TPWW's Official Dirty Sheets News Thread

[Mr. Nerfect]

I hope it is a swerve just to condition people to think it was terrible so she can get heat. That makes sense in my head somehow.

[Emperor Smeat]

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Originally Posted by Observer Tuesday night's episode of SmackDown on the USA Network averaged 2,626,000 viewers, down just 1,000 from last week's show. As has been the case with episodes following brand-specific pay-per-views since the roster split, there was no PPV "bounce back" this week following Sunday's Elimination Chamber show.

Originally Posted by Observer Vader posted a sad tweet regarding his health on Twitter: "As I enter my final days, proud of the Father Son Brother Football player Pro WrestlerThe Super Heavy Big Man Goat Im Grateful for the Time."

Vader previously revealed he was suffering from heart failure with original estimates giving him at least 6 months left to live. Either his health drastically changed for the worse or doctor(s) were too optimistic with their evaluation. Link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/itsvadertime/sta...39440909021185

Originally Posted by Observer The entire immediate McMahon family visited Washington, DC yesterday as Linda McMahon was confirmed and sworn in as the new administrator of the Small Business Administration, which produced what will become a memorable photo in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump. As has been noted, nearly half of the people in the picture, including the President of the United States, have been recipients of at least one stunner from Steve Austin.

Link to the photo: https://twitter.com/WONF4W/status/831873452843872256

Originally Posted by Observer Last night's SmackDown and Talking Smack were interesting in terms of WWE's booking for WrestleMania season. It was announced on Talking Smack that there would be a battle royal to determine a new number one contender to challenge for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania after Randy Orton refused to face Bray Wyatt, which figures to be a storyline that plays out over the next few weeks. WWE also began to set up tension between AJ Styles and Shane McMahon with Styles complaining that he didn't get a one-on-one rematch for the title and Daniel Bryan not taking responsibility for the decision.

Originally Posted by Observer A new WWE.com video series premieres tomorrow. The show is called "My Son is a WWE Superstar," and the first episode features Finn Balor and his parents.

Link to a teaser: https://twitter.com/WWE/status/831963971271827456

Originally Posted by Observer Jay Lethal will face either Adam Cole or Bobby Fish in a top contenders match at Ring of Honor's 15th Anniversary PPV in Las Vegas on March 10th. Lethal's opponent will be whoever loses the Cole vs. Fish ROH World Championship match prior to that at Manhattan Mayhem.

Originally Posted by Observer Mark Andrews vs. Shane Strickland is set for PROGRESS Wrestling on February 26th at the Electric Ballroom in London. That show will be headlined by Mark Haskins, Jimmy Havoc & Flash Morgan Webster vs. Pete Dunne, Trent Seven & Tyler Bate.

Originally Posted by Observer The Tampa Bay Times has an article featuring wrestlers from the area sharing Andre the Giant stories following the announcement that HBO would be partnering with WWE to make a documentary about Andre's life.

Link to the article: http://www.tampabay.com/news/tampa-a...f-espn/2313260

Originally Posted by PWI Finn Balor is officially advertised for the May European tour for RAW shows.

Originally Posted by PWI Goldberg is advertised for the March 27 RAW Taping in Philadelphia which should be no surprise as its the go-home RAW for WrestleMania

Originally Posted by PWI Prior to the Rumble it became apparent (a lot due to betting odds being 1/25 at one point) that Randy Orton was winning the Rumble. All last week it was apparent again due to similar reasons that Bray Wyatt was winning the WWE Title. Goldberg becoming champion is now a similar situation, with almost everyone knowing the results pre event, and even the WMania33 Card being online before matches are announced, Cena/Nikki vs Miz/Maryse springs to mind. My question I guess is how does Vince feel about this? Does he even pay attention to the online sites getting everything correct from sources et al pre event? Surely he doesn’t want viewers knowing what happens in advance? He knows that stuff gets out there and most of the time doesn’t make changes because of it. If he believes in his plans, he shouldn’t either. But make no mistake, he hates that it leaks and if he finds out who did it, he will fire them in most, if not all, cases.

From a recent Q&A session PWI holds weekly with one topic involving Vince's feelings when it comes to leaks.

Mick Foley recently appeared on Lilian Garcia's podcast. During the interview, Foley brought up an incident where Vince McMahon yelled at Braun Strowman: "I was about to go out there a couple weeks ago, and I heard Braun Strowman say, I want a title shot. Mr. McMahon's behind the curtain, at the board watching the monitor, and he goes, oh god, it's not a title shot. I was thinking to myself, then what is it? That's exactly what I would go to call it when I would go out there. You want a title shot? He's like, it's a title match. It's a match! So if you ever wonder what it's like to see a six-foot-eight, three hundred pound behemoth get chewed out, you should've been there."

