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Very happy about the king turning heel. I haven't heard anything he's said in years, as he hasn't added anything of substance in a long time.

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead (Post 4783945)

He certainly won't be himself when he's hungry

Sounds more like a Ryback spot.

Last year Mania was sponsored by Terminator and HHH did the Terminator entrance..... This year it is sponsored by Snickers.... So....

lol @ Jericho 'Are you ok?'

'HE'S HURT!'

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I'm guessing Lana must not be any good.

haha I thought Vince seemed fucking pissed off legit at the crowd. And for good reason. I get "not reacting" if what you are seeing is complete shit, but RAW wasn't "bad" by any means. Only really made shit by that fucking awful crowd. With a decent crowd it was a 4.5-5/7 show, whereas the crowd made it 3/7.

Not just that, but Emma would fare better in the current "diva mix".

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead (Post 4784102)

1 night does not change what has been months of mundane whatever the fuck they call it now. Philly, being a heavy smark crowd, most likely adopted this mindset.

I haven't watched in a very long time, but the results sound rather typical, aside from a non-ppv HHH match which was apparently the best thing of the night, not surprisingly.

I want to get back into it, but they have yet to give me a reason. I will get Mania as my family want to see it, but I genuinely have zero interest right now outside of Ambrose, Taker/Shane.

did you know they actually called foreign objects "international objects" in the early 90s WCW?

http://www.cracked.com/article_22344...ensorship.html

amazing

Guys I know we've all had to lower standards but objectively Raw was fucking terrible this week…again.

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead (Post 4784102)

Who the hell uses 7 as a base for a rating system? O_o
Also, RAW was pretty crappy even this week. Yeah, it was better than usual, but that's an extremely low bar to set.

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Originally Posted by Jari (Post 4784130)

Guys I know we've all had to lower standards but objectively Raw was fucking terrible this week…again.

Fact.

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Originally Posted by Wishbone (Post 4784150)

Who the hell uses 7 as a base for a rating system? O_o
Also, RAW was pretty crappy even this week. Yeah, it was better than usual, but that's an extremely low bar to set.

lol it was for Shisen

Reigns enters using the ramp on Raw, again on SmackDown. Heel turn hint? Turning his back on the crowd?

Probably grasping at straws.

Had to end sometime. Edge used to come in through the crowd at first too. Ultimately it is just a big risk to the talent, security or not.

Hopefully he does go heel though. That would generate some interest and maybe make me tune in again, at least for a short time.

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4784293)

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I could have sworn Shane's punches used to look good. Please don't make me go back, watch and be disappointed :(

PS Taker looks old. I mean I know he's old, but he looks really old.

Feels like Shane is trying to invent a new set of punches but it isn't working.

He literally looks retarded.

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Originally Posted by drave (Post 4784110)

Well if it keeps happening maybe they'll take a hint.

Thanfully Taker completely no sold those punches. Knowing Shane, he'll keep doing them, and also get more offence on Taker than Bray Wyatt did last year because Shane is the most fearsome wrestler on the roster.

what the fuck is he doing with his feet?

I know he used to dance around in the past, but this looks nothing like dancing, more like spasms

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From a trailer for an upcoming WWE Studios film called Countdown with Kane and Ziggler as lead actors was released recently.

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This electrifying thriller is directed by John Stockwell (Into the Blue) and written by Richard Wenk (The Equalizer). When a madman kidnaps a young boy and rigs him with explosives, Ray (Dolph Ziggler), haunted by the loss of his young son, defies his captain (Kane) and takes matters into his own hands. Now he must beat the clock to stop a psychopath and save an innocent child.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58BQdJMpIDg

Instant cult classic. Screw Ready 2 Rumble.

you know, I kinda liked that one horror flick with Kane

it wasn'y anything special, but enjoyable

Well damn.

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Not bad for a 50 year old man with a life time of injuries

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead (Post 4784323)

Love how Taker and Lesnar refuse no sell bullshit offense. Lesnar outright refused to sell Ambrose's punches at Fastlane and it was awesome. I love Ambrose as much as anyone, but sheesh.

Don't understand how good workers throw crap punches. Also, Taker's punches aren't that great for someone who thinks he's such a badass he wears MMA gloves. Usually about a foot worth of daylight on his punches.

