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Old 07-06-2017, 07:35 AM   #1
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i was hoping the mae young classic would be her topless shot. HAWT.
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Old 07-06-2017, 02:47 PM   #2
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I wonder what goes through Okada's mind watching WWE shows.
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Old 07-06-2017, 02:50 PM   #3
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Also, I barely know the guy who has wrestled the most TV matches for WWE this year. I know his name. Don't think I've seen him wrestle. Crazy.
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So he's the one that will be injured next year.
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With the addition of two names today, half of the field for the Mae Young Classic is officially set.

WWE announced that Sage Beckett and Rhea Ripley would be taking part in the tournament. Beckett was most recently known as Andrea on the indies before signing with WWE, with her also having made a couple of appearances for TNA as Rosie Lottalove in 2010 ...

The full list of participants for the Mae Young Classic figures to be announced before it begins taping at Full Sail University on July 13th and 14th. Here are the wrestlers who have been confirmed for it so far: Toni Storm, Princesa Sugehit, Lacey Evans, Sarah Logan, Tessa Blanchard, Abbey Laith, Taynara Conti, Kavita Devi, Jazzy Gabert, Bianca Belair, Vanessa Borne, Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane, Piper Niven, Beckett, and Ripley.
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Tuesday night's Fourth of July edition of SmackDown on the USA Network averaged 2.329 million viewers, down 11 percent from last week but right in line with what the show was doing just over a month ago ...

SmackDown was first for the night in viewers on cable television by quite a wide margin, with no other shows cracking the 1.8 million barrier. The episode was also first in the 18-49 demo with a 0.75 rating, which was much higher than the second place Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on ESPN2.

The show was up in the year-over-year ratings as the July 7th, 2016 episode of SmackDown did 2.241 million viewers for the taped show on Thursday night.
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Monday night's episode of Raw on the USA Network averaged 2.836 million viewers, down five percent from last week's total. For just the third time in 2017, it was up in the year-over-year ratings, although last year the show fell on July 4th, traditionally one of the worst nights of the year for TV numbers.

The show averaged 2.825 million viewers for the first hour. It climbed to 2.912 million for the second hour, then fell back to 2.78 million in hour three ...

Raw was first for the night in total viewers on cable but finished second in the 18-49 demo to Love and Hip Hop Atlanta on VH1.
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Former Ring of Honor champion Jay Lethal is backstage at tonight's Impact taping, the final scheduled taping leading into the 8/13 "Destination X" live episode. He is close friends with Sonjay Dutt and lives in Florida.

There are plans for additional AAA and Pro Wrestling NOAH talents to work the August Impact tapings in Orlando.

GFW talents will be touring for Pro Wrestling NOAH later this summer.

There will also be a GFW presence at the AAA Triplemania show this August.
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Forbes is reporting that earlier this week Bob Dyachenko, from the Kromtech security firm, told Forbes he'd uncovered a huge, unprotected WWE database containing information on more than 3 million users, noting it was open to anyone who knew the web address to search. Looking at samples of the leaked information provided by Dyachenko, all data was stored in plain text.

The data included home and email addresses, birthdates, as well as customers' children's age ranges and genders where supplied, and was sitting unprotected on an Amazon Web Services S3 server. Dyachenko believes that the database was misconfigured by either WWE or an IT partner. WWE told Forbes that they were investigating the situation.

It wasn't clear which department put the information there but there was a lot of social media attached to the user accounts.

Once notified about it on July 4, WWE moved the database.

They quoted a WWE spokesperson as saying:

"Although no credit card or password information was included, and therefore not at risk, WWE is investigating a vulnerability of a database housed on Amazon Web Services (AWS), which has now been secured. WWE utilizes leading cybersecurity firms Smartronix and Praetorian to manage data infrastructure and cybersecurity and to conduct regular security audits on AWS. We are currently working withAmazon Web Services, Smartronix and Praetorian to ensure the ongoing security of our customer information.”
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Is it true WWE was once going to make a Rey Mysterio cartoon?

Yes, there was a planned cartoon that was pitched in the early 2000s titled Hanging in the 619 that would have featured Rey Mysterio, Chavo Guerrero and others as children. It never offiically went into production.
From a recent Q&A article by PWI about canceled WWE projects.

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Northeast Wrestling announced the first-ever Ricochet vs. Cody Rhodes match in the United States for 7/14 in Danbury, CT
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CODY RHODES INJURY UPDATE

Cody Rhodes tweeted the following:

Good news: the delayed MRI on my shoulder was essentially "negative"
-grade A separation
-no surgery
-no time off??
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) July 6, 2017
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As noted, Alberto El Patron ripped WWE after last Sunday's Slammiversary pay-per-view. He was seemingly ready to shoot on WWE again after last night's Impact Wrestling tapings, however GFW reportedly turned his music up so loud that it stopped him. Here are details from Wrestling Inc. reader Lyne, who was at the show:

El Patron grabs a mic for a shoot. He says it's "that time of the night" when he talks about "that company in Stamford." His attorney, however, called him last night and asked him "what the f--k are you thinking" as he recently "lost enough money from his divorce." At that point, production cut the mic and played his music. El Patron shouted over the music saying he "has enough voice to scream." His music played louder. El Patron tried to continue before giving up.
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GFW/Impact is reporting that James Storm suffered a grade 3 concussion during the Strap Match against Ethan Carter III at Sunday's Slammiversary pay-per-view. Above is video of when the injury happened and below is video of Storm receiving medical attention after the match. It's worth noting that Storm has not appeared at this week's Impact tapings in Orlando.
Link to the video of the injury: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHCTfOlJyVg

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As noted, Matt Hardy has been continuing his "Broken" teases online, and wrote earlier this week that they "are days away from winning." While there were reports that Anthem Media and the Hardys are getting close to a settlement that would result in the Hardys getting the gimmick back, PWInsider reports that the word backstage at the Impact tapings this week is that "it's actually much closer to the opposite with the two sides remaining very much at odds."
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According to Wrestling Observer's Daily Update, ROH will be going from Comet TV to CHARGE, which is still under the Sinclair Broadcasting umbrella. Starting this Sunday, back-to-back episodes will air at 10pm ET.
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PWG announced Jeff Cobb, Trevor Lee, and Flash Morgan Webster as entrants for this summer's Battle of Los Angeles tournament. Cobb and Lee are both PWG regulars, but Webster is making his debut for the promotion. He returned to the ring earlier this year after missing several months due to suffering a fractured ankle and dislocated shoulder in a Cruiserweight Classic qualifier against Zack Sabre Jr. for PROGRESS Wrestling last year.
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The next member of the TNA/Impact Hall of Fame will be announced on the August 17th episode of Impact.
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There is a television commercial project being worked on called “Cena 2.0,” which looks to be a short piece by WWE with the theme being how Cena has changed people’s lives. They are looking for people ages 10 to 80 of all ethnicities who have stories of how Cena has changed their lives. They want real stories that pull the heart strings of viewers and are offering $250 for every person who they decide to cast in the commercial
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AJ Styles discussed his first job and choosing to deliver water over training at the WCW Power Plant in 2000.
Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DURVGD3GTjQ


