TPWW's Official Dirty Sheets News Thread

[Sepholio]

I want Lesnar vs Roman, Roman wins, Braun cashes in MITB and kicks his ass for the title on the spot, grabs a mic and says "Anyone but you Roman. Anyone. But. You."

[Sepholio]

I know that's Brays thing, but it would be a nice call back to when Braun was with the Wyatts. Its the one thing Braun carried over from back then lol.

[ClockShot]

Cena and Nikki Bella are back together? I'll believe it when I see it.

He should be about ready to come out of hiding now.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Nothing:

Originally Posted by Observer Chuck Williams, better known as the Rockin' Rebel, and his wife were both found dead by a family member earlier today at their home in West Chester, PA, in an apparent murder/suicide. West Goshen Township Police have not released the names of Williams and his wife, but a close friend of Williams confirmed it was him and that the home in question, shown on local news, was his home. Other friends of his have confirmed the story. The story going around is that the couple's adult son came to the house this morning and discovered both dead ... Local news reported that police had been called to the home several times. Williams was 52. He took the name Rockin' Rebel because of being trained by Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, the Rock & Roll Express, and he started his career in 1988. He first made his name in Joel Goodhart's Tri-State Wrestling promotion, which was the forerunner to ECW. He was the group's champion and wrestled against men like Sandman and D.C. Drake He later wrestled from 1993 to 1995 for ECW, and worked for a ton of different independent promotions and also did matches for both WCW and WWF in the 90s.

Originally Posted by Observer Ring gear worn by Roderick Strong on November 18, 2017 at NXT War Games, and autographed later that evening at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX is up for bidding. The money from this will be donated to the www.specialops.org in honor of one of Roderick Strong's best friends Dustin Yates Page

Links: https://auction.wwe.com/iSynApp/auct...tionId=2333131 , https://www.facebook.com/dustin.yates.18?fref=mentions

Originally Posted by Observer/PWI/Post Wrestling Indies Roundup: Shotzi Blackheart is expected to debut at the Impact tapings in Windsor, ONT on Friday night. Over the Top has two shows this weekend. On Saturday in Dublin at the Tivoli Theater they have David Starr & Jordan Devlin vs. Low Ki & Walter, Pete Dunne & Mark Haskins & ? vs. Zack Gibson & Sha Samuels & Charlie Sterling, LJ Cleary vs. Tyler Bate vs. Kris Wolf and more. Sunday in Belfast at the Europa Hotel has Devlin vs. Bate, Dunne vs. Adam Maxted, Gibson& Samuel & Sterling vs Kings of the North, Tucker vs Curtis Murray and more. Trent Seven, who is injured, will be General Manager at both shows. Ring Of Honor is returning the 2300 Arena (formerly the ECW Arena) in Philadelphia, PA on August 25. It will be their first show there in 2018. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla has announced the following matches for their “Threemendous V” card at The Globe Theatre on July 13th: Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz vs. The Young Bucks for the PWG tag titles, WALTER vs. Brody King, Marty Scurll vs. Matt Riddle, Dalton Castle vs. David Starr, Trevor Lee vs. Rey Fenix, Penta 0M vs. Rey Horus, and Jeff Cobb vs. Joey Janela. Revolution Pro has announced that KUSHIDA will be working their annual Summer Sizzler card on Friday, August 17th at York Hall.

Originally Posted by PWI Curtis Axel tweeted: 10 years today with @WWE! #BTeam — Curtis Axel (@RealCurtisAxel) June 1, 2018

Link: https://twitter.com/RealCurtisAxel/s...41929505198081

Originally Posted by PWI WWE posted the following: The United Kingdom welcomes back WWE and your favorite Superstars with several Live Events and broadcast editions of Raw and SmackDown LIVE this November. Tickets for the London Live Event will be available soon, while all other U.K. Live Events (except Minehead) are available now at www.bookingsdirect.com. WWE Live’s latest tour through the U.K. runs from 3 November through 11 November, and includes installments of Raw and SmackDown LIVE broadcast from the Manchester Arena on Monday, 5 November and Tuesday, 6 November, respectively. When Raw and SmackDown LIVE emanated from the Manchester Arena in November 2017, Sheamus & Cesaro were crowned as new Raw Tag Team Champions, and the WWE Championship changed hands outside North America for the first time ever when AJ Styles defeated Jinder Mahal to capture his second WWE Title.

