Damn, the New Japan show in Long Beach sold all 5.5k tickets in 20 minutes.

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I wonder how that trend would go over time. The type of people to go to that sort of thing seem like the sort of people who would snatch up that sort of thing. Also, why aren't they subscribing to New Japan World?

Seems Jason Jordan's current injury woes are way worse than originally expected. Instead of it being a regular back injury that just needed some extra rest, its a serious neck injury affecting the nerves as far down as his hands.

Whò says they aren't

Watched Royal Rumble 2007 for the first time. Good lord that Cena vs Umaga Last Man Standing match was fucking incredible.

Statistics.

I actually don't know if I've seen it. I hated Cena at the time, and I hated the Umaga gimmick. But both are incredible performers so I've been meaning to go back and check it out.

I was watching some Four Horsemen promos and Dean Malenko is in a few of them. Obviously not known for his personality, I couldn't help but think "He's actually not a bad talker by today's standards." Because everyone is given scripts and charisma is stifled. And the look isn't important anymore. And being in the Four Horsemen was still kind of cool and a pretty big push based on talent in a company and time where talent meant shit.

I dunno, I'm just spit-balling here, but I think if Dean Malenko were around today, he'd probably be given the NXT Title and be used in the main event scene today. Not sure if he would actually be WWE Champion, but it wouldn't shock me. Maybe I'm just being cynical about the lack of charisma in wrestling today.

It's absolutely amazing. Probably my favourite Cena match

Thanks for the recommendation. Umaga was actually a really good opponent for a lot of the "WWE prototype" guys. Or just guys they wanted to push. Did good stuff with Jeff Hardy too. One of the better "opponents" they had.

I remember after over 3 years of being onscreen as a total savage, they sent Umaga to SmackDown and had him actually prove himself to be intelligent and he cut promos. Shame they didn't go anywhere with that before his release.

Rumble 2007 is actually a pretty solid top to bottom ppv aside from the ECW title match between Test and Lashley

Did the Bludgeon Brothers disappear or something

They wrestled this week against jobbers with one being the brother of Drew Gulak.

The Amazing Gulaks

Thdy have 95,000 subscribers and not sure how many of them are in the US, but for Wrestle Kingdom 11, they gained 10,000 new sub's and 55% were from the US.

I'd say if you were dedicated enough to use that shitty website, you night be dedicated enough to plan a vacation around the yearly NJPW show. I think AXS does good enough business for some too since Mark Cuban says it's one of the most popular things on his channel.

Still watching old Raw from the beginning. Vince's first Raw back after the steroid trial is pretty hilarious commentary-wise. Savage constantly making references to Vince being found not guilty and Vince awkwardly just kinda ignoring it.

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Bayley sucks and needs to stay on Main Event.

Has there been any decent documentaries made about the Von Erichs?

Broken freakin neck, just like his old man.

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TIL Tonya Harding managed Eddie Guerrero once in AAA

What?

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I guess she was more of a valet

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Manager of dead guys all 3 guys she managed that night (Eddie Art Barr and Bryan Cox) are dead

https://books.google.com/books?id=eQ...0locos&f=false

Excerpt from Eddies Book about Tonya Harding

lol why though?

There's a decent one about all of WCCW and the Von Erich's on WWE Network.

Thank you.

There's also one called Heroes of World Class that I watched a while back. I thought it was even better than the WWE one, and I enjoyed that one as well

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That'd be cool to watch if DB wasn't constantly screaming "NO!"

:-\:wtf:

When he died it was like someone took a crowbar to my soul.

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I like knowing that the people driving on the highway at that moment probably saw a guy fall out the window and got panicked.

There were 25,000 subscribers outside Japan at last count. You would need 20% of them to all be in California for that date to all be New Japan World subscribers. Cuban says 200,000 or so viewers. That's impressive and almost up too where TNA is. Wish more would subscribe though.

Not that it matters, but on their website they credited Sheamus with 20 seconds in the Rumble, which would've from the time the buzzer went off to the time he got into the ring. But at the same time they credited Heath Slater with only 33 seconds which would've been the time he was thrown into the ring to the time he was eliminated.

My best guess is it's a typo and Sheamus' time is meant to say :02, not :20. But it's funny to imagine that they've realized that they don't want a future Hall of Famer to have the second shortest stint in a Rumble, so they've retconned it.

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It's also possible that the WWE just don't know what they're doing.

Some speculation that Kane is injured. Or he's just gone back to run for mayor. No one really knows. Trees falling in the forest, or something.

The 6 man Crusier weight match on Main Event this week was amazing. Definitely check it out. Metalik, Dorado and Kalisto vs Gallagher, Daivari and Perkins

Fuck the cruiserweight title, bring in a Trios Title

Shutup and take my monaaaay

Seems like they have done that match like 3 times in like 2 weeks

I think Kalisto and Metalik fought Gallagher and Perkins the week before

I just can't bring myself to care, Gerty.

2nd version of that commercial

I just watched Shawn Michaels vs. Jimmy Del Ray from Raw in 1995. Fun little TV match. Michaels is hilarious and Del Ray is always just...wow.

Anyone else remember Bret and Owen Hart having another title match after SummerSlam '94 on an episode of WWF Action Zone for the title? I did not.

This still cracks me up every time, all these years later

Wow, this is seriously the greatest. God bless Wendy's Twitter. For real.

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I'm aware of the match, but I'm not sure I can remember it.

I saw them advertising it on an episode of Raw I was watching and thought "Wait, what the fuck?" Seemed a little odd for the time but also strange looking back since the WrestleMania and SummerSlam matches are so highly regarded, you'd think this one would at least be mentioned in passing more often.

