed more pessimistic than Punk was recently on the MMA Hour about continuing his career in the UFC.

Originally Posted by PWI

Former WWE Ring Announcer Lilian Garcia announced today that her father passed away after fighting a brave battle with cancer. Garcia left her job with WWE to spend time with her father as he fought the disease. We send along our deepest condolences to her and her family. You can read her tweet below.

On Christmas Day, heaven welcomed an extraordinary angel in my father, U.S. Army Retired Lt… https://t.co/MLeUaxI7Ys
— Lilian Garcia (@LilianGarcia) December 26, 2016

Originally Posted by Observer

Ahead of his IWGP Heavyweight Championship main event against Kazuchika Okada at the Tokyo Dome on January 4th, Kenny Omega spoke to UPROXX's Austin Heiberg about that match, his career, and WWE's recent hiring spree of independent stars ...

Omega commented on those hiring practices by saying that he feels that the company is hiring people just to hire them.

"It seems as though we’re headed towards a monopoly, if I were to speak honestly." Omega said. "WWE is hiring people just to hire them. That’s fine, and I’m happy for whoever’s happy to collect a paycheck from them. A lot of my good friends are now receiving work and receiving money. But sadly, a lot of those people are signing with WWE just to ride the pine. You can’t put all these guys on TV. On one end, you have these mom-and-pop indy superstars getting TV time, and people all around the world are able to see the art of what they do. And in a lot of cases, they’re enjoying it, which is fantastic. I’m really happy about that."

While Omega said that he's happy for wrestlers who are enjoying their time in WWE, he went on to discuss the potential impact that WWE signing so many people could have on independent promotions and expressed that he wants to be an option for viewers who want more out of their wrestling programming.

"But as everyone gets picked up, as all these independent promotions have to shut down and close their doors because of WWE scooping everyone up, everyone’s going to lose an option. And that guy you saw for that one tournament, you’re not going to see him anymore." Omega said. "You can’t put him on TV, there’s only so much time. So eventually, people are going to run out of options. I want to be one of the options for people. You want to go eat a McDonald’s hamburger? That’s cool. McDonald’s can be good. Do I like them every day? Do I want to eat McDonald’s seven days a week for every meal? Probably not. Eventually, I’m going to want to go someplace for a triple-A grade steak. I may not necessarily have the traffic flow of McDonald’s, but guess what? The quality is there, and it’s for the distinguished wrestling viewer. People who are wanting something more out of their programming. That’s what I want to provide for people in 2017."

Originally Posted by Observer

To promote ESPN’s upcoming 30 for 30 documentary on the XFL, a pop-up XFL Hall of Fame featuring memorabilia and other items from the failed football league’s brief run will be open to the public on January 14th at the Helen Mills Event Space and Theater in New York City.

Originally Posted by Observer

ITV released a promo video for their upcoming World of Sport special that will air on New Year’s Eve. Dave Mastiff, Viper, and Danny Hope appeared on ITV’s This Morning to promote the special.

Originally Posted by Observer

"That's why it was such a fight to get Goldberg because there were people who were very much pushing - 'we've got a plan, we've got a plan' ya know? And Vince ended up being convinced that Bill Goldberg was a better plan than Shane McMahon as a plan, which ruffled some key people's feathers."

He went on to say, "A lot of politics go through these decisions and a lot of people have different ideas of what will and won't get over. I'm not even saying this was personal agenda because this wasn't Shane I'm talking about although I'm sure Shane wasn't down for Goldberg vs. Lesnar at WrestleMania either but he's not in power. But the people who were, they felt that for whatever reason, that it wasn't the right idea but Vince overruled - I mean he didn't overrule them, it's Vince's rule - Vince ruled, Vince made the call and there were a lot of people against the finish of the Goldberg/Lesnar match and Vince ruled in that direction as well, so, just how things go."

Originally Posted by PWI

This Thursday's Impact Wrestling will be the Hardy New Year with lots from the Hardy compound. We are told there will be something unique on the show that has never been done on pro wrestling TV before.

Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner (Post 4906068)

Cody Rhodes is a little bitch. It's wrestling ffs.

