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According to Dave Meltzer, WWE Expected Eva Marie to get a babyface pop.

It's like, you can never predict the audience, no matter how smart you are. And WWE.. you know, sometimes they can and sometimes they can't, especially now. But this one? This one was a no-brainer. And the idea that they didn't figure it out.. This was one where I was really surprised how they didn't figure this out. This was an easy one. It is the typical WWE, they're trying to go right, but they can't help themselves from going left. They think that she (Eva) is so hot that everyone is going to like her. It didn't work in NXT and it obviously didn't work tonight. People have so much access to photos of hot women, that being a hot woman who can't wrestle, it doesn't mean shit anymore. There was a time when it did with Tammy Sytch and Sable. But times change. If Braun Strowman showed up in the Hogan era, they could have done Wrestlemania with him and match would have sucked, but they would have drawn big money.

GD	03-29-2016 03:19 PM

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#BROKEN Hasney

03-29-2016 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4790572)

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The CyNick

03-29-2016 03:36 PM

Curious why Dave can't point out who specifically thought Eva would get a babyface reaction? The babyface girls acted like she was a heel. So unless they went into business for themselves, maybe creative knew the reaction she would get.

Jordan

03-29-2016 05:39 PM

To those talking about a Ravenesque Bray Wyatt twist, YES that would be awesome...

Imagine Dolph Ziggler reveals that he has a ground breaking secret about a WWE superstar on twitter. And like the story going around the net of some "huge slanderous rumor" every can't stop talking about it. After weeks of WWE interviewers prying to get the secret, he comes to the ring to expose Bray Wyatt as a fraud. Video footage is show of the Wyatt family totally out of "character", they aren't these psycho's they're normal guys. They discuss popular sports, famous women, and openly discuss scare tactics to try and get a "better spot" on the card. Bray talks about wanting to fill the spot that The Undertaker is leaving behind. And ends up giving an envelope to the rest of the family, implying payment for their services...

Bray has no choice to but face the music. And all is changed, he drops the gimmick and comes off more like the spoiled Raven character from WCW. Whining about what is fair to him. He even brings his brother into it. He is getting super emotional, almost a meltdown coming on with a feeling of impending violence towards Dolph. Bo comes out, breaking character and tries to console his brother. As Dolph watches Bo and Bray hash it out on the mic, the rest of Wyatt family comes to the ring. Sure they are big and scary but they drop the movie monster gimmick and show concern over Bray. Just as the make it to the apron, Bray snaps and attacks Bo, knocking him out and attacking him with ground and pound. Dolph tackles Bray to stop the attack, the rest of The Wyatt family looks confused but snap into gear and immediately follow Bray and attack Dolph and Bo.

Now Bo is put in a postion to do something, and it's as a baby face. Dolph is the main face in a big storyline. And they can enlist the help of a few others to take on the new version of The Wyatt Family.

Bray has new motivation as a heel that will be much less likely to get a babyface pop.

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by The CyNick (Post 4790605)

If he used proper nouns you'd believe him? HA! Joke.

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jari (Post 4789569)

If Shawn Michaels had worked for (and been fired by) multiple companies since 2010 then yeah that would be right...

You're going to side with TNA on this one? You know, the promotion that fired Jim Mitchell because if he was getting booed that much, he must be a really evil man?

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Jari (Post 4789575)

Yes I am a fan of Lucha Underground, a critically acclaimed TV show, that your hero has referred to as the worst thing to ever happen to the business or words to that affect, in it's infancy which I firmly believe will go on to do better and bigger things if they can score the right kind of deal with regards to how the product is broadcast.

If you're going around telling me that someone is a creative genius without being able to point out any actual sign of genius (did he create the Hell in a Cell or is that just his word cause, you know, people in the wrestling business are notoriously honest? I also could have sworn I remember HBK saying he had seen a cage match with a ceiling and he proposed that idea to Vince)

You're jumping into Cynick territory here. Be careful.

You completely missed the Lucha Underground point. Slow clap. The point is that just because a guy isn't writing for WWE RIGHT NOW (!) doesn't mean he hasn't forgotten more about professional wrestling than you've ever known.

Go back and watch Smokey Mountain Wrestling. It's seriously about as good as NXT -- if you can pull your head out of your ass and watch it with a time context in mind. You should also try listening to Cornette some time -- it might open you up about some things.

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4789637)

Jari. You literally asked for "a time in which a company was thriving whilst he was part of creative" and got an example only to claim "Nah. Too long ago." Between that and the "homophobic rant" comment it seems pretty obvious you're willing to bend truths and skew things to exactly where you want them in order to justify hating Cornette.

