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Mr. Nerfect 10-27-2015 10:47 PM

Honestly think they'll create a WWE Divas Tag Team Championship to give to The Bellas.

Emperor Smeat 10-27-2015 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by PWI
Regarding the reports of Vince McMahon flipping out backstage over the blood in last night's Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker match at WWE Hell In a Cell, apparently it was not the blood that he was upset over.

A source who was watching from close to the "gorilla position" last night reported to PWInsider that Vince was not upset over the blood but he wasn't thrilled to see it either. Vince did get upset when he ordered the doctor to go in the ring to clean up some of the blood and Lesnar pushed him away. This spot was 100% shoot and something Lesnar did in the moment as he was upset with the momentum of the match being interrupted.

Regarding a possible "blade job" in last night's match, Lesnar most likely would not have needed 9 staples to close a wound from a blade. With WWE's strict policy against blading these days, Lesnar was likely busted open the hard-way.

When Lesnar and Taker returned backstage, there was no incident with Vince calling them into his office or talking down to them in front of everyone.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Even with a weak NFL Monday Night football game, no World Series competition, and coming the day after a strong Hell In A Cell show, the WWE Raw ratings for 10/26 showed no improvement over recent weeks.

Last night's show did 3.34 million viewers, the same level as it has been doing since the NFL season started. The Arizona Cardinals vs. Baltimore Ravens game did 12.20 million viewers, below the season average, so the competition was the easiest WWE has had on Monday night in weeks.

RAW had its biggest first hour since football season started, a huge drop in the second hour, but the third hour featuring the WWE World title #1 contender's match with Roman Reigns vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler was the best in five weeks.

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.64 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.21 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.21 million viewers

2nd month in a row no post-ppv bump for RAW and easiest week in a while for RAW in terms of competition.

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FOX Sports has an article on UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey saying she wants to become WWE Divas Champion in the future. Rousey made the comments at the UFC 193 media event today. She said:

"What I would love to do, I got an Olympic medal, I would want to retire from MMA as one of the greatest of all time, I would love to have the chance to be the boxing world champion, and I would love to have the chance to be a jiu-jitsu world champion. I'd love to have the chance to be the Divas world champion and just be the best of everything at one point."

"How that is possible to do, I'm going to have to figure that out but I am trying to figure that out. I think if anybody's capable, I think that I am. I think it's just a matter of prioritizing and timing and figuring out when I can do which, when. I'm figuring it out. I'd love to, but it's a process."
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Originally Posted by Observer
Del Rio did contact AAA in advance, even if it was this past weekend, so they weren't blind sided like with Myzteziz, and both sides are on good terms. The right thing to do would be to come back and at least drop their world title. Del Rio is expected on tonight's show. They really should have brought back Ricardo Rodriguez with him. A superstar can say things negative about the company and come back with a great deal. A lower level guy will have a harder time coming back when you say negative things about the boss. Losing Del Rio and Myzteziz was a huge blow to AAA.

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Originally Posted by Observer
WWE quietly added two RAW episodes to the WWE Network this month. They are not publicly advertised and were not picked up in automatic update engines so it appears WWE is trying to keep these additions under the radar, according to WrestlingDVDNetwork.com. The episodes are from February 9th and February 16th, 2004. Chris Benoit is prominently featured in both episodes as this was before WrestleMania 20 where he defeated Triple H and Shawn Michaels for the World Heavyweight Title.


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Emperor Smeat 10-27-2015 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4722783)
lol Wait. James Storm is still "competing" in TNA?

Making things a bit funnier was Storm had no idea he was involved either.

Probably thought TNA would have just ignored the matches he was in from the series of tapings done a while ago.

Same reason why Bram got reinstated very quickly since they needed to use his matches and why Hardy had to drop the belt.

Mr. Nerfect 10-27-2015 11:00 PM

Am I the only one who thinks that Becky Lynch could be built up as the WWE's answer to Ronda Rousey. No need to have her in long matches -- just have her destroy bitches with The Disarm Her.

Mr. Nerfect 10-27-2015 11:04 PM

TLC is in Boston. Do you think they do the first-ever Divas Ladder Match there?

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Mr. Nerfect 10-27-2015 11:08 PM

Does Becky need to be bad before she gets over as good? Maybe she can be revealed as the one who took Natalya out? Those two would have TREMENDOUS matches against each other. Charlotte vs. Paige vs. Sasha Banks for the Divas Title in a TLC Match at the PPV, with Becky Lynch vs. Nattie being a pure wrestling contest.

Lock Jaw 10-27-2015 11:11 PM

Why would Becky cover that up....... Also got rid of her "trademark" "back tails" that she had in her ring gear....

Emperor Smeat 10-27-2015 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4722864)
Am I the only one who thinks that Becky Lynch could be built up as the WWE's answer to Ronda Rousey. No need to have her in long matches -- just have her destroy bitches with The Disarm Her.

Probably not any time soon if yesterday and today is any indication.

Main event spoilers from tonight:
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Brie Bella with Alicia Fox and Nikki Bella vs. Becky Lynch with Charlotte is first. The Bella Twins get a big hometown pop. This was a very good match from the Divas. Brie won after Nikki interfered.
Probably entering a losing streak or replacing Paige as the jobber face for the whole Revolution stuff now that Paige fully turned. Before she was pretty well protected in terms of the team stuff since Paige and Charlotte took the brunt of losses and beatings.

Mercenary 10-27-2015 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4722868)
TLC is in Boston. Do you think they do the first-ever Divas Ladder Match there?

Seeing how I'll be there I hope the fuck so

#1-norm-fan 10-27-2015 11:27 PM

Had the idea in a TEW game I started of WWE going all out with a traditional Survivor Series card this year...


Any and all survivors on team Lesnar will face Seth Rollins for the title at TLC
Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Samoa Joe & Big Show
vs
Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Dolph Ziggler & Ryback

The Wyatt Family
vs
The Undertaker, Kane, Randy Orton & Dean Ambrose

Zeb Colter's America (Alberto Del Rio, Rusev, Sheamus & Wade Barrett)
vs
Cesaro, Jack Swagger & The Dudleyz

Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Natalya & ??? (Lita)
vs
Paige, The Bella Twins & Sasha Banks

Tyler Breeze & The New Day
vs
Fandango, Neville & The Lucha Dragons

Pre-Show
R-Truth, Damien Sandow & The Primetime Players
vs
Bo Dallas, Stardust & The Ascension

SlickyTrickyDamon 10-27-2015 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4722887)
Had the idea in a TEW game I started of WWE going all out with a traditional Survivor Series card this year...


Any and all survivors on team Lesnar will face Seth Rollins for the title at TLC

Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Samoa Joe & Big Show
vs
Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Dolph Ziggler & Ryback

The Wyatt Family
vs
The Undertaker, Kane, Randy Orton & Dean Ambrose

Zeb Colter's America (Alberto Del Rio, Rusev, Sheamus & Wade Barrett)
vs
Cesaro, Jack Swagger & The Dudleyz

Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Natalya & ??? (Lita)
vs
Paige, The Bella Twins & Sasha Banks

Tyler Breeze & The New Day
vs
Fandango, Neville & The Lucha Dragons

Why would Owens compete in a match that doesn't do anything for him? He's a Prize Fighter. He walks out unless survivors for any side face Rollins for a title match.