Some other sheet news includes:
  • Tomorrow's episode of Edge & Christian podcast show will have Samoa Joe as the guest.
  • During a recent interview with WNPR Connecticut, former TNA/Impact wrestler Velvet Sky revealed she has retired from wrestling to focus on a career as a personal trainer.
  • WWE had Miz host a media call recently with topics including Maria and Mike Kanellis gimmick, future face run, Roman Reigns mixed crowd reactions, and wanting Maryse to induct him in the WWE Hall of Fame. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...ellis-gimmick/
  • A new documentary about Vader's wrestling career and recent heath issues is currently in production called "Two Years to Live." Link to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ-vGvgH86g
  • Recent episode of the Busted Open Radio podcast show had Jeff Jarrett as the guest talking about the decisions to rename Impact to GFW. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...-wrestling-as/
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Old 07-07-2017, 04:43 AM   #6
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Rhea Ripley is hot and Australian. Sign me up. She's only 20, so I imagine there are going to be a lot of green girls in that tournament, but I wouldn't mind seeing her bullied by The Iconic Duo in NXT.
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Old 07-07-2017, 11:37 AM   #7
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I'm at the point now where I really wish Del Rio and Paige would just fuck off.
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Old 07-07-2017, 11:54 AM   #8
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You always wished Paige would fuck off.
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Old 07-07-2017, 12:14 PM   #9
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You always wished Paige would fuck off.
True, but since they can't seem to be separated, "Del Rio and Paige" is just what naturally came to my head.

I really didn't think about it until you pointed it out.

But yes, I've always wished Paige would fuck off.
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Paige seems to have really fucked him up though. I find Del Rio to be a massive asshole these days. Pretty much everything he does, I find annoying.

Before, I really liked the guy.

I really can't remember reading about Del Rio being this bad before he got with Paige, unless I've missed a few stories from the past.
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Old 07-07-2017, 11:55 AM   #11
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Sooooooooo, WWE had some unprotected data just sitting there wide open. Any of you network subscribers having second thoughts right now?
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Old 07-07-2017, 12:10 PM   #12
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Sooooooooo, WWE had some unprotected data just sitting there wide open. Any of you network subscribers having second thoughts right now?
I feel like WWE may be the most unorganized major company in the world. Most of that feeling is just from the stuff you see on TV with the constant changing their mind and complete lack of order. But every once in a while, something like this happens.
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GWC is back as it kicks off the Kincaid tournament with JOHN FORGE vs DARKSIDE! You have to see this



Thats right ladies and gentlemen the Kincaid cup has officially started and marks the return of GWC on air!
In this first match of what is sure to be a legendary tournament, the talented big man John Forge takes on the psychotic monster DARKSIDE! Who will win?
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Get it with Del Rio, but I kind of miss Paige. Looking at the RAW women's roster, assuming we had to do a one-on-one Women's Title match at Mania, I'd like to see it be Paige vs. Sasha Banks. Feels like that could get the most interest.

Their car crash lifestyles make me simultaneously sad and kind of excited by them, because they do whatever the fuck they want. I wish more people in the position to turn that into money had that attitude.
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News of one of the more surprising WWE releases in some time came today, with WWE announcing in the late afternoon that Austin Aries is no longer with the company.

WWE posted a statement on their website: "WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar Austin Aries. WWE wishes Aries the best in all of his future endeavors."

Not long before the news of his release was announced, Aries tweeted: "It's a beautiful day." He followed up by posting three emojis (a banana, a smiling face with sunglasses, and a thumbs up) when the news came out. We can confirm that he asked to be released.

Aries had been scheduled to challenge for Neville's Cruiserweight Championship at tonight's house show at Madison Square Garden until recently. He was replaced by Cedric Alexander.

After his lengthy feud over the title with Neville ended, Aries' last appearance on WWE TV came on the June 20th episode of 205 Live. He continued his partnership with Jack Gallagher, which was formed the week before when Aries claimed that he wasn't medically cleared to compete due to neck and leg issues.

There was a situation before that where Aries seemed to indicate on an episode of Busted Open Radio that he was taking time off due to injuries, but he later denied that was the case when asked about it in an interview with USA Today.
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According to PWTorch.com, Aries requested his release from the company, and it was granted, as he was unhappy being pigeonholed as a Cruiserweight, and saw much more potential for himself outside of the role he was given on 205 Live.


>The report added that one source noted Aries had a bad attitude backstage in WWE, which might have made the decision easier for WWE officials to grant him his release. It’s likely Aries will end up back on the indie scene following his release, and he could also end up back in Ring of Honor or GFW if he is offered a return deal from either of those companies.
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Dixie Carter was interviewed for the WWE 24 special on Kurt Angle that airs on Monday night.
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WWE will report its business numbers on 7/27, so that will have the WWE Network subscriber number as of 6/30 as well as a full rundown of the WrestleMania financials.
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The momentum built up by The Colons since they moved to Smackdown Live is about to come to a grinding halt … because Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Primo needs surgery.

As we first revealed on Wresting Sheet Radio this week, the former WWE tag champ recently injured his knee and is scheduled to have it surgically repaired soon.

The duo moved to Smackdown Live back in April as part of the Superstar Shake-Up and were repackaged as The Colóns. While they haven’t tasted championship gold since 2012, the two picked up impressive wins recently over the likes of American Alpha.

No word on when Primo is expected to return to action.
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AJ Styles just defeated Kevin Owens to win the WWE United States championship at Madison Square Garden in NYC.

The show is still ongoing so we will see if the switch sticks.
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The 7/6 post Slammiversary edition of Impact did 345,000 overnight viewers, way up from last week's 268,000 overnight viewers.
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Yesterday, WNPR ran an article that indicated Velvet Sky was retiring from pro wrestling as she looked to focus on going to college. Today, Velvet took to Twitter to clarify that she is retired from in-ring action, but not from pro wrestling as a whole, as she would still do appearances or conventions:

"Retired" was not the correct word to have been used in the article from yesterday. Please read my true & current status below. pic.twitter.com/52X174OUKv
— ?Velvet Sky? (@VelVelHoller) July 7, 2017

In response to others, she also said she never used "retired" in the interview, that came from the interviewer:

I never used the word "retired." The headline of the interview I recently did was very misleading in saying I was retired from the industry. https://t.co/sMi2RqZmZy
— ?Velvet Sky? (@VelVelHoller) July 7, 2017
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Raw General Manager Kurt Angle recently spoke to the Dallas Observer about the event, and the interviewer couldn’t help but ask him about the name. Angle says that the show was dubbed Great Balls of Fire simply because Vince McMahon thought the name was hilarious, and he expects that this event will return in the future.

“That’s a pretty incredible name for a wrestling show, isn’t it? The head honcho Vince McMahon thought that the name was hilarious, and that’s pretty much the entire story. You never know when it comes to Vince, but he’s usually right, so we trust him. Vince loves the name, so I expect it to become an annual event.”
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A new episode of WWE Music Power 10 will premiere on the WWE Network this coming Wednesday at 9pm EST. Below is the synopsis:

"The WWE Music Power 10 is back with an all-new June 2017 edition counting down the most spectacular Superstar entrances from all of WWE!"
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There has been some pressure from Bobby Lashley's MMA team, American Top Team, about concentrating full-time on Mixed Martial Arts and pulling back on his dates with Global Force Wrestling, according to a report by PWInsider.