More details: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...ember.html?p=1

Originally Posted by PWI A question concerning Smackdown remaining a live program once it moves to FOX. WWEs touring schedule for as far back as I can remember has been to have RAW live Monday nights then have the crew transport everything to the next town overnight and tape or broadcast Smackdown Tuesday night. How does the logistical change of having a 3 day gap between the shows effect them in terms of this? It seems like a major burden everytime time I think about it. All the crew (creative, agents, backstage guys, etc) would have to be flown home after Monday then flown back out for Friday’s broadcast. How is WWE going to address this major logistical change? There are going to be a lot of changes, especially because some members of the crew would work other broadcast gigs during the weekend, including NFL and MLB games before flying into town for WWE. It's been a concern for some who work production, especially senior members of the team who had a lot of leeway to work outside events because obviously, this will change their lives in a major way on a weekly basis. I haven't heard that there is a concrete plan on how to handle things, but there are several things they could do - including having different production crew teams for Raw and Smackdown or adding other events the production team could work (for example, a NXT taping or a Network special) over the weekend, etc. WWE is going to have to re-invent the wheel and their scheduling and we aren't close enough to the change (it is happening in October 2019, after all) for WWE to have made the decisions. It could mean some members of the crew will no longer work for WWE full-time, but again, we are too far away for definitive answers.

From PWI's weekly Q&A articles discussing the changes within WWE in regards ti Smackdown moving back to Fridays.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling The Best of the Super Juniors tournament is winding down this weekend with the final round robin matches scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. The finals will take place Monday from Korakuen Hall. Here are the updated standings for the blocks: *A BLOCK: Will Ospreay (8 points), Taiji Ishimori (8), Flip Gordon (6), YOH (6), Bushi (6), Tiger Mask (6), ACH (4), and Yoshinobu Kanemaru (4). *B BLOCK: Dragon Lee (6), Marty Scurll (6), Hiromu Takahashi (6), KUSHIDA (6), Chris Sabin (4), El Desperado (4), SHO (4), and Ryusuke Taguchi (4) In the A Block, Ospreay and Ishimori would be the favorites. Ospreay faces Flip Gordon in his final tournament match and Ishimori is facing YOH. If Ospreay and Ishimori both win, Ishimori advances due to his win over Ospreay on the opening night. If Gordon beats Ospreay AND Ishimori loses, Gordon would win the block as he would have wins over both. YOH and Bushi could cause a playoff by winning their final matches and tying, but that is highly unlikely. Tiger Mask, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and ACH are eliminated. The B Block is wide open with the parity booking and all B Block members have two remaining tournament matches so everyone is still alive. Takahashi would appear to be the favorite to win the block and has matches with SHO and KUSHIDA remaining. **Here are the B Block matches scheduled for Saturday’s card in Gunma: *Chris Sabin vs. El Desperado *Marty Scurll vs. Ryusuke Taguchi *SHO vs. Hiromu Takahashi *KUSHIDA vs. Dragon Lee

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Impact Wrestling is taping four episodes of Impact in Windsor, Ontario tonight and tomorrow at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario. These will be the four episodes leading into Slammiversary on July 22nd in Toronto.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling The Intercontinental title match between Seth Rollins and Elias has officially been added to the Money in the Bank card on Sunday, June 17th at the Allstate Arena. Here is the updated card: *AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in a Last Man Standing Match for the WWE title *Braun Strowman vs. Samoa Joe vs. The Miz vs. Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens vs. Rusev vs. Bobby Roode vs. New Day member in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match *Ember Moon vs. Natalya vs. Sasha Banks vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch vs. Lana vs. Naomi in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match *Nia Jax vs. Ronda Rousey for the Raw women’s title *Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal *Carmella vs. Asuka for the SmackDown women’s title *Seth Rollins vs. Elias for the Intercontinental title *The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows for the SD tag titles *Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn *Matt Hardy & Bray Wyatt vs. TBA for the Raw tag titles (the challengers will be determined in the Battle Royal on Raw next week)

Originally Posted by Fightful.com "I don't recruit a prospect unless I think the person has the potential to main event WrestleMania," Brisco said. One of the prospects who Gerald Brisco has his eye on is a student at Duke University and the school's third All-American in the sport of wrestling, Jacob Kasper. Standing at 6'3 and weighing at 230 pounds, Kasper has caught the eye of a certain WWE talent scout and Brisco went on to praise the red-shirt senior; even comparing him to former 16-time WWE World Champion John Cena. "In my nearly 50 years in the wrestling business, I have seen only a few wrestlers who have such powerful personalities that when they come into a room, everyone there knows that person has arrived," Brisco said. "Jacob Kasper has that type of personality, and he reminds me in many ways of a young John Cena."