#1-norm-fan 10-27-2015 11:40 PM

Any survivors on team Rollins get A PRIZE!

There.

Rammsteinmad 10-28-2015 05:06 AM

Can't stand Baron Corbin in Breaking Ground. Of course, I'm skeptical about anything WWE promotes as "reality TV", but some of his badass mannerisms just seem a bit too ridiculous.

When they were running through the card at the end and the mic just happens to pick him up saying "why is this taking so long"... just kinda has me rolling my eyes.

Sixx 10-28-2015 08:12 AM

How is it possible I didn't remember Vince wearing a durag?

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Sixx 10-28-2015 09:46 AM

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Jura 10-28-2015 12:28 PM

Were you watching wrestling when Bobby Lashley was one of the top stars of the WWE?

Heisenberg 10-28-2015 12:33 PM

Bobby Lashley never fell off, he has cousins

Jura 10-28-2015 03:13 PM

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Nicky Fives 10-28-2015 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4722823)
Yes! I was thinking exactly that. They should put the title on him and run an injury angle so they can go like a month with a WWE guy as their world champion before stripping him of it. lol

How could they put the title on him if all the matches were taped months ago?

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 06:44 PM

Just by editing it so that he wins the most? Hell, even show a few matches two or three times and pretend it is new. No one will notice.

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4722887)
Had the idea in a TEW game I started of WWE going all out with a traditional Survivor Series card this year...


Any and all survivors on team Lesnar will face Seth Rollins for the title at TLC
Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Samoa Joe & Big Show
vs
Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Dolph Ziggler & Ryback

The Wyatt Family
vs
The Undertaker, Kane, Randy Orton & Dean Ambrose

Zeb Colter's America (Alberto Del Rio, Rusev, Sheamus & Wade Barrett)
vs
Cesaro, Jack Swagger & The Dudleyz

Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Natalya & ??? (Lita)
vs
Paige, The Bella Twins & Sasha Banks

Tyler Breeze & The New Day
vs
Fandango, Neville & The Lucha Dragons

Pre-Show
R-Truth, Damien Sandow & The Primetime Players
vs
Bo Dallas, Stardust & The Ascension

Good card. Are you like me and want to see Tyler Breeze and Fandango in a feud where Fandango creeps on Summer Rae?

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 06:48 PM

In this picture of the Four Horsewomen, Becky is actually wearing the least clothes.

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Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 06:52 PM

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Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 06:53 PM

Becky even makes the pretentious selfie adorable:

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Nicky Fives 10-28-2015 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4722891)
Why would Owens compete in a match that doesn't do anything for him? He's a Prize Fighter. He walks out unless survivors for any side face Rollins for a title match.

Good card, but I'd rather see an Undertaker, Kane, Sting & Mystery Partner team....

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 07:11 PM

Surfer Sting or Biker Taker? I think they should leave it open two places.

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 08:00 PM

Apparently Sheamus & King Barrett are going to be going by the name "The European Ultras." I liked "Bad News" for them.

#1-norm-fan 10-28-2015 08:08 PM

Why do I keep seeing people mention Sting as a potential partner for Taker at Survivor Series? Didn't he just suffer a potential career-ending neck injury?

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 08:09 PM

Apparently Alberto Del Rio's new WWE contract has a $1.45 million downside and a reduced schedule. Good for him.

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4723350)
Why do I keep seeing people mention Sting as a potential partner for Taker at Survivor Series? Didn't he just suffer a potential career-ending neck injury?

Yep.

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 08:10 PM

I do like Del Rio, but maybe the WWE wouldn't be in the situation where they needed to bring him back under his terms if they, you know...weren't so racist when presenting other Hispanic acts?

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 08:12 PM

Eddie Colon has been on WWE television for seven years now.

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 08:13 PM

Sin Cara has been a WWE character for four. I still don't know anything about his origins or why he is so important.

#1-norm-fan 10-28-2015 08:15 PM

WWE needs more guys who are over on reduced schedules. It forces their hand to treat the guy's character with care and book him more meticulously.

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 08:17 PM

I still believe that Hunico is one of the most underused in-ring talents in the entire company. Sin Cara just isn't connecting with people. Apparently around the time of the Scooby-Doo stuff, his merchandise popped a little bit, but for the most part, he's flat and bland. It might be time for a Hunico re-packaging. A new mask that could allow him to talk? Maybe give him a new ring name?

Ultimo Heredero or something. Give him darker stuff to work with, and build up Kalisto parallel to him.

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4723359)
WWE needs more guys who are over on reduced schedules. It forces their hand to treat the guy's character with care and book him more meticulously.

This, this and fucking this. I don't get this "everyone has to be there" mentality. Give guys time off to rest their minds, bodies and avoid overexposing their characters. It's really awesome that Sheamus is willing to work so hard and have more matches than anybody in a year, or whatever, but I really do believe that is part of the reason he's not connecting with people.

I'm not suggesting that Brock is not a special talent, but how much of what we perceive as special talent is actually Brock being presented as a special talent? I wonder if we sometimes we buy into the worked myth that is The Beast sometimes.

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 08:22 PM

I think that once Sheamus won the MITB briefcase, they should have sent him away for a little bit. You know he's got the briefcase and could show up at any time. Why does he need to be fighting each week?

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 08:29 PM

I wonder if it's worth pushing Primo y Epico as a tag team? Maybe they should split them up and try their worth on their own. Primo could come out to pompous music and claim to be wrestling royalty. Maybe stick him in a few matches against the likes of Barrett and Sheamus, where the commentators don't give him much chance, but then he cartwheels around them.

Epico could be given a masked gimmick. Maybe a rival to either Kalisto or Sin Cara's new gimmick. He and Sin Cara would work well together. Maybe they should just put those guys back in their Los Aviadores team?

SlickyTrickyDamon 10-28-2015 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4723350)
Why do I keep seeing people mention Sting as a potential partner for Taker at Survivor Series? Didn't he just suffer a potential career-ending neck injury?

Seth said he was alright in some interview. Not sure if it's bullshit.

"On whether he talked to Sting following their match at Night of Champions – Yes, he and I had a conversation after the match, it wasn’t like he was completely out of it he just had a little bit of a scary situation. You have to hand it to the guy. Sting is 56 years old. That’s incredible. I’m 29 so the fact that he was able to get in there and do the things he did for that match and stuff, it was really a testament to how good of shape he’s kept himself in over the years and stuff like that. And you know it’s not ballet. We don’t get in there and dance around. It’s physical, he pulled no punches, and he wanted to go all of the way, balls to the wall. We got to talk a little bit after, he’s doing very well now. He’s hanging out in Dallas recuperating and stuff so it is really good to hear from him. He actually had some really kind words to say about me as well and I appreciate that coming from someone who I looked up to quite a bit when I was younger"

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 08:33 PM

Reading up on Hunico now. When he first got started in the business, he worked at his family's funeral home in Mexico. There must be something to extract from that. Dude's actually got a really cool life story. But they had to make him a thug...

