It is amazing how all the anti Cynick posters have stated at one point or another they were done dealing with him. Yet they keep going.

Doubt anyone will refute this.

I am owenbrown and Nick is tpww.

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I really haven't followed the Cynick fiasco. If any of his detractors would like to sum it all up.

Cynick makes unsubstantiated claims and passes them off as facts. People make counter arguments. He scoffs and demands evidence. He disregards any evidence (including direct insights from people who were actually there) as dirtsheet ramblings for the Meltzer sheep (blanket term for anyone who disagrees with him). When pressed, refuses to provide evidence to back up his own claims as he's too busy high fiving TV executives and popping champagne over declining ratings. Rinse and repeat. His highly "factual" post on Daniel Bryan always being the planned Main Event at Mania XXX was his career peak.

To be honest I only really interact with it when I need a giggle. I stopped taking it seriously quite a while back when I realized that it was nothing but a common, garden variety troll not fit to lace a real troll like Gertner's boots. It actually perplexes me that some people still take it seriously.

I'd watch it

I feel like most of us see it like you do

I honestly don't remember CyNick's first run. Was he once normal?

According to PWI, TNA is currently up for sale although more in terms of finding a new parent company than anything really serious. Seems that Panda Energy finally had enough with the money sink that is TNA.

Whoever becomes the new investor likely has to keep Dixie and management as part of the terms like in the past when Panda shopped TNA around.

http://www.pwinsider.com/article/100...story.html?p=1

Let's start a kickstarter and buy it just for kicks.

I got 5 on it

I enjoy CyNick actually.

Why would anybody agree to keep them on buying it? They ran it to the ground.

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Nice video on Vince being insane

That's like investing in a Blockbuster 5yrs ago.

yeah if someone buys it dixies gone they may bring jeff back. show still does good in Europe and if pop still supports they may be saved

If I had won the billion dollar Powerball I could have bought TNA..oh well

I would have just started company from scratch as opposed to buying a sinking ship and trying to save it.

I don't really think there's anything within TNA that is particularly worth paying so much more for.

I follow the sheets and have a rough idea of what's going on from posting in here. The WWE isn't the most high brow programming on television, so you don't need a magnifying glass to be able to work out exactly what is going on.

See Wishbone's post about CyNick.

No one takes CyNick seriously, Wishbone.

This.

Yes. This is why it's likely he's trolling.

I feel like TNA is a detraction to the wrestlers it has working for it at this point in time. It chewed up years of Kurt Angle's life and career. If it had any respect for the people it has enslaved, I imagine it'd dissolve and let them go and work for other wrestling promotions.

If there was someone looking to invest in wrestling, you'd probably start from scratch or with ROH or something.

TNA really should have renamed the company Impact Wrestling when they had a chance for rebranding.

Wouldn't have solved all their ills but considering money has been a big problem for them since the Hogan era, their name is holding them back a lot when it comes to getting good investors or advertisers to join.

I'm fairly sure they got paid and were free to leave when they're contracts were up. Hell until recently most of them didn't even have contracts. The main reason the guys who are still there, are there is cause no one else wants them.

Probably not as much as being a deadbeat company flogging a product not a whole lot of networks are keen to be associated with.

But the company you get all their deals like tv deal already done..

Good luck start from scratch getting a tv deal

Good, but not as good as my avatar.

WWE's most dangerous group? It's actually a movie about the NEW DAY?! Straight Outta Booty!

Honestly with the Wyatts on it it should probably read "WWE's biggest group of jobbers" at this point. I think the Social Outcasts have won more matches than they have in the last couple months...

So, THIS just popped up on my FB notifications:

http://www.musclemakingheadlines.com...d1&c2=s1&c3=r3

YIKES if that's true.

If it was actually true why would there be an advertisement for the pills? Seems like bullshit.

I've got the best avatar. You're just MSU sheep,,,,

That article is fake as fuck, as I've seen it used several times with different athletes. Not to mention, I don't see one John Cena quote in there.

Alberto Del Rio does that.

Really? Is that why MSU made the College Football Playoff and U-M didn't?

Harbaugh sheep,,,,,,

A random thought I had the other night: As unlikely as this would seem, and "bad storytelling" is probably the most obvious explanation of things, but do you think that Triple H has been presented as an ass-kicker for the purpose of being able to switch gears with the face/heel dynamic of the match if Reigns is continuing to struggle to win over crowds at WrestleMania time?