From a recent interview ESPN had with Gerald Brisco: http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/2...-pro-wrestling

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Last July, the Mae Young Classic commenced, and the winner of the women's tournament was crowned in September ... Although the full list has not been announced yet for 2018, one particular name could be a part of the tournament. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, indie talent Xia Brookside could be a part of the tournament, and may possibly be signed to a WWE contract. Xia reportedly canceled her summer tour after previously asking for more dates. She did not tell the promotion why she had to cancel the dates, and WWE does not want talent to tell others that they are about to be signed to a contract. Xia, 19, is the stepdaughter of WWE trainer Robbie Brookside. Although Xia has only been involved in the pro wrestling business for three years, she is a former Women's Champion for International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom and Pro Wrestling Ulster. Xia credits Joey Ryan as being her "travel buddy," and has wrestled 186 matches in five countries and 10 states.

More details: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...ning-with-wwe/

Originally Posted by WrestleInc A new episode of WWE Photo Shoot will premiere on the WWE Network after Monday's RAW goes off the air. The thirty-minute episode will focus on WWE Hall of Famer The Godfather. Below is the synopsis: "All aboard! The Godfather's got nothing but love, laughter, and loads of unique insight when looking at photos from his Hall of Fame career!"

Originally Posted by WrestleInc WWE has a new poll asking fans who is their favorite to win the women's Money In the Bank Ladder Match on June 17th. As of this writing, 24% voted for Ember Moon while 17% voted for Charlotte Flair, 16% for Becky Lynch, 14% for Alexa Bliss, 14% for Sasha Banks, 7% for Lana, 5% for Natalya and 3% for Naomi.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc The Independent reports that the Yemen-based branch of Al-Qaeda has threatened Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman for "opening the door wide for corruption and moral degradation" by allowing cinemas and WWE into the country. The terrorist group has sent a warning to the crown prince, calling his efforts to liberalize the Kingdom as "sinful projects." It appears Al-Qaeda is especially upset with WWE's Greatest Royal Rumble event that took place in April. "[Foreign] disbelieving wrestlers exposed their privates and on most of them was the sign of the cross, in front of a mixed gathering of young Muslim men and women," the warning from Al-Qaeda said.

Wonder what show they were watching since I don't remember any wieners flopping around or wiener-related stuff happening besides Nakamura's low blow spot.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc We noted in April that Kevin Owens practically went silent on Twitter. His tweets became protected to only 4 followers. His Twitter account is back to being public again, and he is once again verified. Owens cited Shania Twain as the reason why he decided to become verified again. "I got verified again so that I can beg Shania Twain to play my favorite song 'When' at her concert this summer in Montreal because I'll be there," Owens wrote in his Twitter bio. "I'm serious."

For some reference, Owens dropped Twitter at the time due to his wife's social media accounts getting hacked and being fed up with dealing with trolls and/or toxic people online.


Some other sheet news includes:

• WWE had a recent interview with Dakota Kai talking about her feud with Shayna Baszler, her NXT career, sharing the same ethnicity as The Rock, who influenced her style of wrestling, and more. https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/art...?sf190752617=1
• For those interested, Post Wrestling released two reports about today's proceedings from the CM Punk libel trial. Today was the first day Punk was on the stand and detailed his health history leading up to his departure. https://www.postwrestling.com/2018/0...amation-trial/ , https://www.postwrestling.com/2018/0...famation-case/
• Natalya's recent article for the Calgary Sun was an interview of Titus O'Neil talking about his early life and his biggest career goal in the WWE. https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/t...pbringing-more

[Lock Jaw]

10 years today with @WWE! #BTeam — Curtis Axel (@RealCurtisAxel) June 1, 2018

I remember "back in the day" when they made a "big deal" out of Edge's "Decade of Decadence" and I thought "Wow! What an accomplishment that he has been around for that long!"

Now there are dozens of people who are in WWE and its is like "Wow, have they really been there THAT long?"

[Mr. Nerfect]

It’s quite rare to find someone on a message board that was primarily a fan of WCW. I think a lot of them got run off.

[erickman]

Originally Posted by Noid It’s quite rare to find someone on a message board that was primarily a fan of WCW. I think a lot of them got run off.

I say a lot of the wcw fans went to ether roh or impact wrestling, like me I liked wcw better then raw, an was stuck with wwe in 2001.

[Jordan]

No most WCW fans just went back to Nascar and College Football.

[erickman]

Originally Posted by Jordan X No most WCW fans just went back to Nascar and College Football.

an ufc

[Emperor Smeat]

According to the police, current belief is that Rockin Rebel Chuck Williams shot and killed his wife first and then killed himself shortly afterwards.