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead (Post 4784367)

he's been in the audience for like 3 UFC events, he's totally legit, man

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead (Post 4784367)

I'm over-analyzing but punches in general are outdated. They need to reinforce the closed-fist rule or something, because to an outsider, or even a casual, it's incredibly hokey to watch guys punch each other in the face for 20 minutes with no damage. I could see how it can take someone outta the moment, like witnessing bad acting in a movie.

I like firearms to the face and there's not enough elbows going around.

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Originally Posted by Jari (Post 4784294)

I could have sworn Shane's punches used to look good. Please don't make me go back, watch and be disappointed :(

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Originally Posted by Volare (Post 4784356)

Well damn.

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"FUCK!"
-Undertaker

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Bray Wyatt has a pretty significant back injury, which is why his match with Lesnar at Roadblock ended up as Lesnar vs. Luke Harper. No word on how long he’ll be out of action.

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Originally Posted by WWE

Neville had some repeat testing done in Orlando today which included X-Rays and a cat scan of his ankle. Upon further review, it has been determined that surgical repair of the ankle would not be necessary. Instead, he will be treated nonoperatively with a cast and crutches. The estimated return for this type of fracture is usually 2 to 3 months.

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Originally Posted by Observer

Lucha Underground ran their first house show on 3/15 in Austin, TX, as part of the SWSX convention. The show was free to everyone at the convention, but drew about 3,500 fans, which is a very healthy turnout. Aero Star did a plancha off a 12 foot balcony, and may have gotten seriously injured doing it. The main event saw Rey Mysterio Jr. & Prince Puma & Cage beat Johnny Mundo & PJ Black & Jack Evans

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Originally Posted by Observer

State Representative Zack Hudgins of Tukwila, WA, is behind a bill attempting to reclassify pro wrestling as theatrical wrestling and remove all regulation from the shows. Basically it allows independent shows to run less expensively due to not needing a fully-staffed ambulance on site for the events. Hudgins has proposed similar bills in the past that haven’t gotten any traction

Should just rename it Artistic Combat instead.

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Originally Posted by Observer

An interesting note is that the Dish Network is apparently dropping USA from its basic package and moving it to a higher paid tier. This could mildly hurt the audience for Raw, but also could slightly increase the rating. The Raw audience is largely a loyal weekly audience and those who regularly watch will either pay the extra for USA and still watch, or drop Dish. There is the small audience that flips the channels and if they have Dish and suddenly come upon wrestling, that audience won’t be there. At the same time, what will happen is the number of homes that gets the USA Network will decrease because Dish subscribers that don’t care about USA will no longer be in the total, so you’re getting a small artificial ratings boost out of it theoretically starting next week.

Update to the on-going DISH vs NBC feud going on and what it could mean in the short term for the WWE.

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According to Pwinsider.com, former NXT performers Sylvester LeFort and Marquis Louis are backstage at today’s TNA Impact Wrestling taping in Orlando Florida. At this time, it is not known if they will be working the tapings or if they are just there visiting.

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Originally Posted by Observer

Drew Galloway won the TNA title from Matt Hardy on the almost live 3/15 TV show. Galloway nearly didn’t even get to Florida as he had all kinds of travel issues getting out of Germany over the weekend. As for the show itself, they threw a ton out and it felt way over-written. It felt more minor league than it did even a few months ago which has to do with pushing new talent without names that aren’t talented enough to feel like stars. It’s not bad at all, but in today’s environment, not bad at all doesn’t cut it any longer when WWE produces so much content and indies are filled with action that is great

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Originally Posted by Observer

It hasn’t been announced yet and obviously this would be late stuff if it happens since it wasn’t in the magazine, the WWE was looking at putting together deals to get Snoop Dogg into the WWE Hall of Fame (in the spot this year originally set for Regis Philbin) and to give Joan Lunden the Warrior Award. Last year was the argument that it isn’t what Warrior suggested, and it very clearly wasn’t, as he suggested an award for people who work backstage as good employees for little notice (mentioning Jimmy Miranda, and he actually the award named after Miranda, not himself). But you could argue last year’s induction of Connor Michalek did serve a greater good. This year it does in a sense that honoring celebrities who have powerful TV names is good for business in a number of ways. In this case, Lunden was the longtime host of Good Morning America who has battled breast cancer very publicly

Basically WWE still isn't going to follow Warrior's last wish for his award but will keep the trend of honoring those who battle cancer.

