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Dirtsheets sponsored by Rusev's reaction to today's sheets:
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Originally Posted by Observer
WWE had a press conference today for the announcement of next year's WrestleMania with the big show at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, while the Hall of Fame, NXT, Raw and Smackdown will be at the Barclays Center. Those brought in were Nikki Bella, Nia Jax, Titus O'Neil, Apollo, Alexa Bliss and Braun Strowman. Those speaking were the New Day, Stephanie McMahon, HHH, Ronda Rousey and John Cena. Rousey said she would be wrestling on the show.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Reports are that the Jon Bravo 25 minute video covering 15 WWE performers, past and present, who were clients of alleged steroid dealer Richard Rodriguez, with Rodriguez on the video, will be released somewhere around 11 p.m. tonight.
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Originally Posted by Observer
The All Japan Pro Wrestling streaming service debuts on Monday with a live show from Korakuen Hall. They will also air live the 3/25 show in Saitama with Joe Doering vs. Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown. Both of these shows will air for free. It will start charging in April for the Champion Carnival tournament at 900 yen per month which is $8.49. It will be available on PC, smartphones and tablets.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Christy St. Cloud, the backstage interviewer on NXT, had her contract recently expire and the two sides parted ways as she didn't sign a new deal. Her departure was first reported by Squared Circle Sirens.
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Shinsuke Nakamura's autobiography will be released on 8/7. This is actually a combination of two books he wrote about his life in 2015, that is being translated into English.
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In what may be a first, with the tournament, of the eight biggest wrestling crowds in the U.S. in 2018, seven will be for college wrestling and only one (WrestleMania) will be for pro wrestling. This week will be numbers two through seven as all six sessions will do in excess of 18,600 fans at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. We have a preview of the competition in the current Observer.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Paul London has been announced for a 4/29 Welterweight wrestling iPPV from Turner's Hall in Cleveland. The show will air on FITE TV.
Major League Wrestling announced that Sean Mooney would be part of their WaleMania show on 4/5 at Republic NOLA in New Orleans. That will also be one of the two activities I'll be doing that week.
Trent Seven & Tyler Bate vs. Marcius Pitt & Damian Slater was added to the joint Progress and EPW show on 4/18 in Perth, Western Australia. Toni Storm vs. Jessica Troy was announced for the Progress PWA show on 4/23 in Sydney. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
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Originally Posted by PWI
WWE announced at tonight's Madison Square Garden event that they will return to the venue on 7/7 with Ronda Rousey making her WWE debut in the venue.
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Following Monday Night Raw this week will be a new "" WWE 24" documentary which has the following description: Female Superstars are redefining sports entertainment with groundbreaking matches and the addition of Ronda Rousey to a star-studded roster.
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Originally Posted by PWI
The 3/15 edition of Impact did 350,000 overnight viewers, up from last week's 325,000 overnight viewers.
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Earlier today, at the WWE Wrestlemania 35 press conference at Metlife Stadium, I had the opportunity to speak with WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon about the negative response to the company initially naming the Wrestlemania Women’s Battle Royal after The Fabulous Moolah, leading to WWE removing Moolah’s name from the branding of the match.
McMahon commented, “I love that the WWE audience expressed their opinions, whether they are positive or negative. I think that it is our responsibility to listen to our audience and do our best to give them what they want. Clearly, they did not want to name the Women’s Battle Royal after The Fabulous Moolah. We were really proud that they spoke up and we were really happy to make that change.”
On the possibility of branding the match after another former talent, McMahon noted, “For right now, we are sticking with the Wrestlemania Battle Royal Branding.”
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Natalya also revealed a gift that those competing in the first-ever Women's Royal Rumble received from WWE:
Beyond touched to have received this beautiful gift from @WWE in honor of the first ever women’s #RoyalRumble match. It was such a huge dream to be a part of this moment and to make history with so many amazing women! ♥?????????█?? pic.twitter.com/0jgHKIZTGC
— Nattie (@NatbyNature) March 14, 2018
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Link: https://twitter.com/NatbyNature/stat...09599744462849
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House of Hardcore returns to St. James, Long Island at the Sports Arena on Friday 3/23 featuring Tommy Dreamer vs. Joey Mercury with Shane Douglas in a Long Island Street Fight, Killer Kross vs. Guido Maritato in a Submission match, Brian Cage vs. Sami Callihan vs. Willie Mack, The Squad vs. Swoggle & Crazzy Steve, Dan Maff vs. The Luchasaurus, NWA champion Nick Aldis defending the title, Alex Reynolds vs. Bull James plus Bully Ray, Rich Swann, Matt Cross and more appearing.
On Saturday 3/24 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, HOH will feature NWA champion Nick Aldis defending against Tommy Dreamer on top. The tournament bouts feature Kenny vs. Swoggle, Alex Reynolds with MJF vs. Crazzy Steve, Dan Maff vs. Bull James, Willie Mack vs. Brian Cage plus Rich Swann, Killer Kross, Sami Callihan and more.
The promotion has announced that Austin Aries is out of the championship tournament.
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Originally Posted by Post Wrestling
The first finalist for the 2018 New Japan Cup is Hiroshi Tanahashi, who defeated Juice Robinson in the main event of Wednesday’s card at Korakuen Hall ...
Tanahashi will meet the winner of Sunday’s semi-final match between Sanada and Zack Sabre Jr with the finals taking place next Wednesday.
The winner will receive a title match of their choosing at Sakura Genesis on Sunday, April 1st at Sumo Hall.
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Originally Posted by Post Wrestling
The Louisiana Boxing & Wrestling Commission was scheduled to have a meeting last Thursday to go over several topics, including whether certain variations of a piledriver would be allowed during the series of shows in the state over WrestleMania Week. POST Wrestling had specifically inquired about the use of the tombstone, which everyone would assume will be used by The Undertaker at WrestleMania, and the Canadian Destroyer. We had been told that both moves would be brought up at the meeting, but we have inquired with multiple members of the commission over the past week and not been given a response regarding the status of those moves. We also asked about whether any promotions, including the WWE, had attempted to get an exemption to use blood and/or piledrivers on their events and are awaiting a response. Both blood and piledrivers are banned on professional wrestling events in the state of Louisiana, although we have been told privately that exceptions have occurred over the years. It is also worth adding that The Undertaker did use the tombstone at WrestleMania in 2014 in New Orleans during his match with Brock Lesnar.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
As noted earlier via The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE UK Superstar Tyler Bate has suffered a minor knee injury. WWE's website picked up on the injury, noting that he previously tweaked the knee and will be out of the ring for two weeks, and Bate talked to Cathy Kelley about the injury in the video above. WWE NXT General Manager William Regal tweeted about using the weekend to determine a replacement for Bate and Trent Seven in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic but as noted, they will be replaced by Roderick Strong and WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne.
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Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NknXz7rdPew
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
WWE has a new poll asking fans if The Undertaker will accept John Cena's challenge for WrestleMania 34. As of this writing, 81% voted yes.
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