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Old 08-10-2018, 10:12 PM   #1
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Damn, was probably the best Impact since Slammiversary but NFL pre season probably played into that low rating.
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Also, it's TNA and it's a dead horse.
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Old 08-11-2018, 12:33 AM   #3
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The "ratings are low because people would rather be doing other things" argument never washes with me. People would rather be doing other things than watching dudes like Eddie Edwards and Sami Callihan fight in a bush to some shitty musical score.
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No the rating is because of the channel they are on. Impact has been on the upswing this year and are slowly making progress. They're not on the level of NJPW or ROH but they are embracing being an alternative which is good.
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They are on the channel they are on because they are TNA. They were on Spike TV. They got chased off. They were getting 1.1 million viewers. Then they were getting 300,000 viewers. Then they were getting 250,000 viewers. Now they are getting 150,000.
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Would not be surprised if WWE buys up their tape library sometime soon so they can pad out the Network and do a "LolTNA" documentary and have guys like Styles and Joe bury it.
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Would not be surprised if WWE buys up their tape library sometime soon so they can pad out the Network and do a "LolTNA" documentary and have guys like Styles and Joe bury it.
Would also finally make TNA's history canon in WWE land. Remember when Sting apparently faded from existence for 13 years after WCW folded? Not even Jeff Jarrett was allowed to talk about TNA in his HOF speech.

Could be of use to them to add titles to AJ and Joe's legacies once it comes time to fill out more HOF spots in a decade.
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It'd actually be a useful archive to mine. It's like WCW for them, only less hurtful. They can do a Samoa Joe special, an AJ Styles one, a Sting one, a Kurt Angle one, a Bobby Lashley one. They can do a "What the fuck happened?" where they have the guys shoot on how incompetent it was. They can do a "What is its legacy?" and try and be optimistic about it. WWE have never really spoken about TNA, so it'd be interesting to hear them unload the gun. Getting Jim Ross to appear and take shots at the name of the promotion, for example. Hearing people go off on the email scandal and how hilarious it was they got kicked off Spike. It's actually a really amusing story. One of the best pops in recent memory was Angle telling Owens & Zayn that "TNA was hiring." There's something in it.

There's the PPV archive, which has some memorable stuff. They can do like a Mystery Science Theater 3000 type thing and have wrestlers do commentary over the shows. Just pay Jim Cornette and Bruce Prichard a bunch of money to sit in a studio on and do commentary over them. I'm not even being insincere with that idea.

Going through the roster, there is barely anyone worth taking. Again, I'm not being insincere. The talent that are good have either been in WWE before and were cut for reasons or are basically confirmed to be heading there. Maybe they give another look at Brian Cage or Evan Bourne. John Morrison is there, but he probably had an open door to go back anyway. I could see Sonjay Dutt going there, because they love snatching up Indian guys. Maybe Zema Ion for a Filipino team with TJP? The rest are either scrubs or have backgrounds involving domestic violence. So it's not like you even have the problem of where to put all the talent you'd be buying.

But yeah, it fills it the gaps and gives the WWE more footage. The good stuff can be presented as good, but the bad stuff can be presented as hilariously bad. Think The Rise and Fall of ECW, but with a satirical tone.
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Sounds like SummerSlam 2019 is between Toronto (Rogers Center) and somewhere in the South or Texas. Stadiums/Domes -- not arenas -- for SummerSlam going forward. Hmmm....
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Toronto would be a good place for it, given that they don't want to do Mania there because of the weather.
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The go-home Raw for SummerSlam last night averaged 2.82 million viewers, up just under one percent from last week ...

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8 p.m. 2.85 million viewers
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Cody Rhodes & The Young Bucks defending their Six-Man Tag Team titles against Silas Young, Beer City Bruiser & Brian Milonas has been announced for ROH’s TV tapings in Philadelphia on August 25, along with Punishment Martinez defending his TV title against Aaron Solow. Solow won the title shot through the Dojo Pro wrestling series on Amazon Prime.

Revolution Pro announced its 8/26 show in Portsmouth at the Guildhall is being moved to 9/7 and it will be the biggest show they've ever run in the city. Jushin Liger, Kushida and Zack Sabre Jr. are all on the card.

A new match has been signed for MLW’s War Games event taking place on September 6. LA Park will compete against Pentagon Jr. in what is being billed as a Mexican Massacre match. Salina de la Renta, who in storyline manages LA Park under her Promociones Dorado promotion, will be in his corner while Konnan will be in Pentagon Jr.’s corner.

Bad Luck Fale has been announced for the 8/18 Melbourne City Wrestling show, which is that company's biggest show ever.

Tom Lawlor’s tenure with the UFC appears to be over, following a statement from Lawlor announcing he has been let go. MMA Fighting added that his release hasn’t been finalized yet, but they are in the process of completing it. Lawlor had been serving a two-year suspension issued by USADA that was set to expire this October with Lawlor requesting his release over the past two years and being denied.
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The video to debut the new mode interjected footage of his retirement speech and the speech he gave when he was cleared to return to WWE action.

WWE 2K19 will be out on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC on October 9. Pre-ordering now will enable you to obtain Ronda Rousey and Rey Mysterio as playable characters upon release. Pre-order the Deluxe edition and you’ll be able to play the game four days early.
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Long, who also wrestled for OVW and independently (including a recent appearance for House of Hardcore) under the ring name Paredyse, was intimately involved in a lot of the Hardys "Broken Universe" content alongside Jeremy Borash. He had been with Impact since July 2014.

During his time with Impact, Long was the Lead producer and coordinator of production of all taped and live vignettes and promos, managed multiple production teams at TV tapings and was involved in all facets of Impact Wrestling production, from graphics to video packages to creative and execution of digital and television content.
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Local advertising for the Smackdown 1000 broadcast is listing The Undertaker as appearing at the 10/16 broadcast from Washington, DC.

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*Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy.

There will be an online pre-sale for the event this Wednesday 8/15 at 10 AM EST using code SMACKDOWN.
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"Vicious" by Halestorm has been announced as the official theme song for WWE's 2018 Mae Young Classic.

Some other sheet news includes:
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Kofi Kingston (37), Johnny Gargano (31), Bob Backlund (69), and Bobby Eaton (60) all celebrated their birthday today.
  • In another "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 7th anniversary of CM Punk vs John Cena at SummerSlam 2011. This event saw Punk defeat Cena to win the Undisputed WWE Championship, Punk defeat Del Rio due to a MitB cash-in, and last PPV of the 1st Brand Split Era.
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I take it Bryan isn't going anywhere.
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I take it Bryan isn't going anywhere.
To be fair, video game stuff is decided way in advance. WWE 2k15 had a whole Showcase mode about CM Punk who had walked 10 months before the game was released.
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* SummerSlam 2019 close to finalizing a deal for The Rogers Center (formerly the SkyDome, host of WM6 and WM18) in Toronto. Announcement expected around August 30th.


* nWo will reunite (possibly) on Chris Jericho's cruise


* Chris Jericho will possibly debut at BOUND FOR GLORY for Impact Wrestling


* Minneapolis has moved to more of a front-runner for hosting WrestleMania 36


* Los Angeles and it's new NFL Stadium is the front-runner for hosting WrestleMania 37


* FOX has expressed interest in airing WrestleMania 37 on the FOX Broadcast Network.


* Randy Orton had a meeting with WWE executives before SmackdDownLive about his allegations


* A closed-door meeting is scheduled between Brock Lesnar, HHH and Vince McMahon the afternoon of SummerSlam in Brooklyn.

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Another name has been added to the All In Over Budget Battle Royal that will take place an hour before the main card.

Impact X Division champion Brian Cage is the sixth entrant in the battle royal, confirmed today by All In’s Twitter account. Cage joins Ethan Page, Jordynne Grace, Moose, Rocky Romero and Colt Cabana. Nine more participants have yet to be named.

The winner of the match will receive a ROH title match on the main card later in the evening against current champion Jay Lethal.
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Indies Roundup:
MLW issued the following: BOUNTY HUNTER BRODY KING RUMBLES WITH PCO AT MLW’S SEPTEMBER 6 FORT LAUDERDALE FUSION TV TAPING.

Northeast Wrestling announced that Rey Mysterio is off their Wrestling Under The Stars show in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on August 24 due to “his upcoming contractual situation with WWE.”

ROH announced KUSHIDA will be headed to their Death Before Dishonor TV tapings in Las Vegas on September 29 at the Orleans Arena.

Tenille Dashwood is off ROH’s Honor Re-United tour due to a “non-serious medical condition." Chardonnay also won’t be able to wrestle due to injury. Kay Lee Ray will face Viper in Edinburgh tomorrow, Charli Evans in Doncaster on Saturday, and Ayesha Raymond in London on Sunday.

