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Sixx 05-06-2016 07:43 PM

Also, how is AJ Styles main eventing already?

I'm not saying he's a bad wrestler, but he just started out in the WWE. Seems odd.

Simple Fan 05-06-2016 07:45 PM

He stole the show at Payback and is really carrying WWE at their moment with all the injuries.

Sixx 05-06-2016 07:49 PM

He was already main eventing Payback, wasn't he?

I just don't remember anyone getting to main event PPVs so soon. Unless it was some big name returning.

Simple Fan 05-06-2016 07:53 PM

He did get a rocket push to be a non WWE guy.

Mr. Nerfect 05-06-2016 07:55 PM

Two of AJ Styles first five singles matches have been WWE Title matches. Don't get too excited though, the last time that happened it was Wade Barrett.

SlickyTrickyDamon 05-06-2016 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4807650)
Two of AJ Styles first five singles matches have been WWE Title matches. Don't get too excited though, the last time that happened it was Wade Barrett.

Do you mean PPV? AJ has had matches against Kevin Owens, The Miz, Tyler Breese, Sami Zayn, Chris Jericho on television.

He has been pushed fast because everybody knows he's not a rookie. He is the Phenomenal AJ Styles.

Mr. Nerfect 05-06-2016 08:05 PM

Yeah, probably.

Mr. Nerfect 05-06-2016 08:06 PM

I don't think they intended him to work as well as he has been. His promos and his ring work have been stellar. His charisma has translated. He's a top guy.

Mr. Nerfect 05-06-2016 08:07 PM

I'm curious to see where he ends up after this Reigns program though. Do they call up Balor? Is he aligned with Styles or does he stand against him? Could be some curious stuff.

Mr. Nerfect 05-06-2016 08:09 PM

Would kill for the WWE to get their hands on Christopher Daniels and run the Styles/Joe/Daniels Triple Threat.

Mr. Nerfect 05-06-2016 08:09 PM

I've got a feeling Moose will end up in EVOLVE/NXT when he ROH contract expires later this year.

Mr. Nerfect 05-06-2016 08:12 PM

Needs a better ring name than "Moose" though.

Vastardikai 05-06-2016 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4807667)
Needs a better ring name than "Moose" though.

I suggest Jughead.

Sixx 05-06-2016 08:22 PM

who the hell is moose

Lock Jaw 05-06-2016 08:25 PM

Wasn't Moose that "large woman" rassler that TNA had?

Mr. Nerfect 05-06-2016 08:32 PM

Yeah, they did have someone using that name. His real name is Quinn Ojinnaka or something like that. He used to play in the NFL but has been working really hard on becoming a good professional wrestler.

He's billed as being 6'5, 295lbs. He's kind of like a less-chiseled, apparently bigger, black, probably better in the ring, Bill Goldberg.

Mr. Nerfect 05-06-2016 08:33 PM

Has anyone seen Nikki Storm work? She's a Scottish lass that got signed to the WWE. She looks pretty.

Sixx 05-06-2016 08:33 PM

Yeah, just googled the guy.

Looks like he was kinda shit in NFL.

Mr. Nerfect 05-06-2016 08:34 PM

Yeah, it does, but you don't really need to bring that up.

Lock Jaw 05-06-2016 08:38 PM

Ohhhhhhh, so it's another rassler, and it is a man..... I would occasionally hear people talk about "Moose", and always thought it was that chick who was in TNA for a few weeks and I would always think "What, is she actually good or something?"

Mr. Nerfect 05-06-2016 08:41 PM

Hahaha, I've had the same thoughts myself, don't worry.

Sixx 05-06-2016 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4807677)
Yeah, it does, but you don't really need to bring that up.

There's not much to learn about him from the wiki article other than that.

Well, I could have maybe mentioned he was arrested for spitting at his wife.

Emperor Smeat 05-06-2016 09:08 PM

Dirtsheets sponsored by WWE Bad News Friday:
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Originally Posted by Observer
WWE released at least eight performers today: Wade Barrett, Hornswoggle, Cameron, Alex Riley, Zeb Colter, El Torito, Santino Marella, and Damien Sandow. As per usual, most of these performers had not been used on TV much lately, except in a few cases. Wade Barret had already made it known that he was not going to re-sign in June when his current contract expired. Hornswaggle had not been used at all in many months especially after his wellness policy failure and suspension.

Observer hinting the domestic market for all of the recently released won't be as good as in past years due to the bigger companies having full rosters or money problems and the smaller ones not making good money these days. Also Pro Wrestling Sheet teased there are more names set to be announced for the roster cleaning.

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Just a few hours after several WWE talents were released, two of those talents are already booked for Global Force Wrestling/WrestlePro shows.

