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Old 09-07-2016, 01:15 PM   #281
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Old 09-07-2016, 03:48 PM   #282
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"UNREAL: Inside the Crazy, Fun Show Business World of WWE", the memoir of WWE Executive Stephanie McMahon-Levesque has been pushed back to an unknown new date. Amazon has listed the release of Stephanie's McMahon book for 2020. While the book will undoutedly be released before that, it has been pushed back and will not be released next month as originally planned.
The original title of "Lady Balls" was recently rejected due to the trademark office not allowing WWE to get the rights to either word.
I actually see that as a good thing, as the term "Lady Balls" is just atrocious. I have no idea why they wanted to trademark that term so badly. It's just awful.

It makes Stephanie sound like a transsexual.
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Old 09-07-2016, 03:49 PM   #283
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It does reek of McMahon though.

It's a very McMahon term.
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Old 09-07-2016, 03:54 PM   #284
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Yeah, "Lady Balls" is fucking gross and doesn't send off any sort of pro-woman vibe. It's more "women have to become men to compete." The title they have settled on is also shit.
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Old 09-07-2016, 03:55 PM   #285
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Cody Rhodes working for both TNA and ROH doesn't surprise me. Billy Corgan taking over is going to allow TNA to try and stop acting like a big league promotion -- it's not anymore. It's time to work with talent, to get over their ideas, to allow them to build their brands. Ideally, TNA will do more to work with ROH, New Japan and other promotions over the world, in order to get some of that good will it once had back.
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Old 09-07-2016, 03:56 PM   #286
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Seth Rollins getting caught in a scandal again might be much bigger than the first time. I could actually see him somewhat demoted for this one if it's serious.
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Old 09-07-2016, 04:47 PM   #287
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The combination of a poor show, Labor Day, and college football led the Monday, September 5th edition of WWE Raw to fall to 3.06 million viewers on Monday night.

The ratings pattern is noteworthy because the first hour did well, coming off the curiosity from the HHH return and title change. But the second hour, almost always the highest rated hour during the summer, fell greatly when people realized there was going to be no significant follow up, nor any explanation for the previous week's finish that they were curious about.

The third hour, fell off a cliff with 30 of the worst minutes of Raw in recent memory until the Kevin Owens/Sami Zayn match, was way down.

- 8 PM: 3.35 million viewers

- 9 PM: 3.07 million viewers

- 10 PM: 2.79 million viewers
Pretty much erased a small cushion the WWE was building into the upcoming NFL season. For some comparisons, last year's Labor Day show had around 300k more viewers.

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On his Instagram account, Jack Gallagher said his last independent wrestling date may be at PROGRESS Wrestling’s show on September 25th at Brixton Academy. Gallagher was recently featured in a video on Raw that hyped the brand’s upcoming cruiserweight division.
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Scott Hall tweeted a response to yesterday’s report from TMZ Sports that he was recently kicked out of an airport bar in Atlanta: “Thank you to everyone for your support and concern regarding my recent relapse. I'm back on track and doing well. #BadGuy #HallGood”
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Ricochet has been added to the EVOLVE 68 card this Saturday. He’ll face Matthew Riddle and Tony Nese in a three-way match.
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Combat Sports Law has an article on the process of CM Punk being licensed for his fight against Mickey Gall on Saturday. The Ohio Athletic Commission requires that fighters have participated in a minimum of five amateur bouts with a winning record, and the article surmises that Punk must have been granted a waiver to fight.

Bernie Profato, the Executive Director of Ohio’s commission, responded to an inquiry from MMAFighting about the situation: "CM Punk has a wrestling background similar to Brock Lesnar being permitted to fight in the past."

He also noted that the commission has confidence in the UFC's matchmaker because of previous bouts the promotion had submitted in the state.
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Scott Garland, aka former WWE Tag Team champion Scotty Too Hotty, has been officially hired as a full-time Coach for the WWE Performance Center and NXT brand.

Garland, who had been working as a fireman in the Orlando area, had a number of WWE trial runs working at the PC and with the NXT brand over the summer.
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With Ring of Honor running a tour of the United Kingdom this November under the "Reach For The Sky" banner, British promotion Preston City Wrestling announced on 9/5 that they were severing their three-year relationship with the company.

In the statement, PCW noted that they had contacted ROH on 8/21 and had not received a response to a number of issues they had raised with the promotion, including that ROH was running Liverpool the same night as PCW and that the ROH Liverpool event was also going to hurt the draw for PCW events the following weekend that were booked 40 minutes away, that PCW regulars were placed on "standby" for events and never brought to the United States and that PCW's Cruiserweight championship (held at the time by Adam Cole) was never defended within ROH, which PCW claims ROH promised would happen.

PCW then announced that planned events with ROH had been canceled and that the promotion would instead partner with Combat Zone Wrestling, Westside Xtreme Wrestling and Beyond Wrestling for a major Cruiserweight tournament.
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Some other sheet news includes:
  • On his official Facebook page, Mick Fpley recently clarified stuff about his promo involving his relationship with Stephanie McMahon from this week's RAW episode. https://www.facebook.com/RealMickFol...797530250381:0
  • Newest collection added to the WWE Network was revealed to be Eddie Guerrero themed.
  • WWE renamed both the WWE Tag Team belt and WWE Women's belt to RAW Tag Team Championship and RAW Women's Championship.
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Jushin Thunder Liger is the only wrestler in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's history to be in every Top 500 list (26 years).
  • While Sasha Banks praised Fabulous Moolah as being one of the innovators for women's wrestling, r/SquaredCircle had an article about the dark side of Moolah's history when it came to women's wrestling in the US and the "Original Screwjob" moment in WWE history. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...bulous_moolah/
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Old 09-07-2016, 09:58 PM   #289
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Ugh. Raw Tag Team and Women's Championships? Why not just brand them Universal and Smackdowns World.
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Old 09-08-2016, 09:21 PM   #290
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So the drop was during the show? I wonder who takes the blame for that? Kevin Owens for being a shitty champion? Sami Zayn for being a shitty challenger? Triple H for not being there? It'll be interesting to see.
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Billy Corgan announced during a Facebook Live broadcast that he is "actively engaged in negotiations" to purchase TNA Impact Wrestling. Corgan clarified that he was not saying he had bought the company, but was trying to do so. Corgan referred to the process as "complicated" but that he hoped to be able to pull off the purchase. Corgan noted that he hoped to soon not only run the "culture" of the company, but the business end of the company from top to bottom. Corgan stated that if it did not happen, he would explain why as well at a future date.
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It’s been reported in Mexico that Alberto El Patron (Del Rio) may be headed to Elite, as opposed to AAA. Del Rio and his reps are hearing from just about every major company aside from WWE.
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On the freedom wrestlers have in the Cruiserweight Classic that he felt after his first CWC match with Da Mack:
"It felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. In 18 years, I had never been put in the ring and basically told just be yourself. It was the first time in two decades that's ever happened. It was cool to go in there and what people got to see was just very raw, like pure, organic me. It showed because you can tell I'm having fun and it just felt a lot different. It opened up a lot of people's perception of me."

