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Tom Guycott 01-17-2016 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4757204)
Vince Russo actually made a very good point in something I saw recently. It's about the babyface characters making promises and then breaking them. He cited Dean Ambrose promising to get his hands on Kevin Owens on RAW and then being nowhere near the main event.

Ambrose has been a big victim of this over the years. He's meant to be someone the average person can put their stock in, but he loses the big one too often. Right now he's carving out a niche as the Intercontinental Champion, which is fine and dandy and a good spot for him -- but his prospects as being a top guy on the comparative level of a modern Stone Cold Steve Austin were kind of dashed when he kept getting beaten by whoever he was facing.

Psh. You're reading too much into this. Wins and losses don't count. [/sarcasm]

Tom Guycott 01-17-2016 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Frank Drebin (Post 4757274)
If you think The Ascension flopped, imagine Dash and Dawson on the main roster. 2 matches and they get a gimmick switch to "D&D" - the comedy duo who become the vessel for WWE's hate of the IWC. Always coming out telling people how to do things and getting their ass kicked.

And then, it would be *their* fault it doesn't get over.

Tom Guycott 01-17-2016 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4757288)
Rollermacka unpinned in the WWE!

Wait, does this not mean he is UNDEFEATED? I mean, tags never count in those streaks, especially when the partner gets the loss.

Lock Jaw 01-17-2016 02:52 PM

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Volare 01-17-2016 04:33 PM

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SlickyTrickyDamon 01-17-2016 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Guycott (Post 4757370)
Wait, does this not mean he is UNDEFEATED? I mean, tags never count in those streaks, especially when the partner gets the loss.

No, if your team loses you lose. They only say that when they want to protect undefeated streaks but it's not true. You also lose a triple threat match if you don't get pinned. So, he's "undefeated" in WWE based on their flawed logic.

Dark One 01-17-2016 11:35 PM

KICKOUT AT TWOOOOOO

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SlickyTrickyDamon 01-17-2016 11:44 PM

What's the ref counting for?

Tom Guycott 01-17-2016 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4757425)
No, if your team loses you lose. They only say that when they want to protect undefeated streaks but it's not true. You also lose a triple threat match if you don't get pinned. So, he's "undefeated" in WWE based on their flawed logic.

Exactly... he's undefeated in WWE.

Don't sully this.

Tom Guycott 01-17-2016 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4757371)
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What is amazing here is that he played it by ear and on the spot.

Black Widow 01-18-2016 12:29 AM

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Mr. Nerfect 01-18-2016 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by The Condor (Post 4757332)
Hell yeah. 2000 Crash was a more fleshed out and entertaining personality than 95% of the current roster.

Crash Holly vs. The Social Outcasts would be an amazing feud.

Mr. Nerfect 01-18-2016 01:03 AM

It's getting to the stage where I can't remember which Becky Lynch pictures I have posted. But I'm not going to stop:

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Mr. Nerfect 01-18-2016 01:04 AM

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Mr. Nerfect 01-18-2016 01:07 AM

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Mr. Nerfect 01-18-2016 01:09 AM

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Mr. Nerfect 01-18-2016 01:10 AM

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Mr. Nerfect 01-18-2016 01:11 AM

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Mr. Nerfect 01-18-2016 01:16 AM

Just one more, Becky...please?

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SlickyTrickyDamon 01-18-2016 03:59 AM

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Black Widow 01-18-2016 04:04 AM

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Nicky Fives 01-18-2016 09:34 AM

YesterdayI found a Bo Dallas "Bo-lieve" t-shirt, Backlash 2003 on VHS and SUrvivor Series 2004 on DVD at my local thrift store.... It was a good day....

Schlomey 01-18-2016 10:34 AM

Had to sit through a Becky Lynch vs Tamina Snuka match at a house show over the weekend. Tamina is fucking horrible. Becky's entrance is awesome though.

Tom Guycott 01-18-2016 02:11 PM

What do you expect? Tamina never fucking wrestles. She just stood around other people who wrestle for like 85% of her WWE tenure. Can't get better if you never do squat.

Still better than Eva Marie, though. Tamina might be the shits, but isn't a legit danger to her opponent.

Emperor Smeat 01-18-2016 03:16 PM

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Volare 01-18-2016 05:13 PM

Bayley in leggins and no booty shot, the hell is this!

drave 01-18-2016 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4757552)

AANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND I'm done.

g'nite.

Lock Jaw 01-18-2016 08:03 PM

Good night drave (and Lock Jaw Nation)

Emperor Smeat 01-18-2016 08:23 PM

According to the Observer, WWE rumored to have given the Rey Mysterio treatment to Daniel Bryan's contract in the sense it can't end unless the WWE grants his release. Likely would have to threaten a lawsuit like Rey did multiple times in order to get released now.

