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05-12-2015 09:50 PM |
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The MMA record is 1.6 million for UFC 100 (Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir II to unify UFC's heavyweight titles plus Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves for the welterweight title and Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping in the Ultimate Fighter coaches' fight), while the pro wrestling record is WrestleMania 28 in Miami with 1,253,000 buys for the first John Cena vs. The Rock match.
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In regards to Pacquiao vs Mayweather boxing match doing 4.4 million buys.
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Originally Posted by PWI
For those of you who receive The New England Sports Network, Ring of Honor TV is slated to start airing as of tonight on the national feed for NESN on late Mondays/early Tuesdays at 12 AM. The episode will be the one that aired this past weekend on ROH TV outlets.
ROH has not officially announced the clearance, so it may be a situation similar to ROH in Dallas, Texas where the show aired for some time before being listed by the company and "officially debuting."
I am told that the series may not be picked up by all NESN local affiliates, so check your local listings and/or set your DVR for the timeslot to see what airs.
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As noted, WWE had a live event scheduled on May 31st at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, SC, which would have been on the same day as the newly announced Elimination Chamber special at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, TX. John Cena and Rusev were advertised for the Greenville show.
WWE has postponed the Greenville show, which will now be a Monday Night RAW event on November 16th. Online ticket purchases will be refunded to the cards with which they were purchased, while tickets purchased at the box office or other locations can be exchanged at the point of purchase for the RAW show.
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Jeff Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling has announced that they will be crowning four new champions at their first TV tapings on Friday, July 24th in Las Vegas. They released the promo seen above.
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Promo video for the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFxeeA4Ao8U
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Former WWE writer Kevin Eck has published a new blog over at KevinEckWrestling.com, and below are some excerpts on original WWE plans for the Lord Tensai character. For those unaware, Lord Tensai was played by current WWE NXT head trainer Matt Bloom, aka Jason Albert.
“When Bloom returned to WWE a few years ago, the intention was to make him a main-event-level monster heel, and the creative team was assigned to come up with a character for him. Among the pitches for Bloom were for him to be a masked mauler, an ex-prisoner in an orange jumpsuit and an American samurai.
I was of the belief that the best option was to give him a cool-looking mask with black ring attire that showed the tattoos on his upper body but covered his ample midsection. The more we hide his identity, I thought, the less chance the crowd will be chanting ‘Albert’ at him.
I also thought he needed a mouthpiece, and my suggestion was to hire James Mitchell as his manager. The samurai character was my least favorite. Of course, that’s the one we went with. And instead of a manager, he was given a follower who never spoke English named Sakamoto.”
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According to him, the original plan was for Cena vs Tensai to be the main event of Summerslam that year which he thought had no chance the moment Tensai debuted. Was right in his assumption that Tensai would get over way more as a joke character than a serious one.
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When the creative team was shown clips of Rusev matches and promos from NXT so that we could start working on ideas for him when he was called up to the main roster, I and several other members of the team burst out laughing.
With his loincloth-type ring attire, over-the-top facial expressions, wild hair and primal screams, the guy was unintentionally hilarious. This was a heel character straight out of the 1970's that would never work today, I thought.
We started coming up with pitches for him as a comedy act, but we were told that Triple H envisioned Rusev as a monster heel so we had better forget about the character being played for laughs ...
It turned out that some people above my pay grade saw some of the same flaws with Rusev's presentation that I and others on the creative team did. Before Rusev made his WWE debut, his ring attire was changed and he was instructed to tone down the facial expressions and screaming and to wet his hair so that it didn't look look so wild.
While the changes were for the better, I remained steadfast in my opinion that Rusev would never get over to the level that Triple H was expecting.
During that time, Vince McMahon also questioned whether Lana should remain part of the act or if Rusev was better off going it alone. I didn't think Rusev had a great chance of being a success even with Lana by his side, but without her he had zero chance.
Fortunately, McMahon decided to keep Lana with Rusev, and it wasn't long before "The Ravishing Russian" became one of McMahon's favorite characters (go figure).
Just like Tensai, Rusev was given a huge push from the start with the intention of having him work on top against Cena. The plan was for Rusev to be Cena's opponent at WrestleMania.
After Rusev began appearing regularly on Raw and SmackDown, I still wasn't sold on him making it as a top guy, but it did become apparent that my initial thought that he would suffer the same fate as Tensai was wrong.
Before long, I realized that Rusev was everything that Triple H thought he would be.
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Same former WWE writer from the Tensai article above.
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WWE is considering releasing several new DVDs. How likely you are to purchase the following types of WWE DVDs if they were available for $29.98 in retail or online stores where DVDs are usually sold (eg. Wal-Mart, Best Buy, FYE, Amazon.com, WWEShop.com, etc.).
Stardust
John Cena: Behind the Mic
John Cena: The US Champ Tour
Best of WWE Superstars - The best matches and moments from the original WWE Superstars which aired from 1986 – 1996!
Uso Crazy! – The Best of the Usos!
Brock Lesnar
Best of NXT
Unreleased Match Comp - The WWE librarians have dug and searched and found exclusive, never before seen matches from some of the greatest competitors in WWE history - Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin, the Undertaker, The Rock, and many more!
Total Divas: Season 1
Best of RAW and SmackDown 2015
Best of the US title
Shane McMahon
John Cena: Never Give Up
Miz and Mizdow
Remarkable History of the WWE Divas
Best PPV’s of 2015
Best of Iron Man Matches
Randy Orton
Camp WWE - Imagine WWE Superstars and Divas when they were kids at their favorite summer camp…which happens to be run by none other than Mr. McMahon – add in shock-value, slapstick humor and social satire – and you have WWE’s first adult animated comedy!
Greatest Matches in WWE Diva History
WWE Hardcore - A look back at the 4 years (1998 – 2002) of the most extreme WWE title of them all. Classic matches involving champions like Mick Foley, Hardcore Holly, and Rob Van Dam including classic moments with Crash Holly – it’s all here, and it’s all Hardcore!
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From a recent survey sent by the WWE regarding possible future DVD sets. More details about each possible dvd set from r/SquaredCircle: http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircl...in_heres_what/
Some other sheet news includes: - RAW ended up doing slightly better viewers wise (3.6 million vs 3.5 million) compared to last week but the 3rd hour dropped badly (3.3 million vs 3.6 million) to the point of being the lowest since RAW switched to 3 hours (not counting weeks with football games or holidays). In terms of post-Mania seasons, lost 20% of the audience since last year.
- For those that like Botchamania, Sports Illustrated recently had an interview with the creator of the series: http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015...restling-video
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