Time for some disappointing or not dirtsheets:
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WWE had planned for NXT Women's Champion Charlotte and Natalya to face off in a singles match on Monday's Slammy Awards RAW but then changed it to a tag team match, then finally deciding on going with the singles match. Due to the awards, they were running low on time and the decision was made for them to do a quick singles match.
It was a Vince McMahon decision for Charlotte to lose and there was a feeling that if Triple H had his way, Charlotte would have went over. In the tag match, Charlotte was the one who would have scored the pinfall for her team. When it was changed to a singles match, Natalya reportedly asked to lose the match because she felt it was the right thing.
Vince decided against it and Triple H sort of defended the move, bringing up the timing issues and saying that in six months when they bring Charlotte in again, people won't remember this happened.
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More details from the NXT showcase match from RAW.
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WWE announced today that Edge and Christian will be appearing on the final RAW of 2014.
That event takes place on December 29th at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Brock Lesnar Fan, Randy Orton and others are also advertised.
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While Randy Orton was scheduled to go right into a feud with Seth Rollins upon making his return, he will be returning as a babyface and feuding with Kane, at least on WWE live events. Orton is expected to make his return at WWE TLC, possibly during the John Cena vs. Rollins Tables Match
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Mike Tenay has reportedly agreed to his new one-year TNA deal that will see him stay on TV but no longer bet he lead announcer on Impact Wrestling. As noted, Josh Mathews will be replacing him.
Jim Ross recently contacted TNA's John Gaburick and possibly Dixie Carter to pitch the idea of Tenay calling the big New Japan Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome event, that is co-branded with Jeff Jarrett' global Force Wrestling. Ross pitched that TNA would be plugged during the show in exchange for allowing Tenay to work but the idea was turned down.
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At this time, the ratings for the Lucha Underground are not improving as much as the El Rey Network would have hoped. Considering how expensive the show is to produce, this could become a problem for the health of the company.
Each taping is said to cost “hundreds of thousands” of dollars, rumored to be anywhere from $100,000 to $300,000. But with the numbers for the show so low, the national TV ads that run during the show are being sold dirt-cheap. Word is that the rate is $150-$300 for a 30 second spot. No, there are no zeros missing there.
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Some real concern right now that El Rey might pull the plug for Lucha Underground soon since its not worth the costs and already have pulled at least one other original programing series for similar reasons.
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There is apparently a feeling within WWE that pushing Roman Reigns to win the WWE world heavyweight championship from Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31 is the right call and that was enforced by his winning the "Superstar of the Year" Slammy Award despite not being on television for months now. The fan voting, as indicated previously, was legitimate and Reigns beat out both John Cena and Dean Ambrose.
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In other sheet news, John Cena was name co-winner of The Onion's Person of the Year award (Malala Yousafza was the other). Was said to be a tough decision between Cena's wrestling and Make-A-Wish accolades versus Yousafza push for equality and social reforms.