Emperor Smeat 10-28-2015 09:02 PM

Like a Mexican version of Paul Bearer?

Maybe should have had him be the manager of a big masked lcuhador that has supernatural power or strength sort of like Mil Muertes in Lucha Underground.

If done correctly, WWE gets both their next big star for the Hispanic market and a lot of merch sales from masks.

Jura 10-28-2015 09:06 PM

Hunico on Team Taker

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 09:06 PM

Something associated with death, like Pentagon, Jr. or something.

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4723399)
Like a Mexican version of Paul Bearer?

Maybe should have had him be the manager of a big masked lcuhador that has supernatural power or strength sort of like Mil Muertes in Lucha Underground.

If done correctly, WWE gets both their next big star for the Hispanic market and a lot of merch sales from masks.

Hunico actually has got incredible strength for a guy his size. I love his school boy into a powerbomb.

#1-norm-fan 10-28-2015 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4723366)
This, this and fucking this. I don't get this "everyone has to be there" mentality. Give guys time off to rest their minds, bodies and avoid overexposing their characters. It's really awesome that Sheamus is willing to work so hard and have more matches than anybody in a year, or whatever, but I really do believe that is part of the reason he's not connecting with people.

I'm not suggesting that Brock is not a special talent, but how much of what we perceive as special talent is actually Brock being presented as a special talent? I wonder if we sometimes we buy into the worked myth that is The Beast sometimes.

As incredible as Brock is, I'm pretty sure if they had him full time, he'd have suffered a couple "shocker" non-title losses as champion on Raw and maybe a loss via distraction/roll-up here and there and his mystique would be shot by now.

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 09:09 PM

I completely agree.

Mr. Nerfect 10-28-2015 09:10 PM

I'd even go as far as saying that Brock isn't as incredible as we think he is. He's pretty incredible, but I think we get lost in the presentation. Which is a good thing and what professional wrestling is supposed to be about.

Emperor Smeat 10-28-2015 10:39 PM

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According to F4Wonline.com , plans as of this week have Cena returning at the December 13th WWE TLC pay-per-view from Cena's hometown of Boston. The idea is to have Cena face WWE United States Champion Alberto Del Rio in his rematch from Hell In a Cell. Cena will obviously get the big reaction as the show is in Boston.
Previously the WWE was planning on late December for a possible Cena return since his vacation and/or tv show taping would have been done.

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For what it's worth, Wade Barrett and Sheamus are now considered a tag team.

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I've heard a lot of rumors about WWE not signing Tough Enough competitor Giorgia "GiGi" Piscina. The rumors said GiGi was one of the competitors WWE wanted to sign but something negative was discovered from her past, possibly brought to WWE's attention by another prospective talent. One WWE NXT source believed whatever it was wasn't that bad and that GiGi should have been signed.

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter confirmed some of those rumors today, noting that GiGi would have been signed but something "very troubling" about her past came up. Meltzer wrote on the Observer message board:

"Gigi would have been signed but something very troubling about her past came up. It was really big but I don't know what it was. But it was like hands off pretend she was never here."

There's no confirmation on what came up but we will keep you updated. Before being on Tough Enough, GiGi worked as a bikini model and graphic designer in Australia.
Rumor that got debunked recently was her doing some escort type stuff in the past that wasn't caught when the WWE was doing background screenings for Tough Enough. Turns out that was Gabi instead which is why she also wasn't hired recently.

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Bellator announced today, via press release, that they have signed Kurt Angle. Angle will appear for the company at the Dave & Busters in Maryland Heights, Missouri for the “Official Bellator Fan Fest,” which also includes appearances by Kimbo Slice, Liam McGeary, Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock and Tito Ortiz. No other details were made available in regards to Angle fighting for the promotion. The press release said the following about the signing…

IT’S TRUE! IT’S DAMN TRUE! – BELLATOR MMA SIGNS FORMER WWE AND CURRENT TNA SUPERSTAR, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST KURT ANGLE

ANGLE SET TO JOIN THE ALREADY-AWESOME ‘BELLATOR MMA FAN FEST’ AT DAVE & BUSTER’S ON NOV. 5 AND ATTEND ‘BELLATOR 145’ ON NOV. 6 AT SCOTTRADE CENTER IN ST. LOUIS

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The new training class includes:

· Mada Abdelhamid (Los Angeles, California) – Former Tough Enough competitor standing 6 feet 6 inches and 275 pounds. Abdelhamid was born in Egypt where he played professional basketball until 2011 and is the former trainer for Game of Thrones actor Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo). Fluent in Arabic.

· Christopher Atkins (Melbourne, Australia) – Standing 6 feet 6 inches and 250 pounds, Atkins is a former bodybuilder who has competed in New Aussie Wrestling where he trained under George Julio and Craig Cole. Atkins also trained under Shane Trikki in Professional Championship Wrestling (PCW).

· Daria Berenato (Los Angeles, California) – Former Tough Enough competitor standing 5 feet 7 inches and 135 pounds. Berenato comes from a mixed martial arts background and is the former co-host of the YouTube show “UFC AfterBuzz.”

· Cezar Bononi (Sao Paulo, Brazil) – Competed in the Brazilian Wrestling Federation (BWF) and is a former 3-time state champion in the Sao Paulo Football League where he was captain of the All Brazilian Football Team and named “Best Tight End.” Fluent in Portuguese.

· Josh Bredl (Denver, Colorado) – Male Tough Enough winner and current cast member on the new WWE Network original series, Breaking Ground. Standing 6 feet 7 inches and 290 pounds, Bredle was one of the top football recruits in Colorado coming out of high school. Following a standout collegiate career at Colorado State University-Pablo that saw him named to the All-Conference team and defensive captain, Bredl had a short stint with the Green Bay Packers in the NFL.

· Patrick Clark (Washington, D.C.) – Former Tough Enough competitor with experience in the Mid Atlantic Wrestling Association. Standing 6 feet 2 inches and 220 pounds, Clark spent 10 years in the JROTC program and also wrestled for Forestville Military Academy from 2011 to 2013.

· Gabriel Ealy (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) – Trained under Angel Armani at MIAW Wrestling and performed as an extra on Monday Night Raw and SmackDown in September of 2014. Former Ford Model that has been featured in television commercials and print publications. Has an identical twin brother named Uriel.

· Uriel Ealy (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) – Trained under Angel Armani at MIAW Wrestling and performed as an extra on Monday Night Raw and SmackDown in September of 2014. Former high school basketball standout at Pinson Valley High School in Birmingham, AL. Has an identical twin brother named Gabriel.

· Christopher Girard (Boston, Massachusetts) – Trained under Mike Hollow at Chaotic Training Center (CTC) in 2008 before moving to Calgary, AB, Canada to train with Lance Storm in 2010. Previously worked for EVOLVE Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Guerilla, Dragon Gate USA, wXw (Germany), Southside Wrestling Entertainment (United Kingdom), Beyond Wrestling, 2CW, Top Rope Promotions, and Combat Zone Wrestling.