:y:

Jari seems pretty cool. He/she just got hot when Corny knocked a product they like. But there's a really big line between "I don't agree with this person on this" and "What do they know, huh? They never did anything? Oh, that thing? La-la-la not listening. Oh, another thing? No, not counting that either. Also they hate gays and blacks and punch kittens."

Sixx	03-29-2016 06:05 PM

why did Triple H decide to be billed from Connecticut if he's playing a total badass and whatnot

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 06:07 PM

I think it's a hangover from the gimmick he played when he first came in the snobbish blue blood, isn't it?

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 06:07 PM

He probably didn't change it to completely assimilate with the McMahons.

Sixx	03-29-2016 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4790656)

I think it's a hangover from the gimmick he played when he first came in the snobbish blue blood, isn't it?

Oh, that makes sense, I guess.

Was he a snobbish blue blood when he debuted as Hunter Hearst Helmsley? Cause wiki tells me he's been billed from Connecticut since then.

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 06:18 PM

Yeah, that's when he did that. It was aimed to make fun of all the other millionaires around Vince, or something.

The CyNick

03-29-2016 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4790646)

I've listened to Cornette, he's a bitter old man. He has had no success in the business in decades, but people on the Internet act like he has.

Vastardikai

03-29-2016 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4790646)

A company that gave us some of Landell's best work. And the Heavenly Bodies were hot shit. He also introduced the U.S. to Jericho and Storm. Other guys who got noticed? Bob Holly, Brian Lee, The Gangstas (their SMW stuff > their ECW stuff), Candido, Sunny. And one other guy. Oh yeah, KANE.

SMW did as much for mainstream wrestling in the 90s as any other Indy. Including ECW.

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by The CyNick (Post 4790675)

I've listened to Cornette, he's a bitter old man. He has had no success in the business in decades, but people on the Internet act like he has.

He last worked for the WWE eleven years ago. Isn't that your definition of success?

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Vastardikai (Post 4790697)

That was 20 years ago though. You can't remember stuff like that.

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 09:16 PM

Evil Emma will be on the USA Network portion of the pre-show. So will the Andre Battle Royal.

Emperor Smeat

03-29-2016 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Observer

The final Raw before WrestleMania did 3.77 million viewers, an 11 percent increase from near historical lows for non-football season posted for the show on 3/21 from Philadelphia.

A show that advertised every major character from WrestleMania appearing, including Vince McMahon, Undertaker, Brock Lesnar and Shane McMahon, from the Barclays Center, was down 10 percent from the WrestleMania go-home show last year which did a 3.03 rating and 4.19 million viewers. The 2014 go-home show did a 3.18 rating and 4.38 million viewers ...

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.82 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.85 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.64 million viewers

Next week's show is likely to be the highest rated Raw of the year, as that is the usual pattern for the day after WrestleMania. It is usually about two weeks after WrestleMania where the ratings settle into what ends up being the usual spring levels.

RAW ended up being better than last week although continues the trend of being lower than the same week last year. Baring a massive disappointment, next week should be the highest of the year although current trends also has it lower than last year's Post-Mania show.

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Originally Posted by Observer

The WWE's final two honorees for the Hall of Fame ceremony will be Snoop Dogg and Joan Lunden.

Snoop Dogg, who is related to Sasha Banks and has been on WWE television a few times over the years, will be the celebrity inductee. It had been rumored within wrestling for weeks and reported in past Wrestling Observer Newsletters that they were talking, and in wrestling circles, the belief was that it was a done deal.

Also reported at the time was Lunden, who will receive the Warrior award.

While the Snoop Dogg announcement was made via email, John Cena made the announcement on Lunden Monday morning on The Today Show. Lunden will be presented with the award on Saturday night by Dana, the widow of the Ultimate Warrior. Lunden, best known for her hosting Good Morning America was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, and very publicly battled through chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

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WWE announced that Slick (Ken Johnson) will be inducting Big Bossman into the Hall of Fame.

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Progress Wrestling will be hosting two qualifying matches for WWE's new Global Cruiserweight promotion. April 24th will be the date of the tapings. These matches will begin the qualifying matches for the Global Cruiserweight tournament, designed to showcase lighter weight wrestlers and high flyers that are not necessarily already under contract to WWE. No names were announced for the matches, but names like Zack Sabre Jr., Will Ospreay and Marty Scurll immediately come to mind. Many former WWE performers that meet the cruiserweight limit (205 lbs) have also been contacted.

