Dirtsheets sponsored by Steph's reaction to a big Ceasro push any time soon:
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F4WOnline.com is reporting that the WWE currently has no plans to push Cesaro anytime soon due to Cesaro reportedly "in the doghouse" with WWE Management.
Bryan Alvarez did not offer an explanation on this situation, but it had been rumored that Cesaro possibly got involved in an incident backstage.
After losing to Kevin Owens at SummerSlam which was described as an excellent match, Cesaro has lost to the Big Show a couple of times and was demoted to Superstars and Main Event last week.
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Raw Viewership for 10/5:
8pm: 3.473
9pm: 3.494
10pm: 3.167
Avg: 3.378
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Up a bit compared to last week (43k-78k more) but only because of the 2nd hour since 8pm and 10pm was down from last week. Supposedly RAW is just under a ratings point (0.8) away from matching TNA Impact's highest ever rated show.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Vince McMahon was responsible for all the creative decisions made for the Madison Square Garden WWE Network special. The site notes that McMahon has been micro-managing as of late due to the ratings decline and is in control of every part of the company, even more than usual.
In addition, despite the talk about Triple H’s control in WWE growing Vince McMahon is still entirely in control and all creative decisions go through him for the final approval. When Creative pitches ideas, the common responses are along the lines of “we’ll have to check with Vince” or “see if Vince likes it”.
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He then asked if Gabe Sapolsky and Evolve will be working with NXT as possibly a feeder system or will Gabe be a booker?
The second part was new to HHH (so no). But Evolve as a feeder system? Yes. He likes what Gabe and Evolve does. He sees them as a feeder system and supports them and their shows. The talent that have come in to NXT from there have been well trained and they speak highly of Gabe. HHH would definitely send talent to Evolve if he didn’t have a space for them in NXT, or if there was something that they need to work on. HHH said he supports them in any way that they can and if he can help out Evolve he will ...
So, is it ‘IronMan’ or is it ‘IronWoman Match’?” And we all debated it. I felt like, look, if you compete in the…I don’t know what you would call it. The triathlon? What’s it called? The triathlon IronMan competition. If you win it as a woman I’m pretty sure you win “The IronMan.” You don’t win “The IronWoman.” Right? You just win the IronMan. So, that was my stance on it. Everybody kind of weighed in and Lita was there. I asked Lita what she thought and she thought to call it IronWoman would be derogatory towards women. You know? It’s an IronMan Match. That’s what it is. I want to do the same match the guys do. It’s an IronMan Match. And I said, “Well there you go it’s an ‘IronMan Match’ ...
He hopes to have a fully functioning third brand that is touring as much as WWE is now. They have interest in doing more things like the L.O.L. music festival. They are getting to the point now where they are running out of bandwidth and have to say 'maybe next year' to more things than they did before ...
He was asked about whether it was hard to sell the idea of an IronMan match in NXT to Vince, but HHH said he doesn't make that final call in NXT. He said Vince "loved it" and takes a bad rap for some of the decisions he makes. He said Vince is all about the fans and that it may take him a while to come around. He said there might be a way that Vince likes to present things that are different. He talked about how Vince hesitated about coming to NXT Brooklyn because he would be just sitting and watching the show. HHH said he was able to sit at gorilla and just enjoy the show. He loved Sasha/Bayley and told HHH he can't wait for the IronMan match.
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Some highlights from the recent NXT conference call Triple H likes to do before NXT specials. Seems like they might try for a tv deal for NXT instead of being Network-only based on the bandwidth comment.
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Dixie Carter announced today that Mahabali Shera, Ethan Carter III and Rebel will be going to India this month for a media tour. They will be making an announcement while they're there and Dixie noted on Twitter that the bigger part of the announcement will happen then and it will come in two weeks, and it's related to India.
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TNA's teaming with Sony Six to help with promotional and taping stuff. TNA also using the tour to scout for some new potential talent for the company.
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Originally Posted by WrestlingDVDNetwork
WWE has an Eric Bischoff DVD set planned for next year, with a documentary main feature. Eric Bischoff himself confirmed its go-ahead on his official Twitter account: https://twitter.com/EBischoff/status/647160155302313984 [...] The new DVD/Blu-ray’s release date is not set but we’re seeing it penciled in for around April/May 2016 at present. Given the time frame, future releases are, as always, subject to change.
Another DVD just added to WWE’s 2016 Home Video schedule is a compilation of Hardcore matches. The 3-disc DVD/2-disc Blu-ray set is slated for release next year, speculated to either take a “Best of” Hardcore matches style format or instead focus on the history of the Hardcore Championship, which was active between 1998 and 2002. As of now, the working title for the project is simply “HARDCORE” – the same name given to the single-disc WWF DVD when released by the company all the back in 2001. WWE has been considering releasing a new Hardcore-themed DVD/Blu-ray since May.
The titles revealed so far for 2016 will, as of now, come out in this order: “Best PPV Matches 2015”, “The Best of RAW & SmackDown 2015”, “The Best of NXT”, Dudley Boyz, Eric Bischoff, “HARDCORE”, “OMG! ECW’s Craziest Moments”, “The True Story of the Royal Rumble”. |
Some other sheet news includes:
- Stone Cold debunked rumors of him boycotting Mania 32 if the WWE doesn't induct Micheal Hayes into the WWE Hall of Fame next year. https://twitter.com/steveaustinBSR/s...46563961720832
- E! has ordered for another season of Total Divas to be made with Season 5's taping to begin soon and former Tough Enough contestant Amanda to be joining the cast.
- In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Seth Rollins has just 1 win in his last 16 matches (1-9 for tv matches). https://twitter.com/y2stump/status/651433358711521281
- Similar to Cesaro, Paige is rumored to be in the doghouse based on speculations by the Observer. Mostly the way she's been treated post-Pipebomb promo and/or someone complaining. Also could be related to an interview she had recently where one of her answers implied politics was the reason why Nikki kept the belt for soo long.
- During last night's RAW, CM Punk lashed out on Twitter about the WWE still being associated with the Susan G. Komen due to charity's well known scam-like status. https://twitter.com/CMPunk/status/651197403370950657 For some comparisons, WWE donates 100% of all money raised from Conner's Cure bracelets directly to the hospital associated with the charity while are only willing to donate a small portion of the SGK themed shirts to SGK due to their reputation.
- WWE recently uploaded Hulk Hogan related content back to the WWE Network after being pulled due to premptive backlash from Hogan's racist and homophobic tapes.