Wacky Vince story from not-so-back-in-the-day.


Some other sheet news includes:

• Recent update for the WWE Network included support for Google Chromecast devices.
• For those interested, WWE is releasing a new book called "The Official WWE Book of Rules: (And How to Break Them)" and arrives on February 28th. https://www.amazon.com/Official-WWE-.../dp/1942556101
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, recently retired Rose Mendes' ppv record in the WWE was 0 wins and 3 losses. Had one ppv match in 2009 and wouldn't have a second match till 2013. Biggest surprise was all there of her matches happened in the Big 4 tier of ppvs (2 at Mania, 1 at Survivor Series). https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...eer_here_is_a/
• In another "WWE Did You Know" type fact, supposedly the earliest known footage of someone body slamming Andre the Giant prior to Mania III is from 1972 during a match Andre had in Japan against Strong Kobayashi. Harley Race also slammed Andre once in 1979 for pre-Hogan slams. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...ostcount=12141

[Cool King]

I feel like that maybe Emma will be getting Eva Marie's gimmick but with a few tweaks, as the WWE seem to have completely forgotten that Eva Marie exists.

[Emperor Smeat]

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Originally Posted by PWI WWE Hall of Famer Bob Backlund posted the following on Facebook "I called George the Animal steel yesterday. His wife answered the phone. I asked if Mr. Steel was there. She said he was not at home. Then she said who are you. I told her my name and she said that he may not come home this time. As tears slowly came to my eyes, I told her that everyone loved GEORGE THE ANIMAL STEEL. HOPE".

Originally Posted by Observer There may be a first on tonight's Impact show. Because of legal threats from Lucha Underground, when the Hardys vs. Super Crazy & Psicosis match airs on Impact tonight, taped from a few weeks ago at the Auditorio in Tijuana, the referee will have to be digitized out. Marty Elias was the referee in the match and he's under contract to Lucha Underground, who evidently was looking for the piece to not air at all. The Crash promotion and Konnen tried to be careful to keep anyone under contract with Lucha Underground who worked their show away from what was being taped for TNA, but nobody considered the referee. They had other referees there, but Elias, because he's bilingual, is the guy they like in the ring when American talent works with Mexican talent.

Originally Posted by Observer According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, the movie "Fighting with my Family" will be shooting wrestling scenes on Monday night at the Staples Center, likely before or after Raw.

Originally Posted by PWI Ring of Honor is proud to announce that RING OF HONOR will be conducting the first ever WOMEN OF HONOR Tryout Camp and Seminar in partnership with Japanese female organization STARDOM! ROH Camps have been the main catalyst to over 70 attendees getting ROH opportunities on live events, some of which are on national television. If they were never seen at these camps then they may never have had an ROH opportunity. Now, the first ever WOMEN OF HONOR camp will be held to search for the next great WOMEN OF HONOR stars as well as two competitors who may earn a tour of Japan with STARDOM!

Originally Posted by PWI Washington Times has an op-ed column on how Vince McMahon created a culture that defines America in 2017. Both Stephanie McMahon and Triple H commented about the piece, as you can read below. "People have underestimated @VinceMcMahon 4 decades, never realizing he has created a culture that defines America" https://t.co/ROFfuBigFT" — Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) February 15, 2017 .@VinceMcMahon vision can be seen not only sports & entertainment, but EVERYWHERE! #HonoredToSitUnderTheLearningTree https://t.co/q710VNYrTT — Triple H (@TripleH) February 15, 2017

Originally Posted by PWI Ring of Honor will present their 15th Anniversary PPV on Friday 3/10 from The Sams Town Casino in Las Vegas, airing on traditional PPV outlets and streaming live on The Fite App, which you can download to your cell phone, Samsung Smart TV, iPad, iPhone and other mobile devices for free. The updated lineup for the PPV features: *ROH champion Adam Cole vs. Christopher Daniels. *ROH TV champion Marty Scurll vs. Lio Rush. *ROH Tag Team champions The Young Bucks vs. Roppongi Vice - Las Vegas Streetfight. *Jay Lethal vs. Bobby Fish to determine top contender to ROH title (should Fish win belt on 3/4, Adam Cole will face Lethal at PPV) *ROH Six Man Tag Team champions The Kingdom vs. Dalton Castle & The Boys.

As seen on Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live, Bray Wyatt pinned John Cena to retain his WWE Title for the second time on a row. Sean Waltman, who was backstage at SmackDown this past week in Anaheim, California, revealed on his recent podcast episode that it was actually Cena’s idea to put Wyatt over at Tuesday’s event. “I’m not sure what the finish was supposed to be for the match last night. But I know this for a fact, that John Cena insisted on putting Bray Wyatt over again last night, insisted on it. That’s not just a rumor.”