Originally Posted by PWI Further information regarding the June 1st shooting in the 300 block of North Five Points Road: The decedents were a married couple in their fifties named Charles and Stephanie Williams. The Williams family resided at [deleted by PWInsider.com]. Both appear to have died as a result of gunshot wounds that occurred sometime in the overnight hours. Initial indications support that Stephanie Williams was shot by her husband. Charles Williams then fatally shot himself. The investigation is ongoing in conjunction with the Chester County Coroner’s Office.

[slik]

Sanity made their SDLive debut on a houseshow, losing to Anderson/Gallows

[Jordan]

Wow I forgot they got shaken up to Smackdown.

[slik]

Remember Authors of Pain?
They didn't even get invited to the RAW Tag Team BBQ last week!

[Jordan]

Originally Posted by Slik Remember Authors of Pain? They didn't even get invited to the RAW Tag Team BBQ last week!

Meltzer said it's because they didn't have steaks.

[Mr. Nerfect]

It's weird to think of WWF fans as "cultured" when Mae Young was giving birth to a hand.

[slik]

From Wrestling Observer Radio today, re: SummerSlam main-event:

[Jordan]

Fuck that. That's such bullshit. I don't want it.

[slik]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed it's Seth

Seth vs Brock and though his push has been a disaster, Lashley vs Brock, would at least be something I'd prefer over another Roman vs Brock debacle where the live crowd shits all over the match, which is 100% what would happen if Brock vs Roman main-evented in Brooklyn at SummerSlam.

[Jordan]

I feel that it should be Strowman. It's almost as obvious as when Flair and Hogan were going into Mania.... that was the match that felt right.

[LibSuperstar]

Originally Posted by Jordan X I feel that it should be Strowman. It's almost as obvious as when Flair and Hogan were going into Mania.... that was the match that felt right.

Maybe they're saving Lesnar-Strowman for later.

[#1-norm-fan]

So it seems like WWE's solution to the Reigns dilemma is to have Reigns lose 350 times until the crowd actually EXPECTS him to lose and THEN give him the title at WrestleMania 40. Brilliant.

[Sepholio]

Reigns wins the title, BRRRAAAUUUUNNNNN cashes in MITB and immediately takes the title from him. I will keep saying this until it happens.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by CM Punks Victory over the WWE (by association):

Originally Posted by Observer The jury in the case of Dr. Christopher Amann vs. Phil Brooks (CM Punk) and Scott Colton (Colt Cabana) ruled that neither man were liable for any damages against the WWE physician in the defamation lawsuit. The jury took only two hours to deliberate. Punk and wife AJ Lee (April Mendez) began crying in court when the verdict was read. Amann was stoic. Amann's attorneys were asking for $3,989,000 in damages, claiming $1 for every listener of the Art of Wrestling podcast that the Punk show supposedly had. Punk's attorneys noted that WWE's medical records were not reliable because they never listed any of Punk's antibiotic prescriptions, and that the plaintiff's argument from WWE doctors that there was no lump was ridiculous given four witnesses coming forward who described it in detail besides Punk. The key to the case appeared to be the testimony of Punk's massage therapist, who described the lump in detail, and of his wife, who said she noticed it starting at a zit-like size in August 2013 and it grew and changed color over the months. While there was no proof the lump was a staph infection, let alone MRSA staph, as Punk had stated on the show, the jury evidently felt that Punk either misheard the doctor or of not, his exaggerations did not damage Amann's professional standing.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Brandon Howard at Wrestlenomics Radio recently listened to the “Art of the Wrestling” interviews from November 2014 with Colt Cabana and CM Punk. In an interesting note, Dr. Christopher Amann is never identified by name during the interviews. There was one person with the last name Amann who was mentioned, that being WWE lawyer Scott Amann, who has no relation to Dr. Amann.

Originally Posted by Observer WrestleZone interviewed CM Punk after the jury ruled in favor of him and Colt Cabana in Dr. Chris Amann’s defamation suit against them. Punk said it’s a gigantic weight that’s been lifted off his shoulders and that he’s happy for Cabana because he was dragged into it for silly reasons. Punk also said that he isn’t “All In.” Cabana tweeted after the verdict, “The jury decides unanimously in my favor.” He then called it a “small victory for the little guy.”

