Originally Posted by Lord Gertner of TPWW (Post 5427112)

The full clips are on youtube. They are amazing.

here's the full playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...FYhr6L0XSx4Tz_

Originally Posted by Supreme Olajuwon (Post 5427170)

Imagine living in Memphis at the time and just getting infuriated watching Monday Night Raw as they celebrate the squeaky clean babyface Bret Hart and them treating Lawler like a despicable lowlife. It would be so confusing and infuriating! They don’t know the whole story!

Originally Posted by Supreme Olajuwon (Post 5427170)

Imagine living in Memphis at the time and just getting infuriated watching Monday Night Raw as they celebrate the squeaky clean babyface Bret Hart and them treating Lawler like a despicable lowlife. It would be so confusing and infuriating! They don’t know the whole story!

Originally Posted by 411Mania

Fightful Select that WWE has filmed content for a second NXT series that will tentatively be called NXT EVOLVE. Graphics and a title belt have been made with that branding, although it could still change.

Gabe Sapolsky and Jeremy Borash are ‘heavily involved’ with the production, which is said to be ‘nothing like anything else’ WWE has done. The tapings were in the warehouse that WWE used as a Performance Center during the pandemic.

Some of the newer WWE signings since this past summer were involved with the taping. Josiah Williams was the host, which has a “fight” feeling to it. There was no live commentary so if that’s added, it will be done in post-production.

It was previously reported that the show had been discussed before the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, planning has been happening as far back as two years ago, with different versions pitched in that time. Different names had also been discussed for the show, including NXT Underground. It was noted the platform and plans are “not set in stone.”

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5427397)

According to someone who attended tonight's NXT show, Kyle O’Reilly suffered a seizure after the show went off the air.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wishing Kyle O’Reilly all the best, he apparently suffered a seizure after NXT went off the air <a href="https://t.co/NHPAhlBwet">pic.twitter.com/NHPAhlBwet</a></p>&mdash; Matt (@MattW2001) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattW2001/status/1362251704805314564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc

As previously reported, Kyle O’Reilly was stretchered out following Wednesday’s episode of WWE NXT. He was attended to by Triple H, Finn Balor and other officials.

O’Reilly was with Cole backstage and was responsive after the incident. Wrestling Inc. was able to confirm that they were just selling the closing angle and that the incident was a work.

O’Reilly is fine and he was just selling the closing angle on NXT.

The angle led to many people on the internet speculating that the incident was because O’Reilly has Type 1 Diabetes. I was told that they didn’t even anticipate that people would think it had to do with that. This was simply a case of WWE running an angle, but speculation ran rampant on social media after photos were leaked.

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc

As seen in the Twitter photos below from a fan in attendance inside the Capitol Wrestling Center at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, O’Reilly was taken away on a stretcher by medics. Triple H and other officials were right there with him, as was NXT Champion Finn Balor, among others. The photos also show that a WWE camera man was filming as O’Reilly was tended to.

The fan noted that after hitting the steel steps at ringside during the main event angle, O’Reilly appeared to be knocked out until a ringside medic came over and had to wake him up. It was noted that O’Reilly’s condition looked “pretty bad” and it was also said that he suffered a seizure, but the seizure has not been confirmed. The fan added that the incident was scary to see as O’Reilly had to be waken up by the medic.

Originally Posted by Lord Gertner of TPWW (Post 5427411)

She still rassles

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5427412)

Apparently the stuff with O'Reilly after NXT's show was either just a messed up idea someone had in NXT Creative or people being completely fooled by his sell job based on the way he was unresponsive and his history with diabetes issues or both.

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5427796)

Current Mania plans according to WrestleVotes:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Conversation with a source recently stated the latest WrestleMania creative meeting had Edge v Reigns, Belair v Banks, Orton v Wyatt, Bad Bunny Tag on the books w/ nearly everything else open, including the WWE title matchup. Same source stressed nothing is set in stone however.</p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1362803970473922569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5428628)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They don't tell you about the time four black women (Ethel Johnson/Ramona Isabella vs. Babs Wingo/Marva Scott) main evented the Boston Garden in the 1950s. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackWrestlingHistory?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackWrestlingHistory</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackHistoryMonth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackHistoryMonth</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackWrestlersMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackWrestlersMatter</a> <a href="https://t.co/heAswIvtAA">pic.twitter.com/heAswIvtAA</a></p>&mdash; Young Kings Wrestling (@YKWrestling) <a href="https://twitter.com/YKWrestling/status/1360286597409763329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Originally Posted by Lord Gertner of TPWW (Post 5428614)

Slik, you are the man. We've got a new addition to the sig.

https://i.postimg.cc/jS76B6sJ/LADY.gif

Originally Posted by RP (Post 5428640)

I think i've asked this before, but why is Samoa Joe not wrestling?