Link to the podcast show: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...ena_pushed_to/

Originally Posted by WrestleInc We noted earlier this week how John Cena is scheduled to take more time away from WWE after the April 2nd WrestleMania 33 pay-per-view in Orlando. It's believed he will be filming The Pact, which is set for a theatrical release in 2018. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter notes that Cena has a lot of projects planned for this year. He is currently off advertising for SmackDown events beginning the week after WrestleMania, including the June 8th Money In the Bank pay-per-view from St. Louis.

Originally Posted by Observer Jeff Jarrett and officials from Anthem Entertainment are meeting with ITV in the U.K. on 2/16 regarding the proposed World of Sport wrestling show.

Originally Posted by Observer There’s nothing new on Drew Galloway or the Hardys as far as contracts go, but all three are expected at the TNA tapings.

TNA still the heavy favorites to sign all three to new deals.

Originally Posted by Observer I don’t know when or how extensively at this point, but the plan right now is that Angle will be doing at least some wrestling in WWE. He would have to pass a physical, and obviously at best it would be very limited

Originally Posted by Observer Jim Ross wrote that he’s been hearing that Angle will be inducted into the Hall of Fame by Cena

Originally Posted by Observer Kelly Kelly was backstage at Raw in Las Vegas. She’s one of the women who they called several weeks back regarding an idea for WrestleMania. Lisa Varon (Victoria) just teased something on Snapchat and since we were told they were calling the women stars of the past for an idea, she would fit in that category.

Current rumors regarding her apperance are either being involved in a Lumberjills type match or as part of a New Gen vs Old Gen tag match.


Some other sheet news includes:

• PWI recently did some data analysis regarding WWE's and Daniel Bryan's claims about Ric Flair's title reigns being shorter than Cena's. End result was Flair's average title reign was almost 3x longer than the average Cena title reign. http://www.pwinsider.com/article/107...eigns.html?p=1
• UK newspaper The Mirror had a recent interview with Pete Dunne and revealing he will be debuting in NXT very soon. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-...-dunne-9828369
• According to the Observer, this week's RAW with Bayley's title win saw one of the largest demo drops in RAW history at least in regards to female viewers. Around 38% of teenage girls tuned out prior to the main event with Meltzer implying this was a big sign of how badly WWE has handled Bayley as a potential huge star. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...nage_girls_38/
• Brian Pillman's son announced he is starting training to become a wrestler. The goal to have a match by the 20th anniversary of his father's passing later this year. https://www.instagram.com/p/BQY2p0GBMSn/
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, the original Impact Zone used to be in the same set as the Extreme Arena for tv show Nickelodeon Guts.
• Former WWE wrestler Nicole Bass passed away today with Blue Meanie confirming the news on his Twitter account. Caused of death wasn't revealed but Bass' girlfriend revealed she had been very sick recently and her health took a turn for the worse today prior to her passing.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Hang on. Cena's first WWE Title run lasted 280 days (exactly the same length as JBL before him). But he also had that reign that lasted over a year. That's at least two.

[Emperor Smeat]

Originally Posted by Noid Hang on. Cena's first WWE Title run lasted 280 days (exactly the same length as JBL before him). But he also had that reign that lasted over a year. That's at least two.

Yeah just noticed they made a big blunder with the bottom chart. Thought at first they were just combining lengths for reigns to fit the chart or extrapolating what Cena would really have if Flair's real record was included.

Cena still has 1 reign that goes over a year but also has more that went over 3 months. His average run in actual reigns is still shorter than Flair's but they could have done a lot better job with the bottom chart.

[XL]

Originally Posted by Noid Interesting to hear about Angle wrestling. It'd be much nicer to have him versus Styles at Mania this year than Styles vs. Shane McMahon.

It'd be so easy to get to too; have AJ complaining about his treatment referring to himself as the "greatest wrestler ever" and having had a "Hall of Fame career" and have Shane bring out someone who begs to differ/definetly has a Hall of Fame career.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Interesting to hear about Angle wrestling. It'd be much nicer to have him versus Styles at Mania this year than Styles vs. Shane McMahon.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I haven't been particularly interesting in ROH lately, but that Daniels promo did make me order one of their PPVs. I'd actually find it to be quite the touching moment if he beat Adam Cole for the belt. Daniels "deserves it" as much as anybody. You can have Jay Lethal be his first opponent and that would be a great match for ROH too.

[Simple Fan]

Originally Posted by Noid I haven't been particularly interesting in ROH lately, but that Daniels promo did make me order one of their PPVs. I'd actually find it to be quite the touching moment if he beat Adam Cole for the belt. Daniels "deserves it" as much as anybody. You can have Jay Lethal be his first opponent and that would be a great match for ROH too.