Hornswoggle and Zeb Colter have both been announced for the June 11 show in Keyport, New Jersey. You can check out the announcements from Global Force Wrestling below. Hornswoggle will be using the name 'Swoggle.'
Promoter of WrestlePro already hinted at the possibility of doing a WeeLC match with Swoogle for the show.

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Originally Posted by PWI
Former NXT Tag Team champion Wesley Blake is out with a MCL injury.

WWE's hottest group The Injured Guys stable claimed a new member

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Originally Posted by Observer
Tamina underwent an undisclosed operation this past week and is back out of action.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Bobby Roode was briefly advertised for the NXT UK tour by the WWE's Twitter this morning, but the tweet was later pulled.

While not official, the belief is that both Roode and Eric Young will be signed and officially part of the NXT roster soon ...

Young wrestled Samoa Joe on this week's NXT TV show, losing clean in the middle to Joe's choke sleeper. He hadn't signed a deal but the feeling was it was a tryout of sorts, and he did well enough in the match and on the microphone that it was expected he'd end up with a deal.

Young had done an interview with Niagara This Week claiming that he was working on a deal, but that it wasn't signed and sealed yet.

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The 5/5 episode of Smackdown did 2,346,000 viewers, up from last week's 2,109,000 viewers.

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Originally Posted by Observer
TMZ found Stephanie McMahon and asked her if Chyna was going to go into the WWE Hall of Fame. Triple H, when asked about this on the Stone Cold Podcast last year, basically shot the idea down, saying it was a double-edged sword because she had contributed so much to the business, but at the same time if some 8-year-old heard she went into the Hall of Fame and didn't know who she was, they might Google her and come across all sorts of unsavory material. Well, Steph, on the spot with a TMZ camera in her face, said there was no denying the contributions she had made to the business and of course she was going to be inducted. Hunter has also softened his stance since her passing so it appears a lock she will be going in.

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BRISCOE/RODERICK STRONG VS. HIROSHI TANAHASHI/TOMOHIRO ISHII/KAZUCHIKA OKADA

ACH VS. TETSUYA NAITO

ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLE THREAT
REDRAGON (KYLE O'REILLY & BOBBY FISH) VS. WAR MACHINE (RAYMOND ROWE & HANSON) VS. THE ADDICTION (CHRISTOPHER DANIELS & FRANKIE KAZARIAN)

MARK BRISCOE VS. JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER

ALEX SHELLEY & CHRIS SABIN VS. RPG VICE (ROCKY ROMERO & BERRETA)

LIO RUSH VS. MOOSE W/ STOKELY HATHAWAY VS. DALTON CASTLE W/ THE BOYS VS. MICHAEL ELGIN

SILAS YOUNG VS. KUSHIDA

CEDRIC ALEXANDER W/ VEDA SCOTT VS. DONOVAN DIJAK W/ PRINCE NANA

ANX (RHETT TITUS & KENNY KING) VS. GUERRILAS OF DESTINY (TAMA TONGA & TANGA ROA)

MATT SYDAL VS. GEDO
Current card for the upcoming ROH-NJPW ppv in New York.

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Originally Posted by Observer
The planned deal for AAA to return to PPV in North America looks like it's not happening. Court Bauer, who brokered both that deal and AAA's deal with The Fight Network, is cutting his ties with both AAA and Lucha Underground at the end of the month. With his being gone, the PPV deal for the World Cup and TripleMania this year is off. The belief is the 6/5 show from Los Palacios del Deportes in Mexico City will air on iPPV.

The situation for Mexico's AAA is getting pretty dire with some speculation the company might end up folding or collapsing within the near future. Would be a huge hit to Lucha Underground if it does happen (or AAA continued struggling problems).

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Originally Posted by Observer
Angelico’s injury suffered when he did a springboard move and landed badly on his elbow, was a dislocated elbow and fractured radius cup. He is expected to be out of action for about two months.

Update on Angelico's injury from last week's Season 3 tapings for Lucha Underground.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Priscilla Kelly, who managed Scorpio Sky in a dark match at last week’s tapings, is a 19-year-old reality TV star from “My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding” which airs on TLC. We’re told WWE is aware of her, but right now they have an unwritten rule about not hiring women until they get to be 20 years old.

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Originally Posted by Observer
When ROH COO Joe Koff was on The Ross Report this past week, he mentioned that there has been internal discussion about the television show expanding to two hours. He also said he was open to a deal if WWE wanted to license the company’s archives for the network or for features since a lot of the talent came through ROH.

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Originally Posted by Observer
TNA is attempting to restructure the contracts of all or at least most of the key talent to where they are in control of all their bookings. This is likely a move to have everyone under exclusive deals that they control the schedule of as part of a sale. A lot of the top guys who worked heavy indie schedules and were names coming in have deals where they are under contract to TNA but they book themselves on their off days. The newer contracts with the guys most recently signed put TNA in charge of booking their non-TNA dates. The new deals are for significant money, as they would have to be when you figure that the Hardys, just as an example, can do several thousand dollars a night on a good night in indies between their pay and photo and merchandise money and their trans and hotels are taken care of. Others with names also do well with outside bookings and don’t want to give it up so it’s not an easy decision. The speculation is they want everyone exclusive so they can use that as asset value in the sale.