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Originally Posted by Observer

Regarding Foley at WrestleMania, when asked by The Sporting News if he was going to be part of the show, he said that he said he almost always is part of the show and indicated it would be a small thing. We’d been told Foley was scheduled for a cameo appearance similar to the New Age Outlaws and DX thing last year. Foley did his last one man show of the year on 3/13 in Indianapolis. He noted that he’s been working the shows on a percentage of the house deal with clubs and seemed frustrated at not being able to get guarantees so was going to at least take the rest of the year off. He’s got a deal for a WWE network comedy show with his daughter Noelle. A Foley show for the network has already shot one episode and there are plans to run a season. Foley also gave the impression he’d like to have a role in creative in regarding to the women’s division. Foley has been a big advocate of the women on the roster since the 2014 Charlotte vs. Natalya NXT match

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GET THE TABLES!!! WWE is planning limited edition packaging in the shape of a table for the “Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz” DVD next month.

As you’ve heard, a Dudley Boyz Steelbook Blu-ray is on the way, but for the DVD collectors still among us a pop-up slipcover will be present on the standard DVD version.

Be sure to pre-order early as it will be available during the initial production run only.

So far the special table packaging has been confirmed for the release of “Straight Outta Dudleyville” to fans in the UK on April 11th ..

“Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz” is the next 3 disc WWE DVD incoming and will compile a 35-chapter documentary, unseen extras cut from that documentary, interview segments with the Dudleyz, and more than 20 matches (over 25 on Blu-ray)!

http://www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com/t...-match/111812/

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Originally Posted by Observer

Paul Heyman’s Heyman Hustle has signed a digital distribution deal with Yahoo’s Turnstile blog/site that kicks off March 28th. Yahoo Studios is also going to produce a feature on Heyman’s role with Brock Lesnar in WWE in contrast with his work for the Looking For Larry agency.

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We’re pretty sure that you’re not allowed to open up a restaurant named after a world-famous pro wrestler that serves meals named after other world-famous pro wrestlers, but…it looks like someone in Mexico did it anyway!

The restaurant is called John Cena Burger & Taco, and it serves, well, burgers, tacos, quesadillas, and just about anything you could possibly want. Better yet, each and every meal that’s served in the restaurant is named after a wrestler, so you can order one by saying, “Give me The Undertaker” or “I’ll have a Randy Orton.” We’ll go out on a limb and say that the food probably isn’t spectacular—though these reviews suggest that some of it is—but hey, when you’re eating a meal named after your favorite wrestler, who cares?

http://www.complex.com/sports/2016/0...taurant-mexico

Some other sheet news includes:

According to the Observer, it is very unlikely the WWE will have an actual building for the Hall of Fame ready by next year's Mania assuming they still want it located in Orlando or nearby.
Observer recently hinted even with the ratings decline, the WWE might still be able to get a somewhat decent raise with their next tv contract although well below whatever they'd be expecting or hyping. No way they come close to getting sports-type range for money. Biggest blow to any big hopes is going to be ad rates since WWE is around 1/7th what NASCAR generates and that sport had similar ratings declines recently. Also NBC is losing more money ad-wise with the WWE than FOX who are making a very small profit with NASCAR for some comparisons.
Garza Jr from Mexican promotion AAA recently had a tryout at WWE's Performance Center. Expected to be in one of the spots reserved for Mexican wrestlers in the upcoming Cruiserweight tournament.
Mick Foley announced on Twitter he will be donating his brain to the Chris Nowinski's Concussion Foundation after his death. https://twitter.com/RealMickFoley/st...52702589132800

I can see the Concussion Foundation's study on Mick's brain. It goes along these lines:

The fuck is this? How is this even possible?

His prefrontal cortex is held together by duct tape and I'm pretty sure those are thumb tacks protruding from his medula oblongata. He also has a small piece of barbed wire wrapped around his brain stem.

Random Xero post. That's it, someone call Rodney. It's time to assemble the Posse again.

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Originally Posted by VSG (Post 4784436)

Random Xero post. That's it, someone call Rodney. It's time to assemble the Posse again.

Xero (Limit 126)

Arrive.

Randomly post.

Leave again for several months. :shifty:

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4784293)

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Why the fuck is he doing the shuffle while hitting the Undertaker?