Hoping Daniels wins as well. Such a great wrestler and it hard to believe he's never held a World title in ROH or TNA. Not sure how much longer the guy has left as he is pretty old. Would love to see m have a good sized run with the ROH World title before he's done.

[XL]

...and out comes Koko B. Ware.

[#1-norm-fan]

When did Bryan say that thing about Cena/Flair's title reigns? That is a CyNick-level retarded thing to say.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan When did Bryan say that thing about Cena/Flair's title reigns? That is a CyNick-level retarded thing to say.

I heard he said it on Talking Smack.

[Emperor Smeat]

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Originally Posted by Observer The wrestling world got some sad news Friday morning as it was learned George "The Animal" Steele died Thursday night at the age of 79 years old. Dave Meltzer reported Thursday that Steele (real name Jim Myers) was in hospice care.

Cause of death was revealed to be kidney failure according to the Observer.

Originally Posted by 411Mania WWE Chairman Vince McMahon has updated his Twitter, commenting on the passing of Hall of Famer George “The Animal” Steele, who passed away last night. You can read McMahon’s tribute to Steel below. George Steele was only an animal in the ring. He was one of the truly nice men in the world. #RIP pic.twitter.com/uOvnlztlOs — Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) February 17, 2017

Originally Posted by WrestleInc It was reported yesterday that Nicole Bass had passed away. The news came from her girlfriend, Kristen Marrone. However, Pro Wrestling Sheet is now reporting that Bass has not passed away, but that she will be taken off of life support today. Doctors say that she is brain dead. The site adds that Marrone posted that Bass had passed because she felt as though Bass was already gone. The report of Bass’ death was picked up by several sites last night, and was reported on due to the fact that Bass’ girlfriend Kristen Marrone had announced the news.

Suffered a massive stroke leading to her being hospitalized and then suffered a heart attack causing her to become brain dead.

Originally Posted by Observer Jeff Jarrett and Ed Nordholm, who are running TNA, met with ITV yesterday in the U.K. They were looking at a deal where Anthem would buy into the promotion and have certain roles. The goal is to make the ITV World of Sport show have television outside of the U.K.

Some more details regarding Jarrett and ITV meetings recently.

Originally Posted by Observer All Pro Wrestling will be on iPPV on Fite TV tonight from Daly City, CA with Cody Rhodes vs. Pentagon Jr. and Will Cuevas vs. Zack Sabre Jr. The show starts at 10:30 p.m. Eastern time. Jeff Cobb and Joey Ryan are also on the show. Fite TV also has a show on Sunday which is taped, with Jim Ross announcing and Jerry Lawler vs. Jeff Jarrett and Hardys vs. War Machine as the main events.

Originally Posted by Observer TNA just made a contract offer to bring back Nick "Magnus" Aldis back. The deal hasn't been completed at press time but talks are significant.

Originally Posted by Observer Impact did 325,000 viewers last night, its best number since 12/15 and up 29 percent from the prior week.

Originally Posted by PWI Charles Robinson tweeted earlier today he was getting surgery. Heading into surgery! Very excited for great results. See you soon @WWE @WWEUniverse pic.twitter.com/DckQ7Cm8YW — Charles Robinson (@WWERobinson) February 17, 2017 All done! That to @Lodi1Brad for helping me out! #TrueFriend pic.twitter.com/D7NWx66sEV — Charles Robinson (@WWERobinson) February 17, 2017

Originally Posted by PWI The Rock announced on his Instagram page that former TNA Knockout Thea "Rosita" Trinidad was joining the cast of the WWE Studios film "Fighting with My Family" to portray a Divas champion in the film based on the life of Paige's family in Great Britain:

Originally Posted by PWI Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Starz is close to picking up an eight-episode series order on the hour-long drama "Heels". The show follows two rival brothers on the independent wrestling circuit as they war over their late father’s wrestling promotion, vying for national attention in small-town Georgia is actively is being developed by Paramount TV. The project will be written by Michael Waldron and to be directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez. If the series is launched, it would be the second pro-wrestling centric series that is forthcoming, following Netflix ordering a season of GLOW, a new 80s set dramedy based on the original Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling that has filmed its first season.

Link to the report: http://deadline.com/2017/02/heels-wr...rz-1201914899/

Originally Posted by PWI Why in the blue hell is there a four-man announcer booth on Smackdown? They want Mauro to call wrestling, Tom Phillips to handle the "promotional" pushes, JBL to be the heel and they like Otunga and wanted to give him a role.

From a recent weekly Q&A session that had a question about why Smackdown has 4 announcers.

Originally Posted by Observer Lisa Varon (Victoria) just teased something on Snapchat and since we were told they were calling the women stars of the past for an idea, she would fit in that category.

More signs pointing to WWE doing something with former WWE women wrestlers at Mania this year.

