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Old 04-10-2018, 11:16 PM   #1
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Last night's Raw after WrestleMania averaged what will undoubtedly end up as its second-best number of the year with 3.90 million viewers, trailing only the 4.50 million viewers for the 25th anniversary show.

It was still the second lowest Raw after Mania show in the modern era, beating the 3.76 million number from last year. But last year's show went against the NCAA basketball championship game, so it probably would have done the same or beaten this year's number which came without that competition ...

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 4.10 million viewers
9 p.m. 4.07 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.60 million viewers
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HBO’s Andre the Giant documentary premieres at 10 p.m. Eastern tonight. The documentary has an 85-minute runtime.
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After officially announcing her retirement last night, Paige thanked everyone who has shown their support for her: “Completely overwhelmed with the love and support. Thank you everyone. Seriously means so much to me. This isn't the end though. Just the beginning of something special. #ThankYou #ThisIsMyHouse”
Link: https://twitter.com/RealPaigeWWE/sta...26702948945920

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Following his NXT Championship win, Alester Black wrote a message about suffering from anxiety and depression and said winning the title was for everyone who thinks their situation or problems with mental health are too severe to accomplish anything.
Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/BhXVhlNjQlV/

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Originally Posted by Observer
Hour two of the WrestleMania pre-show, which was also available on the WWE Network and the company’s social media platforms, averaged 762,000 viewers on the USA Network. The one-hour 2018 Hall of Fame special did 665,000 viewers on Saturday night.
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Ronda Rousey spoke to ESPN after her in-ring debut at WrestleMania, discussing how the fans have reacted to her: "I owe the WWE universe an apology, because I thought they were going to boo me out of the building from day one. They really accepted me from day one. Hopefully, I satisfied a lot of skeptics tonight. I underestimated how kind the WWE universe would be. I thought any outsiders would be shunned. I was expecting to get shunned and to have to battle to be accepted. I worked my ass off to pay respect to what's so important to them, and hopefully they saw that tonight. I'm just so grateful, man. I'm trying my best to deserve it."
Link: http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/2...ts-brought-wwe

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Originally Posted by Observer
The 100th episode of Being the Elite, titled “Finale,” was released today. The ending of Kenny Omega vs. Cody Rhodes, fallout from the match, and Marty Scurll “signing a lucrative recording contract” are featured as the show’s future is left in question.

ROH announced that Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI, and Hiromu Takahashi) will be on all four stops of their War of the Worlds tour in May. Those shows are in Lowell, Massachusetts on May 9th, Toronto on the 11th, Royal Oak, Michigan on the 12th, and Chicago on the 13th.

The Young Bucks, Hangman Page & Flip Gordon will face Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, Scorpio Sky & Shane Taylor at ROH’s show in Columbus, Ohio this coming Sunday.

ROH sent out an update on the technical issues for Supercard of Honor XII and are providing $40 Pro Shop coupons to all VIP members and $10 ones to all other subscribers.

Vader posted an update on his recovery from open heart surgery and said he wants to wrestle one more time: “Still in the hospital -Should be leaving soon to go into rehab its a long long ROAD BACK WHEN I GET BK I WILL WRESTLE ONE MORE TIME WRESTLING IS MY PASSION”

IPW UK announced a show with Pro Wrestling NOAH for September 23rd.
Elite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5C8bY_rHOA , LiJ: https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/lo...ar-worlds-tour , ROH: https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/fl...d-shane-taylor , Vader: https://twitter.com/itsvadertime/sta...94455549861888 , IPW: https://twitter.com/IPWUK/status/983390920644186112

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"Blockers," with John Cena as one of the major stars, opened this past weekend at $21.44 million, which was considered a good showing for a relatively low budget film ($21 million total budget). Cena got good reviews for the movie, which was third for the weekend behind "A Quiet Place" and "Ready Player One."
Budget wise, it was a big hit but still a sign Cena's box office drawing power is still low overall.

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Tons of New Japan people including Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Red Shoes Unno and Tiger Hattori were at WrestleMania. Rey Mysterio was at the post-WrestleMania party, as was Mickey Gall, the UFC fighter who beat C.M. Punk

Kid Rock wasn't at WrestleMania because he had to get ready for a Kid Rock cruise that leaves tomorrow.

For those who keep track of such things, Nicholas (the son of referee John Cone) in winning the tag title with Braun Strowman last night, broke Rene Dupree's record for the youngest title holder in WWE history.
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WWE has a photo gallery here of behind-the-scenes photos from last night's WrestleMania. One of the photos shows NXT talent Dan Matha, Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss in their costumes getting ready for their masked cameos in Charlotte Flair's entrance at the show.
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When speaking of wrestlers receiving a "Wrestlemania Payday" by apearring on the big stage, does that include the Kickoff Show, appearing on the panels, etc., or is it just the proper show itself?

Well, it doesn’t mean what it used to. Back before the network, they got bonuses based off of the buy rate that the show did. Now, it’s a Network special. They get a bonus based off of what the DVD sales do, but the Kickoff show hasn’t been on the DVD so those that don’t make the main show are left out.

How do you feel about the Cruiserweight Championship climaxing at Wrestlemania to only be on the pre-show? I know you've said in the past that championship matches period should be held on the main stage because of its importance. I agree and for the WWE to put the effort for a long tournament only for it to be seen by half the live audience who are still filing in and people at home who are not interested is a slap in the face. But on the other hand, the audience may see it as a bathroom break or bumper match if placed on the main card and may be better off as a kick-off match. Thoughts?

I don’t see any way that it’s a plus not being on the main show. Even if it is a pee break match, they would get a DVD bonus! I think all Title matches should be on the main show. Otherwise you tell the fans they aren’t as important as the other matches. That is why I think WWE should abandon the Kickoff show and just start the PPV an hour earlier. The pre-show should be about hype, not matches.
From PWI's weekly Q&A articles on Mania's pre-show and why WWE did a disservice to the Cruiser division.

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Bruce Prichard cleared up some "rumors and innuendo" about his newly announced "Something Else to Wrestle With" show for the WWE Network:

Prichard said shows will be uncensored video version around 60 to 90 minutes in length and no topic will be off limits. The former WWE Executive stated WWE came to them with the idea and he is not a WWE employee again. Bruce says the show will be starting really soon, sometime "in the next few weeks" with Conrad Thompson in tow. They will not be talking about the current product and will be staying with the same format talking about Prichard's experiences in the past. The normal podcast will continue on as well.

Bruce announced that he filmed a "Table for 3" with JBL and Eric Bischoff that will air in the future.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjLSf6SM2AI

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WWE held a post WrestleMania Conference call today. It should be noted that stock was down over a dollar today and rallied after the press release was released.

Michael Weitz recapped that a press released today and introduced George Barrios and Michelle Wilson.

George started by recapping the press release. He said that WrestleMania broke the record for the SuperDome’s highest grossing event. He said that Mania is a driver of subscriber growth. He said that they have reached a new high of over 2.1M. He said that based on preliminary data that the Network is up 5% in the first quarter this year vs. last. They also are advising guidance upward.

They expect to increase subscribers 8% in quarter two over last year. He said the Network is the hub for the company’s hub ...

He was asked about the status of Raw and Smackdown. He said that the engagement metric on Facebook got better and better. Are they in the rights picture and will the recent Facebook scandal with Cambridge Analytica affect that.

George said that they monitor the numbers and they were the first to do live sports on Facebook and they are happy with their numbers. He said that people are getting more used to watching via that medium. The scandal doesn’t really affect them and he said that they are watching how Facebook will handle the privacy. Michelle said that it’s also important for Facebook to get engagement for WWE’s other mediums ...

Are their any plans to tier the Network?

George thinks there is an opportunity to do that. He said they have ideas. There isn’t a launch date but it’s coming sooner rather than later.
More highlights: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...eport.html?p=1

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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Above is a short interview with Andre The Giant director Jason Hehir, who discussed seeing Andre enter the ring for the first time.

"I was immediately hooked seeing him as to who the guy was - where he's from, how big is his bed, what does he eat," Hehir recalled. "Is this a real person? How is a giant walking around amidst these other larger-than-life wrestling characters."
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyFWQRApRI0

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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Ronda Rousey has been garnering rave reviews for her performance at WrestleMania this past Sunday. Dave Meltzer stated in the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio that there is already talk in WWE of having Rousey main event next year's WrestleMania. It was also noted that WWE was interviewing women trying to get them to say that Rousey should have been in the main event of last Sunday's show.

A logical opponent for Rousey for next year's WrestleMania would be SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair.

It appears as if WWE had plans to build to a Rousey vs. Asuka match at some point. Meltzer said on the post-WrestleMania episode of Wrestling Observer Radio that when Rousey was signed, Asuka was told to do the armbar all the time. Not only did Asuka lose her undefeated streak to Charlotte this past Sunday, but Asuka was actually "banned" from using the armbar in the match.
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WWE has a new poll asking fans which WWE NXT Superstar impressed the most in their RAW debut last night. As of this writing, 55% voted for Ember Moon while 38% voted for The Authors of Pain and 7% voted for No Way Jose.

Some other sheet news includes:
  • According to PWI, this week's episode of Smackdown had the smallest crowd out of the 4 big WWE shows for Mania week.
  • IDW Entertainment announced they are partnering with Jim Cornette on the development of a wrestling related comic book. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...comic.html?p=1


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Tuesday night's SmackDown recorded the highest audience total for the show since last year's Superstar Shakeup episode and the second highest since the original draft lottery.

This week's SmackDown averaged 2.952 million viewers. The audience was up nearly 20 percent from last week, but a fairer comparison would be the 2017 post-Mania episode -- which did 2.885 million. So, this year was up two percent from that mark ...

With the two draft/shakeup episodes having been the highest rated SmackDowns since the show moved to Tuesday nights, that would indicate that next Tuesday's number could be even higher than this week's was. The 2018 Superstar Shakeup will take place on both Raw and SmackDown next week.
Helped a lot the usual competition this week for Smackdown was a lot weaker than usual.

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WWE recorded video of Mauro Ranallo during TakeOver and posted some of his reactions.

Percy Watson was announced as a new permanent fixture on the 205 Live announce team last night. Nigel McGuinness wasn’t on commentary for the show and will be back in two weeks, with it becoming a three-man booth after that.
Link to the Mauro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F77Hp0f_nME

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BEST OF THE HARDY BOYZ BREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT!!

WWE Home Video UK can exclusively reveal that WWE has worked with Impact Wrestling on Twist of Fate: Best of the Hardy Boyz.

For the first time ever, a WWE DVD release will feature footage from Impact Wrestling events, as part of The Best of the Hardy Boyz' candid look at the "Broken Universe"!

Twist of Fate: Best of the Hardy Boyz is out on DVD 30th April – don't miss this groundbreaking title!
Link: https://twitter.com/WWEHomeVideoUK/s...68571939549185

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Peyton Royce and Billie Kay are being called “The IIconics” on the main roster, though the team name is pronounced normally despite the two Is.