Update to the Cruiserweight tournament news mostly in regards to the part of former WWE wrestlers getting contacted for it. UK's Rev Pro Wrestling is also hosting qualifiers as well.

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Originally Posted by Observer

Ethan Carter III (Michael Hutter) gave an explanation today on this Facebook page that the cancelation of his appearance at the Southside Wrestling and Preston City Wrestling shows in England was his choice, and not TNA's. He did not state specifically what the conflict was, but wrote, "Unfortunately, due to a previously unforeseen opportunity to continue building a rapport between TNA Wrestling and one our of television network partners, I was forced to cancel my appearances with both Southside and Preston City Wrestling April 2-3. Canceling is not something I take lightly." EC3 promised to make it up to the fans and the promotions. Perhaps, he would start by selling his foam fingers that he had specifically made for this trip at a discounted rate, but that's purely speculation.

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Originally Posted by Observer

Karl Anderson was at the Performance Center in Orlando earlier today[Monday]. As noted, his arrival on television in WWE, along with that of Doc Gallows, is imminent.

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Fenix suffered a badly broken nose Saturday night at the Lucha Underground tapings.

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Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 multi-platform channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, and TNA Entertainment announced today they have entered into a comprehensive content partnership to seize a global digital audience for fight-based content.

Fight Network’s over-the-top (OTT) app available on digital platforms will become the global home for TNA Wrestling content starting in the second quarter of this year. Fight Network and TNA Wrestling will collaborate to produce digital content and will also partner on cross-promotion and joint sales efforts in global markets, as well as in the U.S. and Canada.

Fight Network’s OTT app is available on Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Verizon Go90, Layer 3 and KlowdTV.

Fight Network is currently the home of TNA Wrestling programming in Canada, including its two hour flagship weekly program IMPACT WRESTLING, TNA Wrestling’s Greatest Matches and TNA Xplosion. Fight Network will now also air select TNA Wrestling archive programming on its linear channels in select U.S. markets and in over 30 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East where Fight Network currently broadcasts.

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Originally Posted by PWI

Angelina Love, who recently gave birth to her son, announced on Twitter that she is gone from TNA and will be taking bookings in June. She noted that her contract with TNA expired while she was out pregnant. Her husband, Davey Richards, is still with TNA and rehabbing a torn ACL in his left knee.

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It's like, you can never predict the audience, no matter how smart you are. And WWE.. you know, sometimes they can and sometimes they can't, especially now. But this one? This one was a no-brainer. And the idea that they didn't figure it out.. This was one where I was really surprised how they didn't figure this out. This was an easy one. It is the typical WWE, they're trying to go right, but they can't help themselves from going left. They think that she (Eva) is so hot that everyone is going to like her. It didn't work in NXT and it obviously didn't work tonight. People have so much access to photos of hot women, that being a hot woman who can't wrestle it doesn't mean shit anymore. There was a time when it did with Tammy Sytch and Sable. But times change. If Braun Strowman showed up in the Hogan era, they could have done Wrestlemania with him and match would have sucked, but they would have drawn big money.

Observer on the WWE literally believing Eva Marie was going to be cheered for her surprise appearance last night on RAW. Also for putting her on the face team for the Divas tag team match at Mania.

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Recently on WOOOOO! Nation, two-time WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair talked extensively about his WrestleMania 18 match with The Undertaker.

When Flair returned to WWE in the fall of 2001, he was not going to be used as an in-ring performer. A couple of months later, Flair would find himself in a street fight with Vince McMahon at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. According to Flair, The Undertaker asked to work with him at WrestleMania a few weeks later and Triple H broke the news to him shortly thereafter.

"Hunter walks out to me at [WWE Monday Night] RAW about a month [after WWE Royal Rumble] and says, 'Taker wants to work with you at 'Mania.' I said, 'what?' I mean, I was in shock, right, that he would [want to]. He said, 'yeah, well, Taker wants to work with you at WrestleMania.' And I said, 'my God, I'm overwhelmed. That's great.'" Flair continued, "I was just thrilled. I never dreamed that I would even be in that spot again because when I told him I'd come back [to WWE], I thought I was never going to wrestle. It ended up, obviously, being part of my legacy, wrestling all those matches ...

Unlike Flair's WrestleMania 8 contest with 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, which took days to orchestrate, Flair said that he and The Undertaker, along with Michael Hayes and Arn Anderson, worked out the match the day of WrestleMania and most of it was called in the ring ...

