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Ol Dirty Dastard 04-07-2016 03:40 PM

totally down with Reigns being non Cena esque. Hopefully they run with that and if he works good matches (not like the one at mania where it was a similar feel to Orton vs Cena and that is an insult lol) he'll fit nicely into that role.

Black Widow 04-07-2016 04:04 PM

RIP.

One of my Dad's favorite wrestlers and his favorite singer in 24hrs.

Ol Dirty Dastard 04-07-2016 04:08 PM

his resemblance to barry is ridiculous, particularly barry in the blackjacks

Emperor Smeat 04-07-2016 04:10 PM

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfZfPk7UMAEne0e.jpg

Damian Rey 2.0 04-07-2016 04:34 PM

I'd be down for the Reigns stuff if they actually allowed him to acknowledge the booing on camera. It's great and all for live interaction but it's useless for his character development if nobody outside of the arena is going to see it.

It's actually a brilliant idea to have him be this tweener that the company actually acknowledges and uses against faces and heels, instead of the force fed stuff that Cena dealt with beautifully.

Simple Fan 04-07-2016 04:51 PM

Agree, he doesn't need to be face or heel. Tweener is perfect for him. Stick some sunglasses on him and just have him be a cocky guy. And stop all the smiling.

WWE really need to get away from the authority figure so there heels can branch out and develop more character. Every heel has done something for HHH that's why they all seem like sell outs. The heels are more united than the faces are.

GD 04-07-2016 04:51 PM

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Mercenary 04-07-2016 06:17 PM

Didn't Billy Jack Haynes brain was that blackjack?

Volare 04-07-2016 06:59 PM

Read the whole thing and loved it!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfKJ0RaWEAU6RYZ.jpg

el bobbo 04-07-2016 09:12 PM

They're showing Marc Mero vs. Isaac Yankem on the WWE Network right now. This guy looks a lot like Kane.

Tom Guycott 04-07-2016 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4796470)

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Originally Posted by Guru Dave (Post 4796491)
Reminds me of a YouTube channel that posted videos of wrestling matches in reverse.

Needs his Dean Malenko theme back.

Emperor Smeat 04-07-2016 09:55 PM

Dirtsheets sponsored by Rusev's dastardly attack on helpless cereal:
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Originally Posted by Observer
Other than commercials mentioning The Rock, there was little push for him. He actually sort of did a match, in the sense he took no punishment but beat Erick Rowan in seven seconds. Them using the Wyatt Family in his segment took them out of being in the Brock Lesnar segment and out of the Battle Royal. It led to a flat story in the Lesnar match that with hindsight makes no sense with Lesnar destroying Ambrose at every turn and then beating him clean at Mania. The funny part is that the stated goal of pulling Ambrose from the plan with Chris Jericho to Lesnar, and pulling Wyatt from Lesnar, was to get Ambrose over. Instead, every aspect of the Mania build up past making him a quirky midcard face who was endorsed by Terry Funk and Mick Foley, basically told the story that he’s a more charismatic Ryan Bader, a guy who beats most guys, but has no chance to beat any true top guy.

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Originally Posted by Observer
But evaluating it after the act, it’s weird. The guy on the show that fans thought was the least like a star, Baron Corbin, was the one being brought up with a push to the main roster ... Apollo Crews, who can perform at a top level, was also less over than most.

It’s pretty clear that Balor, Joe, Nakamura, Zayn, Asuka, Bayley, Austin Aries, Jordan & Gable should all not only be on the main roster, but most should be top tier stars. Balor should be one of the top guys, and as a high flier who is 34 with a lot of miles on him, he shouldn’t be wasting his remaining bump card for a salary with one less zero at the end. In a company weak on top heels today, the idea of bringing up Corbin instead of Joe, who at 37, also shouldn’t be wasting his remaining best earning years both for himself and for the company when he’s probably the best opponent on the entire roster right now for Brock Lesnar ... Roman Reigns ... The Rock, as well as every other top babyface ...

WWE just called up two women from developmental, Emma and Eva Marie, while leaving Bayley and Asuka here. Asuka is easily the best woman wrestler in the company, and is as good as any of the men as far as the wrestling aspect goes ... When the entire idea is to rebuild the women’s division to be taken as serious athletics and Eva Marie and even Emma are brought up ahead of her, well, that’s just mind boggling talent judgment, and I’m glad Emma was brought up ...