Lots of horrible angles from 99-01 WCW. What's the one that sticks out to you the most that made you embarrassed to be calling it? Well, I'm not so sure where the Yeti came in - I'd have to go back and look, but yeah, that was like the worst. It was a horrible thing to call and the angle was so bad. The fingerpoke of doom was awful as well, I didn't know how to react to that. Also with Russo coming out and bashing Hogan at Bash at the Beach bothered a lot of people, but it didn't bother me at all. I've called a lot of bad Lucha six man tag matches, where they would do good stuff but wouldn't sell any of it, and those were just horrible to call. If I can piggyback, what was the most fun angle to call? Or angle that you were most impressed by? I'd have to imagine the initial Outsiders angle. I had the most fun the night of Hogan and Goldberg at the Georgia Dome. But I go back, not to beat a dead horse, but to my first show at the Garden with Hogan and Bossman. I started out with Crockett and the next thing I know I am in the WWF. I probably had more fun that day than any other day in wrestling. What, do you feel, is truly the greatest night in the history of our sport? Well, I guess for me a lot of it could be pointing out to the final Nitro. Doing Nitro become such a chore and so difficult to do for many reasons, so I was glad it was over. Personally, one of the great nights for me was my first show at the Garden, with Lord Alfred Hayes and Hogan and Bossman in a cage. For me, those are the top two. Was Scott Steiner as insane backstage as he was in the ring? Yes he was. He scared the hell out of us all the time. We never knew what he would do next. Whenever he came out to the set, and I know I can speak for Heenan and Tenay, we were scared. I'm not so sure if he was sincerely like that, or if it was part of his gimmick and he wanted us to believe it, but we believed it! Can you give us some great Dusty or Heenan stories from going down the road? You were the voice of my childhood. Thanks for everything. I love the podcast! Heenan loved to play practical jokes on all of us, and he loved to get us announcers traveling with him laughing. I remember once we were in a convenient store in Maryland and there was a line of people. We had snacks, soda, and Heenan knocked down one of the displays on the counter. He apologized and reached to try and help the lady and knocked another one down. This went on until he'd knocked down five or six things. We laughed so hard at that. For months. Any time there was something on a front desk, he would do something clumsy to knock it down, and that always made us laugh.

Highlights from a recent AMA Tony Schiavone had at r/SquaredCircle: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...ony_schiavone/


Some other sheet news includes:

• Ric Flair's newest podcast show called "Listen to the Man" was announced to be debuting next month.
• Recent episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast show had Gillberg as the guest. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/t...21_00_00-08_00
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, WWE currently spends around $885k per episode of RAW and Smackdown based on their recent financial report released. When including associated costs, it ends up being closer to $1.1 million per episode but WWE gets around $215k back. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...sode_of_rawsd/
• In another "WWE Did You Know" type fact, WWE's restaurant "The World" was such a disaster for the company it helped caused them to generate a net profit loss of $19 million when it had to be shut down in 2002/2003. Link to WWE's business history: http://i.imgur.com/DGeU1fo.png
• Vampiro revealed on Twitter he was recently promoted to be the new director of talent for Mexican promotion AAA. https://twitter.com/apolovaldes/stat...55698450317316

[Cool King]

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball Originally Posted by Observer Jeff Jarrett and Ed Nordholm, who are running TNA, met with ITV yesterday in the U.K. They were looking at a deal where Anthem would buy into the promotion and have certain roles. The goal is to make the ITV World of Sport show have television outside of the U.K.

The more Jarrett gets involved with World of Sport, the more I just think that World of Sport will basically just be "TNA UK" when it returns to television.

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball Originally Posted by PWI The Rock announced on his Instagram page that former TNA Knockout Thea "Rosita" Trinidad was joining the cast of the WWE Studios film "Fighting with My Family" to portray a Divas champion in the film based on the life of Paige's family in Great Britain:

I'm guessing Melina.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Originally Posted by Cool King The more Jarrett gets involved with World of Sport, the more I just think that World of Sport will basically just be "TNA UK" when it returns to television. I'm guessing Melina.

AJ Lee?

[Cool King]

Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon AJ Lee?

I thought that too but then I saw a photo of Rosita and noticed that she has breasts.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Originally Posted by Cool King I thought that too but then I saw a photo of Rosita and noticed that she has breasts.

AJ has breasts and it's def AJ. Scene with her winning the title. It's also on Rosita's Wiki.

@Florence_Pugh is my new favorite actress. She did a great job playing my favorite female wrestler @RealPaigeWWE. She can do the moves too! pic.twitter.com/zKAOqxOgRE

— Fernando Jay Huerto (@fernandojhuerto) February 22, 2017

[Volare]

19 million, jesus fuck that's insane.

