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Ol Dirty Dastard 04-28-2016 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4803963)

At least in podcast form, people like Stone Cold and JR have been giving out plenty of ideas and advice on ways the WWE could improve things, especially with Reigns, but doesn't seem like the WWE is listening.

This is kind of what I'm getting at. JR and Steve's ideas are unsolicited and even moreso, they're holding back because they don't want to upset the company too much. Bret's point is actually listen to the guys that have been to the top as opposed to Vince's inner circle, of which none of the aforementioned gentleman are included.

Now it's not going to happen, but the point I'm making is Bret is not wrong, so it's not like he doesn't know what he's talking about.

Mr. Nerfect 04-28-2016 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Vito Cruz (Post 4803775)
I agree with him that NXT took a steaming dump on WrestleMania this year, yes. But his comments about Triple H "being all about the bodies" and only caring about that because he's a former bodybuilder. Where is the basis for that? Is he confusing Triple H with Vince?

Last time I checked NXT was Triple H's baby and the current champion is a man with a cracking set of moobs. Never mind Kevin Owens who is about as far apart from being a bodybuilder as you can be being pushed to the moon the second he got in NXT. And I don't think for a second that Owens would be called up and immediately placed into a feud with the biggest star of the company without Triple H giving his endorsement to Vince.

Basically just seems like Bret taking potshots at Triple H because he's butthurt as always.

I dunno, man -- there's a part of me that thinks a lot of what motivates Triple H in NXT is to get the smarks on side. I'm sure there's a lot of ego in NXT, and if he were given the reigns to RAW, we wouldn't see exactly what we see in NXT on the main show.

Mr. Nerfect 04-28-2016 10:00 PM

I hope Sinclair does buy TNA. They could get some big talent in that acquisition.

Emperor Smeat 04-28-2016 10:31 PM

Dirtsheets sponsored by Evil Bliss Appreciation Thursday:
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Originally Posted by Observer
When former TNA Champions Eric Young and Bobby Roode left TNA in March, the assumption they would head to the land of WWE/NXT seemed pretty obvious. But as we know in today's wrestling culture, anything is possible when it comes to what goes into that decision making process.

Roode made an on-screen debut during NXT TakeOver during Wrestlemania weekend and Thursday night at the latest set of NXT tapings, Young made his promotional debut by interrupting and confronting NXT Champion Samoa Joe during an interview segment.

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Originally Posted by Observer
The WWE Network is making a major change regarding streaming from a single account. After so many people noted they were leaving money on the table allowing for multiple streams, only one stream with a password is allowed at any given time ...

They had a second question regarding adding Raw and Smackdown the day after they air on television, so clearly they are exploring that idea and creating a premium higher priced tier.

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WWE issued a survey to former subscribers of the WWEs Network today asking them if they would reconsider subscribing again. One of the more interesting choices on the survey was the option to pay $12.99 a month and get the option of Raw and Smackdown replays 24 hours after they air on the USA Network. Currently, the episodes are added to the Network's VOD 30 days after they air. So, they are at least considering the change.
More details in regarding possible future changes for the WWE Network and possible new pricing tier.

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Originally Posted by Observer
People Magazine has a story that Chyna was planning for a big triumphant return to wrestling before she died. Exactly what group was that to be with? Pro Wrestling Sheet reported that the trailer for an episode of "Botched" that Chyna was on has been removed.

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Originally Posted by Observer
WWE filing a trademark for the name "Enzo" rather than "Enzo Amore" may indicate dropping his last name.

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PWInsider.com is reporting that there has been a lot of talk about Jannetty's behavior coming out of WrestleMania weekend in Dallas.

Jannetty has been silent on his Facebook page since late March. Several fans have posted comments expressing concern about Jannetty, however he has not replied to any of them.

Jannetty wrestled at the 4/11 Cauliflower Alley Club Casino Royale event, however he reportedly missed a booking on 4/16 at the Icons Of Wrestling & Comic Book Collectorfest at the former ECW Arena.

