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That Superman looks like a bitch

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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.

This guy is right Rusev is trash and always will be.

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Originally Posted by AJ lee's (Post 4631011)

This guy is right Rusev is trash and always will be.

Disagree. Rusev's Russian gimmick is pretty bad IMO, but he's a pretty damn good worker. If they'd get rid of all the Russian crap and just make him a badass destroyer he'd be even better.

Of course his current gimmick has had the benefit of getting him over as a heel very quickly. Not sure how it happened since I was sure this gimmick would be shit on, but hey, it worker. Hopefully once he inevitably splits from Lana he'll slowly start to lose all the Russian stuff.

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Originally Posted by AJ lee's (Post 4631011)

This guy is right Rusev is trash and always will be.

You didn't read all of that thing you quoted, did you?

If I can buy a replica nxt belt at the show tomorrow I will. I wanna be that guy lol

Sheets sponsored by WWE's newest rassler Smackdowno Del Rampa Jr and Taco Tuesdays ...... ah shit today is Wednesday.

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WWE officials were hoping to get Daniel Bryan back in the ring this month and have him defend the Intercontinental Title against King Barrett this Sunday at the Payback pay-per-view but as noted, they got MRI results back on May 8th and it was determined that Bryan would not be able to return any time soon, if ever again.

The situation has brought a lot of frustration within WWE. WWE officials want what's best for Bryan but they obviously want him working for the company and want him on TV as they have a DVD and other products coming out that need to be promoted. There has been some talk that Bryan is now so injury-prone that maybe they could best use him in a non-wrestling position.

Since Monday's RAW where he dropped the Intercontinental Title, the talk has been that Bryan is trying to figure out a way to get cleared. There's been no word yet if Bryan will be getting the surgery that he was so reluctant to get before but people are wondering if that's an option. Needless to say, a lot of people in the company really feel bad for Bryan right now.

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We heard some rumors last week but The Wrestling Observer confirms that NXT has dropped the Shoot Nation Stable. However, they will be keeping Sawyer Fulton and Angelo Dawkins together as a tag team without the Shoot Nation label. No word yet on what they will do with stable head Chad Gable.

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Lot of ROH talk in the book, but mostly just listing and describing matches. Almost no talk of backstage politics or anything juicy.
Was only vegan for about 3 years. He had to stop due to soy intolerance.
NXT was almost totally unscripted for the rookies. All their reactions were genuine.
Bryan loved working in England, and would've stayed if he'd gotten paid better
Wrote 1 sentence about Punk leaving
Vince hated the jacket Bryan wore before his street fight with Punk. He screamed at the ref over the headset to make him take it off and never wear it again
Found out about his 18 second match from Jericho, who was snooping around the producers timesheets
First time he and Brie tried to have sex, they were interrupted by a drunken Sheamus and Ted Dibiase, who jumped on the bed after letting themselves into Bryan's unlocked hotel room
Book ends right after WMXXX
Throughout the book Bryan talks about the many MANY injuries he's had, how he has lied to doctors, and constantly returned too soon

Some highlights from Daniel Bryan's new book.

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Actor Skylar Astin was on Brendan Schaub’s podcast and talked about going to UFC 184 (Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano) and sitting in the owners section and his brother went up to Lesnar and said, “Dude, you gotta come back, man. You gotta come back.” Lesnar looked at Astin’s brother and said, “Sit the f*** down. You don’t know shit. What the f***.” Lesnar’s demeanor came off like he was furious. Astin said his brother’s girlfriend started crying and that Urijah Faber and T.J. Dillashaw, who were both there, just froze. Dillashaw then told Milan Astin, “Dude, he’s going to push your shit. You’re f***ed.” His girlfriend started crying again, thinking Lesnar would really do something

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New names released this week of talent for the promotion include IWGP jr. tag team champions The Young Bucks, Chuck Taylor, Cliff Compton, Sonjay Dutt (who is also involved in the office with Scott D’Amore) Chase Stevens, Cassidy Riley, Jigsaw, Jim Duggan, Jamin Olivencia, George Murdoch (Tyrus in TNA and Brodus Clay in WWE), Luke Hawx, Jim Cornette, Trent Barreta and The New Heavenly Bodies. This goes with the list announced last week of NWA & GHC tag team champions Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer, New Japan’s Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows, P.J. Black, Seiya Sanada, Chris Mordetzky (Masters), Thea Trinidad, Le’d Tapa and ROH’s Quinn “Moose” Ojinnaka.

Newest wave of names announced for GFW's roster.

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Originally Posted by PWI

TNA President Dixie Carter held a meeting at this past weekend's Impact Wrestling tapings and basically told the talents not to believe what they read on wrestling websites about the ratings and viewership being down. Dixie claimed that there is ratings information that websites aren't aware of that she and TNA are privy to. She claimed that when websites publish TNA ratings data, we're not publishing them with the West Coast numbers included but we post the data that comes from Nielsen and we do include the overall viewership with numbers for the replay. Dixie also pointed out that websites don't report on the +.3 or +.7 DVR numbers as some fans watch throughout the week. Dixie instructed the roster to pay no mind to ratings reports because the numbers are better than what's actually being released.

