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Dirtsheets sponsored by The Drew Train, next stop Cruiser Gold City:
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Originally Posted by Observer
After nearly matching Raw's numbers last week, Tuesday's episode of SmackDown was down to 2.493 million viewers. That's seven percent short of last week and the third lowest number since the start of the fall TV season.
This marks the first time SmackDown has been down from the previous week since the episode that fell on Halloween night, though this Tuesday's show was up for the third straight week as compared to the previous year. The December 6th, 2016 edition of SmackDown averaged 2.479 million viewers.
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Pretty much has been within its usual viewers range for the Live Era since late September.
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Bret Hart has filed a lawsuit over an allegedly botched wrist surgery that he underwent in 2015.
The Calgary Sun broke the news of that yesterday, with Hart claiming that the surgery Dr. Justin Yeung performed left him unable to use the index finger and thumb on his right hand.
The lawsuit notes that Hart suffered an injury to his wrist all the way back in 1981, with him wrestling most of his career with it. Hart visited plastic surgeon Dr. Yeung in Calgary in 2015 and later had surgery on November 23rd of that year. When he returned several weeks later, Hart said the right index finger and thumb didn't function and complained about the swelling and pain. He was allegedly told to wait and see how it healed, but Hart's condition didn't improve in later visits.
It's alleged that doctors left "a tourniquet on Mr. Hart’s right arm on too long, such that the circulation of the nerves and tendons to his right thumb and index finger were damaged by a prolonged insufficient supply of oxygen."
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Paige tweeted that she’s recording an episode of Lilian Garcia’s “Chasing Glory” podcast today. The show will be uploaded on Monday.
As would be expected with her having been at at the Performance Center, USA Today noted that Ronda Rousey is finalizing the details of her plans with WWE.
Roman Reigns’ match against Triple H at WWE’s house show in Abu Dhabi on Friday will now be an Intercontinental title defense for Reigns,
Tickets to NXT’s WrestleMania weekend TakeOver show in New Orleans will go on sale at 12 p.m. local time on December 15th.
Kevin Owens, Bret Hart, and Eugene Tremblay have been voted into the Quebec Wrestling Hall of Fame. The voting panel consists of journalists, experts, historians, and former wrestlers.
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Paige link: https://twitter.com/RealPaigeWWE/sta...94819176869888 , Ronda: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ent/928384001/ , NXT Mania week: https://twitter.com/SmoothieKingCtr/...73749117571073 , Quebec: http://www.pwinsiderxtra.com/ViewArt...p?id=33999&p=1
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The WWE United Kingdom Championship will be on the line as Pete Dunne defends against Joseph Conners at PROGRESS Wrestling’s show in Sheffield this weekend.
Smash Wrestling in Canada announced that they’ve suspended Michael Elgin’s bookings for December 17th and January 19th and Limitless Wrestling in Maine announced that Elgin has been replaced by Jeff Cobb on their January 19th show. The issues stem from how Elgin handled a sexual assault allegation that was made against Sean Orleans, who was a former student of Elgin’s and wrestled for his Glory Pro promotion until being let go after the allegation was made public. Both promotions released statements about their shows being inclusive, welcoming, fun, and safe environments, with Smash Wrestling citing Elgin’s potential knowledge of the incident before it was publicly revealed as the reason for their decision. Cobb being announced as Elgin’s replacement comes after private messages of Elgin criticizing Cobb as a tag team partner in NJPW had been released. Elgin issued a statement about the situation before later deactivating his Twitter account.
Jay White will be back in NJPW for the World Tag League finals show as the build to his match against Tanahashi at the Tokyo Dome continues.
ROH’s 16th anniversary weekend will take place at Sam’s Town in Las Vegas on March 9th and 10th, with a pay-per-view and television tapings scheduled for those dates. Tickets are on sale now for Ringside members and will go on sale to the general public at 1 p.m. ET on Friday.
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WWE UK Title: https://twitter.com/ThisIs_Progress/...92713862946816 , Smash Wrestling: https://twitter.com/smashwrestling/s...47036508020736 , Cobb: https://twitter.com/LWMaine/status/938181544392478722 , White: https://twitter.com/JayWhiteNZ/statu...61853942980610 , ROH: http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/tic...kend-las-vegas
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Originally Posted by PWI
There will be an online pre-sale tomorrow for the post-Wrestlemania 34 Raw and Smackdown tapings at the Smoothie Center in New Orleans via Ticketmaster.com.