He has 2 years left but is taking a big paycut as a result and has to make up all lost time if he ever returns as an active wrestler. WWE's way of making sure Bryan can't be of any use to any other wrestling company any time soon.

Volare 01-18-2016 09:20 PM

....bloody hell.

Tom Guycott 01-19-2016 02:10 AM

The tits on the bus go 'round and 'round...

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Volare 01-19-2016 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom Guycott (Post 4758271)
The tits on the bus go 'round and 'round...

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drave 01-19-2016 02:20 PM

Good match

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Fignuts 01-19-2016 02:30 PM

Some big news for the rumble if true. Bryan supposedly headed to get checked by the wwe doctor beforebthis weekend. Dunno howbreputable this site is.

http://wrestlingnews.co/big-update-on-daniel-bryan/

drave 01-19-2016 02:42 PM

Not like they will actually do anything with him anyway.

:|

Emperor Smeat 01-19-2016 03:31 PM

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Black Widow 01-19-2016 06:20 PM

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slik 01-19-2016 06:28 PM

If WWE Creative booked social media sites...instead of pushing periscope myspace would be gearing up for a main-event run in 2016.

Black Widow 01-19-2016 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Fignuts HD Edition (Post 4758453)
Some big news for the rumble if true. Bryan supposedly headed to get checked by the wwe doctor beforebthis weekend. Dunno howbreputable this site is.

http://wrestlingnews.co/big-update-on-daniel-bryan/

They should wait until after RR cause fan's will bitch about him not winning.

Emperor Smeat 01-19-2016 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SEScoops
NXT star Bronson Matthews (Tough Enough winner Josh Bredl) stepped in it big time on Monday night with a tweet that has drawn heat from NXT and WWE veterans. During RAW, “Big Action” took it upon himself to deem the Social Outcasts the #SocialJobbers.

The tweet got the attention of Kevin Owens (who eventually blocked him), his NXT peer Bull Dempsey and Stardust, who says Bronson probably won’t be welcomed in the WWE locker room – if he ever makes it there.

Also didn't help that after deleting the original tweet, he made a couple more tweets making fun/light of the matter which made things worse. http://www.sescoops.com/140030-2/ , more of the deleted tweets http://officialfan.proboards.com/thr...r-yeti-edition

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Never heard of this kid <a href="https://twitter.com/BronsonWWE">@BronsonWWE</a> until this morning. He looks as though he needs to be Powerbombed nonetheless.</p>&mdash; SID VICIOUS (@SychoVicious) <a href="https://twitter.com/SychoVicious/status/689533258472779776">January 19, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Sid also thinks the guy has no chance of ever recovering from the PR mess he made for himself with the lockeroom.

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Originally Posted by F4W
There is a ton of heat on Josh from Tough Enough after he tweeted last night about #SocialJobbers in regards to the Social Outcasts. The key to the story is that whether he is right or wrong (and, if you are being honest, it would be very difficult to fairly say that the Social Outcasts are not jobbers after being destroyed 4-on-1 last night by the Big Show), to say something like that publicly, especially since he'll already have heat for getting a $250,000 contract because he won a reality show, is idiotic.

There is a ton of heat on him today from the main roster, to the point where it is possible that management will have to step in to try to quell things if they have not already. The other key is that the Royal Rumble is in Orlando and all the NXT talent will be there. Probably going to be a long day for young Josh. We have heard from people in the company who want to see him in the Royal Rumble now

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Originally Posted by Fox Sports
The WWE Hall of Famer will be doing play-by-play for "New Japan Pro Wrestling" on AXS TV, it was learned on Tuesday. Ross will work alongside NJPW veteran and UFC star Josh Barnett beginning March 4. The show is broadcast at 9 p.m. ET.

"New Japan Pro Wrestling" will feature the matches from Wrestling Dontaku 2015. Ross will do the voice-over calls from Los Angeles.

"This opportunity to work with AXS TV is attractive on many fronts," Ross said. "The travel won't be weekly but approximately 8-10 trips to Los Angeles in a year's time. While there, in a two-day, voice-over session, we will hammer out up to six shows. I'm happy OKC now has non-stop flights to LAX."

http://www.foxsports.com/buzzer/stor...-axs-tv-011916

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As noted, actor Stephen Amell and Stardust have resumed their feud on Twitter, stemming from Stardust stealing Amell’s Slammy Award which Amell won for his match at SummerSlam back in August of last year.

According to PWInsider.com, WWE plans to shoot footage of both Stardust and Amell at the Heroes & Villains convention in Secaucus, NJ, this Saturday afternoon.