Nakamura has experience in big buildings, but I didn’t know about his style translating without needing some time to figure out the differences between Japan and the U.S. But he’s already figured out how to get over in the ring in the U.S. more than guys who have worked 20 years in the U.S. ...

Bayley is a different situation. She and Balor are the faces of the promotion. There’s also a really good chance the talent evaluators who see Eva Marie as a top star even though she’s got nothing but a killer body and very limited talent will totally miss the boat on Bayley ...

Jordan & Gable are a fantastic team. They are the best team in the company. Enzo & Cass, who were just brought up, have a great act, and can be excellent show openers. Jordan & Gable can be a tag team that main events and carries a show ... The Vaudevillains were just brought up, but we’ve already seen in NXT that they have a limited shelf life.

Shown and identified were Kota Ibushi and Bobby Roode. They wouldn’t have shown them if they didn’t believe they were going to be debuting them soon ... Ibushi should be main roster bound quickly ... But for quota reasons, since so many decisions are based on quotas in WWE, they may be reluctant to push more than one super working Japanese male on the main roster at the same time.

For Nakamura, at least so far, he’s keeping his first name. It can change on the main roster, but given part of his value is to help penetrate the Japanese market and beat New Japan for the top spot there, changing a name that famous doesn’t make marketing sense in the big picture.

He’s not keeping his music, but we knew that going in. He’s also keeping his bom a ye finish, although for whatever reason, not the name bom a ye. I have no idea why, although the new name is the Kinshasa.

Part of a longer Observer report on the recent odd NXT call-up decisions by the WWE. Also Nakamura's finisher is now named after the location of the Ali-Foreman fight instead of the chant the crowd gave to Ali and how it carried over to Inoki's wrestling matches. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...ura_joe_balor/

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Originally Posted by ProWrestlingSheet
Dave Bautista was never offered the job of guest referee in the main event of WrestleMania 32 … Vince McMahon wanted him in the segment which featured 3 of the most popular wrestlers ever.

We broke the story back in January, Bautista met with Vince McMahon at the Royal Rumble this year and the boss laid out a pitch for the former champ to participate at Mania in a non-wrestling role.

Well-placed sources tell us Vince was wanted Dave to appear in the legends segment Sunday night — the one that eventually featured Steve Austin, Mick Foley and Shawn Michaels getting physical with The League of Nations and Xavier Woods — but as we previously reported, Dave had to pass.

The actor/former wrestler has instead been busy filming “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and was just announced as one of the cast members in the upcoming “Blade Runner” sequel.

Despite reports though, a ref spot was never in the cards at WrestleMania.

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Originally Posted by Observer
It appears his role on top will be different from John Cena. Cena would laugh and smile at people who booed him. Reigns is going to be more reactive it seems, including yelling back and swearing at the vocal ringsiders, so long as a camera isn’t there to capture it. His role is now the world champion and he’s not turning heel, but he’s the old-school champion like Dory Funk Jr., Jack Brisco or Lou Thesz in the sense they become heels because they defend against faces with the psychology fans want to see a title change. But they never behaved themselves like heels, and just did a few subtle things in the matches to play that role.

Reigns was mouthing stuff with his back to the camera at some ringside fans when they heckled him saying “I run this bitch.” He did something similar off camera at Mania, as ringsiders were booing him heavily as he was leaving the ring after the show, and he said, “This is my motherf***ing house, bitches.”

Observer on the difference between Reigns and Cena when it comes to dealing with negative crowds.

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Originally Posted by 411Mania
According to Pro-Wrestling Stats & Analytics guru Chris Harrington, former WWE performer Rene Dupree has filed a class action lawsuit against the WWE. The suit is over unpaid royalties, from both the WWE Network and Netflix.

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Originally Posted by Observer
After little to no movement for the better part of a year, WWE got the class action stockholder lawsuit dismissed this past week. We covered this in detail back in issue #1044 (June 26, 2015) after discovering the back and forth that was going on involving the statements of Brian Maddox, who was formerly WWE's Vice President, Global Sales. The firm handling the case for the plaintiffs had filed an amended complaint a year ago with a lot of new, specific allegations from Confidential Witness 1 (or "CW1"), who turned out to be Maddox. This included everything from things we knew (WWE's social media numbers count a number of fans multiple times when they follow multiple WWE accounts, the issues with ad rates stemming from the number of low income viewers, etc.) to new information (not allowing anyone to sponsor the ring canvas has hurt ad rates and sponsor variety, WWE would drop sponsors for no apparent reason) to somewhat specious claims about WWE's total audience.