Former WWE Superstar Lance Storm spoke about Jannetty's behavior issues at WrestleMania weekend in Dallas during a recent edition of Figure Four Daily, noting that his daughter told him that Jannetty was the craziest wrestler she saw during WrestleMania weekend this year, by far.

At one point on Sunday during WrestleMania weekend at approximately 4am, Storm's daughter witnessed Jannetty climbing on and walking around in a fountain inside a hotel lobby. You can check out a photo of this incident via Storm's Twitter page below.

If you listened to my @WONF4W show with @bryanalvarez #Marty pic.twitter.com/8KLALWbQ7j

— Lance Storm (@LanceStorm) April 8, 2016
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The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that there are other witnesses saying there was a shouting incident involving Flair when someone was rude to him and then asked him for a selfie. The Observer reports that WWE officials are currently looking into this situation and investigating what really happened.
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Originally Posted by Observer
For the next 15 years, she dropped in and out of the news, largely as a sad former celebrity. Whether she ever got over the relationship breakup is unknown. At times she lashed out at him. She made a lot of money in 2002 doing her second Playboy shoot, and bought herself a home. She built a pool in the backyard, which she had designed to look like the shape of Levesque’s ass.

Portion of the Observer's obituary for Chyna and a wacky Chyna story from back in the day.

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WWE Network News can exclusively reveal that a new collection will be added to the WWE Network, potentially as early as today, after SmackDown! In a rather expected but nonetheless classy move, this collection will focus on the recently deceased Chyna aka Joan Laurer.
Details on what's included in the planned collection at the source link: http://www.wwenetworknews.com/2016/0...ures-included/

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Dolph Ziggler’s younger brother Donald Nemeth was charged with aggravated murder. Police obtained a warrant for the 29-year old on Tuesday in connection with the death of 34-year-old Joseph Mascol, who was shot on January 23 at the University Hotel and Suites in Cleveland, OH.

Donald Nemeth allegedly tried robbing Mascol before the shooting. Mascol was found in a seventh-floor hallway, where he was pronounced dead by paramedics.
http://www.sescoops.com/dolph-ziggle...corps-veteran/


Some other sheet news includes:
  • Progress Wrestling recently thanked the WWE for the spike in interest in the promotion after their recent event managed to get over 100,000 viewers within a day due to the Cruiserweight tournament qualifiers. https://twitter.com/BookItGabe/statu...07800320610304
  • According to Botchamania, TNA managed to botch their tribute of Chyna's passing by forgetting what year she was born for the tribute graphic. https://twitter.com/Maffewgregg/stat...30781511573505
  • ROH's main television HQ building was recently a target of a bomb threat by a man dressed in a panda suit according to reports. https://twitter.com/khrisjwilson/sta...71904846540801
  • According to a recent Observer Radio episode, current ratings for RAW is at the 1997 level for bad and could break the all-time record by the time NFL season arrives. Current predicting is no better than a 2.3 average for ratings during the NBA playoffs and the biggest drop going to be the valuable 18-34 male audience. Also believes Total Divas has done more to hurt than help the RAW ratings when it comes to getting women viewers and keeping male viewers. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...e_raw_ratings/

Lock Jaw 04-28-2016 11:39 PM

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Ha ha..... imagining them just awkwardly shuffling off after the camera stopped rolling.....

Ol Dirty Dastard 04-28-2016 11:46 PM

Love when he strokes anvil's beard (pretty sure he does it in that promo)

GD 04-29-2016 12:31 AM

Smackdown was actually decent.

Simple Fan 04-29-2016 12:31 AM

I don't know, he's older than all those guys (46) and not sure how long he's signed with ROH. Maybe if WWE did something like a tag team tournament similar to the Globe Cruiserweight Series they could bring him and Kaz in for it.

GD 04-29-2016 12:42 AM

Whoa! I deleted the post. Didn't realize that he was 46.

