Vince's toughest enemy Ted Turner is going back into the wrestling industry although with a catch.

Turner Broadcasting recently announced they will be showing episodes of Lucha Underground on TNT but only in Germany.

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I've always hoped Ted Turner would get into the wrestling game again. It's just a markish dream I've always had. He finally gets wind that Vince McMahon considered him the enemy during the Monday Night War and he goes "Oh, okay, I'll show you a war -- TBS could use some new broadcasting."

If you have to do something with Shaquille O'Neal at WrestleMania next year, how do you go about it? I'll also set the caveat that it must include Big Show.

The Royal Rumble seems like a good place to start something, given that Shaq's Wikipedia page tells me he went to high school in San Antonio. He'd be a fine participant in the Royal Rumble itself. I'd maybe have someone dump out him and Big Show at the same time.

I don't want to see Big Show vs. Shaq at Mania. There's just too much that can go wrong. A tag team match allows you to slip in some workers who can bump around for Shaq and Show and make the whole thing a lot more enjoyable -- which is what it's there to be.

How about Sheamus & Cesaro? I can't see them staying together as a team that long, but the WWE can also be quite stubborn. If Cesaro is also a heel by this point, they can always just put them together as random heel team like they did with Sheamus and Rusev a few times even after the League of Nations disbanded.

Cesaro is pretty much a ring genius. Sheamus is solid at moving around. Neither Sheamus nor Cesaro is "small," but they will be appropriately dwarfed by Shaq and Show. Cesaro can get a nice spot where he body slams Big Show. Shaq can pin one of the guys with a Chokeslam to get some nice celebrity shine. Sheamus taking the fall is probably going to get less revolt than Cesaro taking it.

This is also probably as high-profile a program as either Sheamus or Cesaro is going to be able to get. Cesaro, especially, seems almost out of his depth in terms of being trusted here, but his ring work is what is really valuable in the scenario. Sheamus is as cold as ice, but he'd be functional here and do his part well.

I could actually see this being for the RAW Tag Team Titles, and I could honestly see them giving Big Show and Shaq a reign with the belts. The WWE is pretty hungry for media attention, and putting a title on Shaq, especially a Tag Team Title, isn't exactly going to be a death-knell for those belts. Show & Shaq can have a miscommunication in a Tag Title match at another PPV, The Revival can win the belts or something and Big Show can turn on Shaq leading to a SummerSlam match between the two or something. That's if Shaq is willing to work a few dates for the company over the course of 2017.

Shaq is a year older than DDP was when he won his first WCW World Title. I'm not saying that he could be a workhorse World Champion for the company or anything, but he's the same age as R-Truth and Big Show.

If there was ever a time to get Hogan back..http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images...jpg?1358305672

Ted still has power?

As far as i know he hasnt had anything to do eith it since the fsilure thst was the AOL Time Warner merger collapsed

:-(

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That lack of a chin is a sympathy magnet. Damn.

I don't think Ted has any power anymore.

You're aware that you're the Goldberg of TPWW, right? Undefeated.

I seriously want to meet this man.

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There's a Hanzo main in the flesh MAURAH /JBL

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I'm not surprised he's standing unlike some ignorant thugs.

Which ignorant thugs?

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The Nakamura effect.

Jesus fuck!

if they're singing the anthem, he should probably take some anatomy classes

Kinshasa Shiner

His heart sank when The Streak ended.

Roman Reigns in the middle of first official WM33 marketing promo material. Note: No Undertaker or Kevin Owens.


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can't get over aj styles' soccer mom haircut

Can already scratch off one name for Smackdown's non-tag and non-Women's Survivor Series team.

Orton is taking some time off next month and currently is set to miss Survivor Series as a result. Its only for 2 weeks but could end up needing another break because he's also in the process of moving into a new home.

Seems like the peak the WWE is going to get with the Network is in the 1.5 million range and that includes free members. Based on WWE's recent fiscal report, Network subscriber base went down by around 60k compared to Mania week (1.517 million).

1.4 million to 1.5 million keeps them in the break even range but well below the 2+ million they were expecting by now for early estimates.

One thing I wonder is how long it'll stay $9.99 a month.

Assuming since the rumors of different tiers has popped up a couple times the answer is not long

He's hungry. He's putting it on his stomach.

Cool shirt, I think. Would be cool if it was Rusev's "official shirt" instead of his "Bulgarian Brute" shirt or w/e

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He's so going to end up as a Styles lackey.

First member of The Club Wolfpack

Amuses me how they push the idea that Kendrick is old, past his prime, with one last chance to make it big at 37, while Finn Balor is this exiting, you talent at 35.

Alexa Bliss is quickly surpassing Becky as my new crush... This is troubling to me. I must go rethink my life choices now.

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Basedon her WWE 2k16 model as well it seems.

How many did you order?

If you think 1.4M to 1.5M is "break even", I'm guessing you're ability to read a balance sheet is on the elementary side of things.

On track for their best year ever.

:| WWE were the ones who said that is the number needed for them to be in the break even area considering the millions spent for the Network's launch ($50 million range). That goes on top of the monthly costs which includes paying MLB for the Network's tech.

Has to be a consistent 1.4-1.5 million paid and not just because they hit it once means they never need to hit it again to break even.

2 million gives them a nice profit while the plan for 3-4 million would help cover other areas of the company losing money or not performing well. Once again those have to be consistent in order for the WWE to get real benefits.