Originally Posted by Observer

Raw on Monday did 2.85 million viewers, down three percent from last week, which has to be considered a good number since the Dallas Cowboys win over the Detroit Lions did the best Monday Night Football number of the season with 18.61 million viewers ...

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 2.97 million viewers
9 p.m. 2.88 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.72 million viewers

Originally Posted by Observer

In a Facebook post, Mick Foley provided an update on the status of his health and the hip replacement that he needs. Foley wrote that he had intended to get the operation at the start of 2017, but never set a date because he doesn't have health insurance. He claimed that the surgery would cost $60,000 out-of-pocket. In the post, Foley clarified that he's on a handshake deal with WWE and doesn't have a contract in his role as general manager of Raw.

Originally Posted by PWMania

For what it’s worth, WWE officials have not decided on WrestleMania 33 plans for current United States Champion Roman Reigns with less than 100 days to go until the big event in Orlando.

It sounds like there could be a big coronation for Reigns at the Royal Rumble next month as he faces WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens with Owens’ title on the line, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio. That match will feature Chris Jericho suspended above the ring in a shark cage.

Regarding WrestleMania 33, Meltzer noted that there are different ideas being discussed for Reigns and one includes a big surprise that’s probably not happening. No word yet on exactly what that surprise might be. However, none of the WrestleMania plans being discussed have anything to do with another Reigns coronation.

Originally Posted by Observer

Also on last night's show, America Alpha won their first tag team titles since being promoted to the main roster. Dissension between Randy Orton & Luke Harper was teased at the finish. Heath Slater appeared to suffer a leg injury during the match, but tweeted that everything is (mostly) fine on Wednesday.

Originally Posted by Observer

Chris Hero will be wrestling for EVOLVE at their two shows over Royal Rumble weekend in San Antonio, Texas on January 27th and 28th. Hero will face Zack Sabre Jr. on the 28th.

Originally Posted by Observer

New Japan World has made every title match of 2016 free to stream through January 4th.

Originally Posted by Observer

Tajiri returns to main roster TV on next week’s edition of 205 Live. On last night’s episode, Neville defeated Rich Swann in a non-title match which likely sets up a Cruiserweight Championship match between the two down the road.

Originally Posted by PWI

In a sign that relations between WWE and Hulk Hogan are certainly improving, Curtis Axel brought back his old Axelmania gimmick last night at the Royal end in St Louis. Axel wore his old "Axelmania" bandana and did the entire Hulk Hogan Greatest Hits routine including dropping a leg drop.

Originally Posted by PWI

WWE attorneys filed a motion on 12/23 once again seeking the dismissal of the latest lawsuit filed against the company by dozens of wrestlers, some whom were contracted by WWF/WWE and some who worked on a per match basis as well as requesting the United States District Court of Connecticut sanction attorneys Konstantine Kyros, Brenden Leydon, S. James Boumil, Anthony Norris, Erica C. Mirabella, and R. Christopher Gilreath. That motion was followed by one filed personally by Vince McMahon seeking the same ...

The 12/23 motion to dismiss noted that the Amended complaint from November filed against WWE alleges, incorrectly, that "all of the deceased wrestlers who have been studied to date had CTE" and that "several hundred wrestlers died from Alzheimer’s or dementia related injuries" according to the Cauliflower Alley Club's website and "that WWE knew that wrestlers received repetitive head trauma that dramatically increased their risks of developing neurological disorders because of its relationship to the CAC."

The motion also seeks to shoot down the claims that WWE would be legally responsible and obligated to former talents of World Championship Wrestling (WCW, which WWE purchased in March 2001) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW, which WWE purchased the assets and right to via the bankruptcy proceedings of ECW parent company HHG, Inc., also in 2001) ...

On the claims made by former WWE Diva Ashley Massaro upon her joining the lawsuit several months back, WWE stated, "The Amended Complaint falsely alleges that WWE attempted to persuade Plaintiff Ashley Massaro not to report an allegation of sexual assault on a military base in Kuwait to the appropriate authorities. This baseless and inflammatory allegation is wholly unrelated to the claims in this case and was presented for the improper purpose of generating negative publicity against WWE in violation of this Court’s prior admonitions."

Originally Posted by PWI

At the house show last night in St. Louis, MO WWE announced that the 2017 Money In The Bank Pay-Per-View will be held June 18 at the Scottrade center in St. Louis.