Whether that means if/when the big deal is consummated that the promotion will be looking at doing a regular house show schedule would make sense, but that’s all speculation and details of negotiations are being kept very quiet. Obviously the people involved have been asking questions as to why the deals are attempting to be restructured and not really gotten answers nor is anyone being told what the sale situation is. Although at least one person was told that when all was said and done when it came to the acquiring of a new investor/owner, the claim was that Dixie Carter and John Gaburick would still be in control. They are also back to offering some fairly significant money deals to those not with the company, similar to what they were doing a few months back.

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Originally Posted by Observer
More on the incident with Ric Flair after tapings on 4/27 at Logan International Airport in Boston, according to Massachusetts State police spokesperson Dave Procopio, is that Flair was waiting to board a Delta flight when he tripped and hit his head on a metal stanchion. State Troopers and an EMT were called and he received medical attention for a cut on his head and was told to rest for a short time. He missed a flight but was booked on the next flight. This was a major story for a day, but ended up being a non-story once the police officers stated that he wasn’t drunk. Flair had an incredible amount of heat on him because the company hates talent being in TMZ, which gave the impression he was drunk and Flair has been in trouble in the past after the situation at the 2013 SummerSlam video game conference interview. The night before Flair used the line “kill yourself” to Natalya at the Smackdown tapings, but since it was a taped show, they edited it out. When the story first broke, there was a lot of talk about what to do because the company doesn’t like TMZ stories that claim talent was drunk, particularly with Ric’s back story. But by later in the afternoon everything was fine, basically once the police reports came out that said he wasn’t drunk and had just tripped and hit his head, it became a non-story.

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Originally Posted by Observer
The latest on the Jimmy Snuka homicide case regarding the 1983 death of Nancy Argentino is that Judge Kelly Banach will hear from mental health experts on 5/13 before deciding whether Snuka is competent to stand trial. If the decision is that Snuka, 72, is not mentally fit for trial, the case could be stalled indefinitely. Some defendants who are declared mentally incompetent for trial are sent to a mental hospital until competence is re-established, but I don’t know would happen in this case. Snuka’s attorney Robert Kirwan, claimed Snuka suffers from post-concussion syndrome and doesn’t understand what he’s being accused of, and that he has trouble remembering the names of family members and didn’t recognize his attorney. Prosecutor Charles Gallagher claimed that Snuka’s mental health was talked about during the grand jury process and detectives with him saw no signs he was mentally impaired. Kirwan refused to share the report from Dr. Frank Dattilio that the defense made regarding Snuka’s mental competency.

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Ten days later, Vince called again. He warned me that he was about to tell me something that would make me really angry: Hogan was flat-out refusing to put me over, saying I wasn’t in his league. Vince had decided that Yoko would be getting the belt instead. I couldn’t believe that Hogan would do this to me. I remembered him shaking my hand at WrestleMania IX, and telling me he’d be happy to return the favor. Vince said he’d have one more meeting with Hogan to try to sell him on it, but if he didn’t go for it, I’d work with Lawler at SummerSlam -instead.

Hogan didn’t go for it. I wanted to believe that Vince hadn’t told me the whole story, and I made up my mind to confront Hogan as soon as he’d dropped the belt to Yoko. I’d wait till then, because it didn’t seem right for me to change Yoko’s destiny.

I showed up in the dressing room for King of the Ring in a dark mood and promptly drew a blackboard cartoon of Beefcake with his face buried in Hogan’s ass cheeks with a caption that read, “Be careful, Brutus, you don’t want to loosen the screws in your face . . . speaking of screws . . .” I was taking my frustration out on Beefcake, which wasn’t right, but I was too pissed off to know it at the time.
Bret Hart story from back in the day regarding Mania IX from his book.


Some other sheet news includes:
  • WWE recently announced the dates for the second UK tour later this year. http://www.pwinsider.com/article/101...dates.html?p=1
  • Jim Cornette and The Young Bucks along with Kenny Omega got involved in another Twitter feud recently. This time starting after Cornette called Omega a bad wrestler and his comedic stuff as evidence for his stance. https://twitter.com/MattJackson13/st...01970706534401
  • Lita recently praised WWE's current women's division for their hard work on helping to change the perception of the division in the WWE. https://www.instagram.com/p/BFFBqSGgbrn/
  • According to reports from today's NXT house show, NXT wrestler Kenneth Crawford suffered a serious injury during his match. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...chered_out_at/
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Only 9 out of the 28 "rookies" involved in NXT season's era are currently still with the WWE. Baring any sudden changes, pretty much guaranteed to be down to at least 8 during the summer once Ryback leaves. Also out of the 9 remaining, only 7 are active wrestlers (Otunga and Byron Saxton being the non-active members). https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...al_nxt_series/
  • For reasons unknown, Adam Rose recently reposted his doctor's note on social media as part of his protest against his recent Wellness suspension.
  • Eric Young had a recent interview with website NiagaraThisWeek with some highlights including currently working on getting an official WWE contract done and his feelings about leaving TNA. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...ntract-status/

