Assuming its even legit, probably just to make sure its not actually traceable back to himself. Creates some doubt that its really him compared to if he had just used his real name. Then again if he used his actual address or bank account, sort of defeats the purpose.

The video maker also supposedly released more evidence with both Luther and Roman's names on separate purchases but at the same time it still doesn't definitely prove it was Roman who made them.

Yeah, but he could use Khal Drogo instead of his WWE name.

Duuuh.

Can't wait for him to name Mandy Rose and turns to be Adam Rose.

Recent rumor going around the net involves Buddy Murphy was very close to getting released by the WWE and his current Cruiser run is his last chance to salvage something positive for him.

Supposedly he has a bad rep in developmental in regards to being tough to coach and not being at the level WWE expected by now.

I doubt they'd release the top female in the company's boyfriend/fiance.

"I'll take those steroids! I've had steroids before!"

Okay so time to find a real program for Braun now. I'd be down to see them bring Braun/Bliss to the card vs Nia Jax and Samoa Joe.

Random Thought

Pete Dunne is really hot.

How about Braun vs. Cena? Keeps Undertaker out of Wrestlemania (so he can be fucking RETIRED), gives Braun something to do, and gives Cena the match at Mania he so craves.

Apparently the video maker is now claiming the Luther Reigns stuff is from a different project he's working on and not actually related to the unreleased video on Roman Reigns. Guess he got tired of the ridicule regarding his hyped up big surprise being Luther.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Contrary to some of the tweets I'm seeing out there today, the director putting together a video that allegedly ties Roman Reigns to a steroid ring says the information about Luther Reigns he referred to today is separate. <a href="https://t.co/Gge5Eevtzj">pic.twitter.com/Gge5Eevtzj</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/972192277677326336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Lol at the dude telling others to be responsible....

You've had weeks to release more information you dumb fuck.

Not a separate project though. He uploaded the intro to the documentary and it had both Roman and Luther in it.

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i wonder if the new impact ref johny bravo is a goof on this guy

John Bravo has been John Bravo for years. He wrestles in our local indie fed.

PWI recently debunked rumors of a ROH-Impact partnership being formed recently. Speculation started after Impact champ Austin Aries made a surprise appearance at last night's ROH event.

Also was intially speculated Impact wasn't made aware of Aries surprise appearance but they did give their approval even if it wasn't needed due to Aries contract status.

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The backstory for this spot is hilarious:

Go to porn you stupid fuck if you wanna be famous for your dick!

Yeah, they've been doing the backstory on Being The Elite and it's been hilarious. Can't wait to see this part now.

Never knew ECW had action figures:

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I had Sabu.

Unfortunately, he looked like a midget next to the WWE figures.

Which is probably accurate though.

I worked for KB Toys when they came out, and I ended up getting most (if not all) of them, simply because it seemed both cool and farfetched that they *actually* had figures. Also, some disbelief on my part, because New Jack has a noose around his neck - use your brain why that would be an issue on a toy - and with the added context of this being around the time that the WWE figure of Al Snow was pulled because of that supposed controversy about Head being some meataphor for abusing women or some such shit. Some of the ones not shown on that commercial are The Dudley Boys [Buh-Buh and D-Von] and Shane Douglas. I think there was a Raven and Steve Corino, too.

Some of the many things I lost when I moved back to Ohio.

Was just thinking they should have random finishes to matches way more often. Let guys score a pinfall off the superplex, or a powerbomb or a spine buster sometimes. Protect the finishers more, don't make them a requirement to end every match. Don't have people kicking out of finishers nearly as often. Make them the last ditch effort to put away your opponent during a big match. Make the kick out of a finisher a super big deal again. Seems like it would increase the suspense a little bit to me.

I agree, especially on TV matches and especially when the finish is already established.

Example, wouldn't it make Orton's whole psychology more interesting if he started putting people away with the hanging DDT? Or that perfect superlex he hit last night, that would've been a great finish to establish that move as a game changer.

You read my mind. That match last night between Orton and Roode is exactly what made me start mulling this over in my head. The superplex was the moment that stuck out the most to me, but the powerbomb and spinebuster outta nowhere by Roode also would have been acceptable finishes to me.

Random thought/guess on Undertaker's retirement.

He beats cena this year and next wins the universal title in a triple threat with him, lesnar and reigns. Retires 25-2 and goes into the Hall of Fame.

That's how it should go. He gets his 2 losses back.

While I appreciate this continuity I would prefer this angle end at this years show. Down the road we need a new story to lead the company and Reigns/Brock/Taker for a multitude of reasons isn't qualified to lead the charge anymore.