While details are unknown at press time, the report claims meetings regarding the situation have taken place and the pressure to focus on MMA over professional wrestling has been a topic over "the last several days."
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WWE has stepped in to help Justin Credible after a troubling video he posted to YouTube on July 4, 2017. In the video, Credible, whose real name is PJ Polaco, said he was arrested, faced jail time and hadn't had a public defender get back to him. He noted his past with WWE and stated his life was on the line.
Some details and updates regarding Credible's situation: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...youtube-video/

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(Vince): "No." I was like "Come on," (Vince): "NO." (Ambrose): "Come on," (Vince): "NO!" (Ambrose): "..." Come on,"

Jericho: How did you finally convince him?

Ambrose: I literally just wouldn't leave. I just kept goin "Come on,". I was - I was like "They're safe! They're stupid!" I was like "Vince, these marks, they're stupid. They love 'em. Guys like me and you, we're smart..., we know it's safe." Finally he was just sick of me being in his office and he was just like...

(Vince): "(exasperated gasp)... Jericho okay with it...?

Ambrose: I'm like "Yeah. Loves it. His idea."

(Vince): (exasperated gasp 2)... fine.

Ambrose: (laughing)

Jericho: So- so then I'm thinking like "listen did you wanna go in the thumbtacks? Do... uhh. Go for it man, good on 'ya." And then when he gets the approval... the finish of the match is him going over and I'm like ..."well he can't go in the thumbtacks and win... Thumbtacks has to be the worst thing! You get thrown in thumbtacks, you're done!" So then I realize... "Holy shit! I have to take the bump in the thumbtacks?! It's the only way! It's the only way!" And I'm like "Oh my gosh... this is just ridiculous"

Ambrose: I really screwed you over there didn't I.

Jericho: Yeah thanks a lot buddy. But it was one of those things I had never taken a bump in thumbtacks, never have. Never do it again.
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There has been some talk about doing a women's WWE Royal Rumble match in January at the Rumble pay-per-view in Philadelphia, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

WWE officials have also discussed another tag team tournament for the WWE Network, similar to the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic that WWE NXT ran in 2015 and 2016. No word yet on if the next tag team tournament would have a different theme but at one point were rumors on the next Dusty Classic finals happening at Takeover in November.
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WWE is apparently looking at doing another non-wrestling television show with the Bellas. They have applied for a trademark for the term “Bella Appetit,” which would be for a television show about cooking, food, recipes, restaurants, bars, travel, travel, health, fitness and nutrition
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Nico Gendron, a rare female WWE writer who was on the staff for a short time in 2015, briefly wrote about her experience there in birthmoviesdeath.com “I was hired at WWE in the summer of 2015, right after they introduced `The Divas Revolution.’ In a male-dominated writers room, a female perspective was needed as WWE’s women wrestlers were expected to rise above their traditional role of full-time arm candy and part-time wrestlers to share consistent (though limited) air time with their male, Superstar counterparts. I learned quickly that this wrestling dynasty hadn’t caught up to the main cultural dialogue around feminism and female empowerment that was electric outside WWE. With a great deal of ground to cover, I realized I would have to embrace the little victories, like storylines that do not hinge on a disagreement over a male love interest, avoiding dialogue where male Superstars reduce female wrestlers by telling them to shut up, or by positioning them as getting in the way of their own success.
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Kairi Sane is now likely to be allowed to use the elbow drop after all since the WWE press release announcing her signing specifically brought up that some people believe her to have the most beautiful elbow drop in wrestling.
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Lucha Underground is on a definite upswing as the 6/28 show did 112,000 viewers for the first airing and 77,000 for the replay. The combined 189,000 viewers was the best total for the show since the episode that Johnny Mundo beat Sexy Star to win the title.
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Gilbert Cosme, 42, best known as Mesias and Mil Muertes, has accused his cleaning lady of robbing him of $8,000. According to the news reporters, he came home on 6/28 at 1 p.m., to find an envelope with $8,000 in cash missing and his cleaning lady has since disappeared.

Some other sheet news includes:
  • Recent episode of X-Pac 12360 podcast show had the Young Bucks as the guests talking about the G1 Special, Meltzer Driver, going to the WWE, and Hot Topic. http://www.pwinsiderxtra.com/ViewArt...p?id=33553&p=1
  • Recent episode of The Ross Report podcast show had Steve Austin as the guest talking about the G1 Special, Okada, Cody, and Omega as one of his current favorites to watch. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...pecial-in-usa/
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Triple H has had the longest match at Mania for 7 out of the last 8 years with his Mania 32's match being second longest of the card.
  • In another "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 21st anniversary of Hogan's heel turn and the debut of the nWo.
  • Impact/GFW recently tweaked their logo again removing "Wrestling" from "Impact Wrestling." http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...w-impact-logo/
  • WWE's official website recently rated Tyler Bate vs Pete Dunne at Takeover: Chicago as the best WWE match of 2017 so far. http://www.wwe.com/article/top-10-ma...r?sf96184052=1
  • WWE recently rejected two proposals involving Fenway Park hosting a future SummerSlam event and Gillete Stadium hosting a future Wrestlemania event. WWE did leave open the idea of Fenway hosting a NXT Takeover in the future though. https://twitter.com/DannyPicard/stat...46043517186049
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The pattern of a better showing in the ratings for WWE continued as last night's Raw, even with the competition of a monster number for the Home Run Derby, did 3.01 million viewers.

The number was up six percent, and given the competition, as the Home Run Derby did 8.17 million viewers this year as compared to 5.52 million last year, the increase was far more impressive than what six percent would show on the surface ...

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8 p.m. 3.05 million viewers
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10 p.m. 2.91 million viewers
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A number of new names are expected to be announced by WWE in the coming days regarding the Mae Young Classic tournament, which films on Thursday and Friday in Orlando.

Prep work on the tournament is currently being done in Orlando.

Among the names not announced yet who are said to be involved are a number of U.S. independent women wrestlers including Shayna Baszler, Rachael Ellering (as Rachael Evers), Santana Garrett (formerly with TNA who has worldwide experience), Renee Michelle (who has done WWE extra work in the past), Barbi Hayden (a former NWA champion), Nicole Savoy
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The latest that all 32 participants will be confirmed is by Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET, with WWE broadcasting a "Mae Young Classic Parade of Champions" on Facebook Live to introduce everyone.
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Due to this she will miss the Mae Young tournament.
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Jim Ross tweeted last night that he spent 15 hours at the Performance Center getting ready for this week's Mae Young Classic tapings on Thursday and Friday. He also revealed that Medusa and Lita will be on this week's Ross Report Podcast to discuss the women's tournament.
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Sky TV in the U.K. made an expected announcement regarding sports channels. There had been five Sky sports channels with a mixture of sports on all channels, as well as a 24 hour sports news channel and a Formula 1 racing channel. WWE has been mostly on Sky 5, including the live Raw and live Smackdown, which have had greatly declining numbers. Instead, there will be sports theme channels. It is believed that Raw and Smackdown will be moving to Sky Sports Main Event, which is an upgrade. The other programming will air on Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Arena, including the prime time replays of Raw and Smackdown.
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Matt Hardy needed nine stitches to close the cut from last night's Iron Man match. Apparently when he leaped out of the ring, he landed on Sheamus' knee.
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The June 30, 1973 show from Madison Square Garden was added to the WWE Network this past week. The show was headlined by Pedro Morales defending the WWWF title against George Stele, and also included Victor Rivera vs. Black Gordman in a special match from California, Haystacks Calhoun vs. Moondog Mayne, Chief Jay Strongbow vs. Mr. Fuji, Gorilla Monsoon vs. Lou Albano and more.