GD 04-29-2016 12:44 AM

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slik 04-29-2016 07:46 AM

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drave 04-29-2016 09:14 AM

So they are gonna have Enzo lose his last name? That throws off his cadence for the intro :|

slik 04-29-2016 09:56 AM

Can't stand Eric Young, won't ever watch NXT now...

drave 04-29-2016 10:02 AM

He isn't terrible, better than some of the people currently on NXT. Why the EY hate?

slik 04-29-2016 10:18 AM

Funny YT comment on Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tye Dillenger match:

Vince: "WOW HUNTER! THIS SAMSUNG NAGASAKI GUY IS AMAZING!"
Triple H: "Vince, I've told you already, his name is Shin-"
Vince: "I MEAN, HE'S NO ROMAN BUT I THINK THIS SASHIMI NINTENDO GUY IS GOOD!"

slik 04-29-2016 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by drave (Post 4804094)
He isn't terrible, better than some of the people currently on NXT. Why the EY hate?

Seems real cheesy/John Cena-esque cheesy

Emperor Smeat 04-29-2016 10:36 AM

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#BROKEN Hasney 04-29-2016 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by slik (Post 4804100)
Seems real cheesy/John Cena-esque cheesy

You seem to watch WWE that features John Cena, who is also John Cena-esque cheesy.

Black Widow 04-29-2016 10:46 AM

What a great team Show Off & Safety Off could have made.

Poit 04-29-2016 01:09 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A 'Localise Mother 3' sign on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDown?src=hash">#SmackDown</a>. This guy knows it. <a href="https://t.co/6bmfQEkRde">pic.twitter.com/6bmfQEkRde</a></p>&mdash; James o mac (@5of6) <a href="https://twitter.com/5of6/status/725684770773032961">April 28, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Lock Jaw 04-29-2016 01:11 PM

Yeah, spotted that sign.... Think he also held up a "John Cena is Rey's Dad" sign....

slik 04-29-2016 01:24 PM

Got an inside scoop from someone w/ a subscription to a dirt sheet

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Taker - He's officially done https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f494.png It was secret because he was extremely against the "Big Send-off Match" concept He invited his entire family, brothers and friends to be in attendance at WM32 He took his gloves off in the middle of the ring And he told the locker room and the backstage personnel for the first time ever that he has retired officially for good you should expect a tweet by the WWE account by the end of 2016 that says: BREAKING:The Undertaker has officially retired. He is the first inductee to the HOF class of 2017 <s>#</s>ThankYouTaker


slik 04-29-2016 01:25 PM

^

I believe it. I always thought this was his last run, he came back and finished the program with Brock, had a final team up with Kane and then a final HIAC match. If it turns out not to be be true I bet we only see him for one more match at WM33. Taker not wanting a big send-off kind of makes sense too for some reason.

Poit 04-29-2016 01:35 PM

I'm having technical issues with AWS. I'll upload Tipsters for Payback once it's fixed.

slik 04-29-2016 01:39 PM

just give me $ instead @ poit...

Simple Fan 04-29-2016 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by slik (Post 4804100)
Seems real cheesy/John Cena-esque cheesy

EY? Wouldn't compare him to Cena in a million years. Especially recently where EY has had a psychotic gimmick.

slik 04-29-2016 01:49 PM

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Tom Guycott 04-29-2016 01:52 PM

My favorite EY still remains the serious pants, bald shaven, suit and tie, calculated heel ringleader at the beginning of World Elite.

Sixx 04-29-2016 03:36 PM

AJ Styles' got a soccer mom haircut.

Emperor Smeat 04-29-2016 06:17 PM

According to rumors going around the net, Sinclair's main interest in investing or becoming a majority owner for TNA is to kill off the company while ROH would absorb TNA's tv deals and tape library.

Would be the easiest way for ROH to get more international tv deals and bulk up their own library of wrestling tapes.