Mr. Nerfect 05-08-2016 01:34 AM

So when do you think we get Triple H vs. Shane McMahon? SummerSlam or before then? I'm still hoping for Triple H vs. Seth Rollins, but I'm really starting to think that Rollins comes back as a heel.

Mr. Nerfect 05-08-2016 01:39 AM

Apparently Chris Hero and Zack Sabre, Jr. had a bit of a barnburner at EVOLVE 60. Hero looks ridiculous, but is sort of amazing when you look at what a fucking great wrestler he is. Matt Riddle is still turning heads. He's had like less than 30 matches and there are some that seem to be getting **** level critical reception from people.

And also:

SPOILER: show
EC3 showed up to help Drew Galloway against Johnny Gargano.

Sixx 05-08-2016 06:53 AM

Checked out Chikara roster and it's ridiculous.

Arctic Rescue Ant
Fire Ant
Silver Ant
Soldier Ant
Worker Ant

Bad News Gertner 05-08-2016 07:16 AM

Interesting "Did you know". Kerry Von Erich was a frontrunner for the part of Ivan Drago in Rocky 4 but lost of course to Dolph Lundgren. Nikita Koloff was also considered for the role.

Vastardikai 05-08-2016 09:57 AM

I can't see Kerry as a Russian.

Nikita could have pulled it off, but wasn't as imposing as Lundren. And Koloff is damned imposing.

Mercenary 05-08-2016 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner (Post 4808173)
Interesting "Did you know". Kerry Von Erich was a frontrunner for the part of Ivan Drago in Rocky 4 but lost of course to Dolph Lundgren. Nikita Koloff was also considered for the role.


Bull shit

Frank Drebin 05-08-2016 05:46 PM

Bull Fit

Bad News Gertner 05-08-2016 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercenary (Post 4808203)
Bull shit

Apparently it's actually true

Bad News Gertner 05-08-2016 08:03 PM

Awesome Scott Steiner/Sid story. When both were just starting out pre WCW (I believe it was Memphis) Scott Steiner gave Sid a belly to back suplex. Sid landed awkwardly and broke his rib. Sid then went back stage and slapped the shit out of Scott. Scott then drilled Sid in the broken ribs which punctured Sid lung!

Volare 05-08-2016 08:11 PM

Ow.

Sixx 05-08-2016 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercenary (Post 4808203)
Bull shit

Even I heard about it. Von Erich, I mean. Don't recall anything about Koloff.

Supposedly Terry Funk was friends with Stallone and recommended Von Erich for the role, but his audition sucked or something.

Bad News Gertner 05-08-2016 08:19 PM

Kerry Von Erich was as dumb and a pile of bricks. Supposedly Koloff's name had been thrown around but he was never as close to being considered as Kerry was.

SlickyTrickyDamon 05-08-2016 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner (Post 4808303)
Kerry Von Erich was as dumb and a pile of bricks. Supposedly Koloff's name had been thrown around but he was never as close to being considered as Kerry was.

Kerry: Mah foot is broke! So that means I can walk on it!

Doc: Yeah no. We have to amputate it now.

Emperor Smeat 05-08-2016 09:51 PM

Good/Bad news regarding Ryback's current WWE status.

The bad news is he's basically set to be getting released soon while the good news is now being the best time to grab Ryback merch for cheap since the WWE has started to put all of it on clearance.

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Tom Guycott 05-08-2016 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Sixx (Post 4808298)
Even I heard about it. Von Erich, I mean. Don't recall anything about Koloff.

Supposedly Terry Funk was friends with Stallone and recommended Von Erich for the role, but his audition sucked or something.

Not related to the story, but I always found it funny that any movie Terry Funk has been in, he is always some jobber lackey for the big bad who gets his ass kicked pretty handily.

Tom Guycott 05-08-2016 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4807670)
Wasn't Moose that "large woman" rassler that TNA had?

You were thinking of Moose Knuckles... really. Totally different person.

Moose seems like he'd fare better staying in ROH. As is, he's a draw for them, but seems like he'd be "just another big man" in WWE.

Mr. Nerfect 05-08-2016 10:27 PM

Really weird how heavily Michael Cole emphasized New Japan on RAW. Do you think that maybe we'll see some sort of talent trade between them? There are some guys that could use a working holiday to get some extra things down and freshen up their North American presence. Some guys in Japan could be brought in for some shorter runs to help spice up the television product too.