It appears as if WWE plans to build to an eventual singles match between Amell and Stardust, however there is no word on when that match might take place.
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Originally Posted by PWI
In what could be a sign that Daniel Bryan will finally receive word on his WWE future, he is scheduled to be in Pittsburgh, PA later this week, according to PWInsider. That is where Dr. Joseph Maroon, who heads up the WWE Wellness testing, is based.

Bryan is likely going to Pittsburgh for medical testing or some kind of meeting with Maroon, perhaps to try and get cleared to return to the ring. We've noted how Bryan was cleared by outside doctors but WWE doctors have not cleared him to return to action.

Bryan does have a World of Wheels convention appearance in Pittsburgh on Friday as well. We'll keep you updated on any developments.

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According to WebIndia.com, WWE International President Gerrit Meier has apologized for a TV segment in 1990’s during which Kurt Angle took the Indian flag and wiped his nose with it.

The report notes that the Hindu group Aadvanshi Veer Sena, as well as several local wrestlers, made calls to protest WWE’s events in India unless WWE apologized for the TV segment.

Meier issued the following comments:

“This case is about 20-years-ago and we did not deliberately did [sic] that. We have a great respect for the country. We are sorry that it happened, but we had no intention of doing it. India is a reputable country and we apologise for this…We are extremely pleased that India is hosting the live events again. There are good number of fans and I am confident that they will enjoy it all. Nearly 14 years later, we are once again on the ground of India will play a WWE match.”
Supposedly the WWE was worried about having potential protests and boycotts occur with their recent India tour if they didn't apologize.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Both ABC News and NBC are planning to produce made-for-TV biographies on Ventura. The ABC News documentary, which will air on 12/30 on the A&E Network, has been filming in recent weeks with interviews with many people both in and out of the pro wrestling industry. Among those interviewed this past week have included Hulk Hogan, Greg Gagne, Bob Geigel (who was the first promoter to book Ventura in the old Kansas City circuit back in 1975), a friend and his commander in his Navy Seals days, and myself. For whatever reason, the WWF will be not be cooperating with this movie. Perhaps they feel it will be competition for their own planned video release on 12/15 of a Best of Ventura WWF tape. It should be noted that Ventura in a TV news report on WCCO in Minneapolis mentioned they didn't tell him ahead of time about doing the tape although he wasn't complaining about more royalties coming in from it, and that they were six months behind in paying him his tape royalties. On recent releases of old footage such as the Best of Survivor Series tapes, the original announcing by Ventura in the old matches was voiced over in studio by the current announcers so the company wouldn't have to pay royalties to Ventura). Because of all that, whatever pro wrestling footage that would air would likely be from WCW as an announcer and possibly the AWA as a wrestler, unless Don Owen has any 70s tapes still laying around.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Last Monday’s average viewership of 3.23 million viewers was the lowest for RAW in the month of January since the Monday Night Wars era. Viewers were down 14.48% from a year ago this week (January 12, 2015), which also went up against the NCAA college football national title title game. That particular edition of RAW averaged 3.89 million viewers, which, in itself, was down 11.67% from the same week in 2014.

The rating for the 2016 show was a 2.36, down 12.92% from the same week in 2015, and also the lowest January rating since before the Monday Night Wars.

The 2015 rating was a 2.71, down 12.86% from the previous year. It’s important to note that 2015 was the first year that of the current format of the NCAA college football playoffs, meaning that the championship game was later than it had been in previous years and had never gone up against RAW prior to that.

The average for the month of January is now 3.451 million viewers, well down from January 2015's 4.035 million.

If this trend continues, it would be the 14th straight month that RAW viewership has dropped year-over-year with most of those months seeing a decline of more than 10%. Similarily, the combined rating so far in January is 2.43, down 17.8% from last year’s 2.95 rating in January.

Baring any massive changes, almost set for this month to be lower than last January in terms of ratings and viewers. Also could be looking at a lot more "record low" RAWs this year than last year based on Observer predictions. http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/in...uary-11-205851

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Some other sheet news includes:
  • For those interested in lucha wrestling, Sony is currently working on a tv series based on the life and career of Blue Demon. http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/sony-...levision-show/
  • Newest episode of Botchamania was recently released: http://botchamania.com/botchamania-298/
  • Botchamania also recently released a "Most Botched Finishes of 2015" video as well: https://vimeo.com/151975244
  • WWE currently holding a $5 Sale although with a small catch of some items getting a small price hike in order to be eligible for the sale.
  • According to a recent interview Chavo Guerrero Jr had with Wrestle Inc, TNA actually tried to fire him once after he picked the briefcase with the Pink Slip from a Feast or Fired match. Management forgot that the stipulation was fake and had to be told by Chavo's lawyer that they couldn't legally fire him because of it. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...m-after-feast/
  • RAW's ratings and viewership for the week won't arrive till tomorrow due to MLK Jr holiday.
  • For those that listen to the Wrestling Observer Radio show, Jim Ross will be on as a guest for this Thursday's episode.