· Dallas Harper (Canton, Ohio) – Trained under Jimmie Lee at A.S.W.A. Professional Wrestling in Mansfield, OH and also worked with Anarchy Wrestling out of Cornelia, GA. Former high school basketball standout at Perry High School in Massilon, OH.

· Adrian Jaoude (Beirut, Lebanon) – World-class amateur wrestler who has competed in state, regional and national competitions. Standing 6 feet 2 inches and 220 pounds, Jaoude was named “Best Brazilian Wrestler” for the junior category in 2000 and the senior category in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2012. He comes from a legendary family of Aikido martial artists and is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic.

· Sara Lee (Hope, Michigan) – Female Tough Enough winner. Prior to “Tough Enough,” Lee was studying to become an ultra sound technician. In addition to her studies, Lee was a competitive power lifter. At 5 feet 6 inches tall and 125 pounds she can squat an impressive 230 pounds.

· Zamariah “ZZ” Loupe (Thibodeau, LA) – Male Tough Enough runner-up and current cast member on the new WWE Network original series, Breaking Ground. At 6 feet 2 inches and 280 pounds, Loupe was the youngest of the Tough Enough competitors at age 19. When back in Louisiana, Loupe often wrestles alligators and has one for a pet named “Mr. Gator.”

· Daniel Matha (Erie, Pennsylvania) – Trained under Matt Cappotelli at Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). Former offensive lineman for the University of Pittsburgh where he played for head coach Dave Wannstedt and with current Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy. Named First Team Associated Press Pennsylvania Class AAAA All-State as a junior and senior at Erie McDowell High School in Erie, PA.

· Eddie Orengo (Newark, New Jersey) – Referee who has previously worked with Jersey All-Pro Wrestling, Northeast Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling, The Monster Factory, Family Wrestling Entertainment, Pro Wrestling Syndicate, wXw Wrestling and International Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico) among others. Fluent in Spanish and English.

· Adrienne Reese (Dallas, Texas) – Trained with WWE Hall of Famer Booker T at Professional Wrestling Alliance (PWA) where she became PWA Women’s Champion. Prior to training with Booker T, she trained with Rodney Mack. Has more than six years of experience wrestling for the likes of Ring of Honor/Women of Honor, Shimmer Women Athletes, Women Superstars Uncensored, Absolute Intense Wrestling and Anarchy Championship Wrestling.

· Amanda Saccomano (Yorktown Heights, New York) – Tough Enough female runner-up and current Total Divas cast member. Standing 5 feet 5 inches and 120 pounds, Saccomanno was crowned the 2014 World Beauty Fitness & Fashion Bikini Champion. Over the years, she has been featured in multiple fitness publications including Fitness Gurls Magazine, Fit & Firm Magazine and FitFemme Magazine for her work in the industry. Saccomanno graduated from Iona College where she received a B.A. in Speech Language Pathology.

· Gzim Selmani (Huizen, Netherlands) – 2013 Rough Diamond League (RDL) Kickboxing Champion and former MMA professional with Bellator MMA. Fluent in English, Dutch and Albanian.

· Richard Swann (Baltimore, Maryland) – Former Dragon Gate USA Tag Team Champion and also wrestled for Dragon Gate, Japan from 2010-2013. Previously worked for EVOLVE Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling (USA), wXw (Germany) and Revolution Pro Wrestling (United Kingdom).
Altogether 57 people got hired as the newest class for NXT.

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It looks like WWE may be bringing back Nick “Eugene” Dinsmore in some capacity soon, according to PWInsider. There has been communication between the two sides recently but we don’t know if they’re talking about a talent job or another stint as a coach at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. Dinsmore worked as a coach for about a year before being released in October 2014.

It was reported in September of this year that Dinsmore was working on launching his own indie promotion and wrestling school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Dinsmore was considered to be a good trainer and was well liked by everyone when he was released last year. At the time, there was a theory going around that Dinsmore may have ended up on the wrong side of someone politically. He commented to AngryMarks.com last year shortly after his release:

“I’ve been with NXT for the past year and its been a phenomenal experience. I’ve grown as a coach, as a performer, as a business man, it was a great experience. I just wasn’t the right fit for this time, and I understand that but ‘never say never’ brother because I’ve been back to WWE three times so you never know that’s gonna happen in the future.”

He was also asked if politics played a role:

“Honestly I don’t know. I didn’t do anything I felt on my part to get fired, but that’s the way big business goes sometimes – sometimes you just don’t get an answer. There was no ill will, I didn’t burn a bridge, I didn’t do anything wrong so – I’m actually happy just to be able to get out and start performing again and make a splash on the independent scene.”
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The Young Bucks announced that they had signed an exclusive deal with Ring of Honor, the terms of which will allow them to continue working for New Japan Pro Wrestling. So no Lucha Underground for them. Or WWE, obviously.

Deal does allow them to also work with PWG at least until their current contract expires.


Some other sheet news includes:
  • Newest episode for Table For 3 will have Bo Dallas, Samoa Joe, and Neville as guests talking about NXT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvTF2JBa_4Y
  • WWE announced Undertaker will be at the November 10th show at Manchester, England during their upcoming European tour.
  • The original Sin Cara recently changed his ring name again to Caristico. Tried to get around of CMLL's ownership of the Mistico name by calling himself Mistico 2.0 but had to change it.
  • According to the Observer, Del Rio's new deal with the WWE includes him being paid $1.45 million per year and a reduced schedule. WWE was really desperate to get their big name Hispanic star that Del Rio had all the leverage in talks. Also Del Rio was the one who contacted the WWE about a potential offer.
  • Triple H recently teased on Twitter that Motorhead is likely providing the official theme for NXT Takerover London. https://twitter.com/tripleh/status/659430168986058752
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Seth Rollins is currently 6th all time in terms of WWE title reign as a heel without a turn. Next milestone is at 224 days (Lesnar), followed by 280 days (Triple H, Yokozuna, Triple H), and the record at 296 days (Superstar Billy Graham). https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...ins_will_have/
  • According to Court Bauer from the MLW podcast, WWE's partnership with ESPN currently is resulting in the WWE segments being among the highest rated stuff on the network for those days.

SlickyTrickyDamon 10-28-2015 10:41 PM

Superkick Twins won't be in WWE? Awww what a shame. Would have been a good addition to the divas division.

Wishbone 10-29-2015 12:41 AM

God fucking damn :love:... Thank ya for that, Noid. :y:

#1-norm-fan 10-29-2015 01:46 AM

So is Cena just gonna be gone for a while with no explanation? Are they not gonna take advantage of his vacation by having an attack/injury angle to build some heat for a feud or something?

Because that would be super smart.

Lock Jaw 10-29-2015 01:52 AM

I have it on good authority that Jesus stabbed him in a nightclub.

Anybody Thrilla 10-29-2015 04:22 AM

Unfucking real. I thought I didn't have Destination America, so I stopped watching TNA. Just found out through a Lemony Snickets that I DO have it. So I guess I'll watch it's death now.

