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Swagger can give MMA a try.

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Originally Posted by Cool King (Post 4667312)

The Miz looks pretty much the same.

Yeah, he's pretty close already.

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4667558)

According to the Observer, WWE doesn't really want ZZ to win and instead their hand picked choice of Joshua Bredl instead. They never expected ZZ would have ended up as the runaway people's choice when they came up with the fan voting idea.

You'd think WWE would have learned this lesson from Daniel Bryan's or CM Punk's situations. They want their "hand picked" guy to succeed because reasons, but someone who actually resonates with fans has them scratching their heads as to why. Hopefully, as I know nothing about the TE finalists, this is a similar case and not a singing reality show style troll where the shitty person keeps getting upvotes for the sake of disruption.

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4667558)

Some other sheet news includes:

Current speculation Jack Swagger could be leaving the WWE very soon since his official WWE Twitter account got deleted by him or the WWE recently. Supposedly he's been upset at his current status and lack of overall direction within the company for a while now.

Would you blame him?

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Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4658493)

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Originally Posted by Dark One (Post 4658497)

That gif makes me wanna see him with a mountain man gimmick of some sort. Just gotta grow the beard out a little more. Have him get depressed that he never lived up to his potential and now he lives off the grid while rasslin' just for fun. No money. He lives off the land. He doesn't need your money. Just wants to pummel and stretch some folks.

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4667558)

[*]Current speculation Jack Swagger could be leaving the WWE very soon since his official WWE Twitter account got deleted by him or the WWE recently. Supposedly he's been upset at his current status and lack of overall direction within the company for a while now.

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To me, that was up there with the "Mother" promo. Only thing is, Bray sounds like he's nursing a headcold here.

Ha, I remember when Swagger asked for his release and Vince was like 'we'll do better, promise."

I would like to see swagger fued with kurt angle

TNA is done with Destination America...will that mean we'll get 2 hours of ROH?

Sounds like GFW may have just found the centerpiece to their promotion.

I think Swagger should have beat Russev. It wouldn't of hurt Russev, and would have bumped Swagger up some

Swagger didn't deserved to be pushed right after he put Bad News Barrett on the shelf. Even though it was clearly and accident. That's bad for business.

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4667844)

Swagger didn't deserved to be pushed right after he put Bad News Barrett on the shelf. Even though it was clearly and accident. That's bad for business.

Oh come on now Barrett is always getting hurt some how. I'm surprised he lasted this long

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4667844)

Swagger didn't deserved to be pushed right after he put Bad News Barrett on the shelf. Even though it was clearly and accident. That's bad for business.

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Originally Posted by Cool King (Post 4473064)

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Originally Posted by Cool King (Post 4464239)

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Bad News Barrett hurt Bad News Barrett.

I will forever defend Swagger on that.

Forever blamed for Dolph Ziggler!

Watching old ECW. Forgot how hilarious the F.B.I were especially Tracy Smothers and his dancing. Lol "hailing from Nashville, Italy: Tracy Smothers".

Swagger would be perfect for NJPW.

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Originally Posted by Mercenary (Post 4667838)

I think Swagger should have beat Russev. It wouldn't of hurt Russev, and would have bumped Swagger up some

It wouldn't have hurt Rusev to have his undefeated streak broken by Jack Swagger?

No, it wouldn't have. Could have just become "more angry".

Yeah, "I'm more angry now because I jobbed to Jack Swagger" wouldn't be nearly as effective as "I'm unstoppable" heading into a WrestleMania showdown with John Cena.

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Originally Posted by Observer

SmackDown on SyFy is a lame duck situation because it's moving to the USA Network next year, and a reboot is expect in January.

The mentality right now is to put a heavier emphasis on the show when it moves to the USA Network with angles on RAW that carry over to SmackDown and vice versa. This is the reason that SmackDown has felt less important these days and the show is just a placeholder until RAW airs on Monday.

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It appears there may be more to the rumors of TNA possibly leaving Destination America this September after all.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that privately, at least some TNA talents have been given an indication that the company will be looking for a new TV deal and that the money they make from overseas TV deals will keep them going while they shop around for a new deal here in the US.

Some TNA wrestlers were reportedly told that TNA will survive either way and be OK because they've trimmed most of the big contracts down and because they have gotten rid of most of the higher-paid talents. Some wrestlers were also told that TNA's business model is changing.

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Kurt Angle's reps announced on Twitter that Angle was rushed to the hospital by his wife yesterday after he lost feeling in his extremities and was having trouble breathing. Doctors found that Angle had a large build-up of fluid on his spinal card, a complication from having the benign tumor removed from his neck last week. Angle underwent surgery to relieve the pressure and will be missing a London Comic Con appearance this weekend.

Angle's management did note that he is feeling well. No word yet if he will be able to wrestle at next week's TNA Impact Wrestling tapings

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SPOILER: show

Spoiler tags used since it related to another possible surprise planned for Summerslam. Original plans had to be scrapped because of someone else getting hurt.

