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Originally Posted by CageSideSeats.com Legacy Talent and Entertainment posted the following to Facebook today: We named this company Legacy Talent because it's our mission to help preserve the legacies that our clients have worked a lifetime to build. Yesterday we took a huge step in documenting Ric Flair's legacy by starting to shoot his 30 for 30 ESPN Film. We are honored to work with such a prestigious group on a project we are so passionate about! This wouldn't be the first time ESPN has ventured into the pro wrestling world with its 30 for 30 documentary series, having previously looked at the Von Erich family. This also comes at a time when ESPN and WWE are as cozy as ever, what with a weekly segment on Sportscenter and increased coverage of major pay-per-view (PPV) events.

Originally Posted by Observer While morale at NXT is through the roof, the main roster has been described as having a big divide between the have’s and have not’s. The lower level talent with $100,000 downsides, which would be the bottom guys, were raised to $125,000, and probably others got raises as well to offset the lack of PPV bonus money. There are underneath guys complaining about having a hard time making it given road expenses. The top guys are being well taken care of

Originally Posted by PWI There has also been a lot of speculation regarding Del Rio's pay. In speaking to someone close to the situation, I am told that a lot of money figures being tossed around publicly are almost three times what Del Rio's actual downside guarantee is.

Turns out Del Rio's actual pay is around $500,000.

Originally Posted by Observer A note on the report in this week's Observer regarding different sources listing a $1.45 million downside guarantee for Alberto Del Rio in returning to WWE. According to other sources with knowledge of exactly what his contract entails, while he may very well make that much over the next year in WWE, he was not given a guarantee close to that. It appears from here that when the Lucha Underground deal fell apart, that he wanted to go back to WWE and that's really it. As noted before, he will be at TV Monday and Tuesday and then he'll be leaving after Tuesday night for the entire European tour, so AAA being told he was going to work their TV's on 11/7 and 11/15 isn't happening and one questions if they'll even get him back for a date.

Observer issued a correction after finding out both their source lied a bit and Del Rio lying about his situation in AAA towards the end. AAA thought at first they had Del Rio till early 2016, then at least a few dates for November, and now have no clue when he's coming back to relinquish the Mega title.

Originally Posted by Observer One of the reasons for the Dudleys quick phase-down is that Jey Uso is ready to return from shoulder surgery so the Usos team should be starting back and are likely ready to be groomed for the top babyface tag team spot against New Day. The twins are back training together in Orlando in the ring so Jey is cleared and should be back shortly

Don't know why the WWE keeps insisting on treating the tag division like the Divas division. Instead of building any depth, its just champs vs team du jour for anything meaningful.

Originally Posted by Observer The next PPV is Survivor Series on 11/22 in Atlanta at the Phillips Arena. The main event is Seth Rollins defending the WWE title against Roman Reigns. It’s interesting they would take this direction now. They are clearly trying to make Reigns the new face of the company, and one would think they’d pull the trigger at WrestleMania, when interest and focus on the company is the highest by far. But Reigns isn’t popular with the WrestleMania crowd. This past year, nobody was booed even close to as much as him, even though pushed as the top babyface on the show. With Survivor Series, you sacrifice the spotlight but won’t have as bad a reaction to kicking the reign off. Or he could be screwed and build the change up for later. As a heel champion, Rollins has gone through the entire top of the face side except for Undertaker and Reigns. On the heel side for Reigns, there are a number of potential PPV headliners including Del Rio, Rollins, Kevin Owens, Bray Wyatt, Braun Strowman (he’s getting the monster push, but the match would be a risk). Even faces like Lesnar, Dean Ambrose and Cena could be mixed in, and Reigns against Cena or Lesnar could headline WrestleMania if Reigns is champion. The latter could explain Lesnar vs. Undertaker being moved up

Rey Mysterio appeared on Wednesday's "Gorilla Position" podcast and naturally, WWE came up as a subject. After all of the drama and rumors that surrounded his departure from the company, his answer to a question about whether he would return to the company might have been a bit surprising. "Never say never. I didn't leave on bad terms. There was no dispute or bad intention on me leaving. So, if there is an opportunity down the road and both parties agree to it, why not? "At this stage of my career and my personal life, I'm enjoying it (time off)," Mysterio said. "It's what I want to do. I wanted to spend time with my kids and my wife, and I wanted my body to heal up. So, I'm going through that right now." Mysterio is currently working as AAA's top star, as well as picking up independent booking dates all over the world. Since his release, he's already had "dream matches" with the likes of Amazing Red and Ricochet on the independent circuit.

Within a year, AAA could end up losing the three stars they invested the most in. Sin Cara #1 left them for CMLL I think, Del Rio ditched them the moment he could, and now Rey could leave if the price is right.

Originally Posted by Observer Regarding questions of a Takeover special in Orlando the same weekend as Royal Rumble, given the next Takeover is on 12/16 from London (the direction seems to be to be headlined by Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe), it would seem a bit fast. One would think it’s a lock there would at least be house shows in the area that weekend, since they run within driving distance of Orlando most weekends anyway. But it would make sense to book a 5,000 seat arena or larger as opposed to the few hundred seat buildings they usually run for a major event the night before Rumble

Originally Posted by Observer The Orleans told the GFW promotion there were 2,109 people there, although the reports we got were lower, noting the fans were all moved up into the first six rows to make it look better for television. There were a lot of freebies around and some people left early, but also more than 500 came late. The promotion was very happy with the attendance. The big questions are can they get a television deal, and can they get The Orleans to renew? Will The Orleans think it’s worth it to sponsor a show if it only airs internationally or is it important that, since the show is promotion for The Orleans, that the show airs on American television? Either way, we’ve heard nothing about a deal past hopes for something in the U.K. Aldis being made world champion is clearly for the U.K. and it makes perfect sense. ... As you can tell by the names on the show, Jarrett clearly has little money to work with. Plus, even with TNA allowing its talent to work for him, Roode was the only one he booked and Roode and Jarrett are good friends. He’s going to really need to pull a rabbit out of his hat at this point. He was able to get The Orleans to be a partner in the first three shows and pay for the production.

Originally Posted by Observer The Bucks also negotiated that they would be able to continue on with their longtime home promotion, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla in California and appear on PWG DVD releases. We were told this was important to the Bucks especially as they feel that PWG allowed them to build their brand name and they wanted to continue on there, because they enjoy working there so much. Finally, the duo were able to get ROH to allow them to maintain their ProWrestlingTees.com store, an outlet that has allowed the Bucks to build an additional revenue stream for themselves beyond independent bookings with an endless procession of new Buck shirt designs.

Update to the recent Young Bucks news. Mostly on how they got ROH to agree to let them still wrestle for PWG even though relations between the two companies has been very low for a while.


Some other sheet news includes:

• Lucha Underground considering the idea of going on tours during 2016.
• According to the Observer, even with the new management at Destination America, very unlikely TNA will stay beyond early next year. Management still has low/bad views on wrestling in general.
• Also according to the Observer, TNA's plans on using India as a last ditch chance to remain relevant is about to take a huge hit now that the WWE is investing in the country for the Network.
• WWE's stocks rebounded a bit after yesterday's big hit following their financial report. Being implied the stuff regarding India and being a potentially huge market for them as the reason why. Overall still around $2 down compared to a few days ago.