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Originally Posted by 411Mania

This past summer, PROGRESS Wrestling had some major changes due to the #SpeakingOut movement, when multiple wrestlers who worked for the promotion were named and accused of sexual misconduct (and other, more serious charges). These included David Starr, Travis Banks, Ligero, and referee Mark “Paz” Perry, whom the company cut all ties with. Tag Team champions Jordan Devlin and Scotty Davis, who were also named, were stripped of their titles and indefinitely suspended. They also announced a complete restructuring after the fact, with owner Glen Robinson stepping down, as well as Matt Richards.

One of the wrestlers named was reigning PROGRESS Proteus Champion, Paul Robinson, who Fightful reports worked Chapter 104 this past weekend, which aired on the WWE Network. Robinson was in a backstage capacity, as he never appeared on the show.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling

A user on Twitter outlined allegations against several names in the U.K. scene – the person has since shut down their Twitter, but the screenshots can be viewed at Bodyslam.net. The Twitter user stated the following about Robinson:

"Whilst on a personal, emotional level I find this situation to be a lot less extreme or significant or malicious, it still wasn’t right. Relations with a minor are inexcusable."

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5428886)

Wonder how Vince of the past would feel about current Vince in regards to today's WWE becoming a big haven for older talent hogging up the spotlight.

The stat about this year's Royal Rumble breaking the all-time record for oldest average age probably would have been an eye popper for past Vince.

Originally Posted by Conspiracy Victim Vito (Post 5428839)

It’s been a year since he got put on the shelf. Seems like one of those cases where he’s never gonna be cleared again.

Originally Posted by XL (Post 5429297)

Like Daniel Bryan, Edge, and Christian?

I hope he can make a comeback. I have this whole angle with him and Roman planned out in my head :lol:

Originally Posted by Slik (Post 5429363)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Woah Baron Corbin 10 years ago!<br><br>Come a long way. <a href="https://t.co/yCej7vz2DY">pic.twitter.com/yCej7vz2DY</a></p>&mdash; Alex McCarthy (@AlexM_talkSPORT) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexM_talkSPORT/status/1365026523384844294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Originally Posted by Slik (Post 5429445)

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Originally Posted by 411Mania

Former ROH star Kelly Klein has filed a lawsuit against the promotion and parent company Sinclair Broadcasting, alleging discrimination and harassment among other things. Heel By Nature reports that Klein filed the lawsuit against the companies on Wednesday ...

The 28-page lawsuit alleges that ROH breached their implied contract with Klein, owes unpaid royalties, violated state and federal Equal Pay acts, and discriminated against her, harrassed her, and operated an unsafe work environment. Named in the lawsuit are Gilleland, ROH creative director Hunter “Delirious” Johnston, ROH COO Joe Koff, and Jay Lethal.

Klein alleges that ROH created an environment through negligence and “illegal actions” which resulted in injuries to herself and other talent, noting that she was injured during a match on September 16th, 2016 and that “Nobody employed or engaged by Defendants checked on Klein’s condition and no medical staff was available to evaluate her.” She says she reported the injury to BJ Whitmer, the agent who put the match together, but that no medical treatement was made available to her. When she told Johnston she was going to seek pain treatment, he “did not offer any information, guidance or information regarding treatment” and she had to seek treatment at her own expense without any reimbursement or attempt to reach out to her by ROH regarding the injury.

She goes on to detail other injuries she suffered in 2018 where there was similarly no medical personnel or treatment made available, and said that she told announcer Ian Riccaboni in December 2018 that many of the female talent didn’t feel safe working with other women wrestlers “who were reckless and not properly trained” and Riccaboni said he understood, but that Todd Sinclair, who was the main booker for women’s matches, “really liked those reckless women wrestlers but that he would have a talk with him about it.” She says she spoke with Sinclair in late January 2019 about her safety concerns and that Sinclair said he hadn’t heard about this before “despite Klein previously overhearing another performer complaining to Mr. Sinclair about certain wrestlers being reckless and unsafe.” Sinclair allegedly said that the women in question were only booked for a few more dates. She said she had a similar conversation with Sinclair, Johnston, and other agents after a March 2019 match in which she was injured, “but the conversation fell on deaf ears" ...