Volare 01-19-2016 10:09 PM

I just can't get enough Kenny Fucking Omega.

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Black Widow 01-19-2016 10:09 PM

Josh sucked on TE so i hope he gets canned.

Volare 01-19-2016 10:18 PM

After reading that BS I want to beat his ass. Being honest how many of us (and others) have dreamed of being in WWE? Just seeing this dipshit pretty much piss it down the drain, makes me sick.

Simple Fan 01-19-2016 10:33 PM

Josh going to get a dose of Social Consequences

Lock Jaw 01-19-2016 10:34 PM

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Simple Fan 01-19-2016 10:34 PM

Wonder if thats why they had them beat the Dudleys on Main Event.

Black Widow 01-19-2016 10:36 PM

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Mr. Nerfect 01-20-2016 03:50 AM

I fucking hate Tough Enough. At least Josh Bredl will always be able to say that he thinks Paige wanted to fuck him at one point.

Mr. Nerfect 01-20-2016 03:50 AM

Becky Lynch should be the female member of The Bullet Club when they show up.

Evil Vito 01-20-2016 02:46 PM

<font color=goldenrod>Jimmy Korderas talked with CSR Wrestling about some of the stuff that goes behind-the-scenes in terms of planning a Royal Rumble:</font>

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The Royal Rumble is just days away and everyone has an opinion on how the WWE title situation could or should play out. Fantasy booking is the modern day wrestling fan’s favorite past time but that is not the subject of this week’s blog. Predictions and speculation about the outcome of the Rumble are everywhere but what is generally never discussed is the preparation by all involved that put on a match with this many working parts. So instead of going the traditional route and giving my crystal ball picks for the Rumble, I have decided to give readers a little peek behind the curtain.

There is so much preparation that goes into a match such as the Royal Rumble. Getting everyone from the superstars, referees, producers, camera men, guys in the truck etc. on the same page takes a group effort. I have had the pleasure and honor of officiating many Rumble matches in my 20+ year career as a WWE referee including the first ever Royal Rumble match, so I thought I would focus on what the Royal Rumble day is like for a WWE referee.

Arrival time at the venue for referees depends on which time zone the event is taking place. Regardless of location, referees are at the arena approximately 7-8hrs ahead of the start time. Once the production meeting ends, the guys in stripes find out their assigned matches for the evening. Referees selected to participate in the Rumble now have to attend a meeting with all the talent and producers to go over the match. Everything is discussed from order of elimination, who eliminates who and of course who is slated to win the Royal Rumble. The referees are given a list with all this information on it to go over throughout the day. This list must not be passed around to prevent any potential “leaks” such as surprise entrants and of course the winner.

I remember during the 2008 Royal Rumble that there was to be a huge surprise entrant at #30. So that afternoon, 29 superstars, 4 referees and the producers assigned for that match met in a conference room to go over the match. Once the discussion got down to the final 4, the 26 superstars that were scheduled to be eliminated up to that point were excused from the meeting.

Emperor Smeat 01-20-2016 03:13 PM

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drave 01-20-2016 03:13 PM

Good sell.

Schlomey 01-20-2016 04:03 PM

I remember the 08 Rumble very well. It's not often in this generation that we get surprised and it's becoming even less of the norm due to WWE's desire to have a social media and regular media presence (aka shameless self promotion)....That was one of biggest real pops of the 2000s.

Volare 01-20-2016 04:55 PM

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Black Widow 01-20-2016 05:53 PM

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Shadrick 01-20-2016 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by AJ lee's (Post 4759000)

spit out my water

Emperor Smeat 01-20-2016 09:26 PM

Dirtsheets sponsored by Becky's reaction to the sheets:
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Spoiler for some potential Rumble and Mania plans for those that want to stay surprised:
SPOILER: show
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We also reported moments ago, via PWInsider, that there has been a push within WWE for Brock Lesnar to face Braun Strowman in a singles match at WrestleMania 32.

After speaking with several sources on that front, WZ can confirm that there has been talk in WWE of Lesnar vs Strowman at WrestleMania, as Triple H is very high on The Wyatt Family member due to his size.