GD 10-29-2015 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla (Post 4723576)
Unfucking real. I thought I didn't have Destination America, so I stopped watching TNA. Just found out through a Lemony Snickets that I DO have it. So I guess I'll watch it's death now.

It is death now?

Anybody Thrilla 10-29-2015 04:45 AM

No. Context clues. Language barrier.

Follow as such...

"Now, I will watch its death, as opposed to before, where I did not think the death would be televised."

Anybody Thrilla 10-29-2015 04:50 AM

So I'm starting at the first week of the World Title Series. Cool concept (minus The Knockouts being a group, which is completely fucking nonsensical), but if Drew Galloway is supposed to be a top face, I might be checking out of this mess just as soon as I've checked in.

Shame too, because I was really liking TNA when I was last watching (when it left Spike).

I'll stick around for the EC3 v. Austin Aries match, because they are both the man, and I'll judge from there.

Anybody Thrilla 10-29-2015 04:52 AM

Also, Matt Hardy's "decision" wasn't "commendable", it was "fucking stupid". Why would he give up something that he claimed he had been working his whole life for on a technicality without even having a chance to earn it back the "right way"? Fuck, I'm getting angry now.

GD 10-29-2015 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla (Post 4723582)
No. Context clues. Language barrier.

Follow as such...

"Now, I will watch its death, as opposed to before, where I did not think the death would be televised."

Seems like ABT did not understand what I was going for. Nevermind.

Savio 10-29-2015 07:33 AM

What were you going for :(

Evil Vito 10-29-2015 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla (Post 4723583)
So I'm starting at the first week of the World Title Series. Cool concept (minus The Knockouts being a group, which is completely fucking nonsensical), but if Drew Galloway is supposed to be a top face, I might be checking out of this mess just as soon as I've checked in.

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Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla (Post 4723584)
Also, Matt Hardy's "decision" wasn't "commendable", it was "fucking stupid". Why would he give up something that he claimed he had been working his whole life for on a technicality without even having a chance to earn it back the "right way"? Fuck, I'm getting angry now.

<font color=goldenrod>There was never a planned World Title Series. TNA didn't know if they were going to be losing their Destination America spot or not, so they didn't make any long-term plans. Instead they just taped loads of random matches over several tapings and are only now editing them together to try to make it look like a proper tourney.

To that end, Matt's decision to "vacate" the belt was really only done because Matt wasn't involved in the random matches they had taped. So they gave the guy the belt knowing damn well he wasn't going to be in the next several weeks worth of programming. The company is dumb.</font>

Anybody Thrilla 10-29-2015 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Guru Dave (Post 4723591)
Seems like ABT did not understand what I was going for. Nevermind.

You don't ever seem to know what you're "going for". Why don't you stop going for shit and just post your thoughts?

Anybody Thrilla 10-29-2015 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Vito Cruz (Post 4723621)
<font color=goldenrod>There was never a planned World Title Series. TNA didn't know if they were going to be losing their Destination America spot or not, so they didn't make any long-term plans. Instead they just taped loads of random matches over several tapings and are only now editing them together to try to make it look like a proper tourney.

To that end, Matt's decision to "vacate" the belt was really only done because Matt wasn't involved in the random matches they had taped. So they gave the guy the belt knowing damn well he wasn't going to be in the next several weeks worth of programming. The company is dumb.</font>

Ouch. All at the expense of EC3, too. He looks likes 4 billion bucks right now, btw. :y:

Any chance he'll land back in WWE?

Simple Fan 10-29-2015 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vito Cruz (Post 4723621)
<font color=goldenrod>There was never a planned World Title Series. TNA didn't know if they were going to be losing their Destination America spot or not, so they didn't make any long-term plans. Instead they just taped loads of random matches over several tapings and are only now editing them together to try to make it look like a proper tourney.

To that end, Matt's decision to "vacate" the belt was really only done because Matt wasn't involved in the random matches they had taped. So they gave the guy the belt knowing damn well he wasn't going to be in the next several weeks worth of programming. The company is dumb.</font>

No, they had the World Title Series planned about a year ago. Matt Hardy is in the World title Series and is in the tag team specialists group. They just didnt know when they were going to do it and decided to do it after BFG. Only person really not in it that should be is Kurt Angle because he was hurt at the time of the tapings.

They were going to use them as One Night Only PPVs but when Destination America gave them an extinction to the end of the year they just aired them on Impact, but the plan had been there for a World Title Series since last July but didn't know Hardy would be the one to vacate the title.

Innovator 10-29-2015 01:40 PM

At this point, is there anyone who isn't ready, willing, and Gable?

GD 10-29-2015 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savio (Post 4723601)
What were you going for :(

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla (Post 4723624)
You don't ever seem to know what you're "going for". Why don't you stop going for shit and just post your thoughts?

I was trying to amuse myself by pointing out what ABT did. It wasn't "rocket science" to understand what he meant.

Fignuts 10-29-2015 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4723556)
So is Cena just gonna be gone for a while with no explanation? Are they not gonna take advantage of his vacation by having an attack/injury angle to build some heat for a feud or something?

Because that would be super smart.

The only thing I can think of is that they don't want people to know right away that he's gone, so ticket sales won't drop, and all the liitle jimmies will still show up hoping to see him.

Which is fucked up, but again, it's the only explanation I have.

Jura 10-29-2015 02:17 PM

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Emperor Smeat 10-29-2015 03:24 PM

WWE released the updated Network numbers and it looks like it might never do any better than just break even for the WWE. 1.2 million overall so far but had a huge drop during the summer.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSfJMUaWEAAOjt_.png

They need to average around 1.2-1.4 million to be at break even, 2 million to make some really good money, and 3-4 million gives them huge financial security.

Jura 10-29-2015 03:33 PM

WWE stock dropped from about 20.58 to 17.44 from yesterday but in the past month or so it was steadily increasing.

The CyNick 10-29-2015 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4723735)
WWE released the updated Network numbers and it looks like it might never do any better than just break even for the WWE. 1.2 million overall so far but had a huge drop during the summer.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSfJMUaWEAAOjt_.png

They need to average around 1.2-1.4 million to be at break even, 2 million to make some really good money, and 3-4 million gives them huge financial security.

There will always be a post Mania dip. That's the nature of the business.

Take a look at their YoY numbers. Revenue for Network/PPV is way up from the PPV only days.

The Network is already profitable.

Emperor Smeat 10-29-2015 04:10 PM

Not for the Network since it wasn't planned to suffer from the same issues the WWE has post-Mania/Summerslam. That kind of drop and the size of it shouldn't be happening for a service this young. WWE might end up spending most of this year just to bring it back to where it was before instead of being additional growth for the Network.

Network is profitable for the YOY term but not overall since a stable 1.2-1.4 million only breaks even with what they were getting for ppvs. Doesn't cover the infrastructure costs and losses they were taking for the first year.

The CyNick 10-29-2015 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4723757)
Not for the Network since it wasn't planned to suffer from the same issues the WWE has post-Mania/Summerslam. That kind of drop and the size of it shouldn't be happening for a service this young. WWE might end up spending most of this year just to bring it back to where it was before instead of being additional growth for the Network.