Lock Jaw 05-08-2016 10:29 PM

I think they just don't see them as "direct competition" so they have no problem acknowledging them and people's history in it. As opposed to mentioning anybody's time in TNA or something, which even though it isn't much competition, is still considered "direct competition".

Emperor Smeat 05-08-2016 10:39 PM

Doubt it since NJPW likely is still upset and feeling the sting from the recent raid by the WWE although ROH could be a big key if it were to ever happen. Their CEO recently said he'd be open to the idea of a possible ROH-WWE collaboration in the future and since ROH has good ties with NJPW, they could possibly convince NJPW to join.

Heisenberg 05-09-2016 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Sixx (Post 4808172)
Checked out Chikara roster and it's ridiculous.

Arctic Rescue Ant
Fire Ant
Silver Ant
Soldier Ant
Worker Ant

they had one of the best entrances ever to involve Dave Matthews Band

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Seth82 05-09-2016 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner (Post 4808173)
Interesting "Did you know". Kerry Von Erich was a frontrunner for the part of Ivan Drago in Rocky 4 but lost of course to Dolph Lundgren. Nikita Koloff was also considered for the role.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner (Post 4808287)
Apparently it's actually true

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Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner (Post 4808303)
Kerry Von Erich was as dumb and a pile of bricks. Supposedly Koloff's name had been thrown around but he was never as close to being considered as Kerry was.

He and Kevin both I think tried out for the role. Kevin himself told me this via twitter DM.

Kerry was indeed in the running for the role of Ivan Drago.

Kerry was never great on the mic. I can only imagine him as an actor.

He had a bit of a marble mouth.

I can just imagine the nightmare of working on the film with Kerry. They would have done take after take after take to get it right.

Evil Vito 05-09-2016 12:14 PM

https://www.gofundme.com/22vqm7w

Kevin Owens and Tyler Breeze started a GoFundMe to raise money for the Canadian Red Cross, which is helping with efforts to fight the Fort McMurray wildfires. As an incentive, anyone who matches their original $100 donation gets a video message from both of them, and they'll follow anybody who donates at all on Twitter. Within a day they've already raised well past their initial goal of $30,000 but the campaign is staying up until May 22nd, Extreme Rules.

Mr. Nerfect 05-09-2016 07:52 PM

Lynch time!

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Lock Jaw 05-09-2016 07:53 PM

Best time of the day

Lock Jaw 05-09-2016 07:55 PM

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Mr. Nerfect 05-09-2016 07:56 PM

I had this dream of TNA bringing in a whole bunch of WWE guys and somehow staying alive.

* Tyler Breeze got released from the WWE and becoming "Tyler Swift" in TNA. His finishing move became "The Swift Kick" (a superkick) and he beat James Storm in his first night and then set his sights on the X-Division Title. He'd win the title and get a long run, while Trevor Lee would feud with Shane Helms, who was pissed off that Lee let Swift beat him.

* Damien Sandow got signed and became "Aaron Sandow." He was really popular, but he sort of played a heel where he said he'd only perform at the PPV if they found him a high calibur opponent.

* Stu Bennett came in using his real name and announced that he'd be the special enforcer of the World Title match at Slammiversary, to make sure no shenanigans go down.

* Kevin Kiley worked one match against D'Angelo Dinero, and lost to him with the commentary position on the line.

Mr. Nerfect 05-09-2016 07:57 PM

Becky Lynch is so fucking tremendous. I'm watching RAW for basically her, AJ Styles, Cesaro and Chris Jericho calling people "stupid idiot." That's more than I usually would. Oh, I suppose Evil Emma is up there too.

Emperor Smeat 05-09-2016 08:37 PM

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Evil Vito 05-09-2016 11:56 PM

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Wrestling in 2016 is fucking ridiculous when you think about it. Here you have TNA talents beating down NXT talents and shooting on WWE on an indy show that WWE acknowledge exists.

GD 05-10-2016 02:58 AM

I learned about it via LAWradio. Interesting predicament.

Disturbed316 05-10-2016 03:42 AM

Been working my way through Breaking Ground on the WWE Network, finding it really interesting so far. I'm finding Josh and ZZ are fucking terrible, no idea how they got to the Tough Enough finals (other than ZZ being the joke so people voted for him).

Disturbed316 05-10-2016 03:46 AM

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Wrestling in 2016 is fucking ridiculous when you think about it. Here you have TNA talents beating down NXT talents and shooting on WWE on an indy show that WWE acknowledge exists.

Jealous, no talent idiots. Screams like a desperate attempt to get noticed by the big boys.

Evil Vito 05-10-2016 07:24 AM

lol @ EC3 and Galloway having "no talent". Come on.