Finger poke of doom. Wonder why WWE gets a pass for the same dumb shit.

Seriously?

Because it's a 4th rate title

The European Title name means nothing. This gave them the chance to do-up a lovely new belt with a new lineage. And I think they do, specifically, want to focus on the UK anyway.

Pete Dune is defending against Americans now anyway, so only a matter of time until a none be it wins it.

If they get a show going, I bet there are tons of Americans involved. Well, not tons, but a few. Dolph Ziggler, UK Champion.

I'm for every title actually having a specific purpose. I guess if they wanna make it basically be NXT's IC/US title that's fine. The name wouldn't really make much sense though.

Was just looking at Chris Harrington's graph for number of matches per year and the most days between matches for wrestlers. Was bragging about how hard and how often he worked something CM Punk did? Because looking at these stats, there are a lot of wrestlers who worked as often as CM Punk -- which may not correlate with effort, mind you -- but those include Kane and Randy Orton in the same years that Punk was around.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DR_kdQwXcAA3NMJ.jpg

Probably doesn't help the UK roster is really tiny. Like 6-7 guys at most and 4 of those are the actual core of the division.

Yeah they've essentially been using Trent Seven infrequently, not sure if he's ever won a match on NXT though. Wolfgang and Andrews have been one and done challengers and Tyler Bate vs Pete Dunne has happened more times than either of them have shown up.

The other signed guys have either shown up on that one episode of 205 Live or done absolutely nothing.

So Meltzer is reporting that Almas vs. Sullivan was scheduled to be the Takeover match in New Orleans, which just does not make sense to me. But Sullivan is apparently no where to be seen at tapings or house shows and hasn't been to the PC. Meltz can't find out any more information. Injury? Angle? Release?

Almas vs Black was the only title match that made sense for Takeover to me. If Black wins the title, him vs Sullivan would be a pretty amazing feud.

Could just be rest and/or NXT needing some time to work on actual plans for Sullivan.

Same for the Iconic Duo's disappearance in recent months which was stated to be just Creative not having them as part of the current plans for the Women's Division. There is a rumor going around implying both got boob jobs but nothing to collaborate it from the usual sheet sources.

Observer had a recent update on this situation and right now Jordan needs major surgery done and likely out for at least a year.

Meltzer compared Jordan's neck issues with Arn Anderson in 1997 which caused his retirement. The surgery he needs is similar to the one Paige had.

Did they just retcon the whole thing? I thought one of the Bushwhackers had the shortest rumble time? Since they don't seem to show that "by the numbers" thing they used to every year (I don't remember seeing it anymore since Roman supposedly got the record for eliminations).

And Curtis Axel is still in the rumble from a few years ago, making him the longest entrant to date. That "elimination" by Dean Ambrose after the fact doesn't count. He has a Cal Ripken-like streak that will never be broken.

Santino “beat” the Bushwhacker record years ago anyway.

So, (given the history or Paige and/or Arn) Jordan has 5-6 years (at best) of ("quality") in-ring time left? Seems like a giant waste and/or (at least) a huge risk investing in him as a "future" in ring talent?

Maybe less for best case. If what the Observer reports is true, all going to depending on his recovery and if WWE is a lot more cautious bringing him back than with Paige.

Supposedly with Paige, she was healthy enough to be medically cleared but its been speculated her neck wasn't completely ready to handle WWE's work schedule again. She probably needed several more months for her neck and to gradually transition back to an regular active wrestler instead of the 1-2 months she got.

I loved the segment. Found it to be quite amusing. Also, Michaels was the WWF Champion at the time, so chill STD.

That does not sound good at all.

Cody on NXT callups not getting pushes on the main-roster:

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Cody thinking about where he'll make more money in the future.

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Put the belt on him.

I mean Universal, not Cruiserweight.

Wasn't Triple H running the ropes for like a minute straight in that match? :lol:

Wow. Jason Jordan letting his daddy down. Kurt won a freaking gold medal with a broken freaking neck; Jason can't even show up to work for like a year. I guess the old saying "like father, like son" does not apply here.

Seriously though hope he is able to make a full recovery. The program he has been in has been awful but he is a tremendous talent in the ring. Lots of potential in the future. Would be a loss for the WWE if he has to retire and I'd hate to see all his hard work go to waste.

His character is tremendous. What a shame.

Wonder if they push the storyline in a direction where Kurt takes it out on Seth or "The Bar"

I guess that means Seth is joining da Andre Battle Royal lol

Just do Seth/Ronda vs HHH/Steph and add Braun to Brock vs Roman. Miz vs Balor for IC title. Boom, problem solved.

Problem not solved. Putting Braun in another triple threat with Brock in which he won't go over? No thanks. Then that would somehow set up Brock v Braun singles match down the line while Roman goes off to feud with who over the title?

Fine, put Roman/Ronda vs HHH/Steph

Brock vs Braun

Seth vs Miz vs Balor

#Boom #ProblemSolvedTakeTwo

I got for real sad upon hearing the Jason Jordan news.

That Jordan news sucks really bad. You never want to see anyone go down with an injury, let alone one that will take ages to heal if it does at all. It's even worse that it's someone who's been killing it with his character of late.

Yeah, truly heartbreaking. It's selfish to think that he was coming into his own as far as his character was concerned. I hope his quality of life isn't greatly affected by the injury.

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May as well be wearing high heels :wtf: Take those boots off and he's about the same height as Strowman or marginally taller at best.