Network is profitable for the YOY term but not overall since a stable 1.2-1.4 million only breaks even with what they were getting for ppvs. Doesn't cover the infrastructure costs and losses they were taking for the first year.

I don't think you know how to read financial reports.

Start up costs are usually one time. Take a look at 2013 ppv revenue vs 2015 ppv+network revenue. Even if they stay flat at 2015 numbers they will be way ahead of where they were in the long term.

They still don't have any presence in places like India, Japan, and China. Those places will help fuel growth long term. On top of that they still haven't monitized ad revenue from the Network. That's another growth opportunity.

Read the Forbes article on the results.

The CyNick 10-29-2015 04:22 PM

And the network doesn't eliminate the Mania dip. In theory you will always get spikes at Mania time from people who are more casual fans.

As long as you have the option to buy one month at a time, their subs should always spike at Mania

Evil Vito 10-29-2015 05:39 PM

http://www.wwe.com/inside/wwe-divas/...ertaker-photos

<font color=goldenrod>gotta say...most of these divas trying to look "goth" or whatever look a lot hotter than they normally would.</font>

mike adamle 10-29-2015 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Vito Cruz (Post 4723777)
http://www.wwe.com/inside/wwe-divas/...ertaker-photos

<font color=goldenrod>gotta say...most of these divas trying to look "goth" or whatever look a lot hotter than they normally would.</font>

Ugh why do they put Charlotte in these photo shoots she looks like a horse

Jura 10-29-2015 07:37 PM

Renee always looks good in these photo-shoots of course...

http://i.wwe9.com/f/styles/photo_lar...2010428866.jpg
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Jura 10-29-2015 07:38 PM

...but I think this time Becky blows everyone away.

http://i.wwe9.com/f/styles/photo_lar...5-20754307.jpg
http://i.wwe9.com/f/styles/photo_lar...-678556571.jpg
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VSG 10-29-2015 08:17 PM

I actually think Paige looks pretty good in there. She should just take that goth gimmick further.

Mr. Nerfect 10-29-2015 08:17 PM

Becky and Renee nail it.

Mr. Nerfect 10-29-2015 08:18 PM

Paige would be pretty hot as a lost girl trying to find an identity within The Wyatt Family.

Mr. Nerfect 10-29-2015 08:18 PM

No, she wouldn't be Sister Abigail...

Mr. Nerfect 10-29-2015 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4723556)
So is Cena just gonna be gone for a while with no explanation? Are they not gonna take advantage of his vacation by having an attack/injury angle to build some heat for a feud or something?

Because that would be super smart.

You'd think it would be.

Emperor Smeat 10-29-2015 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4723839)
Paige would be pretty hot as a lost girl trying to find an identity within The Wyatt Family.

Could also get a creepy vibe with Bray calling her Abigail all the time thinking she's the personification of her.

Paige wouldn't mind after a while or grow delusional to think she actually is Abigail since Bray's brutes are willing to do her bidding for anything she wants.

Volare 10-29-2015 10:47 PM

I'm hoping for a "evolution" to happen to Taker and Kane with their returns, if not for 1 night only.

Volare 10-29-2015 10:57 PM

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Someone needs to turn 3:26 into a gif ASAP! (I don't know how cause I suck at that kind of shit)

Emperor Smeat 10-29-2015 11:15 PM

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According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there has been a big change at the top of the food chain at Destination America. Mark Etkind, who had been the station’s General Manager, moved to take a similar role with The Science Channel a few weeks ago. Jane Latman is now the new General Manager and is currently evaluating all programming on the network.

At this time, ROH’s run is set to end in December, when their deal ends. TNA will reportedly be off of the network in January. Recently, an advertiser was looking at buying time on the network in early 2016 specifically on the wrestling shows and was told at the time (before Etkind left the GM position last month) that they would not be having any wrestling on the station. Because both wrestling shows do well above the station average, a new person in charge could change the futures for both TNA and Ring of Honor. More on the story as it develops.

No guarantees the new GM of Destination America will reverse the decisions regarding TNA and ROH's future on the network.

Quote:

Originally Posted by WWE
Rusev sustained a proximal bicep tendon rupture during his match with Neville at the WWE Main Event tapings Tuesday night, WWE.com can confirm. The match was called due to the injury, and the former U.S. Champion's recovery time is currently slated at three to four weeks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by F4W
The situation with Alberto Del Rio and AAA is no longer looking good as WWE has confirmed that Del Rio will be working Monday's Raw in Denver, as well as Smackdown on Tuesday in Colorado Springs, before going on the entire European tour, working on the Roman Reigns half of the tour.

AAA was under the impression that Del Rio would be fulfilling most of his advertised dates with the promotion, starting with a TV taping on Monday in Nuevo Laredo, and would be missing Raw. The other taping date he was advertised was November 15 in Ciudad Juarez, and he is booked the day before in Minehead, England, and traveling to Greenville, SC, from there, so it would appear very difficult to reroute him to Mexico.

At this point it appears AAA will be lucky to even get one date with him to drop their Mega heavyweight title.

Some much for the potential special deal AAA implied they had with the WWE in regards to Del Rio.

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As of right now, World Wrestling Entertainment still haven’t managed to legally trademark ‘Halloween Havoc’. The promotion do own the rights to prior Havoc events, which are shown on the WWE Network library, but the patent on the name still eludes them. This past Summer, the juggernaut applied for the rights to the Halloween Havoc name, but they’re still waiting.

Many fans likely assumed that Vince McMahon simply swallowed up all of WCW’s event titles upon purchasing the ailing organisation in March, 2001. It appears that only some of the event trademarks were included, which explains why WWE have to apply for trademark on them in 2015. Further to that point, the company have been trying to secure the rights to the name for years.
http://whatculture.com/wwe/10-things...en-havoc.php/2

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On Bryan’s injury issues:

“Daniel Bryan has his style of wrestling and he’s his own worst enemy. When he goes out to the ring he puts everything on the line especially his body. When you’re a wrestler you are not meant to be harming yourself but Daniel Bryan seems to be doing harm to himself whether he’s doing an offensive move or if someone is doing a move on him. Daniel is always bumping, his high running knee he takes a bump, when his flying through the ropes he’s taking a bump but that’s his style and he’s not going to change the way he wrestles, he’s going to wrestle like that until the day he retires. I just hope he gets another chance to get back in the ring and finish his career the way he wants to before he retires.”
Part of a recent interview Kurt Angle had with Cult Of Whatever website. https://www.cultofwhatever.com/2015/...-nxt-and-more/

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January - BEST PPV MATCHES 2015 [MATCH COMP] (DVD)
February - THE BEST OF RAW & SMACKDOWN 2015 [MATCH COMP] (DVD)
March - THE BEST OF NXT [MATCH COMP] (DVD/Blu-ray)
April - DUDLEY BOYZ [DOC] (DVD/Blu-ray)
May - SHANE MCMAHON or BEST OF THE US TITLE [MATCH COMP] (DVD/Blu-ray)
June - ERIC BISCHOFF [DOC] (DVD/Blu-ray)
July - SCOTT HALL [DOC] (DVD/Blu-ray)
August - [???] [MATCH COMP] (DVD/Blu-ray)
September - WWE HARDCORE [MATCH COMP] (DVD/Blu-ray)
October - [???] [DOC] (DVD/Blu-ray)
November - OMG! ECW’S TOP 50 CRAZIEST MOMENTS [DOC] (DVD/Blu-ray)
December - TRUE STORY OF ROYAL RUMBLE [DOC] (DVD/Blu-ray)
Current planned 2016 WWE DVD lineup according to WWEDVDNews. A new Brock Lesnar dvd set is currently rumored to be taking one of the two ??? spots.