On Twitter, Chris Jericho teased that 2019 is going to be an interesting year for him: “2019 is gonna be an interesting year…. #FreeAgentJericho”

Kevin Kelly and Andy Boy Simmonz will be calling Revolution Pro Wrestling’s TV tapings at York Hall in London on September 5 and 6.

Kelly noted that NJPW World is going to start adding English commentary for some classic matches from the past very soon.

Haku/Meng, who was originally advertised as facing Nick Gage, won’t be appearing at Joey Janela’s Lost in New York on Friday because he’ll be attending Jim Neidhart’s funeral.
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I came across an interesting stat. Wrestlemania 34 was the seventh straight year a part timer was in the main event. Does this sort of stat not worry Vince McMahon?

After seven straight years, I think it’s clear that he isn’t concerned. And with the TV deals he just signed, he probably won’t be any time soon.
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WWE Network News is reporting that this week a dark match featuring AJ Styles versus Rick Michaels from the July 9, 2001 Raw taping at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia will be added to the Hidden Gems section this Thursday. This is the Phenomenal One's first official WWE debut.
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The Big Show says that he's ready to return to action. The former WWE Champion hasn't wrestled since losing a steel cage match against Braun Strowman in September of 2017. The match was designed to write Big Show off of television to undergo right hip surgery.

Big Show told ESPN this week at a charity event at the Hackensack Meridian Health Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital in Hackensack, New Jersey that he hopes to be back in the ring as early as SummerSlam this Sunday.

"Hopefully within the next couple of weeks, I will be back in the ring," Big Show said. "That's the main goal. I'm actually going to try and get cleared Sunday, by [WWE's] doctors; moving around the ring a little bit. I could be back as soon as the Monday Night Raw after SummerSlam, if they have something for me.

"Just because I'm healthy, doesn't mean our creative team is healthy for me yet."
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After Young last appeared as a commentator for NXT in April 2014, her spot on the Raw announce table was a big step for the 33-year-old. She hopes to become a more frequent member of the announce team as she said "it just felt right" being in the moment alongside Michael Cole and Corey Graves.

"I can't believe that I survived that and it happened," Young said. "My brain has not shut off since."

Busted Open co-host Mark Henry said WWE might have to add a microphone to the Raw commentary table.

"I hope so!" Young replied. "Oh my gosh, I would be so happy if that was the case.

"All I could think of afterward, and not even afterward -- like during -- you know like when you're in the process of something happening and you don't get to absorb it all? I mean I guess during a three-hour show you do get a moment to absorb it, but all I could think was, 'man I want to keep doing this.'

"It felt like so much fun, it just felt right. It felt right to me, and I loved that. It was great."
More highlights and link to the interview from Busted Open Radio: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...mmentate-more/

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Triple H took part in a media call this afternoon to promote Saturday's NXT Takeover event in Brooklyn. During the call, the new NXT UK brand was discussed and it was noted that former WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville would be a great fit for it. Triple H was then asked what Neville's status was with the company.

"To be honest, I'm not 100% positive," Triple H replied. "I would need to go back and look into that."

Neville had left WWE in mid-October, reportedly over frustration with his status in the company. He was scheduled to lose to then-WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore on the October 9, 2017 episode of WWE Monday Night RAW, and left the company after reportedly learning of the scheduled finish. The match resulted in Enzo losing the championship to Kalisto.

Triple H agreed that Neville would be a good fit for the NXT UK division and praised the work that he had done for the company.

"You are 100% right, [Neville] is one of the most talented guys in the world," Triple H admitted. "I love the time that he spent with us in NXT, he did a great job of building up the Cruiserweight division on 205 [Live]. Time will see where that ends up."
From today's NXT conference call held by Triple H. More highlights via WrestlingInc: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...affecting-nxt/

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Brock Lesnar has reached rarified air as Champion.

At WrestleMania 33, Brock Lesnar defeated Goldberg to become WWE Universal Champion. Since that victory he has defended the Championship six times on WWE programming including two singles matches against his SummerSlam opponent Roman Reigns.

It has been 500 days since Lesnar won the Championship which puts him among some of the longest reigning Champions in the history of WWE. There are only a handful of wrestlers who earned this feat with the WWE Championship and one who reached 500 days as United States Champion.
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Roman Reigns spoke to Yahoo Sports about the portion of fans who boo him, “I think they’re like closet lovers to be honest. You can say whatever you want, but it’s how you say it that matters. The way they deliver it, they’re more connected to me than their so called ‘favorites.’ For me to be able to pull on whatever string I pull on, it just goes to show there’s a deep rooting there.” Reigns added, “It doesn’t really matter to me, as long as they’re really loud, that’s all I really care about. There could be certain moments where they try to hijack shows and all of that, but by the end of the match, they’re standing up so I’ve been blessed. I really do think that if they love to hate you, they still love you.”
Link: https://sports.yahoo.com/roman-reign...203509809.html


Some other sheet news includes:
  • WWE recently added a new collection set based on Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart to the WWE. Entire list of contents via PWI: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...tails.html?p=1
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 8th anniversary of Daniel Bryan's return to the WWE since being released after Nexus's debut and infamous tie strangling incident. Bryan returned at SummerSlam 2010 as part of Team WWE for the Nnexus vs WWE Elimination match.
  • Chris Jericho was revealed to be the guest for next week's episode of James Ellsworth's #Duhcast podcast show ... wait a minute, even Ellsworth has a rasslin podcast show now? Jokes aside, here is the link: http://www.wrestlingperspectivepodcast.com/
  • Edge revealed Mauro Ranallo will be this week's guest on the Edge & Christian podcast show. https://twitter.com/EdgeRatedR/statu...32227029508115


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AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Roman Reigns, and Brock Lesnar are featured in the matches that have been uploaded to the WWE Network's hidden gems section this week.

Styles and Joe's matches are from 2001, with Styles facing Rick Michaels in a WWE dark match and Joe taking on Tommy Dreamer for Ultimate Pro Wrestling in California. Reigns' is from 2011 and against Corey Graves, when Reigns was Leakee in WWE's Florida Championship Wrestling developmental territory.

Lesnar's match is a 2003 title defense against the "American Badass" version of The Undertaker during an overseas tour in Finland.

The theme for the uploads is featuring the four wrestlers who will be in the WWE and Universal Championship matches at SummerSlam on Sunday.
Link: http://www.wwenetworknews.com/2018/0...s-highlighted/

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Elias tweeted that his concert at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City on Saturday has been canceled: “WWE Management insisted I postpone my solo concert this Saturday in New York City, however they have given me the opportunity to perform that concert live at Summer Slam.”
Link: https://twitter.com/IAmEliasWWE/stat...06158932459521

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Seth Rollins spoke to Sports Illustrated about The Rock potentially working WrestleMania and if he’d like to face him: “That’s cool, too. Don’t get me wrong. I love Rocky. I think he’s great. Love everything he’s done for this business. But my gut, my first instinct, says we don’t need him. We don't need him. If we’re not the guys who can main event WrestleMania, then how are we ever gonna be The Rock? How are we gonna be Stone Cold Steve Austin? We can’t hold onto these guys forever. We just can’t. To me, let’s do Seth Rollins-Roman Reigns before we do Seth Rollins-The Rock. That's me.”
Link: https://www.si.com/wrestling/2018/08...restelmania-35

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Charly Caruso, Sam Roberts, and Pat McAfee will again be the pre-show panel for NXT TakeOver on Saturday. The pre-show starts at 6 p.m. Eastern time, with the main card beginning at 7 p.m.
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ROH has announced Los Ingobernables de Japon member EVIL for their post-Death Before Dishonor television tapings at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on September 29. Like with KUSHIDA, he’s just announced for the tapings and not the PPV. The tapings are taking place one day before NJPW’s Fighting Spirit Unleashed show in Long Beach.

A rematch between Marty Scurll and Shane “Hurricane” Helms, Hangman Page vs. Kenny King, Women of Honor Champion Sumie Sakai vs. Tasha Steelz in a non-title proving ground match (Steelz gets a future title shot if she wins), Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor vs. The Boys, and Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan vs. Coast 2 Coast have been added to ROH’s TV tapings in Philadelphia on August 25.

Revolution Pro Wrestling announced Rocky Romero, Sho & Yoh vs. El Phantasmo & Aussie Open for their show at the Portsmouth Guildhall on September 7.

Johnny Impact (John Hennigan) issued a challenge to the Bullet Club for Chris Jericho’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling cruise this October.

