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Old 02-10-2015, 09:49 PM   #13171
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Dirtsheets now with 100% more Rollins dong-related news:

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According f4wonline, There is a rumor circulating around WWE that Vince McMahon is looking to alter the Dean Ambrose gimmick slightly going into his feud with Bad News Barrett, giving it a more ''Cool, Vegas gambler'' type edge.
Take it with a grain of salt since so far the report hasn't been verified nor denied yet by those with actual F4W/Observer sub accounts.

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Originally Posted by PWI
As noted, there was relationship drama on social media last night as nude photos of Seth Rollins and NXT Diva Zahra were posted on Rollins' social media accounts, apparently by his fiancee.

It appears there will be no heat within WWE on Rollins for the incident. WWE officials believe that Rollins' social media accounts were "obviously" hacked. WWE officials felt that because the photo was re-posted several times after he initially deleted it, that he wasn't the culprit.

WWE issued a memo to the roster after last night's RAW and requested that they do not discuss or make reference to the situation publicly because doing so would be "insensitive" to Rollins.
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WWE is planning to induct former AWA World champion Larry Zbyszko into the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame, PWInsider.com has learned.
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Raw did a surprisingly low 3.66 million viewers last night, a drop of 14 percent with no real answer as to why.

Some would think the debut of Better Call Saul would have hurt, but that only went against the third hour, and the third hour held up better than it has in recent weeks.

It's also bad because it was clearly implied in he opening segment that Sting would be appearing on a show to give an answer to HHH's challenge, even though he wasn't there.

The three hours were:
8 p.m. 3.79 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.67 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.52 million viewers

There has only been one show in the last three years not during football season that did worse, and that went against huge sports competition that this show didn't face.

There's no spinning, this is a bad number, and unlike most, one that doesn't have an obvious explanation past the potential of it just being a fluke.
According to another forum that broke down the third hour, RAW had slighlty more overall viewers than Better Call Saul (around 100k more) did but got hammered in the valuable 18-49 age group (0.4 ratings lower).


Rest is from a recent Q&A session Triple H had about NXT:
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WWE executive Paul "Triple H" Levesque announced his goal to make NXT a separate touring brand by late 2015 or early 2016. Levesque said during a conference call with the pro wrestling media on Tuesday that he would ultimately like to see the brand running live events every weekend.
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Obviously, Itami is progressing through his language barrier faster than say, Khali, Yoshi Tatsu, and Sin Cara did during their time in WWE, but he's definitely got a ways to go until that "lightbulb goes off" as HHH says. What do you think about Itami's progression through NXT? And how do you see his future as a WWE superstar, especially if Vince is still around when he makes it to the main roster?
Original plan was for him to only spend a short amount of time in NXT then get promoted to the main roster.

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Dave Meltzer said he had a bunch of question and he knows he has to go down to two. He was asked about pushing women, mentioning Ronda Rousey. Meltzer said that they made her a big deal from the start and it was hard to recap as he kind of talked over H until H countered that she didn’t come out of nowhere. She made her name in Strikeforce and UFC took noticed and pushed her. She wasn’t working at a fast food place or something. H said that Charlotte has been at the top of the card in NXT and she is one of the main events. He will give the people want.
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Jason Powell asked about the noticeable difference with how the women are booked in NXT vs. WWE. Will it change on the main roster or is it just H’s vision vs. Vince?

H said it’s a mix of both. He said that they have a little different audience at NXT vs. the main roster. There are more casual fans of WWE and it takes a while to change perceptions, but he thinks they are doing that. It will take time to do it, but he thinks they will get there. He thinks that the world is looking at women differently, mentioning Ronda Rousey, and he thinks that will carry over to WWE. He is proud of women like Charlotte and Sasha.
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He was asked about recruiting athletes from other sports, are there new guys that he thinks they have something here. Meltzer mentioned Chad Gable. H laughed and said he is always evaluating the roster because it could get stripped by Vince at any time. He said he has an elite group, a next level group, then the talent in waiting group and finally the beginners. There is competition on every level. He said that they have somewhere between 65 and 70 people right now. He likes to be 65 to 100. 70 to 80 is very comfortable for him.
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