Everyone I've seen talk about the match seems to think that the best way to go is to have Triple H be the ultimate chickenshit heel champion, and they're frustrated he's basically a bad-ass babyface when he beats the shit out of Reigns. Given Roman's current predicament is this really a bad thing though?

The crowd is going to boo Roman Reigns at WrestleMania. This much is certain. Triple H can use whatever heelish trick he wants -- he's going to get cheered for everything he does. So why not play into that? I'm not saying turn Roman Reigns heel. Well, that would be the wise thing to do for him, but it may not be the right window. But if Triple H portrays himself as the bad-ass resident default fighting game character type warrior, he could rally the crowds into the match a bit more.

One promo is all it would take. One promo about the things he's done and the passion he has for professional wrestling. One promo about how he signed Roman Reigns, groomed him, gave him The Shield, tried to hand him the title and all Reigns wants to do is spit it all back at him. One promo about how the beating Reigns put on him at TLC made his daughters cry and they made him promise that he'd beat the piss out of that bad man. And beat the piss out of Roman Reigns is what he's going to do.

At this point, everyone knows that Reigns is the golden child. The feud with Daniel Bryan was pretty much washed away with his retirement and Triple H and Vince McMahon basically conceding what a great wrestler and all-round guy he is. People know that the reality isn't that Reigns is hard done by. So play to what they know: Have Triple H promo about how there are suits in the company behind Reigns, but if you listen to these crowds they know that Reigns doesn't belong in that spot. Sure, he may have earned everything he's gotten so far, but he's about to run into a brick wall known as The Game. At WrestleMania, Triple H is going to bury Roman Reigns because it's best for business. *huge pop*

Whatever. Just an idea I had. Reigns vulnerability isn't in the ring right now. People are going to see through that. The vulnerability he has is that there will be 100,000 people paying to see him fail. Maybe people will feel more sorry for Reigns if they point that out and make it seem like he is actually losing favor with the company?

Another random thought: Jack Swagger should join The Wyatt Family.

They lost like 2 matches in the past 4 months. 1 was on SD too so that may not count.

Why do that when he can be the leader of Jock Squad, bring up American Alpha with him culminating with their father, Kurt Angle, showing up to rid the land of naysayers and non-suplexers

Swagger is so underutilized. Fairly certain he'd have been future endeavor'd long ago along with some of the other guys in the Superstars brigade if not for the fact that WWE basically never fires people anymore unless they feel there is cause.

Heard a rumor about RAW being "Edgy" starting tonight through WrestleMania, anything is welcome after years of shit

Good. The pussification of America needs a wake up.

Let the depussification commence!

That's all well and good until it goes right back to being the way it was after Mania.

They're just desperate to do anything they can to bring back lapsed viewers for the biggest show of the year even though like 90% of those viewers that come back for Mania will stop watching again.

Wonder if Shane-O has come back with a backstage role at all if this happens. He was always an ECW mark.

Blood and f-bomb, even fake and censored respectively, probably does mean they're at least going to edge toward it.

Brand split with Shane controling the edgier show.

Then you have pg show edgier show and NXT forvactusl wrestling. Cover all their bases

I get that is the new slogan of America in the media, but tell me if the RAW threads are PG at all. Everything I read or think is molded into Pre-PG era material, so when The Miz is on the screen, for example, I envision him being a clepto-masturbator and his opponents will come and accuse him of stealing their shit and jacking off on fellow wrestler's gym bags.

Every time I go to RAW I stand by the tour bus line that Cena, Show and Orton park and chill at hoping for a storyline to brew of their opponents trashing their vehicles.

Going outside in public and seeing everyone on their phones is very discerning, but it's just the typical craze, an advanced craze, but a craze nonetheless. Those devices will be infused in us someday until it's a HUD(Heads Up Display) embedded into your eye sockets and brain. Artificial Intelligence is real and Judgement Day is coming.

I feel terrible for you, you're a very passionate fan when it comes to your entertainment and sports so I don't mean any harm to your face. I'm very optimistic mainly in part to this coming WrestleMania being the first time I attend which is bullshit b/c I'm a big fan and should have attended by now. Got screwed out of WrestleMania 17, not this time.

I hope Roman Reigns beats Triple H's wife.