On getting to work with WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels at the last CWC tapings:
"It was good to be able to spend some time with him in a working environment where I could work with him on stuff from a philosophical point of view. It was great to get advice from him, to see how he operates and it's incredible. It's also encouraging because there's a lot of like-minded philosophy and when that comes about, you get to a point where there's no advice to be given because you guys are thinking on the same rhythm, then it encourages you because your education is better than you think it was. It was awesome to be in that environment. I wanted to tell him the whole time that my Mount Rushmore is your face four times (laughs)...or maybe three times and then Eddie (Guerrero) on the end. There's not a lot of people that I would hold in the same regard. It was so cool that he's in that environment and doing that. If you were to put people in tiers, he's above every tier."

On his matchup with Kota Ibushi in the Cruiserweight Classic finals and how big of a night it will be:
"We've never wrestled before and he's amazing. He's world class - an elite guy. It is the biggest situation I've ever been in mostly because it just seems unwinnable for a guy like me because he is who he is. It's the biggest match I've been able to be a part of because of the social significance among wrestling fans.
From a recent interview TJ Perkins had with TJRWrestling podcast show: http://tjrwrestling.podbean.com/e/tj...klash-preview/

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Before entering the Octagon for his first ever mixed martial arts bout against Mickey Gall at UFC 203 on Saturday, CM Punk met with his friend Ariel Helwani for this year’s edition of their annual sit-down interview.

Of note, Punk seemed to be having a difficult time dealing with having to cut weight for the fight. Helwani asked Punk how much he currently weighed, but Punk wouldn’t reveal the answer.

“When does this come out?” Punk asked. “It’s a thing I gotta do, it’s not going so well I guess.”

Punk said the process wasn’t fun, and he's never done a weight cut before. Punk noted that he hadn’t done a practice weight cut for the fight and hasn’t been working with a nutritionist. Punk claimed that the last time he weighed 171 lbs was in high school or eighth grade, but he wasn’t worried about making weight for the fight.
During the same interview, Punk implied WWE/Vince wants to bleed Punk dry of money and don't want the Punk-Amann lawsuit to end anytime soon. Punk believes if Vince never got involved, both lawsuits would have been settled a while ago. http://www.f4wonline.com/mma-news/pu...so-well-220336

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Reigns pinned Jericho.

Jericho was cheered wildly so he cut a promo about how bad England is and how London is the anus of England. Reigns came out and was booed heavily. Jericho then grabbed the mic and started berating the crowd again. But they still booed Reigns.

When Jericho got Reigns in the Walls of Jericho, the place was chanting “tap, tap, tap.” Reigns speared him and the finish got loud boos except for some kids cheering.

JoJo plugged that Reigns merchandise was on sale and the place started booing heavily. She was trying not to laugh about the reaction
From a recent house show during WWE's current international tour. Thought it was pretty funny overall.

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Cody is trying to fulfill his bucket list that he put on the Internet some time back and it looks like he's going to hit every one. He said he is not looking to sign with anyone. His major goal looks to be to trying to it as an actor on television. He did an episode of Arrow (he became friends with Stephen Amell when they did the WWE angle together) and is hoping that turns into a recurring role.

Besides indies and a lot of U.K., he is going to work multiple dates starting in December with ROH and noted in particular wanting to work with Adam Cole. Rhodes is also planning on working TNA with he and his wife Brandi doing a program with Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis after they worked together for Northeast Wrestling. He feels he will be able to work both TNA and ROH, even though both have television and to this point nobody has been able to work both. He got at least one set date in New Japan to work with Katsuyori Shibata, and it wouldn't be a surprise if they also work outside of New Japan as well. Cody has gotten offers to work with Damien Sandow since they had a WWE program, but felt he wants to right now concentrate on working with people he's never worked with before.
Some more details regarding recent Cody Rhodes news. Seems like his TNA and ROH stuff is only going to be temporary and not him signing an actual long term deal with either.

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Although not announced there has been internal talk regarding a second annual Dusty Rhodes tag team tournament
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There was more than one performer that were very upset with the Banks promo and the idea of it. The feeling was that it was bad taste because they tried to use the emotion of the Bryan promo, which it was a takeoff of (one veteran also brought up the Edge situation) and tried to work what ended up being a bad angle off of it. The feeling is the Bryan thing was real, really too real, and happened too short of a time ago and it cheapened it by trying to copy it for an angle, not to mention how bad the Banks angle turned out. Even though there was no promo, another name mentioned was T.J. Wilson (Kidd) who hasn’t been able to return for more than a year after breaking his neck. Wilson and Bryan were both very well liked across the board by the talent. Obviously some will note that WWE already did this with Mark Henry, but the difference was that Mark Henry’s situation was a fake retirement, but not regarding an injury. It’s the fact that career ending injuries are a very sensitive subject to those who are friends of those injured.
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The idea right now is to do Takeovers in conjunction with the big four events. Since they have been running on a schedule of four Takeovers a year, that would either move them out of Full Sail (since Mania is in Orlando, Orlando will get at least one guaranteed NXT Takeover show) or they’ll have to add shows
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The story is that Paige has gotten legal representation and at press time nobody seems to know whether she’ll stay or go. WWE has outright stated that the allegation of Paige being threatened with being fired by Carrano if she didn’t break up with Del Rio is not true. The reality is they were put on different brands when everyone in decision making power knew full well they were a couple and it’s impossible to believe them being a couple wasn’t figured into the decision. Carmella and Cass were as well but that was different in the sense they wanted to get Carmella over as a wrestler on her own and not part of the Enzo & Cass team so there was a business reason and that decision was made months ago when they didn’t bring her up as part of the act. But to outright say if you don’t break up with your boyfriend you’ll be fired, that’s more questionable. It’s just difficult for me to believe someone in that position would ever say that because of the legal implications. Between her suspension and Del Rio leaving you know the situation would be tenuous anyway, but this being said only makes it more difficult for both sides, but she has not officially at least left the promotion as of press time and is still under contract for a number of years. In fact, at press time, WWE has not even acknowledged that Del Rio is no longer with the promotion which is surprising since the belief was it would be acknowledged by now.
Update to recent Paige news. Supposedly Del Rio recently contacted the WWE's Total Divas rep about the firing allegations but the guy refused to comment on what actually happened.