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Geographies – India, Germany and Japan: The Company will make WWE Network available across the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Afghanistan) on November 2nd, as well as Germany and Japan in January 2016
Next expansions planned for the WWE Network according to the recent WWE financial report.

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Wednesday's edition of Impact Wrestling drew 266,000 viewers on Destination America, which was up on last week’s 264,000 viewers. The replay was also up to 98,000 viewers on last week’s 63,000 viewers.

Ring Of Honor which follows Impact drew an impressive 227,000 viewers which was a huge increase on last week's 132,000 viewers, making it their best one hour broadcast on Destination America yet.
Young Bucks announcement may or may not have played a role in the huge spike for ROH.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer
On the upcoming WWE European tour, Randy Orton has been pulled, leaving the Roman Reigns part of the tour’s top matches as Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt and Dean Ambrose & The Usos vs. Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman & Luke Harper. There’s our answer on when the Usos would be back healthy again.

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The other important driver of future growth is the Network segment, which on September 30th had 1.233 million paid subscribers and 73,000 free subscribers. That's up from the 1.15 million at the end of June, but down from the 1.33 million at the end of March. It's pretty clear the network business looks to be big increases in the first quarter of the year due to the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania, and trying to hold those increases for the rest of the year.
Observer on the recent WWE financial report. Stocks took a big dip mostly because of the hype going in, Live show and merch revenue went up but because they ran more shows compared to last period, overall revenue and profits are up but also lower than original predictions. MSG Network special ended up being the most watched show in Network history while its being implied Tough Enough is done as a series. http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/ww...-number-200596

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Originally Posted by Observer
Recently, live WWE ratings have been their lowest levels since 1997.

Yet, WWE’s television rights agreements are not tied to weekly ratings. Still, there are several reasons that ratings still remain a relevant component in evaluating the WWE business model.

First of all, NBC Universal does care about their television ratings. They’ve earmarked hundreds of millions of the dollars to pay WWE with a relationship largely built on the history that WWE can deliver large weekly audiences and in turn, a boosting of value for cable channels such as USA Network and SyFy Network. Indeed, NBCU is planning to move WWE’s SmackDown from SyFy to the USA during Q1 of '16. If Raw stops being able to deliver the eyeballs, the WWE’s value to NBCU’s portfolio may greatly diminish.

Second, advertisers care about ratings. One of the interesting elements in today’s Q3 press release was a note that “37 new advertisers were secured for WWE programming following NBCUniversal’s upfront”. Largely, this advertising money would not be going directly to WWE, but rather NBCU. In some cases, WWE may directly benefit as advertisers may decide to integrate the advertising into the WWE programming (such as sponsorship of PPVs or in-program ads) ...

Lastly, in order to gain and retain subscribers for the WWE Network, WWE needs to create new fans, create new superstars, and monetize their audience. Declining ratings demonstrate diminishing interest in the WWE.

Observer on ratings and while its not hurting the WWE itself right now, it has the potential to be a huge thorn within the near future.


Some other sheet news includes:
  • WWE announced Brock Lesnar will be wrestling at the December 19th house show in Los Angeles. Could end up getting the Network treatment like past Lesnar house shows.
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 30th anniversary of Dusty Rhode's famous "Hard Times" promo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4MmynUrze8
  • William Regal announced he's out till December due to recent neck surgery. Recent CAT scan showed his neck was getting in bad shape and also to deal with some nagging issues from his last surgery.
  • Lucha Underground currently opened sign ups for seats for the second season taping. Only 300 seats per taping and only a few dates are available.
  • Newest episode of TPWW TLP podcast was released today: http://tablesladderspodcast.podbean....st-127-102815/
  • WWE recently released a Halloween themed video on the official website dealing with Bray Wyatt and ghost stories. http://www.wwe.com/videos/bray-wyatt...ories-28124330

Mr. Nerfect 10-30-2015 01:53 AM

CyNick calls bullshit on that last quoted bit.

Mr. Nerfect 10-30-2015 01:57 AM

I've often wondered when the money for the three-hour RAW is overshadowed by the diminishing interest due to an over-saturation. At some point, the viewers that are less put off by such a long show are going to be more valuable than the extra income. Surely the USA Network wants those viewers back too.

Would an hour drop change things though? The drop between the ratings seems more general than "the third hour can't keep people." The third hour does drop off, but the entire show has ratings down. Maybe it's time to focus on creating a good product instead of a gentrified one? Also let Becky Lunch wear her old attire.

Mr. Nerfect 10-30-2015 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Volare (Post 4723889)
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Someone needs to turn 3:26 into a gif ASAP! (I don't know how cause I suck at that kind of shit)

Cesaro looks like such a bad-ass. The head shake was a bit forced though. He should have just walked away.

Emperor Smeat 10-30-2015 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Volare (Post 4723889)
<iframe width="854" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zZhwIvd-Bho" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Someone needs to turn 3:26 into a gif ASAP! (I don't know how cause I suck at that kind of shit)

http://i.imgur.com/MUkU1jk.gif

Lock Jaw 10-30-2015 02:33 AM

I'd rather a gif of Renee's reaction to Boo Dallas....

Lock Jaw 10-30-2015 02:37 AM

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Mr. Nerfect 10-30-2015 02:41 AM

Even if they don't have plans to use him the ring, Daniel Bryan as Cesaro's "friend and adviser" would be a great way to transition some momentum to Cesaro.

Mr. Nerfect 10-30-2015 02:42 AM

I still think Cesaro and Nattie should be linked on the air too. Don't go overboard with sexual tension or anything, but people speculating on the nature of their relationship could at least lead to a few more casuals having emotional investments in them.

Emperor Smeat 10-30-2015 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4723938)
I'd rather a gif of Renee's reaction to Boo Dallas....

http://i.imgur.com/MDWIPFL.gif

Lock Jaw 10-30-2015 03:42 AM

Smeat delivers the goods... Dark One better watch his back Jack.....

Volare 10-30-2015 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4723933)

Thank you sir! Perfect reaction to dumb shit that happens on TV. And Cesaro can pull off a suit!