I think if Taker does decided to do a "few more" then they need a very strong story to make it special. And he'd probably have to appear more than two or three times before WM each year.

And as for what's next for Reigns after Lesnar? Possibly Cena, Strowman, Rollins, there are options if they put the right spin on it.

Can be yours for only a nickel.

Why should UnderTaker "get those 2 loses back"?

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Fuck that little bitch complainer. If you wanna know, watch the show.

MDK MDK MDK. This is gonna be insane.

damnit I cant link to the sign on reddit of AJ as a nun "They dont want nun"

trying to figure the rest of the lyrics

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I've pinpointed the exact spot where WWECW lost all hope. It was episode 21 where Paul Heyman opened with an announcement about an Extreme Elimination Chamber. That was all fine enough. Then Kevin Thorn and Sabu had a match to qualify for said match. Also fine. Then Daivari walked out with The Great Khali to face Shannon Moore, and all of my interest just died on impact.

What era of what show should I start watching now? Should I go back to 2005 Smackdown? I didn't really stop watching that for any reason, but I forgot to put it on my watchlist.

Besides early brand split era, Smackdown was also pretty good to great during 08-11 especially when compared to RAW.

NXT from 2012-15 was also pretty great overall. Has the rise of NXT in general and start of the rise of women's wrestling in the WWE.

Smelly Meatball beat me to it. I remember a DVD set for that specific era of Smackdown. A lot of quality television matches.

Papa Roach are back doing the Raw theme

https://twitter.com/paparoach/status/973288259425112065

According to the Observer, NJPW pulled the Rey Mysterio vs Jushin Liger match off the card for their upcoming Long Beach show.

Main reason is due to Rey needing at least a month to rehab from his recent biceps injury.

Alright song but it doesn't really get me pumped to watch some wrestling. Guess I'll see when I watch Raw.

I might check out Smackdown then. I started watching NXT from the beginning of it's current form not too long ago, so I might pick that back up, but since Neville winning the title, I've already been watching NXT on a weekly basis.

That Smackdown Era you described was also the time I was traveling for my job and I missed a lot of wrestling. That might be perfect.

I dunno about you but I'm gonna be watching a lot of Thunder!

Not only that, but sometimes, the some of the transitions, placeholders, and high spots look more devastating than what is actually supposed to end the match.

So, a guy takes a top-rope death valley driver through a flaming table that's on an unpadded floor, and they're fine enough to just get up and continue the match in the ring, but some spinning elbow "knocks them out" dead just because that's the guy's finish? C'mon... it wasn't like you got hit with a Steiner Screwdriver. A flurry of kicks to the temple makes you dizzy for a couple of seconds, but one superkick to the chin, and you're prone just because it's a superkick (unless it's a Young Bucks match, because you have to eat about 12 more of them for no reason).

We can finally re-live the Lance Storm hat trick!

Just ran across this. Anyone that's been keeping up with Being the Elite and knows Chico should like it.

Is Thunder on the Network now?

The Coach just joined Smackdown's announce team on the first episode of Smackdown from 2008. Are you fucking with me right now?

I'm looking at Hornswoggle accompany Finlay into a Beat the Clock Challenge, and I'm almost overcome with regret immediately.

Alright, the Chuck Palumbo/Jamie Noble feud is budding, and I remember enjoying that quite some bit.

Also, Michelle McCool was pretty fucking good.

Hated the Chavo of this era, though.

Disgusting promo about wanting Eddie to be alive still. Fuck that. Really bizarre how they exploited that.

As far as I can recall, Michael Cole and Jonathan Coachman called the WM 24 main event of Edge versus Undertaker for the World's Heavyweight Championship.

Naomi seems like a genuinely cool and fun person. Glad she got a run with the title and a wrestlemania moment.

Here's a random nugget from Smackdown during the original brand split. Lesnar, who had just won the 2002 Royal Rumble, got pinned by then WWE Champion Kurt Angle after the "switch". They would meet again in the main event of Wrestlemania 19.

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Now that I think about it, Smackdown has "main evented" Wrestlemania only on two occasions.

WM XIX - Kurt Angle versus Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship
WM XXIV - Edge versus Undertaker for the World's Heavyweight Championship

Technically, the main event of Wrestlemania 25 was a dual-branded affair. Randy Orton stayed on RAW (after the winning the Rumble), while Smackdown's WWE Champion Triple H also showed up on the flagship show for the storyline to progress. As far as I can recall, Hunter wasn't an official member of the RAW roster until the draft lottery after Mania.