Some other sheet news includes:
  • Slam Sports recently had an interview with Kevin Owens: http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling.../22664812.html
  • ESPN recently had an article about why they have suddenly decided to cover pro wrestling. http://www.espn.com/blog/ombudsman/p...tic-challenges
  • 2K Games recently released a new trailer for WWE 2k17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHTz2MOY_xc
  • For those wanting a quick laugh, website WeAreMel compiled a list of hilarious FCC complaints against the WWE by both fans and people offended at what was going on for storylines. https://features.wearemel.com/there-...d6f#.jvshpw5m5
  • According to the Observer, Season 4 for Lucha Undeground is in serious doubt due to nobody being told when the next set of tapings will occur (some teases at a possible October 2016 or January 2017 date) and the company still dealing with serious financial problems.
  • Also according to the Observer, WWE's recent deal to enter the Indian market will not allow them to kick TNA out of it. Was some speculation WWE would try in order to get the entire market but Sony who owns the tv channels showing wrestling actually wants more wrestling companies signed.
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I can totally imagine the WWE trying to split Paige/Del Rio up. Didn't they get shitty at Lana posting about her wedding to Rusev. Paige put up Instagram photos of her and ADR together. It's very easy to imagine a representative going up to one or both of them and saying "Hey, we don't like the look of that" with that underlying "Stop or you're fired" subtext.
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Cody Rhodes vs. Shibata is going to be fucking amazing. I'd like to see them do at least two matches, but there's this part of me that thinks they'd make an awesome tag team too.
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I can totally imagine the WWE trying to split Paige/Del Rio up. Didn't they get shitty at Lana posting about her wedding to Rusev. Paige put up Instagram photos of her and ADR together. It's very easy to imagine a representative going up to one or both of them and saying "Hey, we don't like the look of that" with that underlying "Stop or you're fired" subtext.
Yeup and think there were some rumblings about Vince not liking Rusev and Lana as a couple. Something about him being baffled at why Lana would want to date and/or marry someone who looked like Rusev.

Think it was the Observer who said Vince and the WWE have a long history of butting into the lives of couples if they don't like or approve the people getting together.
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Yeah, wasn't that the rumored reason behind the Rusev/Lana split? That was horrendous by the way. Rusev should have gone up to Vince and asked him if he has a problem with who he sleeps with like a man. He'd be World Champion by now if he gave Vince a man-to-man scare.
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Hope they do another Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Would like to see it opened up like the CWC and not be NXT exclusive.
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Are there lots of free agent tag teams even worth a look right now? The WWE has done a really good job of giving the impression that tag team wrestling isn't how you get to be a star. I can imagine a few guys being brought in, but this really seems like a place where you'd put over Gargano & Ciampa or TM61.
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Really liked Gargano & Ciampa as a tag team in Brooklyn. I hope they don't split them up because cruiserweights. American Alpha, The Revival, DIY, Harper/Rowan, The Usos, The Alpha Models, Enzo & Cass, The New Day, TM61 -- there are nine awesome tag teams. Ten if you make the effort to bring in Charlie Haas to team with Shelton Benjamin for a program against American Alpha. What a division that would be.
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Oh, and if you split Anderson & Gallows and put Jericho with Anderson like my most recent fantasy, that would be swell too.
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So the drop was during the show? I wonder who takes the blame for that? Kevin Owens for being a shitty champion? Sami Zayn for being a shitty challenger? Triple H for not being there? It'll be interesting to see.
Kevin Owens being shit.

That's my guess anyway.
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The NFL is starting so they got an excuse til February.
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I don't think it's Kevin Owens. It was the show itself. They had people guessing what would happen this week after HHH got involved. Then Raw has no follow up. Show should have started with HHH in my honest opinion. I don't care if it's a 20 minute Authority promo it's better than nothing like we got. Raw has been booked like shit since the split.
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Putting him against Zayn didn't help. As good as their matches are they were supposed to wrestle for the last time at Battleground. Even I skipped through it.
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Seeing Reigns/Owens interact made me consider Owens' size a bit more than I usually would. I'm not usually a "physique guy," but the aura of Owens' NXT gimmick, and what I suppose is his main roster one, doesn't really click against a guy like Reigns.

People want to see Owens go against a guy like Brock Lesnar, but I don't think people realize that Owens will look like a school boy next to him.
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It does reek of McMahon though.

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It’s said that the tournament is there for Kota Ibushi to win if he signs a full-time deal. Zack Sabre Jr. also probably could have won it if he signs a full-time deal. Of the final four, Perkins and Metalik are signed, Sabre Jr. isn’t and doesn’t look to be, and Ibushi has said that he isn’t going full-time and they want the cruiserweight division to be full-time guys

Spoiler tag used since its related to the rumored winner of the CWC tournament and some backup plans in place.

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Ahead of a press conference he has scheduled in Mexico later today, WWE officially announced that they have mutually come to terms with Alberto Del Rio on his release from the company.

