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Old 06-24-2016, 08:18 AM   #321
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I wouldn't be opposed to seeing Kurt given a shot at a color commentator. Michael Cole and Daniel Bryan on RAW and Mauro Ranallo and Kurt Angle on SmackDown.
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Old 06-24-2016, 10:13 AM   #322
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Just had this funny feeling they're going to have Joe in the draft, and that he vacates the NXT Title and that the rumored Balor vs. Nakamura match at Takeover in Brooklyn is for the vacant belt. I can't think of a bigger match they can do for Joe. I had one the other night and it completely escapes me now.

Nakamura would win that match and Balor would very soon appear on the opposite show to AJ Styles, and be the heel that gets the assistance from Gallows & Anderson who float, initially, with the tag belts.
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Old 06-24-2016, 06:59 PM   #323
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Balor v Nakamura is happening in three weeks, unless they have it again at Takeover.... or their first one ends pretty quick by some sort of outside shenanigan....
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Old 06-24-2016, 09:01 PM   #324
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Oh okay. I haven't been watching NXT so I didn't know that.
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Old 06-24-2016, 09:01 PM   #325
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I guess Balor will be up and Nakamura will win the title from Joe or something.
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Old 06-24-2016, 10:28 PM   #326
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Some developments from the NXT tapings:

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* Rhyno made his return. He might be kept down in NXT, he might be on either RAW or SmackDown or he might just have been doing one shot with the brand, but you have to consider his relationship with the WWE strong and you'd doubt he would be making WWE appearances again if he was still planning to run for office or whatever he was doing in Detroit.

* Nakamura won the match against Balor. This could very easily lead to a Balor call-up.

* American Alpha had their match against The Authors of Pain and put them over. The report I read even suggested that this looked like their call-up.
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Old 06-26-2016, 05:10 AM   #327
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Just to drop this in here as it seems appropriate, the latest Squared Circle Gazette Radio is now up, as we attempt to book the 2016 WWE Draft. At your request, we're talking all about current events, looking at who should go to which show and why, the title situation, NXT call-ups, feuds and stories out of the gate, possible directions for WrestleMania 33 and much more. In addition, we get your thoughts on what you want to see out of this brand split, as we explore ways to make the shows different. A really interesting show breaking down what lies ahead in the world of WWE. Check it out and let us know what you think!

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Old 06-26-2016, 10:56 AM   #328
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Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking would be perfect for him at this point in his career. Seems very deflating/"bleak" to have the man himself say it's not happening.
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Old 06-27-2016, 11:46 PM   #329
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If the plan is still for the second World Title to be created, I wonder how long it will take for them to roll it out. Kinda imagining Raw drafting both Rollins and Reigns and ensuring the title will stay on the red brand (as Ambrose probably can't be drafted)...so then the SmackDown GM announces that Cena/Styles at Battleground will be for the SmackDown World Title. Would much prefer one World Title though, especially early on.

Yet I also still can't shake the feeling that the three Shield guys are going to be split up hence why they're getting the triple threat over with at Battleground.

Either way I'm guessing Ambrose drops the belt, turns up on Raw the next night for his rematch clause...then when he loses that/gets screwed out of the match he tells the GM that he never actually got drafted and signs over to SmackDown where he ends up being the #2 face there behind Cena.
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Old 06-27-2016, 11:53 PM   #330
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WWE World Heavyweight Championship is now being called the WWE Championship again. Is the Big Gold Belt coming back?
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Old 06-28-2016, 05:58 PM   #331
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I'd say signs point to yes. They will probably just pull it out on one edition of either RAW or SmackDown and have a tournament, match or Battle Royal to decide a new champion and we'll have to sit there and like it.
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Old 06-29-2016, 12:02 AM   #332
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Battle fucking royal please.
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Old 06-29-2016, 10:21 PM   #333
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Not sure how realistic it is but I'd like to see pretty much the entire Women's Division on Raw with the title being exclusive to that brand. Have the second hour of Raw be entirely devoted to the division to try to break up some of the usual monotony that comes with a normal 3 hour Raw.

Then on SmackDown bring back the Cruiserweight Title after they go ahead and sign a bunch of dudes from the Cruiserweight Classic.
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Balor v Nakamura is happening in three weeks, unless they have it again at Takeover.... or their first one ends pretty quick by some sort of outside shenanigan....
It's be pretty badass if they went to some no-contest/double KO sort of finish where the decision was made that it had to be settle on the "big stage."
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Some news from a recent Observer Newsletter about current plans for the new Brand Split.