Punk: https://twitter.com/WZRebel/status/1004129114205442050 , Cabana: https://twitter.com/ColtCabana/statu...08138067431424

Originally Posted by Observer In a real shocker, Raw last night did 2.52 million viewers, only up one percent from last week's near modern record low on a week when the audience should have bounced back strongly. Essentially, the audience that shifted away for the NBA playoffs, as has happened every year, didn't come back this week even without an NBA game. There was a Stanley Cup playoff game on NBC with the Las Vegas Golden Knights vs. Washington Capitals that did 5.06 million viewers in competition. In reality, while there were two shows, one last week and one in 2016 on non-holiday dates that did lower numbers, this would be the worst showing in modern history because those episodes were expected to do poorly based on overwhelming competition ... The actual ratings aren't out yet, but if the viewers per home increased over last week, then it is entirely possible this will be the lowest rated Monday night wrestling show in the history of the USA Network. The record low is a 1.68 rating on Christmas night of 2017. The three hours were: 8 p.m. 2.59 million viewers 9 p.m. 2.59 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.39 million viewers

Originally Posted by Observer Curt Hawkins’ opponent “James Harden” from Raw was Will Lockhart, who is a student at Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling.

Link: https://twitter.com/BookerT5x/status...16413289680899

Originally Posted by PWI/Observer Indies Roundup: Impact will have TV tapings in Toronto on 7/23 and 7/24 as well as 8/12 and 8/13. With Pentagon Jr. and LA Park returning, Psycho Clown vs. El Hijo Del Fantasma vs. Pentagon Jr. vs. LA Park in a match where whoever takes the fall loses their mask will headline AAA’s Triplemania 26 on August 25th. Pentagon said that he’ll still be going by Penta El Zero M on the indies. Park looks likely to headline AAA and CMLL’s biggest show of the year within a few weeks of each other. Shane Helms will be making his ROH debut on June 15th in San Antonio. He’s also set to wrestle for ROH in Dallas the next night and at their TV tapings in Virginia on June 30th. ROH has uploaded their debut show, The Era of Honor Begins, from 2002 to their HonorClub streaming service. The promotion noted that all of their events from 2002 will be coming to HonorClub. Impact Wrestling will be part of Chris Jericho’s Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea cruise this October. Austin Aries reflected on yesterday being the one-year anniversary of his last WWE PPV match and wrote that he’d love to face Neville again when he’s available: “And life was never the same...Dejected, almost amused at my repeated failure, who’d have known this moment here would be the catalyst for so much future success. And to my victorious opponent...I’d love to do it again, shackles off, whenever you’re done serving your time…”

AAA: https://twitter.com/therealfredo/sta...48741161000960 , Helms: https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/sh...oh-debut-tx-va , ROH: https://twitter.com/ringofhonor/stat...41445362360322 , Impact: https://www.instagram.com/p/BjqRD0BF...=1g88rsvxj6d35 , Aries: https://twitter.com/AustinAries/stat...69057383014400

Originally Posted by PWI The September date AAA has a hold for on New York City's Madison Square Garden is indeed for the historic 20,789-seat arena. PWInsider.com is told that while WWE would technically have the right of first refusal on the date based on their agreement with the venue, the larger story at play here is that MSG management isn't happy that WWE has been running the majority of their events in the New York City market at the nearby Barclay Center in Brooklyn, NY. The tipping point appears to have been WWE making the decision to run all of their Wrestlemania 35 week events in 2019 at Barclays, leaving MSG out in the cold. Wrestlemania 1, 10 and 20 were held at MSG as was the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony in 2013, the last time Wrestlemania was held in the NYC market. With WWE electing not to run Wrestlemania week at the legendary venue, MSG management has been more open than ever before to allowing other pro wrestling groups into the venue. We are told they have sent feelers out to different groups and are more open to booking non-WWE events than ever before. That may or may not have been why Ring of Honor teased "All In 2" potentially coming to the Garden over the weekend.

More details: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...-play.html?p=1

Originally Posted by PWI Jeff Jarrett captured the AAA Mega Championship in the main event of the promotions Verano Escalando event over the weekend, which was the first show featuring the return of Konnan as the booker of the promotion. Jarrett won a three-way bout over Dr. Wagner Jr. and Rey Mysterio after Konnan, under a fake La Parka mask, pretended to be the referee and counted three.

Possible reason for why Jarrett won the AAA title could have been due to the upcoming MSG show.

Originally Posted by PWI Ring of Honor released an updated lineup for the 6/29 Best in the World PPV in Baltimore, Maryland: *ROH Champion Dalton Castle vs. Cody vs. Marty Scurll. *ROH Six Man Tag Team Champions The Kingdom vs. Kenny King & Chuckie T & Eli Isom. *ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes vs. The Young Bucks. *Punishment Martinez vs. Adam Page. *Flip Gordon vs. Bully Ray.