The full TripleMania card is scheduled to be announced on 8/21, or just four days before the show, at a press conference. That has to be a record. Right now it’s all about the four-way mask match with L.A. Park, Pentagon Jr., Psycho Clown and El Hijo del Fantasma as the only real strong draw
ROH: https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/ev...v-taping-vegas , RevPro: https://twitter.com/RevProUK/status/1029779215938404352 , Jericho Cruise: https://twitter.com/jericho_cruise/s...67432831410178

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Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Justin Credible is behind bars for violating a protective order.

According to authorities in Connecticut, Credible was taken into custody on Tuesday and is currently being held on a $7,500 bond.

It’s unclear at this time what the 44-year-old did to violate a protective order, he was also booked for disorderly conduct, but there was an order issued for his wife last year following a domestic dispute.

Credible’s last tweet was on Monday evening. “Welcomening,” he wrote. “The beginning of blood lost sacrifice dreams and hatred. This is become the new show I love lust Hatred and the dreams. There is a new leg and nothing in between where clowns we are just yours we are killers among men welcome to the blood lost faith in dreams.”

We’ll report back once more information is made available by authorities.
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The next participant in All In’s pre-show battle royal is none other than Billy Gunn.

Gunn was the seventh participant announced for All In’s Over Budget battle royal. He joins Brian Cage (who was announced for the battle royal yesterday), Jordynne Grace, Ethan Page, Colt Cabana, Moose and Rocky Romero. There will be fifteen competitors overall.

The winner of the pre-show battle royal will get a shot at the Ring of Honor world title later on the main card. The pre-show itself, called Zero Hour, will air on WGN America starting at 6 p.m. EDT. The Briscoes taking on the SCU contingent of Christopher Daniels and Scorpio Sky will also take place on the pre-show. Other names slated include Beretta, Chucky T, Dalton Castle and Moose.
Link: https://twitter.com/ALL_IN_2018/stat...27763364593664

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In a new interview, Daniel Bryan noted that he was leaning towards staying with the WWE.

Bryan was on the Sam Roberts podcast when Roberts noted that since Bryan is featured in the new WWE 2K19 video game, that he might be staying with the WWE beyond September 1 when his contract expires. Bryan said that he didn’t want to give too many details, but did give a probability of the chances of that happening.

“I think at this point it would be 90-plus percent,” he told Roberts. “It’s very likely I’ll re-sign with WWE.”

Bryan further noted that as of the show’s recording, which would be around August 6, that he had not re-signed with the company yet and that it might be a few weeks before negotiations were completed.
Link: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/sam...ast/e/55805679

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Almost seven months after joining WWE, Ronda Rousey is thinking about extending how long she wants her pro wrestling career to be.

"I love this way more than I ever thought I would," Rousey told ESPN this week.

"We had a set timeline set, and now we aren't so sure about it because I love it so much," Rousey said. "I guess that's the best thing that could've happened, that I would love it so much it would be so hard to stop. I can see why people have a hard time leaving this industry because it's such a joy to be a part of every day."

ESPN noted that the "set timeline" was because Rousey, who is married to UFC fighter Travis Browne and has two stepsons with him, intends to start a family. During the interview, she joked about maybe having her baby be her manager in WWE when that happens.

Rousey is signed to a multi-year contract with WWE.
Link: http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/2...end-wwe-career

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Legendary singer and songwriter Aretha Franklin, the internationally renowned "Queen of Soul" passed away this morning from pancreatic cancer. She was 76 years old.

Franklin made several appearances at WWE's flagship PPV event, Wrestlemania. Franklin opened the iconic Wrestlemania III at the Pontiac Silverdome in 1987, performing "America the Beautiful" with Vince McMahon introducing her.

When Wrestlemania returned to Detroit, Michigan twenty years later in 2007, Franklin returned to again perform the song ...

WWE issued the following:

WWE is saddened to learn that legendary singer and songwriter Aretha Franklin has passed away. The multi-time Grammy Award winner performed a rousing rendition of “America the Beautiful” at WrestleMania III and again at WrestleMania 23. WWE extends its condolences to her family, friends and fans.
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There was a question in today's Ask PWInsider about who takes over WWE if Vince can't continue. Trips and Steph were mentioned as taking over creative. Folks at PWInsider have often stated that the wished Shane McMahon would have more control. What's his status "company" wise, and, what the possibility of his inheriting some control?

Shane McMahon has no power from a corporate sense. He is a performer, no different from any other pro wrestler on the roster, although he does get to give his creative input and has helped put together big matches, including Royal Rumbles together. He is not currently an executive for the company.
From PWI's weekly Q&A articles.

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On Thursday’s edition of the “Art of Wrestling” podcast, Colt Cabana acknowledged the lawsuit that was filed last week against CM Punk but wasn’t going to discuss it in any detail. He did state that the story of him being backstage a WWE house show after the lawsuit by Dr. Amann had been filed, was incorrect. Cabana stated the last time he was at a WWE show was probably around four years ago when he recorded a podcast with Hornswoggle.
Link: https://soundcloud.com/coltcabana

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The Ring of Honor/New Japan Pro Wrestling show on 4/6 in Madison Square Garden sold out on 8/10 less than 19 minutes after the public on-sale began ... While ROH officials would not release a gate number, it was confirmed to be well in excess of $1 million, making it the largest gate for a non-WWE pro wrestling gate not only in the United States, but likely anywhere in the world except for the Far East.

The previous largest gate for a non-WWE show in North America was $1 million, set on September 11, 2014, for the Atlantis vs. Ultimo Guerrero mask vs. mask mach at Arena Mexico. The largest ever in the United States was $930,735 set on January 4, 1999, for an episode of Nitro at the Georgia Dome. The Hulk Hogan vs. Bill Goldberg gate at the Georgia Dome months earlier was $906,330. It is possible this would be the second largest gate ever for a pro wrestling show in Madison Square Garden for wrestling, trailing WrestleMania 20 that did $2,401,000. It was the fastest sellout since WrestleMania 20 in Madison Square Garden, and second fastest of all-time. It sold out farther in advance than any pro wrestling event at the Garden. And it was the first Madison Square Garden sellout for pro wrestling since 2015.
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Regarding Penta 0M and Rey Fenix, who WWE has expressed interest in, they are under contract to Lucha Underground. They have told promoters they are working for that the deal would end with this season, as there was an opt-out. If that’s the case, they would be free agents roughly six months after the last episode of the current season ends. Obviously several companies, AAA and Impact (who work together) would like to sign them up and both are strongly in AAA’s plans going forward. So they are another set of wrestlers to watch.

The thing is with Fenix is that we’ve already seen with Gran Metalik what can happen with a super high flyer, although Fenix speaks good English and Penta is learning, and Penta cuts an awesome Spanish promo. Still, we’ve had people bring up Metalik and Super Crazy (who was a super worker when he went to WWE and did nothing there, although this is a very different generation when it comes to open mindedness regarding talent) and also noted that Penta’s physique and size aren’t the type that Vince McMahon would normally push
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Week three of World of Sport on ITV on 8/11 fell to 539,000 viewers, another 11 percent drop. It was hurt because Premiere League soccer started this past weekend. When you figure that ITV was doing 1.5 million viewers with a game show in that time slot, this is really bad. ITV’s goal for the time slot would be second place, but it was only in fifth place including losing to a soccer game on BT Sports that did 546,000 viewers. BT Sports is a sports subscription channel while ITV is the No. 2 broadcast network available in virtually all homes.

One major U.K. wrestling figure said that besides all the quick camera cuts, the problem is they’ve made no connection between the audience and the characters, which is one of the reasons for the declining numbers. Even in shows like Ninja Warriors on ITV, they give you vignettes to introduce everyone. An issue is that those involved with the show react to all the criticism with the idea it’s not designed for hardcore wrestling fans, but for the general public. The problem, and this goes for the U.S. and the U.K., is that there is a hardcore audience that is more into wrestling than ever before and more willing to pay for it, but as far as the casual audience goes, it’s never been smaller except during the low points in industry history
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It appears Rey Mysterio Jr. has either actually signed here or if not pen to paper, it’s now virtually a sure thing he’s coming. Northeast Wrestling posted that he has pulled out of his 8/24 date in Pittsfield, MA due to WWE contractual obligations. In actuality, WWE was wanting him to rest up and not risk a knee injury before he starts up and while we don’t know the start date, he is not doing any shows after 9/2. Because he’s been gone every weekend, the feeling was to limit his dates and he did a farewell to Northeast Wrestling at the Wappingers Falls, NY show, and with Japan and All In, it was an agreement with all parties involved to have him not work the date to allow him to rest up, since he doesn’t want to miss All In.