The WWE Network has also uploaded the first 143 episodes of their version of ECW from 2006 to 2009.
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Tyrus was on the Fox News Channel on Saturday night getting mad at people who call pro wrestling fake. He said he likes the term simulated combat sports. He then challenged anyone who wants to call it fake to meet him and he'll prove it's not. When Tyrus was asked to plug stuff, he pushed GLOW, Preacher and Impact Wrestling, mentioned GLOW on Netflix, Preacher on AMC and didn't say what station Impact was on since he got cut off by the host.
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GFW Champion Alberto El Patron is being investigated for an alleged domestic violence incident at the Orlando International Airport yesterday.

Orlando police made a statement confirming that El Patron was detained at the airport: "There was an incident at the Orlando International Airport at about 3 p.m. Sunday involving Jose Rodriguez (DOB 5/25/1977). The reported incident was a domestic violence battery, and it is still under investigation. No arrests have been made as of this time, but the case remains open. That is all the information we have for release at this time."

In a report from TMZ Sports, it was noted that witnesses confirmed that El Patron was arguing with a woman in an airport terminal until cops were called when things escalated, with one witness saying that there was "an altercation."

Police wouldn't release the name of the alleged victim, but witnesses told TMZ that El Patron's fiancee Paige was at the airport with him. He and Paige had broken up a few weeks ago, but were back together days later.
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Zak and Roy Bevis, Paige's brothers, posted on Facebook about Alberto El Patron being under investigation for domestic battery. Zak wrote: "I've got too say I'm very worried about my sister, Please keep a eye on her, she had one Prick Known as brad Maddox who took advantage of an 18 year old girl. Physically and mentally abused her. And now she's with a control freak who think he's a tough guy cause he's beats my sister and has money too cover his tracks..I love my sister she will end up like Whitney Houston or Amy Winehouse ....please share this,,I want the world to know that i care about my lil sister.....everyone keep an eye on her ...you'll be argry at me but I love you, I'm writing this on behalf of all the Knights."

Roy wrote: "We got pics from the last 6 months bro of her beating I'm glad she's finally sticking up for yourself..the reason there fighting yesterday is cause my uncle on his last legs in hospital and he wished him dead." Roy either deleted or made private a post that alleged that El Patron was trying to get Paige fired from WWE and wouldn't let her go back to the company.
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Triple H again invited Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor to promote their boxing match on Raw. He wrote on Twitter: "Monday Night #Raw has plenty of LIVE microphones... #MayMacWorldTour @thenotoriousmma @FloydMayweather"
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WWE posted a video on their YouTube channel with ICW's Mark Dallas announcing that Pete Dunne will be defending his WWE UK title against Wolfgang, BT Gunn, and Trent Seven at ICW's Shug's Hoose Party 4 night one show on July 29th.
Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqg-aTfmHU

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PWG has announced four more participants for this year's Battle of Los Angeles, bringing the total number up to 14. Zack Sabre Jr., Sammy Guevara, Mark Haskins, and Jonah Rock were the four new names. Rock, an Australian wrestler who previously teamed with TMDK in Pro Wrestling NOAH, will be making his PWG debut and was an unexpected addition.
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Former CZW champion and ROH star Lio Rush announced during tonight's CZW event that he would make a final appearance for Combat Zone Wrestling on 8/5 against Joey Janella in Voorhees, NJ. The word going around backstage at CZW is that Rush was in Orlando earlier this week at the WWE Performance Center and has been offered an NXT deal.

Rush, 22, was originally trained at the MCW school in Baltimore (his first tag team partner was current NXT talent "Velveteen Dream" Patrick Clark) and was under contract to ROH from 2015-2017 before exiting the promotion.
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Dave Meltzer of WrestlingObserver.com reported on the latest episode of his podcast that Austin Aries was in fact released by WWE. He did not asked to be released from his contract, but was happy when he was.

Aries had not been happy with his role in WWE and according to Meltzer was not happy that his match with Neville for the Cruiserweight Title was not included on the WrestleMania 33 DVD and he was vocal about his displeasure about that and how the Cruiserweights were being used.

He is now being paid for 90 days, per the standard WWE contract.

It should be noted that the same site tweeted three days ago that Aries had asked for his release.
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NJPW have launched an official website for the G1 Climax at g1climax.jp. The full cards for every show are available to view there.

Two title matches have been announced for the final day on August 13th.

IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks vs Ricochet & Ryusuke Taguchi

IWGP Tag Team Championship: War Machine vs Cody & Hangman Page.

The G1 Climax kicks off in one week on Monday July 17th. Every show will be live and in full at NJPWworld.com.
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Lucha Underground star Taya Valkyrie was asked over the weekend on Twitter if fans will ever see her on Impact. She tagged Jeff and Karen Jarrett and replied, "hopefully", and noted that she wanted matches with Diamante, Sienna, Rosemary and Laurel Van Ness as seen below:

@karenjarrett @RealJeffJarrett ??? ?????? hopefully. I want a shot at @DiamanteLAX @WeAreRosemary @Sienna @ImpactLVN https://t.co/phhsIhmeYm
— Taya - Kira Forster (@TheTayaValkyrie) July 8, 2017





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  • 2K announced WWE 2k18 will also be arriving on the Switch and the first time since WWE '13 a Nintendo platform got a game in the series. https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/QsALtaFJ5X
  • 2K also released a new trailer for the game focusing on Kurt Angle as the pre-order bonus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSX4QDAREko
  • Fire Pro Wrestling World was released yesterday on Steam's Early Access service for $20.
  • NJPW is currently considering signing Matt Riddle to a deal after sending a scout to Rev Pro Wrestling.
  • WWE recently posted their Top 10 WWE Matches of 2017 So Far with Tyler Bate vs Pete Dunne, UK Championship match at Takeover Chicago being #1. http://www.wwe.com/article/top-10-ma...of-2017-so-far
  • Madusa/Alundra Blayze revealed she will be helping the WWE with teh upcoming Mae Yougn Classic tournament. https://www.instagram.com/p/BWSKX2Zlcpy/
  • WWE currently rumored to have signed Shelton Benjamin to a deal based on a recent tweet by the WWE. The tweet hyped up Benjamin's aerial skills and mentioned him returning to Smackdown soon. WrestleInc revealed the text used for the tweet was the same when the playlist was originally made last year. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...tar-returning/
  • Vader and DDP are currently involved in an online feud with each other. Vader claims DDP lied about offering to help Vader's health issues and DDP claims he never told Vader to retire but only to stop wrestling in order to be healthy enough to do DDP Yoga. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...ng-him-online/
  • Recent episode of the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast show had Alexa Bliss as the guest talking about dealing with "What" chants, negative backlash for "This Is Your Life" Bayley segment, and the Tables Match she had with Becky at TLC 2016. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...h-what-chants/
  • Matt Hardy recently tweeted if Anthem doesn't resolve the Broken trademark mess soon, Matt with start exposing dirty secrets and info regarding them and Impact/GFW. https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/s...89390845239298
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In terms of rankings, WWE took tthe #6,#7, and #8 spots. Got beat by MLB related shows, blood rival Love & Hip Hop, and another reality tv show.
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Matt and Reby really don't come off as too mature in this thing with GFW. I mean, I thought it was probably a silly idea for TNA to go to war for the fucking shitty act anyway, but Matt and Reby have just been insufferable with their personal tweets regarding the issue, and now I hope GFW win.
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Try looking at the viewership. NO chance they fall out of the top 10 anytime soon. Every thing is fine
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Try looking at the viewership. NO chance they fall out of the top 20 anytime soon. Every thing is fine
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Try looking at the viewership. NO chance they get canceled anytime soon. Every thing is fine
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WWE moved to destination america, they weren't canceled. Do you have any evidence from someone who isn't a disgruntled employee, or a reporter who obviously has a vendetta against vince saying they were canceled?
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As expected, SmackDown ratings were up following last week's Fourth of July episode. The show averaged 2.465 million viewers, up from the 2.329 million that it did last week.
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Marti Belle and Mercedes Martinez will be competing in the Mae Young Classic, PWInsider has confirmed.