Simple Fan 04-29-2016 06:54 PM

Really hope that happens. Would be the best way to get rid of the TNA name and that tape library would be pretty great and could have a lot of content for guys like Samoa Joe, Austin Aries, Jey Lethal, Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles and others. Add in their relationship with NJPW and it even better.

Sepholio 04-29-2016 07:02 PM

Oh yeah baby it's time for another #FuckMoneyFriday!

Heisenberg 04-29-2016 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sixx (Post 4804194)
AJ Styles' got a soccer mom haircut.

Sad, but true. I wish he would lop off that terrible shit

Simple Fan 04-29-2016 07:45 PM

He can shave it bald and then join Gallows and Anderson in Bald Club.

Bad News Gertner 04-29-2016 07:46 PM

Our own Seth82 was name dropped on my favourite wrestling podcast this week 6:05 the Superpodcast. The host said he's awesome to follow on Twitter. Way to go Seth!

SlickyTrickyDamon 04-29-2016 08:12 PM

EY was scary as fuck as leader of the World Elite. He has it all.

First he LOLed us then he Serious'ed us.

Great signing. He deserves it.

Emperor Smeat 04-29-2016 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Observer
WWE has released another announcer today, Arda Ocal, a longtime fan and MMA and pro wrestling announcer, who used the name Kyle Edwards.

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Originally Posted by Observer
A suspect is in custody after threatening to blow up the offices of Baltimore's FOX affiliate after being shot by police. He was wearing a white panda suit, a surgical mask ad sunglasses. The suspect was not armed with a bomb, but had candy bars wrapped in plastic. He lit a car on fire before going into the building. The offices, which also house the corporate offices of ROH, were evacuated at one point.

Update regarding a recent incident at ROH's headquarters.

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Dave Meltzer noted on this week's Wrestling Observer Radio that there have been talks of possibly recasting Prince Puma on Lucha Underground in the event that Ricochet leaves the company. It's also been said that Ricochet was made a large offer to remain there.
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Originally Posted by 411mania
Ric Flair’s podcast has gone on hiatus after Flair terminated the contract. Flair’s co-host Conrad Thompson noted on Twitter that the WHOOO! Nation podcast is officially on hiatus because Flair cancelled the contract over money issues.

Thompson noted that the hiatus had nothing to do with the airport incident and that the show will return at some point, though he didn’t know when. He said Flair is “fine” and that talks are ongoing with CBS.

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In exclusive news you will only find here at WWENetworkNews.com, we can reveal that an upcoming collection for May will focus on Smackdown! This is very apropos, as the WWE have recently been attempting to make Smackdown matter more, and of course we have seen a ton of Smackdown episodes hitting the service in recent weeks.

This collection is expected to drop early on Monday and it will feature ten classic episodes from the 150+ hours of Smackdown added in the past few weeks ...

Also essentially confirmed as a result of this is that the final missing Smackdown episodes will likely be added in the coming days leading up to Monday, meaning that every Smackdown episode from 1999 until March 11th, 2004 will be available.
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If you are one of the very few people still wondering why TNA is so damaged as a brand, watch PWR host Dameon Nelson and David Herro talk about TNA’s problems on the Pro Wrestling Report. Herro is the founder of Great Lakes Championship Wrestling and he has a ton of contacts in the wrestling business ...

Another interesting tidbit from the show came at the 11:35 mark. Apparently, Bobby Roode and Eric Young left the company because of issues with pay. Herro said, “Bobby Roode and Eric Young left because they were owed a combined six-figures."
http://wrestlingnews.co/report-bobby...d-six-figures/ Another side to the story from the Observer is that both guys weren't owed money when both left TNA but money was a big reason. Roode didn't like TNA being late with payments while Young didn't like his request for a raise being denied.

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Paul Heyman has started filming a reality show in New York … and it’s based on the “ingeniously dysfunctional” way that Brock Lesnar‘s advocate run his advertising agency.

