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Oh great next we'll see them outside the Impact Zone on a tank.

I was kinda "thinking, thinking, thinking" the same thing, yeah! I just didn't wanna get laughed off the forums.

it's the scrunched angry face

Seems like the IWC bloggers don't get the NXT call ups. They should have called me, I had them all pegged before Mania.

Seems they can't comprehend that NXT still needs to be able to draw, so you can't just gut all their top guys. Bayley was the only mild surprise to bit get called up, but I had a feeling they wanted to keep her in NXT to continue a program with Aska.

The tag team call ups were perfectly logical because both teams have done all they can in NXT. They will both add depth to the tag division.

As for Lesnar vs Ambrose. Ambrose got a run working with Lesnar. The booking reminds me of HHH vs Sting a little. People thought going in that Sting was a lock, but when you look at where the money matches are, it made sense for HHH to stay strong. Same thing here. Lesnar vs Reigns is a bigger money fight than Ambrose vs Reigns. So you keep Lesnar strong. What is funny is if Lesnar would have done the favour, the IWC bloggers would write about how Lesnar just comes off as "another guy".

I don't think anyone thought Ambrose was going to beat Lesnar you dumbass lol

Also, you are part of the IWC you fucking loser

I'm not. I don't blog. I don't pretend to be a journalist.

Yeah no one thought Ambrose was going to win but did think he was going to put up more of a fight. Going in I thought it would be a brutal match that saw Ambrose keep getting up until Brock snapped and ended it but it just seemed rushed. He put up more of a fight in the build up than he did in the match.

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Some more details regarding Rene Dupree's lawsuit against the WWE.

Would put his return timetable somewhere between June and August of this year baring any sudden setbacks.

Were also backstage for Mania and RAW this week as well. Debut is still being teased to be happening any time now.

Update to the upcoming Cruiserweight Tournament in regards to how big the Mexican/Lucha side of the tournament might be.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/04/...restlemania-32


Some other sheet news includes:

• Observer recently hinted the main reason WWE brought back Maryse was for her to be in the cast for the next season of Total Divas. Lana got picked for the cast due to her upcoming wedding fitting well as a storyline for the new season. Both are part of big cast changes meant to help fix struggling ratings with the show.
• According to the WWE, Mania 32 set a couple of records for the company. It broke the Mania merch record by around a $1.2 million, Network's highest week ever in terms of average hours watched, and most social media event in WWE history.
• WWE is currently rumored to recently have pulled Taker out from all shows in their upcoming European tour.
• Recent article by the New York Times dealt with a hypothetical situation involving the WWE ditching tv in favor of moving all their shows to the Network if ratings tank to a certain point. The idea being by that point, the Network would be generating more revenue for the company than their tv deals. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/sp...wrestling.html
• Sports Illustrated had a recent interview with Hogan with some highlights being Hogan hoping he can be involved with Mania 33, Reigns needing to listen to crowds in regards to where his character needs to go in direction, Dean Ambrose being this gen's Roddy Pipper, and him being happy former TNA guys are arriving in the WWE. http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016...a-roman-reigns
• WWE is currently planning on releasing a new Attitude Era DVD/Blu-Ray set this August and will contain matches never before seen on tv. http://www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com/tag/attitude-week/
• Update to Lucha Underground hiring MVP news as MVP revealed he will work mostly as a agent for the company.

They really do like to milk the attitude era stuff don't they.

Apparently within a week or two MVP managed to both get hired and fired from Lucha Underground.

According to the Observer, LU didn't like his podcast show had LU wrestler on it recently and thought he was giving away spoilers for the next season.

MVP released a statement confirming he got fired and was due to him breaking terms of his contract. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm8ifagDiaU

Fucking christ. I like MVP, loved the Beat Down Clan in TNA, and hoped he would still be doing good......but damn man!

And while I'm bored tonight I was watching Joey Ryan/Candace LeRae matches....and found this gem.

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Just cause

Holy shit, it makes sense :lol:

Brock should win Money in the Bank so that all year the WWE Champion always has this looming threat of THE CONQUEROR cashing in a murdering them and taking food off their table for their families to eat!

That angle with Angle and Sharmell was so weird.... With him saying that he wants to have beastiality sex with her.... What does that entail....

He could have been implying blacks are gorillas.

Just made me uncomfortable....

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I've always been a fan of the MITB winner "sinking into the shadows", either feigning injury and leaving TV for a while, or just showing up now and again because, really, if you've got a guaranteed title shot whenever you like why would you bother competing every week (presuming you're a heel.)