[DaveWadding]

Originally Posted by Volare 19 million, jesus fuck that's insane.

If you look at the link, The World lost 40 million dollars total, including submarining that one year.

[Emperor Smeat]

Originally Posted by DaveWadding If you look at the link, The World lost 40 million dollars total, including submarining that one year.

Rental alone was enough to tank whatever big plans the WWE had for The World restaurant. WWE decided to have it located in one of the most expensive areas in the country for business rentals and then had the double whammy of the food getting poor reviews.

[Cool King]

I remember always really wanting to go to WWF New York/The World back when I was a kid.

[Cool King]

Searching for photos of the place gave me a photo of Tia & Tamera Mowry at WWF New York on Valentine's Day.



Why they were there, I have no idea.

[Stocky]

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball Rental alone was enough to tank whatever big plans the WWE had for The World restaurant. WWE decided to have it located in one of the most expensive areas in the country for business rentals and then had the double whammy of the food getting poor reviews.

Vince must have booked the meals

[Shadrick]

Originally Posted by Stocky Vince must have booked the meals

MAKE THE MEALS LOOK STRONG DAMMIT.

[Lock Jaw]

All worth it for that one episode of Heat where Kaientai chased ninjas

[Mr. Nerfect]

I really wish the commentary team on SmackDown was just Mauro and a color guy. I'd like to know how well Kurt Angle would do on commentary. I feel like JBL has been "played out" right now. He can do a whole bunch of other stuff (GM?).

[Droford]

Even I know they did the show Sister Sister

[Lock Jaw]

Vaguely remember a show called that

[Ruien]

It was a very popular showing for Americans growing up. Canadians didn't put black people on their tv yet though.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

SISTA SISTAAAAAAAA

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

We got it in Canada too.

Both those girls stink though.

[Sepholio]

When I was a teenager the only thing that mattered about them was zomg hot twins yusssss.

[Cool King]

Damn, I didn't expect anybody to not know them. Especially in our age group.

I thought Sister Sister was popular and well known in North America seeing as it was pretty popular over here in the 90's.

[BigCrippyZ]

Originally Posted by Cool King Damn, I didn't expect anybody to not know them. Especially in our age group. I thought Sister Sister was popular and well known in North America seeing as it was pretty popular over here in the 90's.

I think they were well known, especially among youth of the 90's. Not necessarily sure about how "popular" they were though.

[Lock Jaw]

Originally Posted by Cool King Damn, I didn't expect anybody to not know them. Especially in our age group. I thought Sister Sister was popular and well known in North America seeing as it was pretty popular over here in the 90's.

Damn..... dunno what to say..... from my POV seems like I never really heard much about the show, and don't think I ever watched it......

[EzekielKane]

Now for something less serious check out this kick ass match






White Trash Kid makes his entrance



The champion Hairy Stylez defends his gold!



White Trash Kid getting choked out by Hairy Stylez!

Enjoy!

[Emperor Smeat]

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According to rumors going around the net, Kurt Angle is currently planned to become RAW's new GM after Mania. Also for a way for Foley to take the time off needed for his hip surgery.

Also a New Authority stable in rumored to be forming by then as well.

Spoiler tags used since its related to possible post-Mania plans.

Originally Posted by Observer This Monday brought another addition to the WWE Hall of Fame with the announcement that Diamond Dallas Page would be part of its 2017 class. Rolling Stone was given the news by WWE and conducted an interview with Page. He is the fifth officially confirmed member of this year's class, joining Kurt Angle, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson of the Rock 'n' Roll Express, and Teddy Long. In the interview with Rolling Stone, Page said he got the call from WWE telling him that he would be inducted into the Hall of Fame all the way back in October. "They handed me the phone and said, 'Boss wants to talk to you,'" Page said about finding out the news. "It's HHH. I called him a couple weeks earlier and he hadn't gotten back to me yet, so I thought this was that return call. So we're talking about casual stuff, and then I start to hear him talk about my career and where I've been and how I got here, and then it hits me -- is this that call? I'm not a guy who has trouble talking, but I couldn't talk. Tears are running down the sides of my cheeks and I just said, 'Bro, I love you man.'"

Originally Posted by Observer After Shinsuke Nakamura said that he would like to face AJ Styles at WrestleMania, Styles responded on Twitter: "@ShinsukeN how's this? Sorry, but I do have a match at Wrestlemania. N fact, I'll be headlining Wrestlemania after tonight."

Originally Posted by Observer Steve Austin was backstage at last night's Raw recording an episode of his podcast with Kevin Owens.

Originally Posted by Observer The first WWN Champion will be crowned over WrestleMania weekend at the EVOLVE vs. PROGRESS Mercury Rising supershow. The champion will be determined by a multi-man elimination match featuring current or former champions from WWN promotions. Drew Galloway has been announced for the match.