Bayley tweeted about Royce and Kay being called up: “When these two got signed and moved to America, they were sleeping on my apartment floor in Orlando for a few weeks until they could get their feet on the ground. So proud to see how far they’ve come, they sacrificed so much to have their moment tonight. #IIconics”
Link: https://twitter.com/itsBayleyWWE/sta...24756297715712

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Billie Kay tweeted:

I’m able to now take a breathe & soak in what happened tonight... The #IIconics have arrived at #SDLive & I couldn’t be more damn proud of us right now ??
— Billie Kay (@BillieKayWWE) April 11, 2018
Link: https://twitter.com/BillieKayWWE/sta...10013960904704

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James Ellsworth congratulated Carmella on her SmackDown Women’s Championship win: “I’m in tears, you did it girl! Congratulations @CarmellaWWE Forever my friend who is a girl .. #SDLive”
Link: https://twitter.com/realellsworth/st...75014436048897

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Originally Posted by Observer
Triple H tweeted out his usual post-debut pictures with Ember Moon, No Way Jose, and The Authors of Pain from Monday’s Raw, along with photos with Bobby Lashley and Nicholas.
Link for the last picture: https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/984172347417616385

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Originally Posted by Observer
Cody Rhodes wished his brother a happy 49th birthday: “Happy Birthday @Goldust. A truly kind and loving soul! His career & body-of-work is spellbinding and he isn't done yet. I love you and am very proud of you. Although I complained the entire time, he is undoubtedly my favorite tag-team partner and I'll have his back always.”
Link: https://twitter.com/CodyRhodes/statu...59614836015104

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Rusev posted after his Greatest Royal Rumble casket match with The Undertaker was announced: “Bury me softly, Brother”
Link: https://twitter.com/RusevBUL/status/984122489818107904

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Angelico and Jack Evans both announced their departures from Lucha Underground.

Daisuke Sekimoto will be facing Shota Umino at NJPW’s Lion’s Gate Project show on May 15th. The Lion’s Gate shows usually feature young lions, outsiders from other promotions, and some of NJPW’s older veterans.

The Young Bucks challenging for The Briscoes’ Tag Team titles, Six-Man Tag Team Champions Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky vs. Cody Rhodes, Hangman Page & Marty Scurll in a non-title match, and Dalton Castle & The Boys vs. The Kingdom have been added to the lineup for ROH’s TV tapings in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Flip Gordon will also challenge for Silas Young’s TV title.
LU: https://twitter.com/JackEvans711/sta...77003517546496 & https://twitter.com/AngelicoAAA/stat...8061697695745?, NJPW: https://twitter.com/njpw1972/status/983903958988013568

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"Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" has now become Sony's highest grossing domestic film surpassing the original Sam Raimi "Spiderman" from 2002.
For some reference, Rock's film went head-to-head against Cena's Ferdinand film and Star Wars: The Last Jedi last year.

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Our own Glenn Rubenstein of the Wrestling Inc. podcast posted a tweet noting how great if would be if WWE brought back Talking Smack with Paige filling in for Daniel Bryan. Renee Young emphatically agreed, asking WWE to "please please" make this happen, as seen below:

Can you imagine if the @WWE brought back TALKING SMACK with @RealPaigeWWE and @ReneeYoungWWE co-hosting on the @WWENetwork?#BRINGBACKTALKINGSMACK#SDLive @WrestlingInc pic.twitter.com/2Md6aPJqZh
— Glenn Rubenstein (@GlennRubenstein) April 11, 2018


Holy. Hell. Please please please @WWE can we make this happen?! ???? https://t.co/Q7RuHo9bMF
— Renee Young (@ReneeYoungWWE) April 11, 2018
Links: https://twitter.com/GlennRubenstein/...61077598339073 , https://twitter.com/ReneeYoungWWE/st...61239519547392

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WWE has a new poll asking fans what was the most shocking moment from the post-WrestleMania 34 SmackDown. As of this writing, 39% voted for Paige being named the SmackDown General Manager while 33% voted for Carmella cashing in to become the new SmackDown Women's Champion, 20% voted for Shinsuke Nakamura interrupting the Daniel Bryan vs. WWE Champion AJ Styles non-title match and the rest voted for the debut of The Iconic Duo.




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Whether this happens or not remains to be seen but there is a pitch for Wyatt to turn on Matt Hardy and then be the leader of the Sanity group

Spoiler tags used since its related to potential plans for the Woken Bray storyline.

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Fox 8 in New Orleans reported that a UK tourist with the measles attended last Friday’s WWE Hall of Fame ceremony before being hospitalized on Saturday. The Louisiana Department of Health is notifying other attendees, along with people who were on his flight to the city.

Triple H noted that NXT TakeOver: New Orleans was the most viewed TakeOver special in history.

Continuing the storyline where Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn are fired from WWE, Kevin Steen’s Pro Wrestling Tees store has reopened.

Naomi responded to receiving racial abuse on Twitter: “I deal with negativity and racism like this on a daily basis but I don’t allow it to bring me down I encourage others who are experiencing the same or any type of bullying to be strong stay positive & not let the actions of others change who you are #feeltheglow”
FOX: https://twitter.com/AllenHenry/statu...44070661984259 , Louisiana: http://www.fox8live.com/story/379395...lth-department , Triple H: https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/984552823001100290 , Owens: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/steen , Naomi: https://twitter.com/NaomiWWE/status/984237640546508801

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Chuck Carroll of CBS Local Sports reported that Tenille Dashwood and ROH are working on agreeing to a long-term contract. Dashwood is currently working on a short-term deal.

Scott D’Amore of Impact Wrestling wrote about footage from Impact being part of WWE’s upcoming Hardys DVD: “We keep saying it over and over, ‘when companies work together the fans win!’ Congrats to @wwe, @IMPACTWRESTLING, and @MATTHARDYBRAND for putting the fans 1st”

Jake Hager, the former Jack Swagger, will be debuting for MLW soon.

IPW UK announced James Ellsworth vs. Jimmy Havoc for their show in Milton Keynes on May 2nd.
ROH: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/04/...nor-interview/ , Impact: https://twitter.com/ScottDAmore/stat...37382073618432 , Swaggie: https://twitter.com/runninjay/status/984579121463296000 , IPW UK: https://twitter.com/IPWUK/status/984472828350205953

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WWE applied to trademark "Global Localization" on 4/7, with the following description:

"Entertainment services, namely, a show about professional wrestling; entertainment services, namely, the production and exhibition of professional wrestling events rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; providing information in the fields of sports and entertainment via an online community portal; providing a website in the field of sports entertainment; fan club services, namely, organizing and staging events with wrestling fan club members; providing online newsletters in the field of sports entertainment; online journals, namely, blogs in the fields of sports entertainment; business development; entertainment services, namely, development and distribution of talent and content"
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The script for WrestleMania and production meeting for the main event was for Reigns to pin Lesnar after bouncing off the ropes and hitting a fifth spear in the match. Instead, he came off the ropes, and Lesnar picked him up, hit a sixth F-5 in the match, and got the pin.

The referee, Chad Patton, was tipped off while inside the ring at the start of the match. He was told, but not exactly told. When they were all in the ring, Lesnar said to him something along the lines of, make sure to count three when the shoulders are down, which he never would have needed to say if Lesnar was getting pinned after a bunch of spears as everyone was told. It’s somewhat similar to the story of Lesnar’s win over Undertaker four years ago, where the ref’s instructions were to count the pin and that it was the job of the wrestlers to get their shoulders up. Michael Hayes, who laid out the match with Lesnar, Reigns and Heyman, reportedly was not told and they laid the match out with a finish set up with Reigns winning after several spears.

When it was over, everyone was shocked, but they knew it was an F-5 and Reigns didn’t kick out, and it was clear Lesnar didn’t go into business or go against the script. Still, when Lesnar hit the Gorilla position, he did throw the belt at Vince McMahon and it hit the wall, and there were a few words said. There were explanations given as to why Lesnar was mad, but it could very well have just been that they were working the people backstage, although the story being told is Vince was not aware nor expecting it, and obviously, Shane McMahon wasn’t. Lesnar and Heyman continued walking to the back and got in their SUV and were driven off. Shane McMahon, who didn’t know anything, was furious at what he perceived as an attempt to intimidate his father, and did go after them, but they were already gone and there was no confrontation. The belief is that Lesnar didn’t even know Shane went after him until they got word much later, long after he was gone, from people who were there watching Shane take off.

McMahon and Reigns both agreed to allow Lesnar to give the elbows to the head and draw the hardway juice. Given the lumps on his head the next day, he took real shots, and if they did a secret pre-existing blade job, it would be one cut, not two, and it would be a clean cut, rather than an ugly cut that comes from an elbow shot ...
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As of 4/9, the WWE Network was at 1,808,000 total subscribers and and also had 316,000 free subscribers based on the strong free push on television. Both are worldwide numbers, not domestic. Because the splits weren’t announced, right now there is no way to know if the increase from last year is primarily new markets, or existing markets like the US ...

There are two things to note. There were a ton of gimmicks done over the past three months to build up the paid numbers, by offering 99 cents, $1.99, $2.99 and $9.99 total offers at different times for three months. Those subscribers are listed as paid. Really, until August, when you can compare revenues from the first two quarters, you really don’t know what this means other than to those not delving into things are looking at it closer, it is a nine percent increase in paid subscribers,
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The 4/7 ROH show drew a paid attendance of 5,879 fans, sold out several days in advance, and had more than 6,000 in the building, breaking the company attendance record of 3,500 set in Lakeland, FL, over last year’s WrestleMania weekend for a Young Bucks vs. Hardys ladder match.
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WWE announced they will be broadcasting two U.K. shows live, on 6/18 and 6/19, at Royal Albert Hall in London, which holds about 4,000 fans and was the big venue for wrestling in the 60s. This will be the first WWE U.K. shows since the original tournament for the title, and will crown the first WWE King of the Ring since 2015. It is believed it will be an eight-man tournament of U.K. contracted wrestlers.

This comes on the heels of ITV is making noises of starting something again, and two sources have said that they've told wrestlers they have under contract they are looking at doing a taping as soon as next month. Whenever that happens, WWE gets aggressive in the market and that happened again this time. Talent under ITV contract has been told about plans for May, with the idea of taping ten one-hour television shows over a three-day span. Nothing else has been said to the talent, and there have been a number of plans and things said about the ITV television deal that have never come to fruition.

There is the belief a lot of new U.K. talent will be looked at and some will be signed in May after tryouts take place the next European tour, and that WWE is close to its own television deal for the U.K. version of the product and that this tournament will be the start of regular tapings and not just a one-time deal, and that they would then run regular tapings and perhaps shows.

Those in the U.K. feel the scene is going to be changing very soon, with WWE more aggressive if ITV starts, and the U.K. talent under WWE being more restricted what groups they can work for. Time will tell how this all shakes up as WWE in the U.K. up to this point has been more open about their contracted talent working places other than Progress and ICW, where they have financial ties, which is a different m.o. than the old WWE would do. Still, the belief is WWE strongly wants to control the top tier of the indie side and be the only people with television.

There is also the logical situation of WWE running on ITV, as ITV has been looking for a promotional partner. WWE can supply the biggest name talent and it would be fantastic local exposure. The question becomes whether or not Sky has exclusivity on WWE in the market through its deal expiring at the end of 2019.
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Orlando is making a play to once again host WrestleMania soon, after doing so in 2008 and 2017. Orange County, Florida’s tourist development sports incentive committee ha requested a $1 million increase in resort taxes in the city (fees added to sales of hotels, motels or other short-term sales that go to Visit Orlando, the area’s tourism and marketing agency) to use to bring back WrestleMania in either 2023 or 2025
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Heyman did a talk show on 4/6 in New Orleans, and both Jim Ross and Rob Van Dam showed up with him. There is talk of him doing more like this. The most interesting story is that he said he was going to return to WWE television prior to the 2002 WrestleMania to manage Chris Benoit, and not Brock Lesnar. He said in the weeks before, he had been giving Lesnar advice claiming that the agents at the time were clueless and saw Lesnar as being someone like the Warlord, a big powerhouse and were wanting to him to that kind of a stand there and do power moves style. He said that Vince then put him with Lesnar instead. It should be noted that at the time of the 2002 WrestleMania, that was when Benoit was out of action with neck surgery and he didn't return until two months after WrestleMania.