Also, WWE announced that UK competitors Kay Lee Ray and Ayesha Raymond have been announced for the tournament as well.
Link to the announcement: http://www.wwe.com/shows/maeyoungcla...ayesha-raymond

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Kyle O’Reilly, one of the top stars on the independent scene, made his debut for WWE this evening by appearing at the NXT tapings at Full Sail University.

He debuted as a surprise against Aleister Black ...

O’Reilly’s contract with Ring of Honor expired at the end of last year and he made his last high-profile appearance on January 4th at NJPW's WrestleKingdom 11, where he lost the ROH World Championship to Adam Cole. He’s mainly wrestled for EVOLVE and other indie promotions in recent months.

As reported in previous issues of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, ROH legal threats over issues related to contract tampering have kept O’Reilly, Fish, and others from signing with WWE for the last several months.
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Global Force Wrestling has suspended Alberto El Patron until the investigation into him for domestic battery is resolved.

The company issued a statement today: "Global Force Wrestling has indefinitely suspended Alberto El Patron, effective immediately, until the investigation is resolved following a recent incident in Orlando, Florida."

Prior to suspending him, GFW had noted that they were taking the incident seriously and that they would fully investigate it and cooperate with law enforcement ...

El Patron defeated Bobby Lashley at Slammiversary to become GFW's Unified Champion. He was one of the focal points of the post-PPV television tapings, and Jeff Jarrett clarified on a media conference call that he won't be edited out of upcoming shows.
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Pro Wrestling Guerrilla has finished announcing the field for this summer's Battle of Los Angeles tournament.

The 24-competitor lineup is mostly a mix of PWG regulars and wrestlers who will either be getting their first chance in the promotion or have become recent mainstays. The final 10 names announced were: Brian Cage, Rey Horus (Dragon Azteca Jr. in Lucha Underground), Marty Scurll, Michael Elgin, TK Cooper, Matt Sydal, Sami Callihan, Matt Riddle, Ricochet, and Penta El Zero M ...

BOLA will take place on September 1-3. First round matches will occur over the first two nights before the winner is crowned on the third day, with whoever wins receiving a future shot at the PWG World Championship. The full lineup is:

Flamita
Keith Lee
WALTER
Travis Banks
Rey Fenix
Dezmond Xavier
Donovan Dijak
Jeff Cobb
Trevor Lee
Flash Morgan Webster
Zack Sabre Jr.
Sammy Guevara
Mark Haskins
Jonah Rock
Brian Cage
Rey Horus
Marty Scurll
Michael Elgin
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Matt Sydal
Sami Callihan
Matt Riddle
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Paige took to Twitter again to try and explain the domestic violence incident with Alberto El Patron after her first account was proven to be inaccurate. She claimed that she was the one being held for battery charges because she threw a drink at El Patron, but Orlando Police told Pro Wrestling Sheet that El Patron is the only suspect listed.
Link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/RealPaigeWWE/sta...35926062047234

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Kevin Kelly announced that he's no longer with ROH and will be focusing on his duties with NJPW and other opportunities. He had left his full-time position with ROH earlier this year.
Link to the announcement: https://twitter.com/realkevinkelly/s...64242050428928

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Former WWE developmental star and Tough Enough winner Matt Cappotelli announced the following via his Facebook page this evening:

"Diagnosis is in.

I have a grade IV GlioBlastoma Multiforme (GBM).
This is not the news I was looking forward to hearing or sharing, but it will in no way deter me from continuing my fight. Spinal tap this Friday will determine if the cancer cells have spread to my spinal fluid. Monday is a follow up with my team of doctors to determine the treatment steps needed to beat this. Thanx to everyone on #TEAMCAPP"

Cappotelli announced in late June that the brain cancer that ended his in-ring career had returned after ten years.
Link to the announcement: https://www.facebook.com/matt.cappot...WSFEED&fref=nf

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During his media conference call today, Jeff Jarrett announced the 2017 Bound for Glory PPV would be Sunday 11/5.

He also noted they are looking at adding another PPV date in 2018, potentially Lockdown.

During the ongoing Jeff Jarrett conference call with reporters, Jeff Jarrett was asked if the Hardys have gotten the intellectual property rights to use the "Broken" gimmick in WWE.

He clearly said no, they have not gotten the rights from Global Force Wrestling.
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After Jeff Jarrett maintained that Anthem owns the rights to the "Broken Hardys" characters and said that The Hardys haven't agreed to purchase them on a conference call today, Reby Hardy struck back on Twitter. She wrote: "We had agreement terms as of LAST WEEK. Included non-disparagement clause to the tune of 5k every time I tweet something about TNA...but according to @RealJeffJarrett, there is nothing ? OKAY ! Who's up for another run of #F*ckThatOwl shirts ? They'll be up by 2mor. I haven't said anything FOR WEEKS. Meanwhile, Jeff, Dutch & Ed all can't seem to be able to keep us out of their mouths. Snakes."
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Reby Hardy wasn't the only person who took exception to Jeff Jarrett's conference call, with Shane Helms tweeting that Jarrett would "rather climb a tree to tell a lie than stay on the ground and tell the truth" in response to Jarrett saying that Helms and other agents were let go because they had too many of them.
Link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/ShaneHelmsCom/st...98400878260226

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As Rebecca "Reby" Hardy stated this afternoon on Twitter, there has been a deal in place between Anthem Media and The Hardys that would allow the Hardys to utilize the "Broken Hardy" gimmick going forward.

In seeking to confirm Hardy's social media claims, PWInsider.com spoke with several sources who, under condition of anonymity, stated that all sides agreed to a deal in principle.

In a deal that it is believed Billy Corgan helped mediate, PWInsider.com has been told that all sides would have released a statement wishing each other well and would have agreed to no longer comment on each other publicly. The Hardys would have been able to utilize the "Broken" gimmick and (one would assume) Anthem Media would have received some sort of payment in exchange.

WWE was not involved in the deal, according to multiple sources.