There has been, however, concern by several other high level WWE officials that Strowman’s first high profile singles match in WWE should not be against Brock Lesnar at such a high profile event as WrestleMania. There are those in WWE who aren’t convinced Strowman will be able to handle the pressure of such a big match, considering he has very little singles match TV experience in WWE.
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AJ Styles is finally coming to WWE, according to PWInsider. Styles is set to begin his run with WWE this week as he will be at the Royal Rumble on Sunday, RAW in Miami and then the SmackDown tapings in Tampa.[/~]

This does not mean Styles will be in the Rumble, as has been speculated, but Styles is set to make his WWE debut very soon
F4W and/or Observer thinks its either Rumble or the next night on RAW for Styles debut.

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Originally Posted by 411Mania
Bovada sent out the following Royal Rumble odds today. At this time, Triple H is the betting favorite to win the Royal Rumble match…

Odds to Win the Royal Rumble 2016
Triple H 6/5
Roman Reigns 9/5
Brock Lesnar 3/1
Bray Wyatt 15/1

Bray went up a bit compared to earlier lists. http://411mania.com/wrestling/triple...-royal-rumble/


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Monday’s WWE Raw television show averaged 3.496 million viewers. Viewership was up from the 3.323 million average from last week.

The first hour of Raw averaged 3.775 million viewers. Hour two drew 3.591 million viewers. The final hour of the show averaged 3.123 million viewers.
Up compared to last week by around 173k but the drop by the 3rd hour was huge and bigger than usual (600k). In terms of historical stuff, last year's Rumble "go home" show had 400k more viewers and 2014's show had almost a million more.

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Originally Posted by PWI
There were some people within WWE down on Tyler Breeze after he asked for permission to leave a recent WWE TV taping early. Once word got out that Breeze did leave early, other people started talking and this led to some members of WWE management, who did not know about the request, getting angry with Breeze.

There was a feeling that Breeze just came from NXT and was already disrespecting the business and the company, so they would just "squash him out" because of the heat. No word yet on how long the "de-push" will last but hopefully not much longer.

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Originally Posted by PWI
Several months ago, former ROH and TNA champion Austin Aries was seen backstage at a WWE NXT taping. Since then, there's been no concrete word on whether Aries was going to work for the company or had even been offered a deal.

PWInsider.com has confirmed that Aries was seen this week in Pittsburgh with the belief being that he was there to undergo WWE's medical screening process. So, he and WWE are obviously in the midst of working out a deal, something that went under the radar with all the attention the Bullet Club and others have been receiving.

With a big WWE NXT TV taping and The Royal Rumble coming up this weekend, it should be very interesting to see if Aries shows up at either event. We will update ASAP.

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Two days, 39 Episodes. Get ready for Lucha Underground Season 2 with a 40 HOUR SEASON 1 MARATHON, Saturday starting at 10am ET on El Rey Network!
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Originally Posted by WWE
For two Superstars, the path to this Sunday’s Royal Rumble Match begins with victory on the Royal Rumble Kickoff.

The Dudley Boyz, The Ascension, Mark Henry & Jack Swagger and Darren Young & Damien Sandow will collide in a Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Match on the Kickoff. The winning team qualifies to enter the Royal Rumble Match later in the night. At stake in this year’s historic 30-Superstar brawl is Roman Reigns’ WWE World Heavyweight Title.

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From today's WWN Live Alerts:

January 20th: We are very excited to announce that Tommaso Ciampa has been added to this Saturday's EVOLVE 54 and this Sunday's EVOLVE 55 events in Orlando. Ciampa has made an impact in NXT and now he is finally coming to EVOLVE. It will be Ciampa vs. Ethan Page on Saturday. Ciampa will wrestle someone eliminated from the tag team tournaments on Sunday.
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Originally Posted by Observer
From deadline.com, The Rock was named Number 1 international box office star of 2015, starring in movies that made a combine 1.488 billion dollars last year (San Andreas and Fast 7), right at the level of the recent Powerball lottery jackpot.


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Fignuts 01-20-2016 09:40 PM

Damn Aries coming in too? NXT gonna be hype as fuck in 2016.

Black Widow 01-20-2016 09:56 PM

Breeze don't intrest me so whatever.

Lesnar vs Strowman

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Fignuts 01-20-2016 10:01 PM

Also super hyped to see Ciampa get a singles win. Maybe means he's close ro signing a contract. Guy has unique look and personality from what I've seen of his indy stuff. In ring work is fantastic. Cool finishers too. Powerbomb lungblower obviously rules, but the armbar he won the match with looked sick as fuck.

That Drifter guy on the other hand is dildos.