This led to a guy in the crowd screaming something positive about Benoit and Heyman jumped on him, saying that three people died due to Benoit and two of them had no choice in the matter. Then someone shouted it was CTE and Heyman said that was irrelevant to this discussion. He said as a performer, Benoit was great. As a human being he was not, "so f*** him." It should be noted that while Heyman was at one point a teacher to Chris Benoit, he was very close with both Nancy Benoit and her sister Sandra and was probably the closest person in the wrestling community that I know of to Sandra
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Regarding merchandise sales, Cena is still far and away No. 1. Styles and Reigns right now duel for the No. 2 spot so Styles is probably making a ton of money right now. The New Day are also very strong performers in that regard and guys like Balor, Rollins and Strowman also do very well
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Another note at WrestleMania is that a number of women wrestlers were sitting together and a large drunk fan during the Rousey match started saying very disrespectful things about Rousey and women in general. Kay Lee Ray got in his face and started yelling at him for disrespecting women and that she wasn't going to stand for it. The drunk fan sat down and didn't say another word about Rousey or women. Later in the show, the fan started swearing in an argument with a friend and Ray got in his face again to tell him there were children right there. The guy then sat down and went quiet and shortly after left the area
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The top ten most-watched shows on the network this past week were: 1. WrestleMania; 2. NXT Takeover New Orleans; 3. WWE Hall of Fame; 4. NXT Takeover preshow; 5. WrestleMania's Greatest Moments; 6. WWE Chronicle: Shinsuke Nakamura; 7. Ride Along with Bobby Roode, A.J. Styles, Jinder Mahal and Sunil Singh; 8. WrestleMania 2017; 9. WWE 24 Empowered; 10. Royal Rumble 2018. With all the Mania stuff, the Mixed Match Challenge final match was 11th, the NXT TV show for 4/4 was 14th and 205 Live this past week didn't even crack the top 20
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John Cena recently appeared on Popcorn with Peter Travers to promote his new "Blockers" movie. It was noted that Cena is "giving some serious throught to what comes next in his career after wrestling."

"The fact that I've been able to do it at the pace that I have for 16 years, that's not your regular statistic," Cena told Travers. "That falls into like the Tom Brady category. I'm not supposed to be where I am anyway. So I don't know when it's all going to end."
Link: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/ww...ry?id=54368040

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WWE has a new poll asking fans which recent WWE NXT alumni will be the first to win a title on RAW or SmackDown. As of this writing, 49% voted for The Authors of Pain while 38% voted for Ember Moon, 9% for Peyton Royce & Billie Kay and just 3% for No Way Jose.
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DK Publishing and WWE sent word that the "WWE RAW: The First 25 Years" book will be released on Tuesday, May 15th, 2018. The hardcover book will feature 200 pages and will be priced at $25.00 but you can pre-order it through Amazon at a cheaper price by clicking here. Vince McMahon wrote the foreword for the book. Below is the cover art and the official press release:

Relive all the best moments of Monday Night Raw, from the very first show in January 1993 to the 25th anniversary episode in 2018, in DK's newest WWE title, WWE Raw The First 25 Years. Discover all the memorable matches, key events, and shocking plot twists, presented month by month and year by year, making it easy for fans to find their favorite eras and episodes. Incredible photography from WWE's official archives takes you back in time to showcase all the action as it happened. Superstars are profiled in detail, including Brock Lesnar, John Cena, The New Day, Charlotte, Sting, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Nikki Bella, and many, many more. "Elsewhere in WWE" boxes describe key events from other WWE events, such as Smackdown and WrestleMania, giving a comprehensive picture of the WWE universe. A must?have for RAW fans old and new. With never?before?seen shots, profiles of popular Superstars, and iconic quotes throughout, WWE Raw The First 25 Years is the ultimate guide to WWE's flagship show.

Some other sheet news includes:
  • WWE announced they will be holding an investors meeting on May 3rd focusing on the current fiscal year's first quarter results and data. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...-2018.html?p=1
  • According to the Observer, WWE is currently considering the idea of inducting Bam Bam Bigelow into their Hall of Fame next year. The main reason would be due to Mania 35 occurring in New Jersey and last minute contract issues with his family prevented him from being inducted this year.
  • In what might be the first time ever, Dave Meltzer gave two 5-star ratings for a WWE show last week. Both the N.A. Ladder Match and Gargano-Ciampa from TakeOver: New Orleans received the special honors from him.
  • TMZ Sports had a recent interview with Jeff Jarrett talking about his induction into WWE's Hall of Fame. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...on-at-the-wwe/
  • The NWA recently teased they will be participating in Cody's upcoming All-In event. https://twitter.com/ALL_IN_2018/stat...49761420783616


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Am I the only one who gets uncomfortable with hard-way blood in modern WWE? Seriously, just use a fucking blade and don't tell people shit about it. Lol at Shane trying to confront Brock.
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This may not happen, but the name that has been mentioned to me by a few people that they are debating bringing up imminently is Velveteen Dream. There are differing schools of thought on it.

Spoiler tag used since it could be a potential surprise for next week's Superstar Shakeup episodes.

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Following a dip last Thursday, Impact Wrestling ratings were back on track for this week's episode.

The show averaged 381,000 viewers on Pop TV and did a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demo. That's up from last week's 294,000 viewers and 0.06 rating, which had competition in the first hour from a special on the greatest moments in WrestleMania history that aired on the USA Network.
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A six-man tag match is set for the first of WWE's two United Kingdom Championship tournament shows at Royal Albert Hall in June.

WWE revealed today that British Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate & Trent Seven) will be teaming together to face the Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong) on night one. Strong turned against Dunne at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans, joining Undisputed Era and allowing the group to retain their Tag Team titles.
Link: http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/article...hall-june-2018

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Weiss Wrestling Promotions is putting some of the footage they have joint rights to on sale. The new owners will have the rights to sell the footage of license its usage. In some cases, some royalties, based on the original contract, will have to be paid to the original promoter. The matches they are putting for sale are Killer Kowalski vs. Luis Martinez, Verne Gagne vs. Mad Dog Vachon from the Montreal Forum and others.
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All the Rusev stuff is storyline.
This is in regards to speculation about him being pulled from Taker match at the Saudi Rumble show.

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IPW UK is running a women's show on 4/27 in Caterbury, England called GRL with Xia Brookside vs. Kay Lee Ray.

Jim Cornette and IDW Limited are doing a 60 page graphic novel together with Cornette stories. There will be a Kickstarter fundraiser that starts on 4/17 to 5/10 for "Jim Cornette Presents: Behind the Curtain - Real Pro Wrestling Stories."

Al Snow, Bully Ray and Velvet Sky were announced for the House of Hardcore tour of Australia in July.

Pro Wrestling Revolver on 5/5 in West Des Moines, IA at he Val Air Ballroom with Penta 0M vs. Jimmy Jacobs, Tommy Dreamer vs. Jake Manning in a hardcore match plus Sami Callihan, Dave & Jake Crist and Shane Strickland.
Cornette: http://www.comicsbeat.com/jim-cornet...ies-to-comics/

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Former UFC women's bantamweight champion and WWE breakout star Ronda Rousey will work four dates on the company's upcoming European tour.

Announced by WWE on Friday morning, Rousey will wrestle on May 16th in Geneva, Switzerland, May 17th in Vienna, Austria, May 18th in Turin, Italy, and May 19th in Paris, France. Opponent(s) were not named.

Even before WrestleMania, the 31-year-old was booked for the company's Madison Square Garden house show on July 7th.

The entire WWE European tour will consist of 13 dates.
Link: http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/article...urope-may-2018

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Wrestling DVD Network has reported that next month's release of WWE's Wrestlemania 34 DVD will not include the 2018 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony due to the long runtimes of both shows, but will include the day after Mania episode of Monday Night Raw.

The Hall of Fame has been included in every Wrestlemania DVD release since Mania 21 in 2005.

The website also reports tht the Mania DVD will feature all three matches from the Kickoff Show (which were missing from the United States version of the DVD last year) and the Blu-Ray version will contain material from the Smackdown after Wrestlemania as well.
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Destiny Wrestling announced the following via their Twitter account:

Breaking News - Sun June 3rd Destiny presents its next LIVE show

Zero Fear and its an @IMPACTWRESTLING TV taping One Night Only

and already signed the one and only @PENTAELZEROM

more details coming soon! pic.twitter.com/eGcPjB1yy9
— Destiny Wrestling (@DestinyWrestle) April 13, 2018
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They used Josh Matthews, Impact's lead announcer, with Matt Striker, Lucha Underground's lead announcer. The show drew 1,400 fans, a near sellout, and they were hot. At first the crowd was anti-Impact, as early mentions of Impact were booed and mentions of Lucha Underground were cheered. It's one thing for Matthews to be booed, since he plays a heel character even though he's the lead announcer (largely because efforts to bring back Mike Tenay didn't work out and Jeremy Borash left to work for NXT). But they also booed McKenzie Mitchell, Impact's backstage interviewer, since she was from there.
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WWE was scouting Shimmer on 4/7 for the tournament and future signings. Tessa Blanchard was said to be the standout. She was one of the best women in the Mae Young Classic, so they know about her and obviously there is a reason they didn't sign her after initially showing interest last year. Blanchard even cut a promo on an indie show a few months ago and talked about attitude issues that people were saying. She's still young and at this point she has the look and charisma and real star potential, not to mention the last name and second generation aspects that they like. The other women who stood out on the show like Mercedes Martinez were also in last year's tournament
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Basically, the decision to go with Cena vs. Undertaker was made months ago. At some point they realized that Undertaker couldn’t do a match of any length. That was the catalyst for the build being what it was, because they wanted everyone to know Undertaker would be there against Cena, but downplay the idea it was one of the biggest matches on the show as people would expect it to be with a normal build.
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This may mean nothing so far in advance, but does indicate it was at least the plan at some point, but there is advertising already out in the Pittsburgh market for the 7/15 Extreme Rules PPV show listing Styles vs. Nakamura vs. Corbin as the main event for the WWE title. It should be noted that of all the non-main event talent in WWE right now, Vince is still highest on Corbin as a future major player. Then again, coming off WrestleMania last year, the idea was to give Corbin his new music and go heavy with him, and they didn’t pull that trigger.
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Katsuya Kitamura, 32, the 2017 Wrestling Observer Rookie of the Year and a wrestler considered the Japanese version of Brock Lesnar, may no longer be with the company.

Kitamura has been out of action for five weeks. His last match was on 3/4 in Tsukuba, teaming with Manabu Nakanishi, losing to Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano. He apparently suffered a concussion in that match and hasn’t wrestled since.