The Crash never got Rey back to drop their world heavyweight title to Bestia 666, which seemed to be a direction at one point. WWE wants to announce his signing on their own and throughout this I was told that if he signs, nobody can say anything until WWE makes the announcement. He has been very close to a deal for months and pretty much everyone considered it just working out final terms and that he’d be there very soon. He is still doing All In and the last date he has left on his schedule at this point is a 9/2 show in Chicago for Warrior Wrestling, so the teased New Japan stuff done over the past few months for matches with Marty Scurll, Kazuchika Okada, Jushin Liger and Will Ospreay isn’t happening unless something drastic changes
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All the social media teases regarding The Four Horsewomen are that they are planning a Four Horsewomen vs. Four Horsewomen match at Survivor Series, which takes place 11/18 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. This was also planned and angles were shot for that in 2017, but they didn’t do it then. But now there is definitely talk of it we’ve heard from several people and teases are being sent out. Whether they pull the trigger on it or not, who knows, since even though both are getting heavily praised, Marina Shafir has only had two matches so far and Jessamyn Duke hasn’t had anything but practice matches. Both are being brought to Takeover this weekend.

The feeling is Rousey is great on the big stage when the match is completely laid out, Shayna Baszler is clearly ready, Shafir had a successful debut built around using her judo which she does well, and Duke is getting real raves for her potential. A few different people told me that in the end, she’s going to end up as the best of the four. Having said that, since personality is so much a part of this, I don’t know how she’s going to be able to be her character like Baszler is, because Baszler does that better than almost anyone at the same stage, and Rousey is still learning but she’s got a superstar aura that nobody can teach and few can create. It’s also a potential match a few weeks earlier for Evolution, although the date we were told was Survivors at Staples Center
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Ultimo Ninja is in Orlando already but Garza Jr., who was supposed to be in, still hasn’t arrived. I do know that he was worried that when doing medicals that he was worried that his shoulder could be a problem and we’ve heard talk he may not be coming in at all. The Garza Jr. thing may have fallen apart due to that injury. I was told this past week that they didn’t think he was coming in. Garza Jr. then said in Mexico that he won’t be wrestling for four to six months, but is still looking for bookings and meet and greets and was announced as a referee at the next Crash show
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We now know why Matt Hardy has been teasing changes to his WWE status in a series of recent cryptic tweets. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Hardy is scheduled to take some time off due to injuries.

Hardy recently revealed that his lower back and pelvis have started fusing together, and while the pain isn't too bad, it is frustrating. Hardy is planning on starting new training rehab methods that should help with the pain.

Hardy and Bray Wyatt's match against The Revival and RAW Tag Team Champions The B Team on Monday's RAW was done as the blow-off to The Deleters of Worlds tag team, as Hardy teased in his post-show tweet with Wyatt.

There has been talk of Hardy shadowing WWE producers to "learn the ropes" with the idea of him working a producer job in the future.

Hardy is scheduled to undergo treatments for his various injuries and after that is done, a decision will be made in regards to a possible ring return, what capacity he might return in and if he will have to work a limited schedule.
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The three indie wrestlers who worked as The Triple Threat for the handicap squash with SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bludgeon Brothers on Tuesday's show were local talents Brad Attitude, Matt Lynch and ChrisifiX.

The indie wrestler who lost to Hideo Itami on this week's WWE 205 Live episode was local talent Tracer X, who used the name Trent Newman.
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Randy Orton apparently joked about some of the recent allegations against him during the dark main event at Tuesday's WWE TV tapings in Greenville, South Carolina ...

Orton approached some of the WWE staffers at ringside before the match and offered his hand for a shake, shaking the hand of one guy while laughing. The whole group then broke out in laughter.

This appeared to be a crack at the recent sexual harassment allegations against the WWE veteran. Former WWE writer Court Bauer noted in an older MLW Podcast that Orton would greet new WWE creative writers by putting his hand down his pants, pulling out his penis, touching himself and then introducing himself ...

Those allegations recently resurfaced on Reddit and were picked up by mainstream media outlets. WWE responded to media inquires and noted that they were looking into the matter but it's believed that there will be no action taken. The reaction from Orton and the WWE crew members could be a sign of how the allegations are being looked at within the company.

Some other sheet news includes:
  • For those interested, Sports Illustrated had a recent article on the history of the Dave Meltzer's star ratings system and the effect its had on the wrestling industry. https://www.si.com/wrestling/2018/08...tings-wwe-njpw
  • Impact Wrestling recently announced the card for their next One Night Only PPV event on August 25th. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...-view.html?p=1
  • According to the Observer, Batista is considering the idea of one more run in the WWE before officially retiring from wrestling.
  • Recent rumor going online hints at WWE, Warrior's estate, or someone else has been quietly white washing Warrior's bigoted past from the internet. Got discovered by Deadspin's David Bixenspan while he was working on an upcoming episode for his podcast show. https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1029935765445390337


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The rumor is they want to take SummerSlam to stadiums, isn't it?
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Yeah, rumor has it both Rumble And SummerSlam will be more medium-sized stadiums going forward.
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Voices of Wrestling recently reported Vince/WWE are currently leaning towards Brock Lesnar retaining the Universal Championship over Reigns at SummerSlam. Place I read the rumor from made no mention of Braun so its possible he won't be cashing in or also loses to Lesnar at SummerSlam.

Spoiler tags used since its related to possible Universal Championship plans at SummerSlam.

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Although Sasha Banks said that SummerSlam weekend next year would be in Los Angeles in an interview this week, WWE has said that they have not announced the city, but it would not be Los Angeles.
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Tenille Dashwood said that she had to pull out of this weekend's ROH U.K. show due to psoriasis, which she has battled since she was a teenager and aid this has been the worse case of her life, triggered when she was sick. She said there is no cure but it feels like burns and its tearing her skin all over her body and it's almost undbearable. She said she worked with it but it escalated and she was recently hospitalized.

Pro Wrestling Revolver on 10/20 in Des Moines, IA at the Val Air Ballroom with PCO v. Walter plus Rich Swann, Jake & Dave Crist, Sami Callihan, Dezmond Xavier, Zachary Wentz, Shane Strickland and Ace Romero.

Impact vs. NGW on Twitch Sunday at 4 p.m. with Sami Callihan vs. Matt Cross, Rich Swann & Matt Sydal vs. AR Fox & Menace, Moose vs Hoodrich, Eli Drake vs. Joey Ryan, Myron Reed vs. Trevor Lee, Su Yung vs. Nicole Pain and more.

SoCal Pro on 9/15 in Vista, CA at the Boys & Girls Club with Penta 0M vs,. Ultimo Dragon, managed by Sonny Onoo.

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Satoshi Kojima returns to New Japan Pro Wrestling on Sunday, September 9th on the Road to Destruction tour following an ACL injury this past January. Kojima will be turning 48 years old next month. They have not announced who Kojima will be working with for his return.

MLW has announced that Low Ki will defend the MLW title against Rey Fenix on September 6th at their television tapings in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. That same show is headlined by a War Games Match and will also feature Pentagon Jr. vs. LA Park in a Mexican Massacre Match, as well as PCO taking on Brody King. The card takes place from the War Memorial Auditorium.
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There is some talk in Tennessee regarding adding to the ballot a measure where they would vote on building a new stadium for a Major League Soccer team. The stadium site would be the site of the Fairgrounds in Nashville, which, if it goes on the ballot and passes, would mean the end of the legendary wrestling arena.
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Chris Jericho recently revealed that he had pitched an idea that would have pitted him, the IWGP Intercontinental champion, against the WWE Intercontinental champion at the time, Seth Rollins.

Jericho mentioned in the latest episode of Talk is Jericho that he recently pitched the idea to “a certain head of a certain wrestling company”.

“I’ve got something for you,” he recalled when pitching the idea. “Boffo box office. I said what do you think about Intercontinental champion vs. Intercontinental champion: Jericho vs. Rollins?”

Jericho continued, saying that the match would wind up ending in a disqualification, with Rollins’ next challenger coming in and attacking. He also would have had time to come in and set up the angle on the Raw go-home show. He later went on to say that while it got a decent response, he never heard back from the company. Rollins is also no longer the Intercontinental champion, as he lost the title to Dolph Ziggler back on June 18.

Chris Jericho has been IWGP Intercontinental champion since June 9, when he defeated Tetsuya Naito at Dominion. He hasn’t appeared on New Japan programing since, though in his last appearance seemed to set up an angle between him and EVIL.
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Coming off a 32-percent drop in viewership for last week's show, Impact Wrestling ratings managed to rebound a bit on Thursday night.