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With Lawler suspended, they used David Otunga in his spot on Smackdown with Mauro Ranallo and Byron Saxton thus far. It’s an interesting decision to go with Otunga over Corey Graves, although it may be Graves being held back to start on the show on 7/19 as had been hinted.
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Also the new plan is no longer to call the people running the brands “General Managers,” but either COO’s of the brand
Being speculated the reason for this might be due to Stephanie McMahon having a similar title for her normal job and didn't want to be seen as being demoted because of the job's name for tv.

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Some more stuff about current plans from the recent Observer Newsletter and PWTorch.

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The schedule listed in last week’s issue for PPVs is accurate as WWE has sent the same schedule to PPV carriers and cleared the listed dates. So the plan is 20 PPV shows per year in 2017, with two Sundays every month except for January, March, August and November which will be one show months. It also establishes Survivor Series as one of the big four, a category that show hasn’t really been in a decade. I wonder how long it’ll be before people only care about four shows a year. Other than doubling up on the PPVs, so much of this is copying exactly what failed before, because the end result of the last brand split was declining ratings on both shows, world titles that had the value of IC titles, declining PPV numbers, and Smackdown brand house shows that couldn’t draw. Granted, that doesn’t mean it’s doomed, but if they do exactly what they did before, yes, it is doomed. But every idea we’ve heard s far is just copying exactly what didn’t work before as opposed to being new ideas
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One of the big changes accompanying WWE’s roster split in July is Smackdown having its own dedicated writing team.

The team will still report to Vince McMahon, but Smackdown should be in a much better position than Raw’s left-overs in terms of ideas, planning, and actually following through on what’s advertised.

“Concerning the perception of Raw and Smackdown, when we met with Vince – we would meet every Thursday in his office, the booking room – and basically what we pitched to him were the main segments of Raw,” former WWE Creative writer Kevin Eck told Wade Keller on Thursday’s PWTorch Livecast.

“We never even got to Smackdown in the Thursday meetings. Ever. I cannot recall one time ever getting to Smackdown. So, we had some direction after that meeting. So, we would write the Raw script because certain segments have already been approved. That doesn’t mean they’re going to stay on Monday. But, at least we’ve met with Vince and approved it.

“Smackdown – we were pretty much going in blind. We could play off what has been approved on Raw, and then try to book Smackdown. But, Vince was really looking at Smackdown for the first time on Tuesday – the day that we were doing the show.

“People notice, ‘They’re promoting another Miz TV for Smackdown.’ That’s because Vince insisted that we promote something for Smackdown, but nothing was approved. So, during Raw, someone would go up to Gorilla (position) during a commercial break and say, ‘Hey, here’s some ideas for Smackdown, which one should we promote?’ And Vince would be like, ‘Intercontinental Title match. That’s what we’ll do. Let’s promote that.’

“You’ve probably noticed and your listeners, too, they would say late in the show on Raw, ‘This Thursday on Smackdown, so-and-so defends the Intercontinental Title.’ Great. Then we get to Tuesday – the next day at TV looking at everything with fresh eyes. We’re not going to do the Intercontinental Title match.

“I remember, being naive as the new guy, the first time something like that happened, I raised my hand and said, ‘Well, Vince, we promoted it on Raw last night.’ And he would give what I found out was his standard answer to questions like that, which is … ‘We lied.’ And then we would move on. I assure you this there were many times things were promoted on Raw for Smackdown just didn’t happen, and there is never any explanation. It’s just like, ‘We lied.’ If someone saw that and is expecting that, ‘Oh well.'”

The most recent example being the Money in the Bank ladder match where seven slots were initially advertised, the first six wrestlers were filled quickly, and WWE never went back to filling the final slot.
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I feel like Money in the Bank should be considered a new major PPV at this point. If both shows have a World Title it'd feel kinda dumb if only one of them has a MITB match.

Or they could bring it back to Mania as an interbrand match, that made for a nice featured attraction every year.
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Granted, that doesn’t mean it’s doomed, but if they do exactly what they did before, yes, it is doomed.
Gotta love not even giving it a chance

The roster is objectively the deepest it's ever been when you consider how many NXT stars are ready for a call-up. Actually splitting the airtime between them and having dedicated writing teams could work wonders. It certainly can't be worse than the nearly unwatchable television they've produced in the last three years.
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Old 07-02-2016, 12:10 PM   #342
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I feel like Money in the Bank should be considered a new major PPV at this point. If both shows have a World Title it'd feel kinda dumb if only one of them has a MITB match.