The company's statement: "WWE and Jose Rodriguez (Alberto Del Rio) have mutually agreed upon the terms of his release as of today, September 9, 2016."

Del Rio tweeted on Friday morning: "My business relationship with @WWE has come to an end in good terms...thanks for the opportunities they gave me. Termine mi relación con WWE."
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Del Rio held a press conference in Mexico on Friday afternoon to address the situation.

Notes from the conference:
  • Paige was there but didn't sit down at the table or give any interviews.
  • Del Rio said that he didn't feel comfortable in WWE anymore and thought about leaving for a couple of months. He wasn't happy with his second stint with the company and was losing his passion for wrestling in WWE. He felt that he'd done everything in WWE and had nothing left to prove.
  • Del Rio asked to be released from his contract and came to a mutual agreement with the company.
  • WWE's traditional 90 day no-compete clause doesn't apply to Del Rio. He's free to work in Mexico now and will be able to work in the US soon.
  • Del Rio said that he's in negotiation with AAA, CMLL, and Elite, but doesn't want to be exclusive to any promotion. In a point of confusion, he later said that Elite hasn't contacted him. He only wants to work 60 matches a year and has already started to think about retirement. He wants to retire in two years and said he's in talks to work in management for an MMA promotion.
  • Del Rio would like to return to Arena Mexico.
  • The banner at the press conference identified Del Rio as Alberto El Patron. He will once again be wrestling under that name.
  • Del Rio is in negotiations for a commentating job somewhere, but didn't specify if it was in pro wrestling or MMA.
  • Del Rio didn't mention either his or Paige's wellness policy suspensions.
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Paige was there at the press conference but wouldn't talk to any reporters.

According to those with direct knowledge of her situation, she was basically in the same situation A.J. Lee was on when C.M. Punk left. At one point this week it did appear she was gone, right now that isn't the case, but it can change and the situation will be weird. The big difference is there is no legal action being taken against Alberto like there was against Punk.
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Crossface, the long-talked about movie about the life of Chris Benoit, is back on the radar after many years with the official announcement that director and Academy Award nominee Lexi Alexander is attached to the project.

Variety reported the news Thursday, although Alexander (Punisher: War Zone, Johnny Flynton) has teased it on Twitter. It also had been reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter several months ago that she was in talks to do the piece.

The project is based on the book "Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit and The Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry" by Matt Randazzo V. Randazzo V and Ram Getz are the executive producers of the movie, while Alex Ginzberg and Tony Lee (Let it Play) are the producers.

No anticipated release date was mentioned.
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I don't know the story behind this but on Wednesday, WWE sent out word to everyone who works in the web department to not promote Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks at Clash of Champions and if there are any stories with any language where the match is mentioned to amend it.
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Ethan Carter III appears to have signed a new deal. They had wanted to get him on a deal where the office books his indie dates. He’s told indie promoters that he’s worked for that they have to go through the office going forward so that would seem to confirm it
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Metalik will be moving his family to the U.S. so there may be a delay in him relocating and being in full-time, although he is in and it was announced that Raw this week that he was part of the division. That’s why he’s still taking bookings in Mexico as Mascara Dorada, but he is coming in for the cruiserweight division.
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I got that all the time, the shape you’re in, or the gear, get a singlet. I wrestled in a singlet for a while, but it just wasn’t me, or my attitude. People would say, I have a bad attitude. The thing is, the people would say that I had a bad attitude were the people who I didn’t see eye to eye with, so today, I know Jim Cornette says that the reason why I’m successful now is because I changed my attitude and I listen to what people tell me now, and I used to not listen to him, but the thing is, I used to not listen to him, or question his methods because I didn’t agree with them, and I didn’t share his vision. I really didn’t change who I am, I mean, even you, when we’re working on something and I don’t see it, I’ll say, I don’t know about that. I don’t do anything blindly, which is what Jim Cornette would want me to do back then. For what it’s worth, from the moment I’ve gotten here, everyone from the Producers, to the Writers, everybody…I have a really good relationship with everyone. I remember one specific time that I didn’t like the idea they had for me that night, and I spoke up about it and ultimately did it the way they wanted it, and it turned out fine, you know what I mean? Like, I was told, it’s really not a big deal, and I would respond with, no I think it is a big deal, and they would say, no it’s really not, and they were right, it wasn’t a big deal, but I still voiced my opinion, but I really haven’t had any encounters where my bad attitude would take over. I remember, actually, it was Kevin Kelly. I might put some blame on Kevin Kelly. I remember he came into Ring of Honor to do Commentary and work behind the scenes as well. I remember him telling me that he used to work with Rock and Austin and he would see how I would react if there was a pre-tape and I didn’t like how it was, and I would ask for a re-do, which would annoy some people, and the production guys or whatever, or even you know, whoever wrote the pre-tape, and Kevin said look, that might be viewed as you being hard to work with some people, and I’m not going to put you in their league, but I’m saying Rock and Austin used to do the same thing. To me, that was a huge compliment, so listening blindly to what people are telling you, if it’s not you, it won’t work. Somebody can have a very precise vision of what they want, but if you can’t alter it just a little bit, in the smallest way to being you, in a way people will want to watch, so him telling me that, it really prompted me to, not set my ways, but question something of Jim that I didn’t like, but that was the first example where I felt like, being me, is important and motivated me to see that since the top guys are doing it, why not me?

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People immediately went to Jim Cornette and saying you were wrong, because Cornette was on record to say that I’m not the kind of guy who would never wrestle with over 200 people in the crowd. From what I know, I don’t think Jim said anything negative about me winning the title, he just said, I don’t care about it, I won’t watch it, whatever, but he did it because he changed his attitude, but whatever. The one person that kept hearing about was Vince Russo, because Vince Russo is very vocal about how I don’t look like a star or whatever. He said this stuff about Finn Balor and Sami Zayn. He wants me to respond to him and I don’t because the thing is, I truly believe, I just know that Vince Russo doesn’t believe what he is saying. He knows I’m good. He knows Sami Zayn is good, he knows Finn is good, he knows that me being champion is good. He’s just saying that because he wants to piss people off and that is what gets him ratings and attention, and it’s true, because when he says it, I get a million tweets about it. I don’t think he believes in anything he says; he’s just really upset that I blocked him on Twitter years ago, like he made one comment about the Young Bucks and I blocked him, and then I remember somebody showing me last year when he started talking crap about me, he would say that he knows that I blocked him on Twitter.
From a recent episode of Talk Is Jericho podcast with Kevin Owens as the guest.