According to Flair, he was paid in Canadian dollars for WrestleMania 18, which was broadcast live from Toronto, Canada.

"Well, the difference is, remember, this is in Canada. And so, at that time, we got paid in Canadian dollars. I actually made more money wrestling Randy [Savage at WrestleMania 8 in Indianapolis, Indiana] than I did wrestling this match."

Some other sheet news includes:

Sports Illustrated recently had an article dealing with why ESPN tends to be very active with wrestling coverage during Mania week. http://www.si.com/more-sports/2016/0...tling-coverage
ESPN had a recent article dealing with WWE's injury crisis and its role hurting the Road to Mania this year. http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/1...restlemania-32
Taz announced Jim Ross and Todd Grisham will be his guests for Sunday's podcast episode after Mania ends.
Mauro Ranallo announced on Twitter he will be calling the action during Mania's pre-show matches. Will also be on the panel for NXT Takeover's pre-show. https://twitter.com/mauroranallo/sta...71149788684288
According to the Observer, Taker-Shane is currently set as the main event match for Mania 32.
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 18th anniversary of Stone Cold Steve Austin defeating HBK to win the WWF title at Mania XIV.
In another "WWE Did You Know" type fact, The Usos have been involved in 4 Manias so far in their career and all those matches have been on the pre-show. In terms of the main roster, 2nd longest tenured wrestler/team to never have a match on the actual ppv. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...th_wm_preshow/
Lucha Underground's Ivelise revealed on her Instagram page she is currently dealing with a foot injury. https://www.instagram.com/p/BDi198hgMei/
According to several sheet sources, Daniel Bryan is currently pushing for the WWE to release him from contract with the promise to not wrestle anywhere else. NJPW is rumored to be interested in signing him if he can get out of the contract. WWE also doesn't believe in his promise nor wants him to show up at other promotions. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc..._daniel_bryan/

Lock Jaw

03-29-2016 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4790810)

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Originally Posted by Observer

WWE announced that Slik (TPWW Poster) will be inducting Big Bossman into the Hall of Fame.

slik	03-29-2016 10:19 PM

I will cut a promo about NAILZ first

slik	03-29-2016 10:19 PM

4 matches confirmed for the PRE-SHOW

WWE App/YouTube:

U.S. Title
Kalisto (c) v. Ryback

Usos v. Dudley Boys

USA Network:

Andre The Giant Battle Royal

Team Lana v. Team Bella

WRESTLEMANIA 32:

Grudge Match
AJ Styles v. Chris Jericho

Divas Title
Charlotte (c) w/ Ric Flair v. Sasha Banks v. Becky Lynch

Tag Team Titles
New Day (c) v. League of Nations

IC Title - Ladder Match
Kevin Owens (c) v. Sami Zayn v. Stardust v. Dolph Ziggler v. The Miz v. Sin Cara v. Zack Ryder

Street Fight
Dean Ambrose v. Brock Lesnar w/ Paul Heyman

WWE Title
HHH (c) v. Roman Reigns

Hell In a Cell - Control of RAW v. Retirement
Shane McMahon v. The Undertaker

+ appearance by The Rock and The Hall of Fame class 2016

Lock Jaw

03-29-2016 10:41 PM

Kallisto and Ryback isn't even on the main show? What is the point....

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 10:49 PM

Either to switch the title to Ryback or have him slip on a banana peel to try and condition fans to believe that Kalisto can beat big guys. Even though he already beat Ryback in the WWE Title tournament heading into Survivor Series.

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 10:50 PM

But Ryback wears small trunks now and does faux MMA stuff, so he's a lot scarier.

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 10:50 PM

JR is for a Triple H/Roman Reigns double-turn.

Ol Dirty Dastard

03-29-2016 10:53 PM

And the silence when he's wrestling is due to the crowd being scared of him due to his credibility with his muscles and whatnot.

Ol Dirty Dastard

03-29-2016 10:53 PM

I am very much for a HHH Roman double turn

Ol Dirty Dastard

03-29-2016 10:53 PM

I hate HHH but he IS good enough to pull it off.

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 10:54 PM

Random idea (not saying I'm for this): Triple H is about to lose the World Title to Roman Reigns when Bray Wyatt interjects himself. "Anyone but you, Roman." He takes out Reigns and Triple H retains. The Game is about to leave with the title when Bray grabs and a mic and says "Where are you going, Hunter?" Bray wants a WWE Title shot right now. Triple H says Wyatt is losing it trying that Hulk Hogan shit here. You suddenly hear Stephanie screaming. Braun Strowman and Erick Rowan have her. Triple H is furious. Bray goads him into the title match. Wyatt hits the Sister Abigail and pins Triple H to leave WrestleMania the WWE World Champion.