You can usually count on Noid for some pretty bad ideas - this is not one of them.

I'd also be in favour of Swagger joining a revamped version of Team Angle with Kurt as his mentor.

I'm all for that, but replace Swagger with Jordan and Chad By Gawd Gable

I was thinking all three of them. After all if there's one thing we need prepped, it's 3 man groups given WWE creative's penchant for 6 man tags.

Orton wore that out, but they could do that

I think we all didn't know what we had when we had the Shield v. Bryan and friends every week in 2013.

No doubt, going to Mania itself immediately makes everything happening 32943209049235x more interesting.

Like I went to WM 29 and I had zero desire at all to see a Cena/Rock Part II especially after the "ONCE IN A LIFETIME!" farce. But then the match got booked and I decided that it would be way more fun watching that match live in such a crazy crowd than I would be at home, so I ended up enjoying it and "embracing" the build.

Maybe he can beat his kids?

Ooo Wrestlemania's Main Event can be a father/daughter Tag Team match.

So nice of them to put in effort for 4 weeks.

Triple H can beat Stephanie, Rusev could beat Lana and you've got a new tag team "The Wifebeaters". Put them in white tank tops and ratings thru the roof.

Maybe if you're lucky she'll ask you to marry her in the next 7+ hours #weirdirishtraditions

You know who were super over? The oddoties. The fans loved that fucking theme song. Watching Sunday Night Heat, and the crowd goes bonkers for them.

John Tenta carried their matches.

The Freebirds to the HOF is now official:

http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-hall-fa...hall-fame-2016

I know why people want to see Jack Swagger with Jason Jordan & Chad Gable, but I kind of don't want to see them all thrown together as a bunch of guys in singlets because...amateur rasslers, you know?

Swagger joining The Wyatt Family works just a bit better because it gives Swagger something he doesn't have in the singlet with all the gloss and polish of being a good ol' American boy -- it gives him an edge. I think his size would get more of an emphasis in matches, and he'll probably strike more and be forced to work a ground game that isn't so much for show.

The Real American probably isn't leading man material in WWE, for whatever reason. He gets good reactions and is so fucking fluid in the ring. By having Bray Wyatt talk about how America has driven their golden child into the arms of a true nation beyond borders -- it's going to get heat and it's going to evolve the Swagger persona. Having a former World Champion in their ranks will probably help The Family too. Swagger's about as credible as you can get without dragging someone down.

I guess Dolph Ziggler would fit this role too.

Another stable idea for Jack Swagger: Have him be a vocal supporter of Shane McMahon. Swagger's been willing to fight against The Authority in the past and part of his issues with Triple H, Stephanie and Vince could be the lack of air-time he gets. Swagger, Fandango, Damien Sandow & Zack Ryder? Maybe Epico & Primo? They might not be an official faction with a name or anything, but they could just second Shane to the ring for promos and come through the crowd with him to watch SmackDown up close and personal.

They'd probably all find their way into the Andre Battle Royal, but an eight-man against The Social Outcasts or even The League of Nations isn't entirely out of the question.

why not all 4? Then you have Kurt as a Heavyweight contender, Swagger gunning for the US/IC belt, and American Alpha steamrolling to the Giant Pennies.

Kurt's highly unlikely to ever return. Wants to take at least a year to spend with his family and was quoted as saying he'd maybe consider a return, but probably not.

That's not to say I wouldn't go ballistic for the right competitor to face him in a one-off match before being inducted into the WWE HoF.

With all due respect, shut your DAMN mouth.

Here is the best booking idea for swagger...

Fire him and hope he can land on tna and have a resurgence like Drew Mac did.

Though I could see swagger hitting it big in Japan. He could be in a hoss gaijin tag team

They fucking love those

Hate the League of Nations theme because each of their singles themes are much better than it....

Sin Cara heel turn confirmed tonight

Thought I was in the RAW thread.... oh well...

Swagger needs to join Barrett

nice bum where you from

Bah Gawd!

YOLO

Incredible what the Japanese will pay for.

When you first proposed this idea I thought "nah", but it's actually really interesting for a guy like Swagger to "give in" to Bray.

So WWE is doing "Surfs Up 2: WaveMania" and I decided to look on the wiki... came across this gem of a description:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf's_Up_%28film%29

An idea I will explain in more detail later: But I think Roman Reigns should help Dean Ambrose win the WWE Title in Toronto. If they want to save Reigns as a babyface, then him helping his buddy out and fighting Triple H in a grudge match lower on the card will change the way people look at him.