Some other sheet news includes:
  • CM Punk recently wrote an article for website ThePlayersTribune about his MMA training and him having no desire to return to the WWE. http://www.theplayerstribune.com/the...portant-thing/
  • Finn Balor recently revealed on Twitter his rehab process has gone well to the point he can play with LEGOs again. https://twitter.com/FinnBalor/status/774240508059189248
  • MLW Radio podcast currently debunking rumors regarding the WWE not willing to offer a contract extension for Tyson Kidd and waiting for it to expire next month. https://twitter.com/MLW/status/774319455903944704
  • Seth Rollins might be dealing with another social media related problem after it was discovered his official Instagram account included him ridiculing Paige for her issues with the WWE.
  • WWE recently had an article on their website about how they found the tape for Last Battle of Atlanta and why it inspired WWE's Hell in a Cell idea. http://www.wwe.com/classics/last-bat...ta-rich-sawyer
  • According to reports, the late Rick Rude's son recently passed away after getting into a car accident last week.
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Kevin Owens actually seems level-headed about Jim Cornette there and seems to somewhat accept the criticisms of him as a performer, which are valid.
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Crossface, the long-talked about movie about the life of Chris Benoit, is back on the radar after many years with the official announcement that director and Academy Award nominee Lexi Alexander is attached to the project.

Variety reported the news Thursday, although Alexander (Punisher: War Zone, Johnny Flynton) has teased it on Twitter. It also had been reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter several months ago that she was in talks to do the piece.

The project is based on the book "Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit and The Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry" by Matt Randazzo V. Randazzo V and Ram Getz are the executive producers of the movie, while Alex Ginzberg and Tony Lee (Let it Play) are the producers.

No anticipated release date was mentioned.
I actually got that book as a Christmas present from an old friend way back in 2008 but I've never actually gotten around to reading it.

Maybe I should read it before seeing the movie.
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That is, if I decided to watch it when it's released.
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Kevin Owens just praised Terry Taylor in an interview for being honest about not seeing anything in him. He's baiting right?
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Everyone knew that the first week of football season was going to take a bit out of the Raw ratings, but even in a worst case scenario, I don't think anyone expected this.

The feeling was that Raw would struggle to top 3 million viewers, and fall under it some weeks, and probably start out in the 2.9 million viewer range, similar to how it did against the Olympics.

Last night's Raw did 2.68 million viewers, barely beating out the 2.62 million for the July 4th show this year. Aside from that show, from a ratings standpoint this will probably be the lowest rated show since October 14, 1996, and that's when it was going head-to-head with another wrestling show, major league playoffs and an NFL game ...

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8 p.m. 2.83 million viewers
9 p.m. 2.72 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.52 million viewers
In regards to rating comparisons, this week being a 1.8 managed to tie what WCW Nitro did for its lowest in history. TNA's highest ever for Impact was a 1.5 rating which was the Hogan debut episode. Lowest ever in RAW history is a 1.5 which was hit in late 1996.

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Ryback has been unable to go by his former wrestling name since leaving WWE, but that's something he's trying to change.

On an episode of his podcast that was released on Monday, Ryback said that he was attempting to change his real name to his wrestling identity.

“It’s not uncharted territory, but it kind of is too in a way. I legally went and changed my name to Ryback, for many reasons, one of which it was one thing that I did not own, and I created and I used before my time with WWE.

And it is something that is associated with my brand and who I am that I am very proud of. So, I went through the proper steps in Clark County in Las Vegas. And it cost a little bit of money, and I go in front of a judge September 1st. But when this airs, you know, hopefully everything is approved and I would be known as Ryback Allen Reeves moving forward.”

As of now, it isn’t known if the attempt was successful. He still goes by “The Big Guy” on Twitter and is still being advertised under that name for his wrestling appearances going forward.
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Alberto Del Rio did an interview with Mas Luchas claiming that he failed the WWE drug test because he was using legally prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. It's not exactly a secret that WWE had banned all TRT usage years ago but may have amended that, but even when amended, even if prescribed by a doctor it has to be approved by the WWE's own medical staff. He also said that Andrade Cien Almas wasn't happy and wants to return to Mexico. He said the problem is that when you go from Mexico to WWE you have to learn English and also start from scratch and forget everything you know. He said Almas asked him if things get better when you make the main roster, and he said he told him that things get worse.
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In reply to a fan asking if he would ever fight in UFC, Randy Orton tweeted, “I like making $. Over and over. Not once every 6 months… plus I'd prob fake punch the guy and get choked out. #lol”
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After Decay “kidnapped” Senor Benjamin at the end of last week’s “Delete or Decay” edition of Impact, Matt Hardy tweeted a photo saying that they found Benjamin and the footage of the rescue will air on Impact this Thursday.
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After wrestling each other all over the world for the last few years, Marty Scurll and Will Ospreay will be bringing their rivalry to Ring of Honor.

ROH announced in a video update on Tuesday that Scurll will face Ospreay on the promotion’s upcoming tour of the United Kingdom. It was recently revealed that both men would soon be making their ROH debuts.
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EVOLVE set new attendance records for their events in Long Island and Queens. There was a lot of fear going into Long Island in particular because the advance was so bad, but in the end, they sold out and had people standing, so they will be back in Deer Park down the line. Queens was expected to be down because they were running opposite the Backlash PPV but in the end, the crowd was actually up from the previous show. Queens' return date is 11/12.

