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Originally Posted by Inquisitor.com Back in December, Vince McMahon famously named Cesaro as one of the guys who can’t connect with the WWE audience, and he pointed to the fact that Cesaro is Swiss as the reason for his inability to connect. But, over the last couple of months, after consistently having the best match on every show he’s been on, Cesaro began to gain a good bit of momentum, and connect with the audience. But now, according to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, WWE management is trying to squash that momentum because they still believe that he doesn’t have the potential to be a top guy. “Every week, [Cesaro] is less and less over. So, it’s like they’re planning it this way. And that’s the thing that boggles my mind, it’s like, ‘this guy is starting to get over,’ and they’re like ‘well, we don’t want him over, so we’ll fix that.’ It’s like they’re back there going, ‘we got this one under control.’ It’s not really conducive to a good environment when you’re trying to make sure that guys don’t get over. The goal should be that guys get over, as opposed to not getting guys over because they’re not in WWE’s plans.”

There has been some speculation on which Seth Rollins' match at Night of Champions will actually main event the show. While most would figure that the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match against Sting would end the show, that doesn't appear the be the case according to the Wrestling Observer. They speculate that Rollins' match against John Cena will most likely close the show.

Originally Posted by Observer In what would be a potential WWE Night of Champions spoiler, WWE has a large inventory of the John Cena United States Title t-shirts ready to be put back on sale. Cena will face US Champion Seth Rollins later this month at the pay-per-view.

WWE issued the following statement today regarding controversial social media posts from the account of WWE developmental talent Nhooph Al-Areebi: "WWE conducted a thorough investigation and has determined that Nhooph Al-Areebi’s (aka Jasmin) Twitter account was used without her knowledge when she was 16 and 17 years old. Jasmin remains apologetic for any offensive remarks that were made."

Well, so much for Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania this year. Rousey took a movie gig that will have her filming in Indonesia in March and April, so she said it’s not happening. She has said it before but was pretty direct about it this week

Originally Posted by Observer Eric Bischoff, who recently conducted interviews with WWE for new WWE Network history pieces on the Monday Night Wars, is under consideration for a future Stone Cold podcast. Bischoff over the year has been very outspoken that the WWE’s version of the Monday Night Wars is largely a fantasy, and for the most part, he’s correct.

Originally Posted by Observer What’s notable in recent days is that WWE has started talking about Jeff Hardy, which was previously not encouraged. The Hardys were mentioned in specific on Raw during a segment where Edge & Christian and The Dudleys were backstage. While that could have been just storytelling, given that the three teams are linked from their TLC and ladder matches. You could argue a discussion between the two teams there not including a mention of the Hardys would feel awkward, but it’s not like that has stopped WWE in the past. Another sign is WWE asking fans to tweet if they are interested in seeing Jeff Hardy back and one person within the company noted to us there are a lot of mentions of him going around right now.

For a quick reference, Jeff's TNA contract expires by the end of January 2016.

Originally Posted by Observer WWE officials are worried about the insinuations of racism against Mexicans following Alberto Del Rio's departure, as well as no longer having Rey Mysterio, so they're loading up next month's tour of Mexico. Besides The Undertaker appearing, Ric Flair will be appearing as the guest General Manager and Chris Jericho is advertised.

Originally Posted by Observer Regarding The Undertaker's WWE future, the general talk within WWE now is that Taker is not talking about retiring imminently. Jim Ross, who is friends with Taker, noted on his blog last week that he doesn't believe Taker's last match will be at WrestleMania 32. It's been expected for a few years now that Taker would try and work until WrestleMania was held at Cowboys Stadium, then retire after that show.

Taker likely won't make an official decision until near the date of the show.

Former TNA star Gunner was involved in a fan incident at a PWX indie event on September 6th in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that a Carolina indie fan named Adrian Rohr, who attends many events, had apparently written negative things on social media about Gunner and Gunner wasn't happy about them. Fans were also chanting "Dixie's reject" at Gunner, reportedly leading to him kicking Rohr in the chest, in front of his young son. PWX has no barriers at ringside. Most of the wrestlers reportedly took Gunner's side, which they will often do even if the other wrestler is wrong, but others who were working the event noted to The Observer that the assault was unprovoked. Rohr is said to be a very respectful fan, "who is not a nut in any way." Gunner reportedly wrote the following online after the match but apparently it's been deleted: "And for the record, don't be an idiot fan and step up to my ring. You will get kicked."

Originally Posted by PWI According to several people I've heard from in the last 24 hours, WWE's Canyon Ceman and several of the Coaches informed the talents that as it currently stands, they will only be paid based on their developmental contracts and won't be receiving bonuses based on larger houses the brand has/will draw for events like Takeover: Brooklyn and the December UK tour. According to several we spoke with, NXT talents were told that the company could not currently provide bonuses based on live gates because NXT is run at a loss in order to improve the company's long-term future with talent and Coach salaries as well as the cost of running and operating the Performance Center having to be taken into account. It should be noted that unlike main roster talents, WWE covers the hotel and rental car costs for NXT talents on the road, unlike Raw and Smackdown where only flights are covered by the company. Un unlike previous developmental generations, NXT talents are being marketed with action figures, t-shirts and videogame appearances and do make money from those revenue streams as well. Still, there's been some grumbling among talents about that decision since they are looking at a big December tour in major venues in the UK with a nice advance, a recent sellout of 15,000+ seats in Brooklyn, NY and NXT has been a cornerstone in promoting the WWE Network.

Triple H has never hidden that he’s been one of your biggest fans since you arrived in the organization. What has your relationship with him been like since you signed with the WWE? KO: He hired me. When I got my chance to be called up to the pros, the story I heard was that four or five people had a say in the decision. The vote was tied at two, and Triple H cast the deciding ballot. He gave me my chance. I appreciated that he was willing to risk signing me even though I’m not the typical WWE wrestler. Since I started working with him, we’ve become a lot closer. He helps me as much as he can for shows – like he does with everyone – but we both have young kids at home and we talk about a lot of other things that have nothing to do with wrestling. The fact that he’s in my corner is what counts. I watched him fight when I was younger. I went to the Bell Centre to see him live. He’s the one who motivated me.

From a recent interview Kevin Owens had with Canadiens Magazine. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/m_news.htm?id=778360


Some other sheet news includes:

• WWE revealed the next NXT special will occur at Full Sail University on October 7th.
• Likely just a placeholder but Destination America currently has a TNA Impact episode scheduled to air on October 7th. Network likely letting TNA have one last shot to negotiate or sway them to keep the current tv deal before getting kicked off at the end of the month.
• Radio Dubai had a recent interview with Daniel Bryan as with highlights including him wishing Cena had turned heel by now saying it could help the industry like Hogan's turn did, loves the New Day, and hopes Kurt Angle could make one last wrestling appearance in the WWE. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...-to-turn-heel/
• Observer recently debunked rumors of the Young Bucks signing a deal with the WWE and wrestling at next month's NXT special against the Usos. Source of the rumor claims he was told of that by several people in the WWE even though officials from NXT told him it was fake.