It's at least an exit strategy that would cause a stir.

Ol Dirty Dastard

03-29-2016 10:54 PM

"THAT. DAMN. GOOD"

SlickyTrickyDamon

03-29-2016 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead (Post 4790847)

"THAT. DAMN. GOOD"

He doesn't say that nearly enough anymore. I think Steph was the last one to say it. :(

SlickyTrickyDamon

03-29-2016 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by slik (Post 4790828)

Don't forget the

3 on 2 Handicap match:
King Heisenberg, Team SlikDamo Vs. Food and Drink.

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 10:57 PM

That way you can put Brock over Ambrose, which allows Brock to keep his killer magic. Ambrose can be made via the loss as well as through a win. Triple H has got a reason to want Wyatt dead. Brock will be going after Wyatt. Reigns will have rapper's beef with Bray's drive-by of him at Mania.

Wyatt can beat Triple H at Payback, Reigns & Lesnar can face The Wyatt Family or something. Ambrose can be upset that Reigns is teaming with the guy who took him out. I dunno, I'm just shooting shit out.

VSG	03-29-2016 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4790844)

You might as well turn Stephanie and have her be Sister Abigail at this point. Stephanie plus Shane w/Wyatt Family vs Vince and HHH w/Roman Reigns.

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 10:59 PM

Steph taking Triple H out because it's "best for business" is certainly a new dynamic to the McMahon family drama.

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 11:01 PM

In the Attitude era, you just know they would have put Seth Rollins in a compromising situation with Steph...

Mr. Nerfect

03-29-2016 11:01 PM

If they don't do Triple H vs. Reigns as the main event, it really wouldn't surprise me if they had it open the show. Reigns wants Triple H RIGHT NOW! Get it out of the way.

Ol Dirty Dastard

03-29-2016 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by VSG (Post 4790852)

You might as well turn Stephanie and have her be Sister Abigail at this point. Stephanie plus Shane w/Wyatt Family vs Vince and HHH w/Roman Reigns.

Or just not have the McMahon's on tv since they don't wrestle and they steal all of the worker's heat. Just a thought.

VSG	03-29-2016 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead (Post 4790860)

Or just not have the McMahon's on tv since they don't wrestle and they steal all of the worker's heat. Just a thought.

Let's not go THAT wild here.

Ol Dirty Dastard

03-30-2016 12:01 AM

sorry mate. I forgot the only people allowed to get over on Vince's tv are McMahon and McMahon associates.

Lock Jaw

03-30-2016 12:26 AM

McMahons = ratings

Everyone else = hurts the ratings

Fignuts

03-30-2016 02:50 AM

Arn Anderson coming out and hitting the spinebuster on Taker was my favorite moment from WM X8 barring the Hogan vs Rock match.

Everyone in the arena went nuts.

Rammsteinmad

03-30-2016 04:48 AM

As much as I'm not interested in the U.S. title match, I'd have preferred that to be on the main card.

With all the injuries and lack of star power they have right now, and despite the shitty booking of pretty much every match, that card does look solid enough that all of todays roster could really benefit from with the chance to shine. Of course, it'll all be negated as soon as Cena/Orton/Undertaker/Triple H come back or steal the spotlight next time or whatever.

Rammsteinmad

03-30-2016 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4790853)

Steph taking Triple H out because it's "best for business" is certainly a new dynamic to the McMahon family drama.

Just what the WWE universe wants. Triple H vs. Stephanie McMahon V.2.

Droford

03-30-2016 09:13 AM

HHH winning and then Shane winning would create a more interesting story..in hoping they go that way

Jordan

03-30-2016 10:20 AM

If Roman loses then his career is basically over as top guy. Or the potential to be a top guy is lost.

GD	03-30-2016 10:26 AM

I don't get it. Where are the filler matches?

Black Widow

03-30-2016 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by slik (Post 4790828)

So they can get something right?

The CyNick

03-30-2016 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead (Post 4790842)

I am very much for a HHH Roman double turn

I don't mind this either, but who goes on the road as the top baby? I haven't heard of house shows tanking with Reigns on top. Is Hunter going to go on the road till Cena is back?

Innovator

03-30-2016 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by The CyNick (Post 4790989)

I don't mind this either, but who goes on the road as the top baby? I haven't heard of house shows tanking with Reigns on top. Is Hunter going to go on the road till Cena is back?