Xero 10-30-2015 08:57 PM

Would have been better if Bo went as The Happy Mask Salesman.

http://i.imgur.com/OJGMytO.png

Emperor Smeat 10-30-2015 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by CageSideSeats.com
Legacy Talent and Entertainment posted the following to Facebook today:

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We named this company Legacy Talent because it's our mission to help preserve the legacies that our clients have worked a lifetime to build. Yesterday we took a huge step in documenting Ric Flair's legacy by starting to shoot his 30 for 30 ESPN Film. We are honored to work with such a prestigious group on a project we are so passionate about!
This wouldn't be the first time ESPN has ventured into the pro wrestling world with its 30 for 30 documentary series, having previously looked at the Von Erich family. This also comes at a time when ESPN and WWE are as cozy as ever, what with a weekly segment on Sportscenter and increased coverage of major pay-per-view (PPV) events.

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Originally Posted by Observer
While morale at NXT is through the roof, the main roster has been described as having a big divide between the have’s and have not’s. The lower level talent with $100,000 downsides, which would be the bottom guys, were raised to $125,000, and probably others got raises as well to offset the lack of PPV bonus money. There are underneath guys complaining about having a hard time making it given road expenses. The top guys are being well taken care of

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Originally Posted by PWI
There has also been a lot of speculation regarding Del Rio's pay. In speaking to someone close to the situation, I am told that a lot of money figures being tossed around publicly are almost three times what Del Rio's actual downside guarantee is.

Turns out Del Rio's actual pay is around $500,000.

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Originally Posted by Observer
A note on the report in this week's Observer regarding different sources listing a $1.45 million downside guarantee for Alberto Del Rio in returning to WWE. According to other sources with knowledge of exactly what his contract entails, while he may very well make that much over the next year in WWE, he was not given a guarantee close to that. It appears from here that when the Lucha Underground deal fell apart, that he wanted to go back to WWE and that's really it. As noted before, he will be at TV Monday and Tuesday and then he'll be leaving after Tuesday night for the entire European tour, so AAA being told he was going to work their TV's on 11/7 and 11/15 isn't happening and one questions if they'll even get him back for a date.

Observer issued a correction after finding out both their source lied a bit and Del Rio lying about his situation in AAA towards the end. AAA thought at first they had Del Rio till early 2016, then at least a few dates for November, and now have no clue when he's coming back to relinquish the Mega title.

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Originally Posted by Observer
One of the reasons for the Dudleys quick phase-down is that Jey Uso is ready to return from shoulder surgery so the Usos team should be starting back and are likely ready to be groomed for the top babyface tag team spot against New Day. The twins are back training together in Orlando in the ring so Jey is cleared and should be back shortly

Don't know why the WWE keeps insisting on treating the tag division like the Divas division. Instead of building any depth, its just champs vs team du jour for anything meaningful.

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Originally Posted by Observer
The next PPV is Survivor Series on 11/22 in Atlanta at the Phillips Arena. The main event is Seth Rollins defending the WWE title against Roman Reigns. It’s interesting they would take this direction now. They are clearly trying to make Reigns the new face of the company, and one would think they’d pull the trigger at WrestleMania, when interest and focus on the company is the highest by far. But Reigns isn’t popular with the WrestleMania crowd. This past year, nobody was booed even close to as much as him, even though pushed as the top babyface on the show. With Survivor Series, you sacrifice the spotlight but won’t have as bad a reaction to kicking the reign off. Or he could be screwed and build the change up for later. As a heel champion, Rollins has gone through the entire top of the face side except for Undertaker and Reigns. On the heel side for Reigns, there are a number of potential PPV headliners including Del Rio, Rollins, Kevin Owens, Bray Wyatt, Braun Strowman (he’s getting the monster push, but the match would be a risk). Even faces like Lesnar, Dean Ambrose and Cena could be mixed in, and Reigns against Cena or Lesnar could headline WrestleMania if Reigns is champion. The latter could explain Lesnar vs. Undertaker being moved up

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Rey Mysterio appeared on Wednesday's "Gorilla Position" podcast and naturally, WWE came up as a subject. After all of the drama and rumors that surrounded his departure from the company, his answer to a question about whether he would return to the company might have been a bit surprising.

"Never say never. I didn't leave on bad terms. There was no dispute or bad intention on me leaving. So, if there is an opportunity down the road and both parties agree to it, why not?

"At this stage of my career and my personal life, I'm enjoying it (time off)," Mysterio said. "It's what I want to do. I wanted to spend time with my kids and my wife, and I wanted my body to heal up. So, I'm going through that right now."

Mysterio is currently working as AAA's top star, as well as picking up independent booking dates all over the world. Since his release, he's already had "dream matches" with the likes of Amazing Red and Ricochet on the independent circuit.
Within a year, AAA could end up losing the three stars they invested the most in. Sin Cara #1 left them for CMLL I think, Del Rio ditched them the moment he could, and now Rey could leave if the price is right.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Regarding questions of a Takeover special in Orlando the same weekend as Royal Rumble, given the next Takeover is on 12/16 from London (the direction seems to be to be headlined by Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe), it would seem a bit fast. One would think it’s a lock there would at least be house shows in the area that weekend, since they run within driving distance of Orlando most weekends anyway. But it would make sense to book a 5,000 seat arena or larger as opposed to the few hundred seat buildings they usually run for a major event the night before Rumble

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Originally Posted by Observer
The Orleans told the GFW promotion there were 2,109 people there, although the reports we got were lower, noting the fans were all moved up into the first six rows to make it look better for television. There were a lot of freebies around and some people left early, but also more than 500 came late. The promotion was very happy with the attendance. The big questions are can they get a television deal, and can they get The Orleans to renew? Will The Orleans think it’s worth it to sponsor a show if it only airs internationally or is it important that, since the show is promotion for The Orleans, that the show airs on American television? Either way, we’ve heard nothing about a deal past hopes for something in the U.K. Aldis being made world champion is clearly for the U.K. and it makes perfect sense. ... As you can tell by the names on the show, Jarrett clearly has little money to work with. Plus, even with TNA allowing its talent to work for him, Roode was the only one he booked and Roode and Jarrett are good friends. He’s going to really need to pull a rabbit out of his hat at this point. He was able to get The Orleans to be a partner in the first three shows and pay for the production.

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Originally Posted by Observer
The Bucks also negotiated that they would be able to continue on with their longtime home promotion, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla in California and appear on PWG DVD releases. We were told this was important to the Bucks especially as they feel that PWG allowed them to build their brand name and they wanted to continue on there, because they enjoy working there so much. Finally, the duo were able to get ROH to allow them to maintain their ProWrestlingTees.com store, an outlet that has allowed the Bucks to build an additional revenue stream for themselves beyond independent bookings with an endless procession of new Buck shirt designs.

Update to the recent Young Bucks news. Mostly on how they got ROH to agree to let them still wrestle for PWG even though relations between the two companies has been very low for a while.


Some other sheet news includes:
  • Lucha Underground considering the idea of going on tours during 2016.
  • According to the Observer, even with the new management at Destination America, very unlikely TNA will stay beyond early next year. Management still has low/bad views on wrestling in general.
  • Also according to the Observer, TNA's plans on using India as a last ditch chance to remain relevant is about to take a huge hit now that the WWE is investing in the country for the Network.
  • WWE's stocks rebounded a bit after yesterday's big hit following their financial report. Being implied the stuff regarding India and being a potentially huge market for them as the reason why. Overall still around $2 down compared to a few days ago.


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