Originally Posted by PWI Boom Studios officially announced the following: Discover The Secrets Behind The Brand In A New Weekly Series BOOM! Studios and WWE today announced WWE: NXT TAKEOVER, a weekly event series on-sale in September 2018.

More details: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...eries.html?p=1

Originally Posted by Observer For the first time since retiring eight years ago, Shawn Michaels has expressed interest in returning to the ring. In an interview with Sky Sports, Michaels now says that he doesn’t dismiss the idea of returning to the ring for a one-off. “It would have to be done the right way and just for one match rather than something that ran for longer” he told them. "It could be possible but people would have to accept they wouldn't be getting the Showstopper, Mr WrestleMania, and that I'm 52 years old now." Michaels last wrestled at WrestleMania 26 back in 2010, losing to the Undertaker in a streak vs. career match. After giving a farewell speech the next night on Raw, he has sporadically appeared on WWE programing in a non-wrestling capacity. He currently helps train wrestlers at the WWE Performance Center.

Link: http://www.skysports.com/wwe/news/14...-in-retirement

Originally Posted by Observer While WWE's two United Kingdom Championship tournament shows will be airing on the Network later this month, they won't be shown live. WWE announced the broadcast plans for the events today, noting that they'll be taped at Royal Albert Hall on June 18-19 and will stream on the WWE Network on Monday, June 25th and Tuesday, June 26th. They'll air at 3 p.m. Eastern time.

More details and show cards: https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/w...g-place-259106

Originally Posted by Observer When announcing the revival of the XFL, Vince McMahon promised that "experienced executives" would be hired to be at the forefront of the league. The league followed up on that today, with Oliver Luck being named as the commissioner and chief executive officer of the XFL. Luck, who is the father of Indianapolis Colts star Andrew Luck, played quarterback at West Virginia University and had a stint as a backup in the NFL in the 1980s. Luck is leaving a position as the executive vice president of regulatory affairs for the NCAA. Prior to that, Luck served as the athletic director at West Virginia University, was the president of NFL Europe and the Houston Dynamo soccer team. and was the CEO of the Houston Sports Authority.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling The WWE has announced that The Undertaker will be appearing on the Madison Square Garden house show on Saturday, July 7th. The card will also feature Nia Jax vs. Ronda Rousey and Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor vs. Elias for the Intercontinental title. The card goes up against both UFC 226 and the New Japan G-1 Special from the Cow Palace in San Francisco.

Some other sheet news includes:

• Gaming website Gamespot announced New Day will be making an appearance at next week's E3 event.
• During a recent interview with Pro Wrestling Sheet, Kane revealed he is considering plans to continue wrestling even as the potential new mayor of Knoxville. He also revealed one of his plans as mayor would be to bring a WWE PPV event to the city. http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/kan.../#.WxcQcFMvy7x
• Bulgarian tv station TV+ had a recent interview with Rusev talking about the origins of his Rusev name, origins of his catchphrase, his main roster debut, and more. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...hphrase-talks/

[Mr. Nerfect]

For a while I've been thinking that the WWE will have Shawn Michaels wrestle at the first "PPV" they put on network television, provided they can ink that deal. In my head, for whatever reason, that is Survivor Series.

[Lock Jaw]

Not as simple as "WWE having him wrestle". He actually has to want to.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by Lock Jaw Not as simple as "WWE having him wrestle". He actually has to want to.

Yeah, I don't think that's out of the realm of possibility. Who has willingly retired and stayed retired?

[Emperor Smeat]

Originally Posted by Noid Yeah, I don't think that's out of the realm of possibility. Who has willingly retired and stayed retired?

Was going to mention Bruno Sammartino but apparently he wrestled once in 2005 after retiring in the late 80s.

Pretty much a problem with wrestling, unlike in pro sports, is that you can still have a good to great career in your older years even as your skills diminish a lot. Same for there always being promoters around desperate to want any notable name to help sell their shows. Those two factors alone make it hard to stay retired unless you leave the industry like Bull Buchanan did or have to due to health reasons like Edge did.

[#1-norm-fan]

I'm convinced that if HBK were to come back full time right now he'd be the best performer in the company again by a mile.

[KIRA]

Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan I'm convinced that if HBK were to come back full time right now he'd be the best performer in the company again by a mile.