You can go with Dean vs. Roman until Cena and Rollins return. I think Rollins is due back before the summer, so they can build to Seth v. Roman.

Droford

03-30-2016 11:28 AM

Shane wins and takes over Raw and turns out to be worse than The Authority.

The CyNick

03-30-2016 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Innovator (Post 4790991)

You can go with Dean vs. Roman until Cena and Rollins return. I think Rollins is due back before the summer, so they can build to Seth v. Roman.

Yeah maybe. But you would think HHH would want revenge. Unless they write him off with an injury.

Emperor Smeat

03-30-2016 01:13 PM

http://i.imgur.com/t7I0Lk9.gif

#BROKEN Hasney

03-30-2016 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru Dave (Post 4790962)

I don't get it. Where are the filler matches?

80% of the card?

slik	03-30-2016 02:20 PM

Set looks like the WrestleMania32 logo will be part of it

also giant star at top of AT&T Stadium

https://ton.twitter.com/i/ton/data/d...2/k7_lAjlH.jpg

slik	03-30-2016 02:42 PM

Just kidding, the logo is at the top of the stadium too

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ce0QeJrUYAAN35F.jpg:large

Jordan

03-30-2016 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4791041)

http://i.imgur.com/t7I0Lk9.gif

Who is that?

Innovator

03-30-2016 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by The CyNick (Post 4791009)

Yeah maybe. But you would think HHH would want revenge. Unless they write him off with an injury.

You could get another match with HHH out of it, being a pure face against Roman. Orton and Cesaro are coming back soon also. Not saying throw Cesaro immediately into the main event, but there are a lot of face options they can go with if they turn Roman.

Poit	03-30-2016 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Widow (Post 4788797)

http://www.stillrealtous.com/wp-cont...2/Capture1.jpg

The Zig Man went all the way.

The CyNick

03-30-2016 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Innovator (Post 4791107)

Yeah that could work.

Still think Roman deserves a real run with the belt as a babyface. Have Hunter give him the rub, then if you want to turn him, do it on Ambrose.

Emperor Smeat

03-30-2016 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Fragile X (Post 4791106)

Who is that?

No clue. Saw it on another website and thought it was worth sharing because of the setup looking a bit ridiculous.

Jordan

03-30-2016 05:01 PM

What are you talking about that is totally something that would happen in a fight.

Bad News Gertner

03-30-2016 06:21 PM

Heard this yesterday. Randy Savage was in talks to come back to the WWF in 1997 but he wanted too much money guarenteed for 5 years.

Ol Dirty Dastard

03-30-2016 06:47 PM

been listening to the new generation project podcast... they brought up how savage was rumoured to return at some point.

Bad News Gertner

03-30-2016 06:54 PM

You should check out this podcast called.Between the Sheets. They go over Meltzer/Keller's sheets in one week periods. So this past one was Mar.22-28 and they chose 1988. Next time it'll be March 29-April 5th and they'll pick a year. It's fascinating. They go over each company, talk about events, rumors (some right, some wrong). They are pretty long but they are amazing.

Ol Dirty Dastard

03-30-2016 07:00 PM

Will probably super enjoy. Love how there is maybe 1 per cent of the world who would find this shit interesting.

Ol Dirty Dastard

03-30-2016 07:07 PM

Was listening to one of Nash's 6,000 shoot interviews. He talked about how Shawn totally sandbagged him on the powerbomb at WM11 and was trying to make him look bad in the match, but not in a complainy way, just in a "this is how it was in the shark tank way" and like you have to be willing to do it to your best boy if you're going to be fucking everyone else over on the roster... and also how he accomplished the job because he was the man in the company shortly after.

Interesting stuff.

Lock Jaw

03-30-2016 09:22 PM

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Emperor Smeat

03-30-2016 09:53 PM

Dirtsheets sponsored by Evil Bliss:
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First set of reports are related to potential Mania spoilers:

SPOILER: show

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It looks like the WWE Divas division is getting a facelift starting next week.

The news surfaced on Wednesday that WWE plans on rebranding their Divas division as the Women's division, complete with a new WWE Women's Championship belt to replace the current butterfly-designed WWE Divas Championship.

According to reports, the new belt will have a similar look to the current WWE World Heavyweight Championship, but will be a smaller version that is mounted on a white leather strap.

Been part of a strong push in recent months by Charlotte, other female wrestlers, and part of WWE's management to finally get rid of the Divas brand.

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Originally Posted by Observer

WWE has officially updated the plans for Sunday's WrestleMania regarding where the different matches will air on the show.

