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Hideo doesn't home with me either....
He has some stiff kicks, other than that, nothing sticks out like Breeze's personality and crispness, Neville's high flying, owens' presence or zayns likeability.....

He comes up to the main roster and he'll be a comedy gimmick within 6 months

The whole deal with Itami right now, is that he's a big star in Japan.

I'm sure with time he'll get some nice storylines going and will develop some character. Just can't see him really going as far as guys like Neville and Balor will.

Wasn't Khali a big deal in India, and that's why he was signed?

Think the Observer said Itami's realistic top expectations is becoming a big star at the IC/US level with anything higher as an icing on the cake for his career. A lot of it has to do with the WWE's traditional mentality with Japanese wrestlers and him having to overcome a lot to get to that point.

He's been gradually getting better on NXT but the best thing for him was the WWE giving him all the time needed and not rushing him like the original plans were.

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Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla (Post 4614410)

The Balor match was OK, but he doesn't really do much for me either. I really dig Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Tyler Breeze, Adrian Neville, etc. as the main event scene in NXT. Balor and Itami seem forced to me.

Balor is amazing. He has "it". Itami, not so much.

the intro to the upcoming ECW Unreleased Vol. 3 looks pretty damn great

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Balor got "holy shit" chants just with his entrance.

Never seen that before.

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Originally Posted by Guru Dave (Post 4611989)

I love how Americans think that Khali is the biggest thing to have ever happened in India. You guys have clearly never heard of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Sachin Tendulkar.

Yes, because they will come in as a great WWE tag team any day now.

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4614215)

Supposedly had he not gotten hurt, he would have taken Ziggler's role during Survivor Series and use that as the launch pad for the road to the Rumble.

Would explain why the WWE quickly dropped Ziggler's post-SS push since they didn't want to change the Rumble plans and also didn't want that rub to be too huge. Same for Dean's push at the time likely just being a placeholder for what was meant for Reigns.

But he didn't get that. That's the thing. I'm with Fignuts on this -- Roman Reigns was in The Shield, then he got hit with a steel chair and didn't really look for revenge. He lost a few multi-man title matches then got hurt. Then he came back exactly the same and never explained anything about his motivations for winning the Rumble. There was no story to grab onto there.

If Reigns had cut promos heading into the Rumble about how 12 years ago, Brock Lesnar beat his cousin so badly that it ended his full-time career with the WWE, and no one from his family had the opportunity to get their hands on Brock since -- maybe he would have had a chance. But Reigns may not be able to cut that good a promo. Maybe if Reigns had won the World Title at Money in the Bank and been the guy to get destroyed by Brock at SummerSlam, it would have created a nice personal story of redemption for him, but that didn't happen either. Maybe if there wasn't a more deserving and over candidate right there in front of them, fans wouldn't have given the company such backlash.

Eh.

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2K Sports noted on Twitter that the upcoming WWE 2K16 game will have the largest roster of any WWE video game.

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Three wrestlers have sued the WWE on behalf of all current and former wrestlers who have suffered serious brain and other damage as a result of "egregious mistreatment" by the organization.

Big Russ McCullough, Ryan Sakoda and Luther Reigns (obvious stage names) claim the WWE has known for years ... the brutality in the ring has resulted in dementia, Alzheimer's disease and a lot more.

The lawsuit -- obtained by TMZ -- claims the WWE, "under the guise of providing 'entertainment' .... has for decades subjected its wrestlers to extreme physical brutality."

The suit acknowledges wrestling is scripted but nonetheless unrelentingly brutal, claiming "WWE is in the business of selling violence." The legal docs chronicle various matches in which wrestlers were destroyed. It mentions the 2014 Royal Rumble, in which one wrestler "demolished another with a series of brutal steel chair attacks," and the docs refer to "the carnage created by the match's victor."

The lawsuit gives an interesting inside look into wrestling, saying the goal of the WWE is to elicit "heat," meaning heightened violence with the use of various props, including chairs, ladders and tables. The suit singles out various moves, including the Brain Buster, Bulldog, Cobra Clutch Slam, Facebreaker, Jawbreaker and Powerslam. It singles out the chair shots to the head, which was banned in 2010.

The suit claims, "The WWE coerces its wrestlers to work while they are injured by, among other methods, threatening to strip them of their position within the organization if they refuse." It says they are "universally encouraged to 'wrestle through the pain.'"

And the lawsuit mentions Chris Benoit, who was "routinely hit in the head with a chair." Benoit, who killed his wife and son along with himself, was autopsied after his death. A doctor concluded Benoit's brain was so damaged from CTE, it "resembled the brain of an 85-year-old Alzheimer's patient." The suit asks for an injunction, prohibiting the WWE from subjecting its wrestlers to such brutality, along with damages.

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Regarding AJ Lee retiring from WWE, The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that those close to the situation say the fallout from WWE's Dr. Chris Amann filing a lawsuit against her husband CM Punk led to the decision to leave the company.

AJ likely had to call her departure a retirement to get out of the rest of her WWE contract. By retiring, she would have forfeited the chance to perform anywhere else in pro wrestling or other sports, at least for the remainder of the contract.

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Originally Posted by F4W

Dalip Singh Rana aka Great Khali, did an interview with the media in India stating that his contract with WWE was renewed and he is returning to the U.S.