She also alleges several instances of discrimination, including the fact that all female wrestlers were paid a lower wage “than their comparable male counterparts.” She alleges that Jay Lethal approached her in January of 2017 when she was in a hot tub at a hotel where the talent were staying after an event and “while leering at her in a way that made Klein uncomfortable, started harassing her by asking her questions about whether her boyfriend was there, if she was staying in the hotel alone and how long she would be at the hotel.” She says that after she got an email a couple weeks later saying that Lethal would be the new agent working with female talent, she responded and said she had seen and experienced several situations involving him that made her uncomfortable and was not willing to work with him, asking that another agent be assigned to her matches ...

Klein says that in July 2018, Sinclair spoke with Klein about other female talent’s complaints about Lethal, and she told them about her interaction with him. She says that there was no previous investigation as they were not told. She also lays out several instances where she spoke with ROH management about disparate treatment between male and female talent including creative storylines, pay, and more. She alleges that she asked Gilleland about her salary in December of 2018 and wanted a raise to $24,000 a year, and he rejected it because he would have to pay all female wrestlers the increased pay as well. She notes that “This salary was substantially below the salary that the male wrestlers were paid and the decision to pay the salary was based upon the fact that Klein was a female” and that she was “asked to make more appearances, with no limit regarding the frequency of appearances, than the other female talent.”

She claims that when she met with Koff about pay equality and sexual harassment, Koff said that he thought the situation with Lethal had been resolved, when nothing had been done. An HR employee for Sinclair was present and she says she brought it up to HR, including the fact that management revealed her name to Lethal despite there being no formal investigation, to which Koff allegedly “stated that there was no documentation for the 2018 claim and that HR was only for employees and she was not an employee.”

Klein is seeking $75,000.

Originally Posted by Slik (Post 5429363)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Woah Baron Corbin 10 years ago!<br><br>Come a long way. <a href="https://t.co/yCej7vz2DY">pic.twitter.com/yCej7vz2DY</a></p>&mdash; Alex McCarthy (@AlexM_talkSPORT) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexM_talkSPORT/status/1365026523384844294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Originally Posted by Slik (Post 5429445)

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Originally Posted by RP (Post 5429580)

Paul Orndorf dying in the middle of the ring.

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Originally Posted by Observer

The NWA’s YouTube channel currently has no available content. Dave Meltzer wrote about the situation on our forum: “I was told it will be something announced in the next few days which is a good thing. Would not have to do with AEW.”

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5429819)

According to the Observer, the NWA is currently expected to make a big announcement soon and its related to why all of their content was suddenly removed from Youtube.

Meltzer mentioned that this upcoming announcement is actually something good for the company and not a negative one based on what he's been told about it.

Originally Posted by Observer

The NWA’s YouTube channel currently has no available content. Dave Meltzer wrote about the situation on our forum: “I was told it will be something announced in the next few days which is a good thing. Would not have to do with AEW.”

Originally Posted by Observer

On Saturday's Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer reported that legendary wrestling promoter Jim Crockett Jr. is in "grave condition" as both his liver and kidneys are failing.

"It's not looking good," Meltzer said.

Nothing else regarding the 76-year-old's condition is known at this time.

Wrestling was in Crockett Jr.'s family as his father founded Jim Crockett Promotions which Junior took over in 1977 after his father's death in 1973. Before that, he was an short-term owner of two minor league baseball teams. He became NWA President in 1980, the first of three terms he served in that position over the next 11 years.

During his second term, he purchased the Saturday night time slot Vince McMahon owned on WTBS and the rest is history. JCP eventually re-positioned itself as the NWA as he owned six territories and was president of the organization.

He sold JCP to Ted Turner in 1988 who renamed the organization World Championship Wrestling. Once again, the rest is history. He flirted with getting back into the business several times, but instead settled on a life outside the business in Texas.

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5430269)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How have I never seen this. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BretHart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BretHart</a> <a href="https://t.co/HD8669C6IF">pic.twitter.com/HD8669C6IF</a></p>&mdash; Rivensloth (@Rivenblade2) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rivenblade2/status/1365860224532434944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>