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Originally Posted by Observer
This year’s WWE Fastlane was the least purchased WWE PPV in history. While WWE is focused primarily on signing up WWE Network subscribers they do still make the shows available via PPV. Fastlane did 18,000 PPV buys in North America and 25,000 PPV buys outside of North America for a total of 43,000 PPV buys. Last year’s WWE Fastlane did a total of 56,000 PPV buys.

Managed to topple ECW December to Dismember for the record which was 55k buys total.

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Originally Posted by PWTorch
This week’s Lucha Underground episode drew the most viewers in the show’s history, continuing to build on momentum from the Aztec Warfare episode two weeks ago.

Lucha Underground drew a combined audience of 234,000 viewers, up five percent from last week.

Lucha topped the Aztec Warfare episode from two weeks ago, which drew 232,000 combined viewers.

Tuesday’s first-run airing drew 156,000 viewers, which was down slightly from the past two weeks.

The replay then drew 78,000 viewers, the second-most of the season. The bump in replay viewership helped draw the most total viewers in the show’s history.

It does have a bad downside since the very valuable 18-49 age market was down by a lot compared to two weeks ago.

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Originally Posted by Observer
[Shane's] three sons were at ringside at the NXT show with Linda McMahon. One of them was chanting with the fans unkind things about WWE officials when they kept stopping the Samoa Joe bout.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Johnny Gargano, 28, and Tommaso Ciampa (Tommaso Whitney, 30) were both recently signed to what were described to me as NXT touring contracts. The deal is probably similar to that of what Samoa Joe originally signed (until they renegotiated his deal). They are not developmental contracts and they get paid more then the developmental talent (or least the non-main eventers) per show. They don’t have to relocate to Florida and they can continue to take indie bookings but WWE gets first priority on their dates.

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Originally Posted by Observer
WWE announced the WrestleMania 32 live gate at $17.3 million while other sources with access to actual numbers said it was almost $17 million. The number destroyed the record of $12.6 million set last year in Santa Clara at Levi’s Stadium. What’s amazing is that as late as 2011, they set the U.S. gate record with $6,268,391 at Phillips Stadium in Atlanta, which tells how much they’ve been able to raise tickets prices in just the last five years. The fact they could sell so many seats at the prices they charged this year makes it likely prices will rise again for next year.

Rising ticket prices was a huge reason why Mania 29 topped Mania 28 for highest revenue made at the time even though its buy sales were around 200k lower.

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One source noted to F4Wonline.com that there were a lot of typical WrestleMania production steps like rehearsals and shooting that was not done this year because WWE officials figured everything would change the morning of the big event anyway.
Would explain some of the odd feeling Mania had this year.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Because he’s so over in the U.S. due to Lucha Underground, Pentagon Jr. is going to be working almost every weekend he can get booked in the U.S. He’s way more over in Mexico where he won a fan balloting for most popular wrestler but with the peso to dollar exchange rate he can’t make the money there. He’s staying with AAA because they’ve been more flexible in allowing him dates off for him to make more money in the U.S. When he works U.S. indie shows, he makes a killing with merchandise, particularly his masks.


Some other sheet news includes:
  • Nakamura's NXT theme is currently the #1 selling song on the iTunes store soundtrack chart based on a recent press statement by the WWE.
  • According to reports, Eric Rowan recently granted a Make A Wish request to a terminally ill child in Texas during WWE's Mania tour. http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/term...ry?id=38163692
  • Cody Rhodes recently tweeted he plans on retiring from wrestling when he is 40 years old. https://twitter.com/princecgr/status/718106999594979328
  • Current rumors regarding Prince Puma/Ricochet is him likely signing a WWE deal by mid-Summer due to him telling indie promotions to not offer dates after June.
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today marks the end of Titus O'Neil's current WWE suspension.
  • In another "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Bret Hart's first ever wrestling match involved Bret punching Dennis Stamp in the nuts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijk72dahlIM
  • According to reports, Scottish indie wrestler Nikki Storm recently signed a deal with the WWE.
  • Recent episode of Stone Cold Steve Austin's podcast had Enzo and Big Cass as his guests. http://podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program...36&pid=1641985
  • Update to the Gawker-Hogan lawsuit as Gawker is pleading for Hogan's award to be dropped to $1.875 million due to the circus-like nature of the trial and the company itself is only valued at $83 million.