Sixx 05-10-2016 07:43 AM

Who is that they beat down?

Evil Vito 05-10-2016 08:27 AM

They first beat down Johnny Gargano, who is of course with NXT. Then Drew Gulak and TJ Perkins who qualified for the WWE Cruiserweight Classic ran out and got beaten down.

Mr. Nerfect 05-10-2016 08:47 AM

Pretty interesting angle from Gabe. A lot of what has made EVOLVE feel somewhat "flat" over the years, compared to early ROH anyway, is the lack of storylines that just make you want to bite down. ROH would present a lot of these through in-ring stories and not so much your traditional "angles," eg. Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk going Broadway, the general in-ring focus of the promotion, etc. But they'd occasionally do a Raven vs. Punk, which was tremendous.

I might be wrong, but this feels like it might be the first big "angle" since EVOLVE has started. EC3 is definitely a guy I see ending up back in the WWE at some point. He's really worked hard to become better in the ring and is now completely three-dimensional. Plus he's got a tremendous look.

Tremendous.

Mr. Nerfect 05-10-2016 08:48 AM

Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa vs. Michael Hutter & Drew McIntyre in NXT could be pretty cool. I'm fairly certain they're gearing up Gargano & Ciampa to challenge American Alpha with Ciampa possibly turning on Gargano, but I also thought they were obviously gearing up for Carmella to turn on Enzo & Cass and side with Blake & Murphy.

Black Widow 05-10-2016 09:03 AM

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Mr. Nerfect 05-10-2016 09:05 AM

Random thought: I wouldn't be opposed to seeing Kurt Angle align himself with this EC3 and Drew Galloway pairing in EVOLVE. A lot of people fantasize about the potential American Alpha relationship, but I feel that it'd be too Team Angle circa 2003. Angle with EC3 and Galloway would put him with two guys who are very different from him, lend them credibility, and he can rant about how his importance to WWE has been downplayed by the company.

Not a fully developed thought, but I'm throwing it out there because, fuck you, that's why.

Mr. Nerfect 05-10-2016 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Widow (Post 4809131)

Is that Sara Lee?

Black Widow 05-10-2016 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4809133)
Is that Sara Lee?

looks like Paige to me unless Sara turned into her twin some way.

Sixx 05-10-2016 09:20 AM

Doesn't look like Paige at all.

ron the dial 05-10-2016 09:20 AM

peyton royce

Black Widow 05-10-2016 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Sixx (Post 4809139)
Doesn't look like Paige at all.

At 1st glance it definitely does.

drave 05-10-2016 11:38 AM

No, it doesn't. That chick is nowhere near as white as her or Sheamus. Also, her face is 100% different.

Innovator 05-10-2016 01:03 PM

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiFA15wWUAEC0s3.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiFA2ogWwAEJeiL.jpg

https://fat.gfycat.com/LankyAmusedArcticduck.gif

Evil Vito 05-10-2016 01:12 PM

Becky Lynch gave me a boner to start the page
Sara Lee in a bikini strengthened it
Cena/Nakamura brought me to climax

slik 05-10-2016 02:16 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TNA signs “Mitchell”: <a href="https://t.co/5Lc8QWg9Go">https://t.co/5Lc8QWg9Go</a> <a href="https://t.co/eL81AK32cZ">pic.twitter.com/eL81AK32cZ</a></p>&mdash; Kayfabe News (@KayfabeNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/KayfabeNews/status/729825657677582336">May 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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slik 05-10-2016 02:22 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm not a bad guy.<br>I'm not a good guy.<br>I'm Guy Fieri.<br><br>(We didn’t make this. Kudos to whoever did!) <a href="https://t.co/tSd8vXCE9K">pic.twitter.com/tSd8vXCE9K</a></p>&mdash; Kayfabe News (@KayfabeNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/KayfabeNews/status/729846811473620992">May 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Emperor Smeat 05-10-2016 02:53 PM

http://i.imgur.com/d43SnZ4.gif

GD 05-10-2016 04:14 PM

Gonna repost this photograph as it deserves more attention

http://i.imgur.com/wg9Wybg.jpg

Volare 05-10-2016 04:37 PM

Holy mother of god. :)

Lock Jaw 05-10-2016 06:59 PM

To those who are saying that Peyton Royce looks like Paige or Sara Lee...... looks nothing like them....

Lock Jaw 05-10-2016 07:04 PM

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t5...09954667_n.jpg

Emperor Smeat 05-10-2016 07:32 PM

https://media.giphy.com/media/m0XNwNI5QYPAY/giphy.gif

Peyton Royce looks closer to Eva Marie than to Paige or Sara Lee. At least face wise.

ron the dial 05-10-2016 07:36 PM

:heart: peyton royce so much. hope to see her on nxt soon. it's been too long.