The deal was then drafted by the Hardys' lawyers and sent to Anthem Media's Ed Nordholm to sign off on, but for whatever reason, several weeks have gone by without a response from Nordholm or any indication that the agreement was actually going to be signed.

One source stated that when Nordholm received the agreement in writing, he claimed that it wasn't what the two sides agreed upon, but confirmed that since that point, there had been no additional communication with the Hardys' side ...

A number of sources we spoke with today believed that unless Nordholm signs off on the agreement, the Hardys will have no last recourse but to file a lawsuit seeking ownership of the gimmick.
PWI's article with more details on the issue: http://www.pwinsider.com/article/110...words.html?p=1

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Dave Meltzer noted on Sunday's episode of Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE stopped using pyro for ring entrances both as a cost cutting measure, and because they they no longer feel the need to.

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WWE officially announced the full list of participants for the Mae Young Classic on a "Parade of Champions" broadcast prior to the tapings beginning tonight.

Notably, Serena Deeb will be returning to the company for the first time since being released in 2010. She became a full-time yoga instructor after retiring in 2015 due to concussion issues ...

Below is the full list of competitors:

Serena Deeb
Vanessa Borne
Rachael Evers (Rachael Ellering)
Sage Beckett (Andrea)
Tessa Blanchard
Lacey Evans
Santana Garrett
Nicole Savoy
Reina Gonzalez
Shayna Baszler
Sarah Logan (Crazy Mary Dobson)
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Abbey Laith (Kimber Lee)
Candice LeRae
Miranda Salinas
Renee Michelle
Mercedes Martinez
Dakota Kai (Evie)
Xia Li
Zeda
Kay Lee Ray
Piper Niven (Viper)
Marti Belle
Toni Storm
Rhea Ripley (Demi Bennett)
Ayesha Raymond
Kavita Devi
Mia Yim (Jade)
Princesa Sugehit
Jazzy Gabert (Alpha Female)
Taynara Conti
Kairi Sane (Kairi Hojo)
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WWE will be following up on the Kurt Angle storyline immediately after Raw goes off the air on Monday.

It was announced today that there would be a live interview with Angle on the WWE Network in the post-Raw time slot next week. Angle has promised that he'll be going public with information concerning the mysterious text messages he's been receiving earlier in the night.
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Even though he was announced as being suspended, Impact sent out a press release today for a show on 8/6 in Bridgeport, CT at the Ballpark at Harbor Yards listing Alberto El Patron as one of the headliners. Bobby Lashley and EC 3 were also announced for the show.
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Tonight on Impact Wrestling, Gail Kim announced that, due to injuries, she will be retiring at the end of 2017, but plans to continue wrestling throughout the rest of the year.
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WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix is in Orlando, Florida for the Mae Young classic which begins taping tonight.

There has been talk that Alundra Blayze may handle some interviews at the tournament.

Nikki Matthews is also in Florida for the tournament which brings the total amount of women known to be there up to 34. PWInsider was told there would be about 40 talents in Orlando for the tournament including potential alternates.
Other notable guests at the tapings included Ronda Rousey, Cjarlotte, Mike & Maria Kanellis, Bayley, HBK, and rumors of Trish Stratus and Rock arriving to see the tournament.

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Speaking of the 7/12 tapings, one person there noted to us a strange almost backfire of sorts revolving around Mauro Ranallo. At the tapings, the crowd was mostly quiet again. We’re told in some places if fans started to make noise, other fans would tell them to be quiet because the building is so small and Ranallo talks so loud that if there’s no crowd noise, you can hear the commentary, and a lot of the live fans want to hear the commentary
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Wade Barrett (Stu Bennett) has made few indie wrestling appearances since leaving WWE in June 2016 but he did appear at a WrestlePro event last month in New Jersey. As seen above, Barrett delivered some "Bad News" and a Bullhammer to a local wrestler.
Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CEjvS063fw

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Dave Meltzer discussed WWE's decision to do a Fatal Five-Way Elimination Match to crown a new number one contender for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship at their upcoming Battleground pay-per-view on the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio. During the segment, Meltzer revealed WWE is currently planning to do a RAW four-way women's match at SummerSlam when asked if he can believe that WWE is doing a five-way women's match at Battleground.

The Fatal Five-Way Elimination Match at Battleground is set to feature Charlotte Flair vs. Lana vs. Becky Lynch vs. Tamina Snuka vs. Natalya on July 23rd in Philadelphia.

Meltzer provided an explanation for WWE booking multiple person matches, explaining they're able to protect people without having to write strong personal storylines.

"Well, you know, that's what they're doing a lot of right now," Meltzer stated. "The thing with multi-person matches is you can always gimmick the finishes so nobody has to lose and it's easier for the bookers when you do that and plus when you have multiple person matches, inherently you're not going to do strong personal storylines so you don't have to worry about writing good stories because you know, you can do a little heat where they're all mad at each other, but that's all you can do in a multiple person match."
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While this was probably not the reason for the split, since the split was teased months ago, Enzo Amore right now has a lot of heat on him. There was an incident on the tour bus when the talent was traveling together several weeks ago. We haven’t been able to confirm the details as to why this happened although it had to do with the business and it upset many to the point that Reigns kicked Enzo off the bus and for a time he was given “Miz treatment” in that he wasn’t allowed to dress in the locker room. The line where he talked about his real life being better than his fantasy life was something of a shoot in the sense he’s now based in Los Angeles and having a great time in his non-wrestling life. He was also legit not happy at the breakup of the team, because in reality, it’s hard to see what his prospects are on his own given the way he’s been portrayed as a guy who is a joke when facing real competition

Cass has some heat, particularly with his views on politics as he’s a strong Trump supporter in a locker room where many don’t share those views, but management is super high on him and unlike with Enzo, the reaction of the wrestlers to him will not affect his push, at least right now. But the reaction to him is pale compared to that of Enzo
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Former WWE writer Brian Mann was a guest on Live Audio Wrestling's Review-a-Smackdown where he gave an interesting tidbit on WWE's use of fancam footage in documenting the title change from the recent MSG house show.

This is in reference to the opening video package of this week's SD Live.

It should be noted, and I'm gonna say this from firsthand, some of those are planted fan videos. When I was there at Summerslam (2011), I actually was sent into the crowd to film Kevin Nash on my cell phone so that we would have, and then we planted it on some fake Youtube account, but it was from the company. We planted fan footage.

...'cause clearly they knew a title change was gonna happen and I don't know if neccessarily every fan at ringside was just shooting at exactly the time the finish was coming. So maybe one or two of those, not to be unfair to the company, one or two of those might not be on the up.

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One of the staples of WWE Network original programming is having its broadcast schedule significantly reduced.