The pre-sale password is: MITB.

Originally Posted by PWI

WWE began building to John Cena challenging AJ Styles for the WWE championship at the Royal Rumble on 1/29/17 in San Antonio, Texas last night on Smackdown Live and Talking Smack. It is interesting to note that before there were changes to the creative team earlier this month, the pitch for the Rumble was Undertaker challenging Styles.

Originally Posted by PWI

The Bollywood Boyz haven't been on 205 Live in recent weeks as the edict was made to keep them down in WWE NXT to allow them to get additional seasoning after their bouts on 205 didn't click in management's eyes.

Originally Posted by PWI

Jim Ross announced that Alex Riley would be his guest on his podcast next week, Riley's first interview anywhere since departing WWE. Riley worked on the new Netflix GLOW series, although in what capacity has not been revealed.

Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4906476)

Do we really need Hulk Hogan back? To what purpose does it serve except highlight how an old racist guy is more over than today's stars?

Originally Posted by Observer

"Right now when it comes to WrestleMania while there are a lot of rumors and directions being stated, there are only three matches locked in, which are Brock Lesnar vs. Bill Goldberg, HHH vs. Seth Rollins and Big Show vs. Shaquille O’Neal.

John Cena vs. Undertaker is a probable, but Vince McMahon was not locked on it. Also probable was a multiple person women’s championship match on the Raw side. Right now when it comes to Undertaker, while it is likely Cena, the other opponent considered is Roman Reigns with the idea that Reigns is the future, Cena vs. Undertaker doesn’t build the future, and this may be Undertaker’s last match. If they don’t do Reigns this year, they may never be able to do it. Either way, if Cena and Reigns leave San Antonio as champions, it looks like Undertaker will challenge one of them in the main event."

Originally Posted by PWI

Some contract updates: Ring of Honor has come to terms with Jay Lethal for a new deal. While there were attempts to get Steve Corino to stay, all signs are he is gone as of 12/31 when his current deal expires. As of this writing, Kyle O'Reilly, Bobby Fish, War Machine and BJ Whitmer have not signed new deals.

There has been a lot of talk of Whitmer being the new color commentator with Kevin Kelly ...

If O'Reilly doesn't come to terms, I would be shocked if he retains the ROH title at the 1/4/17 Tokyo Dome event for New Japan, where he faces Adam Cole. Cole and Fish are both advertised for the 1/14/17 Atlanta TV taping, so they are going to be working with the company going forward.

Originally Posted by Observer

One of the potentially biggest events, if it is a success and leads to a series, takes place 12/31 on ITV in the U.K. with a two-hour World of Sport wrestling special featuring some world title bouts, a ladder match, and talent including Grado, Dave Mastiff and Davey Boy Smith Jr., plus Jim Ross will be announcing the show.

Originally Posted by Observer

AXS TV tomorrow night will air three hours from last year's Tokyo Dome show. Most of the top matches will air with the exception of the Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada match. The A.J. Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura match was edited so it wasn't nearly as good as the Japanese unedited version.

Originally Posted by PWI

The current plan is for New Japan Pro Wrestling to run the first two nights of the 2017 G-1 Climax tournament in July at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California.

New Japan star Rocky Romero and George Carroll, a New England based independent wrestling personality who did some website work for Ring of Honor, were recently in Long Beach doing ground work for the dates.

NJPW traditionally announces major dates for the year during the 1/4/17 Dome show.

Originally Posted by PWI

Based on conversations with numerous sources, all signs are that Anthem Sports & Entertainment will officially become the owners of Impact Wrestling and its parent company, assets, etc. on 1/1/17, so expect some form of an official announcement then. It is expected there will be an official meeting of some sort with the locker room next week in Orlando.

Anthem has continued to have conversations with Jeff Jarrett but there is no sign they have come to any form of a deal for him to return to the company in any official capacity. Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling promotion ran an event last night as part of a private function and Jarrett has been regularly going to Los Angeles for work on potential GFW broadcast deals.

Anthem are also working on locking talents who's deals expire in early 2017, including The Hardy Boys and Drew Galloway to new deals.