There are reports that he’s out of action with a concussion and his career is over. Those within the company have said that the concussion is a cover reason and it was another as yet undisclosed reason why he is not expected back.
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While FOX and NBC Universal are both well known for having interest in WWE, there is talk WWE could also end up with separate deals, like in the past when Smackdown was on UPN and later CW while Raw was on USA. The WWE package right now has far more interest than it did five years ago when the last set of negotiations took place. The timing of signing Ronda Rousey couldn't have been better because we keep hearing her name in regard to the talks. There would have been interest because WWE's ratings over the last year haven't declined (after big declines in prior years) and in television, that's considered a great product where television ratings are staying even.
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A new DVD set on WWE Champion AJ Styles is set to be released later this year, according to WrestlingDVDNetwork.com. There had been speculation on the set featuring a documentary but WDN notes that it will likely include a match compilation of AJ's best matches since debuting with WWE in 2016. As noted earlier this month, a WWE 365 special on Styles will be premiering on the WWE Network soon as well.
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WWE has a new poll asking fans which brand Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens should go to. As of this writing, 59% voted for NXT while 34% voted for RAW and 7% voted for SmackDown.
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WWE recently filed to trademark the "Colin Cassady" name. This is the ring name that Big Cass used before they shortened it, indicating a potential change for his return. Cass should be returning to the ring soon after undergoing knee surgery back in August of 2017. It was reported then that he would be out for 9 months.

Some other stuff includes:
  • According to reports, WWE's Greatest Royal Rumble event will be the first ever sporting or entertainment event in Saudi Arabian history to not have men and women be segregated in the crowd.
  • According to the Observer, Chavo Guerrero Jr. suffered a triceps injury during last week's Impact vs Lucha Underground event in New Orleans.
  • CBS Sports had a recent interview with Emma/Tenille Dashwood talking about Daniel Bryan's in-ring return, how she got signed by ROH, and being involved in another women's movement in wrestling. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...leared-by-wwe/
  • Recent episode of E&C's Pod of Awesomeness show had Christian talk about the lackluster crowd reaction to Styles-Nakamura and experiencing a similar occurrence during his feud with Randy Orton. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...mura-received/


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Was there ever anymore on the Vince/Brock backstage argument post WM main event?
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I'm willing to bet he was just pissed off that Vince has done such a shit jobbing getting the crowd to care about his alleged top star at all.
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The Superstar Shakeup edition of Raw continued the show's strong numbers, doing 3.62 million viewers.
While the number was down 11 percent from last week's Raw after WrestleMania, it was up six percent from last year's Superstar Shakeup show that did 3.42 million viewers ...

Next week will be a strong gauge as to where things are really at, but based on trends, the record lows that took place last year during the NBA playoffs are not likely to be repeated this year, although ratings will decline as they get deeper into the playoffs ...

The three hours were:
8 p.m. 3.63 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.75 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.48 million viewers
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With The Miz moving back to SmackDown in the Superstar Shakeup, WWE has already announced a few matches where he'll be facing Daniel Bryan.
Miz vs. Bryan is set for three house shows on WWE's tour of the United Kingdom next month. Those events are in Liverpool on May 16th, Newcastle on the 17th, and Sheffield on the 18th.
Link: https://twitter.com/WWEUK/status/986307692380729344

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While he'll be using a different name this time, the former Chris Hero is headed back to PROGRESS Wrestling for one of their biggest weekend's of the year.
PROGRESS announced NXT's Kassius Ohno as the latest entrant for this year's Super Strong Style 16 tournament today. It will take place at Alexandra Palace in London on May 5-7, with the winner receiving a future title shot.

As Hero, Ohno also appeared in the 2016 edition of Super Strong Style 16. He lost to Tommy End (now Aleister Black) in the semifinals.

This won't be the first time that Ohno has wrestled for a WWE-friendly promotion since returning to NXT. He made an appearance for ICW last September and was defeated by Joe Coffey.

With one more entrant still to be announced, Pete Dunne, Keith Lee, Zack Sabre Jr., Doug Williams, Angelico, Mark Andrews, Flash Morgan Webster, Chuck Mambo, Chris Brookes, Jordan Devlin, Joey Janela, TK Cooper, David Starr, Tyler Bate, and Ohno make up the field for this year's Super Strong Style 16. Travis Banks won the tournament in 2017 and went on to win the PROGRESS Championship from Dunne.
Link: https://twitter.com/ThisIs_Progress/...04603347144704

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Tuesday night’s HBO documentary on Andre the Giant did 931,000 viewers and was the most-watched HBO documentary in 15 years. The special has received lots of praise and I would imagine will open the door for more wrestling themed documentaries between HBO / Bill Simmons and the WWE for the right subject.
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After he missed last week’s 205 Live episode and NXT television tapings, Nigel McGuinness revealed that his significant other gave birth to their daughter. McGuinness won’t return to TV until April 24th, and he thanked WWE for their support: “Thanks to everyone for the congrats and well wishes. And to everyone at WWE for their understanding and support. Feel truly blessed.”
Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/BhigV-JH...cguinnessnigel , https://twitter.com/McGuinnessNigel/...04233271066625

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Dakota Kai wrote about Nixon Newell debuting for WWE at last night’s NXT house show in Venice: “Being sidelined for 10 months is something I can’t even begin to imagine, even more so when it’s stopping you from fully committing to a passion. I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for you and to do it by your side is the greatest feeling @NixonNewell #FlyKicks.” Newell teamed with Kai against Vanessa Borne & Reina Gonzalez and used her real name (Steffanie Newell) for the match. She was supposed to be in last summer’s Mae Young Classic but suffered a torn ACL before the tournament.
Link: https://twitter.com/DakotaKai_WWE/st...87875108114432

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WWE put out an “unreleased entrance video” for former Raw Tag Team Champion Nicholas.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqq1ShFPdCA

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After ROH posted a list of his five greatest matches for them, Daniel Bryan acknowledged it on Twitter and wrote that he was proud of them all.
Link: https://twitter.com/WWEDanielBryan/s...20452995866624

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Rich Swann made a surprise return to CZW and entered their Best of the Best tournament tonight. Swann had previously canceled all of his scheduled bookings and hasn’t wrestled since his domestic battery arrest last December, though the charges were dismissed earlier this year due to it being determined that there was insufficient evidence to sustain a conviction. Swann and WWE “mutually agreed to part ways” after the charges were dismissed.

With Nick Aldis retaining against Colt Cabana, the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship was defended in China for the first time.

As expected based on what happened Thursday, MLW champion Shane Strickland will make his first title defense against Pentagon Jr. on the 5/3 TV tapings in Orlando at Gilt Nightclub. Their TV show debuts on Friday night on Bein Sports.

Defy Wrestling on 5/4 in Missoula, MT at the MASC Studios has Flip Gordon vs. Matt Riddle.
Swann: https://twitter.com/Jocay19/status/985310340316581888 , NWA: https://twitter.com/nwa/status/985190743458299904

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Two more wrestlers from Lucha Underground will be in action at Impact Wrestling's Redemption pay-per-view.

Impact announced today that Aerostar vs. Drago is set for this coming Sunday, advertising it as being "brought to you by our partners Lucha Underground." Aerostar & Drago teamed with King Cuerno at Impact vs. LU in New Orleans earlier this month. defeating Andrew Everett, Dezmond Xavier & DJ Z in a six-man tag match.

Cuerno (as El Hijo Del Fantasma), Xavier, and DJ Z will be involved in a six-way match at Redemption, which also includes Brian Cage, Taiji Ishimori, and Trevor Lee.

Redemption takes place at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida on Sunday. Here's the updated card:
  • Impact World Champion Austin Aries defending against Pentagon Jr. and Fenix in a triple threat match
  • Knockouts Champion Allie defending against Su Yung
  • Eddie Edwards, Moose & Tommy Dreamer vs. Sami Callihan & OVE (Dave & Jake Crist) in a House of Hardcore match
  • X Division Champion Matt Sydal defending against Petey Williams
  • Impact Tag Team Champions LAX (Santana & Ortiz) defending against Eli Drake & Scott Steiner
  • Aerostar vs. Drago
  • Brian Cage vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. DJ Z vs. El Hijo Del Fantasma vs. Trevor Lee vs. Dezmond Xavier
Link:http://impactwrestling.com/aerostar-...at-redemption/

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Chris Jericho was on the StillRealToUs.com podcast and regarding New Japan, said: "Yeah, you know it was a good idea. It was good when it happened. We had a blast, but sometimes things just don't work out. New Japan was a lot of fun. Not to say that I wouldn't go back there again but as of right now, our relationship is pretty much finished at this point."
Link: http://stillrealtous.com/exclusive-c...-future-plans/

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Jushin Thunder Liger will be returning to Ring of Honor next month.

ROH announced on their website today that Liger will be a part of the upcoming War of the Worlds tour, the annual ROH tour where New Japan and ROH talent face off against each other. ROH said that Liger will be on all four stops of the tour. Along with Liger, all four members of Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, BUSHI, EVIL and Hiromu Takahashi) have been signed for the tour.

Liger hasn’t competed for Ring of Honor in North America since 2016, taking part in their Final Battle 2016 tour. He lost to Silas Young on that show and also lost to Jay Lethal in a match taped for television.

War of the Worlds will start on May 9 in Lowell, Massachusetts. It will continue in Toronto, Canada on May 11, May 12 in Royal Oak, Michigan and will culminate on May 13 in Chicago, Illinois. No matches have been announced as of this writing.
Link: https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/ju...ar-worlds-tour

[QUOTE=PWI]Ring of Honor announced the following:

Sho and Yoh, Roppongi 3K, make their Ring of Honor return in Lowell, MA as part of the War of the Worlds Tour! The team spent much of 2016 and 2017 on a learning excursion in the United States with ROH and return nearly a year after achieving several career milestones and becoming one of the best teams in the world![/PWI]

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Several readers in Great Britain have noted that Impact Wrestling's weekly TV series, which airs on Spike UK, is not listed to air in that country in the coming weeks after a year of the series running on the network.

In checking with Impact sources, PWInsider.com is told that the company is currently in negotiations to stay on the network. Negotiations were postponed due to scheduling issues on each side due to the recent MIP conference, so they are behind in completing the deal. Impact sources noted the discussions are expected to be completed shortly.
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WWE Network News is reporting that the first episode of "Something Else to Wrestle With" with Conrad Thompson and Bruce Prichard will actually debut on the streaming service on demand this Wednesday. The first topic of the new show Wrestlemania 14.
Link: http://www.wwenetworknews.com/2018/0...opic-revealed/

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AL.com has an interview with Conrad Thompson talking about "Something Else to Wrestle With" coming soon to WWE Network. On the series, Thompson commented, "It's going to go one of two ways. They're going to love us and renew us beyond the initial 13 weeks, and we'll be the hottest thing on the network besides the pay-per-view. Or we're going to go four episodes and they're going to can us because we're getting way out of our lane. And I'm OK with either one of those. The idea was never 'Let's start a podcast and maybe we can do a video version on the network.' The idea was always to do whatever we can to grow the podcast. It's all a way to grow the podcast. As crazy as it sounds, that's our goal here. We're not looking at this network video show as 'Hey, we made it,' some sort of weird validation. We're hoping that this becomes a feeder system."
Link: http://www.al.com/entertainment/inde...ng_conrad.html

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Smash Wrestling also announced that Walter was coming for their July 15th show in Toronto at The Phoenix and Tessa Blanchard would be working for the group on August 26th. Matt Riddle is scheduled for their upcoming June 3rd series of shows as they will run an afternoon event at 3 pm and an evening show at 7 pm with a one-day tournament.
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This was very interesting, because originally Asuka was going to win with a Carmella cash-in. Carmella was going to lose and the big match they were going to build to was Asuka vs. Ronda Rousey. Now you may have heard me promote that I believe personally the biggest match they could do is Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte. And they finally came around to that opinion at some point in the past few weeks.