.....Aj Styles

Daniel BRYAN

Seth Rollins

Titus O Neil

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Nothing:

Originally Posted by Observer Despite both the NBA and NHL playoffs having the night off and network television being fully in rerun season, SmackDown averaged just 2.138 million viewers on Tuesday night. That's the lowest number since June 13th, 2017. Aside from that date and the show that went up against election coverage in November 2016, this was the lowest audience for the show since the brand split and the move to Tuesday night. SmackDown finished seventh for the night on cable in terms of total viewers but, in a down night for TV viewership overall, did top the 18-49 demo with a 0.67 rating. The show was down nearly nine percent year-over-year, which is the third-worst drop-off in the last year. It's also the third straight week SmackDown was down year-over-year

Originally Posted by Observer Conrad Thompson claimed that this week’s episode of Something Else to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard on the WWE Network is being pushed to Friday due to “creative differences” with WWE. He said he’s fighting to get the best possible product to viewers on Friday. WWE’s revival of ECW is the subject of the show.

Link: https://twitter.com/HeyHeyItsConrad/...18487706677248

Originally Posted by Observer Triple H spoke to Sports Illustrated about the Performance Center’s new website and discussed how Shawn Michaels rediscovered his passion for wrestling by being involved with NXT: “Shawn Michaels and I talk about it all the time now. Shawn wasn’t a part of this business for a long time, and then he came to the Performance Center and it lit a fire under him to see all the young talent. The more he started being around, the more invigorated he became. That re-lit his passion for the business. It’s almost that same level of energy and excitement to help someone put it together and then see their success.”

Originally Posted by Observer WWE Network News reported that Batista (as The Leviathan) vs. Kane from OVW Christmas Chaos 2001 will be this week’s hidden gem uploaded to the WWE Network.

Originally Posted by Observer Indies Roundup: Colt Cabana released a “Scott Free” (referencing his real first name) shirt on Pro Wrestling Tees after the jury ruled in favor of him and CM Punk yesterday. Brian Christopher (Brian Lawler) was arrested and charged with theft of services $1000 or less after he and another person didn't have enough money to pay for an $802 hotel stay when the company credit card they used didn't have enough for it. Marc Copani, better known as Muhammad Hassan, told Pro Wrestling Sheet that he misses being in the ring and would like to make a one-time appearance for WWE like being in a Royal Rumble. Above is Kazuchika Okada and Kenny Omega's Dominion match from 2017 where they went to a 60 minute draw. The two will meet again at this year's Dominion event in a two out of three falls/no time limit IWGP Heavyweight Championship match. ROH announced The Kingdom will defend the ROH World Six-Man Tag Titles against EVIL, SANADA, and BUSHI at Best in the World on June 29.

Cabana: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/wre...cott-free.html , Two Sexy: https://www.fox13memphis.com/top-sto...town/763941902 , Hassan: http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/muh.../#.WxhRHVMvwW8 , NJPW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZIGbS1GRTE , ROH: https://twitter.com/ringofhonor/stat...98185262333952

Originally Posted by PWI WWE have applied to register two trademarks for "WWE VIP". The name could be in reference to the company's VIP Experience at selected Live Events or it could be new name for a television show/event or even the WWE Network's long planned tiered system, based on the descriptions provided with each trademark applications.

More details: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...eries.html?p=1

Originally Posted by PWI WWE uploaded two episodes from 1985 World-Class Championship Wrestling today to the WWE Network.

Originally Posted by Fightful.com In what is somewhat of a tradition, MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani sat down with CM Punk and talked to him in Chicago. With his fight against Mike Jackson looming on Saturday at UFC 225, Helwani asked Punk if he'd be wrestling just outside of Chicago in September at the "All-In" show. Punk had a most interesting response, while still denying that he's set for the event. "I'm not 'not' addressing it. It's not happening. Nobody has has ever asked me, straight up asked me to come wrestle for them. Nobody. Not since I left WWE. There's been 'hey, if you ever want to do anything...' I know what this is going to sound like to a lot of people. Everyone's always going to find a way to spin it to make what they want to happen. Nobody has ever just been like 'Here's the deal, we're having a show, we're going to pay you X amount, you're working this guy, what do you say, yes or no?' Nobody's ever done that. They've always been like 'hey if you ever want to maybe do something.' To me that's not enough," said Punk. Punk was asked if it was something he was interested in, and admitted his stance has softened since the lawsuit against him from WWE doctor Chris Amann has concluded. "I don't think so, but that's a hard question to answer," said Punk. "I can tell you if you asked me that question a week ago, I felt like I still had a foot in the grave, the answer's no. I don't want anything to do with it. I feel like I'm out. The future's unwritten, it's a wide open book, it's my story to tell. I'm just being real. I'm not going to sit here and say no. Something might come up, some fun might be had.