Fignuts 01-20-2016 10:01 PM

Hypehypehype

Fignuts 01-20-2016 10:17 PM

So obvious eva marie gonna come back in and eliminate asuka at the end

Fignuts 01-20-2016 10:18 PM

Also, 100,001 reply thread is now officially fignuts nxt running commentary

Simple Fan 01-20-2016 10:18 PM

How in the world does anybody think Strowman vs Lesnar at Mania is a good idea. Bray would be a better fit and tell a better story. Strowman vs Ryback would be ok I guess.

Fignuts 01-20-2016 10:19 PM

Oh shit forgot about carmella. Good on you nxt. Good on you.

Black Widow 01-20-2016 10:44 PM

http://i.imgur.com/r5gVHFR.gif

Fignuts 01-20-2016 10:50 PM

Weird Vaudevillains promo. Heel turn?

Fignuts 01-20-2016 10:51 PM

Can't bring myself to give a shit about Baron Corbin.

Fignuts 01-20-2016 10:56 PM

Fuck nxt has Rich Swann too? I didn't even know he was signed.

HYPE

Hopefully gets used for more than dumb Corbin squash matches.

Fignuts 01-20-2016 10:56 PM

Carmellas got some rockin tits.

Fignuts 01-20-2016 10:59 PM

Becoming more of a fan of Dash and Dawson every week.

Fignuts 01-20-2016 11:09 PM

Yo, sick submission carmella

Volare 01-20-2016 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fignuts HD Edition (Post 4759114)
Carmellas got some rockin tits.

http://photos-g.ak.instagram.com/hph...74772194_n.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...d54f93057a.jpg

Heisenberg 01-20-2016 11:16 PM

Dana Brooke looked like Sindel on the new NXT episode

owenbrown 01-20-2016 11:17 PM

Cena's still the odds on favorite to win the Rumble while in a full body cast

Lock Jaw 01-20-2016 11:27 PM

No NXT spoilers in this thread please....

owenbrown 01-20-2016 11:38 PM

NXT Spoilers:

SPOILER: show
Cena wins

Fignuts 01-21-2016 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4759133)
No NXT spoilers in this thread please....

I am watching it on the network. C'mon guy.

Lock Jaw 01-21-2016 12:16 AM

Well, I am not.... You can do play by play in the NXT Thread, where I can then enter after I have seen it.

Fignuts 01-21-2016 02:33 AM

So is there a reliable way to buy things from japanese websites?

Because YO
http://shop.njpw.co.jp/products/deta...roduct_id=1133

SlickyTrickyDamon 01-21-2016 02:35 AM

Not sure. Probably would have to pay some sort of fee along with it.

#BROKEN Hasney 01-21-2016 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fignuts HD Edition (Post 4759164)
So is there a reliable way to buy things from japanese websites?

Because YO
http://shop.njpw.co.jp/products/deta...roduct_id=1133

These guys will do it:

http://www.tenso.com/en/shopping/index.html

Fignuts 01-21-2016 04:42 AM

Sveeet

Schlomey 01-21-2016 11:24 AM

Booker T on the Jericho Podcast this week. Good shit so far.

Rammsteinmad 01-21-2016 11:42 AM

Booker T is one of the most underrated "legends" in pro wrestling, in my opinion.

Emperor Smeat 01-21-2016 01:31 PM

http://abload.de/img/dsaasdasdgraar.gif

weather vane 01-21-2016 03:16 PM

Austin Aries to WWE? No talk on this? Big deal no?

drave 01-21-2016 03:43 PM

He's been there before for a match.

And no, his "debut" will be overshadowed by AJ Styles and Bullet Club.

Lock Jaw 01-21-2016 06:08 PM

Haven't seen so much of Austin Aries, but from what I saw I liked him better as THE Austin Starr.

Fignuts 01-21-2016 07:33 PM

Any newd on whats going on with James Storm? He's probably in the top 5 of guys I always wanted to come over from tna.

Emperor Smeat 01-21-2016 07:40 PM

Recently signed a deal with TNA that was more than what he was making in the WWE and I think more than he was making before in TNA.

Fignuts 01-21-2016 08:25 PM

Booooooooooourns

Droford 01-21-2016 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4759486)
Recently signed a deal with TNA that was more than what he was making in the WWE and I think more than he was making before in TNA.