Dude hits about as hard as a Diaz.

They shouldn't do a tag for the other girls, but rather a Divas Invitational on the Kickoff. And have Evil Emma win it.

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Originally Posted by VSG (Post 4784436)

Random Xero post. That's it, someone call Rodney. It's time to assemble the Posse again.

Damnit

So it's official if the front page is correct:

Sting is retiring due to his neck injury.

Was thinking of making a post comparing Hillary and Bernie Sanders to Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose.

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lol I was talking to hb2k about Jericho's heel turn on Styles and how while Jericho has been effective since the feud with Styles began, the way WWE "does things" really took away from the gravity of when Jericho turned.

First of all, Michael Cole was just like "Code Breaker.... and another Codebreaker... and another codebreaker" as though it was just business as usual.

Secondly, the codebreaker while a "neat maneuver" as well as an effective-ish finisher, doesn't exactly show Jericho's new vicious side.

I all of a sudden just imagined Ricky Steamboat turning heel on someone via hitting several armdrags and for some reason just died laughing, because honestly that's kind of what it felt like.

"BAH GAWD WHAT A HEINOUS SMALL PACKAGE BY JERICHO ON AJ STYLES THE SICK SADISTIC SON OF A BITCH"

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Originally Posted by Sixx (Post 4784387)

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4784293)

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SHANE MCMAHON IS TICKLING THE UNDERTAKER INTO SUBMISSION. A SAVAGE ASSAULT... NEIGH A BARBARIC ASSAULT... NEIGH A SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION MAGGEL

I would like to see another moment like this.....don't know if it could be done though.

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Originally Posted by Big Vic (Post 4784586)

Was thinking of making a post comparing Hillary and Bernie Sanders to Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose.

I've had the same thought during this whole thing. Brock is almost Donald Trump.

gonna have to agree with lockjaw on his previous post

How dare you follow a Becky Lynch picture with that nonsense

That guy got a booboo

Trying to find a copy of Hogan's vodoo child theme with nWo quotes.... can't find it anymore....

I specifically remember Hulk coming out to Voodoo Child the night after Mania X8 (which I thnk is now dubbed over for the rest of time) and it literally being the coolest fucking thing I've ever seen. Loved Voodoo Child so much more than Real American.

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Originally Posted by Wishbone (Post 4784150)

Who the hell uses 7 as a base for a rating system? O_o
Also, RAW was pretty crappy even this week. Yeah, it was better than usual, but that's an extremely low bar to set.

That's how we do it around here. I give your post 2/7.

Rate the rassler on a scale of 1 to 7 Wishbone

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Originally Posted by slik (Post 4784878)

It's hilarious how butthurt Roman gets about people disliking him. And, yes, he's getting butthurt. He's a celebrity, a public figure. If you can't handle a few people on the internet telling you you suck, and feel the need to try and "fight back" via social media you're just as much of a "#fool" as they are. If Roman's gonna be the "face of the company" he really needs to grow up and grow some tougher skin.

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Originally Posted by Shisen Kopf (Post 4784883)

Rate the rassler on a scale of 1 to 7 Wishbone

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I'd give that scrawny little shit a 2 out of 7. He gets an extra point because at least he had the guts to take off his shirt when he wrestles unlike the rest of those backyard muties.

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Originally Posted by Wishbone (Post 4784893)

I can't tell if you're joking.

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Originally Posted by Shadrick (Post 4784897)

I can't tell if you're joking.

Not joking at all. Roman's acting like a bigger bitch than the guy he's "calling out." You can't honestly think it's "cool" when a celebrity "talks smack" on social media, right? I mean honestly, dude, that's pretty pathetic. Yeah, the little shit threatening to break his own fingers is a dweeb, but Roman's acting like a whiny bitch here, plain and simple with his grade school comebacks.

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It seems as WWE is heating up in WrestleMania season, Vince McMahon and Triple H, the chairman and the COO, are having more arguments over the event. This time the issue in question is which match should close the show, according to Daily Wrestling News. Vince feels Lesnar should be main eventing WrestleMania due to all the money WWE is paying him, but there’s concern a non-title match with Dean Ambrose isn’t big enough for a main event. This isn’t an indictment as to how Vince feels about Ambrose, but Vince wanted more star power for a Lesnar match and remains disappointed they couldn’t get The Rock to wrestle.

