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01-27-2016 09:52 PM |
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Originally Posted by WWE
Yes, the rumors are true. Shinsuke Nakamura is coming to WWE NXT.
At Wednesday night’s NXT taping at Full Sail University in Orlando, Fla., a video announcing the impending arrival of the Japanese standout played for the live crowd, sending shockwaves through the arena and, moments later, the social media world.
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Originally Posted by Observer
After news broke that AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson were on their way to WWE, the next obvious question was "When will we see them debut and where?" For Styles, that was answered this past Sunday at the Royal Rumble and with three matches so far this week, he's officially in the WWE mix.
Wednesday night, we got our answer as to when we'll see first Nakamura under his new wrestling umbrella:
NXT TakeOver in Dallas, TX, during Wrestlemania weekend.
During the NXT tapings in Orlando, FL, general manager William Regal played a video for the crowd announcing that the former NJPW Champion's first appearance will be at the sold-out TakeOver event on Friday, April 1st on WWE Network. Unfortunately, the video hasn't been released as of this writing and we're still unclear as to whether it's just an appearance or any type of match. As of now, the 35-year-old Nakamura's Wikipedia is slotting him against Sami Zayn on that show.
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Spoiler tags used since its related to the on-going NXT tapings tonight and for those that wanted to stay surprised.
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Originally Posted by WhatCulture.com
Rumours are currently swirling around the locker rooms of both WWE and NXT regarding the whereabouts of former wrestler and current company official Joey Mercury.
Questions began to arise when Mercury was absent for NXT’s mid-December TV tapings, an unusual occurrence that left NXT trainers and wrestlers alike wondering where he was. Mercury was otherwise always present at the tapings and no explanation for his absence had been given.
When Mercury then missed WWE’s traditional late-December tour of the east coast, including a card at WWE’s Mecca, Madison Square Garden, suspicions that Mercury was in hot water with the company became a topic of hushed conversation amongst the boys.
While nobody knew (or knows) where he was, some speculated that Mercury had been secretly suspended by WWE. Others suggested that Mercury – who spent a six month spell in rehab in 2006 – could have fallen off the wagon and had been sent on what the boys refer to as “a vacation”. A further theory was that Mercury had been granted a leave of absence to deal with a difficult divorce.
Of course, all of the theories are purely speculative at this point as WWE have not provided any official confirmation. Not that they would need to; Mercury is not a wrestler, as per the terms of his contract, he is a behind the scenes staffer and different rules apply.
However, if Mercury was once again battling his personal demons it would be a blow to Paul Levesque (Triple H), one of his most ardent supporters. Following the PR disaster of the Bill DeMott situation last year, having another of Levesque’s hand-picked entourage causing headaches would not reflect well on him and his ability to surround himself with reliable members of staff.
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Observer is currently investigating the rumors as well since Meltzer heard of the story around the same time as WhatCulture.
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Looking back at season one, even I was surprised that Vampiro was the master. Every time we were working on the story, I knew there was a master, but I had no idea who it was. I found out very late in season one. That really fueled me, and made me want to get better, because of who I was going to be working with
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Part of a longer interview Pentagon Jr had with the Rolling Stones about Lucha Underground and his Season 1 storyline of the mysterious master. http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/f...-back-20160127
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"Kalisto is someone with a lot of talent," Del Rio said. "The rivalry between us is only in the ring. I'm doing the same thing for Kalisto that Rey Mysterio did for me. When I first got to WWE, Rey Mysterio introduced me to all the people I had to meet. He guided me and gave me all the advice that I needed to know to succeed in the company. Now I'm doing the same thing for Kalisto to see if he can have the same success I had. Hopefully there's more Mexican wrestlers in WWE one day."
