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05-05-2016 09:48 PM |
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Another aspect is that Reigns is also working as a babyface, but the crowds hate him. Going against Styles has led to him not just being booed on PPVs and TVs, but now he’s also getting booed more heavily on the house shows. But for all the complaints about this being a sign people don’t want him, the people who boo the loudest pay the most for tickets, and the only thing where McMahon will truly pay attention to people’s voices, the masses not buying tickets, is the one thing that audience that boos the loudest can’t do.
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Observer on what it will really take for Vince to change his mind or go in a new direction with Reigns. Previously hinted the WWE is already on full blown Cena mode with Reigns in regards to thinking the crowd is just booing for fun or its good for him to have mixed reactions.
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There is also talk of doing a Global Women's tournament on the Network next, as well as continuing the annual Dusty Rhodes tag team tournament in NXT. The women’s tournament will be like the cruiserweight tournament, mixing current talent with non-roster talent in what amounts to tryout matches.
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The WWE Global cruiserweight series has been given a name change, to just the Cruiserweight Classic. There may be changes in the taping schedule as well but that isn't official.
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On his podcast, Steve Austin said the reason Shane McMahon is doing the WWE's interview with Mick Foley and not himself is that he is rehabbing his right shoulder, where he had recent surgery for a rotator cuff injury as well as a torn labrum and AC joint injury, suffered at WrestleMania match when he was doing the in-ring angle. His arm is currently in a sling for four weeks and said he was going to go to Baltimore to do the interview but felt he didn't want to jeopardize the recovery of the shoulder.
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Shinsuke Nakamura’s t-shirt that was released on 5/2 in Japan has already sold out. All sizes sold out in just a few hours. His t-shirts are also among the best-selling items on WWEShop.com behind The New Day’s “Booty-O” shirts. That’s very impressive when you consider that Nakamura’s TV exposure is limited to WWE Network programming.
WWE’s upcoming tour of Japan in July sold out within 5 minutes. Nakamura and Asuka will be wrestling on those shows.
His official theme “The Rising Sun” was the first WWE theme to reach 1 million views on YouTube. As of this writing, the theme is approaching 1.5 million YouTube views. At one point, the song was listed as the number 1 soundtrack on the iTunes charts.
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Regarding Eric Young on NXT last night, he hasn't signed a deal with WWE as of yet.
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After the NXT tapings on Thursday of last week, Paul Levesque introduced Sean Hayes as the new strength and conditioning coach. Hayes was the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Houston Texans. He replaces Matt Wichlinski who has been in that position for a few years and whose name came up in some talent complaints during the time that Bill DeMott was let go. Hayes is best known for doing an impersonation of Randy Savage last year which aired on the HBO TV show Hard Knocks.
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Randy Orton, who has been out of action with a shoulder injury since November, is still rehabbing. It’s said that his rehab is coming much slower than expected, but he is recovering from the injury. Orton is expected to start training in Orlando at the WWE Performance Center soon for his comeback in mid-June.
Orton spoke to AfterBuzz TV last month and commented on the injury.
“I had a match October (12) in Chicago. My shoulder got stretched back, and I had a repair 12 years ago that was destroyed. I had a little pain, got an MRI and was told (they) had to fix my shoulder again,” Orton explains. “I had a new guy do it and had a stabilization done that they do to rugby players get, and they’re some tough customers.
“I still have 5-10 years left, but who knows? I feel like I’m nowhere near done.”
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Naomi disclosed via Twitter today that she has been rehabbing a torn tendon in her ankle:
I'm ok...just rehabbing a torn tendon in my ankle will be back soon???? #naomob I'm good???? https://t.co/cy3C4yOeAm
— Trinity Fatu (@NaomiWWE) May 5, 2016
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Given the current situation with Ryback and WWE, this might get interesting. Ryback in October last year applied to trademark "The Big Guy" while WWE initiated their own application in January this year. Ryback's application is closer to being finalized, being in the "published to be opposition" phase.
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Update to the trademark dispute between Ryback and the WWE.
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Overnight, WWE star Adam Rose pulled all of his Twitter postings about his WWE Wellness Policy suspension last month.
Rose had initially written on Twitter that he wanted the truth behind his suspension to be made public, even if it was at the cost of his own job, because he wanted his sons, when they were old enough, to know what had happened and not assume the worst about him when it came to drugs.
Rose later published a note from his Doctor, which stated he was being treated for adult ADHD and prescribed Adderall and that the prescription was following all "proper protocol." Rose wrote that WWE was aware for over a year that he was taking the prescribed medication.
Rose was suspended for 60 days, his second violation of the company's policy. WWE has not commented on Rose's suspension beyond initially announcing it.
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AUX reports that several pro wrestling related items were among the items found in Prince's secret vault.
One was a Morris Day-narrated documentary on WWE Hall of Famer Koko B. Ware.
Another project was titled Bockwinkel, perhaps after the WWE Hall of Famer Nick Bockwinkel. It was described as an "unreleased hard rock project" with Bob Mould, who was a huge wrestling fan and worked as a WCW writer at one point.
Prince also had a project called The Undertaker, which may not be related to the WWE Superstar. This was described as a "frequently bootlegged live-in-the-studio performance notable for a Rolling Stones cover."
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We were told that there’s been a lot of talk within WWE lately, between talents and not publicly, about how a popular veteran is partying too much. We have heard a name from two sources and don’t feel comfortable revealing it at this point, but may if something changes.
The behavior has gotten so bad that it’s affecting his in-ring work, according to those talking, and some have talked privately about not wanting to work with the veteran anymore.
It’s interesting that there’s been some talk from fans this year about how this same WWE Superstar has “phoned it in” during some of his recent matches and feuds.
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Being speculated online it might be either Jericho or Alberto Del Rio assuming any of it is actually true.
Some other news includes: - EVOLVE's Gabe Sapolsky had a recent interview with Uprox website involving EVOLVE's current partnership with the WWE, WWE's upcoming cruiserweight tournament, and CM Punk's being influential in the growing popularity of indie wrestlers in the WWE. http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/its-g...o-wrestling/3/
- Cameroon recently clarified her stance on supporting Ryback in his dispute with the WWE. Also her response to people bashing her opinion as being worthless because she's not talented as a wrestler.
http://www.pwinsider.com/article/101...-fans.html?p=1
- Courtsey of SquaredCircle, one of Chris Jericho's books sheds some light on money problems wrestlers have with the WWE in regards to what they think they are getting paid compared to what Vince thinks they are really worth. Jericho's book example was Mania 18 and how he got paid less because Vince felt people only cared more about Triple H in their match. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...from_jerichos/
- In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, 111 years ago today marked the crowning of the first ever official world heavyweight champion in wrestling.
- According to reports, Lucha Underground's tv networks recently ordered an extra 13 episodes for Season 3's tapings.
- Lucha Underground was also recently added to Infinity's Online Streaming service. http://tvgo.xfinity.com/watch/Lucha-...92895404302112
- According to the Observer, Will Ospreay's contract with NJPW is for 2 years in length. https://twitter.com/enuhito_eng/stat...58758614540288
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