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WWE signed Tatsumi Fujinami to a legends deal. They want all the Hall of Famers to have legends deals for marketing purposes. The deal included WWE having the right to put him into video games and releasing action figures. Fujinami, 61, said that he’d like to attend next year’s WrestleMania.

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Originally Posted by F4W

Ratings for Wednesday:
ROH at 8 p.m. 80,000 viewers (by far the record low)
TNA at 9 p.m. 293,000 viewers (one of the lower numbers)
ROH at 11 p.m. 89.000 viewers
TNA at midnight 72,000 viewers

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Josh Barnett, Maryse Mizanin and Chris Jericho are all in the new Sharknado film which airs on 7/22 on Syfy.

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President of Mexico City Wrestling El Fantasma and Mexican Health Secretary Dr. Armando Ahued Ortega have just signed a historic agreement that could change the entire wrestling industry in Mexico. Professional wrestlers in Mexico (and their families) will now be covered by a medical social insurance program.

“I am big fan of wrestling, I think this is an intense but also a risky sport. The knocks and blows affect them bit by bit, so it is very so important for them being covered by free medical expenses,” said Ahued.

Dr. Ahued also explained that this insurance will give wrestlers and their families access to clinics and hospital where they will be able to have medical tests including x-rays, MRIs, surgery, lab studies, and medical attention.

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Originally Posted by Observer

We noted before that Lisa Lee Fox was fired by WWE from her job as Executive Vice President of Content. She had worked with WWE since 1995 and most recently headed up the WWE writing team, reporting directly to Triple H and Vince McMahon. She also was one of the officials in charge of the WWE Network and TV content. It's not confirmed that this is why she was fired but Lisa had recently been the point person for WWE's bid on the old Paul Boesch Houston Wrestling tape library. It turns out that NWA's Bruce Tharpe made the winning bid and got the library instead of WWE. This led to the NWA starting their own streaming service with many matches featuring WWE Legends. While the NWA's streaming service obviously won't directly compete with the WWE Network, WWE did not want a similar service started by another wrestling company that features big name matches.

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Some other sheet news includes:

Former WWE star Edge was recently signed to be a villain for Season 2 of The Flash tv series. http://comicbook.com/2015/07/16/the-...-atom-smasher/
According to the Observer, Lucha Underground was confirmed to be getting a second season but the promotion desperately needs another network besides El Rey and Unimas for funding to prevent more financial problems in the near future. Supposedly they are close to a deal with a very big network in Mexico called Televisa.
Supposedly CHIKARA recently tried to get a tv deal with Destination America to boost their Wednesday lineup and ended with DA being completely confused on who they were since they never heard of the promotion. Didn't get a deal but CHIKARA instead will be showing their weekly shows on their own website and Youtube channel. http://www.cagesideseats.com/2015/7/...d-its-a-plucky

My dream WWE vs. NJPW card is one step closer to actually happening

<font color=goldenrod>Swagger beating Rusev would have only worked if they had big plans to make Swagger important in the months that followed. That way Rusev's first loss isn't wasted on a meaningless angle and Rusev doesn't look bad for having jobbed given the guy he lost to wound up setting the world on fire.

Given WWE's track record of booking, they'd have put Swagger over and then done absolutely nothing to capitalize on it. Based on that alone, Rusev winning was absolutely the right call.</font>

Remember when Big Show was the first person to pin Roman Reigns (one on one)? lol

Edge seems on his way to having a better acting career than Cena.

Liger on NXT? If Vince has delusions of people knowing who he is, then prepare for a shock.

Also, is it wrong that I want to see Barnett snap a shark in half?

Cena is in a bigger movie right now.

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Originally Posted by Vastardikai (Post 4668100)

Liger on NXT? If Vince has delusions of people knowing who he is, then prepare for a shock.

A lot of NXT fans would know who he is. Not just because a lot of them are marks and know random Japanese wrestlers either. He was a big part of WCW's cruiserweight division early on so he's got tons of stuff available on the network. And I'm sure they'll heavily promote that heading into the match.

Liger is one of the most well known Japanese wrestlers here in the states.

He's made any number of appearances here with ROH & etc.

I am pumped for this one!

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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 4668111)

Sting has stuff all over the Network and still considered him "obscure."

But yeah, Liger is up there with Muta and Tajiri.

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Originally Posted by Savio (Post 4668101)

Cena is in a bigger movie right now.

Movie was great. See it.

According to the Observer, WWE and NJPW have a new working agreement with Liger being the start. Also teased something involving WWE/NXT and ROH might be in the works as well.

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

Only downside is none of the NJPW nor possible ROH guys would show up on the main shows since the WWE likely don't want them to outshine their own stars. Also likely doing it to pluck another bunch of guys for NXT.

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Originally Posted by Observer

No, they want their own people, they will sign people and scout people, but don't expect people not under contract on main roster ... Don't get ahead of yourself. WWE is not going to put guys who can outshine their own guys that they don't own on main roster.

The NJPW stuff is pretty great. They could send Swagger to NJPW and have him do a heel super-proud American gaijin thing.