You coukd say he got a lot more..beer money

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/pho...02-200-172.jpg

Emperor Smeat 01-21-2016 09:27 PM

Dirtsheets sponsored by Random TNA gif:
http://i.imgur.com/rVh6vMa.gif

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer
Orlando is the frontrunner for the 2017 WrestleMania with Minneapolis now out. There is talk around town that an announcement will be made over Rumble week. There has also been a lot of talk about Los Angeles since they are building a new 80,000 seat stadium in Inglewood for the Rams, and they are looking at putting in a bid for a WrestleMania in four or five years after the stadium is completed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer
The first week with both Raw and Smackdown on USA saw the network only place fifth, behind Fox News, Discovery, TBS and HGTV. However, if you remove the five hours of wrestling from the schedule, USA would have finished in eighth place. But it looks like loading up on wrestling won’t be enough to get USA back to No. 1, but that’s not wrestling’s fault as much as how far the rest of the network’s programming has dropped in comparison to the competition stations. One of the reasons USA brought back Tough Enough is that the numbers the show did a few years ago, while not good enough for the network then, would have been above average for the network now. Unfortunately the second season of Tough Enough did far worse than the Austin season, and well below the network prime time average

Once again the only reason WWE looks really good ratings wise for USA is due to the rest of USA Networks programs struggling. If USA Network had at least a couple of really good shows, they'd be able to put more pressure on the WWE to get better in order to keep their tv spots.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer
As noted, Brock Lesnar will be working the March 22nd WWE SmackDown tapings inn Boston. He's also working the February 16th SmackDown tapings in Ontario, California. Lesnar will be working more SmackDown tapings in the next few months in an attempt to strengthen the show now that it's on the USA Network.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer
An interesting note that is beginners promo classes, the wrestlers are broken down into these groups: “Girls,” (you’d think they’d use women as a public company), “Teams” (only two of them), “Big Men” (all those giant recruits including Mada and Josh from Tough Enough), “Smaller Athletes,” (which includes everyone from Patrick Clark to Richard Swann to Christopher Girard/Biff Busick), “Foreign Accent” and “Character” (only one guy is in that category, ZZ)

Some details on how developmental works in NXT.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 411Mania
The Wrestling Observer reports that Daniel Bryan has been cleared to return to the ring by a UCLA neurology specialist. This comes after Daniel Bryan’s doctor, who works with the Arizona Cardinals, had already cleared him. WWE’s head of medical, Dr. Joseph Maroon, has yet to clear him at this time due to his concussion history.

Bryan had several tests performed by the UCLA doctor to gauge if he was able to return to the ring and it was ultimately ruled that he could. Bryan has said for some time now he’s ready to come back but WWE has yet to give him medical clearance.

Him showing up for a WWE medical exam in Pittsburgh ended up getting debunked since its just for a autograph session at a car expo and not for both.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer
The Friday night CMLL shows at Arena Mexico will start airing on TDN (Televisa Deportes Network) in February. That could spell the end of Americans seeing the matches live on the Internet since TDN is paying for the TV rights to air the show, so there’s not way they’d want to be undercut with a live Internet airing first. It’s a good exposure deal for the promotion

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer
Jimmy Snuka’s scheduled 3/22 trial on charges of third degree murder and manslaughter in the 1983 death of his mistress, Nancy Argentino, has been put on hold. Snuka’s lawyer, Robert Kirwan, claimed that Snuka, 72, is not mentally capable of standing trial. The court ordered a test of Snuka’s mental capacity and the trial will not take place until the results of all the tests are determined. Kirwan claimed he first thought Snuka had a temporary issue based on the side effects of his cancer medication, but now believes Snuka has diminished overall mental capacity overall claiming he has tested positive for dementia, that he has little understanding of why he is on trial and no memory of Argentino’s death. All I know is that there are people I know who had conversations with Snuka and said that he had no issues several months ago. Charles Gallagher, the district attorney in charge of the case, argued the ruling stating Snuka was a career long entertainer who was acting the part, which led to the ruling of testing. He is scheduled for testing on 3/18. Based on the results, that will determine what is the next step that will be taken

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer
Gawker’s latest attempt to get Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against them thrown out was denied this past week at a hearing. Gawker lawyer Seth Berlin argued that Terry Bollea for two years had been dishonest and telling in half-truths, leading to unfavorable rulings against them, and because of it, the entire case should be thrown out. Gawker claimed contradictory statements made by Bollea to the FBI and those made during depositions. Gawker has claimed Hogan knew he was being videotaped all along but has acted like he didn’t, but Hogan denied that. Hogan’s trial, asking for $100 million, which could put Gawker in severe financial straits, is set to open on 3/7

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer
Pop TV, the home of TNA, is getting both new significant clearances and losing others. The bad news is that Comcast on most systems is moving Pop TV (along with other stations that include Spike and CMT) to a second tier where you have to pay extra, which will cost them clearances. This also affects Bellator. The positive is the owners of Pop TV, (CBS and Lions Gate) are pushing harder for new clearances, and they just started with Cablevision