I don’t know exactly when but it was around the time Asuka stopped using the armbar that they made the decision that Charlotte was going to go over and end the streak and be the person and Vince lost faith in Asuka as that top woman to face Ronda Rousey. So that’s essentially what happened.
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Ronda Rousey paid tribute to Roddy Piper on what would have been his 64th birthday: “Happy Birthday to the Legend, my Hero and Inspiration, Rowdy Roddy Piper. You are sorely missed and always remembered”
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A press conference for All In will take place at Pro Wrestling Tees’ store in Chicago on May 13th at 1 p.m. local time. Cody Rhodes, Brandi Rhodes, The Young Bucks, Marty Scurll, Hangman Page, and Tessa Blanchard are featured on the imaging for the event, which will include “several talent/match announcements, surprises, ticket info, Starrcast info, and charity info.” The first 50 fans who arrive will be allowed to attend the press conference, with it streaming live on Twitch and Facebook for everyone else.
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On 4/12, WWE applied to register "Woken Warrior" for merchandising purposes, obviously relating to the "Woken" Matt Hardy character.

Also on 4/12, CMLL owner Paco Alonso applied for a US trademark for Mistico. This could be due to the "Heroes of Lucha Libre" promotion trying to trademark Mistico back in February.

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  • Recent episode of the Edge & Christian podcast show had Aleister Black as the guest. https://art19.com/shows/ecs-pod-of-a...4-de48465d5939
  • CZW is currently dealing with backlash from fans regarding their recent booking of Rich Swann and from their locker room regarding suddenly preventing them from for GCW and other similar promotions even though they get paid more there. Already Joey Janela and Sami Callihan have gone public about leaving the company.
  • A new wrestling book called "Death of the Territories: Expansion, Betrayal and the War that Changed Pro Wrestling Forever" was announced to be getting released on September 8th. The book focuses on the rise of the WWF's national push and death of the Territory system. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...ories.html?p=1
  • Next episode of WWE Network's Ride Along series was revealed to involve Alexa Bliss and Braun Strowman. https://twitter.com/thenextblgthing/...92728235638784


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Bruno Sammartino, one of the most popular and well-known wrestlers of all time, has passed away. He was 82 years old.

Details are light as of this writing, but Pittsburgh's local CBS affiliate said that his wife and two children were by his side and that "he died peacefully after battling health issues for the past several months."

A legendary drawing card in the Northeast United States, Sammartino first won the WWWF world title in May 1963 with a 48 second win over Buddy Rogers at Madison Square Garden. He would hold the title for almost eight years before dropping the belt to Ivan Koloff in 1971. He would retain the title two years later for a reign that would last nearly four years.

He retired from full time competition in 1981 and did some broadcasting for the WWF before returning to wrestle alongside his son, David, in the mid-80s before leaving the organization in the late 80s.

His estrangement with Vince McMahon and WWF due to the direction of the business lasted until 2013 when Paul "HHH" Levesque helped broker a peace that would see him inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. He did a few appearances with the company and even inducted old foe Larry Zbyszko into the Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Madison Square Garden paid tribute to the late Bruno Sammartino, who captured his first WWWF championship from Buddy Rogers in the venue:

Today is a sad day for wrestling and sports fans. Simply put, Bruno Sammartino was one of the biggest stars in the long and storied history of Madison Square Garden, a legend in every way. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family today and always. pic.twitter.com/pKG1SZypWd
— MSG (@TheGarden) April 18, 2018

Sammartino holds the record for the most sellouts of any professional wrestler in MSG history.
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While the audience total for Tuesday's SmackDown was above average for night two of the Superstar Shakeup, it was a decline of five percent from last week and 10 percent from the 2017 version of the show.

This year's Shakeup episode had an average audience of 2.796 million viewers.

There was tough competition on the night as SmackDown aired directly opposite an NBA playoff game on TBS that did 2.88 million viewers. There was also the usual strong Tuesday network competition from CBS and ABC, highlighted by the over 13 million people who tuned in for "Roseanne," which has proven to be a ratings juggernaut ...

Although Raw ratings have been up for the most part so far in 2018, SmackDown's have been down an average of two percent.
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In advance of the debut of MLW: Fusion this Friday on BeIN Sports, Major League Wrestling announced the following:

REY FENIX VS ACH IN AERIAL ENCOUNTER SIGNED FOR MAY 3RD MLW FUSION TV TAPING IN ORLANDO

ORLANDO – What happens when two elite aerial combatants clash? On May 3rd in Orlando fans will find out as Major League Wrestling has signed Rey Fenix vs. ACH. The two will square off at the MLW Fusion TV tapings, which are a part of the MLW: Intimidation Games event hosted by Gilt Nightclub.
More details: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...lando.html?p=1

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TMZ.com reported this evening that tattoo artist Catherine Alexander has filed a lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment and WWE's videogame licensee 2K, claiming that they are infringing on her copyright for tattoo designs that she has imprinted on Randy Orton, having been his tattoo artist since 2003.

According to the TMZ report, Alexander contacted WWE with similar claims in 2009 and they offered her a $450 fee for the rights to the designs, which she turned down.

Alexander is claiming that by recreating the tattoos in the WWE videogames, the rights to her designs are being infringed upon.
Link: http://www.tmz.com/2018/04/17/randy-...games-tattoos/

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People Magazine is reporting that Brie Bella is "relieved" that the relationship between her sister Nikki and John Cena has ended.

“On one level, Brie wants to kill him, sure. No one should be allowed to hurt her sister like this. But honestly, on another level, there’s relief,” People quotes a source as saying. “Nikki was bending over backward to accommodate this guy and everyone, especially Brie, was worried that she was sacrificing way, way too much — most of all, motherhood.”
Link: http://people.com/tv/brie-bella-worr...kki-john-cena/

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Rey Mysterio is one of the wrestlers pictured in an advertisement for the Greatest Royal Rumble on the WWE Network's website, seemingly confirming him for the show. Shane McMahon, Mark Henry, and The Great Khali are also included on the image.
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WWE posted a preview clip of the premiere of Something Else to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard, which covers WrestleMania 14. The episode is just under two hours long and is now available in the on-demand section of the Network.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN0-JuqYSDI

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Randy Orton defeated Nakamura by disqualification in last night’s post-205 Live dark match. Nakamura hit a low blow on Orton for the DQ, with Styles coming out and chasing Nakamura off. Tye Dillinger beat Primo Colon before SmackDown went on the air.
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Wrestling DVD Network has a sneak peek of The Hardys’ upcoming DVD and some screenshots of the Impact Wrestling footage that is featured in it.
Link: http://www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com/f...yz-dvd/153435/

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While it hasn’t been confirmed that the show is being uploaded, a category for Sunday Night Heat (with no episodes currently there) has appeared on the WWE Network.
Link: http://www.wwenetworknews.com/2018/0...-what-we-know/

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ROH uploaded video of the ceremony where they honored Bruno Sammartino in New York City in 2006.

After its 100th episode, The Young Bucks told the Sporting News that they’re not sure if Being the Elite will return.

David Bixenspan has an article for Deadspin on the success of Joey Janela’s Spring Break II.
ROH: https://youtu.be/ZwF5si-nnqc , Bucks: http://www.sportingnews.com/wwe/news...p1xbl9h2gjh1vx , Deadspin: https://deadspin.com/how-joey-janela...big-1825340372

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Paul "Jones" Frederick, forever nicknamed "Number One" passed away earlier this week in Atlanta, Georgia, the Mid-Atlantic Gateway reported this evening. Circumstances surrounding his death are not yet known. Frederick was 75 years old at the time of his passing.

Best remembered for his run in Jim Crockett Promotions' Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, Jones broke into the business in the early 1960s after being trained by Paul Boesch. Billed as "Young" Paul Jones and Al Fredericks, depending on the area, Jones worked for a number of areas, including Hollywood, the Pacific Northwest, All Japan, Japan's JPWA, Australia's World Championship Wrestling and the Manitoba territory.
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WWE has a new poll asking fans which General Manager did the best in the 2018 Superstar Shakeup. As of this writing, 67% voted for SmackDown GM Paige while the rest voted for RAW GM Kurt Angle.

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Reminds me of when Seth Rollins went on a streak of injuring multiple people in a short period of time.
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When he hurt Edwards, my first thought was "I bet there are a bunch of mutants who think this is a great way to get attention." I didn't think it would actually be him. The annoying thing is that Sullivan is fucking crazy, so it wouldn't surprise me if he consented to this to get some attention, which he doesn't need to be doing at whatever age and whatever physical state he's in.

I dunno, something about it seems really gross, like Brock giving Orton the concussion. It's like -- work that shit.
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ROH announced Hiroshi Tanahashi, SANADA, EVIL, and Toru Yano for their three Honor United shows in the UK next month.
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Tomohiro Ishii vs. Toa Henare has been added to the card for NJPW’s show at Korakuen Hall on April 24th, which also features Jay White defending his IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship against David FInlay.
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Two new members of the show's women's division will be wrestling on SmackDown for the first time on Tuesday night.

Asuka & Becky Lynch vs. The IIconics (Peyton Royce & Billie Kay) has been announced for next Tuesday's episode of SmackDown. It will be the first time Asuka and Royce have wrestled on television since joining the brand.
Link: http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/a...lynch-iiconics

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The WWE Network will be honoring Bruno Sammartino on Monday night.

WWE announced today that a documentary on Sammartino would be airing on the Network immediately after Raw on Monday. The company noted that the special will include some of Sammartino's "greatest matches, moments, and more," but no other details have been revealed.

Sammartino passed away at 82 years old on Wednesday morning after having been hospitalized for the last two months. WWE paid tribute to their longest-reigning champion in history later that day with a 10-bell salute at their house show in South Africa and with a graphic at the beginning of that night's episode of NXT. Raw will be WWE's first live programming to air since Sammartino's death.
Link: http://www.wwe.com/article/bruno-sam...on-wwe-network

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Jay White is heading back to Ring of Honor.

ROH announced today on their website that White will be part of the upcoming War of the Worlds tour next month. They said that if he were to retain the IWGP United States title against David Finlay on April 24, he will also defend the title on the tour. He is set for the May 9 date in Lowell, Massachusetts and May 11 in Toronto, Canada.

Other people set for the tour include Jushin Thunder Liger, Roppongi 3K, Rocky Romero, and the entire Los Ingobernables de Japón stable consisting of Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, BUSHI, SANADA and Hiromu Takahashi. Aside from the aforementioned dates, War of the Worlds will also stop at Royal Oak, Michigan on May 12 and will conclude on May 13 in Chicago, Illinois.
Link: https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/sw...ar-worlds-tour

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The 4/13 edition of Impact did 373,000 overnight viewers, down just a bit from last week's 381,000 overnight viewers.
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WWE released an updated WWE Network preview of material scheduled for the streaming service. It is notable that the June WWE UK Championship event is no longer subtitled "The King of the Ring."
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Alexa Bliss recently had minor cosmetic surgery following WrestleMania. We were told that she is expected back soon and is still scheduled for the Backlash event on Sunday, May 6th.
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A new series titled "WWE Marquee Matches" will premiere on the WWE Network at 11pm on Tuesday night. The premiere episode is set to run 1.5 hours and will focus on the 1992 Royal Rumble pay-per-view, which was held in Albany, New York. The 30-man Rumble main event saw Ric Flair win the match to capture the vacant WWE Title that night. The WWE Hall of Famer would later reveal in his "To Be The Man" book that he did not know he was winning the match until he arrived at the Knickerbocker Arena on the day of the show.