The Wrap reports that the unscripted series doesn’t have a name quite yet, but will feature Heyman and Emmy-Award winner Mitchell K. Stuart working with Paul’s marketing team to create campaigns.

“It’s a day in the life of the Looking4Larry agency and all of the many problems that we are forced to solve,” Heyman explains. “It’s the juggling act.”

The show reportedly has interest from Lionsgate and a few British television stations, but hasn’t officially landed a network home just yet.

Eat. Sleep. Film Reality TV. Repeat.
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Originally Posted by Cagesideseats.com
While Adam Rose promised a second post on his drug test failure and subsequent suspension, apparently it won't be coming because he got so much heat within WWE for posting the first message.

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Thursday’s WWE Smackdown averaged 2.109 million viewers for USA Network, according to Showbuzzdaily.com. The number was down from the 2.431 million count from last week.
For some comparisons, this week was around 100k higher than the record low Smackdown did during the SyFy era.

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Word going around this week’s WWE TV tapings was that Seth Rollins is expected to be backstage for Sunday’s WWE Payback pay-per-view in Chicago, but he’s not expected to appear live in front of the crowd. Rollins could be brought in to discuss plans for his return.
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On a related note, WWE officials have discussed bringing back a War Games type of match for SummerSlam or Survivor Series, depending on how the storylines work out and when certain stars return from injury.

There’s been talk of doing some form of The Shield vs. some form of The Bullet Club. It was noted by a source that they likely won’t call it War Games but that type of match is the working idea.
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Recently on You're Welcome With Chael Sonnen, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin shared some of his thoughts on WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns.

According to Austin, Reigns is not getting over because of the way he is booked.

"Roman is having a hard time winning the crowd over just because of the way he's booked. When you sit there, good looking guy, a lot of charisma, [and] easygoing the times I've talked to him. He's one of the nicest guys in the locker room and well spoken and smart and doesn't need anybody writing convoluted promos for him, so I just think many people consider him [to be] entitled because of his looks and that [has] actually worked against him, so the kid is in between a rock and a hard place, no pun intended that he's related to The Rock."

In Austin's view, Reigns should be allowed to have more creative freedom and the crowd should decide whether Reigns should be a babyface or a heel.

"If this is the Reality Era, let the kid go out there and shoot and let the chips fall where they may." Austin added, "let the kid have some freedom. Let the kid go out there and express himself. Let him go out there and experiment. All he can do is fall down and trip and then get back up if he does and take another shot at it."

Despite his preference to see Reigns get more creative freedom, 'The Texas Rattlesnake' claimed that WWE will continue to push Reigns as a traditional babyface. With that said, Austin claimed that Reigns will never be a traditional babyface.

"Vince [McMahon] is going to still try to do the tried and true formula, a traditional babyface push, but this kid is not going to be a traditional babyface because, just going back to politics, people don't want to be told what to like, why to like him, here's why you should like him, and, damn it, like him!"

The professional wrestling great also claimed that Reigns should ditch his current ring gear.

"He's covered up in so much black clothing. He [has] got that long black hair. Half the time, it's in his face. Lose the top. Dude, I had a drum half the time I wrestled, but I was mega over. It wasn't about my physique. This kid [has] got twice the physique, ten times the physique I ever dreamed of having. And just let him go out there and be himself. I think the padding is just too much. The appearance, it worked okay for a little bit and now as a babyface, not so much."
http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...-getting-over/


Some other sheet news includes:

GD 04-29-2016 10:49 PM

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SlickyTrickyDamon 04-29-2016 10:55 PM

Yikes. One of Dolph Ziggler's brothers has a warrant out for murdering somebody in a robbery attempt.

SlickyTrickyDamon 04-29-2016 11:07 PM

In better news, Kofi Kingston just announced that his wife has given birth to their second child.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Officially a family of 4...life is so good...</p>&mdash; Kofi Kingston (@TrueKofi) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrueKofi/status/726244244952866818">April 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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