Last night's episode averaged 210,000 viewers on Pop TV, up from 168,000 viewers for the previous week's Impact. Last Thursday was the third-lowest number for a new episode of Impact since the company debuted on Pop.
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Jan Murphy at The Whig-Standard spoke with Jeff Hardy during an international media call ahead of SummerSlam this Sunday. Hardy addressed his physical issues he is working through noting the schedule he is keeping up with the WWE and limiting the use of the Swanton. He stated that his back is doing better than it was a few weeks prior but has dealt with nerve issues with his elbow that led to his hand being asleep for seven weeks until regaining the feeling recently. He added that two goals were to have a Hell in a Cell match (which is the September pay-per-view) and to do an Ultimate Deletion match in the WWE. When his DUI charge from this past year was brought up and the recent WWE Network special, Hardy stated:

Talking about all that stuff was hard. It just sucked. I was really nervous before I watched, but after watching it, I was like, ‘Wow, that was honest, and open, and raw, and I was really pleased with the outcome of it all.’ But … I’m not going to lie, it was tough and I’ll be starting my community service this week for my recent arrest. But everything’s over, I’ve just got to make everything right now, and I’m underway and that was my first and last DUI.
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In one of the few interviews he has done since being reinstated by WWE, Hulk Hogan said that those who did not accept his return to the good graces of the company and reinstatement to the WWE Hall of Fame were not living up to the brotherhood that professional wrestlers share.

Appearing on the debut episode of the Apter Cast, the new podcast from longtime wrestling reporter/photographer Bill Apter, Hogan talked extensively about being blackballed by WWE in 2015 after audio leaked of racist comments he made on a sex tape. WWE management ultimately welcomed Hogan back to the company, and he addressed the entire main roster prior to the Extreme Rules pay-per-view in July where he issued a wholesale apology for his racial comments.

"A lot of people accepted my apology," Hogan said on the podcast. "And a lot of people heard what they wanted to hear and a lot of the narrative that came out of the meeting was on point. A lot of the narrative was really different. I was surprised to hear some people interpreted what I said that I was just sorry I got caught. I'm on camera, whatever they interpreted, but I never said that."

After Hogan met with current WWE talent, several African-American members of the roster made public remarks still questioning Hogan's comments and motivations. Titus O'Neil said Hogan lacked true remorse while the New Day -- Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods -- issued a collective statement on Kofi's Twitter account that they were "indifferent" to Hogan's reinstatement and found it difficult to forget.

"I just hope the brotherhood can get back to the way it was," Hogan added, drawing a parallel to how wrestlers protect one another from injury during a match. "Outside the ring, you're supposed to protect your brother. In this case, it's a situation where 75, 80, 90 percent of the wrestlers are protecting me and they're giving me another chance to move forward. There's just a few wrestlers that don't understand the bond and the brotherhood of wrestling. If someone makes a mistake, you need to forgive them and move on and try to let them prove themselves.”

Hogan added that, at the meeting at Extreme Rules, he asked if anyone had any questions for him. The only person to stand and ask a question was Mark Henry.

"I just wanted to be able to, if anybody had any questions or anybody had anything to say at that time, I really just wanted them to say it to my face so I could address it," Hogan said. "Hopefully understand the issue and get them to understand me."
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Earlier today it was announced Jimmy Jacobs will be involved in The Over Budget Battle Hour at All In: Zero Hour. 8 of the 15 entrants have now been announced for the match: Jordynne Grace, Moose, Rocky Romero, Colt Cabana, Ethan Page, Brian Cage, Billy Gunn, and Jacobs.

Jimmy Jacobs is ALL IN #ZeroHour

September 1st on @wgnamerica pic.twitter.com/Eqsn3diExc
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Matt Jackson announced TGI Fridays will be a sponsor for "All In." The restaurant currently has All-In deal including one appetizer, one entree, and one dessert for $10.

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Would love to see a WrestleMania in Tennessee, frankly.
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Would love to see a WrestleMania in Tennessee, frankly.
Are you from Tennessee?

I am originally from Knoxville which would be a great host city. Neyland Stadium seats over 100,000 and is beautiful. Thompson Bowling can seat over 20,000 for NXT, Raw and Smackdown. Knox County Civic Coliseum (my first wrestling card) seats up to 6,000 and is a wonderful place to watch wrestling would be great for HOF or ROH/NJPW. GREAT food, and it would be huge for the economy there.
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I'm all for both happening.
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Time will tell if they are right or wrong, they seem to be right more often than wrong so far
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Slik I don't know how you made it through more than 5 minutes of that podcast but they do have some good scoops. I'm glad you can be sacrifice for us all. I hope so badly this is true, there is no way WWE can lock him into a 1 year no compete, fucking assholes.
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Nah, I'm not from Tennessee. I just think the aesthetic and the wrestling history would add a cool vibe to the show. They probably won't do anything with the history themselves.
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I would be so fucking stoked if Bryan and Ziggler left the WWE and signed Sinclair/New Japan contracts. Between the two entities, there's no reason they can't give these guys options comparable to WWE. And there's also the artistic catharsis.
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With the bump coming from being the day after one of the big three WWE events of the year, last night's Raw did 3.09 million viewers, its best number since April 23.

The show peaked in hour two, but even with a 305,000 viewer third-hour drop, it was still the best third hour of the summer ...

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.11 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.24 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.94 million viewers
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AAA held a press conference on Tuesday to promote this Saturday’s TripleMania event from Arena Ciudad, which will be streamed on Twitch in English and Spanish. The English commentary team will consist of Matt Striker and Vampiro. Below are the matches they have announced:
*Pentagon Jr. vs. El Hijo del Fantasma vs. LA Park vs. Psycho Clown in a four-way mask match inside a steel cage, the last two remaining will have a match and the loser is unmasked
*Lady Shani vs. Faby Apache in a Mask vs. Hair match
*Jeff Jarrett vs. Brian Cage vs. Fenix vs. Rich Swann for the AAA Mega heavyweight title
*Pagano, Joe Lider & Murder Clown vs. Texano Jr., Rey Escorpion & La Mascara in a street fight
*Chessman, Averno & Super Fly vs. Juventud Guerrera, Jack Evans & Teddy Hart in a lumberjack match
*Maximo, Pimpinela Escarlata & Mamba vs. Tito Santana, Carta Brava Jr. & Mocho Cota Jr. vs. El Hijo de LA Park, Puma King & Taurus
*Aerostar & Drago vs. Bandido & Flamita vs. Laredo Kid & Golden Magic vs. Andrew Everett & DJZ in a ladder match
*Big Mami & Nino Hamburguesa vs. El Hijo del Vikingo & Vanilla vs. Dinastia & Lad Maravilla vs. Angelikal & La Hiedra
*Australian Suicide defending the AAA Cruiserweight title in a 10-way match
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Another member of the NJPW roster has been added to ROH's post-Death Before Dishonor television tapings in Las Vegas. ROH has announced that SANADA will be making his return to the promotion at their tapings at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on September 29th. EVIL (SANADA's Los Ingobernables de Japon stablemate) and KUSHIDA are also set for the tapings.

Matt Jackson and Flip Gordon parodied the scene between Terry Funk and Dennis Stamp from Beyond the Mat on this week’s Being the Elite.

Matt Sydal vs. Rich Swann vs. Trevor Lee is set for Impact Wrestling’s show in Manchester, England on September 9, which is part of Wrestling MediaCon. Sami Callihan vs. Jimmy Havoc on the event is now a barbwire bat death match.

Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. ACH has been added to MLW’s War Games event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on September 6.

Low Ki vs. Jonah Rock has been announced for NHPW in Australia on 11/30. It will be an MLW title match if Low Ki is still champion on that date.
ROH: https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/sa...v-taping-vegas , Elite: https://youtu.be/vGTfl1s5pdc , Impact: https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/...64150652698624 , MLW: https://mlw.com/2018/08/21/ach-looks...ith-jr-sept-6/

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Arturo Diaz Mendoza, best known as Villano III, passed away today at the age of 66.

Diaz was considered one of the biggest stars in the history of Lucha Libre, and was the son of Hall of Famer Rey Mendoza.

Mendoza's sons all used the Villano name, and he was Villano III because he followed his two older brothers into pro wrestling in 1970.

Arturo was considered the best wrestler in the family and the second biggest star, behind his father ...

He was actually best known for his run as WWF Light Heavyweight Champion, a title that was never defended in the WWF, but was a major title within the UWA as well as New Japan Pro Wrestling.

His mask match loss to Atlantis on March 17, 2000, is generally considered one of the greatest matches in Lucha Libre history ...