Below is the synopsis for Tuesday's premiere:

"From 1-19-1992: With the WWE Championship at stake, a star-studded roster and controversial ending made this an instant classic!"
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As noted, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T will return to RAW commentary on Monday's show in St. Louis. Jonathan Coachman confirmed that Booker will be taking his spot on Monday but revealed that he will be back for the April 30th RAW from Montreal. Below are some of Coach's recent tweets on the matter.

Coach indicated that he's missing Monday's show because of new work he's doing with The Golf Channel. Coach also noted that he was just joking about hiring an assistant to help with researching topics on commentary.
Link to the tweets: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...e-raw-updates/

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While Young, Dain, and Wolfe were promoted to debut on SmackDown Live, Nikki Cross was not included in the video, signifying that she would not be called up but will instead remain in NXT.

According to The Wrestling Observer, the reason why Cross is staying in NXT is to help with the women's division. Especially, since three of the top names, Ember Moon, Peyton Royce, and Billie Kay, left to go to the main roster. Currently, the champion is Shayna Baszler, as she defeated Ember Moon at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans. Baszler is in need of a strong feud, and Cross will fit well as an opponent for the title ...

On social media, Cross recently promoted the upcoming NXT TakeOver: Chicago event, scheduled for Saturday, June 16. It is expected that she will have a major role in that event.
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Tuesday's episode of SmackDown on the USA Network averaged 2.549 million viewers, down seven percent from last week's Superstar Shakeup.

The show faced tougher-than-usual competition as an NBA playoff game did 3.61 million viewers airing on TBS directly opposite SmackDown. SmackDown finished sixth for the night in total viewers on cable and third in the 18-49 demo with a 0.8 rating, trailing two separate NBA games. The networks were airing repeats, which may have helped the SmackDown number slightly.
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Following up on Monday's announcements of Joey Janela, Penelope Ford, and Chelsea Green, two more wrestlers are set for All In.

Jay Lethal and Britt Baker were added to the show today, bringing the number of names confirmed for it up to 17. Lethal is under contract with Ring of Honor, while Baker, who made a cameo for WWE in a loss to Nia Jax in July 2016, wrestles independently.

Baker is the fifth woman who has been announced for All In, joining Ford, Green, Tessa Blanchard, and Deonna Purrazzo. Cody Rhodes also noted that they aren't done announcing women's wrestlers for the show.
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Over the course of the day, it was confirmed that Paul Heyman is now working Friday's Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia.

Heyman was in New York today and did not travel with the Raw crew to the event from St. Louis. We were told by WWE sources this evening that the plan is for him to travel in with Brock Lesnar later in the week.

Lesnar will be facing Roman Reigns in a steel cage match at the event.
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WWE Home Video UK tweeted:

We can now announce that this Friday's #GreatestRoyalRumble from Saudi Arabia – headlined by Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns in a steel cage for the Universal Championship and an epic 50-man Royal Rumble match – will be released on 2-disc DVD! Release date TBC pic.twitter.com/PK9EFDj8Sp
— WWE Home Video UK (@WWEHomeVideoUK) April 25, 2018
Link: https://twitter.com/WWEHomeVideoUK/s...05538159054849

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Paul Levesque takes credit for coming up with "Global Localization". He explained their push to create NXT brands around the world as a global territorial system, reminiscent of the plan the company toyed with over a decade ago but never went through with. pic.twitter.com/bqgWHv1Cak
— John Pollock (@iamjohnpollock) April 25, 2018
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There is now a "Marquee Matches" section on WWE Network. The section features Charly Caruso introducing classic matches emphasizing the importance. The first episode aired last night with the 1992 Royal Rumble MatchWWE posted the following preview:
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_fED90sgL4

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MLW issued the following:

“FILTHY” TOM LAWLOR VS. YEHI ADDED TO MLW MAY 3RD BEIN SPORTS TV TAPING IN ORLANDO

ORLANDO – The UFC’s “Filthy” Tom Lawlor will scrap with the innovative Waterloo, Iowa grappler Fred Yehi on May 3rd in Orlando at the MLW Fusion TV tapings for beIN SPORTS hosted by Gilt Nightclub.
More details and card for the event: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...-week.html?p=1

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When and why do you think John Cena became so hated among the fans? Was it because he was Vince's chosen one at the time? Did his gimmick burn out? Did his move-set become complacent? Was he too formulaic? Did the fans feel he was "fake" as a person (not a character)? Did the fans really want to see the Doctor of Thugonomics character back instead of the less edgy Hustle, Loyalty, Respect character?

All of those were factors, for sure. But I think the biggest issue was that he was pushed down our throats and never really sold for anyone. He would get attacked in hour one and get all his heat back, and more, by the end of the show. He would beat the tag champs by himself. Stuff like that. Add in that his promos appeal to kids and you have the perfect recipe for the older fans to not like him.
From PWI's weekly Q&A articles involving Cena's struggles with crowds.

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While Vision 2030 is being lauded as a modern solution to the monarchy’s heavy reliance on oil, it does not involve significant social reform. Instead, it has provided MBS with a strategic way to distract international attention away from the wide-scale human rights abuses that the country continues to commit. The Crown Prince’s heavy investment in sports comes on the heels of Saudi’s brutal campaign in Yemen—a war that has displaced over three million people and created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. The latest example saw the Saudi-led military coalition conduct an air strike on a wedding on Sunday, killing more than 20 people.

Though Saudi Arabia’s reputation is being mended by its attempt to project images of anti-corruption, moderate Islam, improved women’s rights, and a plethora of sports and entertainment, it would be negligent to ignore the country’s continued disregard for political and civil liberties. Dissent is met with violent repressive methods such as torture and extrajudicial killings, while homosexuality remains illegal and punishable by death.
Recent article from Deadspin about WWE's current image issues due to being involved with the Saudi show. https://deadspin.com/what-is-wwe-doi...bia-1825506325

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Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots won't be signing with WWE anytime soon. Gronk told Patriots coach Bill Belichick that he will be returning to the team for the 2018 season. Gronk had teased retiring from the NFL, and there was a lot of speculation that he would sign with WWE.

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Sean Waltman reported that WWE tried to get Shawn Michaels out of retirement for tomorrow's show. He said Michaels said he had a prior commitment with his family.

For the show there will be a less than 15 minute prayer break, not one hour as is the usual custom. The break will not impact the television audience.
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Kenny Omega is helping put together a New Japan branded show on 6/29 in Daytona Beach, FL as part of the CEO gaming convention. The show takes place at the Ocean Center. There will be members of the Golden Lovers, LIJ, New Japan, Taguchi Japan and Roppongi 3K involved but a the ROH talent has a show that night and Suzuki-Gun, Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii are booked in the U.K. that night. They are looking at five matches plus a dark match in a two plus hour show and will be trying to give the show a New Japan feel as well as a Fighting Games community feel with the idea of people at the convention being a key part of the audience. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Chase Owens are scheduled. The ring will be in the area of the weekend tournament and there will be a fighting games commentary team and not a pro wrestling commentary team. It will be an esports filming crew.
More details: https://www.f4wonline.com/japan/ceo-...xt-week-256571

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Aerostar was injured last night at the Impact tapings but he's okay. We were told he had the wind knocked out of himself bad, but it was a very scary situation until they realized it wasn't serious.

MLW announced it had signed a multi-year announcing contract with Tony Schiavone.

MCW on 5/12 in Joppa, MD features Mick Foley and 5/19 in Hampstead, MD at North Carroll High School with Adam Rose.

Evolve on 5/20 in Livonia, MI has Matt Riddle vs. Keith Lee in a no rope break match for the Evolve title, Tracy Williams vs. Odinson, Austin Theory vs. Trey Miguel, DJZ vs Zachary Wentz, AR Fox vs. Myron Reed plus Chris Dickinson, Jaka, Shane Strickland and more.
MLW: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...h-mlw.html?p=1

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Ronda Rousey is announced for the 6/24 Raw house show in Anaheim, CA at the Honda Center.
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Here are the updated main event matches announced thus far for Ring of Honor's 2018 War of the Worlds tour next month, featuring a number of New Japan Pro Wrestling stars:

Wednesday 5/9 in Lowell, MA at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium:
*ROH champion Dalton Castle vs. Matt Taven.
*The Young Bucks vs. BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi

Friday 5/11 in Toronto, Ontario at the Ted Reeve Arena:
*IWGP United States champion Jay White vs. Punishment Martinez.

Sunday 5/13 in Villa Park, IL at the Odeum:
LIJ's Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI & SANADA & EVIL & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Bullet Club's Young Bucks & Cody & Marty Scurll & Adam Page.
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Braxton Sutter announced this evening that he was done with Impact Wrestling, tweeting:

My time at @IMPACTWRESTLING is up and I would to extend a HUGE thank you to them. They gave me my first official contract/job as a wrestler at 35yrs old and hired my wife at the same time. I’ll never forget that. It was a great chapter in my life, now onto the next one!! pic.twitter.com/5tB2CZKdBg
— Pepper Parks (@BraxtonSutter) April 26, 2018

The word that made its way at the Impact TV tapings this week in Orlando is that Sutter had finally received an official release from the company after asking for it after the last round of tapings. It was obvious looking at the booking from this week's tapings that the company was finishing him up.

Sutter had done a great job in promoting the company whenever he was utilized in a promotional sense, so in that regard, while he wasn't pushed as a top talent, I would regard the depature as a loss.

Sutter's real-life wife Allie is remaining with Impact Wrestling, PWInsider.com has been told.
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There was a breakup with Cena and Nikki Bella already taped for the coming season of “Total Bellas,” but that breakup storyline saw them get back together three days later. Art imitates life and all. So either they can use that without the making up, or have that and tape a second breakup. But they are promoting the new season around the breakup.
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The WWE will hold the Greatest Royal Rumble card Friday from the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium and the first event of a ten-year deal the WWE has entered with the Saudi General Sports Authority. This is a show that is impossible to eliminate the politics. The wrestling is merely the item in the display window with the real story being the partnership and political message the WWE is attached to. Personally, I feel there has been a lot of great analysis and coverage throughout professional media going behind the politics and understanding this show for what it is. The lack of female performers is the lightning rod, but the politics go so much deeper and forces one to render what their line is and how far this crosses it. Some people will be able to divorce a professional wrestling company from the politics and actions that a Government participates in, citing many examples of big companies that do business in countries such as Saudi Arabia. In that sense, the WWE is being complicit where money is exchanged, and they can privately tell themselves they don’t condone this Government’s actions and the lack of rights enjoyed by a portion of its citizens. The next level is what the WWE is acting upon and that includes entering an agreement where their female talent is excluded, they are inherently stating that despite their public stance of “female empowerment”, that notion has its limits, and sadly, a price. The broadcast and presentation will be a big story coming out of Friday with how far the WWE is going to present the host country in a favorable light and serve as a commercial for the country. Again, these are actionable examples where the WWE is not just turning a blind eye but actively engaging as window dressing for a country with a terrible record with regard to civil rights.
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Paul Levesque, who was in the country early to help promote and put together the event, said to The Independent, “I understand that people are questioning it, but you have to understand that every culture is different and just because you don’t agree with a certain aspect of it, it doesn’t mean it’s not a relevant culture. You can’t dictate to a country or a religion about how they handle things, but, having said that, WWE is at the forefront of a women’s evolution in the world and what you can’t do is affect change anywhere by staying away from it.”