Don't try using logic and reason with CyNick.

I'm going to an NXT live show later tonight. Pretty excited. :y:

Can you ask Asuka if she's willing to marry me?

Thanks.

She's mine, bitch! Back off or I'll cut you!

She would break you like a wishbone.

King and Queen of Suplexes.

Not Queen of Suplexes and some birdbone.

That was a pretty good show. Although, you know "that guy" at every wrestling event who constantly chants stupid shit? There was a group of them right behind me. Alas.

If anyone is interested in match results, here they are. Putting them in spoiler tags since it has the results of some teams advancing in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.



Then I had to leave as soon as the bell rang. I had to run to the train station in the rain to catch the last train of the night.

Distinct lack of Asuka marriage proposal for Dark One in those results...

Daria was on Tough Enough and has a legit MMA background.

I was pretty impressed by Daria. I'd prefer her hair to be something other than cornrows, but that's just an aesthetic thing. Her wrestling was pretty great.

But seriously, when someone comes to the ring throwing punches, looking like a boxer, you just have to pop when she pulls out a Cross Arm Breaker - especially as a counter to a submission from Asuka.

I'm okay with this. :y:

This birdbone will put you in a crossface chickenwing and make you humble, ya Brock Lesnar gimmick stealing bitch! :fu:

Aw, they could handle it :( I was really hoping for the upset.

The one's we should start a Fund Me account for one way tickets to Somalia for our America hating black population/The pathetic white guilt club. They'll probably love living in a majority black country with no law enforcement.

I'm making a promo video for a comedy show and wanted to use a wrestling theme for background music since wrestling themes lately have been pretty outstanding and not as generic as playing the "popular songs of the day". But I see Black Widow has made shit real in this thread so I'll wait to get suggestions.

Suppose you'll want to miss out lyric based ones for background music, so Nakamura fo sho.

Or Broken Matt Hardy.

Actually, it will be heavily featured music. As in it will play over words, pics, bright lights and muted videos and stuff. Needs "energy". Sasha Banks was the first one I could think of. Feel like people like that one a lot. I'll be making a new one monthly so I might wanna keep changing the music though.

I'm probably not going to get a serious answer on this, but are you trolling?

i can't say i even understand this black widow's post

I don't know what type of comedy it is but I'll just throw these out here anyway.

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Again, I don't think you know how to read a balance sheet. Best year ever. Ever.

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Remember when trolls on this forum were actually good at what they did and didn't just rely purely on shock value and/or parroting the same crap over and over again? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

Blame Iop. Also blame everybody here for championing trolls like that to the point where they became character babyfaces.

Went to an Indy show and won Money in the bank.

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To be more specific, they held a raffle for a Money in the Bank briefcase. I won the raffle, and got to make a fool out of myself climbing into the ring. Don't care, I still won Money in the Bank.

Best of all, during the Main Event, the Champion tossed the Challenger in the front row next to me. He gets into the crowd right in front of me. I hand him the briefcase and he uses it. :D

When will you cash it in?

I don't know. But it did contain Candy and a Contract for a Title match for the promotion (I'm not making the latter up.)

Demand mic time to explain you hired someone to represent you in your match.

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Oh I 'member that!

Did they all get hit by the fallout from that atomic drop?

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According to reports, management and Creative finally convinced Vince for Sasha-Charlotte to be the real main event for tonight Hell in a Cell ppv. Supposedly Creative and management have finally gotten tired of Vince's antics when it comes to trying to plan out ppv cards and feuds based on a previous report about this ppv.

US title teased to be opening the show and Universal teased to be in the middle of the card.

Plenty of hours left for Vince to change his mind

I'd be fine with it. It has about equal hype to Owens/Rollins but has extra of being "history making" or whatever.

Can probably pinpoint the exact moment Vince started to meddle too much in Cell plans right around the time Foley made a post on Facebook backtracking on everything he said about Sasha-Charlotte being worthy of the real main event spot.

Tried to make excuses about the ppv being worthy of multiple main events and even if Sasha-Charlotte wasn't last, fans could still claim it as the main event for the ppv if they wanted.

Probably the same reason why the feud itself seemed to feel like it was losing steam going into the big announcement of the match taking place in the Cell.

Hmmmm. They shouldn't have put Rollins/Owens in the cage. They could have done a Triple Threat with Jericho. That would have made the First-ever Women's Cell match a shoo-in for the Main Event without "demoting" the Universal Championship to second fiddle.

They have to demote. It's the same match from the last ppv with no reason Rollins gets another shot. He was challenger and got pinned.

Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt main evented the last PPV.

They really don't care about ending shows with something climactic anymore.

don't think anyone will get it.

Hopefully Sasha hits the Bank statement off the top of the cell through the announcers table tonight

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I could listen to Al Snow talk about wrestling for hours.

This. It's not like any particular match has sold the show. Hell, it hasn't even been sold. It's part of the package month you get for signing up to the WWE Network for free. The buzz words are the cell itself, the "danger" that was established within the Cell in the first three matches, and then the idea of a "Triple Main Event."

Good for the ladies if it means something to them, but given that there are now more PPVs than ever, they're cheaper, there being more of them actually being good since they are part of a content package, and that they clearly don't care about card structure anymore, and it all becomes trivial.

The day the women are promoted as the main attraction of a show that people actually need to pay for is the day that they technically headline.

Yes, that is what wishbone was referencing. Well done.