Originally Posted by Observer Pete Dunne pulled out of the Preston City Wrestling shows on 2/25 and 2/26. He claimed it was due to "insensitive comments from the promoter." There was controversy with the promoter's arguing with fans who complained to him that this weekend's shows, the Kris Travis tournament isn't a benefit show for Travis, a popular and talented wrestler who died of cancer. Preston City did a benefit show for Travis in 2015. A few weeks ago, after the comments were made, Dunne said he'd donate his purse to a local cancer charity. He pulled out today but said he would still donate money to the charity. He also said that he was supposed to face Pentagon Jr. on the Saturday show in the first round of the tournament, but would now face him for Revolution Pro in Portsmouth on Friday night. Given this was to be taped for DVD release, I'm not sure how he'd have been able to be in the tournament in the first place but he claimed this had nothing to do with WWE pulling him. There were people who had expected him to pull out since the tournament was being taped for DVD release.

Originally Posted by Observer Armando Montalvo, the obsessed Lita fan who was shot in front of the Performance Center by police after he kept banging on the glass door and came at officers threatening, was denied bail. In court, he tried to claim he was the victim because he was shot. Montalvo's father noted that he was mentally ill and without medication, tends to have outbursts. He was arrested again last month outside a bar, and charged with battery. He took a vacuum hose and put one end in his pants and the other up a woman's skirt, and was arrested and held with no bond. The judge ruled he had to stay in jail until his trial.

Originally Posted by TMZ Get your Booty-O's ready ... 'cause THE NEW DAY has officially been tapped to host WrestleMania 33! It's a HUUUUGE honor -- Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods broke the news on "TMZ Live" and said they're psyched ... since they'll essentially be the faces of the biggest WWE event of the year! It all goes down in Orlando, FL on April 2 and the guys are already brainstorming ideas so they go down as the greatest WrestleMania hosts EVER ... a list that includes The Rock, John Cena and Kim Kardashian (she hosted in 2008). "Our main goal is to have as much fun as possible because if were having fun, everybody's having fun!"

Originally Posted by Observer Tamina Snuka was back with WWE last night on the SmackDown brand. She worked as a face last night teaming with Natalya, who, because they were in Edmonton, also worked as a face.

WWE announced today that Seth Rollins would return to Raw this Monday for a sit-down interview with Michael Cole, responding to Samoa Joe's attack on him several weeks back. As noted previously on PWInsider.com, Rollins has been rehabbing his MCL tear regularly in Birmingham, Alabama in hopes of being cleared to return to the ring by Wrestlemania 33, where he has been scheduled to face Triple H.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE also announced this Friday, four videos featuring Diamond Dallas Page will be added to their 'Hall of Fame: Class of 2017' collection on the WWE Network. They also announced a George 'The Animal' Steele collection will debut this Friday as well.

Originally Posted by Observer With Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson at Raw for the filming of scenes for "Fighting with My Family," there was naturally speculation that Johnson would make a surprise appearance on television. That didn't happen, but Johnson did appear twice in front of the live crowd at the Staples Center. He got on the mic before Raw went on the air, with Vince McMahon even leading him off stage at the end of the segment. Johnson came back after the conclusion of the show and before the filming of a scene where Paige (played by Florence Pugh and with Tessa Blanchard as a stunt double) wins the Divas Championship for the movie based on Paige and her family's life that Johnson's production company has partnered with WWE Studios and others on. The presence of the fictional AJ Lee (played by Thea Trinidad) for the scene inspired the Los Angeles audience to chant for CM Punk, which led to Johnson attempting to call Punk. The two ultimately weren't able to find a connection, but Punk did tweet a thank you to the crowd after Johnson left a voicemail. The rock calls @CMPunk from #wwelosangeles #raw pic.twitter.com/7q0b6a2Wqd — Josy (@josy0710) February 21, 2017 Punk also offered the explanation that it was his dog's birthday for why he didn't answer the call.

In terms of the match tapings for the film, crowd booed heavily for it.

Originally Posted by PWI For those who have asked whether WWE was behind The Rock calling CM Punk last night in the ring after Raw went off the air, that would be a resounding No. As I reported last night in the Elite section of PWInsider.com, it was simply something Rock did at the spur of the moment to pop the live crowd at the Staples Center. We heard from multiple sources that WWE management did not appear to have been happy with Rock going in that direction with his live promo to the crowd in Los Angeles. At one point, it appeared someone was sent to ringside to ask Rock to go in another direction. At another point, a fan yelled they were going to turn his mic off and Rock responded, "They better not turn off my mic."