The story stated he had just left India and that the reason he left WWE was to establish his wrestlig school in Punjab, which he claimed would be to create Indian native talent for WWE. He claimed now tht athe school is in opertion, he is returning.

However, a response to this story, from WWE, stated, "Khali is not returning to WWE."

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Final NJPW star announced to be at the upcoming ROH-NJPW War of the Worlds ppv.

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The rumored current poster for this year's Payback ppv.

Some other sheet news include:

THE Brian Kendrick was revealed to be the currently training Eva Marie to be a better wrestler.
In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Low Ki so far is currently the only former ROH Heavyweight champion to have never won the WWE title (only counting those that went straight from ROH to WWE and won the belt prior to their first run at the WWE) (Source: r/SquaredCircle)
WWE currently has a fan poll running asking which NXT Diva should replace AJ Lee on the main roster. http://www.wwe.com/inside/polls/whic...we-main-roster
According to the Observer, WWE fibbed about the attendance of Mania 31 being in the 76k range and breaking the attendance record for Levi Stadium. Real number was in the 63k-66k range and below the stadium's max wrestling and overall capacity.
Might be worth an interesting read, r/SquaredCircle recently dug up a 2012 Observer article involving Dave Meltzer giving his thoughts about several big NXT prospects and most becoming true by 2015. :lol: at the Seth Rollins one. http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircl...back_in_march/

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Originally Posted by Seth82 (Post 4614593)

I can't turn away. :nono:

Always felt like The Brian Kendrick and Paul London were deserving at another run in the WWE. Really enjoyed those lads

Paul burned his bridge back I think

What did Paul say that Brian didn't?

If Kendrick turns Eva Marie into a good worker, then he deserves a Hall of Fame induction.

Paul London always struck me as a huge douchebag who thinks he's way better than he actually is.

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4614629)

If Kendrick turns Eva Marie into a fair worker, then he deserves a Hall of Fame induction.

Fixed.

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4614495)

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If Vince's Brass Ring weighed 300 lbs., Cesaro could deadlift it like it ain't no thing.

Fucking love Cesaro.

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 4614640)

Paul London always struck me as a huge douchebag who thinks he's way better than he actually is.

He seems a little quirky, but the dude was such a good worker. Loved that guy. But I'm a mark.

I know people are mocking Jeff Jarrett for these really slow GFW reveals, but I kind of find them charming. They're showing the care and meticulous planning that is going into this production. A lot of people whinge that stuff like ROH doesn't look sleek enough -- well here's Jarrett revealing some technical details about the tapings.

I'm probably more curious than I would be at this thing, because there is very little information going around.

JR has said that he is against working a full-time schedule again, but in a perfect world, the WWE would still have him calling PPVs. And Howard Finkel doing the ring announcing on them. It'd add a level of prestige and history to the proceedings, and help differentiate them from your RAW's and your SmackDown's.

I don't think putting Reigns in the Ziggler role at Survivor Series would have helped any. Part of what made that whole deal work was because it was Ziggler; a guy the crowd want to have moments like that.

A large part of the crowd haven't taken to Reigns, I don't think giving him a big rub in that match, with him hitting Spear after Spear and pinning opponents left and right would have helped him. You could Cena in the Ziggler role and half the crowd would have hated it, that's the reaction Reigns would have got. That section of the fanbase would hate him more if anything. They disliked the Royal Rumble win, and telegraphed a Title win at Mania. Adding another accolade to him wouldn't have built his momentum, it'd piss the fans off more.

Reigns has a lot going for him; a Superstar look, a level of presence, a quiet charisma, passable mic skills, decent in the ring, but he lacks tenure. The ground swell of support for guys like Ziggler and Bryan had a lot to do with the years they've put in and the (perceived) little they've been given. You can't manufacture the "underdog" support as easily as they'd like, you only have to look at Cena for that.

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Originally Posted by Fragile X (Post 4614617)

What did Paul say that Brian didn't?

He did a goofy smile when Vince was walking out to his explosion death.

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4614752)

He did a goofy smile when Vince was walking out to his explosion death.

hung out with Regal for a bit earlier after his one man show, nice guy, very softly spoken. Big New Japan fan.

What the fuck is that

The WWE schedule that got leaked has the Raw Season Premiere back in Baltimore this year in September and Washington gets the go home RAW for WM 32 like last year. Now I'm not feeling so bad about missing payback next month

The Rock eats 10 lbs of food a day

2 lbs of which is cod

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Originally Posted by Fragile X (Post 4614754)

Man, that whole comes off really goofy playing it back. I can't remember exactly what Vince did to upset everybody, but I remember thinking at the time that it's really weird the entire lockerroom is standing around just grimacing at this boss they apparently fear. It would make sense for them to smile as he walked past. London also doesn't look genuinely happy to be there. He's playing the character of kid that doesn't want to be caught out.

They should have had him be behind the explosion.

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Originally Posted by CSL (Post 4614780)

hung out with Regal for a bit earlier after his one man show, nice guy, very softly spoken. Big New Japan fan.

That's cool. Any more stories about who he's a fan of, or what have you?

I'd probably watch Tough Enough if it featured Chris Jericho, Booker T, Trish Stratus & William Regal.

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