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Part of a longer interview Del Rio had with FOX Para Todos on wanting to help Kalisto become a big star for the WWE especially for the Hispanic market. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...lks-john-cena/
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Originally Posted by 411Mania
Impact Wrestling rose to its highest ratings point in nearly a year last night. Tuesday’s episode brought in 339,000 viewers and a 0.13 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic, up 6% and an impressive 44% respectively from last week’s 321,000 and 0.09. The viewership was the highest number since the September 9th Destination America episode, but the all-important demo rating topped every number all the way back to February 6th, when the show did a 0.17.
Last night also marked the first time in a long time that Impact cracked the top 100 cable originals, coming in at #94. Impact has seen regular upward momentum since debuting on Pop TV, having risen in both metrics in each successive week.
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I just got off the phone with my brother Bret, who called to wish me well. In talking to Bret, I can confirm that WWE will NOT be inducting Owen, Davey, Blue Blazer or even as Bret and I suggested, of inducting the entire Hart Foundation as a unit this year in Dallas for their fictional Hall of Fame ...
The reason given for the lack of an Owen induction is still our former Sister in law, Martha who still holds a grudge as if the tragedy happened days ago.
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Suppossedly Smith Hart is claiming the WWE wanted Owen Hart for the Hall this year but got rejected by Owen's widow. Also WWE rejected a backup plan by Bret to induct the Hart Family as a consolidation for this year's class. https://www.facebook.com/smith.hart....43588415724366
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Originally Posted by Observer
The Wednesday Night Wars are back with NXT vs. the returning Lucha Underground in the latter’s second season
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Originally Posted by Observer
Vice did a story on one of America’s most hated people -- Martin Shkreli -- where he reveals a he’s a wrestling fan that loves Damian Sandow. Alright, then.
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For some reference, he's the guy who price hiked a life savings AIDS drug by around 5000% and later got busted by the Feds for fraud.
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Originally Posted by Observer
"This was something wasn't it? I mean just everything, everything, everything, it's like man we're getting back at you [Lana (real name: C.J. Perry)] for everything now. But she got to be on TV. By the way, there was another thing that happened with her and I don't know all the details, but it has added to her legacy so to speak. Something happened where, you know, she said something. It's probably nothing except everyone is talking about it and essentially she's got the new round [of heat]. If people had calmed down about her and just said 'well, OK, she made a mistake,' well they haven't. I don't know if that played any part in this. I was just told about it tonight after the show and it was actually by someone who had not even watched the show, but had heard the story, just saying that like there's a new round of heat, everyone likes Rusev and there was something, and, you know, they are just mad at her again.
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Observer on management using Rock-Lana interaction from RAW as another punishment for Lana because of some sort of recent incident and probably them still holding a grudge over the TMZ leak. Also decided to do it on the same day they announced a new anti-bullying campaign with Boys & Girls Club.
Some other sheet news includes: - According to a recent PWTorch podcast episode, a couple of the original plans for the Rumble match were rumored to have been changed at the last minute due to suggestions from Kevin Owens. Supposedly the original plans of Ambrose eliminating AJ Styles and Tough Enough winner Josh entering the rumble were nixed in favor of Owens elimination Styles to set up a future feud and Sami Zayn taking Josh's spot in the Rumble.
- Nikki Bella's neck surguery today ended up being successful although will take at least another day before doctors can decide if she has a chance or not to continue her career. Will still need to wait another 6 months before the final medical decision on her career's future gets made.
- For those playing WWE 2k16 or interested in the new DLC pack, reports are stating a nasty bug was recently discovered with the DLC pack that can cause save data to be corrupted. http://www.gamesradar.com/dont-panic...ain-game-mode/
- During a recent episode of Talk Is Jericho, Chris Jericho teased his match with AJ Styles wasn't a one-off thing and could end up as a possible feud for Mania.
- ROH announced the main event for their upcoming ROH Anniversary ppv will be Jay Lethal vs Adam Cole vs Kyle O'Reilly. https://twitter.com/ringofhonor/stat...43319271100416
- Recent poll on WWE.com is gauging fan interest on the idea of AJ Styles holding the WWE title in the future. http://www.wwe.com/inside/polls/do-y...eight-champion
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