Originally Posted by PWI

TNA Knockout Sienna announced the following on social media:

This Valentine's Day I will be running through freezing ass #Detroit in my skivvies to raise money for @childrenstumor - If you're still in the holiday spirit, now is a great time to donate to this worthy cause! The link is in my bio ????

#CupidsUndieRun #ImWithCupid #ChildrensTumorFoundation

You can learn more on helping the cause by going here

Originally Posted by Observer

While they haven’t made an official offer (or at least hadn’t as of last week), WWE is more open to Matt Riddle than a few months ago. Everyone knows he’s one of the best prospects to come along in the sense not many in modern history have ever gotten so good in so few matches. Riddle is under contract to Evolve, but that means nothing as Evolve’s policy is always to release guys if WWE wants them. I have no idea why New Japan doesn’t go after him now although it probably is inevitable than he’ll be in WWE and probably a major star, at some point.

Originally Posted by Observer

The AAA television deal in Canada with The Fight Network is in trouble. They haven’t produced a new episode since June, so they’ve been replaying the same 12 episodes. FactoryMade Ventures was at one point going to produce new shows in Los Angeles when they took over the gig as the original shows were produced by Court Bauer, who stopped working with AAA in June.

Originally Posted by Observer

The item noted last week regarding no Lucha Underground tapings until the fall of 2017 has led to a lot of frustration. The talent had kept weekend dates free starting in February, or if they had dates, many had canceled them, and now they have to get new bookings for February, March and April. The frustration is that after all these years, they haven’t broken out, it’s only seasonal work, but those seven season contracts which, except for a few people aren’t high dollar deals, are keeping everyone from exploring working in places like WWE, New Japan and ROH.

There is top talent in Lucha Underground who are trying to see if they can legally get themselves free from the deals and explore working elsewhere. Most of the talent is still happy this company is still around because it’s a regular paycheck in season (with the exception of guys like Rey Mysterio who are on guaranteed annual big money deals, most talent is paid per television show they are on at the time the show is taped). But the hope was that by this point they’d be more of a force, be huge in the Hispanic community (in fact, they still don’t have a Spanish language outlet after having it in season one and thus are seen by far fewer than at the start of the promotion with the 200,000 to 250,000 viewers weekly in season one on Unimas), there would be house shows and people would be making merchandise money.

Originally Posted by Observer

The wrestlers from the U.K. who just signed WWE contracts for the tournament on 1/14 and 1/15 in Blackpool, England, live on the WWE Network, signed one-year deals for 16,000 pounds or roughly $20,000 U.S. Several of the wrestlers that were signed told Wrestle Culture Pro Wrestling that they had been told they could no longer work for the promotion after 1/15. When William Regal came to the U.K., he specifically talked about no restrictions on where the talent could work, but we knew that the contracts specified the obvious like TNA or ROH, and there was no way the guys would be able to work for the ITV group, since, even though WWE says the opposite publicly, the key to this thing being done was an attempt to stop the ITV group. Wrestle Culture doesn’t have regular television. They have television tapings for an Internet show and have spent huge money for people like Kurt Angle, Jim Ross, Alberto El Patron and others. The promotions that Paul Levesque talked about when he was there that they would work with included Progress and Revolution Pro, and they sent Finn Balor to ICW and OTT, so there is a relationship there as well.

Originally Posted by Observer

The WWE web site had a poll on who you want to be in the main event at WrestleMania. When the results went like this: 40% Styles, 12% Undertaker, 10% Balor, 7% Goldberg, 5% Cena, 4% Reigns, 3% Wyatt, Ambrose, Owens, Banks, Rollins, 1% Charlotte, Lesnar and Miz. The poll was then kiboshied.

Originally Posted by Droford (Post 4906858)

Apparently the whole reason why there's a Dar/Alexander fued is because Vince thinks Dar sounds like he's saying "fucks" every time he says Fox and he gets a kick out of it.

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4906471)

[*]In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Dean Ambrose had the most moments of tv shows ending with him standing tall and/or having his music out of everyone in the WWE at 25.5 shows. Next closest was Roman Reigns with 14.5 shows overall. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc..._often_at_the/

Originally Posted by Big Vic (Post 4907030)

What was Kane doing on the 15th of Feb?

Originally Posted by Cool King (Post 4907015)