WWE issued a statement today confirming that Talking Smack will no longer air weekly and will instead only be shown after SmackDown-exclusive pay-per-views: "We continuously review WWE Network's programming line-up based on a variety of factors, including viewership and subscriber research. Talking Smack and Raw Talk will air following pay-per-view events, and Tuesday will continue to feature 205 LIVE."
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Evidently Renee Young wasn't given the heads-up on Talking Smack being canceled as she wrote on Twitter, "Hmmmm, that's one way to get news" to a tweet asking her about it. Then she wrote, "Really disappointed about Talking Smack. We tried to make the show great. Guess I'll go back to welcoming my guest at this time."
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WWE issued the following statement to PWInsider:

"We continuously review WWE Network’s programming line-up based on a variety of factors, including viewership and subscriber research. Talking Smack and Raw Talk will air following pay-per-view events, and Tuesday will continue to feature 205 LIVE."
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The atmosphere was said to be really good last night at the Mae Young Classic, which comes down to the final two with 14 matches tonight. The talk going in was 5-10 contracts would be offered and you'll probably get a good idea of some of them based on who makes the final four. Unlike the cruiserweight tournament where they had figured everyone they liked would sign and that didn't happen, there is no avenue for the women to make big money in wrestling outside of WWE like there is for men, so it would be a surprise for anyone offered a deal to turn it down.
WWE had a lot more trouble trying to get contracts signed prior to the event than with the UK and CWC tournaments.

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For the G-1 Climax tournament, the first four shows which are 7/17, 7/20, 7/21 and 7/22, and the last three shows from 8/11 to 8/13 at Sumo Hall will have English language commentary on New Japan World. All tournament matches will air with Japanese language commentary.
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WWE's 30 Years of Survivor Series, first scheduled to be released on 10/3 has been moved to a 10/24 release date.
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This week's Impact Wrestling episode, featuring Bobby Lashley and World Heavyweight Champion Alberto El Patron defeating The LAX in the main event, drew 374,000 viewers. This is up 8.4% from last week's 345,000 viewers and a new record for 2017.

Impact ranked #99 on the Cable Top 150 this week, up from last week's #107 spot.
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On his Twitter this afternoon, Austin Aries released a statement regarding his departure from World Wrestling Entertainment last week:

My official statement on my @WWE departure. Thank you to my supporters and detractors. Exciting announcements soon. ???????????? pic.twitter.com/7Y4NkUMFVz
— Austin Healy Aries (@AustinAries) July 14, 2017
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Renee Young, in responding to a fan question on Twitter, stated that her WWE Network series Unfiltered, in which she conducted one-on-one interviews, has also been canceled.

Yep
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Ring of Honor announced three new dates for an October "Global Wars" tour in conjunction with New Japan Pro Wrestling, hitting all new markets for combined shows featuring talents from the two promotions ...

Three events in three days – October 12th in Buffalo, NY, October 13th in Pittsburgh, PA, and October 14th in Columbus, OH
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For those wondering, SummerSlam will indeed be a four hour PPV. It begins on August 20 at 7 p.m. ET and has an (at least) four hour block.

Also, there is a lot of talk that Nikki Bella will be returning to action soon and appearing on the show. She is clearly in great shape.
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On the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer was discussing this past Tuesday's episode of SmackDown Live and how it appears that WWE is building to a John Cena vs. AJ Styles match at SummerSlam. When a rumored AJ Styles vs. Nakamura match at SummerSlam was mentioned, Meltzer said that WWE wasn't going in that direction at all. He noted that they may do that match someday, but they're not doing it now.
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NJPW's G1 Climax 27 tournament starts on July 17 at 2am ET, which will be shown for free on NJPW World. To celebrate, NJPW also has the final show from each G1 Climax - going back to 2007 - for free on NJPW World.
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As noted, WWE has stopped using pyro during entrances as a cost-cutting measure for the company and because they felt it's no longer necessary. On Twitter, Road Dogg responded to fans talking about the change by first reiterating the reasons mentioned above and then responding, "Pyro in a wrestling show isn't a priority in life."

"lower"? Are these things a "low" down move to you? It's just economics and neither are necessary
— Brian G. James (@WWERoadDogg) July 13, 2017


I agree. In 3 months it'll be the norm and no one will care, that's our current society. Pyro in a Wrestling show isn't a priority in life.
— Brian G. James (@WWERoadDogg) July 13, 2017
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Though the dispute has gotten ugly at times, especially on social media, it was nearly settled within the past month, according to sources close to the negotiation. Both sides came to terms on an agreement, sources say, with the Hardys paying $10,000 to $15,000 for the rights to the trademark. The deal would have included a non-disparagement clause, which Matt’s wife, Reby, mentioned on Twitter. A $1,000 fine would have been levied for the first offense, and then $5,000 penalties would have been enforced thereafter. The Hardys were even willing to sign off on a press release, publicly ending the ordeal on good terms. Yet Anthem then wanted 50 percent of all Hardy revenue, including Jeff Hardy’s art and music, which was viewed by the Hardys as a monumental heist and money-grab.
Details regarding the "Broken" situation between Hardy's and Anthem. https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/201...ken-wwe-impact

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There were mixed feelings in GFW and Anthem regarding how to handle the Alberto El Patron situation, but a suspension right now was the way to do it because an outright firing would look bad if charges were dropped. The company has a history of not doing much to stars under the Dixie Carter regime, such as no punishment for drug test failures (and they did drug test and there were many who fit into that category), and never punishing Kurt Angle for one DUI after another until finally after so many, they agreed to have him go to rehab. Some wanted him gone, since that would be the reaction from the corporate side, but realized until the case is settled that probably wouldn’t be the best option.

Others on the wrestling side, where the old school history is to back stars and cover up or overlook indiscretions in the past (the modern world makes that tougher) wanted to keep him, believing him to be a big deal, with the idea he may help them sell tickets to events or improve their television deal status both domestically and internationally with the idea of selling his star power based on Twitter followers and Hispanic media reach. There was also the thought that when Paige’s contract with WWE expires, that she may come here and they see her as a potential major star. But even from that side, it was clear right now he had to be suspended.
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Bayley was on Austin’s podcast this past week and seems clearly frustrated by her position. She said that she went to HHH and asked about making a change in her character. She said HHH told her that would be up to Vince McMahon. Austin warned her about not being true to herself and her character and how his turn in 2001 was the biggest mistake of his career
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Rapper Mega Ran was one of the people in the New Day entourage during the Rap battle segment on the 7/4 Smackdown. About two weeks earlier Woods, who is friends with Ran, had told him about an idea he had pitched for a rap battle and he helped prepare the Usos for it. The original script they were given had Wale doing a rap first and Big E was against that happening. Ran said he didn’t write any of the material but helped with the cadence. The New Day let the Usos see their script and lines but the Usos only ran their lines back to get the approval of one producer, so the New Day didn’t know what the Usos would be saying and didn’t know the Usos would make an R rated reference to Woods regarding the sex stuff with Paige (which also included Brad Maddox) from years ago when they were all in developmental together that leaked
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According to those with New Japan, it’s actually unlikely they will be doing anything in New Orleans in conjunction with Mania week, at least at this point. From one aspect it would make sense since they’d be able to draw a big crowd, but they are usually in the middle of a Japanese tour at that time, plus I don’t think they want to be seen as piggy backing off a WWE event. There have been people who have talked about it and talked to New Japan about working with them on it, but at this point it’s not going to happen. The key is that New Japan doesn’t want to be positioned as an indie piggy backing off WWE’s biggest event, even though tons of U.S. companies and U.K. companies do that and it’s their biggest money week of the year

Some other sheet news includes:
  • WWE revealed Mattel will be debuting two new WWE action figures during next week's San Diego Comic Con event. https://twitter.com/WWE/status/885952127046123521
  • The Herald-Dispatch had a recent interview with Dean Ambrose talking about his "Unhinged" character, The Shield, and feelings when winning/losing titles. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...king-early-on/
  • ESPN had a recent interview with Nia Jax talking about her favorite rivalry and WWE's Performance Center. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...orite-rivalry/
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, NJPW originally had plans for Kenny Omega to take over Bullet Club after Prince Devitt/Finn Balor left but changed plans once AJ Styles got hired. Omega revealed the plans during a recent episode of the Observer Radio show.
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Road Dogg comes off like such a douche with no respect for the fans who view his product.