Prior to the loss to Atlantis, he had retained his mask in at least 58 consecutive matches, which has to be among the most wins of that type in Lucha Libre history.
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Three matches are official for NJPW's next show in the United States.

Cody Rhodes challenging for Juice Robinson's IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, The Young Bucks defending their IWGP Tag Team titles against Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa, and Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll in an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship tournament semifinal match have been announced for Fighting Spirit Unleashed, which will take place at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California on September 30.

Ospreay vs. Scurll is part of a four-man tournament to decide the next Junior Heavyweight Champion. KUSHIDA will face BUSHI at Destruction in Kobe on September 23 in the other semifinal match, and the finals will be held at King of Pro Wrestling on October 8.

Hiromu Takahashi had to relinquish the Junior Heavyweight title after suffering a neck injury at last month's G1 Special in San Francisco.
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CMLL will be announcing its Anniversary show on Wednesday. The long pushed L.A. Park vs. Rush mask vs. hair match looks to be off. It's been rumored off for weeks even though both were pushing it the last time Park was at Arena Mexico, and he's booked there again on Friday. Rush & Cavernario vs. Volador Jr. & Matt Taven in some form of hair match was teased in challenges on Friday. They did a brawl on Friday with Volador and Rush, with Volador wanting a match. Rush asked the crowd if they wanted him to face Volador or L.A. Park, figuring the brawl would make them say Volador and that would be the way out of it. Except, the live crowd wanted Park.
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As reported earlier today in the Elite section of PWInsider.com, the word backstage at WWE Smackdown today in Brooklyn, NY is that WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champion Erick Rowan will be heading to Birmingham, Alabama this week for surgery to repair a bicep tear.
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Ronda Rousey commented on her Raw Women's Championship victory last night at Summerslam:

The creativity of fate never ceases to amaze me... I do not take this responsibility lightly. I will devote every fiber of my being to carry on and elevate the legacy of the scores of women who gave their bodies and hearts to the @wwe to get us this far. #rawwomenschampionship pic.twitter.com/gUTMVDQyKO
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Following Saturday’s TakeOver card, there was a lot of speculation that Shayna Baszler may be set for a main roster call-up. While I don’t know if she is being called up imminently or not, I was told that she isn’t done with NXT yet. It’s possible that she could be called up and finish up a program in NXT, but as it was told to me, Saturday was not the end of Baszler’s NXT tenure.
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It was on this date in 2005 that Hulk Hogan had his last great drawing match on pay-per-view at SummerSlam with Shawn Michaels. The match is more remembered today for Michaels’ antics during the match in overselling Hogan’s offense and appearing to work the match as his own protest over losing to Hogan, who made the call he was winning the match. The following night, Michaels cut a promo on Hogan that upset Hogan and the idea of the two having a series of matches was off. The actual build to the show was executed very well following a heel turn by Michaels in early July by superkicking Hogan and setting up the first-time meeting. Michaels did some of the best work of his career that summer as a heel, including a segment where he portrayed Hogan during a spoof of the Larry King Live show. The pay-per-view drew a reported 640,000 pay-per-view buys.
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WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns made history with the SummerSlam win over Brock Lesnar by becoming the first WWE Grand Slam Champion to hold the Universal Title.
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WWE has a new poll asking fans which of RAW's three new "fighting champions" will keep their title the longest. As of this writing, 56% voted for RAW Women's Champion Ronda Rousey while 29% voted for WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and 15% voted for WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins.
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WWE recently filed to trademark the following names: ECW (for merchandising), Killian Dain, Alexander Wolfe and Shayna Baszler.

Some other sheet news includes:
  • NJPW recently released the cards for next month's set of Destruction events. https://www.f4wonline.com/japan/full...n-shows-264151
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 39th anniversary of Dusty Rhodes 1st ever NWA Championship victory. Rhodes defeated then champion Harley Race for the title.
  • In another "WWE Did You Know" type fact, this year's SummerSlam was the first time since 2003 that John Cena was not on the card or involved in the show in any way.


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Coming off SummerSlam, last night's SmackDown averaged 2.437 million viewers, the show's best total since April 24 of this year.

SmackDown was up 11 percent from last week and followed a big night for Monday Night Raw ratings as well, with SmackDown retaining 79 percent of that show's audience.

It was a strong night overall for cable TV viewership as, despite the big jump from last week, the show failed to crack the top 10 in overall viewership, finishing at number 11. SmackDown did top the 18-49 demo, as it usually does, with a 0.77 rating. Miz and Mrs., which follows SmackDown on the USA Network, did 1.235 million viewers overall and posted a 0.50 rating in the 18-49 demo, tied for third place.

SmackDown was down nine percent from last year's post-SummerSlam episode, the 10th straight week the show has had a year-over-year decline.
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CMLL has released the full card for their Aniversario show next month.

The biggest news is that after months of hype between Rush and L.A. Park, the match is officially not happening. During today's press conference, it was revealed that Rush will instead team with Barbaro Cavernario to take on the team of Matt Taven and Volador Jr in a hair match. L.A. Park will appear on the show, but instead will be in the co-main event as he will team with Hijo de L.A. Park and Caristico, squaring off against King Phoenix (Fenix), Penta El Zero M (Pentagon Jr.) and Dinamate Azul ...

Here is the full card for the 85th CMLL Aniversario show, which will run in Arena Mexico on September 14:

Volador Jr. and Matt Taven vs. Barbaro Cavernario and Rush in a hair match
Caristico, L.A. Park and Hijo de L.A. Park vs. King Phoenix, Penta El Zero M and Dinamate Azul
Ultimo Guerrero, Gran Guerrero and Euphoria vs. Ciber the Main Man, The Chris and Sharlie Rockstar for the CMLL World trios titles
Mistico, Atlantis and Soberano Jr. vs. Sanson, Cuatrero and Forastero
Niebla Roja, Ángel de Oro and El Audaz vs. Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas and Felino
Princesa Sugehit, Marcela and Jarochita vs. Reyna Isis, Dalys and La Maligna
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It was announced today that for the first time, the Los Ingobernables de Japon stable will be making an appearance in Arena Mexico.

CMLL announced today during a press conference that Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI and EVIL will make an appearance at the Friday 8/31 Arena Mexico show. They will be taking on the team of Volador Jr., LA Park and Dinamate Azul. Although Naito and BUSHI have made appearances for CMLL in the past, this would mark their first time they are coming in as a group. It would be EVIL’s first time appearing for the company.

In addition to the LIJ announcement, CMLL also announced that The Briscoes and David Finlay will compete in their CMLL Gran Prix tournament on October 5. Four more foreign wrestlers will later be announced on their talk show, Informa.
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Major League Wrestling has signed Myron Reed to a contract.

Taya Valkyrie will debut at the MLW Wargames event on 9/6, teaming with Joey Ryan against MJF & Aria Blake.

Brian Pillman II will make his in-ring MLW debut at the 9/6 event as well in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Impact Wrestling will be taping their post-Bound for Glory PPV TV tapings in Long Island City, Queens, NY at The Melrose Ballroom on Monday 10/15 and Tuesday 10/16. That is the same venue that MLW uses in NYC and that will host the Bound for Glory PPV on 10/14.

Revolution Pro Wrestling announced WALTER & Timothy Thatcher vs. Chris Brooks & Jonathan Gresham for their September 8 show in Manchester, which is night one of this year’s British J-Cup.

Low Ki is set to defend the MLW World Championship against Jonah Rock at New Horizon Pro Wrestling’s show in Perth, Australia on November 30.

Above is the latest NWA Wrestling video looking back at Cody Rhodes and Nick Aldis' road to their NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship match at "All In" on September 1. Some footage is shown of Cody working out with former WCW wrestler, Glacier, and WWE Hall of Famer Diamond Dallas Page.
Taya: https://mlw.com/2018/08/22/taya-valk...jf-aria-blake/ , RevPro: https://twitter.com/RevProUK/status/1032286578935250945 , NHPW: https://mlw.com/2018/08/21/world-hea...-in-australia/ , NWA: https://youtu.be/BBCn2KKRpKU

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With hip hop star Wale appearing on last night's edition of 205 Live, we've gotten several emails about what that means for Major League Wrestling, which Wale has been associated with for a number of years.

We are told that of late, WWE has made overtures to talents and behind the scenes staffers who have been working for MLW, which airs nationally on BeIN Sports, in attempts to bring them in. Wale being used last night wasn't a coincidence and was seen as an extention of those efforts.

While everything is still up in the air, the odds of MLW running another Walemania event over Wrestlemania weekend (which was the plan for next year in New York City) are not looking good at the moment.
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WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler appeared yesterday on Memphis Local 24 discussing the death of his Brian Lawler.