The pre-sale code is NOLA34.
Fans can purchase tickets for the individual tapings or a combination ticket that would cover both tapings.
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As PWInsider.com previously reported, the WWE Network is working on a WWE 24 documentary on Matt and Jeff Hardy's return to the company.
Earlier today, WWE cameras were at the Hardy compound in Cameron, North Carolina, filming footage, including an interview with Rebecca Hardy:
"Matt will never get hired because of your mouth."
"WWE wouldn't touch you with a 10 foot pole."
Ok cool cool. pic.twitter.com/QzPFrdlft1
— Reby Hardy (@RebyHardy) December 6, 2017
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Here is the lineup for the 2017 Tribute to the Troops special that will air next Thursday 12/14 on the USA Network:
*The Shield vs. Raw Tag Team champions Cesaro and Sheamus & Samoa Joe.
*WWE champion AJ Styles & Shinsuke Nakamura & Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn & Jinder Mahal.
*WWE Smackdown Women's champion Charlotte vs. Ruby Riott.
*Absolution vs. Bayley & Sasha Banks & Mickie James.
*The New Day & WWE Smackdown Tag Team champions The Usos vs. Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable & Rusev & Aiden English.
JBL, Sgt. Slaughter, Mark Henry and Ricky Steamboat were all in attendance at WWE's Tribute to the Troops yesterday.
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For those who are wondering if the Nia Jax-Enzo Amore faceoff on Raw is leading anywhere, well, it's leading to Jax heading to 205 Live.
The 205 Live events in January will be headlined by Kalisto challenging Enzo Amore for the WWE Cruiserweight championship with Nia Jax as the guest referee.
Hideo Itami, Rich Swann, Cedric Alexander, Tony Nese, Drew Gulak, The Brian Kendrick and Jack Gallagher are also set for the dates.
There is an online pre-sale for the 1/20/18 date in Lowell, MA at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium using code 205LIVE via Ticketmaster. The other shows will be having online pre-sales as well shortly.
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Whose cornflakes did Finn Balor pee in to deserve being destroyed by everyone? I would have loved to see him and Joe battle evenly with Joe having to cheat or get disqualified to set up a feud. Instead, Joe dominates him after being destroyed by Kane and Strowman previously.
That is the WWE way of booking. If you aren’t at the top of the card they often don’t protect you the way that they should. They aren’t down on him, it’s just how they do things at times. If he can stay healthy I think he will get his chance. If he doesn’t, then that will be the reason he doesn’t get a great push.
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From PWI's weekly Q&A articles on the recent handling of Finn Balor on RAW.
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The Chicago Tribune has an interview with former Raw General Manager Mike Adamle about his struggle with the effects of CTE brought on by his career in the NFL. It was noted that the type of epilepsy he deals with it is related to bruising of the brain (likely from his football career) and that while he is independent, he can no longer drive himself and lives his life in routines, because one thing can set him off. On knowing his own mortality, Adamle said, "“You pop up like this. It’s hard not to, it happens to a zillion people every day on the planet Earth. I’ll be gone. I’d like to make that a little longer and I definitely don’t want to spend it in an old folks home; that’s never going to happen. So we just keep on going until.”
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Link to the interview: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...205-story.html
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Matt Hardy will apparently have creative license with his "Woken" character, according to a new report by Justin Barrasso at Sports Illustrated. It was noted that Vince McMahon "sees opportunity and the opportunity to cash in on a character that is already established."
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Sports Illustrated link: https://www.si.com/wrestling/2017/12...dy-earl-hebner
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We've noted how several WWE Blu-ray releases were nixed this year. That trend continues as the Royal Rumble 2018 release will be DVD-only, according to WrestlingDVDNetwork.com. It appears that all future releases, except for WrestleMania 34, will be DVD-only releases, at least in North America. The reason for the Blu-ray cancellations is said to be lack of demand and the added expense of producing them. WDN currently has 7 WWE titles confirmed for 2018, from January 2nd through April 8th, and none of them are Blu-rays.
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