SlickyTrickyDamon 05-10-2016 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4809320)
https://media.giphy.com/media/m0XNwNI5QYPAY/giphy.gif

Peyton Royce looks closer to Eva Marie than to Paige or Sara Lee. At least face wise.

Looks like an Eva but not Marie. Looks like Eva Amurri.

Sixx 05-10-2016 07:40 PM

I swear I've seen her doppelganger in porn.

SlickyTrickyDamon 05-10-2016 07:44 PM

Califorincation maybe? Amurri did some stellar nude scene.

Lock Jaw 05-10-2016 07:46 PM

Yeah, hope she comes back soon... A "good sign" I guess that they stopped using her as a jobber and took her off TV.... so she can come back and be "jobber no more".... Along with Billie Kay....

drave 05-10-2016 07:51 PM

Billie Kay is reaaaaaaaaaally good. Can't remember who I saw her job to, but she has always put on a performance worthy of TV. She can continue to grow and maybe be "someone".

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VgTGIhysXoA/hqdefault.jpg

Reminds me slightly of Victoria in that pic.

Sixx 05-10-2016 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4809329)
Califorincation maybe? Amurri did some stellar nude scene.

I said porn.

I know Amurri and it's not who I mean. Great tits, though.

Volare 05-10-2016 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4809299)

3 Great things about that photo.

slik 05-10-2016 09:00 PM

Some pages from the Andre The Giant graphic novel. Variety announced a film based on this earlier today is being made.

Could be good.



http://www.idwpublishing.com/wp-cont...iant_Cover.jpg


http://www.comicbookresources.com/im...pr-4-06219.jpg


http://www.comicbookresources.com/im...pr-6-b8b2a.jpg


http://www.comicbookresources.com/im...pr-7-06c23.jpg


http://www.comicbookresources.com/im...pr-8-0174e.jpg


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CzhkEQv2WF...s640/andre.jpg

Emperor Smeat 05-10-2016 09:50 PM

Dirtsheets sponsored by Blinky the Jacket's farewell show:
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Originally Posted by Observer
The "New Era" ended up not being a positive factor in the ratings, as last night's Raw did 3.23 million viewers, down six percent from last week. It was the second lowest for a show outside of football season since 1997.

The combination of coming the day after a PPV and the first Stephanie & Shane McMahon show last week did 3.43 million viewers. The modern era low for a show outside of football season or a major holiday was 3.12 million viewers set two weeks ago ...

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.35 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.36 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.01 million viewers

Good/Bad News regarding the numbers. The good being another week in a row where the 3rd hour drop isn't really bad and the bad being the other two hours being weaker which caused the actual drop this week. Currently averaging around half a million less viewers than Seth was averaging when he was the top champion for comparisons.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Stone Village will be producing an Andre The Giant film with the involvement of Andre’s daughter, Robin Christensen-Roussimoff. The film will be based on the 2015 graphic novel, Andre The Giant: Closer To Heaven.

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During tonight’s Raw, a commercial aired locally in Honolulu, Hawaii announcing that John Cena will face Shinsuke Nakamura at the live event taking place on June 29th at the Neal Blaisdell Arena.

The commercial also included the announcement of Brock Lesnar vs. Kevin Owens.
http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/7071...awaii-opponent

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Originally Posted by Observer
Vince McMahon and George Barrios were on the conference call today where WWE announced that profits were up, though that may be misleading. Today, WWE announced a profit increase up to 13.9 million in 2016 compared to 9.8 million in 2015. However, revenue actually decreased. In 2016 for quarter 1, WWE revenue was 171 million down from the 176.2 million from quarter 1 in 2015.

The difference maker? You guessed it: WrestleMania. Wrestlemania 32 fell in quarter 2 this year, and landed in quarter 1 last year. No mention of the current network subscription number since they covered that on the call after WrestleMania. There was also no mention as to how good WrestleMania did this year.

Reports of Mania doing between 900k to 1.2 million buys this year got debunked by the Observer who stated the WWE only said numbers Mania used to do and not the atcual range for this year. Since the WWE didn't want to reveal actual Mania numbers, could be another year where the event itself actually lost money.

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Originally Posted by Observer
John Cena was on Good Morning America today plugging his return on the 5/30 Raw. He said that most people go through rehab three times a week after surgery, but he went three times a day. He was up to bench pressing 375 this past week.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Kevin Owens and Tyler Breeze already reached their goal of $30,000 Fort McMurray, Alberta. They were at $35,709 the last we checked. The new goal is to reach $100,000 over the next 19 days.

Link to their fundraiser for those who might be willing to donate: https://www.gofundme.com/22vqm7w

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Originally Posted by Observer
Regarding Kenneth Crawford, who fell off the top ropes and was knocked out at the Friday night NXT show in Citrus Springs, FL, he is believed to be okay as all his tests came back negative, so that's good news.

