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Former TPWW Royalty
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Dirtsheets sponsored by Wrestle Kingdom 12 highlight:
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Originally Posted by Observer
The first night of the three-show 205 Live tour on 1/19 in Kingston, RI was canceled today. The public term is logistical problems. The other two dates, 1/20 in Lowell, MA and 1/21 in Poughkeepsie, are still on. Even though it's listed as 205 Live, the main event for both shows is Matt Hardy vs. Bray Wyatt.
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For some reference, the arena of the cancelled show has a capacity for 7k which shows how bad tickets sales must have been to be a factor in its pulling.
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Sonjay Dutt just went in for surgery due to a torn right Achilles tendon. That's a major injury with usually about a nine month to one year recuperation time.
John Morrison aka Johnny Impact said on today's Impact Wrestling media call that he is not wrestling on the AAA event January 26 that is his being advertised for and he blames Vampiro for the situation.
Combat Zone Wrestling on 2/10 in Voorhees, NJ at the Next Level Coliseum with Penta 0M, Rey Fenix, Dave & Jake Crist & Sami Callihan headlining.
Revolution Pro has its women's tournament on 1/6 and 1/7 in London with first round matches of Deonna Purrazzo vs. Britt Baker, Zoe Lucas vs. Zan Phoenix, Jinny vs Nia Samuels and Charlie Evans vs. Millie McKenzie.
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Morrison link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRBet_aGau0
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Originally Posted by Observer
New Japan Pro Wrestling has officially announced ticket information for the March 25th Strong Style Evolved show in Long Beach, California at the Walter Pyramid, a 5,300-seat arena on the campus of Long Beach State University.
Tickets will go on sale on January 29th at 10 a.m. Pacific time. Information on where to get tickets hasn't been announced.
No matches are yet announced for the show, and there likely won't be any officially confirmed until after the February 10th New Beginning show in Osaka, if not later.
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Some more details: https://www.f4wonline.com/japan/njpw...ch-show-249326
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Originally Posted by Observer
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 was seen by 34,995 paying fans and 43,000 total at the Tokyo Dome. Based on the stage and configuration, that's a near-sell out and the biggest crowd for a Japanese pro wrestling event in about 15 years.
The 2017 event drew 26,192 paid to watch Kazuchika Okada successfully defend his IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kenny Omega in the first of three outstanding matches the two had throughout the year.
While they got the biggest one-day boost since the New Japan World site was launched, they are really hurting themselves with it being so difficult for English language fans. I know, many of you and me were able to sign up but you have to really want to and it's not user friendly. With the company having television in the U.S. and doing great in merchandise sales here, they really need to get a separate English language site for both easier sign-up and navigation.
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After Wells Fargo upgraded the WWE stock to Outperform, saying "it checks all of the boxes for us and we believe it has a clear path of catalysts through 2018," and raised its target price to $43 per share, the stock jumped big to $32.34 at the start of the day today. However, by the end of the day, most of the gains were lost and it closed at $30.88, just up from $30.77 before the upgrade.
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The 1/4 edition of Impact did 309,000 overnight viewers, up from the previous week's 285,000 overnight viewers.
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The Beer City Bruiser and Dalton Castle's Boys have signed deals with ROH.
Delirious was in Japan for New Japan'sWrestle Kingdom 12 event. Cheeseburger worked as a surprise in the New Japan Rumble and worked today's New Year's Dash event, teaming with Ropponi 3.0 in a loss to Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks.
Ring of Honor announced the following lineup for their 1/20 TV Taping in Nashville:
*ROH champion Dalton Castle vs. Punishment Martinez.
*ROH Six Man Tag Team champions The Young Bucks & Hangman Page vs. So Cal Uncensored.
*ROH Tag Team champions The Motor City Machineguns vs. Best Friends.
*Shane Taylor vs Marty Scurrl.
*Cody Rhodes vs. Matt Taven.
*Jay Lethal vs. Flip Gordon.