The complete interview can be watched below, but Lawler noted that the family has still not heard any actual answers regarding Brian's death and that they are living in a nightmare they cannot wake up from.

Lawler noted that in his final conversation with Brian, which was recorded by the jail, and that Brian had about how bad the conditions in the jail were and that none of the things that had been stated would happen in a previous meeting had not. That was 10 AM in the morning. The call was only allowed to last 15 minutes and they were cut off.

Several hours later, Lawler's fiancee received a call around 2 PM advising them that Brian had gotten into a fight with another inmate and had been "acting a fool" but everything was fine and he had been stitched up due to a cut over his eye. They later learned from witnesses that that account they were told wasn't what really happened.

Later that evening, Lawler was called by a Deputy Sheriff and told, "Mister Lawler, I'm sorry, but your son Brian has hung himself in the jail." Lawler said that based on everyone they've heard from and spoken to, none of it adds up and they still haven't received any answers and "it just doesn't jibe."
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Within WWE, the remark that has been made regarding the future of former WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar is that "the door is open" for a return down the line, but all expectations are that he will be focusing on his UFC return for early 2019. When his MMA return has completed its latest journey, WWE would be happy to have him back.

In regard to a rumor that has been making the rounds, there was no version of this week's Raw script that featured any appearances by Brock Lesnar. He was never, actually scheduled for Raw (despite the fact that the company advertised him all the way to the night before the show) and flew home Sunday right after the PPV on a private plane.

One story that has floated online is that the Triple H promo on Raw replaced a Paul Heyman/Brock Lesnar promo, but based on WWE Creative sources, that was never the case. As one source told us, if they needed a Brock-related promo inside the ring, they could have simply had Paul Heyman (who was indeed at Raw) cut the promo in front of the live crowd. Instead, they taped the Heyman-Kurt Angle vignette.

The only major change to the Raw script that we have heard of was Dolph Ziggler wrestling Dean Ambrose when the original idea was for Drew McIntyre to face Ambrose. Beyond that, the script remained the same most of the day and the HHH promo was always in there, designed to be a "local promo" to push the Super Show-Down Australia event.
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WCCW Star Wars from 1981 is going to be added to the WWE Network as this week’s addition to the Hidden Gems section.
Link: https://www.wwenetworknews.com/2018/...its-a-big-one/

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Jericho appeared on today’s episode of James Ellsworth’s “#DuhCast” and said he’d be open to working for other non-WWE promotions if it’s creatively satisfying and something he can really sink his teeth into. He said he’s loyal to WWE, but the time of him saying he'll never work for anyone other than Vince McMahon in the United States is gone. Jericho said it’s a whole new world and different market than it used to be.
Link: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vrt9m-97d444

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WWE Chief Branding Officer Stephanie McMahon was a recent guest on #MaxOut with Ed Mylett to discuss the rise of the women's division, Ronda Rousey, and more.

McMahon was asked about how the Women's Revolution – now the Women's Evolution – began, and she explained the one match that only lasted for 30 seconds, which sparked a hashtag that lasted for three days. McMahon also elaborated on Triple H's influence in NXT, and how that further sparked the Revolution.

"It was a lot of what [Triple H] started to do at NXT, which NXT – for those of you who don't know – started off as our develpmental show, and is now really evolved into a third global touring brand in and of itself and is one of the most watched programs on the WWE Network," said Stephanie. "But my husband started to recruit elite athletes, men and women, and he started training the women same as the men and giving them the same opportunities, because – like anything else – repetitions is how you are gonna get better.

"So at our live events that we do, our local live events, which is where, non-televised, our talent often learn the skills. That's where they hone the craft, the live audience gives a reaction, and that's how you learn what's working, what's not working, and worse, what they don't care about... so he started giving them those opportunities, and them our audience responded in kind. Because these women were so awesome, and they started chanting, 'this is wrestling' and 'women's wrestling'."
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AogqXmgqPQA

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A Kickstarter campaign was started at this link to fund printing and distribution of the authorized biographical comic book miniseries of WWE Hall of Famer Bruno Sammartino. The series has the full blessing of his family, as Bruno signed a contract for it last summer. The story is written by John Crowther, based on his personal interviews with Bruno in 2017, and is illustrated by DC & Marvel Comics veteran, Rich Perotta.
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Brock has completed his contractual obligations w/ WWE. They are open to him returning in the future when he is finished with UFC, be it RR/WM or 18-24 months down the line, which is why it was scripted he would one day get a rematch for the Universal Title.

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In what is being reported as an end result of a power struggle, Michael Luisi is out as president of WWE Studios.

Deadline reported this morning that Luisi is out following a clash with Michelle Wilson, who is co-president of the WWE alongside George A. Barrios. The report didn’t indicate that the clash was about. In the interim, the studio will be headed by Wilson.

Luisi had been part of the studio for the last eight years as WWE has continued to finance and produce films, mostly for the home viewing market though several of their films have also been released in theaters. He had previously served executive positions at New Line Cinema, Miramax and the Weinstein Company.
Link: https://deadline.com/2018/08/michael...on-1202451189/

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The locally advertised main event for the 10/15 Monday Night Raw in Philadelphia is The Shield vs. Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre & Baron Corbin, so there are no apparent plans for the Shield reunion to also be a heel turn.
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The WWE Network today added a near-complete card for the Big Time Wrestling Star Wars '81 event from the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas to their Hidden Gems area in the VOD component of the Network. Big Time Wrestling was the precursor to World Class Championship Wrestling, which officially kicked off when their TV series of the same name debuted.

The Star Wars '81 card, which took place 2/21/81, features:
*Mil Mascaras vs. Tim Brooks
*The Great Kabuki with manager Gary Hart vs. Fritz Von Erich: Texas Death Match.
*Kerry Von Erich challenges Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
*David and Kevin Von Erich challenge Hercules Ayala & Ali Mustafa for the World-Class Wrestling Association Tag Team Championship.
*Battle Royal.

Missing from the card is an undercard match featuring Bruiser Brody defeating Chan Chung.

The event was acquired by WWE from Kevin Von Erich as part of the World Class video library. It would be, to date, the oldest material featured from that territory on the WWE Network.
Teaser trailer released by the WWE: https://youtu.be/jiohpSsYXZI

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The Giant Bomb video with Jack Gallagher in the message above is a great chat with the cruiserweight star. He discusses the origin of the Gentleman character, his origins and professional wrestling, living in Florida, WWE travel schedule and much more definitely worth a look.
Link: https://youtu.be/ii6XlJbIko8

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On 8/17, New Japan Pro Wrestling applied to register US trademarks for G1 Climax, G1 Supercard and G1 Special.

Over the past few weeks, WWE applied to register the following

Mike Kanellis
Sarah Logan
Mandy Rose
Sonya Deville
Killian Dain
Alexander Wolfe
Shayna Bazler
Bobby Lashley
Corey Graves
Kairi Sane
Kyle O'Reilly
Bobby Fish

On 8/13, they also applied to register a new ECW trademark but for clothing purposes.
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) has stated that it will be several weeks before a final report is released into the investigation over the death of Brian Lawler. Jerry Lawler has been speaking publicly about the investigation and stories that have been relayed from inmates in the prison. The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported this week that an inmate had been using Brian’s social security number to make outgoing calls with an affidavit filed last week accusing the inmate of identity theft. This included a call made on Saturday, July 28th (the day before Brian died) to Brian’s mother to alert her that her son had suffered a concussion during a fight inside the jail and to let Jerry know. Jerry’s lawyer, Ted Hansom, in unaware who filed the affidavit as this case continues to bring up many questions with few answers while the TBI continues to investigate.
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Indies Roundup:
Lucha Underground did their lowest number of the season this week with an average of 94,000 viewers on the El Rey Network. It was a drop from last week’s viewership of 97,000.

WWN has announced the cards for their next weekend of EVOLVE shows on September 7th in Joppa, Maryland and September 8th in Queens, New York. Below are the cards for each night:
*EVOLVE 112: Joey Janela vs. Austin Theory for the WWN title, Chris Dickinson vs. AR Fox, Josh Briggs vs. Jon Davis, Jaka vs. Trey Miguel
*EVOLVE 113: Shane Strickland vs. Tracy Williams for the EVOLVE title, Chris Dickinson & Jaka vs. The Skulk for the tag titles, AR Fox vs. Austin Theory, Joey Janela vs. Trey Miguel in a non-title match, Darby Allin vs. Josh Briggs

While not yet announced, with the 5 p.m. Pacific (8 p.m. Eastern) start time, the NJPW Long Beach show, like the previous New Japan shows in California, will air live on AXS. We’ve been told that is scheduled right now but no official announcement has been made.