I think eventually WrestleMania will be two days long, a Sat and Sun show. WWE is very pro-profit and it'd double their money as the show keeps getting bigger and longer.

I mean, between the HoF and NXT, it kind of is anyway

Kazaa or GTFO :shifty:

move the HOF to Thurs, NXT to Friday,
WrestleMania night 1 - 3 1/2 hrs Saturday
WrestleMania night 2 - 3 1/2 hrs Sunday
RAW - Monday
SmackDown - Tuesday


Boom, sell double the tickets to WM, fans don't have to sit thru a 7 hr show (though some will spend double to attend both days, like a music festival of sorts) and they can charge even more for their travel packages by adding the extra show day.

Profit$$$ ensue

I bet nobody has ever thought or talked about this before, Slik. So original.

MASCHKA KICK!

Vader revealed he is having heart surgery today to fix his on-going heart problems.

In a bit of irony, him being involved in a car crash 2 years ago actually saved his life since it was only discovered as part of the routine medical check in the hospital.

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Last year

Rather than make it a two day show why not just stop trying to plug every worker you can think of into a match? 10 solid matches is enough, anything else is too much.

My fingers are crossed for Kurt. He looked so bad in his return matches and I really hope he's been training as hard as he can to make it work.

2 main belts
2 side belts
2 women's belts
2 tag belts
Cruiser Title
Andre and Moohlah

11 matches
So either some title doesn't get defended or there aren't any non title matches

Yeah definitely this! Wrestlemania used to be the "showcase of the immortals". The best of the best. Now it's all about cramming everybody into the show, even if it means cramming them into filler matches that nobody cares about.

I mean when it started it was just as much about cramming everyone onto the show. Lots of stupid matches.

Ricky Steamboat faced Matt Borne for Christ's sake.

Alfred hayes was clearly coked out of his mind.

I hated Alfred as a commentator but fuck that guy could work, esp as a heel.

I think it's the 19th that it's available.

I can talk about w/e I want, whether anyone has or has talked about it before

Do not turn into a cyber-bully plz

Video maker of the Reigns roid allegations story now claiming the full video exposing Roman buying illegal roids is arriving this Friday. Then again the video maker promised and delayed this video a couple times already.

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Lol awww come on, Hayes and Gorilla were fun together.

I'm sitting next to THE DEMON POIT at NXT TakeOver New Orleans :y:

:naughty:

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Immediately thought of the old N64 wrestling games from Shane's sell of getting thrown into the post. All that was missing was a "ding" type sound and it would have been a perfect reenactment by Shane.

Will you be sitting ON him after the show?

I bet that's where it came from too. :lol: Good call.

Apparently Hillbilly Jim wants Hulk Hogan to induct him into WWE's Hall of Fame although he won't know who the official person will be till the close of Mania weekend.

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Had an idea that Asuka’s streak ends at Mania. Asuka wins the belt but Carmella cashes in and plays uber heel. Could play off that both Taker and Asuka’s streaks both ended in NOLA (not to compare them, but still)

Hogan is the only logical choice.

So I've decided to embark on a quest to watch every single piece of 1984 footage that I have in chronological order. I have all the 1984 t.v plus a ton of House Shows. Currently watching the Feb.18 1984 Championship Wrestling show where they do a 10 bell salute to David Von Erich. 1984 WWF is amazing.

How many shows were there in January of '84 prior to Hogan winning the WWF title for the first time?

I have three weeks of television plus a Spectrum House Show in Philly where Iron Shiek defends the WWF Title against Tito Santana. Only footage of Shiek defending the title.

Everything involving stan hansen on njworld is fantastic. I think thats inoki there getting decapitated. Those are classics.

Doesn't seem very likely but maybe. I could see them finding some excuse or another, assuming Asuka wins the title and isn't cashed in on, for moving Carmella over to RAW.

Let's face it: In all likelihood, Asuka's undefeated run isn't going away any time soon. IJS.

LOL

I was watching him on All Stars of Wrestling, sometime in the late 70's... man even then, he stood out as a guy way ahead of the curve of everyone there.

Just watched Hansen vs Hogan from 1990 again. Easily my favourite Hogan match. Mind you, Hogan was fucking awesome in that match.

Hogan was just smart in knowing when he had to bring it. The WWF crowds were fine for him to rip a shirt, take some bumps, hulk up, big boot and legdrop. In Japan, Hogan knew he had to work to get a reaction and he was more than competent in doing so. If he wrestled his Japan style all the time, he probably wouldn't have had such a long career... At least in ring.

I'm inclined to agree, but at the same time, Stan Hansen had a hell of a long career working that style.