WWE simply didn’t have the power to allow anyone to attend and sit anywhere in the stadium, nor to allow their female performers to work, or even attend the show. If they had been able to negotiate changes into the ten-year deal, they, in fact, would have been affecting change. Instead, they are promoting the country worldwide on its television in a manner they have never done before, and for the obvious economic reasons. This isn’t even bringing up being a propaganda arm for the country in a war in Yemen that is often considered the worst humanitarian crisis currently in the world.
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Alfred Konuwa's latest blog at Forbes looks at some of the criticism WWE is facing with holding "The Greatest Royal Rumble" in Saudi Arabia, despite women not being allowed to wrestle a the event.

"WWE will surely brandish countless shots of women in the crowd enjoying the Greatest Royal Rumble on Friday. That's not progressive. It's propaganda," Konuwa wrote. "For all the intense backlash that influenced sponsors to encourage a name-change of the Fabulous Moolah Battle Royal, which may or may not have unfairly villainized the polarizing former women's champion, backlash against WWE for its lucrative partnership with an oppressive kingdom has been relatively muted."
If WWE was expecting to get a lot of positive mainstream coverage for holding an event in Saudi Arabia, the opposite pretty much happened instead.

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MLW has added a singles match between Chelsea Green and Santana Garrett for next Thursday’s television taping in Orlando at the Gilt Nightclub. The following matches have been announced for the show: Shane Strickland vs. Pentagon Jr. for the MLW heavyweight title, Rey Fenix vs. ACH, MVP vs. Maxwell Jacob Freidman, Jeff Cobb vs. Jake Hager (Jack Swagger), Brian Cage vs. Joey Janela, Fred Yehi vs. Tom Lawlor, Green vs. Garrett.
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Regarding Katsuya Kitamura, the company has still not said anything about him publicly and the official word is that he is simply out of action due to a serious concussion
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Terry Funk, 73, is still having trouble from his hernia surgery from September 2016, where he had the surgery and then right after the surgery flew to the East Coast with the idea of not missing a booking because it was a weekend Tommy Dreamer booked him. He was planning on going to the Cauliflower Alley Club in Las Vegas next week because Brickhouse Brown asked him to give his induction speech, but he’s in a lot of pain in his stomach and won’t be able to travel. He wasn’t able to attend last year either.
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The ten most watched shows of the past week on the WWE Network were: 1. WrestleMania; 2. Something Else to Wrestle With episode one; 3. NXT from 4/18; 4. NXT Takeover New Orleans; 5. 2018 Royal Rumble; 6. Ride Along with New Day Gable & Benjamin; 7. WWE 24 on Raw 25; 8. Bruno special (given all the hype on Raw, this is surprisingly low in a sense, but the reality is that there is not a lot of viewing of pre-Attitude Era stuff on the network, let alone when it comes to something where it was on someone who dates back a generation before that); 9. 205 Live from 4/17; 10. NXT from 4/11.
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For those unaware, Low Ki was scheduled to wrestle Matt Riddle at his Bloodsport event in New Orleans during WrestleMania weekend. However, Ki was replaced by Minoru Suzuki due to injury.

The event was run by Game Changer Wrestling and promoter Brett Lauderdale tweeted this week saying, “And so I ask you [Low-Ki] with all due respect: Because you were not able to compete, can you please refund our deposit? We have not “buried” you or questioned your motivations. $800 is gymnastics lessons and 2 weeks of summer camp for my daughter. Please?”

Lauderdale’s tweet prompted a six-minute video response from Ki in which the former WWE/Impact wrestler attempts to explain that he got injured while training for the match, but still flew out to New Orleans hoping they’d be able to come up with another way to use him on the show.

Low-Ki claims that a previously agreed upon room was no longer available for him once he arrived though, because it was assumed he was no longer coming, so the wrestler paid for it himself.

Due to all of this, as well as not receiving MORE MONEY for a show he wasn’t able to compete on, the wrestler believes his professional obligations have been met and the money is his.
Link: http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/low...sport-deposit/

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WWE has a new poll asking fans which return they are most looking forward to in the 50-man Greatest Royal Rumble match on Friday. As of this writing, 42% voted for Rey Mysterio while 39% voted for Chris Jericho, 13% for The Great Khali and 6% for 2018 WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry.
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WWE Home Video will be releasing "The Shield: Justice For All" on July 10th, according to WrestlingDVDNetwork.com. The three-disc DVD set was previously named "The Shield: Rise & Fall" but that was a working title. You can pre-order the DVD at a sale price via this Amazon link. The DVD will be a match compilation that features Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose as a team and in singles action. There will also be newly-filmed interview segments with all three members of the group and it's rumored that never-before-released matches will be included. WDN reports that each of the discs will focus on one member of the group.

Below is the synopsis for the set:

They were a united front against injustice… The Shield was the most dominant group WWE has ever seen, and launched the careers of three of WWE's most successful superstars. As dominant as they were as a trio, Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins took WWE by storm, and each achieved incredible individual success. All three would go on to achieve the ultimate goal of being WWE Champion, and compete in some of the biggest matches in WWE history.

This set follows the journeys of Seth, Dean, and Roman as they compete with Legends like The Undertaker, Brock Lesnar, John Cena, and Triple H. Hear from the stars themselves, as they discuss the impact The Shield days had on their careers, and how it helped drive and mold them into what they are today. Even when apart, their brotherhood remains strong… and you never know when the Hounds of Justice might reunite again to help fight for a common goal.

This is the legacy of Rollins, Ambrose, and Reigns… The Shield. See their greatest matches in this new collection from WWE Home Video.
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Above is new video of Triple H appearing on the "Tafaolkum" show in Saudi Arabia to promote Friday's WWE Greatest Royal Rumble event. He talks about the amazing fanbase in Saudi Arabia and how welcoming everyone is there.

"I'm always amazed when I come here, that the fanbase is so deep and their love for WWE is so intense. It's such a welcoming place. To be honest, I think it's misunderstood in a lot of the world when you come here to Saudi Arabia," he said. "It's just a wonderful place and the people are so friendly here, and they're excited to see you. Especially when it comes to WWE. We are like superheroes come to life and they can see you walking down the street in front of them, they kind of look in awe. It's a wonderful feeling. I know the WWE Superstars that are arriving today and tomorrow to come here for this event are really looking forward to being here and putting on a show for the fans."
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrSt80uWwQQ


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Regarding Sami Zayn not being on today's show, WWE said: "WWE is committed to embracing individuals from all backgrounds while respecting local customs and cultural differences around the world."

The only thing I'll say about the show, is when you watch WWE, they are usually not subtle and this was no exception. If you had any question about what this was, they gave you no wiggle room to pretend it was something that it wasn't. They were paid a lot of money to be ambassadors for Saudi Arabian propaganda. Whether that's good or bad is your own value structure.
Rumor going around the net is either Sami refused to work on the show or WWE didn't allow him in order to appease the Saudi government. Both based on his Syrian ethnicity and relations between Syria and Saudi Arabia being terrible for years.

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"Avengers: Infinity War," which features Dave Bautista debuted last night and did $39 million in its first night, a Thursday, and has also done another $95 million internationally. It'll be No. 1 by a wide margin this coming weekend. It is expected to do well over $200 million this weekend. Last night was the fourth largest Thursday night for any movie in U.S. history.
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It was 62 years ago today, on April 27, 1956, that Arena Mexico first opened. Tonight's show is an anniversary show and there is a women's hair vs. hair match with Seductora vs. Princesa Sugehit, and the show is a little deeper than usual, but other than that it's not much different from any other Friday night show except it has the anniversary name. Really the best stuff on the show may be the first two matches.
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ROH will be hosting a U.S. title match with Jay White defending against Punishment Martinez on 5/11 in Toronto.
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As we had noted previously, Dave Bautista at one point was to team with Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania in the mixed tag, and then it didn't happen. He talked about it in more detail with Chad Dukes.

“This is all insider stuff, and I usually don't share. I'm really an old-school kayfabe guy. But they reached out to me earlier this year to possibly come back and do that thing with Ronda. And I said that I would be willing to do it only if we teased something for me and Hunter to go to Mania next year. And they said, 'Yeah, that would be great. I love that idea.' And I said, 'Well, that's great. I'll come back a few times during the year, and we'll tease it, and we'll work it and we'll milk it. And we'll go to Mania, me and Hunter, next year.' Oh, I love that idea. Let's do it! And so we literally talked for about like three weeks and then they just stopped calling me. I sent a text to Hunter. I was like, 'Hey man, I don't know if you put any more thought into what's going on. I'm really excited about the possibilities.’ And I literally never heard back from them. They just stopped talking to me about it. Man, I don't know what else I can do to try to... I want to end my career the right way. I'm faithful and loyal to the WWE. I'm proud of being from there and I want to do good business with them, but they just don't make it easy. You know, they just don't.”

Bautista goes on to say, if nothing happens by next year, “I'm just gonna officially hang it up.”
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Pro Wrestling Guerrilla has revealed the lineup for what might be their final show at American Legion Post #308.

"Bask in His Glory" will take place in Reseda, California on May 25th, and the name of the show -- a reference to Keith Lee and his catchphrase -- is sure to increase speculation about Lee's future on the independent scene. Lee lost the PWG World Championship to WALTER at All Star Weekend night two earlier this month and is scheduled to face Australian wrestler Adam Brooks in May.

WALTER will defend his title against Sammy Guevara in the main event of Bask in His Glory.

At the beginning of All Star Weekend night one, PWG announced that the sale of their longtime home venue hasn't been finalized and their May date may not be the final show there. PWG will be returning to the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles on July 13th, with Dave Meltzer noting that it's possible there will be more shows in Reseda if the Legion Post isn't sold by August.

Here's the full card for Bask in His Glory:

PWG World Champion WALTER defending against Sammy Guevara
Keith Lee vs. Adam Brooks
Bandido vs. Robbie Eagles
Matt Riddle vs. David Starr
Jonah Rock vs. Timothy Thatcher
Jake Atlas vs. Rey Horus
Tyler Bateman vs. Trevor Lee
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The backstage interviews on the show were not broadcast live in the stadium as they were part of a break in the live show to give the audience a chance to pray. That's why the Chris Jericho lines didn't get a big reaction from the audience - they couldn't see or hear it.

The original plan for Hornswoggle was for him to work a singles match on the Kickoff Show against Robbie Araujo, who has worked in the past for WWE as Wee-BL. At some point in the last day, the decision was made to put Swoggle into the Rumble instead, so Araujo went all the way to Saudi Arabia but didn't wrestle. Hornswoggle commented on his return via Twitter:

Life is pretty crazy sometimes! Thanks @wwe for having me a part of the #WWEGRR ! Got to dust off the ol’ suit for the first time in almost 10 years! pic.twitter.com/X4w4DwpfMv
— Dylan Postl (@wwehornswoggle) April 27, 2018

For those who asked about Drew McIntyre not being on the show, we are told that it was likely that McIntyre was brought to the main roster too close to the show for a work visa to be worked out.
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Pink News published an article on WWE running the event in Saudi Arabia and all the obvious concerns that has raised in the LGBT community. WWE issued a statement to the outlet, noting, "WWE is committed to embracing individuals from all backgrounds while respecting local customs at our events around the world. Our partnership with the General Sports Authority enables us to be at the forefront of the changes that are taking place and those to come.”
Another BS thing WWE has claimed they will play a big role in helping to change when that's not going to be the case at all.