Week four of World of Sport on ITV did 545,000 viewers, which was up from last week, but still bad. It had a new lead-in as instead of the game show “The Chase,” they put in the movie “Scorpion King” starring Dwayne Johnson. ITV rarely runs Saturday afternoon movies but it appears they were using a Johnson movie to help the lead-in. Scorpion King from 3:15 to 5 p.m. did 609,000 viewers.

On his podcast this week, Jim Ross said that he thinks Josh Barnett will be unavailable for NJPW’s Fighting Spirit Unleashed show in Long Beach, California on September 30. Ross said one of Barnett’s fighters has a fight in Japan against Bob Sapp for Rizin and he’s not sure if Barnett will be back in time to call the show with him on AXS. Ross said it’s still being worked on, but they have a pretty good plan in place.

Michael Elgin, The Briscoes, Flip Gordon, David Finlay, Dark Magic, Okumura, and El Mesias will be the international team for CMLL’s Gran Prix on October 5.

PROGRESS announced that Jimmy Havoc and Will Ospreay will face off in a two-out-of-three falls, no DQ match at their show at the Electric Ballroom in Camden on Monday. Paul Robinson will be the referee. If Havoc wins, he advances to the main event of PROGRESS’ show at SSE Wembley on September 30. Tyler Bate vs. Mark Haskins is also set for Monday’s show, with the winner getting a spot in the Wembley Arena main event for WALTER's PROGRESS Championship.
Ross: https://omny.fm/shows/the-ross-repor...ick-and-matt-j , CMLL: http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/2018/...t-title-match/ , PROGRESS: https://twitter.com/ThisIs_Progress/...05349793587200

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I’ve been asked my a number of independent promoters about Rey Fenix and Penta 0M. The main thing is that both are not taking any dates in 2019, which is usually a sign of going to WWE. At the same time, the expectation is Fenix winning the AAA world title, and AAA has already been burned in the past when Alberto was champion years ago and then told them at the last minute (like a month after agreeing to the deal but a little before his secret WWE return) and vowed to come back and lose it and fulfill his remaining dates, only to do none of that ... But two different promoters in recent weeks when asking me about them said essentially that when it comes to going to WWE, that the American wrestlers are professional about it and work with them as best they can to make things right and tip them off, but that this is more mysterious. It is not clear they are going for sure, but once they became evasive on date and questions, the belief is it must be the case because if they were going to New Japan, and really New Japan is overloaded with talent at this point so that wouldn’t be likely, they’d have plenty of dates to work around the schedule. Impact and Lucha Underground don’t run full enough schedules to where they wouldn’t take any dates. Then they both worked in Mexico on 8/19 and we’re told Penta wasn’t outwardly showing signs of any back injury. Granted, things heal and all that. But the nature of missing the shows here combined with everything has people very skeptical right now. The question also regards Lucha Underground, as they would be under contract there until six months after the conclusion of the current television season
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The lead idea for the Evolution main event on 10/28 at the Nassau Coliseum is Rousey vs. Nikki Bella, with the idea you are headlining with the two biggest mainstream women stars in the company. That was the match we heard as the scheduled main event last week and they seemed to start the tease at SummerSlam with the Bellas watching Rousey win the title and sharing in her celebration with Rousey and Natalya. It’s also not at 100 percent locked in as many think about Rousey vs. Charlotte for WrestleMania. It’s certainly an idea on the boards, but there are a number of ideas . They announced Bliss vs. Trish Stratus for the show over the weekend. This is probably a dream match for Bliss who internally has been patterned after the heel version of Stratus. Another match confirmed is the
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Toni Storm vs. Io Shirai
Mae Young Classic final , and obviously both the Smackdown and NXT women’s titles will be defended on the show.
Spoiler tag used since its related to this year's Mae Young Classic finals.

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Another note regarding Tegan Nox and her knee injury, it was very much not a lock that
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was going to win the tournament and Nox was actually the probable winner.
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was the scheduled Evolution match and Mae Young Classic final before Nox got hurt. But Nox was said to be in consideration for winning the whole thing
Once again spoiler tags used since its related to the MYC finals.

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Lisa Riddle, Matt’s wife, on 8/12 did an interview where she acknowledged his signing (which was supposed to be a no-no, even though everyone knew as such a thing is hard to keep secret when one of the top indie guys stops taking dates). She said in June that Matt had gotten an offer from New Japan. When WWE found out about the offer as Matt told Gabe Sapolsky, who he was under contract with at WWN about it, and Sapolsky also works behind-the-scenes at NXT, so shortly after he told Sapolsky, Matt suddenly got a call from Paul Levesque. After a 30 minute discussion, Levesque offered a contract.
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In Saudi Arabia, they said WWE would be coming back in November, while George Barrios at the investors call said it would be an annual thing.
The date that had been agreed on originally, at least the Saudi Arabian government believed and we’ve also heard this date is 11/2, the Friday immediately after the Evolution PPV
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There is at least talk of Heyman being kept as a television performer. In a sense, he’s too good not to be. There has always been talk of Heyman and Rousey to be put together if Lesnar leaves, and actually it was something discussed before Lesnar extended his contract. I don’t think it’s time for Rousey to be a heel, and for a lot of reason, who knows when it will be the time. Plus if Rousey is going to work with Stephanie again, it’s hard to see where Heyman would fit in
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What was expected to be the biggest match in Mexico of the year, a hair vs. mask match with Rush vs. L.A. Park, is not happening.

The story behind it is sketchy, because Park (Adolfo Tapia) came to Arena Mexico on 5/25, immediately started up a feud with Rush that had been hot in several independent matches around Mexico in recent years ...

Still, Park and Rush continually challenged each other to a hair vs. mask match whenever Park worked at Arena Mexico, which were five shows since late May, including a double count out in a heated singles match on 6/22.

The first sign was when Anniversary tickets went on sale a few weeks ago and they were less expensive than expected. The appearance is that CMLL is not interested in Rush losing his hair, which would be the way out of this match even if the whole thing started with Park being willing. Park has pushed that he is willing to lose the mask, but whether the payday wasn’t good enough, or more likely, his career being revitalized over the last three months at a level none expected made him feel, and correctly so, that the time wasn’t right.

Park is now in great demand all over Mexico, the hottest he has been in years and perhaps drawing the best he has in a long career. Park is scheduled to be one of the key players going forward with MLW, and he needs the mask to be at that level. There is also talk of interest from other U.S. promotions, notably Impact.
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Recently on The Steve Austin Show, WWE Hall Of Famer Steve Austin weighed in on SummerSlam weekend. Specifically, Austin shared his thoughts on Kevin Owens getting "steamrolled" by Braun Strowman at SummerSlam. Also, Austin talked about the main event between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns.

On the subject of Owens vs. Strowman, Austin claimed that the match was "a lot shorter than [he] anticipated" before explaining that he did not appreciate Owens getting squashed.

"I hope Kevin Owens can claw his way back to where he was. Hopefully, they're booking him to get back to where he was. I'm a big fan of both guys. I'm friends with both guys, but, man, with Braun, Braun is a big guy. And Kevin has been in the picture for a lot of titles, held a lot of titles, and I just thought, 'man, he didn't get s--t in, so, eh, I just wasn't a fan." Austin continued, "yeah, I just didn't think Kevin Owens needed to get steamrolled because he's a top guy. And, obviously, Braun Strowman is still green, but he's a top guy. They're grooming him for bigger and better things, but KO didn't need to get squashed in the process."
Link: https://www.podcastone.com/episode/N...ummerSlam-2018

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Road Dogg responded to a fan on Twitter who said the story they’re telling on SmackDown between Becky Lynch and Charlotte has been Lynch fighting and struggling for a title shot while Charlotte was handed an opportunity and took away a moment from Lynch: “That’s not the story you were told, that’s the story you wanted to hear. She had to do the exact same thing as Charlotte did, beat Carmella! They both climbed the exact same mountain”
Road Dogg tends to get really pissy online whenever someone complaints or takes issue with the way he helps books SmackDown. https://twitter.com/WWERoadDogg/stat...13048161370112

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WWE.com has a poll asking fans whether they supported Lynch the entire time that she was trying to win the SmackDown Women’s Championship.
Link: https://www.wwe.com/polls/did-you-su...n-womens-title


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  • According to the Observer, the finish for the NXT title match at Brooklyn IV was indeed the original plan for the match based on his sources. Also stated Gargano's injury is part of an upcoming angle Triple H has planned for NXT.
  • Also according to the Observer, there have been recently talks of ROH getting a new parent company due to several outside companies are currently interested in purchasing Sinclair.


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