As noted previously, TNA's Billy Corgan and Dave Lagana were at the show in Queens. The story backstage among wrestlers is that they were actually at a nearby restaurant and since they were in the neighborhood, came by to see the show. There were no business talks between the companies or anything like that and EVOLVE didn't even know they were coming until 15 minutes before they arrived.
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I think Ryborg would be a better name for Ryback anyway. Needs to just run with that name. Fits his character more I think.
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"The Big Guy" Ryan Reeves is a pretty great name. Don't know why he'd wanna keep using such a gimmicky name. Just use your real name and build your brand off something only you can own.
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Think WWE might still be fighting to get ownership of "The Big Guy" trademark away from Ryback. He still owns the trademark which is why he uses it but not sure if he actually won his fight against the WWE over it yet.

Him getting legally named as Ryback could be some insurance in case he lost the trademark to "The Big Guy."
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Should legally change to THE RYBACK

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Paige took to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon to address her recent wellness policy violation, being suspended by WWE, and rumors that she would be leaving the company.

Paige's statement (with paragraph breaks added) is available below:

"First, I’d like to thank all my fans for their love and support the last few weeks. Let me begin by saying that the rumors that I’m leaving the WWE are completely false! I certainly look forward to returning back to action at some point, once my injury is treated and on a healthy return.

Although I was disappointed by my suspension, I respect the WWE’s Wellness Policy. However, let me be clear that I was not suspended for failing a drug test, it was merely due to a procedural issue. I took the test, I passed it. I arranged said test to happen after I wasn’t at my home when aegis contacted me. So I drove 200 miles to do it. Unfortunately I didn’t do it in time, according to Aegis. Once again, thank you for all the love and support!”
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While there has been discussion about the WWE future of former WWE Divas champion Paige given the departure of her boyfriend, Alberto Del Rio, from WWE and her Wellness Policy suspension last month, PWInsider.com can confirm that she will be returning to the road next week.

We have been told by multiple sources the two sides have been communicating over the last several days. Paige is booked for next week's Raw taping in Memphis, TN as well as subsequent live events for the Raw brand.

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While making an appearance to throw out the first pitch at a Philadelphia Phillies game on Monday night, Daniel Bryan spoke to the Associated Press about his concussion history and retirement from in-ring competition earlier this year.

And as he has done in most recent interviews, Bryan once again expressed uncertainty about closing the book on his in-ring career.

"I honestly do," Bryan said about hoping to wrestle again. "All the real concussion specialists who deal with concussions every day, all of them think I am fine."

But Bryan noted that he understood why WWE wouldn’t clear him.

"You can see it from their point of view," Bryan said. "If something happens to me...and then they let me back in the ring, and something happens to me, even if these other doctors say I'm cleared, they're not the ones who the media will blame. Because concussions are such a hot topic issue and everyone's afraid of that sort of thing, that's one of the reasons why I wasn't cleared" ...

Bryan said that there are times where he gets worked up and wants to call and ask for his release, and that he might have tried harder to get out of his contract and wrestle elsewhere if he didn’t have a family to look out for.

"Hell, I might even be wearing a mask at an independent show next week dressed up as Star Man," Bryan said. "Because it's what I love to do. But, it becomes different when you have a wife and you're trying to have kids."

While laughing, Bryan claimed that he wasn’t given a choice about accepting his new role as general manager of SmackDown. He said that he’s under contract so he shows up when he’s told to.
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A student at Seth Rollins wrestling school died recently. The autopsy was inconclusive but no foul play is suspected. The student began feeling ill during practice and was told by instructors to sit out. His condition worsened and he was taken to the emergency room where he died shortly after.
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We've been asked about the TNA status of Rebel over the last few hours as she removed TNA from her social media. We are told that her TNA deal expired and she is done with the company. She's been appearing regularly for OVW of late, so she is still pursuing the business.
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The New York Comic Con announced there would be a Lucha Underground panel with Rey Mysterio Jr., LU Executive Producer Eric Van Wagenen, Ivellise Velez, Katrina, Marty Elias, Taya, Doran Roldan and more appearing.

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Paige was with Del Rio at the press conference but never spoke. At one point this past week she did quit WWE, but there were talks afterwards of attempting to mend fences and at press time things had been settled and she was scheduled to return, perhaps as early as the 9/19 Raw in Memphis, which would be after her 30 day suspension expired. In actuality, her return depends on her various injuries and there is no date scheduled as of yet, but that would be the earliest date possible. It was a touchy situation since a decision was almost made to fire Paige several weeks ago, to the point I was alerted about a firing to come on deadline, which was to be her, but at that point there was a change of heart. That was back during the week where several people had been let go and before the announcement of her Wellness policy failure. She had gotten legal representation this past week.
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With the exception of Sabre and Ibushi, everyone on the final episode of the CWC has been signed by WWE, along with people like Rich Swann, Jack Gallagher, Akira Tozawa (finishing up in Dragon Gate) and possibly Ho Ho Lun, because of the company wanting to create stars for China. Several will be starting this coming week. Metalik is still working Mexico until he moves his family in, so TJ Perkins was the only one of the four who could have won.
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As we reported yesterday in the Elite section of PWInsider.com, Brian Kendrick, Rich Swann and Jack Gallagher are all scheduled for the Raw taping this Monday in Memphis, TN. I would think you can add Perkins to that list as well.