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer
On the new contracts TNA is offering with guarantees, they are back to wanting to control the non-TNA bookings. In the new deals the guys will still be able to work indies, but promoters will have to work through TNA to book its televised talent, similar to how they did it in the past, so guys can’t book themselves, at least the ones on the new deals. The deals in question here would be guaranteed money contracts at what were said to be decent money, and in some cases good money from TNA, as opposed to per-night deals and would likely only be for the key guys they are pushing in 2016 (obviously some will be making considerably more although one person with a significant push planned was getting a $60,000 deal), mostly the ones that the fear would be that WWE would get if they weren’t given a guarantee. The offer to Karl Anderson, which he turned down for WWE, was said to be in the $200,000 range, which is surprisingly high for someone without a big U.S. name. But they wanted him badly for the first show and it was going to take a number like that to get him from New Japan. They made a big play for Anderson, Doc Gallows and A.J. Styles for the Pop debut. When it comes to talent that we’re aware of, WWE is offering less than TNA to talent both sides are opting for, with the idea that they’re WWE and they don’t have to offer as much because there is more career benefit long-term of being in WWE.

TNA having an unstable future and being horrible with mainstream support ended up costing them big with the batch of NJPW guys that are going to the WWE (and others who would rather stay in NJPW).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer
Kurt Angle vs. Drew Galloway in a rematch of their bout on TV last week, will headline the 1/29 show in Manchester. Angle’s opponent on 1/30 in London will be Bobby Roode. His final TNA opponent on 1/31 in Birmingham will be Bobby Lashley. I pretty much figured they’d go with him putting over Galloway or Lashley in his last match with the company

Quote:

Originally Posted by Show Buzz Daily
Tuesday night's TNA Impact Wrestling, which was the third episode on POP TV, drew 321,000 viewers. The show featured Matt Hardy turning heel and winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from EC3. Viewership was up 11% from last week's 288,000 viewers.

Impact ranked #112 for the night on cable in the top 150, down from last week's #106.

Tuesday's WWE Total Divas season 5 premiere on the E! network drew 1.115 million viewers and ranked #9 for the night on cable.

This is up 14% from the season 4 premiere, which drew 975,000 viewers. This is down 7% from the season 3 premiere, which drew 1.2 million viewers.

The season 4 finale back in September drew 1.158 million viewers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Observer
There was a question on the radio show regarding whether talent can leave WWE events after their match but before the show is over. Unless you are a top guy, the answer is no.

In regards to the "heat" Tyler Breeze currently has with WWE management.


Some other sheet news includes:
  • This year's class of WWE Hall of Fame is rumored to have been leaked recently supposedly by WWE sources close to WhatCulture.
    SPOILER: show
    JBL, Jacqueline, The Freebirds (stable/team inductee), Regis Philbin (celebrity inductee), and the Godfather
  • According to the Observer, TNA is currently planning for their India tour to happen during this summer.
  • Also according to the Observer, AJ Styles final ROH appearance will not be allowed to be shown on tv due to terms in his WWE deal. WWE will let him wrestle but won't let ROH have any extra benefits from it.
  • Tommaso Ciampa still has yet to sign an actual WWE deal according to recent reports. Splitting time between NXT and indies so far.
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, this year's Royal Rumble match will be only the 2nd title match involving Bray Wyatt as a competitor since his main roster call up. The other being the WWE-World title ladder match at MITB 2014.
  • For those that order wrestling shirts from ProWrestlingTees, the company announced after January 31st they will no longer be selling Shinsuke Nakamura shirts. Official reason related to NJPW as the owner of his shirts and him no longer officially being in the company by then. http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/?u=...&id=fa5c9a2eb9
  • Ceasro ended up being the winner for Observer's 2015 Underrated Wrestler of the Year. Third year in a row for him with Dave Meltzer giving the reason why as "Cesaro was voted the most underrated wrestler the last three years and he will continue to be for years to come, because WWE will never push him."
  • ROH announced they have canceled this Friday's show in Fletcher, NC due to potential bad weather issues. This Friday and Saturday was planned to be the final ROH events for Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson with only Saturday still on track for an event at the moment.

Volare 01-21-2016 09:42 PM

Sunny is gonna do it.........honestly curious.

Droford 01-21-2016 10:06 PM

Thats quite arguably the worst HOF class

2 of them dont really belong.

Anybody Thrilla 01-21-2016 10:33 PM

Lucha Underground is sooooo fucking fun to watch. For real. Get on it if you haven't.

Black Widow 01-21-2016 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla (Post 4759561)
Lucha Underground is sooooo fucking fun to watch. For real. Get on it if you haven't.

I watched a episode a couple weeks back and liked it.

Anybody Thrilla 01-21-2016 10:53 PM

I've been binge watching all day.

SlickyTrickyDamon 01-21-2016 10:53 PM

It has the most deserving man ever to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame if those rumors are true.

SPOILER: show


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