Or they could bring it back to Mania as an interbrand match, that made for a nice featured attraction every year.
I think bringing back King of the Ring and having it be the same month as Money in the Bank would be the best. Could have them alternate every year so Raw would get KotR one year and MitB the next.
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As the news has settled in and more info is coming out, I can't help but feel this is goingto be a huge let down. Seems like they are going to try to recreate the original brand split (when they had wwe, wcw, ecw talent) with a bunch of nobodies. I really don't know if the WWE even has a true major star let alone enough for two seperate brands.
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Old 07-02-2016, 06:50 PM   #344
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They have enough stars for 2 shows easily. They only have one megastar but there are two, IMO two, who have the ability to become a megastar. Rollins and AJ.

Rollins will either be the next face of the company or the next HHH. It's already set in stone.
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I can't wait to see Darren Young get that big singles push we have all been waiting for.
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Old 07-03-2016, 12:21 PM   #346
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They have enough stars for 2 shows easily. They only have one megastar but there are two, IMO two, who have the ability to become a megastar. Rollins and AJ.

Rollins will either be the next face of the company or the next HHH. It's already set in stone.
The have enough wrestlers for two shows, not sure about stars though. I hate using the term, but do they have enough who can "draw."
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The have enough wrestlers for two shows, not sure about stars though. I hate using the term, but do they have enough who can "draw."
That's why they're bringing back the stars.



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Old 07-05-2016, 06:08 PM   #348
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The split PPVs aren't as big of a deal because of the WWE Network. The #1 thing that ruined the last split and will determine the success of this one is will they treat SmackDown! equally.
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Love Jimmy Wang Yang. The dude's only like 35 years old.
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Old 07-06-2016, 04:02 AM   #350
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I hope we get Cowboy/Redneck Jimmy Wang Yang.
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Old 07-06-2016, 05:45 PM   #352
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That's why they're bringing back the stars.



"Waiting for my meeting" says Jimmy Wang Yang.
He's gonna meet someone tonight!
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Old 07-07-2016, 12:11 AM   #353
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Old 07-08-2016, 06:44 PM   #354
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Jimmy Yang and Paul London had such good chemistry. They had this series of Velocity matches that were incredible. It's a shame that London is so sour on the company, because if he had been a good boy, he'd be getting a call right about now.
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Old 07-08-2016, 10:24 PM   #355
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Next wave of potential people the WWE wants to hire or bring back was teased at recently by the Observer.

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Some names WWE has shown interest in bringing in are Curt Hawkins, James Yun, Volador Jr., and Rush. Rush attended a tryout last year and at the time the WWE picked Sombra. Yun, who was Jimmy Wang Yang, was backstage at Raw and posted a photo of himself there saying he was waiting for his meeting. An idea going around was to bring back older guys who can still go to put over the younger guys after the brand split when they need more bodies for television. He would fit the criteria. Even though he dates back to the glory era of the business, he started young and he’s only 35 now. He was a very good worker but got out of wrestling to start a new business, “Jimmy’s Pest Control,” in Cincinnati
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Old 07-12-2016, 05:35 PM   #356
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I bet you Jimmy Yang comes in as an exterminator or a Ghostbuster or something. Something where he wears a pack on his back. Jetpack Jimmy.
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Curt Hawkins was solid but unremarkable. He seemed a lot better in the ring than Zack Ryder. The two together might work out. But I don't see them being as interesting as most of the other tag teams, and they have a hard enough time as it is.
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Old 07-12-2016, 06:14 PM   #358
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Is the brand split thing all decided by the "office?" Maybe I am just a mark but when Vince was talking about how he wants a ratings war, social media boost etc it makes it kind of seem like a real thing.
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Old 07-12-2016, 11:57 PM   #359
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Another possible former wrestler returning for the new Brand Split.

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Tommy Dreamer is backstage at tonight's Smackdown taping. Given that WWE has been looking into bringing back some older names, certainly Dreamer being there should kick off some speculation about his short and long-term future, especially since he lives in New York, not Michigan.
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Feel like Raw is gonna be getting most of these rumored returnees as they have an extra hour to fill.

That or Triple H will remain associated with Steph on Raw and it'll just become a thing that newly debuting NXT talent always start on Raw.
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