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Originally Posted by F4W

The feeling within WWE is that Bray Wyatt, who still has his supporters, will eventually turn babyface but now is not the right time.

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For what it's worth, newly released advertising for several upcoming WWE live events is listing ********* as the WWE Intercontinental Champion.

As noted, WWE announced this week that the vacant Intercontinental title will be decided at the Elimination Chamber WWE Network special on Sunday, May 31st.

SPOILER: show

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Some other sheet news includes:

WWE announced Finn Balor vs Chris Jericho match will be taking place during the upcoming tour of Japan.
Seiya Sanada revealed he regretted his time in TNA and won't be renewing his expiring WRESTLE-1 contract. Will be a freelance wrestler for GFW and considering the possibility of trying to get a deal done with the WWE in the near future.

Lol Sheamus and DiBiase cock blocking Bryan.

Always thought this was "cool"

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Yeah, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship is a fucking gorgeous belt.

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Originally Posted by Big Vic (Post 4629401)

While Zack Ryder had a funny internet show, that did not translate to the ring.

:wtf::wtf::wtf::wtf::wtf:

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Zack Ryder hasn't evolved his character in like four years though. The best thing he ever did with it was at the start with his ECW Title match with Christian too. A heel turn with Ryder sucking up to The Authority would probably be the best thing for Ryder at the moment.

No belt for me, I didn't bring enough money ($350) ��

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 4631670)

Yeah, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship is a fucking gorgeous belt.

Really like the name plates on the side with the reigns of past champs. Makes it feel like the Stanley Cup of titles with that feature.

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4631678)

Not really his fault though. I mean, what has he actually done since dropping the US title?

He did try to become more serious in that revamped show of his (forgotten the name), but WWE just seem determined not to have him do anything.

Oh, I agree it is not entirely his fault, but I just don't see people suddenly latching onto it again.

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The confusion over the three-hour episode of TNA Impact Wrestling scheduled for next Friday seems to be because there will be no new episode of the show airing. Instead, Destination America will be airing the 2014 Slammiversary PPV from 8-11 p.m. It's worth noting next weekend is Memorial Day Weekend in the U.S., likely the reason for the change.

Slammiversary '14 was taped June 15, 2014, in Arlington, TX, headlined by Eric Young vs. Austin Aries vs. Bobby Lashley for the TNA title. It also featured Kevin Von Erich's return to wrestling in Texas as the cornerman for sons Marshall & Ross Von Erich.

Reason is due to Destination America not wanting a new Impact episode to be shown during Memorial Day and potential hurt ratings even more than they are now. Observer also confirmed Destination America lost all interest they had with TNA in the past few months.

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Originally Posted by WWE

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Originally Posted by Observer

According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Jeff Jarrett has been talking to WGN, Spike, Fox Sports 2 and CMT about a possible television deal for Global Force Wrestling.

There is no deal between GFW and Jim Ross, but the two sides are in negotiations. Jarrett is hoping to get more financial backing as well.

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Originally Posted by Observer

We noted before that TNA was seriously making a play for top TNA tag team The Young Bucks. Word is that The Bucks have turned down the offer as their priority is New Japan Pro Wrestling.

TNA finally paid all of their production workers this past week. They were said to be shorted on money from January and February, and hadn't been paid for March yet. If the workers weren't paid, they were refusing to work, which would have caused a problem for the scheduled May 8th Impact Wrestling.

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Originally Posted by Observer

The TNA creative team is now led by David Lagana with Matt Conway and Christy Hemme, who is more of a liaison between Gaburick and the TNA Knockouts. Billy Corgan is now on the creative team as well, working under Gaburick and Dixie Carter.

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Originally Posted by Observer

Mike Tenay will return to TNA Impact Wrestling commentary on Friday's episode but apparently it's not a permanent change. No word yet on why Al Snow wasn't brought back to work with Josh Mathews this past week but as noted, "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero does some commentary on the May 22nd episode. It's still not clear who the TNA announce team will be.

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Sanada's release came due to a "political crossfire" between TNA and Wrestle-1, who had a talent exchange going. Wrestle-1 fell on hard financial times in Japan so they had to cut back on events and weren't able to book TNA talents following the November event at Sumo Hall that didn't do so well. When Wrestle-1 stopped booking TNA talents, TNA decided to stop using Sanada.

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On Dropped Muppet Gimmick

“I thought I was a rich man. I’ll tell you how rich I thought I was. When Vince approved the gimmick, when he told me that he loved it, I took my wife out to Mr. Chow when I got home because I just saw money,” JTG said.