Volare 04-07-2016 10:54 PM

Good video, wish this would lead to Ryder continuing the feud with a run in and MASSIVE beat down on Miz (chair shots, stairs, whatever).........

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But we all know that isn't gonna happen and Ryder will be back to doing whatever.

Volare 04-07-2016 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by News (Post 4796851)
Cody Rhodes recently tweeted he plans on retiring from wrestling when he is 40 years old. https://twitter.com/princecgr/status/718106999594979328

10 more years!!

Razzamajazz 04-08-2016 01:58 AM

watching older WWE shows, am I the only one who feels guilty looking at Michelle McCool? It feels like the undertaker is gonna beat my ass when i take a look. :-\

SlickyTrickyDamon 04-08-2016 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Vito Cruz (Post 4796558)
Apparently the following NXT guys were all under the skeleton masks for Triple H's entrance at WrestleMania:

-Hideo Itami
-Dash Wilder
-Scott Dawson
-Chad Gable
-Simon Gotch
-Chris Girard (aka Biff Busick)
-Blake
-Murphy
-Enzo Amore
-Elias Samson
-Finn Balor
-Referee Drake Wuertz
-Referee Shawn Bennett
-Referee Danilo Anfibio

Triple H's NXT Army!

SlickyTrickyDamon 04-08-2016 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Razzamajazz (Post 4796955)
watching older WWE shows, am I the only one who feels guilty looking at Michelle McCool? It feels like the undertaker is gonna beat my ass when i take a look. :-\

Fun Fact: She was 10 when Taker debuted.

Razzamajazz 04-08-2016 02:38 AM

that IS a fun fact. LOL

drave 04-08-2016 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Volare (Post 4796851)
Good video, wish this would lead to Ryder continuing the feud with a run in and MASSIVE beat down on Miz (chair shots, stairs, whatever).........

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But we all know that isn't gonna happen and Ryder will be back to doing whatever.

The still from the video kinda makes Ryder look like Matt Morgan in the face.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...dbf6bcbdf9.jpg

Ol Dirty Dastard 04-08-2016 08:24 AM

the freeze frame looks like randy savage

#BROKEN Hasney 04-08-2016 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead (Post 4797002)
the freeze frame looks like randy savage

Send for the man

http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/5-10-2015/zo_k4a.gif

Theo Dious 04-08-2016 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon (Post 4796959)
Triple H's NXT Army!

Oh great next we'll see them outside the Impact Zone on a tank.

thekrow 04-08-2016 12:11 PM

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Tom Guycott 04-08-2016 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead (Post 4797002)
the freeze frame looks like randy savage

I was kinda "thinking, thinking, thinking" the same thing, yeah! I just didn't wanna get laughed off the forums.

Ol Dirty Dastard 04-08-2016 01:47 PM

it's the scrunched angry face

Emperor Smeat 04-08-2016 04:55 PM

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The CyNick 04-08-2016 04:56 PM

Seems like the IWC bloggers don't get the NXT call ups. They should have called me, I had them all pegged before Mania.

Seems they can't comprehend that NXT still needs to be able to draw, so you can't just gut all their top guys. Bayley was the only mild surprise to bit get called up, but I had a feeling they wanted to keep her in NXT to continue a program with Aska.

The tag team call ups were perfectly logical because both teams have done all they can in NXT. They will both add depth to the tag division.

As for Lesnar vs Ambrose. Ambrose got a run working with Lesnar. The booking reminds me of HHH vs Sting a little. People thought going in that Sting was a lock, but when you look at where the money matches are, it made sense for HHH to stay strong. Same thing here. Lesnar vs Reigns is a bigger money fight than Ambrose vs Reigns. So you keep Lesnar strong. What is funny is if Lesnar would have done the favour, the IWC bloggers would write about how Lesnar just comes off as "another guy".

Ol Dirty Dastard 04-08-2016 05:05 PM

I don't think anyone thought Ambrose was going to beat Lesnar you dumbass lol

Ol Dirty Dastard 04-08-2016 05:05 PM

Also, you are part of the IWC you fucking loser

The CyNick 04-08-2016 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead (Post 4797129)
Also, you are part of the IWC you fucking loser

I'm not. I don't blog. I don't pretend to be a journalist.