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Originally Posted by PWI
In asking around about the status of Bray Wyatt after Vince McMahon noted he would return within the next 30 days, we are told it will be at least a few more weeks before he is expected to wrestle. All of the Wyatt Family members, including Luke Harper, began releasing Tweets that teased "The Return" yesterday.

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Originally Posted by PWI
Vince McMahon noted on today's earnings call that Seth Rollins would be among the injured WWE talents who would return to the active roster within the next 30 days.

We are told Rollins is currently scheduled to return in early June once he has completed filming WWE Studios' "Temple."

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Originally Posted by PWI
The former Damien Sandow is booked to appear for the first time since departing WWE at the 6/11 WrestlePro event in Keyport, NJ.

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New WWE paperwork filed with the SEC reveals that Triple H signed a new three-year wrestler's deal on May 9th. This indicates that he is planning on wrestling through WrestleMania 35 in 2019.

Triple H's previous performer's deal expired at the end of March and this new deal will automatically renew unless they terminate it for any reason.
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The next day, December 4, Heyman and McMahon among those flying to Charleston, South Carolina, Heyman pitched opening the December 5 ECW show with Ariel and Kelly in a match, telling viewers interviews with Lashley, Van Dam, and Punk were going on right then and would be seen later in the show. McMahon didn’t like the idea, fearing fans in the arena would chant for Punk. Heyman asked why that was a bad thing, as it showed the fans cared about someone on the flagging ECW show. McMahon reportedly threw his glasses on the floor and shouted, “Get this through your thick fucking head—my focus is on Bobby Lashley and only Bobby Lashley! That man is the brand's icon, the brand's superhero. He is ECW and he will be, at the expense of Rob Van Dam, CM Punk, Test, and everyone else, and you can hit the door if don't like it!”
Random Vince story from back in the day and relate-able to the stuff Vince/WWE is doing with Reigns (and Cena prior).


Some other sheet news includes:
  • WWE released their recent fiscal report with some highlights including PPV and DVD/Blu-Ray sales declining while merch sales rose, WWE expecting at least 13 wrestlers to be added to the roster soon not counting those returning from injury, and the bulk of WWE's social media numbers are from overseas and not domestic. WWE Network is currently rumored to be at 1.5 million paid subscribers based on estimates from WWE's report. http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/ww...on-more-212531
  • Jushin Liger got pulled from at least one ROH-NJPW ppv show due to a recent head injury. Status for the rest of the tour is "day to day."
  • Recent rumors of Tyler Breeze being among those set to be released as part of this year's WWE roster cleaning were quickly debunked. Source of the rumor started on Squared Circle but got quickly outed as fake when people who actually heard the paid Observer Radio episode in question said the rumor was never mentioned.
  • According to the Observer, main reacon Zeb Coulter was cut was due to Creative no longer having any plans to use him. Also plans to release Alex Riley and Damien Sandow were made prior to Mania. Cameroon wasn't planned to be among those released until she publicly supported Ryback online. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...t_coming_back/

DAMN iNATOR 05-11-2016 03:18 AM

That bit about Heyman and Vince seems like at least some small part of the story of how creative control of (WW)ECW was pulled from Heyman by Vince just after December to Dismember in 2006. I seem to recall a taped rant by Heyman about it on the Tuesday following the PPV, at the top of the show. Was super duper pissed and I don't blame him one bit.

DAMN iNATOR 05-11-2016 03:29 AM

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrl...-12-05-06_news

It's from about 0:30 to about 2:30 in there. Couldn't find a YT version of just that speech after the PPV, but I believe that ep. or the one preceding it was Heyman's last in charge as the on-screen ECW GM AND in control creatively.

drave 05-11-2016 09:08 AM

Really hoping they don't job out Nakamura to Cena.

Lock Jaw 05-11-2016 09:24 AM

Depends on if it is televised/network special'd....

Sixx 05-11-2016 09:30 AM

Is Nakamura the guy that said he's got a black belt in wrestling?

If he is, he's my kind of crazy and I already like him.

erickman 05-11-2016 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by drave (Post 4809522)
Really hoping they don't job out Nakamura to Cena.

good luck with that

Lock Jaw 05-11-2016 09:38 AM

Remember Ernest "The Cat" Miller? That dude was the best.

Rammsteinmad 05-11-2016 10:33 AM

Actually, he was the greatest. :y:

GD 05-11-2016 02:10 PM

David Otunga is back on The Edge and Christian Show :yes:

Jordan 05-11-2016 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Sixx (Post 4809534)
Is Nakamura the guy that said he's got a black belt in wrestling?

If he is, he's my kind of crazy and I already like him.


Innovator 05-11-2016 02:51 PM

http://i.imgur.com/ZIRaW45.jpg

Innovator 05-11-2016 02:55 PM

http://i.imgur.com/k2HvuP3.jpg


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