Hahaha 2K doesn't care they didn't even bother to edit Lawler flubbing and rereading thishttps://t.co/69VmUFmJvz pic.twitter.com/jkAkc5R6SN

— It's KFG (@KungFu_Grip) February 21, 2017

Some other sheet news includes:

• Ratings and viewer numbers for RAW this week got delayed due to yesterday being a holiday.
• For those interested, the Wrestling Observer is currently holding a sale on one month subscriptions for $3.99 http://www.f4wonline.com/news/f4wonl...nly-399-202426
• ESPN had a recent interview with DDP with some topics including getting inducted into WWE's Hall of Fame and his post-wrestling career. http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/1...g-path-success
• Observer recently had an article about post-ppvs bumps since the current Brand Split started for both RAW and Smackdown. End result was RAW benefits a lot less with post-PPV bumps unless its a joint ppv while Smackdown stays pretty consistent regardless if a ppv was shown that week or not. http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/lo...ratings-230246

[Mr. Nerfect]

If we're going forward with the Wyatt Family Triple Threat and Cena & Nikki vs. Miz & Maryse, AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura would be more exciting to me than Styles vs. Shane. I do think that Styles vs. Shane will be fun and make Styles a babyface though.

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Originally Posted by Observer Monday's episode of Raw, which was headlined by Braun Strowman vs. Big Show, averaged 3.208 million viewers on the USA Network and was up four percent from last week ... This week's third hour held up better than it usually does, although there was still a decline. Raw did 3.259 million in the first hour, stayed basically even at 3.261 for hour two, and the third hour dropped three percent, to 3.127 million. The usual decline of late has been about ten percent from hour one to three.

On the bright side, the 3rd hour drop was small although RAW didn't have strong numbers to begin with and this year's Road to Mania still on track on becoming the lowest ever since the pre-Attitude Era. In terms of audience demos, female audience overall was even smaller this week going into the main event.

Originally Posted by Observer It was announced this evening that Zack Sabre Jr. would be making his New Japan Pro Wrestling debut at the promotion's 45th anniversary event on March 6th. He will face Katsuyori Shibata, with Shibata’s RPW British Heavyweight Championship on the line.

Originally Posted by Observer Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson tweeted about calling CM Punk from the ring after Raw went off the air: "I work off instinct, always listen to the people and try to give em something special. Huge positive feedback from @WWE Universe. Fun night"

Originally Posted by PWI Former WWE star April Brooks AKA AJ Lee took to Twitter today to comment on Thea Trinidad playing her in the forthcoming WWE Studios film "Fighting With My Family" after a writer for IGN.com noted how bizarre it was. The exchange is below: So bizarre hearing this song play again at a WWE event as the actress playing AJ Lee comes out to the ring to film #FightingWithMyFamily! pic.twitter.com/QU9CNfRo9d — Eric Goldman (@TheEricGoldman) February 21, 2017 @TheEricGoldman Whoa haha. I’ve never looked hotter… — AJ Mendez Brooks (@AJBrooks) February 21, 2017

Originally Posted by Observer Highspots released a free video honoring the life of Ivan Koloff.

Link to the tribute video: https://www.highspotswrestlingnetwor.../59551/feature

Originally Posted by PWI Jeff Jarrett continued his rah rah press tour for TNA in Great Britain for The Huffington Post. On the company's relationship with the UK, Jarrett said, "It’s no secret that the relationship between the Impact Wrestling audience and fans in the UK has been very prosperous over the last few years. It did fall on hard times and that’s the main reason Ed and I are here - to start back on those positive relationships. The app was launched, it was rushed to market and there was a good reason for that - because of the Challenge TV situation we wanted the fan base to have a way to stay engaged. So we’re here with multiple discussions, with multiple networks, with promotors and doing media to re-energise the relationship across all its facets."

Link to the interview: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dann..._14876242.html

Originally Posted by PWI Former WWE and TNA Producer Kevin Sullivan announced that he has returned to the company. Sullivan had been producing videos for Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling while running his own production company, KSTV, LLC, producing videos for NBC TV. Sullivan is the latest member of the GFW core staff to return to TNA following Jarrett taking over the creative process as an executive producer, following Scott D'Amore and Dutch Mantel. Sullivan announced his return via Twitter: I'm excited to be back on the @IMPACTWRESTLING team. It was great catching up and seeing everyone in the studio today #MIGA @RealJeffJarrett — Kevin Sullivan (@KevinSullyTV) February 21, 2017

Some other sheet news includes:

• For those interested, today is the last day of the Observer's sale on a month subscription for $4. http://www.f4wonline.com/news/f4wonl...nly-399-202426
• During a recent interview with TMZ Sports, New Day revealed they would like to see Conor McGregor make an appearance at Mania this year. http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/2/22...wrestling-news
• Smackdown's ratings and viewer numbers got delayed till tomorrow because of President's Day this week.