Simple Fan 04-08-2016 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead (Post 4797128)
I don't but think anyone thought Ambrose was going to beat Lesnar you dumbass lol

Yeah no one thought Ambrose was going to win but did think he was going to put up more of a fight. Going in I thought it would be a brutal match that saw Ambrose keep getting up until Brock snapped and ended it but it just seemed rushed. He put up more of a fight in the build up than he did in the match.

Shadrick 04-08-2016 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by The CyNick (Post 4797160)
I'm not. I don't blog. I don't pretend to be a journalist.

Internet Wrestling Community.

You post amongst us. You are one of us.

You are the one.

Emperor Smeat 04-08-2016 10:07 PM

Dirtsheets sponsored by Random Swinging Suplex gif:
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Originally Posted by Observer
Rene Gouguen, better known as Rene Dupree, filed suit against WWE in Federal Court in Connecticut over complaints that he hasn't been paid any royalties for his matches on the WWE Network. Jerry McDevitt said that Gougen signed an agreement with the company in 2011 that precludes him asking for these claims and McDevitt said that he doesn't think Gougen told his lawyers about that agreement, while he demanded they dismiss the case. The current contracts WWE performers sign make it clear they are not eligible for royalties from television licensing fees, television subscription fees, Internet subscription fees, subscription video on demand fees, magazine subscription fees, or advertising and/or distribution fees of any kind paid to the company. His attorneys are trying to make this a class action suit.

Some more details regarding Rene Dupree's lawsuit against the WWE.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Regarding Randy Orton, in this week's Observer it lists him as being out three more months. He this past week said it would be two to three months and did another interview saying two moths..

Would put his return timetable somewhere between June and August of this year baring any sudden setbacks.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows were backstage in Houston on Tuesday night for the Smackdown tapings but ended up not being used.

Were also backstage for Mania and RAW this week as well. Debut is still being teased to be happening any time now.

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Originally Posted by Observer
One of our readers said that the network was down for him for over an hour on Sunday and asked for a refund. WWE wrote back that they have a no refund policy under terms and conditions.

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Originally Posted by 411Mania
AJ Styles spoke with the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast over WrestleMania 32 weekend and talked about his relationship with TNA when he left. Styles said he had a heavy chip on his shoulder when he left the company and said, “I didn’t shed one tear when I left TNA. I was very emotional when I left New Japan.”

Styles added that he had nothing but respect for New Japan and that part of his decision to leave TNA was the opportunity to help NJPW.

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TNA received a cease & desist letter last month from Ohio indie wrestler Justin Carnes, who wrestled under the name Krimson (an evil clown) and has actually worked for TNA as an enhancement talent, in regards to the Crazzy Steve character and The Decay stable, according to PWInsider. Carnes has also worked under the name Conrad Kennedy III.

Carnes claims that elements of Steve's performance have been lifted from his work as Krimson, including Steve's mannerisms, costumes, face paint and the red mist. Carnes also says he created a stable called "Dead Wrestler's Society" in 2010 and Steve ripped that idea off in TNA.

The cease & desist asks TNA to stop all usage of the copyrights Carnes claims to own, and asks that the company acknowledge in writing that they will comply by April 6th, which was Wednesday. It also noted that Carnes may pursue legal action if TNA doesn't comply.

No word yet on what TNA plans to do but their legal team has the letter. Steve has been with the company since 2014 and is the current TNA Tag Team Champion with Abyss.
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Originally Posted by Fox Sports
Jim Ross will add another award to his legendary career next week in Las Vegas. The WWE Hall of Fame announcer will receive the Cauliflower Alley Club's NWA Award during the group's annual reunion April 11-13.

The Cauliflower Alley Club is comprided of both retired and active professional wrestlers and boxers in North America.

Ross, currentlly the voice of New Japan Wrestling on AXS TV and a FOX Sports contributing writer, will get a title belt unlike any other with as part of the presentation. The reunion runs from April 11-13 in Las Vegas ...

Amont the other greats being honored are: Arn Anderson, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Ken Patera and legendary WWE women's wrestler Trish Stratus.