It wouldn't seem to make sense that Reigns would give up his WrestleMania title match so willingly, but I don't think fans would care about that right now. They just want Reigns out of the immediate title picture and for him to stop being jammed down their throats as the golden boy. He can reject those two elements himself by fucking over Triple H, as well as knocking Triple H's own ego out of the main event at Mania.

How do you explain Reigns doing it? If he's such a bad-ass and he's so cool, why does he need to cling to this title shot like it's a life raft? Have Reigns say that there will be other title matches because he's that good and everybody knows it, but WrestleMania is about breaking that son of a bitch Triple H.

Dean Ambrose vs. Brock Lesnar then becomes your title match and main event, which seems unlikely, but they're basically dependong on these two as crutches on television and certain Network specials anyway. They're already "main event" in WWE, so giving them the official spot isn't going to look too weird. The odd one there is Ambrose, but the crowd will hopefully be so hot into his title reign that it won't matter.

The entire month of March is 3/16 and this June is the 20th anniversary of Austin 3:16.

Stunners for everybody!

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The only way to save the Shane angle is for the lock box to contain a birth certificate proving that Taker is actually Vince's eldest son and, therefore, Vince's heir who should rightfully be the one to inherit the company. Then book three months of angles of Taker and Vince doing awkward absentee father stuff like going fishing at weekends and sitting in silence.

I'd watch that

It's gonna be a birth certificate alright....The birth certificate of MIIIIIISSSSTTTTTAAAAAAHHHHHH KENNNNNNNNEEEEDDDDDYYYYYYYYYY.



Kennedy.

Dirtsheets sponsored by Big E's birthday unicorn:
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For some comparisons, last week had 4.2 million, 4.05 million, and 3.39 million for hours. Highest 3rd hour since last August and overall hourly drop one of the lowest in a long time. In terms of historical stuff, same show last year had 80,000 more viewers although stronger 2nd and 3rd hours.

Some highlights from a recent Stone Cold podcast episode.

Basically TNA tried to sue Steiner for saying bad things about the company even though he was no longer an employee at the time. Steiner's contract might not have contained a non-disparagement clause which could explain why the lawsuit failed in the end.

List of dates for the post-Mania UK tour: http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/un...n-tours-208496

Prior to its airing, it was rumored the ring belonged to Sunny before she debunked those rumors.


Some other sheet news includes:

• Official poster for March's upcoming Network special called "WWE Roadblock" was released. http://f.e.wwe.com/i/1/2083514430/03...ackNot__01.jpg
• WWE and Dean Ambrose currently facing a potential lawsuit regarding a recent car incident. https://twitter.com/mookieghana/stat...71890536194048
• Triple H's contract as an active performer was recently leaked to end before Mania this year and the WWE is currently considering extending it for another 3 years. https://twitter.com/mookieghana/stat...106944/photo/1
• Sony Pictures and WWE announced a cross-over film is being made called Surf 2 and will feature animal versions of WWE wrestlers as characters. http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...r-the-wwe.aspx
• During a recent Q&A event, Kurt Angle revealed if he ever returned to the WWE, one of the things he'd like to do is form a new Team Angle with NXT's American Alpha as his tag team. http://www.allwrestlingnews.com/indy...e-jordan-gable
• According to the Observer, the majority of Stephanie's promo last night was based on her legit resentment to the rumored real life power struggle between her and Shane over future control of the company. Also implied the growing belief backstage is it just being a matter of time before Shane makes a major power grab and likely succeeding in the end.
• Lucha Underground announced episodes for Season 1 and Season 2 are currently available for purchase on iTunes.
• New video collection series called "Legacy of Shane McMahon" was recently added to the WWE Network. https://twitter.com/WWE_Network_Bot/...84215049330688
• Three other new collection series were also added to the WWE Network called "The Four Horsewomen of NXT", "WrestleMania Show Stealers", and "Canadian Collection" (classic matches that happened in Canada).

Austin hitting the nail on the head with the wyatts. No reason why Bray shouldn't be the strongest heel in the company right now. He was headed right for it, but it'S been all downhill since his mania match against cena.

I also think there's no reason why Bray can't be the top face in the company, especially after he first debuted. He's just so fucking cool.