“It was my idea, the Idea stemmed from this character I used to do in promo class. WWE Superstars, before Raw, some Superstars were called in early to the show—like maybe an hour early—and we would have hands-on classes with Vince McMahon and we did promo classes where it was kind of like improv and working on promos.”

“He would give us an exercise where he would say ‘say anything and you have to cut a promo on it.’”

“i can’t remember what word he gave me, but there was a few times where I started talking to myself and it was highly entertaining, and I created a new character with a double personality. His name was Self.”

“The idea was for the muppet to look exactly like me,” JTG said. “The premise behind the whole Self-Muppet idea was for it to be seen and heard by the WWE Universe, but not seen by anybody backstage. For example, if me and you were talking backstage, Self would be insulting you but you couldn’t hear him. Only me and the WWE Universe, he was kind of like my conscience.”

Segment from JTG's recently released book.

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Some other sheet news include:

Today is Vader's 60th birthday.
Besides this week's NXT episode, Sami Zayn confirmed on Twitter he will be wrestling at next week's NXT Takeover special. https://twitter.com/ilikesamizayn/st...92538514612224
GFW announced Andrew Everett and Trent Barreta have been signed recently for their roster.
This week's WWE Inbox episode focused on NXT stars as promotion going into next week's special. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5vD2jnJM0w

I am approx 10 weeks behind in NXT.... should catch up....

Owens sat in a chair ringside at the start of the 3x match with Balor and Breeze and we got chill Owens chill and sit Owens sit chants.

Also got a Blake sucks Murphy that's ok chant and SHIT after every BULL in Bull Drmpseys theme:

Now nine weeks behind.... forgot what an awesome theme song Alex Riley has.... Too bad it is Alex Riley....

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Originally Posted by Rammsteinmad (Post 4631671)

:wtf::wtf::wtf::wtf::wtf:

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I remember his promo here being really shitty:

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If HHH posts his cell phone video I'm almost certainly in it..

It's on periscope no android app though

What the hell is Shoot Nation had it ever been on NXT TV? Or was is just a House show thing?

I like Zack Ryder fine. He peaked in that TLC match against Ziggler though. There was nothing more for him. I thought he should have gotten a WrestleMania match against Eve's new man (preferably The Miz) where he could get a good mid-card WrestleMania moment out of that... but he just wasn't a long-term star.

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4631775)

I always felt like stuff with a creative base is subjective. Maybe I'm biased because I grew up watching ECW, and watching guys weaknesses getting hidden, and their strengths being accentuated, but there is literally no one on the roster right now that I feel, if given the right program and the right situation, that can't believably get over and main event a PPV or several. Or become main event players in general.

WWE is just so one track minded with shit, and not consistent, nothing ever gets started up and KEPT up. Wade should have won that title from Orton. The Kofi feud with Orton should have never stopped. Nexus should have gone over at Summerslam. Cody should have won MITB that year, since Sandow just threw it away against Cena on a random Monday night. Also, SANDOW THREW IT AWAY AGAINST CENA ON A RANDOM MONDAY NIGHT. Ryback heel turn? Fandaaaangooooo is stupid and can't be taken seriously. They tried to snuff out Daniel Bryan, but by DB's own words, they couldn't ignore it any more. If they aren't careful, Ambrose is next. And Wyatt.

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 4631708)

Oh, I agree it is not entirely his fault, but I just don't see people suddenly latching onto it again.

Can't explain that, but I've always been behind Ryder since his Z! True Long Island Story days. Couldn't care less about any weaknesses he had, the guy made himself one of the most over guys on the roster, entirely on his own, and WWE just stood there and did fuck all with it.

Surely that's the kinda employee you'd want, right? Guy had arenas all over America (and the World, maybe?) chanting "We Want Ryder! Woo! Woo! Woo!", and he did it completely by himself, without the WWE getting behind him. Kinda guy with passion and drive like that, that's who I'd want under my employ if I had a choice.

Only on PC

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4631772)

What the hell is Shoot Nation had it ever been on NXT TV? Or was is just a House show thing?

They've been on one episode but weren't announced as Shoot Nation

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Originally Posted by Rammsteinmad (Post 4631862)

They definitely could have made more money off him than they did.

I hate this "most over guys on the roster" thing about Ryder.

His big moments were a few in SUPER smark heavy audiences. Then two weeks later hes in Indiana and no one gives two fucks about him.

They gave his smark base a nice little payoff but No, he wasnt a long term star and he never did anything once he had the ball to keep it.

<font color=goldenrod>Ryder's high water mark was always going to be holding one of the secondary belts, and he did it.

Do I think they could have done more with him than they did? Absolutely. He's not bad in the ring, has a clear passion for wrestling, and seemed to get decent reactions. He probably could have been kept solidly in the midcard where he'd actually have programs/things to do instead of immediately going back to being Superstars fodder. But World Champion? No chance.</font>