Donald trump for MITB

oh shit, Danny Electric

Haha yes yes

In all serious I think it would be good to put the MITB on Bray WYatt, build up his credibility again.

Isn't that Suzuki?

Agree on your points about NXT. You can't just gut the roster, even if some of them are ready. Just look at the women's division. Sure, Bayley and Asuka are great, but who else is on their level? Emma on her best day, MAYBE, but the rest aren't even close. Becky should have stayed imo.

As for Ambrose and Lesnar I couldn't disagree more. Lesnar doesn't need to be "kept strong" because he is Brock fucking Lesnar. He always looks strong, and it would take a hell of a lot more than a street fight loss against Dean Ambrose to change that.

I've said before that I don't think Ambrose has all the tools to be the face of WWE. I do however think he could be one of the top guys in the company. The Orton to Reigns'Cena, so to speak. But that will never happen if WWE continuously fails to capitalize on moments like this. Ambrose has been steadily gaining steam and being booked stronger throughout the year. If this had been a ppv like Payback I might have been okay with the result, but this is wrestlemania. This event is all about career defining moments, and underdogs overcoming adversity. It was the perfect story for mania, and Ambrose winning would have rocketed him to that next level.

Sure, Lesnar looks strong now, but he would have looked strong either way. As it is, it's Dean Ambrose who looks like "just another guy".

Lesnar needing a very solid win to keep his mystic up. Ambrose won't lose steam by losing to Brock. Ambrose will go on to the next ppv and get a solid win and go from there.

Lesnar losing to anyone not top of the company shouldn't happen until he is ready to depart from WWE. Granted, they could have booked Ambrose to be stronger in the loss by taking a ton more punishment before losing.

Lesnar didn't use weapons. Ambrose did. Ambrose still got his ass kicked. Ambrose could have used the barb wire bat then hit a big spot to barely pull out the win. Ambrose looks like a rockstar even though he used weapons, and Lesnar still looks like a monster for requiring such measures to defeat him.

I understand the need to keep Lesnar's mystique intact, but you don't need to have him beat everyone to do that. Making him unbeatable until his last appearance is not only lazy, but a waste of his talent. Why make one guy at the end of his run when you can make several throughout.

You have to be careful when you do it, and utilize good planning, but it absolutely can be done.

Except that Ambrose has lost what little steam he had thanks to that loss (and the dozens of other losses he's had in every big match they've given him.) He's essentially in the same boat as Wyatt now. You can't take them seriously as a threat no matter how hard you try. Lesnar is the one that could have shrugged off the loss. He's a beast already and doesn't lose anything by being beaten by a dude who had to use barbed wire baseball bats and other crazy shit to just barely squeak out a victory. Ambrose on the other hand hasn't won a single big match. He's been buried every time he's been in a main event. If he had some decent wins under his belt I'd be with you, but going into the Lesnar match Ambrose had literally nothing. He needed that win to even be taken seriously.

If they are building to Reigns/Lesnar next year, then a loss to Ambrose wouldnt have been a good idea here. The problem wasn't Ambrose not beating Brock, it was booking it in the first place and having no real solid build. The story wasn't intriguing because they were both sidetracked throughout and the match was forgettable.

There's always a way to put a guy over in a losing effort. They just don't know how to do it anymore. Brock should have won and he should have walked away from that match with a look on his face saying "This Ambrose motherfucker is batshit crazy and I'd like to not have to wrestle him ever again."

Just like last year with Taker and Wyatt. Not only did Taker win, they did a spot where Wyatt was doing the crabwalk, Taker sat up and Wyatt got scared shitless. And then took the loss. lol

Imagine how much better it would have been for Wyatt, while also doing no damage to Taker, if Taker had locked in hell's gate only for Wyatt to laugh maniacally and say something like "see you in hell, dead man!" before slowly fading out. Taker stands up and instead of celebrating, looks down like "THIS crazy fuck..." Taker still gets his win, Wyatt looks creepy as shit, everybody wins.

But nah. Just book a winner and call it a day. Lazy cocksuckers.

Let's get serious.... Dean wasn't allowed to steal any of shanes heat

Luckily Taker, Rock, Lesnar and the like will be around forever so there's no need to put in an ounce of effort to make other people seem remotely on their level.

Fan makes some good points. I still stand by what I said that Ambrose should have won, but only because he's been buried so much at every turn. However, if they'd have at least done the things Fan has said (for both Ambrose and Wyatt) things would look much different, and if they'd actually have built the two properly to begin before doing what Fan said they'd both be primed to be main event players right now.

