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There has been a lot of speculation about WWE possibly doing a brand split after WrestleMania 32 and this will surely add to the rumors.
For what it's worth and this could be nothing, The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the WWE marketing department recently produced new USA Network graphics for RAW and SmackDown.
The RAW graphic features John Cena, Kevin Owens, Bray Wyatt, Alberto Del Rio, Charlotte and Nikki Bella as the top stars. The SmackDown promo features Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, The New Day, Dolph Ziggler and Paige as the top stars.
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According to PWtorch the word going out is that HHH wants ShaneVsTaker to go on last as the true main event closing Wrestlemania 32
However it's Vince that wants HHH and Reigns to close the show for the WWE championship. HHH isn't sold on his main event because the original plans for Reigns isn't working and the story isn't progressing or being told how they wanted it to, he now believes it's a weaker story compared Takers career and Raw power on the line.
They've been getting into heated arguments backstage and it's worrying some people who worry for Vince's health that this mania has been the most stressful for him in recent years.
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It looks like John Cena could miss in-ring action at WWE's WrestleMania 32, Payback, Extreme Rules and Money In the Bank.
The latest internal ETA on Cena's return to actual wrestling is July, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Everyone knows how Cena often returns ahead of schedule and that is always a possibility here. If Cena were out until late July, he could return at the Battleground pay-per-view on July 24th.
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The word making the rounds backstage at the WWE Madison Square Garden event is that Luke Harper's knee injury is worse than originally feared and he is now expected out for five to six months.
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Thursday’s WWE Smackdown averaged 2.501 million viewers for USA Network, according to Showbuzzdaily.com. The number was up from the 2.260 million count from last week.
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Originally Posted by Observer
As of press time, WrestleMania at AT&T Stadium in Dallas had just over 85,000 tickets out for almost $13.5 million, both breaking all-time pro wrestling paid attendance (1992 SummerSlam at Wembley Stadium) and gate (2015 WrestleMania in Santa Clara’s Levi Stadium) records. That is very close to what the final numbers will end up being. WWE has claimed in press material that the show is sold out, although there are a few, but very few very expensive seats still not sold. There will be some new tickets released, but not many, after they figure out what is needed for production ...
The announced attendance will likely be greater than 103,219, because that was the figure announced for the 2011 Super Bowl, and WWE always announces a WrestleMania number in Super Bowl stadiums greater than the Super Bowl number, even though the WWE staging set up blocks more seats than can be put on the field and they legitimately can’t top the Super Bowl attendance. But the announced number will replace the 93,173 figure of WrestleMania III in WWE mythology.
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Observer on the amount of tickets sold so far and the number the WWE likely will claim in order to break records.
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The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that there is a huge class action lawsuit in the works over royalties and the WWE Network profits. Apparently a large number of former WWE talents are participating in the legal suit, with more expressing interest in getting involved.
The argument is that the WWE Network taking the place of DVDs and Blu-rays, effectively replacing home media, causing the revenue from those sources to drop. The wrestlers feel that they should be entitled to part of the Network revenue due the replacement.
It was noted that the Lawsuit, if successful, could potentially hurt WWE Network revenues badly, going forward.
Recently, Doug Somers and Eddie Gilbert's family have unsuccessfully tried to get royalties from having clips shown on regular WWE TV but The Observer noted that this situation is very different.
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The potential reason that Jericho has been going at it with Nakamura on Twitter is to build up for a match between the two at Sumo Hall in July.
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Former WWE star Funaki will be doing commentary and translation for WWE NXT “Takeover: Dallas”, the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony and WrestleMania 32 on the WWE Network in Japan.
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If you noticed a fresh gash of the left side of Ric Flair’s forehead on Raw on 3/21 as he was coming down the aisle, apparently when he was filming a segment for an upcoming ESPN 30 for 30 show on his life, one of the things he did on the subject of all his bloody matches was he gigged himself to show how it was done. Most of the 30 for 30 pieces have been fascinating and I was told that all facets of Flair’s life will be gone into
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TNA announced five new signings, Jessie Guilmette (Pepper Parks), Laura Dennis (Cherry Bomb), Marshe Rockett (who works under his real name, he's a Chicago independent wrestler), Thomas LaRuffa (who was Sylvester Lefort in NXT) and Mikael Vierege (who was Marcus Louis in NXT).
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WWE Diva Brie Bella will be retiring sooner than she originally planned … Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned the wrestler is hanging up her boots following the RAW after WrestleMania.
Sources with direct knowledge tell us there’s no bad blood between WWE and Daniel Bryan — the recent appearances he pulled out of are due to a health issue.
It’s unclear what the issue is at this point, but we’re told it’s the reason Brie wasn’t at RAW this week.
Our sources say all of this has caused Brie to speed up her retirement plans — she had previously said she’d retire over the summer — and now she wants to focus on starting a family.
We’re told Brie will still be featured in WWE programming — like “Total Divas” and guest starring on Network shows — but she’ll no longer be stepping into the ring as a full-time wrestler. The Bella twin will instead work in an ambassador role for the company.
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Previous plans were for the retirement to occur around the Summer.
Some other sheet news includes: - Tag team The Mighty Don’t Kneel (TMDK) from NOAH was recently revealed to have signed a deal with the WWE and will start NXT training next month. http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/arti...kneel-sign-wwe
- Turns out Kurt Angle will be wrestling at least one more match for 2016 with UK's RevPro Wrestling announcing Angle vs Zack Sabre Jr is set to occur this June. Angle previously stated he was taking the rest of 2016 off after his recent ppv match against Rey Mysterio. PPV post for June's RPW event: http://i.imgur.com/v5BzH7t.jpg
- According to Fox Sports, Randy Orton will be making his in-ring return next month. https://twitter.com/1340AMFOXSports/...78837453459456
- According to the Observer, current plans for Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows is for their NXT/WWE tv debut to occur next month.
- According to the Observer, more woes for Mexican promotion AAA occurred this week with several more wrestlers leaving the company. Also teased Lucha Underground struggling with finances has put a huge strain on AAA's own finances and former booker Konan is expected to form a new promotion with a possible raid occurring.
- Speedball Mike Bailey recently got busted by US authorities for illegally entering the country and got hit with a 5 year ban as a result. At the moment its in the career killing range since the ban is very severe and even covers him having to travel by air through the US to other locations.
- WWE announced Usos vs Dudleys will join the Andre Battle Royale for Mania's pre-show festivities.
- Observer ended up debunking rumors of The Rock being involved in the New Day vs League of Nations match but did tease something huge is still planned to occur. Will be part of WWE's push to make New Day into even bigger stars for the company. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...l_find_out_at/
- Recent episode of Talk Is Jericho had Charles Robinson as his guest: http://www.podcastone.com/pg/jsp/pro...93&pid=1638842
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