Part of a recent interview Punk had with Fightful.com: https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/c...ule-out-return

Originally Posted by WrestleInc WWE has a new poll asking fans which SmackDown champion is in the most danger of losing their title at WWE Money In the Bank. As of this writing, 66% voted for SmackDown Women's Champion Carmella vs. Asuka while 27% voted for WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in the Last Man Standing match and 7% for SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.

Some other sheet news includes:

• Website MMA Fighting had a recent interview with CM Punk's MMA coach talking about how the recent Amann trial for Punk affected his training for his UFC fight this weekend. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...c-ppv.html?p=1
• ESPN held a recent interview with Ted Dibiase talking about his Million Dollar Man gimmick, his favorite career moment, Andre the Giant, and more. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...moment-of-his/

[slik]

Notes from this week's Wrestling Observer:

Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns is currently penciled in as the main-event of SummerSlam. For those wondering, Daniel Bryan’s contract will expire on 9/1 and at this point he hasn’t signed a new deal. Tickets are selling poorly for WWE's return to Royal Albert Hall in the UK. WWE won't be airing the show live as a result but might tape it for a future special on the WWE Network. Notes from the 6/4 Raw tapings in Houston: A weak show overall. No good matches and three DQ finishes on the same show. The big thing was Corbin becoming the constable on Raw, basically the heel counterpart to Angle, and God knows we need more heel authority figures. Lashley and Zayn had another terrible segment in their quest to win worst feud of the year. They drew 7,000 fans, which for Raw in a great wrestling market like Houston, is surprisingly low as Houston usually does well even for house shows. Impact Wrestling vs. ROH might be a storyline that begins during Chris Jericho's wrestling cruise and concludes at Slammiversary in Toronto in July. The nightclub Slammiversary is being held in this year, Rebel, in Toronto, looks to be set up for about 1,000 seats The PPV isn’t sold out but floor seats are. TripleMania will air live on the AAA’s Twitch Channel for free. AXS TV is doing a contest over the Internet to give away tickets for the Cow Palace show on 7/7. ROH - They taped television on 6/2 in New York at the Hammerstein Ballroom before 1,600 fans, which was nearly full but not sold out like they’ve been doing in the building Kenny Omega is producing a show w/ NJPW talent in Daytona Beach, Florida on June 29th.

[Emperor Smeat]

Originally Posted by Slik Notes from this week's Wrestling Observer: Tickets are selling poorly for WWE's return to Royal Albert Hall in the UK. WWE won't be airing the show live as a result but might tape it for a future special on the WWE Network.

Supposedly a key reason for this is due to the first show taking place on the same day as England's first World Cup game.

Either WWE legit forgot to check the dates of upcoming events in the UK or really overestimated the level of interest for this event.

[Evil Vito]

Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns is currently penciled in as the main-event of SummerSlam.

ahahahahahahahaha

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Originally Posted by #BrotherVito DELETED ahahahahahahahaha

I bet Shinsuke vs AJ is also penciled in. But also for July PPV as well.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by The Dastardly One I bet Shinsuke vs AJ is also penciled in. But also for July PPV as well.

I can't believe how separate they kept AJ and Shinsuke just to have them partake in just another feud.

[slik]

That crazy Brooklyn crowd where they boo who they normally cheer and walk-out when they normally sit!

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

And all Smackdowns leading up to said PPVs.

[ClockShot]

I'd figure WWE's relationship with MSG was getting bad with all of WWE's shows going to the Barclays Center lately.

Now with MSG prepping to bring in other promotions to have shows there, just imagine New Japan going there with a really great show and stacked card, in Vince's backyard. Yikes.

[erickman]

Originally Posted by ClockShot I'd figure WWE's relationship with MSG was getting bad with all of WWE's shows going to the Barclays Center lately. Now with MSG prepping to bring in other promotions to have shows there, just imagine New Japan going there with a really great show and stacked card, in Vince's backyard. Yikes.

I want to see what kind of show konan puts on at msg

[Maluco]

It's an absolutely shite product right now. Actually can't believe they would do Reigns/Lesnar again. This will eventually tell and I think we are seeing the start of it with ratings and lack of interest in events.

Casual viewers aren't going to watch that 3 hour mess every week and I would much prefer my Netflix or amazon prime to WWE network.

It's just a pity that there is no-one in a position to really challenge right now, because for all the money and branding they have, they would be competing against a terrible product.