TL;DR version: WWE are fucking morons.

Agree with Wishbone in the idea that Ambrose pretty much is the same as Bray right now in someone that should be a lot bigger as a star but the WWE has done their best to make it clear he's not top tier worthy.

The longer the WWE waits to give him the one big moment to launch his stardom to the next level, the more likely the crowd's interest wanes a lot by then. Happened with almost every crowd favorite the WWE didn't get behind with in the past. Doubt there will ever be a crowd rebellion for him since the WWE's made it clear they don't care about the crowd's voice for certain people (ex. Reigns current status) and will squash the momentum of whoever the crowd rallies behind without their permission (ex. Ceasro last year)

Lesnar needing to beat Ambrose to stay strong is more of an issue of WWE's shitty booking than maintaining any aura or mystic. Whatever special aura Lesnar had left was damaged a lot by having Taker be the one who got the streak killing rub from Lesnar instead of someone who could have used it to launch themselves into mega stardom. Even his previous "Final Boss" vibe has been waning once the WWE started to go all in as Lesnar just being a suplex tossing tough guy.

Bayley as Steve Blackman

Bingo.

Well, Mark Henry was doing the whole "Silverback" gimmick around then... maybe he just meant a devil's three way.

Thats right, they blew in a slightly halfassed way what could have built Ambrose on a bit of a throw away with Shane.

Lasnar takes some more beating before he turns the tide. Lesnar keeps upping the stakes and Ambrose keeps kicking out/egging Brock on to keep hurting him. Eventualy Brock hits the over the top coup de grâce and either helps him up before leaving the ring as a respect deal or simply walks off looking amazed at what just happened himself.

It feels like they softened it up to not take away from Shane as Taker did the whole unbelieving look at Shane stuff while Lesnar kind of half did it as he walked up the ramp. It felt like neither angle really went all in because they were so similar. It makes no sense to me given Shane already did the Tron jump in the past, how can a HIAC jump really surprise a fellow competitor.

I really hope the Shane angle becomes something big because I think that monent could have really made Ambrose.

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Even if it's "big" it will likely be bungled.

The McMahon ego knows no bounds.

Ambrose will be the next Ziggler (been there so long and done so little that the crowd become apathetic).

No Ambrose will always get over, have you seen him live? He has undeniable charisma. Much different than someone like Ziggler or Ryder who are likable, but don't actually have stand out personalities.

Marks :shifty:

Whom am I kidding, those two are fucking awesome.

This shirt came in the mail today. Kinda cool.

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Very nice.

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Well then I quit

YOU CANT GOVERN CYNICK THE UNGOVERNABLE

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Looks like I got that t-shirt at the right time although they may align themselves with Styles instead of Balor. If it's not going to The Balor Club, maybe they will align themselves with Reigns. That would be interesting although WWE doesn't have the guts to pull of a Reigns heel turn.

does this mean you stop posting? because if you post, thats not quitting

The new Edge and Christian Show seems fun.

Paul E! :love:

Mass Transit

Yeah! And the chocolate box.

Emma

Rusev's character is a lot more fun to watch if you pretend he is a dog that has been turned into a man by a gypsy's curse.

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Also if you believe in inter-promotional continuity, this gif opens up the possibility that Johnny Curtis eventually became Mil Muertes.

Why do you have chloroform? :lol:

How come tna only made one video game? Did it not sell well?

No and Midway went bankrupt.

There have been 2 TNA mobile games though.

Shame no one else picked up the license

Controls on that TNA game were crap. Story mode was decent and I liked the roster, though. Was worth my $7.

"Why DON'T I have chloroform?"

Angle/HHH/Steph was fucking gold.

Steph so pretty there.

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Been rumored recently POP TV hasn't been happy where Impact is at the moment compared to the expectations they had for the show. Already removed one upcoming Saturday Impact replay show in favor of showing something else instead.

Even though the post-Mania ratings and viewership was lower than usual, this week's drop was a lot smaller than usual. For some historical comparisons, 2015 had around half a million more viewers and 2014 had around a million more for the average.

In terms of how dire TNA's financial situation is at the moment, they don't have enough spare cash around to fund their next set of tv tapings.

Was originally planned to be at all the shows before the sudden pull and now is set for at least 3 shows for the tour. WWE likely realized they could afford to lose both headliners used to sell tickets with Daniel Bryan as the other one who got pulled off the tour.