There is already talk of doing a similar CWC style series in 2017, perhaps focusing on female talents. There's been early discussion of doing something in the first quarter of 2017 but that was nowhere written in stone.
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We are told that Emma, who has been out of action with a back injury, is slated to be on the road this coming week for WWE so she will be returning shortly.
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WWE is advertising a 9/25 show in State College, PA with A.J. Styles vs. John Cena for the WWE title, Dean Ambrose vs Dolph Ziggler vs. Bray Wyatt and The Miz vs. Apollo Crews for the IC title.
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Restrictions & limitations in the CWC: We had agents. We had to deal with agents as well and plan it out. I know for me personally, I wanted to do a stalling suplex from the second rope and they completely scrapped that. They said no way can you do that. For whatever reason, Me & Zach were supossed to be 50/50 right up to the end and it was more of a showcase for Zach which is understandable, right? I get it. There weren't major handcuffs put on, but they did want to steer the ship the way they want to steer it. So as we go along and get more progressive into it, they're easing up on it. Tozawa is known for that snap german suplex with a hold for the pin and they were adamant on saying no absolutely no head drops at all and when push came to shove, Tozawa did put (Ken) Johnson directly on his bean for that snap German suplex. Its the same as anything. It's wrestling politics. Either you kind of bite the bullet and ask for forgiveness later or you just do your stuff. I'm sure to God that burning hammer (Brian Kendrik's) was not discussed. WWE doesn't even let the tombstone fly other than the Undertaker.
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TNA President Billy Corgan posted the following video on Facebook, responding to reports (not sure where these may have originated) that he was lining up investors to buy TNA, stating that he was using his own money to attempt to purchase the company and has been using his own money to invest thus far into the process.
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Bray Wyatt did a media jaunt for WWE this week. When asked by The Springfield News-Leader if he had any heroes in the pro wrestling world, Wyatt commented, "Oh, man. I have a lot of heroes. I have a lot of people that I’ve looked up to. We touched on Dusty already. As far as, you know, me having a hero, I would say Blackjack Mulligan (Wyatt's grandfather), who just passed away, you know, not too long after Dusty did. He’s up chasin' down shots of Jack and gettin' in fistfights with Dusty in heaven. Blackjack was just a man bigger than life. He was huge, by the way, 6'9". He was just a huge man. Just seeing him come into a room, how he handled himself. You couldn't help but look up to someone like that. He was the last cowboy — maybe the last real cowboy outlaw that will ever be. Wyatt noted that Dusty Rhodes gave him the "Eater of Worlds" moniker. To read that complete interview, click here.

Wyatt was also interviewed by Tupelo, MS's Daily Journal. On growing up in a pro wrestling family, Wyatt commented, "Growing up in that environment is a strange thing,” he said, laughing. “Most people couldn’t imagine it. When I was a child, I thought everyone was a wrestler. I thought when you went to work, you went to go wrestle. It was weird hearing kids talk trash about your family from what they see on television, but it kind of molded me and made me what I am today – thick-skinned."To read that interview click here.
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The second stage of this is impossible to defend. The WWE was aware Orton had a concussion, and covered it up. Orton, likely to protect the company, also downplayed his injuries, even to friends and co-workers who were not aware of this. He was pulled from house shows, but was at television and kept from anything physical.

However, the WWE was promoting Orton vs. Wyatt the entire time. The company knows full well that the time line for recovery from a concussion is impossible to predict. It could be a few days. It could be a few weeks. It could be a few months. There is no way to defend the company for promoting a PPV match with a concussed wrestler when they had no way at all of knowing whether he’d be able to perform ... The fact is the scenario with Wyatt vs. Kane was something planned as a backup for some time, so they were fully aware from the start. Worse, after he was checked out before Backlash that day, and it was ruled that he would not be able to do the match, the WWE not only hid that from the audience, but continued to heavily promote the match on social media hours after the reports were already out that he was off the show, as well as during the pregame show ...

According to one doctor who is a concussion expert and some wrestlers who know the bump, they questioned allowing a wrestler not cleared to deliver an RKO.

Bret Hart, whose career for all real purposes ended due to a concussion, said, “Absolutely, he shouldn’t take any falls. The impact of any bump will pose problems. The brain is usually swollen and can’t be banged about.”

While WWE can defend itself for usage of the Impact testing of Dr. Joseph Maroon as its guideline, and other sports use it as well, it’s well known in football how to cheat on those tests. That’s not saying Orton did, but there may be better systems to use. A lot of that becomes political in the sense WWE’s head of medical is the guy who was at the forefront of the program they use. But it does feel like WWE may be behind on the curve on the nature of its testing.
From a lengthy article by the Observer about the WWE purposely hiding Orton suffering from concussion problems since Summerslam. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc..._a_concussion/

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Backlash only drew 7,000 fans, and that was with a lot of papering around town in the days before the show. There were reports of tickets being given away at night clubs as well as outside a Comic book convention the day before the show. In addition, for the first time in recent history, a WWE PPV show didn’t crack the No. 20 searches for that day
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It’s notable that the recent WWE Network commercials have more and more Hulk Hogan on them, including two voice clips in the latest commercial. In the past, they’ve not pushed Hogan on network commercials. We’ve all known that WWE was looking at bringing back Hogan when they thought the time was right and when they wouldn’t get a backlash for doing so. I sense this is some testing of the waters. Most wrestling fans don’t care, and Hogan will always have a nostalgia thing going for him no matter what he does, but the racist comments are a tough one to come back from, and the company can’t plead ignorance if a sponsor gets mad over it. Still, while this is not a perfect analogy at all, but seeing Ryan Lochte doing “Dancing With The Stars” so soon after he basically became the poster boy for the ugly entitled American abroad with no sponsor backlash says a lot
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Eric Barnes, who was the last person left in the marketing department, is no longer a full-time employee. Barnes’ official title was Senior Director of Consumer Engagement and Integrated Communications. He is still having an involvement with the company as a consultant. He was the last person left in the marketing department.

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Emma coming back much sooner than I thought she would. SmackDown needs the help more than RAW, but as the hottest woman in WWE right now, Emma would plug really well into a feud against Charlotte for the Women's Title, with Dana Brooke being forced to choose a side.
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We have been told that Styles’ is expected to have a lengthy title run and isn’t expected to drop it anytime soon. WWE officials are very happy with AJ and have been since arriving to the company.

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William Regal announced at Thursday night's NXT TV tapings in Winter Park, FL, that the tournament would return for its second annual edition. It will begin at tonight's tapings, with the winning team being crowned at NXT TakeOver: Toronto on Saturday, November 19th.

The tournament debuted last year to honor the life of Dusty Rhodes and what he meant to NXT.
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In addition to new WWE Cruiserweight Champion TJ Perkins, WWE.com confirmed six more names that will be joining Raw's upcoming cruiserweight division when it launches next Monday night.

Brian Kendrick, Rich Swann, Gran Metalik, Cedric Alexander, Lince Dorado, and Noam Dar are all headed to the Raw roster. But WWE didn't reveal which wrestlers will be in action when the revamped cruiserweight division launches next Monday.

