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05-26-2016 09:42 PM |
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The key is balancing the talent, but having the McMahon stamp on both shows. On the flip side, while there is talk of Smackdown being more wrestling oriented (and no matter what you hear, nothing is definite on anything), it would likely mean with the live show that Vince McMahon would take a greater interest in the show. The key negative is that could lead to the overproducing of the announcers, which is really the standout thing on that show.
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Would be the first time in years Vince being very hands-on for Smackdown although does have a potential negative effect. Being speculated him might turn Mauro Ranallo into just another Cole/JBL type announcer.
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As things stand, the belief is there will be a draft show on 7/11 in Detroit. Talent will not be told (aside from perhaps a few key people) which show they will be on until that night. For the most part, talent is right now completely in the dark regarding what is happening, and most of the key decisions are leaning in directions but none are solidified.
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Banks was injured on the 5/15 house show in Charlottesville, VA. The injury was said to be the same thing, a concussion, and a significant one. And again the company didn’t confirm it. She was working a trios match with Lynch & Paige as her partners against Eva Marie & Brooke & Lana. I don’t know the circumstances that led up to it, but Darrick Moore, the referee, accidentally kneed her in the head hard. She missed the weekend house shows and was replaced by Summer Rae. Banks wasn’t booked for Raw or Smackdown in recent weeks having nothing to do with injuries, but that they aren’t focusing on her until the planned big push later in the summer but a match with Charlotte for the title at SummerSlam ...
The bad part of this is Vince McMahon has on several occasions said he believes Banks only knows one speed and that’s all out, and even months ago was comparing her with Daniel Bryan, feeling she’s injury-prone. That label isn’t a kiss of death, but there does come a point where if there are too many injuries they can get leery and you never know when that point is since Vince has put the two in the same category.
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HHH on Twitter yesterday noted that the name of the 6/8 NXT Takeover show would be "Takeover: The End." Some people seem to think that means it's the end of NXT. It isn't. It's just likely the end of the Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor program with their third meeting in a cage.
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Possible good news in regards to NXT's future with the brand split era. According to PWI, "Revenge" was being considered as the name for the upcoming special before "The End" was picked as the official name.
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On NXT last night, they started promoting the debut of Andrade Cien Almas, who is the former La Sombra.
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In honor of Memorial Day, WWE has an article looking at how WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter became the face of G.I. Joe. You can check that out by going here.
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Link to the article: http://www.wwe.com/article/sgt-slaug...w?sf27028314=1
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Interestingly, former Ring of Honor owner Cary Silkin (who lives locally in the area) has taken to social media to note he plans to approach Flair about money owed from when Flair worked for ROH years ago:
Ric Flair and Steamboat live 7/23 at Sands in Bethlehem I will be there to collect the 41k Flair owes me #wwe @RicFlairNatrBoy @ringofhonor
— Cary Silkin (@rohcary) May 25, 2016
Ring of Honor, at the time owned by Silkin, filed a lawsuit against Flair in January 2010 in Bucks County, PA, alleging Flair owed the company over $40,000.
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Suppossedly when Sinclair bought out Silkin's ownership of ROH, the lawsuit was not carried over nor the debt Flair owed to the company. The former owner has been trying for years to get Flair to pay the money owed to him. http://www.pwinsider.com/article/102...-owed.html?p=1
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The tentative plan was for Jason Jordan & Chad Gable to go to the main roster in the fall. That was also before the before the brand split changed every creative decision. To show how spur of the moment things are done, even though they pretty much decided a few weeks ahead of time that the Vaudevillains were debuting after Mania, they didn’t even know it. When they were flown to Dallas for WrestleMania, they were supposed to fly back to Florida with the NXT crew after the show. They weren’t actually told themselves that they were debuting on Raw until the day of Mania, one day before, and at the last minute WWE had to rebook tickets. I’m not sure they were the only ones that fell into that category because we heard about travel being rebooked because they didn’t finalize who was debuting right after Mania until the last minute. HHH had previously wanted six months worth of plans to be made for talent being brought up so they wouldn’t be brought up and then have nothing to do, flounder, and make it look like NXT stars failed on the main roster. That makes all the sense But obviously, that hasn’t happened given the way NXT stars have been brought up with no long-term whatsoever.
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Observer on how the WWE's lack of long term planning is still hurting the majority of NXT callups.
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There has been no communication whatsoever, at least as of the weekend, between Ryback and WWE, since Vince McMahon sent him home after problems with negotiating a new deal. As noted before, the feeling is his contract will expire (or WWE may let him go before it expires, because him being released at any minute wouldn’t surprise anyone). Unless he has a change of heart regarding his demands, which were a significantly higher guarantee than he was offered, as well as a number of stipulations, one of which was said to be a deal breaker, that the relationship would end at that point and he’d be free to work elsewhere. It wouldn’t surprise anyone to see an announcement that he’s released at any time.
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Summer Rae suffered an injury at the end of the European tour. The word going around is it was a concussion but that wasn’t confirmed by WWE. But she hadn’t wrestled since 4/23 until returning over the weekend.
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Some other sheet news includes: - Update to the Hogan-Gawker trial news as Peter Thiel admitted to be the secret financier of Hogan's legal case and roughly has spent around $10 million to help Hogan defeat Gawker. Been planning on getting revenge against Gawker for years after they publicly outed him as being gay.
- According to the Observer, current plans are for Reigns to be the main star of RAW and Cena as the main star of Smackdown in regards to the Brand Split.
- Current speculation regarding NXT's future has the brand ending its touring after June 17th due to no new dates have yet to be announced by the WWE compared to how they usually announce house show dates.
- British indie promotion ICW announced they will joining the Fight Network in the near future. https://twitter.com/InsaneChampWres/...651776/photo/1
- Jim Ross revealed on Twitter he's currently recovering after having skin cancer surgery earlier in the week. https://twitter.com/JRsBBQ/status/735850739801591808
- Rolling Stones had a recent interview with AJ Styles with topics including why fans shouldn't boo Reigns and why he doesn't prefer the Rollins style when it comes to long hair. http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/f...-look-20160526
- Mauro Ranallo revealed on Twitter Big E will be his next guest for his podcast show. https://twitter.com/mauroranallo/sta...46915795910656
- According to the Observer, Hideo Itami is currently expected to be returning within the next couple of weeks. Been out for 13 months due to shoulder surgery and recovery being slower than expected.
- In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Cody Rhodes recent departure from the WWE managed to continue the curse of being #14 entrant in that year's Royal Rumble. List of recent Rumble #14 entrants and the bad luck which followed them within the year. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc..._curse_of_the/
- Goldust recently debunked speculation of him following Cody and his wife Eden in leaving the WWE soon. https://twitter.com/Goldust/status/735305756392706048
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