As of right now, and this could change during the week, the Kalisto vs. Ryback U.S. title match will take place at about 4:30 p.m. Central time, 5:30 p.m. Eastern, and will be a WWE Network exclusive.

The USA Network and WWE Network one hour simulcast from 5-6 p.m. local time and 6-7 p.m. Eastern time, which will also air at WWE.com, the WWE app, and YouTube, will have the women's ten person tag team match and the Usos vs. Dudleys match.

The 20 man Andre the Giant Battle Royal will now be on the WrestleMania PPV card.

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The WWE will be updating the Hall of Fame this year with a "Legacy Award" based on a banner at the WWE Store right now.

There are seven names that are listed on the poster: Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Frank Gotch, George Hackenschmidt, Lou Thesz, Mildred Burke, Pat O'Connor and one other person ...

Although WWE has inducted Gorgeous George, Buddy Rogers and Argentina Rocca, who were contemporaries of Thesz and O'Connor, they had not honored anyone who was a major star before the advent of television. The poster doesn't list them for the Hall of Fame, but for the WWE Legacy Award.

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There have been recent reports that Lucha Underground may be signing a deal with Netflix. However, I have been told by sources that Lucha Underground is close to finalizing a deal with Hulu. The deal would be for two seasons with an option for a third season if the current deal stays intact. Both season one and two are also currently available on iTunes as well.

http://wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016...top-streaming/

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Pro Wrestling Sheet reported that Nikki Bella’s career as a full-time wrestler is over as she got bad news from her doctor this past week. She was scheduled to appear on Raw this week but her doctor ordered her to stay away from the ring. Even though she wasn’t booked to do anything physical, but was to be at ringside for an angle, that any kind of accident could severely set her recovery back. Her next important appointment will be in July where she will find out how well the bone in her neck fused after surgery. She was told that even the best news, she shouldn’t return to wrestle full-time, but may be able to wrestle on a lighter schedule in a few months

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The situation with King Cuerno is up in the air right now. What we know is that he was offered a spot in the WWE’s Global cruiserweight tournament and wanted to go, but neither AAA nor LU would allow it. That explains his cryptic tweets from a week or two back. He has the seven season deal. He hasn’t worked for AAA since 3/4 and wasn’t at the tapings for season three

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There are very serious talks regarding a new investor coming in. Right now a key point in the negotiations is the new company wants to purchase 55% of the company while Dixie Carter is trying to keep negotiate it to 49%, so she would still have controlling power. The problem is TNA is in a money crunch and very much living hand-to-mouth and the investor may already be involved in a limited fashion. One of the reasons the last set of tapings weren’t announced until the last minute and flights weren’t booked until late was that aspect as they apparently can’t announce dates officially at Universal until Universal gets a deposit. That may be why the tapings that the talent has been told will start on 4/19, only a few weeks away, still haven’t been announced.

We’ve heard a lot more regarding late pay and while nobody wants to put that out publicly, there are those still there as well as those who recently left who were way behind either at times or even still currently. A key part of this is the revenue sharing on ad revenue as part of the Pop TV deal has been bleak, given the numbers that the show is pulling and that it has been very difficult to sell the TNA-specific ads that were part of the revenue sharing deal given it’s wrestling and that the show isn’t doing anywhere near the kind of numbers station President Brad Schwartz was talking about (he was throwing around numbers like 1.3 million viewers) when the deal was made

Updates to recent TNA investor and on-going financial problems news.

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Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa have deals in place with the company described as similar to the original deal they had signed Samoa Joe for. Basically they work NXT but don’t train at the performance center, and can work indies on their own on their off days. I don’t know if there are limitations as to where they can work. With Samoa Joe, the issue on why they changed the deal on him is he was going to work ROH television and they didn’t want that

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I saw the results of a marketability study regarding the top WWE characters and it’s probably one of the reasons they are strong on Reigns. And this was a current fan-based study and not a general public study, which saw Reigns as the fourth highest ranking wrestler on the roster, trailing Cena (who scored much higher than anyone else), Undertaker and Lesnar. Others faring strongly among the active wrestlers were Orton, HHH and Styles, the latter of which probably surprised people. Ambrose also did well, but was far behind the guys mentioned and Owens didn’t fare well at all. That may be why they are reluctant to listen to crowd reactions and think they should push someone else

Basically the study confirmed what the WWE wanted to hear because of its focus group type nature. Another stat had Reigns in the top 5 for t-shirt sales but also flawed since its a well known fact the WWE overstocks merch for their hand picked stars and under-stocks for everyone else for shows (Big reason why Cena is almost always the top seller).