Triple H wants his title match against Reigns to main event (shocker!), but there’s speculation Vince may actually be souring on Reigns.

There’s also a feeling that The Undertaker against Shane McMahon should be the main event given the stakes of the match and the fact ‘Taker is a Texan native.

Another big clash between the two recently involved when to debut Finn Balor and WWE's version of the Bullet Club. Vince wanted it to happen on the March 7th episode of RAW in Chicago while Triple H wanted it to happen as a post-Mania surprise debut. It likely wouldn't have involved Finn being placed in a high profile match for Mania and it also seems Vince no longer holds a favorable view of NXT based on recent dirtsheet rumors and reports.

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This week's first airing of Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network drew 100,000 viewers. This is up from last week's 95,000 viewers but down from the previous week's 124,000 viewers.

The replay drew 57,000 viewers, up from last week's 41,000 viewers, making the total for this week's show 157,000 viewers. This is up from last week's total of 136,000.

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Originally Posted by Observer

Impact on Tuesday night did 307,000 viewers for the 8 p.m. show and 123,000 for the 9 p.m. replay. It was the largest total in seven weeks for the show and the replay ws teh biggest number since moving to Pop TV. It shows that at this stage, being almost live does help TNA's numbers. In the past it has made no difference.

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Originally Posted by Observer

The advance gate for WrestleMania as of one week ago with 84,000 seats also broke the all-time pro wrestling record as expected. That number includes standing room (Party Pass) tickets that have been sold, which are sold out. We were mistaken as the 84,000 number we had last week does include the standing room so the final number is going to end up slightly above this. Who knows what will be announced. The gate was at $12.8 million as of 3/9, breaking the $12.6 million all-time pro wrestling gate set last year, although not by nearly as much as you’d think given the huge difference in actual attendance.

With the larger stadium, more tickets were being sold at lower prices. The number also beat any UFC gate in history. Obviously a ton of boxing gates beat that number. There are boxing matches that did more than 85,000 fans, with the all-time record for a paying event being the Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Greg Haugen fight in 1993 at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City with 132,274. While largely forgotten, there was a 1941 fight in the U.S. with Tony Zale vs. Billy Pryor in Milwaukee that was a free show that did a reported 135,172. The record for a paying U.S. show is 63,350 for a 1979 fight with Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks at the Superdome in New Orleans

In terms of ppv buys and revenues, UFC's big shows still make a lot more than Mania with only Mania 28 coming close.

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Originally Posted by Observer

On Raw, there was a commercial for the WWE Network plugging all the shows over Mania week, pushing seven hours of Mania coverage (two hour pregame show, one hour postgame show, four hour main show), the Hall of Fame, an Austin podcast with Foley and other special events. Very conspicuous by its absence was the 4/1 NXT special, which with the Nakamura debut and ridiculous secondary market prices, is clearly the most anticipated NXT show in history. The next day, a lot of people were openly not happy about that

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Originally Posted by Observer

For TV this week Raw will be in Philadelphia on 3/21 and Smackdown in Boston on 3/22. Shane McMahon, Undertaker and Lesnar are not advertised for Philadelphia. Lesnar and Heyman are scheduled for Boston. The final TV will be 3/28 at the Barclays Center with all hands on deck. They will do Raw live as well as tape Smackdown for 3/31

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Originally Posted by Observer

King Cuerno/El Hijo del Fantasma has been doing some cryptic tweets of late

Between the recent rumors of him being unhappy with AAA and Season 2 spoilers, he's basically done with AAA and Lucha Underground.

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Question: Other than the money, what did you enjoy most about your time at WCW?

BH: I really didn’t enjoy anything. If I had to sum up what one thing I did like I would probably say wrestling Sting. Sting was a class guy, just a first rate guy. Great guy to work with. Great guy to talk to. Great guy to hang out with. A real friend. No ego. Never saw any ounce of ego. Just a team player all the way and I always had a lot of respect for him. He really made coming to work fun. When I look back today I just have mounds of respect for Sting. When I watch some of our matches back they were actually pretty good. Considering we had absolutely no direction. Absolutely no storyline. Nothing made any sense. He was always able to make sense of the most stupid stuff that Bischoff could come up with. I just have so much respect for the fact he was there as long was and he just was a guy… you never forget guys like Sting. He was just there every day. Showed up for work and did the best he could every night. He made a real difference to guys like me in the dressing room that almost lost hope working there.

