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Originally Posted by PWI The 1/14 episode of Smackdown on The USA Network garnered 2,332,000 viewers, down from last week's audience of 2,757,000 viewers.

Originally Posted by 411Mania WWE went out an e-mail blast today advertising a match of Chris Jericho and Sheamus vs Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose for the Smackdown tapings in Dayton, Ohio. This will likely be a dark match. It’s been rumored that Jericho would feud with Dean Ambrose after the events of last year’s Night of Champion PPV.

Last week’s season finale of Breaking Ground featured Tyler Breeze being called up to the main WWE roster, but by the time it aired Breeze had already been moved down the card. According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Triple H legitimately wanted him protected and saw him as a heel on the level of Dolph Ziggler, which is why he feuded with him at the start. Vince McMahon was not convinced of this, and ended his push. He stripped down the character, putting less emphasis on his entrance and then not showing it on TV. Then they split him from Summer Rae with no build or programs leading out of the break up.

Some more details regarding Breeze and his dropped push.

Originally Posted by Observer On the MSL & Kevin Sullivan show on MLW Radio it was reported that Jim Ross is the new host of New Japan World Pro Wrestling Returns. At this time there is no finalized deal. The sides have talked for some time and it seems an obvious move for both if they can reach terms. Mauro Ranallo will be hosting the shows through late February. So, the new announce team, almost certainly including Josh Barnett, would start at that point.

Originally Posted by SEScoops Just over an hour ago, there was a major development in one of the concussion-related lawsuits filed against WWE. Back on October 30th, WWE had requested a stay on discovery (document production) and it was granted on November 10th. Today, that all changed, as Judge Vanessa Bryant lifted the stay, granting limited discovery as it pertains to the claims of Vito Lograsso (Big Vito) and former developmental talent Evan Singleton. Besides the discovery being confined to Singleton and Lograsso’s claims and not the other lawsuits, the judge limited it to these questions: (1) whether WWE had or should have had knowledge of and owed a duty to disclose to those plaintiffs the risks of long-term degenerative neurological conditions resulting from concussions or mild traumatic brain injuries to wrestlers who performed for WWE in the year 2005 or later, (2) whether and when WWE may have breached that duty, and (3) whether such a breach, if any, continued after Singleton and LoGrasso ceased performing for WWE. While the scope of the discovery could change if pending the outcome of WWE’s motions to dismiss, this is a huge win for the wrestlers’ side and their lawyer, Konstantine Kyros. The complaints in the lawsuits have heavily pushed the idea that WWE, like the NFL, hid information about developments in concussion science from the talent. While no real proof of that has surfaced as of yet, if anything like that were to exist within WWE’s archives of internal communication, that would deal a huge blow to their defense. That’s a big “if,” though.

Same tactic used against the NFL that lead to them settling was used successfully against the WWE. For some reference, the head of WWE's medical is the same doctor that was involved in the NFL's concussion controversy. http://www.sescoops.com/significant-...g-against-wwe/

Originally Posted by Observer Jimmy Snuka's murder trial has been postponed pending a decision on Snuka's competency to stand trial.

Originally Posted by Observer WWNLive.com announced today a deal with the Flipps app for their iPPV shows to be available on smart TV's without additional software, plug-ins or wires. They have already done PPVs with New Japan, TNA and ROH. The first show on the deal will be 1/22 and will be airing all three nights of their Evolve tag team title tournament that weekend, as well as the 1/29 Shine (all-women's show).

Some other sheet news includes:

• According to MLW's Court Bauer, POP TV has recently reworked their tv deal with TNA which involves them paying some money to show Impact on the network and have at least 1 new TNA show to be made.
• Based on recent NXT house show reports, WWE might be teasing at a possible Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens feud happening very soon.
• City of Orlando's mayor recently confirmed they have made a bid to host next year's Wrestlemania. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...115-story.html