Some other sheet news includes:

Charlotte recently teased on Twitter she will be wearing a Ric Flair style robe for her Mania entrance. https://twitter.com/mscharlottewwe/s...02521699340288
2K Games recently released a tribute video in honor of Sting's upcoming WWE Hall of Fame induction. https://www.facebook.com/realsting/v...2178080469114/
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Undertaker's first ever pinfall loss in the WWF was to Tito Santana in 1991 during a European tour. https://www.instagram.com/p/BDlST3oSQ9A/
Yahoo Sports had a recent Q&A interview with Sasha Banks for those interested: https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/the-t...195059738.html
Live Audio Wrestling had a recent interview with Dean Ambrose involving his appreciation for Terry Funk and what he feels makes him special in the WWE. http://fightnetwork.com/news/6552075...-dean-ambrose/
Fox Sports also had a interview recently with Dean Ambrose for those interested: http://www.foxsports.com/wwe/story/w...oulette-032916
The next WWE-Scooby Doo crossover film was announced to be called "Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon" and arrives this summer according to a recent WWE press statement. http://www.wwe.com/article/scooby-do...on-cover-debut
According to the Observer, Lucha Underground is likely at 50-50 for getting a 4th season. They could get a 4th season locked but financial issues and the big break between tapings leaves them open for a talent raid occurring. They could also collapse before a 4th season if no big investors join by that point.

#1-norm-fan

03-30-2016 10:51 PM

Battle royal being on the main card makes me happy.

Vastardikai

03-30-2016 10:59 PM

I like the idea of no more "Divas" division and the Butterfly belt needs to die. I think the Attitude Era's Women's Title was perfect.

#1-norm-fan

03-30-2016 11:16 PM

However "Total Women" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

Sepholio

03-30-2016 11:20 PM

"Total(ly) Cancelled" does though.

Simple Fan

03-30-2016 11:23 PM

So Ryback/Kalisto is the pre-pre show?

Fignuts

03-31-2016 06:10 AM

Excellent news about the Women's Title.

Jari	03-31-2016 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Simple Fan (Post 4791352)

So Ryback/Kalisto is the pre-pre show?

Is it harsh to hope that it gets Sandow'ed?

Ol Dirty Dastard

03-31-2016 07:48 AM

Like the news on the women's title.

K so Reigns doing well in focus groups etc. guess the writers need to figure out how to book him so he doesn't get shit on all the time since his is apparently amazing.

Big Vic

03-31-2016 08:57 AM

Hey guys remember when Sandow got really over?

Evil Vito

03-31-2016 09:15 AM

RIP Kris Travis :( fuck cancer

Rammsteinmad

03-31-2016 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Vito Cruz (Post 4791452)

RIP Kris Travis :( fuck cancer

Yeah. :(

My Facebook feed is full of pictures and tributes to him. I met him a couple of times over the years but never really got speaking to him. He seemed close to a lot of mutual friends though. Sad times.

SlickyTrickyDamon

03-31-2016 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4791348)

However "Total Women" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

With Brie retiring and Nikki pretty much done what's the point of Keeping Up With the Bellas?

Innovator

03-31-2016 10:28 AM

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Innovator

03-31-2016 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4791467)

With Brie retiring and Nikki pretty much done what's the point of Keeping Up With the Bellas?

Because it's the only way to get Daniel Bryan on TV?

Jordan

03-31-2016 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4791467)

With Brie retiring and Nikki pretty much done what's the point of Keeping Up With the Bellas?

I think because The Bella's are basically a brand within WWE that they can make money from if they wrestle or not.

Innovator

03-31-2016 01:13 PM

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Emperor Smeat

03-31-2016 02:07 PM

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Black Widow

03-31-2016 02:52 PM

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Best pic of her since showing in WWE.

Volare

03-31-2016 02:57 PM

Oh hell yes!

Evil Vito

03-31-2016 03:52 PM

First names confirmed for the Global Cruiserweight Tournament:

-Rich Swann
-Tomasso Ciampa
-Johnny Gargano
-Zack Sabre Jr.
-Noam Dar
-Akira Tozawa
-Ho Ho Lun

Rammsteinmad

03-31-2016 03:56 PM

Fucking knew Sabre Jr. would be in this. Bastard! :fu:

Volare

03-31-2016 04:01 PM

It's that time of year to remember the streak.

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Emperor Smeat

03-31-2016 04:29 PM

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thekrow

03-31-2016 04:47 PM