"In 3 months that will be the norm and no one will care, that's our current society."

God, fuck that guy.
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"In 3 months that will be the norm and no one will care, that's our current society."
I am not so sure he isn't right about this. The New generation has usch a short attention span that it could very well be less than 2 months easily.
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Is that really that offensive of a statement?
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It's just dumb. It's wrong and it's out of touch, which explains a lot about the SmackDown product. It's also not a good public face for someone who is currently the head writer of one of your shows. "See, the thing is, people are dumb and will get used to anything I put out." Have some pride in your work.

But Road Dogg is constantly falling for dudes working him on Twitter and biting on bait set by the fans. He's one of those people who needs their Twitter account to be micro-managed.
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Baseless stereotypes. If anything, people invest in deeper and more interconnected television content than ever.
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Most people I know binge watch
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That requires more time cleared than watching an episode of something.
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But would they binge watch if there was no pyro!?
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Probably, in the end it makes no difference. They have replaced pyro with Led's .. probably safer and maybe less for insurance
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Next time Kane comes out he better have his fucking pyro.
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I have to agree with Road Dogg. I'm sure in three months nobody will care because we'll all be used to it.

A good chunk of wrestling fans seem to be very protective of what they watch and along with some of them wearing their nostalgia glasses, they don't like change unless it's change that they want.

When the ropes changed to white a few years back, some fans complained. About a month or so later, nobody cared about the ropes.

When the stages for Raw and SmackDown changed to the HD setup, people complained. Again, a month or so later, nobody cared.

When Titantrons were scrapped in favour of what we have now, people complained, but now nobody cares.

And I really don't need to go into detail about when changes are made to the designs of championships.

But that's (some) wrestling fans for you.

Personally, I will miss pyro and I'm sure guys like Kane and special appearances from, for example, Batista (if that ever happens) will have their pyro but to me, it's no big deal.

Anyway, with the amount of cold openings Raw done before the second split, I'm used to not seeing pyro all the time.
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I have to agree with Road Dogg. I'm sure in three months nobody will care because we'll all be used to it.

A good chunk of wrestling fans seem to be very protective of what they watch and along with some of them wearing their nostalgia glasses, they don't like change unless it's change that they want.

When the ropes changed to white a few years back, some fans complained. About a month or so later, nobody cared about the ropes.

When the stages for Raw and SmackDown changed to the HD setup, people complained. Again, a month or so later, nobody cared.

When Titantrons were scrapped in favour of what we have now, people complained, but now nobody cares.

And I really don't need to go into detail about when changes are made to the designs of championships.

But that's (some) wrestling fans for you.

Personally, I will miss pyro and I'm sure guys like Kane and special appearances from, for example, Batista (if that ever happens) will have their pyro but to me, it's no big deal.

Anyway, with the amount of cold openings Raw done before the second split, I'm used to not seeing pyro all the time.
People still hate the ropes when they distract from the product. The 205 Live ropes still get criticized all the time.

It's not that nobody cared about the set designs. Every so often, things will come up like "How do you set the shows apart" and people say "different sets." It was like one of the most common pieces of input you'd see around the place.

I STILL hate the championship belt designs, but hate how they are booked even more.

There's a difference between people not caring and people just dropping an issue because it's done and they have to deal with it. People get sick of homogenization, and they eventually do things like stop watching show in enough numbers that you drop from #2 to #6.

Besides, the point isn't actually about the pyro, it's about Road Dogg being a public figure and talking down to audiences. Even if you do hold contempt for people, you don't go public with it and air it. "Unprofessional" isn't even the right word. It's Russo-level shit. Plus, it's more of that Vince McMahon/CyNick-spouted (in the wrestling sense, you see it all over the place) millennial trope bullshit that has been myth-busted time and time again. No, they're not lazy. No, they aren't dumb. No, their attention spans aren't worse. It's an old dude myth that gets perpetuated because it feels intuitively true to old dudes without anything to back it up. It fucks with every logic center in my brain.

It's talking out your ass. Someone in Road Dogg's position should not be doing that on Twitter. Period. Talk out your ass as a punter all you want. People will bust your balls with facts and data when they feel the need. But when you are in the position of representing the creative direction of a stagnant company, don't show yourself to be an ass-talker. Fuck's sake.
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I have to agree with Road Dogg. I'm sure in three months nobody will care because we'll all be used to it.

A good chunk of wrestling fans seem to be very protective of what they watch and along with some of them wearing their nostalgia glasses, they don't like change unless it's change that they want.

When the ropes changed to white a few years back, some fans complained. About a month or so later, nobody cared about the ropes.

When the stages for Raw and SmackDown changed to the HD setup, people complained. Again, a month or so later, nobody cared.

When Titantrons were scrapped in favour of what we have now, people complained, but now nobody cares.

And I really don't need to go into detail about when changes are made to the designs of championships.

But that's (some) wrestling fans for you.

Personally, I will miss pyro and I'm sure guys like Kane and special appearances from, for example, Batista (if that ever happens) will have their pyro but to me, it's no big deal.

Anyway, with the amount of cold openings Raw done before the second split, I'm used to not seeing pyro all the time.

I admit I dont follow that avidly anymore but arent ratings down quite brutally across time? It seems a bit of a narrow view to think no one cares about those things if ratings are down.

I'm not saying thats necessarily the reason but any business taking a "they will get used to it approach" when one of its key metrics is falling seems short sighted to me.
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hold up... its not called the titantron? I referred to it as that like 2 days ago.
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Pyro is definitely noticeable. It definitely gets the crowd to react, even if it was just for the opening of a show. Definitely adds to "characters" to, when properly applied.

They should still do shit like that for "PPV's". Something needs to set them apart. If the PPV's start to feel like weekly program (as they are more and more), I will be inclined to cancel the sub and forget about it altogether.

I stopped weekly over a year ago and it increased my enjoyment of what I did watch when I watched PPV's. But if they get bland like weekly programming, yea....
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It's just another symptom of how boring and samesy it all is. It might be a small thing, but it's all those small things together that make the product to boring and unimaginative.

Making everything look the same is not going to help that
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No, it's not, and it's a symptom of them needing to cut costs. I personally don't give a shit about pyro, but it reminds me of when the crowd was chanting "Fire Russo!" and Dixie Carter's response was to say "It wasn't even Russo who wrote that segment!". Um, there is a grander point here being missed...
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No, it's not, and it's a symptom of them needing to cut costs. I personally don't give a shit about pyro, but it reminds me of when the crowd was chanting "Fire Russo!" and Dixie Carter's response was to say "It wasn't even Russo who wrote that segment!". Um, there is a grander point here being missed...

Do you think they should attempt to make the PPV's "different" or stand out or anything?

Perhaps use pyro/effects ONLY on PPV's and/or mix up the set design just a bit. I dunno man, it is all starting to blend and become same same.
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