Highlights from a recent Q&A session Paige had during Wizard World convention.

Part of the confusion was the doctor treating Kalisto was not from WWE's medical staff and instead a local hired for the show.

http://www.rickey.org/wwe-star-sin-c...#ixzz45cxlzG5L


Some other sheet news includes:

• Ricochet/Prince Puma on Twitter recently denied rumors of him possibly getting involved with WWE's upcoming Cruiserweight tournament. Stated he will be in Japan during that time competing in the Super Jrs Tournament.
• Recent article on WWE's website revealed the newest class of wrestlers signed for their Performance Center. http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/arti...r-new-recruits
• According to reports, the WWE head doctor's lawsuit against CM Punk is expected to start on June 27th. He's suing both Punk and Colt Cabana after Punk's claims of medical malpractice during a Cabana podcast episode. https://w3.courtlink.lexisnexis.com/...BF0L0AABHFC0LD
• Observer recently speculated the WWE is likely going to do a wave of roster cuts soon if their past history with hiring a new Performance Center class after Mania is any indication.
• Shane McMahon is currently facing a lawsuit in regards to his prior job in China. https://twitter.com/mookieghana/stat...21007079112704
• Kurt Angle recently decided to have one more wrestling match for 2016 with a match against Matt Hardy set to occur at a Northeast Wrestling show this August. Same card also has a Jeff Hardy vs Jushin Liger match set. http://www.northeastwrestling.com/20160827.shtml
• For those interested, Wrestling Inc website had a recent article breaking down the ill fated Brawl For All 1998 tournament and its negative aftermath within the WWE. Its a 2 part series but includes interviews from people involved with the event at the time. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...r_all_in_1998/

Didn't want to start an entirely new thread for this thought, but I think I'm interested in your opinions nonetheless.

What an absolute shame that CM Punk left when he did. If he had just held out for another year, he would've been in a prime position to get the main event of WrestleMania. If all of the injuries and everything had happened exactly the same way and Punk had stayed healthy, I could easily see CM Punk versus Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 32.

Not only that, but the influx of talent to the WWE would've made for some absolutely incredible matches. Where do I begin?

Punk vs Styles
Punk vs Zayn
Punk vs Owens
Punk vs Joe
Punk vs Nakamura
Punk vs Balor
Punk vs Aries

I could go on. All of those matches are worthy of a PPV main event and all of them would pretty much guaranteed burn the house down. Then start mixing those names up in triple threats, four ways, ladder matches... the combinations are almost endless. That's at least another 2-3 years worth of awesome, fresh feuds, which Punk would turn into gold because he was pretty damn good at that.

Now, he'll probably have one or two fights in UFC and, unless he wins, his star will slowly burn out until he's remembered as a used-to-be guy that never really fulfilled his total potential.

Considering he hasn't been healthy enough to fight in UFC yet don't think he would have stayed healthy and would probably be another superstar on the shelf.

Fair enough, but regardless, the influx of talent has created the potential for some seriously amazing matches. Matches we will likely never get to see.

RIP Balls Mahoney

Jeff Jarrett with an exciting business opportunity for us all!


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"... and they can all... Kiss! My! ASS!!!"

Someone tell me thus guy declared himself Japan's ECW champion.

I was having a conversation with a buddy about said topic a while back. I'm not sure had Punk stayed that things would have turned out the same. I still see Punk walking out and them playing to the crowd with Daniel Bryan as a major change in direction of the company. It's nice to dream of the what-could-have-been's but I'm more of the belief that a lot of the opportunities for these type of wrestlers may not have been there. The Punk walk-out really was an eye-opener for the company IMO.

That being said, as I was watching last night when Gallows & Anderson came in, I just began thinking the CM Punk return would be EPIC! As gigantic of a pop that Shane got in his unannounced return, just think of Punk....

I think Punk will be back in WWE in a year or 2. The UFC stuff will flop.

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"I'm not the one who steals things"

Even if the UFC stuff doesn't flop, Punk will come back. At some point Vince will do what he always does. He'll see dollar signs, offer Punk nice guarantee with limited dates, high profile feuds, and lure him back in.

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A recent pic of Mean Gene and Bobby Heenan, rocking an awesome moustache, from Gene's twitter:

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Ugh poor Brain.

Interesting video. I almost forgot that The Rock was on Smackdown.

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Love Dailymotion. The Rock's formal introduction back to Monday Night RAW.

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Considering that "No Way Out 2003" was my first WWE VCD (Video Compact Disc), I was completely bonkers for this bout.

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