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Originally Posted by Observer
There is a petition going around to have Kris Travis get the Warrior Award from WWE in 2017

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Originally Posted by Observer
WWE has expressed interest in a number of the wrestlers here and with the long break between seasons they’ll probably make pitches. There are quota issues to a point in the sense there are a limited number of spots they have for Mexicans. Virtually every top Mexican wrestler in CMLL and AAA would be interested in going, but La Sombra was the only one picked last year because they only wanted one who would be the best prospect, and Sombra was picked over Rush. They would like several, a number going around was about five, for the cruiserweight tournament but that’s being taped right after the season ends

Update to the upcoming Cruiserweight Tournament in regards to how big the Mexican/Lucha side of the tournament might be.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Katsuyori Shibata and Kenny Omega are expected in for the next ROH tour and PPV, but it’s not definite because of Visa issues. It would be Shibata’s first ROH tour

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Recently, NXT Champion Finn Bálor appeared on Sam Roberts' Wrestling Podcast to discuss a number of topics including Bálor's attempts at getting jobs at WWE for his friends in the professional wrestling business, whether he would have liked to have kept the Prince Devitt name in WWE and whether he is in any rush to get to WWE's main roster.

On the topic of getting jobs at WWE for his friends, Bálor lightheartedly admitted that it has been one of his goals in moving to WWE.

"We've got an expression back home, saying 'jobs for the boys'. And basically, get your foot in the door and jam it open and then get as many of your mates here as you can. And that [has] been my main objective since I got here." Bálor continued, "so far so good. There [are] still a couple of names on the list that I'm trying to sneak in the back window and things like that."
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Xavier Woods told IGN in a post-WrestleMania 32 interview that Kofi is the one who came up with their Dragon Ball Z-inspired outfits for the big pay-per-view. He says WWE trusts them more now than when they started to come up with their own outfits, and revealed what usually happens when Vince McMahon first sees one of their ideas up close.

"It's funny, because we'll always have some kind of harebrained idea, and then [Vince] sees it right before we go through the curtain, and just kind of gives a little grin and thumbs up," Woods said.

"It's to a point now where we kind of have a little bit more trust than we did when we started. And they know we're not going to go out there and do something that's going to mess up a sponsorship or anything like that. Things we do are going to do are going to be in-bounds for our PG parameters. Still be fine for kids, but then have something that's a little bit for adults. We liken it to Shrek: we're in PG parameters but there's jokes in there for adults if you're paying attention."
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/04/...restlemania-32


Some other sheet news includes:
  • Observer recently hinted the main reason WWE brought back Maryse was for her to be in the cast for the next season of Total Divas. Lana got picked for the cast due to her upcoming wedding fitting well as a storyline for the new season. Both are part of big cast changes meant to help fix struggling ratings with the show.
  • According to the WWE, Mania 32 set a couple of records for the company. It broke the Mania merch record by around a $1.2 million, Network's highest week ever in terms of average hours watched, and most social media event in WWE history.
  • WWE is currently rumored to recently have pulled Taker out from all shows in their upcoming European tour.
  • Recent article by the New York Times dealt with a hypothetical situation involving the WWE ditching tv in favor of moving all their shows to the Network if ratings tank to a certain point. The idea being by that point, the Network would be generating more revenue for the company than their tv deals. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/sp...wrestling.html
  • Sports Illustrated had a recent interview with Hogan with some highlights being Hogan hoping he can be involved with Mania 33, Reigns needing to listen to crowds in regards to where his character needs to go in direction, Dean Ambrose being this gen's Roddy Pipper, and him being happy former TNA guys are arriving in the WWE. http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016...a-roman-reigns
  • WWE is currently planning on releasing a new Attitude Era DVD/Blu-Ray set this August and will contain matches never before seen on tv. http://www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com/tag/attitude-week/
  • Update to Lucha Underground hiring MVP news as MVP revealed he will work mostly as a agent for the company.

Disturbed316 04-08-2016 10:40 PM

They really do like to milk the attitude era stuff don't they.

Emperor Smeat 04-08-2016 10:54 PM

Apparently within a week or two MVP managed to both get hired and fired from Lucha Underground.

According to the Observer, LU didn't like his podcast show had LU wrestler on it recently and thought he was giving away spoilers for the next season.

MVP released a statement confirming he got fired and was due to him breaking terms of his contract. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm8ifagDiaU

Volare 04-08-2016 10:59 PM

Fucking christ. I like MVP, loved the Beat Down Clan in TNA, and hoped he would still be doing good......but damn man!

Volare 04-08-2016 11:00 PM

And while I'm bored tonight I was watching Joey Ryan/Candace LeRae matches....and found this gem.

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Mercenary 04-09-2016 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4797124)


Just cause

Black Widow 04-09-2016 10:36 AM

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...cf&oe=57B680E4

drave 04-09-2016 12:32 PM

Holy shit, it makes sense :lol:


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