Notably, the list seems to indicate that Akira Tozawa, Jack Gallagher, Johnny Gargano, and Tommaso Ciampa won't be headed to Raw immediately. All four were featured in videos hyping the division in previous weeks. Lince Dorado wasn't included in those videos, but will apparently be joining the division right away.
Link from WWE's website: http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2016-09...w?sf36134052=1

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The 9/15 edition of Impact Wrestling did 366,000 viewers, well up from last week's 337,000 viewers.
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TMZ is reporting that Brandi Rhodes, wife of Cody Rhodes, has signed a deal to wrestle for TNA. The article notes that while she was a ring announcer before leaving WWE shortly after her husband did, she is coming into TNA to be a knockout and wrestle.
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Variety reported today that WWE Studios' "Killing Hasselhoff" will open the San Diego Film Festival on 9/28 ...

This is the WWE Studios film that ended up being delayed due to scenes featuring Hulk Hogan that was edited out of the final product after Hogan was let go by WWE in the summer of 2015 when taped revealing Hogan making racially-tinged comments were leaked to the public.
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Speaking of the Rock, his Seven Bucks Productions and WWE Studios are now in pre-production on "The Fall Guy" feature film adaptation, which will be the first time Rock has starred in a WWE Studios film.
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Ring of Honor announced that former TNA Knockout Jessicka Havok would debut tomorrow at the ROH event in Lockport, New York.
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Since the subject of Adam Cole’s contract has been asked about, since it’s no secret WWE wants him and was at one point directly saying they’d fast-track him to the NXT title, but he’s now the ROH champion, this is the situation. He’s under contract through 12/31, but because he missed four months due to his injuries, ROH is claiming the contract continues through the end of April
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New Japan’s total gross revenue from wrestling operations in the September to August fiscal year was $32 million, up 18.5 percent over the past year. That’s significant because they did that with lower attendance and with the loss of a number of key people like Shinsuke Nakamura and A.J. Styles. They or CMLL would be the No. 2 pro wrestling company in the world right now, but they are less than five percent of that of WWE when it comes to total revenue
Figured that was interesting in showing how huge the gap is between the #1 and #2 promotions in the world.

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Billy Corgan has publicly talked of wanting to buy a majority interest in TNA. It is believed that as of right now, TNA is owned by Dixie Carter, Corgan and Aroluxe. Corgan and Aroluxue got their points in the company by funding the recent television tapings. Carter at this point still owns in the neighborhood of 70 percent of the company, but Corgan was able to get control and the Presidency of the company for putting recent money in. Aroluxe didn’t raise enough money by the end of August to buy the company, which had been expected to happen. Corgan and his investors are working on putting together a deal. The winner in this appears to be John Gaburick. The feeling was he was gone if Aroluxe had gotten the company, while he’s apparently on Corgan’s good side. Carter apparently wants at least $4 million for her stock in the company. There is the feeling this deal needs to go through because they need the money to do the next set of tapings which start on 10/2, which will cost somewhere between $600,000 and $800,000 total. If they get the tapings done, TNA will at least have everything in the can through the end of November, at which point the new ownership would have to fund another set of tapings
Some details regarding Billy Corgan trying to buy TNA. Also TNA once again facing serious money problems.

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The WWE filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Connecticut on 9/8 attempting to get a ruling that would ban Robert Windham (Blackjack Mulligan, who has passed away), Thomas Billington (Dynamite Kid), James Ware (Koko B. Ware) and Oreal Perras (Ivan Koloff) from filing suit against the company for any damages related to concussions. WWE, who has sued all four wrestlers, basically in an attempt to keep them from suing, is attempting to get a ruling from the court that all four cases are time barred. That is strategic because if they get that ruling, then all the other wrestlers from that era in the other case will have had a court precedent set as far as a statute of limitations from brain injuries
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Shelton Benjamin had his surgery on 9/7 to repair a torn rotator cuff. He’s expected to start working at WWE after recovery, which is likely in about six months
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With all three Shield members as faces, there is talk of setting up another Shield reunion type spot at one of the joint branded PPVs, whether it be in the Rumble or something at Survivor Series
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Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling are looking to sign several stars to combined deals for 2017 and beyond.

ROH is facing a potential big roster turnover with several deals set to expire at the end of the year, but they are hopeful that working with NJPW will prevent that.

New Japan is also looking to prevent what happened at the start of 2016 when the company lost Shinsuke Nakamura, A.J. Styles, Karl Anderson, and Doc Gallows to WWE.

NJPW has also expressed interest in running solo shows in the U.S. in 2017, prompting their attempt to sign U.S. stars to mix with the New Japan roster.

One of the first ROH/NJPW stars to be offered a combination deal is Matt Sydal, who is currently under contract to New Japan for another year. To our knowledge, Sydal has not signed the offered combo deal.

Notably, the ROH contracts for Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly of the ReDragon tag team are set to expire at the end of the year.

New Japan has expressed interest in signing Fish and O’Reilly once their ROH deals expire. However, talent believe New Japan and ROH will work together in free agent situations to offer combination deals that would prevent the two companies from bidding against each other.

Some other sheet news includes:
  • Sporting News website had a recent interview with TJ Perkins about his CWC tournament victory: http://www.sportingnews.com/wwe/news...91sv6459szt954
  • British tv channel ITV recently released a hype and interview video for Jack Gallagher's upcoming WWE debut. http://www.itv.com/news/granada/2016...ary-gentleman/
  • Some new details regarding a recent trainee's death at Seth Rollins wrestling school were released. http://qctimes.com/news/local/year-o...ab9464af3.html
  • A WWE sponsored documentary about Pat Patterson was recently released online as part of the hype for his autobiography. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp03sbfWhjY
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, John Cena will pass Triple H and Undertaker for most ppv main event matches all-time in the WWE if his match against Styles next month at Smackdown's No Mercy ppv is the main event. Cena previously broke the record in 2014 but both Taker and Triple H regained the record the past 2 years. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...in_his_triple/
  • In another "WWE Did You Know" type fact, a member of the Shield has main evented every ppv except 3 shows since their breakup.
  • According to the sheets and from recent house show reports, Emma is very likely getting added to RAW's Women's division once she returns from her injury which is very soon.
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