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With James Storm officially departing Impact with his final TV appearance last night, Jeremy Borash and Abyss are left as the final original members of the roster. While Abyss didn't officially debut for a few weeks, he was on the first taping back in 2002.
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Several weeks ago, we noted that WWE was looking to sign a prominent female independent talent. That talent, Candice LaRae, is backstage at tonight's WWE NXT taping in Atlanta.
Also backstage are Lio Rush (who had not been brought on the road recently) and Dakota Kai, the NXT talent who worked the Mae Young Classic but had not really been used on NXT TV since.
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Katsuyori Shibata revealed that he was told that his condition was so bad after his match with Kazuchika Okada due to the brain injury that he had only an 18 percent chance of survival
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We had Kenny Omega on for an interview and he noted that he and Kota Ibushi have turned down singles matches a few times because the setting hasn’t been right. Years ago, when they did a match for DDT at the Tokyo Dome that was a match of the year candidate, they pretty much said they wouldn’t do another singles match because there’s nothing left to do. But he said that he does see it as viable now in New Japan. He also talked about wanting to work a program with Tetsuya Naito, as well as with Hiroshi Tanahashi, and perhaps do something against other members of the Bullet Club
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Penta 0M and Rey Fenix have pulled themselves off the 3/9 to 3/11 wXw 16 Carat Gold tournament due to working the tapings here. The dates for the season four tapings at this point look to be 2/23 to 2/25, 3/2 to 3/4, 3/9 to 3/11 to 3/16 and 3/17. About 21 episodes are scheduled to be taped for a probable summer debut on El Rey. What is interesting is Jeff Cobb is still on those shows, although that may be temporary as Cobb is expected to return for the season. I think that a lot of the guys who were unhappy and looking at getting out of their deals see it as a month of weekends that they have to cancel so it’s not that bad, and it is television exposure.
Some guys who have asked for their LU release have gotten them. Some guys on previous seasons may not be brought back due to budget cuts. Some guys who are looking to leave haven’t been given their releases and were told they need time to write them off. There may be more of a move to get out if WWE was interested, because when it comes to other groups like Impact or New Japan, they could work there while still under contract with Lucha Underground.
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For New Year’s weekend, “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” starring Dwayne Johnson, did $50,355,000, putting it just behind “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” at No. 2. Jumanji has done $170 million domestic and $153 million international as of the weekend, its second weekend out. “Ferdinand,” the animated movie where Cena has the voice of the lead character, was No. 5 at $11.4 million, giving it a three week total of $53.6 million domestic and $72 million international
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The most-watched shows of the past week on WWE Network were: 1. NXT on 12/27; 2. Photo Shoot with Cesaro; 3. Photo Shoot with Miz; 4. Clash of Champions; 5. Survivor Series; 6. 2017 Royal Rumble; 7. 2017 WrestleMania; 8. Best of Ride Along; 9. Table for 3 with Balor and Hardys; 10. Raw’s Greatest Moments 100-75. The 12/26 episode of 205 Live was in 11th place for the week
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Some other sheet news includes: - Recent episode of the X-Pac12360 podcast show had Justin Credible as the guest discussing Brian Pillman Jr's wrestling debut, Credible not adapting to WWE style, Credible's recent drinking problems, and more. http://www.pwinsiderxtra.com/ViewArt...p?id=34079&p=1
- According to the Observer, both War Machine and Ricochet have officially signed deals with the WWE.
- Also according to the Observer, WWE is close to a deal being made for Candice LeRae.
- The Times of India held a recent interview with Charlotte talking about impact of NXT trainer Sara Amato, her pick to win the Women's Rumble, and highlight of her WWE career so far. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...-royal-rumble/
- Rolling Stone had a recent interview with Ellsworth talking about his former WWE contract, his final WWE match, rumors of Vince wanting him to be a transgender wrestler, and not caring if he was remembered for being a jobber. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...talks-wwe-run/
Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:
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