From a recent episode of Bret Hart's podcast show. http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/6861...ng-to-work-fun

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Some other sheet news includes:

According to reports, Bret Hart's recovery from prostate cancer surgery is moving along a lot faster than expected.
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, tomorrow Kofi Kingston will end up breaking the record for most days combined as a WWE tag team champion at 542 days. Currently tied with John Morrison at 541 combined days although the current record only dates back to 2002.
Recent prank Kofi Kingston pulled on Twitter making fun of the League of Nation ended up having another prank attached to it. Kofi's supposed cell phone number ends up being the phone number to a restaurant called El Patron Mexica (Del Rio's indie name) instead. https://twitter.com/TrueKofi/status/709463286547357696
Besides Mick Foley, Jeff Hardy also announced he will be donating his brain for CTE research after his death.https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc..._cte_research/
Kurt Angle recently debunked rumors of having a meeting with Triple H at this year's Arnold Classic nor having plans to wrestling for the rest of 2016 after his upcoming match against Rey Mysterio.
According to Superstar Billy Graham, he will be pulling out of this year's Wrestlemania Axxess festivities due to a recent injury becoming a life threatening issue for him. Doctors are very worried any potential infection from the injury will become deadly due to him being a diabetic and a bone piece moving too high up his hip. http://www.pwmania.com/wwe-hall-of-f...nt-to-triple-h

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Originally Posted by Wishbone (Post 4784893)

The dude has a pic of him and his gf in his profile picture.

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Originally Posted by Wishbone (Post 4784895)

I'd give that scrawny little shit a 2 out of 7. He gets an extra point because at least he had the guts to take off his shirt when he wrestles unlike the rest of those backyard muties.

3/7

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Triple H wants his title match against Reigns to main event (shocker!)

Feel enraged at this.... why does the person reporting it feel the need to add his own thoughts.... and why is it a "shocker"? Is he implying that Triple H is trying to "put himself over" by fighting to be the main event? Perhaps Triple H just thinks, justifiably so, that the WWE World Heavyweight Title should be the main event of the show.

Nakamura's gonna premier on April 1st... What if this is all just an elaborate April Fool's Day prank by WWE?

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Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4784912)

lol welllllllll HHH does like to always put himself over

Oh please.. He's right- the WWE World Heavyweight Championship should main event. Barring that, Shane-Taker but I don't really expect anything major from that match.

No you need to end with the world title match, I just think it's funny that he's a the champion.

With the current roster as it was this year, how many people would be actually believable as the champion? Poor booking aside, he is one of the very few who can carry the title and a good match.

I am firmly on the fence. Like I "get it" but it is typical castrated booking to go with the old.

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Originally Posted by VSG (Post 4784931)

With the current roster as it was this year, how many people would be actually believable as the champion? Poor booking aside, he is one of the very few who can carry the title and a good match.

Bo Dallas. His weekly BOinspirational speeches would be enough on its own to generate the big money making hype for Mania. :shifty:

I still think it is funny that "believable" holds ground in artistic combat :|

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That guy he's responding to is a renowned finger banger so Roman actually roasted him there.

If he can't fingerbang his gf will leave him. Probably for Roman Reigns.

Anyone else feel like WM is backwards?

Wouldnt a much better card have been

The Taker shows up at 30 and wins the title at the Rumble. Reigns gets a shot at him. THats a big match feel. Taker the champ going on his last ride against the new face of the company?

Then Shane returns and wants back in, and Vince pits him against HHH in Hell in a Cell for control of the future of the company. Really keeps it in the family and makes way more sense.

Brock vs AMbrose remains.

Just seems like the stories make more sense like that.

The way things are being booked, Shane versus Taker seems to be the "unofficial" main event of the show just like Mr. McMahon vs Hogan at Wrestlemania XIX. I have high expectations from the Brock - Ambrose street fight. Not sure if the WWE will have Ambrose become the first wrestler to defeat Brock Lesnar via pinfall ever since he broke Taker's streak.

Other than that, I'm a bit disappointed with how Sami has been booked ever since his call-up to the main roster. In situations like these, I wish the brand split was still in effect so that wrestlers would receive more attention from the creative.