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WWE announced the following to congratulate Daniel Bryan on setting a new record by being in the 50-man Greatest Royal Rumble match for 1 hour and 16 minutes. This breaks the previous record set by Rey Mysterio in 2006. Rey won that match and lasted for 1 hour, 2 minutes & 12 seconds.
Link with the announcement: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...or-new-record/

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WWE officials had talked about adding a singles match to the Greatest Royal Rumble Kickoff pre-show but that obviously never happened. PWInsider adds that the entire WWE crew was given a long list of cultural miscues to avoid while they were in Saudi Arabia this week.

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I hope the complaints against them get more traction. I love seeing businesses held against the fire for their practices. There's business and then there's just blatant hypocrisy. What is the WWE trying to sell? If it's bullshit feel-good entertainment for the masses, then they need to make sure it's feel-good.
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I've seen several wrestling sources mention the marketing/creative teams at WWE are frustrated with upper management, particularly Vince at the moment.

Sounds like twice in a row both creative and marketing got things together for Roman post WM and post GRR as Universal Champ -- as they were told to -- only to find out live during WM when Roman lost the match and a few hours before GRR Vince had changed his mind, thus negating all marketing material that had been created and forcing creative to re-write RAW main-event storylines last minute.
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I've seen several wrestling sources mention the marketing/creative teams at WWE are frustrated with upper management, particularly Vince at the moment.

Sounds like twice in a row both creative and marketing got things together for Roman post WM and post GRR as Universal Champ -- as they were told to -- only to find out live during WM when Roman lost the match and a few hours before GRR Vince had changed his mind, thus negating all marketing material that had been created and forcing creative to re-write RAW main-event storylines last minute.
Vince made a monkey-paw wish when he made his company public. He's gone a long time without his idiosyncrasies being dragged into the spotlight too much. If it happens now, well, it wouldn't be shocking and it's hard to feel sorry for him.
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Also, Roman was not supposed to be 'touched' by anyone between WM and GRR.
Not sure what that means but I should be able to find out more 2morrow possibly...
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Also, Roman was not supposed to be 'touched' by anyone between WM and GRR.
Not sure what that means but I should be able to find out more 2morrow possibly...


***Update***


* Roman Reigns has been working hurt since Wrestlemania. Roman did not have physical activity of any kind on WWE TV from Wrestlemania until 'The Greatest Royal Rumble Ever' as they were trying to let him heal up and rest. Roman got more banged up on the cage spot at GRR.


* WWE is toying with the idea of turning Randy Orton heel again


* Lashley was not blamed at all for the botched suplex with Cass at GRR. The botch was on Cass's end as he did not post on Bobby's hip at all, which gave Lashley no support for his weight.


* Officials are very aware of the poor job that has been done with Bobby Lashley thus far. It is one of those situations where he was simply lost in the shuffle due to the Superstar Shake-up and Vince changing his mind on things. Vince wanted Lashley to debut the night after WrestleMania but didn't account for the Shake Up causing him to get lost in the shuffle. Again, they are aware of this and will be attempting to make him look special in the coming weeks.


* Vince is concerned that Ronda Rousey is appearing on television too much and sees her as more of a special attraction, akin to Brock Lesnar.


* Brock's next title defense will be at Money In The Bank.
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* Officials are very aware of the poor job that has been done with Bobby Lashley thus far. It is one of those situations where he was simply lost in the shuffle due to the Superstar Shake-up and Vince changing his mind on things. Vince wanted Lashley to debut the night after WrestleMania but didn't account for the Shake Up causing him to get lost in the shuffle. Again, they are aware of this and will be attempting to make him look special in the coming weeks.


* Vince is concerned that Ronda Rousey is appearing on television too much and sees her as more of a special attraction, akin to Brock Lesnar.
In regards to Lashley, WWE is basically comically inept at this point due to how many times they keep repeating this same mistake.

In regards to Ronda, kind of telling WWE's way of protecting Ronda's aura from their booking is to not have her on tv. Unlike Lesnar, she really needs all the tv experience possible (promos & wrestling skills). Right now her star power isn't carrying over in terms of constant mainstream interest for the WWE.
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Vince should take that approach to a lot his main event guys. As nxt has shown, less is more.
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Interesting stuff.

* Roman Reigns working hurt actually strongly supports not putting the belt on him. I mean, it isn't working, but that doesn't stop them.

* Randy Orton turning heel is something that has been rumored for a long time, and just given the frequency of those turns, should be expected. Orton turning on Jeff is something I am personally hoping for.

* It doesn't surprise me. Lashley is a hoss and Cass is inexperienced and not very good in the ring.

* I actually like what they've done with Lashley. If they brought him and went and got Michael Cole to do his phony hype stuff, people would reject it, because they've gotten that wry about the product. The WWE has created this monster where people reject pushes, and sometimes they are right, but sometimes they don't even know why. Teaming him with Braun is a great way to get that "overness" I keep hearing about Braun onto Lashley without blatantly having Lashley usurping Braun, upsetting the fans, even though Lashley is 10x better.

* Vince is right about Ronda.

* Brock's next title defense being at Money in the Bank means that he will have spent 441 days as Universal Champion, lasting longer than Punk did with the WWE Title as Brock heads into Chicago. Brilliant. God, I hope Heyman plays that up.
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Something to point out about Brock's Universal Title reign. He's currently at 10 defenses, not counting the AJ Styles match, which wasn't for the belt, but had championship stakes on the line in a kayfabe sense. Kazuchika Okada is at 11 defenses of the IWGP Title over a 680 day period, which averages out to a defense ever 62 days or so. Brock's been defending the Uni Title every 39 days. If we're only counting televised matches, then Brock is at 6 without counting the AJ Styles win, which only puts Brock at 66 days. Obviously this doesn't mean that the Brock and Okada reigns need to feel the same to people, but when we're talking technicalities, it's either much of a muchness or Brock has actually defended his belt much more frequently than Okada has his.
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No one can get mainstream interest for the WWE, because no one takes WWE seriously. I imagine most people think of it as "WWE are paying Ronda a lot of money to fake wrestle and she wants a break from real fighting."
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I'm sorry but you are suffering from a severe mental deficiency if you think Lashley is 10 times better than Braun.
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You're right. It's probably more like 15-20 times better.
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Do you still think that Braun isn't over?

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The numbers are likely to trickle down as a general rule the next few months due to the NBA playoffs since the basketball numbers will increase as the playoffs get deeper ...

The drop from the second to third hour was the largest among males 18-49. Traditionally it is the women's number that drops the most in the third hour. Teenagers, both boys and girls, held steady.

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“I have always tried to do my part to bring awareness to mental health issues,” Ranallo said. “Over the last several years, I allowed my best friend, Haris (Usanovic), to film me at my lowest points as well as at my highest. The idea is simply to show others who suffer that they are not alone and that, even when the outlook is bleak, you can overcome and achieve success. Mental illness is a life sentence -- there is no cure -- but it doesn’t have to be a death sentence.”

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Burch, who is known as Martin Stone outside of WWE, revealed the news during a speech at Beyond Wrestling's show in Worcester, Massachusetts yesterday. Revolution Pro Wrestling had previously announced that he wouldn't be able to make their May 11th event at York Hall.
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After watching RAW on Monday and being reminded of the Amazing chemistry that Booker T and Corey Graves have, I was wondering, Was it Booker T's choice to leave the Monday night RAW broadcast team? I think Booker is a more entertaining fit for the group, in my opinion, as that I find Michael Cole and Jonathan Coachman to have the same stale personality.

Booker has said, a few times, that he doesn’t want to be on the road doing Raw full time. He will fill in whenever he is needed, but he doesn’t want to do it full time. I agree with you, I like him a lot on commentary. I think Coach is good too, but Booker brings a fun element to commentary that I enjoy.
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In a wrestling at the box office update, Box Office Mojo reports Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War which features Dave Bautista reprising his role as Drax for the third time, no surprise topped the US box office with $250 million this weekend. Internationally, the ultimate superhero team-up made $630 million worldwide. The film is the biggest box office opening of any film in history.

Rampage starring Dwayne Johnson came in at number four for the weekend behind A Quiet Place and Amy Schumer comedy I Feel Pretty, bringing in $7.1 million in the US during its second weekend. Including international receipts and last week's domestic box office the film has made $334 .6 million

Blockers starring John Cena dropped to number eight at the US box office behind horror film "Truth or Dare" making $2.9 million in its fourth week. Including previous totals, the R-rated comedy has made $75.3 million.

So three of the top ten films star pro wrestlers. What a surreal time.
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Knox County, Tennessee is holding its Republican primary today with Glen Jacobs seeing the nomination to run for Mayor of Knox County in August. Jacobs is running against Brad Anders and Bob Thomas for the Republican nomination. The winner of the Republican nomination is expected to be favored in the general election this summer against whoever is the Democratic nominee.
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Impact announced today that former WWE Superstar Santino Marella will be hosting a new weekly show on the Impact Twitch channel. Santino will be hosting the show with Iceman from Destiny Wrestling. The show is set to air on Wednesdays at 4pm EST with the premiere coming this Wednesday. Detail on "Behind The Lights" are in the tweet below:

BREAKING: A brand new weekly @Twitch show featuring @milanmiracle and @DestinyWrestle's Iceman talking all the latest news in the world of pro wrestling and MMA will debut THIS WEDNESDAY at 4pm ET at https://t.co/nFjjBnGAfb! pic.twitter.com/UjJuWDH1oW
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Some other sheet news includes:
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  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 41st anniversary of Superstar Billy Graham defeating Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF Championship. This ended Bruno's 2nd and smaller reign as champion at the time.
  • Momo Watanabe defeated Bea Priestley to win this year's Stardom Cinderella tournament.
  • CBS Sports' In This Corner podcast show had The Miz as the guest talking about defeating Cena at Mania 27, becoming a father, and thoughts on Daniel Bryan's return. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...reams-when-he/


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Isn't that over, yes. His reactions are underwhelming compared to what has been reported (crowds are shit, but he doesn't ignite them), and I don't think he has the mass appeal that people say he does (or else crowds wouldn't be shit). I think he's a big dude that was booked to throw around people no one gave a fuck about the safety of, and they've been worked into thinking this makes him "good." Whenever he has to work a longer match, it's full of boring shit and botches because he's not really that good and people have just missed certain elements of pro-wrestling (squashes, big guys tossing people around) and are willing to latch onto anyone not Reigns.

Outside that, his name is goofy, his look is goofy, the angles he is involved in absolutely suck and are impossible to take seriously. He's very much a product of modern wrestling to me, and I think he's only more over than a bunch of other people that aren't over at all, which is a caveat that needs to be discussed. During the Attitude era, for example -- he is stuck in DOA or a mid-card tag team with Faarooq or something.



There are two types of people in the wrestling world: People who find that gif funny and awesome, hahaha, Braun is awesome, so cool; and people who question why they are watching this lame shit. Honestly, I think he is more over within the bubble of the internet, which also tells you that Broken Matt Hardy was over, women's wrestling draws and cruiserweights matter. You begin to hear this thing again and again so you think it is more widely true than it actually is. And I do believe that people have been oversaturated with mediocre wrestling for so long that different is automatically better to a lot of connoisseurs.
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